A monthly podcast bringing you stories, news, fun facts, and more about whales, dolphins and porpoises.
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The art and science of a goalplayer +talking up The St.Louis High School Champions League
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Nonprofit News, Tech & Marketing Stories from Whole Whale, a Nationally Recognized Nonprofit Marketing Agency for over a decade. Founded in 2010, Whole Whale is a B-Corp that runs analytics, digital advertising, Google Ad Grants, and SEO for nonprofits.
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A Gilded Age Comedy about Birders, Murders, and Confectionery Capers
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Join our journey through kaiju history as hosts Kevin Carpenter and Kayla Knutson watch every Godzilla film!
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Welcome to After the Breach, a podcast for whale enthusiasts by whale enthusiasts. Join professional guides and whale watch captains Jeff Friedman and Sara Shimazu as they share their passion and love for whales.
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Welcome to the Primary Care Pod from Red Whale – join GPs Nik Kendrew and guests as each month they discuss a roundup of four key topics for primary care clinicians, which can also be found in our popular free Pearls. We look at the evidence, the guidelines and the media coverage and make learning together as a primary care community as relaxing and enjoyable as possible. We invite you to nominate your primary care heroes and share your best intentions stories. So, grab a cuppa or put on you ...
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Facts about Whales
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Taking a deep dive into the big questions about tech, media, and design. ☀️🐳 || hosted by Lauren Dagworthy (@worthyofdags)
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Learn and practise useful English language for everyday situations. Find more at https://www.bbclearningenglish.com Follow us at https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/followus
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Welcome to the Seacreatures Podcast, a show all about the amazing animals that live beneath the waves. On each episode we chat about a specific seacreature with a guest who has spent time and interacted with this ocean animal. Our guests range from marine biologists to divers to underwater photographers, citizen scientists, and people that have an intense passion for marine life.
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Conversations with people about their current state of affairs in life from a guy who has no idea what he is doing with his.
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These are the musings and antics of a retired high school English teacher and her son, exploring everything from bugs to video games, miniature carpets to whale farts, poems to platitudes, with a dallop of cynicism and heeping cup of not taking life too seriously.
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Unusual Whales covers financial topics and market news. We help navigate various topics in finance, from options, to equities, and get some of the experts in the field to help you follow the flow. 🐳
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Explorations in the world of science.
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After 7 years of being anonymous, 1.5 million words written about beer, and preaching the gospel of Barleywine is Life, Don't Drink Beer's Alex Kidd gets into the deep, dark world of podcasting. Joining him are his co-hosts, comedy writers and performers Stephen Loh and Michael Gabriel. Together they explore the absurd underbelly of the craft beer world while also discussing movies, music, video games, pop culture, and their sad, basement dwelling lives.
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Welcome to Crypto News Daily, brought to you by Brief! Our AI selects the latest stories and top headlines and then delivers them to you each day in less than ten minutes (for more details, visit www.brief.news/how-it-works). Tune in to get your daily news about Bitcoin, Ethereum, blockchain technology, DeFi, NFTs, and more. Whether you're a crypto enthusiast, investor, or simply curious about the potential of digital currencies, this podcast is your go-to source for all things crypto. Tune ...
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Funny people tellin' stories about music. Hosted by Matt Price (Regular Show, Men of a Certain Age).
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Weekly podcasts from Science Magazine, the world's leading journal of original scientific research, global news, and commentary.
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The White Whale is an audio zine. A podcast of mixtape journalism, fiction, and sound experimentation.
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Autogenerated feed of the This American Life archive.
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In this podcast, we will check in regularly with Captain Paul Watson to speak about recent news and events regarding the oceans and their ecosystems. We will also feature interviews with other members of the Neptune's Pirates, especially once campaigns are in full swing. Periodically, we will post educational episodes highlighting the importance of marine organisms and what you can do to help the oceans. For the latest news and updates, please subscribe to this podcast (Apple Podcast, Spotif ...
