Learn HOW to learn Chinese with hosts Jared Turner and John Pasden. You will learn tips, strategies, and insights so you can supercharge your language learning. You will also be inspired by guest interviews with people from all over the world who have learned Chinese. Both Jared and John both learned Chinese, lived in China for many years, and have worked with learners all over the world and understand the unique challenges that Chinese learners face. They stay at the forefront of language l ...
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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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A podcast about how to learn Mandarin. In-depth discussions about how to overcome challenges, solve problems and get the most out of your learning. For more information and inspiration, visit https://www.hackingchinese.com!
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Hi, I’m Jiajia, a qualified language teacher and a language lover. If you have been learning Chinese for years and still haven’t reached fluency, I’m here to help! Through this podcast you will learn the REAL Chinese. You will listen to different topics, such as the cultural, the custom, idioms and slang, stories, tips for learning and more. Listen repeatedly-Read the transcripts-Do output activities. You will find yourself using new words and phrases that you’ve listened before automaticall ...
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China Myth Podcast is a self-produced immersion experience of my journey through the fascinating and misunderstood dilemmas of Chinese business culture - a reaction, a behavior, even a suggestion - and asks whether I could have achieved a better outcome with a different attitude, mindset, and approach. Because sometimes, learning how to listen is a lost art of communication.
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Using more than 99% target language, LCTS听故事说中文 creates authentic and immersive Chinese language podcast. It covers a wide range of topics and proficiency levels(Novice, Intermediate, Advanced). Every story has two parts: story (A) and story explanation (B), accompanied by annotated vocabulary and transcript. For example, an episode titled "2.3.12 A" means this episode is at the level of Intermediate High (2.3), is the 12th episode created for this level, and is the story, not story explanat ...
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I read, watch, and listen for me and will only discuss what interests me.
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Crack open a good book with two wise-cracking besties. Sarah and Cyrus are two queer English majors who use their degrees to commit crimes against literature. Support us on Patreon for bonus episodes and merch! https://www.patreon.com/crackedspinespodcast
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Here we explain all of our different opinions on transformation throughout the book and give you a glimpse into our thoughts and opinions!!
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Each NEUROSURGERY podcast episode is the scientific abstract from a published article translated into Chinese and read by a native speaker. © Copyright 2010 Congress of Neurological Surgeons
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We are Inspyre! A passionate team of content creators exploring the stories that light up our books and screens. Join us on our journey through the pages and frames where stories come to life. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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A comedy podcast that exposes the absurd side of folklore. Each week we read a story, fix plotholes and create new ones, and invent unintended connections between tales.
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km.t (pronounced Kemet) means the fertile black soil of the Nile Delta, it is also Egypt's oldest name.
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Tune in every other week for inspiring, joyful, and informative conversations on transforming ourselves, our communities, and the world, in the spirit of ancient Chinese medicine, spirituality, and philosophy. Separating fact from fiction, we aim to bring you medicine from China's distant past, translated here to meet YOUR needs today, in clinic and beyond. I am your host, Dr. Sabine Wilms, medical historian, recovering university professor, and author and translator of more than a dozen boo ...
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How was chinese numerology discovered, what are the basics of that, how can you make some ones numeroscope,how do you read it ,how do you discover about you
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Explore Mandarin with TeaTime Chinese Podcast (茶歇中文播客). Ideal for intermediate learners, our episodes utilize the Comprehensible Input method to delve into a wide array of subjects including Chinese culture, history, literature, and society. Enhance your language skills, prepare for HSK exams, or simply immerse yourself in content that broadens your cultural horizons.
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The episodic Arthur podcast! Two huge fans of the PBS Kid's show "Arthur" dissect the show and have fun doing it!
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Where the world and America meet, with episodes each weekday. The world is changing. Decisions made in the US and by the second Trump administration are accelerating that change. But they are also a symptom of it. With Asma Khalid in DC, Tristan Redman in London, and the backing of the BBC’s international newsroom, The Global Story brings clarity to politics, business and foreign policy in a time of connection and disruption.
