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Micheaux Mission

The Podglomerate / Micheaux Mission

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Vincent Williams and Len Webb have started an amazing journey to watch and review every African-American film released in theaters. Their passion project, the Micheaux Mission, honors Oscar Micheaux, a trailblazing Black filmmaker. Their enthusiasm and dedication are truly inspiring as they seek the perfect wine to pair with Pam Grier’s Coffy, find five movies since 1985 that don't feature Samuel L. Jackson, and connect with other film fans who share Len’s view on The Last Dragon. Their comm ...
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The BBC is the largest broadcasting organisation in the world. Its mission is to enrich people's lives with programmes that inform, educate and entertain. BBC World Service broadcasts to the world on radio, on TV and online, providing news and information in 32 languages.
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We take a deep dive into the world of entertainment in a way that no one else can. Hear feature interviews with musicians, entertainers, directors, and so much more. We cover a broad range of entertainment topics, and you get behind the scenes access with insights and trends in the entertainment industry. About Mission Matters: At Mission Matters we amplify stories for Entrepreneurs, Executives and Experts. Our host and Co Founder, Adam Torres has interviewed 5,000+ guests and hosts 8 shows. ...
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Design a life that really matters. I’m your host, Greg McKeown, author of New York Times bestsellers "Effortless" and "Essentialism" and I’m on mission to help you advocate and negotiate your way to remarkable results without burning out. Come with me on this journey every Tuesday and Thursday as we examine the most essential areas of our lives. Learn more about my books and courses at https://GregMcKeown.com.
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The Big Picture

The Ringer

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Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins review the movies you need to see. Plus: Top 5s, Movie Drafts, Oscars analysis, and more, featuring a rotating cast of Ringer colleagues like Chris Ryan, Van Lathan, and Bill Simmons.
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What A Day

Crooked Media

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If you’re looking for hype, fake outrage, and groupthink, kindly keep moving. Our mission at What a Day is simple: to be your guide to what truly matters each morning (and the fun stuff you might have missed) in just 20 minutes. Host Jane Coaston brings you in-depth reporting and substantive analysis on the big stories shaping today and the creeping trends shaping tomorrow—and when she doesn’t know the answers, she asks someone even smarter to fill us all in. Radical, right? New episodes at ...
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The Knockout Life with Phoenix Carnevale

Unwritten Content, Phoenix Carnevale

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The Knockout Life with Phoenix Carnevale isn’t just another podcast—it’s a lifestyle. Host Phoenix Carnevale throws down with real talk about fitness, MMA, entertainment, mindset, movies, and everything in between. But here’s the twist: it’s not just about punches in the octagon—it’s about rising after life’s hits and evolving into the fiercest version of you. You’ll hear from fighters, creators, coaches, entertainers, and high-performers who live with grit, grace, and a whole lotta style. E ...
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Blank Check with Griffin & David

Blank Check Productions

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Not just another bad movie podcast, Blank Check reviews directors' complete filmographies episode to episode. Specifically, the auteurs whose early successes afforded them the rare ‘blank check’ from Hollywood to produce passion projects. Each new miniseries, hosts Griffin Newman and David Sims delve into the works of film’s most outsized personalities in painstakingly hilarious detail. Produced by Ben Hosley.
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Sense of Self

Dr. Gowri Aragam, The Mission Entertainment, Andrew C. Coles, Elizabeth Rose, Allison Keeley

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Sense of Self showcases women of color who are confronting and challenging the stories they believe about themselves. Conversations between psychiatrist Dr. Gowri Aragam and our guests demonstrate—but do not preach—about therapeutic concepts, particularly personal narrative, its origins, and the power of reclaiming one's own story.
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Mission Spooky

Cord, Kayla and Kiki

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At Mission Spooky, we dive deep into the eerie, the unexplained, and the historically strange. Our podcast blends folklore, paranormal encounters, and chilling history with a dash of humor and a cup of curiosity. We explore the supernatural through a thoughtful, researched lens, bringing our listeners strange but true tales, forgotten history, and cultural oddities. 👻 Mission Spooky is here to entertain, educate, and creep you out—one episode at a time.
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The Gist

