A podcast about evil and complicated queers in history. Why do we remember our heroes better than our villains? Hosted by Huw Lemmey and Ben Miller. Learn more: www.badgayspod.com
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This podcast is mainly about sports but it has other things with it.
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Ben Murray, The SaaS CFO, talks all things SaaS.
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A monthly comedy snooker podcast. Join Ben and Dave as they take a sideways look at the world of snooker.
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Winning at Maths. Losing at Life.
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Triple M Cricket Podcast
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Welcome to Overqualified Idiots, the podcast where four professionals come together to share their experiences. The only podcast where medicine, pharmacy, engineering, and law come together to shoot the breeze and share anecdotes around a given theme. Sure...we're highly trained and educated, but at the end of the day we are still a bunch of dumb guys here to tell funny stories and give our hot takes.
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Join magician and creative artist Ben Earl as he takes you on a deeply personal journey to explore meaning, mastery and magic. Welcome to 'The M Word'.
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Colliding the world of sports, business and life to bring content that crosses all barriers. Enjoy humans. #mentality #mentorship #methodology #motivation #mindset #consistentgains # communitystewardship #embracethenew #ownyourrole #openhorizons
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The Algorithms + Data Structures = Programs Podcast (aka ADSP: The Podcast) is a programming podcast hosted by two NVIDIA software engineers that focuses on the C++ and Rust programming languages. Topics discussed include algorithms, data structures, programming languages, latest news in tech and more. The podcast was initially inspired by Magic Read Along. Feel free to follow us on Twitter at @adspthepodcast.
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If you're addicted to politics, this show is your "fix". You'll get caught up on all the politics--it's quick, clear, and fun. Yaakov M is conservative, Trump-loving and a bit crazy. As the "Charedi Jewish Sean Hannity", he’s a little nuts yet often right. His columns have been featured in Newsmax. He’s hosted a podcast for 17 years, and is an ordained Rabbi with a Talmudical Law Degree. (You don't need to be Jewish to enjoy this show, but it doesn't hurt). Yaakov M is a political columnist ...
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Tune into the Monster Island Radio podcast to hear Ben & Graeme talk about one of their favourite movie franchises, Godzilla! Every episode of this Godzilla Podcast is a discussion about each film from the Toho/World of Godzilla series and the Legendary MonsterVerse (and maybe a few other kaiju movies too)!
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Veteran teachers go back to the classroom and share their thoughts on all things education.
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Street Shots is a photography podcast hosted by photographers Antonio M. Rosario and Ward Rosin. Each episode is a conversation about the why of making photos — what pulls you toward certain subjects, how your life shapes your eye, and what it means to stay curious after years of shooting. Instead of gear fights and step-by-step tutorials, Antonio and Ward talk shop like two working photographers over coffee: honest, reflective, occasionally funny, and always grounded in real experience. Exp ...
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WeNXT Podcast hosted by Ben & Alan. NXT lovers, Man cuddlers and rubbish Geordies. NXT rekindled a love of Wrestling that had been utterly John Cena'd. They relive, review and generally gush over all things NXT did, does & Whatever it does NeXT.
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Diary of a blind mother Ben blind own my business, Now living her life in a wheelchair and a comedian
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With the Comics Code loosening in 1971, monsters came roaring back into the pages of our favorite medium. Kids that grew up reading comics were now making them; many of them were members of the counter-culture. Throw in a desire to do something all-new (and some fads like kung-fu) and you have all the makings of a wild decade of comics. Join Jacob Balcom & Matt Howell as they explore some of the craziest comics of the 1970s (and early '80s). Each season focuses on a different character.
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Je m'appelle Ben, je vis à Londres et je vous propose d'apprendre l'anglais en utilisant l'actu ! Learn English With News. Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.
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Every day Roo, Ditts and Loz cover Adelaide’s biggest stories, wisecracking fun, and everything that matters to the city, especially for fans of the Crows and Port. Whatever Adelaideans are talking about, you’ll hear it on Roo, Ditts and Loz. Listen 6-9am weekdays on 104.7 Triple M Adelaide, catch up with the show here, or subscribe on the LiSTNR app for even more of Adelaide’s best way to wake up!
