Best Aaron Wise Podcasts (2025)

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Pierre-Yves Donzé & Maki Umemura, "Pierre-Yves Donzé & Maki Umemura, Japan and the Great Divergence in Business History" (JESB, 2025) 32:37

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For much of the late 20th century, Japanese business historians were core contributors to the global field. They published, collaborated, and shaped debates. But something shifted after 2000. Their international visibility - and participation in emerging theoretical conversations - declined. In Japan and the Great Divergence in Business History (Do…

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Fang Yu Hu, "Good Wife, Wise Mother: Educating Han Taiwanese Girls Under Japanese Rule" (U Washington Press, 2024) 1:01:17

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In Good Wife, Wise Mother: Educating Han Taiwanese Girls Under Japanese Rule (U Washington Press, 2024), female education and citizenship serve as a lens through which to examine Taiwan’s uniqueness as a colonial crossroads between Chinese and Japanese ideas and practices. A latecomer to the age of imperialism, Japan used modernization efforts in T…

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AI – Hashkafa Vaad 41:27

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Delivered at the YGW Shabbos retreat Motzei Shabbos Parsha Lech Lecha 5786By Rabbi Aaron Lopiansky

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Christopher Nelson, "When the Bones Speak: The Living, the Dead, and the Sacrifice of Contemporary Okinawa" (Duke UP, 2025) 1:08:00

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Haunted by the past, ordinary Okinawans struggle to live with the unbearable legacies of war, Japanese nationalism, and American imperialism. They are caught up in a web of people and practices--living and dead, visible and immaterial--that exert powerful forces often beyond their control. In When the Bones Speak, Christopher T. Nelson examines the…

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Stephen C. Mercado, "Japanese Spy Gear and Special Weapons: How Noborito's Scientists and Technicians Served in the Second World War and the Cold War" (Pen & Sword Military, 2025) 38:33

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War, and the threat of war, spurs governments to invest in secret military technologies and weapons. Imperial Japan, ahead of the Second World War, was no exception. After the First World War, Japan set up the Noborito Research Institute: a division of scientists and technicians to invest in overt and clandestine warfare. Stephen Mercado dives into…

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Joe Watkins, "Indigenizing Japan: Ainu Past, Present, and Future" (U Arizona Press, 2025) 44:06

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In Indigenizing Japan: Ainu Past, Present, and Future (University of Arizona Press, 2025), archaeologist Joe E. Watkins provides a comprehensive look at the rich history and cultural resilience of the Ainu, the Indigenous people of Hokkaido, Japan, tracing their journey from ancient times to their contemporary struggles for recognition. Relaying th…

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Hesped for R’ Moshe Hauer 25:24

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Delivered in Bnai Jacob Shaarei Zion 10/23/2025 Available to watch hereBy Rabbi Aaron Lopiansky

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Stevie Suan, "Anime's Identity: Performativity and Form Beyond Japan" (U Minnesota Press, 2021) 58:38

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A formal approach to anime rethinks globalization and transnationality under neoliberalism Anime has become synonymous with Japanese culture, but its global reach raises a perplexing question--what happens when anime is produced outside of Japan? Who actually makes anime, and how can this help us rethink notions of cultural production? In Anime's I…

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Hoshana Rabbah 5786 25:58

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By Rabbi Aaron Lopiansky

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Yom Kippur 5786 – The Pleasure of Ruchniyos (recorded later) 27:48

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Delivered Yom Kippur Night at YGWBy Rabbi Aaron Lopiansky

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M. G. Sheftall, "Nagasaki: The Last Witnesses" (Penguin Random House, 2025) 53:42

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Nagasaki: The Last Witnesses (Penguin Random House, 2025) is the second volume in a prize-worthy two-book series based on years of irreplicable personal interviews with survivors about each of the atomic bomb drops, first in Hiroshima and then Nagasaki, that hastened the end of the Pacific War. On August 6, 1945, the United States unleashed a weapo…

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Yom Kippur 5786 – Teshuva After Binah, Doing Teshuva Wisely and Effectively (TorahWeb) 34:54

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Delivered 9/28/25 in Congregation Bnai Yeshurun, Teaneck, NJ. Available to watch on TorahWeb.org. R’ Aaron begins 05:50By Rabbi Aaron Lopiansky

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Aaron L. Miller, "Basketball in Japan: Shooting for the Stars" (Routledge, 2024) 1:03:34

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Today we are joined by Aaron Miller, Lecturer in Kinesiology at California State University, East Bay and the author of Basketball in Japan: Shooting for the Stars (Routledge, 2025.) In our conversation, we discussed the beginnings of basketball in Japan, the ongoing legacy of Samurai culture in Japanese sport, and what Japanese basketball’s succes…

