Best Alice and Doug Podcasts (2025)

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French Sicko: Annelise Ogaard on Gabrielle Wittkop’s Murder Most Serene | Reading Writers 56:36

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Jo and Charlotte discuss secret gardens, indoor kids, and Peter Pan’s baby teeth before they’re joined by culture-shaping Annelise Ogaard, who introduces listeners to the lavish, creepy world of Gabrielle Wittkop’s fiction. Annelise Ogaard is a writer, translator, filmmaker, vibesmith, area woman, and friend of the pod. She has translated a variety…

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KEEP CANADA WEIRD - 190 - 2025/11/28 - Lotto Winner Fraud, Teenagers vs Sushi, Costco Pokemon, 1:00:31

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In Keep Canada Weird Jordan and Aaron Airport explore the weird and offbeat Canadian news stories from the past week. In this episode your hosts discuss; a lotto winners million secrets a puberty problem at a sushi shop Costco Pokemon wars a grenade at Value Village Series Links Keep Canada Weird Series: https://www.thecanadiangothic.com/keep-canad…

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BASQUIAT: The Price of Fame w/ Author DOUG WOODHAM - Highlights 12:18

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“People today are so used to Basquiat's prices being extraordinarily high and rising that it's almost hard for people to understand that wasn't always the case. In the year he died, 1988, a terrific painting by Basquiat might have sold for $30,000. Relative to his other artistic peers, like a great Julian Schnabel painting that cost $800,000. After…

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JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT: The Making of an Icon with DOUG WOODHAM, Fmr. President of Christie's Americas 1:34:30

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“All of the great artists are there for a reason: because they rebelled in some way. They created a visual vocabulary that felt fresh and new, which excited people. So, the great artists are not built on sort of anthills of sand. They're built on things of substance and of meaning. Though this is not a sufficient condition to become an icon, it's a…

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Data Centers Are a Climate Enemy w/ Ketan Joshi | Tech Won't Save Us 58:30

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Paris Marx is joined by Ketan Joshi to discuss how hyperscale data centers are fueling the consumption of more oil and gas, what that means for climate targets, and the insidious relationship between the tech and fossil fuel industries. Ketan Joshi is a climate writer and data analyst based in Oslo working with climate and environmental groups. Our…

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Trump condemns Marjorie Taylor Greene, praises Mamdani; plus Alice Waters on ‘A School Lunch Revolution’ / Start Making Sense 41:08

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Last Friday Marjorie Taylor Greene announced she was quitting after Trump excommunicated her from MAGA, while the same day Trump welcomed Zohran Mamdani to the White House with open arms and high praise. What’s going on with Trump? Harold Meyerson comments - he's editor at large of The American Prospect. Also: Alice Waters, the legendary founder of…

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Chinese Prestige: From May Fourth to Mao w/ Yidi Wu | American Prestige 52:20

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In lieu of a typical Tuesday episode this week, we are releasing the first episode of our new miniseries Chinese Prestige. Annual subscribers already have access, while everyone else can get the 8 episodes for a whopping $5 for two weeks only. Enjoy! In this first episode of Chinese Prestige, Yidi, Danny, and Derek trace the origins of the Chinese …

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Ep. 269: Two Planes, Trains, and/or Automobiles in an Athletic Movie Marathon 47:16

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'Tis the season to be thankful. And Doug and Alice sure try their absolute hardest. But why should you be thankful for manufacturers? For injuries? For...ears? Also, Alice is hooked on this new series she's been watching - cyber security training videos. So there's that. Other discussion topics may include: - Gigantic, small dangling spiders - How …

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Where are Lilly and Jack Sullivan - Part 14: Six Months Missing, a Civilian Search, and a Discussion with Belynda Gray 1:16:16

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We continue coverage of the disappearance of 6-year-old Lilly and 4-year-old Jack Sullivan, who were reported missing from their rural Nova Scotia home on the morning of Friday, May 2. In this episode, we unpack recent developments in the case, are joined by the children’s grandmother Belynda Gray, and hear from a collection of listeners who presen…

