Best Wilson Spence Podcasts (2025)

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Oh no! We broke him! With Rory Spence, Billy Kirkwood, Craig Wilson, Eliott Simpson and Ian TC 1:17:34

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Listen to find out why we called this Oh No! We Broke him. We play games like Fruity, Sweet or Tart, Party Heroes and Party Zeros and Finish the Alcoho-quote all around the history of drinking.By tctcomedy

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762 The History of the Sonnet 55:36

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“A sonnet,” said the poet Dante Gabriel Rossetti, “is a moment’s monument.” But who invented the sonnet? Who brought it to prominence? How has it changed over the years? And why does this form continue to be so compelling? In this episode of the History of Literature, we take a brief look at one of literature's most enduring forms, from its inventi…

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A.I. Johnny Cash’s Xmas Special 31:57

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A.I. Johnny Cash is joined by A.I. Neil Young and A.I. Danzig to sing about your favorite holiday topics like your mom kissing Santa Claus; the plot against the Island of Misfit Toys; and the Antifa origin story of Frosty the Snowman. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-s…

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761 The Story of the Nativity (with Stephen Mitchell) | The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (#4 Greatest Book of All Time) 1:17:45

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Stephen Mitchell has translated or adapted some of the world's most beautiful and spiritually rich texts, including The Gospel According to Jesus, The Book of Job, Gilgamesh, Tao Te Ching, Bhagavad Gita, The Iliad, The Odyssey, Beowulf, The Selected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke, Rilke's Letters to a Young Poet, and The Way of Forgiveness. In his la…

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760 Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol, and Ebeneezer Scrooge 1:13:57

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In this holiday-themed episode, a sentimental Jacke takes a look at Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol (1843), and the creation of Ebeneezer Scrooge. A version of this episode first aired in December 2020. That episode has not been available in our archives for several years. Join Jacke on a trip through literary England! Join Jacke and fellow lite…

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Conspirinormal 501- Dr Future 16- 2025: A Strange Year Ends. 1:38:27

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Recorded December 10th, 2025 Dr Future returns to the show to discuss the last year and what the events mean for everything that comes next. As usual with the good Doc we go into deeper territory than what's on the surface. We delve into some of the moral implications of current events. We'll be back in the New Year with more episodes! Until then t…

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759 The Godfather (with Karen Spence) | My Last Book with Elyse Graham 1:04:39

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Francis Ford Coppola's masterpiece The Godfather routinely tops lists of the greatest films ever made - and when it doesn't, it's often because its sequel, The Godfather II, has replaced it. In this episode, Jacke talks to author Karen Spence about her new book, The Companion Guide to the Godfather Trilogy: Betrayal, Loyalty, and Family. PLUS Elyse…

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Coast to Coast: Holiday Special (with Matt Besser & Sean Conroy) 1:11:14

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Matt Besser & Sean Conroy host a holiday special from Santa Monica Pier in LA and from Washington Square Park in NYC where they interview real people about the holidays including a guy with an eye tattoo; hot stock advice for 2026; gambling tips for Christmas day games; a history lesson on the Inn Keeper who turned away Mary & Joseph (with Little D…

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758 Jane Austen in 41 Objects (with Kathryn Sutherland) | 100 Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez (#5 Greatest Book of All Time) 57:21

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How well can we know someone through the objects they encountered? In this episode, Jacke talks to Kathryn Sutherland, Senior Research fellow at St. Anne's College, Oxford, about her new book Jane Austen in 41 Objects, which examines the objects Jane Austen encountered during her life alongside newer memorabilia inspired by the life she lived. PLUS…

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#S2.10 Building Inclusive Spaces: A New Approach To Men’s Wellness | Ryan Spence 34:38

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Building Inclusive Spaces: A New Approach To Men’s Wellness In this powerful episode of Masculinity Unmasked, host Max Wilson sits down with Ryan Spence - a mind-body coach, yoga teacher, and author helping high-achieving lawyers and professionals. They dive into an honest and necessary conversation about wellness, accessibility and what it really …

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Game Face Recognition (w/ Danielle Schneider, Joel Spence; Al Ghandour) 1:19:54

