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The John Batchelor Show is a hard news-analysis radio program on current events, world history, global politics and natural sciences. Based in New York City for two decades, the show has travelled widely to report, from the Middle East to the South Caucasus to the Arabian Peninsula and East Asia.
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Timeless wisdom. Unfiltered truth. One father’s legacy of love, power, and purpose — for his sons, and for every man finding his way. 🎙 Podcast | 📜 Letters | 🌍 Community |📬 Join the newsletter: formysons.carrd.co
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Off Code Podcast

Monique Duson & Kevin Briggins

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Real and intriguing conversations about the Black community and how we can move forward into biblical human flourishing. Hosted by: Monique Duson and Kevin Briggins. Sponsored by the Center for Biblical Unity.
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Breaking Battlegrounds

Breaking Battlegrounds

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Breaking Battlegrounds is a Politics Podcast show that interviews opinion leaders from across the world to discuss politics, culture, and policies that are shaping our day-to-day lives. breakingbattlegrounds.substack.com
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Welcome! Here we have conversations where the Christian faith interacts (or intersects) with topics found outside of the typical, safe church environment. We wanted to address the question: "What happens when a priest talks with people of the community about topics that are important to them, but not necessarily what you might hear Sunday morning?" Our church porch (or patio) was designed to facilitate these meaningful and authentic conversations, so we called this "Porch Talk." Join us!
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Leadership Lessons is a weekly podcast designed for anyone who wants to grow with intention. Hosted by Dr. Fredrick D. Lee II, this show delivers practical strategies, real-world insights, and transformative leadership tools rooted in emotional intelligence, equity, and personal growth. Whether you're managing teams, navigating change, or building workplace culture, each episode equips you with actionable lessons to lead with clarity, confidence, and compassion.
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Academic Asylum

medrinenyambura

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This is a podcast series that is focusing on telling the story of international graduate students on their journey in the American higher education system. In a 6-episodes story, women from all over the world weave the story of the pursuit of the American Dream.
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Ambiguous Borders

Sevy and Miles

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Join as Sevy🇺🇸 & Miles🇬🇧 audibly travel the world one question at a time. Together we explore the world through learning and empathizing about the lifestyles within.
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Oblivity

Oblivity

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Comedy sci-fi | Start with 'Prologue: Itch' Commander Falconer is missing the war... Following years in front line combat, a decorated hero is posted to the remote ice plains of Pluto on her toughest mission yet: to oversee a small, dysfunctional research team. Oblivity is a comedy science fiction audiodrama about family, isolation and meteorites. “Oblivity is a fiercely good show. The cast are all top notch, the scripts crackle with absurdity, humor and action and the show has a unique ener ...
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The Global Ayllu

Francisco Escobar

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A multi-media and clothing collective centered on the Andean Diaspora extending across the Latin American Diaspora on Abya Yala @TheGlobalAyllu Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/theglobalayllu/support
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The podcast "Exodus: Cultures and Heritage" aims to delve into the acculturation experiences of Iranian students residing in Wroclaw, Poland. Acculturation refers to the cultural and psychological changes that occur when individuals from different cultures come into continuous first-hand contact. This podcast, closely tied to the thesis project, explores these changes through peer-to-peer interviews and reportage, offering listeners a deep and personal insight into the lives of the students.
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Ship-Talking Podcast

Ship-Talking Podcast

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Join us weekly as we talk sh*p with guests from across the Star Trek universe who have contributed to the design, creation, and production of its ships. Red alert: Maximum punnage intended.
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Should I Get Bangs? is a podcast about breakdowns &. breakthroughs. Very sensitive comedian Giulia Rozzi, and often a notable guest, explore times that they emotionally cut their bangs, metaphorically (and sometimes literally). Giulia will also share tips on how she (tries) to stay sane and sometimes check in with a licensed therapist (who also happens to be her sister Elena) for expert insight. Mixing comedy and mental health, this show entertains and empathizes. Reach out at ShouldIGetBang ...
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Human Centered

Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences

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Conversations about projects and research undertaken by scholars & affiliates of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University; interviews with renowned fellows from CASBS history; and audio versions of occasional CASBS live events. CASBS is a scholarly community like no other for collaborative, cross-disciplinary, generative research. It brings together deep thinkers to address wicked problems and significant societal challenges. It empowers them to ...
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Lots of people are talking about the future of work today: remote work, artificial intelligence, white-collar unions, robots, 4-day workweeks... But those things are either here already or will be soon. What about the far future of work? What alien advancements await the office of the future? This podcast wants to boldly go where no other future-of-work podcast has gone. Host Tara McMullin (What Works) brings this limited series about how speculative fiction can help us imagine strange new w ...
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This is a podcast about life in America as an American-Afghan. I openly talk about my own life, topics related to the dual culture, American lifestyle, Afghan family life, taboo topics that Afghans don’t discuss but need to start, interviews with notable Afghans doing great things and much more. Please subscribe and leave a comment on Apple a Podcast, it would mean the world to me! Is there a topic you think is important? Let me know! Stay in touch with me and follow me on Instagram: @realam ...
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unfolding sharp corners

Bharti Rupani & Sherry Ezhuthachan

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Welcome to Unfolding Sharp Corners! A podcast creating a common space to discuss all the taboo topics we're told not to talk about, and how it shows up in our coaching and our lives. Your hosts are Bharti Rupani and Sherry Ezhuthachan, and each week we'll discuss a taboo topic, our connection to it and the questions we are exploring. We believe in learning in relationship, so we invite you to share your own questions and insights so we can add to this pool of community learning. Join Us!
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From past & current events that mold the traumas and nuances of our existence, to the synapses of your everyday, loud, and noisy feelings, The Art of Human Dissonance is an uplifting and meditative-styled safe-haven for the waking individual asking themselves, “How, is all of this?” Join me, your host, Yachay Miika, as we dive deeper into the processes of the human journey through expressive & mindfulness Art! New Episodes every Monday!
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Conversations on Authenticity

David Brown Jr. (Dr. DBJ)

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Conversations on Authenticity is a monologue and discussion podcast of any and all things related to the ubiquitous but not well understood concept of authenticity. Through storytelling, research and practical insights, listeners will learn about the impacts of experiencing higher and lower levels of authenticity and develop approaches to improve their overall well-being. As a business leader, Dr. DBJ puts specific emphasis on how leaders can use authenticity to transform themselves and thei ...
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The Good Daughter Podcast is for women experiencing cultural challenges in their personal and professional life. Pressure comes from your parents to follow their cultural expectations no matter how old you are. Where you study, how you dress, who you’re friends with, who you date, who you marry - whether it is an arranged marriage or not, when you have kids - these choices are dictated to you by your family, and it feels like you have no input into your own life. You are expected to be nothi ...
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Spirit Plate

