Best Internationals In Denmark Podcasts (2026)

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134 | Navigating Healthcare in Denmark as an International 30:14

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Navigating Denmark’s healthcare system as an international can feel confusing, surprising, and occasionally hilarious, but it doesn’t have to. Derek and Brooke sit down with Dr. Emma, a British pediatrician in Copenhagen, to unpack how the system really works for internationals. They cover why the GP is your main gateway into care, why appointments…

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Best of 2025: ‘A relentless, destructive energy’: inside the trial of Constance Marten and Mark Gordon 1:05:22

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Every Monday and Friday for the rest of December we will publish some of our favourite audio long reads of 2025, in case you missed them, with an introduction from the editorial team to explain why we’ve chosen it. From July: how did the daughter of an aristocrat end up at the Old Bailey with her partner, charged with killing their two-week-old bab…

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Afcon 2025: It’s knockout time 14:57

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A star-studded cast led by Achraf Hakimi, Mohamed Salah and Victor Osimhen switch to knockout fare from Saturday, when the Africa Cup of Nations resumes in Morocco. After 36 matches spread across six groups, the 16 survivors from 24 hopefuls clash in eight second-round matches over four days. Fit-again Hakimi is set to lead title favourites Morocco…

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Best of 2025: ‘What reconciliation? What forgiveness?’: Syria’s deadly reckoning 44:54

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Every Monday and Friday for the rest of December we will publish some of our favourite audio long reads of 2025, in case you missed them, with an introduction from the editorial team to explain why we’ve chosen it. From October: Over a few brutal days in March, as sectarian violence and revenge killings tore through parts of Syria, two friends from…

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138 | What to Expect on a Danish New Year's Eve 31:35

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What should you expect from your first New Year’s Eve in Denmark? Couch-jumping? Royal speeches? Fireworks that feel slightly… unregulated? In this end-of-year episode, Derek and Conrad break down Danish New Year traditions from the perspective of internationals who’ve learned them the hard (and funny) way. From watching the King’s speech at 6 pm a…

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Afcon 2025: Can 'fearless' Victor Osimhen lead Nigeria to glory? 34:42

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Delyth Lloyd is joined by Mani Djazmi, former Sierra Leone captain Steven Caulker and former Nigeria captain William Troost-Ekong to reflect on Nigeria's dramatic 3-2 victory over Tunisia in their second Group C match in Fez. Troost-Ekong provides insight on leading the Super Eagles to the AFCON final in 2024 and gives us the inside track on "fearl…

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🧠🌊 Clearing the Brain: CSF Flow, Sleep, and Neuroimmunity 4:19

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🧠💧 How does the brain clean itself—and defend itself? A landmark Neuron review unifies two once-separate stories: brain waste clearance and immune surveillance. The glymphatic system, powered by CSF flow, sleep, and vascular pulsatility, works hand-in-glove with meningeal lymphatics to clear toxins (β-amyloid, tau) and present brain antigens to the…

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1. Corinthians 8 1 13 (Kristian Bak) 37:03

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About food offered to idols - by really about who God is and who Jesus is and how we are to live in fellowship with one another.By Bethelkirken

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Afcon 2025: Marvellous Mane and finally a win for Benin 15:00

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In this episode Moroccan football journalist Amine El Amri, the BBC’s John Bennett and the former DR Congo captain Gabriel Zakuani discuss the opening week of the tournament. Including Gab’s reaction to his teams draw against Senegal, Benin’s first ever Afcon win at the sixteenth attempt and an injury update on Morocco’s inspirational captain Achra…

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🌱 Slow Starts, Strong Finishes: How Legends Are Really Made 5:38

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🏆 How do world-class performers really develop? A fascinating Science review (Güllich et al., 2025) overturns a deeply held belief: early stars are rarely future legends. Across sports, science, music, and chess, peak performers often showed slower early progress, less early specialization, and more multidisciplinary practice. The lesson is lyrical…

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Aerobic Activity as Precision Cancer Prevention 🏃‍♀️🎯🧬 3:07

