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New Books in British Studies

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This podcast is a channel on the New Books Network. The New Books Network is an academic audio library dedicated to public education. In each episode you will hear scholars discuss their recently published research with another expert in their field. Discover our 150+ channels and browse our 28,000+ episodes on our website: ⁠newbooksnetwork.com⁠ Subscribe to our free weekly Substack newsletter to get informative, engaging content straight to your inbox: ⁠https://newbooksnetwork.substack.com/ ...

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FVRL ReadRadio Podcast

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Are you looking for something good to read? Or watch? Or listen to? Tune in to Fraser Valley Regional Library’s ReadRadio podcast for some great recommendations. In each episode we will highlight some of the library’s books, movies and TV shows that you might not know about. All reviewed materials are available for loan in the FVRL catalogue. Fraser Valley Regional Library is the largest public library system in British Columbia, with 25 community libraries serving nearly 680,000 people in i ...

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Bureau of Lost Culture

Stephen Coates

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*The Bureau of Lost Culture broadcast rare, countercultural stories, oral testimonies and tales from the underground. *Join host Stephen Coates and a wide range of guests including musicians, artists, writers, activists and commentators in conversation. *Listen live on London’s premier independent station Soho Radio or via all major podcast providers. The Bureau is collected at The British Library Sound Archive

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Simple English Listening

Tristan Palumbo

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I'm Tristan, a Cambridge English teacher. I've made B1 – B2 podcasts about culture, travel, and real life stories since 2019. My app: 📱 Coffee Chat English — Daily Stories & AI Speaking Coach 10–15 min/day · $9/month · cancel anytime → https://coffeechatenglish.com - Read first, then speak with AI - Vocab games & story library ——— 🧚 Free Stories & Transcripts → https://simpleenglishbooks.com 🧙‍♂️ Tristan Palumbo is a British teacher. For over 12 years he's helped thousands of adults in Vietn ...

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Breakfast in the Ruins

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Friends old and new join me in Derry and Toms roof gardens to discuss the work and influence of prolific British fantasist Michael Moorcock, as well as other bits of 60s and 70s genre fiction that came to me via my Grandad in the 80s and informed my world view. Books, music, role-playing games, wrestling in Featherstone Library and many other digressions await.

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Imaginary Advice

Imaginary Advice

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Experiments in audio fiction | Anthology series by Ross Sutherland Tribeca Independent Fiction Award 2025 (for “They Will / They Won’t”) British Podcast Award Winner: Best Fiction Series “Few people are as skilled at turning moments of regret into transcendent, artistic works (…) One of podcasting’s brightest lights” —AV Club “As close as you can get to an audible psychedelic trip” —Stylist “Sutherland’s laboratory for various experiments in audio fiction, full of strange excursions and subl ...

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Intrepid English Podcast

Intrepid English

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Want to improve your English skills? Our Intrepid English Teachers are ready to show you exactly what you need to learn to help you to achieve your English goals. Choose from our library of self-study lessons or book a one-to-one lesson with one of our English teachers and take the first step on your path to success in English.

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The Apocalypse Players

The Apocalypse Players

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A Call of Cthulhu actual play podcast. Dice-driven cosmic horrors supplied by Dominic Allen, Joseph Chance, Danann McAleer and guests. --- The Apocalypse Players is an actual play (or live play) TTRPG podcast focused on horror tabletop roleplaying games. Think Dimension 20 or Critical Role, but fewer dragons, more eldritch horrors, and more British actors taking their roleplaying very seriously (most of the time). We primarily play the Chaosium RPG Call of Cthulhu, but have also been known t ...

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Writers Radio

The Writers Radio Contributors

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Writers Radio Podcasts...…discuss and present recent work being created by talented people, special events and all things writerly; an audio space where the inner world meets the outer. Writers Radio producers capture guest writers, interview authors and present them reading their work. A podcast episode is available after being broadcast. Episodes broadcast on Writers Radio at the beginning of each hour and continue for two weeks. Then that is replaced with a new one and the previous episod ...

