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We believe energy should be better. A better experience for customers, better for the planet, and better value for money. Our aim of this podcast series is to give you real insight into our company’s DNA – the way we work, the way we think, our values, and our people. We’ll be chatting to various members of the Octopus Energy team over the coming series, exploring everything from our products and services, to the technology that sits behind them and the culture that is driving us to deliver ...
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Two long-term IBD patients, Rachel and Nigel, share their experiences and perspectives on living with inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis).
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Are podcasts TOO interesting? Need a podcast you CAN miss? Every episode comedian and playwright Dan Bain improvises a low-stakes podcast that's interesting enough to listen to, but not interesting enough to keep you awake, giving you the perfect podcast to fall asleep to.
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The son of Phillip Arthur Thompson, aka the Octopus Hitman, speaks about the most dangerous serial killer you've never heard of... This true crime podcast chronologically details the life, crimes, murders and insanity of a genius beyond anyone’s control.
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Keep The Change is here to crack open the black box of personal finance – because let’s be honest, most of us were never really taught how money works. We’re on a mission to make finance less confusing, more engaging, and actually useful for real life. Each episode, we'll break down the money questions that matter. -Smart, simple ways to make your money work harder -Conversations with experts who help real people every day -The human stories behind how we earn, spend, and save Whether you’re ...
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Welcome! I really didn't know what to say, but I guess things will get more interesting as we move forward :) Stay tuned!
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Learn the language you need to understand news stories in English. Find more at bbclearningenglish.com Follow us at bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/followus
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From UFOs to psychic powers and government cover-ups, history is riddled with unexplained events. You can turn back now or learn the Stuff They Don't Want You To Know ... an audio podcast from iHeartRadio.
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Humorous, magical realism tales from the wine-making province of Mendoza, Argentina.Visit THE OCTOPUS WARS Website: http://emsfsu.podomatic.net/
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Octopus Farm aims to help entrepreneurs in Greece bridge into new global markets. Listen in as we explore strategies that span commercialization, innovation, and business growth.
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The latest news about food, farming and the countryside
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Ocean Science Radio is a joint project between Andrew Kornblatt, founder and host of the Online Ocean Symposium, and Naomi Frances Farabaugh of FIU. Previous co-host was Samantha Wishnak, Digital Media Coordinator at Ocean Exploration Trust. The program will focus on and highlight the latest and greatest ocean science stories that the world has to offer.
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A podcast about design and music by a graphic designer who has a regular article about these subjects in Classic Pop magazine. https://softoctopus.co.uk/index.php/podcast/
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UK-based standup comedian Javier Jarquin is a deep-dive Marvel guy. He has created multiple live shows based on the MCU, and has an encyclopedic knowledge of plots, characters, and trivia. NZ- based comedian and playwright Dan Bain remembers that this show was cool when he was a kid, and once saw an Iron Man movie on an international flight. Join them both as they rewatch and rediscover one of the greatest animated shows of the 1990s.
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"Speaking of Psychology" is an audio podcast series highlighting some of the latest, most important and relevant psychological research being conducted today. Produced by the American Psychological Association, these podcasts will help listeners apply the science of psychology to their everyday lives.
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Welcome to the Tiny Octopus podcast, where amazing things happen. Cover art photo provided by Kyaw Tun on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/@kyawthutun
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Hi parents! Want to share the Bible with your toddler and preschooler? Join us each week to hear easy to understand Bible stories in a fun exciting podcast! And to go even deeper, check out Happy Harbor! Come play with us each week and join our friends Arlo the Bear, Tilly the penguin, Kelby the Octopus as we learn that God made us, God loves us, and God wants to be our friend!
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The internet is a treasure trove of original fiction! Here we dig through and try and find the next big thing.
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Welcome to Octopus. This series is an exploration of digital strategy, its place within the broader marketing ecosystem and the people who have made it their career. It is designed to help prospective digital strategists get started in the industry and chart a roadmap for their careers with insights and perspectives from those that have worked in this space and helped shape it.
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Fun facts about the dumbo octopus. Cover art photo provided by Vanessa Ives on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/@vanessaives
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Welcome to Curiosity Weekly from Discovery, hosted by Dr. Samantha Yammine. Once a week, we’ll bring you the latest and greatest in scientific discoveries and break down the details so that you don’t need a PhD to understand it. From neuroscience to climate tech to AI and genetics, no subject is off-limits. Join Sam as she interviews expert guests and investigates the research guiding some of the most exciting scientific breakthroughs affecting our world today. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com ...
