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Crimes of the Times

L.A. Times Studios

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L.A. Times reporter Christopher Goffard of “Dirty John” is back with another riveting podcast from L.A. Times Studios. In “Crimes of the Times,” Goffard goes deep behind the scenes of a new story each week, cutting through common myths and misconceptions to uncover what really happened in the most compelling cases from L.A. and beyond.
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Eye On A.I.

Craig S. Smith

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Eye on A.I. is a biweekly podcast, hosted by longtime New York Times correspondent Craig S. Smith. In each episode, Craig will talk to people making a difference in artificial intelligence. The podcast aims to put incremental advances into a broader context and consider the global implications of the developing technology. AI is about to change your world, so pay attention.
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Hang out with us as we play games chapter by chapter and discover the story together as we discuss plot and theories for what's coming next. Like a book club but for games. Full spoilers ahead though so we encourage you to play along with us at home.
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MASH Matters

Jeff Maxwell & Ryan Patrick

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Jeff Maxwell (Private Igor from M*A*S*H) and Ryan Patrick host a lively discussion of all things M*A*S*H, Hollywood, acting, and other jocularity. We will also feature interviews with super fans and creative geniuses who helped to create the greatest television show of all time. Step into the VIP tent, grab a heaping bowl of creamed weenies, and join the fun … because now, more than ever, MASH Matters.
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Famous Lost Words” unearths the greatest interviews of all time. Hosted by songwriter and legendary MuchMusic Veejay Christopher Ward and longtime CHUM radio producer (and archivist) Tom Jokic, “Famous Lost Words” is a weekly podcast on the iHeartRadio Canada app. It’s a deep dive into the extensive iHeartRadio archives – featuring classic interviews that haven’t been heard since they first aired.
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The Stardom101 Magazine Podcast

Presented by Stardom Media Podcast Network

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✨ About The Stardom101 Magazine Podcast: The Stardom101 Magazine Podcast highlights faith, entrepreneurship, creativity, and purpose-driven hustle—featuring leaders, artists, and visionaries building impact and ownership across industries.
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The Exploress

Kate J. Armstrong, Carly A. Quinn

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Join us as we time travel through women's history, one era at a time. We'll explore the lived experiences and everyday lives of historical ladies, both famous and obscure, from a variety of different time periods, countries, and cultures. Let's go traveling.
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On The Way To School

Christopher S. Dennis

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🎙️ On the Way to School: Six Minutes to Elevate Your Educator’s Day 🎙️ Embark on a transformative journey with On the Way to School, the essential podcast for educators and school administrators seeking to enrich their mornings with impactful insights. Each concise six-minute episode delivers powerful tips and strategies to empower your educational leadership and classroom effectiveness. Hosted by Christopher S. Dennis, PhD. What You’ll Discover: - Conflict Resolution: Master techniques to n ...
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Childhood BFFs Grace Bourey and Kristin Stanhope chat about the ridiculous, frustrating, and hilarious aspects of life with AuDHD. Through ever-changing segments, raw musical expression, and interpretive dance that you can‘t see, we‘ll take you on a journey into the beautiful, chaotic experience of having ADHD and autism. Whether you‘re AuDHD yourself, you‘re looking to better understand an AuDHDer in your life, or you just want a peek inside our weird creepy brains, come join our flock! New ...
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Podcast interviews with genius-level (top .1%) practitioners, scientists, researchers, clinicians and professionals in Cancer, 3D Bio Printing, CRISPR-CAS9, Ketogenic Diets, the Microbiome, Extracellular Vesicles, and more. Subscribe today for the latest medical, health and bioscience insights from geniuses in their field(s).
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Christophersmejia Podcast

Christopher S. Mejia

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The Internet is free. Post, post, post, post content! I love your opinions on how I can improve this podcast while at the same time not caring at all about what you have to say. CEO of Cloud 9 CBD & Hemp 🍁 CEO of Premium Detailing 🏎 ➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖ IG : @Christophersmejia Twitter : @Chrissmejia_ Facebook : Christopher Mejia
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Marsha P. Johnson is THE icon of the LGBTQ+ movement and one of the mothers of the fight for trans rights. Today, you can buy T-shirts emblazoned with her face or walk through a park named in her honor. This season on Afterlives, we hear from Marsha in her own words. Afterlives is a documentary podcast series about trans lives we’ve lost and the ways their stories have reshaped our world. Host Raquel Willis brings Marsha’s story to life through rare archival interviews and intimate conversat ...
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The Milkman of St. Gaff's