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🏃‍♀️ Exercise is not lifestyle advice—it's cancer biology. A landmark analysis of 443,768 adults from the UK Biobank and NHANES shows that regular aerobic physical activity (≈117–500 min/week) is associated with: • 21% lower risk of inflammation-related cancers • 34% lower all-cancer mortality Mechanistically, exercise: 🔬 Reduces chronic low-grade …

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Best of 2025: The human stain remover: what Britain’s greatest extreme cleaner learned from 25 years on the job 32:18

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Every Monday and Friday for the rest of December we will publish some of our favourite audio long reads of 2025, in case you missed them, with an introduction from the editorial team to explain why we’ve chosen it. From October: From murder scenes to whale blubber, Ben Giles has seen it – and cleaned it – all. In their stickiest hours, people rely …

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EU SafeHearts Plan: 🧬💓 From Genes to Gyms, ❤️ Know Your Numbers, ❤️ Stronger Hearts, Smarter Europe, Healthier Lives 5:41

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🫀 Europe puts the heart first. The EU Safe Hearts Plan is a bold, evidence-based roadmap to tackle Europe's leading cause of death—cardiovascular disease—through prevention 🛡️, early detection 🔍, better treatment 🏥, smart digital tools 🤖, and a relentless focus on equity ⚖️. With clear targets (including a 25% reduction in premature cardiovascular …

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Hormones, and Abdominal Pain 🧬🦠🔥 How Estrogen Amplifies Gut Sensitivity in Females 4:54

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🧠🦠 Why does abdominal pain affect women more? Science offers a cellular answer. A new Science study uncovers an estrogen-tuned gut pain circuit in which peptide YY–secreting enteroendocrine cells activate serotonin-releasing cells, sensitizing gut sensory nerves—especially in females. Hormones, microbes, and diet converge locally in the colon to am…

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Afcon 2025: Super Eagles fly high in Fez 15:00

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Lee James is joined by John Bennett, former Nigeria international Seyi Olofinjana and former South Africa captain Dean Furman to reflect on Nigeria's 2-1 victory over Tanzania in their opening Group C match in Fez. The panel also discuss whether talisman Victor Osimhen's histrionics overshadowed Nigeria's win and which of the big teams have impress…

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Dr RR Baliga's Philosophical Discourses: Søren Kierkegaard (Denmark, 1813–1855 CE) – Existentialism 3:22

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📚🇩🇰 Søren Kierkegaard (1813–1855): the philosopher of choice, anxiety, and becoming Kierkegaard argued that the highest human task isn't just knowing the good—it's embodying it: becoming a self through commitment, responsibility, and inwardness. His framing of "existence" as the lived work of becoming helped spark what we now call existentialism. 🧭…

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A Molecular Autopsy in Real Time 🧬⏱️Checkpoint Inhibitors, Multiorgan Damage ♟️🧬⚠️ 3:27

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🧬 When immunity saves—and harms—at the same time A striking NEJM correspondence reveals that patients receiving immune checkpoint inhibitors often sustain molecularly detectable multiorgan damage—weeks to months before symptoms appear. Using cell-free DNA methylation mapping, investigators show that immune-related adverse events are systemic, not i…

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Best of 2025: Life in a ‘sinking nation’: Tuvalu’s dreams of dry land 44:25

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Every Monday and Friday for the rest of December we will publish some of our favourite audio long reads of 2025, in case you missed them, with an introduction from the editorial team to explain why we’ve chosen it. From September: with sea levels rising, much of the nation’s population is confronting the prospect that their home may soon cease to e…

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137 | Danish Christmas Culture Shocks (replay) 28:59

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With Christmas just around the corner, we’re revisiting one of our favorite holiday episodes from last year. In this festive roundtable, Derek, Conrad, Brooke, Annie, and guest Steven Feraru, talk about the big and small culture shocks that come with celebrating Christmas in Denmark as an international. From julekalenders and gløgg to julefrokost c…

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A Danish sperm scandal, EU leaders rethink convention on human rights and face coverings to be banned in universities 40:30