Peach Fish Productions

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For thirty minutes each day, Pesca challenges himself and his audience, in a responsibly provocative style, and gets beyond the rigidity and dogma. The Gist is surprising, reasonable, and willing to critique the left, the right, either party, or any idea.
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Mission Log is a Roddenberry Entertainment podcast with the sole purpose of exploring the Star Trek universe one episode at a time. That’s right, this podcast will cover six different series and 30 seasons of television by journeying into every one of the 726 episodes with a single mission: to explore, debate and discuss one of the largest science fiction phenomena of all time, Star Trek. Starting with The Original Series’ initial pilot and continuing chronologically until we reach the last ...
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The Skewer

BBC Radio 4

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A twisted comedy treat. Jon Holmes brings you the week's biggest stories like you've never heard them before. The news remixed. Welcome to The Skewer. Headphones on. The multi-award winning, 'dizzying, dazzling, haunting and moving' satirical comedy returns to twist itself into these turbulent times. With contributions from brand new and diverse audio talent, The Skewer is the sound the abyss makes as it stares back at you through your ears. 'A kind of concept album made of music and news. T ...
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From courtroom clashes to Hollywood firestorms, Harvey Levin and Mark Geragos have had front-row seats to the scandals, triumphs, and chaos that shape pop culture. These "2 Angry Men" often don’t see eye to eye. But one thing they agree on is most of what you hear is not the real story, and that is their mission – telling it like it is.
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Your weekly deep-dive into the archives of Roddenberry Entertainment, from the personal files of Gene Roddenberry. Each week, “Dr. Trek” himself, Larry Nemecek, and his guest host will take a behind-the-scenes look at documents that haven’t been viewed in decades—many being revealed publicly for the very first time!
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New Culture Forum

New Culture Forum

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"Having the deeper discussions mainstream media won't provide." Founded in 2006, the NCF is one of Britain's leading conservative think tanks. Our mission is to challenge the cultural orthodoxies dominant in our institutions, public life and wider culture. Our goal is to provide what the MSM won't: a platform for leading voices & experts from politics, culture, academia etc to engage in calm, constructive and enlightening discussions on the most critical issues of today.
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New podcast weblogThe Noise Makers Podcast dives into raw, unfiltered conversations with artists, rebels, and industry insiders who’ve carved their own path. From backstage chaos to breakthrough moments, we explore the real stories behind creative lives, the kind that don’t fit neatly into a press release. Our mission? To entertain, spark real conversations, and pull back the curtain on what it really takes to make noise, break norms, and build a life around your creative work, in music and ...
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We Hate Movies

WHM Entertainment

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Since 2010, the We Hate Movies podcast has been loudly celebrating and tearing apart movies from across the spectrum: from forgotten '80s actioners and insane romantic comedies of the '90s, to the early CGI blockbusters of the aughts and the hyper-nostalgic franchises of the 2010s and today. Every week, comedians Andrew Jupin, Stephen Sajdak, Eric Szyszka, and Chris Cabin pick a movie from the near-past to discuss and joke around about in all its positive and negative glory.
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Up To Date

KCUR Studios

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What Kansas City cares about. Up To Date brings people together for daily conversations about what’s happening in our region and how it affects our lives. Featuring interviews with artists, lawmakers, experts and everyday residents, plus original reporting from the KCUR newsroom, Up To Date keeps our city connected.
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The Weekly Planet

Planet Broadcasting

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The Weekly Planet covers all things movies, TV shows and comics. Often considered the first and worst podcast on the Planet Broadcasting Network. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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A pop culture time machine! Each episode covers that very week from 30 years ago, 20 years ago and 10 years ago, which means each show is loaded with forgotten movies, timeless TV episodes and songs best left to the past. We'll examine TV, movies, music and video games from the 90s, 2000s, and 2010s. Come remember with us!
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The Filmcast

The Filmcast

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In The Filmcast, hardcore geeks David Chen, Devindra Hardawar, and Jeff Cannata debate, pontificate, and delve into the latest films, TV shows, and other entertainment-related items from the past week. Weekly guests include everyday bloggers, webmaster luminaries, film directors, and movie stars from all walks of life. You can reach us at [email protected] and find more podcast episodes at www.thefilmcast.com
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The RV LIFE Podcast, created by one of the premier companies in the RV industry, is for the RV Community with a mission to Educate, Entertain and Explore the RV Lifestyle. Episodes explore everything about RV living: travel, maintenance, lifestyle, working on the road, industry insight, and more. Our team of remote hosts includes seasoned RVers, full-timers, content creators, and industry experts.
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Unexpected Elements

