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What Should I Read Next? is the show for every reader who has ever finished a book and faced the problem of not knowing what to read next. Each week, Anne Bogel, of the blog Modern Mrs Darcy, interviews a reader about the books they love, the books they hate, and the books they're reading now. Then, she makes recommendations about what to read next. The real purpose of the show is to help YOU find your next read. To learn more or apply to be on the show visit whatshouldireadnextpodcast.com.
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A publishing podcast for every writer, illuminating the publishing industry with episodes focused on craft, marketing, business, and mental health for writers of all experience levels. waywordwriters.substack.com
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Prompt to Page

Jessamine County Public Library

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A JCPL librarian interviews published writers about their favorite writing prompts—exercises that can help inspire, focus, and improve your creative writing. Whether you’re a beginner or a pro, a novelist, essayist, or poet, you’ll find ideas and advice to motivate you to keep writing. A partnership with the Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning.
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Story Love is a podcast for writers who need encouragement as much as inspiration. Hosted by screenwriter, director and creator of 16 Steps to a Screenplay, Amanda Moresco, the show is a warm, honest space for conversations about writing life, the creative process, navigating the business, staying motivated, and showing up on the days when it feels especially hard. This isn’t a class. It’s a companion for the journey. Because no writer is an island. Writing is hard. Writers need love.
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Beyond The Script is fun, informative, and tailor-made for TV and Feature writers. We believe it's not necessarily the technical elements of your screenwriting that need to shift to land that six-figure deal - it's mostly about mindset and strategy. We're Steve Harper and Nick Jobe, writers, coaches, and consultants. We've seen clients succeed using the ideas we lay out in this show. That's why we're passing the wisdom on to you. Be warned, we have wildly different perspectives on just about ...
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Want to become a published author? Are you in need of some inspiration from other writers? How did they turn their passion into a paying job? The Pen to Print and Write On! Audio podcasts are for everyone in the writing community by showcasing work, offering advice, news and views. Based in east London, contribute to Write On! Magazine, Write On! Extra or Write On! Audio. Take part online with Pen to Print's FREE programme of creative writing, poetry, screenwriting, playwriting classes or en ...
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Welcome to Found Voices™A podcast about writing and voice and creativity and what I like to call creative mindfulness. I believe that when you find your voice you shift your life. At least that has been my experience and the experience of so many others I know: fellow writers and creatives who I have sat with in writing class and those I teach. When you find your voice you can't help but put it out into the world. This could be through movement, dance, cooking, painting, other art forms, and ...
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Creativity with Purpose is a podcast that celebrates the stories behind the art. Hosted by Ann M. Mracek, the show invites musicians, authors, craft artisans, and creative thinkers from all walks of life to share how their passions were born, what inspires their work, and how creativity shapes their journey. Each conversation goes beyond the finished piece to uncover the personal stories, challenges, and moments of discovery that give art its meaning. Listeners will hear about the sparks of ...
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Creative Class

Kaleigh Moore and Michael Keenan

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Kaleigh Moore and Michael Keenan talk about all things related to the business of freelancing. If you’re like most freelancers, it’s the business stuff that keeps you awake at night, not the actual writing, programming, or designing. That’s where the Creative Class podcast comes in.
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The Kevin Miller Podcast

Kevin Miller | YAP Media

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Join Purpose Coach Kevin Miller as he conducts deep discussions on personal evolution from his own, curious journey toward greater purpose and deeper fulfillment. Kevin researches and curates the best teachers and guides you may never find, as they are busy teaching in classes, counseling in therapy rooms, researching in labs, and coaching in offices. Go from knowledge to integration at kevinmiller.co *Over 70 million downloads, 300 expert guests, 1,500 episodes...and the journey continues o ...
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Want to love walking into your ELA classroom each day? Excited about innovative strategies like PBL, escape rooms, hexagonal thinking, sketchnotes, one-pagers, student podcasting, genius hour, and more? Want a thriving choice reading program and a shelf full of compelling diverse texts? You're in the right place! Here you'll find interviews with top authors from the ELA field, workshops with strategies you can use in class immediately, and quick tips to ignite your English teacher creativity ...
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I’m Maurice Myers, Bronx-born author of The Experiment (poetry series) and co-creator of the Afrofuturist fantasy saga Finders Keepers alongside my longtime friend and collaborator KaJuan Smith. Now based in Georgia, I’m on a mission to help writers, dreamers and creators build rhythm, finish projects and stay inspired. Every day I’ll drop a dose of motivation—mini-lessons, mindset shifts, writing prompts. Then each week I’ll sit be here to unpack the latest episode of Welcome to Derry, dive ...
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Home