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Welcome to Happy Harbor, where we know that God made you, God loves you, and God wants to be your friend! Join Arlo the bear, Tilly the penguin, and Kelby the Octopus as they go on their adventures in Happy Harbor each week! And parents, you can join in the fun with craft and activity ideas in the show notes and ways to talk about the Bible story with each episode!
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Sharing stories of people who have found a better way of understanding the harmony between science and Christian faith.
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Comedy & Interviews with the Awesome Investments crew
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Kiddywink Crew is a weekly, kid-centric podcast that uses original storytelling to teach social-emotional skills, problem-solving, and empathy to children ages 3–7. Created by educators and co-founders Julianna Bria and Lindsay Farley, each episode features diverse, inclusive characters like Ozzie the Octopus and Sammy the Seahorse, who navigate real-world challenges with creativity and heart. Through imaginative tales and interactive segments like "guess using clues," "potential pause point ...
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Welcome to Octopus Doors, the podcast where we talk about everything related to house doors. Whether you're a homeowner, a contractor, or simply someone interested in the latest trends and technologies, this podcast is for you. Join us as we explore the world of doors, from the latest styles and designs to the most innovative smart home technologies. We'll dive into the history of doors, explore the different types and their uses, and discuss the importance of proper installation and mainten ...
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Embedded is the show for people who love gadgets. Making them, breaking them, and everything in between. Weekly interviews with engineers, educators, and enthusiasts. Find the show, blog, and more at embedded.fm.
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The ‘Catching the Octopus‘ podcast has been created as a platform to help leaders, business owners and achievers tap into the inner secrets to success. It aims to showcase not only successful strategies and mindset that lead to shifting from good to great, but also how influential our own inner connections are at propelling us there. Strategies and mindset give us clarity on what to do in order to achieve, but it is who we become that elevates us to the highest possible level. Although this ...
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Jump down new rabbit holes with Timesuck, the weekly podcast that takes you on a fascinating and bizarre journey through history’s darkest corners, most shocking conspiracies, and wildest true stories. Hosted by acclaimed standup comedian and storyteller Dan Cummins, each episode blends dark humor with deep research to uncover hidden truths about infamous historical figures, unsolved mysteries, notorious serial killers, and more. If you crave the weird, the wild, and the unexpected, Timesuck ...
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Learn to connect better with others in every area of your life. Immerse yourself in spirited conversations with people who know how hard it is, and yet how good it feels, to really connect with other people – whether it’s one person, an audience or a whole country. You'll know many of the people in these conversations – they are luminaries in our culture. Some you may not know. But what links them all is their powerful ability to relate and communicate. It's something we need now more than ever.
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GoalLess is a podcast that highlights the passion, personalities, and pitch drama that make soccer beautiful ... and hilarious. Each week, the hosts kick around the biggest stories from The Champions League, featuring analysis, laughs, and great guests. What's the goal? You tell us! Brought to you by SmartLess Media, Meadowlark, with Paramount+
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Hanselminutes is Fresh Air for Developers. A weekly commute-time podcast that promotes fresh technology and fresh voices. Talk and Tech for Developers, Life-long Learners, and Technologists.
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Two friends discuss anime, their love of crispy octopus balls, and Japanese culture. You'll laugh, you'll cry, and there WILL be yaoi.
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A continuous story for kids starring Will - an almost ordinary boy, his mum, and their pet octopus Bob! They go on amazing adventures together!
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Outside’s longstanding literary storytelling tradition comes to life in audio with features that will both entertain and inform listeners. We launched in March 2016 with our first series, Science of Survival, and have since expanded our show and now offer a range of story formats, including reports from our correspondents in the field and interviews with the biggest figures in sports, adventure, and the outdoors.
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A weekly roundup of the most interesting links featured on DamnInteresting.com. Hosted by Jennifer Lee Noonan.
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Two regular guys talking Disney. Each week, we pull up our stools at the Main Street Pub, have a drink, and discuss our beloved Walt Disney World!