BBC World Service

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The news you know, the science you don’t. Unexpected Elements looks beyond everyday narratives to discover a goldmine of scientific stories and connections from around the globe. From Afronauts, to why we argue, to a deep dive on animal lifespans: see the world in a new way.
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Glass in Session® Winecast

Val Caruso, DWS, CWE, FWS

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Glass in Session® is a wine education podcast hosted by Val Caruso, DWS, CWE, FWS. She's a certified wine educator, lifelong learner, & shameless corkdork. Every 2nd and 4th Friday there will be a new Glass in Session® focusing on a new topic. Val's mission is to educate, entertain, and empower the wine learner, wine lover, or wine curious by seeking out the fun - and sometimes funny - side of wine education.
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The Thought Police

The Thought Police

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It’s not 1984 anymore but The Thought Police are everywhere. For better or worse Mike Graham and Kevin O'Sullivan will be your consciences. But don’t worry. They’re not reporting back to the Oceania thought crime specialists, they are free thinking journalists on a mission. Two established talkRADIO broadcasters with big opinions, they will deliberate, masticate and ruminate over all the big issues. Covering everything from Covid to conferences, politics to papers and finance to football, no ...
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Not every movie wraps up with a neat little bow on the end. Some leave you asking "what the f@#$?!" We're here to find the silver lining in the latter. Join Dustin, Mallie, and Nathan every Monday as we try to find the light at the end of the tunnel for some of cinema's bleakest endings - and have some laughs while doing so.
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Cat Chat®

Tracie Hotchner

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Welcome to the new CAT CHAT ® brought to you by Dr. Elsey’s, the private company owned by Dr. Elsey, who created the #1 litter in the country to keep cats in their loving homes (helping to avoid Out of Litter Box problems, the #1 reason people abandon their kitties).Tracie wrote THE CAT BIBLE: Everything Your Cat Expects You to Know and hosted Cat Chat ® as a live call-in show for nearly 8 years on the Martha Stewart channel of Sirius/XM. Her mission is to entertain, educate and inspire cat ...
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- The Mission: This channel’s here to educate, inspire, and entertain you about retirement life and real estate across the entire USA, because someone’s gotta give it to you straight, without the sales pitch. - 25 Years of Real Estate Shenanigans: I’ve spent 25 years as a real estate broker and owner—long enough to know what’s a good deal and what’s a pile of hot garbage. - One Size Doesn’t Fit All Not everyone’s into the same flavor of life, just like not everyone likes vanilla, chocolate, ...
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Kinda Funny reviews, ranks, and recaps every movie in the biggest franchises including Marvel Studios, DC, Star Wars, Pixar, Harry Potter, Fast and Furious, Mission Impossible, Batman, Spider-Man, X-Men, Disney, Lord of the Rings, Godzilla, Indiana Jones, MCU, Edgar Wright, Christopher Nolan, and more!
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Anime Addicts Anonymous

The Anime Addicts

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We have one mission: To make your anime addiction worse! We're a podcast for all anime addicts out there! Those who love anime, manga, cosplay, conventions, and just about everything else that has to do with the world of Japanese Animation can find everything they need to remain hopelessly addicted to anime!
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The audio companion to the beloved Fishwrapper publication. Bringing wholesome story content to enlighten, entertain, and inspire listeners from all walks of life. Our mission is simple: to bring you content that refreshes your spirit, sparks your curiosity, and motivates you to face the challenges of everyday life. From the heartwarming to the humorous, the Fishwrapper Podcast is your go-to source for tales that resonate with the soul. So tune in, relax, and let the journey of inspiration b ...
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This podcast will go where few sci-fi fans have gone before! OK, not really, but we will have fun discussing and interacting with our favorite shows and films from all over the sci-fi universe. We love Trek the most, but our fandom is much deeper and so we'll dive into all sorts of shows and films. Join our panel of sci-fi fans as we gather from all over N. America as we share our opinions and thoughts on all things sci-fi. Our mission is to entertain and have fun. If you love sci-fi, then t ...
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Trash, Art, And The Movies

