Best Andrew J Smith Podcasts (2025)

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#734 - DUSTY SLAY + MARTIN PHILLIPS 2:04:34

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Dusty Slay, Martin Phillips, Ari Matti, Kam Patterson, William Montgomery, Hans Kim, D Madness, Michael A. Gonzales, Jon Deas, Matthew Muehling, Joe White, Troy Conrad, Tony Hinchcliffe, Brian Redban - RECORDED– 08/18/2025 Nothing makes you more of a legend than a little BlueChew. Discover your options at https://bluechew.com and use promo code TON…

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Reform conference: "Farage has accepted the inevitability of being PM" 31:47

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As Keir Starmer spent the weekend trying to glue his cabinet back together, another was basking in the glow of the NEC spotlights and a governmental crisis. LISTEN AD-FREE: 📱Download the New Statesman app MORE FROM THE NEW STATESMAN: ❓ Ask a question – we answer them every Friday ⏰ Get our daily politics newsletter every morning ✍️ Enjoy the best o…

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Harness the Power of Practical Manifestation with Victoria Gallagher 29:16

8m ago29:16

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What if manifesting your dream life wasn’t about wishful thinking, but about applying real, practical tools every day? In this episode of Beyond the Bestseller, I sit down with Victoria Gallagher, hypnotherapist and author of Practical Law of Attraction, to talk about how we can all become intentional creators of our lives—with structure, clarity, …

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Department of Late for Dinner w/David Isenberg 1:18:58

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We catch up on the latest Trump follies in American empire: the 2019 North Korea revelations and Department of War name change. Then Financial Times writer David Bradley Isenberg joins the show to talk about the looming economic crisis, the AI bubble and what the SEC is letting Wall Street do to 401ks.Find David's work: https://www.davidbradleyisen…

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(Preview) HUAC Tuah: McCarthyism 1:07

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Anders tells Jake about the legacy of McCarthyism and the problems with its modern implications and Jake says "HUAC Tuah" a lot.full ep atPATREON.COM/PODDAMNAMERICABy Pod Damn America

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Ruth E. Toulson, "Necropolitics of the Ordinary: Death and Grieving in Contemporary Singapore" (U Washington Press, 2024) 58:30

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Can a state make its people forget the dead? Cemeteries have become sites of acute political contestation in the city-state of Singapore. Confronted with high population density and rapid economic growth, the government has ordered the destruction of all but one burial ground, forcing people to exhume their family members. In Necropolitics of the O…

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What will Zack Polanski do first with the Green Party? | Listener questions 28:36

2d ago28:36

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The Greens have a new leader. Listeners want to know what's in store for the left now. Tom McTague is joined by Andrew Marr, Rachel Cunliffe and Megan Kenyon to answer listener questions on: the future of the Green Party under Zack Polanski Jeremy Corbyn and Your Party's position on trans rights whether a pro-immigration left party could win workin…

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The long and winding road to Brexit | Tom McTague interview 1:24:07

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From the battlefields of Algiers to the corridors of Westminster, Britain’s uneasy relationship with Europe has been shaped by thinkers, politicians, financiers, and strategists. In his new book, Between the Waves, the New Statesman's editor Tom McTague traces a previously uncovered history spanning eight decades of how Britain came to say “no” to …

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No Tears In Hell: a Review 21:30

2h ago21:30

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Not only have we moved the new episode release day to the first saturday of the month, we are also doing our first movie review! No tears in Hell is a new True Crime film from Michael Caissie. Loosely based on the story of a Russian serial killer Alexander Spesivtsev. From 1991 to 1996, with the aid of his elderly mother, Lyudmila, he murdered from…

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Rayner out, Labour moves right | Politics with Rachel Cunliffe 39:15

10m ago39:15

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Angela Rayner resigned from government, and stood down as deputy Labour leader, following her failure to pay enough tax on a property in Hove. With this Keir Starmer has reshuffled his top cabinet, where are they headed now? Rachel Cunliffe is joined by Andrew Marr, Tom McTague and Megan Kenyon. LISTEN AD-FREE: 📱Download the New Statesman app MORE …

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Episode 469 w/ Havoc 1:38:56

