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EDU Café

Consult4Ed Group

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EDU Café, where education meets inspiration! Hosted by Consult4Ed Group, this podcast is your go-to space for the latest trends, challenges, and innovations in education. Join us as we explore one episode and post at a time!
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Connected Nation

Jessica Denson

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This is Connected Nation – an award-winning podcast focused on all things broadband. From closing the Digital Divide to simply improving your internet speeds, we talk technology topics that impact all of us, our families, and our communities. The podcast was honored in 2024 with an Award of Excellence for Podcast Series - Technology. This is the highest honor given by the Communicator Awards. More recently, the podcast received an Award of Distinction in 2025. It received the same honor in 2 ...
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Programmatic Digest

Helene Parker and Co-host: Manuela Cortes

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Our mission is to teach historically excluded people how to start and grow a career in programmatic and digital media. This podcast is 20-40 mins episodes highlighting diversity, Equity, Inclusion, while demystifying industry trends to help you navigate as a marketer and a programmatic ninja.
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AccessWorld

American Foundation for the Blind

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Welcome to AccessWorld, a podcast of the American Foundation for the blind. This podcast takes a deep dive on all things encompassing digital inclusion and accessibility. Released each month, AccessWorld offers news and views in conjunction with AFB's quarterly online publication of the same name. For more information on AccessWorld, check us out at www.afb.org/AW. Founded in 1921, AFB is a national nonprofit creating a world of no limits for people who are blind or have low vision. Learn mo ...
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InsurTech Business Series

InsurTech Business Series

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The No. 1 InsurTech Podcast in Africa, for Africa, by Africans. Join us as we share thoughts, ideas about how technology and innovation can change the insurance industry on the African continent specifically in Nigeria. We would be having interviews & discussions with top industry C-Suites, innovators, InsurTech Founders, Investors from around the world. #IBSPodcast #InsurTechinAfrica
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How does artificial intelligence change when people — not profit — truly come first? Join IRL’s host Bridget Todd, as she meets people around the world building responsible alternatives to the tech that’s changing how we work, communicate, and even listen to music.
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In The Digital Accessibility Podcast, Accessibility Leaders are interviewed by Joe James about the importance of digital accessibility in business and society. Joe is a Digital Accessibility Recruiter at PCR Digital with an inquisitive mind and a passion for the space. Tune in for key insights, personal accounts, and takeaways about the importance of digital accessibility, told by experts. Contact: [email protected] PCR Digital: https://www.pcrdigital.com/
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Microsoft Vice Chair and President Brad Smith speaks with leaders in government, business, and culture to explore the world’s most critical challenges at the intersection of technology and society. As a 30-year veteran of an industry driven by disruption, Brad Smith hosts candid conversations with his guests that examine, reframe, and explore potential solutions to the digital issues shaping our world today, including cybersecurity, privacy, digital inclusion, environmental sustainability, a ...
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Take a deep dive into the world of SEO and digital marketing with SE Ranking DoFollow Podcast. Actionable insights, latest trends, and thought-provoking case studies from seasoned experts and practitioners. In this SEO podcast, professionals and business leaders from all over the globe come together to help their less-experienced peers cut through the noise and catch them up on all the latest SEO advancements and developments.
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The Shift Code

Project Management Institute

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PMI CEO Pierre Le Manh takes listeners inside real stories of organizational transformation from sectors and regions across the globe. Join us for candid conversations with top leaders in transformation as they give a behind-the-scenes look into the strategic and digital innovation driving their journeys, their lessons learned and the professional skills needed for success.
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Pondering AI

Kimberly Nevala, Strategic Advisor - SAS

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How is the use of artificial intelligence (AI) shaping our human experience? Kimberly Nevala ponders the reality of AI with a diverse group of innovators, advocates and data scientists. Ethics and uncertainty. Automation and art. Work, politics and culture. In real life and online. Contemplate AI’s impact, for better and worse. All presentations represent the opinions of the presenter and do not represent the position or the opinion of SAS.
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Dig It With Imani The Podcast

Imani Henrick Luvanga

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Dig it with Imani on thriving topics and discussions in this Digital Era. I am passionate about divulging into all factors step by step at what can attain Digital Inclusion for all. Join me in this journey so that we explore who and how many have access, enjoy the opportunities, know how to Digitally protect themselves, understand the Cyberspace and know all the controversial issues surrounding the internet around Digital Inclusion across vulnerable groups (Women, Youth, Person with Disabili ...
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The Unstoppable Marketer®