Erin Fraser & Paul Matwychuk

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Each episode, Paul Matwychuk (film critic for CBC Radio and EIGHTEEN BRIDGES magazine), Heather Noel (owner of the alternative video store The Videodrome), and Erin Fraser (curator of the Graphic Content and Reel Family Cinema series at Metro Cinema) watch a double feature of two thematically related films, one "arty," the other "trashy," and then debate which one deserves to win the week.
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INGLORIOUS TREKSPERTS

Treksperts Podcast Network

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Legendary Treksperts MARK A. ALTMAN (showrunner of Pandora, author of the bestselling The Fifty-Year Mission, writer/producer Free Enterprise), DAREN DOCHTERMAN (associate producer of Star Trek: The Motion Picture - Director's Edition) & ASHLEY E. MILLER (screenwriter; Thor, X-Men: First Class, showrunner, Netflix's DOTA: Dragon's Blood) examine 58 years of STAR TREK every Thursday along with celebrity guests in the podcast awarded "Best Star Trek Podcast 2021" by Trek Movie. #Trekucation Be ...
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Welcome to The Born & Raised Audio Experience, hosted by the outdoor content creators and entrepreneurs of Born And Raised Outdoors. Our Mission: Set out to break every rule and boundary in the outdoor audio space by interacting with the listeners via LIVE Q&A, behind the scene conversations, campfire stories and motivational excerpts that will entertain, educate and inspire. It is a listening experience!
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A new HIV prevention drug will be made available at a lower cost in over 100 low-income countries within two years, including across Africa. It's a move expected to give millions access to the breakthrough treatment and potentially bring the world closer to ending the HIV/Aids epidemic. So, how affordable and effective is it? Also, Zimbabwe continu…
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We've all been having the best time revisiting different failures within the Dark Universe. This week it's Dracula Untold, a thinly veiled attempt to turn Dracula into a comic book action hero. Which is weird because Dracula already exists in both the Marvel and DC Universes. Anyhoo Luke Evans stars as Vlad The Impaler, a kind and gentle family man…
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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss how members of the same species send each other invisible chemical signals to influence the way they behave. Pheromones are used by species across the animal kingdom in a variety of ways, such as laying trails to be followed, to raise the alarm, to scatter from predators, to signal dominance and to enhance attractive…
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National Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrated from September 15 to October 15. Consul Soileh Padilla Mayer, who leads the Mexican Consulate in Kansas City, is spending this month making sure that Latino residents are being treated fairly around the metro, especially as the Trump administration ramps up deportation efforts.…
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The machinery of mass deportations has been operating both in plain sight and out of view since President Donald Trump took office back in January. As millions of people are being deported, thousands more are stuck in detention facilities across the country. In fact, the exact number of people in Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention right …
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In the Star Trek: Voyager episode Workforce, Captain Janeway’s new life comes with decent hours, fair pay, and a promising romantic prospect. There’s just one catch: she doesn’t remember being Captain Janeway. Most of Voyager’s crew have been given new jobs and new identities thanks to some suspiciously convenient amnesia. Is this an alien utopia, …
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THIS VOYAGE, MARK A. ALTMAN (Pandora, The Librarians, 50 Year Mission), DAREN DOCHTERMAN (associate producer, STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE) & ASHLEY E. MILLER (writer, Thor, X-Men: First Class) prove they haven't had enough of you as they take another deep dive into the world of STAR TREK III: THE SEARCH FOR SPOCK as they welcome authors JOHN & MA…
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President Trump says US immigration staff are facing an unprecedented increase in attacks by what he called 'Deranged Radical Leftists'; he made his comment after a deadly gun attack at an immigration centre in Dallas. 'Anti-ICE' messaging was found on ammunition at the scene. Also: Syria's first head of state to speak at the UN General Assembly fo…
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The Missionaries has Vincent and Len combing through the history of Black Teen actors in the 1980s and the origin of the Buddy-Cop genre (would you believe 1974?). They shower respect and flowers on the career of Lorriane Toussaint while questioning the legacy of Nell Carter. Vincent asks, "Who's Dean Jones?" Then, the Men of Micheaux are a couple …
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Can Nasa build the most complex flying machine in space history? The plan is to create a permanent human presence in space. It’s Spring 1969 - two months before the launch of Apollo 11 – the first US mission to land humans on the moon. But meanwhile, hidden away from public view, Nasa is thinking the unthinkable. This is the epic story of the space…
