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Helping Indigenous followers of Jesus Christ live biblically healthy lives in the context of their cultures and communities.
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Life is freaking hard. We are all doing hard things every single day – things like loving and losing; caring for children and parents; forging and ending friendships; battling addiction, illness, and loneliness; struggling in our jobs, our marriages, and our divorces; setting boundaries; and fighting for equality, purpose, freedom, joy, and peace. On We Can Do Hard Things, Glennon Doyle, author of UNTAMED; her wife Abby Wambach; and her sister Amanda Doyle do the only thing they’ve found tha ...
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Using her expertise as a seasoned literature professor, Linda M. Morra develops provocative, timely insights about books from Canada and elsewhere to show why stories are relevant for all of us. Hosted and written by Linda Morra. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Australian Book Lovers is on a mission is to bring fabulous Australian and Indigenous literature from all genres to book lovers around the globe, as well as fantastic resources and information for passionate authors looking to write their next bestseller. Visit www.australianbooklovers.com to learn more!
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Join award-winning host Pam Palmater, Mi’kmaw lawyer, author & activist, as she shares the stories of Indigenous warriors and activists on the front lines of protecting Indigenous lands, peoples, and cultures.
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In Native Lights, people in Native communities around Mni Sota Mkoce - a.k.a. Minnesota - tell their stories about finding their gifts and sharing them with the community. These are stories of joy, strength, history, and change from Native people who are shaping the future and honoring those who came before them. Native Lights is also a weekly, half-hour radio program hosted by Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe members and siblings, Leah Lemm and Cole Premo. Native Lights is a space for people in Na ...
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Since 2019, ZLORD presents unedited ideas about the human thirst for exploring Life, Love, Spirit, Oneness, including inner and outer Adventures: finding Magic in the challenges of mundane existence. teZa Lord speaks mostly solo in Season 3. Previous seasons are conversations between the 35+ years-married Lords: visionary author-artist teZa, a lifelong yogi and mystic; and feature filmmaker Carter, a committed mystical Christian. Their conversations focus on non-political, unconditional lovi ...
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Earth911's Mitch Ratcliffe interviews activists, authors, entrepreneurs and changemakers working to accelerate the transition to a sustainable, post-carbon society. You have more power to improve the world than you know! Listen in to get started saving the planet!
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Writing the West is a podcast for readers who love the West. From CJ Box to Anne Hillerman, we host some of today's top authors of the West. From the stories behind the stories to translating the West into written words, to their favorite characters, TV shows, and beyond, Writing the West gives you the access to the authors and books you love. Writing the West is a publication of Cowboys & Indians Magazine.
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Shamans Sandra Ingerman and Renee Baribeau have found that they enjoy speaking to each other and sharing inspiration and healing stories to keep us focused on our spiritual practice during this turbulent time on the planet.The Shamans Cave is a dedicated circle of shamanic practitioners who desire to contribute their unique gifts in behalf of all of life! This is a time to share strong ceremonial work and shamanic practices in our local communities. Shamanism is a practice that was tribal. A ...
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This podcast series is hosted by Dr Marnee Shay and Professor Rhonda Oliver who are the editors of a new strengths based text book about Indigenous education published by Routledge 'Indigenous Education in Australia Learning and Teaching for Deadly Futures'. The podcast explores different topics about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education with chapter authors; a diverse group of Indigenous and non-Indigenous Elders, scholars and educators. Front cover artwork by Aunty Denise Proud
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This podcast is discussing books that talk about anything indigenous related, and books by authors who are indigenous. Cover art photo provided by Frankie K. on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/@frankie_k
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Hosted by Ryan Warner and Chandra Thomas Whitfield, CPR News' daily interview show focuses on the state's people, issues and ideas.
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Peter Hayward, Editor-in-Chief, and Adrian Gonzalez-Lopez, Senior Editor at The Lancet HIV, in conversation with the journal’s authors, explore their latest research and its impact on people’s health, healthcare, and health policy. A monthly audio companion to the journal, this podcast covers a broad range of topics, from treatments of children with HIV to COVID-19 and chemsex, the experiences of HIV among global Indigenous populations to intimate partner violence and women with HIV, and more.