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Li Laoshi' Chinese Pod is to offer authentic Chinese listening materials to Chinese learners! I am a Mandarin teacher and I love teaching Mandarin! In this pod, I use Comprehensible Input strategies to create topic talkings, adapt stories, legends and fairy tails and make learning fun and accessible. Most of the materials are also used in my Mandarin classes. Hope you like them and hope my Chinese Pod be very helpful for your learning. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod ...
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Listen and Learn Chinese from an intermediate-level, non-native learner perspective. Max and Hasnaien are two Canadians who have been learning Mandarin for a few years and are excited to share their own homemade tips and tricks for learning Mandarin but aren't so far gone that they don't understand the grind of learning Chinese. If you're brand new to learning Chinese or wanting to brush up on your basics, feel free to start right at Episode 1, which is the first episode of our Tones and Pīn ...
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Brad Carr interviews the world's best leaders. Previous guests include Navy SEALs, #1 New York Times bestselling authors, CEOs, and more. Listen anywhere you get your podcasts, and please rate and review the podcast if you enjoy it. In 2018, Brad Carr teamed up with the Navy Leadership and Ethics Center to produce 12 podcasts with guests featured on the Navy Reading List and Navy Movie List. Those episodes are archived here. DISCLAIMER: The views and opinions expressed in this content are th ...
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Here's where to find podcasts from The Nation. Political talk without the boring parts, featuring the writers, activists and artists who shape the news, from a progressive perspective.
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Chinese history from an Australian bloke. It will be informative, it will be hectic, it will be full of surprises and it will be bloody awesome.
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Rotten but still a little sweet! Rotten Mango is a true crime + all things spooky podcast. We love doing deep dives into the darkest crimes and we tend to not leave out any details - which can get a little rotten at times. If you want deep dives in the psychology of killers, no holding back storytelling of crimes, and stories of lesser known criminals from around the world this is the place for you. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of Rotten Mango ad-free. Start a fr ...
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Learning Mainland Mandarin Chinese by reading an article, explaining new words in Chinese or English, and repeating the sentences. Some highlights of words and grammar are summarized at the end of the episode. The articles or stories are read at a slower pace, and the content is beneficial for intermediate and advanced (B2, C1 or HSK4, HSK5) Chinese learners. One on One lesson - https://www.italki.com/zh-cn/teacher/3606844 Contact - [email protected]
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World Languages Podcasting provides a podcast series in various languages for the language student or native speaker to help improve language skills and knowledge of Australian culture. Each conversation is complemented with a full transcript and a page of language exercises that may be downloaded from the website www.worldlanguagespodcasting.com.
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"Conversations about Language Teaching" is a podcast of unscripted discussions of language teaching, drawing on both research and classroom & online language teaching. If you like thinking deeply about issues of classroom language teaching and how those relate to research and theory, this podcast might be for you. Reed & Diane, the hosts, base our knowledge of language teaching on research we've read & done, theoretical views of language acquisition, our experiences as language teachers and ...
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Treading The Path of Heaven is a literary podcast where we share our favorite books! Generally, they’re translated from Chinese, Korean, or Japanese, but we talk about everything! From traditional Chinese xianxia novels to isekai (trapped in another world) novels to mind-bending sci-fi to classic western fantasy settings, we read everything! Let us share your new favorite novel with you! Find us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/tigercoaster
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Each week, Rosie Pasqualini— sometimes with a guest— unpacks a particularly jarring article or piece of short fiction, discussing its personal and cultural relevance. Get ready for fresh ideas, a dollop of politics, and a healthy dose of emotional vivisection. You are invited to read along! Articles and stories available at www.cantunread.com.