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A fun and positive Star Wars discussion show. News, reviews, and thoughts. The inner rumination of Alberto Calderon, a Star Wars fan with no agenda.
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Everything is broken. Adaam James Levin-Areddy and Vanessa M. Quirk, two jaded journos, interview people far wiser than themselves and ask: "now what?" uncertain.substack.com
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Discover your next favourite book, or take a deep dive into the mind of an author you love, with The Shakespeare and Company Interview podcast. Long-form interviews with internationally acclaimed authors, recorded from our bookshop in the heart of Paris. Hosted by S&Co Literary Director, Adam Biles. Discover all our upcoming events here. If you enjoy these conversations, you can order The Shakespeare and Company Book of Interviews here. Past guests include: Ottessa Moshfegh, Ian McEwan, Ali ...
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The Twenty Minute VC (20VC) interviews the world's greatest venture capitalists with prior guests including Sequoia's Doug Leone and Benchmark's Bill Gurley. Once per week, 20VC Host, Harry Stebbings is also joined by one of the great founders of our time with prior founder episodes from Spotify's Daniel Ek, Linkedin's Reid Hoffman, and Snowflake's Frank Slootman. If you would like to see more of The Twenty Minute VC (20VC), head to www.20vc.com for more information on the podcast, show note ...
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I’m Gavin Newsom. And, it’s time to have a conversation. It’s time to have honest discussions with people that agree AND disagree with us. It's time to answer the hard questions and be open to criticism, and debate without demeaning or dehumanizing one other. I will be doing just that on my new podcast – inviting people on who I deeply disagree with to talk about the most pressing issues of the day and inviting listeners from around the country to join the conversation. THIS is Gavin Newsom.
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Welcome to The Split Decision, hosted by Tom Paragalli and Taku Mahwendepi, here we talk about sports, and dive into many different topics with our multitude of guest and topics we try and bring you various opinions with entertainment
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Ben Kissel, Jerii Aquino and Kyle Ploof bring you the top news of the week and let you know that everything's gonna be OK Bud!
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Talking to writers about matters that move us
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We shine a light on CEO's, business owners, visionaries and the EOS®️ community and the amazing gifts and talents you bring, so others can grow and lean from the best! We are actively searching for podcast guests who can bring their inspiring stories to light. 🕯️We'd love to showcase your journey! LEARN MORE & APPLY TODAY ➡️www.ShiftSpotlight.com⬅️ Intro and outro music is from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/hartzmann/still-love License code: 5ZS1HYX3HXYXZ1J9
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Each week, join us on an adventure as we deconstruct that week’s parasha, exploring new insights and meaning in the Torah. Hosted by Simon Eder and sponsored by the Louis Jacobs Foundation, Jewish Quest aims to honour the statement of R' Jacobs z"l who said: 'The quest for Torah is itself Torah.' Welcome to that Quest. Find out more about our work at louisjacobs.org
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Welcome to The Sod’s Law Podcast! This is the podcast that highlights Ordinary People and their Extraordinary Stories. All 150 episodes are available anywhere you get podcasts and sodspod.com
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Become a Paid Subscriber: https://anchor.fm/drpsdailytimemachine/subscribe Episodes Uploaded M-F @4am The best podcast for anyone who loves a great story! Presenting a medium that's been seemingly lost to a generation. Do you enjoy true crime podcasts, serial dramas, horror films, or science fiction? Well look no further than old time radio to create a theater of the mind. This podcast will include a short introduction with some information on the show, episode, and actors. Genres include al ...
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The R3 Podcast provides insight into the key issues affecting the insolvency and restructuring profession from the people dealing with them. Each episode features an interview with someone from R3’s network of professionals about a key insolvency and restructuring related topic, supporting R3’s education and technical principle: ‘delivered by the profession, for the profession’. The podcast is hosted by R3’s Technical Manager Ben Luxford. Any members who would like to be a guest or want to s ...
