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From Here to History

Chris Swanson & Jason Weidert

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The history podcast where Chris Swanson and Jason Weidert discuss events and people of the past with as much openness, understanding, and fairness as we can muster. Our only agenda is to inform in an entertaining and engaging way. We teach high school, after all, and that's a tough audience. Our hope is that if we can keep teenagers interested we may be able to pull off a worthwhile podcast, too. We try to release one episode every month. But we're teachers with busy young families so if we ...
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Black & Blue Podcast

Black & Blue Podcast

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The Black & Blue Podcast is a cutting edge show about controversial issues that is based in constructive thought, hosted Sheriff Chris Swanson "Let's Walk" and Peace Activist Ken Nwadike Jr "Free Hugs". "East meets West, Black Meets White and everything is on the table"
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Clem Bianchi is a courier, delivering mail in space one job at a time in a future where mankind has settled among the stars faster than communications technology can keep up. When a chance encounter awakens them to the ability to hear conversations tied to their mail, they embark upon a journey of adventure, conspiracy, and connections made across the stars. Additional Postage Required is a biweekly audio drama podcast, chronicling Clem's adventures as they take on jobs, explore the new abil ...
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National Ninja League Podcast

Alex Cunningham & Chris Wilczewski

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NNL President Chris Wilczewski and e-mail answerer Alex Cunningham dive into the minds of the top ninjas and ambassadors of the sport to learn about how they train and how they feel about the growth of the sport.
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TEN FOOT POLE

Pastor A.J. Houseman

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This podcast is for millennial skeptics, regular Sunday church goers, those who have given up on church, pastors, and explorers just wanting to learn a little more about the big book. Each week Rev. A.J. Houseman and guests will talk about Bible texts from the RCL and digging deeper into aspects of the week's texts that get glossed over or totally ignored in most preaching. The Bible has a lot of parts that are racy, uncomfortable, and sometimes downright horrifying. Let's talk about it.
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Fight The Current

Fight The Current

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Fight the Current is a Podcast dedicated to helping people live EXTRAordinary lives in an ordinary world. Co-Hosts Aaron Thomas and Danny Campisi talk about fighting the current in all aspects of life. Topics include success, finance, entrepreneurship, faith, relationships, and more.
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Grappler Union Podcast

Javier Palomo & Anthony Zito Hosts of a Jiu Jitsu Podcast

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Grappler Union Podcast with hosts Javier Palomo & Anthony Zito. Their passion for the art and their experience through the eyes of Jiu Jitsu players gives a unique perspective of the lifestyle. Stories including staying healthy, training, competing, and overall life experiences. "Promoting Jiu Jitsu to the masses and explaining how the art impacts the people we encounter in a positive way is our goal."
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Take a Crit

Take a Crit

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Take a Crit is a raunchy D&D 5e comedy podcast. Join our heroes on their comical journey across the magical land of Patherntica. Starring Joey Swanson, Leo Martin, Salem Martin, Mary Jane Hartsog and Austin Petree.
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Plaid Stories

Disneyland Tour Guides

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Plaid Stories is a collection of oral history recordings with Disneyland Tour Guides, and Guest Relations Hosts and Hostesses, sharing their memories and magic from the time they worked at Walt Disney’s beloved Park, under the auspices of Cicely Rigdon.
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Serial killers. Gangsters. Gunslingers. Victorian-era murderers. And that's just the tip of the iceberg. Each week, the Most Notorious podcast features true-life tales of crime, criminals, tragedies and disasters throughout history. Host Erik Rivenes interviews authors and historians who have studied their subjects for years. Their stories are offered with unique insight, detail, and historical accuracy.
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Pepper Stewart Show