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Rosh Hashana 5786 – Finding the Root of Our Behavior 26:26

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Vaad to Mechanchim from Arie Crown Hebrew Day School, Skokie, IL over Zoom 9/10/25 From the sefer מאמרי המגיח קט”וBy Rabbi Aaron Lopiansky

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EP 130: From Survival to Mastery: Debra Russell’s Vibrant Life Blueprint 46:51

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What happens when transformation meets science—and you refuse to give up? In this episode of The Art of Vibrant Living Show, I’ll be joined by elite coach and speaker Debra Russell, who’s helped thousands of creatives and entrepreneurs grow thriving lives and businesses—starting with their own beliefs, habits, and emotional intelligence. We’ll expl…

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Maren A. Ehlers, "Give and Take: Poverty and the Status Order in Early Modern Japan" (Harvard U Asia Center, 2018) 1:08:51

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Maren A. Ehlers’s Give and Take: Poverty and the Status Order in Early Modern Japan (Harvard University Asia Center, 2018) examines the ways in which ordinary subjects—including many so-called outcastes and other marginalized groups—participated in the administration and regulation of society in Tokugawa Japan. Within this context, the book focuses…

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Victoria Young, "Translation and the Borders of Contemporary Japanese Literature: Inciting Difference" (Routledge, 2024) 56:21

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Translation and the Borders of Contemporary Japanese Literature: Inciting Difference (Routledge, 2024) examines contemporary debates on such concepts as national literature, world literature, and the relationship each of these to translation, from the perspective of modern Japanese fiction. By reading between the gaps and revealing tensions and bli…

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Paul Thomas Chamberlin, "Scorched Earth: A Global History of World War II" (Basic Books, 2025) 1:04:46

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In popular memory, the Second World War was an unalloyed victory for freedom over totalitarianism, marking the demise of the age of empires and the triumph of an American-led democratic order. In Scorched Earth: A Global History of World War II (Basic Books, 2025), historian Paul Thomas Chamberlin opens a longer and wider aperture on World War II a…

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A Kelly Clarkson Bombshell, Gen-Z Doesn't Drink, Coldplay Affair, Lily Allen Laughs Off Abortions, and more 41:25

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Send us a text Tune in for a pop-culture rundown of the latest celeb news. Give me feedback on IG @THEDISHMASTER

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Q&A – Yeshivas Mir Summer Camp (5785) 1:07:41

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00:46 Answering Controversial Questions in Public 03:07 Why is the Yeshiva World Still Speaking Yiddish 06:03 Serving Hashem if Hashem has no Feelings 09:42 Getting Inspiration from Non-Jewish Influences 12:40 Focusing Only on the Positive 16:52 The Israeli Army 27:33 Burkas 33:04 Eilu V’Eilu 35:49 Personal Responsibility or Hashgacha Pratis 39:40 …

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EP 129: How to Bend Time and Lead with Purpose 51:38

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What if the key to extraordinary leadership isn’t doing more—but being more? Deryl Sweeney is a leadership coach, podcast host, and founder of the SCG Leadership Institute. He’s worked with leaders across industries to help them transform their teams, families, and lives—by shifting who they’re being at the core. In this episode, we will explore ho…

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EP 128: Publicity & Kindness: The Soulful Secrets to Magnetic Visibility 29:15

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What if kindness was the most powerful PR strategy on Earth? Jill Lublin has helped over 100,000 entrepreneurs gain massive visibility—without selling out or burning out. In this powerful conversation, she reveals how spirituality, authenticity, and real connection are the keys to magnetic success. Whether you’re building a brand, launching a messa…

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Eiko Maruko Siniawer, "Ten Moments that Shaped Tokyo" (Cambridge UP, 2024) 49:03

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How did Tokyo—Japan’s capital, global city, tourist hotspot and financial center—get to where it is today? Tokyo–or then, Edo–had a rather unglamorous start, as a backwater on Japan’s eastern coast before Tokugawa decided to make it his de facto capital. Eiko Maruko Siniawer picks ten distinct moments in Edo’s, and then Tokyo’s, history to show how…

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Kinnah 21- Arzei Levanon – The Chevron Yeshiva and the Chevron Massacre 1:09:10

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By Rabbi Aaron Lopiansky

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EP 127: Listening Deeper: When Your Strengths Keep You Stuck 49:57

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What if the very strengths you’re proud of are keeping you from growth? In this Art of Vibrant Living Show, I’m joined by bestselling author and transformational coach Lisa Hopper, who helps high-performers dissolve imposter syndrome, overthinking, and self-doubt. Together, we’ll explore how the stories we tell about our strengths—and our limiting …