4d ago1:38:56

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N.O.R.E. & DJ EFN are the Drink Champs. In this episode we chop it up with the one and only, Havoc! As one-half of the iconic duo Mobb Deep, Havoc has cemented his place in hip hop history with gritty production, raw storytelling, and timeless anthems that shaped an entire era of rap. Havoc dives into his journey—from the early days in Queensbridge…

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Should Angela Rayner resign? | Politics with Tom McTague 38:48

23h ago38:48

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Andrew Marr joins the show to discuss Rayner, Immigration and Graham Linehan's arrest. *** Housing Secretary Angela Rayner is under fire for underpaying Stamp Duty. The right are gleeful but Keir Starmer is standing by his deputy PM. Is he making the right move? Tom McTague is joined by Andrew Marr, Rachel Cunliffe, Megan Kenyon and George Monaghan…

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Tiffany Earley-Spadoni, "Landscapes of Warfare: Urartu and Assyria in the Ancient Middle East" (UP of Colorado, 2025) 58:49

3d ago58:49

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Landscapes of Warfare: Urartu and Assyria in the Ancient Middle East (University Press of Colorado, 2025) by Dr. Tiffany Earley-Spadoni offers an in-depth exploration of the Urartian empire, which occupied the highlands of present-day Turkey, Armenia, and Iran in the early first millennium BCE. Lesser known than its rival, the Neo-Assyrian empire, …

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Tiffany Earley-Spadoni, "Landscapes of Warfare: Urartu and Assyria in the Ancient Middle East" (UP of Colorado, 2025) 58:49

1d ago58:49

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Landscapes of Warfare: Urartu and Assyria in the Ancient Middle East (University Press of Colorado, 2025) by Dr. Tiffany Earley-Spadoni offers an in-depth exploration of the Urartian empire, which occupied the highlands of present-day Turkey, Armenia, and Iran in the early first millennium BCE. Lesser known than its rival, the Neo-Assyrian empire, …

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The age of deportation | Cover story with Tanjil Rashid 47:00

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Who gets to belong in Britain? In the past year, the conversation around immigration in Britain - across the political spectrum - has become increasingly vicious. As Tanjil Rashid, the New Statesman’s culture editor, writes for this week’s cover story - we are no longer in “an age of migration”. We have been propelled into something altogether new,…

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#Throwback Episode - w/ Peedi Crakk & Oschino | (Ep.35) 3:00:11

6d ago3:00:11

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N.O.R.E. & DJ EFN are the Drink Champs and we're taking it back to some of the most legendary moments in Drink Champs history Classic interviews, unforgettable stories, and iconic guests who shaped the culture. In this classic throwback episode of Drink Champs, N.O.R.E. and DJ EFN chop it up with the legendary, Peedi Crakk & Oschino Known for their…

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Britain’s booming export: stolen goods | Tom Sasse interview 28:31

3d ago28:31

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How your snatched iPhone feeds a global criminal supply chain. Britain’s exports have declined in many areas over the past few years, but there is one category in which trade is booming. The UK has become a leading exporter of stolen goods. From iPhones snatched by gangs on the streets of London to luxury cars stolen to order, criminal organisation…

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#57 Alan Green: Cryptographer Decodes Masonic Messages in the Declaration of Independence 1:19:26

7d ago1:19:26

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WARNING: This episode departs from our usual programming and is accompanied by a visual presentation, which may be challenging to follow in audio form. For optimal experience, you can watch the episode on the Acid For Squares YouTube channel, and please be sure to subscribe while you are there. Thank you. On this episode of the Acid For Squares pod…

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#733 - ROB SCHNEIDER + DONNELL RAWLINGS 2:28:16

7d ago2:28:16

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Rob Schneider, Donnell Rawlings, Ari Matti, Kam Patterson, William Montgomery, Hans Kim, D Madness, Michael A. Gonzales, Jon Deas, Matthew Muehling, Joe White, Troy Conrad, Tony Hinchcliffe, Brian Redban - RECORDED– 08/11/2025 Get $80 off your first month with promo code SPACE80 at https://talkspace.com/tony Visit https://prizepicks.onelink.me/LME0…

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Every Fire Needs a Little Bit of Dark Money w/ Jarrod Shanahan 1:50:39

