Calvino talks with industry experts, technologists, CIO's and other smart people over a cold beer (often local) beer. We discuss trends, news, how technology is impacting industries and our daily lives etc.
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“A Classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say.”--Italo Calvino. We are two moms that love the classics and we believe they are relevant and still have so much to still say to us today–perhaps even more than ever! We want to invite you to read along with us (or maybe just watch the movie) and hope that you will find our discussions fun and accessible and that you will find that there is so much to learn from and love about these transcendent books!
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A monthly reading and conversation with the New Yorker fiction editor Deborah Treisman.
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Spanning history, religion, culture, science and philosophy, In Our Time from BBC Radio 4 is essential listening for the intellectually curious. In each episode, host Melvyn Bragg and expert guests explore the characters, events and discoveries that have shaped our world. History fans can learn about pivotal wars and societal upheavals, such as the rise and fall of Napoleon, the Sack of Rome in 1527, and the political intrigue of the Russian Revolution. Those fascinated by the lives of kings ...
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Calvino no es rápido Cover art photo provided by Bia Andrade on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/@biawashere
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JR Cigars Presents: The Long Ash Podcast The Cigarchitect Nick Libretti teams up with videographer Secret Chris to discuss cigars, the industry and the mysteries of life
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A podcast to explore people's relationship with Focusing as developed by Eugene Gendlin. In these interviews we explore the ways in which individuals embody and integrate Focusing into their personal and professional lives. Hosted by Therese Ryan and Elaine Goggin, both certified Focusing trainers with The International Focusing Institute.
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When the high tide reaches Venice, four sirens are sounded to warn the population of the incoming danger. Each one of them represents a growing level of emergency, the level of the rising water. Yet there was no sound after the last siren, nothing to prepare venetians for the level of destruction the 2019 storm brought to town. This is how The Fifth Siren was born. Venice becomes the nexus where many global crises come together - environmental, cultural, social, technological. We aim to aler ...
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Popular culture, poetry, music and visual arts and the roles they play in our society.
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Europe Today is Euronews’ daily podcast hosted by Maria Tadeo and Méabh Mc Mahon, broadcasting directly from Brussels, at the heart of Europe. Every morning, we deliver the top and exclusive stories shaping the European Union (EU) and beyond. Stay ahead with the key news and insights that matter in Europe today. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Spine Crackers is an in-depth literary analysis podcast where we discuss a different book every other week, with some jokes and goofs tossed in for good measure. Follow us on instagram, twitter, facebook, etc. and check out our patreon! We post our next read on twitter so you can keep up and read along with us if you like. https://www.buymeacoffee.com/spinecrackers https://www.patreon.com/spinecrackers [email protected]
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Anne and Jim welcome you to Literary Italy, a joyous romp through the books and the landscape of the bel paese. Join us as we share our love of the literature, the people, the land, and the experience that is Italy.
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Europe is the start up incubator of the world, says EIB president Nadia Calviño
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15:02On Europe Today, your daily Euronews podcast presented by Méabh Mc Mahon, we have an exclusive interview with Nadia Calviño, the president of the European Investment Bank - the EU’s lending arm. We also travel to Bulgaria to speak to our correspondent Raya Stoyanova a day after the government dramatically resigned due to mass protests. We also have…
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Episode 290: Top 25 Cigars of 2025 Part Four (Final)
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1:09:45Here it is, folks! Chris, Nick, and Andy go over the final top 10 cigars on our top 25 list of the year. It's all come down to this. Let us know what your favorite cigars of the year were in the comments.
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Books mentioned in this episode: They Ask, You Answer by Marus Sheridan Killing Kennedy by Bill O'Reilly Killing the Rising Sun by Bill O'Reilly Prisoner B-3087 by Alan Gratz Alledgedly by Tiffany D Jackson Hidden Yellow Stars by Rebecca Connelly Only the Beautiful by Susan Meissner Atomic Habits by James Clear The Artists Way by Julia Cameron The …
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Margery Kempe and English Mysticism (Archive Episode)
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47:11To celebrate Melvyn Bragg’s 27 years presenting In Our Time, five well-known fans of the programme have chosen their favourite episodes. Author and columnist Caitlin Moran has picked the episode on the English medieval mystic Margery Kempe and recorded an introduction to it. Margery Kempe (1373-1438) produced an account of her extraordinary life in…
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Episode 289: Top 25 Cigars of 2025 Part Three
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54:16This week, Chris sits down with Nick to go over numbers 15 to 11 in our top 25 list of cigars for the year.