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CEO TECH LIVE is where the greatest minds in business and tech share their hard-earned lessons, insights, and stories. These are the change champions of industry. You'll discover the keys to success for leading innovation, growth, and stability within your organization. The podcast is powered by Hexaware--the world's most loved digital transformation partner, who seeks to create smiles through great people and technology. https://hexaware.com/
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When did Flint’s water crisis start? How did it impact this community? Is it over? Does Flint have clean water? Welcome to the Tainted Tap Podcast where we explore the roots, effects, and the aftermath of the Flint Water Crisis. Listen anywhere you get your podcast. Please subscribe, rate, and review the podcast.
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Every week, Danny M. Lavery brings on a guest to answer questions from listeners before diving into conversation about relationships, dissatisfaction, drives, regrets, estrangement, embarrassment, self-assessments, and feelings from the monumental to the minute.
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A show about Weird Stuff, hosted by AP Strange. AP interviews cool weirdos about their work, and invites friends on to discuss second sequels in franchises in a series called "Third Time's the Charm". Other fun surprises await...
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Hello everyone and welcome to Public Policy Podcast where we dissect public policies to uncover what works, what doesn’t, and why. I‘m your host Adnen, and we will go city by city and country by country to see how local leadership can drive a significant change in the face of corruption.
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Better Horses is a multi-platform media and communications company that delivers content to the equestrian industry in print, radio, television, digital and special events. The company exists to provide professional, dynamic informative entertainment that enable horse enthusiast to swap and share advice, promote and interact with one another to increase learning and productivity.
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Brought to you by the Directors Guild of America, ”The Director’s Cut” will bring you the behind-the-scenes stories of today’s most talked about films. Each episode features a different director interviewed by one of their peers, leading to revealing conversations about the grueling, but rewarding process of bringing their films to life.
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Designing for Virtual Reality. Oral history podcast featuring the pioneering artists, storytellers, and technologists driving the resurgence of virtual & augmented reality. Learn about the patterns of immersive storytelling, experiential design, ethical frameworks, & the ultimate potential of XR.
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IFA Magazine‘s ground-breaking weekly editorial podcast, which breaks down the news that is shaping the global investment and economic landscape. Featuring exclusive conversations with the most influential voices in financial services.
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The Manufacturer’s Mindset Podcast features casual conversations with manufacturing and industrial professionals about their journeys, lessons learned, and more. Your host is Ryan Cote, Managing Partner at Ballantine Digital.
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Interviews with Industry Innovators and Trendsetters sharing proven strategies to help you build a better life right now.
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The first season of Wait, What Was That Sound, features the short Folk Horror story, "The Unkindess." A graphic novel for your ears. Imagine The Blair Witch meets Bigfoot. Folk Horror in short chapters with original music. Elements of historical fiction. Thanks to Tim for the idea to try and write something and Laurie for reading it. Chris Kwacz for being #1 Beta Tester. Judy Pellegrino and Jeff Baker for photos of the Kinzua ravine. Paul, Phil, Dave, Hutch and Jim, my bandmates who challeng ...
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Welcome to Uncanny Valley—an insider look at the people, power, and influence of Silicon Valley—where each week, WIRED’s writers and editors bring you original reporting and analysis about some of the biggest stories in tech. On Tuesdays, WIRED’s Global Editorial Director Katie Drummond sits down with influential figures in culture, politics, business, science, and beyond for a discussion captured through the WIRED lens. On Thursdays, Lauren Goode and Michael Calore to break down a recent st ...
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The Arkansas Talent podcast showcases influential business professionals in Arkansas across a variety of industries including; Accounting, Finance, and Human Resources where they share their journey, knowledge, and thought leadership. With our Co-Hosts Chris Chunn & Stephanie Shine, and featured guests, you'll find information related to hiring trends, market updates, job search & career advice, and how to hire, train, and retain top talent in the state of Arkansas. This podcast was created ...
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A Podcast about Reality, Consciousness and Deconstructing Matrix Mind Magic Michael Wann is the: Synchromystic-Apocalyptic Storyteller, Gonzo Conspiracy Researcher, Susquehanna Mystery Grand Master and Heir of Johnne Wanne - King of the Gypsies. On This RSS Feed you will find 3 seasons or shows, Season 1 is Susquehanna Alchemy, Season 2 is Your Handbook For The Apocalypse with Mark Steeves, Season 3 is From The 40th Parallel with Ras Ben.
