Best David L Jones Podcasts (2025)

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How Government Made the U.S. into a Manufacturing Powerhouse 1:10:28

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Peoples & Things host, Lee Vinsel, talks with Colleen Dunlavy, Emeritus Professor of History at University of Wisconsin-Madison, about her recent book, Small, Medium, Large: How Government Made the U.S. Into a Manufacturing Powerhouse. Small, Medium, Large examines the crucial role that the U.S. federal government played in rationalizing and diffus…

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Joseph Stiglitz, "The Origins of Inequality" (Oxford UP, 2025) 39:47

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Joseph E. Stiglitz has had a remarkable career. He is a brilliant academic, capped by sharing the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics and the Nobel Peace Prize, and honorary degrees from Harvard, Cambridge, Oxford and more than fifty other universities, and elected not only to the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Lett…

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#709 – Nobel Prize Winner Dr Barry Marshall 50:16

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Dr Barry Marshall won the 2005 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovery of the bacterium Helicobacter pylori and its role in gastritis and peptic ulcer disease. But Barry is also an electronics hobbyist and vintage HP and Tek oscilloscope and vintage computer enthusiast. He visited the EEVBlog lab and sat down with Dave for an impromptu …

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LH #120 Agent Provocateur with Dr. Ashwin Mehta 59:09

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How AI agents are reshaping learning workflows and the L&D ecosystem "Agentic AI" is the buzzword of the moment. But how many people fully understand what it really means—or how it will change learning and work? Dr. Ashwin Mehta, Chief AI Strategist at the Learning & Performance Institute and founder of Mehtadology AI, joins John Helmer to unpack t…

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Goldwater, King, and the college with Nicholas R. Buccola 48:51

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As a student, she was a proud "Goldwater girl, right down to my cowgirl outfit and straw cowboy hat emblazoned with the slogan 'AuH20." -Hillary Clinton, Living History, 2003. References and suggested readings: Nicholas Buccola. 2025. One Man's Freedom: Goldwater, King, and the Struggle over an American Ideal. Princeton University Press. Hajar Yazd…

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"How to Setup Your Mourning Robot" by Angela Liu + "In the Zone" by Lisa M. Bradley 52:45

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This episode features "How to Setup Your Mourning Robot" by Angela Liu (©2025 by Angela Liu) read by Stefan Rudnicki, and "In the Zone" by Lisa M. Bradley (©2025 by Lisa M. Bradley) read by Roxanne Hernandez. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Adamant Press

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Balthild of Francia with Isabel Moreira 54:12

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This year, we’ve spent some good quality time with early medieval queens, digging into their mysterious and spectacular lives and reigns. And when it comes to the spectacular, it’s hard to compete with the star of this week’s episode, a woman who arrived in Francia a slave, rose to become a queen, and then ascended to the heavens as a saint. This w…

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TTS Rewind: 72. Robbie Muñoz - From Horrible Tragedy to Burgeoning Success 47:56

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Original air date: March 13, 2024 “Juries do not want to root for someone who’s just feeling sorry for themselves…Juries and human beings naturally want to fight for an underdog.” On this week’s episode, Maria chats with associate attorney Robbie Munoz. They discuss experiencing medical malpractice first-hand, splitting time between the classroom a…

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Gunnar Myrdal and the making of a white world order with Maribel Morey 29:13

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The money behind truth. References and suggested readings: Maribel Morey. 2021. White Philanthropy: Carnegie Corporation's An American Dilemma and the Making of a White World Order. University of North Carolina Press. miamisocialsciences.org virtual forums Gunnar Myrdal, American Dilemma volume I Gunnar Myrdal, American Dilemma volume II John Fabia…

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Cheryl McKissack Daniel with Charlamagne Tha God: The Black Family Who Built America 51:42

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In this episode of Library Talks, Cheryl McKissack Daniel—fifth-generation leader of the nation's oldest Black-owned design and construction services firm, sits down with multimedia mogul Charlamagne Tha God to discuss her family's extraordinary 200-year history, as captured in her new book The Black Family Who Built America. From the National Civi…

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Loic De Canniere, "The Future of Employment in Africa: Demography, Labour Markets and Welfare" (Anthem, 2025) 1:07:47

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The Future of Employment in Africa: Demography, Labor Markets and Welfare explores the major trends that will define the face of the sub-Saharan continent in the next three decades. The near doubling of Africa’s population by 2050 will lead to more than twenty million new job seekers entering the African labor market every year until then. Right no…

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Ep. 30: Beyond Learning: Navigating the Space Where Work Actually Changes 29:05

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In this solo episode, Vidya dives into the real work of performance consulting… beyond courses, content, and completion rates. She explores why most behavior change dies in the “messy middle”, where systems, workflows, incentives, and culture collide. This is a practical, honest look at how L&D can move from delivering training to shaping condition…