Pepper Stewart

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Ranch, Rodeo, & Randomness. "Not Your Normal Talk Show" Pepper is a Talk show Host, and Media Personality in Texas He is credited with being the first Live global rural interactive Tv Talk Show, in which laid the groundwork for the programming you see today on multiple rural networks. #PepperStewart #ThePepperStewart #PepperStewartShow #TRNRW www.PepperStewart.com
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All Things Possible with Bethany Hamilton Pro surfer, best-selling author, and Soul Surfer Bethany Hamilton joins her husband Adam Dirks to explore how faith, family, and intentional living make all things possible—even in life’s toughest moments. From raising kids and homeschooling to health, discipleship, and navigating today’s culture, this podcast delivers real conversations and practical encouragement. With inspiring guests and powerful stories, All Things Possible is your weekly dose o ...
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Timeless Practical Wisdom For Living a Meaningful Life Inspiring stories and practical advice from creatives, entrepreneurs, change-makers, misfits, and rebels to help you become successful on your own terms Our listeners say, “If TEDTalks met Oprah you’d have the Unmistakable Creative.” Eliminate the feeling of being stuck in your life, blocked in your creativity, and discover higher levels of meaning and purpose in your life and career. Listen to deeply personal, insightful, and thought-pr ...
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Welcome to Fitness Reborn with Seann! Where I interview everyone from professional athletes, to fitness experts, to leading thinkers and innovators, to everyday people who all want to help us transform our lives through fitness. I hope you enjoy the ride. ~Train Hard, Seann samolives.substack.com
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Hemp Legally Speaking