Anna Schroeder

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This podcast was created as a new way of understanding poems in my creative writing class. Cover art photo provided by Aaron Burden on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/@aaronburden
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How Writers Write by HappyWriter

Hosted by Brian Murphy

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How Writers Write is a podcast for creative writers to learn how their favorite writers tell their stories. The podcast's host, Brian Murphy, interviews world-class writers to decode their tips, routines, and motivations for producing best-sellers.
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Created and hosted by Elle Boone; voice actor, storyteller, songstress, creative writer, certified health coach, trauma-informed life coach, and seasoned Escapegoat Artist — The Family Scapegoat Chronicles is a first-of-its-kind audio experience that turns private pain into public medicine through the power of shared stories. The show was made for those who have lived as the family scapegoat and are ready to face the patterns, the residue, and the reckoning that follow while healing their wa ...
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Courageous Creativity

Winston A. Wilson

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Creators on "The Courageous Creativity Show" redefine success and purpose not merely by traditional metrics like applause or fame, but through a deeper commitment to authenticity, impact, and personal growth, especially when navigating life's challenges. Here's how they express this: Redefining Success • Provoking Thought and Resonating with Audiences: For playwright Jeanette Hill, a play is successful if it makes people think or provokes discussion, even if they don't agree with the content ...
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Profile of Dr. William Anderson Gittens D.D. Dr. William Anderson Gittens D.D. is a distinguished Barbadian author, speaker, and media arts visionary whose extensive contributions to culture and the arts have left an indelible mark both locally and internationally. Recognized as a fellow of the prestigious Masters International University of Divinity as part of the class of 2024, his academic credentials complement a career rich in creativity and impact. As the CEO of Devgro Media Arts Servi ...
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Songwriter's Toolbox

Michael Shorr

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Want to learn the tools professional songwriters use? The Songwriter's Toolbox is a music appreciation class and songwriting training session in one. This podcast is based on my experience as a professor at Berklee College of Music as well as a student (Songwriting, '02). My goal is to help you tap into your full potential as a songwriter. Please subscribe and comment. I'd love to hear what you think. For more info, my home site is ChocolateStrawberryStudios.com
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Hi! This is "The Quiet Quill: Yin Yoga for Writers" podcast, where writing and yin yoga harmoniously converge. Immerse yourself in gentle yin yoga targeting body and soul while exploring creative prompts. Get inspired with captivating author interviews, where celebrated writers share insights, experiences, and literary masterpieces. Unleash your writing potential with writing classes that delve into genres, techniques, and storytelling. Join our sanctuary of mindfulness and creativity, nurtu ...
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Join Dan for conversations with professionals, performers and creatives, exploring how we can enhance our creativity, communication, and confidence by embracing the power of improvisation. Hosted by Dan Thomas. Videos available to watch on YouTube at youtube.com/@danthomas_co. Free weekly newsletter available at danthomas.co. Tuesday editions offer applied improv tips for everyday life and the workplace. Thursdays bring performer-focused strategies for scene-work and the stage. Dan also runs ...
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Yoga Sesh