Whetstone Radio Collective

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The Spirit Plate podcast is an honoring of all the Indigenous communities across Turtle Island (also known as North America) who are working to preserve and revitalize their ancestral foodways. Within the growing Indigenous food movement lies an incredible story of reclamation and intertribal solidarity; powerful yet untold examples of Native peoples resisting and thriving. Spirit Plate is a space for Indigenous peoples of Turtle Island to tell our own history and shape the narrative of our ...
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The conversation continues on the eastern Viking diaspora, noting that the power base of the Rus shifted from Novgorod to Kyiv, forming Kievan Rus. Although early rulers had Norsedescent, they assimilated culturally, blending Scandinavian and Slavic elements; Norse names like Ingvar and Helgabecame Igor and Olga. History is flexible, and competing …
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This week on Breaking Battlegrounds, Chuck and Sam are first joined by Jon Levine of the Washington Free Beacon to discuss the latest from Israel, including rising regional tensions and the role of U.S. aid, as well as developments with USAID and the New York City mayor’s race. Then journalist and media creator Sagnik Basu shares his journey to the…
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HEADLINE: Antarctic Warming Threatens Australia with Catastrophic Summer; Cockatoos Declare War on TulipsGUEST: Jeremy Zachas 100 WORD SUMMARY: Reporting from New South Wales, Jeremy Zachas details the effects of Sudden Stratospheric Warming (SSW) over Antarctica, which involves a rapid 30°C rise in the upper atmosphere. This disruption threatens A…
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In Season 3 of For My Sons, we’re stepping into manhood with lessons that sharpen your habits, your mind, and your future. And the first stone in that house is focus. The Yoruba remind us: “Bí o ṣe ń dúró ni, bí o ṣe ń mọ̀ eso ni” — as you persist, so you ripen the fruit. In other words, lasting results only come when you hold your attention steady…
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Londinium Chronicles Part 3 Audio Sept 28.mp3 HEADLINE: How to Move the Billionaires: War, Leveling, and the Failure of Reform SPEAKERS: Germanicus and Gaius 200 WORD SUMMARY: The speakers address the internal crisis within "Fortress America": the modern-day Palatine Hill, represented by the billionaires who are untouchable and above the law. Gaius…
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Londinium Chronicles Part 2 Sept 28.mp3 HEADLINE: The Verres Moment: Indictment, Corruption, and the Threatened Legitimacy of the American Vote SPEAKERS: Gaius and Germanicus 200 WORD SUMMARY: Gaiusand Germanicus draw parallels between the collapse of the Roman Republic—where the people lost confidence in the Senate—and modern America. They recount…
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Londinium Chronicles Part 1 Sept 28.mp3 HEADLINE: Reorganizing the Legions: Fortress America, the Corrupt Senate, and the Stranglehold of the Military-Industrial Complex SPEAKERS: Gaius Londinium and Germanicus 200 WORD SUMMARY: The Friends of History Debating Society opens by discussing the panicking temperament of European leadership due to Russi…
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HEADLINE: Runestones, Artifacts, and Modern Misappropriation BOOK TITLE: American Vikings: How the Norse Sailed into the Lands and Imaginations of America AUTHOR: Martyn Whittock 100 WORD SUMMARY: Following the translation of the sagas, runestones (e.g., Kensington in Minnesota) began appearing, primarily after 1865. These are almost certainly fake…
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HEADLINE: L'Anse aux Meadows, Conflict, and Freydís BOOK TITLE: American Vikings: How the Norse Sailed into the Lands and Imaginations of America AUTHOR: Martyn Whittock 100 WORD SUMMARY: The site of L'Anse aux Meadows in northern Newfoundland provides definitive archaeological proof of Norse presence in North America, with dendrochronological rese…
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HEADLINE: Erikson, Sagas, and Vinland Location BOOK TITLE: American Vikings: How the Norse Sailed into the Lands and Imaginations of America AUTHOR: Martyn Whittock 100 WORD SUMMARY: The source focuses on the westward journey from Greenland, established by Erik the Red, to lands sighted by storm-driven sailors. His son, Leif Erikson, led expedition…
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HEADLINE: Defining Vikings and Early Expansion BOOK TITLE: American Vikings: How the Norse Sailed into the Lands and Imaginations of America AUTHOR: Martyn Whittock 100 WORD SUMMARY: The book discusses the Norse expansion ("Viking" being an activity, not a societal label) that began sweeping across Europe and the British Isles in the late 8th centu…
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The final ending discussed is the slow demise of the Norsesettlement in Greenland, settled by Erik the Red around 985 AD. Herjolfsnes, one of the last settled places, provides poignant evidence from its graveyard. Due to permafrost, the coarse, mended woolen clothes (vaðmál) of the last generations, dating up to the early 15th century, were preserv…