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New Books in LGBTQ+ Studies

New Books Network

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This podcast is a channel on the New Books Network. The New Books Network is an academic audio library dedicated to public education. In each episode you will hear scholars discuss their recently published research with another expert in their field. Discover our 150+ channels and browse our 28,000+ episodes on our website: newbooksnetwork.com Subscribe to our free weekly Substack newsletter to get informative, engaging content straight to your inbox: https://newbooksnetwork.substack.com/ Fo ...

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Revolts Podcast

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A podcast diving into social strife in England from the early Middle Ages all the way through to the early modern period. Artwork courtesy of the British Library.

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New Books in Communications

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Jazz Library

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Advice and guidance to those interested in building a library of jazz recordings.

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New Books in Military History

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New Books in Australian and New Zealand Studies

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The Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts | WFMT

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Each week WFMT goes live to the Chicago Cultural Center for concerts with emerging artists from around the world, produced by the International Music Foundation. Some shows offer solo recitals while others feature ensembles. The concerts take place beneath the world’s largest Tiffany-domed ceiling, part of a landmark building that originally housed the Chicago Public Library. The Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts are named for British pianist Myra Hess who organized some 1,700 free lunchtime ...

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The Working Tools Podcast

The Working Tools Podcast

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Become a Paid Subscriber: https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/theworkingtoolspodcast/subscribe Welcome to The Working Tools Podcast, a casual conversation about all things related to Freemasonry. We hope you enjoy the show and please, subscribe, like and of course share with your friends and Brothers around the World. Freemasons Freemasonry Masonic Masonry Grand Lodge of Washington Grand Lodge of British Columbia and Yukon

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New Books in Performing Arts

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A Long Time In Finance

Jonathan Ford and Neil Collins

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The long view of finance, markets and money as seen by two veteran City editors, Neil Collins and Jonathan Ford, presented in partnership with The Library of Mistakes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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New Books in Film

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New Books in Native American Studies

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New Books in Canadian Studies

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Withdrawn

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Steve & Dolly make libraries less boring.

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New Books in Law

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This podcast is a channel on the New Books Network. The New Books Network is an academic audio library dedicated to public education. In each episode you will hear scholars discuss their recently published research with another expert in their field. Discover our 150+ channels and browse our 28,000+ episodes on our website: newbooksnetwork.com Subscribe to our free weekly Substack newsletter to get informative, engaging content straight to your inbox: https://newbooksnetwork.substack.com/ Fo ...

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STUDIOCANAL Presents - The Podcast

STUDIOCANAL

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STUDIOCANAL Presents - The Podcast is a monthly movie show, celebrating and exploring exceptional films and series with a deep dive into STUDIOCANAL’s renowned and world-spanning library, including titles available on the streaming channel, STUDIOCANAL PRESENTS. Host Simon Brew is joined each month by a special guest, and will be exploring classic movies, new theatrical releases, and a fair few hidden gems as well. We dig into films you’ve seen and films you haven’t, and hopefully add a few ...

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New Books in South Asian Studies

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Boring History for Sleep

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Welcome to Boring History to Sleep — the only show where falling asleep in the middle is not only allowed… it’s encouraged. Each episode takes you on a slow, uneventful stroll through the most yawn-worthy corners of the past: treaties nobody remembers, kings who ruled for three weeks, and revolutions that never really got started. Delivered in the softest, most sleep-inducing voice we could find, this show is like warm milk with a side of ancient trivia. Perfect for insomniacs, history nerds ...

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The Listening Project

BBC Radio 4

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Capturing the nation in conversation, in partnership with the British Library.

