It's easy to get lost in the daily news cycle, with its constant barrage of headlines and updates. What's often missing, however, is a broader and deeper analysis of what’s behind the headlines. Crossroads, hosted by Epoch Times senior investigative reporter Joshua Philipp, is an opinion and analysis show that presents deeper insights into the news cycle, culture, and society. It connects current events with history, ties various news stories together with analysis and opinion, and goes beyo ...
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Beyond Doom & Gloom: Uncovering the real-world climate solutions driven by policy and innovation. Join me as I speak with innovators, advocates, and creators from every sector who are building a sustainable future, published monthly.
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Just a couple of guys talking about what it used to be like as they continue on the path to becoming cranky old men*. The charm is that we suck. *They aren't there just yet.
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Parlons français (Let’s Speak French Together) ensemble is the perfect podcast to learn French step by step, with short, clear, and practical episodes. 🎧 Every week, Teacher Philippe guides you through real-life situations: ordering a coffee, buying bread, asking for directions, and much more. ✅ Designed for beginners and false beginners, this podcast switches between English and French to help you learn without stress — with simple dialogues, essential vocabulary, and easy explanations. 🇫🇷 ...
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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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🎙️ Welcome to In Response - A Legacy Podcast! 🇦🇹 We’re Philipp Klein, Daniel Pernusch, and Peter Plank, three friends from Austria passionate about Magic: The Gathering. Join us as we explore the Legacy format, diving into popular decks, strategic insights, and the evolving metagame. We also review new sets and highlight cards with potential to make waves. Plus, we bring in high-profile guests to share their experiences and thoughts on recent tournaments. We upload new episodes biweekly, so ...
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Becoming CTO Secrets is the ultimate podcast for aspiring CTOs, seasoned tech leaders, and entrepreneurs who want to level up their leadership and technical expertise. Hosted by Philipp Deutscher, a veteran CTO and consultant with over 15 years of experience leading global tech teams, this podcast uncovers the hidden strategies, insights, and hard-earned lessons behind becoming a successful Chief Technology Officer. In each episode, Philipp dives deep into the essentials of CTO leadership: f ...
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Welcome to "2 Cabal Therapists," the podcast where we delve into the Premodern world of Magic: The Gathering and try not to lose our minds in the process! Join us as we dissect decks, crack jokes, and reminisce about the good old days when Swords to Plowshares and Counterspell ruled the battlefield. Whether you're a grizzled MTG veteran or just here for the banter, we've got you covered with expert analysis, spicy hot takes, and more nostalgia than a Brainstorm in your upkeep. Get ready for ...
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Positive Leadership has the power to change the world. By focusing on trust, empathy, authenticity and deep collaboration, leaders can energize their teams to achieve success for individuals, their organizations, and society as a whole. Yet, it remains relatively unknown outside positive psychology and neuroscience circles. Join Jean-Philippe Courtois, former member of the Microsoft senior leadership team alongside Satya Nadella and co-founder of Live for Good, as he brings Positive Leadersh ...
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At the Coalface is a series of conversations hosted by Philippe Rose. Philippe's guests share stories about their life beyond the headlines of international affairs. They look for lessons learned about making an impact in the world as practitioners in diplomacy, international organisations, NGOs, journalism and the private sector. Many of Philippe's guests are connected by their common experience of taking time away from work to attend graduate school at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplom ...
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Inspiring and thought-provoking conversations with leading thinkers about influential ideas on business, technology, economics, and science. Hosted by Nikolaus Lang, Martin Reeves, and Philipp Carlsson-Szlezak. For more ideas and inspiration, sign up to receive BHI INSIGHTS, our monthly newsletter, and follow us on LinkedIn and X.
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The BlomCast looks at turning points in history, which have always fascinated me. My name is Philipp Blom, I am a historian and broadcaster and author of many books about the Enlightenment, the story of modernity and climate history. The climate catastrophe places us at the greatest historical turning point hin human history. What, if anything, can we learn from moments in the past in which a model of life seemed to change, or had to change, in which whole societies were transformed? If you ...
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A narrative history of the German people from the Middle Ages to Reunification in 1991. Episodes are 25-35 min long and drop on Thursday mornings. "A great many things keep happening, some good, some bad". Gregory of Tours (539-594) HotGPod is now entering its 9th season. So far we have covered: Ottonian Emperors (# 1- 21) - Henry the Fowler (#1) - Otto I (#2-8) - Otto II (#9-11) - Otto II (#11-14) - Henry II (#15-17) - Germany in 1000 (#18-21) Salian Emperors(#22-42) - Konrad II (#22- 25) - ...
