A collection of pop culture podcasts full of smart, funny people who love talking about TV, movies, books, comics, games, and much more. This feed contains episodes from all the podcasts produced by The Incomparable.
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Adam Blackwell and Amy Stirling met as graduate students in anthropology, both obsessed with studying the same dead language and long-lost culture. Their relationship was always... complicated. They were bitter rivals, ideological opposites, and even went out on a date once - though they’d really prefer if everyone forgot about that last thing, thank you very much. Then, they became the first two people in thousands of years capable of doing magic. Over the next five years, they became globa ...
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Spooked features true-life supernatural stories, told firsthand by people who can barely believe it happened themselves. Be afraid. Created in the dark of night, by the creators of Snap Judgment in partnership with KQED. It is hosted by Glynn Washington. Episodes drop every week on Friday!
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Three dumb idiots talk about the biggest lizard idiot who shoots dumb radiation out of his dum dum face.
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For years, Matt’s been unpacking the events, people, and culture wars shaping the world around us. On A Bit Fruity, we take deeper dives into those issues — joined by celebrities, experts, and journalists who help us laugh and learn along the way. Follow Matt: https://www.instagram.com/mattxiv Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MattBernstein1
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A pop culture time machine! Each episode covers that very week from 30 years ago, 20 years ago and 10 years ago, which means each show is loaded with forgotten movies, timeless TV episodes and songs best left to the past. We'll examine TV, movies, music and video games from the 90s, 2000s, and 2010s. Come remember with us!
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Three times a week, The Audio Long Read podcast brings you the Guardian’s exceptional longform journalism in audio form. Covering topics from politics and culture to philosophy and sport, as well as investigations and current affairs.
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The podcast where we choose a subject, read a single Wikipedia article about it, and pretend we're experts. Because this is the internet, and that's how it works now.
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The AI in Business Podcast is for non-technical business leaders who need to find AI opportunities, align AI capabilities with strategy, and deliver ROI. Each week, Emerj research staff and journalists interview top AI executives from Fortune 2000 firms and unicorn startups - uncovering trends, use-cases, and best practices for practical AI adoption. Visit our advertising page to learn more about reaching our executive audience of Fortune 2000 AI adopters: https://emerj.com/advertise
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Sarah is a journalist obsessed with the past. Every week she reconsiders a person or event that's been miscast in the public imagination.
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Your Undivided Attention
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Join us every other Thursday to understand how new technologies are shaping the way we live, work, and think. Your Undivided Attention is produced by Senior Producer Julia Scott and Researcher/Producer is Joshua Lash. Sasha Fegan is our Executive Producer. We are a member of the TED Audio Collective.
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Our goal is to uplift the graffiti culture by sharing personal development information from a graffiti writer's perspective; improve the culture by helping writers improve themselves.
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Wind Machine Podcast's hosts provide commentary and critique of Eurovision songs from 1960 to the present. Incorporating a mix of pop-culture, music, history, geography and politics.
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Welcome to Everything 80s — the ultimate podcast for fans of 1980s pop culture and retro nostalgia. Each week, we'll dive deep into the most iconic parts of the 1980s: unforgettable movies, legendary TV shows, classic toys, groundbreaking music, and the cultural moments that defined a generation. From Back to the Future to The Breakfast Club, from Transformers and He-Man to MTV, Nintendo, and Michael Jackson — if it happened in the 80s, we're talking about it. Whether you grew up in the 1980 ...
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Cultural Debris is a podcast hosted by Alan Cornett who interviews guests and explores culture in the tradition of Russell Kirk, Wendell Berry, the Inklings, the Agrarians, and the Distributists.
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This is Flop Culture - a podcast where we talk about our favourite flops. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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The academic treatment for English-speakers who get that soccer is more than gamedays, stars and goals. Who wonder about the histories, subcultures and politics that make the game so different from many American sports cultures; and who care about a critical take on soccer as a global capitalist machine. A European-guided journey, with one expert "visiting professor" each episode.
