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Bill Maher rewrites the rules of podcasting the way he did in television in this series of one on one, hour long conversations with a wide variety of unexpected guests in the undisclosed location called Club Random. There’s a whole big world out there that isn’t about politics and Bill and his guests talk about all of it. For advertising opportunities please email [email protected] We wanna make the podcast even better, help us learn how we can: https://bit.ly/2EcYbu4 Privac ...
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Welcome to The Magnificent Others, the podcast where host Billy Corgan engages in profound conversations with extraordinary individuals who have reached the pinnacle of success in their respective fields. In each episode, Billy delves into the stories and insights of high achievers, exploring the multifaceted journey that leads to greatness.
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“Comedians” Drew Bock and RJ Sains meet up each week to say the dumbest things imaginable. No structure, no rules, no corporate sponsorships. If you like JRE or Flagrant, Kill Tony or Club Random; you will hate every minute of this podcast.
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Shane Smith Has Questions is a dynamic, apolitical podcast hosted by Shane Smith dedicated to getting to the bottom of prominent instances of misinformation and disinformation while revealing the fascinating fundamental truths (if there are any?) of the most interesting and convoluted social and political issues of our time. For advertising opportunities please email [email protected] We want to make the podcast even better, help us learn how we can: https://bit.ly/2EcYbu4 P ...
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A bi-weekly podcast which aims to provide an introduction to the exciting world of Asian cinema. Each episode sees Elwood and Stephen highlighting a diffrent film worth discovering aswell as discussing a wide variety of topics relating from Actor / director profiles through to exploring the more random aspects of this facinating field.
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A place on the web for music recommendations, find us on our facebook page or leftfieldrecordclub.wordpress.com
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Three non-historians pick a year at random and try to teach each other stuff. Results mixed. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Hosted by Will Weldon, I Hate Bill Maher is an investigation of the life and career of Bill Maher, a man who lives on a vast estate inside of the host's head, rent free. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Hi! I'm Erik and I'm the co-founder and CEO of Random Golf Club, a global community of local golfers. Welcome to my completely unedited and off the cuff golf podcast! Each week I seek to uncover the stories of WHY we golf, not necessarily HOW we golf. NO SWING TIPS HERE. Listen in on Mondays for a mix of my musings, stream of consciousness golf inspired rants by yours truly, listener questions and a look into the life of this golf-crazed, travel-addicted and sleep-deprived journalist, plus i ...
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The Basement Sports Network (TBSN) is a social media-based sports network that was founded in the summer of 2022. TBSN sports a roster of talented and unique voices that provide fresh, often controversial, sports content and commentary using its multi-platform media strategy. TBSN is most popular for its entertaining and engaging YouTube content. Make sure to follow our rapidly growing Twitter presence @BasementSportsN and visit our website at www.TheBasementSportsNetwork.com. Support this p ...
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A few friends from the Kingdom of Fife talk about anything that pops in to their heads, putting their world to rights. Every week, we will be alternating between a Fantasy Fight Club segment and a Desert Island Dicks Segment, if you have any suggestions for a fight or Desert Island dicks episode then let us know! You can get us here or at : www.fifeclub.co.uk Facebook.com/Fifeclubpod Twitter : @fifeclub Email : [email protected]
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Video game book club podcast where we play random games and then discuss them on the show.
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580 episodes of manga mayhem, powered by our infamous Wheel of Manga! Will it land on Restaurant To Another World’s cozy charm or Tokyo Ghoul’s despair? No one knows—not even us. Beyond the Wheel, we’re your go-to for manga hot takes, convention adventures, movie breakdowns, Random Reviews and our passionate Monthly Book Club. From Lupin III’s heists to Vagabond’s soul-searching, if it’s kinetically enhanced, we’ve spun it. Tune in weekly for glorious uncertainty!
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Comedian Eddie Della Siepe and Podcaster Weezy take random topics and google the facts so you don't have to.
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LIFE. EXISTENCE. QUESTIONING EVERYTHING. RANDOM GOODIES... ADVICE. EXPRESSING EVERYTHING
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Which football team do you support? What's been your highest high and lowest low? Who is your all time favorite player vs current favorite? Each week we talk to a fan about their passion for their club and preview their next match. Then, next episode, we will review what happened in the match then move on to the next fan & team. Rinse repeat and let's see how many teams from across the globe we can follow!
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Jake and Mac are reading bad Young Adult fiction, despite the fact that they're both Full Grown Adults. Hey, someone's gotta wade into this mess.