Trevor Crump & Mark Goldhardt

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Trevor Crump and Mark Goldhardt bring you quick marketing and entrepreneurial tips, tricks, and trends for DTC business owners, entrepreneurs, and marketers. These are lessons they've learned through the years of being right in the thick of scaling dozens of businesses. Whether you have an established business looking to grow, just starting your business journey, or trying to become a digital marketer, this marketing podcast will not let you down.
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Rethinking Aging Club Podcast

Linda Sherman and Debbie Howard

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We support the creation of products, education, advocacy and services that better the lives of people aged 50 plus, including older adults and their caregivers. We feature a different theme and live panel each week with founders and leaders of global AgeTech products and services. Topics include Smart Home, Marketing, Fitness, Caregiver Support, Robotics, Social Isolation and Ending Well. Our lively discussions, including comments and questions from our audience, are always full of v ...
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Welcome to DXTALKS, the Digital Leaders Platform for Events & Media Partnerships. In 2020, our platform was founded by Rudy Shoushany (Speaker, Mentor, Top 50 Global Thought Leaders Governance and Top 100 Thought Leaders on Digital transformation), and it has been continuously growing and expanding to include: DX TALKS Live on YouTube | En & Ar | Monday’s, 6:30 PM (GMT +3) A Digital Transformation Talk show, around major emerging technologies that have the potential to impact numerous indust ...
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A show about forward-thinking people leaders, innovators and academics and how they think we can fix work to make it more meaningful, healthy, inclusive and sustainable. This podcast aims to be informative, fun and a bit provocative. Hosted by award-winning business journalist and WTW Digital Influencer of the Year 2023 Siân Harrington. Produced by The People Space. Find more at www.thepeoplespace.com
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Women Lead

The Digital Distillery

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Join Nadia Koski, a digital media industry leader and creator, in authentic and empowering - also occasionally hilarious - conversations on Women Lead. Women Lead is a podcast dedicated to the important leadership topics, challenges, and achievements that professionals, particularly women, experience in the workplace. Through in-depth discussions with guests, Nadia explores what it takes to build your career, lead with empathy, and help the next generation of young leaders rise to take the r ...
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the c-suite podcast

the c-suite podcast

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the c-suite podcast covers topics such as Sustainability, Diversity, Employee Engagement, Financial Inclusion, HR, Innovation, Marketing Communications, Mental Health & Wellbeing and Social Mobility. Featuring senior executives discussing latest trends, campaigns and issues, sharing best practice case studies. If you'd like to get involved, please get in touch using the contact form at http://www.csuitepodcast.com
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Elevate Your Brand is the #1 marketing podcast for entrepreneurs and “wantreprenuers” looking for insider tips and secrets from the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, entrepreneurial special guests join Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, to discuss the marketing failures and successes that have brought their brands to the next level. Learn from real-life experiences and be inspired by leaders in y ...
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Welcome to The Issuer Academy: Paymentology’s Podcast to Innovate, Scale, and Provide Impact. Every week, we unlock the secrets behind transformative card programmes and next-generation payment experiences. Through in-depth conversations with industry leaders, real-world case studies, and technical deep-dives, we explore how advanced payment solutions can overcome traditional barriers and open new markets. Whether you're a startup founder, a retail banking executive, or a fintech enthusiast ...
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AI: Machine-Made Marketing