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Interviews with Authors about their New Books Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network
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S07E24: Atlas/Seaboard - Blazing Battles Tales (w/ Ben M!)
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1:36:36FILL OUT YOUR BALLOT FOR THE ATLAS/SEABOARD SEASON FINALE! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1YAkWb4tO4m9iGeBK7Y_hsk5Bfq6kl8NgZMv0_R2jC6w/preview We're joined by the Bronze-Age Monsters house mixologist, Ben M., to discuss this WWII book featuring Sgt. Hawk, The Sky Demon, and a tribute to a real-life war hero. Featuring stories by John Albano and ar…
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SHOCK ADMISSION: Georgia stole 2020 election for Biden. PLUS: Ben Shapiro decimates Candace, Tucker and Megyn
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WINNER'S PISS | Australia retains the Ashes 3-0 in Adelaide, as Pat Cummins, Ben Stokes + Alex Carey join us
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27:13Dan Ginnane and Callum Ferguson look over Adelaide Oval as Australia seal another Ashes victory, up 3-0 in Adelaide. Who replaces Nathan Lyon with his hamstring in Melbourne? And hear from skippers Pat Cummins and Ben Stokes, plus player of the match Alex Carey. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…
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MINI-MATCH | Ashes 5th Test - Day 3 Sydney
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29:54Day 3 was a day dominance from Australia with Centuries from Head and Smith. Join the Triple M Commentary Team for every massive moment. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Triple M
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The Testament of Ann Lee with Mona Fastvold and Darius Marder (Ep. 595)
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30:07Director Mona Fastvold discusses her new film, The Testament of Ann Lee, with fellow Director Darius Marder in a Q&A at the DGA theater in New York. In the conversation, she discusses how her background in movement and dance contributed to the choreography, the logistics of shooting the barn burning scene, and how she aimed to show authentic moment…
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NI&P Podcast #20: Understanding economic abuse, with Royal London’s Shelley Read
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17:25This month's latest New Insurance & Protection special edition of IFA Talk explores an issue that affects clients across the UK but is still often misunderstood: economic abuse. In this episode, hosts Meg Bratley and Jenny Hunter are joined by Shelley Read, Senior Technical Manager at Royal London. Shelley sheds light on what economic abuse really …
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Thomas J. Mazanec, "Poet-Monks: The Invention of Buddhist Poetry in Late Medieval China" (Cornell UP, 2024)
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1:14:58Poet-Monks focuses on the literary and religious practices of Buddhist poet-monks in Tang-dynasty China to propose an alternative historical arc of medieval Chinese poetry. Combining large-scale quantitative analysis with close readings of important literary texts, Thomas J. Mazanec describes how Buddhist poet-monks, who first appeared in the latte…
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Paul J. Gutacker, "The Old Faith in a New Nation: American Protestants and the Christian Past" (Oxford UP, 2023)
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43:40Conventional wisdom holds that tradition and history meant little to nineteenth-century American Protestants, who relied on common sense and "the Bible alone." The Old Faith in a New Nation: American Protestants and the Christian Past (Oxford UP, 2023) challenges this portrayal by recovering evangelical engagement with the Christian past. Even when…
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What happens when liberalism stops feeling like a victory and starts feeling like an exhaustion?