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Welcome to the Philipp Boulanov podcast, where Turo, GetAround, HyreCar and other platforms get discussed. We talk about how to develop and manage your business. Guests share their experiences and ideas for the future.
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Welcome to Philippe Bakhirev, where amazing things happen.
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Welcome to the Data Science Conversations Podcast hosted by Damien Deighan and Dr Philipp Diesinger. We bring you interesting conversations with the world’s leading Academics working on cutting edge topics with potential for real world impact. We explore how their latest research in Data Science and AI could scale into broader industry applications, so you can expand your knowledge and grow your career. Every 4 or 5 episodes we will feature an industry trailblazer from a strong academic back ...
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Welcome to Inside CVC —Inside CVC by U-Path is the podcast where corporate venture capital meets strategy, leadership, and systemic change. Hosted by Philipp Willigmann and Steve Schmith, the show brings senior voices from across corporate venture, startups, investment, academia, and policy to the table. Each episode goes beyond buzzwords to explore how capital, technology, and leadership shape the future of business and society. From AI and robotics to geopolitics, board governance, and inc ...
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A weekly Public Relations focused podcast where I interview though leaders on different topics ranging from Reputation Management to Crisis Communication and Social Media...
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Acclaimed Canadian director Philippe Falardeau (Congorama, It's Not Me, I Swear!) talks about his Oscar-nominated schoolroom drama Monsieur Lazhar, which screened as part of Sydney Film Festival's Official Competition.
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Reconnect with your inner fighter. Discover the wisdom of Everyday Fighters just like you. Learn winning strategies from experts both inside and outside of the ring.
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From the construction of virtual realities to the internet of things to the watches on our wrists—technology's influence is everywhere. Its role in our lives is evolving fast, and we're faced with riveting questions and tough challenges that sit at the intersection of technology and humanity. Listen in every Friday, with host, journalist Sherrell Dorsey, as TED speakers explore the way tech shapes how we think about society, science, design, business, and more. Follow Sherrell on Instagram @ ...
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Free fitness, nutrition, biohacking, fat loss, anti-aging and cutting-edge health advice from BenGreenfieldLife.com! Tune in to the latest research, interviews with exercise, diet and medical professionals, and an entertaining mash-up of ancestral wisdom and modern science, along with Q&A's and mind-body-spirit optimizing content from America's top personal trainer.
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This is what time travel actually looks like. 🙄🌀⏳ Captivating history documentaries that drop you straight into the action. We explore real events, forgotten eras, and messy truths through immersive storytelling. Ready? Let’s time jump.
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Welcome, If you're looking for a faith building experience filled with inspiration, you'll find it here in raw and authentic discussions. We're here to awaken and revive the spirit and soul of people. We bring unfiltered truth, revelation, and wisdom from God our Father and Lord Jesus Christ. If you're bored with conventional religion and unsatisfied with status quo Christianity, then you have found a community with a zeal for God. Join us as we explore the divine realm, go deeper in fellows ...
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Private markets are opaque and unfamiliar to many people. Within the podcast series 'Private Markets Unleashed', we are interviewing fascinating individuals representing diverse alternative asset classes to enhance transparency and foster greater understanding of private markets.
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Getting sober - daily reflections.
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Philipp Hartmann became a dad of five under two in 13 months. In our first season "Being Dad" we meet unique, inspirational fathers who share their own experiences and stories. DADICATED.COM aims empower men in their vital role as Dads. Our mission is to help facilitating family success. = Also follow us on www.instagram.com/beingdad_official Please do reach out with ideas for awesome Dads you'd like to put forward. = #dads #moms #family #parents #empowerment #dadication #children #fathers # ...
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Welcome to philippe de courville nicol baril, where amazing things happen.
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These videos introduce some scientists working on self-organizing networked systems and their applications. The interviews are about research, life, and the fun behind both. They are about students who are crazy about engineering, senior researchers loving Austrian food, and senior professors explaining their research visions.
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Lakeside Labs performs research at the intersection of information & communication technology and self-organizing & networked systems. These videos capture some seminar-style lectures from leading scientists from both areas.
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A weekly history podcast that will cover France from 3 million years ago to present. Presented by Dr. Gary Girod, with contributions by numerous scholars.
