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Each week, best mates Laura Smyth and Carmen Butcher dive headfirst into the daft, the ridiculous, and the gloriously dumb - from their own personal disasters to the wildest, most unhinged things the internet (and the world) throws at us. Emma Watson losing her driving license for speeding? They’re on it. A woman taking a selfie with a shark and getting her hands bitten off? You know they’re talking about it. A CEO getting caught cheating at a Coldplay concert? They’re already laughing. If y ...
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Once for All Delivered

Andrew Smyth and Caleb Castro

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"Contend for the faith once for all delivered." God's Word is not silent, and we don't have to be either. On Once for All Delivered, hosts Caleb Castro and Andrew Smyth explore biblical, confessional, Reformed theology and apply it to life in today's world. www.onceforalldelivered.com
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The Exit 52 Podcast

RDT, Banks, and Taylor Smyth

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A fresh take on Baltimore sports and lifestyle coverage, brought to you by Barstool Sports bloggers Banks & RDT, Maryland Terrapins social media manager Taylor Smyth, as well as Jake Louque and Spencer Schultz.
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The Pursuit of Love - By Steve Claydon and Darcy J Smyth (Directors at Why Bravo)

Hosted By: Steve Claydon and Darcy J Smyth (Directors at Why Bravo)

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The Pursuit of Love is a podcast for those who believe business should be built on purpose. Join Steve Claydon and Darcy J Smyth as they dive into the inner world of founders, leaders, and creators who are turning what they love into how they lead. If you're ready to build a business that means something, start here.
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BIGFOOT CASE FILES

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This channel is dedicated to encounters with the elusive creature, Bigfoot. Some people that have had experiences, encounters and sightings with these creatures have a hard time talking about it, they get ridiculed, laughed at, occasionally even by family. Lynn Smyth and Shannon Morgan our professional narrators, will tell your story just the way it happened - it is your story.
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Self Help(ed)

Maggie Kelly & Tully Smyth

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A brand new podcast hosted by writers and best friends, Maggie Kelly & Tully Smyth. "We've done the therapy, so you don't have to." Modern women are done with hiding. Divorce, infertility, fledgling careers, single parenthood - the so-called taboos of female ‘failure’ are quickly becoming our favourite topics. Why? Because we’ve all been there. Under the glossy exterior of success, we’re all just trying to dodge the demands: be sexy, be smart, be brave, be a wife, be a mother, be a feminist, ...
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Movers & Makers explores the future of American manufacturing with Diagon co-founders Will Drewery (former Tesla equipment buyer) and Greg Smyth (VP Business Development & former supply chain professional). Get insider insights on equipment procurement, CapEx purchasing, factory automation, and supply chain strategy from industry veterans who've sourced billions in manufacturing equipment across automotive, aerospace, semiconductors, energy, and industrial production. From production enginee ...
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Thoughts on life, lessons and analogies. Hopefully also able to add Conversations with fascinating people who want to leave something bigger than them in this world and beyond. Who are focused on solving the problems they see in creative and interesting ways.
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Coach Si

Simon Smyth

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We help men over 30 get back into shape, we'll discuss fitness, nutrition & most important of all, mindset. We need the right mindset in order to succeed.
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50 States 50 Murders

AJ Rutledge, Sarah Smyth, Dakota Sayre

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Welcome to 50 States 50 Murders! We host a weekly Travel / True Crime Podcast where we are taking you the listener on an auditory road trip across the United States. Each week we will be selecting a new state to talk about fun facts and interesting stats as well as its history. And while we are there we will be discussing a murder that took place in that specific state of the week. Be sure to buckle up and join us each and every week for 50 States 50 Murders!
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Scaling Up Your Impact Podcast