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Boxing Life Stories

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Welcome to Boxing Conversations with Tris Dixon, a series of interviews that takes you behind the scenes in the world of boxing. Including the hugely-popular Boxing Life Stories library, long-form interviews with some of boxing's biggest hitters, this podcast reveals all about the sport, the good, the bad and the ugly, and gives you unprecedented access to those who live and breathe boxing. Tris Dixon covered his first amateur boxing fight in 1996. The former editor of Boxing News, he has wr ...

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British Art Talks

Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art

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British Art Talks is the audio series of the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. It features new research and aims to enhance and expand knowledge of British art and architecture. The PMC is an educational charity that champions new ways of understanding British art history and culture. We publish, teach and carry out research, both at the Centre in London and through our online platforms. Our archives, library and lively events programme are open to researchers, students and the ...

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GYLibrary Podcast

Guille-Allès Public Library

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The latest from the Guille-Allès Public Library in Guernsey. Interviews with authors and other book-related conversations. Find out more at www.library.gg

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All About Sound

The British Library

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What does love sound like? Which phrases transport us home? What are the sounds that matter to you? From a chorus of seals recorded under arctic ice to speeches that have saved lives, settle in to explore the depths of the British Library sound collection, with author and poet Lemn Sissay and some very special wordsmiths. Together they will discover how language, voice and sound has shaped us, our world and our identities. Press play on a world of sound. Unlocking Our Sound Heritage is a UK- ...

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What's Your Map?

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From historians, scientists and writers to creatives and cultural custodians, people have used maps as a source of knowledge, guidance, and inspiration for centuries. Winner of the Gold award at the British Podcast Awards 2025 in the Education category! Join award-winning expert Professor Jerry Brotton, as in each episode he invites a guest to share a map close to their heart - and unfurl the ideas, inspirations, and stories behind it. So if you’re fascinated by history, art, adventure and c ...

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Shakespeare Unlimited

Folger Shakespeare Library

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When British radio listeners voted William Shakespeare their "British Person of the Millennium," the honor was entirely understandable. Shakespeare and his works are woven throughout not only English-speaking culture, but global culture. As you'll hear in this series of podcasts, Shakespeare turns up in the most interesting places--not just literature and the stage, but science and social history as well. Join us for this "no limits" podcast tour of the fascinating and varied connections bet ...

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Aeon Byte Gnostic Radio

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Get the “Red Pill” that history books censored. Aeon Byte Gnostic Radio brings the forbidden wisdom of the Gnostics, Hermeticists, and Cathars out of the library and into the modern world. Join host Miguel Conner—the “Gonzo Gnostic”—as he connects the dots between ancient heresies and modern anxieties. Whether it’s the prophetic warnings of Philip K. Dick, the psychology of C.G. Jung, or the reality-hacking of The Matrix, this show reveals that the “Sci-Fi” world we live in was predicted 2,0 ...

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Overdue The Podcast

Emma and Nora

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Welcome to Overdue with the Slut and the Prude! A fortnightly feminist podcast covering topics from politics to pop-culture and everything in between. Join Emma and Nora as they visit their third host - a Library - and explore topics and segments including 'you've got to be meming me' and 'from the dropbox'.So welcome to the library, keep your mind open, and your topics broad!

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Bishopsgate Institute Podcast

Bishopsgate Institute

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Bishopsgate Institute Podcast - talks, debates and readings from Bishopsgate Institute's cultural events programme. For more information about Bishopsgate Institute, our cultural events, courses and library, visit www.bishopsgate.org.uk.

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Overmorrow’s Library

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The Centre d'Art Contemporain Genève presents Overmorrow’s Library, a podcast series by Federico Campagna, available on the 5th floor (digital extension): https://5e.centre.ch/en/ The library for ‘the day after tomorrow’ is dedicated to books and authors whose work explores the limits of the ‘world’ as the frame of sense through which our consciousness experiences the chaos of reality. Each new episode presents a book that engages with the challenge of world-making, with the end-time of a wo ...