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The segment explores different endpoints of the Viking Age. 1066 AD is often cited, but this is Anglocentric. That year saw Harald Hardrada, King of Norway (whose claim descended from Cnut's North Sea Empire), killed by Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Stamford Bridge. Normans (Northmen) like William were culturally assimilated Vikings, meaning Vi…
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Barraclough describes the lava cave Surtshellir in Iceland, named after the fire giant Surtr, where new archaeological evidence has been found. Deep within the cave, a man-made wall and a stone outline shaped like a boat were discovered. Inside the boat, offerings associated with fire and burning (ornaments, jasper, burnt bones) were left, suggesti…
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The discussion focuses on Norse mythology, noting that main written sources, such as Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda and the Poetic Edda, were recorded in 13th-century Iceland, post-conversion to Christianity, necessitating caution in interpretation. The creation story involves the eternal void (Ginnungagap) meeting the fire world (Muspelheim) and th…
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Barraclough interprets objects like reliquaries, initially used in Christian contexts to house relics. Norse raiders took these back to Norway, valuing the metal and jewels while often discarding the relics inside. These reliquaries were given as presents to women and passed down female generations, suggesting early raids were motivated by young me…
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This segment focuses on Vikings as conquerors, noting successful raids like the one on Paris, which yielded 7,000 pounds of gold. Around 865 AD, the Great Heathen Army arrived in England, conquering East Anglia, Northumbria, and Mercia. The resulting stalemate with King Alfred led to the establishment of the Danelaw around 878–880 AD, giving Norse …
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CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor AUTHOR NAME: Eleanor Barraclough BOOK TITLE: Embers of the Hands: Hidden Histories of the Viking Age GUEST NAME: Eleanor Barraclough 100 WORD SUMMARY: The segment introduces Eleanor Barraclough'Es book, Embers of the Hands: Hidden Histories of the Viking Age, which draws history from everyday objects. The ti…
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Preview: The origins of the UK involve many cultural incomers, including the earlier Anglo-Saxons and Romans. The Viking "great heathen army" (c. 865), referred to in Old Englishas micel here, should be understood as smaller, mobile war bands with various leaders. This structure allowed the Norseinvaders to utilize waterways, split their forces, an…
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Preview: Historian Eleanor Barraclough discusses a story preserved in a later saga (13th/14th century) about two men sheltering in an Icelandic cave after conversion. They encounter a mountain giant whose two glowing eyes resemble full moons. The giant recites a poem of 12 verses containing volcanic imagery ("dark flames drive the spit," "roaring o…
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Preview: The Viking Age (750-1100 AD) saw Norse raiders transform into farmers. The Great Heathen Army arrived around 865 as mobile war bands. King Alfred the Great eventually achieved a stalemate with the Norse leader Guthrum. This led to an astonishing agreement (c. 878-880) establishing the Danelaw, giving the Norse legal control over vast areas…
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PREVIEW:: America First: Roosevelt vs. Lindbergh in the Shadow of War Hardcover – September 24, 2024 by H. W. Brands (Author) This source focuses on Charles Lindbergh's perspective on Germany and his strong critiques of Great Britain's foreign policy leading up to the war during the critical years of 1939, 1940, and 1941. 1927 LINDBERGH Context and…
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PREVIEW:: This source details President Franklin D. Roosevelt's covert strategy to maneuver the United States into supporting Great Britain despite strong domestic anti-war resistance, and the ideological clash this caused with Charles Lindbergh. America First: Roosevelt vs. Lindbergh in the Shadow of War Hardcover – September 24, 2024 by H. W. Bra…
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4/4: Wuhan Lab and the Politicization of COVID-19 Origins GUEST NAME:Brandon Weichert 50 WORD SUMMARY: Brandon Weichert discusses the creation of the Wuhan BSL4 lab, noting French warnings about its dual-use potential for bioweapons. US intelligence knew the lab had poor security protocols before COVID-19. Key figures discussed are General Chen Wei…
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3/4: HEADLINE: Recommendations for Countering Chinese Tech Acquisition and Liability for COVID-19 GUEST NAME: Brandon Weichert 50 WORD SUMMARY: Brandon Weichert suggests US responses to China, including classifying tech transfers as bribes and empowering CFIUS to block Chinese acquisition of high-tech firms. He argues Washington is slowly grasping …
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2/4: HEADLINE: High-Profile Corruption and Genetic Manipulation: The Cases of Lieber and He Jiankui GUEST NAME: Brandon Weichert 50 WORD SUMMARY: Brandon Weichert details how the Thousand Talents Program corrupted US scientists like Harvard's Charles Lieber, who shared military-grade nanotech research with China. The discussion pivots to the dual-u…
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