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IDEAS is a place for people who like to think. If you value deep conversation and unexpected reveals, this show is for you. From the roots and rise of authoritarianism to near-death experiences to the history of toilets, no topic is off-limits. Hosted by Nahlah Ayed, we’re home to immersive documentaries and fascinating interviews with some of the most consequential thinkers of our time. With an award-winning team, our podcast has proud roots in its 60-year history with CBC Radio, exploring ...
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The Art of Charm

The Art of Charm

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The Art of Charm is where self-motivated people, just like you, come to learn from the company’s coaches about to how to master human dynamics, relationships, and becoming your best self with the help of Johnny and AJ, the company’s founders. Johnny and AJ bring their 11 years of coaching experience from their famous Bootcamps, where they host clients in Los Angeles from all over the world and they share their stories, best practices and themselves on this weekly podcast. Not only does The A ...
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Greek Mythology isn't just a collection of ancient stories featuring captivating gods, heroes, and monsters. These myths continue to impact our lives in ways we couldn't even imagine! Young listeners will love hearing about how Greek Mythology lives on in their everyday lives. This podcast is hosted, written and produced by a high school student with the goal of sharing his love of Greek Mythology with other students.
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Last Stop on the Z Train

Jason Storbakken

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LAST STOP ON THE Z TRAIN is a 23 episode podcast miniseries. LAST STOP ON THE Z TRAIN spans genres: space opera, tragedy, magical realism, comedy... and it all exists in one world, the New York City subway system! Twenty-three stories, 23 subway lines. And, like the MTA, all the stories are interconnected. www.storbakken.org/z-train
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First Case Podcast

First Case Podcast

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Clock in, scrub up, and join us behind the red line. We are First Case – an operating room podcast bringing you exciting interviews, engaging discussions, and innovative solutions that are changing the way patients receive surgical care. Each episode we talk to frontline staff, perioperative leadership, and nursing entrepreneurs from across the country as they share their stories, experience and expertise on an industry we love. From the back table to the board room, from wheels in to wheels ...
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Stop, Look & Listen

Fourcast Media

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Stop, Look & Listen is an interview podcast hosted by LeTroy Gardner. The show features interviews with entrepreneurs, musicians, actors, politicians and other newsmakers. Check out the video version of the podcast and more at http://myfourcast.com
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This podcast is dedicated to helping construction business owners eliminate chaos, maximize profit, and reclaim their freedom. Designed for leaders who are ready to step out of the daily grind and take control of their business, The Construction Leading Edge Podcast delivers actionable strategies on systematization, time management, increasing profitability, and business growth. Whether it's stopping profit bleeds, building high-performing teams, or creating systems that allow your business ...
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Welcome to Write Club, the ultimate podcast for anyone passionate about the written word. Brought to you by Writers Online, in each episode we'll give you an insight into the world of writing, creativity, and publishing. Join us as we sit down with celebrated authors, literary agents, industry mentors, and creative professionals to uncover their stories, insights, and advice. Write Club delivers everything you need to spark your creativity and sharpen your skills. Every great writer knows: t ...
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We're Making a Movie

Natalie and Tara

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Natalie and Tara are setting out to make their first feature film together. Did they go to film school? No. Are they out of their depth? Yes. Will they let that stop them? Nope. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Ludic Encumbrance Club

Ludic Encumbrance Club

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We chat about games in order to stop chatting about games Formerly “Party Chat Peoples” https://www.instagram.com/ludic.encumbrance.club First Cover art photo provided by Samuel Zeller on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com@samuelzeller New Cover Art by Xaví Matos through Canva
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Welcome to Profit First with Deb Halliday—the podcast for UK business owners who want to stop stressing over money, keep more cash, pay themselves more, and build a business that truly thrives. Hosted by Deb Halliday, certified Trainer and Profit First Professional, each episode delivers practical strategies, real stories, and actionable insights to help you implement the Profit First system in your own business. Whether you’re a coach, consultant, freelancer, or small business owner, you’ll ...
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The Art of Hospitality in the Dental Practice