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Have you ever been in conversion and thought how you ended up there? Come and listen to ABC Club with Abe, Ben, and Chandler talk about the most random subject we can think of. Tune back on Friday for more episodes.
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A laidback podcast hosted by Daniel Wallem and Omar Farook where we talk about design and a bunch of random stuff! Twitter.com/danyowallem Instagram.com/danyowallem
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Headliner Music Club presents Fourth Meal. A conversation with DJs about the industry and random stuff.
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Welcome to Movie Fight Club. Each week Mandi and Matthew will fight over, debate, argue, and otherwise discuss a random film. Who liked the film? Who hates the film? Well that's been chosen by random and whatever they really think, they have to defend their position.
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We’re a weights-focused gym with a bunch of epic class styles to choose from, run by coaches who give a damn. Our sessions are tailored for the athlete in all of us, carefully designed with a science-based approach to training. We do lifting differently. Join Jax & Ella for a monthly run down of all things Lift Club, discussions on latest research, fitness tips and tricks, nutrition hacks and just some random recommendations to keep things interesting.
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Nolan Cooney and Jack Gell read google reviews and laugh at them
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Comedians, Lou Ridgeway, Leigh Astill, Thomas Hancock aka P.T and Lou's girlfriend Fran, bring you The Anti Social Comedians Club. Each episode gives the listeners/viewers hilarious random and topical chit chat and banter. The Anti Social Comedians Club is now available to support on Patreon for as little as £3 a month not only will you be supporting the podcast so we can do more cool stuff but you will get exclusive content that will only be available on Patreon. https://www.patreon.com/joi ...
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High & Doing Things is a real time, unedited, unscripted, good time. Come & take a listen & hear some funny happenings going on as they happen. Conversations with myself & my husband & other interesting humans. Also full of random singing, interviews & field trips & random commercials for things that do or do not exist in real life. Myself & my guest having random thoughts, feelings & just doing things, some of us mostly high abit. New Episodes Released Every Wednesday @ 8AM Follow me on Soc ...
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Interviews with scholars of diplomacy, international relations, and geopolitics about their new books.
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Grandmasters Jan Gustafsson, Laurent Fressinet & Peter Heine Nielsen discuss ongoings in the chess world. The trio works for World Champion Magnus Carlsen & have the inside track on the psychology & politics of elite chess. Contact: [email protected] Join the Chicken Chess Club: https://twitter.com/chicken_chess
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The podcast which is recorded in some random gym, somewhere on between the Cities of Bristol and Bath, by two Personal Trainers that probably should be working and not hiding in a cupboard in the basement.
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Founders of Business & Dreams, the largest female business network in Sweden on Instagram. Seen in TEDx, Forbes 30 under 30 and Vogue Scandinavia. Coaching program and Members' Club with 1000+ members in 17 countries.
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Interviews with Scholars of Russia and Eurasia about their New Books Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/russian-studies
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Where women come together and learn through their own misery.
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A book club podcast where we go chapter by chapter talking about themes, characters, and random facts.
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Kate Vlasek and Lauryn Hunter are two women in their mid-thirties who generally geek out about all things pop culture, particularly nostalgic pop culture. A spur-of-the-moment purchase of a random assortment of Baby-Sitters Club books on eBay sparked the excitement that would become Generation BSC. And what is Generation BSC? First, it’s a micro-generation Kate and Lauryn have identified with between Generation X and Millennials. This micro-generation has also been called the Oregon Trail Ge ...
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“Club 302” Started in our basement room. Real life conversations between us siblings happened here. Counseling sessions, tutoring, cry sessions, laughs, dance battles, rehearsals, random music sessions, dating advice, wardrobe advice….just a lot of real life happenings. This podcast gives us the platform to share our experiences with the world and speak on how we handled life’s toughest battles.
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Women deconstructing culture, theology and a random stray thought here and there.
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The Nerdy Reads Podcast is your one-stop shop for nerdy books, nerd culture, and random food and drink reviews. We do a book club each week, but there are plenty of other happenings on each episode for those of you who do not follow along with the reading. We create safe-for-work content that is fun, refreshing, and always nerdy. So whether you read five books a year or 100, there is something for you on the Nerdy Reads Podcast.
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Interviews with Scholars of National Security about their New Books Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/national-security
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This year, The Double Shift will focus on IRL community building with a new initiative for 2025 called The How to Find Your People Club. Club members will get years-early access to some of the groundbreaking ideas and tools I’m developing for my book, which will be published by Penguin Random House in 2027. One of the benefits of club membership is audio newsletters, where I read my newsletter so you can listen on the go. Over the next year, this newsletter will feature public posts on topic ...