Jonathan Miller - National Leading Hemp Attorney & Advocate

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With hemp being legalized only recently, legal and regulatory regimes concerning the crop and its products such as CBD are continually evolving. Jonathan Miller, who helped craft much of federal and state hemp laws in his role as General Counsel of the US Hemp Roundtable, hosts a biweekly podcast in which he engages in 15-20 minute discussions of cutting-edge legal issues facing the industry. Jonathan speaks on each program with subject matter experts from Frost Brown Todd’s nationally leadi ...
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Make money on your terms is a movement. Its giving you the power to not just think outside the box, but to create your own. The internet has changed the way several people just like you can earn and learn. A job is no longer the only way to make a living so we share with you alternative ways. This show gives you permission to take a different path in life - it gives you permission to think differently and act differently to make money on your terms. It busts the myth of "go to school, get go ...
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Bjorn Ryan-Gorman, professional snowskater and LGBTQ+ advocate, shares his journey from hiding his sexuality behind aggressive board sports to building a life of authenticity in Portland. Growing up in Montana as a sponsored snow athlete, Ryan-Gorman used snowboarding and skateboarding as outlets for self-hatred and denial, pushing himself to dange…
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David Epstein, author of Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World, dismantles the myth that early specialization is the only path to excellence. Drawing from research on elite athletes, musicians, and scientists, David reveals how individual variability in learning means there is no one-size-fits-all approach to skill development. He r…
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Adam and Bethany are back with their Diving Deeper series, and welcome back Pastor John Bombaro to unpack one of the most debated topics in modern American Christianity: infant baptism. Drawing from Scripture, the early church, and church history, Pastor John explains why the historic, global Christian consensus has baptized infants, how baptism is…
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Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday were two complicated men whose steadfast friendship became one of the legendary relationships of the American West. Both were flawed, and often on uncertain moral ground, yet their bond carried them through the violent world of frontier justice, culminating in a deadly conflict with the Clanton-McLaury gang in Tombstone,…
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Ayelet Fishbach, motivation researcher at University of Chicago, dismantles the fantasy-driven approach to New Year's resolutions and goal-setting. Drawing from data spanning multiple years, she reveals that while temporal landmarks like New Year work for initiating goals, only 20% of people still pursue them by November—the difference comes down t…
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Daniel Stillman, author of Good Talk: How to Design Conversations That Matter, reveals how conversations are designed—whether we realize it or not. Drawing from his background in design thinking and facilitation, Daniel breaks down the components of conversational architecture: openings, turns, power dynamics, and interfaces. He explains why physic…
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Dandapani, former Hindu monk who lived monastically for 10 years, shares teachings from his guru on treating the mind as an operating system that must be understood before it can be mastered. He explains the critical distinction between a focused life (giving undivided attention to whoever/whatever you're engaged with) and a purpose-focused life (w…
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“Though nations rage from age to age, we remember who holds us fast.” My favorite hymn, Canticle of Turning, lends some wisdom to unpacking our Luke Gospel text for this week. Join Pastor Chris and Pastor A.J. in diving deeper! This is Luke 21:5-19 for Sunday, November 16, 2025. Discussion Questions: 1. What are the fundamental words of wisdom that…
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What if giving your child a smartphone wasn’t a rite of passage—but a risk too great to ignore? In this episode of All Things Possible, Bethany and Adam sit down with author and policy expert Clare Morell to unpack the hidden costs of handing our children a smartphone. From personal stories to shocking statistics, Clare reveals why moderation doesn…
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Cal Newport unpacks his framework for Slow Productivity, built on three core principles: doing fewer things, working at a natural pace, and obsessing over quality. He introduces "pseudo productivity"—the toxic heuristic that emerged in mid-20th century knowledge work when visible activity became a proxy for useful effort because traditional product…
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Alan Stein Jr, former basketball performance coach to Kevin Durant, Kobe Bryant, and other NBA superstars, reveals why knowledge without execution is worthless and how the world's highest performers bridge the gap between knowing what to do and actually doing it. Drawing from decades working with elite athletes, Stein explains that performance gaps…
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Christy Tennery-Spalding, activist and organizer, shares how growing up near Washington D.C. shaped her oppositional stance to power structures and led her to find a “political home” in San Francisco’s activist community. She introduces the concept of informed consent in organizing—ensuring participants feel safe, informed, and empowered rather tha…
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Andrew Yang traces his path from failed entrepreneur to 2020 presidential candidate driven by a single realization: automation has already destroyed millions of American jobs, and the next wave will be exponentially worse. Through his work with Venture for America, he witnessed firsthand the economic devastation in Detroit, Ohio, and the Midwest—wh…
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In the early hours on a rainy autumn night in 1955, on a lavish country estate in Oyster Bay Cove, esteemed New York socialite Ann Woodward fired both barrels of her custom-made shotgun into the head of her husband, multimillionaire William J. “Billy” Woodward Jr., killing him. She mistook him for a notorious prowler who preyed on the privileged cl…