Dr. Michael Sonick, Team Building and Dental Practice Culture Expert

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What truly sets a dental practice apart isn’t just clinical skill—it’s the way patients feel the moment they walk through the door. Hosted by world-renowned periodontist, educator, and author Dr. Michael Sonick, this podcast explores the intersection of dentistry and hospitality. Through thought-provoking conversations, practical strategies, and inspiring stories, Dr. Sonick reveals how creating an exceptional patient experience can transform your practice, your team culture, and your bottom ...
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Penn's Sunday School

Penn's Sunday School

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Join us as Penn Jillette, Matt Donnelly, and YOU discuss the news of the week. We'll examine religious news, talk about monkeys, and anything else that seems funny or makes us mad. We'll also take your suggestions for things you feel like talking about. We run a live video stream from Show Creators Studios for people with the time and inclination to watch people sitting and talking. The live show starts Sundays at noon Vegas time, at www.twitch.tv/reddirich, & is usually available for downlo ...
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PW Podcast

Peter Witham

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Join me on a journey exploring the ups and downs of being a creator. I make things across many mediums including apps, games, and podcasts. Along the way, I take the side roads to motivation and inspiration. Navigating the winding paths that try to stop us from achieving our dreams and goals.
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MMA Fighting

MMA Fighting

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Get all the mixed martial arts fighting news and analysis you need from the award-winning team at MMA Fighting. Produced by MMA Fighting and SB Nation, and part of the Vox Media Podcast Network.
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With 20+ years in the entertainment industry at the top level, I’m Phil Svitek. Join me as I pay it forward, sharing insights from my journey as a filmmaker, author, podcaster, and even high-level executive. Get a 360-degree view of the digital artist’s path to success, blending technical theory, practical wisdom, and personal development. Your smoother journey awaits.
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In this show, Martina Flor reveals all of her lettering and art business strategies to help you build a career as a commercial artist. You’ll learn about mastering a skill, finding your voice as an artist, going from amateur to pro, how the illustration market works, marketing yourself, social media, client outreach, and productivity tips so that you can thrive with your art and make a living doing what you love. It’s a mix of interviews with notable lettering artists and illustrators, speci ...
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Soapboxers

Newton's Dark Room

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A fly-on-the-wall podcast about community college speech and debate teams featuring conversations, interpretations, and in-depth looks into the world of speech and debate tournaments and the ideas that drive them.
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The Best Dam Podcast is your resource for discovering business, adventure tourism, and Boulder City living. As the home of the Hoover Dam and Lake Mead, we want to invite all who will listen to come Discover, Explore, and Unwind.
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Opera Road Trip (2025-2027) is OperaVision's two-year podcast series, a journey through the 17 countries that currently partner with OperaVision, discovering their operatic history and current relationship with the artform, and meeting along the way young talents finding their voice and seasoned professionals who have devoted their lives to the stage, discovering the diverse paths that have led them to opera and the enduring belief in its relevance, past, present, and future. Opera Road Trip ...
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Sandra Day O'Connor Institute

Sandra Day O'Connor Institute for American Democracy

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This is the official podcast of the Sandra Day O'Connor Institute. Our mission is to continue the distinguished legacy and lifetime work of Justice Sandra Day O'Connor to advance American democracy through multigenerational civics education, civil discourse and civic engagement.
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Experience Over Expectation is a storytelling podcast for people who’ve lived long enough to know that life rarely goes to plan—and beautiful things still unfold anyway. Hosted by Mary McCorvey, a Gulf War veteran, playwright, and serial reinventionist, this show explores what happens when we stop chasing the checklist and start honoring our lived experience. From long-lost love letters to second chances, invisible illnesses to unexpected careers, each episode offers honest, heart-centered r ...
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Amanda Palmer is a rock star, best-selling author, TED speaker and community leader who does everything on her own terms simply by asking. Now, she turns the tables on her colleagues and heroes to find out how they create art, love difficult people, work for change, and survive the worst moments of their lives. From porn stars to empathy researchers, and cartoonists to climate scientists, no topic is out of bounds.
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Orlando's #1 Podcasted Morning Show, Obie*Chloe*Slater giving you the 2nd Date Update, hanging w/ Country stars from Luke Combs to Luke Bryan & bringing you in our current conversations & adventures #ChimeTime
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WARDROBE CRISIS is a fashion podcast about sustainability, ethical fashion and making a difference in the world. Your host is author and journalist Clare Press, who was the first ever Vogue sustainability editor. Each week, we bring you insightful interviews from the global fashion change makers, industry insiders, activists, artists, designers and scientists who are shaping fashion's future. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Inspired Island is designed to introduce you to the talented residents of Vashon Island, a small island in the Puget Sound. Host Grace McRae interviews the many business owners, community leaders, award-winning chefs, bestselling authors, historians, and artists who call Vashon “home.” We hope every episode leaves you feeling inspired! Inspired Island first airs on the Voice of Vashon, KVSH 101.9FM.
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Which companies are on the cutting edge of artificial intelligence? What’s the next major breakthrough in healthcare? How do iconic brands reinvent themselves to appeal to the next generation? Most Innovative Companies is where tech, business, and innovation convene. Join hosts Yasmin Gagne and Josh Christensen as they bring you the latest innovations transforming business and society—and highlights the companies that are reshaping industries and culture.
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The first draft of our future. Mapping the new world order through interviews and conversations. Every Thursday, from New York Times Opinion. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.
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🎭 🎬 Unstoppable Actors is the weekly podcast for ambitious aspiring actors ready to elevate their craft and career. Whether you're dreaming of screen roles, aiming for your first agent, or just want to give consistently good performances... This show gives you the tools, mindset shifts and Method Acting insights to help you grow into a castable, confident and compelling actor. Expect honest advice, breakthrough exercises and insider tips to help you stop overthinking, start owning your talen ...
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Good Life Project

