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Uncanny

BBC Radio 4

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From ghostly phantoms to UFOs, Danny Robins investigates real-life stories of paranormal encounters. So, are you Team Believer or Team Sceptic? Written and presented by Danny Robins Editor and Sound Designer: Charlie Brandon-King Music: Evelyn Sykes Theme Music by Lanterns on the Lake Produced by Danny Robins and Simon Barnard A Bafflegab and Uncanny Media production for BBC Radio 4
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The Sceptic

The Daily Sceptic

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Welcome to The Sceptic, the Daily Sceptic’s weekly podcast. Host Laurie Wastell interviews the authors of some of the website’s most talked about recent pieces. Please subscribe, and remember: question everything; stay sane; live free. Produced by Richard Eldred.
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I'm ADHD! No You're Not

Dr Mine Conkbayir MBE & Paul Whitehouse

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Join ADHDer, Dr Mine Conkbayir MBE and husband, the BAFTA award-winning comedy actor, Paul Whitehouse (Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing, The Fast Show) as they explore ADHD with diverse celebrity ADHDer guests, professors and specialists in this brand new Podcast series. Given the recent 'explosion’ in diagnoses, particularly within the world of comedy, Paul Whitehouse represents the archetypal sceptic. He’s there to challenge the very concept of ADHD. Dr. Mine provides theoretical and re ...
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“Recent events have made me realise that perhaps my own memories are not as reliable as I once thought..." William Moore is a sceptic. He works at a quiet bookshop in North London, shelves odd little fairytales, and rolls his eyes at anything resembling the supernatural. But when something awful happens to someone he loves, William is forced to reckon with the idea that nursery rhymes, old gods, and forgotten superstitions might not be stories after all. The Grimoire Diaries is a 10-part aud ...
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The Real Normal Podcast

The Real Normal Podcast

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Three blokes get together to cover all the stories in the news and from UK politics over the last week with an amusing eye. Expect laughter, analysis, listener rants and awful DIY songs! Email us: [email protected] Follow us on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/RealNormalPodcast/ Leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts - it REALLY HELPS!
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The Best Science (BS) Medicine Podcast is a weekly presentation where practitioners can get evidence-based drug therapy content that is practical, entertaining and promotes healthy scepticism. In essence, we are the Medication Mythbusters. We present information that is useful and relevant to physicians, pharmacists, nurses, physician assistants and other health professionals, and that can easily be incorporated into day-to-day practice. The podcast is presented by Dr. James McCormack, Profe ...
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Anti Sceptic

Kelsey De Almeida

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A show discussing all the interesting and slightly weird things people believe in! From religion and vegan diets to asking the big questions, like, can we really contact the dead? In each episode I'll be chatting to an expert or a funny guest discussing a belief thats close to their heart. If you want to know if Psychics are fake and hear me have a live reading or learn if sleep is really that important, this is the Podcast for you! You can also support the podcast here! : https://www.patreo ...
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Make it Make sense Podcast

Make it Make sense

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Join us when we release a new episode every week on an enthralling journey as we dive deep into some of the most intriguing and debated topics of our time. From the mysteries of lost ancient civilizations and the tantalizing possibility of alien life to the mind-bending concept of our reality being a simulation, we cover it all. Our goal is to sift through the speculation, examine the evidence, and try to provide thoughtful, balanced insights that make sense of these fascinating subjects. Wh ...
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Fortean News Podcast

Fortean News Podcast

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Your fix of the Paranormal, Supernatural, and High Strangeness. While other shows get lost down the rabbit hole, Fortean News delivers the weirdest news of the day in bite-sized chunks. Hosted by James Koppert, we blend humour, discussion, and genuine curiosity into a perfect daily listen for the commute. Whether you are a believer or a sceptic, join us as we explore: 👻 Ghosts & Poltergeists: The latest hauntings and spectral evidence. 🛸 UFOs & UAP: Sightings, disclosure news, and alien enco ...
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Nature Podcast