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Sculpting Lives

Jo Baring and Sarah Turner

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Sculpting Lives is a podcast series written and presented by Jo Baring (https://www.jobaring.com/about) (Director of the Ingram Collection of Modern British & Contemporary Art) and Sarah Victoria Turner (https://www.paul-mellon-centre.ac.uk/about/people/sarah-victoria-turner) (Deputy Director at the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art in London). Dame Barbara Hepworth, Dame Elisabeth Frink, Kim Lim, Phyllida Barlow and Rana Begum – some of the most globally well-known British artis ...

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The Man Who Would Be King by Rudyard Kipling

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The Man Who Would Be King tells the story of two British adventurers in British India who become kings of Kafiristan, a remote part of Afghanistan. It was inspired by the exploits of James Brooke, an Englishman who became the “white Raja” of Sarawak in Borneo, and by the travels of American adventurer Josiah Harlan, who claimed the title Prince of Ghor. The story was first published in The Phantom Rickshaw and other Tales (Volume Five of the Indian Railway Library, published by A H Wheeler & ...

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Tales from the Green Benches: An Oral History of Parliament

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Many of us will be familiar with the image of the House of Commons’ infamous green benches. But what does it really feel like to be in the Chamber, working in the ‘mother of Parliaments’? This is what the History of Parliament Trust’s Oral History project seeks to find out, interviewing former MPs about their time in Westminster- and beyond. Now, for the first time, we have gathered some of the reflections within our vast archive of interviews into one place, allowing you a true insider’s vi ...

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The Standard

The Evening Standard

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From our headquarters in the heart of London, The Standard podcast sets the agenda. Top news insiders discuss the pressure-points of the day’s topics. Hear unrivalled insight on politics, culture, going out, sport, and fashion, with award-winning journalists and celebrity guests. Join us Monday to Friday at 4pm. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Scandals and strikes: Inside the disaster-hit British Library 15:59

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The British Library is one of the UK’s greatest cultural institutions. However, behind the scenes, the staff who make it function are working longer hours for less pay, in worsening conditions. Now, with help from the PCS union, they’ve decided to fight back. But what does this means more broadly in terms of who is able to access and benefit from o…

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S4 Ep5: Lessons in Scouting with Dwayne Fields (Live at the British Library) 31:20

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In this second live episode from the British Library, Jerry speaks to explorer and Chief Scout Dwayne Fields, who is accompanied by Head of the Scout Heritage Collection, Caroline Pantling. They shine a spotlight on the innovative, hand-drawn maps of the Scout movement founder Lieutenant-General Robert Baden-Powell (1857-1941), and talk about the i…

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J. Barton Scott, "Slandering the Sacred: Blasphemy Law and Religious Affect in Colonial India" (U Chicago Press, 2023) 30:28

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Why is religion today so often associated with giving and taking offense? To answer this question, Slandering the Sacred: Blasphemy Law and Religious Affect in Colonial India (U Chicago Press, 2023) invites us to consider how colonial infrastructures shaped our globalized world. Through the origin and afterlives of a 1927 British imperial law (Sect…

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Agata Fijalkowski, "Law, Visual Culture, and the Show Trial" (Routledge, 2023) 1:11:59

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Addressing the relationship between law and the visual, this book examines the importance of photography in Central, East, and Southeast European show trials. The dispensation of justice during communist rule in Albania, East Germany, and Poland was reliant on legal propaganda, making the visual a fundamental part of the legitimacy of the law. Anal…

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J. Barton Scott, "Slandering the Sacred: Blasphemy Law and Religious Affect in Colonial India" (U Chicago Press, 2023) 30:28

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Jordan Frith, "Barcode" (Bloomsbury, 2023) 1:17:04

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Barcodes are about as ordinary as an object can be. Billions of them are scanned each day and they impact everything from how we shop to how we travel to how the global economy is managed. But few people likely give them more than a second thought. In a way, the barcode's ordinariness is the ultimate symbol of its success. However, behind the munda…

