Best De Escalation Training Podcasts (2025)

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On Becoming The First Species To Go Extinct From Politeness 4:09

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9h ago4:09

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Gonna follow the dinosaurs out the door because it was too uncomfortable and confrontational to tell a few billionaires and empire managers to fuck off.Reading by Tim Foley.By Caitlin Johnstone and Tim Foley

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Birth Control Basics for Parents: Methods, Myths and Teen Readiness – Ep. 64 21:34

24h ago21:34

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Dr. Elizabeth Alderman joins host Dr. Edith Bracho-Sanchez to talk about birth control. They break down the different methods, how to know if your teen is ready and communication strategies for having honest, open conversations about contraception. Together, they dispel false claims about hormonal birth control and examine how recent restrictions t…

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Sorry If This Is Antisemitic But I Think It's Wrong To Train Dogs To Rape Prisoners 4:25

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One thing I try not to think about very often is how many reports we've been seeing about Israeli prison guards training dogs to rape Palestinian captives in torture camps like Sde Teiman.Reading by Tim Foley.By Caitlin Johnstone and Tim Foley

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World's Most Tyrannical Government Wants To Free Venezuela From Tyranny 3:53

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Whenever I see the US empire saying they plan to remove the latest Official Bad Guy from power in order to liberate a nation from tyranny, I always want to ask, what is tyranny?Is it tyranny to constantly topple foreign governments by force if their leaders disobey you?Is it tyranny to circle the planet with hundreds of military bases in order to d…

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Ah, Good Old War Propaganda 7:07

3d ago7:07

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The most common misconception about the free press of the western world is that it exists.Reading by Tim Foley.By Caitlin Johnstone and Tim Foley

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The Craziest Thing In The World Is That We Could End Poverty, But We Don't 4:54

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It's just so insane how this doesn't sit front and center in our attention all the time. There are people dying of starvation, exposure and preventable illnesses every single day for no good reason. Humanity became more than capable of ensuring that this never happened to anyone ever again, and just rode right past that stunning moment in history w…

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Five Simple Ways to Improve Your Conflict Management Skills 44:42

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In this episode, Simon Goode shares five practical and accessible strategies for improving conflict management skills, including regulating your breathing, using statements instead of questions, finding ways to relax, writing to process conflict, and embracing a mindset of curiosity and openness. He explains each tip with relatable examples from bo…

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US Regime Change Interventionism Is Reliably Disastrous 5:22

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US regime change interventionism is reliably disastrous, and is always justified based on lies. This would be true even if Venezuela really was a major drug trafficking threat and even if Maduro really was the world's most evil dictator, neither of which are the case. Only idiots and sociopaths are clapping along with the war drums.Reading by Tim F…

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It's Getting Harder And Harder To Preserve Our Mental Sovereignty 6:47

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We're on a trajectory where soon all our information will be stored and analyzed by artificial intelligence controlled by governments and billionaire megacorporations who can then use that information to surveil, manipulate and oppress us.Reading by Tim Foley.By Caitlin Johnstone and Tim Foley

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Episode 26: Handling Challenging Customer Scenarios 3:12

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Smoke Break - Episode 26: Handling Challenging Customer Scenarios Episode Duration: 7 minutes Join host Mike Hernandez for the conclusion of the communication series as he walks you through real-world challenging customer situations and proven resolution strategies. Learn step-by-step approaches for handling product complaints, managing rush hour t…

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The Naked Week: Ep4. Immigration, Espionage, and a game of Guess Who? - Epstein Edition. 28:00

7d ago28:00

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Immigration, espionage, and a game of Guess Who? - Epstein Edition. From host Andrew Hunter Murray and The Skewer's Jon Holmes comes Radio 4’s newest Friday night comedy The Naked Week, with a blend of the silly and serious. From satirical stunts to studio set pieces via guest correspondents and investigative journalism, it's a bold, audacious take…

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Don't Let The Empire Gaslight You Into Believing You Are Powerless 5:05

8d ago5:05

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There are always things you can do to fight the bastards, and there are always things you can do to improve your own life.Reading by Tim Foley.By Caitlin Johnstone and Tim Foley

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A Note Of Gratitude And Appreciation 3:50

10d ago3:50

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It was a surprisingly exhilarating adventure packing up poster books and mailing them off to my readers. This was my first time ever physically interfacing with my audience in large numbers to any extent, and it was so beautiful going through everyone's names and addresses and getting to send them all physical things that I could put my love into.R…