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1:25:32In this episode of International Horizons, RBI Director (acting) Eli Karetny speaks with philosopher Alexandre Lefebvre about liberalism not merely as a political doctrine, but as a lived way of life. Against the backdrop of rising populism, nationalism, and post-liberal regimes, Lefebvre revisits the liberal tradition—from Locke and Mill to Rawls …
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Jason Isralowitz, "Nothing to Fear: Alfred Hitchcock and the Wrong Men" (Fayetteville Mafia Press, 2023)
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1:00:12In 1956, Alfred Hitchcock focused his lens on an issue that cuts to the heart of our criminal justice system: the risk of wrongful conviction. The result was The Wrong Man, a bracing drama based on the real-life false arrest of Queens musician Christopher “Manny” Balestrero. Manny's ordeal is part of a larger story of other miscarriages of justice …
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Kelsey Klotz, "Dave Brubeck and the Performance of Whiteness" (Oxford UP, 2023)
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1:09:36How can we—jazz fans, musicians, writers, and historians—understand the legacy and impact of a musician like Dave Brubeck? It is undeniable that Brubeck leveraged his fame as a jazz musician and status as a composer for social justice causes, and in doing so, held to a belief system that, during the civil rights movement, modeled a progressive appr…
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Lesley Nicole Braun, "Congo's Dancers: Women and Work in Kinshasa" (U Wisconsin Press, 2023)
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47:06Today I spoke with Lesley Nicole Braun to talk about her new book on Congo's dancers. Dance music plays a central role in the cultural, social, religious, and family lives of the people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Among the various genres popular in the capital city of Kinshasa, Congolese rumba occupies a special place and can be count…
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David Morris, "Stealing The Future: Sam Bankman-Fried, Elite Fraud, and the Cult of Techno-Utopia" (Watkins Media, 2025)
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59:41Stealing the Future is the first book to tell the true and full story of Sam Bankman-Fried and his historic crimes. It chronicles the $11 billion FTX fraud with the detail and nuance of a financial fraud expert and cryptocurrency insider – but unlike any book before it, it also traces the ideas that enabled the crime. “Effective Altruism” and relat…
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Florentine Koppenborg, "Japan's Nuclear Disaster and the Politics of Safety Governance" (Cornell UP, 2023)
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42:56Florentine Koppenborg’s Japan’s Nuclear Disaster and the Politics of Safety Governance (Cornell UP, 2023) begins with the understated observation that the triple disaster of March 2011 “exposed severe deficiencies in Japan’s nuclear safety governance.” This is the starting point for the rather curious story of the regulatory reforms taken up in the…
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Robert D. Bland, "Requiem for Reconstruction: Black Countermemory and the Legacy of the Lowcountry's Lost Political Generation" (UNC Press, 2026)
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1:00:23The promise of Reconstruction sparked a transformative era in American history as free and newly emancipated Black Americans sought to redefine their place in a nation still grappling with the legacy of slavery. Often remembered as a period of failed progressive change that gave way to Jim Crow and second-class citizenship, Reconstruction’s tragic …
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MINI-MATCH | Ashes 5th Test - Day 2 Sydney
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33:31It was a good day for batting with Root and Head both scoring well to set up a good test. Join the Triple M Commentary Team for every massive moment before bad light and rain halted the day. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Triple M
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20VC: $0-$260M in Revenue in Three Years: How We Did It | You Need to Work Weekends to Win — Most Founders Aren't Ambitious Enough | The Revolut Playbook: Speed, Urgency, Extreme Ownership, and Zero Excuses ...
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56:51I have interviewed 1,000 entrepreneurs over 10 years. Nik Storonsky and our guest today are the two best that I have interviewed. Joining the show today; Alan Chang, Co-Founder and CEO of Fuse Energy. Alan has scaled Fuse Energy from $2M in revenue in the first year, to $20M the second year to now $400M in the third year. Like Netflix beat incumben…
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Watching Movies Until it Hurts with John C. Meyers
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1:37:36This week, AP is joined by John C. Meyers for a wide-ranging and joke-filled discussion about movies, franchises, and fandoms. John is the co-host of two great movie based podcasts, John and Alexx Hate Stuff and This May Hurt a Bit. On the latter show, John and his co-host James Strayer review every movie in a horror franchise, so having John on wa…
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Arseli Dokumaci, "Activist Affordances: How Disabled People Improvise More Habitable Worlds" (Duke UP, 2023)
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1:14:38For people who are living with disability, including various forms of chronic diseases and chronic pain, daily tasks like lifting a glass of water or taking off clothes can be difficult if not impossible. In Activist Affordances: How Disabled People Improvise More Habitable Worlds (Duke UP, 2023), Arseli Dokumacı draws on ethnographic work with dif…