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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - Part 3 (Ch 12-17)
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58:01Book mentioned in this episode: The Well-Trained Mind by Susan Wise Bauer The Well-Educated Mind by Susan Wise Bauer Forever, Interrupted by Taylor Jenkins Reid Ones True Love by Taylor Jenkins Reid The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins ReidUp Next: Our top 10 Books of 2025
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90 billion loan for Ukraine and EU-Mercosur trade deal on hold
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14:46On Europe Today, your daily Euronews podcast, presented by Méabh Mc Mahon, we have a special edition zooming in on the European Council summit that lasted 16 hours long. Our EU news editor Maria Tadeo brings the latest on the 90 billion loan for Ukraine that will be raised by joint debt. We also speak to Sasha Vakulina, our Ukraine correspondent, o…
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To celebrate Melvyn Bragg’s 27 years presenting In Our Time, five well-known fans of the programme have chosen their favourite episodes. Guy Garvey, lyricist and lead singer of the band Elbow, has selected the episode on eclipses, first broadcast in December 2020. Solar eclipses are some of life’s most extraordinary moments, when day becomes night …
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Tense summit underway in Brussels, but Luxembourg PM says he cannot be nervous
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14:46On Europe Today, your daily Euronews podcast, presented by Méabh Mc Mahon, we zoom straight into the high stakes European Council summit taking place today in Brussels. From saving face on Ukraine, to stopping the Mercosur trade deal from falling off a cliff- big decisions on key issues will have to be made today. Our EU editor Maria Tadeo speaks t…
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Europe is our "destiny," says Kosovo’s President Vjosa Osmani
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14:50On Europe Today, your daily Euronews podcast presented by Méabh Mc Mahon, we are joined by Vjosa Osmani, the president of Kosovo who is in Brussels for an EU-Western Balkans summit. We also travel to Strasbourg where MEPs are meeting for an action-packed session ahead of the Christmas holidays. Our Euronews EU editor Maria Tadeo speaks to EU Commis…
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"Don't sacrifice the farmers for the profit of some multinationals" says MEP Thomas Waitz
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14:31On Europe Today, your daily Euronews podcast presented by Méabh Mc Mahon, we travel to Strasbourg to hear from Maria Tadeo, our EU news editor about how Rome is stuck between protecting farmers and maintaining exports to South America. We are also joined by Thomas Waitz, Austrian MEP for the Greens who is an ecological farmer by trade. For an updat…
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Trump "is very damaging" for climate, says architect of Paris Agreement
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14:51On Europe Today, your daily Euronews podcast presented by Méabh Mc Mahon, we are joined by Laurence Tubiana, the architect of the 2015 Paris Agreement. We also get the latest news on talks to end the war in Ukraine from our EU editor Maria Tadeo. Finally, our political correspondent, Stefan Grobe, brings us the latest on the shooting in Bondi Beach…
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Episode 288: Top 25 Cigars of 2025 Part Two
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42:00This week, Chris sits down with Warren to go over numbers 20 to 16 on our top 25 cigars list of the year.
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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis - Part 2 (Ch 7-11)
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41:47Books mentioned in this episode: How to Avoid Falling in Love With a Jerk by John Van Epp Never Caught: The Story of Ona Judge by Erica Armstrong DunbarNext Episode: Our Top 10 Books of 2025
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After 27 years, Melvyn Bragg has decided to step down from the In Our Time presenter’s chair. With over a thousand episodes to choose from, he has selected just six that capture the huge range and depth of the subjects he and his experts have tackled. In this sixth of his choices, we hear Melvyn Bragg and his guests in 2017 discussing new discoveri…
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Russia is preparing a new generation of Putin soldiers
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14:36On Europe Today, your daily Euronews podcast presented by Méabh Mc Mahon, we are joined by Oleksandra Matviichuk -a human rights defender from Ukraine who leads the organisation Center for Civil Liberties, which was awarded the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize. Together with our Ukraine correspondent Sasha Vakulina they help us understand the latest attempts…
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The European economy is weak - US ambassador justifies Us national security document
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14:43On Europe Today, your daily Euronews podcast presented by Méabh Mc Mahon, we welcome Andrew Puzder, US ambassador to the EU, during a very intense week for the US-EU relationship. Our EU correspondent Maria Tadeo briefs us about the latest developments over this once easy and now bumpy relationship. We also travel to Finland with our correspondent …
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Commissioner Dombrovskis says "next week is crunch time" to decide on frozen assets
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14:28On Europe Today, your daily Euronews podcast presented by Méabh Mc Mahon, we are joined by the EU Commissioner for the economy Valdis Dombrovskis. Our Ukraine correspondent Sasha Vakulina also brings us up to speed about last night's dinner between Ukraine’s President Zelenskyy, the Secretary General of NATO Mark Rutte and EU Commission President U…
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Dr Tony Bates is a Clinical Psychologist, Psychotherapist and Adjunct Professor of Psychology at University College Dublin. He was the Head of the Department of Psychology at St James’s Hospital, Dublin, for 30 years. Following psychotherapy training at the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Oxford, he established and directed the MSc…
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Dictators are "testing the borders of Europe" - Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya
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14:41On Europe Today, your daily Euronews podcast presented by Méabh Mc Mahon, we are joined by Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, the exiled opposition leader of the Belarusian democratic movement. We also have an update from our EU editor Maria Tadeo on the US paper that shows President Trump's preference for Europe’s far right. We finish today's episode with …
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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis - Part 1 (Ch 1-6)
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48:05Join us as we discuss the first 6 chapters of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis. We will also discuss how to get more out of your Libby app, as well as some changes they have made, and tell you what we've been reading lately. Books mentioned in this episode: The Art of Seduction by Robert Greene The Graveyard book by Neil Gaiman Ne…
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Episode 287: Top 25 Cigars of 2025 Part One
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48:37It's finally here, our top 25 list of 2025! Join Chris as he sits down with Andy to go over numbers 25 to 21 on the list.