Christopher Scott McClure

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Lovecraft meets Kafka in this serialized fantasy/horror podcast about Howie, a troubled young man who joins the milkmen on the island of St. Gaff’s, only to discover that the milkmen harbor a dark and dangerous secret. Be sure to start with episode one! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Everyday lifestyle

Christopher Zelaya

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Breaking down anything that you can be struggling with in life and how to overcome it. Cover art photo provided by D A V I D S O N L U N A on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/@davidsonluna
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Inside the Musician's Brain

Christopher Pandolfi / Osiris Media

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Inside the Musician’s Brain is a deep dive into everything that’s behind the music and the artists that inspire us. Join Grammy Award winning artist and producer Chris Pandolfi of the Infamous Stringdusters, as he explores life as a musician, and sits down with other influential artists to discuss inspiration, creativity, and the many facets of bringing a musical vision to life.
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People and Their Work

Douglas S. Gardner

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The people and Their Work Podcast was created by Douglas S. Gardner, Professor in the Student Leadership and Success Studies Department at Utah Valley University. In this Podcast you will hear the 1st person stories of people journeying through their Education, Work and Career Decision Making. Music by Christopher Wease. Images are from the UVU Roots of Knowledge stained glass exhibit by Holdman Studios. 'Roots of Knowledge' is a registered trademark of Utah Valley University. Copyright © Ho ...
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My name is Christopher and I am an Expat living in Mexico. Thru my years I have traveled the world extensively. I have done small trips long trips and trips across the globe. This Podcast will an exploration to places and locations around the world where there are great people, great food and great experiences to be had. We’ve conceived this to be like your a Passenger along for the ride, looking out the window and experiencing this with us. We want Later to be adding others to this Podcast ...
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Hotel Nerd Network

Christopher A Greiner

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The official audio broadcast from the Hotel Nerd Network YouTube Channel Currently on HNN: The Check-In (formerly known as The Hotel Nerd Podcast) Ranger Café AniCrazy! StopNGo Let's Talk Start//Finish Don't forget to also leave a voice message on Anchor @ https://anchor.fm/hotelnerd/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hotelnerd/support
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I Will Save You From the Future

Chris Bingham & Ed Templer

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A comedy discussion podcast about technology, trends, and terrifying futures, presented by Christopher Bingham (Hi, I’ma Draw Ya!, Eddsworld, asdfmovie) and Ed Templer (Game Hog, Ginx TV). Support this podcast at: https://www.patreon.com/iwsy Direct feed RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/6ea6388/podcast/rss
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I'm Darin Olien, the "Superfood Hunter." If you're looking for motivation to take the next step towards a happier, healthier life then you're in the right place. On this podcast, you'll hear honest conversations with extraordinary people that educate and inspire me. We cover everything from nutrition and mental health to sustainable ways of living. We also dive into life's Fatal Conveniences™. These are the things that we're doing or consuming in our day-to-day life that may actually be harm ...
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Edited by bestselling anthologist John Joseph Adams, LIGHTSPEED is a Hugo Award-winning, critically-acclaimed digital magazine. In its pages, you'll find science fiction from near-future stories and sociological SF to far-future, star-spanning SF. Plus there's fantasy from epic sword-and-sorcery and contemporary urban tales to magical realism, science-fantasy, and folk tales. Each month, LIGHTSPEED brings you a mix of original short stories and flash fiction featuring a variety of authors, f ...
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In Media Res