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Let's get down to business. In your podcast feed 6am every morning. This podcast is an audio version of the Equity Mates Daily Newsletter. The content is written by Bryce and Ren for the email, and has been turned into audio using Artificial Intelligence. Subscribe to the email. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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America is more divided than ever—but it doesn’t have to be. Open to Debate offers an antidote to the chaos. We bring multiple perspectives together for real, nonpartisan debates. Debates that are structured, respectful, clever, provocative, and driven by the facts. Open to Debate is on a mission to restore balance to the public square through expert moderation, good-faith arguments, and reasoned analysis. We examine the issues of the day with the world’s most influential thinkers spanning s ...
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Listen to Rest of World's best stories about the way technology is reshaping the globe. Narrated by our staff of writers and editors. Nearly four billion internet users live outside the West. We're telling their stories, with in-depth, on-the-ground reporting on topics like Big Tech’s global influence, e-commerce, cryptocurrency, the struggles of the gig economy, and the rise of EVs.
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This is a ridiculous podcast where a clinically diagnosed psychopath gives self help advice to the degenerates that are willing to listen to him. He read a bunch of self help books in prison, making him an expert on this stuff. Truly the world has come to an end.
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Welcome to Tsundoku – the podcast for addicted readers. Tsundoku is the Japanese word for that pile of books by your bed – the ones you fully intend to read – sometime! If you can’t resist a good story, are endlessly curious about new books and love nothing better than discussing an old favourite – this is the podcast for you. In Tsundoku we’ll talk to the authors of the moment, we’ll pull out the ‘hits and memories’ from years past and chat them back into life, and we’ll talk to readers fro ...
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Coastal Front is a Vancouver-based media company providing in-depth reporting and opinion, with a strong focus on government accountability at all levels in Canada. As part of our work, the Coastal Front podcast, hosted by Andrew Johns, features conversations on business, politics, and community, exploring the stories shaping our city, province, and country.
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Amateur enthusiast Jacke Wilson journeys through the history of literature, from ancient epics to contemporary classics. Episodes are not in chronological order and you don't need to start at the beginning - feel free to jump in wherever you like! Find out more at historyofliterature.com and facebook.com/historyofliterature. Support the show by visiting patreon.com/literature or historyofliterature.com/donate. Contact the show at [email protected].
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Trash Taste is the premiere anime podcast exploring anime, manga, and otaku culture with top anime YouTubers: Joey from The Anime Man, Garnt from Gigguk, and Connor from Cdawgva, and occasionally special guests. For advertising opportunities please email: [email protected] We wanna make the podcast even better, help us learn how we can: https://bit.ly/2EcYbu4 Privacy Policy: https://www.studio71.com/us/terms-and-conditions-use/#Privacy%20Policy
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We're Changing Our Podcast Name from Biz Meet Global to Trade Meet Global. We just liked the new name better, and we think it fits better with our Online Marketplace (Trade Market Global). Trade Meet Global is The Podcast Gathering Place for Everything Business, Society, Life, Philosophy, and More! Let’s talk Business, Opportunities, Commerce, Trade, Technology, and how all of it affects society, and our daily lives. Tom Barto will be Hosting, and sometimes Co-Hosting this Podcast with vario ...
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This podcast is a channel on the New Books Network. The New Books Network is an academic audio library dedicated to public education. In each episode you will hear scholars discuss their recently published research with another expert in their field. Discover our 150+ channels and browse our 28,000+ episodes on our website: newbooksnetwork.com Subscribe to our free weekly Substack newsletter to get informative, engaging content straight to your inbox: https://newbooksnetwork.substack.com/ ...
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Join me in an unusual but deeply fulfilling journey as I work my way through the Tao te Ching, that ancient Chinese book of wisdom and spirituality that didn't draw me away from a Christ-centered faith, but actually helped me hold onto it.
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Got a burning language learning question? I’m Olly Richards and I've learned 8 languages through stories. Every Wednesday, I answer your questions and chat to world-class language experts. Whether you're learning Spanish, German, Japanese, or something else, tune in for insider tips and practical strategies to get fluent fast. Each week you get: - Answers to your biggest language learning challenges - Story-based techniques to accelerate your progress - Tried and tested tips from my 25+ year ...