Kelly Smyth-Dent, LCSW

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Short on time, big on purpose? Scaling Up Your Impact delivers practical, trauma-informed tools, mindset shifts, and clinical strategies for therapists who want to grow—without burning out. Proudly hosted by Scaling Up, a globally accessible training company serving thousands of clinicians, this podcast is rooted in the real-world expertise of EMDR trainers, trauma therapists, and community leaders. Each episode draws from our team’s collective experience across the field, research, and trai ...
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Hello, and thank you for checking out New York JETS Atlantic Flight podcast. My name is Gus, @gustoon and I will be joined by my fellow cohosts , Timmy @Irish_Jets , Ryan @That_UKGatorGuy , Paddy @_Paddy_Smyth_ , Daniel @DFeuerstein and Andy @gothbungy As with the name of Atlantic flight, you would be right in thinking that we have contributors from both sides of the pond. We come from the USA, Ireland and The UK. Our aim is to provide mostly positive news about anything New York JETS relate ...
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TritonLake Perform

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TritonLake, as primary sponsors of the Ireland Sevens programme, brings you TritonLake Perform – a podcast series that will explore the intersection of sport and business, and in particular, the necessary ingredients when it comes to creating and maintaining a dynamic high-performance culture. Hosted by TritonLake founder and CEO, Conor Smyth, guests on TritonLake Perform will come from the world of sport and business, with particular focus on businesses operating in the countries where HSBC ...
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DIRT is a GoLoud Original Podcast. Join the nation's favourite garden designer Diarmuid Gavin, along with horticultural hero Paul Smyth as they dish the dirt on everything you need to know about the gardening world. There's something for every green fingered flora fan be they a novice or a seasoned gardener, this podcast will inform and entertain.
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Blaze

Megan Smyth

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The go-to podcast for trailblazing entrepreneurs who believe in doing business (and life) DIFFERENTLY. Tired of hearing the same fluffy advice over and over again? We’re pulling back the curtain to give you an honest take on entrepreneurship. No BS, just real, practical strategies to fuel your growth — and remind you that wherever you are on your journey, you’re not in this alone. Join host Megan Smyth for weekly interviews, roundtable discussions, and solo soapbox episodes to help YOU blaze ...
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The Colonel Radioshow

George Dudley Josh Tobin

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Colonel Crabtree-Smythe breaks his silence for the first time in over twenty years. In these weekly comedy radio interviews with Sage McCorkadale he discusses his involvement in some of the most interesting and bizarre events in history.
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Have you ever wondered if you are realising your full potential? Do you have the appetite to learn from those that have? With his Podcast, Potential Squared, Pete Smyth founder of Broadlake, takes us on a journey of learning designed to help the ambitious ones to realise their potential. The podcast uncovers world class, actionable insights from leaders in business, sports, politics and the arts.
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Welcome to The Success Formula Podcast where we’ll be getting down to earth with ‘real’ people who work hard and know that success is more than a mindset and it takes blood, guts and a bucket-full of luck to survive and thrive in the world today. Get 25% off from our sponsors: Blinkist: Get smart, faster: https://blinkist.o6eiov.net/successformulapodcast
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Four Seasons Writers Retreat

Courtney Smyth & Meg Grehan

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Your hosts Meg Grehan (she/her) and Courtney Smyth (they/them) welcome you to the Four Seasons Writers Retreat, where your only job is to cosy up at the fireside. Grab a blanket, a warm drink and settle in for a comforting chat about writing – from craft, to rules, to time, to aesthetics, there’s plenty to talk about. You’ll be invited back again and again as the seasons change. We hope you enjoy your stay!Contact: [email protected]@fourseasonswritersMeg socials: @megcathwr ...
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The Great Indoors

Sophie Robinson and Kate Watson-Smyth: Interior Design Experts

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The Great indoors is a celebration of all things interiors and everything you need to know about making your house a home. In each episode, TV presenter and designer Sophie Robinson and best-selling author and journalist Kate Watson-Smyth will discuss, debate and guide you through the top trends and hottest topics from the home front. So pull up a chair…
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Too Much Tully

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Reality TV star, social media influencer, hopeless romantic, show-off, Tully Smyth is known for a lot of things in the media, but the real tea will be spilt every Tuesday on Too Much Tully. Tully Smyth opens up about her love life, mental health, being 30-something (and absolutely not having your shit together) and what it’s like being a hurricane with a heart of gold. Nothing’s off-limits – especially her Instagram DMs – slide on in and we’ll address the topics you want to know, no matter h ...
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Grass Seeds