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pals and me talking about whatever 🤪 Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tyler-mcjunkin/support
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Awesome, brilliant, extraordinary. The show no one asked for. Random topics at random times. Because everything is chaos.
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On this episode, Bill sits down with fitness icon, wellness entrepreneur and straight-talking firebrand Jillian Michaels. Bill and Jillian settle in for a free-wheeling chat that drifts from lighthearted ribbing to debates about public health, politics, and pop culture. One minute they’re laughing about early-morning phone alerts or swapping travel…
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Charlie English, "The CIA Book Club: The Best-Kept Secret of the Cold War" (Random House, 2025)
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For nearly five decades after the Second World War, the Iron Curtain divided Europe, forming the longest and most heavily guarded border on earth. No physical combat would take place along this frontier: the risk of nuclear annihilation was too high for that. Instead, the war was fought psychologically. It was a battle for hearts, minds, and intell…
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Helen Thompson on Disorder and the Analysis of Contemporary Geopolitics
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Peoples & Things host, Lee Vinsel, talks with Helen Thompson, Professor of Political Economy at Cambridge University and co-host of the great podcast, These Times, about her approach to geopolitical analysis and the centrality of energy geopolitics in that approach. The pair start by talking about Thompson’s book, Disorder: Hard Times in the 21st C…
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Need advice? Trouble with girls? Strange questions about your addictions? Anonymously send questions for us to answer on the next episode by clicking this link! Support the show Follow our Instagram: @swallowdaddys Subscribe to Youtube: @swallowdaddys Follow RJ: rj_sains Follow Drew: drewbockkindof (deleted instagram due to gross incompetence) Join…
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Alan Strathern, "Converting Rulers: Global Patterns, 1450-1850" (Cambridge UP, 2024)
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Why did so many rulers throughout history risk converting to a new religion brought by outsiders? In his award-winning Unearthly Powers (2019), Dr. Alan Strathern set out a theoretical framework for understanding the relation between religion and political authority based on a distinction between two kinds of religion - immanentism and transcendent…
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Helen Thompson on Disorder and the Analysis of Contemporary Geopolitics
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Peoples & Things host, Lee Vinsel, talks with Helen Thompson, Professor of Political Economy at Cambridge University and co-host of the great podcast, These Times, about her approach to geopolitical analysis and the centrality of energy geopolitics in that approach. The pair start by talking about Thompson’s book, Disorder: Hard Times in the 21st C…
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Dennis Ross, "Statecraft 2.0: What America Needs to Survive in a Multipolar World" (Oxford UP, 2025)
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In a multipolar world where America wields less relative power, the United States can no longer get away with poor statecraft. To understand how the US can approach future national security challenges, I spoke with Dennis Ross, a senior US diplomat and the counselor and William Davidson Distinguished Fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East…
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Dennis Ross, "Statecraft 2.0: What America Needs to Survive in a Multipolar World" (Oxford UP, 2025)
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In a multipolar world where America wields less relative power, the United States can no longer get away with poor statecraft. To understand how the US can approach future national security challenges, I spoke with Dennis Ross, a senior US diplomat and the counselor and William Davidson Distinguished Fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East…
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Lines of Control: India’s Foreign Policy and China
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This podcast episode, hosted by Kikee Doma Bhutia from the University of Tartu, features journalist and analyst Aadil Brar discussing India's foreign policy amidst rising global tensions. The conversation focuses on India’s balancing act between the US, China, and its own strategic autonomy in a contested Indo-Pacific region. Key topics include Ind…
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Elwood and Stephen look at Alfonso Cuarón's coming of age comedy road trip movie "Y tu mamá también" as best friends Julio and Tenoch take a road trip with Luisa the wife of Tenoch's cousin who is in search of her own purpose.