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Hello everyone! My name is Roshni and I am a story monster! I love reading stories; it’s one of my favourite things to do. Each week, I will narrate a new story or share a rhyme. Stories written by some wonderful authors, including you! Subscribe now to keep up-to-date and if you want a shout out on the episode, simply put it in the comments section. If you would like me to read your story, send me an email: [email protected] You can even draw a picture from the story and tag me on ...
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This podcast is a channel on the New Books Network. The New Books Network is an academic audio library dedicated to public education. In each episode you will hear scholars discuss their recently published research with another expert in their field. Discover our 150+ channels and browse our 28,000+ episodes on our website: newbooksnetwork.com Subscribe to our free weekly Substack newsletter to get informative, engaging content straight to your inbox: https://newbooksnetwork.substack.com/ ...
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Do you love hearing people's travel stories? The Travel Story Society is a group that focuses on telling people's travel stories. We aim to make you laugh, learn and inspire you to travel to far out places. We want the weirdest, funniest and sometimes scariest travel stories out there and this is where we talk all about them. This easy listening podcast is meant to just be like listening to a convocation with friends, something we have all missed. It is also a website www.travelstorysociety. ...
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Do you want to learn how Mandarin Chinese is spoken in Taiwan? This authentic Mandarin podcast is here to help! 100% Chinese content to help you learn naturally. 這是一個給中文學生學習用的道地台灣podcast，我會用100%的中文來幫助你自然的學習。 台湾華語勉強者向けのポッドキャストです。 台湾人のように中国語（台湾華語）を話したい方はぜひお聴きください！ Topics I will share with you: Mandarin Chinese, Taiwanese culture, language learning tips, expat life in Japan, and much more! Read the transcript of each episode on my website 台味語言TheTaiwaneseWay: https://www.thetaiwaneseway.com Bec ...
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The Frightening Folklore Podcast: Hosts Darren Young & Gary Clevenstine explore myths, legends, folklore and strange happenings from all over the world.
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EpochTV is a streaming platform for our exclusive programming which includes investigative news analysis, in-depth interviews and award-winning documentaries. As you know, we face censorship on many fronts. When YouTube demonetized us early this year, we knew we had to create our own video platform. So NTD+ is our solution to big tech censorship. Our new video platform enables you to watch your favorite NTD+ programs WITHOUT censorship. Please support us to fight for the truth and spread the ...
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An almost weekly poetry podcast that features interviews with poets, reviews of poetry books, examinations of individual poems, and investigations of themes in poetry. Sit back, relax, and let poetry speak to you.
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A weekly podcast from India, that is not about Science, Pop Culture, Technology, Sport, News, Sociology, or the Internet, and yet, all at once it is. Far From Fact is designed to cater to your basic need for ignorance. Catch the lads, as they fake-solve real problems on a weekly basis. This podcast is presented by Husein Merchant and Keshav Naidu. Husein is an optimist who loves observing things while being lazy. He is observing you even as you read this. Keshav recently came out as a comedi ...
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281 - Reading is a lot like spaced repetition, only better
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You can build vocabulary in Chinese with flashcard apps and spaced repetition, but reading is more effective and more enjoyable. It helps you recognise words, understand how they work in context and build your sense of how the language works. #learnchinese #reading #vocabulary #srs #flashcards #wordswing Link to article on Hacking Chinese: Reading …
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News Read: OPINION: Why is Carney making Canadians pay more for Chinese EVs?