Caitlin Rose Kenney

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A library of Yoga & Mindfulness practices guided by me — Caitlin Rose Kenney! Enjoy Yin, Regenerating, Flow and Meditation. Classes are accessible, creative and clearly instructed. I love supporting people who are navigating thresholds — from creative sabbaticals, to fertility journeys, periods of healing, navigating cancer and transitions into a new season of life. Tell me about your journey, leave a review or write a private note at caitlinrosekenney.com/contact Caitlin Rose Kenney/Yoga Se ...
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Multimedia artist & parent Vyana Novus explores relational wellness through the lens of creativity. They merge their experiences of integrating complex trauma and chronic illness with a mindful, multidimensional mindset focused on creative expression. | Some topics you'll hear discussed on the show include personal responsibility, creatively exploring presence, sexual liberation, trauma recovery, relating after abuse, conscious parenting, cultivating sustainable joy, being in relationship wi ...
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At our Learning Lab, we believe that drawing upon lived experience to create narratives, is a way of exercising agency as a marginalised person whose voice is rarely heard — and rarely deemed 'creative'. The Third Eye’s 'Pocket-Sized Stories' bring you narrative discoveries made while plumbing the depths of memory, shaped by each maker's creative agency. These stories have emerged slowly, fermenting over a steady process of intensive mentoring that starts in one of our writing workshops. Sta ...
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USA’s leading website design company is now offering all-in-one solutions for getting started online. The American Web Coders high-volume portfolio, a world-class clientele, and brand choice awards are enough to prove our worthwhile digital solutions. You can buy almost everything from here that means to boost your business brand marketing online. Your leading-edge digital services start with American Web Coders that offer almost everything to boost your brand and businesses online. Our exte ...
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Success Habits

Kyle Wilson & Chris Gronkowski

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Kyle Wilson, founder of Jim Rohn International and KyleWilson.com, shares marketing and business growth strategies, tips for those wanting to speak and coach, as well as discussing success habits with world class thought leaders. Kyle pulls from his 18 years with friend, mentor and business partner, Jim Rohn, as well as being a seminar promoter filling huge rooms, creating hundreds of training programs and IP, publishing and selling over a million books and creating a million plus email list ...
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The First Time

The First Time Podcast

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A podcast about the first time…you publish a book. One part reality show, one part writers’ master class. Novelists Katherine Collette (https://www.katherinecollette.com/) (The Helpline, The Competition) and Kate Mildenhall (https://katemildenhall.com/) (Skylarking, The Mother Fault, The Hummingbird Effect) discuss the feels and logistics of writing and publishing and speak to Australian and international writers about their books and creative process. Now in its sixth season, The First Time ...
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Les and Jack on Writing - Uncensored

Jack Holland and Les Edgerton

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Les Edgerton and Jack Holland discuss the writing of a publishable novel in a relaxed, chatty format. They saw the need for some real-life info on effective writing versus the cookie-cutter bumper sticker advice many podcasts are based on. Their advice is based on what works in the real world of publishing. Example: Write what you know. Bullshit, bumper sticker advice. Better: Write what you can convince the reader you know. If a writer followed the first piece of advice, chances are pretty ...
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Teacher Gamer

TeacherGamer

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The TGPC highlights all aspects and different styles of teacher-gamers and games in education. Kids need more playful learning wherever they are getting learning: homeschools, in the classroom, school and community. And hopefully on fewer screens and on more tabletops. Although role-playing games (RPGs) are a primary focus, Teacher-Gamers can be anyone bringing a playful edge to any domain of teaching and learning. In season one we talk to Jesse Driver, Maryanne Cullinan, Aaron Vanek, Mark H ...
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Welcome to Game Logic where gaming industry expert Myke Parrott interviews top-class Gaming professionals from some of the world’s most respected Games Studios. These conversations unveil the business side of the gaming industry and reveal insights from some of the people who make the world’s best video games possible. This show discusses everything from launching new titles, game development, streaming, UX and UI through to eSports, Free To Play Mobile Gaming and even Web3 Crypto innovation ...
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@mouselink

@mouselink

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Are you paying attention? Our planet is changing at an exponential rate. If you don't know what dramatic changes are coming in the next few years, how will you be prepared? Or will your adaptations come too late? @mouselink is the internet handle of the New-York-based author, teacher, public speaker and artist, Matteo Wyllyamz. Matteo is a "Creative," interested in new media, visual communication, technorealism, and future studies. Matteo writes and speaks about the ways in which emerging te ...
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Transcript message from Audio. My name is Eniola Daniel and l’m here to tell you how passionate l am in drawings. It’s all started when l was in a training. Our class teacher always gives us test saying that we should draw a first Aid box. So l took my pencil and l draw a square and l just put a cross on it. Then l submitted my note. Only for me to turn back and sees someone else drawings looking so fantastic and well done. I got angry and l knew l couldn’t go back again to take my book and ...
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Body Land is a collection of guided meditations that are accessible, experiential, and imaginative. These creative visualizations are informed by Eastern Medicine, Ecofeminism, Surrealist Art, and Somatic Therapies for the treatment of trauma. These creative visualizations help you feel more grounded, relaxed, and restored, and shift to a more positive frame of mind. Listen when you are quiet and still — and follow along in your body. Creator and host Liz Asch Greenhill is an acupuncturist, ...
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On That Note