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Weekly conversations about classical music with leading musicians and writers
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here to just talk about my life and hopefully i can relate to some of you Cover art photo provided by Ryan Oswick on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/@ririoswi Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/reggie-philippe/support
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Interviews with Authors about their New Books Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network
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La médiathèque de l'Astrolabe à Melun propose régulièrement des rendez-vous lectures. venez écouter ou lire un texte autour du thème choisi par les bibliothécaires...
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An ongoing conversation about heritage, history, and why we're so hooked on horology. For an hour each week, we talk about everything from watches to... watches.
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Uncover the exciting stories of deep tech pioneers with 'Deep Tech Stories.' Each episode features in-depth interviews with entrepreneurs, innovators, and idealists in the cutting-edge world of deep tech. From exploring quantum computing and nuclear fusion to AI, join host Philipp Stürmer as he dives into the stories behind the creators of the most advanced technologies and their real world applications. Subscribe now for a thrilling journey into the heart of deep tech innovation. Website: w ...
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Hairspring's founder Erik Gustafson and enthusiast Max Braun bring you a meandering weekly-ish roundtable on watches and many other things.
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Du magst Gänsehaut beim Einschlafen? Dann bist du hier richtig. In Nachtschatten nehmen Patrizia und Philipp dich mit in die düstere Welt der Creepypasta – inszenierte Kurzgeschichten aus dem Internet, die sich irgendwo zwischen Horror, Mystery und Urban Legend bewegen. Wir übersetzen bekannte wie unbekannte englische Texte sorgfältig ins Deutsche, lesen sie mit viel Atmosphäre ein und lassen sie so in neuem, finsteren Glanz erstrahlen. Egal ob du nur eine kleine Portion Grusel für zwischend ...
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fillyroundtheworld my namee is Philipp, but my friends name me Filly. I travel around the world with a trombone golfclub and a Spätzlebrett on a bicycle.
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This Podcast has all the help and advice you need from expert personal trainer Ross Philippe to help you Get fit and lose weight.
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The Grey Market Podcast is your daily source of watch & horology news, market trends and prices brought to you by the experts at Luxury Bazaar!
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Redefining AI is a Three-Time Award-Winning Tech Podcast that cuts through the noise! Join Lauren Hawker Zafer, Chief Operating Officer at Squirro and Stevie Silver Award–winning creator, for a bold, thought-provoking exploration of artificial intelligence. Celebrated as intellectually rigorous, globally relevant, and truly unique, the show examines how AI shapes us socially, psychologically, and even physiologically. Each episode brings together leading academics, authors, executives, and i ...
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State Department Advances Campaign Against Mass Migration
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The State Department is now advancing its policies against mass migration, which it deems an existential threat to Western civilization. It is now looking for information on abuses of basic rights caused by people who migrate into other countries. In addition to this, the United States is also changing its policies on humanitarian aid at the United…
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CCP Launches Live-Fire Drills Around Taiwan; FBI May Denaturalize Somali Scammers
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The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has now surrounded Taiwan with warships and is holding live-fire exercises. The move is directed at U.S. support for Taiwan and is taking place as the CCP pushes its agenda to take the island by force. In other news, the FBI is focusing on the Somali scam rings in Minnesota, and in a new update announced that fraud…
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Full Video Episode - Episode Thirteen - The New Imagination: Generative AI and Humanity’s Next Artistic Revolution with René Schulte and Philipp Schweidler
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In this episode of Redefining AI, we explore The New Imagination: Generative AI and Humanity’s Next Artistic Revolution, inspired by the Reply AI Film Festival 2025 in Venice, an international showcase featuring over 2,500 AI-powered film submissions from 67 countries. Joining our host Lauren Hawker Zafer in the conversation are René Schulte, Exper…
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Philippe Huneman, "Why?: The Philosophy Behind the Question" (Stanford UP, 2023)
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Why did triceratops have horns? Why did World War I occur? Why does Romeo love Juliet? And, most importantly, why ask why? In Why?: The Philosophy Behind the Question (Stanford UP, 2023), philosopher Philippe Huneman describes the different meanings of "why," and how those meanings can, and should (or should not), be conflated. As Huneman outlines,…
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Rob Palmer - From the Battlefield to the Beltway, on Leadership and Influence
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In this episode, I sit down with Rob Palmer, corporate government relations executive and retired U.S. Air Force Reserve public affairs officer, for a wide-ranging conversation on leadership, influence, and the art of translating complexity across the worlds of politics, the military, and industry. Rob’s career spans trade association lobbying, mil…
