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The Gray Area with Sean Illing takes a philosophy-minded look at culture, technology, politics, and the world of ideas. Each week, we invite a guest to explore a question or topic that matters. From the the state of democracy, to the struggle with depression and anxiety, to the nature of identity in the digital age, each episode looks for nuance and honesty in the most important conversations of our time. New episodes drop every Monday. From the Vox Media Podcast Network.
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Gray Areas is a pop culture extravaganza with a live weekly podcast, daily Let's Play videos, and a bevy of old blog posts for your enjoyment. We look at pop culture, news, and the ongoing torture that is life.
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The Gray Area

John J Weddendorf

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A discussion format podcast for, by, and about baby boomers. Each episode will feature issues baby boomers face in an aging community as well as contemporary issues from the baby boomer perspective.
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Each day on SI Now, Maggie Gray sits down with some of the brightest stars and biggest newsmakers in the world of sports. On “The Gray Area With Maggie Gray,” Maggie gives listeners the inside story behind those interviews, and offers her opinion on the sports news of the week.
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Sober & Lit Podcast

Susan Larkin & Ruby Williams

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The podcast for midlife women who want to live their best lives! Are you worried you might be drinking too much? If you’ve tried cutting back your drinking, but can’t imagine your life without wine? This podcast is for you. Sober & Lit is the podcast for women in midlife who want encouragement, support, and real strategies to live their best life without alcohol. Whether you identify as a gray area drinker, are exploring how to stop drinking, or are wondering how to know if you have a drinki ...
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Life is rarely as simple as "right" or "wrong." We constantly face dilemmas, ambiguities, and ethical situations that make us question our moral compass and societal norms. On this podcast, Ray and Caraline dissect these intricacies, seeking to understand the multifaceted perspectives, values, and cultures that shape our world through music, mental health, the media, and much more! Tune into Gray Areas and prepare to open your mind to the different shades of the world.
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DebateMath Podcast

Chris Luzniak & Rob Baier

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Welcome to the DebateMath Podcast, the show where we’re redefining what it means to debate in mathematics & education, where multiple sides of ideas are explored, evidence matters, and we all grow and learn from hearing each other. We know the world–and our classrooms–are not binary. So we lean into the gray area in our discussions. We invite on guests with differing viewpoints on the way math is taught, and listen in as they debate with each other. Come dig into any debate, where we listen ...
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The Alcohol Reset by Cloud9

Mike Hardenbrook & Cloud9

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The Alcohol Reset is a science-backed podcast designed to help you reset your habits, health, and relationship with alcohol. Hosted by best-selling author Mike Hardenbrook, each bite-sized episode explores neuroscience, nutrition, and habit formation, delivering practical strategies to help you drink less, sleep better, reduce cravings, and optimize your well-being—without judgment or extremes. It’s time for a reset.
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FUNNY may not always be a word associated with faith-based podcasts, but host Sue Duffield's outrageous and humorous view of life just might be the silly salve you need. Her co-host and musician-techie husband, Jeff Duffield, joins her on many of these episodes for the benevolent bantering of sideshow antics, along with his own personal black and white view of everything. The "Suebiquitous Podcast" (a spoonerism of Sue and ubiquitous) pretty much describes her all-over-the-place, gray area c ...
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Some people hear the phrase "technical writing" and think it must be boring. We're here to show the full complexity and awesomeness of being a tech writer. This podcast is for anyone who writes technical documentation of any kind, including those who may not feel comfortable calling themselves tech writers. Whether you create product documentation, support documentation, READMEs, or any other technical content—and whether you deal with imposter syndrome, lack formal training, or find yoursel ...
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Leave Your Mark

Scott Livingston

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The Leave Your Mark Podcast is where high performance meets human stories. Each week, we go beyond résumés and highlight reels to explore how extraordinary people—high achievers who are also genuinely good humans—have been shaped by their environments, experiences, and the people around them. More importantly, we uncover how they are leaving their mark on the world. Step inside the minds and lives of remarkable individuals from sport, business, arts, and beyond—and walk away inspired to leav ...
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The Kre8ive Podcast

Pierre Camarena

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Welcome to the Kre8ive podcast! Here you will listen to stories, advise and motivation from your favorite artist! From photographers to music to video, audio, paint, draw and more! We will also be going into detail on the business side of things where within the industry has a huge gray area! ENJOY! Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kre8ivepodcast/support
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The Black-White Show

