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Action Film Face-Off

Longbox Crusade Network

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Two films enter. One film leaves. Action Film Face-Off is a show where the Alberich brothers - two brothers who are both military combat veterans - are each assigned a random year between 1970 and present. Each brother then brings an action film from their year to the show. The two films are then compared and contrasted by the Alberich boys, and one film will be crowned that episode's champion. Part of the Longbox Crusade Podcast Network
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WAX CHATTY with D, MUCK & TATTY

Mac Brydon, William Tatlock Green, & Diánna Martin

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WELCOME, music lovers! WAX CHATTY brings together three dear friends who listen to an album - chew on it - then gather to have a lively discussion about it - while having a whole lotta fun in the process. Our tastes are varied and our music selections span a myriad of genres and decades. All of our selections can be found on Apple Music, Spotify, Discogs, YouTube, and most places you find your ear candy, as well as good old-fashioned brick-and-mortar music stores. Please rate us and hit "sub ...
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History That Doesn't Suck

Prof. Greg Jackson

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HTDS is a bi-weekly podcast, delivering a legit, seriously researched, hard-hitting survey of American history through entertaining stories. To keep up with History That Doesn’t Suck news, check us out htdspodcast.com or follow on Facebook and Instagram: @Historythatdoesntsuck. Become a premium member to support our work, receive ad-free episodes and bonus episodes. Take a special VIP cruise with Prof. Jackson May 18-22, 2026 Go to surfshark.com/HTDS or use code HTDS for 4 extra months of Su ...
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Panic: Queer True Crime, a podcast, and youtube channel featuring stories about the life and death of queer folks. To watch any of the true-crime episodes, join me at Panic on YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCK4r13FF8ExLGbhfSH6i4hw A little bit about Panic. I created this true-crime channel to focus on the life and death of queer folk. I called the channel Panic because, for much more of the recorded history of LGBTQ+ people, there's always been a panic. The primary focus of the ch ...
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Are you ready to embark on an inspiring and informative journey alongside Dietrich Bonhoeffer - one of the most courageous people in modern history? In this audio documentary series, we'll dive deep into the life of the German theologian who dared to stand against the Nazi regime. From his early days as a passionate scholar to his evolution into a bold leader of the Confessing Church, we'll trace Bonhoeffer's path as he wrestled with the moral and ethical challenges of his time. You'll disco ...
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Black History Mini Docs Podcast

Reed R. McCants, Neema Barnette,

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Black History Mini Docs expands its social media and web content with the BHMD Podcast series. Legendary award winning producer/director Neema Barnette along with her husband, filmmaker/actor Reed R. McCants have been offering their mini history lessons for 11 years and are available on most social media platforms. Black History Mini Docs Podcast are hosted by a variety of guest host including Barnette and McCants. #BHMD Podcast has joined the BuzzSprout family of Podcasters and you can list ...
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The Oasis with A. Haqq Islam is a weekly podcast hosted by music industry veteran A. Haqq Islam, featuring intimate and refreshing conversations on the impact of Islam in music, sports, fashion, film, politics, technology, Hip Hop culture and more. This podcast seeks to challenge the stereotypical views of Muslims domestically and internationally while introducing the world to Muslims and followers of Islam who are impacting the culture and breaking barriers.
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A glass of wine, a delicious bite, and fascinating conversations with exceptional authors! Join Ocean House owner, actress, and bestselling author Deborah Goodrich Royce for this ongoing series which brings you the best and the brightest of the literary world in a spectacular setting overlooking the sea.
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Sistahs Connect®