HC Media

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Hosted by Richard Smyth, Grass Seeds is a show focusing on issues social, environmental, and economic justice. Our purpose is to educate the public on such issues, and to prepare people for taking grassroots action.
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The History of Literature

Jacke Wilson / The Podglomerate

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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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Kids From Yesterday

Courtney & Clodagh

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Eternal emos Courtney Smyth and Clodagh Meaney do a fortnightly deep-dive into the emo and alternative culture of their youth. Each episode will cover anything from music and fashion to cultural phenomena. Enquiries: [email protected] Theme song by Michael and Alecksyy of Fires.
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One Minute How-To

George L Smyth

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The One Minute How-To is your podcast. Each episode features someone just like you who explains how to do something. The catch is that the participant is only given 60 seconds. This means that they need to get right to the point, but isn't that a good thing?
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Governance Digest

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The Governance Digest Podcast is a regular update on corporate and organisation governance developments worldwide presented by John Smyth, who will interview governance experts and business leaders on their views of governance practice in an ever-changing environment. Episode 1 focuses on some Governance Anecdotes
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Legendary comedian Mo Gilligan sits down with a selection of the biggest names to find out how they got started, what they are up to now and the legacy they want to create. Mo chats with Jonathan Ross, Sh*ts N Gigs, Babatunde Aléshé, Emily Attak and many more. Listen to Beginning, Middle & End now, on Global Player. Go to globalplayer.com or search for Global Player on your app store.
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Freshly Grounded

Faisal & Sam

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Freshly Grounded is a weekly podcast founded by 2 British Muslim entrepreneurs, Faisal and Sam. The boys discuss anything and everything from business, lifestyle, conspiracies and current world events.
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Lit Bits