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James Greenwood-Reeves, "Justifying Violent Protest: Law and Morality in Democratic States" (Routledge, 2023)
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1:14:23Was the use of violence on January 6th Capitol attacks legitimate? Is the use of violence morally justified by members of Extinction Rebellion or Just Stop Oil campaigners? Justifying Violent Protest: Law and Morality in Democratic States (Routledge, 2023) addresses these issues head on, to make a radical, but compelling argument in favour of the l…
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Shuchen Xiang, "Chinese Cosmopolitanism: The History and Philosophy of an Idea" (Princeton UP, 2023)
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1:29:30A provocative defense of a forgotten Chinese approach to identity and difference. Historically, the Western encounter with difference has been catastrophic: the extermination and displacement of aboriginal populations, the transatlantic slave trade, and colonialism. China, however, took a different historical path. In Chinese Cosmopolitanism: The H…
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Adam S. Ferziger. "Agents of Change: American Jews and the Transformation of Israeli Judaism" (NYU Press, 2025)
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57:14In this episode Drora Arussy speaks with historian Adam S. Ferziger about his latest book, Agents of Change: American Jews and the Transformation of Israeli Judaism (New York University Press, 2025). Ferziger, a professor at Bar-Ilan University and one of the leading voices in the study of modern religious movements, offers a compelling exploration…
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Youshaa Patel, "The Muslim Difference: Defining the Line Between Believers and Unbelievers from Early Islam to the Present" (Yale UP, 2023)
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1:33:18According to a famous prophetic report, “Whoever imitates a people becomes one of them.” What does “imitation” here mean? Rather, what does this statement really mean at all, and how have Muslims historically understood it? How did this simple report become a doctrine in the Islamic tradition? What does this hadith mean for Muslims today, in an inc…
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Bo Tao, "Cooperative Evangelist: Kagawa Toyohiko and His World, 1888-1960" (U Hawaii Press, 2025)
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1:24:06Cooperative Evangelist: Kagawa Toyohiko and His World, 1888-1960 (University of Hawai’i Press, 2025) by Bo Tao uncovers the extraordinary world of a Japanese man who was once described as the “Saint Francis” or the “Gandhi” of Japan. A renowned religious figure on the world stage, Kagawa Toyohiko (1888–1960) received wide acclaim for his work as a …
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Philip J. Stern, "Empire, Incorporated: The Corporations That Built British Colonialism" (Harvard UP, 2023)
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54:46Philip Stern places the corporation―more than the Crown―at the heart of British colonialism, arguing that companies built and governed global empire, raising questions about public and private power that were just as troubling four hundred years ago as they are today. Across four centuries, from Ireland to India, the Americas to Africa and Australi…
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Matthew Davis, "A Biography of a Mountain: The Making and Meaning of Mount Rushmore" (St. Martin's Press, 2025)
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1:06:05Mount Rushmore is something of an American Rorschach test. Some look at the monument and see American patriotic ideals carved into a mountainside. Others see only the rank hypocrisy of American presidents blasted into an Indigenous sacred site. In A Biography of a Mountain: The Making and Meaning of Mount Rushmore, writer and journalist Matthew Dav…
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Trump seizes Venezuela, apprehends Maduro the drug kingpin
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MINI-MATCH | Ashes 5th Test - Day 1 Sydney
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24:05England won the toss and chose to bat, Australia chose not to select a spinner, and Sydney chose to deliver some bad weather just before tea. Join the Triple M Commentary Team for every massive moment before bad light and rain halted the day. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Triple M
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Jürgen Zimmerer, "Memory Wars: New German Historical Consciousness" (Reclam Verlag, 2023)
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1:01:32Erinnerungskämpfe: Neues deutsches Geschichtsbewusstsein (Ditzingen: Reclam, 2023) is a new, provocative volume on German memory cultures and politics edited by Jürgen Zimmerer. What can be loosely translated as Memory Wars: New German Historical Consciousness is a collection of chapters that lay bare a mosaic of a diverse German memory landscape a…
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Ashley Brown, "Serving Herself: The Life and Times of Althea Gibson" (Oxford UP, 2023)
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45:42From her start playing paddle tennis on the streets of Harlem as a young teenager to her eleven Grand Slam tennis wins to her professional golf career, Althea Gibson became the most famous black sportswoman of the mid-twentieth century. In her unprecedented athletic career, she was the first African American to win titles at the French Open, Wimble…
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Pluribus Episodes 8 & 9 Analysis: It’s Over!