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Angelo Herndon and the Radical Politics of Free Speech w/ Randall Kennedy | The Nation Podcast 36:19

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Angelo Herndon was a Black coal miner turned Communist activist who was repeatedly “arrested, convicted of vagrancy, and incarcerated” for his efforts to educate and mobilize workers. In 1932, he helped organize an interracial protest against a county decision to cut off relief for the poor. But it wasn’t simply the protest that led to his chain-ga…

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The Age of Larry Summers and Jeffrey Epstein w/ Doug Henwood | The Time of Monsters with Jeet Heer 42:48

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The famed economist Larry Summers, not for the first time, finds himself the center of a scandal. He’s had to take a leave from Harvard, where he teaches, because of embarrassing emails he had with his late friend Jeffrey Epstein. I talked to economic journalist and Nation contributor Doug Henwood, a long-time Summers watcher, about the career of t…

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Metaphysically Blown Away: Torrey Peters on Zoë Schlanger’s The Light Eaters | Reading Writers 1:08:45

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Charlotte overcomes her resistance to novels about sexual abuse in order to read Kate Elizabeth Russell’s excellent My Dark Vanessa, after which Jo introduces listeners to the freewheeling criminality of Diane DiMassa’s Hothead Paisan: Homicidal Lesbian. The ferociously intelligent Torrey Peters then joins for a conversation about plant consciousne…

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MBS White House Visit, US Pushes New Ukraine Deal, UN Votes on Gaza | American Prestige 41:33

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Danny and Derek are praying for Kim Kardashian to pass the bar. In this week’s news: Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia visits the White House (1:56); the U.S. pushes a new Ukraine peace deal (8:58); Israel continues killing people in Gaza (12:30), Palestinians’ shelters are failing in heavy rain (13:57), the UN votes on Trump’s Gaza plan (15:22),…

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KEEP CANADA WEIRD - 189 - 2025/11/21 - Hamilton Bus Hijacking, Grave Robbing, the Carstairs Creeper 1:03:51

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In Keep Canada Weird Jordan and Aaron Airport explore the weird and offbeat Canadian news stories from the past week. In this episode your hosts discuss; The Hamilton Bus Hijacking Toronto’s Most Prolific Grave Robbers The Carstairs Alberta CREEPER AI is Making People Crazy Series Links Keep Canada Weird Series: ⁠https://www.thecanadiangothic.com/k…

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Peter Thiel is the Real Antichrist w/ Gil Duran | Tech Won't Save Us 1:01:04

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Paris Marx is joined by Gil Duran to discuss how Peter Thiel’s bizarre obsession with the antichrist is really a desperate and embarrassing attempt to divert attention from his own misdeeds. Gil Duran writes The Nerd Reich and is working on his first book, The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Global Democracy. Our Sponsors: * Check…

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House Republicans Defy Trump; plus, when WWII Vets Came Home | Start Making Sense 34:00

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After almost a year of Trump stonewalling about the Epstein files, Republicans in the House finally took a stand against him. More than a hundred Republican members were prepared to vote for releasing the files. Facing a dramatic defeat, on Sunday night Trump caved, and Tuesday the vote in the House was nearly unanimous. John Nichols has our analys…

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Dignity, Memory, and Surveillance w/ Lea Ypi | American Prestige 57:43

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Danny and Derek speak with political theorist and author Lea Ypi about her new book Indignity: A Life Reimagined, which explores how personal memory intersects with imperial collapse, nationalism, and the surveillance state. They discuss her grandmother’s journey from Ottoman Salonika to Albania amid the rise of competing political projects; archiv…

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Ep. 268: Two Virtual Maestros in a Nude Sporting Event 44:33

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Is Alice autotuned this episode? Or is her voice just all mangled due to a recent illness? And, if the latter, *should* we have autotuned her? Elsewhere, hear about how Alice and Doug almost kinda potentially could have sorta possibly considered getting another cat (maybe). But they apparently already have a pet radioactive spider, so that should b…

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Michael Slobodian and the Brampton High School Shooting (Brampton, Ontario - 1975) 27:20