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Talking Wrestling and other cool things with Mr killer whale himself! 🐳 WWE NJPW AEW and indi wrestling all here! Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/WhaleTalk/support
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A daily (5-day-a-week) podcast feed of true Oregon stories -- of heroes and rascals, of shipwrecks and lost gold. Stories of shanghaied sailors and Skid Road bordellos and pirates and robbers and unsolved mysteries. An exploding whale, a couple shockingly scary cults, a 19th-century serial killer, several very naughty ladies, a handful of solid-brass con artists and some of the dumbest bad guys in the history of the universe. From the archives of the Offbeat Oregon History syndicated newspap ...
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Nantucket's first Pod Cast. Hosted by Doug Cote, Inside the Whale features in depth conversations with some of the various personalities that make up the Island of Nantucket Massachusetts.
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We are here to Entertain You, KARUNADU - KARNATAKA. LISTEN, SHARE, SUPPORTUS AND FOLLOW.
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WHALE VOMIT is an entertaining yet cutting state of the union delivered by writers Amber A’Lee Frost and Sam Kriss, hosted by The Baffler magazine.
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We take a critter’s eye view to explore how animal behavior parallels humans. Join comedians and science-lovers as we get inside the minds of animals
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The Marine Conservation Happy Hour is a podcast that looks at the many different sides of Marine Science and Conservation in an informal setting - a during a pub Happy Hour, chatting casually over a few (or more) drinks. The show is co-hosted by @DrScarlettSmash and @Craken_McCraic. Everyone is a marine scientist who is passionate about the Ocean, marine mammals (whales, seals, dolphins, porpoises, polar bears and more), sharks and other fish, invertebrates (especially squid & octopuses beca ...
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Moby Dick by Herman Melville. Read by Doug Brown.
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Arlington VA Public Library is reading "Moby-Dick" this summer, and we're going to have a seriously good time while we do it. Each week on the podcast, librarians Jennie, Megan, Pete and special guests will discuss the reading, drop pop culture references, and ask or answer questions that come up during the Sunday discussion.
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Join Ben and Mark as we explore Moby Dick! Now that we’ve completed the novel itself, in the Appendices we’re plunging like fate into the many ways people have adapted it. Whether as film, anime, musical theater, or theme park ride, whether faithful, reinterpreted, or just plain bizarre, we’re here to see Moby Dick in whatever form culture can provide it to us.
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New discoveries, everyday mysteries, and the science behind the headlines — in just under 15 minutes. It's science for everyone, using a lot of creativity and a little humor. Join hosts Emily Kwong and Regina Barber for science on a different wavelength. If you're hooked, try Short Wave Plus. Your subscription supports the show and unlocks a sponsor-free feed. Learn more at plus.npr.org/shortwave
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We all have times in our lives when it feels like we are underwater and we're struggling to keep it together. Jonah and the Whale is a podcast that dives deep into such moments from some familiar faces and how that pain turned into purpose. Listen in to hear their stories and how they learned to breathe again. What's your underwater moment?
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Freakonomics co-author Stephen J. Dubner uncovers the hidden side of everything. Why is it safer to fly in an airplane than drive a car? How do we decide whom to marry? Why is the media so full of bad news? Also: things you never knew you wanted to know about wolves, bananas, pollution, search engines, and the quirks of human behavior. To get every show in the Freakonomics Radio Network without ads and a monthly bonus episode of Freakonomics Radio, start a free trial for SiriusXM Podcasts+ o ...
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Whale Talk by Chris Crutcher
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DJ-BRAD WCKS The Whale
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We're an outdoorsy couple just trying to share our love of the outdoors and this is our podcast
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Dante, a college student in NYC, becomes an RA in order to follow in the footsteps of his hero, Childish Gambino. While he hopes this will be the next step toward becoming a famous rapper, his delusions of grandeur are shattered when he realizes his dweebish co-workers are hellbent on making his life miserable.
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CBC Radio's Quirks and Quarks covers the quirks of the expanding universe to the quarks within a single atom... and everything in between.
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Professor Jim Al-Khalili talks to leading scientists about their life and work, finding out what inspires and motivates them and asking what their discoveries might do for us in the future
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Chapter 11 from the book cosmos, story reading
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The best of James Whale on talkRADIO. The godfather of speech radio has his say on all the big news and political stories. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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The Peer Review Vice-President for whales certified Bill Looby Jr........
