Get context, not just headlines. Every weekday The Excerpt brings USA TODAY's award-winning journalists from across the nation together to unpack America's most pressing stories — from politics and culture to sports and entertainment — with host Dana Taylor.
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Daily Readings are a daily excerpt from books and teachings from John and Stasi Eldredge and Morgan Snyder.
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Find your next historical romance obsession while getting to know the author, too! Each guest author reads an excerpt of their book, then chats with host Katherine Grant. In the time it takes you to drink your morning coffee, you can find a new author for your reading list! Hosted by award-winning historical romance author Katherine Grant
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Welcome to Books to the Ceiling! Enjoy the narration of audiobooks? This podcast includes a narrated excerpt of a new book (mostly mysteries) each week and is the author podcast of Teresa Trent. The podcast is generated from Teresa's blog at https://teresatrent.blog. #audiobooks #mysteries #fiction
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Relax with our sleep stories, read in a calming voice to help you unwind at bedtime. Each episode has a story or excerpt from our library of classics. For full audiobooks and more, visit our website, AiReadToMe.com.
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Revisionist History is Malcolm Gladwell's journey through the overlooked and the misunderstood. Every episode re-examines something from the past—an event, a person, an idea, even a song—and asks whether we got it right the first time. From Pushkin Industries. Because sometimes the past deserves a second chance. To get early access to ad-free episodes and extra content, subscribe to Pushkin+ in Apple Podcasts or at pushkin.fm/plus. iHeartMedia is the exclusive podcast partner of Pushkin Indu ...
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These are excerpts from the Agentic Schools Podcast.
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Welcome to 5 Minutes of Peace. A time for you to reflect, recharge, and renew. Five minutes for you to learn more, so you can be more and do more. Just the time you need to awaken something within yourself. In each episode, we share an inspirational tip, a book excerpt, or a mindful meditation. We are all connected … on a path of love, service, and peace … for ourselves and others. We’re glad to be together with you on this path. This podcast is created by ThePeaceRoom, a Reiki healing and t ...
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All things RamB ...HIPHOP, Comedy, Motivation and Basically Whatever I Feel Like Doing THANKS FOR LISTENING
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The 100 Handed Monsters lurk among us.. The tattooed magician Evan Wexler and his werewolf partner V spend their nights prowling a shadowy underbelly full of frenzied monsters and mad sorcerers. Working for the mysterious organization known only as the Madhouse, they struggle to contain the threat of the Gloom, a malevolent force that breathes life into humanity’s worst nightmares and can make a heart’s darkest desires come true. But Madhouse isn't the only organization of magicians interest ...
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Adam Kempenaar and Josh Larsen review new and classic movies, offering "affable, insightful film analysis since 2005" (NY Times).
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Twice-monthly community updates for the small desert town of Night Vale, where every conspiracy theory is true. Turn on your radio and hide. Never listened before? It's an ongoing radio show. Start with the current episode, and you'll catch on in no time. Or, go right to Episode 1 if you wanna binge-listen.
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Stand up comedian and lifelong cynic Gianmarco Soresi interviews people more famous than him about all the downsides to their life. If you like looking on the bright side of life, f*ck off. This is a podcast where complaining is encouraged, negativity celebrated and silver linings debunked. Misery loves company and when Gianmarco is with company he loves talking about their miseries. You can follow @gianmarcosoresi on all social platforms.
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Dope Excerpts is a simple idea, a podcast where your host Adam reads selected texts to you from his bookshelves in Los Angeles. Insightful, inspiring and informative pieces of books, essays, poems and original work are delivered and briefly discussed as a way to showcase poignant ideas and share. Thanks for listening.
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Humans are resilient. In our toughest moments, we will fight, we will struggle, and we will triumph...often against the odds. In this immersive series from Wondery, host-adventurers Mike Corey and Cassie De Pecol will share thrilling stories of survival. From the daring rescue of a soccer team trapped in an underwater cave in Thailand, to a woman taken hostage by Somali pirates, these stories made headlines around the world. AGAINST THE ODDS will make you feel as though you’re living these e ...