Alexis & Haziq

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Welcome to On That Note. This podcast is for anyone who “dances across disciplines”, whether you're a designer, architect, or simply someone who is passionate about the creative process. In this season, we ask guests who have also “danced across disciplines”, asking them where they are now, how they got there and where they want to go. Whether you're just starting out in your career or you're a seasoned professional, we hope you'll join us on this journey as we explore the ever-evolving land ...
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Conan O’Brien, born on April 18, 1963, in Brookline, Massachusetts, is a towering figure in American entertainment, both literally and figuratively. Standing at 6 feet 4 inches tall with his trademark red hair, O’Brien’s comedic style, sharp intellect, and boundless creativity have made him one of the most beloved and enduring personalities in television history. With a career spanning decades, he has worked as a writer, producer, host, and performer, leaving an indelible mark on the comedy ...
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The Underflow Podcast

Underflow Records

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The Underflow Podcast underflowrecords.com/podcast Hosted by Adam W. Fitzgerald (Quells) underflowrecords.com/quells Human discussions about anything & everything. youtube.com/@underflowrecords underflowrecords.com The Underflow is a podcast designed to be an evolving platform for artists & activists of all disciplines & backgrounds to unite in free form conversation with the goals to empower, educate & inspire inclusivity, diversity, community, healing, action & revolution. "A rising tide l ...
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War, revolution, genocide, rebellion, slump. The economic and political turmoil of the early twentieth century seemed destined to rip asunder the ties that bound colonizers and the colonized to one another. The upheaval represented an opportunity, and not just to nationalists who imagined new homelands or to socialists who dreamed of international …
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PURANA Media is an annual, peer-reviewed, open access journal focused on modes of cultural production encompassed by the term purāṇa (a Sanskrit word designating things 'ancient’ or 'primordial'). Populated by deities, sages, and a host of other more-than-human agents, the purāṇic past has been disseminated through a wide range of media and forms o…
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For our Pandemic-era Books in Dark Times series, RTB spoke in 2020 with Carlo Rotella of Boston College. Rotella is the author of such gems as Good With Their Hands: Boxers, Bluesmen, and Other Characters from the Rust Belt and most recently has come out with What Can I Get out of This? along with some sparkling related pieces about AI in the class…
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It is often assumed that only sovereign states can join the United Nations. But this was not always the case. At the founding of the United Nations, a loophole drafted by British statesmen in its predecessor organisation, the League of Nations, was carried forward, allowing colonies to accede as member-states. Colonies such as India, Ireland, Egypt…
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American conservatism as we know it today is a West Texas export, argues College of Wooster professor Jeff Roche in The Conservative Frontier: Texas and the Origins of the New Right (U Texas Press, 2025). Tracing the roots of the state's conservative movement back to the giant cattle ranches and tycoons of the nineteenth century, Roche argues that …
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When eight-year-old Amy Erdman Farrell moved with her family to Akron, Ohio, in 1972, she found herself adrift in a sea of taunting boys and mean girls. Shy by nature, she dreaded her long, unhappy days at school. But a few years later, Farrell found an escape from bullying, the promise of sisterhood, a rising sense of confidence, adventure, and—be…
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Xi Zhongxun’s career spanned the entirety of China’s modern history. Born just two years after the 1911revolution that overthrew the Qing Dynasty, Xi was an early member of the Chinese Communist Party, tookpart in the Second World War, became an early leader of the PRC, was purged, survived the CulturalRevolution, was rehabilitated, and helped jump…
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Among the most common challenges on college campuses today is figuring out how to navigate our politically charged culture and engage productively with opposing viewpoints. In Try to Love the Questions: From Debate to Dialogue in Classrooms and Life (Princeton UP, 2024), Lara Schwartz introduces the fundamental principles of free expression, academ…
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Welfare Work Without Welfare: Women and Austerity in Interwar Bucharest (De Gruyter Oldenbourg, 2025) argues that women activists, wage workers, and homemakers in the Romanian capital Bucharest became de facto social workers in the interwar period through their "austerity welfare work". Revealing links and tensions between the performers of differe…