3d ago1:50:39

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Jarrod Shanahan returns to the show to talk about his new book, Every Fire Needs a Little Bit of Help. But first, we are owed dark money where is our dark moneyEvery Fire Needs a Little Bit of Help collects a decade of reflections on recent US struggles—Occupy Wall Street, Black Lives Matter, and the George Floyd Rebellion—alongside accounts of the…

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Keir Starmer's reshuffle reveals his priorities | Politics 18:11

4d ago18:11

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Who's in, who's out - and why? * Keir Starmer has reshuffled the treasury team and some key parliamentary staff, creating a new "Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister" role and restructuring the government's communication department. The changes indicate a renewed focus for the government, putting economic issues front-and-centre of operations ahea…

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To Your Health: Breaking Free from All-or-Nothing Thinking with Esther Avant 24:44

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What if the problem isn’t that you don’t know what to do—it’s that you’ve been trying to do it all, all at once? In this episode of Beyond the Bestseller, Kelly talks with Esther Avant, author of To Your Health, about the mindset shifts, habit-building tools, and compassionate approach that help busy women finally make health a priority. With nearl…

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Author Nicola Barker: "we are all weirdos" | Culture with Tanjil Rashid 37:57

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The experimental novelist on finding God, being "a misfit" and her return to writing. -- Nicola Barker is "has broken the mould so many times it's almost beyond repair". She's a post-punk literary anarchist who writes from the peripheries of the UK. Her experiments with narrative form have won her many plaudits, including the Goldsmith's Prize for…

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Has the English flag been co-opted by the far-right? | Politics with Anoosh Chakelian 16:24

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“⁠Do you think the English flag has been so easily co-opted by by the far right because there is no English government that is proudly flying the flag and building a better narrative around English national pride?” Anoosh Chakelian is joined by Harry Clarke-Ezzidio and George Eaton to answer listener quesitons. LISTEN AD-FREE: 📱Download the New Sta…

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Episode 468 w/ Erykah Badu and Alchemist 2:35:17

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N.O.R.E. & DJ EFN are the Drink Champs. In this episode we chop it up with the one and only, Erykah Badu and Alchemist! The champs bring together two cultural powerhouses: the legendary Erykah Badu and the iconic producer The Alchemist. This sit-down promises to be one of the most unique and genre-bending conversations in Drink Champs history. Eryk…

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"The UK government is complicit in genocide" | Humza Yousaf interview 39:36

8d ago39:36

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It was foreseen for months, as Israel cut off all aid, but this month the UN declared that more than half a million people in Gaza are trapped in famine. By the end of September, more than 640 000 people will face Catastrophic levels of food insecurity. Leading to preventable deaths on a devastating scale. For Humza Yousaf, the former First Ministe…

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Maan Barua, "Plantation Worlds" (Duke UP, 2024) 58:49

8d ago58:49

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In Plantation Worlds (Duke UP, 2024), Maan Barua interrogates debates on planetary transformations through the histories and ecologies of plantations. Drawing on long-term research spanning fifteen years, Barua presents a unique ethnography attentive to the lives of both people and elephants amid tea plantations in the Indian state of Assam. In the…

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Tackling the Everyday: Race and Nation in Big-Time College Football 58:04

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Big-time college football promises prestige, drama, media attention, and money. Yet most athletes in this unpaid, amateur system encounter a different reality, facing dangerous injuries, few pro-career opportunities, a free but devalued college education, and future financial instability. In one of the first ethnographies about Black college footba…

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Episode 180: Gracie Glassmeyer Interview 1:06:00

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Episode 180: Gracie Glassmeyer Interview This after-show episode dives deeper into Here She Lies with its creator, Gracie Glassmeyer. If you heard the table read of this dark, twisty pilot, you probably have questions—like why Seth can’t leave his house, or why Talia has been spying on Amber’s stepmom. Gracie shares the answers, along with her uniq…

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(PREVIEW) Dreadtube: Tomorrow's Draculas 0:59

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Marshall Macluhan, Dracula, and a children's TV show called Tomorrow's Pioneers.FULL EP ATPATREON.COM/PODDAMNAMERICABy Pod Damn America