AI: Machine-Made Marketing

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Explore the power of Artificial Intelligence in marketing, where advanced algorithms and data-driven insights are transforming how businesses engage with their audience. ​ Discover how AI can elevate your strategy and drive growth in today’s digital landscape.
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Professor Jim Al-Khalili talks to leading scientists about their life and work, finding out what inspires and motivates them and asking what their discoveries might do for us in the future
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SheCanCode’s ‘Spilling the T’ podcast offers conversations with top female voices in the tech sector, as we plunge into the latest topics that have captured our imagination recently. Learn about a range of tech disciplines and how to establish a career in them - from coding, AI, cyber, starting a business, career transitions and even diversity in space, we lay it out bare and Spill the T on everything you need to know.
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A podcast on innovation-driven entrepreneurship. Atlantic Canada is bursting with entrepreneurs in digital tech, ocean technologies, life sciences and so much more. Ready to hear their stories? The successes, the pivots and rebirth, and everything in between? The ONSIDE podcast will bring it all to you, uncut, unfiltered.
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​Join Bhuva Shakti, Founder & CEO at Wallet Max, as she speaks with female investors looking to leverage inclusion and impact without compromising growth of investments. About Wallet Max: ​​​Wallet Max expands fundraising for growth-stage startups in sustainability and climate fintech sectors, and connects them with an inclusive community. ​​About Bhuva Shakti: ​​Bhuva Shakti (she/her) is the visionary founder and CEO driving sustainable innovation at Wallet Max, a global community of execut ...
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A Digital Tomorrow

Dr. Oriol Caudevilla

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🎧🚀 In my podcast, I will speak with some of the global Top Voices in the digital area, and we will discuss topics like Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, NFTs, Crypto Currencies, the Metaverse, Financial Inclusion, the Future of Finance, Arts and Music, Video Games... If there was no doubt of the importance of new technologies (such as Blockchain and AI) these last few years, the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, which has certainly confronted the whole world with an unprecedented challenge, has ...
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Canada's Economy, Explained

Canadian Chamber of Commerce | Business Data Lab

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Canada’s Economy, Explained is the official podcast of the Business Data Lab at the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, hosted by Senior Research Director Marwa Abdou. Whether you’re a business leader, policymaker, or simply curious about the forces shaping our economy, this podcast brings you real-time data, sharp analysis, and conversations that matter. From workforce trends and inflation to trade, innovation, and inclusion, we unpack the stories behind the stats — with leading economists, indus ...
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Pushing Forward with Alycia | A Disability Podcast Pushing Forward with Alycia is the weekly podcast that gives disability a voice and welcomes everyone—disabled people, allies, families, and inclusive employers—into a courageous, judgment‑free space to learn, ask questions, and advance access together. Launched June 29, 2023 and dropping new episodes every Thursday, host Alycia Anderson—disabled motivational speaker, DEI educator, entrepreneur, athlete, and storyteller—shares lived experien ...
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Digital Futures is a mission led technology training and services company. Our mission is to create opportunities for people from all backgrounds to start their careers in technology. On this podcast, we're going to be speaking to industry leaders about their own journeys to success, delving into the key issues that sit at the heart of the Digital Futures mission - diversity, equity, inclusion and the digital skills gap.
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The TechAfrica News Podcast

TechAfrica News (www.techafrica.news)

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The TechAfrica News Podcast delivers unfiltered conversations with the leaders and innovators driving Africa’s Digital Transformation. We focus on the core forces reshaping the continent: connectivity and infrastructure, emerging technologies, digital health, financial inclusion, and the evolving tech ecosystem. Each episode offers clear-eyed insights into the breakthroughs and challenges defining Africa’s digital landscape. Expect candid discussions, expert analysis, and real stories that r ...
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This podcast helps low-income families in the U.S. learn how to get free tablets through government programs like ACP, Lifeline, and EBT. Hosted by digital inclusion experts, we break down the application process, eligibility rules, trusted providers, and tech access tips. 🎧 Stay informed. Stay connected. 🔗 Apply now at https://freetabletgovt.com
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Artificial intelligence is reshaping how we work, live, and lead. But what does that mean for Australian businesses? The AI Australia Podcast, hosted by Emma Bromet and Kathryn Collier, is your essential guide to understanding the AI revolution and its impact on Australian businesses. We cut through the jargon to bring you practical discussions and expert interviews on how AI is affecting everything from enterprise strategy to daily life, with a focus on ethical and responsible AI, diversity ...
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Building for Digital Equity Podcast

