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Things Police See: Firsthand Accounts

Steven Gould: Police Officer, Background Investigator

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Massachusetts police officer Steve Gould interviews a variety of law enforcement officers about their most intense moments on the job. Shocking moments, humorous moments and terrifying moments are recalled by the officers that experienced them. Meet the variety of personalities that make up the police and get to know them on a personal level. You couldn't make these stories up if you tried. **new episodes every Wednesday [email protected]
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Stories feature on the Drabblecast are generally narrated by charismatic host, humorist, and musician Norm Sherman. A full production, the Drabblecast features multiple voice actors, music, and foley effects. The podcast has a finely tuned 'voice' that crosses all genres, including horror, science fiction, fantasy and 'other.' Special features include 100-word stories called, “drabbles,” 100 character stories coined “twabbles,” as well as Norm's own Bbardles, songs based on story themes. Ori ...
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This One Time in Kankakee is a storytelling podcast from the new WVLI Podcast Network, hosted by Jake LaMore. Each episode shines a light on the weird, wild, and unforgettable moments that make Kankakee County, IL what it is. These are short, punchy episodes where everyday people share true stories from their lives—funny childhood memories, creepy encounters, embarrassing slip-ups, or heartwarming experiences that stick with you forever. Think of it as a collection of the kinds of stories yo ...
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Dead Pilots Society

Ben Blacker and Andrew Reich

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In Dead Pilots Society, scripts that were developed by studios and networks but were never produced are given the table reads they deserve. Starring actors you know and love from television and film, a live audience, and a good time in which no one gets notes, no one is fired, and everyone laughs. Presented by Andrew Reich (Friends; Worst Week) Ben Blacker (The Writers Panel podcast; co-creator, Thrilling Adventure Hour), and Noah Findling (The New York Times, Comedy Central).
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Crime Beat

Curiouscast

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People know their hometowns by streets, a favourite restaurant or the local mall. Crime Reporter Nancy Hixt knows hers by the crime scenes she's been to over the past 20 years. Journey deep inside some of Canada’s most high-profile criminal cases. Each episode will take you inside the story to give you details you didn't hear on the news. Winner of the 2020 & 2023 Edward R. Murrow Award (RTDNA).
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The 121

Shad Watson

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Real conversations. Strategic exposure. Business made human. The 121 is a 20–30 minute video podcast intensive where business owners sit down for a focused, story-driven conversation. Inspired by the one-to-one meeting format, each episode explores what makes them different, the challenges their clients face, and how they create meaningful impact through the work they do. It’s not just about what they do. It’s about why it matters. Produced by Assertive Media. Designed to make waves.
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All-Access provides a look into the work of musicians from around Victoria and farther. Interviews with artists from all genres and members of the musical community give a glimpse of what makes and breaks a musician in metropolitan British Columbia.
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Basketball Podcast · 🎙️ The Doghouse PodcastHosted by Matt Tanner & Micah HarrisWe’re here to celebrate and promote all things Sikeston.From Bulldog basketball icons to the voices shaping our town today.Pride. Grit. …
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The International Local Music Exchange is a partnership formed by Oregon State University (KBVR), Colorado State University (90.5 KCSU), Loyola University Maryland (WLOY), and The College Radio Foundation that gives college radio stations a chance to share the best artists in their hometowns with other college stations from around the world. In support of World College Radio Day, these individual stations are invited to create a one-hour program that is hosted by their respective DJ's or stu ...
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Nakabalik nako mula sa hiatus - time management nalang! :P ------------ This is a Filipino podcast. Mga kwentong inspirasyon, kuro-kuro, at kung ano - ano pa man. Ito ang tag-lish (Tagalog-English) na podcast para sa mga makabagong pinoy dito sa mundong mapaglaro. Perpek grammars allowed! :-P ---------- Dito ang tambayan ko www.lloydiam.com Watch and Subscribe to our Channel https://bit.ly/3tkPDLv
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The name is in the title but we'll try to describe it anyway: pull up a chair and join Sam Scott, along with a few friends, for stories about places, people, and the moments (the mundane and the extraordinary) that shape our lives. Whether it's tales from the water cooler, the front porch, or that time you went hunting with your Uncle Gene and got attacked by a buck, the goal is good stories and good company.
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Vocal About Local