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This new podcast series, hosted by Alby and Clemmie, aims to break the silence around grief between friends, one curious question at a time. These two friends, drawn together through a shared experience of losing a parent when young, are joined by experts in their field who share their own personal stories of loss. Together, they hope to open the conversation about grief, and get friends asking about the octopus. Does your friend have an octopus, and you don’t know what to say? Ask a curious ...
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Dive into the deep end of the musical ocean, where a young octopus named Rawktapus dreams of becoming a rock star. But in Aquapolis, the city of sound, the competition is fierce and the stakes are high. Every band wants to impress the king of the sea, Poseidon, and earn their place in the hall of fame. But not everyone plays fair. Can Rawktapus and his band, The Down Belows, rock their way to the top? Or will they face the wrath of pompous pop stars, killer musicians, and evil record labels? ...
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It is hard to make it in the creative industry! Every other week, join DA3, teacher at DreamWorks Animation & artistic octopus 🐙, as he interviews creative pros that are navigating this world today. This is a place for creatives to learn the secrets & gain the inspiration necessary to thrive in any modern creative industry. 🎨✏️🎬🎧!
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Conversations draws you deeper into the life story of someone you may have heard about, but never met. Journey into their world, joining them on epic adventures to unfamiliar places, back in time to wild moments of history, and into their deepest memories, to be moved by personal stories of resilience and redemption. Hosted by Richard Fidler and Sarah Kanowski, Conversations is the ABC's most popular long-form interview program. Every day we explore the vast tapestry of human experience, wea ...
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Welcome to Situational Awareness Tactics podcast. This podcast provides the crucial art of understanding current elements in an environment to increase your safety and survive.
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Yeah... Nah! is a fortnightly podcast from the New Zealand Skeptics focusing on the latest news of skeptical interest both locally and internationally.
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When Alex Schnell was around 5 years old, playing in rock pools around Clovelly beach in Sydney, she had an alien encounter. The creature in the shallow water in front of her was a little octopus and unlike anything Alex had seen before, and instead of darting off in fear like a fish might, to Alex it felt like the octopus was genuinely curious in …
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23/05/25 - Vet meds, octopuses off Devon, Welsh bTB policy
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Veterinary medicine is not part of the agri-trade agreement sketched out between the EU and the UK earlier this week. It's left vets increasingly concerned that some veterinary medicines won’t be available in Northern Ireland after the end of this year when a ‘grace period’ under the Windsor Framework allowing medication from Great Britain to cross…
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Strange News: Octopus Civilization, Newark Goes Dark, Habeas Corpus, and the New Resource Arms Race
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Afghanistan suspends chess due to religious concerns. Newark goes dark -- for just long enough to prompt serious questions. The world witnesses new escalations in the Great Game, as various corporations and countries race to acquire precious mineral resources. Since Ben and Matt always like to end on a good note, this week's strange news segment co…
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HOW AN OCTOPUS CAN TEACH SITUATIONAL AWARENESS
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#4 World IBD Day special - Shooting the breeze on IBD
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In our fourth episode of Wrestling the Octopus IBD, recorded to mark World IBD Day, Nigel and I busk our way through various IBD topics. Whatever comes to mind - in whichever order - that we think merits discussion. Some serious, some silly. We talk managing fatigue, the cost of living with Crohn's, the crazy things that steroids made us do, and wh…
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We’re all over the show with our new episode of Yeah… Nah!, starting with Mark talking about his recent visit to another Creationist talk - and this one was as inspiring as it was factual. Katrina’s been concerning herself with the question of whether octopuses are going to take over the world, and Bronwyn’s managed to dig up some archive material …
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Ep20: The UK energy market is broken OR why we need zonal pricing
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In this episode, Russell Goldsmith hosts Greg Jackson, founder of Octopus Energy, and Jason Mann, Senior Managing Director at FTI Consulting, to discuss the effects of a zonal pricing system in the UK energy market. They explore how the current electricity market operates, why changes are needed to address high energy bills and system inefficiencie…
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On this episode of GoalLess… the guys try to figure out if Barcelona vs Inter was the best ever Champions League semi-final and look ahead to PSG vs Inter. Plus, Witty rants on if Tottenham or Manchester United can argue that they’ve had a better season than Arsenal, Leeds are marching on to the Premier League, and Trent Alexander Arnold gets boo’d…
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Scientists have discovered fish and octopuses that work together to hunt for food. Learn about this story and the vocabulary from the news headlines with Neil and Pippa. Find full subtitles and a worksheet for this episode at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/learning-english-from-the-news_2025/250507 FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH…
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187. Francis Collins & Kristine Torjesen | Science is Good