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#708 – All the Connectors with Davide Andrea 1:05:09

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Welcome Davide Andrea, author or The Electronic Connector Book! And many thanks to Blues for sponsoring this episode of The Amp Hour! Get 10% off your next order in their online store for a development kit by using the code AMPHOUR. Davide is an engineer working on Battery Management Systems at Elithion He got into writing and editing books via a p…

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Lab Dog with Brad Bolman 35:47

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References and suggested readings: Brad Bolman. 2025. Lab Dog: What Global Science Owes American Beagles. University of Chicago Press. Benjamin Alberto Schultz-Figueroa. 2023. The Celluloid Specimen: Moving Image Research Into Animal Life. University of California Press. Gustave Flaubert. Madam Boverie. Bluesky @bolman.bsky.social Instagram @labdog…

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Maxim Sytch, "The Influence Economy: Decoding Supplier-Induced Demand" (Oxford UP, 2025) 1:06:59

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In The Influence Economy: Decoding Supplier-Induced Demand (Oxford UP, 2025), Maxim Sytch reveals how professional services--consulting, marketing, banking, and legal firms--create demand for unnecessary and potentially harmful products and services. Such supplier-induced demand can take many forms, including superfluous reorganizations, frivolous …

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Nancy Neiman, "Markets, Community and Just Infrastructures" (Routledge, 2020) 1:13:59

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A series of market-related crises over the past two decades – financial, environmental, health, education, poverty – reinvigorated the debate about markets and social justice. Since then, counter-hegemonic movements all over the globe are attempting to redefine markets and the meaning of economic enterprise in people’s daily lives. Assessments of m…

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Medieval Vampire Epidemics with John Blair 49:15

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As the nights get longer and spookier, there's one thing that's guaranteed to make our hair stand on end: corpses that just won’t stay dead. Especially the ones interested in eating us. This week, Danièle speaks with John Blair about who refused to rest in peace in the Middle Ages, how medieval people attempted to keep the dead buried, and why some…

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"Thaw" by An Owomoyela + "Drosera regina" by A.L. Goldfuss 1:21:40

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This episode features "Thaw" by An Owomoyela (©2025 by An Owomoyela) read by Stefan Rudnicki, and "Drosera regina" by A.L. Goldfuss (©2025 by A.L. Goldfuss) read by Susan Hanfield. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Adamant Press

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How dark money shapes the vernaculars of the culture war with Isaac Kamola 34:08

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A lesson on dark money influence in campus culture wars References and suggested readings: Isaac Kamola. Spring 2025. Understanding the Evolving Culture-War Vernacular. Academe Magazine. Isaac Kamola. 2019. Making the World Global: U.S. Universities and the Production of the Global Imaginary. Duke University Press. Ralph Wilson and Isaac Kamola. 20…

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Gish Jen with Weike Wang: Bad Bad Girl 58:58

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In this episode of Library Talks, acclaimed novelist Gish Jen joins Library Talks to discuss her latest book Bad Bad Girl. She is joined by fellow novelist Weike Wang. Bad Bad Girl began as a memoir of her late mother, Loo Shu-hsin, before evolving into a fictionalized portrait of their turbulent mother-daughter relationship. As a child Shu-hsin le…

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148. Anthony Lopez - From Trial Lawyer to Operator: The Data-Driven Shift 38:21

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On this week’s episode, Maria Monroy sits down with Anthony Lopez, board-certified trial lawyer and CEO of Your Insurance Attorney. They dig into how he scaled to a 300-person, multi-state firm, why he runs on Salesforce and is rolling out AI agents for client updates, building pods and culture at scale, and his unfiltered take on private equity’s …

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#707 – Welding with an HDMI Cable 50:41

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Thanks to our sponsor Blues this week! Visit the Blues store and use the code AMPHOUR to get 10% off your first order of a kit. Capacitors go pop on Dave’s audio setup, the Presonus monitors Ground loops causing HDMI cable sparking Chris was watching Jetman videos and got an ‘Is that real?’ from the kid. We find ourselves asking the same with all t…

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Garrett Hardin’s Tragic Environmentalism 1:15:27

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An ecologist in California claimed that the iron laws of nature locked humanity into destroying our environment. This meant that we must take drastic measures to rein in unfettered capitalism and the American habit of overconsumption, lest we deplete our common resources. That argument made Garrett Hardin one of the most influential and celebrated …

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LH #119 Learning To Love America with Christian Ray Flores 1:09:23

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From refugee to Russian pop star, startup founder to life coach and evangelist pastor — Christian Ray Flores's journey has spanned continents, ideologies, and careers. In this remarkable conversation, John explores how those experiences shaped Christian's views on creativity, entrepreneurship, AI, faith, and the American dream. Can such diverse ide…