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Send us a text Bill Sr. is in The National Soccer Hall of Fame & was an Ambassador of The Beautiful Game talks about the soccer connection between STL and The World . Jr. will keep whales certified on its mission as long we are of use ........keep listening and give helpful assistanceBy Kevin Whalen
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Scientists in the Arctic are catching the exhaled breaths of whales to better understand their health. How? Drones. Whales breathe through their blowholes, which are the equivalent of nostrils on their heads. By studying the microbes in exhaled whale breaths, scientists are piecing together how deadly diseases spread in whale populations. Host Emil…
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Episode 47 - Attempts by Wild Killer Whales to Provision People
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Returning guest Jared Towers from Bay Cetology joins us on this episode of After the Breach Podcast to discuss a paper he co-authored in the Journal of Comparative Psychology, "Testing the Waters: Attempts by Wild Killer Whales (Orcinus orca) to Provision People (Homo sapiens)." Before getting into the paper, we talk a bit about the recent release …
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Whales, sex, and rocks — it's our holiday book show!
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We talk to authors of some of this year’s most fascinating science books in our annual Holiday Book Show. INCLUDING: Questioning the purpose of whale song — for love or echolocation? Journeying through deep geological time to better tackle problems of the future Biological sex is complicated but that's what helps animals like humans thrive Mini rev…
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Sleigh the workload: flu antiviral know‑how & the art of not over‑testing to check "I'm well"...
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Send us a text Grab your trainers, your dog lead, or even shake your jingle bells, and join us for some free CPD as we have another relaxed round up of recent Red Whale primary care Pearls of wisdom. In the second of two episodes this month, Fi and Nik discuss: It’s beginning to look a lot like…flu season. There’s been a LOT of media coverage on se…
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Batch 303: The State of Whales Today
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Call us The Malty Boyz™. Some years ago--never mind how long precisely--having little or no malty bucks in our purse, and nothing particular to interest us on the shelves at Binny's, we thought we would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world. Now we've slayed many a white whale but it's been a minute since we've searched for a mod…
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2025 in Review: Navigating AI Shifts and Nonprofit Challenges (news)
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In the latest episode of the Whole Whale Podcast, hosts George and Nick reflect on the transformative themes that shaped the nonprofit sector in 2025. With a focus on AI's impact, they explore how answer engine optimization (AEO) has redefined nonprofit discovery and engagement. AI's rapid adoption has led to decreased organic traffic for nonprofit…
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Happy December! This month we are taking a break for the holidays but we would never leave you without an episode so we are releasing our December 2024 Whale Tales Watches episode on Mystic Christmas as a holiday gift for all of you! Last year we teamed up with The Charts & Hearts Podcast to […]By Whale Tales
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It's the final film of Godzilla's Millennium Era! Join Kevin and Kayla as they discuss Godzilla: Final Wars (2004). Want to support our work and gain access to bonus episodes and our private Discord? Visit our Ko-Fi at https://ko-fi.com/digitalkaijustudios Gorilla Whale is a Godzilla watch-along podcast and production of Digital Kaiju Studios. Gori…
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Send us a text Matt and Vanessa chat all about the wonderful world of whales! From the differences between toothed and baleen whales to how they all have belly buttons and that they are a relative of the hippo. Vanessa brings a wealth of amazing whale knowledge to the SEACREATURES podcast. Part 1 of our end of year whale theme! Check out Vanessa Pi…
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Quantum theory – our best understanding of the world at the smallest level – is famously weird and notoriously confusing. It’s a theory that seems to say particles can be in two places at once, or somehow “know” if you’re looking at them. Or at least, that’s what you might have heard. But is that really what quantum theory tells us about reality? T…
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Looking at the openers for the first round of the playoffs. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.comfor information about our collection and use of personal data foradvertising.By Whale Capper
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Choose your fighter for the origin of water on Earth! Was it always here or did it come to this planet from somewhere else in space? And, either way, what does this mean for other water worlds in our galaxy? To find out, we talk with Michael Wong, an astrobiologist and planetary scientist at Carnegie Science. He gets into scientists’ strongest cand…
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Turkmenistan Lets Crypto Thrive, Ethereum Reimagines Decentralized Infrastructure, Coinbase Expands Global Strategy, UK Crypto Faces HMRC Crackdown, and more...