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Alison Stone, "Women on Philosophy of Art: Britain 1770-1900" (Oxford UP, 2024) 57:09

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Women on Philosophy of Art: Britain 1770-1900 (Oxford UP, 2024) is the first study of women's philosophies of art in long nineteenth-century Britain. It looks at seven women spanning the time from the Enlightenment to the beginning of modernism. They are Anna Barbauld, Joanna Baillie, Harriet Martineau, Anna Jameson, Frances Power Cobbe, Emilia Dil…

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Michael Newton, "It's a Wonderful Life" (British Film Institute, 2023) 1:05:21

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Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life is one of the best-loved films of Classical Hollywood cinema, a story of despair and redemption in the aftermath of war that is one of the central movies of the 1940s, and a key text in America's understanding of itself. This is a film that remains relevant to our own anxieties and yearnings, to all the contradic…

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J. W. Rinzler and Lee Unkrich, "Stanley Kubrick's The Shining" (Taschen, 2023) 56:47

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In 1966 Stanley Kubrick told a friend that he wanted to make “the world’s scariest movie.” A decade later Stephen King’s The Shining landed on the director’s desk, and a visual masterpiece was born. J. W. Rinzler and Lee Unkrich's book Stanley Kubrick's The Shining (Taschen, 2023) is the definitive compendium of the film that transformed the horror…

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J. W. Rinzler and Lee Unkrich, "Stanley Kubrick's The Shining" (Taschen, 2023) 56:47

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Will Ahmed, founder and CEO of WHOOP, on Brave New World (Preview) 15:07

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A special preview from our sister podcast Brave New World, featuring a new episode from its latest series. Host Evgeny Lebedev is joined by Will Ahmed, founder and CEO of WHOOP, to explore recovery, sleep, and why “you can’t manage what you don’t measure.” Will shares how overtraining as a Harvard athlete led him to build a wearable focused not on …

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Boring History For Sleep | Why You Wouldn’t Last a Day in Ancient Greece 🏺💀 3:56:21

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🏺⚔️ Ancient Greece gave the world philosophy, democracy, and the Olympics — but daily life was far less heroic. Between backbreaking labor, constant wars, harsh social rules, and medical treatments that definitely did not work, most people spent their days struggling just to survive. Freedom was limited, hygiene was questionable, and even the gods …

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S4 Ep7: Out of the Cave: Encounters and Anima with Jago Cooper 33:23

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In this episode, Jerry meets with Dr. Jago Cooper to examine a map of an ancient cave network on Isla de Mona in the Caribbean Sea. The map pinpoints the locations of markings that depict Indigenous beliefs and also trace 500 years of cross-cultural encounters. Jago is the Director of the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, a world class art museum b…

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Michael Newton, "It's a Wonderful Life" (British Film Institute, 2023) 1:05:21

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Danielle Allen, "Justice by Means of Democracy" (U Chicago Press, 2023) 55:44

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Danielle Allen, the James Bryant Conant University Professor and the Director of the Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University, has a new book, Justice by Means of Democracy, that explores the foundational understanding of how humans best flourish, in particular in regard to the governmental system under which they live. Allen, …

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Agata Fijalkowski, "Law, Visual Culture, and the Show Trial" (Routledge, 2023) 1:11:59

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Andy Cowan, "B-Side: A Flipsided History of Pop" (Headpress, 2023) 49:10

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In his new book B-Sides: A Flipsided History of Pop (Headpress, 2023), Andy Cowan explores a century of music b-sides. Pop music would be a different beast without the B-Side. Music history is riven with songs deemed throwaway that revolted against their lowly status and refused to be denied. Be it rock'n'roll's national anthem ('Rock Around The Cl…

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Michael Newton, "It's a Wonderful Life" (British Film Institute, 2023) 1:05:21

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Marion Gibson, "Witchcraft: A History in Thirteen Trials" (Scribner, 2023) 49:26