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Scopes and the creationists with John K. Wilson 32:47

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From a student of Saul Bellow and Barack Obama. References and suggested readings: John K Wilson. August 2025. “100 Years Ago, the Scopes Monkey Trial Discovered Academic Freedom.” Chronicle of Higher Education. John K. Wilson. 1995. The Myth of Political Correctness: The Conservative Attack on Higher Education. Duke University Press. Fara Dabhoiwa…

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R. Jisung Park, "Slow Burn: The Hidden Costs of a Warming World" (Princeton UP, 2025) 44:24

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R. Jisung Park is assistant professor at the University of Pennsylvania, where he holds appointments in the School of Social Policy and Practice and the Wharton School of Business. It’s hard not to feel anxious about the problem of climate change, especially if we think of it as an impending planetary catastrophe. In Slow Burn: The Hidden Costs of …

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Jeff Neilson, "Fortress Farming: Agrarian Transitions, Livelihoods, and Coffee Value Chains in Indonesia" (Cornell UP, 2025) 44:31

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Over the last several decades, sources of income derived away from farms have come to play a much bigger role in rural Indonesian households. How do rural people in Indonesia engage with farming and social and economic spheres beyond their villages? What do their changing forms of engagement mean for land relations, sustainability, and the future o…

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"Dating Fortune" by Sean McMullen + "Everyone Hates the Auditor" by Megan Chee 50:48

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This episode features "Dating Fortune" by Sean McMullen (©2025 by Sean McMullen) read by Stefan Rudnicki, and "Everyone Hates the Auditor" by Megan Chee (©2025 by Megan Chee) read by Mirron Willis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Adamant Press

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The Two Hundred Years' War with Michael Livingston 44:59

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Although a lot of medieval history is murky, the whys and wherefores – not to mention the timeline – of the Hundred Years’ War are firmly nailed down. Or are they? This week, Danièle speaks with Michael Livingston about why the Hundred Years’ War should actually be called the Two Hundred Years’ War, what actually touched off the conflict, and why w…

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147. Ilana Reeser - White-Glove Referrals on a Nationwide Scale 25:39

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On this week’s episode, Maria Monroy sits down with Ilana Reeser of Your Insurance Attorney to talk about turning networking into real case flow. They dig into Ilana’s role leading nationwide referrals and market expansion, how to cut through conference small talk and turn meetings into deals, and why firms should hire a dedicated rainmaker if the …

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Beware of FIRE (and institutional neutrality) with Mary Anne Franks 31:24

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On the rightwing origins of the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression. References and suggested readings: Mary Anne Franks. 2024. Fearless Speech: Breaking Free from the First Amendment. Bold Type Books. Mary Anne Franks. 2019. The Cult of the Constitution: Our Deadly Devotion to Guns and Free Speech. Stanford University Press. University…

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David Szalay with Dua Lipa: Flesh 40:31

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In this episode of Library Talks, join Dua Lipa for a live discussion of Flesh by David Szalay, a book club pick for Service95—the global lifestyle platform and weekly newsletter she founded. Longlisted for the 2025 Booker Prize, Flesh tells the rags-to-riches story of Istvan, a lonely young man raised on a Hungarian housing estate, whose rise from…

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Teresa M. Mares and Laura-Anne Minkoff-Zern, "Will Work for Food: Labor Across the Food Chain" (U California Press, 2025) 33:34

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Food consumers are demanding a healthier and more sustainable food system. Yet labor is rarely part of the discussion. In Will Work for Food: Labor Across the Food Chain (U California Press, 2025), Laura-Anne Minkoff-Zern and Teresa Mares chronicle labor across the food chain, connecting the entire food system--from fields to stores, restaurants, h…

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Deborah Gordon, "No Standard Oil: Managing Abundant Petroleum in a Warming World" (Oxford UP, 2021) 46:28

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In No Standard Oil: Managing Abundant Petroleum in a Warming World (Oxford University Press, 2021), Deborah Gordon shows that no two oils or gases are environmentally alike. Each has a distinct, quantifiable climate impact. While all oils and gases pollute, some are much worse for the climate than others. In clear, accessible language, Gordon expla…

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Looting, murder, and the evolution of American archaeology with Rachel Morgan 22:14

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ft. Geronimo, both Roosevelt presidents, Franz Boas, and the phrenologists References and suggested readings: Rachel Morgan. 2024. Sins of the Shovel: Looting, Murder, and the Evolution of American Archaeology. University of Chicago Press. John Fowler. 2021. A Forest in the Clouds. Pegasus Books. Follow Rachel Morgan on Instagram at @adventures_in_…