Grown Not Flown

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Vocal About Local is a podcast by Grown Not Flown. It's all about celebrating local - local farmers, local produce, local communities. Join us as we interview a really diverse range of guests from lots of different industries with the aim to cross pollinate information, and share knowledge and stories so we can all grow together.
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Oblivity

Oblivity

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Comedy sci-fi | Start with 'Prologue: Itch' Commander Falconer is missing the war... Following years in front line combat, a decorated hero is posted to the remote ice plains of Pluto on her toughest mission yet: to oversee a small, dysfunctional research team. Oblivity is a comedy science fiction audiodrama about family, isolation and meteorites. "Oblivity is a fiercely good show. The cast are all top notch, the scripts crackle with absurdity, humor and action and the show has a unique ener ...
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What if there was a book that literally opened up doorways to other worlds? Where would it lead, and could you handle what you found on the other side? Cassie, a teen that's having trouble fitting in at school, is about to find out. One day, after she wraps up community service at a local hospital, she stumbles out of the basement of a spooky bookshop and into a story set on a devil's staircase in a remote Italian village. For more shows like this, visit Realm.fm.
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We Share Podcast

Alex Kepas & Julie Mason

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Genuinely, We Share ourselves and provide a platform for others to share personal experiences. We believe everyone has a purpose and a story to tell. Together, We Share will build an authentic tribe, inspire, and contribute to our communities and families.
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Ohio Mysteries

Evergreen Podcasts

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Each week Paula and Stephen explore unsolved murders, lost shipwrecks, local legends and more! https://www.ohiomysteries.com. https://www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries https://www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries https://www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio In any given episode we feature fantastic music by the following music-https://soundcloud.com/davidhydemusic. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL0pcAGV4g67jCxGIPWv9iQ https://www.youtube.com/c/WhitesandComposer https://www.youtube.com/user/audionautix htt ...
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Windfall

Rogue Dialogue

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Ever since the castle first appeared in the sky above the city of Windfall, its residents have been building upward. Now the city consists of towers where the wealthiest residents live at the top while the poor eke out a living on the ground. Our podcast follows Cas, Shaima, and Argus, three brothers who live with their Uncle Vern after being orphaned during the grounder rebellion twenty years earlier. They find themselves drifting apart as Argus, the youngest, falls hopelessly in love with ...
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Award-winning author and podcast host Laurel McHargue lives and laughs and writes in the breathtaking elevation of Colorado's Rocky Mountains. She writes about life--real and imagined--and wants to share your stories, too! She hosts guests for FREE, and would love it if you'd consider buying her a treat for her efforts! buymeacoffee.com/laurelstuff Please and Thank you! Follow her on her website at www.leadvillelaurel.com, subscribe to her YouTube channel, and contact her at laurel.mchargue@ ...
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Shattered

WDIV Local 4 and Graham Media Group

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Sometimes, news stories echo in our minds for years after they’ve occurred. With each season of Shattered, we select one of those complex, true stories and take an in-depth look. Season 4 charts the life and death of Jimmy Hoffa. Season 3 tells the story of a string of murders that took place in the mid-1970s in Oakland County, Michigan. Many people know the case as the Oakland County Child Killer. Season 2 tells the story of Rick Wershe Jr., also known as White Boy Rick. At 14, Rick became ...
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Earth Matters

Bec Horridge, Claudia Craig, Mia Audrey & Keiran Stewart-Assheton.

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Local and global environmental issues from grassroots, activist perspectives with a strong social justice focus. Distributed nationally on the Community Radio Network.
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Conscious Chatter

Kestrel Jenkins

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The first global sustainable fashion podcast, Conscious Chatter opens the door to conversations about our clothing + the layers of stories, meaning and potential impact connected to what we wear. Hosted by Kestrel Jenkins, Conscious Chatter tackles nuanced topics that intersect with sustainability, fashion, systems of oppression, health, and wellbeing through a curiosity-driven lens. Through deep dive monthly themes, the focus is on making the conversation more circular.
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History X

