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Every Thursday on The Assignment, host Audie Cornish explores the animating forces of this extraordinary American political moment. It’s not about the horse race, it’s about the larger cultural ideas driving the conversation: the role of online influencers on the electorate, the intersection of pop culture and politics, and discussions with primary voices and thinkers who are shaping the political conversation.
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On Assignment is a podcast about the people, practices, and ideas shaping the future of journalism. Produced by The Assignment Desk, each episode dives into the evolving world of local media, journalism education, news innovation, and the urgent fight against disinformation. From conversations about newsroom funding and emerging technologies to rebuilding public trust and reimagining community storytelling, On Assignment explores the challenges and possibilities facing today’s news landscape ...
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Motherhood: Aligned and Assigned

Dr. Veronica Schiltz and Dr. Serena Coffman

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Join pediatric and family specialists Dr. Veronica Schiltz and Dr. Serena Coffman in "Motherhood: Aligned and Assigned" where traditional views meet modern approaches to family wellness. These nervous system experts transform complex health science into digestible content that empowers mothers as the true experts of their children's health while providing evidence-based solutions through a God-centered healing perspective. Discover how the nervous system is the missing link for challenges li ...
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On Assignment - From the duPont-Columbia Awards

On Assignment - From the duPont-Columbia Awards

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On Assignment brings you some of the best conversations from the Columbia Journalism School, produced and hosted by the school's Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Awards. The duPont-Columbia Awards honor the best in audio-visual reporting across platforms including broadcast, documentary, local investigative, radio and interactive journalism. We started the On Assignment Podcast to go behind the scenes and bring you the conversations we were having with the leading journalists in the fiel ...
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Welcome to The Assignment, the only podcast that doesn’t just talk about growth, it dares you to do the damn work. This is your wake-up call wrapped in dark humor, soul-punching truths, and the kind of raw, unfiltered conversations that feel more like a spiritual slap than a self-help pep talk. Each week, we crack open the human experience: business, body, relationships, leadership, consciousness, etc. and expose the hidden patterns, excuses, and energetic leaks keeping high performers stuck ...
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Exclusive Guest Interviews your front-row seat to the real-world playbook of creative real estate investing. Each week, host Michael Riordan sits down with deal-makers who thrive outside the conventional mortgage box—think subject-to specialists, seller-finance pros, lease-option architects, note investors, master-lease tacticians, and more. Behind The Scenes Stories Pulls back the curtain on our guests creative real-estate deals, revealing the late-night negotiations, surprise setbacks, and ...
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Welcome to Motherhood: Aligned and Assigned! In today's episode, we explore the significant impact a mother's nervous system has on her family, starting from preconception through postpartum. We discuss co-regulation, a crucial but often misunderstood concept, and how a regulated mom can foster a calmer, healthier baby. We also touch on the role of…
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Why do we keep scrolling through headlines that only make us feel worse? In this bonus episode of On Assignment, guest host Nari Han—a researcher who explores why people disengage from news and what brings them back—guides us through the emotional and behavioral terrain of doomscrolling. With insights from research at the University of California, …
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For over 25 years Antonia Quirke has made programmes and written articles about film. After a chance comment during an interview, she was offered a small part in a screen adaptation of Jim Crace’s novel Harvest, directed by Athina Rachel Tsangari, one of the celebrated instigators of the surreal, unsettling cinema movement known as the Greek Weird …
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In 2019, British-Nigerian comedian Emmanuel Sonubi suffered from a near-fatal heart failure whilst on a comedy tour of Dubai. He had a condition called dilated cardiomyopathy, which means his heart was not pumping enough oxygen around his body, and he might need an urgent transplant. In the years since Emmanuel's condition has been controlled throu…
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A growing number of Romanians, including some celebrities and the country’s former prime minister Dacian Cioloș, are moving to the countryside. They say they're looking for a slower and more sustainable life in the hills. But this seemingly idyllic lifestyle is not without challenges. What's driving this trend? Romanian journalist Anca Badea has lo…
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In this powerful episode of Off Market Mindset, host Michael Riordan sits down with Steve Pugh, a 28-year real estate veteran and one of Florida’s top brokers. Steve opens up about his journey—from battling addiction and facing jail time to becoming a high-performing broker associate under eXp Realty, closing 40–50 deals a year, and leading one of …
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Across the world, there’s often a stigma when it comes to men discussing their emotions. “We’re taught here as men that a man shouldn’t cry,” says Kholekile, who chairs the ManKind Project, a support group for men in South Africa. Across the world, there’s often a stigma when it comes to men discussing their emotions. “We’re taught here as men that…
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In this episode of The Off Market Mindset, host Michael Riordan sits down with 21-year-old entrepreneur and real estate investor Godsheritage Adeoye—better known as Heritage—to break down what it really takes to build a brand, create leverage, and buy your first property while still in college. This one hits different. Heritage isn’t just another c…
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👉 Are you a real estate investor with a story to share? Apply to be a guest at peerlesspropertysolutions.com/podcast and let’s put your deals on blast! Step inside this week’s Off Market Mindset as host Michael Riordan chops it up with Jose Cortes—Air-Force-vet-turned-investor, transactional lender, and DSCR broker with a bullpen of 22 lending part…
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Learn how to leverage creative finance, “Subject-To” deals, and component-driven modular homes to crush today’s Colorado real-estate market. Realtor-investor Reed Peuser joins host Michael Riordan on the Off-Market Mindset podcast to reveal his blueprint for scaling from 250+ traditional transactions to high-margin prefab developments—while solving…