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Canada wants more EVs—but its anti-China tariffs may be sabotaging its own climate goals and hurting farmers in the process. Read the full opinion here: https://www.coastalfront.ca/read/opinion-why-is-carney-making-canadians-pay-more-for-chinese-evs PODCAST INFO: 🔹 Podcast website: https://www.coastalfront.ca 🔹 Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3Hhc…
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The Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores are due to appear in a federal Manhattan court on Monday, after the United States captured them in a military operation in Venezuela. President Trump says the US will run Venezuela “until such time as we can do a safe, proper and judicious transition”. But Maduro’s allies – including…
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2025 has come to an end. Which were the most popular articles on Hacking Chinese last year? The most popular podcast episodes? It's time to summarise the year that was and highlight the things you really shouldn’t miss! #learnchinese #2025 #bestof #hackingchinese Link to article on Hacking Chinese: Best of Hacking Chinese 2025: https://www.hackingc…
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Inside the rise and fall of Podemos: ‘We believed we had a stake in the future’
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The leftist party exploded out of Spain’s anti-austerity protests in 2011 and upended Spain’s entrenched two-party system. I was instantly captivated – and for the next decade, I worked for the party. But I ended up quitting politics in disappointment. What happened? By Lilith Verstrynge. Read by Norah Lopez Holden. Help support our independent jou…
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764 Two Thousand Years of Roman History (with Edward J. Watts) | My Last Book with Nathan Hensley
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What do we talk about when we talk about ancient Romans? For many of us, it's typically a fairly narrow slice of history: the toga-clad figures of Cicero and Caesar, perhaps, as their republic shades into empire before collapsing at the hands of barbarians a few hundred years later. In this episode, Jacke talks to Edward J. Watts, whose book The Ro…
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Husband KILLS Wife For Denying Sex During Her Period
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SJ would be the next to die. At least that’s how it seemed to his worried sister in-law, Mimi. Sitting next to him in the hallway of the morgue and even through her own grief, she questioned his health; that if left alone he might take his life out of despair. SJ’s wife and Mimi’s sister, lay on a steel table in the room over, technicians actively …
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The Lie We Were Told: You Must Handwrite Chinese Characters
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Is handwriting Chinese characters slowing you down? In today’s digital world, does it still make sense to focus on writing by hand or should you just type? In this episode, Jared and John dive deep into this hot-button issue for Chinese learners: handwriting vs. typing. Pulling insights from a research paper by Chinese Breeze creator Chengzhi Chu (…
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Shuchen Xiang, "Chinese Cosmopolitanism: The History and Philosophy of an Idea" (Princeton UP, 2023)
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A provocative defense of a forgotten Chinese approach to identity and difference. Historically, the Western encounter with difference has been catastrophic: the extermination and displacement of aboriginal populations, the transatlantic slave trade, and colonialism. China, however, took a different historical path. In Chinese Cosmopolitanism: The H…
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2025 has been a year we’ll never forget. From selling out our first 150+ show, to launching a monthly book club, and consistently putting out Inspyre Bytes while juggling full-time jobs, this year has been full of risks, growth, late nights, and moments that reminded us why we started Inspyre in the first place. In this episode, we take a deep dive…
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THE G̶I̶G̶A̶C̶H̶A̶D̶ GIGADAD IS BACK! (ft. @PremierTwo) | Trash Taste #289
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🥤Buy Waifu Cups at https://gamersupps.gg/TrashTaste with code [trashtaste]Follow Trash Taste: https://twitter.com/TrashTastePod https://www.reddit.com/r/TrashTaste/ To watch the podcast on YouTube: bit.ly/TrashTasteYouTube Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast for free wherever you're listening or by using this link: bit.ly/TrashTastePodcast If …
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Fort Bragg and the Rise of U.S. Special Operations w/ Seth Harp | American Prestige
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Danny and Derek are joined by journalist Seth Harp to discuss his book The Fort Bragg Cartel, which covers murder and drug trafficking around the North Carolina military installation. They talk about the rise and institutionalization of U.S. special operations after 9/11, how JSOC and related units expanded their role, permanent war reshaping milit…
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Are conspiracy theories America’s biggest export?