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Backstage at the Bachelor; acai bowls at McDonalds; unruly basketball parents; who’s responsible for the drunk; Ballmer-bots game face recognition; Waymo kills cat. Unlock the BONUS SCENE(S) at improv4humans.com and gain access to every episode of i4h, all ad-free, as well as TONS of exclusive new podcasts delving deeper into improv, the history of…

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757 George Orwell's 1984 (#6 Greatest Book of All Time) 1:07:22

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In 1949, American critic Lionel Trilling, writing in the New Yorker, was quick to recognize the achievement of George Orwell's new novel. "[P]rofound, terrifying, and wholly fascinating," he said. 1984 "confirms its author in the special, honorable place he holds in our intellectual life." And while the Cold War and the book's primary satirical tar…

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756 Newly Discovered Stories by Virginia Woolf (with Urmila Seshagiri) | My Last Book with Jake Poller 58:07

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Did you think we already knew everything there was to know about Virginia Woolf? Think again! In this episode, Jacke talks to scholar and editor Urmila Seshagiri about The Life of Violet: Three Early Stories, which presents three interconnected comic stories chronicling the adventures of a giantess named Violet, which Woolf wrote in 1907, eight yea…

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Brian Wilson’s Dog & 6 7 (w/ Ben Rodgers, Anthony Atamanuik) 1:05:32

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Perfect Neighbor; running back & forth; time gun; murder insurance; standing your ground all over the place; Romulan Ramens by pi; voice activated robe infomercial; no 6 or 7 at dinner! Unlock the BONUS SCENE(S) at improv4humans.com and gain access to every episode of i4h, all ad-free, as well as TONS of exclusive new podcasts delving deeper into i…

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755 The Chinese Tragedy of King Lear (with Nan Z. Da) | My Last Book with Iris Jamahl Dunkle 42:51

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At the start of Shakespeare's famous tragedy, King Lear promises to divide his kingdom based on his daughters’ professions of love, but he portions it out before hearing all of their answers. For Nan Da, a professor of English literature who emigrated from China to the United States as a child in the 1990s, this startling opening scene sparked a re…

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754 Christopher Marlowe (with Stephen Greenblatt) | My Last Book with Eric White 55:43

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Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593) was born into relative obscurity and died in mysterious circumstances at the age of 29. And yet, somehow this ambitious cobbler's son brought about a spectacular explosion of English literature, language, and culture. In this episode, Jacke talks to Stephen Greenblatt about his book Dark Renaissance: The Dangerous Ti…

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Estates Of Perfection (Episodes 1-4) (Mary Holland, Andy Richter, John Gemberling, Danielle Schneider, Mookie Blaiklock, Laci Mosley, Lou Wilson, Betsy Sodaro, Dan Lippert, Kenny Stevenson) 1:11:49

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As a thanks to our humans, here is Estates Of Perfection episodes 1-4. To listen to all 10 episodes, available for the first time as a long play, subscribe to improv4humans.com. For Black Friday you can even get $10 off! Welcome to The Estates Of Perfection. A comedy about the techno-utopian community of the future, where clones, drones and codes o…

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753 Tenth-Anniversary Special (with Mike Palindrome and Laurie Frankel) | Giving Thanks | My Last Book with Eve Dunbar 1:17:22

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When Jacke started the podcast in 2015, he decided to privilege books that were at least fifty years old. (Longtime listeners will know he's made a few exceptions, but for the most part, that's been the policy.) Last month, the History of Literature Podcast celebrated its tenth anniversary - which means there are ten years' worth of books that are …

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Conspirinormal 500!- 500th Episode Roundtable (Tim Binnall, Joshua Cutchin, Nathan Isaac, and Dr Future) 2:00:07

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Recorded November 13th, 2025 We are back after nearly ten months of a long hiatus! We have on offer the 500th Episode with true friends of the show Tim Binnall, Nathan Isaac, Dr Future and last but definitely not least Joshua Cutchin! We talk about some of the events and projects that these fellas have been working on and other various and sundry p…

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752 The Brontes' Sibling Rivalry (with Catherine Rayner) | My Last Book with Keith Cooper 1:01:28