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The US has said that it's currently in negotiation for $20 billion to support Argentina’s economy. President Javier Milei thanks the US government for the “support and confidence”. Canada has assembled an AI task force in Ottawa .It wants to prepare a strategy and has promised millions of dollars to attract talent from around the world. (A customer…
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The government is holding off on announcing plans for high-speed rail across northern England due to concerns over long-term costs, the BBC has learned. The already-delayed announcement of the scheme was expected at next week's Labour Party conference, but that will not now happen. A Labour MP told us the news is "extremely disappointing" and that …
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Laura Spinney joins to discuss her new book Proto: How One Ancient Language Went Global, tracing the unlikely rise of Indo-European and why most of the world now speaks it. Also, a look at the Dallas ICE field office shooting in the broader context of political violence and how we categorize it. And in the Spiel: Jimmy Kimmel’s comeback monologue, …
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The four-time Gold Comedy winner at the Radio Academy Awards returns as Jon Holmes remixes the news into the current affairs comedy concept album where world events meet popular culture in a satirical mash-up. This week - Donald Trump is Supercalifragilisticexpibraggadocious. Producer: Jon HolmesAn unusual production for BBC Radio 4…
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Syria's interim president has told the UN General Assembly that his country has reclaimed its "rightful place" on the world stage. Ahmed al-Sharaa is the first Syrian leader to address the assembly since 1967. Last December, the former Islamist fighter headed a rebel alliance that overthrew the Assad regime. Twenty years ago, Sharaa was a devotee o…
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Sean and Amanda return to continue their yearlong project of listing the 25 best movies of the 21st century so far. Today, they discuss Martin Scorsese’s ‘The Wolf of Wall Street,’ starring Leonardo DiCaprio, a manic, exhilarating, wretched celebration of the worst people on earth set loose on an unwitting society. They explain why this was the off…
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Russia hits back at the US President Donald Trump, after he called the nation a 'paper tiger'. The Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said 'Russia is generally associated with a bear. There are no paper bears. Russia is a real bear.' We unpack the importance of words in the US-Russia relationship and whether President Trump’s comments will have any im…
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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz introduces the 2026 budget with €126.7 billion in new investments for infrastructure, transport, schools, and other major projects. Leanna Byrne talks to the head of the investment bank ING and we get reaction from business industries in Berlin. New Zealand's central bank has appointed its first female boss. She's s…
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UNGA: More than 150 member states recognise the State of Palestine-Cameroon and Eritrea will not. South Africa's police discover illicit drugs worth $20 million on a farm. Plus, we discover the nutritional benefits of eating dried fish. Presenter: Charles Gitonga Producers: Patricia Whitehorne, Makuochi Okafor, Mark Wilberforce, Sunita Nahar and Ny…
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Come take a step into the Infinity Castle with us as we review the first of the Demon Slayer film trilogy.Intro music is "Shonen Showdown Opening" by Syn Strain In The Pentane and the ending music is "Chiptunes" by Liborio Conti (https://www.no-copyright-music.com/)You can support the podcast in the following ways:Merchandise Store: www.AAAShop.inf…
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Typhoon Ragasa has made landfall in southern China, where nearly two million people have been evacuated in preparation for its arrival. It comes after authorities said at least 17 people had been killed and more missing in Taiwan after a lake burst on Tuesday, causing severe flooding in the island's east. We hear from a reporter in Taiwan Also in t…
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Make sure your English learning isn't hit-and-miss – be consistent! Learn this phrase and more in this podcast. TRANSCRIPT Find a free transcript for this episode and more programmes to help you with your English at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/s5english_in_a_minute FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️http…
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President Trump recently announced that he will declare Antifa a domestic terrorist organization. His announcement comes on the heels of Charlie Kirk's assassination, which has many Americans rattled about a rise in violence from left-leaning political activists. Post Millennial Senior Editor Andy Ngo has covered Antifa for years and shares his ins…
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Since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, the brutal war has cost millions of lives. But President Donald Trump has consistently said that he could easily end the war. We think by that he probably meant charm Russian President Vladimir Putin into making a deal. Weirdly enough, efforts to cozy up to Russia have not actually stopped Putin from doing anyt…
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President Trump has said Kyiv can 'win all of Ukraine back in its original form', marking a major shift in his position on the war with Russia. His comments came after talks with the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York. Also: a super typhoon is heading towards the southern Chinese coast, …
