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Longtime Atlantic tech, culture and political writer Derek Thompson cuts through all the noise surrounding the big questions and headlines that matter to you in his new podcast Plain English. Hear Derek and guests engage the news with clear viewpoints and memorable takeaways. New episodes drop every Tuesday and Friday, and if you've got a topic you want discussed, shoot us an email at [email protected]! You can also find us on tiktok at www.tiktok.com/@plainenglish_
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Plain English

Plain English

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The best podcast for learning English if you like current events and trending topics. Improve your English listening, learn new words, and build your confidence with the #1 English-learning podcast focused on current events and trending topics. Improve your English listening: Plain English episodes go a little slower than native speed so you can understand every word and improve your English listening little by little. Your host is Jeff. He's a native English speaker from the United States a ...
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Learning English? Master these Essential English Expressions and you’ll be on your way to speaking English like a native speaker. In each episode, you’ll learn one English expression. Each episode will help you express a new idea in English, so you can use what you learn right away. The narrator is Jeff, a native English speaker from the United States. And in each episode, he shows you step-by-step how to use one English expression, with tips and tricks on how to sound like a pro. The best p ...
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Joe Cannon, MS exercise science, BS chemistry & biology has been helping people sort health facts from fiction since the 1990s. He's a no-nonsense authority on exercise, dietary supplements, sports nutrition, rhabdomyolysis (rhabdo) and personal fitness training. No hype. No spin. Just the facts in plain English.
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Welcome to Coin Clarity your no-nonsense guide to crypto, finance, and everything in between. We break down complex topics like Bitcoin, altcoins, DeFi, meme-coins, market trends, and investing strategies into plain English. Whether you're a crypto beginner, an active trader, or just crypto-curious, you'll find valuable insights and real talk here — minus the fluff and hype. Expect deep dives, market breakdowns, interviews, and hot takes on the latest in Web3 and financial tech. Our goal? He ...
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Silent Mode Cafe

Silent Mode Cafe

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Welcome to Silent Mode Cafe, the podcast where we translate the digital realm into plain English. From data privacy and basic internet security to smart home gadgets and the latest AI developments, we serve up tech insights with a side of caffeine.
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Where complexity becomes clarity. We dive deep into the headlines, policies, and statements so you don't have to. Each episode, our hosts break down the most important Trump-related developments with thorough research, expert analysis, and just enough personality to keep things interesting. No partisan spin—just well-researched insights delivered in plain English. We read the documents, analyze the data, and connect the dots so you can understand what's really happening beyond the soundbites ...
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Channels with Peter Kafka

Vox Media Podcast Network

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Media and tech aren’t just intersecting — they’re fully intertwined. And to understand how those worlds work, and what they mean for you, veteran journalist Peter Kafka talks to industry leaders, upstarts and observers - and gets them to spell it out in plain, BS-free English. Part of the Vox Media Podcast Network.
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FIRST EVER PODCAST LAUNCHED TO LEARN THE REBBE'S SEFER HASICHOS IN PLAIN ENGLISH Project Likkutei Torah (PLT) and Rabbi Mendel Lipskier present a detailed overview of the weekly talks of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, as edited and printed in the latter volumes of public addresses in the years 5751-5752 (1991-1992), which he painstakingly annotated and prepared for publication. Visit ProjectLT.org to learn more about PLT's other programs. It is highly recommended to use ...
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A short summary of the latest cyber security news and trends, from the perspective of business leaders and owners. Hosts Trish and Tom provide plain English explanations along with practical advice to keep your business safe and secure from cyber crime and disruption. For cyber security help and advice, speak to Cool Waters Cyber: www.cool-waters.co.uk
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Web3 in Plain English. So much of the tech content explains Web3 with buzz words and overlong articles that make no sense. This podcast will explain practical Web3 use cases that are easy to understand.
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Photography explained in plain English in less than 27(ish) minutes without the irrelevant detail—yes photography stuff explained by me, a photographer, for photographers. If you want me to answer your question, head to my Photography Explained Podcast website. In my podcast, I explain one photographic thing per episode, giving you just enough information to help you understand it so it helps you with your photography without going into endless amounts of irrelevant detail. All in less than ...
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Listen to hear Jonny break down the tips, tricks, and strategies he uses to help clients retire early. This is the "easy button" when it comes to early retirement because everything you want and need to know is right here. Jonny will lay it all out in plain English so you can get the details on the actions you can do to put yourself on the best path to early retirement. He'll also interview top real estate, tax, and estate planning and other professionals to provide a comprehensive approach ...
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Stay Wealthy Retirement Podcast