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Stuart Ward, "Untied Kingdom: A Global History of the End of Britain" (Cambridge UP, 2023)
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How did Britain cease to be global? In Untied Kingdom: A Global History of the End of Britain (Cambridge University Press, 2023), Professor Stuart Ward tells the panoramic history of the end of Britain, tracing the ways in which Britishness has been imagined, experienced, disputed and ultimately discarded across the globe since the end of the Secon…
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Real Time s2e21 - Screaming "Do you Denounce Germ Theory!" Like I'm a CNN Host Talking to a Guest About Gaza feat Josh Gondelman
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It's safe to pull your dicks and asses out, boys, we've got an all male panel! Comedian/writer Josh Gondelman is this week's guest, and we watched an absolutely BRUTAL interview. Like, there's lots in the episode aside from that, but I cannot stop thinking about this fucking interview Bill Maher did. God, he's the fucking worst. Subscribe to Josh's…
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Mark Laita - Soft White Underbelly | The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan
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Billy Corgan sits down with Soft White Underbelly creator Mark Laita for a probing, in‑depth talk about why Laita documents society’s “invisible” people. Laita traces the project back to his Chicago‑area upbringing, teen fascination with street life, and long career as an ad and music photographer. He describes approaching subjects without judgment…
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This episode is about what the title says. An episode where Lucy & Carmina go to the club with Missy & her friends. Tiki drinks & a lot of drinks later dancing happens. We are at Funky Town getting freshly in another variety. This is us at the club, come join us for a fun time. Hear all the music & verbalizations that commence. Follow me on my soci…
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Step-By-Step How Camilla Created a Viral LinkedIn Post
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In this podcast episode, Camilla shares how she created a viral post on LinkedIn. She explains the mindset and the step-by-step process that enabled her to achieve this reach. And this post didn’t just go viral in likes - it went viral with comments, comments from people who are interested in exactly what we offer. This podcast episode is perfect i…
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Jacquelyn Schneider and Julia MacDonald, "The Rise of Unmanned Warfare: Origins of the Us Autonomous Military Arsenal" (Oxford UP, 2023)
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The Rise of Unmanned Warfare: Origins of the Us Autonomous Military Arsenal (Oxford UP, 2023) tells the fascinating story of the people, processes, and beliefs that led to the contemporary American unmanned arsenal. It takes an expansive look at automated and autonomous technologies, from mines and torpedoes to guided bombs and missiles, satellites…
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This week we have Greg the Cheltenham Town FC fan come on to tell us his fan origin story. Cheltenham Town FC – Club Overview Cheltenham Town Football Club is a professional football club based in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England. Known as "The Robins," the club has seen a remarkable rise through the English football pyramid since 1989. At that…
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How Camilla Manifested Her Dream Apartment
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In this podcast episode, Camilla shares how she manifested her absolute dream apartment. We know that many of you want to manifest your dream homes, so we thought we’d share this story to hopefully share some inspiration. If you’re ready to manifest your dream career, life and maybe home, don’t miss our Manifest Workshop where we teach the exact st…
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Paul R. Magocsi and Yohanan Petrovskiĭ-Shtern, "Jews and Ukrainians: A Millennium of Co-existence" (U Toronto Press, 2018)
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There is much that ordinary Ukrainians do not know about Jews and that ordinary Jews do not know about Ukrainians. As a result, those Jews and Ukrainians who may care about their respective ancestral heritages usually view each other through distorted stereotypes, misperceptions, and biases. This book sheds new light on highly controversial moments…
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Bill Maher sits down with Tony Hinchcliffe, the ringmaster behind the hit live podcast Kill Tony. Tony reminisces about his early days answering phones at the Comedy Store, how Mitzi Shore ruled the club, how talent coordinators silently decide careers, the jelly fish ghost in the Belly room, Tony’s Puerto Rico joke at the Trump rally and the socia…
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Victoria Khiterer, "Bitter War of Memory: The Babyn Yar Massacre, Aftermath, and Commemoration" (Purdue UP, 2025)
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Bitter War of Memory: The Babyn Yar Massacre, Aftermath, and Commemoration (Purdue UP, 2025) discusses the Holocaust in Kyiv and the efforts to memorialize the Babyn Yar massacre. Babyn Yar is one of the largest Holocaust sites in the Soviet Union and modern Ukraine, where the Nazis and their collaborators killed virtually all the Jews who remained…
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Alex Storozynski, "Spies In My Blood: A Polish Family’s Secret Fight Against Nazis & Communists" (Polestar-Media, 2025)
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Spies In My Blood: A Polish Family’s Secret Fight Against Nazis & Communists (Polestar-Media, 2025) is the true story of two brothers raised in New York by WWII exiles and their journey to Poland. Each takes a different path to infiltrate the Communist secret police on a mission to uncover the truth about their family of soldiers, spies, and assass…