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Witchfinder General, Salem, Malleus Maleficarum. The world of witch-hunts and witch trials sounds archaic and fanciful, these terms relics of an unenlightened, brutal age. However, we often hear ‘witch-hunt’ in today’s media, and the misogyny that shaped witch trials is all too familiar. Three women were prosecuted under a version of the 1735 Witch…

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Agata Fijalkowski, "Law, Visual Culture, and the Show Trial" (Routledge, 2023) 1:11:59

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Has Netflix’s megahit Stranger Things lost its way? 14:17

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Back in 2016, Netflix released a little show called Stranger Things, which went on to become the defining megahit for the streamer. But now, ahead of the finale on New Year’s Day, the sheen appears to be wearing thin… Fans and critics alike have complained about overstuffed plots and too many characters - and more than 280,000 people have signed a …

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Boring History For Sleep | The Unwritten Winter Rules of Victorian Society 🕯️🏠 3:55:23

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❄️🕯️ Victorian winters weren’t just cold — they were filled with invisible rules about clothing, visits, greetings, meals, and even how long you were allowed to stay warm. From strict expectations about calling hours to the correct way to behave in overheated parlors, winter etiquette governed every polite move, whether anyone liked it or not. Toni…

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As The Waters Cover The Sea 05: Beasts of The Western Wild 1:36:49

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In which the walkers must make an unenviable choice - to descend, to escape, to rescue - or to be in time for lunch at the pub… A modern Call of Cthulhu Scenario by Joseph Chance Cast: Josephine Arundel – Belinda Cornish Chris Caldwell – Dan Wheeler Max Davenant – Danann McAleer Charlie Westenra – Dominic Allen Keeper of Arcane Lore – Joseph Chanc…

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Jean Pfaelzer, "California, a Slave State" (Yale UP, 2023) 54:34

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California owes its origins and sunny prosperity to slavery. Spanish invaders captured Indigenous people to build the chain of Catholic missions. Russian otter hunters shipped Alaska Natives--the first slaves transported into California--and launched a Pacific slave triangle to China. Plantation slaves were marched across the plains for the Gold Ru…

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Eric G. Wilson, "Point Blank" (British Film Institute, 2023) 46:43

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John Boorman's Point Blank (1967) has long been recognized as one of the seminal films of the sixties, with its revisionary mix of genres including neo-noir, New Wave, and spaghetti western. Its lasting influence can be traced throughout the decades in films like Mean Streets (1973), Reservoir Dogs (1992), Heat (1995), The Limey (1999) and Memento …

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Stephanie Barczewski, "How the Country House Became English (Reaktion, 2023) 57:29

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How the Country House Became English (Reaktion, 2023) by Dr. Stephanie Barczewski is an exploration of the evolution of the quintessentially English country house. Country houses have come to be regarded as quintessentially English, not only in terms of their architectural style but because they appear to embody national values of continuity and in…

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Eric G. Wilson, "Point Blank" (British Film Institute, 2023) 46:43

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Jeremy Black, "A History of Artillery" (Rowman & Littlefield, 2023) 38:17

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Jeremy Black's book A History of Artillery (Rowman & Littlefield, 2023) traces the development of artillery through the ages, providing a thorough study of these weapons. From its earliest recorded use in battle over a millennium ago, up to the recent Gulf War, Balkan, and Afghanistan conflicts, artillery has often been the deciding factor in battl…

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Helle Strandgaard Jensen, "Sesame Street: A Transnational History" (Oxford UP, 2023) 57:23

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In Sesame Street: A Transnational History (Oxford UP, 2023), author Helle Strandgaard Jensen tells the story of how the American television show became a global brand. Jensen argues that because the show's domestic production was not financially viable from the beginning, Sesame Street became a commodity that its producers assertively marketed all …

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A Woman Re-members The Body 44:25