Springer Nature Limited

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The Nature Podcast brings you the best stories from the world of science each week. We cover everything from astronomy to zoology, highlighting the most exciting research from each issue of the Nature journal. We meet the scientists behind the results and provide in-depth analysis from Nature's journalists and editors. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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CINEWAG

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A film discussion podcast with trivia, quizzes and chat about your favourite actors and actresses. Our toy bingo machine chooses the person, we discuss their filmography and try to convince film-sceptic Sophie to watch one of their best movies, to be reviewed the following episode. Join us - Tony, Jordan, Jon and Sophie for a chinwag about cinema.
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Cryptid Addicted

Cryptid Addicted

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They're weird and sometimes frightening. They've been spotted in our forests, our oceans and even in our cities. Are they in your neighbourhood? Rarely seen or photographed, some dispute that they even exist at all... They're Megan and Paddy, and they want to talk to you about Cryptids.
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The podcast where philosophy meets data science. All beliefs are unjustified, and we are trying to disprove them, continue listening if you're a sceptic. Please send us your thoughts: https://www.linesareopen.com/utb/. Support this podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/join/unjusttifiedtruebeliefs
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This is the Ask Faleskini - The Midlife Crisis Clarity Compass podcast. All the Life Lessons You Need to Thrive in Midlife. This is your Guided Path from Chaos to Clarity, Confidence, and Purpose. Peter Faleskini and his guests discuss everything midlifers are worried about or interested in. Peter Faleskini and chosen guests will help you distinguish what is sustainable in life, relationships, health, and the economy from what is not. Not everything that shines is gold, and not all mud is dirty.
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Gay? Lesbian? Skeptical? Check out "Reality Check!" "Reality Check" is a radio show hosted by Tony Pitman and broadcast on JOY 94.9 FM in Melbourne, Australia. Each episode, "Reality Check" brings you a round-up of LGBT world news and a movie review, plus a heavy dose of critical thinking and skeptical analysis of pseudoscience and the paranormal. Psychics, ghosts, UFOs, astrology, diets, alternative medicines and much more all come under the critical eye.
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Happiness - A Sceptics Guide

Paul Flower and Dr Gary Wood

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We all want to be happier but how do we achieve it? And do we even recognise what makes us happy? With an overwhelming rise in mental health issues ‘Happiness, A Sceptics Guide’ seeks to address a vital issue: understanding and improving your wellbeing. Join your hosts, serial self-help-abuser and professional sceptic Paul Flower and psychologist and author Dr Gary Wood on an epic quest, to navigate the vagaries of the world of wellness, in pursuit of happiness and how to hold on to it. In f ...
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Tom Nelson

Thomas Nelson

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Interviews and presentations on climate and energy realism, with guests including Will Happer, Jerome Corsi, Marc Morano, Carl-Otto Weiss, Valentina Zharkova, Christopher Essex, Henrik Svensmark, Patrick Moore, Ross McKitrick, Willie Soon, Susan Crockford, Peter Ridd, Christopher Monckton, and Richard Lindzen.
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A verse by verse walkthrough of the Bible from Genesis to Revelation with pastor Justin Thomas. Grow in your understanding of the message of the Scriptures and your ability to read it for yourself. Whether you think of yourself as a student of the Bible, a Christian who just wants to know God better, or a sceptic who wants to explore Christianity, Verse/Verse was created with you in mind.
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Self Directed

Cecilie & Jesper Conrad

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Self Directed - A Podcast on Life, Learning, and Raising Free Thinkers. Hosts Cecilie and Jesper Conrad, full-time travellers since 2018 and parents of four, invite a new guest on the podcast every Thursday.
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Your listen-along Steely Dan podventure. Join Oli (Dan fan) and Andrew (Dan sceptic), as they take the scenic route through the entire Steely Dan discography. Each week, our hosts take a forensic look at a Steely Dan song. Join them on a nine-series trek from 'Do It Again' on 1972's Can't Buy a Thrill, to 'Everything Must Go' on the 2003 album of the same name. Will they uncover hidden truths? Will they nail The Vibe? Will Andrew ever admit he actually quite likes Steely Dan? Turn on, tune i ...
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Welcome to the Nonsense Dialogues. "Dialogues" because we would like to think we sound like Socrates and Plato at the Academy. "Nonsense" because we think we sound like the great sceptics - Hume, Wittgenstein, Kant and so on. Actually, neither is true. Randal and David just like to argue about organisational and social psychological theory and practice in an invariably vain attempt to figure out what works and to complain about the myths, half-truths and just plain wrong shite that pass as g ...
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Begotten

