Best Unlearning Network Podcasts (2025)

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Trust: The Hidden Key to Retention and Great Leadership with Dr. Katherine Meese 15:00

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In this episode of The Best Boss Podcast, Diane Scott sits down with Dr. Katherine Meese, a nationally recognized expert in organizational behavior and co-author of The Human Margin: Building the Foundations of Trust with Quint Studer. Dr. Meese is reshaping the future of healthcare leadership by bringing science-backed insights to one of the most …

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3.8 Russell Razzaque - Why don't we try something different? 22:17

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Send us a text Fiona talks to Russell about what his journey with Peer Informed Open Dialogue has been like ahead of the long-awaited publication of the results of the ODESSI trial.By Fiona Eastmond

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Brian Kropp on AI adoption, intrinsic incentives, identifying pain points, and organizational redesign (AC Ep17) 39:49

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“If you’re not moving quickly to get these ideas implemented, your smaller, more agile competitors are.” –Brian Kropp About Brian Kropp Brian Kropp is President of Growth at World 50 Group. Previous roles include Managing Director at Accenture, Chief of HR Research at Gartner and Practice Leader at CEB. His work has been extensively featured in the…

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VBB 344 Teresa Ford: Unlearning Emotional Chaos! 29:09

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Episode VBB 344 features Certified Mental Health and Trauma Recovery Life Coach Teresa Ford. Her story samples her life journey as a child raised by emotionally immature and emotionally unavailable parents who left her unprepared to live an empowered life. Ironically, it was the death of a parent — her mother — that triggered Teresa to explore the …

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Ep. 99 Part 2: Tony Miller - Founder of The Garage Basketball 43:51

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Ep. 99 Part 2: Cleveland native Tony Miller, Marquette basketball's all-time assist leader and Will Gates former teammate, joins the guys on this week's episode of the Agee & Gates Hoop Dreams Podcast. Tony sits 8th on the NCAA's all-time assist leaders list and played 13 years professionally. This included a Dutch League Championship, a 3x Assist …

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Philis Barragán-Goetz, "Reading, Writing, and Revolution: Escuelitas and the Emergence of a Mexican American Identity in Texas" (U Texas Press, 2020) 52:04

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Debates about Ethnic Studies in K-12 and Higher Education have highlighted the importance of culturally inclusive pedagogy in schools. Despite discussions about Ethnic Studies, there is a more extended history of Mexican-origin people pushing for culturally responsive education. In Reading, Writing, and Revolution: Escuelitas and the Emergence of a…

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Suranga Nanayakkara on augmenting humans, contextual nudging, cognitive flow, and intention implementation (AC Ep16) 31:08

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“There’s a significant opportunity for us to redesign the technology rather than redesign people.” –Suranga Nanayakkara About Suranga Nanayakkara Suranga Nanayakkara is founder of the Augmented Human Lab and Associate Professor of Computing at National University of Singapore (NUS). Before NUS, Suranga was an Associate Professor at the University o…

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Ep. 99 Part 1: Tony Miller - Marquette Basketball Legend 36:28

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Ep. 99 Part 1 - Marquette basketball legend, Will Gates former teammate and the team's all-time assist leader, Tony Miller, joins the guys on this week's episode of the Agee & Gates Hoop Dreams Podcast. The Cleveland native sits 8th on the NCAA's all-time assist leaders list and played 13 years professionally. This included a Dutch League Champions…

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Why Patients Come Second: Dr. Britt Berrett on Putting People First in Healthcare Leadership 21:02

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What if the best way to take care of patients is to stop putting them first? In this episode of The Best Boss Podcast, Dr. Britt Berrett, former hospital CEO, national speaker, and co-author of Patients Come Second, shares why prioritizing your team is the true foundation of exceptional healthcare. From turning around toxic work environments to red…

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Michael I. Jordan on a collectivist perspective on AI, humble genius, design for social welfare, and the missing middle kingdom (AC Ep15) 42:07

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“The fact is that its input came from billions of humans… When you’re interacting with an LLM, you are interacting with a collective, not a singular intelligence sitting out there in the universe.” –Michael I. Jordan About Michael I. Jordan Michael I. Jordan is the Pehong Chen Distinguished Professor in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science a…