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Episode 346: Early Behavioral Indicators of Autism with Dr. Erin Michaud, SLP BCBA-D 28:04

11d ago28:04

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In this episode of The Autism Helper Podcast, Sasha chats with Dr. Erin Michaud, a Speech-Language Pathologist and BCBA-D with over 20 years of experience supporting infants at high likelihood for autism. Dr. Michaud shares what she’s learning from the Early Markers of Autism Project, including the earliest behavioral indicators to look for and how…

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It Should Be Illegal To Use AI To Deceive People 3:45

11d ago3:45

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AI products which deceive people should be illegal in the same way fraud is illegal.Reading by Tim Foley.By Caitlin Johnstone and Tim Foley

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You Don't Hate The Mass Media Enough 5:05

12d ago5:05

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The western press see the killing of Palestinians as such a baseline norm that Israel can massacre dozens of people in Gaza and they'll go, "Gosh I sure hope this doesn't lead to any violations of the ceasefire!"Reading by Tim Foley.By Caitlin Johnstone and Tim Foley

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Israel Moved Gaza's Yellow Line And Then Shelled Palestinians For Being On The Wrong Side 6:29

13d ago6:29

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Drop Site News reports that the IDF quietly moved part of the “yellow line” which divides Gaza 300 meters forward, and then started shelling Palestinians for being on the “wrong side” of the line.They just keep finding new ways to carve off more pieces of Gaza and murder more Palestinians.Reading by Tim Foley.…

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The Naked Week: Ep3. Trump, Traitors, and RIP Tim Davie 27:55

14d ago27:55

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This week, The Naked Week fundraises for the BBC, welcomes a traitor, and necromances a potato. From host Andrew Hunter Murray and The Skewer's Jon Holmes, Radio 4’s newest Friday night comedy The Naked Week returns with a blend of the silly and serious. From satirical stunts to studio set pieces via guest correspondents and investigative journalis…

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Nobody's Coming To Humanity's Rescue; We've Got To Save Ourselves 4:42

14d ago4:42

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AI isn't going to save us. Tech innovation isn't going to save us. Your favorite politician isn't going to save us. The Epstein files aren't going to save us. China isn't going to save us. The aliens aren't going to save us.No one is coming to save us. There is no deus ex machina resolution to the plotline of the human story.We're going to have to …

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Raising Multilingual Kids: Benefits and How to Begin – Ep. 63 27:55

15d ago27:55

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Dr. Mariana Glusman joins host Dr. Edith Bracho-Sanchez to talk about multilingualism. They explore the cognitive and social benefits of raising multilingual or bilingual children and how learning multiple languages shapes brain development. They offer practical strategies for introducing new languages, finding playgroups and immersion programs and…

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Capitalism Is The Best It's Ever Been! 2:44

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No no everything's fine. It's perfectly normal for people to have 80 hour work weeks while billionaires transform into trillionaires and tech plutocrats feed all our drinking water to AI servers as the planet dies. This is the only system that could possibly work.Reading by Tim Foley.By Caitlin Johnstone and Tim Foley

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Zionists Are Freaking Out About Losing Control Of The Narrative 7:47

16d ago7:47

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Former Obama speechwriter Sarah Hurwitz made some very revealing remarks during an appearance at the Jewish Federations of North America General Assembly on Sunday, expressing frustration with the way younger Jews are dismissing pro-Israel arguments because of the carnage they've seen in Gaza.Tim Foley.…

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Episode 345: Responding to Spicy Social Media Comments 13:16

18d ago13:16

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In this episode of The Autism Helper Podcast, we’re turning up the heat! 🔥 I’m diving into four spicy social media comments and unpacking the tough conversations behind them. From the debate over the value of errorless learning, to the real-world challenges of handling aggression in the classroom, and the art of de-escalation strategies- nothing’s …

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Treasure 1:55

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The dolphins are getting Alzheimer's from algae bloomscaused by warming waters and toxic runoffand you could see the bloodstains in Sudan from space.The cobalt is mined by childrenand the music is made by robotsand the grownups are wonderingwhere the fireflies went.It is an elephant with an eyepatch and a prosthetic leg.It's a freshly emptied bed i…

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In Capitalism They Tell You To Become The Hammer If You Don't Like Being The Nail 3:32