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AI Freaky Facts - the Educational Podcast Uncovering Generative AI, ChatGPT, and LLM breakthroughs. Essential facts for Tech Professionals and everyone curious about the unsettling future of Machine Learning. Hosted by Steve, this is the essential podcast for everyone who wants to understand the rapidly evolving world of Artificial Intelligence. We make complex Machine Learning innovations understandable. Discover: Practical AI that affects art, science, and culture. Deep AI Breakthroughs, a ...
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Tired of the lies? Tired of the spin? Are you ready to hear the hard-hitting truth in comprehensive, conservative, principled fashion? The Ben Shapiro Show brings you all the news you need to know in the most fast moving daily program in America. Ben brutally breaks down the culture and never gives an inch! Monday thru Friday.
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Sew & So is a casual conversation with a special member of the sewist and quilting community. A casual conversation about how they got started, what inspires them and what excites them. Sew & So is brought to you by BERNINA - Made To Create.
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A thrice-weekly news show about tech + gaming culture
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TechStuff is getting a system update. Everything you love about Tech Stuff now twice the bandwidth with new hosts, Oz Woloshyn (Sleepwalkers) and Karah Preiss (Sleepwalkers). Oz and Karah bring humour and wit to the table as they break down what's happening in tech...and what it says about us. TechStuff is the podcast where technology meets culture. We speak to the folks building the future to understand what tomorrow will look like and how our technology is changing us: how we live, how we ...
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Significant international thinkers deliver the BBC's flagship annual lecture series
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Jump into the electrifying world of pop culture with Amazing Pop Culture Podcast! Our passionate hosts explore the latest in movies, TV shows, music, gaming, and trending internet moments, all while serving up retro vibes inspired by the neon-soaked 80s and beyond. Each episode delivers lively discussions, sharp insights, and fun takes on the entertainment you love, blending modern hits with nostalgic classics. Whether you’re a die-hard fan or just curious about what’s buzzing, this podcast ...
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The Machine Shop Mastery Podcast helps to elevate the importance of the machine shop industry and reveal the secrets of success for machine shops, to inspire other shop owners or would-be shop owners to follow their passions, start and grow their shops to be an economic driver for our economy and their stakeholders.
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Catalyst, Launch by NTT DATA’s podcast hosted by Tammy Soares, puts humans at the heart of transformation. Each week, visionary leaders and changemakers share how creativity, technology and human insight are reshaping business, culture and the future of work. From platform innovation to AI and design leadership, Catalyst isn’t just about what’s next in tech — it’s about shaping business, technology, and culture through a human lens and spotlighting the visionaries paving the way forward. Lea ...
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Ever wonder where the internet stops and IRL begins? Close All Tabs breaks down how digital culture shapes our world through thoughtful insights and irreverent humor. From internet trends to AI slop to the politics of memes, Close All Tabs covers it all. How will AI change our jobs and lives? Is the government watching what I post? Is there life beyond TikTok? Host Morgan Sung pulls from experts, the audience, and history to add context to the trends and depth to the memes. And she’ll wrestl ...
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Movie Memory Machine is your guide to the forgotten films of the ’80s, ’90s, 2000s, and beyond. Every week, our rogue time machine drops us into a different year to revisit wide-release movies that history left behind—cult favorites, forgotten flops, and everything in between. Along the way, we uncover behind-the-scenes trivia, oddball production choices, and the cultural baggage these movies left behind. Then we decide: does this movie deserve to return to modern memory—or stay lost in time?
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Global business leaders turn to MultiLingual for the latest coverage of language, technology, business, and culture.
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Roboism is a show mostly about robots. We are exploring how artificial intelligence, machine learning, and digital assistants are affecting our culture. Come explore the humanity behind the bots that are quickly becoming a part of every day life. Hosted by Kathy Campbell and Alex Cox.
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The String is weekly think radio featuring conversations and features on culture, media and American music - anchored by veteran journalist and broadcaster Craig Havighurst. Music makers, enablers, instigators and documentarians are featured with enough time to go deep and burrow into issues, while letting the music play too. Music news, previews, Time Machine Tape and 90 Second Spins round out the hour.