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We are away for Christmas, so this is a repeat of a previous episode. Mistrust in science has never been higher. Fewer people are getting vaccinated, a known vaccine skeptic is leading the most powerful health agency in America and an outbreak of measels in Texas this year led to the first fatalities in almost a decade. Then, in August, a gunman op…
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From the 19th Amendment to the #MeToo movement, the feminist movement has profoundly reshaped society. But have its good intentions backfired? Those arguing it hasn’t note that it’s allowed women the choice of living on their own terms. But critics argue that its culture glorifying full-time careerism and independence can make women feel inadequate…
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Megan Bryson and Kevin Buckelew eds., "Buddhist Masculinities" (Columbia UP, 2023)
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While early Buddhists hailed their religion's founder for opening a path to enlightenment, they also exalted him as the paragon of masculinity. According to Buddhist scriptures, the Buddha's body boasts thirty-two physical features, including lionlike jaws, thighs like a royal stag, broad shoulders, and a deep, resonant voice, that distinguish him …
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Best of 2025: ‘A relentless, destructive energy’: inside the trial of Constance Marten and Mark Gordon
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Every Monday and Friday for the rest of December we will publish some of our favourite audio long reads of 2025, in case you missed them, with an introduction from the editorial team to explain why we’ve chosen it. From July: how did the daughter of an aristocrat end up at the Old Bailey with her partner, charged with killing their two-week-old bab…
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Man With EXTREME Fetish Beheaded Mid Climax In ‘Viral’ Video - Killer Taunts Internet To Catch Him
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“From today, I’m logging off this account for good.” This was a status update made to a small, personal Facebook account on June 10, 2025. Just a month later, the post goes viral amongst some netizens because the man who ‘posted’ this to his Facebook? He died 6 months ago. And thousands of those netizens had already witnessed his murder. They had s…
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欢迎收听《自然而然说中文》，在这一期的节目里，你能够： 1.了解“不撞南墙不回头”的意义和用法。 2.练习发音。 「This episode is sponsored by pinyin app. 」 预订和佳佳的线上一对一课-Book your 1-on-1 class with Jiajia: https://speakchinesenaturally.com/product-category/online-courses/…
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We are away for Christmas, so this is a repeat of a previous episode. Are we living through the slow death of reading - replaced by an addictive screen culture that fragments our attention and floods us with trivial or unreliable information? Writer and voracious reader James Marriott believes we are entering a post-literate age with profoundly neg…
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After the publication of her debut novel Wuthering Heights in December of 1847, Emily Brontë - still writing under her pen name Ellis Bell - joined Currer and Acton Bell (her sisters Charlotte and Anne) as promising and intriguing young writers. Sadly, Emily would die barely a year later. How did the public view her and her writing during this brie…
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Send us a text Thank you to our guest, Dan Call, who joined us for this episode! Information about Dan's award as Pacific Northwest Regional Teacher of the Year: https://www.actfl.org/career-development/actfl-awards/teacher-of-the-year-program/hall-of-fame-2026/dan-call Dan's LinkedIn Profile is here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dan-call-377256179 …
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At long last, the moment we've all been waiting for: Cyrus has finally obtained their white whale du jour, two specimens of the world's tallest chicken. Also it's the end of the year! Here is the big breakdown of all the books we read, enjoyed, were let down by, and thought about a lot. Cyrus has detailed stats from their spreadsheets and Sarah wil…
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514: This simple reading habit will 10x your vocabulary
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👉Grab your FREE Language Goal Planner: https://l.storylearning.com/reading-goals Want to pick up vocabulary naturally while exploring topics that interest you? I've got the perfect the solution and I lay it all out in this episode, including how I used this habit myself to expand my Japanese vocab about a rather specialised topic. 👉 Got a question …
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Episode 472: Ancient Chinese Old Spice Commercial
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We cut it VERY CLOSE this year, but it wouldn't be a year of What The Folklore without us dipping in to another chapter of The Journey West. Thanks to Dave, Jayson, Matt and Melissa for all joining in on this one, and Thank YOU for listening to another year of this show. See you all in 2026! Music used was "Auld Lang Syne Instrumental Jazz", provid…
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The hostage negotiator’s guide to making deals with Putin’s Russia