Kimberly Sumpter

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Sistahs Connect® features conversations with inspiring Black women whom host Kimberly Sumpter has met and admired on her life's journey. This podcast shines a light on their unique experiences, offering wisdom and life lessons they've learned along the way. Rooted in positivity and purpose, each episode is a testament to the strength, resilience, and brilliance of her amazing guests.
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We would like to introduce you to our podcast series, Voices From The Choir: Oh Happy Day Reflections. I will be your host for these nine episodes as we hear the personal stories from some of the original members of the Northern California State Youth Choir of the Church of God in Christ. As they reflect on their amazing journey in 1969 singing in the State Youth Choir. After recording an album to raise money to travel to a church choir competition, things change when one of the songs broke ...
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Stance is an independent award-winning arts, culture and current affairs podcast run by New York based journalist and curator Chrystal Genesis. An episode is released on the 1st of every month. Stance is produced by Chrystal Genesis, Zara Martin and Saskia Sewell. stancepodcast.com @stancepodcast Guests so far include musicians Four Tet, Jamila Woods, Róisín Murphy, Amber Mark, Caribou, Kaytranada, Jessie Ware, Tricky and Nao, authors Yaa Gyasi, Sayaka Murata, Elif Shafak & Valeria Luiselli, ...
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Jeanine Hays and Bryan Mason are the founders of AphroChic, a brand focused on celebrating the history and cultures of the African Diaspora through modern media and design. Following the release of their bestselling book, AphroChic: Celebrating the Legacy of the Black Family Home, hailed as “one of the most important design books of our time,” the couple is expanding the conversation on Black life. Hosted from the library of their AphroFarmhouse, each month Hays and Mason sit down with creat ...
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Pure Love Pies is more than a bakery — it’s a story of faith, family, and self-determination. In this episode, Haqq sit's down with the owner of Pure Love Pies, a Muslim-owned bakery known for its legendary navy bean pie, a dish deeply rooted in Black Muslim history. Popularized through the Nation of Islam and the teachings of Elijah Muhammad, bean…
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Thirty years ago, David Remnick published “The Devil Problem,” a Profile of the religion scholar Elaine Pagels—a scholar of early Christianity who had also, improbably, become a best-selling author with “The Gnostic Gospels,” from 1979. Pagels’s latest book, “Miracles and Wonder: The Historical Mystery of Jesus,” is a summation of her lifetime of r…
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Action Film Face-Off Episode 88: Red Sun (1971) vs Assassination (1987) Welcome to the 88th episode of Action Film Face-Off! Our randomizer - set to pick years in the range of 1970-2024 - selected 1971 & 1987, so here are our contestants: Red Sun (1971) vs Assassination (1987) Who will win BRONSONFEST? Find out as they battle for 6 rounds in our vi…
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Across the country, data centers that run A.I. programs are being constructed at a record pace. A large percentage of them use chips built by the tech colossus Nvidia. The company has nearly cornered the market on the hardware that runs much of A.I., and has been named the most valuable company in the world, by market capitalization. But Nvidia’s i…
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“This year very few Hanukkah candles were lit.” / “This is a strange Christmas Eve.” This is the story of 1941’s wartime holiday season. It’s difficult to conjure up a more miserable picture than the Warsaw Ghetto, but Jewish residents are doing their best to stay close to their faith in spite of the dismal circumstances. In a sermon that draws par…
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Send us a text Join us on the Black History Mini Docs Podcast as we delve into the incredible life of Madam C.J. Walker, the first female self-made millionaire in America. 💪🏾 Through her innovative beauty products and entrepreneurial spirit, Walker broke barriers and transformed the lives of countless African American women. 👩🏾‍🦱✨ In this episode, …
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The Republican Susan Collins has held one of Maine’s Senate seats for nearly thirty years, and Democrats, in trying to take it away from her, have a lot at stake. Graham Platner, a combat veteran, political activist, and small-business owner who has never served in office, seemed to check many boxes for a progressive upstart. Platner, who says he a…
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From Sudan to Stardom: This episode features a conversation with Alsarah, the East African retro-pop artist, poet, whose journey from Khartoum to musical success is as inspiring as her soulful sound. She opens up about her roots in Sudan, navigating cultural identity as a Muslim, and how her family's resilience shaped her creative path. Discover ho…
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Gabrielle Calvocoressi’s most recent collection, “The New Economy,” was a finalist for the National Book Award for Poetry this year, and one of their poems was included in “A Century of Poetry in The New Yorker,” an anthology volume published this year on the occasion of the publication’s hundredth anniversary. The magazine’s poetry editor, Kevin Y…