Taylor Schulte, CFP®

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An award-winning retirement podcast dedicated to helping you lower taxes, invest smarter, and make work optional. Do you want to avoid overpaying the IRS in retirement? Or learn how to prepare for the next stock market crash? How about when to take Social Security and how to turn your investments into reliable retirement income? Hey there! I'm CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ Taylor Schulte, and I was recently named the #2 Independent Financial Advisor in the U.S. by Investopedia. Each week on t ...
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Monthly Microsoft 365, Teams and Copilot updates for end users, trainers and anyone who needs to keep up with changes affecting end users. These hand-picked highlights are mainly from the admin centre, Microsoft 365 Roadmap (I call these ‘ones to watch’) and Microsoft blogs…thank you to the Microsoft product teams for the information, updates and images they share. I aim to deliver my versions in plain English, in a simplified format and with end-users in mind.
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Shir Hashirim (Song of Songs) is an allegory of the relationship between Hashem and the Jewish People written by King Solomon. The first Chabad Rebbe, Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi, delivered chassidic discources on verses throughout Shir Hashirim, which were later recorded and published in his famed work, "Likkutei Torah" in 1848 by his grandson, the Tzemach Tzedek. Here for the first time, we present these discourses explained in plain English, easy-to-digest, 30-40 minute classes, covering ...
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UX has a usability problem. Chris and Carla are on hand to help you navigate through the jargon, user flows and mind maps so you can concentrate on designing great things for users. **Disclaimer** The views on this podcast are ours and don’t represent the views of any former or current employers or clients.
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A fresh season for each new election from former government minister and ACT Party Deputy Leader Hon Heather Roy and TorquePoint business partner and former ACT Party candidate and ministerial staffer Dr Simon Ewing-Jarvie. TorquePoint runs the popular LobbyTorque experiential learning programme on effective political lobbying in New Zealand. With much media coverage reduced to soundbites, many are frustrated with the lack of real commentary from people who have worked in Parliament. Season ...
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Your roadmap to staying relevant, marketable, and future-proof in the PeopleSoft and ERP universe. Hosted by Derek Tomei—PeopleSoft strategist, career coach, and founder of PeopleSoftCareer.com—each weekly episode distills the latest features, trends, and real-world strategies that move the needle for developers, functional analysts, architects, and managers working with PeopleSoft, PeopleTools, and hybrid cloud solutions. What to expect Deep-dive breakdowns of new PeopleTools releases, PUM ...
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We're increasingly dependent on technology. Our business and personal lives rely on it, but as you've probably noticed, it's unreliable.They promise it'll get better, but it usually gets worse. Our computers are slow, so we end up squinting at smartphones. We live in constant fear that something's going to happen to our personal data. So we're scared into paying for fake protection that proves useless when disaster strikes. The jokers we pay to fix our stuff have no clue what they're doing, ...
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In-depth interviews with songwriters about their songwriting process. Nothing else. No talk of band drama, band names, or tour stories. Treating songwriters as writers, plain and simple. By Ben Opipari, English Lit Ph.D.
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The Sportsball Report

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Your source for covering the relevant sports related stories and memes, whether it’s giving general analysis, or taking a meme or a larger story and explaining it in plain English, we hope to be your Vacation outside of ESPN.
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www.RealEstateNewsRadio.com Ready to navigate the complexities of real estate with ease and confidence? Tune into our podcast, hosted by Rowena Patton, best selling author of "Find Your Unique Value Proposition" and the insightful "CashCPO." Rowena, a seasoned expert with a history on the live radio show since 2011 'Real Estate News Radio', brings clarity and simplicity to the often overwhelming world of real estate. It's Rowena Patton and Friends, as she is joined by guests from around the ...
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Online Marketing Magic

Fritha Stuttard

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We are here to take away the fear of digital marketing - and to break it down into easy-to-understand lessons - in plain English! Done well, digital marketing is like a magic wand that brings you visibility, customers and profit!
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The Political Scene | The New Yorker