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An indigenous book by an indigenous author. Cover art photo provided by Andrew Ridley on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/@aridley88
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For decades, Dr. Anita Sanchez, Nahuatl (Aztec/Toltec) and Mexican American, has committed herself to bridging indigenous wisdom and science for individual, business, and societal renewal. Drawing on her indigenous life experience and inner-city origins, Anita is a messenger of the Eagle Hoop Prophecy and gifts: forgiving the unforgiveable, healing, unity, and hope in action. A renowned consultant, trainer, coach, and speaker, she focuses on cultural transformation, leadership, diversity, in ...
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Social Justice & Activism - The Creative Process - Activists, Environmental, Indigenous Groups, Artists and Writers Talk Diversity, Equity and inclusion
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Social Justice & Activism episodes of the popular The Creative Process podcast. We speak to activists, environmental organizations, indigenous groups, artists, writers & others who have devoted their life to making a difference. Exploring the fascinating minds of creative people. Conversations with writers, artists & creative thinkers across the Arts & STEM. We discuss their life, work & artistic practice. Winners of Oscar, Emmy, Tony, Pulitzer, leaders & public figures share real experience ...
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The Origins Podcast features in-depth conversations with some of the most interesting people in the world about the issues that impact all of us in the 21st century. Host, theoretical physicist, lecturer, and author, Lawrence M. Krauss, will be joined by guests from a wide range of fields, including science, the arts, and journalism. The topics discussed on The Origins Podcast reflect the full range of the human experience - exploring science and culture in a way that seeks to entertain, edu ...
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Join author and founder of the Center for Wild Spirituality, Victoria Loorz, as she explores the possibilities of restoring beloved community and sacred conversation with All That Is: human and more-than-human.
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Eat Your Heartland Out is a series dedicated to highlighting the rich, yet often overlooked, culinary depth of the American Midwest. Food is the storyteller while host Capri S. Cafaro serves as your audio tour guide through this region spanning 12 states. The show aims to weave a tapestry of cultural diversity, immigration history, migration patterns and agricultural variations in each episode. Expect to gain new insights about Midwestern foodways through compelling interviews with historian ...
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The Aubrey Marcus Podcast is a destination for honest and vulnerable conversations about the deeper questions in life. The show blends humor with gravity and levity with depth, as we explore mindset, psychedelics, holistic health, spirituality, entrepreneurship, and relationship. Aubrey Marcus is the founder of the globally disruptive human optimization brand Onnit, the donation based coaching platform Fit For Service, and is the New York Times bestselling author of Own the Day, Own your Lif ...
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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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The Age of Aquarius. The Dawn of a New Era. The “Shift”…. Whatever you want to call it, we are living in a time full of both promise and challenge. Join author, Eric Rankin and Community Connector, Michelle Anderson as they delve into any number of topics: From spirituality to energy medicine to dolphin intelligence to ancient aliens, no subject is too far outside of the box to discuss. In 2010, Eric’s bestselling novel “The Aquarians” became Amazon’s 2nd highest rated science fiction title, ...
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Jill Featherstone is an author, University professor, motivational speaker, workshop facilitator, and proud wife, mother & grandmother. Empowering Indigenous young people is always on the forefront of whatever she is doing, and whether it’s through workshops, podcasting or speaking at events, Jill is always in search of ways to reach people on a larger scale.
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Talk Radio Europe is Spain's only English speaking talk radio network broadcasting On-fm throughout the Costa del Sol, Costa Blanca, Costa Calida, Mallorca, and Ibiza, On-line at tre.radio (https://www.talkradioeurope.com) …and On-mobile via our TRE Radio App (https://www.talkradioeurope.com/tre-radio-apps/) + TuneIn Radio (https://tunein.com/radio/Talk-Radio-Europe-919-s132639/) . Programme content is news and information based. TRE broadcasts our own Spanish news service in English, and ap ...
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Author of Custodians the book. Vincent also hosts the Custodians Podcast where he shares insights from Science, Indigenous Wisdom and the Natural world including amazingly positive projects that are already happening around the world.
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Holding the Fire: Indigenous Voices on the Great Unraveling
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Indigenous thought leaders offer their unique perspectives on this moment of shared crises, the consequence of global industrialized society having been built on extraction, colonialism, perpetual growth, and overexploitation of nature. Award-winning journalist and author Dahr Jamail hosts in-depth interviews with leaders from around the world to uncover Indigenous ways of reckoning with environmental and societal breakdown. If you’re concerned about climate change, species extinctions, loss ...