Good Story Guild

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When Alex Eli (Kyle Prue) is plucked from obscurity and offered the role of franchise megalith Jack Stellar, booking the gig is only the beginning. In a whirlwind week of media training, he is thrust into the deep end of shark-infested Malibu waters. As he’s broken down and reinvented, Alex can’t tell who to trust. There’s the agent who needs him. The director who mentored him. The father who abandoned him. Loyalties are tested as the clock runs down to "Xander’s" livestreamed reveal. When t ...
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Breaking Barriers Celebrates 8 Years helping Entrepreneurs and motivated people learn and grow through the painful, yet true journeys of our guests. CEO & Founder of Adapting Social (Global Ad & Design Agency), John A. Vagueiro, created this podcast to provide valuable content to entrepreneurs starting, struggling or wanting to take their shit to the next level! We are blessed to have the help of successful founders, artists, actors, athletes, and television personalities who share their sto ...
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Join playwright and Oscar-winning filmmaker Martin McDonagh ("In Bruges") as he discusses his new comedy, "Seven Psychopaths." The story follows a struggling screenwriter (Colin Farrell), who inadvertently becomes entangled in L.A.’s criminal underworld after his oddball friends (Christopher Walken and Sam Rockwell) kidnap a gangster’s (Woody Harrelson) beloved Shih Tzu.
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Command Line TV

Christopher League and Christian Lopes

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Command Line TV is a video podcast to help you learn and master the Unix shell. Informally, ‘Unix’ refers to a family of operating systems that includes GNU/Linux, Mac OS X, and FreeBSD. Operating a computer via the command line gives you tremendous power and flexibility, but it’s not easy to learn. We’re here to help! We start from the beginning, but also try to include some tips suitable for intermediate users. Each video is about 20 minutes long, and we aim to release a new episode every ...
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Prefer to Defer

baquebedeaux

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Hey look at this! It's a podcast about movies and whatever other media a handful of buddies wanna talk about. We like movies, we like talking about movies, and we almost like each other! How exciting is that? So come along and lets pontificate about the cinema!
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The Close Read Podcast

The Claremont Institute

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Associate editor Spencer Klavan phones up authors whose CRB essays have prompted deeper reflection and discussion. Over a drink, he'll chat with the leading minds on the Right about what's going on in politics and literary culture. claremontinstitute.substack.com
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Generally American (A Journey in American English)