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EU commissioner for Energy plans hails historic proposal to wean off Russian oil
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14:51On Europe Today, your daily Euronews podcast presented by Méabh Mc Mahon, we are joined by Dan Jørgensen, the EU commissioner for Energy and Housing to speak about the big deal clinched this week to end the addiction on Russian gas. We also hear from our Ukraine correspondent Sasha Vakulina on the latest attempts to end the war in Ukraine and we tr…
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Pauli's Exclusion Principle (Archive Episode)
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49:09After 27 years, Melvyn Bragg has decided to step down from the In Our Time presenter’s chair. With over a thousand episodes to choose from, he has selected just six that capture the huge range and depth of the subjects he and his experts have tackled. In this fifth of his choices, we hear Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss a key figure from quantu…
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European Commission Vice President "absolutely shocked" by scandal involving Federica Mogherini
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14:33On Europe Today, your daily Euronews podcast, we speak to Roxana Minzatu, the EU Commission executive vice president for social skills. She gives us a sneak preview of her new proposal for quality jobs. We also get the latest news from the Ukraine peace talks with our correspondent Shona Murray and travel all the way to China for Emmanuel Macron's …
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"We over regulate in Europe" - 2025 Nobel economics prize winner tells Euronews
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14:42On Europe Today, your daily Euronews podcast, we speak to the 2025 Nobel prize in economics co-winner Philippe Aghion on what can Europe do to boost innovation. We also have the latest details on the alleged fraud scandal involving the former EU's foreign chief Federica Mogherini and take you to the NATO headquarters with our correspondent Shona Mu…
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"We need to have our own plan", EU defence commissioner Kubilius
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14:46On Europe Today, your daily Euronews podcast, we speak to Andrius Kubilius, EU commissioner for defence after his first year in office. We are also joined by our Ukraine correspondent Sasha Vakulina and our EU editor Maria Tadeo to discuss the latest attempts to end the war in Ukraine. We also hear about a major controversy in Belgium over the Chri…
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Miriam Toews joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Elephant,” by Raymond Carver, which was published in The New Yorker in 1986. Toews has published ten books, including the novels “A Complicated Kindness,” which won the Governor General’s Award for Fiction; “All My Puny Sorrows,” “Women Talking,” and “Fight Night”—and the memoir “A Truce That…
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Americans want money, not peace -former top US General warns
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14:16On Europe Today, your daily Euronews podcast, we speak to General Ben Hodges, a former Commanding General of US Army Europe and hear from our Ukraine correspondent Sasha Vakulina on the peace talks in Florida. For any frequent flyers in Europe, we have an update on the negotiations on EU's passengers rights law and we have a question for our listen…
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Episode 286: Affordable vs. High-end Cigars
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50:49This week, Chris sits down with James to discuss the value in a $4 cigar versus a $30 cigar. Let us know your thoughts in the comments.