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Francis Collins, founder of BioLogos, and Kristine Torjesen, the new President and CEO, are deeply invested in the power of science to do good in the world. Yet, they observe with concern a growing distrust in science within our technologically advanced society. In this conversation, they share profound personal stories of how scientific breakthrou…
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29/05/25 New Reservoirs, Golden Eagles, Coastal National Park
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Two proposed reservoirs have been given 'nationally significant' status by the government to speed up the planning process. Decisions on the Lincolnshire Reservoir which is planned for an area near Sleaford and the Fens Reservoir near March in Cambridgeshire will now be accelerated. Ministers say the law will also be changed so that in the future a…
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Why Colm Toibin ran away with the circus — to Barcelona, Brooklyn and beyond
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The Irish novelist has always been open to where life can unexpectedly take him, and the excitement that comes with that kind of freedom. Colm Toibin's first big move was from rural Ireland to Dublin after his father died when he was young. Then, it was off to experience the wild hedonism and sexual liberation of post-Franco Spain, a pleasant shock…
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The Bizarre World of Dream Experiments
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Multiple animals dream -- and, even now, people have little understanding of why dreaming occurs. In tonight's episode, Ben and Matt explore the newest research in dream states... and, spoiler: they end up with more questions than answers. They don't want you to read our book.: https://static.macmillan.com/static/fib/stuff-you-should-read/ See omny…
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Global warming increases risk of cancer in women: Study
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Global warming increases the risk of cancer in women, a new study has found Learn about this story and the vocabulary from the news headlines with Neil and Georgie. Find full subtitles and a worksheet for this episode at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/learning-english-from-the-news_2025/250528 FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE…
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Climbing Everest is Easy Compared to Surviving an Abusive Parent, With Melissa Arnot Reid
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Melissa Arnot Reid’s mountaineering resume is a jaw dropping list of accomplishments; hundreds of summits of the world’s tallest, most dangerous peaks, including becoming the first American woman to summit Everest without supplemental oxygen. Melissa has an uncommon athletic prowess, but what truly fueled her mountain pursuits was a long held and l…
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Time going too fast? How to slow it down, with Ruth Ogden, PhD
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Why does time fly when you’re having fun – and slow to a crawlwhen you’re not? Ruth Ogden, PhD, talks about how our experiences and emotions influence our sense of time, why time seems to go by faster as we get older, why changing to daylight saving time feels so disruptive and why the COVID-19 pandemic did strange things to many people’s sense of …
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You might think you have nothing to hide on your devices but everyone does. From bank accounts to passwords to travel plans, protecting your digital privacy is one of the biggest issues we face today. Digital privacy expert Eva Galperin joins host Dr. Samantha Yammine to discuss the importance of protecting your data and how to best do so. Sam also…
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28/05/2025 - Galloway National Park, UK bioethanol production and fast tractors
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The Scottish Government is due to make a statement this week about whether Galloway is to get a new National Park - or not. Galloway, in the south west of Scotland, was chosen from five potential locations and the first round of consultation on the plan was completed earlier this year, with its report now being considered by Scottish ministers. We …
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Hilde Hinton's home for the temporarily defeated
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When Hilde Hinton was on the cusp of adolescence, her mother died. For years she protected her younger siblings from the truth about their mum. Despite the great grief of her mother's shocking death when Hilde was just 12 years old, there was also a sense of relief for Hilde. She shielded her younger siblings, Samuel and Connie Johnson, from the tr…
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Strange News: Regeneron Bought Your DNA, CA Birdpocalypse, AI Job Cuts, Free El Gato
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Roundup pesticides get a pass from Georgia. CrowdStrike joins the AI craze. A mysterious birdpocalypse in California. Regeneron buys the bankrupt 23andMe, prompting concerns over consumer's DNA. Free El Gato. All this and more in this week's strange news segment. They don't want you to read our book.: https://static.macmillan.com/static/fib/stuff-y…
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CLASSIC: The Wide World of Food Conspiracies
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Whether rich or poor, young or old, everyone on the planet has to eat. Government institutions monitor the safety, cleanliness and consistency of our favorite foods, but as with any global industry, there are more than a few skeletons in the collective closet of the food and beverage business. Join Ben and Matt as they dive down the gastronomic rab…
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Playing attending physician “Robby” Robinavitch in the hit HBO Max series The Pitt has given him insights into how the harrowing world of the emergency room could be improved in real life.By Bobi NYC
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27/05/25 National Parks, impact of dry weather, plastic in insects.