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(0:10): Turkmenistan Legalizes Crypto Mining and Exchange in Major Policy Shift (2:00): Ethereum's 2026 Vision: Revolutionizing Decentralized Infrastructure with zkEVM and PeerDAS Innovations (4:09): Coinbase Unveils Bold 2026 Strategy: Global Expansion, Stablecoin Focus, and On-Chain Innovation (6:22): UK Crypto Users Must Disclose Accounts to HMR…
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Going over the awards markets heading into the final week of the 2025 NFL season, even made a few bets. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.comfor information about our collection and use of personal data foradvertising.By Whale Capper
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Dust? Tongues? Uranus? It’s our Holiday Question Show!
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On this week’s episode of Quirks & Quarks, it's our ever-popular and always satisfying Holiday Listener Question Show that includes: Why did a Canadian astronaut's eyesight change when she went to space? How is the dust inside our homes changing? Why do some professional athletes stick out their tongues when they play? Why are most fruits round, bu…
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'Most Wanted' desperadoes found a home and respect in Oregon(Part 2 of 2)
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LATE IN THE MONTH of March, 1948, in the small coastal town of Gearhart, Pauline Virgin, 12, and her cousin Navarre Smith, 14, were listening to the famous “Gang Busters” radio program on radio station KEX (A.M. 1190). The radio host was telling the story of a wanted criminal named John Harvey Bugg, who back in 1945 had kidnapped a county sheriff, …
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Are Personal Finance Gurus Giving You Bad Advice? (Update)
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One Yale economist certainly thinks so. But even if he’s right, are economists any better? We find out, in this update of a 2022 episode. SOURCES: James Choi, professor of finance at the Yale School of Management. Morgan Housel, personal finance author and partner at the Collaborative Fund. RESOURCES: The Art of Spending Money: Simple Choices for a…
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What better time to contemplate the conundrum that is zero than the start of a new year? Zero is a fairly new concept in human history and even more recent as a number. It wasn't until around the 7th century that zero was used as a number. That's when it showed up in the records of Indian mathematicians. Since then, zero has, at times, been met wit…
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Looking for continents on exoplanets, and math is hard for mathematicians, too
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First up on the podcast, the best images of exoplanets right now are basically bright dots. We can’t see possible continents, potential oceans, or even varying colors. To improve our view, scientists are proposing a faraway fleet of telescopes that would use light bent by the Sun’s gravity to magnify a distant exoplanet. Staff Writer Daniel Clery j…
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Batch 304: Good For The Goose, Good For The Gander
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After braving the Black Friday crowds outside Binny's and pissing in bottles in now temperate weather, Alex and Stephen have sourced a horizontal of all six of Goose Island's Bourbon Country Brand Stout releases from this year. They'll be goosin' it, they'll be loosin', and they'll be Power Rankin' it to see how this year's Chicago Juice stacks up.…
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Running from FBI? Hide in a friendly Oregon town!
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HAPPY NEW YEAR! In the spirit of the American tradition of the season, today we’re going to explore the stories of two Missouri men whose New Year’s Resolutions probably once included “Give up crime” and “Hide from the F.B.I.”This is the sort of thing that used to be very easy to do in Oregon, which is actually the only state (so far as I have been…
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Are we becoming a divided society? Neil and Beth discuss this and teach you some new vocabulary. Find a full transcript, worksheet and interactive quiz for this episode at:https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english_2026/ep-260101 The Listening Room - improve your listening skills here:✔️https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningeng…
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Every damn game, no matter how bad the teams will be tanking. Happy New Year and good luck! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.comfor information about our collection and use of personal data foradvertising.By Whale Capper
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Origin Bets Big on Kraken, MEXC AI Masters Contest Heats Up, Lighter Unveils LIT Token, Canadian Scammer Impersonates Coinbase, and more...