That's Not Canon Productions

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A sceptic. A paranoiac. A criminal. A migrant. A hostage. Minola Theatre presents BEGOTTEN, a five-part audio drama by award-winning playwright Bianca Butler Reynolds. Join us each week as we meet five generations of women: Alice, Eileen, Clea, Hazel and Laoise. Hear a century of their stories, encompassing grief, war, sanity, loss and revenge. Listen as they grapple with powerful questions about heredity, and what is passed down family lines. Are we doomed to make the same mistakes our pare ...
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Leicester Gazette

Leicester Gazette

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The Leicester Gazette is a local, independent newspaper, free to access for all online and in print. Our podcast is released on the first Tuesday of every month. Listen on your favourite podcast platform.
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Three Moms, One Podcast: Conversations on Unschooling and Parenting In Season Two of The Ladies Fixing the World, Cecilie Conrad is joined by renowned unschooling pioneers Sandra Dodd and Sue Elvis to redefine what learning can truly look like. Together, they explore the philosophy and practicalities of unschooling—where curiosity, trust, and relationships replace rigid curricula—and how this approach transforms both families and personal growth.
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EdTechnical

Owen Henkel & Libby Hills

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Join two former teachers - Libby Hills from the Jacobs Foundation and AI researcher Owen Henkel - for the EdTechnical podcast series about AI in education. Each episode, Libby and Owen will ask experts to help educators sift the useful insights from the AI hype. They’ll be asking questions like - how does this actually help students and teachers? What do we actually know about this technology, and what’s just speculation? And (importantly!) when we say AI, what are we actually talking about?
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Made of Ghosts

Rachel - Made of Ghosts

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A true ghost story podcast about the haunted houses, strange encounters, and the unseen things that have quietly, and sometimes not-so-quietly, shaped my life. I’m Rachel. A pragmatic, lifelong sceptic who, for reasons unknown, seems to have drawn the short straw when it comes to paranormal experiences. Made of Ghosts is a space for the stories I’ve hidden, the questions I’ve carried, and the moments that refused to fade. I’m telling them now for anyone who’s ever felt like something was the ...
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Irreverend: Faith and Current Affairs

J.A. Franklin, T.J. Pelham, Daniel French

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Are you wondering how a Christian should respond to current events? What are we to think about a world that appears to be going absolutely mad? How are we to discern the signs of the times? In this podcast, featuring The Reverend Thomas Pelham, The Reverend Daniel French, The Reverend Doctor J.A. Franklin and the occasional guest, we attempt to give some answers. Email us at [email protected], follow us on Twitter @irreverendpod or on Telegram at https://t.me/irreverendpod. We also hav ...
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Introducing MECCA Talks, an access all areas pass to the beauty, business, and lifestyle experts we call our community. Made by Australia’s biggest beauty retailer—and hosted by MECCA’s chief marketing officer, Kate Blythe—this podcast goes beyond what you see in our 100+ stores, on social media, and on The MECCA Memo to swing open the doors to the global beauty industry, and to our network of friends, founders, and collaborators. Expect conversations with brand founders, industry experts, a ...
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🎙️ Mind Cake is a candid, mildly chaotic dive into mental health and messy modern life — served with humour, heart and the perfect amount of sarcasm. Hosted by Lee Crompton and Paul Beeson, each episode features raw stories, expert insights and strange-but-true tangents — from burnout and grief to bee therapy, psychedelics, AI ghosts, and the occasional séance. With guests spanning comedians, coaches, sceptics, psychics and everyone in between, this is self-help that doesn’t take itself too ...
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Welcome to the Trusted Authority! The show all about becoming known, respected and of course trusted for your area of expertise, beyond your credentials and titles. I'm your host Petra Zink, and I'm on a mission to make the smartest voices heard and recognised, not the loudest. Every week, you learn strategies, tactics and best practises on how to go from technical expert (and best kept secret) to become the trusted authority in your industry. And that's a wrap, thank you so much for listeni ...
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The Last Tuesday Project