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The Magician's Nephew by C.S. Lewis - Part 3 (Ch 11-15)
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52:46Books mentioned in this episode: The Art of Seduction by Robert Greene The Harry Potter Series by R.K. Rowling Cinder by Marissa Meyer The Incorrible Children of Ashton Place by Maryrose Wood & Jon Klassen The Penderwicks Series by Jane Birdsall The Series of Unfortunate Events Series by Lemony Snickett…
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EU top police woman takes on the war on drugs and Black Friday bonanza thrills consumers
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14:02On Europe Today, your daily Euronews podcast, we have an exclusive interview with Europol's chief, Catherine de Bolle. Our EU editor, Maria Tadeo, brings us the latest news over Viktor Orbán's visit to Moscow and we have an update on the blackouts in Ukraine from EU ambassador Katherina Mathernova. We also have some tips for the biggest shopping da…
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'Americans believe everything Putin says,' top former general tells Euronews
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14:44On Europe Today, your daily Euronews podcast, we bring you a packed episode. Our EU editor, Maria Tadeo joins us from Strasbourg with MEP and former military general Riho Terras for analysis on Ukraine's path to peace. We speak to our US politics expert Stefan Grobe about last night's shooting in Washington and we travel to the Vatican to hear from…
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The appeasement of the aggressor only creates more aggression
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14:55On Europe Today, your daily Euronews podcast, we catch up with the EU Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis who is in Strasbourg this week. The Latvian politician said EU leaders need to agree on a reparations loan to Ukraine as soon as possible. We also have some updates on the chronic antibiotics shortage and tell you what the former President of Franc…
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Vestager on tariffs and tense EU-US talks on trade
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14:17Europe Today, your daily Euronews podcast, brings the former EU commissioner Margrethe Vestager to discuss tariffs and the EU-US relationship. And to answer the big question: did she overregulate the EU's digital market? Europe Today is Euronews’ daily podcast hosted by Maria Tadeo and Méabh Mc Mahon, broadcasting directly from Brussels, at the hea…
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On our first episode of Europe Today, our hosts Méabh Mc Mahon and Maria Tadeo discuss the 28-point US-Russia peace plan for Ukraine and the European response. We will also speak with the Polish Minister of Trade, Michal Baranowski, here today in Brussels for some talks between the EU and the US on a trade deal. Europe Today is Euronews’ daily podc…
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The Magician's Nephew by C.S. Lewis - Part 2 (Ch 6-10)
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45:21Books mentioned in this episode: Cinder by Marissa Meyer Number the Stars by Lois Lowry Coming Up Next Week: The Magician's Nephew by C.S. Lewis Chapter 11-15 Our Next Book: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis
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Episode 285: Our Favorite Movies From Every Year of Our Life
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1:44:58This week, Chris sits down with our videographer Tyler to talk movies. This time, they each go through their picks for their favorite movie from each year they've been alive.
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After 27 years, Melvyn Bragg has decided to step down from the In Our Time presenter’s chair. With over a thousand episodes to choose from, he has selected just six that capture the huge range and depth of the subjects he and his experts have tackled. In this third of his choices, we hear Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Greek philosophy. Their …
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The Magician's Nephew by C.S. Lewis - Part 1 (Ch 1-5)
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52:28Books mentioned in this episode: Becoming Mrs. Lewis by Patti Callahan Henry Huberman Lab Podcast by Andrew Huberman No Fear Shakepeare Graphic Novels by Sparks Notes Shakespeare Can Be Fun Series by Lois Burdett
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Episode 284: Diego Castellanos of International Packing Co.
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1:29:35On this episode, Chris sits down with Diego Castellanos from International Packing Co. to talk about what goes into manufacturing cigar packaging.
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After 27 years, Melvyn Bragg has decided to step down from the In Our Time presenter’s chair. With over a thousand episodes to choose from, he has selected just six that capture the huge range and depth of the subjects he and his experts have tackled. In this second of his choices, we hear Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss one of his favourite po…
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In this episode, the Spine Crackers discuss English travel writer, journalist, and novelist Bruce Chatwin's 1982 novel of place, family, aging, technology, and the march of history On the Black Hill!
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Episode 283: Erik Calvino of Cigar Snob Magazine
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1:05:51On this week's episode of the Long Ash Podcast, Chris (virtually) sat down with Erik Calvino of Cigar Snob Magazine. Chris and Erik talked about everything from Erik's cigar roots to the magazine and even one of his coolest experiences within the industry. Check out the full episode now!
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Books mentioned in this episode: Awake by Jen Hatmaker Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin The Art of Seduction by Robert Green The Pheobe Variations by Jane Hamilton Up Next: The Magician's Nephew by C.S. Lewis
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After 27 years, Melvyn Bragg has decided to step down from the In Our Time presenter’s chair. With over a thousand episodes to choose from, he has selected just six that capture the huge range and depth of the subjects he and his experts have tackled. In this first pick, we hear Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the origins, science and mythology…
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Adam Levin Reads David Foster Wallace
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1:06:21Adam Levin joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Backbone,” by David Foster Wallace, which was published in The New Yorker in 2011. Levin, a winner of the New York Public Library’s Young Lions Fiction Award, is the author of the story collection “Hot Pink” and the novels “The Instructions,” “Bubblegum,” and “Mount Chicago.” Learn about your a…
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For our latest episode of the Long Ash Podcast, former long-time host Nick Libretti is back to talk about all things spooky and horror! Check out the full episode today!
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Books mentioned in this episode: Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin The Art of Seduction by Robert Green Only the Beautiful by Susan Meissner Greenglass House by Kate Milford Odd and the Frost Giants by Neil Gaiman The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan Up Next: The Magician's Nephew by C.S. Lewis…
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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the dance which, from when it reached Britain in the early nineteenth century, revolutionised the relationship between music, literature and people here for the next hundred years. While it may seem formal now, it was the informality and daring that drove its popularity, with couples holding each other as they spun r…
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