CJSR 88.5 FM

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History X amplifies true stories from history that have been repressed, suppressed, or simply forgotten. Host Russell Cobb discusses how our understanding of history is shifting in popular culture and what to make of the falling statues and renaming of places. History X explores the forgotten corners of dusty archives and talks to people with intimate knowledge of events outside the mainstream.
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Spectruss Speakeasy: The Marketing & Business Podcast for Growth-Minded EntrepreneursWelcome to Spectruss Speakeasy, the podcast where marketing meets real business stories, and where relationships drive success. Hosted by Spectruss, one of Chattanooga’s leading marketing agencies, this podcast brings together business owners, industry experts, and creative minds to share their journeys, insights, and the strategies behind their success.From brand-building and digital marketing to content cr ...
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For many years now, Afterthoughts has been a sort of intellectual watering hole for classical, Charlotte Mason homeschooling mamas. At Afterthoughts, we have spent over a decade nourishing our minds on theology, educational philosophy, and a million other books and subjects thrown in – all the while bringing these ideas into a direct collision course with our daily lives. As an audio companion, this podcast is a chance to hear Afterthoughts blog posts rather than read them. Couple that with ...
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For anyone who feels like their life is one disaster after another: good news–you’re not alone. Jameela Jamil (The Good Place, She-Hulk) gathers her funny friends and they share their most mortifying and embarrassing stories. Crucially, there are no morals and no silver linings. They are simply here to revel in each others’ misfortune. Wrong Turns: where dignity goes to die. Please share your own Wrong Turns with us for possible inclusion in the show, just email a voice memo to PersonalDisas ...
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True Crime Chronicles

VAULT Studios

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Unsolved mysteries. Cold cases. The lost and the missing. Hosts Will Johnson and Reed Redmond work with local crime reporters around the country, mining newsroom archives to bring you a new case each week.
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Unfinished

Eastern Daily Press

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The award-winning true crime podcast looking at the most troubling cold cases in the east of England. Unfinished's latest series explores how a local newspaper journalist exposed an alleged police cover-up of a paedophile ring in Essex. To support us please visit https://www.presspatron.com/unfinishedpodcast.html
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Who knew that the small mountain town of Durango had such an active art scene! Four Corners Arts Forum features art that is visual, performance, literary, musical, corporal, culinary, and art that you may not have thought of as art. Host Margy Dudley finds remarkable stories of creative and dedicated artists who have long lived at the corners of our minds, and brings them to the center of our conversations.
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JD's Journal

John 'jd' Dwyer

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Everyone we know has experienced their unique journey of life, and along the way they have had their share of success and failure. Each of us have learned important lessons and gathered valuable resources that have allowed us to survive and thrive. This podcast is a place for sharing our stories and our resources for the benefit of others. It's a celebration of the resilience and tenacity of people in all walks of life, our local heroes. Welcome aboard!
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Local News Matters

Tim Regan-Porter

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Local News Matters highlights the interesting and innovative work of local newsrooms – as well as the crucial questions they face – as they endeavor to evolve their organizations to produce more meaningful journalism, to better serve their communities and to enhance their organization’s financial sustainability for long-term results. Hosted by Tim Regan-Porter, CEO of the Colorado Press Association, Local News Matters features guests from newsrooms and support organizations across the U.S. i ...
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Discover Hawaii's Hidden Business Success Stories Through Storytelling | Project Local Podcast Step into the vibrant world of Hawaii's thriving entrepreneurs with Project Local, the business storytelling podcast that transforms local brands into memorable stories. Each episode features insider strategies from successful small business owners and creative entrepreneurs who've mastered the art of standing out in Hawaii's unique market. Join the Project Local media team as they reveal proven st ...
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LOCAL EDGE

AdCanada Media

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Welcome everyone to Local Edge your show for better understanding and connecting with small communities all across the country. Here we explore the value of these markets to advertisers, agencies, communities, and more. We bring you the latest news, insights and trends from the world of local advertising and marketing. In this show, we'll be talking to community connectors, media buyers, business leaders and more to find out what makes small communities so important to the advertising indust ...
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The Devil Within

EVIO Creative

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Welcome to The Devil Within, the podcast that explores true stories of demonic possession and the supernatural. With new episodes every week and new, immersive seasons every year, The Devil Within begins where the answers run out… and the truth, no matter how extraordinary, will be brought into the light. From ancient spirits to modern day ghost stories… demonic possession to creatures of legend. For all things unexplainable - and more than few that are better left alone - The Devil Within h ...
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We explore the essential aspects of communications, marketing, and writing. Podcast interviews with thought-leaders look at important influences that shape a PR pro’s or marketer’s work and creativity for the better. Show host Sheelagh Caygill uses her experience as a journalist to ask guests probing questions, often revealing little-known tips and insights. Episodes always offer listeners solutions to common problems and actionable tips. Sometimes the topics we explore will have a less dire ...
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Missing Pieces