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Borrowing from the traditional alphabet book genre for children, An Alphabet for Dreamers: How to See the World with Eyes Closed (MIT Press, 2025) by Dr. Sharon Sliwinski provides adult readers with a new grammar for dreams, or what neuroscientist Sidarta Ribeiro calls “oracles of the night.” In this book, Dr. Sliwinski restores dreaming to its pro…
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Podcast 243 The Conversation: Unforeseen Encounters in Life: "In the Providential Hand of God”© 2025 ISBN978-976-97788-6-3Abstract This paper examines Literature Review :The Conversation: Unforeseen Encounters in Life: "In the Providential Hand of God”© 2025 ISBN978-976-97788-6-3(2025), exploring how near-misses—events that narrowly avoid catastrop…
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The epistemological tools that documents socio-cultural realities. © 2025 ISBN978-976-97788-5-6 copyright 2025 "ISBN 978-976-97788-6-3 , filmed by Dr. William Anderson Gittens,D.D. of Devgro Media Arts Services®2015 Bridgetown Barbados to the Creator for guiding m I wish to express gratitude e and my late parents, Charles and Ira Gittens, for their…
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I bet you know your favorite way to learn something. Maybe it's by listening to a podcast, skimming a couple of articles on the topic, reading a book, going to a live lecture, taking a Masterclass, talking to a knowledgable friend, playing your way through an App like Duolingo, attending a conference... The point is, we're all pretty different when…
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A digital world in relentless movement—from artificial intelligence to ubiquitous computing—has been captured and reinvented as a monoculture by Silicon Valley "big tech" and venture capital firms. Yet very little is discussed in the public sphere about existing alternatives. Based on long-term field research across San Francisco, Tokyo, and Shenzh…
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The outbreak of the First World War shattered the established European art market. Amidst fighting, looting, confiscations, expropriation fears and political and economic upheaval, an integrated marketplace shaped by upper-class patrons broke down entirely. In its place, Maddalena Alvi argues, can be found the origins of a recognizably modern marke…
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In this episode, host Andrea Talabér (CEU Press) sat down with Lucy Jeffery and Anna Váradi to talk about their edited volume, Replaying Communism: Trauma and Nostalgia in European Cultural Production. The volume explores the lasting impact of the communist era across Central and Eastern Europe, with chapters thematically threaded through by concep…
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In this NBN episode, host Hollay Ghadery speaks with Brad Smith about his new novel, Billy Crawford's Double Play (Wolsak & Wynn, 2025). Everything is legal – if you can get away with it. Billy Crawford is a hero. The star of the Rose City Rounders, the baseball player has been thrilling fans of the city for years. But Billy’s not as young as he us…
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In this conversation, we hear about how Jonathan transitioned from a corporate career, through digital nomading, to becoming a podcast producer and community enabler. We hear about how his somewhat isolated upbringing as a foreign in rural Belgium created a lifelong desire for connection and being in contact with the wider community. We hear about …
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Amid political repression and a deepening affordability crisis, Budget Justice: On Building Grassroots Politics and Solidarities (Princeton UP, 2025) challenges everything you thought you knew about “dull” and daunting government budgets. It shows how the latter confuse and mislead the public by design, not accident. Arguing that they are moral doc…
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Prayer in the Ancient World is the resource on prayer in the ancient Near East and Mediterranean. With over 350 entries it showcases a robust selection of the range of different types of prayers attested from Mesopotamia, Egypt, Anatolia, the Levant, early Judaism and Christianity, Greece, Rome, Arabia, and Iran, enhanced by critical commentary. Th…
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With contributions by Blake Smith, Roger Lancaster, David Moulton, Stephen Adubato, Amir Naaman, Ran Heilbrunn, Pierre d'Alancaisez, Travis Jeppesen, Oliver Davis, Yotam Feldman, and Marcas Lancaster. Today's world of PrEP, Pride parades, and gay marriage eclipses the wildest dreams of the sexual revolution. While it was formerly deviant to promote…
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In the United States, local law enforcement agencies are legally and organizationally independent entities from federal law enforcement agencies like the FBI and ICE. While local police enforce local, state and federal laws, they are not required to enforce civil immigration laws. On the Side of ICE: Policing Immigrants in a Sanctuary State (NYU Pr…