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J. Barton Scott, "Slandering the Sacred: Blasphemy Law and Religious Affect in Colonial India" (U Chicago Press, 2023)
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Why is religion today so often associated with giving and taking offense? To answer this question, Slandering the Sacred: Blasphemy Law and Religious Affect in Colonial India (U Chicago Press, 2023) invites us to consider how colonial infrastructures shaped our globalized world. Through the origin and afterlives of a 1927 British imperial law (Sect…
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Alison Stone, "Women Philosophers in Nineteenth-Century Britain" (Oxford UP, 2023)
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Many women wrote philosophy in nineteenth-century Britain, and they wrote across the full range of philosophical topics. Yet these important women thinkers have been left out of the philosophical canon and many of them are barely known today. The aim of Women Philosophers in Nineteenth-Century Britain (Oxford UP, 2023) is to put them back on the ma…
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Jordan Frith, "Barcode" (Bloomsbury, 2023)
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Barcodes are about as ordinary as an object can be. Billions of them are scanned each day and they impact everything from how we shop to how we travel to how the global economy is managed. But few people likely give them more than a second thought. In a way, the barcode's ordinariness is the ultimate symbol of its success. However, behind the munda…
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James Welsh et al., "Weathering Space" (American Scientist 114:1 2026)
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Past human space missions were protected by Earth’s magnetic field and a measure of luck, but future missions beyond the Earth–Moon system will face far greater and longer-lasting radiation risks that cannot be managed by route planning alone. The authors argue that safe deep-space exploration will require major advances in understanding radiation,…
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Philip A. Wallach, "Why Congress" (Oxford UP, 2023)
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To achieve legitimate self-government in America's extended Republic, the U.S. Constitution depends on Congress harmonizing the country's factions through a process of conflict and accommodation. Why Congress (Oxford University Press, 2023) demonstrates the value of this activity by showing the legislature's distinctive contributions in two crucial…
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Dejan Djokić, "A Concise History of Serbia" (Cambridge UP, 2023)
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Dejan Djokić's book A Concise History of Serbia (Cambridge UP, 2023) covers the full span of Serbia's history – from the sixth-century Slav migrations through until the present day – in an effort to understand the country’s position at the crossroads of east and west. The book traces key developments surrounding the medieval and modern polities ass…
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Amit Varshizky, "The Metaphysics of Race: Science and Faith in the Nazi Worldview" (Taylor & Francis, 2024)
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The Metaphysics of Race seeks to reframe debates on the conflicting scientific and spiritual traditions that underpinned the Nazi worldview, showing how despite the multitude of tensions and rivals among its adherents, it provided a coherent conceptual grid and possessed its own philosophical consistency. Drawing on a large variety of works, the vo…
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Anna Zeide, "US History in 15 Foods" (Bloomsbury, 2023)
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From whiskey in the American Revolution to Spam in WWII, food reveals a great deal about the society in which it exists. Selecting 15 foods that represent key moments in the history of the United States, this book takes readers from before European colonization to the present, narrating major turning points along the way, with food as a guide. US H…
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J. W. Rinzler and Lee Unkrich, "Stanley Kubrick's The Shining" (Taschen, 2023)
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In 1966 Stanley Kubrick told a friend that he wanted to make “the world’s scariest movie.” A decade later Stephen King’s The Shining landed on the director’s desk, and a visual masterpiece was born. J. W. Rinzler and Lee Unkrich's book Stanley Kubrick's The Shining (Taschen, 2023) is the definitive compendium of the film that transformed the horror…
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Bernard Forjwuor, "Critique of Political Decolonization" (Oxford UP, 2023)
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What is political independence? As a political act, what was it sanctioned to accomplish? Is formal colonialism over, or a condition in the present, albeit mutated and evolved? In Critique of Political Decolonization (Oxford UP, 2023), Bernard Forjwuor challenges what, in normative scholarship, has become a persistent conflation of two different co…
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Gillian Adler and Paul Strohm, "Alle Thyng Hath Tyme: Time and Medieval Life" (Reaktion, 2023)
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Alle Thyng Hath Tyme: Time and Medieval Life (Reaktion, 2023) recreates medieval people’s experience of time: as continuous and discontinuous, linear and cyclical, embracing Creation and Judgement, shrinking to ‘atoms’ or ‘droplets’ and extending to the silent spaces of eternity. They might measure time by natural phenomena such as sunrise and suns…
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Announcement: The History of the Germans Tour is on!