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Saying “If those low-wage workers want better wages they should stop being low-wage workers” is telling a man to stop drowning while you are holding him underwater by standing on his head.Reading by Tim FoleyBy Caitlin Johnstone and Tim Foley

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On The Rapidly Spreading Delusion That AI Chatbots Are Conscious 3:35

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I keep thinking about the interaction I had with a guy who angrily told me that "AI minds are actually minds" and relationships with them "can absolutely be real relationships," saying that I "need to start accepting that this is a new class of being and they are intelligent and do have thoughts of their own."Reading by Tim Foley.…

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There Are No Easy Fights In The Struggle Against The Empire 3:50

20d ago3:50

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You fight them because what the hell else are you going to do? Even if the treads of the machine are going to roll over us all in the end, at least you’ll go down knowing you left it all in the ring.Reading by Tim Foley.By Caitlin Johnstone and Tim Foley

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The Empire Only De-Escalates In One Area So It Can Escalate In Another 5:21

20d ago5:21

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Just as things cool down a bit in the middle east, the US has relocated the USS Gerald Ford from the Mediterranean Sea to the Caribbean while the Trump administration discusses plans to bomb Venezuela.Reading by Tim Foley.By Caitlin Johnstone and Tim Foley

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From K-12 to First Responders: VR Strategy with Dr. Shannon Putman 1:03:05

21d ago1:03:05

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Join host Dr. Roger Ryan Rider of Triple R Investigations as he sits down with VR pioneer Dr. Shannon Putman (Founder, Putman XR Consulting). With over a decade of immersive reality experience and having led the largest K-12 VR deployment in U.S. history, Shannon shares her journey from the classroom to large-scale implementation. We explore how VR…

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The Naked Week: Ep2. Trains, Tice, and Taylor Swift 27:45

21d ago27:45

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This week, The Naked Week shoehorns an agenda, gets out of jail free, and in a genuine Radio 4 first - Taylor Swift pays a visit to the studio! From host Andrew Hunter Murray and The Skewer's Jon Holmes, Radio 4’s newest Friday night comedy The Naked Week returns with a blend of the silly and serious. From satirical stunts to studio set pieces via …

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AI Companies Are Encouraging Users To Believe Chatbots Are People, And It's Insanely Creepy 7:34

21d ago7:34

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Actor Calum Worthy has gone viral for posting an ad on Twitter for the 2wai app he co-founded which promises users the ability upload footage of a loved one which will be converted to an AI avatar that they can continue having a relationship with, years after their loved one has died.Reading by Tim Foley.…

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The Media Focus On Epstein's Ties To Trump And Ignore His Ties To Israel 3:08

21d ago3:08

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The way the press have been covering Jeffrey Epstein's ties to Trump while completely ignoring far more significant revelations of Epstein's ties to Israeli intelligence is such a perfect example of how western media ignore anything that doesn't fit neatly into the two-party worldview.Reading by Tim Foley.…

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Parenting Through Tummy Troubles: What's Normal and What's Not – Ep. 62 29:25

22d ago29:25

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Dr. Patrick Reeves joins host Dr. Edith Bracho-Sanchez to talk about common tummy troubles in kids. They go over conditions including viral "stomach bugs," celiac disease and lactose intolerance. They offer practical tips on treating stomach issues at home and share guidance on when parents should take their children to the pediatrician. For resour…

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The Difference Between The US Empire And The British Empire 4:17

22d ago4:17

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The difference between people who supported the British Empire and people who support the US empire is that those who supported the British Empire knew they were supporting an empire.Reading by Tim Foley.By Caitlin Johnstone and Tim Foley

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Sometimes The Media Ignoring A Major Story Becomes The Story 4:47

23d ago4:47

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One of the craziest things happening right now is how there's been report after report confirming that Jeffrey Epstein really was an Israeli intelligence operative, based on publicly available documents, and yet it's had no measurable impact on mainstream media or politics.Reading by Tim Foley.By Caitlin Johnstone and Tim Foley

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This Is All Our Rulers Are Offering Us 3:23

24d ago3:23

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This is all the ruling class has to offer you. Fake love. Fake connection. Worthless technological parlor tricks at the expense of our dying biosphere.Reading by Tim Foley.Get my new book: https://caitlin-johnstone.myshopify.com/products/faces-of-the-empire-the-battle-for-humanitys-soulBy Caitlin Johnstone and Tim Foley

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Israel Constantly Stretches The Ceasefire Rules Because That's What Israelis Do 9:00