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Uzma Quraishi, "Redefining the Immigrant South: Indian and Pakistani Immigration to Houston During the Cold War" (UNC Press, 2020) 1:10:04

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In Redefining the Immigrant South: Indian and Pakistani Immigration to Houston During the Cold War (University of North Carolina Press), Uzma Quraishi (Sam Houston State University) follows the Cold War-era journeys of South Asian international students from U.S. Information Service reading rooms in India and Pakistan, to the halls of the Universit…

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Marlee S. Bunch, "Unlearning the Hush: Oral Histories of Black Female Educators in Mississippi in the Civil Rights Era" 1:04:21

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In Unlearning the Hush: Oral Histories of Black Female Educators in Mississippi in the Civil Rights Era (University of Illinois Press, 2025), Dr. Marlee Bunch shared her research on Black female educators in Mississippi during the Civil Rights era and discussed how their experiences and wisdom continue to inform contemporary teaching practices and …

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VBB 343: Comedian Holly Shaw Gives Queen Lessons! 28:41

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Holly Shaw is a stand-up comedian and hypnotherapist, renowned as a performance anxiety expert. Before becoming a comedian, Holly was a TV host, film actor, professional dancer, and has since become a speaker and coach. Holly has authored and published three books, including her latest, Queen Lessons: What Stand-Up Comedy Taught Me About Dealing wi…

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Christopher M. Reali, "Music and Mystique in Muscle Shoals" (U Illinois Press, 2022) 39:23

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The forceful music that rolled out of Muscle Shoals in the 1960s and 1970s shaped hits by everyone from Wilson Pickett and Aretha Franklin to the Rolling Stones and Paul Simon. Christopher M. Reali's in-depth look at the fabled musical hotbed examines the events and factors that gave the Muscle Shoals sound such a potent cultural power. Many artist…

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Harriet Jacobs, "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl" (Norton, 2025) 1:12:40

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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl is the stirring autobiography of Harriet Jacobs, a mother and fugitive, detailing her harrowing escape from enslavement, seven years hiding in an attic crawl space, and the racism she faced in freedom. Forgotten for decades after its original, 19th century publication, Jacobs’ story was so harrowing and so brav…

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Ep. 98 Part 2: Tim Littlefield - Basketball Coach and Scout 39:06

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Ep. 98 Part 2 Basketball Coach, Player Scout and Texas Native Tim Littlefield joins Will Gates and Arthur Agee on the Hoop Dreams Podcast. Tim currently works with Great American Shootout (GASO) scouting service in Texas and prior to that worked with Texas Boys Basketball Scouting Service. He has coached basketball at the high school level with San…

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Ep. 98 Part 1: Tim Littlefield - Basketball Coach and Scout 26:34

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Ep. 98 Basketball Coach, Player Scout and Texas Native Tim Littlefield joins Will Gates and Arthur Agee on the Hoop Dreams Podcast. Tim currently works with Great American Shootout (GASO) scouting service in Texas and prior to that worked with Texas Boys Basketball Scouting Service. Tim has coached basketball at the high school level with San Marco…

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Paula Goldman on trust patterns, intentional orchestration, enhancing human connection, and humans at the helm (AC Ep14) 34:24

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“The potential is boundless, but it doesn’t come automatically; it comes intentionally.” –Paula Goldman About Paula Goldman Paula Goldman is Salesforce’s first-ever Chief Ethical and Humane Use Officer, where she creates frameworks to build and deploy ethical technology for optimum social benefit. Prior to Salesforce she held leadership roles at gl…

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Matthew R. Sparks and Olivia Sizemore, "Haint Country: Dark Folktales from the Hills and Hollers" (UP of Kentucky, 2024) 42:20

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Matthew Sparks and Oliva Sizemore join Jana Byars for a fun, chilling, and thoughtful discussion about about Haint Country: Dark Tales from the Hills and Hollers (University Press of Kentucky, 2024). The hills of the Appalachia region hold secrets—dark, deep, varied, and mysterious. These secrets are often told in the form of eerie, thrilling, and …

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Meredith McCarroll, "Unwhite: Appalachia, Race, and Film" (U Georgia Press, 2018) 1:02:14