FOX 5 DC

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Missing Pieces, a FOX 5 True Crime/Mystery podcast, shines a light on the cases that have left us with more questions than answers. In The Mansion Murders series, we explore a story that captivated the nation in 2015, after the Savopoulos family and their housekeeper Veralicia Figueroa were brutally murdered. Then, FOX 5 reporter Bob Barnard examines the disappearance of young Maryland siblings Sarah and Jacob Hoggle, a case which has mystified and frustrated their father, police, prosecutor ...
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This Old Tree

Doug Still

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Old trees are awe inspiring links to the past that fire our imagination. What are their stories? Seasoned arborist and amateur historian Doug Still interviews local experts, historians, and regular folks to celebrate the myths and uncover the real tales. If you're a tree lover, join in to look "beyond the plaque" at heritage trees and the human stories behind them. Monthly.
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Curiosity sits at the intersection of creativity, effective human interactions, problem-solving and purposeful change. Unfortunately, the pace of life — at home, work, and school — often sidetracks our natural curiosity. So, let's see the familiar from a different angle or something new as a possibility to consider.
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Poetry Spoken Here

Cardboard Box Productions, Inc.

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An almost weekly poetry podcast that features interviews with poets, reviews of poetry books, examinations of individual poems, and investigations of themes in poetry. Sit back, relax, and let poetry speak to you.
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TSVP Radio Theater Podcast