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Take a trip into the future that will challenge the way you think and act today. In each episode, BCG's Patricia Sabga and her AI co-host GENE delve into disruptive scenarios that could define the coming decades. BCG experts join the conversation, probing the possibilities and implications for leaders. Human and machine work together to explore the very real actions CEOs could take today to prepare. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podtrac - https://analytic ...
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Noise Against The Machine with Áine Duffy: The Sound of Irish Unity Musician Áine Duffy knows the score: most music is chosen by non-musicians chasing a quick buck, pitting artists against each other when we should be stronger together. The cultural gatekeepers—the UK and USA—still dominate the airwaves, blocking out Ireland's unique sonic diversity. This isn't just about playlists; it's about the colonisation of culture. Noise Against The Machine is Áine’s platform to fight back. She amplif ...
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Join Jason Palmer and Rosie Blau for noise-cancelling news and analysis from The Economist's global network of correspondents. Every weekday this award-winning podcast picks three stories shaping your world—the big shifts in politics, business and culture, plus things you never knew you needed to know. On Saturdays, download The Weekend Intelligence to dive deep into a single story, vividly told. If you’re already a subscriber to The Economist, you’ll have full access to all our shows as par ...
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Geeks sitting around, asking nerdy questions, and fabricating answers. We oft geek out about games, movies, and software development. Won’t you join us, dear listener?
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Unseeable forces control human behavior and shape our ideas, beliefs, and assumptions. Invisibilia—Latin for invisible things—fuses narrative storytelling with science that will make you see your own life differently.
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A podcast about craft beer, the video game industry, and the true meaning of friendship
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Laugh along with the Monks, in this chat-style podcast hosted by comedians Josh & Heather Monk, a couple married for nearly 20 years. Focusing on silly candid conversations about their personal lives and experiences. As well as lighthearted anecdotes about the world.
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The Executive Insights podcast, brought to you by AWS (Amazon Web Services), features peer-to-peer conversations between business executives on innovating for growth, building resiliency, and shaping the future of their organizations. Learn more at AWS Executive Insights and follow us on LinkedIn. For video versions of these and other conversations, subscribe to our YouTube playlist.
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NPR and WBUR's live midday news program.
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Each week we discuss what’s currently on our mind in entertainment, and then one of the hosts recommends a sample of pop culture we love for us to discuss.
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A bi-weekly discussion that critically (and flippantly) engages with the literature, culture, and people of this weird place known as Canada. Hosted by two English graduates, Patrick & Mackenzy. Sometimes features interviews with writers and academics. Featured on Feedspot's "35 Best Canada History Podcasts" (#18), "15 Best Cultural History Podcasts" (#7), and "30 Best History Podcasts For Students" (#10). Named best podcast of all time by their mothers!
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Cutting through AI bullsh*t. Come join the discussion on Discord! https://discord.gg/4UNKGf3
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Truthful, realistic and genuine discussions of topics and situations regarding life in the world today and how we can improve ourselves to greater meet the demands of a failing culture. We get into topics and areas of topics that most people wont go. Human culture, as a whole, is a mess and even if we have to fix it one person at a time, that's what we'll do.
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Want to hear from the authors, artists, creative thinkers and business leaders shaping your world? The Monocle Weekly presents just that on our longest-running radio programme.
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This is the one feed to rule them all! The catch-all feed for the RetroZap Podcast network. Here, you'll find every show we release.
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"Used2Sew" is an entertaining podcast about one of the most important inventions to impact American lives outside of the automobile: the sewing machine. Mother-daughter team TR and Aradia will be talking about sewing machines, sewing history, and sewing culture in the past and present. With comedic timing and far-ranging references, we will explore topics including (but not limited to) textiles, technology, transportation, industry, women, business, home sewing, social movements, politics, a ...