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If you mention Appalachia to many people, they may immediately respond with the "Deliverance" dueling banjos theme. Unfortunately, this is an example of how the region is stereotyped and misunderstood, particularly in films. In her book, Unwhite: Appalachia, Race, and Film(University of Georgia Press, 2018), Meredith McCarroll, Director of Writing …

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Stephanie McCurry, "Women's War: Fighting and Surviving the Civil War" (Harvard UP, 2019) 1:12:50

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In Women's War: Fighting and Surviving the Civil War (Harvard UP, 2019), the award-winning author of Confederate Reckoning challenges the idea that women are outside of war, through a trio of dramatic stories revealing women's transformative role in the American Civil War. We think of war as a man's world, but women have always played active roles …

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Vivienne Ming on hybrid collective intelligence, building cyborgs, meta-uncertainty, and the unknown infinite (AC Ep13) 47:56

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“What I need is someone who will have an idea I would never have had. In fact, better yet, an idea no one else in the world would ever have. That’s human space. That’s our job now: the unknown infinite.” –Vivienne Ming About Vivienne Ming Vivienne Ming is a theoretical neuroscientist, entrepreneur, and author. Her AI inventions have launched a doze…

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VBB 342: Kat Sterling On Finding Success In Life! 27:20

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Entrepreneur, coach, and Amazon bestselling author, Kat Sterling, sets the stage by asking the questions that most people avoid: "Why am I not where I want to be in life? Or, Why am I not winning?" Kat reveals that these questions are reflections born out of self-assessment and hard life lessons. Constantly surrounded by success, Kat felt that desp…

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Ep. 97 Adrian Mack aka Konfuzion Hoops Part 1 28:41

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Ep.97 Adrian Mack "Konfuzion Hoops" Part 1 - The Celebrity Basketball Legend joins the guys to talk about his basketball origin story. From LaMarque Texas to courts everywhere, Adrian has used his gift to create opportunities. He started his professional career with the Harlem Starz, before playing professionally in the American Basketball Associat…

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Matt Beane on the 3 Cs of skill development, AI augmentation design templates, inverted apprenticeships, and AI for skill enhancement (AC Ep12) 39:17

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“The primary source of our reliable ability to produce results under pressure—i.e., skill—is attempting to solve complicated problems with an expert nearby.” –Matt Beane About Matt Beane Matt Beane is Assistant Professor at University of California Santa Barbara, and a Digital Fellow with both Stanford’s Digital Economy Lab and MIT’s Institute for …

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Arianne Edmonds, "We Now Belong to Ourselves: J. L. Edmonds, the Black Press, and Black Citizenship in America" (Oxford UP, 2025) 49:46

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At the turn of the twentieth century, the Black press provided a blueprint to help Black Americans transition from slavery and find opportunities to advance and define African American citizenship. Among the vanguard of the Black press was Jefferson Lewis Edmonds, founder and editor of The Liberator newspaper. His Los Angeles-based newspaper champi…

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Michael Vorenberg, "Lincoln's Peace: The Struggle to End the American Civil War" (Random House, 2023) 1:34:56

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More than a century and a half after Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant, historians are still searching for exactly when the U.S. Civil War ended. Was it ten weeks afterward, in Galveston, where a federal commander proclaimed Juneteenth the end of slavery? Or perhaps in August of 1866, when President Andrew Johnson simply declared “the i…

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VBB 341 Dianne Harris - Beware The Love Bomber! 22:51

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With over 30 years of experience as a hairstylist and salon owner, listening to the life drama of her customers, Dianne Harris was well-positioned to become a successful Life and Relationship Coach, a role she has excelled at for the past five years. In her personal life drama, Dianne is a twice-divorced single mother of three sons, and a survivor …

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3.7 Lauren Markham: Unlearning Systems 41:20

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Send us a text In episode 7 of Season 3 of OpenPODpod we hear Lauren, Advanced Lived Experience Practitioner at CNWL, telling us how learning about Open Dialogue led her to peer working. Along the way we reminisce about chocolate factories, the first ever POD cohort, and Lauren’s experiences as a healthcare support worker-turned-peer. As we reflect…

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Charlotte Bentley, "New Orleans and the Creation of Transatlantic Opera, 1819–1859" (U of Chicago Press, 2022) 47:39

