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A fun cricket podcast by a group of friends, who worship at the altar of the 22-yard strip bookended by 3 sticks. We love to talk cricket, have a laugh, include new people, express some polarising opinions (perhaps) and hope to help spread the word of the sport to far reaching corners. We try to keep it as kosher as we can, but there may be a few expletives every now and then. Huge thanks to Noman W and Umangi H for the brilliant podcast cover art. Tune composed using Garage Band and limited ...
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Slouching Towards Trumplandia

Slouching Towards Trumplandia

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"Slouching Towards Trumplandia" is a collection of essays written by a young expat examining the social—and in particular moral—fragmentation of the United States in the 2010s. Each essay will be narrated as a podcast.
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October 11th is "Coming Into Queerness" day, otherwise known as "National Coming Out" day, and CSU's Pride Resource Center is celebrating by coupling with KCSU's podcast department. DJ EJ, host of "Slouch Couch" Tuesdays 9-11am, interviews mentors and other people involved at the PRC about their experiences being a part of the LGBTQ+ community and what their identity means to them.
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Series 3 of Bill's Big Bag of Onions is craftily themed. Each show focusses on a particular aspect of life, with gorgeous music and spoken words creating mesmerising soundscapes, that will bring deep joy to your soul. There's always room for an onion. Unpeel one today. Produced and Directed by Adrian Coen. Slouch on a stick: Bill Lawrance
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More a life journey than a show, Ron Placone goes on a quest to interview 1000 different people who have piqued his interest in some way. One conversation. One time. Fans of lefty politics, punk rock, folk, garage, cats, comedy, film, horror, REJOICE! From Ren Faire Professionals to Academics to Porn Stars to Journalists, all of the guests are united by having a story the world needs to know.
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iProcrastinate Podcast

Procrastination Research Group

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Dr. Timothy A. Pychyl, associate professor of psychology and director of the Procrastination Research Group (Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada), provides a series of short talks, interviews and question/answer podcasts that explain why we procrastinate and what we can do about it. An award winning educator, Dr. Pychyl challenges his listeners to explore their daily choices to act or postpone acting on their intentions. Do we head to the gym as intended, or slouch back on the couch thinking ...
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Live well and live long with Newstalk ZB ‘s Health Hub. Tapping into New Zealand’s leading practitioners, the Health Hub explores all you need to know about food, sleep, health, fitness and mental wellbeing. Live life to the full and add good vibes to your day with the Health Hub.
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PTP is an annual event associated with churches of Christ. It is held each summer in Branson and each fall in the Smoky Mountains. Over 5,000 people from all over the U.S. and many nations attend. The focus is on worshipping God, edifying His children, and educating/training His workers. It is an opportunity for preachers, elders, deacons, Bible class teachers, and members to continue their education. The lessons on this particular channel are from PTP 2024 Men Sevierville. You can hear thes ...
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Welcome to the Scarred Lands: Sins of Shelzar podcast! IN THIS PODCAST we play D&D 5e in Onyx Path Publishing's Scarred Lands setting! Our cast is comprised of artists, writers, cosplayers, & actresses. Pick up Scarred Lands 5e at https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/4261/Onyx-Path-Publishing/subcategory/8329_24824/Scarred-Lands-new Season One of this show was EXTREME DROWESS: An All-Girl All-Drow Adventure Through the Underdark.
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Mexico's experience with oil contrasts sharply to the development of the same resource from the same formations in the United States, and it illustrates the most salient cultural, political, and historical differences between the two countries. "El Petroleo es Nuestro" uses the history of oil in Mexico to tell the story of the development of modern Mexico and its national institutions. Remastered and re-released for 2018!
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The Economic History podcast is a platform for sharing knowledge, ideas and new research with a general interest audience. Each month we meet leading academics in the field and discuss a range of topics, including pandemics, long run economic growth, gender issues, financial crises, inequality, sustainable development and a number of weird and fun economic experiments in history. There is no time like the past to help us understand the present.
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Your world is evolving—find out how with Carter Phipps, co-author of the Wall St. Journal bestseller Conscious Leadership. He’s an optimist, a generalist, and an integrative thinker. Now he has an excuse for his insatiable book-buying habit—a show that explores the movements, trends, people, and ideas that are shaping the future. Phipps is also author of Evolutionaries, and cofounder of the Institute for Cultural Evolution. Through in-depth interviews and occasional rants and reflections, th ...