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This week on The Danish Connection: Rachel talks about the disturbing international fertility case linked to the European Sperm Bank in Denmark, where sperm from a single donor carrying a cancer-causing genetic mutation was used to conceive nearly 200 children across Europe. She looks into what this could mean for the future of cross-border fertili…

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Same Drink, Worse Morning 🍷⏳😖Alcohol vs the Aging Clock ⏰🍸😴 3:26

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🍷⏳ Why Hangovers Get Worse as We Age — Science, Not Sentiment Ever wondered why the same drink that once sparkled now punishes? A Well Informed piece from The Economist explains how aging physiology—less body water, slower metabolism, disrupted sleep, and toxic metabolites—turns modest indulgence into a morning reckoning. 🧠💤☠️ The takeaway is not a…

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1 Corinthians 7: 25-40 (Kristian Bak) 44:03

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Concerning the betrothedBy Bethelkirken

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⏳➡️⏰ Can Science Make Old Immune Cells Young Again? 5:25

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🧬✨ Can we make the ageing immune system young again? A fascinating Nature study shows that a three-part mRNA cocktail (DFI) can temporarily rejuvenate T cells in aged mice, improving responses to vaccines and cancer immunotherapy—without breaking immune tolerance. By turning the liver into a short-term factory for key immune signals (DLL1, FLT3L, I…

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Protein Moderation: Age Slower, Live Better 🧬⏳❤️ 5:10

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🧬 Protein Restriction, Aging, and Longevity ⏳ A remarkable new study in Cell shows that moderate protein restriction—especially when started in midlife—can reprogram aging biology across 41 organs, improving metabolic and cardiovascular health. 🫀⚙️ Using deep multi-organ proteomics in mice and human plasma validation, the authors demonstrate benefi…

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Best of 2025: The real Scandi noir: how a filmmaker and a crooked lawyer shattered Denmark’s self-image 50:17

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Every Monday and Friday for the rest of December we will publish some of our favourite audio long reads of 2025, in case you missed them, with an introduction from the editorial team to explain why we’ve chosen it. From April: The Black Swan follows a repentant master criminal as she sets up corrupt clients in front of hidden cameras. But is she re…

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Afcon 2025: Meet the contenders for African football's biggest prize 49:41

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Can Morocco justify their tag as favourites on home soil? Could Mohamed Salah win an elusive title with Egypt? Can Nigeria bounce back from World Cup playoff disappointment? Could Riyad Mahrez and Sadio Mane be key for Algeria and Senegal? Or can Ivory Coast make it back to back titles? Former South Africa captain Dean Furman and the former Sierra …

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Waves, Not Lone Rangers 🌊⚔️🧬: How Neutrophils Work Collectively 3:59

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🧬 Rethinking Neutrophils: From Lone Cells to Living Systems 🧠⚔️ For over a century, neutrophils were seen as short-lived foot soldiers of immunity. This new Cell review reframes them as something far more interesting: a coordinated, adaptive collective. ✨ Key ideas: • Short-lived cells, long-term memory • Two compartments: granulopoietic + mature •…

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🌙 Timing Is Tissue: Circadian Control of Neutrophils Limits Cardiac Damage 4:36

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⏰🫀 Does the heart care about the time of day? Yes—profoundly. A new study in the Journal of Experimental Medicine reveals a circadian checkpoint in neutrophils that determines how much damage occurs after myocardial infarction. Morning ischemia triggers more injury, while nighttime CXCL12–CXCR4 signaling reprograms neutrophils, relocating them into…

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Best of 2025: Don’t call it morning sickness: ‘At times in my pregnancy I wondered if this was death coming for me’ 32:45

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Each week for the rest of December we will publish some of our favourite audio long reads of 2025, in case you missed them, with an introduction from the editorial team to explain why we’ve chosen it. From July: the Victorians called it ‘pernicious vomiting of pregnancy’, but modern medicine has offered no end to the torture of hyperemesis gravidar…

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Failing Danish Classes, Dental Costs, December Stress: LWID S4E19 37:06

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Send us a text Language Lessons, Teeth, and Tired Families in Denmark. Denmark is ending the year under pressure. In this season finale, Katie and Kalpita, internationals living in Denmark, look at why adult Danish language classes are failing learners, how a proposed free dental check is fueling inequality, and why children say December leaves par…