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AlishaDas.com - Live Your Love, Heal, Learn, Transform with Alisha Das Show and Influencer Guests. Awaken more to your divine nature so you live a happier, richer, more love-filled life as Alisha connects you to transformational leaders, artists and best-selling authors such as Marianne Williamson (A Return to Love), Dr John Gray (Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus), Marci Shimoff (6 Chicken Soup for the Women’s Soul books and Happy for No Reason), Alison Armstrong (The Queen’s Code), K ...
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Sex Birth Trauma with Kimberly Ann Johnson
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Cutting-edge, pioneering conversations on holistic women's health, including sex, birth, motherhood, womanhood, intimacy and trauma with doula, certified Sexological Bodyworker, Somatic Experiencing practitioner, and author of Call of the Wild and the Fourth Trimester, Kimberly Ann Johnson.
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A podcast #PoweredbyJNF where we’ll be sharing with you stories of interesting people doing fascinating work all over Israel.
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Welcome to the Goddess Divine Podcast! My name is Deanna - I am a teacher, author of Awakening the Psychic Self and Higher Self Oracle, Reiki Master, and Divine Goddess practitioner. Join me as I: Unveil the stories of goddesses from across time and cultures. From the fierce warrior queens of Celtic lore to the all-encompassing Mother Earth of indigenous traditions, we'll explore the diverse tapestry of the divine feminine. Dive deep into the archetypes and energies these goddesses embody. W ...
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The Audio Long Read podcast is a selection of the Guardian’s long reads, giving you the opportunity to get on with your day while listening to some of the finest longform journalism the Guardian has to offer, including in-depth writing from around the world on current affairs, climate change, global warming, immigration, crime, business, the arts and much more. The podcast explores a range of subjects and news across business, global politics (including Trump, Israel, Palestine and Gaza), mo ...
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Kollibri terre Sonnenblume is a writer, photographer, tree hugger, animal lover and dissident, who blogs regularly at Macska Moksha Press. Topics include ecology, politics, media, agriculture, wildtending, indigenous issues, sexuality and consciousness.
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Curiosity alone won't change the world, but going Beyond Curious™ will. The people that shape society are the explorers — the brave adventurers willing to take a voyage into the unknown to satisfy their curiosity, fulfill their purpose, and bring their ideas to life. This show is for those people. The ones that are relentlessly curious about themselves, their impact, their potential, the people they love, and the world around them. The ones who CONSTANTLY ask themselves, “What if…”, “I wonde ...
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Editors at The Lancet Healthy Longevity, in conversation with the journal’s authors, explore their latest research and its impact on people’s health, healthcare, and health policy. A monthly audio companion to this open access journal, this podcast covers a broad range of topics, from dementia prevention to older people in the criminal justice system, the haematological malignancies in older people to the link between physical activity, sleep duration, and cognitive ageing, and more.
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The Red Review, brought to you by Socialist Action, brings the revolutionary struggle in Canada to life with street recordings, interviews, and deep analysis. Every three months, The Red Review releases seasonal analysis on the most important struggles in Canada and internationally, from struggles for Indigenous self-determination to resisting Canada imperialism. In between, we interview community organizers, authors, politicians, and unionists.
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Sourik Ghosh is a professional voice artist and won the title of Best RJ 2021 at Global RJ Hunt in both Indigenous and Foreign category, recognised from All India Radio, Red Fm and Mirchi 98.3 fm. He is also a published writer and has served as the co-author at many national and international Anthologies and Magazines!
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Spiritually Inspired: thought-provoking show that explores spirituality, consciousness, and energy healing
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Spiritually Inspired Podcast is a thought-provoking show that explores spirituality, consciousness, energy healing, and personal transformation. Hosted by Claudiu Murgan, the podcast features deep conversations with spiritual leaders, healers, and visionaries who share their wisdom and experiences. Each episode offers insights into self-discovery, holistic healing, and the unseen forces that shape our lives, inspiring listeners to awaken their true potential and live with greater awareness a ...
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The I Choose Life Podcast documents intimate stories by restorative justice author and consultant Victor Jose Santana. The podcast centers on his experiences as a Black Indigenous Queer Person of Color (BIPOC). Each episode will be written into a chapter that will go into a book. Themes related to the LGBTQ community, mental health, spirituality, healing and wellness are discussed.