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In May of 1975, a high school in Brampton, Ontario became the scene of Canada's first modern mass school shooting. Sixteen-year-old Michael Slobodian walked into Brampton Centennial Secondary School carrying two rifles in a guitar case and, within minutes, left two people dead, thirteen wounded, and an entire generation traumatized. In this episode…

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Jeffrey Epstein and the American Empire w/ Van Jackson | The Time of Monsters with Jeet Heer 41:05

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The scandal around Jeffrey Epstein, who trafficked and abused children and died in a prison cell in 2019, has never gone away. It continues to explode now that House Democrats have released thousands of emails from Epstein and his cronies. But while the political class and mainstream media are understandably focused on the sex scandal, another dime…

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Setting the House on Fire: Lauren Michele Jackson on Nettie Jones’ Fish Tales | Reading Writers 56:27

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This week, Jo discovers the seminal elegance of Sylvia Wynter’s Black Metamorphosis: New Natives in a New World, while Charlotte considers how well she would fare if she traveled back in time to the era of Alexander the Great, as depicted in Mary Renault’s The Persian Boy. Then, the dazzling Lauren Michele Jackson joins to discuss the chaotic, thri…

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(Solar) Power to the People with Elizabeth Yeampierre | A People's Climate 25:09

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In this episode of A People’s Climate, host Shilpi Chhotray sits down with Elizabeth Yeampierre, veteran organizer and executive director of UPROSE, Brooklyn’s oldest Latino community-based organization, to explore how frontline communities are taking climate action into their own hands. In a capitalist world that prioritizes bigger, faster, and mo…

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Thailand–Cambodia Ceasefire Breaks Down, U.S. Escalates Military Presence Around Venezuela, Gaza Ceasefire Framework Stalls w/ Nathaniel Powell | American Prestige 54:59

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Subscribe now to skip the ads and get all of our content! Danny and Derek are vigorously programmed to bring you the news headlines. This week: the Thai-Cambodia ceasefire breaks down as border fire and incidents escalate (0:30); in Gaza, Trump’s framework stalls while governments debate the shape and purpose of an international security force (4:2…

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KEEP CANADA WEIRD - 188 - 2025/11/15 - Whipped Cream, Tesla's Chatboy, Racoon Robbery, and a River Otter Massacre 1:01:49

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In Keep Canada Weird Jordan and Aaron Airport explore the weird and offbeat Canadian news stories from the past week. In this episode your hosts discuss; $80K of stolen whipped cream (Guelph, Ontario) Tesla’s spicy in car chatbot Racoon robbery (Calgary, AB) River otter massacre (Gimli, MB) Series Links Keep Canada Weird Series: ⁠https://www.thecan…

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Saudi Arabia is Using Games to Improve Its Image w/ Nathan Grayson | Tech Won't Save Us 56:02

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Paris Marx is joined by Nathan Grayson to discuss how Saudi Arabia is buying its way into the sports, comedy, and video game industries in order to broaden its investment portfolio and launder its international reputation. Nathan Grayson is a cofounder of Aftermath and the author of Stream Big: The Triumphs and Turmoils of Twitch and the Stars Behi…

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Mamdani’s Momentum, plus ‘The Radical Fund’ | Start Making Sense 41:47

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As mayor of New York City, Zohran Mamdani will be the first socialist in American history to hold significant power. It’s a huge opportunity, and a huge responsibility. Bhaskar Sunkara, president of The Nation and author of “The Socialist Manifesto,” will comment. Also: How a band of visionaries and a million dollars upended America – in the 1920s,…

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Silicon Valley and the Israeli Occupation w/ Omar Zahzah | American Prestige 49:04

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Derek is joined by Omar Zahzah, Assistant Professor of Arab Muslim Ethnicities and Diasporas Studies at San Francisco State University, to talk about his book Terms of Servitude: Zionism, Silicon Valley, and Digital Settler Colonialism. They discuss the Sheikh Jarrah uprising and the digital front of the Palestinian struggle, the difference between…