Jonathan Fields / Acast

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What does it mean to live a good life? Is it about happiness, health, friendship, love, or meaning? What about work, wealth, purpose, service, or something else? Can you live a good life even when things are hard? These are the questions and topics we explore every week in conversation with leading voices from health, science, art, industry, mindset, and culture, like Brené Brown, Matthew McConaughey, Mel Robbins, Alex, Elle, Adam Grant, Elizabeth Gilbert, Yung Pueblo, Maya Shankar, Mitch Al ...
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The Naked truth interviews people and talks about subjects in a different kind of way. Instead of focusing on the surface issues, The Naked Truth dives deep to the core, revealing the inner workings behind each guest's story. Each podcast is its own and the format is conversational. The goal is to try and get guests to reveal their "naked truth" about who they are and their life experiences. We are ad and sponsor free. Please consider donating to support the show. There is a link below each ...
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The Next Big Idea

Next Big Idea Club

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The Next Big Idea is a weekly series of in-depth interviews with the world’s leading thinkers. Join hosts Rufus Griscom and Caleb Bissinger — along with our curators, Malcolm Gladwell, Adam Grant, Susan Cain, and Daniel Pink — for conversations that might just change the way you see the world. New episodes every Thursday.
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The Reader's Couch

Victoria Wood

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A book podcast where you will discover new books and get reading tips, but we also talk about lifestyle, wellness, and self-care. So let's learn something new, feel encouraged and inspired, and have fun!
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7 Good Minutes

Clyde Lee Dennis

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Begin each day with purpose and positivity with the 7 Good Minutes Daily Self-Improvement Podcast, the essential listen for mindful achievers. Tailored for those who strive for personal growth amidst their busy lives, our podcast offers daily guidance in mindfulness, gratitude, and maintaining a positive mindset. Subscribe now to ensure you never miss an episode on your journey to a more mindful and positive life. If you’re looking for a calm, practical way to build better habits at your own ...
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Where designers never stop learning 💪 Dive Club is an interview series hosted by Ridd that is designed to unlock knowledge from today's most prolific designers. We go deep into craft, storytelling, tools, design engineering, startups, and much more. You can find all of the episodes, key takeaways, and bonus resources here 👉 Dive.club
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After a career-ending scandal, a scientist retreats with her companion AI into the lonely mountains - only to uncover secrets buried in the woods… and perhaps in her own mind. Frequency is an audio horror drama of strange signals, haunted airwaves, and hidden truths. Told through the thoughts of neuroscientist Elise, it follows her struggle to reckon with her past - and the people forever changed by her work. Content Warning: This show contains themes of isolation, paranoia, and horror. List ...
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The Wavy Self Podcast