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All week we're looking at National Parks, last week the Supreme Court ruled that wild camping on Dartmoor is legal. Some areas, however, are dealing with anti-social behaviour and 'fly camping'. We talk to Kevin Bishop CEO of Dartmoor National Park who also sits on National Parks England about the challenges. The prolonged dry spell has had affecte…
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Did you ever watch the Staircase docu-series on Netflix? Or the 2022 HBO MAX adaptation? I watched both, and still wanted to learn more about the divisive trial over the murder of Kathleen Peterson. Did her husband Michael kill her? Or was he railroaded by a justice system that held a grudge against him? Or, did Michael kill not only Kathleen, but …
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Noah And The Flood Hey parents! Use these questions as a guide to talk over this week’s lesson, Noah and the Flood, with your child after they’ve listened to the story! What was your favorite part of the story we just heard? Do you have any questions about what you saw? How was Noah different from the people around him? Noah was the only man on Ear…
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Who is in Kelby's treasure chest this week? Kelby, Arlo, and Tilly all learn about an amazing woman named Esther this week! Come along with us to Happy Harbor to pop some bubbles, ride the Bible train, and hear an amazing story all about God's love. Esther Hey parents! Use these questions as a guide to talk over this week’s lesson about Esther with…
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Episode 856 Love You Mom & Our Sunday News!
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Hello everyone and welcome to the WDW Mainstreet podcast. Pull up your stool with John and Doug as they discuss all of the latest news from around Walt Disney World and their worlds. Doug starts the show off with the sad news that his family lost his beautiful mother-in-law. Please pray for her we love her so much. The guys then get into the latest…
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TURKEY DISRUPTS CHINESE SPY OPERATION USING FAKE CELL TOWERS
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24/05/25 - Farming Today This Week: The EU-UK Summit
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Five years on from Brexit, the Prime Minister has re-set the UK's trade relationship with the EU, with a new, wide-ranging deal. In this programme Caz Graham looks at what it could mean for food, farming and fishing. The UK and EU will now move towards an agreement which would reduce the paperwork and border checks involved in exporting foods like …
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Since the US bombing of Japan in World War II, the world entire has remained terrified of nuclear weapons. Even as scientists and scholars spent decades warning about the existential threat posed by technology that can literally end civilization, countries across the planet raced -- and race still -- to gain this capability for themselves. In tonig…
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Short Suck #34 - The Mysterious Death of Natalie Wood
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In the 1960s, Natalie Wood was one of the world's leading actress, her star shining as bright as Elizabeth Taylor's. She'd been acting since she was a small child, appearing in movies like Miracle on 34th Street. She'd starred opposite James Dean in Rebel Without a Cause, and she'd been linked romantically to Warren Beatty, Michael Caine, Elvis Pre…
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Encore: How Sean Sweeney found his deaf heart
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Sean Sweeney on the complications and joys of growing up as a a hearing child in a deaf family, using Auslan, a distinctively Australian sign language. In his twenties, Sean rebelled against the deaf world, and began to look for a new life in the hearing one. But after eighteen years, he returned. He found work as an interpreter at TAFE, and he met…
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Azure AI Foundry (from BUILD 2025) with Yina Arenas
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Learn how to supercharge your AI development with our integrated signals loop that connects model choice, knowledge retrieval, fine-tuning, orchestration and memory —anchored by observability and trust. Design, customize, and manage intelligent agents using open standards and protocols such as Model Context Protocol (MCP) and Agent-to-Agent (A2A) t…
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Listener Mail: Dreaming Aloud, Beyond Time
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In this evening's weekly listener mail segment, "Ben," Matt and superproducer Tennessee Pal welcome in-depth explorations of dreams from a first-hand perspective. Join the gang as they suss out the tricky nature of linear time -- also, bonus points if you wrote to us earlier, They don't want you to read our book.: https://static.macmillan.com/stati…
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The miserable lives and golden guns of tyrants, dictators and despots
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Marcel Dirsus is fascinated by the treadmill of tyranny: how dictators gain power, how they stay there and how they fall. This is his blueprint for bringing an end to authoritarianism. With democracies seemingly faltering worldwide, political scientist and writer Marcel Dirsus is putting tyrants under the microscope to better understand how they ri…
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"Why does stuff happen? Can we predict it -- and if so, what do these predictions tell us?" Loosely described, the concept of "physics" is the First Science of human civilization. In tonight's episode, Ben and Matt explore recent discoveries that may well upend humanity's understanding of reality (also, spoiler: check out our upcoming episode on dr…
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Bouncing Back From Heart Attacks, With Chef and Angler Ranga Perera
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In and around his home of Bozeman, Montana, Ranga Perera is highly sought after as a fly fishing pal and even more highly sought after as a personal chef. There’s nothing unusual about that combination, until you learn that his family came to the States in 1991 from Sri Lanka after a happy childhood was disrupted by a violent civil war. Less than a…
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Human consciousness: Where is it in the brain?