The Last Tuesday Project

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A group of friends get together once a month thanks to the wonder of modern technology to discuss one topic. That topic can come in the form of either a question, a subject, a claim, or a statement. The thing is, only one of us knows what that topic is going to be. That person shall henceforth be known as the Dimbleby. (It's a long story.) The Dimbleby has two topics in their pocket. They tell us the first one and then the rest of us have the opportunity to veto it based on a majority vote. ...
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Have You Ever Read...? is a podcast about books. Not just any books but Christian books. Once a month, Jean Kabasomi interviews an ordinary Christian about a book that has had a huge impact on their life or ministry.
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Decode

The Betoota Advocate

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A podcast series from the Betoota Advocate that breaks down, explains and decodes Australian politics and the big issues in the news cycle.
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Brought to you by Stephen Moore, of MLT Digital, the Your Law Firm Success podcast is for lawyers who wish to grow a successful law firm. Stephen speaks with lawyers (both past and present), consultants and suppliers about the drivers for law firm success, mistakes to be avoided and the future of legal services. If you want to grow your law firm this is the podcast for you.
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In this Special Episode of the Sceptic, we bring you highlights from our five most popular episodes of 2025. Deputy Comment Editor at the Telegraph Poppy Coburn on race and the rape gangs; author and comedian Andrew Doyle on Labour's shameful denialism about it; historian David Starkey on the lies of the multiculturalists; and former UKIP MP Dougla…
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Ian Plimer discusses the impact of climate and energy policies in Australia, contrasts it with other countries, and expresses disappointment over current government measures. Plimer shares his experiences from international travels, such as attending Trump's inauguration and conducting geological fieldwork in Saudi Arabia, and introduces his new bo…
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Kia ora, Welcome to Friday’s Economy Watch where we follow the economic events and trends that affect Aotearoa/New Zealand. I'm David Chaston and this is the international edition from Interest.co.nz. Today we start with news there were many central banks reviewing their settings overnight and most stayed unchanged. But first up today we can report…
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Church of England rev with a difference Jamie Franklin sits down with equally out-of-step cleric Sam Norton. Rev Sam is a "green" climate sceptic, a former Brexit MP candidate and advocate for what he calls "civic nationalism". In this special interview we cover the following topics: Sam's early work for the Department of Environment and how he bec…
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👉 Ready to plan your 2026 the right way? Download the free 2026 Planning Worksheet and get ready for Part 2, where we turn these insights into a concrete 2026 plan: https://www.impaccct.com/planning https://www.impaccct.com/planning In the last episode, we built your 2026 plan and discussed the changes and trends impacting how we build our brands a…
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Nicklas Bergman is a deep-tech investor and technology explorer who focuses on how new tools shape everyday life rather than predicting distant futures. The episode examines AI, social media, and regulation through concrete examples from work, education, family life, and investing, with an emphasis on curiosity, skepticism, and personal judgment. 🗓…
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Welcome to Focus Asia your first window to discover Asia. This week, we have news from China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand, and K-Pop. Find out more episode and listening to Bingkai Suara Podcast. Don't forget to always listen to focus asia every week to update your knowledge about what happens in Asia and updated with our recent news on www.bing…
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In this episode of EdTechnical, Libby and Owen sit down with Dan Meyer: math educator, EdTech innovator, and self-proclaimed “token AI sceptic”. Dan’s rare mix of classroom experience and product design insight gives him a unique perspective on how technology intersects with real classrooms. He shares what the classroom teaches him about student en…
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Kia ora, Welcome to Tuesday’s Economy Watch where we follow the economic events and trends that affect Aotearoa/New Zealand. I'm David Chaston and this is the international edition from Interest.co.nz. Today we start with news elevated global uncertainty is pushing up prices for key minerals sharply today. Wall Street is of two minds about the risk…