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Hello friends of the History of the Germans. Great news, the tour is on! We have set up a website where you can sign up. I have put a link in the show notes, as well as on my website History of the Germans in the Travel, maps and Books section. Sign up here: History of the Germans Podcast Tour - BikePlanet We will be travelling on the passenger shi…
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Andy Cowan, "B-Side: A Flipsided History of Pop" (Headpress, 2023)
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In his new book B-Sides: A Flipsided History of Pop (Headpress, 2023), Andy Cowan explores a century of music b-sides. Pop music would be a different beast without the B-Side. Music history is riven with songs deemed throwaway that revolted against their lowly status and refused to be denied. Be it rock'n'roll's national anthem ('Rock Around The Cl…
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Sara Byala, "Bottled: How Coca-Cola Became African" (Oxford UP, 2023)
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Travel to virtually any African country and you are likely to find a Coca-Cola, often a cold one at that. Bottled asks how this carbonated drink became ubiquitous across the continent, and what this reveals about the realities of globalisation, development and capitalism. Bottled: How Coca-Cola Became African (Oxford University Press, 2023) by Dr. …
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Scott A. Mitchell, "The Making of American Buddhism" (Oxford UP, 2023)
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Scott A. Mitchell is the Dean of Students and Faculty Affairs and holds the Yoshitaka Tamai Professorial Chair at the Institute of Buddhist Studies in Berkeley. He teaches and writes about Buddhism in the West, Pure Land Buddhism, and Buddhist modernism. As of 2010, there were approximately 3-4 million Buddhists in the United States, and that figur…
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Kate Clancy, "Period: The Real Story of Menstruation" (Princeton UP, 2023)
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Menstruation is something half the world does for a week at a time, for months and years on end, yet it remains largely misunderstood. Scientists once thought of an individual's period as useless, and some doctors still believe it's unsafe for a menstruating person to swim in the ocean wearing a tampon. Period: The Real Story of Menstruation (Princ…
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Michael Newton, "It's a Wonderful Life" (British Film Institute, 2023)
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Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life is one of the best-loved films of Classical Hollywood cinema, a story of despair and redemption in the aftermath of war that is one of the central movies of the 1940s, and a key text in America's understanding of itself. This is a film that remains relevant to our own anxieties and yearnings, to all the contradic…
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Martin Jay, "Immanent Critiques: The Frankfurt School under Pressure" (Verso, 2023)
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The Frankfurt School’s own legacy is best preserved by exercising an immanent critique of its premises and the conclusions to which they often led. By distinguishing between what is still and what is no longer alive in Critical Theory, Immanent Critiques: The Frankfurt School Under Pressure (Verso, 2023) seeks to demonstrate its continuing relevanc…
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Agata Fijalkowski, "Law, Visual Culture, and the Show Trial" (Routledge, 2023)
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Addressing the relationship between law and the visual, this book examines the importance of photography in Central, East, and Southeast European show trials. The dispensation of justice during communist rule in Albania, East Germany, and Poland was reliant on legal propaganda, making the visual a fundamental part of the legitimacy of the law. Anal…
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Marion Gibson, "Witchcraft: A History in Thirteen Trials" (Scribner, 2023)
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Witchfinder General, Salem, Malleus Maleficarum. The world of witch-hunts and witch trials sounds archaic and fanciful, these terms relics of an unenlightened, brutal age. However, we often hear ‘witch-hunt’ in today’s media, and the misogyny that shaped witch trials is all too familiar. Three women were prosecuted under a version of the 1735 Witch…
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Amitav Acharya, "Tragic Nation: Burma--Why and How Democracy Failed" (Penguin Random House, 2023)
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What went wrong with Burma’s democratic experiment? How are we to understand the country’s turbulent politics in the wake of the 2021 coup? In this conversation with Duncan McCargo, Amitav Acharya talks about his new book on Burma, which draws extensively on communications with young activists he refers to as “thought warriors”. He also discusses t…
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Trump Has a Plan to Make Housing Prices Tumble
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The affordability crisis is becoming the main narrative for the midterm elections. This comes down to homes and food, and the soaring costs that have reduced quality of life for many Americans. In other news, massive fraud has been uncovered in Minnesota, where individuals and organizations are accused of stealing billions from the welfare system. …