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Inside the making of the Employment Rights Bill | Politics with Anoosh Chakelian 25:03

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Last October, the government published the Employment Rights Bill, a slate of reforms set to change workers' rights in the UK - from banning “fire and rehire” tactics, to ending exploitative zero-hours contracts, to giving workers employment protection from day one. The bill has passed through the Commons and is currently on its third reading in th…

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#Throwback Episode - w/ Bow Wow | (Ep.33) 1:34:58

13d ago1:34:58

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N.O.R.E. & DJ EFN are the Drink Champs and we're taking it back to some of the most legendary moments in Drink Champs history Classic interviews, unforgettable stories, and iconic guests who shaped the culture. In this classic throwback episode of Drink Champs, N.O.R.E. and DJ EFN chop it up with the one and only, Bow Wow! The former “Mr. 106 & Par…

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What the Treasury reshuffle reveals about the budget | Politics with Will Dunn 25:46

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Ahead of this autumn’s budget there has been a reshuffle in Rachel Reeves’ treasury team. What’s at play? And what might it tell us about the trajectory of Britain’s finances? Will Dunn, the New Statesman's business editor, is joined by George Eaton. Read: Torsten Bell rises as Rachel Reeves reshuffles her team; Rachel Reeves will never get serious…

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Vanessa Diaz, "Manufacturing Celebrity: Latino Paparazzi and Women Reporters in Hollywood" (Duke UP, 2020) 50:01

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While Hollywood’s images present a veneer of fantasy for some, the work to create such images is far from escapism. In Manufacturing Celebrity: Latino Paparazzi and Women Reporters in Hollywood (Duke University Press, 2020), anthropologist Vanessa Díaz examines the raced and gendered hierarchies and inequalities that are imbricated within the work …

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#56 Josh Wolf: Comedian trips on stage taking comedy to another dimension 1:11:33

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On this episode of Acid For Squares, hosts Cody Blue and Tanya Dahl welcome Josh Wolf, comedian, actor, writer, and New York Times bestselling author of It Takes Balls. Josh has spent decades making people laugh on Chelsea Lately, My Name Is Earl, and Raising Hope, building a reputation as one of the most fearless comics working today. More recentl…

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Walter Scheidel, "What Is Ancient History?" (Princeton UP, 2025) 59:20

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It’s easy to think that ancient history is, well, ancient history—obsolete, irrelevant, unjustifiably focused on Greece and Rome, and at risk of extinction. In What Is Ancient History?, Walter Scheidel presents a compelling case for a new kind of ancient history—a global history that captures antiquity’s pivotal role as a decisive phase in human de…

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Estranged: Understanding Female Friendships and When to Let Go with Susan Shapiro Barash 26:02

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Have you ever felt the sting of a friendship that faded or blew up entirely and wondered what really happened? In this episode of Beyond the Bestseller, Kelly sits down with Susan Shapiro Barash, author of Estranged, to talk about the complexities of female friendship. With more than 200 interviews and decades of research, Susan explores why women …

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Karl Marx: Texas Ranger w/Andrew Hartman 1:30:00

11d ago1:30:00

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Historian Andrew Hartman tells us about his fascinating new book "Marx in America" but first we talk about the Minneapolis DFL Party reneging its endorsement of Omar Fateh and Jake's ass getting frozen and continentally drifted over on "Ice Age 4" Twitter.Andrew's book: https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/K/bo245100866.htmlCome to Laf…

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The Manosphere: Red pills, incels and a misogyny epidemic | James Bloodworth interview 25:12

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Students across the UK have reported a dramatic rise in misogyny in their schools. The government has described this as being on an "epidemic scale". This is often connected to social media content targeted at young men and boys, but is there more to it? Anoosh Chakelian is joined by journalist James Bloodworth, author of Lost Boys: A Personal Jour…

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Can the UK solve the plummeting birthrate dilemma? | Politics with Anoosh Chakelian 21:11

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Due to Britain’s falling birth rates and the government’s desire for lower immigration levels, does the government have any plan to financially encourage and support couples to have children? Anoosh Chakelian is joined by Rachel Cunliffe and George Eaton to answer listener questions. Download the app LISTEN AD-FREE: 📱Download the New Statesman app …