WNYC Studios and The New Yorker

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Join The New Yorker’s writers and editors for reporting, insight, and analysis of the most pressing political issues of our time. On Mondays, David Remnick, the editor of The New Yorker, presents conversations and feature stories about current events. On Wednesdays, the senior editor Tyler Foggatt goes deep on a consequential political story via far-reaching interviews with staff writers and outside experts. And, on Fridays, the staff writers Susan B. Glasser, Jane Mayer, and Evan Osnos disc ...
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In every generation, important people predict that the end is near and the apocalypse is coming. In the 1960s, the fear was that population growth would destroy the planet—that fertility would outrun the food supply, and hundreds of millions of people would starve to death. The most famous warning was 'The Population Bomb,' a bestselling book publi…
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Today's story: Mark Carney, former head of the central banks of Canada and the UK, led Canada's struggling Liberal party to an improbable, come-from-behind victory in the 2025 elections. He focused his campaign on protecting Canada’s interests, after Donald Trump imposed tariffs and threatened to make Canada the 51st American state. Transcript & Ex…
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When Elissa Slotkin narrowly won her Senate seat in Michigan last fall, she was one of only four Democratic senators to claim victory in a state that voted for Donald Trump. It made other Democrats take note: since then, the Party has turned to her as someone who can bridge the red state–blue state divide. In March, Slotkin delivered the Democrats’…
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The Washington Roundtable discusses new information that has emerged about Joe Biden’s decline while in office, and his advisers' efforts to downplay it, as chronicled in several new books. The group also discusses the challenges faced by members of the press as they report on Donald Trump’s signs of aging and his long-standing incoherence. “I thin…
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Nearly a year ago, a Presidential debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden, moderated by Jake Tapper and Dana Bash of CNN, began the end of Biden’s bid for a second term. The President struggled to make points, complete sentences, and remember facts; he spoke in a raspy whisper. This was not the first time voters expressed concern about Biden’s ag…
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Welcome to episode 86 of the One for the Money podcast. In the late 1960s and early 70s, a famous psychological study was conducted that has since been called the Stanford Marshmallow test. The study was designed to explore the concept of delayed gratification. In this episode, I’ll share how life might be considered one giant marshmallow test. In …
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You’ve finally made it to retirement! But what if some of the choices you’re making right now are quietly pulling you back to work? Every year, countless retirees are forced back into the workplace. Not because they were reckless, but because they followed advice that sounded smart and safe. In this episode, I'm sharing 7 of the most common retirem…
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The New Yorker staff writer Clare Malone joins Tyler Foggatt to discuss the changes that Jeff Bezos, the owner of the Washington Post, is making at the paper. They talk about why Bezos decided to purchase the paper, in 2013, how his recent exertion of editorial influence has caused the paper to hemorrhage both staffers and subscribers, and the futu…
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When a band has seven GRAMMY wins and thirty-one GRAMMY nominations among them, they're a supergroup. So let's be clear: I'm With Her is a supergroup. The trio of Sarah Jarosz, Aoife O'Donovan, and Sara Watkins are close friends who say that great songs can come from a good trip to the grocery store. I've had all three on the pod before, but never …
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Tonight on CEP! Beekeeper Brian Cooley calls in to explain the global collapse in beehives, and what might be the cause. He first describes the Golden Age of Beekeeping The benefits of honey "Cathedrals for the Bees" Do bees have GPS? Do bees go to school? and other fun facts. What's killing the bees? Is it 5G? Parasites? Neonicotinoids, the synthe…
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Great news -- the expressions are back! "Essential English Expressions" is a brand-new podcast from Plain English. All 14 episodes from Season 1 are available now for you to stream. Click this link to subscribe on your favorite player: https://essential-english.captivate.fm/listen In the meantime, enjoy this sample episode! -- The English expressio…
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The iPhone you’re reading this on was made in China. For a long time, that fact was a huge part of Apple’s success story: Working hand-in-hand, Apple and China built a sophisticated supply chain that let Apple manufacture very complicated technology at an enormous scale. Now that relationship seems like Apple’s achilles heel, says Patrick McGee. Mc…
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In this episode, we go deep into the wild, unpredictable world of meme coins. From DogWifHat to the latest trending tokens lighting up Crypto Twitter, we're breaking down what's real, what's hype, and what might actually have staying power in 2025. We’ll explore: 🚀 The evolution of meme-coins: from internet jokes to billion-dollar valuations 📈 Mark…
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With the influence of the right-wing media waning, the Labor Government can use its massive majority to pursue big reforms. On this episode of Follow the Money, Stephen Long, Walkley Award-winning journalist and Australia Institute Contributing Editor, joins Ebony Bennett to discuss the Murdoch press bogeyman, supporting the public broadcasters and…