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This is a Podcast hosted by the renown Avant Gard Indie film composer, the Reverend LordRifa. It's about storytelling, music, current events and all of the small things in life! It is also the place to hear his never released Musical Novellas-A new Genre- that takes into account no one can. sit long enough for the full story!The Reverend is a reincarnated soul, thousands of years old. Blessed and cursed to remember all of the lives he has ever lived. All of the births, the deaths and all of ...
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Textual Feelings

Textual Feelings

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Ever been curled up, reading a great book, listening to some background music... but somehow it's just all wrong? You know what i'm talking about, right? You're reading some Jane Austen but Biggie's singing 'gimme some HOES, a bank roll and a bag o' weed'. Or you're reading the Great Gatsby but some sweet (?) Bob Dylan harmonica is blasting. It's not that you don't love Biggie and Bob. It's that you're just not in the same place right now. It's you, it's not them. If you have ever experience ...
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It's mental health awareness week from tomorrow, and you might ask what the hell has it to do with nutrition, but food has more to do with your mood than people realise. The types of foods you consume can have a not only an impact on your physical health, but your mental health too. What kind of foods make you feel better, inside and out? And what …
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Before Lady Gaga, before Madonna, there was Johanna Went. Johanna Went is a performance artist. She found her home in the LA punk scene of the 1970s after a run doing experimental theater. The Minutemen opened for her. I got to meet her in Vetura because she was on a panel I was moderating for a screening of the film Desolation Center. I was stoked…
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Peoples & Things host, Lee Vinsel, talks with Ashleigh Greene Wade, Assistant Professor of Digital Studies with a joint appointment in Media Studies and African American Studies at the University of Virginia, about her book, Black Girl Autopoetics: Agency and Possibility in Everyday Digital Practice. The book examines how black girls use social med…
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The weight loss plateau that hits about a month into your health journey can be the hardest hurdle when trying to maintain motivation. Former boxer and founder of Buttabean Motivation, David Letele, joins to discuss the problems people face when trying to get their health back. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…
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I’ve known Joy Marie Mann awhile now. We’ve collaborated on a ton of shows. We met amidst the Bernie Movement in 2016, which seems like a different life at this point. In many ways it was. In the time I’ve known Joy, among other things, she lost most of her eyesight. Despite that unexpected hurdle, she’s written a few books. Recently, Joy wrote a b…
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The World Health Organisation estimates over a billion people between the ages of 12 and 35 are at high risk of hearing loss due to unsafe habits. The key cause for the age group is simply listening to music for too long, and too loudly, in headphones or earbuds. Even a movie cinema is likely to have unsafe sound levels. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio…
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Jonathan Berman is producer, director, and academic. His documentaries include Calling All Earthlings, My Friend Paul, and Commune. Commune is coming up on its 20th Anniversary. It’s about a commune in California that started in the 60s, financed by rockstars, and still exists to this day. We dive into his origin story, and what made him want to ch…
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Peoples & Things host, Lee Vinsel, talks with Julien Mailland, Associate Professor of Media Management, Law, and Policy at The Media School of Indiana University Bloomington, about his book, The Game That Never Ends: How Lawyers Shape the Videogame Industry. The book examines key moments, beginning in the 1970s, in which legal decisions influenced …
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One of the most challenging parts of being an adult is trying to figure out what you're going to eat, three times a day, every day, when you're often too busy to make anything more substantial than beans on toast. Regardless, we continue the mental battle every single day, trying to figure out a way to whip up something relatively healthy before th…
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Kerri Van Auken is an actress, writer, and comedian. For a brief period of time, her, myself, and Joe Moran ran a show together at a punk shop in Pasadena. Then, the Pandemic happened. Kerri and I crossed paths again this past June at the Hollywood Fringe. Her show, Blackout, blew me away. It inspired me to write a solo theater show, and I knew I h…
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We know we should be doing as much exercise as possible, but for most of us it's just not possibleto run for an hour a day and find time for weightlifting. For those of us sitting at a desk for most of the day, and another good portion of it sitting in traffic, what is the bare minimum amount of movement we should be doing? LISTEN ABOVE See omnystu…
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Jon Bennett is a comedian and storyteller. He’s a Fringe warrior who does more festivals in a year than anyone I know. He’s hysterical, and he’s one of those guys on the circuit who you see and wonder, “how does he pull that off?” In this interview, he gives some insight into that. Also, due to complications at the border and Jon being Australian, …