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Charlotte Brontë wasn't born the eldest child, but she was thrust into a leadership role at the age of ten, as the Brontë children dealt with the tragic deaths of their mother and two eldest sisters. How did this affect their family dynamic? And when the younger two sisters, Emily and Anne, had their novels accepted while Charlotte's alone was reje…

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S.2 - Special Episode 8 - International Men's Day 2025 - Part 8 21:58

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To celebrate ⁠InternationalMensDay⁠,the team at the ⁠MasculinityUnmasked Podcast⁠ brought together anincredible global panel of speakers to spark honest, vulnerable and courageous conversations about masculinity, gender equality and the challenges men facetoday. What emerged was powerful - raw, unfiltered truth from menand women around the world wh…

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S.2 - Special Episode 7 - International Men's Day 2025 - Part 7 27:52

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To celebrate ⁠InternationalMensDay⁠, the team at the ⁠Masculinity Unmasked Podcast⁠ brought together anincredible global panel of speakers to spark honest, vulnerable and courageous conversations about masculinity, gender equality and the challenges men facetoday. What emerged was powerful - raw, unfiltered truth from menand women around the world …

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S.2 - Special Episode 6 - International Men's Day 2025 - Part 6 16:32

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To celebrate ⁠InternationalMensDay⁠, the team at the ⁠Masculinity Unmasked Podcast⁠ brought together anincredible global panel of speakers to spark honest, vulnerable and courageous conversations about masculinity, gender equality and the challenges men facetoday. What emerged was powerful - raw, unfiltered truth from menand women around the world …

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S.2 - Special Episode 5 - International Men's Day 2025 - Part 5 26:23

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To celebrate ⁠InternationalMensDay⁠, the team at the ⁠Masculinity Unmasked Podcast⁠ brought together anincredible global panel of speakers to spark honest, vulnerable and courageous conversations about masculinity, gender equality and the challenges men facetoday. What emerged was powerful - raw, unfiltered truth from menand women around the world …

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S.2 - Special Episode 4 - International Men's Day 2025 - Part 4 27:03

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To celebrate ⁠InternationalMensDay⁠, the team at the ⁠Masculinity Unmasked Podcast⁠ brought together anincredible global panel of speakers to spark honest, vulnerable and courageous conversations about masculinity, gender equality and the challenges men facetoday. What emerged was powerful - raw, unfiltered truth from menand women around the world …

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S.2 - Special Episode 3 - International Men's Day 2025 - Part 3 28:41

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To celebrate ⁠InternationalMensDay⁠, the team at the ⁠Masculinity Unmasked Podcast⁠ brought together anincredible global panel of speakers to spark honest, vulnerable and courageous conversations about masculinity, gender equality and the challenges men facetoday. What emerged was powerful - raw, unfiltered truth from menand women around the world …

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S.2 - Special Episode 2 - International Men's Day 2025 - Part 2 27:01

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To celebrate ⁠InternationalMensDay⁠, the team at the ⁠MasculinityUnmasked Podcast⁠ brought together anincredible global panel of speakers to spark honest, vulnerable and courageous conversations about masculinity, gender equality and the challenges men facetoday. What emerged was powerful - raw, unfiltered truth from menand women around the world w…

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S.2 - Special Episode 1 - International Men's Day 2025 - Part 1 28:00

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To celebrate InternationalMensDay, the team at the Masculinity Unmasked Podcast brought together an incredible global panel of speakers to spark honest, vulnerable and courageous conversations about masculinity, gender equality and the challenges men face today. What emerged was powerful - raw, unfiltered truth from men and women around the world w…

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751 Covering Iran's Women-Led Uprising (with Nilo Tabrizy) | My Last Book with Sharmila Sen 1:02:37

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In September 2022, a young Kurdish woman, Mahsa Jîna Amini, died after being beaten by police officers who arrested her for not adhering to the Islamic Republic’s dress code. Her death galvanized thousands of Iranians—mostly women—who took to the streets in one of the country’s largest uprisings in decades: the Woman, Life, Freedom movement. In thi…