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ChatGPT now processes over 1 billion web searches weekly, and increasingly, it's becoming your customers' personal shopping assistant, creating unprecedented opportunities for forward-thinking marketers While still emerging in fashion and beauty categories, ChatGPT Shopping is fundamentally different from traditional advertising, offering a product…
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A year ago, Percival Everett published his twenty-fourth novel, “James,” and it became a literary phenomenon. It won the National Book Award, and, just this week, was announced as the winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. “James” offers a radically different perspective on the classic Mark Twain novel “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn”: Evere…
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On Monday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order telling drugmakers to slash the prices of their medicines. Once again, the president showed an amazing nose for interesting questions. Statistically, the U.S. accounts for 4 percent of the world’s population but nearly 50 percent of global pharmaceutical spending. Americans spend three to …
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Send us a text The housing market is undergoing a seismic shift that most mainstream media outlets aren't addressing with the clarity you deserve. I've been diving deep into the numbers across zip codes nationwide, and the evidence is compelling – we're witnessing inventory levels approaching those seen during the previous market bottom. In small t…
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Today's story: The Dalai Lama is the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism, one of three major schools of Buddhism. Though he leads only a fraction of the world’s Buddhists, his influence is global due to his role as a symbol of Tibet’s struggle for religious freedom. Now the Dalai Lama is 89, and confronting the fact that he will be the first in ov…
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Roundup of the Week's Top Stories in Economics and Freedom Jobs are Booming -- and they're Real Elon Steps Back from DOGE Populists Sweep British Elections Trump Budget Increases Spending Young Americans Getting Crushed Read the full article “GDP Goes Negative. And it's Glorious.” at https://www.profstonge.com/ Visit our Lead Sponsor: Unchained Kee…
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Visit us at www.ProjectLikkuteiTorah.com for more resources and sponsorship opportunities. צאינה וראינה בנות ציון (כא, ב) ביאור השם הקדוש ברוך הוא. קדוש בו' מורה על המשכת הארה מקדושתו ית' להיות ממכ"ע וסוכ"ע, דהקב"ה מצד עצמו הוא אחדות פשוטה, ורק הארה נמשכת לעולמות, אך גם הארה זו היא בבחי' קדוש ומובדל שאינה מקבלת שינויים מהעולמות (שלא כמו הנשמה שמתפע…
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"I need to have those times of being fully in bloom, then fully hibernating. That's how I get my best, most genuine work," Samantha Crain says. She's a seasonal songwriter who actively takes time not to write, and those times are the hibernation stages. Some of Crain's songs hibernate too: the title track off her new album took twenty years to writ…
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When Elissa Slotkin narrowly won her Senate seat in Michigan last fall, she was one of only four Democratic senators to claim victory in a state that voted for Donald Trump. It made other Democrats take note: since then, the Party has turned to her as someone who can bridge the red state–blue state divide. In March, Slotkin delivered the Democrats’…
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The search landscape is evolving dramatically, with Apple potentially dropping Google as Safari's default search engine — which could redirect billions of daily searches to alternative platforms. During testimony in Google's antitrust case, Apple's Senior Vice President Eddie Cue revealed that Safari searches are declining for the first time in 20 …
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Send us a text Do you want to take better-composed, more interesting photos of buildings? So do I. And in this episode, I will give 12 things that will help you take better photos of buildings. And here they are. Take one photo and get the best composition you can Use the rule of thirds Take a photo, then try a different focal length to get a diffe…
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In music, billion-dollar investments in old catalogues are squeezing out new music. In film, Hollywood has become addicted to the regurgitation of familiar IP. In visual art, critics bemoan the straitjacket of political correctness. On TV, as Derek told Bill Simmons, we're in a Gilded Age of television, where every prestigious show looks absolutely…
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Implementing the UK Cyber Governance Code of Practice with IASME Cyber Assurance In this episode, we discuss the crucial topic of cyber governance for business leaders. With 74% of large businesses and 70% of medium businesses in the UK experiencing a cyber breach in the past year, boards are now clearly expected to lead on cyber risk. In response,…
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Today's story: LinkedIn has evolved from a resume and networking site into a platform where users share personal stories, professional lessons, and insights. Changes to the algorithm, a shift in user behavior during the pandemic, and a more civil atmosphere have turned LinkedIn into a space for authentic content and unexpected influence. Transcript…
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The New Yorker staff writer Katy Waldman joins Tyler Foggatt to discuss Donald Trump’s fondness for A.I.-generated memes and what it tells us about our current political climate. They talk about how Trump uses these images to bend the cultural narrative to his will, why the MAGA aesthetic is tailor-made for the age of A.I., and how the proliferatio…
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I wanted to talk to Ian Rogers about his fascinating career. He wanted to talk to me about Ledger, the crypto wallet company he’s working at now. So we did both things. Background: Rogers was an important figure in the digital music business, back when the music business was being fundamentally reshaped by digital. He helped the Beastie Boys get on…
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