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Dr RR Baliga's Philosophical Discourses: Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (Germany, 1770–1831 CE) – German Idealism 5:24

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Exploring Hegel's Vision of Progress and Freedom 🌍🔄✨ Reflecting on Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel's remarkable insight that history is a dynamic journey toward greater human freedom. His dialectical lens — the idea that contradictions are not dead ends but engines of development — offers a powerful way to think about institutions, leadership, and ch…

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136 | How to Survive a Danish Winter (According to Unhinged People Who Actually Live Here) 38:57

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Winter in Denmark isn’t just cold, it’s dark, windy, wet, and emotionally confusing. In this episode of What Are You Doing in Denmark, Derek and Conrad are joined by comedians Jeff Bond and Jacob Taarnhøj to break down how to actually survive a Danish winter. From cycling through sideways wind, understanding seasonal affective disorder, navigating …

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Curing Cancer, Guarding the Heart 🛡️ | Cardio-Oncology Playbook-1 5:40

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🫀🧬 Cardio-Oncology: where modern cancer cures meet the heart As cancer survival improves, cardiovascular toxicity has emerged as a defining challenge of our time. From BTK inhibitor–associated atrial fibrillation ⚡, to immune checkpoint inhibitor myocarditis 🔥, to VEGF-driven hypertension 🩸, the heart increasingly pays the price of precision oncolo…

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The snail farm don: is this the most brazen tax avoidance scheme of all time? 33:27

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Terry Ball – renowned shoe salesman, friend to former mafiosi – has vowed to spend his remaining years finding ways to cheat authorities he feels have cheated him. His greatest ruse? A tax-dodging snail empire By Jim Waterson. Read by Nicholas Camm. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod…

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🧬 Prediabetes: Normalize Glucose, Save Hearts, Gain Decades ❤️📉⏳❤️ 4:35

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🧬 Prediabetes remission is not just metabolic—it's cardiovascular medicine. ❤️ A new analysis in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology shows that achieving remission to normoglycaemia—not merely delaying diabetes—was associated with a ~50% reduction in cardiovascular death or heart failure hospitalisation, with benefits persisting for 20–30 years acr…

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Fat, Fire, and Fibrosis 🔥🧬🛑 Unmasking the Metabolic Engine Driving MASLD 4:54

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🔬 New Insights on MASLD from JAMA 🍃 I recently reviewed an excellent JAMA article on Metabolic Dysfunction–Associated Steatotic Liver Disease (MASLD)—now recognized as the most common chronic liver disease worldwide. The review highlights how metabolic dysfunction, inflammation, and fibrosis converge to drive long-term risks, including cardiovascul…

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The Birth Keepers: I choose this – episode one 36:59

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The Free Birth Society was selling pregnant women a simple message. They could exit the medical system and take back their power. By free birthing. But Nicole Garrison believes FBS ideology nearly cost her her life. This is episode one of a year-long investigation by Guardian journalists Sirin Kale and Lucy Osborne Listen to the full series from Th…

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The Brain's Hidden Rivers, Healing Flows, Hope Ahead 10:07

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In this week's exploration, I dive into the brain's hidden "plumbing"—the glymphatic and meningeal lymphatic systems—drawing from a remarkable report in Science magazine (Dec 2025). The piece outlines emerging Alzheimer's strategies ranging from VEGF-C and Aquaporin-4 gene therapy to vasomotion drugs, CO₂ breathing, massage-based lymphatic stimulat…

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‘DeepSeek is humane. Doctors are more like machines’: my mother’s worrying reliance on AI for health advice 32:45

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Tired of a two-day commute to see her overworked doctor, my mother turned to tech for help with her kidney disease. She bonded with the bot so much I was scared she would refuse to see a real medic By Viola Zhou. Read by Vivian Full This essay was originally published on Rest of world. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/long…

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Obesity, Innovation, Action: The WHO Roadmap for GLP-1 Therapies 🌐🚀📘 5:51