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Genesis 16:13, “She gave this name to the LORD who spoke to her: “You are the God who sees me,” for she said, “I have now seen the One who sees me.” Hagar - the one who sees me. She is the only one who gave God a name based on experience with Him. King El Roi “Why did she feel this way?” Women: To be seen: control, anxious, fear, unsettled God care…
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The number of adults getting baptised in France has tripled in the last three years. Why are so many more adults joining the Church in France? We meet two of France’s new Christians, one baptised this Easter, one last Easter, and hear the strong stories they have to tell about the path they took and ask whether Catholicism is changing from a religi…
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Researchers in Morocco are developing dry-land agriculture at ICARDA (the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas). It is home to a gene bank, in which around 150,000 different seed-types are kept in perfectly calibrated cold vaults, and duplicated to protect them from ‘fire, earthquake and war.’ They’re used for the creatio…
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Sidhu Moose Wala explodes onto the Canadian music scene. His sound is a fusion of two worlds - hip-hop with the poetic language of rural Punjab, where he is from. After years of struggle he is making it. But with the spotlight comes a dark side. As his fame grows, so do the threats. This is the hunt for answers in a killing that won’t be forgotten.…
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France’s last foyers – housing for immigrant workers – are set for demolition. But some current residents are worried about what they’ll lose. Hundreds of “foyers” - housing units especially for immigrant workers – were built after World War II. The economy was booming and France needed unskilled labour to help rebuild the country. But since the 19…
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How do you imagine the future if you are a science fiction writer living in the present with your country at war? That is the challenge and dilemma for best selling author Max Kidruk. As he nears completion of Collapse, the second volume of a science fiction trilogy The New Dark Ages, his first volume, Colony has sold 60,000 copies in Ukraine. In t…
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Afghanistan used to produce more than 80% of the world's opium, the key ingredient for the drug heroin. When the Taliban took over, they banned poppy farming completely. 3 years on, how has this measure been implemented and how is it affecting people? Yama Bariz and Mamoon Durrani from the BBC's Afghan service discuss the effectiveness of the Talib…
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Donald Trump campaigned hard on illegal immigration ahead of the presidential election and promised voters a major crackdown if they backed him. Since he came to power, the president has issued executive orders to fortify the country’s borders and suspend the entry of undocumented migrants. He has also vowed to oversee the largest deportation progr…
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Salma El-Wardany meets young women in Egypt using their voices to amplify their faith – drawing inspiration from the long tradition of female Quran reciters in the country. Following in the footsteps of pioneering women like Sheikha Munira Abdou who was first heard on Egyptian Radio 100 years ago and the renowned singer Umm Kulthum, more Egyptian w…
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Welcome to Motherhood: Aligned and Assigned! In today's episode, we're exploring the connection between behavior and chiropractic care in children. Many parents ask if behavior issues are just that, or if they stem from a dysregulated nervous system. We discuss the shame and guilt parents often feel, the complexities behind a child's response to co…
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Star Trek legend George Takei has spent a lifetime confronting injustice: his family was sent to internment camps during World War II, he fought for civil rights in the 60’s, and later in life he became an activist in the LGBTQ+ community. Takei talks with Audie about his new graphic book, “It Rhymes with Takei,” a story about the experiences that …
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British-Pakistani pharmacist turned comedian Lubna Kerr hears from doctors, sufferers, and experts as she explores Pakistan’s growing diabetes crisis. With type 2 diabetes rates now the highest in the world, the disease is affecting millions - shaping lives, straining healthcare, and raising questions about prevention. Many sufferers remain undiagn…
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An inspiration, a politician, a pioneer on and off court - these just some of the words used to describe Arthur Ashe, who became the first African-American to win the men's Wimbledon singles title against Jimmy Connors in 1975. It was one of the most iconic sporting moments of the 20th Century at a time of huge political and racial unrest. Ashe’s l…
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In 2021, a huge container ship, the X-Press Pearl caught fire and sank off the coast of Sri Lanka, releasing hazardous materials, toxic chemicals and more than 1000 tonnes of microplastic pellets into the sea. The UN called it an environmental catastrophe. Today, Sri Lanka is still counting the cost. Leana Hosea visits Sri Lanka to investigate the …
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Indian music star Sidhu Moose Wala died in a hail of bullets. Who wanted him dead and why? He was one of India’s biggest stars — a voice millions followed. Then Sidhu Moose Wala was gunned down. This is the hunt for answers over a murder that won’t be forgotten. A two-year long investigation that exposes a tangled web of fame, power and vengeance a…
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Why are Poland's young voters turning to the right? With his veto powers, Poland’s president-elect Karol Nawrocki could halt the pro-EU government of Donald Tusk. Poland is a NATO member and backs Ukraine in the war with Russia. Scaling up security is an issue almost all Poles agree on, yet there are some signs of shifting attitudes - on foreign po…
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Poland’s president-elect, Karol Nawrocki, is a right-wing historian, an amateur boxer and a fan of Donald Trump. What will his presidency mean for the region? Kateryna Khinkulova, editor of the newly launched BBC News Polska, explains. Plus, India’s ‘tailor on wheels’ with Anil Kumar reporting for BBC Telugu and the science of smiling with Alassane…
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Following the recent bombing of Iran’s nuclear sites by the United States, we talk to Iranians living in the US about their thoughts as they watch events in the Middle East from afar. They describe feeling conflicted about the attacks carried out by their adopted homeland. They worry about friends and relatives who could be in danger back in Iran. …
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Bible Verse: 1 John 3:1 — "See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are!" In This Episode: Amber and Courtney dive into the truth that your identity is not based on your past but on God’s love and choice. You are a child of God—no matter your story. Topics Covered: Difference b…
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