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Chapter 9 excerpt from "The Biggest Lie in the History of Christianity"
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Every Week I will be sharing an excerpt from famous classic books all around the World.
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Excerpts from great writings by master writers, storytellers, philosophers, poets as well as original commentary by informed enthusiasts. Genres will range from fiction, drama, and essay to poetry, oratory, and aphorism.
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A quick excerpt from the Boy in the Striped Pajamas with a twist; its Shmuel's turn to tell the story.
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A truck driver searches across America for the wife she had long assumed was dead. In the course of her search, she will encounter not-quite-human serial murderers, towns literally lost in time, and a conspiracy that goes way beyond one missing woman.
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Philosophy, politics, and the left.
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More than four years after the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, the city released tapes of some 130 calls made to the 911 emergency system the morning of Sept. 11, 2001. The words of the callers have been edited out to protect their privacy.
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A few of the immigration acts along with a hypothetical journal excerpt of an immigrants journey to America Cover art photo by http://iamlurm.com
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Author interviews, discussions with publishing professionals about publishing news and excerpt reads from Rae's backlist and upcoming books. raeshawn.substack.com
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Otherppl with Brad Listi is a weekly books and culture podcast featuring in-depth conversations with today's leading authors. Literature, screenwriting, the creative process, pop culture, and more. Available wherever you get your podcasts. Follow the show on Bluesky and Instagram.
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Hi Nay, literally translated to “Hi Mom”, is a supernatural horror fictional podcast about Filipina immigrant Mari Datuin, whose babaylan (shaman) family background accidentally gets her involved in stopping dangerous supernatural events in Toronto. Written, directed, produced, and created by Motzie Dapul and co-created by Reg Geli. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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A podcast on radical politics, critical theory, and history. Hosted by Alex Doherty. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/poltheoryother Contact: [email protected]
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An immersive fiction podcast told through found audio from an alternate universe. Each season is a standalone story set in the same world. Written by Jeffrey Cranor and Janina Matthewson. Original music by Mary Epworth.
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Welcome to Case Closed! We are a podcast focused on crimes both real and imagined. In our current season, we’re serializing Rachel Hawkins’s THE WIFE UPSTAIRS audiobook. You can find more about the story here.
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Post Status Draft, Excerpt, Comments, and Live provide the interviews, news digests, community discussions, and live shows that matter — for WordPress professionals.
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Featuring a daily Oxgangs excerpt from across half a century between the years 1971 and 2021.
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Guerilla gaming podcast. The largely unedited ramblings of a philosopher, game theorist, GM and tabletop RPG creator. There’s a Discord! https://discord.gg/qhD6Nt6 To leave me a message on Anchor, go to: https://anchor.fm/dave-aldridge. Alternatively, contact me @d_percentile or [email protected]. dpercentile theme by TJ Drennon, who has an awesome patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/TJD. Playout track is an excerpt from ‘Ztlaw’, from the album ‘With My Broken Fingers 2’, used by permi ...
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Welcome to Stories from Among the Stars, a podcast run by Macmillan Audio employees in which we serialize top science fiction and fantasy audiobooks with bold characters, daring adventures, and smart, compelling stories! In our current season, we’re serializing TJ Klune's beloved contemporary fantasy, THE HOUSE IN THE CERULEAN SEA, read by Daniel Henning. You can find out more about the story here. THE HOUSE IN THE CERULEAN SEA will only be available on the feed for a limited time, so make s ...
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Louder than Crowder is the only podcast about the podcast Louder with Crowder.
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Excerpt from Lynx, Rodeo Romance, Book 1. Follow along on mizging.blogspot.com
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Welcome to From the Recording Horn podcast, where I pick a great opera singer from history and briefly explain why they’re so great, with an excerpt.
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This podcast is about tabletop role-playing games around the world. In every episode, I interview RPG enthusiasts and professionals from a non-English speaking country about what games they play, what unique RPGs exist in their country, and how new people get into the hobby. Interviewees include regular gamers, club organizers, game shop owners, creators of actual play videos, RPG authors, and gaming studios. While some places are known for their large role-playing scene and have a lot of lo ...