Christopher M. Chandler, Kris Schauer

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Hello, Hola, Guten Tag, Bonjour, こんにちは ! Welcome everyone, this is a podcast for those wanting to learn about U.S. culture through Standard American English, also known as General American. We talk about various different topics related to the U.S. and the U.S.'s relations with other countries. My co-host and I would like to think of this as more of a journey because you never know where it’ll take us. Plus, since the journey’s more important than the end or the start, we hope that you’ll be ...
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Dr. Tomer Persico is a Research Fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute, a Rubinstein Fellow at Reichman University, and a Senior Research Scholar at the UC Berkeley Center for Middle Eastern Studies. His fields of expertise include contemporary spirituality, Jewish modern identity, Jewish renewal, and forms of secularization and religiosity in Isra…
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The immediate postcolonial moment brought both promise and peril for the states of Africa and their security. The process of decolonization generated instability, and the emergent Cold War caught up the still-fragile independent states in a global ideological struggle between superpowers. While the political story of these states has been written i…
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Dr. Marc Berman, the pioneering creator of the field of environmental neuroscience, has discovered the surprising connection between mind, body, and environment, with a special emphasis on the natural environment. He has devoted his life to studying it. If you sometimes feel drained, distracted, or depressed, Dr. Berman has identified the elements …
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Your brain is the most remarkable thing in the known universe. Always trying to mend itself, and always trying to protect you, it’s in a constant state of flux — adapting, reconfiguring, finding new pathways. And it has an astonishing capacity for recovery. Rachel Barr struggled through years of devastating loss, heartache, and uncertainty until ne…
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Mary E. Stuckey, the Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of Communication Arts & Sciences at Pennsylvania State University, has a brilliant new book that dives into the question of who we are as Americans, a theme that Stuckey has long researched and considered in much of her work (Defining Americans: The Presidency and National Identity, University Press …
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An ever-expanding and panicked Wonder Woman lurches through a city skyline begging Steve to stop her. A twisted queen of sorority row crashes her convertible trying to escape her queer shame. A suave butch emcee introduces the sequined and feathered stars of the era’s most celebrated drag revue. For an unsettled and retrenching postwar America, the…
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Though the United States has been heralded as a beacon of democracy, many nineteenth-century Americans viewed their nation through the prism of the Old World. What they saw was a racially stratified country that reflected not the ideals of a modern republic but rather the remnants of feudalism. American Dark Age reveals how defenders of racial hier…
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Where does Greece belong? Many look at the ancient Greek ruins of Athens, and see the cradle of Western civilization. But much of Greece’s history actually looks eastward to the rest of the Mediterranean: to Turkey, Egypt, Israel and Palestine. In his book The New Byzantines: The Rise of Greece and Return of the Near East (Hurst: 2025), Sean Mathew…
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The Jain tradition, with roots in ancient India but now spread across the globe, is anything but static and monolithic. In Engaged Jainism, an interdisciplinary cohort of academics and practitioners explore the manifold ways in which Jains and Jain ideas become engaged in social worlds—historically, philosophically, philologically, and anthropologi…
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God's mission is to reclaim the world. The church has a designated role to play. Most Christians would agree that the Bible provides a basis for mission. Christopher Wright boldly maintains that the entire Bible is generated by and is all about God's mission. In order to understand the Scriptures, we need a missional hermeneutic, an interpretive pe…
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This episode features "Choose Your Own Damnation" by Kehkashan Khalid (©2026 by Kehkashan Khalid ) read by Stefan Rudnicki, and "Mother's Hip" by Corey Jae White and Maddison Stoff (©2026 by Corey Jae White and Maddison Stoff) read by Susan Hanfield. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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In this episode of Eye on AI, Craig Smith sits down with Anurag Dhingra, Senior Vice President and General Manager at Cisco, to explore where AI is actually creating value inside the enterprise. Rather than focusing on flashy demos or speculative futures, this conversation goes deep into the invisible layer powering modern AI: infrastructure. Anura…
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Legendary cryptozoologist Loren Coleman returns to the show for a fascinating deep dive on the confounding Dover Demon case and his integral role in putting it on the proverbial paranormal map back in 1977. Plus there's some cryptozoology in 2025 talk and the International Cryptozoology Museum's impending move to Bangor, Maine.…
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A sweeping history of the violence perpetrated by governments committed to extreme forms of secularism in the twentieth century A popular truism derived from the Enlightenment holds that violence is somehow inherent to religion, to which political secularism offers a liberating solution. But this assumption ignores a glaring modern reality: that pu…