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Literature Review on the scholarship & cultural Contributions of Dr.William Anderson Gittens, D.D. .mp3 Podcast 242 Literature Review on the scholarship and cultural contributions of Dr. William Anderson Gittens, D.D,; © 2025 ISBN 978-976-97788-4-9 filmed by Dr. William Anderson Gittens,D.D. of Devgro Media Arts Services®2015 Bridgetown Barbados I …
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Episode One of Story Love! The Official Podcast of writing BY Structure: a podcast designed to show writers how to give themselves grace, tough love and a reminder that most writers are going through the same creative struggles. You're not alone! No Writer Is An Island. We need each other. In this episode I share some personal insights into what it…
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In your younger years, you may have thought about your future self. I always wanted to be 30 and I would envision what it would look and feel like. I ultimately became 30. There I was. But I did not arrive and become the ultimate “Kevin” at that point. Five years passed and I became 35 and thought about how far I had come since 30. And this continu…
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As we wrap up our ninth year together, Anne invites our What Should I Read Next? team members to join her and share insight into what the past twelve months have meant in each of their reading lives. This episode borrows from a long-time tradition on Modern Mrs Darcy, the blog where every year Anne asks herself what worked and what didn't. Our team…
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Sarah Vogel was born in Auschwitz and liberated at age three, but she has no memories of being there and nobody to tell her the story of her birth or her mother. Becoming Sarah (Diane Botnick, She Writes Press 2025) grapples with identity, memory, belonging, and reinventing oneself. Sarah’s trajectory is filled with both happiness and extreme loss,…
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In its duration, geographical reach, and ferocity, World War II was unprecedented, and the effects on those who fought it and their loved ones at home, immeasurable. The heroism of the men and women who won the war may be well documented, but we know too little about the pain and hardships the veterans endured upon their return home. As historian D…
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The landscape of comedy has undergone a seismic shift in recent years with an increasing number of female comedians breaking through to mainstream audiences. Women are claiming high-profile roles as late-night hosts, sketch comedians, television producers, and standup stars. As they disrupt industry norms and transgress cultural boundaries, they ha…
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With nearly 1500 species, bats account for more than twenty percent of mammalian species. The most successful and most diverse group of mammals, bats come in different sizes, shapes, and colors, from the tiny bumblebee bat to the giant golden-crowned flying fox. Some bats eat fruit and nectar; others eat frogs, scorpions, or fish. Vampire bats feed…
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In Hedged Out: Inequality and Insecurity on Wall Street (U California Press, 2022) Megan Tobias Neely, a former hedge fund worker takes an ethnographic approach to hedge funds. Manager? A greedy fraudster, a visionary entrepreneur, a wolf of Wall Street? She gives readers an insider perspective on the phenomenon. Facing an unpredictable and risky s…
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The field of contemporary Holocaust studies is increasingly international in perspective. These approaches do not detach themselves from European history; rather, they incorporate perspectives and voices not always considered in more traditional Holocaust studies. The contributors to Global Approaches to the Holocaust: Memory, History and Represent…
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How does militarization threaten contemporary democracies? Why is Brazil’s case significant for understanding the causes and consequences of militarizing politics? How does it compare to other current cases of the same phenomenon in terms of similarities and differences? Join Deborah Monte in this episode of the People, Power, Politics podcast to e…
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How can habits of racialization be affected by art, in its reception and its creation? How can a carnal aesthetics help us understand Latinx life? What if we listen to photographs? How might they undo us? Can we be undone? In Carnalities: The Art of Living in Latinidad (Duke UP, 2025), Mariana Ortega focuses on photography using a hermeneutics of l…
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Between the Sheets: Sexuality, Classified Advertising, and the Moral Threat to Press Freedom in France (Cornell UP, 2025) by Dr. Hannah Frydman reveals a space, hidden in plain sight in Third Republican Paris, where deviant sexualities and lives could be experimented with and financed, despite republican attempts at growing and norming the populati…
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Today I spoke with Senior Fellow at the Centre for Asian Law, University of Georgetown, Dr Yan-ho Lai (Eric) about his book, Legal Resistance under Authoritarianism: The Struggle for the Rule of Law in Hong Kong (Amsterdam UP, 2025). We spoke about the complexities of authoritarian consolidation by Beijing in the Special Administrative Region of Ho…