Institute for Local Self-Reliance

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The Building for Digital Equity Podcast features interviews with people working toward digital equity - where everyone is able to take advantage of the Internet. We will explore solutions and share lessons learned by people doing the work, primarily through interviews at events where these people gather to share experiences and learn from each other.
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So the big question is this...how did some of the world's top entrepreneurs build, grow, and monetize their businesses whilst standing out from their competitors? Join me, Kay Suthar, as I delve into the world of AI, and all things podcasting. We'll explore how these technologies are revolutionizing community building and changing the podcasting landscape. With expert guests, we'll dive into a wealth of business strategies, to the latest in artificial intelligence. Together, we'll discover t ...
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Welcome to The AbilityNet Podcast: Disability. Technology. Inclusion. The home of coffee-fuelled chats, insights, and the latest updates from accessibility and digital inclusion communities across the globe. We offer transcripts for every episode and many are also available as videos on our YouTube channel. AbilityNet is a UK charity with a global reach - committed to creating a digital world accessible to all, regardless of ability or age. We offer a wide variety of free online resources, s ...
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Welcome to TechOver Africa with Wangari Njathi. One woman’s take on the Story of the Rising Digital Economy in Africa. We talk with the expert guests on all things tech. Is the technological uptake in Africa all good, all bad, or in between. Join me as I examine, interrogate, analyze and make sense of policies that guard our interests. Disruption can be messy, where will we be when the dust settles?
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This podcast series, as a series of discussions based on Jon Shamah’s Linkedin blogs, offers a thought-provoking exploration of key topics shaping the digital world today. Drawing from decades of hands-on experience and a strategic viewpoint, Jon delves into the evolving landscape of Digital Identity, the emergence and implications of Digital Wallets, and the broader currents driving digital transformation. While much of the analysis is rooted in developments across Europe, the series adopts ...
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Let’s face it: parenting is beautiful, brutal, and full of phases that slip away before you’re ready for the next ones. We’re Doing Great is the parenting podcast that helps you navigate the hard stuff, savor the good stuff, and remember you’re not alone. . Hosts and moms, Melissa Cash and Esther Huybreghts, team up with experts to share practical guidance to keep you anchored when the waters get rough. Join us on the frontlines of modern parenting as we explore what it really means to be go ...
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The AC Podcast