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Jeremy Black, "A History of Artillery" (Rowman & Littlefield, 2023)
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Jeremy Black's book A History of Artillery (Rowman & Littlefield, 2023) traces the development of artillery through the ages, providing a thorough study of these weapons. From its earliest recorded use in battle over a millennium ago, up to the recent Gulf War, Balkan, and Afghanistan conflicts, artillery has often been the deciding factor in battl…
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Jean Pfaelzer, "California, a Slave State" (Yale UP, 2023)
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California owes its origins and sunny prosperity to slavery. Spanish invaders captured Indigenous people to build the chain of Catholic missions. Russian otter hunters shipped Alaska Natives--the first slaves transported into California--and launched a Pacific slave triangle to China. Plantation slaves were marched across the plains for the Gold Ru…
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Donna J. Drucker, "Fertility Technology" (MIT Press, 2023)
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A concise overview of fertility technology—its history, practical applications, and ethical and social implications around the world. In the late 1850s, a physician in New York City used a syringe and glass tube to inject half a drop of sperm into a woman’s uterus, marking the first recorded instance of artificial insemination. From that day forwar…
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Richard Bradford, "Tough Guy: The Life of Norman Mailer" (Bloomsbury, 2023)
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Twice winner of the Pulitzer Prize, firstly in 1969 for The Armies of the Night and again in 1980 for The Executioner's Song, Norman Mailer's life comes as close as is possible to being the Great American Novel: beyond reason, inexplicable, wonderfully grotesque and addictive.The Naked and the Dead was acclaimed not so much for its intrinsic qualit…
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Stephanie Barczewski, "How the Country House Became English (Reaktion, 2023)
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How the Country House Became English (Reaktion, 2023) by Dr. Stephanie Barczewski is an exploration of the evolution of the quintessentially English country house. Country houses have come to be regarded as quintessentially English, not only in terms of their architectural style but because they appear to embody national values of continuity and in…
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Eric G. Wilson, "Point Blank" (British Film Institute, 2023)
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John Boorman's Point Blank (1967) has long been recognized as one of the seminal films of the sixties, with its revisionary mix of genres including neo-noir, New Wave, and spaghetti western. Its lasting influence can be traced throughout the decades in films like Mean Streets (1973), Reservoir Dogs (1992), Heat (1995), The Limey (1999) and Memento …
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Helle Strandgaard Jensen, "Sesame Street: A Transnational History" (Oxford UP, 2023)
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In Sesame Street: A Transnational History (Oxford UP, 2023), author Helle Strandgaard Jensen tells the story of how the American television show became a global brand. Jensen argues that because the show's domestic production was not financially viable from the beginning, Sesame Street became a commodity that its producers assertively marketed all …
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Kathryn Cornell Dolan, "Breakfast Cereal: A Global History" (Reaktion Books, 2023)
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Breakfast Cereal: A Global History (Reaktion, 2023) by Dr. Kathryn Dolan presents the long, distinguished and surprising history of breakfast cereal. Simple, healthy and comforting, breakfast cereals are a perennially popular way to start the day around the world. They have a long, distinguished and surprising history – around 10,000 years ago, wit…
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Inside CVC: Berlin CVC Open Innovation Summit, Part 1: Capital, Policy, and Risk
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In late November, leaders from across Europe gathered in Berlin for the first European edition of the CVC Open Innovation Summit. What emerged was not another debate about whether innovation matters, but a far more urgent question: is Europe actually set up to execute? In Part 1 of this special two-part Inside CVC series, host Steve Schmith takes l…
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Abigail Bainbridge, "Conservation of Books" (Routledge, 2023)
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Editor Abigail Bainbridge and contributing author Sonja Schwoll join this discussion of Conservation of Books (Routledge 2023), the highly anticipated reference work on global book structures and their conservation. Offering the first modern, comprehensive overview on this subject, this volume takes an international approach. Written by over 70 spe…
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Jolyon Baraka Thomas and Matthew D. McMullen, "The New Nanzan Guide to Japanese Religions" (U Hawaii Press, 2024)
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For nearly two decades, the Nanzan Guide to Japanese Religions (U Hawaii Press, 2024) has served as a valuable resource for students and scholars of religion in Japan. This exciting update expands the audience to include non-specialists of Japan while also complicating the notions of "Japan" and "religion." Asking the provocative question "why stud…