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We are away for Christmas, so this is a repeat of a previous episode. Donald Trump has spent this year trying to negotiate a deal to end the war in Ukraine. So far, Vladimir Putin doesn’t seem interested in the US’ proposals. One man who has experience successfully negotiating with Russia – and many other American adversaries – is Roger Carstens, f…
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A Year of Resistance—In the Streets, in Elections, and in the Courts | Start Making Sense
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The year in politics: Harold Meyerson of The American Prospect comments on Trump’s collapsing support in 2025, and the rise of the resistance—in both the unprecendented national mobilizations culminating in the second No Kings Day, and the Democratic triumph in virtually all elections in 2025. Also: the year in court: David Cole, who stepped down t…
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Masculinity, the Manosphere, and Climate Politics w/ Daniel Waite Penny | American Prestige
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Danny and Derek speak with journalist and cultural critic Daniel Waite Penny to discuss the relationship between masculinity, the manosphere, and climate politics, as explored in the new season of Drilled, Carbon Bros. They talk about the “manosphere,” libertarians promoting techno-fixes, and Silicon Valley elites pushing solutions like space colon…
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We are away for Christmas, so this is a repeat of a previous episode. AI companies are seeing a monumental surge in investment – but some experts are now warning of the risks of an economic bubble. Could AI be the biggest market bubble since the dot-com crash? Or is it a genuinely transformative technology that’s simply taking time to deliver? We s…
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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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F.A.A.F.O. Has a Fro...End of 2025 Setting Intentions...Pope Leo Still Kicking the Knowledge; Sun Tzu Could Not Have Imagined New Age Chinese or 50 Cent Level of Petty.
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New Year's Resolutions or Intentions for the New Year...Peace will rule, get into it! End of year roundup, reflecting on next chapter of my life, I am hopeful that my ordered steps will help someone else. Truth comes in many forms. What has been draining your spirit? 5 types of people to avoid to navigate the next chapter in life in peace and freed…
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Nukes for nothing: The deal that broke Ukraine's trust
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We are away for Christmas, so this is a repeat of a previous episode. In 1994, Ukraine surrendered the world's third-largest nuclear arsenal, inherited from the collapsed Soviet Union, in exchange for security assurances from the US, Russia, and the UK. Ukraine’s denuclearisation is often considered a huge success story in nuclear non-proliferation…
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282 - Diversify how you study Chinese to learn more
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How is it possible to spend 80 hours a week learning Chinese? And what can you learn from that, even if you're busy juggling work, family and other commitments? #learnchinese #immersion #busylife Link to article on Hacking Chinese: Diversify how you study Chinese to learn more: https://www.hackingchinese.com/diversified-learning-is-smart-learning/ …
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OUR FIRST BIG SHOW - The PaperTrails Podcast - S5 Episode 15
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Welcome to Paper Trails, a podcast by Inspyre UK, where we explore the stories and ideas that connect people through culture, creativity, and lived experience. In our final episode of the season, Mohamed and Sharmarke sit down with Maryamah, our first ever big Storytelling show competition winner. We talked about how our show went and Maryamah's ex…
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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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“A sonnet,” said the poet Dante Gabriel Rossetti, “is a moment’s monument.” But who invented the sonnet? Who brought it to prominence? How has it changed over the years? And why does this form continue to be so compelling? In this episode of the History of Literature, we take a brief look at one of literature's most enduring forms, from its inventi…
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The Trash Taste 2025 Year in Review | Trash Taste #288
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🛒Sign up for a $1 per month trial period at https://shopify.com/trash🎊 Ring in the New Year with a taste of Japan! Sign up for the #Sakuraco prepaid plan at https://team.sakura.co/TRASHTASTE-SC012026 to receive an exclusive New Year’s gift, or use code “TRASHTASTE” to enjoy $5 off your first order 🎊🎁 🥤Buy Waifu Cups at https://gamersupps.gg/TrashT…
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We are away for Christmas, so this is a repeat of a previous episode. Apple is promising to make more products in the US, backed by a $600bn investment over the next four years. But after decades of relying on Chinese manufacturing that promise is going to be tough to keep. Today we’re joined by journalist and author Patrick McGee to discuss whethe…
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Can Religion Cure the Loneliness Epidemic?