Association for Coaching

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Welcome to the Association for Coaching (AC) Podcast Channel. Enjoy our educational, thought-provoking conversations as our diverse range of hosts speak with coaches, thought leaders, academics and industry innovators. Listen to our weekly episodes to gain actionable tools and proven techniques to elevate your personal and professional development, boost your coaching business and become a better coach for your clients. Whether you're a seasoned professional or just starting, this is your go ...
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Iran is once again witnessing protests on its streets, triggered by a severe economic squeeze as inflation surges and the rial continues to lose value. What began as protests over livelihoods—most visibly among merchants in Tehran’s Grand Bazaar—has begun to intersect with deeper questions about governance, legitimacy, and the state’s ability to ma…
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Send us a text On this episode of Connected Nation, we talk with leadership from Trimble Inc., a global tech company shaking up the construction industry. The company's mission — to transform the way the world works. We talk about connecting the physical and digital worlds, construction solutions and challenges, and BEAD funding deployment. Recomme…
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Send us a text In this episode, Kay Suthar sits down with Cameron Danalis, life strategist and author, to unpack how intentional action, delayed gratification, and long-term thinking helped him retire in his early 20s. Cameron shares why struggle isn’t a requirement for success, how making smarter decisions earlier in life compounds faster than peo…
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For years, India has struggled to improve its record on deceased organ donation, even as thousands of patients wait for transplants. This is despite data showing strong willingness among people to donate their organs after death.In this episode, we examine two paradoxes in India’s organ donation system. Why do cadaver organ donations remain low des…
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AI is no longer a feature—it’s the invisible operating system shaping how consumers experience brands every day. From connected kitchens and cars to predictive personalization and real-time decisioning, AI is quietly raising expectations across every touchpoint. In this episode of AI: Machine-Made Marketing, we’re joined by Domenic Venuto, EVP and …
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How did modern territoriality emerge and what are its consequences? From Frontiers to Borders: How Colonial Technicians Created Modern Territoriality (Cambridge UP, 2025) examines these key questions with a unique global perspective. Kerry Goettlich argues that linear boundaries are products of particular colonial encounters, rather than being esse…
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P FKN R: How Bad Bunny Became the Global Voice of Puerto Rican Resistance (Duke UP, 2026) explores the work of Puerto Rican musical superstar Bad Bunny (Benito A. Martinez Ocasio), focusing on his cultural and political significance.Global superstar Bad Bunny, like many other Puerto Ricans, has lived a life marked by public crises—blackouts, hurric…
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Empire of Print: Evangelical Power in an Age of Mass Media (Oxford UP, 2025) offers a fresh account of evangelical power by uncovering how the American Tract Society (ATS) leveraged print media to spread its message across an expanding nation. One of the era's largest media corporations and a pillar of the benevolent empire, the ATS circulated some…
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Sweet potatoes were among the American crops Christopher Columbus brought back to Europe—where they were thought to be an aphrodisiac. In China, this versatile root became a staple that fueled rapid population growth. Introduced to Japan to stave off famine, sweet potatoes later sustained the country’s imperial expansion. Because this hardy plant c…
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Does Plato matter? An ancient philosopher whose work has inspired and informed countless thinkers and poets across the centuries, his ideas are no longer taught as widely as they once were. But, as Angie Hobbs argues in this clear-sighted book Why Plato Matters Now (Bloomsbury, 2025), that is a mistake. If we want to understand the world we live in…
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Most people on the contemporary left see Stalin as an unfortunate stain on the history of the global left, a part of the historical process that we’d be better avoiding in our attempts to build towards socialism. He does still have some scattered defenders though, putting out books and articles trying to turn his legacy into something commendable t…
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Deep Cosmopolitanism: Kutiyattam, Dynamic Tradition, and Globalizing Heritage in Kerala, India explores the extraordinary past and present of Kutiyattam Sanskrit theater, the world's oldest continuously performed theater. Recognized as India's first UNESCO intangible cultural heritage of humanity, the matrilineal temple art of Kutiyattam has been p…
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Based on applied economics and from the perspective of an innovator seeking to develop a new digital business, Digital Innovation Strategy (Cambridge UP, 2023) is aimed at audiences interested in innovation strategy and competition in digital industries. Step-by-step, the book guides innovators through a dynamic market analysis and business model d…
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Today we are joined by Luiz Guilherme Burlamaqui, author of The Making of Global FIFA: Cold War Politics and the Rise of João Havelange to the FIFA Presidency, 1950-1974 (De Gruyter, 2023). This book was previously published in Portuguese as A Dança das Cadeiras a eleição de João Havelange à presidenência da FIFA (1950-1974). In our conversation, w…
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In this episode, Laurel Mintz chats with Molly Fetich, founder and CEO of Buzzkill Wines, about redefining the non-alcoholic wine market. Discover how brand positioning, product innovation, and strategic pivots—like switching from cans to bottles—drive growth in an evolving CPG landscape. Molly Fetich shares insights on industry headwinds, lessons …