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Excerpt of Lehua Parkerʻs One Boy, No Water Niuhi Shark Saga Series Cover art photo provided by Bia Andrade on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/@biawashere
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It’s basically just a surfer reading about surfing for you to listen to when you’re not surfing. Stay surfing. Check out the library. If you want to help with podcast costs you can donate at: https://buymeacoffee.com/thesurferslibrary
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Welcome to the official free Podcast site from Sage for Psychology & Psychiatry. Sage is a leading international publisher of journals, books, and electronic media for academic, educational, and professional markets with principal offices in Los Angeles, London, New Delhi, and Singapore.
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Brief essays on poetry: considering a poem and how it reveals the world and the human experience. Find the text of the poems featured and the podcast script on MarilynOnaRoll.wordpress.com.
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The podcast consists of short excerpt readings from classic world literature in the public domain. It also includes insightful background information and tidbits about the various novels. The authors featured include Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Mark Twain, Sun Tzu, Charles Dickens, Louisa May Alcott, Lewis Carroll, Edgar Allan Poe and many more. The podcast has listeners throughout the United States and in over 30 nations.
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What home means to people whose lives were reshaped by displacement
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Home isn’t just a structure. It’s memory, identity and belonging. USA TODAY National Columnist Suzette Hackney joins The Excerpt to discuss her year-long reporting on displacement, from climate disasters and eminent domain to race, gentrification and the fragile systems that decide who gets to stay and who is forced to leave. See Privacy Policy at …
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In this Patreon exclusive excerpt, Gianmarco and Russell are live from Brooklyn and get in the holiday spirit with Christmas carols and crowd work. Join the Patreon for only $5 a month to watch the rest! Watch the full episode exclusively on Patreon, and join for only $5 a month! https://www.patreon.com/downside -- This is a Headgum podcast. Follow…
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S2 E19: Selected excerpts from Mr. Sunset: The Jeff Hakman Story, by Phil Jarratt
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This episode we are excited to read selected excerpts (chapters 8 & 9) from Phil Jarratt's incredible book Mr. Sunset: The Jeff Hakman Story. Jeff Hakman was born in California in 1948, and by the age of eight his father had already set him on a surfboard. Four years later, the family moved to Oahu, and a year after that at just thirteen Hakman pad…
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Excerpt - Alex responds to listener questions
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If you'd like to listen to the rest of this episode of PTO Extra! please consider becoming a £5 supporter at patreon.com/poltheoryotherBy Politics Theory Other
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Excerpt from 'A Silent Treatment,' by Jeannie Vanasco
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Vol. 4 of Story Time, a new series on the program featuring an author reading aloud from her work. In this episode, Jeannie Vanasco reads from her new memoir A Silent Treatment, available from Tin House. Official December pick of the Otherppl Book Club. Jeannie's other memoirs are Things We Didn’t Talk About When I Was a Girl and The Glass Eye. Bor…
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We’ve just concluded serializing THE WIFE UPSTAIRS by Rachel Hawkins. Now we’re excited to share a sneak peek of her next book, THE STORM. Like what you heard? You can preorder THE STORM audiobook here.By Macmillan
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What Zohran Can Learn from the Sewer Socialists - 375 EXCERPT
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Today we've got Rutgers labor historian Eric Blanc back on to discuss his recent article on the sewer socialists of Milwaukee. Back in the early 20th century, Wisconsin was the epicenter of the most successful socialist movement in American history, with socialists running Milwaukee for nearly 50 years starting in 1910. How did they win, how did th…
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For November's Filmspotting Family bonus episode, Adam, Josh, and Producer Sam fielded a wide variety of questions from listeners, including how Josh ended up in Scotland, how Adam ended up (back) in Iowa, and the very second, circa 2005, when Sam knew that Filmspotting was something bigger than he and Adam imagined it would be. Monthly bonus episo…
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Brief excerpt from my new book Always With the Questions: One Poet's Writing Manual
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Questions of "I" in poetry in this brief excerpt from my book Always With the Questions: One Poet's Writing Manual, wordworksbooks.org.By marmccabe
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Uong (Mushroom): A Hi Nay Short Story (Excerpt)