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🌍 New WHO Guidance on GLP-1 Therapies: A Turning Point in Obesity Care 💉📘 The latest JAMA report highlights a pivotal moment in global health: the WHO's evidence-informed guideline on GLP-1 therapies for adults living with obesity. With over 1 billion people affected worldwide, this chronic, relapsing disease demands integrated, equitable, lifelong…

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135 | Parenting Through Denmark’s Healthcare 27:45

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If you’re raising kids in Denmark and still feel confused every time you deal with the healthcare system, this episode will make things finally click. Derek and Brooke return for part two of their conversation with Emma, a British pediatrician based in Copenhagen. This time, the three of them talk about what it actually feels like to navigate Danis…

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🔥 Activated Immunity, Aggravated Coronary Plaques, Accelerated ACS 6:04

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Delving into the latest JAHA review on immune checkpoint inhibitors and the heart has been illuminating 🔍❤️. As immunotherapy transforms cancer care, we're learning that unleashed T-cells can also stir the silent storms within vulnerable plaques ⚡🩺. This piece beautifully unpacks how ICIs may accelerate atherosclerosis, heighten ACS risk, and chall…

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From the archive: is the IMF fit for purpose? 39:32

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We are raiding the Guardian long read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors. This week, from 2022: as the world faces the worst debt crisis in decades, the need for a global lender of last resort is clearer than ever. But many nations view the IMF as overbearing, or even neocolonial – and…

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Denmark’s Police Reform, Health Concerns and the Future of Local Communities: LWID S4E18 25:47

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Send us a text Denmark’s Police Boost, Health Decline & Community Shift: Kalpita and Golda unpack a week where Denmark moves forward and slips back at the same time. Crime is falling and vulnerable neighborhoods are improving, yet consumer confidence has crashed and the new Nordic health report highlights a worrying drop in wellbeing across Denmark…

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Dr RR Baliga's Philosophical Discourses: Immanuel Kant (Germany, 1724–1804 CE) – Critique of Pure Reason 7:19

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Immanuel Kant: The Architect of Modern Reason 🧠✨ Fascinating to revisit Kant's legacy — the thinker who reshaped how we understand knowledge, morality, and human freedom. His ideas on autonomy, duty, and the categorical imperative continue to guide ethical reasoning in science, leadership, and society. From Critique of Pure Reason to Perpetual Peac…

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📊 Detect, Diagnose, Defend: Protecting the Heart During ICI Therapy per IC-OS 🫀🧭🛡️ 5:29

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🚀 Immune checkpoint inhibitors have transformed cancer care—but they come with a cardiovascular shadow. A new International Cardio-Oncology Society (IC-OS) position statement offers the clearest guidance yet on myocarditis, pericarditis, arrhythmias, ACS, and noninflammatory HF linked to ICI therapy. 🫀💡 Key insights include: • Early recognition wit…

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‘The police weren’t interested’: what’s driving the rise in private prosecutions? 33:27

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As the police and courts continue to struggle with the legacy of austerity, many people are seeking alternative routes to justice – but it could be making matters worse By Hettie O’Brien. Read by Rebecca Trehearn. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpodBy The Guardian

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What next for Mo Salah and Liverpool? 29:03

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World Football's Isaac Fanin and Mani Djazmi are joined by the former Liverpool defender Steven Caulker to discuss whether Mo Salah still has a future at Liverpool, following comments suggesting he's fallen out with manager Arne Slot and might be looking to leave Anfield.By BBC World Service

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From GFR to Global Health: CKD's Rising Tide 🌊📉🌐 6:03

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Chronic kidney disease now affects nearly 850 million people worldwide, yet early detection and simple, evidence-based interventions can dramatically change the trajectory of both kidney and cardiovascular health. 🌍🩺 The latest Lancet Seminar highlights powerful tools—eGFR + albuminuria staging, SGLT2 inhibitors, RAS blockade, statins, and GLP-1 th…

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1 Corinthians 7 17 to 24 (Kristian Bak) 36:45

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There are no social barriers for being in Christ, Jew, Gentile, poor rich. slaves and free.By Bethelkirken