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1:05:05It’s The Pop Culture Professors, and we continue our analysis of Pluribus, with our thoughts on episode 8, “Charm Offensive” and episode 9, “La Chico o El Mundo.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network…
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Mary M. Burke, "Race, Politics, and Irish America: A Gothic History" (Oxford UP, 2023)
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43:20In this interview, she discusses her book, Race, Politics, and Irish America: A Gothic History (Oxford UP, 2023), which inserts successive Irish-American identities--forcibly transported Irish, Scots-Irish, and post-Famine Irish--into American histories and representations of race. Figures from the Scots-Irish Andrew Jackson to the Caribbean-Irish …
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Scott Feinberg, “The Hollywood Reporter’s 100 Greatest Film Books of All Time” (2023)
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55:05In the October 12, 2023 issue of The Hollywood Reporter, Scott Feinberg offered an annotated list of the 100 greatest film books of all time. Drawing on a jury of 322 people who make, study, and are otherwise connected to the movies, Feinberg assembled an annotated list that reads like the ultimate film study syllabus. In this interview, Dan Moran …
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Book Talk 69: American Medium, with Eyal Peretz
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1:28:14What is “America” not only as a political entity but in our imagination? How can we properly envision America, without repeating clichés that frame America as either reactionary or revolutionary, repressive or liberatory? I spoke with Eyal Peretz about his book American Medium, which looks at Hollywood to re-imagine the concept of "America" through…
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Insane for the Light (Fr Ron Rolheiser, OMI)
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1:20:43Father Ron Rolheiser’s new book Insane for the Light: A Spirituality for Our Wisdom Years, which is about how to grow old well and be fruitful, first giving your life away and then your death so as to be a blessing. That’s a recipe for joy. We also talked about mysticism, St. John of the Cross, and some miraculous experiences in real people’s lives…
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Hans Van Eyghen, "The Epistemology of Spirit Beliefs" (Routledge, 2023)
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37:06Hans Van Eyghen's book The Epistemology of Spirit Beliefs (Routledge, 2023) assesses whether belief in spirits is epistemically justified. It presents two arguments in support of the existence of spirits and arguments that experiences of various sorts (perceptions, mediumship, possession, and animistic experiences) can lend justification to spirit-…
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Stuart Carroll, "Enmity and Violence in Early Modern Europe" (Cambridge UP, 2023)
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51:09Stuart Carroll's Enmity and Violence in Early Modern Europe (Cambridge University Press, 2023) transforms our understanding of Europe between 1500 and 1800 by exploring how ordinary people felt about their enemies and the violence it engendered. Enmity, a state or feeling of mutual opposition or hostility, became a major social problem during the t…
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Judd B. Kessler, "Lucky by Design: The Hidden Economics of Getting More of What You Want" (Little, Brown Spark, 2025)
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51:36What's the secret to scoring a reservation at a hot new restaurant? When should you enter a lottery to increase your odds of winning? Why did your neighbor's kid get into a nearby preschool while yours didn't? Who gets priority for a life-saving organ donation? These outcomes are not a matter of luck. Instead, they depend on how we navigate hidden …
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The Relevance of Virgil’s Aeneid: A Conversation with Scott McGill & Susannah Wright
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58:27Writer’s Voice: compelling conversations with authors who challenge, inspire, and inform. What does a 2,000-year-old epic have to say to us today about exile, duty, love, power, war, misinformation, and the fragile hopes of human community? A great deal, say translators Scott McGill and Susannah Wright, whose new English translation of Virgil’s Aen…
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Episode 267: Advent of Code 2025 (Day 2 & 3)
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35:25In this episode, Conor and Ben chat about Advent of Code 2025 Day 2 and 3! Link to Episode 267 on Website Discuss this episode, leave a comment, or ask a question (on GitHub) Socials ADSP: The Podcast: Twitter Conor Hoekstra: LinkTree / Bio Ben Deane: Twitter | BlueSky Show Notes Date Recorded: 2025-12-22 Date Released: 2026-01-02 Advent of Code 20…
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Deana Heath and Jinee Lokaneeta, "Policing and Violence in India: Colonial Origins and Contemporary Realities" (Speaking Tiger, 2025)