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Once the powerhouse of a fledgling country’s economy, the Mississippi Delta has been consigned to a narrative of destitution. It is often faulted for the sins of the South, portrayed as a regional backwater that willfully cleaved itself from the modern world. But buried beneath the weight of good ol’ boy politics and white-washed histories lies the…
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Sri Lanka has long sat astride the monsoon winds between the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea – a small island at the centre of a very big story. For over a thousand years, Muslim pilgrims, merchants, scholars, and soldiers have passed through “Lanka” or “Sarandib”, leaving traces in Arabic, Tamil, Persian, Malay, Ottoman Turkish, Urdu, Dhivehi, a…
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The Arrival of the Fittest: Biology’s Imaginary Futures, 1900–1935 by Jim Endersby In the early twentieth century, varied audiences took biology out of the hands of specialists and transformed it into mass culture, transforming our understanding of heredity in the process. In the early twentieth century communities made creative use of the new theo…
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Against the Chains of Utility: Sacrifice and Literature in 1970s and 1980s South Korea (University of Hawaii Press, 2025) explores literary texts that countered the prevailing rhetoric of South Korea’s exploitative developmental state. These texts capture moments of anti-utilitarian sacrifice, and include Kim Hyŏn’s critical essays, Pak Sangnyung’s…
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Rachel Midura joins Jana Byars to talk about Postal Intelligence: The Tassis Family and Communications Revolution in Early Modern Europe (Cornell UP, 2025) connects and situates histories of the post and government intelligence alongside print technology and state power in the wider context of the early modern communications revolution. In the sixt…
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Reconstruction explores the impact of the First World War on the built environment - examining the immediate effects and aftermath of the Great War on the architecture of Britain and the British empire during the interwar years. While much attention has been paid by historians to post-war architectural reconstruction after 1945, the earlier develop…
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Persian Paradigms in Early Modern English Drama examines the concept of early modern globality and the development of European toleration discourse through English representations of Persian monarchs and Persianate conceptions of hospitality as paradigms of interreligious and intercultural hospitality for early modern and Shakespearean drama. Engli…
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Valuing the Community College Library: Impactful Practices for Institutional Success (2025, ACRL) provides a holistic approach to exhibiting community college library value through historical context, practical applications, and future thinking. Through case studies, editorials from administrators, and practical approaches, it addresses why communi…
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How has China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs transformed itself into one of the most assertive diplomatic actors on the global stage? What explains the rise of “wolf warrior” practices, and how should we interpret Beijing’s evolving diplomatic identity? In this episode, Duncan McCargo speaks with Dylan Loh, an Associate Professor in the Public Polic…
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2 REAL Cryptid Legends - Open Discussion " What's New and Upcoming in 2026"Hosts: Ron Morehead and Darrell Denton, Michelle Desrochers - Moderator Host and Segment ProducerDate: January 5th, 2026EP: 005Ron and Darrell will be discussing their plan and projects for 2026 and will set time aside to answer questions from the chat rooms.…
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Beyond The Outer Realm Welcomes the return of Dr. Christopher MacklinHost: Michelle DesrochersDate: January 6th, 2026Episode: 663Discussion: Dr. Macklin will be talking about his book " Centering The Mind " ,- Healing of Chronic Stress, Anxiety, Depression ADD, OCD & PTSD In Children, Adolescents & Adults. " -Within these pages you will find many o…
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The Light Gate Welcomes GUEST: Joyce Aldrich, singer-songwriter, writer, podcaster, experiencer.Date: January 5, 2026Time: 5-7 pm pacific / 8-10 pm easternEpisode 142Discussion: UFO & Paranormal experiences of Joyce Aldrich Born in Ottawa on Wednesday, July 27th, 1955, at 4:00 am, to Irene and Lucien Aldrich, Joyce was raised in a family with a str…
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Don’t Whistle At Night welcomes Kamrin ToadlenaJanuary 4th, 2026EP: 38Topic: Extraordinary Close Encounters of The Cryptid Kind……..and more! Kamrin Toadlena is from Sawmill Arizona and currently resides in Gallup NM. Kamrin is no stranger to highly strange encounters. In fact it seems to run in the family as his father was also known to have had hi…
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June is an award winning author of four books currently. Her latest, All’s Fair in Love & Karma, speaks to the lessons our souls come here to learn so they can advance on the other side. It wasbased on the Relationship Mastery program that she developed in 2018, that has successfully repaired hundreds of relationships, and completely changed the li…
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Welcome to the one-hundredth episode of Through A Glass Darkly Radio with Sean Patrick Hazlett! For this episode, we will explore Interdimensional Spillover: Cryptids at the Nexus of Folklore, Metaphysics, and Physics. Do not miss this amazing episode!Intro: "Mark of the Doomslayer" by Karl Casey @ White Bat AudioCopyright © 2026 Through a Glass Da…
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News on the Flipside Tax's gunboats Venezuela say we give back oil and land and free our people stop bombing us Putin equal a ass . US Navy intercepts Russian ship near Venezuela in largest Caribbean standoff since Cold War Tulsi Gabbard's yoga photos draw polarized reactions, "We still see you" ATLAS just came back into view - and scientists weren…