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’Intelligent and irreverent....cancel all social engagements and run a hot bath’. The Observer’s pick of Best Literary Podcasts. Listen to meandering bookish chat: litbitspod.podbean.com
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​​Here’s the problem: Laura & Carmen have two producers - one begging them to stay on track, and another adding fuel to their fire. Which one do you think they’re listening to? Carmen’s obsessed with Cheese Strings, Laura’s campaigning for Brie Strings, and together they spiral into all kinds of Shouldn’t Laugh But chaos - discussing Jaden Smith be…
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In this NBN episode, host Hollay Ghadery speaks with Guelph, Ontario author Karen Smythe about Karen's novel, A Town With No Noise (Palimpsest Press, 2025). Samara and J., a struggling young couple, are off to J.’s birthplace, Upton Bay, a small town turned upscale theatre and winery destination. Sam has been hired by an editor friend to write a pr…
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Yohan joins Freshly Grounded to share the story of growing up in a Rastafarian-led, God-centred home in West London, stumbling through Catholic pews and Baptist choirs, then finding Islam via a co-worker who prayed at Heathrow before pulling shifts at Caffè Nero. We unpack what actually tipped him over the line to take shahādah, the lonely stretch …
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Inside Elland Road Podcast | Predicting Wolves, JudgingWins & Bournemouth Grudges with Graham Smyth & Chris O’Connor This week on the Inside Elland Road Podcast, Grahamand Chris reflect on a raremoment of clairvoyance as they correctly predicted the Wolves scoreline— but just how much does that win really tell us? The pair weigh up the value of thr…
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👉 Join Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/freshlygrounded Faisal sits down with Ilker Abak, a Muslim psychologist from Melbourne, to dive deep into the world of psychology, therapy, and emotional well-being. Together they unpack what clinical psychology actually is, why therapy carries so much stigma, and how emotions like anger, jealousy, and st…
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Starting in the 1970s, Palestinian theater flourished as part of a Palestinian cultural spring. In the absence of local radio, television, and uncensored journalism, theater production became the leading form of artistic expression, and Palestinian theater artists self-identified as a movement. Although resistance was not their sole function, these…
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In 1921 headlines across the country announced the death of Henry Starr, a burgeoning silent film star who was killed while attempting to rob a bank in Harrison, Arkansas. Cynics who knew the real Starr were not surprised. Before becoming a matinee idol, Starr had been the greatest bank robber of the horseback bandit era. Born in 1873, Cherokee out…
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On this episode of International Horizons, RBI Acting Director, Eli Karetny talks with Richard Wolin (Distinguished Professor, CUNY Graduate Center) about the intellectual roots of today’s anti-liberal right. Tracing a line from Germany’s “conservative revolutionaries” (Carl Schmitt, Oswald Spengler, Ernst Jünger, Heidegger) to France’s nouvelle dr…
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Early modern London has long been recognised as a centre of religious diversity, yet the role of the home as the setting of religious practice for all faiths has been largely overlooked. In contrast, Birth, Death, and Domestic Religion in Early Modern London (Cambridge UP, 2025), Dr. Emily Vine offers the first examination of domestic religion in L…
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This is a very special episode of the New Books Network, as the editor of Conversations with Kiese Laymon (UP of Mississippi, 2025), Dr. Constance Bailey, discusses the process of selecting, compiling, and publishing the volume with the subject himself, award-winning author, Kiese Laymon. Conversations with Kiese Laymon provides an in-depth look at…
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Headstrong: Women Porters, Blackness, and Modernity in Accra (U Pennsylvania Press, 2025) explores the experiences of women porters, called kayayei, in Accra, Ghana. Drawing on a decade of fieldwork, anthropologist Laurian R. Bowles shows how kayayei navigate precarity, bringing into sharp relief how racialization, rooted in histories of colonialis…
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Based on Tea Gerbeza's experience with scoliosis, How I Bend Into More (Anstruther Books, 2025) re-articulates selfhood in the face of ableism and trauma. Meditating on pain, consent, and disability, this long poem builds a body both visually and linguistically, creating a multimodal space that forges Gerbeza's grammar of embodiment as an act of re…
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Making Antifascist War: The International Brigades' Transnational Encounters with Civil-War Spain, 1936-1939 (Cambridge UP, 2025) is a study of the 35,000 antifascists who joined the International Brigades in order to defend the Second Spanish Republic and of their encounters with civil-war Spain. Dr. Adrian Pole offers the first in-depth history o…
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A stunning collection of stoic portraits and intimate ephemera from the lives of Black Civil War soldiers Though both the Union and Confederate armies excluded African American men from their initial calls to arms, many of the men who eventually served were black. Simultaneously, photography culture blossomed--marking the Civil War as the first con…
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How street vendors tangle with the law in São Paulo, Brazil. With a little initiative and very little startup money, an outgoing individual might sell you a number of delights and conveniences familiar to city dwellers—from cold water bottles while you’re sitting in traffic to a popsicle from a cart on a summer afternoon in the park. Such vendors f…