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Today I have a very special guest with us, Alexej Savreux a journalist, philosopher, poet & author. An overall very creative human who has is hands in a lot of areas of creativity. He shares with us what he has been up to since we last spoke. Also tells us about his recent book of poetry called Moonshine Ethics for a New Humanity. He had a book rel…
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Mark Fallon, "Unjustifiable Means: The Inside Story of How the CIA, Pentagon, and US Government Conspired to Torture" (Regan Arts, 2017)
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From busting drug lords to leading the Pentagon task force charged with bringing the 9/11 terrorists to justice, Mark Fallon has spent his career on the front lines of U.S. national security. My first guest is one of the most fascinating people I've interviewed. Former NCIS Special Agent in Charge Mark Fallon is a national security consultant, scho…
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Real Time s2e20 - Late Politically Real Night Time feat Caron Clancey
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Dude, my cats were going NUTS during the first half of the recording. It simply was not dinner time, you fucks!!! Filmmaker and organizer CARON CLANCEY joined the show this week, and came in a very close second for "person on this specific episode who took the most notes on Real Time season 2, episode 20". We talked about trying to wrap your head a…
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Spiraken Manga Review Ep 590: Cooking With Wild Game
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Xan taste-tests Cooking With Wild Game by EDA, a J-Novel Club isekai manga adaptation that blends fantasy survival with culinary adventure. Can this webnovel-turned-manga stand out in a crowded genre, or does it reheat tired tropes? We break down its flavors—both fresh and stale. Discussion Includes: How it compares to popular isekai/cooking manga …
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Al Jourgensen | The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan
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Billy Corgan sits down with musical trailblazer Al Jourgensen for an unvarnished dive into four decades of boundary‑pushing music. Jourgensen walks through Wax Trax’s cash‑on‑the‑table sessions, the house‑mix side hustles at Chicago Trax, he unpacks leaving Arista via bankruptcy, reclaiming control on Twitch, and bringing Paul Barker back for what …
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In this artsy episode I'm at the Midwest Ability Summit selling art, live painting on a female mannequin & verbing with my bestie & other humans. There are service dogs & stickers, also other vendors selling things & giving out information for persons with disabilities. I'm making money & having an overall good time. So come get freshly & hangout w…
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Need advice? Trouble with girls? Strange questions about your addictions? Anonymously send questions for us to answer on the next episode by clicking this link! Support the show Follow our Instagram: @swallowdaddys Subscribe to Youtube: @swallowdaddys Follow RJ: rj_sains Follow Drew: drewbockkindof (deleted instagram due to gross incompetence) Join…
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Elwood and Stephen look at the South Korean revenge thriller Bedevilled as bank clerk Hae-won returns to the island she spent her childhood on after a public meltdown at her work put her on enforced leave. Now reconnecting with her childhood friend Bok-nam she slowly starts to realise the backwards nature of the island and how close her friend is t…
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Joanna Siekiera, "Evolution on Demand: The Changing Roles of the U.S. Marine Corps in 21st Century Conflicts and Beyond" (Marine Corps UP, 2025)
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The future battlespace promises to be complex, unpredictable, and multifaceted. To answer its challenges, military professionals must think deeply and innovatively about warfare’s evolving character and how to gain decisive advantage across a hotly contested global landscape. Evolution on Demand: The Changing Roles of the U.S. Marine Corps in Twent…
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This week it is the turn of Leeds United as I welcome season ticket holder (home & away), David onto the pod. It was a great time to talk to him considering Leeds just won the Championship title yesterday with a very late winner away at Plymouth. Leeds United FC – Club Overview Leeds United Football Club is a professional football club based in Lee…
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On this episode Bill hangs out with author-podcaster Lewis Howes for a free-wheeling chat about life choices and staying sane. They swap stories on moving to L.A., falling in (and out of) love, and how childhood baggage can push you toward self-improvement—or self-destruction. Bill explains why he’s happily child-free and “married to the job,” whil…
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Charlie English, "The CIA Book Club: The Best-Kept Secret of the Cold War" (Random House, 2025)
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Michael David-Fox, "Crucibles of Power: Smolensk Under Stalinist and Nazi Rule" (Harvard UP, 2025)
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Michael David Fox's Crucibles of Power: Smolensk under Stalinist and Nazi Rule (Harvard UP, 2025) provides a local, close-up look at the everyday workings of Nazi and Soviet power, in a particular region. It discusses such themes as the Soviet Terror of the late 1930's and the trauma of the collectivization of agriculture, earlier in the decade, as…
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Jeremy Black, "British Politics and Foreign Policy, 1727-44" (Routledge, 2014)
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Covering the period from the end of the Anglo-French alliance in 1731 to the declaration of war between the two powers in 1744, British Politics and Foreign Policy, 1727-44 (Routledge, 2014) charts a turbulent period in British politics that witnessed the last decade of the Walpole ministry, the attempt to replace it by a Patriot government, and th…
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