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Former CIA field operative Andrew Bustamante pulls back the curtain on what it really takes to recruit spies, run intelligence operations, and navigate a life built on secrecy, loyalty, and manipulation. In this riveting and wide-ranging conversation, Bustamante shares stories from his military training at the Air Force Academy, his time at “The Fa…
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Former Navy SEAL and leadership strategist Chris Fussell reveals how elite teams operate under pressure—and how those principles can be applied far beyond the battlefield. Drawing from years of operational experience and his work with General Stanley McChrystal, Fussell explains how systems thinking, decentralized decision-making, and shared consci…
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We dive into what the concept of the resurrection even is. Jesus is challenged by the Sadducees about seven brothers all marrying a woman. In the resurrection, whose wife is she? Jesus’ response is like, “you are totally missing the whole point!” Join Pastor Melissa and Pastor A.J. in talking about Luke 20:27-38 for Sunday, November 9th, 2025. Disc…
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Carlos Adell shares his unconventional path from growing up in a small Spanish town with limited resources to running a six-figure drug dealing business while simultaneously working as a DJ and industrial engineer. After nearly dying from a heart attack at 29 while working in corporate, Adell discovered that he had been living other people’s dreams…
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Bethany and Adam sit down with actor and author Kirk Cameron for an honest conversation about courage, parenting, and faith. From growing up in Hollywood to becoming a husband, dad of six, and now a grandpa, Kirk has learned what it means to go against the current and stand for truth. In this episode, they talk about the challenges of raising child…
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Alexandre BertailsAt Netflix, Alexandre Bertails and his team have adopted the RDF standard to capture the meaning in their content in a consistent way and generate consistent representations of it for a variety of internal customers.The keys to their system are a Unified Data Architecture (UDA) and a domain modeling language, Upper, that let them …
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Alison Shcraeger, economist and author of An Economist Walks Into a Brothel, explains how risk really works and why most people misunderstand it. From studying sex workers in Nevada to analyzing probability theory, Alison reveals that humans are not naturally wired to process probabilities—but we can learn. She introduces the concept of natural fre…
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Just in time for Halloween! In the first of two parts, we will weave a kind of dual biography: Harry Houdini and the spiritualist movement. While Houdini is perfecting his craft to become the world's most famous illusionist, scores of Americans and Europeans are being drawn into darkened rooms with mediums who can talk to the dead. Eventually, mayb…
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This is a test episode to verify that our Acast sync system works correctly. We will upload this episode with a far-future publish date, then update the midroll timestamp to confirm that the PATCH endpoint successfully syncs changes from our local index to Acast without re-uploading the audio file. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more in…
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Akshay Nanavati is not your typical adventurer — he’s a former Marine, a survivor of war-induced PTSD, and a seeker of what he calls the “crucible of suffering.” In this deeply introspective and intensely raw conversation, Akshay explores how pain, guilt, and darkness became vehicles for transcendence in his life. From confronting suicidal despair …
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Bethany and Adam invite listeners into a behind-the-scenes look at their two-month family adventure across the globe — from Hawaii to Nebraska, Indonesia, Turkey, Portugal, and back home again. Through jet lag, boat rides, sickness, surf sessions, and toddler meltdowns, they share the heart behind how they choose to live integrated lives — where fa…
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My guest is Chris Pouy, who shares an astonishing true story of love, betrayal, and murder on this latest episode of Most Notorious. His grandmother, Zoya Fyodorova, was a celebrated Russian actress who fell in love with an American naval officer, Jackson Tate, in 1945. It was a forbidden romance that led to the birth of Chris’s mother, Victoria. Z…
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Jesus gives blessings and woes in this Sermon on the Plain. Some of the things Jesus calls to can make us uncomfortable. Where do we see ourselves in Jesus’ words? Are we the wealthy being casted down? Or the lowly being lifted up? Join Pastor Laura and Pastor A.J. in talking about Luke 6:20-31 for All Saints Sunday. November 2nd, 2025. Discussion …
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Send us your thoughts on the Episode Hosted By: Pepper Stewart (no coHost this time) Guest: Cowpunchers Coffee Jimbo Williams & KRAVE Coaching Katie Hollingsworth "Episode brought to you by Cowpunchers Coffee" Music by: Whiskey Kate Talked about Beef, Forward Farms Beef & YouTube clips, PBR news, event highlights, Missing/Stolen cattle news, Beef i…
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Just off the old Natchez Trace, in the quiet woods of Tennessee, stands a broken marble column marking the grave of Meriwether Lewis. The monument was meant to honor one of America’s greatest explorers, but its shattered form also reflects a life cut short under circumstances that remain unsolved more than two centuries later. In 1804, Lewis and Cl…
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In November 1856, Dublin was shaken by the murder of George Little, chief cashier at the Broadstone railway terminus. He was found in his office, beaten and with his throat cut, thousands of pounds worth of gold and silver left untouched and the door locked. The investigation gripped the public, filled with twists and unusual developments, includin…
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New York Times columnist and bestselling author **David Brooks** joins Srini Rao to unpack what it really means to know and see another person — and how our ability to connect deeply has deteriorated in a world dominated by distraction, paradigmatic thinking, and judgment. Drawing from his latest book *How to Know a Person*, Brooks explores emotion…
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Welcome back to Ten Foot Pole Podcast with Season 5! We are diving back into the Gospel of Luke until our Advent special series starts! Join Pastor Allison Johnson and Pastor A.J. in talking about prayer. Jesus tells a parable about a couple of guys praying. Is one better than the other? Who? Is anyone’s prayers “better”? Let’s talk it out. Luke 18…