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A Memoir Through Essays and Other Stories Ingrid Rose The body is Ingrid Rose's touchstone as she explores her life through stories and personal essays: • Her relationship with her twin brother, Tim • Her New York adventures as a young woman, waitressing in a jazz club and performing with Warm Rain, a spoken word and music ensemble • Her spiritual …

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The best video games of 2025: from Wanderstop to Clair Obscur 12:36

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As another year draws to a close, we’re taking a look back at the past twelve months and what it’s meant for the world of video games. It’s been a stellar year for indie games, with Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 raking in heaps of plaudits (and a fair few award nominations) for its take on the JRPG genre — while smaller titles like Wanderstop and Blu…

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Megan Ferland Executive Director Washington Masonic Services Part 2 S07 E40 30:06

6h ago30:06

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The Working Tools Podcast https://youtu.be/FC3UIpP7GS8 Join the Working Tools Podcast Team; VWB Steven Chung, VWB David Colbeth, VWB Matthew Appel and Br. Craig Graham as we welcome Megan Ferland, Executive Director for Washington Masonic Services. To learn more about the Washington Masonic Services, please visit: https://www.masonscare.org https:/…

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Boring History For Sleep | The Filthy Truth Behind Royal Gossip 👑🧼🚫 3:53:27

7m ago3:53:27

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👑🤢 Royal life looked glamorous in portraits — but behind the silk, jewels, and powdered wigs were habits so disgusting they became legends. From monarchs who refused to bathe to courts crawling with disease, parasites, and truly horrifying hygiene, many royal rumors weren’t exaggerations at all — they were polite summaries. Tonight, close your eyes…

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Jacob Bricca, "How Documentaries Work" (Oxford UP, 2023) 1:05:43

3h ago1:05:43

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Previous guest Jacob Bricca (Documentary Editing: Principles and Practice) is a professional film editor and director, specializing in documentaries. In his new book, he breaks down the hidden conventions of the documentary film in accessible language for film students and documentary enthusiasts alike. Chapters on Narrative and Meaning show how do…

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Jacob Bricca, "How Documentaries Work" (Oxford UP, 2023) 1:05:43

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Abigail Bainbridge, "Conservation of Books" (Routledge, 2023) 32:10

2d ago32:10

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Editor Abigail Bainbridge and contributing author Sonja Schwoll join this discussion of Conservation of Books (Routledge 2023), the highly anticipated reference work on global book structures and their conservation. Offering the first modern, comprehensive overview on this subject, this volume takes an international approach. Written by over 70 spe…

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Boring History For Sleep | Who the Ninja Really Were 🥷🕯️ (And What They Actually Did) 3:54:56

19m ago3:54:56

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🌙🥷 Ninja were not magical assassins dressed in black — they were spies, scouts, and survival experts living quietly in feudal Japan. They gathered information, avoided open battle, and relied on patience, disguise, and local knowledge rather than flashy combat. Tonight, close your eyes and drift into the shadowy villages and moonlit paths of old Ja…

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Alastair McClure, "Trials of Sovereignty: Mercy, Violence, and the Making of Criminal Law in British India, 1857-1922" (Cambridge UP, 2024) 57:44

4d ago57:44

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Trials of Sovereignty: Mercy, Violence, and the Making of Criminal Law in British India, 1857-1922 (Cambridge UP, 2024) offers the first legal history of mercy and discretion in nineteenth and twentieth-century India. Through a study of large-scale amnesties, the prerogative powers of pardon, executive commutation, and judicial sentencing practices…

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Sean Minogue, "Prodigals" (Latitude 46 Publishing, 2025) 38:17

4d ago38:17

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In this NBN episode, host Hollay Ghadery speaks with Sean Minogue about this play, Prodigals (Latitude 46 Publishing, 2025). When a big-city dreamer from a small northern Ontario city returns to his hometown to testify in a murder trial, he faces old uncovered wounds in his circle of friends and discovers that his missed opportunities are more than…