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Where is consciousness in the brain? Two theories have been put to the test by scientists. Learn about this story and the vocabulary from the news headlines with Neil and Georgie. Find full subtitles and a worksheet for this episode at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/learning-english-from-the-news_2025/250521 FIND BBC LEARNI…
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Building resilience in the face of adversity, with George Bonanno, PhD
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No one gets through life without encountering adversity. But many people survive terrible things without lasting trauma. George Bonanno, PhD, talks about how humans cope with extreme life events, the factors that lead to resilience in the face of adversity, and how cultivating cognitive flexibility can help us handle difficult times. Learn more abo…
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Looking up at the dark sky on a clear night means seeing the lit up little satellites move their way around the night sky. Those satellites might be pretty to look at but researchers are currently working to solve a decades-old problem: what happens when they encounter space junk? Today, producer Teresa Carey speaks with Dr. John Crassidis from the…
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21/05/2025 The UK-EU deal, badger vaccination, Scottish climate targets
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Border post facilities set up since Brexit to handle import checks could now be scaled down or even dismantled. The UK's new deal with the EU promises progress towards an agreement to reduce the paperwork and border checks involved in trading foods like meat and dairy. It also includes a deal on fishing which would allow EU boats to fish in British…
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Claire Keegan on bravery, writing and the single life
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The bestselling Irish author grew up on a farm set on “50 acres on the side of a hill”. Growing up, she witnessed a harsh, misogynistic country that convinced her she would never marry. Claire shares what she has learned about writing from a litter of newborn piglets. Her works Small Things Like These and Foster have both been made into movies. Cla…
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CLASSIC: The Smiley Face Murder Conspiracy
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Could a group of serial murderers be kidnapping, drugging and drowning young men across the United States? Scores of young male college students have been found dead in what law enforcement calls accidental drownings -- but a team of retired detectives believe there's something more sinister at work. Join Ben, Matt and Noel as they dive into the st…
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20/05/2025 - The UK-EU Summit agreements, the impact of bovine TB
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The Prime Minister has re-set the trade relationship between the UK and the EU, with a new, and extremely wide-ranging deal. In this programme Anna Hill digs into the impact of changes around fishing and a new agreement around Sanitary and Phytosanitary rules that govern safety and hygiene. Bovine TB costs the tax payer at least a hundred million p…
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The recent discovery on a distant planet of a chemical that could be a sign of life has this astrophysicist intrigued if not convinced. But if it turns out to be real it would mean that not only are we not alone – “It would really mean that our Galaxy is teeming with life.”By Bobi NYC
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Peter Godwin's complicated loves, great losses and occasional wars
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The writer had a complex relationship with his mother, whose professional reputation built a wall between them, but also saved his life more than once while working as a war correspondent. Peter Godwin was born in Zimbabwe when the country was still under colonial rule. His English mother was the only doctor for thousands of kilometres and early on…
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The Bone Wars, also known as the Great Dinosaur Rush, is what a period of intense fossil hunting in the late 19th century came to be called, thanks primarily to the intense and bitter rivalry between two of America's most prominent early paleontologists, Edward Drinker Cope and Othniel Charles Marsh. These two men, who started out as friends, would…
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