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In the course of his long career, Leon Panetta was a lieutenant in the Army, a congressman from California, Bill Clinton’s White House chief of staff, Barack Obama’s director of the C.I.A., and later, his Secretary of Defense. David Remnick talks with Panetta about the current Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, the legality of the ongoing Navy str…
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In this episode of The Oasis, Haqq sits down with Yamu Camara, data scientist turned 7 figure real estate investor and Co Founder of DeenVest Capital. Yamu walks us through her early beginnings in Gambia, where she dealt with abuse and ostracization to landing a fellowship in America and becoming a 7 figure real estate investor. If you are interest…
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This year marked a hundred years since the birth of The New Yorker, and a documentary about the magazine’s past and present, “The New Yorker at 100,” is now streaming on Netflix. The director is the Academy Award winner Marshall Curry, and Judd Apatow served as an executive producer. They sat down to talk about the process behind the film with Jela…
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What is up, Theology Nerds! This one's a banger. At Theology Beer Camp 2025, I got to sit down with an EPIC braintrust of Bonhoeffer scholars—Jeff Pugh, Lori Brandt Hale, Reggie Williams, and Andy Root—for a panel that went deep into Dietrich's life, his communities, and why his witness matters more now than ever. We wrestled with how Bonhoeffer's …
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“Man your battle stations! This is no sh*t!” This is the story of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. It’s 7:55 on Sunday morning, December 7, 1941. 183 Japanese aircraft descend on the United States Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Sailors awaken to a nightmare as “Battleship Row” becomes a graveyard, hundreds of US planes are destroyed withou…
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Chloé Zhao was the second woman to ever win an Oscar for Best Director, for her 2020 film “Nomadland.” After taking a wide turn to create the Marvel supernatural epic “Eternals,” Zhao has taken another intriguing change of direction with “Hamnet,” based on Maggie O’Farrell’s novel about how William Shakespeare coped with the death of his only son. …
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As a California congressman, Adam Schiff was the lead manager during the first impeachment proceedings against Donald Trump. He later served on the January 6th committee. Trump has castigated him as “Shifty Schiff” and demanded that the Justice Department investigate him. In a conversation with David Remnick, Schiff discusses the current inquiry in…
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This episode of The Oasis features a candid and enriching conversation with Ishmael Muhammad and India Y. Ali, a power couple whose journey began during a spiritual pilgrimage to Umrah. From their first meeting in Mecca to their heartfelt three-hour conversation in Egypt, they share how their love blossomed into a beautiful partnership. Growing up …
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Send us a text 🎸 **Exploring the Legacy of Jimi Hendrix** 🎶 Did you know that legendary guitar, Jimi Hendricks served in the military? Wanna know more! Click on the link below to watch or listen to our podcast! Join us in this captivating episode of **Black History Mini Docs Podcast**, where we dive into the extraordinary life and musical genius of…
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The Wax Chatty trio falls down a chimney and into the holiday spirit as they are whisked back to 1953 with Eartha Kitt's sultry "Santa Baby". - - - - - Thanks for listening to Wax Chatty! If you had fun listening to this episode, please subscribe, rate, and review us on whatever platform you choose to enjoy your ear candy! Lookin' forward to next t…
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The filmmaker Noah Baumbach can recall when he may have fallen out of love with his craft. He was shooting “White Noise,” based on Don DeLillo’s novel, “on a deserted highway in Ohio at 4 A.M. with a rain machine.” “Oh, God, I don’t know that I like doing this,” he recalls thinking. “Am I doing this”—making movies—“only because I do it?” He channel…
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In his latest novel, Ian McEwan imagines a future world after a century’s worth of disasters. The good news in “What We Can Know” is that humanity still exists, which McEwan calls “nuanced optimism.” He and David Remnick discuss the tradition of the big-themed social novel, which has gone out of literary fashion—“rather too many novels,” McEwan the…
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Shareef Abdul Malik, Entrepreneur, community leader, and a man whose faith guides his every move. This episode features a conversation with Shareef Abdul Malik as he discusses how Islam and cultural identity have shaped his inspiring entrepreneurial journey. From starting We Buy Black to evolving into Naspora, Malik shares how his passion for uplif…