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EP 126: Healing the Root: Identity, Trauma & the Power of Belief 49:54

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In this episode of The Art of Vibrant Living Show, I’m joined by Lion Goodman—world-renowned coach, healer, and “Subconscious Pattern Detective”—to explore how clearing deep-rooted beliefs and past trauma is the key to creating freedom, fulfillment, and vibrant living. If you’ve ever wondered why certain patterns keep repeating… or why success and …

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Frank Jacob, "Japanese War Crimes during World War II: Atrocity and the Psychology of Collective Violence" (Praeger, 2018) 1:06:07

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When you mention Japanese War crimes in World War Two, you’ll often get different responses from different generations. The oldest among us will talk about the Bataan Death March. Younger people, coming of age in the 1990s, will mention the Rape of Nanking or the comfort women forced into service by the Japanese army. Occasionally, someone will men…

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Sarah Teasley, "Designing Modern Japan" (Reaktion Books, 2022) 1:43:12

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Sarah Teasley's Designing Modern Japan (Reaktion, 2022) unpicks the history of Japanese design from the mid-nineteenth century to the end of the twentieth, focusing on continuities and disruptions within communities and practices of design. Designing Modern Japan explores design in the unfolding contexts of modernization, empire and war, defeat and…

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Alison J. Miller, "Envisioning the Empress: The Lives and Images of Japanese Imperial Women, 1868-1952" (Routledge, 2024) 36:14

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Envisioning the Empress illuminates dynamic and powerful empresses who impacted not only women in their own time but whose influence extended to later generations of royalty, creating a greater role for imperial women and elevating the status of women’s roles at a crucial juncture in Japanese history. The central focus of this book is visual monarc…

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Stability and Spontaneity in Avados Hashem 18:13

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#pinchos Delivered at Kehillas Shaar Simcha, Silver Spring, MABy Rabbi Aaron Lopiansky

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James D.J. Brown, "Cracking the Crab: Russian Espionage Against Japan, from Peter the Great to Richard Sorge" (Hurst, 2025), 39:49

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The Russians came late to Japan, arriving after the Portuguese and other European powers. But as soon as they arrived, Russia tried to use spies and espionage to learn more about their neighbor—with various degrees of success. Sometimes, it failed miserably, like Russia’s early attempts to make contact with pre-Meiji Japan, or the debacle during th…

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EP 125: Money, Alignment & the Path to Soul-Rich Success 51:32

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What if the real reason you’re undercharging, overworking—or still waiting for “enough”—has nothing to do with strategy… and everything to do with your energy? In this episode of The Art of Vibrant Living Show, I’m joined by Master Money Mentor and transformational healer Carmen Croonquist, whose work helps spiritual coaches and heart-led leaders c…

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Sonia C. Gomez, "Picture Bride, War Bride: The Role of Marriage in Shaping Japanese America" (NYU Press, 2024) 1:01:46

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Picture Bride, War Bride examines how the institution of marriage created pockets of legal and social inclusion for Japanese women during the period of Japanese exclusion. Gomez’s work joins together an analysis of picture brides, or Japanese women who migrated to the United States to join husbands whom they married [in absentia] in the early 20th …

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Chinuch Q&A – CoJDS (5785) 29:15

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At the Consortium of Jewish Day Schools Principal Think Tank XII July 1 – 2, 2025 00:53 When students ask questions just to argue 02:40 Should a teacher daven at home or with her students in school 04:13 Chutzpah 09:48 Hilchos Kavod 12:50 Reward and Punishment 19:17 Children from Families on Different Levels of Observance 23:59 Educated vs. Happine…

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Teaching our Students to Connect to Tefillah 19:46

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#Consortium of Jewish Day Schools 6/1/26 Video available here.By Rabbi Aaron Lopiansky

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Zev Handel, "Chinese Characters Across Asia: How the Chinese Script Came to Write Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese" (U Washington Press, 2025) 44:54

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For centuries, scribes across East Asia used Chinese characters to write things down–even in languages based on very different foundations than Chinese. In southern China, Japan, Korea and Vietnam, people used Chinese to read and write–and never thought it was odd. It was, after all, how things were done. Even today, Cantonese speakers use Chinese …

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NIAS Podcast from the University of Tartu Asia Centre: Migration Policies and Realities in Estonia and Japan 33:53

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This Nordic Asia Podcast episode explores how Estonia and Japan, two countries under demographic pressure with different immigration histories, are managing the integration of foreign labour. Despite Estonia’s EU membership and Japan’s more recent policy shifts, both nations face labour shortages due to rapidly ageing populations. Estonia maintains…