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5-For: Marci X (2003) | Five Films That Explored Culture, Comedy, and Chaos with… Mixed Results
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The Machine, clearly still amused by the cultural fallout of Marci X (2003), has curated five movies that embody the strange intersections of satire, identity, and early-2000s “what were they thinking?” energy. Truman and Landen dive into comedies that pushed boundaries, tripped over them, or sprinted through them in platform shoes. The Machine’s F…
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95. Why Clean Floors, Strong Culture & High-End Machines Drive Valuation
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One of the questions I think about constantly is what actually makes a machine shop valuable. Not just today, but five, ten, or even twenty years down the road. It's easy to point to machines, revenue, or backlog, but the real drivers of long-term value usually run much deeper. That's exactly why I wanted to sit down with Jamie Goettler, Chief Reve…
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119 - Keeping the content machine going
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Giving you one last episode before the new year! Wherein we look back on the last year, both as a podcast and a country.
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Joel Miller on The Idea Machine - Bookish Questions
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Host Alan Cornett interviews author Joel Miller about his new book The Idea Machine. The Idea Machine Joel Miller Substack | XBy Alan Cornett
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Bring Your Own RAM, Samsung leaks, Nvidia acqui-hiring + more!
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Timestamps:0:00 James and the Giant Tum0:13 Maingear's "Bring Your Own RAM" program1:29 Samsung deals with tech leaks2:49 Nvidia acqui-hires Groq (not Grok)4:42 QUICK BITS INTRO4:53 Asus denies memory fab rumors5:33 Google allows Gmail address changes6:24 Old small nuclear reactors for data centers7:13 iPhones better support earbuds in EU7:59 Rainb…
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The difference between a slegh and a sled. John Siracusa and Jason Snell Show Notes & Links Sleigh v. Sled, what's the difference?By Robot or Not?
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Film critic Ty Burr shares his picks for movies to stream as the year winds down
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Are you looking to stream something in this time between the holidays and the new year?By WBUR & NPR
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How studying death metal singers could help people with vocal disorders
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The findings could translate into treatment for those who have trouble speaking, perhaps by training them to use different parts of their throats.By WBUR & NPR
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More heavy snow is expected throughout Monday.By WBUR & NPR
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Trump says Ukraine and Russia are 'a lot closer' to a peace deal
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with President Trump at Mar-a-Lago to discuss a revised 20-point peace plan on Sunday.By WBUR & NPR
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Looking back at the most memorable pop culture moments from 2025
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This year has been a doozy for pop culture fanatics.By WBUR & NPR
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GOP lawmakers urge Education Department to allow higher loan cap on nursing degrees
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The Department of Education has a list of professions approved to get a higher borrowing limit to pay for their advanced degrees.By WBUR & NPR
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NPR's 'Books We Love' list includes more fiction
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NPR's annual "Books We Love" list is out.By WBUR & NPR
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U.S. Department of Justice suing 21 states and Washington, D.C. over access to voter data
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The Trump administration asked dozens of states to give it detailed voter data, and says it is part of an effort to ensure election security.By WBUR & NPR
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Upcoming Supreme Court cases could redefine presidential power
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In 2026, the conservative-leaning court is expected to issue final rulings on some of President Trump's most controversial policies.By WBUR & NPR
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Trump and Netanyahu meet in Florida to discuss Gaza ceasefire
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The U.S.-brokered peace deal is in danger of falling apart before even reaching phase 2.By WBUR & NPR