Sterling Torres

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The Wavy Self Podcast is home for souls in search of more joy, liberation and inner freedom through the art of expression. Host, soul purpose coach, and shuffle dance sensation Sterling Torres dives deep into the everyday ebbs and flows of the soul’s journey through the perspective of a curious mindset, radical self-love and authenticity.
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Why Restaurants Fail with Garrett Lang 80% of restaurants fail within five years—but yours doesn’t have to. Hosted by Garrett Lang, a Cornell-trained AI expert and restaurant turnaround specialist, this show reveals why restaurants lose money and how to fix it. Learn how to stop profit leaks, beat delivery app fees, attract loyal customers, and use AI to grow margins. Real strategies from someone who turned a $20K/month loss into $40K/month profit. Subscribe and grab your free Menu for Succe ...
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What does a canceled flight have in common with a canceled surgical case? More than you might think. In today's article, Lindsay Joyce, MSN, RN, CNOR shares a personal travel story that unexpectedly reframed how she thinks about case cancellations by seeing them through the patient's perspective. Through delays, rebookings, confusion, and loss of c…
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What should the U.S. do next in Venezuela? President Trump’s former Venezuela envoy Elliott Abrams wants the Trump administration to push harder for full regime change. But, he and Ross debate if a democratic transition is even possible based on the administration’s interests and past American efforts in the region. 01:15 - The case for regime chan…
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🚀Download the How to Buy Out a Construction Project Playbook HERE ☎️Schedule a Business Evaluation Call with The Construction Leading Edge Team HERE – EPISODE 425: You have always started the year with clear goals to grow revenue, increase profit, and finally step out of operations. If you're being honest, 2026 is no different; you're just reliving…
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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On today’s episode, host Kate Lindsay is joined by meme historian Aidan Walker to discuss “the great meme reset.” Internet users, exhausted by social media brain rot, declared January 1, 2026 as an official “reset.” They want a clean slate, and most importantly, to return to the meme style of the 2010s—back when memes had “substance.” But can we re…
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This week, Julia and Steve welcome guest host Sam Adams to deconstruct the aggravating, yet strangely charming, table tennis phenom on the make that is Marty Supreme. Played with “BDE off-the-charts” (Steve’s words) by Timothée Chalamet, the unceasingly shameless hustler may just be an avatar for our age. Speaking of avatars, we can’t avoid discuss…
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Thoughts move so quickly that they often pass without notice, yet they quietly shape how the day feels and how you respond to it. When negativity goes unchecked, it doesn’t just color a moment—it sets a direction. This episode invites a gentler awareness. By noticing the power of your thoughts, you gain the ability to choose them with more care. Yo…
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In the first of a mini-series on the rise of second-hand fashion, my guest is the very charismatic and knowledgeable Aussie vintage fashion guru, Philip Boon. I'll leave it to him to tell you his story, and that of the late Mary Lipshut, the extraordinary Melburnian vintage doyenne, whose collection Philip (with his business partner Sonia) now mana…
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Would you 'doo-be-doo' if you know it would help bridge divides? Try vocal improvisation — singing sounds, rhythms and melodies. PhD candidate Erwan Noblet teaches the practice and says it's a great way to open up and connect at another level being together. He believes the human voice has the power to communicate creatively when it's released from…
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The calendar officially reads 2026, and the UFC is about to kick off their new era on Paramount and a pay-per-view-less world. With UFC 324 just a couple of weeks away, what are the biggest questions you have about the new deal, for Dana White, and others? On an all-new edition of Between the Links, the panel discusses some of those burning questio…
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The more you practice the art of thankfulness, the more you have to be thankful for. If you’re looking for a calm, practical way to build better habits at your own pace, I’ve created a small collection of Better Habit Guides you can explore anytime. You can find them here: https://7GoodMinutes.com/guides -=-=-=-=-=-=- 🛜 7 Good Minutes is part of Th…
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Socrates believed it was better to be criticized than to criticize—because honest challenge reveals flaws in our thinking and helps us become wiser, more humane people.In this episode, I reflect on a Socratic idea we often overlook: entering dialogue by seeing the other person in their highest form. Not as an enemy, not as a caricature, but as a fu…
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Chris Dixon runs a16z crypto, a fund that has raised more than $7 billion. So it’s no surprise that when talking about the blockchain, he says things like, “ I've never seen a situation in technology where the gap between what I believe is the potential of the technology and the perception is so wide.” The thing is, he may be right. From enabling d…