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Teacher Leadership as Influence, Not Title What does it really mean to be a teacher leader? In our latest episode, Dr. Bryan Zugelder and Justine Juart Lunsford explore teacher leadership not as a role defined by hierarchy or titles, but as influence, partnership, and action. Together, we reflect on: ✨ How teacher leadership strengthens the educato…
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The Supreme Court on January 5, 2025, declined to grant bail to activists Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam in the 2020 Delhi riots conspiracy case, notwithstanding their incarceration for nearly six years without the commencement of trial. The court held that the constitutional guarantee of personal liberty is not “absolute”, and remains subject to th…
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What is actually happening in your child’s brain during a meltdown? And, what can you do during a meltdown when nothing seems to help? When your child is melting down, it can feel personal, urgent, and overwhelming. In this episode, Laura Petix helps you reframe behavior as a nervous system response and shows how sensory strategies can support emot…
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Our solar system is a dynamic arena where asteroids careen off course and solar winds hurl charged particles across billions of miles of space. Yet we seldom consider how these events, so immense in scale, influence our fragile blue planet: Earth. In Ripples on the Cosmic Ocean: An Environmental History of Our Place in the Solar System (Harvard UP,…
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People who lie down are a fixture of contemporary literature, art, and life. Murder victims, protesters, invalids, depressives, sex workers, and more: these are the recumbent figures that populate Here Is a Figure: Grounding Literary Form (Northwestern UP, 2025) the latest book from literary critic and poet Sarah Dowling. Out now from Northwestern …
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The success of new far-right movements cannot be explained by fear or rage alone – the pleasures of aggression and violence are just as essential. As such, racism is particularly intense when it is erotically charged, migration presenting as a sexual threat to white women being one of many examples. Germany’s strikingly successful right-wing politi…
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The Mask: A History of Breathing Bad Air (Yale UP, 2025) by Dr. Bruno J. Strasser and Dr. Thomas Schlich presents a history of masks protecting against bad air—in cities, factories, hospitals, and war trenches—exploring how our identities and beliefs shape the decision to wear a mask. For centuries, humans have sought to protect themselves from har…
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In Feminism in the Wild: How Human Biases Shape Our Understanding of Animal Behavior (MIT Press, 2025), Ambika Kamath and Melina Packer reveal how scientists studying animal behavior have long projected human norms and values onto animals while seeking to understand them. When scientific studies conclude that these norms and values are natural in a…
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All Things Act explores the collective character of action to expand the ways we think about agency. First, it resists viewing agency as a capacity, much less one exclusive to humans. Instead, it defines agency as an umbrella term for the concrete sociomaterial processes that emerge from the collaborative efforts of multiple entities acting togethe…
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In The Price of Truth: The Journalist Who Defied Military Censors to Report the Fall of Nazi Germany (Cornell, 2023), Richard Fine recounts the intense drama surrounding the German surrender at the end of World War II and the veteran Associated Press journalist Edward Kennedy’s controversial scoop. On May 7, 1945, Kennedy bypassed military censorsh…
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How do we compare across languages, media, and histories, all without flattening differences? And what might Hong Kong teach us about doing comparison differently? Alvin K. Wong examines these and other questions in Unruly Comparison: Queerness, Hong Kong, and the Sinophone (Duke UP, 2025), a wide-ranging and thought-provoking study of queerness in…
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The first book of its kind, Less Than Victory: American Catholics and the Vietnam War (Cambridge UP, 2025) by Dr. Steven J. Brady explores both the impact the Vietnam War had on American Catholics, and the impact of the nation's largest religious group upon its most controversial war. Through the 1960s, Roman Catholics made up one-quarter of the po…
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To study the built environment of the Americas is to wrestle with an inherent contradiction. While the disciplines of architecture, urban design, landscape, and planning share the fundamental belief that space and place matter, the overwhelming majority of canonical knowledge and the vernacular used to describe these disciplines comes from another,…
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In this episode of The Digital Accessibility Podcast, Joe is joined by Tanya Van Workum and Jan Jaap De Groot of ABRA, a mobile accessibility consultancy based in the Netherlands. With deep experience across iOS and Android accessibility, Tanya and Jan Jaap share how their backgrounds in design, development, and lived experience have shaped ABRA’s …
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In this episode of The Shift Code Podcast, host Pierre Le Manh is joined by Luisa Barraza, Chief Vice President of People Experience, Organizational Development, and Transformation at Pfizer, to discuss why the human element is the foundation of enterprise agility, how to apply human-centered design and agile principles across complex organizations…
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This episode is a repost from episode #14 and is an interview with AW founder Deborah Kendrick. As we wrap up our 25th anniversary celebration of AccessWorld Magazine, we wanted to repost this special episode where Deborah shares the creation of AW. And if you're trying to spend those holiday gift cards, check out Deborah's annual gift guide in our…
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Join host Rob Lawrence, for a special, inspiring episode where we bring back all six hosts from our 2025 podcast series to share their incredible journeys. This heartfelt conversation dives into their experiences, insights, professional and personal growth, as well as the ripple effects of stepping outside their comfort zones to share their passion…