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Uong (Mushroom) Within the world of Hi Nay, there are many Big Ones, leviathan beings that feed off death. This short story details an ordinary, lonely man's encounter with a Big One, a great and vast organism that cares more about love than death. - Content Warnings: Parental death, childhood trauma, allusions to mental health issues, disassociati…
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Heaven is the beginning of an adventure in intimacy, "a world of love," as Jonathan Edwards wrote, "where God is the fountain." The Holy Spirit, through the human authors of Scripture, chose the imagery of a wedding feast for a reason. It's not just any kind of party; it is a wedding feast. What sets this special feast apart from all others is the …
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Nine to Midnight: Aswang by Motzie Dapul Filipina immigrant "Interpreter" does what she can to keep her immigration status. Content Warnings: References to domestic abuse and mariticide, references to immigrant and domestic worker abuse. Insects, mild body horror, eating sound effects, vomiting, food based gore. Aswang are some of the most well kno…
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Original air date: June 10, 2025. Claire Hoffman is the author of Sister, Sinner: The Miraculous Life and Mysterious Disappearance of Aimee Semple McPherson, available from Farrar, Straus, & Giroux. Hoffman is also the author of the memoir Greetings from Utopia Park and is a journalist reporting for national magazines on culture, religion, cele…
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Freedom comes only as we bring these unsanctified and unholy places under the rule of Jesus Christ, so that he can possess these very places deeply and truly. Therefore, part of this first step involves sanctifying the place of bondage to Christ. If it’s sexual, you sanctify your sexuality to Christ; if its emotional (as with rage) you sanctify you…
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EPISODE 77: MR. RENT FREEZE (OCTOBER 29TH, 2025)
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This week...we've got a little holiday gift for you... The short lost "Halloween" episode! "THE BOYS" shirts are available NOW! Like what we're doing? Want MORE for FREE? Join the Shrug Club at http://patreon.com/shrugclub Theme music by DJ DanarchyBy Audio Wool
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Holiday Special: Wake Up Dead Man - 377 PREVIEW
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This time we are discussing Wake Up Dead Man, the latest Knives Out picture, and its themes of faith, humility, forgiveness, and right-wing assholes in the pulpit. We hope everyone is having a wonderful holiday break! Subscribe here to hear the whole thing!By Ryan Cooper & Alexi the Greek
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Original air date: July 8, 2025. Jessa Crispin is the author of What Is Wrong With Men: Patriarchy, The Crisis of Masculinity, and How (Of Course) Michael Douglas Films Explain Everything, available from Pantheon Books. Jessa's other books include Why I Am Not a Feminist: A Feminist Manifesto, The Dead Ladies Project, and My Three Dads. She is t…
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The devil no doubt has a place in our theology, but is he a category we even think about in the daily events of our lives? Has it ever crossed your mind that not every thought that crosses your mind comes from you? We are being lied to all the time. Yet we never stop to say, "Wait a minute ... who else is speaking here? Where are those ideas coming…
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At 28, Malala Yousafzai is finally finding her way
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At 28, Malala Yousafzai’s life so far has been anything but ordinary. When she was just 15, she was shot by the Taliban on her way to school, targeted for advocating for girls’ rights to education. At 17, she became the youngest person ever to win the Nobel Peace Prize, opening schools and speaking around the world with the Malala Fund. Now Malala …
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[My] labor pains for you ... will continue until Christ is fully developed in your lives. (Galatians 4:19 NLT) And so you’ve celebrated Christmas, the coming of Jesus to this world. And what a thing to celebrate! The entire pageant comes down to this: Jesus took on a genuine humanity. And of course, this late in the Story, I hope it’s nearly imposs…
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Wisdom and Method, a reading by Stan Lai from CreativitRy
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In this episode of 5 Minutes of Peace, we welcome Stan Lai, one of the world’s most acclaimed playwrights and theatre directors. Born in the U.S. and raised in both America and Taiwan, Stan earned his PhD from UC Berkeley and has since written over 40 groundbreaking plays, including A Dream Like a Dream and Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land. He is …
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Peanuts turns 75 and still speaks to the child in all of us
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For 75 years, Charles Schultz’s Peanuts gang has reflected our humor and hope, as well as our struggle to navigate some of life’s everyday curveballs. How is it that the characters he created so poignantly reflect how we experience other people and the world around us? And why do a ragtag group of comic strip kids who debuted in newspapers in 1950 …
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Today on the program, we finish the year by highlighting the top-5 most-listened-to episodes of 2025. Big thanks to everyone who guested and everyone who listens. And a very special thank you to everyone who supports the show on Patreon. Wishing you all a very happy 2026! *** Otherppl with Brad Listi…