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In this episode of Way-Word Writers, hosts Heather Cashman, Stephanie Bearce, and Nicki Jacobsmeyer welcome Melissa Helton, a literary arts director and published author. Melissa shares her writing journey, discusses her approach to essay writing, and offers insights into maintaining authenticity while working with editors. The conversation covers …
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Podcast 241 The Link Between Faith and Art is more than just a book; © 2025 ISBN 978-976-97788-3-2 filmed by Dr. William Anderson Gittens,D.D. of Devgro Media Arts Services®2015 Bridgetown Barbados I wish to express gratitude to the Creator for guiding me and my late parents, Charles and Ira Gittens, for their guidance and creative expression. Than…
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Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio, the podcast for writers everywhere brought to you by Pen to Print In our Poem-Of-The-Month episode for December we feature a poem by Geraldine Clarkson. ‘Sweet Holm Glosa’ follows life in a remote Hebridean community. You can find out more about poet Geraldine Clarkson and her work here https://www.iambap…
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Poet and educator Dorian Hairston encourages all writers—from his high school students to adults—to make their writing fresh and new. Dorian believes "if we can just find ways as artists to be interesting... we give ourselves a fighting chance at allowing love to blossom in our lives and surviving whatever we must." Keep your writing interesting wi…
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Jana Byars meets one of her academic heroes when Ulinka Rublack joins her to talk about Dürer's Coats: Renaissance Men and Material Cultures of Social Recognition (Routledge, 2025). During the Renaissance, clothing became more and more elaborately decorated and expensive. It often emphasised the privilege of the male elite. Yet clothing could also …
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This is an unabridged bilingual, fully annotated edition of Tullia d’Aragona’s epic poem The Wretch. This mid-century epic reflects the many historical and religious changes taking place in the first half of the sixteenth century in Europe and the burgeoning literary debates following the publication of another Italian epic poem, Ariosto’s Orlando …
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Showing the political importance of play in postwar French literature In postwar France, authors approached writing ludically, placing rules and conditions on language and on the context of composition itself. They eliminated "e's" and feminized texts; they traveled according to strict rules and invented outright silly public personas. The Politics…
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An analysis of advances in military technology that illustrates the importance of organizational flexibility in both an attacker’s innovations and an opponent’s adaptations. How important is military innovation in determining outcomes during armed conflict? In Innovation and Adaptation in War, Matthew Tattar questions the conventional wisdom that, …
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Kyoto is known as a pinnacle of Japanese history and culture, drawing visitors of more than double its resident population many times over every year. In this and the subsequent episode we explore Kyoto neighbourhoods and the houses in them to see what transformations are happening, and what is at risk of being lost in the process. In today’s episo…
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A concise new narrative history of Islam that draws on the transformative insights of recent research to emphasize the diversity and dynamism of the tradition. Today’s Muslim world has been experiencing upheaval: legalists and mystics engage in intense debates, radical groups invoke Sharia, Muslim immigrants in the West face prejudice and discrimin…
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Building SimCity explores the history of computer simulation by chronicling one of the most influential simulation games ever made: SimCity. As author Chaim Gingold explains, Will Wright, the visionary designer behind the urban planning game, created SimCity in part to learn about cities, appropriating ideas from traditions in which computers are u…
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A new exploration of our conception of reality, by one of the world’s most influential philosophers. How do we understand the world and our place in it? Do our lives consist of a small number of dramatic turning points, or is there nothing but a series of gradual changes from infancy to old age? Are political elections genuinely transformational, o…
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Abstract Dr. William Anderson Gittens, D.D., stands as a distinguished figure in contemporary scholarship, embodying a polymathic approach that transcends traditional academic boundaries. With over 400 published works, Dr. Gittens has significantly contributed to the understanding of Caribbean culture and identity. This paper explores the multiface…
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