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In this episode of the AccessWorld podcast, hosts Tony and Aaron catch up with Ayan Kishore at the recent AFB Leadership Conference. Ayan is president and CEO of Benetech, a leader in accessible media for people with disabilities. Providers for the popular BookShare service, Ayan shares what's new for Benetech in 2026. Be sure to like and subscribe…
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On January 3rd, 2026, the United States launched a large-scale strike on Venezuela and arrested President Nicolás Maduro.Relations between the U.S. and Venezuela strained since the Cold War era, and worsened after Hugo Chávez came to power in 1999, and deteriorated further with U.S. sanctions imposed from 2006 onward. The arrest of Maduro marks a d…
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This robust conversation was held at the inaugural Nigerian Insurers Association Insurance Innovation Lab Demo Day held on the 9th of December, 2025 at Victoria Island, Lagos. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nigeria’s insurance industry is at a critical turning point, with NIIRA 2025 and N…
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Bandits in Print: "The Water Margin" and the Transformations of the Chinese Novel (Cornell UP, 2023) uses the classic novel The Water Margin (Shuihu Zhuan) to examine the world of print in early modern China. Scott W. Gregory traces the way this beloved novel about outlaw heroes, honor, corruption, and brotherhood was adapted and changed by differe…
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Despite all we know about the Civil War, its causes, battles, characters, issues, impacts, and legacy, few books have explored Canada’s role in the bloody conflict that claimed more than 600,000 lives. Until From Underground Railroad to Rebel Refuge: Canada and the Civil War (ECW Press, 2022) by Brian Martin. A surprising 20,000 Canadians went sout…
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Economies of Gender: Masculinity, "Mail Order Brides," and Women's Labor (Rutgers University Press, 2025) by Dr. Julia Meszaros offers a provocative exploration of the international dating industry, challenging simplistic narratives of human trafficking and scams while shedding light on the economic dynamics of gender. Through twelve years of field…
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Has American democracy outstripped its constitutional accommodations? Faith in the resilience and adaptability of the US Constitution rests on a long history of finding new ways to make the system work. In The Adaptability Paradox: Political Inclusion and Constitutional Resilience (University of Chicago Press, 2025), political scientist Stephen Sko…
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An eye-opening look at how all American workers, even the highly educated and experienced, are vulnerable to the stigma of unemployment. After receiving a PhD in mathematics from MIT, Larry spent three decades working at prestigious companies in the tech industry. Initially he was not worried when he lost his job as part of a large layoff, but the …
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Author Noam Sienna unveils a vast Sephardic world created by these books. This literary network transcended geographical boundaries, connecting Jewish communities from Fez and Tunis to Salonica, Jerusalem, and Livorno. By examining cultural centers and tracing the journey of these texts, Sienna provides depth to our understanding of a remarkably gl…
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Contemporary Europe seems to be divided between progressive cosmopolitans sympathetic to the European Union and the ideals of the Enlightenment, and counter-enlightened conservative nationalists extolling the virtues of homelands threatened by globalised elites and mass migration. Europe Against Revolution: Conservatism, Enlightenment, and the Maki…
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In Resource Nationalism in Indonesia: Booms, Big Business, and the State (Cornell UP, 2023), Eve Warburton traces nationalist policy trajectories in Indonesia back to the preferences of big local business interests. Commodity booms often prompt more nationalist policy styles in resource-rich countries. Usually, this nationalist push weakens once a …
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Exploring what academic podcasting is and what it could be, Ian Cook's Scholarly Podcasting (Routledge, 2023) is the first to consider the why, what, and how academics engage with this insurgent, curious craft. Featuring interviews with 101 podcasting academics, including scholars and teachers of podcasting, this book explores the motivations of sc…
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Rick Fröberg was an accomplished artist and musician born in Southern California who spent most of his early creative years in San Diego before moving to New York, and then back to San Diego toward the end of his life. While juggling both of his creative outlets, he established a meaningful, urgent, vital, and powerful platform. Plenty for All: The…
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In the oceans of ink devoted to the monumental movie star/businesswoman/political activist Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor (1932-2011), her beauty and not-so-private life frequently overshadowed her movies. While she knew how to generate publicity like no other, her personal life is set aside in this volume in favor of her professional oeuvre and unique …
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Cervical cancer kills almost 350,000 women each year. What's more horrifying, is that millions have died of this disease that's nearly 100% preventable. It's no secret that healthcare is full of inequities, with a severe lack of accessible screening programs. But women's health care is also impeded by cultural, gender, and political barriers, issue…
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The influence and spread of clans and families within the ‘ndrangheta - the Calabrian mafia - is international yet recognising their activities is not always easy, especially when considering mafia groups’ apparent ability to ‘disappear’ when abroad. How to Recognize the Mafia Abroad: Critical Notes on ‘ndrangheta Mobility (Bristol University Press…
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In Seven Crashes: The Economic Crises That Shaped Globalization (Yale UP, 2023), distinguished economic historian Harold James offers a fresh perspective on the past two centuries of globalization and the pivotal moments that shaped it. James analyzes seven major economic crises that occurred over this period, including the late 1840s, the simultan…
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