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BBC Trending investigates how negative ‘pre-read’ and pre-publication Goodreads ratings are leaving writers - and readers - mystified. Goodreads is a popular website that invites users to track and share their reading habits – through ratings and reviews. But before they even hit the market, some books have attracted negative ratings, leaving autho…
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The Anime Addicts play a drinking game to the ecchi series Please Put Them On Takamine-san! The rules are pretty aggressive so get ready for drinkie drinkie.Also, we will review Takamine-san as well! Is it as good as the drinks?You can support the podcast in the following ways:Discord: www.AAADiscord.comSubscribe: www.aaapodcast.com/joinDonations: …
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President Trump mangles acetaminophen and issues a sweeping “don’t take Tylenol” decree. Are some people truly more attractive to mosquitoes than others? Sadie Dingfelder joins to walk through decades of mosquito studies, from Gambian huts filled with human volunteers to modern lab assays with paraffin membranes, and explains why carbon dioxide, sw…
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The world’s most valuable company, Nvidia, is investing $100 billion into OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, to build what it calls the next generation of artificial intelligence. Meanwhile, Jaguar Land Rover, owned by India’s Tata Group, is still struggling to get cars off the production line after last month’s cyberattack. We hear how dealers around t…
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President Trump has suggested Ukraine is in a position to win back all of the territory it has lost since Moscow's invasion. Earlier, he told the UN General Assembly in New York that European countries were "going to hell" because of mass immigration. In a long - and uncompromising - speech that took aim at the institution where it was being delive…
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President Trump has delivered a blistering speech to the United Nations General Assembly, telling European countries they were “going to hell” if they did not stop mass migration. We’ll analyse what the US president said and how it is being received in European capitals. Also on the programme: health groups push back against President Trump's linki…
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David, Devindra, and Jeff discuss the enormous cultural impact of the late Robert Redford, settle off shore with Eden, look back at fascist Italy in Mussolini: Son of the Century, and try to get a late check-out with Haunted Hotel. Then they sprint to the endzone to give their thoughts on Him. We're making video versions of our reviews! Be sure to …
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The UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, has opened the eightieth General Assembly in New York with a warning that some countries are flouting international law. Donald Trump used his address to dismiss the UN as an organisation that had lost its purpose. We also break down the US President and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr's unsubstanti…
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This phrase means that someone's argument is weak. TRANSCRIPT Find a full transcript for this episode ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/the-english-we-speak_2025/ep-250922 Subscribe to our newsletter ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/newsletters FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.u…
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As presidents Javier Milei and Donald Trump meet the White House is hinting it could step in to support Argentina's economy. We look at how Argentina got here, and a local wine maker tells how the US tariffs are hitting her industry. Also, Nigeria has cut its central bank interest rate for the first time since the Covid pandemic. And Indonesia and …
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A group of deportees from the US have sued the Ghanaian government, alleging they've been detained illegally. We talk to the lawyer representing these deportees and ask what legal framework underpins this US-Ghana deportation deal? And how does this situation tests the principles of human rights? Also in the programme: The BBC has managed to get ra…
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International pressure is ramping up on Israel over the unfolding humanitarian crisis in Gaza and settlement building in the West Bank. France has formally recognised a Palestinian state, becoming the latest in a wave of countries to take the step. We’ll hear from Gaza. Also in the programme: After President Trump told pregnant women they shouldn't…
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Forever chemicals, or PFAS, are found in substances from cosmetics to nonstick pans — and end up in our bloodstreams, unable to break down. UMKC engineering professor Dr. Megan Hart studies how to get rid of these substances, and shares the everyday changes she has made for her health.By Brian Ellison, Ellen Beshuk
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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., noted anti-vaxxer and, apparently, part-time detective, announced back in April that he was on the hunt for the real cause of autism. A hunt that would take no prisoners, ask big questions, and find the one true answer to a medical question that's been researched for decades... by September…
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