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Peoples & Things host, Lee Vinsel, talks with Tiia Sahrakorpi, Visiting Professor at Weber State University, about her interesting book project, Our Land: An Oral History of Energy, which was funded by the Research Council of Finland. The project, which was rooted in oral histories in three locations in Finland, takes a use-based perspective and ex…
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Are you from the US? Have you thought about moving abroad? Many Americans have as of recent. I know I sure have. Jen is the co-founder of Expatsi, an organization that helps Americans move abroad. Several years ago, Jen and her partner found themselves wanting to leave the states, so they made it happen, and decided there was need for an organizati…
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The Biggest Loser ran for 18 seasons before ending in 2016, and it's now the subject of a major docu-series showing the behind the scenes moments from the show. A study following 14 contestants after their time on the show found all but one had regained the weight they had lost, and most surpassed the weight they were at the start of the show. LIST…
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Peoples & Things host, Lee Vinsel, talks with Mary Bridges, Ernest May Fellow in History and Policy at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government, about her book, Dollars and Dominion: US Bankers and the Making of a Superpower. Dollars and Dominion takes an infrastructural view of ba…
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Alcohol has been a problem in New Zealand for a while, and it may be time for a reality check. A study out of the United States found only 54% of adults consume alcohol, the lowest ever recorded since tracking began in 1939. A study in New Zealand found it to be 76.3% here - so where is the gap, and when will we finally do something about it? LISTE…
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Send us a text Hello and welcome everyone to The Cricket Slouch, a podcast where we are always critical about something in the face of some wonderful cricket. In this episode Sandeep, Shounak and Ajit enlighten us with their take on the final test of the TAT (Tendulkar-Anderson Trophy) and live through the dramatic 57 minutes on the morning of fina…
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We all want to see the next generation thrive - to do better than generations before. But there are a whole host of barriers holding children back, stopping them from reaching their full potential, and creating cycles that continue through generations. We always say children are our future, so why are we not doing more to support that future? Sir A…
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Dale Dymkoski is a comedian, personal trainer, and he’s deaf. I saw his Fringe show, Feminist Ass Man, where he shares his story. He talks politics, and we talk politics. We have some different observations strategically, but we definitely want the same things. This was a really fun conversation about Dale’s life and the world at large.…
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Hearing loss is one of those thing that just kind of sneaks up on you, and most people never think to get it checked until you reach a certain age. Hearing loss affects 1 in every 5 kiwis, and it's projected to get far worse over the coming decades. Dr Michel Neeff is a leading ENT surgeon and he joins Tim Beveridge on the Health Hub. LISTEN ABOVE …
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Send us a text Hello and welcome everyone to The Cricket Slouch, a podcast where even though narrative rules, the numbers in context cannot be ignored. In this episode we will cover the 3rd test between England and India, and the 3rd test between Australia and West Indies. We talk about the efforts of Jadeja and Rahul, Green and Greaves, Seales and…
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Bone health is immeasurably important for our physical health, and the density of your bones have a whole lot to do with how frail you will be once you pass that 60 year mark. Greg Pain is a sports biomechanist at bioSPORT and joins Tim Beveridge for Health Hub. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…
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Jason Freeman is a musician. He plays bass for the hardcore punk band, Zeke. Zeke’s been a legendary Seattle institution since the early 90s, setting their own bar, fitting in nowhere and everywhere all at once. We talk about him joining the band, how he discovered music, and the phenomenon that was the Seattle music scene of the 1990s.…
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Peoples & Things host, Lee Vinsel, talks with space anthropologist, writer, and Virginia Tech doctoral candidate, Savannah Mandel, about her book, Ground Control: An Argument for the End of Human Space Exploration (Chicago Review Press, 2025). The book uses history, ethnography, participant observation in policy-making, and other forms of evidence …
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Sarcoma is deadliest cancer among children and young people, accounting for nearly one third of deaths among the 15-24 age group. Despite this, research funding remains low compared to more common cancers, and feeds back into low survival rates. It's also reportedly misdiagnosed a third of the time, highlighting the urgent need for better early det…