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It's interesting how much the IDF's constant ceasefire violations in Gaza and Lebanon line up with the way people familiar with Israeli culture say Israelis like to test everyone's boundaries to find out exactly how much they can get away with.Reading by Tim Foley.By Caitlin Johnstone and Tim Foley

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The US Empire Keeps Getting Creepier 4:33

26d ago4:33

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Secretary of War™ Pete Hegseth said during a speech on Friday that the US is at "a 1939 moment" of "mounting urgency" in which "enemies gather, threats grow," adding, "We are not building for peacetime. We are pivoting the Pentagon and our industrial base to a wartime footing."Reading by Tim Foley.By Caitlin Johnstone and Tim Foley

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Artificial Intelligence Is Making Everything Dumber 8:39

27d ago8:39

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Just today I saw two viral tweets that had received Community Notes from Twitter users warning that the posts featured AI-generated videos. Both were shared by right wing accounts with large followings, and both were used to spread Islamophobia.Reading by Tim Foley.By Caitlin Johnstone and Tim Foley

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Things Are Shitty Because We Are Ruled By People Who Want Things To Be Shitty 5:51

27d ago5:51

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Our rulers want us to be stupid, misinformed, distracted, sick, struggling and suffering, because if we all had enough time, information and mental acuity to form an understanding what’s going on in our world, things would get mighty guillotiney real quick. They have a vested existential interest in keeping us all in a mental fog of propaganda, div…

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The Naked Week: Ep1. Royal lodges, asylum hotels and witches. 27:51

28d ago27:51

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This week we provide recourse for a randy royal, organise an on-air riot and, for Halloween, get confused over which witch is which. From host Andrew Hunter Murray and The Skewer's Jon Holmes, Radio 4’s newest Friday night comedy The Naked Week returns with a blend of the silly and serious. From satirical stunts to studio set pieces via guest corre…

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Navigating Korean Work Culture: Lessons in Leadership, Conflict, and Community as Foreign Teachers 39:03

28d ago39:03

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In this episode, Simon Goode interviews his friend and former colleague, Meng, about their experiences teaching English in South Korea. The discussion touches on navigating cultural differences, and adapting to Korean workplace hierarchy. They discuss the challenges of managing diverse teams, handling conflict between foreign teachers and local man…

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It Is Easy To Miss The Cloud Reflections 1:35

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It is easy to miss the cloud reflections in the puddleswhen the drones are perching on the telephone wiresand boats are exploding off the coast of Venezuela.It's easy not to notice the flirtatiousness of the windwhen there is black smoke over Palestineand everything's coated in oil.It's easy to overlook the electricality in our bodieswhen the billi…

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Israel Is Still Starving Gaza, And Other Notes 6:58

29d ago6:58

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They're using bureaucratic red tape and arbitrary restrictions to put as much inertia on the effort to rush aid into Gaza as possible.Reading by Tim Foley.By Caitlin Johnstone and Tim Foley

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Cheney Should Have Died Alone In A Cage 4:16

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Dick Cheney died far too old and far too free. The fact that such monsters get to pass away in their eighties surrounded by loved ones instead of alone in a cage is an indictment of our entire civilization.Reading by Tim Foley.By Caitlin Johnstone and Tim Foley

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They Tortured Lambs In The West Bank 4:54

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Israeli settlers were filmed torturing lambs which belonged to Palestinians in the West Bank.Gouged their eyes out. Smashed them with cinder blocks. Beat them to death in front of their mothers.Lambs.Reading by Tim Foley.By Caitlin Johnstone and Tim Foley

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The Nastiest Warmongers Are Trump's Biggest Fans Now 3:26

1M ago3:26

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Massacre fetishist Lindsey Graham said "Trump is my favorite president" because "we're killing all the right people and we're cutting your taxes" during a speech to the Republican Jewish Coalition Annual Leadership Summit on Friday."We've run out of bombs; we didn't run out of bombs in World War II," the senator said.Reading by Tim Foley.…

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Episode 344: VBMAPP vs. ABLLS 15:18

1M ago15:18

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In this episode, we take a closer look at two widely used assessment tools in both clinical and educational settings: the VB-MAPP (Verbal Behavior Milestones Assessment and Placement Program) and the ABLLS-R (Assessment of Basic Language and Learning Skills – Revised). Aimed at clinicians, special educators, and support staff, this discussion break…