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(0:10): Origin Energy Invests $140M in Kraken; Octopus Energy Retains $850M Amid Spin-Off and Possible IPO (2:29): MEXC's AI-Masters Trading Contest: Compete with AI Models for a Share of 20,000 USDT Prize Pool (4:31): Lighter Unveils LIT Token for Enhanced Trading Utility on Ethereum Platform (6:29): Canadian Scammer Haby Impersonates Coinbase, St…
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P-town mansion was once home of starvation cult
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The motto of Kate Ann Williams' cult was “Pray and be Cured,” and adherents went on rigorous 40-day fasts that occasionally killed them. The cult disappeared after its leader, who was Mayor George Williams' wife, starved herself to death. (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/1204d-kate-williams-starvation-cult.html)…
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In grand fashion, we find a 40-year-old on his 40th birthday spending the first part of his day with the coolest Cats in town, aka Mom and Betsy, our wonderful host and studio owner/engineer. In grand fashion, Betsy had a spread awaiting our arrival, nothing forgotten, and a Drinkmore, "Bob Perini" water cooler cameo in the background was the icing…
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Science In 2025 Took A Hit. What Does It Mean?
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Science in the United States took some big hits this year. The Trump Administration disrupted federal funding for all kinds of scientific pursuits. Administration officials say those changes were a step towards reinvigorating federal agencies like the National Institutes of Health. But many scientists disagree. NPR health and science correspondents…
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The Call of Krampus - A Christmas Special - Part 2
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Wishing the Marine Conservation Happy Hour crew a very Happy New Year ! It's Christmas time in Williamsburg 1791, and children have been vanishing - abducted by a hideous, horned monster. Mistress Rose O'Malley is hot on the trail - but can she defeat the mythical Krampus? It's the Holiday Season and Dr Scarlett Smash and Dr Craken are doing someth…
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Multisig Hack Drains $39M, Cypherpunk Bolsters Zcash Holdings, Blockchain Drives EU Passport Compliance, SatoshiLabs Expands Crypto Ecosystem, and more...
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(0:10): Unleash Protocol Breach: $3.9M Lost in Multisig Compromise, Governance Lapse Cited (2:16): Cypherpunk Bolsters Zcash Holdings to 1.76% of Supply, Aims for 5% Amid Privacy Crypto Surge (4:44): Blockchain Emerges as Key to Compliance in EU's Digital Product Passport Transition (6:41): SatoshiLabs Pioneers Bitcoin Security with Trezor and Expa…
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Try Sharp Stack for Free! Get a 7-day Trial: 4for4.com/plans -Odds Screen -EV Bets Tool -Arbitrage Opportunities -Pick’em Tool Use Promo Code DEEPDIVE to get 25% off any plan at 4for4.com Follow us on Twitter: Andy: https://x.com/AndyMSFW Drew: https://x.com/whale_capper The Show:https://x.com/DeepDivePod Hop in the Discord: https://discord.gg/fDpc…
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Oregon man’s wife killed his SCOTUS appointment
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Senate committee went from a solid consensus to confirm George H. Williams, to a firm determination not to, in just one week. The cause? Most believed it was because of the arrogant attitude of Mrs. Williams toward the senators' wives. (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/1204c-williams-scotus-confirmation-scotched-by-wife.html)…
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Climate Anxiety Is Altering Family Planning
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Gen Z and younger millennials are generally the most climate literate generations. As an age cohort that started learning about climate change in school, they're worried about how to plan for their future jobs, houses and, yes, kids. With climate-related disasters and global warming likely to worsen, climate anxiety is giving way to reproductive an…
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Are You Ready for a Fresh Start? (Update)
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Behavioral scientists have been exploring whether a psychological reset can lead to lasting change. In this update of a 2021 episode, we survey evidence from the London Underground, Major League Baseball, and New Year’s resolutions to look at accidental fresh starts, forced fresh starts, fresh starts that backfire — and the ones that succeed. SOURC…
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Bitcoin Becomes Fiscal Shield, MEET48 Launches AI Idol Economy, Hyperliquid Unstakes 1.2M HYPE, Doginal Dogs Expands Web3 Culture in Toronto, and more...