Thaddeus Scott Alexander

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A podcast where your opinion is right even if it's wrong. We live and speak in the gray area or at least try to. Topics range from current events to ideologies to sports even to relationship talk. Your opinions are right. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scott-alexander/support
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You don’t have to hit rock bottom. You don’t need to call yourself an alcoholic. And you definitely don’t have to commit to never drinking again if that feels too scary. How to Drink Less is for anyone who’s ready for a healthier, more intentional relationship with alcohol—whether you’re just starting on your sober-curious journey, trying to cut back on drinking, or looking for a new way to control alcohol cravings without relying only on willpower. Hosted by sobriety coach and hypnotist Adr ...
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Join hosts Sterling Mulbry and Blair Peyton as they dive into the gray area of social etiquette. Each week, a guest shares a morally ambiguous story and is questioned until a verdict is reached. Full of juicy gossip, questionable decisions, and hot takes, Sterling and Blair are your "judge and jury" when it comes to social faux pas.
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Recovery Happy Hour celebrates inspiring stories of recovery from alcohol addiction and gray area alcohol abuse. Hosted by Tricia Lewis, we look at life beyond the bottle and what's current in sober culture.
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I share tools & support so others don’t learn the hard way like I did. | Clean from my DOC for 30+ years | Healed from betrayal trauma after husband’s PA disclosure. | You’re not alone. Recovery is possible. I believe in you 🌻
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Give 'Em The Bird

Give 'Em The Bird Podcast

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This podcast is all about challenging what it means to be healthy, fit, female, and everything in between. It's about pushing back on societal expectations, dismantling the status quo, and celebrating life in the gray area. And most importantly, it's about givin' the bird to living life any way but your own way. Come hang out with us, Haley & Randi, and our guests as we help shift perspectives around health, success, motherhood and more! Follow the podcast on Instagram @giveemthebirdpodcast.
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Life as a Gringo

My Cultura and iHeartPodcasts

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“Life As A Gringo” is a podcast from Z100 On-Air Personality, Dramos. The show represents the voices of American-born Latinos who live their lives existing in a gray area. Those who are looked at as a gringo or “too white” by their family back in their native land, but were constantly reminded that their house smelled different or their parents music was “weird” by the people they grew up with. This is life as seen through our eyes. “...one feels at home in both places, yet at home in neithe ...
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It Ain't so Black & White

Ahman Edwards and Richie Lyons

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Ahman Edwards and Richie Lyons grew up on opposite sides of the country in two very different situations. They have conflicting ideologies yet they are still great friends. They constantly have to find the gray area in between and realize that it ain't so black and white. This season Ahman and Richie set out to learn about cultures, religions, ideologies, and perspectives that they did not grow up around. They bring on new guests every week. The guests all come from different backgrounds and ...
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Family Law Frontline

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Family Law Frontline with Fedor Kozlov is a podcast dedicated to helping families navigate the most complex and emotional legal challenges, from custody disputes and property division to domestic violence and reproductive rights. Hosted by Illinois family law attorney Fedor Kozlov, the show offers practical guidance, real case insights, and compassionate perspective for parents facing high-stakes family law matters.
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SWTVC is an advocate for the "heritage scale" of Star Wars figures, and is always on the frontlines pushing for Hasbro to expand the current The Vintage Collection line and bring more newness to our galaxy!
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Join me as I explore the minds of elite athletes, coaches, and experts in strength, power, and human performance. During these conversations, I often look for the intersection of philosophy, psychology, and well-being; a combination you've never seen before and will never hear again!
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Of Monks and Men Podcast