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Artist Brittney Leanne Williams joins Chrystal Genesis to talk about her evocative figurative work, where architecture, landscape, and color blur together, and the body opens into a space of transcendence, memory, revelation, suffering and the mystical. Based in Los Angeles and born in Pasadena, Brittney has steadily built a reputation as one of to…
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Only thirty per cent of the American public identifies with the MAGA movement, according to a recent NBC poll, but that coalition remains intensely loyal to Donald Trump in the face of scandals and authoritarian measures. Defections seem rare and come with the risk of reprisal, even from the President himself. Rich Logis is trying to make them less…
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“To be perfectly frank, the ways you and I look at the Chinese are fundamentally different. You seem to think of them as human, but I see them as pigs.” This is the origin story of the Empire of the Rising Sun. After an uninvited visit from one Commodore Matthew Perry and his four black ships, Japan opens its doors to the wider world, ending seven …
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At first glance, these stories might seem disparate in time, history, and gender—but they aren't at all. From resistance to bar raids, arrests, and harassment long before Stonewall, to hate crime murders and legal defenses ratified in courts across the world, until gay panic could no longer be sustained as a murder rationale. Each one of these stor…
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Action Film Face-Off Episode 87: Ninja III: The Domination (1984) vs In Hell (2003) Welcome to the 87th episode of Action Film Face-Off! Our randomizer - set to pick years in the range of 1970-2024 - selected 1984 & 2003, so here are our contestants: Ninja III: The Domination (1984) vs In Hell (2003) Who will win - Special K or JCVD? Find out as th…
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Both major parties are experiencing a crisis of leadership in Washington. President Trump’s flip-flopping on the Epstein files acknowledges that, on this issue, at least, he has lost control of MAGA. For the Democrats, the collapse of their consensus on the government shutdown deepens a sense that the current leadership is ineffective. For all the …
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Step into this heartfelt episode of The Oasis where Haqq sit's down with Kadjahtou Balde, the passionate force behind Modify Thrift- A Harlem based pre love thrift shop. Kadjahtou's story begins long before she ever opened her own shop—it starts with her father, a Harlem staple who ran his store in the neighborhood for years. When she stepped in to…
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The curator Thelma Golden is a major presence in New York City’s cultural life, having mounted era-defining exhibitions such as “Black Male” and “Freestyle” early on in her career. Golden is the Ford Foundation director and chief curator of the Studio Museum in Harlem, an institution, founded in 1968, that is dedicated to contemporary artists of th…
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Join us as Ocean House owner and award-winning author Deborah Goodrich Royce moderates a conversation with our featured author, Wilbur Ross, former U.S. Secretary of Commerce. About the Author: Wilbur L. Ross, Jr. served as Secretary of Commerce in the Trump administration following 55 years of experience in investment banking and private equity. I…
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Send us a text Watch on Youtube 👉 https://youtu.be/ZUnmzd_k1Pk 🎙️ **Welcome to the Black History Mini Docs Podcast!** 🎙️ Chinua Achebe: The Voice of Nations In this episode, we explore the life and legacy of **Chinua Achebe**, the father of modern African literature. Born in Nigeria in 1930, Achebe's powerful storytelling challenged the Western nar…
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When President Donald Trump began his tariff rollout, the business world predicted that his unprecedented attempt to reshape the economy would lead to a major recession, if Trump went through with it all. But the markets stabilized and, in recent months, have continued to surge. That has some people worried about an even bigger threat: that overinv…
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In this episode Bilal and Shaeeda stars of 90 Day Fiancé and friends to the room, open up about what it really takes to create balance in modern relationships. From navigating gender roles and cultural expectations to elevating each other in marriage and family life, they share how mutual support and understanding can transform a partnership. Groun…
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Join us as Ocean House owner and award-winning author Deborah Goodrich Royce moderates a conversation with our featured author, Lisa Genova, a N.Y. Times bestselling author. About the Author: Lisa Genova graduated valedictorian, summa cum laude, from Bates College with a degree in Biopsychology and has a Ph.D. in Neuroscience from Harvard Universit…
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Patti Smith’s album “Horses” came out fifty years ago, on November 10, 1975, launching her to stardom almost overnight. An anniversary reissue came out this year, to rapturous reviews. Yet being a rock star was never Smith’s intention: she was a published poet before “Horses” came out, and had also written a play with Sam Shepard. Music was an afte…