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Divine Materialism and Integral Cosmology: Consciousness, Science, and the Spiritual Turn with Marco Masi
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In this episode, we explore Marco Masi’s article “The Integral Cosmology of Sri Aurobindo: An Introduction from the Perspective of Consciousness Studies.” Marco’s work sits at the intersection of the hard sciences and spirituality, advancing the provocative notion of “divine materialism.” We examine the limitations of contemporary philosophy of min…
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Andrew Porwancher, "American Maccabee: Theodore Roosevelt and the Jews" (Princeton UP, 2025)
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A scion of the Protestant elite, Theodore Roosevelt was an unlikely ally of the waves of impoverished Jewish newcomers who crowded the docks at Ellis Island. Yet from his earliest years he forged ties with Jews never before witnessed in a president. American Maccabee traces Roosevelt’s deep connection with the Jewish people at every step of his daz…
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Jacob Bricca, "How Documentaries Work" (Oxford UP, 2023)
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Previous guest Jacob Bricca (Documentary Editing: Principles and Practice) is a professional film editor and director, specializing in documentaries. In his new book, he breaks down the hidden conventions of the documentary film in accessible language for film students and documentary enthusiasts alike. Chapters on Narrative and Meaning show how do…
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Thomas David DuBois, "China in Seven Banquets: A Flavourful History" (Reaktion Books, 2024)
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In this episode of New Books Network, Laura Goldberg speaks with Thomas David DuBois, Professor at Beijing Normal University, about his book China in Seven Banquets, which traces Chinese history through seven extraordinary meals. Gastronomy and dining rituals offer a revealing historical framework: they make visible social order, ethical values, an…
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Matthew Pawlak, "Sarcasm in Paul's Letters" (Cambridge UP, 2023)
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In this recent monograph Sarcasm in Paul's Letters (Cambridge University Press 2023, Matthew Pawlak offers the first treatment of sarcasm in New Testament studies. He provides an extensive analysis of sarcastic passages across the undisputed letters of Paul, showing where Paul is sarcastic, and how his sarcasm affects our understanding of his rheto…
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Lisa Silverman, "The Postwar Antisemite: Culture and Complicity After the Holocaust" (Oxford UP, 2025)
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In his influential Anti-Semite and Jew, French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre observed "If the Jew did not exist, the anti-Semite would invent him." In doing so he articulated the figure of an Antisemite responsible for imagining the Jew in a formulation that has lasted for decades. This figure became an indispensable trope in the period immediately …
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Jack Z. Bratich, "On Microfascism: Gender, War, and Death" (Common Notions, 2022)
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In On Microfascism: Gender, War, and Death (Common Notions, 2022) Dr. Jack Z. Bratich explores the cultural elements in American society that support fascism. Microfascism appears in many aspects of culture engaging consumers to think of others and their own self in ways that extend fascism into everyday life while constantly adapting to cultural a…
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Dry Sauna Vs Infrared Vs Hot Tub, Little Known Ways To Heal The Gut, Maintaining Muscle With Ketones and More! Solosode: 495
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Full Shownotes: https://bengreenfieldlife.com/podcast/495/ In this episode, I take you through a solo Q&A exploring topics like the best sauna practices, the real benefits of walking 7,000 steps a day, and the latest research on gut health treatments—including my personal experience starting a fecal microbiota transplant for chronic issues. How per…
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David Newheiser et al., "Art-Making as Spiritual Practice: Rituals of Embodied Understanding" (Bloomsbury, 2025)
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Art-Making as Spiritual Practice: Rituals of Embodied Understanding (Bloomsbury Academic Press, 2025), edited by Professor David Newheiser, is a new collection asks if it’s possible to consider art-making as a spiritual practice independent of explicit religious belief or content. Where earlier research has focused on the religious significance of …
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Alastair McClure, "Trials of Sovereignty: Mercy, Violence, and the Making of Criminal Law in British India, 1857-1922" (Cambridge UP, 2024)
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Trials of Sovereignty: Mercy, Violence, and the Making of Criminal Law in British India, 1857-1922 (Cambridge UP, 2024) offers the first legal history of mercy and discretion in nineteenth and twentieth-century India. Through a study of large-scale amnesties, the prerogative powers of pardon, executive commutation, and judicial sentencing practices…
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