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Comedian Rhys James joins Mo Gilligan on Beginning Middle End to talk about his journey from Hertfordshire open mics to becoming one of the sharpest voices in UK stand-up. They dive into his awkward teenage years, disastrous romantic gestures, and how he hustled his way through comedy competitions and the Edinburgh Fringe. Rhys also opens up about …
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The guys talk about the assassination of Charlie Kirk and its impact and aftermath. They also begin a discussion of how internet ideologies played a role in radicalizing the killer. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.onceforalldelivered.com/subscribe…
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In this NBN episode, host Hollay Ghadery interviews historical fiction legend Lucy E.M Black about her phenomenal new novel, A Quilting of Scars (Now or Never Publishing, 2025). Filled with the pleasure of recognizable yet distinctively original characters and a deftly drawn sense of time and place, A Quilting of Scars brings to life a story of for…
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While scholars of social and political movements tend to analyze tactics in terms of their effectiveness in achieving specific outcomes, Robert F. Carley argues by contrast that tactics are, above all, what social movements do. They are not mere means to an end so much as they are a public form of expression pointing out injustices and making just …
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In May 1894, President Grover Cleveland gave a speech thanking those who gathered “to worship at this national shrine.” He was not referring to the battlefields at Gettysburg or Antietam, nor to Mount Vernon, but to the gravesite of Mary Ball Washington, mother of George. While dedicating the new monument that marked it in Fredericksburg, Virginia,…
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Humanity's relationship with black holes began in 1783 in a small English village, when clergyman John Michell posed a startling question: What if there are objects in space that are so large and heavy that not even light can escape them? Almost 250 years later, in April 2019, scientists presented the first picture of a black hole. Profoundly inspi…
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It has become habitual to think of our relationship with energy as one of transition: with wood superseded by coal, coal by oil, oil by nuclear and then at some future point all replaced by green sources. Jean-Baptiste Fressoz’s devastating but unnervingly entertaining book shows what an extraordinary delusion this is. Far from the industrial era p…
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The Black Death that arrived in the spring of 1348 eventually killed nearly half of England's population. In its long aftermath, wages in London rose in response to labor shortages, many survivors moved into larger quarters in the depopulated city, and people in general spent more money on food, clothing, and household furnishings than they had bef…
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Nick Bromell is the author of By the Sweat of the Brow: Labor and Literature in Antebellum American Culture and Tomorrow Never Knows: Rock and Psychedelics in the Sixties, both published by the University of Chicago Press. His articles and essays on African American literature and political thought have appeared in American Literature, American Lit…
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Mid-Tudor Queenship and Memory: The Making and Re-making of Lady Jane Grey and Mary I (Palgrave MacMillan, 2023) explores (mis)representations of two female claimants to the Tudor throne, Lady Jane Grey and Mary I of England. It places Jane's attempted accession and Mary I's successful accession and reign in comparative perspective, and illustrates…
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“The acme of skill,” Sun Tzu wrote in The Art of War, is not “to win one hundred victories in one hundred battles,” but “to subdue the enemy without fighting.” The author of Chokepoints: American Power in the Age of Economic Warfare (Portfolio, 2025) has devoted much of his career to exploring how economic power can advance this goal. He served on …
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Turkey is among a league of revisionist powers who are challenging the world order. Erdogan and his Islamist movement have aimed to create the “New Turkey”, preparing for a future that is less dependent on Western treaty allies and with an alliance structure of its own. In New Turkey and the Far Right: How Reactionary Nationalism Remade a Country (…
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It's September 22nd, and the Baltimore Ravens are 1-2. In a back and forth affair with the Detroit Lions, they were ultimately outclassed on both sides of the ball, surrendering 224 yards rushing on defense, and allowing seven sacks on Lamar Jackson. The guys break down all that went wrong in this game, the tenuous position the Ravens find themselv…
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Academics and popular commentors have expressed common sentiments about the Black Power movement of the 1960s and 1970s—that it was male dominated and overrun with autocratic leaders. Yet women’s strategizing, management, and sustained work were integral to movement organizations’ functioning, and female advocates of cultural nationalism often exhi…
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Today I had the pleasure of talking to Professor Xiang Biao on his new book, Self as Method: Thinking Through China and the World, which was originally written and published in Chinese. The English translation has just come out with Palgrave Macmillan. Self as Method provides a manifesto of intellectual activism that counsels China’s young people t…
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The #metoo movement has forced many fans to consider what they should do when they learn that a beloved artist has acted immorally. One natural thought is that fans ought to give up the artworks of immoral artists, but according to Mary Beth Willard, it’s hard to find good reasons to do so. In Why It's OK to Enjoy the Work of Immoral Artists (Routl…