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46:18Why does Indias police force, created under British rule, still echo the priorities of a bygone empire? And what is it about this institution, tasked with maintaining the law and order, that has led to a normalization of daily violence? These are the key questions that inform the analyses in this volume by lawyers, academics and activists. Divided …
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D. J. Taylor, "Orwell: The New Life" (Pegasus Books, 2023)
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46:29A fascinating exploration of George Orwell--and his body of work--by an award-winning Orwellian biographer and scholar, presenting the author anew to twenty-first-century readers. We find ourselves in an era when the moment is ripe for a reevaluation of the life and the works of one of the twentieth century's greatest authors. This is the first twe…
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Megha Anwer and Anupama Arora, "Screening Precarity: Hindi Cinema and Neoliberal Crisis in Twenty-first Century India" (U Michigan Press, 2025)
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53:53Screening Precarity integrates a cultural analysis of film texts and history, industry transformations, and the violence and crises of political economy infrastructures, to study post-liberalization shifts in the Hindi film industry in India. The book investigates Bollywood as a media system that has moved away from the glee and gusto of liberaliza…
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Megan Bryson and Kevin Buckelew eds., "Buddhist Masculinities" (Columbia UP, 2023)
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55:25While early Buddhists hailed their religion's founder for opening a path to enlightenment, they also exalted him as the paragon of masculinity. According to Buddhist scriptures, the Buddha's body boasts thirty-two physical features, including lionlike jaws, thighs like a royal stag, broad shoulders, and a deep, resonant voice, that distinguish him …
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Andrew S. Curran, "Biography of a Dangerous Idea: A New History of Race from Louis XIV to Thomas Jefferson" (Other Press, 2026)
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1:16:45An engaging investigation of how 13 key Enlightenment figures shaped the concept of race, from the acclaimed author of Diderot and the Art of Thinking Freely. Over the first decades of the 18th century, Christianity began to lose its grip on the story of humankind. Yet centuries of xenophobia, religious intolerance, and proto-biological ideas did n…
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Prit Buttar, "To Besiege a City: Leningrad 1941-42" (Osprey, 2023)
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1:41:09The city of St. Petersburg held great significance to the Russian Empire when Peter the Great first built the city in 1703. It was intended to be Russia's "window to the West" and usher in Russia's place as a modern European power. It also replaced Moscow as the capital of the growing empire that stretched across two continents. It was also the sit…
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Jeff Jarvis, "Magazine" (Bloomsbury, 2023)
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40:22For a century, magazines were the authors of culture and taste, of intelligence and policy - until they were overthrown by the voices of the public themselves online. Magazine (Bloomsbury, 2023) by Jeff Jarvis, part of the Object Lessons series is a tribute to all that magazines were. From their origins in London and on Ben Franklin's press; throug…
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Richard Wolin, "Heidegger in Ruins: Between Philosophy and Ideology" (Yale UP, 2023)
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1:53:11What does it mean when a radical understanding of National Socialism is inextricably embedded in the work of the twentieth century's most important philosopher? Martin Heidegger's sympathies for the conservative revolution and National Socialism have long been well known. As the rector of the University of Freiburg in the early 1930s, he worked har…
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Matt Dawson, "The Political Durkheim: Sociology, Socialism, Legacies" (Routledge, 2023)
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46:10Matt Dawson's The Political Durkheim: Sociology, Socialism, Legacies (Routledge, 2023) presents Durkheim as an important political sociologist, inspired by and advocating socialism. Through a series of studies, it argues that Durkheim’s normative vision, which can be called libertarian socialism, shaped his sociological critique and search for alte…
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Brooke Kroeger, "Undaunted: How Women Changed American Journalism" (Knopf, 2023)
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45:12Undaunted: How Women Changed American Journalism (Knopf, 2023) is a representative history of the American women who surmounted every impediment put in their way to do journalism's most valued work. From Margaret Fuller's improbable success to the highly paid reporters of the mid-nineteenth century to the breakthrough investigative triumphs of Nell…
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