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Kia ora, Welcome to Monday’s Economy Watch where we follow the economic events and trends that affect Aotearoa/New Zealand. I'm David Chaston and this is the international edition from Interest.co.nz. Today we start with news the global economy is ticking over normally, despite the weekend theatrics. In the coming week there is very little official…
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Anthropologist Jeppe Trolle Linnet explains how men’s fear of vulnerability is shaped by dominance, shame, and competition, drawing on years of work with men’s groups and recent field research in Greenland. He describes why men struggle to share pain, how loneliness and divorce intensify isolation, and how fatherhood, emotional listening, and commu…
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James gets together with medium Pamela Heyward and author and Paranormal tour guide Liah Thorley, aka The Black Widow to discuss a paranormal investigation we did in the Market Vaults in Scarborough. Liah is a brilliant guide who runs ghost tours, and she organised and invited us along to investigate the vaults for Halloween. Tune in and see what h…
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Randall Bock discusses the prevalence of misinformation and hierarchical biases in the scientific community, using examples like COVID-19, Zika, and peer review's limitations. He argues that current systems encourage conformity and lack rigorous validation, proposing a new model where scientific claims are evaluated similar to sports, incorporating…
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In this episode, reporter Miryam Naddaf joins us to talk about the big science events to look out for in 2026. We’ll hear about: small-scale AI models that could outcompete Large Language Models in reasoning, clinical trials of gene editing to treat rare human disorders, a sample collection mission from Phobos, and how changes to US policy by the T…
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Hello Listeners! Dalam Edisi Spesial Tahun Bari 2026 ini Calvina dari Focus Asia, Mauren dari Creative Team, dan Gitta dari Creative Team akan menemani listeners dengan beresolusi bersama dan mencoba brownis . Untuk lebih lengkapnya yuk dengarkan Langsung di Channel Podcast Bingkai Suara Season 8 di Spotify dan Apple Podcast Juga Channel Youtube Bi…
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Hello Listeners! Di episode kali ini Wulan ngobrol-ngobrol dengan penyanyi yang pada tahun ini sempat mampir di Bingkai Karya dengan single perdananya dan kali ini kembali lagi dengan Single terbarunya di akhir tahun 2025 ini . Episode kali ini kita ditemani Tsaqib Tsaqib kali ini merilis single berjudul “Roda Berputar” dan merupakan sebuah lagu ya…
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Hello Listeners! Di episode spesial Natal dan Tahun Baru kali ini, listeners bakal di temani Jessi, El, Gitta, dan Mauren dari Creative Team Bingkai Karya buat ngobrolin tontonan rekomen dan iconic ketika libur Natal dan Tahun Baru. Untuk Cerita lebih lengkapnya yuk dengarkan obrolan Langsung di Channel Podcast Bingkai Suara Season 7 di Spotify, Ap…
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On this episode: Ghost activity https://www.tiktok.com/@confessions_of_ghost_boy/video/7585921645886311702?_r=1&_t=ZN-92ZXChWjRSg The etymology of the word ghost The introduction gateway book for us all. Osbourne book of ghosts Standish Church in Maine being researched by paranormal investigators Somerset named as most haunted in UK Top ten most ha…
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A family renovating an old house stumble upon a priest hole, a hidden chamber where Catholic priests took refuge in Elizabethan times. But the strange discovery seems to signal a change in the atmosphere of the house. Has uncovering the priest hole unleashed something else? Written and presented by Danny RobinsExperts: Ben Machell and Dan SnowEditi…
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Ever wondered what Christmas traditions and mental health have in common? Well, Lee and Paul are here to unwrap the conversation! In this festive episode, they dive into the real talk about Christmas, the pressure of New Year's resolutions, and... a surprise cameo from Officer Crabtree?! 🤔 🎙️ Expect laughter, mental health insights, and a bit of ho…
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Anecdotal stories suggesting that weight-loss drugs can help people shake long-standing addictions have been spreading fast in the past few years, through online forums, weight-loss clinics and news headlines. And now, clinical data are starting to back them up. Over a dozen randomized clinical studies testing whether GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic can s…
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In episode 614, Mike and James discuss with Caitlin Finley the evidence around a very common primary care question. Does restricting early use of pacifiers result in higher rates of breastfeeding up to 6 months of age in term infants? We discuss the findings and do our best to put the evidence into context. Show Notes Tools For Practice Nipple Conf…