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Twice Blessed (Fordham University Press, 2025) is a memoir that explores the depths of love, resilience, and the true meaning of family. Stefanie Mercado Altman, Claire Altman, and Stan Altman share an inti­mate and inspiring story about the bonds that define us, from adoption to caregiving and beyond. When Stefanie was adopted by Claire and Stan, …
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In 2007, Tim Weiner published the book Legacy of Ashes. It was a history of the CIA from its founding to the early 2000s. As a university student in Italy, I bought the book as soon as it came out. The second non-fiction book I ever bought in English. The book was riveting. It kickstarted my interest in the CIA and covert operations. Now, Tim Weine…
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Textual Life: Islam, Africa, and the Fate of the Humanities (Columbia University Press, 2025), is a groundbreaking book that recasts the role of knowledge in the making of a colonial and postcolonial nation. It makes a case for a new literary and intellectual-historical approach to Islam in Africa. The Senegalese Muslim scholar Shaykh Musa Kamara (…
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An immersive journey into the author's lifelong attachment to video games, revealing how they shape us, shatter us, and give us the courage to start again Of Floating Isles: On Growing Pains and Video Games (Arsenal Pulp Press, 2025) is a captivating collection of personal essays that unpack the mystifying and often intimate roles that video games …
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Dr. Jon Mills, has had an impressive career as practicing professional, researcher, educator and writer in the psychology and psychoanalytic field. His work bounds the world of philosophy and psychology, focusing upon both individual human behavior and the manifestation of the collective behavior in the social context. He is the author and/or edito…
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For decades coal has been crucial to America's culture, society, and environment, an essential ingredient in driving out winter's cold, cooking meals, and lighting the dark. In the coalfields and beyond, in Black Gold: The Rise, Reign, and Fall of American Coal (University of California Press, 2025) Bob Wyss describes how this magical elixir sparke…
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Jacke talks to author Mark Hussey (Mrs Dalloway: Biography of a Novel) about Virginia Woolf's beloved novel Mrs Dalloway, which turned 100 earlier this year. PLUS author Graham Watson (The Invention of Charlotte Bronte) stops by to discuss his choice for the last book he will ever read. Join Jacke on a trip through literary England (signup open thr…
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Driving Terror: Labor, Violence, and Justice in Cold War Argentina (U New Mexico Press, 2025) by Dr. Karen Robert tells the story of twenty-four Ford autoworkers in Argentina who were tortured and “disappeared” for their union activism in 1976, miraculously survived, and pursued a decades-long quest for truth and justice. In December 2018, more tha…
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In Scotland’s Sacred Goddess: Hidden in Plain Sight (Luath Press, 2025), Stuart McHardy delves into the rich tapestry of pre-Christian Scottish beliefs, uncovering the enduring presence of ancient mythologies in today’s landscape. Long before the arrival of Christian monks, the Scots revered a pantheon of deities, with the Cailleach Goddess at its …
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The compulsory service for young men in the Yugoslav People’s Army (JNA) created bonds across ethnic, religious, and social lines. These bonds persisted even after the horrific violence of the 1990s, in which many of these men found themselves on opposite sides of the front lines. In Utopia of the Uniform: Affective Afterlives of the Yugoslav Peopl…
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Preparing the Modern Meal: Urban Capitalism and Working-Class Food in Kenya's Port City (Ohio UP, 2025) is an urban history that connects town and country. Devin Smart examines how labor migrants who left subsistence food systems in Kenya’s rural communities acquired their daily meals when they arrived in the Indian Ocean city of Mombasa, a place w…
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Dr. J Calvin Schermerhorn is a professor of history in the School of Historical, Philosophical, and Religious Studies at Arizona State University. His books include The Business of Slavery and the Rise of American Capitalism, 1815–1860, and Unrequited Toil: A History of United States Slavery. He lives in Tempe, AZ. The long history of the racial we…
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In Tourism, Philanthropy and School Tours in Zimbabwe: Problematising "Win-Win" Discourses (Routledge, 2024), Kathleen Smithers investigates the tensions between a school's role as a communal learning space and its function as a spectacle for tourists. Using a school in Matabeleland North as a case study, Smithers analyzes how school tours, often m…
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Born in Amsterdam in 1946, Professor Shulamit Reinharz grew up amid the lingering shadows of wartime trauma, an experience that shaped her later academic path and her role in the creation of the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute. With Hiding in Holland: A Resistance Memoir (Amsterdam Publishers, 2024), she has crafted a unique form of Holocaust memoir, d…
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In our wonderful interview, Dr. Danna Trachtenberg Zeiger and I celebrate her debut picture book, Rewriting the Rules, a STEM nonfiction picture book which was just released from Millbrook Press (Carol Hinz, editor) on September 9, 2025". She is represented by Gaby Cabezut at The Seymour Agency. A published scientist, Danna's research has appeared …
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Today we are joined by Aaron Miller, Lecturer in Kinesiology at California State University, East Bay and the author of Basketball in Japan: Shooting for the Stars (Routledge, 2025.) In our conversation, we discussed the beginnings of basketball in Japan, the ongoing legacy of Samurai culture in Japanese sport, and what Japanese basketball’s succes…
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