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Ep. 267: Two Canned Beef Monuments in a Near-Death Scarf Incident 56:04

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Yesterday was Alice's birthday! And, for the occasion, Doug has conjured up an exciting, brand new, absolutely-not-inspired-by-anything-else-ever game! Get ready for: Alice Shen: This Has Been Your Life So Far! Other discussion topics may include: - How long do you wear your favorite pair of underwear? - How to dodge the ram people - Is your butter…

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The Cult of the Cybertruck with Maya Vinokour | The Nation Podcast 32:24

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Perhaps no single object embodies our dystopian, oligarchical, ugly present more than the Cybertruck—the hulking spacecraft-cum-tank that Elon Musk has foisted on the world. The Cybertruck is unpleasant to look at, unsafe to drive, and, judging from its anemic sales, unwanted by most of the public. It has been described as an even bigger flop than …

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On Mind Games, Power & Obsession - Showrunner HOWARD GORDON & Writer DANIEL PEARLE - Highlights 17:38

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“How do you render something interior filmically? How do you communicate the details of the lost child, of the amount of time of the stuck creative process, and even the exterior, or the externalization of the house as a kind of hellish thing that's barely staying together—literally flooding with waste—and that you can't afford? So those are the de…

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The Beast in Me starring CLAIRE DANES - Behind the Scenes w/ HOWARD GORDON & DANIEL PEARLE 46:26

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“And I think there's also just something about an unfettered or uncensored id that is so captivating. We all have that fantasy of doing exactly what we want with no consequences and sort of letting that go. I think when you see an athlete at the peak of their game, doing that embodied thing and living that dream, or when someone has actually done h…

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The American Right’s Civil War Over Israel w/ David Austin Walsh | The Time of Monsters with Jeet Heer 51:32

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Much has been written about how the Israel/Palestine conflict is dividing the left, but the same is true of the right. Tucker Carlson’s interview with the antisemitic critic of Israel Nick Fuentes has created an intense debate on the right about anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism, currently playing itself out in turmoil at the Heritage Foundation. I sp…

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Reading Writers Is BACK, with Rumaan Alam | Reading Writers 1:02:54

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Reading Writers is BACK, and in partnership with Bookforum Magazine! In this first episode of Season 3, hosts Jo and Charlotte delve into the (separate) letter collections of Vincent Van Gogh and D.H. Lawrence before they’re joined by superstar novelist Rumaan Alam to reflect on magazine eras of yore via Tina Brown’s The Vanity Fair Diaries. Also m…

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Seeds of Resistance with Vivien Sansour | A People's Climate 31:07

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In this episode of A People’s Climate, host Shilpi Chhotray sits down with Vivien Sansour, founder of the Palestine Heirloom Seed Library, for a powerful conversation about resistance in the face of Israeli militarism, occupation, and ecological devastation. For two years, the world watched Israel’s genocide in Gaza and ethnic cleansing campaign ac…

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KEEP CANADA WEIRD - 187 - 2025/11/07 - tampered with candy, ding dong ditch, huge tires 56:01

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In Keep Canada Weird Jordan and Aaron Airport explore the weird and offbeat Canadian news stories from the past week. In this episode your hosts discuss; 2025’s “tampered with” trick or treating candy stories an over zealous cop vs ding dong ditchers Toronto cops run over suspect… by accident… twice the mystery of the huge tires Series Links Keep C…

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Why We Need a War on Cars w/ Doug Gordon and Sarah Goodyear | Tech Won't Save Us 1:02:46

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Paris Marx is joined by Doug Gordon and Sarah Goodyear to discuss the many ways cars have negatively affected society, how tech companies seek to entrench those problems, and what can really be done to improve mobility in our communities. Doug Gordon is a TV producer and writer. Sarah Goodyear is a journalist and author. They are the co-hosts of Th…

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the Murder of Alfred Belyea (Suffield, Alberta - 2021) 19:35

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In the fall of 2021, Cypress County councilor Alfred “Alf” Belyea vanished from his home in the small Alberta hamlet of Suffield. Within a week, a hand drawn map would lead police to his body… hidden in a garbage bin on an abandoned farm a province away. In this episode of The Canadian Gothic, we hear the story of Alfred and Deborah Belyea. Links: …