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(0:10): Bitcoin as a Dollar Strengthener: Strategic Reserve Vision Amid U.S. Fiscal Challenges (1:45): MEET48 Unveils Web3 Idol Fan Economy with AI-Driven Creative Ecosystem (4:46): Hyperliquid to Unstake 1.2 Million HYPE Tokens, Monthly Releases Set for Every 6th (6:32): Doginal Dogs Expands Web3 Culture with Toronto Event Emphasizing Community Ov…
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"My ideas are often labelled as impossible, or useless, or both. Usually when people say that I'm on the right track." George Church is a geneticist, molecular engineer, and one of the pioneers of modern genomics. He's also someone who makes a habit of finding solutions to the seemingly impossible. Over the course of his career so far, George devel…
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Openers, Injuries, Playoff Scenarios, and More. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.comfor information about our collection and use of personal data foradvertising.By Whale Capper
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‘Cape Foulweather Light’ built on the wrong cape
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Today known properly as Yaquina Head Light, the state's tallest lighthouse is a popular tourist attraction, and until recently was the home of the nation's only wheelchair-accessible tidepools. (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/1706b.yaquina-head-light-should-have-been-cape-foulweather-light-447.html)…
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Why Kratom Is At The Heart Of A Big Public Health Debate
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Kratom and 7-OH products are available in many smoke shops. But earlier this year, the FDA recommended certain 7-OH products be scheduled alongside opioids. This isn’t the first time kratom has come under scrutiny. Nearly a decade ago, the DEA wanted to make certain active ingredients in kratom controlled substances. Meaning products would go from …
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Body snatchers' incompetence actually saved them from more serious charges (Part 2 of 2)
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Police figured out who the body snatchers were before they even had time to think about writing a ransom note — so their sentences were much lighter than they would have been if they'd had time to add extortion to the rap. (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/23-03.body-snatchers-resurrected-william-ladd-619.html)…
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Are the Rich Really Less Generous Than the Poor? (Update)
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A series of academic studies suggest that the wealthy are, to put it bluntly, selfish jerks. It’s an easy narrative to embrace — but is it true? As part of GiveDirectly’s “Pods Fight Poverty” campaign, we revisit a 2017 episode. SOURCES: Jim Andreoni, professor of economics at the University of California, San Diego. Nikos Nikiforakis, professor of…
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A 25-year-old time capsule with science predictions for 2025
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Twenty-five years ago, Quirks & Quarks celebrated their 25th anniversary by travelling forward in time — to 2025 — to find out how science had changed in the years since. In this fictitious future, our present, Zargon the robot, wakes up a Bob McDonald clone from the year 2000 to speak with scientists about 25 years of science. It's a mindbending a…
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Body snatchers plotted to steal dead mayor’s corpse (Part 1 of 2)
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THE NINETEENTH CENTURY was a kind of golden age of body snatching. Digging up the freshly dead to cash the corpse in at the back door of a nearby medical school was — well, not common exactly, but far from unheard-of. So when, around the middle of May 1897, Daniel Magone and Charles Montgomery asked a 20-year-old wood hauler named William Rector to…
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It's Christmas time in the UK. And like with celebrations around the world, people have lots of traditions that they do every year, and memories about Christmas from their childhood. But were the Christmases of the past as magical as we remember? Neil and Beth discuss a strange emotion we can feel at Christmas called nostalgia. Find a full transcri…
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The First Goalplayer of The Year Cody Baden from Fort Zumwalt West
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Send us a text The GK of The Jaguars finished 3rd in Class 4 Missouri State Boys Soccer in 2025 a school best so far but its a Virtuoso Soccer Program and 2026 is a fresh year to be amongst the best ..... Pay Attention to The Name Cody Baden from FZW in The High School Boys Champions League , The GAC Conference and The '26 Boys Soccer Season as wel…
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‘Blue Ruin’ drove Oregon to drink—and prohibition
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Before Oregon was even a state, its territorial government outlawed all booze. Why? It all has to do with a fellow who could probably be called the true founder of the city of Portland — and his ever-bubbling moonshine still. (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/1311d-blue-ruin-whiskey-sparks-oregons-first-prohibition.html)…
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Drinking Turns Some Red With Asian Glow—And May Fight Tuberculosis
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Ever gotten a scarlet, hot face after drinking alcohol or know someone who has? Many people felt it as they celebrate the holidays with loved ones, sipping mulled wine, cocktails or champagne. That's because this condition, commonly called "Asian flush" or "Asian glow," affects an estimated half a billion people, who can't break down aldehyde toxin…
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