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Behind the Design: How Valiant Supply Serves the First Responder Community In this episode of The Best Dam Podcast, Jill is joined by Justin Lomprey, the creative force behind Valiant Supply. Justin shares his journey from serving in law enforcement to launching a grassroots branding and design powerhouse that caters specifically to the unique need…
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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Anna hosted Selected Shorts, an evening where professional actors read short stories in front of a live studio audience at Symphony Space in New York. The theme for the night? Death, sex, and money. Stories performed: Cat Owner by Alissa Nutting performed by Phoebe Robinson The Model Millionaire by Oscar Wilde performed by Peter Francis James You A…
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I’ve spent my career dedicated to providing the best possible care for my patients, and I’ve discovered a startling truth that I feel compelled to share. A 2006 study revealed a statistic that should concern anyone who visits a dentist: a significant majority of my colleagues may be skipping a fundamental step in your care. This isn’t about cutting…
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Amanda shares her journey as a neurodiverse writer, the challenges and triumphs she’s faced, and how her unique perspective fuels her creativity. We speak about the mission behind Reconcile Creative, discussing the importance of inclusive support systems in the writing world. She tells us the story behind her impactful book, The Healing Workbook: T…
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Gratitude is often treated as a response to good moments, not a practice that shapes how life is experienced. When thankfulness is occasional, its impact stays small. This episode explores how practicing thankfulness changes what you notice and how you feel. As awareness shifts, calm deepens, mental clarity grows, and a true daily reset becomes eas…
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Hosts Alex Kirshner, Lindsay Gibbs, and Ben Lindbergh are joined J.C. Bradbury, professor and author of the forthcoming book This One Will Be Different: False Promises and Fiscal Realities of Publicly Funded Stadiums, for a frank discussion of Kansas’ plan to spend nearly $2 billion on a new Chiefs stadium, and how taxpayers are often left footing …
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What do you get when you take some of the classic Enlightenment values like reason, fairness, and justice, and substitute them with opinion, privilege and power: The Dark Enlightenment — a movement that is a deliberate oxymoron with a vision to dump democracy and replace it with start-up cities run by CEOs. American blogger Curtis Yarvin, also know…
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Visualization is daydreaming with a purpose. If you’re looking for a calm, practical way to build better habits at your own pace, I’ve created a small collection of Better Habit Guides you can explore anytime. You can find them here: https://7GoodMinutes.com/guides -=-=-=-=-=-=- 🛜 7 Good Minutes is part of The CLEARPATH MEDIA NETWORK 👉 For business…
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“What did you help with today?” and “How did you fail?” These two simple questions—shared by Natasha Beck, also known as Dr. Organic Mommy—are meant for kids, but they apply just as powerfully to adults. Instead of the routine “How was school?” or “How was work?”, these questions reinforce two essential values: caring about community and normalizin…
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Samin Nosrat on taking back your life, overcoming overwhelm, and redefining success. A candid conversation about joy, grief, rebellion, rest, food, and what actually sustains us when achievement isn’t enough. In this soul-stirring conversation about her new book "Good Things: Recipes and Rituals to Share with People You Love," the Salt, Fat, Acid, …
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We're kicking off Season 18 of First Case with a topic that impacts every single case we run, but doesn't always get the spotlight it deserves: supply chain. In this season premiere, we're joined by Gary Skinner of Discover S3 Consulting to talk about what really happens behind the scenes to make surgery possible. From onboarding new surgeons and m…
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Poet-Monks focuses on the literary and religious practices of Buddhist poet-monks in Tang-dynasty China to propose an alternative historical arc of medieval Chinese poetry. Combining large-scale quantitative analysis with close readings of important literary texts, Thomas J. Mazanec describes how Buddhist poet-monks, who first appeared in the latte…
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Stealing the Future is the first book to tell the true and full story of Sam Bankman-Fried and his historic crimes. It chronicles the $11 billion FTX fraud with the detail and nuance of a financial fraud expert and cryptocurrency insider – but unlike any book before it, it also traces the ideas that enabled the crime. “Effective Altruism” and relat…
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The promise of Reconstruction sparked a transformative era in American history as free and newly emancipated Black Americans sought to redefine their place in a nation still grappling with the legacy of slavery. Often remembered as a period of failed progressive change that gave way to Jim Crow and second-class citizenship, Reconstruction’s tragic …
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