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Jazz is the music that many people associate with New Orleans. But before there was jazz in New Orleans there was opera. It was the only city in the United States during the first half of the nineteenth century with a resident opera company that produced the latest European works. In New Orleans and the Creation of Transatlantic Opera, 1819–1859 (U…

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Tim O’Reilly on AI native organizations, architectures of participation, creating value for users, and learning by exploring (AC Ep11) 41:00

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“We’re in this process where we should be discovering what’s possible… That’s what I mean by AI-native — just go figure out what the AI can do that makes something so much easier or so much better.” – Tim O’Reilly About Tim O’Reilly Tim O’Reilly is the founder, CEO, and Chairman of leading technical publisher O’Reilly Media, and a partner at early …

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VBB 340: Deena Baikowitz — Networking Isn’t A One Night Stand! 41:01

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Deena Baikowitz, aka Fireball Deena, is a dynamic coach, trainer, facilitator, speaker, and comedian with a unique way of delivering serious business and career advice that’s infused with creativity, compassion, and, of course, humour. Deena’s educational and career background spans social work, healthcare, marketing, events, and the arts, which ha…

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Ahmad Greene-Hayes, "Underworld Work: Black Atlantic Religion Making in Jim Crow New Orleans" (U of Chicago Press, 2025) 1:01:38

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A rethinking of African American religious history that focuses on the development and evolution of Africana spiritual traditions in Jim Crow New Orleans. When Zora Neale Hurston traveled to New Orleans, she encountered a religious underworld, a beautiful anarchy of spiritual life. In Underworld Work, Ahmad Greene-Hayes follows Hurston on a journey…

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Jacob Taylor on collective intelligence for SDGs, interspecies money, vibe-teaming, and AI ecosystems for people and planet (AC Ep10)

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“If we’re faced with problems that are moving fast and require collective solutions, then collective intelligence becomes the toolkit we need to tackle them.” – Jacob Taylor About Jacob Taylor Jacob Taylor is a fellow in the Center for Sustainable Development at Brookings Institution, and a leader of its 17 Rooms initiative, which catalyzes global …

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Se.03 Ep. 37: Fine, Corinthian Leather 7:51

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Take the damn compliment Young kids don’t care Exercise for depression and anxiety A book, a quote, a dad joke Read the newsletterBy The Dad Strength Podcast

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EP. 96 Part 2: Aaron Harrison - Former NBA Guard and Kentucky Wildcat 47:58

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Ep.95 Part 2: Aaron Harrison - Texas native, Kentucky Wildcat alumni and former NBA guard with the Hornets and Mavericks.Tune in for Part 2 of our conversation with Aaron Harrison on another episode of the Agee & Gates Hoop Dreams Podcast. The 2013 Texas Mr. Basketball, First Team Parade All-American and McDonald's All-American won the Portuguese C…

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VBB 339 VBB WHY? 27:35

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VIRGIN.BEAUTY.BITCH, are not words women choose. These words, historically, have been used to put and keep women in their place. V.B.B. Podcast acknowledges the harmful intent and history of these words: the Virgin as pure and obedient, a sexually repressed woman; Beauty being adored or objectified and disrespected, and the Bitch punished for expre…

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Jeremy Black, "The Civil War" (Saint Augustine's Press, 2025) 29:13

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The American Civil War may have been more consequential to American history (and its global supremacy) than its Revolutionary War and participation in all other world wars. The influence of this war is not just reduced to the victory of the north and its economic infrastructure, but the fact of Union success ushered in the notion of 'what it means …

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Unlearning the Old Sales Playbook: Mindset, Fear & Ethics with John Lester 44:17

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In this conversation, Laura McGregor and John Lester Author of "Winning the Inner Game of Sales: The Foundation of Success is Mindset delve into the transformative mindset required for success in sales. They explore the importance of understanding one's inner game, overcoming fears, and the necessity of building genuine connections with clients. Jo…

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LandGazzer Sales Opportunity | 25% Commission + Recurring Revenue | CommissionCrowd Interview 9:14