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There is of course a story to tell, a wild and redemptive story that has at its center the Gospel of Jesus Christ. For if it is anything at all, the Gospel of Christianity is an offer of restoration. God knows that the human race is in bad shape. He knows our lives are nowhere near what we once dreamed of. He knows what it’s like, living as we all …
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Today, we bring you our holiday epic from last year. When Arnold Schwarzenegger decided he wanted to direct a feature film, the choice of material was obvious: He would remake a 1945 holiday classic. Easier said than done. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Pushkin Industries
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Dr. Eric Topol shares a new vision for living longer and better
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What if the second half of life could be just as healthy, active, and fulfilling as the first? Drawing on the latest science, world-renowned cardiologist and researcher Dr. Eric Topol challenges outdated ideas about aging and reveals how factors like exercise, sleep, social connection and cutting-edge AI tools can help us extend not just our lifesp…
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Life wins. Sometimes now, especially if we will pray. But life wins fully, and very soon. Just as we must fix our eyes on Jesus when we pray, we must also fix our hearts on this one undeniable truth: life will win. When you know that unending joy is about to be yours, you live with an unshakable confidence it will almost be a swagger. You can pray …
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Fang reads Feed a Christmas poem in this non-canon tale. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Madhouse Radio
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Peter Gizzi's "Inness": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye
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Beauty in the eye and a painting by George Inness in this poem by Peter Gizzi.By marmccabe
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Charles Dickens' The Chimes Bedtime Story
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Read in a calm reading or whisper style, this relaxing reading from Charles Dickens' famous story, "The Chimes," will help you fall asleep fast! It is a pleasant story by Charles Dickens, the author famous for A Christmas Carol, Oliver Twist, and more! In Charles Dickens' "The Chimes," step into the world of Trotty Veck. Witness his soul-stirring e…
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The 'dirtbag' who built Patagonia — and gave it away
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Patagonia is worth billions. But founder Yvon Chouinard never wanted the title of billionaire. From his days as a dirtbag climber to his reluctant role as CEO, Chouinard built one of the world’s most influential outdoor brands — then shocked the business world by giving it all away. Author David Gelles whose biography of Chouinard "Dirtbag Billiona…
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#339 There Will Always Be Conservatives with Emma Vigeland
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Political commentator Emma Vigeland (The Majority Report) joins to share the downsides of right wing media pundits putting on a show, the dwindling shelf life of establishment Republicans, the difference between leftists vs liberals, being critical of your peers, and why men using therapy speech has gotta stop. Follow Emma Vigeland on Instagram & X…
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Today on the program, we'll begin a countdown of the top 10 most-listened-to episodes of 2025. Please note that the countdown will unfold in two installments. Today, we'll be covering #10 through #6, and then on Christmas Day, a breakdown of the top 5 episodes of the year. Happy Holidays to all! Enjoy! *** Otherppl wit…
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FAN FAVORITE: Chowchilla School Bus Kidnapping | Vanished | 1
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In the summer of 1976, three masked gunmen hijack a school bus full of children in rural Chowchilla, California. The twenty-six kids and their bus driver are driven to a quarry and buried alive. Back in town, no one has any idea where the children went, who took them, or why. The local sheriff and the FBI launch a massive manhunt to track down the …
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The gift of presence is a rare and beautiful gift. To come — unguarded, undistracted — and be fully present, fully engaged with whoever we are with at that moment. Have you noticed in reading the Gospels that people enjoyed being around Jesus? They wanted to be near him — to share a meal, take a walk, have a lingering conversation. It was the gift …
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Top 10 Films of 2025 (Pt. 2) with Alison Willmore and Michael Phillips (#1045)
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For the second part of their Top 10 Films of 2025 conversation with Michael Phillips and Vulture critic Alison Willmore, the roundtable gets to the films that made at least two and, in one case, all four of their individual lists. Plus, thoughts on Rob Reiner’s passing, and film-of-the-year picks from Aisha Harris, Scott Tobias, Keith Phipps, Tasha…
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Christmas 2025 Announcement: Thank You For Listening!