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Love is Medicine shares stories and teachings that can transform our lives and how we see the world. The host, Monique Gray Smith is an Indigenous woman of Cree, Lakota and Scottish ancestry. She is an award winning author, and an international speaker whose words and stories will open you up to new worlds.
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Kīwew is a five-part podcast in which Governor General award-winning author David A. Robertson dives into his family's history and mysteries as he discovers and connects with his Cree identity.
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The monthly podcast by Yulia features interviews with Entrepreneurs, Authors, & Creatives. By exploring the idea of living your dream, the show guides listeners on the path to actualizing their true potential. Topics focus on business, diversity, women empowerment, culture, social impact, & STE(A)M. Live your best life while making the world a better place. DNL is also a multi-media company consisting of a Creative Agency + Podcast. Amplifying diversity, social impact, & women empowerment. W ...
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On Motherhood & Memory, Trauma & Survival with Author HALA ALYAN - Highlights
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“I think that it's almost like in some ways the specificity of Palestine also becomes kind of a universality, where you can stay in this specific example because there is something about this experience that makes it specific, right? It's happening because it's been sanctioned to happen in this way. Right? Because you can't slaughter tens of thousa…
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The latest Spanish news headlines in English: May 29th 2025
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TRE's Bob James brings us the latest, breaking Spanish news. TRE is the only broadcaster in Spain to produce and broadcast, twice daily its own, in house, Spanish and local news service in English...and we offer this to you as a resource right here, and on the hour at tre.radio. Oh, and don't forget to tune in for an expanded news, presented by How…
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"We're connected to the lives of every creature on the planet" EIREN CAFFALL - Highlights
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“The more that you have that evolving relationship with the natural world, that's dynamic and alive to the moment you're in, and that's not afraid of the feelings of fear, hopelessness, grief, or pain that attend paying close attention to the world as it is evolving around you, the better we are able to be flexible in the relationship we need to fo…
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Stephen P. Huyler, "Transformed by India: A Life" (iIppa Rann, 2025)
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With a compelling story, wit, insight, and candor, American author Stephen Huyler leads the reader into the heart of India. It is a country and culture he knows and loves well. Beginning with his arrival on his twentieth birthday, he spins tales of a young man's fascination that seasons into a rare relationship that has lasted half a century. Few f…
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Maya J. Berry, "Defending Rumba in Havana: The Sacred and the Black Corporeal Undercommons" (Duke UP, 2025)
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In Defending Rumba in Havana: The Sacred and the Black Corporeal Undercommons (Duke University Press, 2025), anthropologist and dancer Maya J. Berry examines rumba as a way of knowing the embodied and spiritual dimensions of Black political imagination in post-Fidel Cuba. Historically a Black working-class popular dance, rumba, Berry contends, is a…
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Amit Ron and Abraham A. Singer, "Everyone's Business: What Companies Owe Society" (U Chicago Press, 2024)
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The ethics of the company in a highly politicized time. Businesses are increasingly social actors. They fund political campaigns, take stances on social issues, and wave the flags of identity groups. As a highly polarized public demands political alignment from the businesses where they spend their money, what's a company to do? Everyone's Business…
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Live from the Underground: A History of College Radio
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Bands like R.E.M., U2, Public Enemy, and Nirvana found success as darlings of college radio, but the extraordinary influence of these stations and their DJs on musical culture since the 1970s was anything but inevitable. As media deregulation and political conflict over obscenity and censorship transformed the business and politics of culture, stud…
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Chris Aslan, "Unravelling the Silk Road: Travels and Textiles in Central Asia" (Icon Books, 2024)
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The Silk Road may be the most famous trade network in history. But the flow of silk from China to the Middle East and Europe isn’t the only textile trade that’s made its mark on Central Asia, the subject of Chris Aslan’s latest book Unravelling the Silk Road: Travels and Textiles in Central Asia (Icon Books, 2024), recently published in paperback. …
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Jeff Nania, "River Gold: A Northern Lakes Mystery" (Feet Wet Writing, 2025)