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The Outer Realm - FIRST Show of 2026 - Welcomes Wayne Mallows-Open DiscussionHost: Michelle DesrochersDate: January 1st, 2026Episode: 662Discussion : We will be talking about New Year's Lore, Traditions, Superstitions, Ghostly Tales and more........About Wayne:About Our Guest:Wayne is the Author of the Vampyre Tales Series. He began writing when he…
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Thurs. Jan.1/26 Happy New Year Everyone! Kerrilynn & I want to wish each & every one of You, an incredible brand new year, full of blessings, joy & nothing but the absolute best for you & those you love!We thank you most sincerely in advance but due to circumstances beyond our control (illness within both of our families),we are going to be sharing…
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S10 E157 Dr. Chris Dennis reviews seven practical tips from Responsive Classroom to help students transition back after winter break: plan something to look forward to, set personal and academic goals, provide socialization time, ease into academics, review routines and expectations, extend patience and empathy, and revisit favorite activities. The…
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Lithium, a crucial input in the batteries powering electric vehicles, has the potential to save the world from climate change. But even green solutions come at a cost. Mining lithium is environmentally destructive. We therefore confront a dilemma: Is it possible to save the world by harming it in the process? Having spent over a decade researching …
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Theodore Karamanski joins fellow Lake Michigan enthusiast Jana Byars to talk about his new book, Great Lake: An Unnatural History of Lake Michigan. Looking down from outer space a vast expanse of blue appears in the heart of North America. Of the magnificent chain of inland seas, only one of those bodies of water--Lake Michigan--is entirely within …
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Self-Declaration in the Legal Recognition of Gender (Routledge, 2023) is a socio-legal study that offers a critique of what it means to self-declare with regard to legal gender. Based on empirical research conducted in Denmark, the book engages in some of the most controversial issues surrounding trans and gender diverse rights. The theoretical ana…
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In Still Life with Bones: Genocide, Forensics, and What Remains (Crown, 2023), anthropologist Alexa Hagerty learns to see the dead body with a forensic eye. She examines bones for marks of torture and fatal wounds—hands bound by rope, machete cuts—and also for signs of identity: how life shapes us down to the bone. A weaver is recognized from the t…
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New Orleans is an indispensable element of America's national identity. As one of the most fabled cities in the world, it figures in countless novels, short stories, poems, plays, and films, as well as in popular lore and song. T. R. Johnson's book New Orleans: A Writer's City (Cambridge UP, 2023) provides detailed discussions of all of the most si…
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Ecclesiastes has long been viewed as the great existential work of the Hebrew Bible, containing the famous cry "Vanity of vanities, all is vanity." As part of a search for enduring meaning, it questions the nature of work, mortality, happiness, justice, goodness, and life itself. Abounding with careful observations, disappointments, and insights, E…
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The crusade movement needed women: their money, their prayer support, their active participation, and their inspiration. Helen J. Nicholson's book Women and the Crusades (Oxford UP, 2023) surveys women's involvement in medieval crusading between the second half of the eleventh century, when Pope Gregory VII first proposed a penitential military exp…
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As migration carried Yiddish to several continents during the long twentieth century, an increasingly global community of speakers and readers clung to Jewish heritage while striving to help their children make sense of their lives as Jews in the modern world. In her book, Modern Jewish Worldmaking Through Yiddish Children's Literature (Princeton U…
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In this (open-access) book, Susanna Elm radically changes our understanding of imperial rule in the later Roman Empire. As she shows, the so-called eastern decadence of the Emperor Theodosius and his successors was in fact a calculated revolution in masculinity and the representation of imperial power. Here, the emperor's hard yet soft, mature yet …
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The Earth Transformed. An Untold History (Knopf, 2023) is a captivating and informative book that reveals how climate change has been a driving force behind the development and decline of civilizations across the centuries. The author, Peter Frankopan, takes readers on a journey through history, showcasing how natural phenomena such as volcanic eru…
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Mike Jay's Psychonauts: Drugs and the Making of the Modern Mind (Yale UP, 2023) is a provocative and original history of the scientists and writers, artists and philosophers who took drugs to explore the hidden regions of the mind. Until the twentieth century, scientists investigating the effects of drugs on the mind did so by experimenting on them…
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Friend of the pod and Chicago Med showrunner Allen MacDonald stops by to preview what's coming in the season 11 midseason premiere. He discusses where we pick up when the show returns, how far along Hannah is in her pregnancy, Frost’s love life and so much more. As always, we want to hear what you think; make sure you are following us on X (@meetus…
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