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Americans are selling plasma to make extra money
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The U.S. is one of a handful of nations that allows people to sell their plasma.By WBUR & NPR
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Brigitte Bardot left acting at her peak, devoting herself to animal rights while drawing criticism for her politics.By WBUR & NPR
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Chef Kathy Gunst rounds up her best bites of the year
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Chef Kathy Gunst tended to find her best bites of the year in small restaurants and stores, and recreated a couple of favorites in her kitchen.By WBUR & NPR
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Ben Shapiro Reacts to Clair Obscur Expedition 33 | Violinist Analysis
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Today, Ben Shapiro reacts to the music score of one of the most famous games of the year - Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. - - - Today's Sponsors: PureTalk - Switch to PureTalk and start saving today! Visit https://PureTalk.com/SHAPIRO - - - DailyWire+: 🎄✨ DAILY WIRE CHRISTMAS SALE IS HERE! ✨🎄 🎁 https://www.dailywire.com/subscribe ⭐️ 40% Off DailyWire…
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Five years after seizing power in a coup, the military junta in Myanmar is holding an election. Yet all credible opposition has been banned. And war has inspired so many films over the past century. Our correspondents battle it out to pick the best one. Listen to what matters most, from global politics and business to science and technology—Subscri…
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Best of 2025: ‘What reconciliation? What forgiveness?’: Syria’s deadly reckoning
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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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Originally published on December 29th 2024. Welcome back to Used2Sew, where we are wrapping up our first season of the show! We reflect on what we’ve learned this year, thank our first Patreon we aren’t directly related to, and talk about how to shed unwanted items from the sewing room that are blocking your creativity. Get ad-free episodes through…
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Ben Shapiro Reacts To Woke TikToks: Dumb Socialists Edition | Volume 2
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In the spirit of Mamdani's big win in NYC, join Ben Shapiro on another rendition of Woke TikToks! (Mamdani Edition) Watch Part 1 here: https://youtu.be/FJPGviHfQeM - - - Today's Sponsors: PDS Debt - You’re 30 seconds away from being debt-free with PDS Debt. Get your free assessment and find the best option for you at https://PDSDebt.com/shapiro. - …
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A Very Special TechLinked Christmas (Boxing Day) Special 2025
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Timestamps: 0:00 welcome back, my dancing sugar plums! 0:38 PC Hardware 3:48 Consoles, Handhelds, Windows, SteamOS 7:16 AI, chatbots, and robots, oh my 10:50 dbrand's Galaxy Z Trifold giveaway! 11:52 NOT a Quick Bits Intro at all 12:08 Platforms, Age Verification 14:18 Tariffs, trade wars, UK backdoors 15:35 Cloud and infrastructure outages 16:32 M…
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Friday marks the first day of Kwanzaa, an annual celebration of African American culture culminating in a communal feast called Karamu on Dec. 31.By WBUR & NPR
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Biblical Idolatry & The Role of Moses w/ Jordan B. Peterson
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The potential negative impacts of idolatry in modern society are explored in Exodus 29, verses 43-46. The perils of choosing idolatry over the divine are discussed, as well as Moses’ role as intermediary between God and the Israelites in both Biblical and contemporary times. - - - Today's Sponsors: Simplisafe - Visit https://SimpliSafe.com/SHAPIRO …
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Surviving crises through humor in the award-winning book 'The True True Story of Raja the Gullible'
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It's a darkly comic book about a mother and son living in Beirut through a series of calamities, including civil war, kidnapping, and economic collapse.By WBUR & NPR
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From 9/11 to Trump 2.0: 25 years in politics
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As the year comes to a close, we want to step back and take a longer view of the last quarter century.By WBUR & NPR
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'Pluribus' star Karolina Wydra on why the show is resonating with viewers
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The science fiction show "Pluribus" is the most-watched series in the history of Apple TV.By WBUR & NPR
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Addiction treatment 'farm' takes root in Mass.