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Episode 467 w/ Southside and Fuse of 808 Mafia 1:13:27

18d ago1:13:27

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N.O.R.E. & DJ EFN are the Drink Champs. In this episode we chop it up with the one and only, Southside and Fuse of 808 Mafia! The Champs sit down with two of the masterminds behind the sound that shook hip hop to its core—Southside and Fuse of 808 Mafia. Known for crafting some of the hardest-hitting beats of the last decade, the producers open up …

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Andy Burnham: the next Prime Minister? | Politics with Anoosh Chakelian 20:50

15d ago20:50

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The Mayor of Manchester is the most popular choice to replace Keir Starmer as Prime Minister. Keir Starmer is now less popular than Donald Trump. Despite the Labour Party's historic election win just over one year ago, popularity ratings for leading Labour figures have plummeted. Economic woes, crunching u-turns, unrest over Gaza and asylum hotel p…

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Bettina Ng′weno, "No Place Like Home in a New City: Anti-Urbanism and Life in Nairobi" (U of California Press, 2025) 53:28

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Bettina Ng’weno is Professor of African American and African Studies at the University of California, Davis Nairobi, known as the Green City in the Sun, has taken shape through anti-urban ideologies that insist that the city cannot be home for most residents. Based on decades of experience in rapidly changing Nairobi, No Place Like Home in a New Ci…

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Episode 179: Here She Lies Written by Gracie Glassmeyer 54:38

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Episode 179: Here She Lies Written by Gracie Glassmeyer Welcome to Dead Pilots Society, the podcast that takes comedy pilots from A-list writers that were sold and developed at networks and streamers but never produced, and gives them the table reads they never got to have. This episode features a pilot from Gracie Glassmeyer. Gracie has written fo…

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(preview) John Jacob Gavin Andrew Smith 0:54

16d ago0:54

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We discuss what Gavin Newsom, Andrew Cuomo, and to a lesser extent, Eric Adams are up to on the internet.FULL EP ATpatreon.com/poddamnamericaBy Pod Damn America

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Why are people talking about an English civil war? | Politics with Anoosh Chakelian 32:51

16d ago32:51

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Following last year’s riots, in the wake of the Southport murders, Elon Musk predicted civil war in the UK was “inevitable”. So far, however, no civil war… Over the last century, people in British politics at times of turmoil have raised the prospect of civil war, repeatedly, in ways not unlike today. What did they fear, and why? And what might we …

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#Throwback Episode - w/ Combat Jack and Jack Thriller | (Ep.32) 2:56:59

20d ago2:56:59

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N.O.R.E. & DJ EFN are the Drink Champs and we're taking it back to some of the most legendary moments in Drink Champs history Classic interviews, unforgettable stories, and iconic guests who shaped the culture. In this classic throwback episode of Drink Champs, N.O.R.E. and DJ EFN chop it up with the one and only, Combat Jack and Jack Thriller! Thi…

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Trump meets Zelenskyy: hope for peace in Ukraine? | Geopolitics with Katie Stallard 26:47

17d ago26:47

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Yesterday, Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in Washington, flanked by seven European leaders, in order to meet with Donald Trump and push forward talks to end the war in Ukraine. This came just three days after Trump’s carefully choreographed meeting with Vladimir Putin in Alaska. Could this be the beginning of the end for the drawn o…

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Erased Voices and Unspoken Heritage 41:01

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In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Dr Alexandra Grey speaks with Dr Zozan Balci about Zozan’s new book, Erased Voices and Unspoken Heritage: Language, Identity and Belonging in the Lives of Cultural In-betweeners, published in 2025 by Routledge.. The conversation focuses on a study of adults with three languages ‘at play’ in their…

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E55 Architect Turned Feng Shui Master | Nicola Paradis Berkowski 1:03:23

21d ago1:03:23

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On this episode of the Acid For Squares podcast, hosts Tanya Dahl & Cody Blue sit down with Nicola Paradis Berkowski, an architect turned Feng Shui Master, who dives into the wisdom, mysteries, and even superstitions of this ancient practice. From its origins to its modern applications, Nicola reveals how the spaces we live in can shape our energy,…