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In this episode we unpack Project Looking Glass, timeline convergence, CERN theories, the Mandela Effect, and the real core of it all: the power of belief. If you’ve ever felt trapped in “do, do, do” mode — this one might flip a switch. What if “2012” wasn’t a prophecy… but a convergence point where prediction stopped working? We explore claims aro…
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Intellectual historian Dr Carl Trueman on politics, psychology and the ‘modern self’. In this special episode of the Sceptic, host Laurie Wastell is joined by intellectual historian Dr Carl Trueman, to discuss his book, The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self: Cultural Amnesia, Expressive Individualism, and the Road to Sexual Revolution. Many of th…
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Hello Listeners! Di episode spesial Natal dan Tahun Baru kali ini, listeners bakal di temani Amir dari BANANA, Nadya dari Bingkai Gadis dan Calvina dari Focus Asia , kita bakal bahas serba serbi Natal dan Tahun Baru. Untuk Cerita lebih lengkapnya yuk dengarkan obrolan Langsung di Channel Podcast Bingkai Suara Season 7 di Spotify, Apple Podcast, You…
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Thank you so much for listening. If you have enjoyed it, Paul is releasing "Pocket Nightmares", a collection of 50 x 5-minute reads in 2026! Thank you all for your continued support this year. I sincerely appreciate it. Unearthly: Story by Paul Spencer Caitlin's voice performed by Abbie Ingham Alex's voice performed by James Koppert If you want to …
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00:40 What a trove of potato genomes reveals about the humble spud Researchers have created a ‘pangenome’ containing the genomes of multiple potato types, something they believe can help make it easier to breed and sequence new varieties. The potato’s complicated genetics has made it difficult to sequence the plant’s genome, but improvements in tec…
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John Droz, an independent physicist with over 40 years of experience in state and national issues, discusses the severe deficiencies in the K-12 education system, particularly the infiltration of left-leaning propaganda and the suppression of critical thinking. He highlights the adoption of Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) by 49 states, whi…
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It’s Christmas Eve Eve and the Mind Cake team is throwing a festive bash! In this special holiday episode, we’re joined by some very special guests from past episodes who pop round to join the party. Expect laughter, surprises, and plenty of light-hearted holiday chaos as we reflect on the year and celebrate with some Mind Cake-style cheer. So grab…
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Danny Robins unpacks a Christmas hamper of horror with ghost fan Diane Morgan, star of Motherland, After Life and Philomena Cunk. Diane relates several of her own terrifying encounters with the paranormal, and crosses swords with sceptic Dr Ciaran O’Keeffe as they hear supernatural real-life stories from Uncanny listeners. Written and presented by …
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Kia ora, Welcome to Tuesday’s Economy Watch where we follow the economic events and trends that affect Aotearoa/New Zealand. I'm David Chaston and this is the international edition from Interest.co.nz. Today we start with news precious metals prices are zooming higher today, most to new all-time heights. But first in the US, the Chicago Fed's Natio…
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Ex-detective turned homeschooler Victoria Lenormand describes leaving a policing career as it shifted from service to force and recognizing the same pattern in her son’s early schooling. In this conversation, she explains how grading, labels, and constant assessment eroded confidence, and how home education replaced pressure with agency, learning b…
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Kia ora, Welcome to Monday’s Economy Watch where we follow the economic events and trends that affect Aotearoa/New Zealand. I'm David Chaston and this is the international edition from Interest.co.nz. Today we start with news we are ending 2025 with more signs of the consequences of the Trump twist and the fading of American economic dominance. But…
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Food keeps showing up in parenting and unschooling conversations: Parents ask about sugar, rules, nutrition, fairness, parties, allergies, ethics, and what happens when children want something different from what the family values. Food can become the place where worries about health, control, and “doing it right” concentrate. Underlying the whole …