TSVP Radio Theater Podcast

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The TSVP Radio Theater Podcast presents classic, contemporary, and original imaginative audio productions, including recorded, staged, and live streamed performances before live audiences. In addition to showcasing performances, the podcast is dedicated to promoting and celebrating the craft of local theater.
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In this episode I have the pleasure of speaking with Anthony Myers, a local performer, comedian and talented storyteller. Anthony has performed both nationally and internationally attending many comedy, spoken word and fringe festivals around the world. Before retirement Anthony spent many years at Durango High School as the Speech and Debate coach…
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A man dressed as a Nazi officer is arrested in downtown Athens, Georgia, after allegedly hitting a University of Georgia student in the face with a glass pitcher. A Virginia contractor who was caught raping an 11-year-old girl by the child’s mother inside her home has been sentenced to 30 years in prison. Drew Nelson reports. See omnystudio.com/lis…
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A Utah mother says she lived in fear for weeks as her ex-husband allegedly tried to burn her house down – not once, but four separate times – while her two children slept inside. An NYPD detective and mother of three died a week after undergoing a Brazilian butt lift and liposuction in Colombia, prompting her husband to demand answers from doctors …
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Joining me in the studio today is the multi-talented Ted Moore who is a local artist, musician and teacher. Ted combines wood cabinetry, ink painting and gold leaf inspired by nature and medieval influences to create unique pieces of art that have been exhibited in various galleries in Durango and at the SPACE gallery in Denver. His most recent wor…
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A North Carolina woman says a DNA test revealed she was conceived through “medical rape” by her mother’s fertility doctor more than 40 years ago. A Florida mother is accused of threatening to blow up her daughter’s high school after learning that her daughter’s boyfriend had his lunch taken away because his account was out of money. Drew Nelson rep…
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Austin police say DNA testing has identified a new suspect in the 1991 killings of four teenage girls at the I Can’t Believe It’s Yogurt! shop — a case that shocked the city and remained unsolved for years. In the St. Louis region, investigators have solved a 1994 cold case after exhuming remains and using modern DNA testing to identify a man long …
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⛪ Blood and Papal Gold – Part OnePresented by the Evio Creative Podcast NetworkBefore the Vatican was marble and gold… before the Church had armies and crowns… there was Rome — a ruin with a heartbeat.In this first half of The Keys of Blood: The Assassination of Pope John VIII, we enter the smoke and silence of the ninth century — a time when popes…
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The Choreography of Environments: How the Anna and Lawrence Halprin Home Transformed Contemporary Dance and Urban Design (Oxford UP, 2025) explores how objects and the domestic spaces seep into the aesthetic consciousness of movement-based artists, like dancers and urban designers, significantly shaping their approach to movement invention and chor…
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Why are illiberal governments able to retain support? How are they defeated at election time? And how do (and should) governments driven by a desire to undo illiberalism proceed? For all interested in elections, democracy, accountability and representation Poland provides much food for thought. We have seen two important elections in the country in…
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Police Against the Movement: The Sabotage of the Civil Rights Struggle and the Activists Who Fought Back (Princeton UP, 2025) shatters one of the most pernicious myths about the 1960s: thast the civil rights movement endured police violence without fighting it. Instead, as Joshua Clark Davis shows, activists from the Congress of Racial Equality and…
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In this NBN episode, host Hollay Ghadery speaks with Governor General Award-winning author Sadiqa de Meijer about her new essay collection, In the Field (Palimpsest Press, 2025). In The Field, Sadiqa de Meijer's follow up to the Governor General's Award winning alfabet/alphabet, brings us essays that move searchingly through their central questions…
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In this episode of International Horizons, Interim Director Eli Karetny speaks with film scholar Nathan Abrams about the enduring relevance of Stanley Kubrick and what his work can teach us about our current era. From the nuclear absurdities of Dr. Strangelove to the cosmic rebirth of 2001: A Space Odyssey, Kubrick’s films expose the fragile line b…
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For many years, Diane Ravitch was among the country’s leading conservative thinkers on education. The cure for what ailed the school system was clear, she believed: high-stakes standardized testing, national standards, accountability, competition, charters, and vouchers. Then Ravitch saw what happened when these ideas were put into practice and rec…
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A podcast from Cornell University’s Brooks School of Public Policy Center on Global Democracy About the Podcast Each week, co-hosts Rachel Beatty Riedl and Esam Boraey bring together leading scholars, policymakers, and practitioners to explore the challenges and possibilities facing democracy around the world. Produced by Cornell’s Center on Global…
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In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Dr Alexandra Grey speaks with Zoe Avery, a Worimi woman and a Research Officer at the Centre for Australian Languages within the Australian Institute for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS). Zoe and her teammates are preparing the upcoming 4th National Indigenous Languages Sur…
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Was Britain’s industrial revolution the result of its machines, which produced goods with miraculous efficiency? Was it the country’s natural abundance, which provided coal for its engines, ores for its furnaces and food for its labourers? Or was it Britain’s colonies, where a brutalized enslaved workforce produced cotton for its factories? In Ruth…
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Efficiency is the engine that powers human civilization. It's the reason rates of famine have fallen precipitously, literacy has risen, and humans are living longer, healthier lives compared to preindustrial times. But where do improvements in production efficiency come from? In The Origins of Efficiency (Stripe Press, 2025), Brian Potter argues th…
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A Michigan dad is cuffed for threatening to shoot up his son's school, the meltdown all over a missed snack. Obscene failure: A prisoner's fecal firearm breach rips through a police force dept, leading to a half dozen suspensions. Plus, a rideshare driver slams the door on his career...after opening fire a fare! Jennifer Gould reports. See omnystud…
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A YouTuber with almost a million subscribers is now offline, after being busted for pimping out child porn. Mr. Crafty Pants is best known for his family friendly vibe and tutorials on arts & crafts. An innocent teen is cuffed & searched by a bevy of cops after AI mistakes his snack for a gun. Plus, a Texas man tries to reign in a horse's diet, wit…