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Summary: In this conversation, Laura McGregor interviews Torey Thompson, founder of LandGazzer, a drone mapping company that provides high-accuracy 3D models and CAD-ready files for construction and engineering firms. They discuss the innovative technology behind drone mapping, the significant market potential, and the opportunities for sales profe…

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Jasper Waugh-Quasebarth, "Finding the Singing Spruce: Musical Instrument Makers and Appalachia's Mountain Forests" (West Virginia UP, 2023) 1:08:24

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2023 Weatherford Award Finalist, Nonfiction How can the craft of musical instrument making help reconnect people to place and reenchant work in Appalachia? How does the sonic search for musical tone change relationships with trees and forests? Following three craftspeople in the mountain forests of Appalachia through their processes of making instr…

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AI & The Future of Strategy (AC Ep9) 12:29

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“Strategy really must focus on those purely human capabilities of synthesis, and judgment, and sense-making.” – Ross Dawson About Ross Dawson Ross Dawson is a futurist, keynote speaker, strategy advisor, author, and host of Amplifying Cognition podcast. He is Chairman of the Advanced Human Technologies group of companies and Founder of Humans + AI …

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Ep.95 Part 1: Aaron Harrison - Kentucky Wildcat Alumni and former NBA Guard 51:04

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Ep.95 Part1: Kentucky Wildcat Alumni, Texas native, and former NBA guard with the Charlotte Hornets and Dallas Mavericks, Aaron Harrison, joins us on another episode of the Agee & Gates Hoop Dreams Podcast. The 2013 Texas Mr. Basketball, First Team Parade All-American and McDonald's All-American won the Portuguese Cup in 2024 and was a Turkish Leag…

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Julia Brock, "Closed Seasons: The Transformation of Hunting in the Modern South" (UNC Press, 2025) 51:23

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In a unique and personal exploration of the game and fish laws in Alabama, Georgia, and Mississippi from the Progressive Era to the 1930s, Julia Brock offers an innovative history of hunting in the New South. The implementation of conservation laws made significant strides in protecting endangered wildlife species, but it also disrupted traditional…

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John Bardes, "The Carceral City: Slavery and the Making of Mass Incarceration in New Orleans, 1803-1930" (UNC Press, 2024) 46:57

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The Carceral City: Slavery and the Making of Mass Incarceration in New Orleans, 1803-1930 (UNC Press, 2024) reveals that Americans often assume that slave societies had little use for prisons and police because slaveholders only ever inflicted violence directly or through overseers. Mustering tens of thousands of previously overlooked arrest and pr…

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Se.03 Ep. 36: Power, Screentime, and the New Informational Environment 13:30

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Today on Dad Strength Dad Power? The Screen-Time Continuum The new informational environment A book, a quote, a dad joke Read the newsletterBy The Dad Strength Podcast

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Se.03 Ep. 35: More Testosterone!? 14:21

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Today on Dad Strength Do you need TRT or better cardio? “Strong opinions, loosely-held” Silent dads A book, a quote, a dad joke Read the newsletterBy The Dad Strength Podcast

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VBB 338 Koya Bakare: When Beauty Finds Its Voice! 28:50

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Koya Bakare is a NY model featured in Essence, Vogue, and InStyle. She’s also an educator, author, and the National Beauty Pageant Winner of the Elite Ms. US United — 2024-25. However, for Koya, pageantry is much more than the crown and the glitz. For her, the discipline of modelling became the avenue that gave her the courage to dig deep within he…

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Why Storytelling Is a Leader’s Secret Superpower | Guest Corey Rosen 18:46

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Storytelling isn’t just for entertainment — it’s a leadership essential. Emmy-winning storyteller Corey Rosen joins Diane Scott to reveal how leaders can use simple storytelling structures to connect, inspire, and drive results. From turning anecdotes into compelling narratives to amplifying quiet voices within your team, this conversation offers a…

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Bryan D. Jones, The Southern Fault Line: How Race, Class, and Region Shaped One Family's History" (Oxford UP, 2025) 58:29

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The Southern Fault Line: How Race, Class, and Region Shaped One Family's History (Oxford University Press, 2025) explores the under-appreciated division in the South between the oligarchic rule of plantation owners and industrialists on the one hand, and the more democratic mindset of the mountain-dwelling small farmers on the other. These two mind…