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Q&A – Valley Kollel 44:27

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At 6/2025 at the Valley Village Community Kollel, LA 00:14 When something is “missing” in my Yiddishkeit 09:33 Is there something wrong with living an opulent lifestyle? 19:18 Giving children a smartphone 26:10 Summer Camp and Friends 28:55 Starting a new shul in a community 33:15 The War with Iran, Moshiach, and trusting in… Continue reading Q&A –…

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The War of Gog U’Magog 32:08

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Delivered 6/2025 at the Beis Medrash of Hancock ParkBy Rabbi Aaron Lopiansky

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What’s Our Role? Responding to Personal, Communal, and National Crisis 32:52

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Delivered at the YU Community Kollel in Los Angeles 6/22/23. Also available here. R’ Aaron Begins at 03:30By Rabbi Aaron Lopiansky

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Sven Saaler, Kudō Akira, and Tajima Nobuo eds., "Mutual Perceptions and Images in Japanese-German Relations, 1860-2010" (Brill, 2017) 1:08:05

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Mutual Perceptions and Images in Japanese-German Relations, 1860-2010 (Brill, 2017) examines the mutual images formed between Japan and Germany from the mid-nineteenth to twenty-first centuries, and the influence of these images on the development of bilateral relations. Unlike earlier research on Japanese-German relations, which focused on the sim…

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Kollel – Havdala and World of Torah 28:49

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Delivered at the Jack and Gitta Nagel YU Kollel of LA in Los Angeles June 2025.By Rabbi Aaron Lopiansky

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Tying Yourself to the Torah 15:55

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Delivered 6/22/25 in Ohr Mattisyahu, Lakewood, NJBy Rabbi Aaron Lopiansky

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EP 124: Sex, Psychedelics & Soul Awakening with Leslie Grace 42:11

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What happens when sacred sexuality meets visionary healing? In this rare and radiant conversation, Daniel Aaron welcomes transformational coach and psychedelic guide Leslie Grace for a powerful exploration of embodiment, shadow work, and the path to soul-level awakening. This episode will challenge myths, awaken possibility, and stir something deep…

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Lieba Faier, "The Banality of Good: The UN's Global Fight Against Human Trafficking" (Duke UP, 2024) 55:44

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In The Banality of Good: The UN’s Global Fight against Human Trafficking (Duke University Press, 2024), Dr. Lieba Faier examines why contemporary efforts to curb human trafficking have fallen so spectacularly short of their stated goals despite well-funded campaigns by the United Nations and its member-state governments. Focusing on Japan’s efforts…

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James D. Brown, "Cracking the Crab: Russian Espionage Against Japan, from Peter the Great to Richard Sorge" (Hurst, 2025) 29:18

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Richard Sorge is one of history’s most famous spies. This hard-drinking, womanising, motorcycle-crashing Soviet officer penetrated the German embassy in Tokyo during the 1930s and gathered intelligence credited with changing the course of the Second World War. It is an intriguing tale; but Sorge’s spy ring was just one chapter in a much longer hist…

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EP 123: Special Guest Expert - Louise Swartswalter 51:59

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Live Broadcast with Special Guest Dr. Louise Swartswalter! Join us for a high-frequency conversation with Dr. Louise Swartswalter—international speaker, transformational coach, naturopath, and frequency medicine expert with over 30 years of experience helping people unlock their optimal brain power and life success. 🧠✨ Dr. Louise is the founder of …

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EP 122: The Man Whisperer Speaks: Healing Men, Reclaiming Power 59:41

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What if your greatest strength isn’t in holding it together—but in letting it out? Join Daniel and special guest Kenny Mammarella‑D’Cruz, internationally known as The Man Whisperer, for a powerful, soul-opening conversation about modern masculinity, emotional resilience, and reclaiming your story.From escaping Uganda under Idi Amin to working with …

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LOVE HURTS: Danica disses Aaron Rodgers, Dwyane Wade and Gabrielle Union rework their 50/50 finances, Glen Powell's ex exposes his Sydney Sweeney showmance 31:24

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Send us a text Love is in the headlines for all the wrong reasons this week. Danica Patrick is opening up about her painful breakup with Aaron Rodgers, calling their relationship "emotionally abusive" and describing how it left her completely shattered. Meanwhile, Dwyane Wade and Gabrielle Union are rewriting their own love playbook, as Wade reveal…

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Blake Lively Wins Big: Justin Baldoni's $400M Countersuit is Dismissed 27:15

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Send us a text In this episode, we break down the dramatic courtroom showdown that has now closed its first chapter — a federal judge has handed a decisive legal victory to Blake Lively, Ryan Reynolds, and Leslie Sloane in their high-profile battle against Justin Baldoni’s $400 million countersuit. Their motion to dismiss has been granted with prej…