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Ahmad Ammous, a physician with alternative views, discusses his realizations about the corruption within the medical system driven by the pharmaceutical industry and its impacts on patient care. He emphasizes the importance of diet, light exposure, and lifestyle changes over pharmaceuticals, and highlights issues with modern psychiatry, cholesterol…
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Nature: Asteroids, antibiotics and ants: a year of remarkable science In this episode: 1:58 Evidence of ancient brine on an asteroid Samples taken from the asteroid Bennu by NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft suggest the parent body it originated from is likely to have contained salty, subsurface water. This finding provides insights into the chemistry o…
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Iain and Jordan from the top ten global podcast Two Guys What's Up? join James at the Britannia Pub to have a couple of drinks and celebrate the end of the year together. A huge thank you to Jordan for editing the show. Please go and support their podcast, as you can hear, they are brilliant. https://www.patreon.com/twoguyswhatsup Thank you to ever…
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Revs with a difference Jamie Franklin and Tom Pelham sit down to talk about the biggest events in church and state. This time: Controversy around incoming Archbish Sarah Mullaly: did she follow up safeguarding dossier sufficiently before London priest committed suicide? The Church of England says Christmas is not cancelled in new promotional video.…
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Toby Young on a year of free-speech battles, and Chris Morrison on the OBR’s junk climate science and the attempt to sue Shell over the weather. In Episode 62 of the Sceptic, host Laurie Wastell speaks to Toby Young, the Daily Sceptic’s Editor-in-Chief and the Director of the Free Speech Union, to review the many free speech battles that we’ve been…
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In the final episode of series 4, Paul and Mine welcome the legendary Alison Moyet - the unmistakable voice behind Yazoo and one of the defining artists of the 80s alongside contemporaries like Depeche Mode - for a profoundly honest exploration of creativity, identity and neurodivergence. Alison reflects on growing up dyslexic in the 70s, feeling o…
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We wanted to share the Christmas special of one of our spin-off shows that we do over on the Stone Fable Patreon - Research in The Bib is a little anthology series of short stories William uncovers in his research into the provenance of the mysterious letter he received at the end of season 1 and takes place in between season 1 and 2. Hopefully it …
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Kia ora, Welcome to Thursday’s Economy Watch where we follow the economic events and trends that affect Aotearoa/New Zealand. I'm David Chaston and this is the international edition from Interest.co.nz. Today we start with news we are entering the end of year shadow of economic releases, but there are still some important things to come. And the up…
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Welcome to MECCA Talks, your access-all-areas pass to the beauty, business and lifestyle experts we call our community. Cousins and California natives Greg Gonzalez and Joe Cloyes grew up in a family obsessed with beauty. Their grandmother was a pioneer in high-performance skincare, and they count five aestheticians and cosmetologists among their e…
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00:46 The gifts that sparked a love of science Nature put a call out for readers to tell us about memorable presents that first got them interested in science, or mementos of their life in research. These include telescopes, yeast-themed wedding rings, and... cows’ eyes. Nature: The gift that shaped my career in science 08:12 “I am the Very Model o…
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Kia ora, Welcome to Wednesday’s Economy Watch where we follow the economic events and trends that affect Aotearoa/New Zealand. I'm David Chaston and this is the international edition from Interest.co.nz. Today we start with news of some messy US data which Wall Street is nervous about, but elsewhere most other countries are on the improve (China ex…
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Bob Greenyer discusses his 13-year journey as a researcher in the field of Low Energy Nuclear Reactions, emphasizing the importance of finding a sustainable energy source beyond traditional methods like solar and wind. He elaborates on the scientific complexities and innovations behind coherent energy transformations, referencing various experiment…
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Danny Robins takes a deep dive into all the cases so far this series, with new leads, new witnesses and listeners' questions and theories. Written and presented by Danny RobinsEditing and sound design: Charlie Brandon-KingMusic: Evelyn SykesTheme music by Lanterns on the LakeCommissioning executive: Paula McDonnellCommissioning editor: Rhian Robert…
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