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HAPPY HOLIDAYS and MALIGAYANG PASKO, MANIGONG BAGONG TAON! Announcement about the upcoming schedule, other Hi Nay information and extra content, and The Dominus Podcast. Song used: God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen! by the Carol Singers (1917) Hi Nay "Mlem" emote by doodlespaula. - BECOME A PATRON and get bonus audio, art, video, and even bonus episodes…
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What is American cuisine and who gets to define it? Is it barbecue or blueberry pie, hot dogs or lobster rolls, chili or gumbo? American food culture is as complex and complicated as we are. And, in addition to what lands on our plates, there’s everything that comes along with it, from tipping to whether the check should come before dessert. While …
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Now may the God of peace make you holy in every way, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless until our Lord Jesus Christ comes again. (1 Thessalonians 5:23 NLT) I absolutely love this verse; I love the hope of my entire being made pure by the Spirit of God. I realize that holiness is a word with a lot of baggage for many peopl…
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The dumbest people in politics are always going on about how we need more "debate" between various factions. But Stanford political scientist James Fishkin has a much more sophisticated argument that actual deliberation--not cable news morons shouting at each other--has a vital role to play in democratic functioning, and has actually carried out se…
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Carla Kaplan is the author of Troublemaker: The Fierce, Unruly Life of Jessica Mitford (Harper Books). Kaplan is an award-winning professor and writer who holds the Stanton W. and Elisabeth K. Davis Distinguished Professorship in American Literature at Northeastern University. She has published seven books, including Zora Neale Hurston: A Life in L…
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I was thumbing through a Williams-Sonoma catalog. It calls itself "a catalog for cooks," but really, it's a catalog of the life we wish we had. Everything is beautiful, delicious, elegant. The kitchens portrayed are immaculate — there are no messes. Cooking there would be a joy. The tables are sumptuous with their beautiful china place settings, wi…
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Fair Labor Standards in the United States: A Conversation With Constitutional Law Expert John Fliter
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Dr John Fliter, author of U.S. vs. Darby Lumber Co.: The Triumph of Fair Labor Standards (University Press of Kansas, 2025), is our guest today. The interview covers the history of the struggle for fair labor standards in the US, the Fair Labor Standards Act, and the state of labor today. Get in on everything we do: https://patreon.com/maurinacadem…
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#338 The Trump-Kennedy Center and Other Things The Two Should Have in Common (Patreon Excerpt)
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In this Patreon exclusive excerpt, Gianmarco and Russell share the downsides of Trump renaming the Kennedy Center, and turning the presidential ‘Walk of Fame’ into his own personal Burn Book. Watch the full episode exclusively on Patreon, and join for only $5 a month: https://www.patreon.com/downside --- This is a Headgum podcast. Follow Headgum on…
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One of the most remarkable things about human beings is how resilient we can be. The Primal Drive for Life can accomplish impressive things. Saint John took his suffering and brought forth beauty; Nelson Mandela survived twenty-seven years of imprisonment and brought forth forgiveness. Yet one of the most surprising things about human beings is how…
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In 2025, music fans got Bad Bunny, Taylor Swift – and AI.
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From Bad Bunny’s massive streaming numbers to Taylor Swift’s “The Life of a Showgirl,” 2025 electrified music fans across the globe. There was a wild card this year, though – AI. As artificial intelligence continues to push the music industry into strange new territory, how might it impact what we call music? USA TODAY National Music Reporter Melis…
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