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Professor Greg Jackson sits down with legendary documentary filmmaker Ken Burns and his co-producer Sarah Botstein to discuss their newest film series, The American Revolution plus a conversation about their 2007 WWII series, The War. Ken and Sarah’s latest endeavor about the American War for Independence has been in production for nearly a decade,…
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Send us a text Join us in this compelling episode of our Black History Mini Docs Podcast as we explore the incredible life of Cathay Williams, the first African American woman known to have served in the United States Army. Born into slavery, Williams defied societal norms and fought for her freedom in the midst of the Civil War. In this radio play…
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Few Democratic officials have been more outspoken in opposition to the Trump Administration than J. B. Pritzker, the governor of Illinois. He seems almost to relish antagonizing Trump, who has suggested Pritzker should be in jail. Meanwhile, ICE and Border Patrol have targeted Chicago, and elsewhere in Illinois, with immigration sweeps more aggress…
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This episode features a heartfelt conversation with Imam Khalid Latif, the visionary leader of the Islamic Center of New York City. Known for his groundbreaking work in interfaith dialogue and community development, Imam Khalid shares his transformative journey from a third culture kid with Kashmiri roots to becoming a leading advocate for spiritua…
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The Wax Chatty gang-o-three drops the needle on 1971's Harlem River Drive - the exuberant funk-fusion driven slapper of an album lead by brothers Charlie and Eddie Palmieri. - - - - - Stax and Motown had their funk - Eddie brought his rice and beans and collard greens funk. - - - - - Thanks for listening to Wax Chatty! If you had fun listening to t…
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The New Yorker contributing writer Heidi Blake has been investigating a new story for the Pulitzer Prize-winning podcast In the Dark. This season is about one of the most notorious crimes in modern British history: the Whitehouse Farm murders, in which five members of a family were killed at a rural estate in England in the mid-nineteen-eighties. J…
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Today Professor Jackson tells the story of Eleanor Roosevelt’s “Over Our Coffee Cups” weekly radio show. Starting in the fall of 1941, the First Lady took to the airwaves with this cafe-style program to provide information and comfort as the nation began mobilizing for war. This short story is an example of the extras you can get as an HTDS premium…
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On March 16th, 1973, three members of the Schallock family were found dead in their driveway as their home burned behind them. This episode explores the tragic descent of Brent William Bedayan, a former athlete whose treatment of schizophrenia couldn't prevent the devastating, violent outcome. Discover how the defense relied on the discredited psyc…
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Send us a text 🎙️ **Welcome to Black History Mini Docs Podcast!** 🌍 In this episode, we delve into the haunting chapter of the **Wilmington Massacre of 1898**—a pivotal moment in American history that highlights the struggles and resilience of the African American community. Join us as we explore the events leading up to the violence, the impact on…
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Jon Stewart has been a leading figure in political comedy since before the turn of the millennium. But compared to his early years on Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show”—when Stewart was merciless in his attacks on George W. Bush’s Administration—these are much more challenging times for late-night comedians. Jimmy Kimmel nearly lost his job over a r…
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Action Film Face-Off - Horror Film Face-Off 2025 Episode 86: Trilogy of Terror (1975) vs V/H/S/94 (2021) Welcome to the 86th episode- HALLOWEEN SPECIAL - Horror Film Face-Off! Our randomizer - set to pick years in the range of 1970-2024 - selected 1975 & 2021, so here are our contestants: Trilogy of Terror (1975) vs V/H/S/94 (2021) Who will win - K…
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Step into the inspiring story of Julian “J Rock” Williams in this episode of The Oasis. From the streets of Philadelphia to becoming a world champion boxer, Julian opens up about how his passion for boxing began at just 12 years old—and how his faith in Islam has shaped every step of his journey. This powerful conversation dives into Julian’s drive…
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“Sometimes a term is so apt, its meaning so clear and so relevant to our circumstances, that it becomes more than just a useful buzzword and grows to define an entire moment,” the columnist Kyle Chayka writes, in a review of Cory Doctorow’s book “Enshittification.” Doctorow, a prolific tech writer, is a co-founder of the tech blog Boing Boing, and …
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Send us a text Join us as we delve into the rich history of Smalls' Paradise, the legendary nightclub that stood at the heart of Harlem from the Roaring Twenties through the turbulent times of the 1970s. Discover how Ed Smalls transformed a simple basement into a sanctuary of creativity, where jazz, soul, and R&B flourished and cultural boundaries …
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