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America is suffering from a loneliness epidemic. Some groups have suggested religious communities may be key to solving it. Could it help? Those arguing “yes” say it gives people regular social contact, support systems, and a sense of purpose that could combat isolation. Those arguing “no” say that secular options would provide better, broad-based …
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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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欢迎收听《自然而然说中文》，在这一期的节目里，你能够： 1.了解两个法国人徒步去中国的故事。 2.对环保更有意识。 「This episode is sponsored by pinyin app. 」 预订和佳佳的线上一对一课-Book your 1-on-1 class with Jiajia: https://speakchinesenaturally.com/product-category/online-courses/…
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We are away for Christmas, so this is a repeat of a previous episode. For much of the 21st century, our social lives have been shaped, at least in part, on the internet. But in an age of influencers, generative AI, complex algorithms, and politically entangled technocrats, some users say social media is growing less, well, social. So, is social med…
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Welcome to 听故事说中文, the podcast where stories come alive to help you improve your Chinese language proficiency and cultural competency. This week, we've got a powerful, satirical story about a young man who is, quite literally, a "testing genius." He did everything right: top student every single year, culminating in scoring the highest in the provi…
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16 Yr Old Boy Accused Of CHOKING Step Sister To Death On Cruise - His Parents SECRET Texts Revealed
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“There’s no such thing as steps,” and “they were two peas in a pod.” These are statements made by Anna Kepner’s grandparents who were with her on the cruise when she died. Her body was found under the mattress and her cause of death was mechanical asphyxiation. Which is what makes this comment particularly odd to some netizens...because Anna’s gran…
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761 The Story of the Nativity (with Stephen Mitchell) | The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (#4 Greatest Book of All Time)
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Stephen Mitchell has translated or adapted some of the world's most beautiful and spiritually rich texts, including The Gospel According to Jesus, The Book of Job, Gilgamesh, Tao Te Ching, Bhagavad Gita, The Iliad, The Odyssey, Beowulf, The Selected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke, Rilke's Letters to a Young Poet, and The Way of Forgiveness. In his la…
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513: The harsh truth about advanced fluency
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👉 Grab your FREE Language Goal Planner: https://l.storylearning.com/free-goals I don't aim for C2 in the languages I'm learning and I don't think you should either. But it is possible to get there with a lot, and I mean a lot, of time and effort. So, the real question is, is it worth it? 👉 Got a question you want Olly to answer on the podcast? Subm…
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The disgraced UK doctor behind autism misinformation
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We are away for Christmas, so this is a repeat of a previous episode. In September, President Trump and the U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. held a press conference in which they made extraordinary new claims about autism. They suggested a potential link between the use of Tylenol during pregnancy and the development of autism. They also…
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How LA Defeated Trump, Plus Bob Dylan’s Xmas | Start Making Sense
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In June, Trump sent more than 4,000 National Guard troops and 700 Marines to occupy Los Angeles and terrorize the immigrant population. But by the end of July, almost all the Guard and the Marines were gone. Bill Gallegos explains how that happened and what other cities can learn from it. Also: Bob Dylan fans have been puzzled and troubled by his C…
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F.A.A.F.O. Has A Fro...Repost 10th of 12 Posts of Christmas, Watching Christmas Movies and 23 and Me Finding Families
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Simple episode…I watched one of the series of films in Virginia with my niece and nephews, Star Wars -The Rise of Skywalker. It was ok, the ending was whacked. will continue my read and comment of A Christmas Carol by Dickens. Seasonal Affective Disorder Is Treatable and please don’t suffer in silence. This is a joyous season and sometimes we have …
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Episode 60 -Michael Brissenden’s rural thriller Dust & getting to know spy writer Mick Herron
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Former journalist, Michael Brissenden, brings insider knowledge and a sharp world view to the crime and thriller genre. “Dust” goes into that now familiar territory, the dark underbelly of rural Australia, to create a gripping story that begins with a dry lake giving up its secrets. And who knew that celebrated spy thriller author Mick Herron is al…
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