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A New Jersey cop is accused of a stunning betrayal of duty; ignoring several 911 shooting calls to run personal errands, snack and then, nap. The murder-suicide left 3 people dead. A 12yo child is clinging to life after a brutal hammer attack by her stepdad that left a nail in her brain. Plus, a TikTok star delivers a bottle bash to some burglars! …
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Firefighters in Buffalo, New York made a devastating discovery after responding to a blaze: the deaths of a woman and newborn that are now being investigated as a double homicide. A school district near Portland, Oregon is investigating how dozens of middle schoolers were served pretzels sprinkled with oven cleaner during lunch. Drew Nelson reports…
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A neighbor’s quick action stops a toddler's kidnapping attempt in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania. A South Carolina mother is fighting to change state law after her daughter, who was beaten into a coma as a toddler, died nearly nine years later, and her father could not be charged with murder. Drew Nelson reports. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy …
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High up in California's Sierra Nevada mountains stands the largest tree on earth by volume - the General Sherman Tree. The famous giant sequoia has captivated millions of visitors, but few know the rich tapestry of stories woven around its massive trunk. Join us as we explore the “Giant Forest” of Sequoia National Park with former park ranger and a…
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A welfare check turns deadly in a gated Cherokee County, Georgia neighborhood, when a man with a gun is killed and his mom’s body is discovered decomposing. A Sandy Springs, Georgia man is behind bars after police say he left child sexual abuse material on his computer before taking it to a Best Buy for repair. Drew Nelson reports. See omnystudio.c…
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A Virginia mother is in jail after police said her 28-year-old son with severe autism died from neglect inside their Chesterfield County home. A Tennessee man executed for a 1988 triple murder may have still been alive nearly two minutes after he was declared dead. Drew Nelson reports. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…
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A Michigan father is charged after allegedly threatening to shoot up his child’s elementary school because the boy didn’t get a snack. The owner of gestational surrogate escrow company is accused of stealing $16 million to fund her rap career. Drew Nelson reports. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…
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The indictment, issued on Wednesday, accuses Decarlos Brown Jr. of causing death on a mass transportation system, which could leave the door open for a potential death sentence should prosecutors choose to pursue it. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Crime Online
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The Roman emperor Julian (r. 361-363 CE) was a man of action and of letters, which he employed in an effort to return the Empire to the light of the pagan gods, and reverse the Christianization of the empire advanced by his uncle Constantine and the sons of Constantine. This enterprise was inspired and guided by his conversion to the Neoplatonic ph…
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My Dinner with Andre (1981) is a film that uses the simple premise of two men sharing a meal as a vehicle for exploration of how we should live our lives. It asks fundamental questions about happiness and self-fulfillment that it doesn't wholly answer. The Trip (2010) uses the same premise as a way to dramatize two men earnestly debating who does t…
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Gender Violence in Late Antiquity: Male Fantasies and the Christian Imagination (University of California Press, 2025) by Dr. Jennifer Barry confronts the violent ideological frameworks underpinning the early Christian imagination, arguing that gender-based violence is not peripheral but is fundamental to understanding early Christian history. By a…
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In this episode I sit down with Kate Epstein, an associate professor of history at Rutgers University-Camden, as she details her research on the intersection of defense contracting, intellectual property, and government secrecy in Great Britain and the United States. We talk about her process in researching and writing her latest book Analog Superp…
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As permafrost in Siberia continues to melt and the steppe in the Gobi turns to desert, people in Mongolia are faced with overlapping climate crises. Some nomadic herders describe climate change as the end of a world. They are quick to add that the world has ended before for Indigenous people in North Asia, as waves of colonialism have left the step…
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Kenneth G. Appold joins Jana Byars to talk about his new book, Luther and the Peasants: Religion, Ritual, and the Revolt of 1525 (Oxford UP, 2025). The German Peasants' Revolts of 1525 were a defining moment both for the Protestant Reformation and the history of European culture. But while the conflicts are well-studied, they are typically analyzed…
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During the Civil War, the U.S. federal government abolished slavery without reimbursing enslavers, diminishing the white South’s wealth by nearly 50 percent. After the Confederacy’s defeat, white Southerners demanded federal compensation for the financial value of formerly enslaved people and fought for other policies that would recognize abolition…
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The period of the "second slavery" was marked by geographic expansion of zones of slavery into the Upper US South, Cuba, and Brazil and chronological expansion into the industrial age. As The Reinvention of Atlantic Slavery: Technology, Labor, Race, and Capitalism in the Greater Caribbean (Oxford UP, 2020) shows, ambitious planters throughout the G…
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Written by British former intelligence officer, Anthony Tucker-Jones, this fascinating, illustrated guide takes a deep dive into the secret operations which shaped World War II. Most of the great military campaigns and breakthroughs of World War II would not have been successful without the efforts of teams of people working unsung and undercover. …
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An ecologist in California claimed that the iron laws of nature locked humanity into destroying our environment. This meant that we must take drastic measures to rein in unfettered capitalism and the American habit of overconsumption, lest we deplete our common resources. That argument made Garrett Hardin one of the most influential and celebrated …
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🎙️ The Devil’s Ledger — Week of October 27th Presented by the Evio Creative Podcast Network This week, The Devil’s Ledger dives headfirst into Halloween season with one of the eeriest true stories ever told — the tragic case of The Hanging Decoration. 🕯️ The Creepiest Thing I Heard This Week: A Delaware neighborhood wakes up the morning after Hallo…
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Send us a text Ever wondered who’s behind the bold red-and-black look of Sikeston Athletics? Meet Brian Henson — the creative force shaping how Bulldog Nation looks, posts, and shows pride. As Graphic Arts instructor at SCTC and the designer behind Sikeston Athletics’ social media, Brian’s fingerprints are all over the Bulldog brand. We dive into h…
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