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In River Gold (Feed Wet Writing, 2025) Sheriff John Cabrelli is pulled into a murder investigation after a nationally known Great Lakes historian is robbed of his briefcase and shot in the leg. When the only suspect is killed in a hit and run, Cabrelli is hard pressed to pick up the threads of his investigation. Every lead about cryptic journals an…
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Nao Tomabechi, "Supervillains: The Significance of Evil in Superhero Comics" (Rutgers UP, 2025)
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Alongside superheroes, supervillains, too, have become one of today’s most popular and globally recognizable figures. However, it is not merely their popularity that marks their significance. Supervillains are also central to superhero storytelling to the extent that the superhero genre cannot survive without supervillains. Bringing together differ…
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S4 E40 Interpretations of the Second Amendment: A Conversation with Joel Alicea
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The Supreme Court’s ruling in 2022 changed the established methodology for evaluating Second Amendment cases. What was the existing methodology, and what does this shift signify for future interpretations? We sit down with Joel Alicea, Professor of Law and Director, the Center for the Constitution and the Catholic Intellectual Tradition at the Colu…
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Thomas Mutch, "The Dogs of Mariupol: Russia's Invasion and the Forging of Ukraine's Iron Generation" (Biteback, 2025)
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In early 2022, as Russian troops massed on Ukraine’s border, Tom Mutch, a freelance war reporter, took a trip to Mariupol to take the temperature of this (then) culturally vibrant port on the Sea of Azov. What stayed with him was the sound of the stray dogs and their "rhythmic and frantic barking, as if they were shouting a warning in unison". With…
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Are You Addicted to Drama? How to Know & How to Fix it with Dr. Scott Lyons
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415. Are You Addicted to Drama? How to Know & How to Fix it with Dr. Scott Lyons Dr. Scott Lyons, a licensed holistic psychologist and author, discusses the concept of drama addiction. He explains the physiological and psychological mechanisms behind this addiction, how to know if you have one, and how we can begin to break free from these cycles. …
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Antonio J. Muñoz, "Hitler's War Against the Partisans During Operation Barbarossa: June 1941 to the Spring of 1942" (Frontline, 2025)
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A detailed history of Nazi anti-partisan warfare on the Eastern Front during Operation Barbarossa. From the start of the war on the Eastern Front, Hitler's Ostheer, his Eastern Army, would wage a vernichtungskrieg, or war of annihilation, in the East. Never before had such a wide-reaching campaign been fought. Preparations for Germany's invasion of…
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May 28, 2025:Investigating 'welfare checks' of migrant children; Colorado Symphony and Lettuce mix it up
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Federal agents have been knocking on doors in Colorado; on the other side of those doors: kids who crossed the border illegally and alone. CPR Justice reporter Allison Sherry brings us her investigation, a story she broke. Then, could the BLM relocate to Colorado, again? Also, the case of a Grand Junction man convicted in deadly pipe bombings; we t…
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Claudia Vargas and Javier Osorio from Spence Clarke and Co Chartered Accountants (24/04/25)…with TRE’s Giles Brown
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Claudia Vargas and Javier Osorio from Spence Clarke and Co Chartered Accountants (24/04/25)…with TRE’s Giles BrownBy TRE - Talk Radio Europe
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All the Water in the World with Writer & Musician EIREN CAFFALL
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“We are in a complex and delicately balanced relationship of connection to everything else on the planet. We begin to recognize, write into, and speak into the complex interdependence and interconnection of every gesture that we make on the planet. Most storytelling that I really respond to, whether it's from my own culture or from previous civiliz…
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The latest Spanish news headlines in English: May 28th 2025
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TRE's Bob James brings us the latest, breaking Spanish news. TRE is the only broadcaster in Spain to produce and broadcast, twice daily its own, in house, Spanish and local news service in English...and we offer this to you as a resource right here, and on the hour at tre.radio. Oh, and don't forget to tune in for an expanded news, presented by How…
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In this week’s podcast Renee and Sandra talk about how on a spiritual level we can keep doing our work to expand and evolve. But if we are in a state of fear and contracting then we are suppressing all the spiritual energy we learned how to raise and this puts an amazing amount of stress on our bodies and nervous system when we are trying to expand…
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Dr Rosa Vasquez Espinoza -The Spirit of the Rainforest: How indigenous wisdom and scientific curiosity reconnects us to the natural world...with TRE's Anna Glowinski