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What if your biggest parenting frustrations could actually be opportunities for growth? Bethany and Adam sit down with author and mom of four, Amber Lia, to talk about the triggers every parent faces, those moments when anger, exhaustion, or unrealistic expectations bubble over. Amber shares her own journey of struggling with anger as a mom, how Go…
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Damon Centola, sociologist and author of *Change: How to Make Big Things Happen*, dismantles the myth of the influencer and introduces a radically different model of how ideas and behaviors actually spread. In this thought-provoking conversation, Centola explains why change doesn’t come from social media stars with massive followings—but from dense…
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Jennifer Wallace is a journalist, researcher, and mother of three who set out to answer one of the most pressing questions in modern parenting: *Why do our kids feel like they're never enough — and what can we do about it?* Drawing on insights from her book *Never Enough* and years of reporting, Wallace explains how achievement culture, status anxi…
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In this powerful and perspective-shifting episode, Harvard Business School professor and author **Laura Huang** shares a deeply human and practical roadmap for transforming disadvantage into advantage. Drawing from her book *Edge*, she breaks down the four-part EDGE framework—Enrich, Delight, Guide, and Effort—showing how each of us can flip bias, …
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Emily Fletcher, founder of Ziva Meditation and a former Broadway performer, shares how her journey from the stage to spiritual leadership reshaped her understanding of success, fulfillment, and mental resilience. In this candid and practical conversation, Emily explains the science behind stress, its impact on performance, and how meditation can tr…
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(Orig pub date 8/15/23) In the early morning of January 21st, 1935 two employees of the Capital Transit Company in Chevy Chase, Maryland were cold-bloodedly gunned down. One of the men murdered was my guest's great-great uncle Emory Smith. As the police investigated the list of compelling suspects grew, but a powerful cover-up appeared to be in pla…
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Behind every eating disorder is a story far more complex than we realize, and today we’re uncovering what’s really going on. Bethany and Adam sit down with Dr. Deena Muno, a clinical psychologist who works with some of the most severe cases of eating disorders in hospital settings as well as through her private practice. Deena shares from her years…
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Torrey PodmajerskyTorrey Podmajersky is uniquely well-prepared to help digital teams align on language and meaning.Her father's interest in philosophy led her to an early intellectual journey into semantics, and her work as a UX writer at companies like Google and Microsoft has attuned her to the need to discover and convey precise meaning in compl…
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In "The Scientist and the Serial Killer: The Search for Houston’s Lost Boys", investigative journalist Lise Olsen tells the gripping true-crime story behind the “Lost Boys” murders in 1970s Houston, when more than two dozen teenage boys were murdered at the hands of Dean Corll, nicknamed the “Candy Man”, and his young accomplices. Through years of …
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Send us your thoughts on the Episode Hosted By: Pepper Stewart & Matt Malone Guest: Tiona Campbell - Christian County Artist "Episode brought to you by 1923 (Yellowstone)" Talked about Western Horse Sports, PBR news, event highlights, Missing/Stolen cattle news, Beef news on cattle herds, and weird story of a guy complaining about Free Feed. Checko…
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Courtney Harding, founder of Friends with Holograms and a leading voice in spatial computing, joins Srini to discuss the real-world applications and philosophical implications of immersive technologies like VR and AR. Drawing from her background in music journalism, activism, and public policy, she unpacks how virtual experiences are reshaping educ…
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In this mind-expanding conversation, psychiatrist and author Daniel Lieberman unpacks the role of dopamine — the brain's molecule of motivation — and how it shapes nearly every aspect of our lives, from love and ambition to addiction and impulsive behavior. Drawing from his bestselling book *The Molecule of More*, Lieberman explains why we’re wired…
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In this powerful third appearance, bestselling author and decision strategist Annie Duke dismantles the myth that grit is always good — and makes the case for why strategic quitting is essential for success. Drawing from cognitive science, personal experience, and examples like Muhammad Ali, Dave Chappelle, and Stuart Butterfield (Slack), Duke illu…
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Bethany and Adam sit down with Kate Deering—author of How to Heal Your Metabolism—for a real, no-nonsense talk about health, energy, and what’s actually going on inside our bodies. Kate shares how she went from being a fit, driven personal trainer to hitting a wall physically and emotionally, and what she learned about fueling her body in a way tha…
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Psychologist Anders Ericsson, the originator of the concept of deliberate practice, shares the foundational principles behind how experts are made—not born. Drawing on decades of empirical research, he explains how world-class performance emerges through structured effort, targeted feedback, and the development of mental models over time.Ericsson c…
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In November 1926, Cecelia Gullivan, treasurer of the Cone Automatic Machine company of Windsor, Vermont, was brutally killed in her home. Local police quickly arrested Cone Automatic machinist John Winters on suspicion of the crime, and the trial that followed was sensational and swift. Convicted of murder, Winters’ appeal brought in an unexpected …
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Victorian London is often remembered for the Ripper murders, yet at the same time another equally chilling series of slayings unfolded. Between 1887 and 1889, the dismembered bodies of four women appeared along the Thames. The river itself became the killer’s cover, its tides and hidden corners serving as a macabre dumping ground. Overshadowed by t…
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