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Dem Voters Triumph; plus That Springsteen Movie 39:05

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Democratic candidates won everywhere they ran on Tuesday – Abagail Spanberger and a Democratic state legislature in Virginia, Mikie Sherrill in New Jersey, Gavin Newsom’s redistricting proposition in California, and of course Zohran Mamdani in New York City. Trump didn’t even campaign against any them. John Nichols has our analysis. Also: Greil Mar…

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The Wagner Group and the New Era of Private War w/ John Lechner | American Prestige 1:03:03

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Danny and Derek welcome journalist and author John Lechner to discuss his book, Death is Our Business: Russian Mercenaries in the New Era of Warfare. The conversation cuts through the mainstream narrative of the Wagner Group to explore the true history of Yevgeny Prigozhin, from his start as a product of post-Soviet "gangster capitalism" in 1990s S…

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Why the Supreme Court Will Never Stand Up to Trump with Elie Mystal | The Nation Podcast 51:46

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It can be tempting to look away from the Supreme Court. The cases are complicated, the traditions archaic, and these days the decisions are almost always devastating and the reasoning often perverse. But alas, the Court is too important to ignore, particularly as John Roberts and his five ultra- conservative colleagues have turned it into a rubber …

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Ep. 266: Two Terrible Guard Dogs in a Metaphor for Puberty 51:37

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Alice and Doug have just returned from a surprise early birthday trip out of town. They've come back with stories of food, a 40th anniversary celebration, and a what-might-have-been involving an "adult playground." It's also National Candy Day, and...have you ever noticed how suggestive some candy slogans sound? Well, you're about to. Other discuss…

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After the American Empire w/ Trita Parsi | The Time of Monsters with Jeet Heer 36:18

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Donald Trump claims he wants to be the peace president and has even lobbied for a Nobel Peace Prize. But his foreign policy has been wildly contradictory. While the United States is clearly retrenching from many parts of the world, violence against hemispheric neighbors is increasing. I talked to Trita Parsi, co-founder and executive vice president…

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Memphis vs. Musk, with Rep. Justin J. Pearson | A People's Climate 37:00

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Host Shilpi Chhotray is joined by Tennessee State Representative Justin J. Pearson, a fierce advocate taking on corporate power — from Big Oil to Big Tech. You may know him as one of the two Black representatives who was expelled for demanding gun reform on the House floor after The Covenant school shooting in Nashville. But long before becoming on…

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Trump Asia Tour and Xi Summit, RSF Massacres in Sudan, US Continues Bombing Boats Off South America Coast | American Prestige 51:47

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What’s spookier than international relations? This week in the news roundup: Trump tours Asia to talk trade deals (1:28), a Thai-Cambodia accord (7:11), and to meet with Xi (8:45); the RSF captures of Al-Fashir in Sudan with reports of mass killings (12:19); Gaza sees the deadliest day of Israeli bombardments since the ceasefire began (17:19); the …

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KEEP CANADA WEIRD - 186 - 2025/10/31 - Hairbrush Heist, Carwash Chaos, the Red Car Ripper, and Duck Lake 58:24

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In Keep Canada Weird Jordan and Aaron Airport explore the weird and offbeat Canadian news stories from the past week. In this episode your hosts discuss; a hairbrush heist Carwash chaos in Sarnia, Ontario the Red Car Ripper of Selkirk Duck Lake, SK - FOR SALE Series Links Keep Canada Weird Series: https://www.thecanadiangothic.com/keep-canada-weird…

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We Need to Cut Our Dependence on US Tech. Here’s How to Start. | Tech Won't Save Us 46:07

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Paris Marx celebrates the 300th episode of Tech Won’t Save Us by sharing his reasons to push for digital sovereignty and get off US tech. On top of explaining how that dependence gives the US governments and its tech companies power over us, Paris also provides tips of alternative services to consider migrating to. Our Sponsors: * Check out Avocado…

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