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Mitchell Thomashow, "To Know the World: A New Vision for Environmental Learning" (MIT Press, 2020)
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Why we must rethink our residency on the planet to understand the connected challenges of tribalism, inequity, climate justice, and democracy. How can we respond to the current planetary ecological emergency? In To Know the World: A New Vision for Environmental Learning (MIT Press, 2020), Mitchell Thomashow proposes that we revitalize, revisit, and…
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Gennifer Weisenfeld, "The Fine Art of Persuasion: Corporate Advertising Design, Nation, and Empire in Modern Japan" (Duke UP, 2025)
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Commercial art is more than just mass-produced publicity; it constructs social and political ideologies that impact the public’s everyday life. In The Fine Art of Persuasion: Corporate Advertising Design, Nation, and Empire in Modern Japan (Duke University Press, 2025), Gennifer Weisenfeld examines the evolution of Japanese advertising graphic desi…
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Krista N. Dalton, "How Rabbis Became Experts: Social Circles and Donor Networks in Jewish Late Antiquity" (Princeton UP, 2025)
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At the turn of the common era, the Jewish communities of Roman Palestine saw the organization of a small group of literate Jewish men who devoted their lives to the interpretation and teaching of their sacred ancestral texts. In How Rabbis Became Experts: Social Circles and Donor Networks in Jewish Late Antiquity (Princeton University Press, 2025),…
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Peter Allen, "How to Think about Politics: A Guide in Five Parts" (Oxford UP, 2025)
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What part should politics play in our everyday lives? In How to Think About Politics: A Guide in Five Parts (Oxford University Press, 2025) Peter Allen, a professor of Politics and Co-Director of the Institute for Policy Research at the University of Bath, explores this question across a range of practical and philosophical examples. The book direc…
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Jane Elizabeth Dougherty, "Narrating Irish Female Development, 1916-2018" (Edinburgh UP, 2024)
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Narrating Irish Female Development, 1916-2018 (Edinburgh UP, 2024) studies narratives of Irish female and feminized development, arguing that these postmodern narratives present Irish female maturation as disordered and often deliberately disorderly. The first full-length study of the Irish female coming of age story, the book develops a feminist p…
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Jessica X. Zu, "Just Awakening: Yogācāra Social Philosophy in Modern China" (Columbia UP, 2025)
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Just Awakening: Yogācāra Social Philosophy in Modern China (Columbia University Press, 2025) uncovers a forgotten philosophy of social democracy inspired by Yogācāra, an ancient, nondualistic Buddhist philosophy that claims everything in the perceptible cosmos is mere consciousness and consists of multiple karmically connected yet bounded lifeworld…
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Jaap de Roode, "Doctors by Nature: How Ants, Apes, and Other Animals Heal Themselves" (Princeton UP, 2025)
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Ages before the dawn of modern medicine, wild animals were harnessing the power of nature's pharmacy to heal themselves. Doctors by Nature: How Ants, Apes, and Other Animals Heal Themselves (Princeton University Press, 2025) reveals what researchers are now learning about the medical wonders of the animal world. In this visionary book, Jaap de Rood…
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Caper movies aren’t like others involving criminals: there’s an aesthetic to a caper that’s as important to the thieves as it is to the viewers. Heist is David Mamet’s 2001 caper film that stands as his Singin’ in the Rain—an apt comparison, since “caper” meant “to dance” long before it took on its criminal meaning. Join us for an appreciation of o…
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Keir Giles, "Who Will Defend Europe?: An Awakened Russia and a Sleeping Continent" (Hurst & Co., 2024)
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Who will defend Europe? The answer should be obvious: Europe should be able to defend itself. Yet, for decades, most of the continent enjoyed a defence holiday, outsourcing protection to the United States while banking an increasingly illusory ‘peace dividend’. Now, after three decades of reducing armed forces and drawing down defence industries, E…
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William Haldeman, "Meeting the Moment: Inspiring Presidential Leadership That Transformed America" (SUNY Press, 2024)
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The histories presented in Meeting the Moment: Inspiring Presidential Leadership That Transformed America (SUNY Press, 2024) are of a select group of US presidents, their inspired leadership characteristics, and how they may inspire us today. The traits these presidents possessed were cultivated over a lifetime of lived experience and immortalized …
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