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Send us a text Hello and welcome to yet another episode of The Cricket Slouch. Shounak joins S.P in this episode in the absence of Sandeep and Ajit. In this episode we look beyond the copious runs scored by India, England, South Africa, celebrating batting feats by Gill, Smith and the record that could have been Mulder's. We look back upon India's …
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Walker Bragman is a journalist. He covered Electoral Politics, particularly during Bernie’s first run in 2016, and now his main focus is public health. Right now, literal eugenics is on the rise in the United States, and this isn’t limited to some 4Chan space, this is an actual positions of power. We dive deep in this one.…
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New research shows the "Atlantic diet" could be the secret to a longer and healthier life. There's also the mediterranean diet, and tuna-broccoli-chicken-rice meals. But sticking to these can be so boring on our palettes, and when you're busy with work and life - it's basically impossible to maintain! So what foods are best for us, and how can we s…
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If you know me, you know Municipal Broadband, also known as Public Broadband, is an important issue to me. Matthew Rantanen is one of the founders of Tribal Broadband Bootcamp. It’s an extensive that teaches the development and maintenance of public broadband systems on tribal lands. I got to attend one. It was life-changing. Matt’s also a crazy in…
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Prof. Robert Allen discusses how the desert environment led to a unique economic structure-"from the sand up". Bob takes us through the economic implication of communal lands and describes the differences between the nomadic (Bedouin) and oasis economies. He suggests that religious structures were convenient in eventually consolidating various regi…
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Peoples & Things host, Lee Vinsel, talks with Matt Wisnioski, Professor of Science, Technology, and Society at Virginia Tech, about his new book, Every American an Innovator: How Innovation Became a Way of Life. The pair talk about how the new book connects to Matt’s earlier book, Engineers for Change; how what Matt calls “innovation expertise” fir…
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Send us a text Hello and welcome to yet another episode of The Cricket Slouch. In this episode we talk about England's win over India, Australia's win over Windies, Sri Lanka's over Bangladesh and also touch base on the match in progress between South Africa and Zimbabwe. We discuss noteworthy performances, applaud Zimbabwe for scheduling 11 tests …
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Reports say we need 2.5 hours of exercise a week, and 10-thousand steps a day. How can we find the time and motivation to stay fit? Is there a method to sticking to a workout-plan despite a busy schedule? Tim Beveridge is joined with Health and Mental Well-being Expert Kent Johns... LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…
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Kelly Spillman is a psychology professor and comedian. She’s also a friend of mine. In 2020, she was diagnosed with stage 4 Colon Cancer. She has a show currently running at the Hollywood Fringe Festival called “I Blame Florida”. The show documents her cancer battle, as well as how she finds meaning and hope in this incredibly difficult struggle. T…
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Bladder issues can impact people at any age, with a third of women over 35 affected by bladder leaks. Wrapping up World Continence Week, how can we help remove the stigma around incontinence? Tim Beveridge is joined with Pelvic Health Expert Caitlin Fris... LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…
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Send us a text Just as is with London buses or trains, there isn't one for a long time and then two come along in quick succession, so also with our podcast it seems ! In this episode, we do a little preview of the upcoming England-India test series, and for the banter I am joined by my regular buddies, Sandeep, Ajit and Shounak. We talk potential …
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In this 100th episode (!!!) of Peoples & Things, host, Lee Vinsel, talks with Benjamin H. Snyder, Associate Professor of Sociology at Williams College, about his recent book, Spy Plane: Inside Baltimore’s Surveillance Experiment (University of California Press, 2024). Spy Plane examines how the city of Baltimore, Maryland, came to adopt a corporate…
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Send us a text Hello all, welcome to Season 4 of The Cricket Slouch and what a way to start it with a discussion on the recently concluded World Test Championship final. Congratulations to South Africa for having won it and for finally being able to get that monkey off their back and beating a fancied Australia after being on the backfoot for 3 who…
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We all know how harmful alcohol can be - especially in large amounts - but where are people drinking the most? There were more calls this week to raise the price of alcohol in off-license businesses, as it's thought that people tend to lose control at home more than in a licensed business. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy inform…
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Robin Waite is an author, mentor, and coach. I came across Robin’s book, “Take Your Shot”, and I absolutely loved it. It used story to teach the principles of turning your passion project into a sustainable living. Robin narrated the audiobook himself. I couldn’t stop listening to it. It used golf as a back drop, best part, I don’t even like golf! …
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