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In part three of our series on addiction treatment communities, WBUR's Deborah Becker visits a healing farm in the US.By WBUR & NPR
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What's really behind your soaring utility bills
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Data centers are only part of the problem.By WBUR & NPR
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Trump administration escalates war against Harvard over holidays
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The latest battle started when education secretary Linda McMahon claimed that Harvard consented to a $200 million cash payment that the university says it never agreed to.By WBUR & NPR
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How owning a pet can complicate finding shelter for unhoused people
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In Connecticut, being a pet owner can prevent unhoused residents from obtaining safe shelter.By WBUR & NPR
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U.S. launches strikes against ISIS militants in Nigeria
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The United States launched a series of strikes targeting Islamic State militants in Nigeria, after Trump accused the group of attacking and persecuting Christians.By WBUR & NPR
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50 years since original 'Hail Mary' football play
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It came at the end of the divisional round match-up between the Minnesota Vikings and Dallas Cowboys, when Dallas Quarterback Roger Staubach launched a long throw downfield to Wide Receiver Drew Pearson.By WBUR & NPR
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Why Nicki Minaj Threw It All Away For Fascism
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When Nicki Minaj stepped on stage in Phoenix, Arizona, with one hand clasping Erika Kirk and the other waving to a crowd of white supremacists, even I was shocked. We’ve known the Queen of Rap to be many unsavory things: an insecure egomaniac, a steadfast defender of predators, an obsessive poster (she has my solidarity on that one). But “fascist p…
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Who let these two clowns run an episode. We talk about our Beautiful AI Future, Matt getting sucked into Wrath of the Righteous, and Norris confirming that even decades later Life Is (still) Strange. Also, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Hosts: Chris Norris, Matt Emery Music by David Beebe…
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Mr. Miramax's Opus, Jennifer Aniston's Graduate and the Finale of Thirty Twenty Ten
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Dec. 26-Jan. 1: All the newest words added to the dictionary, the Kennedy Center Honors before a certain someone got involved, R-rated stop-motion, grumpy painters, murderous tennis stars, our final recommendations for the year, and the end of a 10-year podcast journey through pop culture. All that and more from 30, 20, and 10 years ago.…
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The Meteor Man (1993) | The First Black Superhero Blockbuster That Hollywood Forgot
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The Machine rockets Truman and Landen straight into 1993, drops a glowing meteor at their feet, and tells them to figure out how one of the decade’s most ambitious superhero comedies vanished from cultural memory. Along the way, they wade through neon-lit street gangs, sky-high optimism, and the strangely earnest worldbuilding of a film that tried …
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Alfia is studying to be a nurse, but she soon discovers that science isn’t everything and a higher power is at work. Thank you, Alfia, for sharing your story with us! Produced by Annie Nguyen, original score by Sudi Watchpress, artwork by Teo Ducot. Happy Holidays Spooksters! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for informa…
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Battle of the texts: which books changed the world?
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So many books are published each year; few stand the test of time. Today we devote our whole show to asking which works have shaped the way we behave and how we think. Picks include “Frankenstein” by Mary Shelley, “Pride and Prejudice” by Jane Austen, “A Suitable Boy” by Vikram Seth and “Lord of the Rings” by JRR Tolkien. Full list of books mention…
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TechStuff Redux: Will NVIDIA Save or Ruin The World?
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One of the companies you couldn’t ignore this year was NVIDIA, so we’re re-airing a conversation Oz had with Stephen Witt, a frequent contributor to The New Yorker and author of The Thinking Machine: Jensen Huang, NVIDIA, and the World’s Most Coveted Microchip. They discuss what’s made NVIDIA the most valuable chip company in the world, how a singl…
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Agents of SMOOCH 139: Stupid Christmas Dinner
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Is the Return of Doctor Mysterio the most romcom episode of Doctor Who? We think so. We’ve got superheroes, secret identities, snooping reporters, and invading aliens. This calls for Doctor Mysterio! Join our Agents for this Boxing Day mission and relish the 12th Doctor as matchmaker while he saves the world again. Doctor Who: The Return of Doctor …
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Best of 2025: The human stain remover: what Britain’s greatest extreme cleaner learned from 25 years on the job
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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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Unless you want to lose a whole lot of money, don’t rush to hire an AI bot to run your vending machine. That’s the lesson from a recent experiment in AI autonomy, piloted by Joanna Stern, tech columnist at The Wall Street Journal.By WBUR & NPR
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Landmark court ruling orders VA to build housing for veterans on its West LA campus
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The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld an order in Powers v. McDonough, which orders the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to build thousands of units of housing for homeless, disabled veterans on the West Los Angeles VA campus.By WBUR & NPR
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What's next for Brown University in the wake of shooting
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Brown University and the communities surrounding it are trying to grapple with a shooting that took the lives of two students and injured nine others.By WBUR & NPR
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