Of Monks and Men Podcast

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Of Monks and Men is a project searching to find "the third option." As humans we are often dealt labels that are meant to define us: left or right, liberal or conservative, fundamentalist or postmodernist, creationist or evolutionist. However, most of the time these labels do not always fit. Not everything is black and white. Sometimes there is a gray area.
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Why is it so hard for America to build things? Bridges take years to construct. Housing costs are soaring. Transit systems are crumbling. And we’re struggling to update our infrastructure to prepare for the climate crisis. Even when there’s broad agreement that something needs to be done, collective action feels impossible. Why is that? Today’s gue…
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Why is it so hard for America to build things? Bridges take years to construct. Housing costs are soaring. Transit systems are crumbling. And we’re struggling to update our infrastructure to prepare for the climate crisis. Even when there’s broad agreement that something needs to be done, collective action feels impossible. Why is that? Today’s gue…
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This week, I sat down with Derek Miles to talk about the gray area where rehab and performance overlap. Derek works daily with strength athletes navigating pain, injury, and the messy process of getting back to overloading training. We discuss how to think about injury beyond simple labels, why most issues are really scaling problems, and how coach…
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Slappin' Glass sits down this week with the Head Coach of Texas MBB, Sean Miller! In this highly insightful conversation from when Coach Miller was at Xavier, the trio dive into Coach Miller's thoughts on all things about handling pressure, including playing through the "gray areas" of it, and discuss transition defensive concepts and teaching guar…
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Harvard law professor Richard Re discusses the evolution of the Supreme Court from the Warren court to the present day, highlighting the historical context of the court's decisions, the role of swing justices, and the current dynamics of originalism and textualism in judicial interpretation.The Agenda: —What is the conservative Warren court? —Rever…
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The Ig Nobel prizes are awarded every year in a ceremony that is as charming as it is ridiculous, awarding research that itself may seem ridiculous at first sight but often turns out to be unexpectedly useful. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.…
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This week, editors Peter Suderman, Katherine Mangu-Ward, and Matt Welch are joined by Reason senior editor Robby Soave to discuss the Justice Department's (DOJ) investigation of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and whether this latest tactic is just a form of political retaliation. They discuss whether there is a coherent case for the probe, how…
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Jerit Roser, a prep and college football analyst for "Louisiana vs. All Y'all," joined Second Guess. Roser broke down LSU's moves in the transfer portal, highlighting Sam Leavitt's commitment to the Tigers, Lane Kiffin's proficiency in finding talent, and their pursuit of a third young quarterback. Roser also discussed LSU's holes along the offensi…
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Former FBI agent Séamus McElearney, author of Flipping Capo: How the FBI Dismantled the Real Sopranos, walks through the case that shattered the DeCavalcante crime family. He explains the mob's quiet tax on regular people via unions—no-show jobs, pension skims, and an asbestos local run by guys who couldn't pass the test (so they had someone take i…
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M.G. Siegler of Spyglass is back for our monthly tech news discussion. Today we discuss whether AI needs a Steve Jobs, whether the technology lends itself to that type of leader, and who it might be of the current crop. We also discuss which Big Tech companies are actually winning in the AI race and why so few have a standout AI product. Then we lo…
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Grandpa Trump looked like he was losing the pep in his step at the end of the year. But with him threatening the independence of the Fed, justifying the killing of an American in cold blood for teasing a federal agent, and toying with the idea of taking an ownership stake in oil companies, he's now dramatically ratcheting up his authoritarian tende…
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Even before Trump's victory in 2024, it was becoming clear that the Fed would come under political pressure like never before. The first year of the new administration bore that out. Not only had Fed Chairman Jerome Powell come under tremendous pressure over interest rate policy and the cost of office renovations, Trump has tried to fire Fed Govern…
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It's Fun Day Monday on the Majority Report On today's program: Jerom Powell has been issued a grand jury subpoena and threatened with criminal prosecution as Donald Trump continues to weaponize the government against his opponents. Sarah Goodyear and Doug Gordon join the program to discuss their book co-written with Aaron Naparstek, Life After Cars…
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Linus Torvalds pushes AI generated code, Jordan Fulghum thinks this is the year of self-hosting, FracturedJson formats for compact / human readability, Scott Werner believes a flood of adequate software is coming, and Sean Goedecke explains why generic software design advice is useless. View the newsletter Join the discussion Changelog++ members su…
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Once per week, Hillsdale College president Larry P. Arnn joins Hugh Hewitt to discuss Great Books, Great Men, and Great Ideas. The Constitutional legitimacy of the Trump Administration’s actions in Venezuela, the opening days of the Zohran Mamdani administration in New York City, and the electoral future of the Democratic Party. Dr. Larry P. Arnn, …
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Krystal and Ryan discuss Trump threatening Jerome Powell, JD Vance attacks Ryan over ICE shooting, Tim Dillon calls out Trump on ICE, Trump briefed on Iran strikes. To become a Breaking Points Premium Member and watch/listen to the show AD FREE, uncut and 1 hour early visit: www.breakingpoints.com Merch Store: https://shop.breakingpoints.com/ See o…
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Krystal and Ryan are joined by Senator Chris Van Hollen to discuss ICE, Gaza, Schumer and much more. To become a Breaking Points Premium Member and watch/listen to the show AD FREE, uncut and 1 hour early visit: www.breakingpoints.com Merch Store: https://shop.breakingpoints.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…
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On this episode, Razib talks to returning guest, Francis Young, a historian who teaches at Oxford. Young specialises in the history of religion and belief from ancient times to the present day, and provides expert indexes for academic books and translates medieval and early modern Latin. He holds a PhD from Cambridge University and is the author, e…
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Subscribe to Bad Faith on Patreon to instantly unlock this episode and our entire premium episode library: http://patreon.com/badfaithpodcast Founding director of the Critical Theory Workshop and professor at Villanova University Gabriel Rockhill is out with a new book that calls out many of the intellectual fathers of the academic left as insuffic…
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At any given moment, an uncountable number of events are happening, but only some of them matter to us. What does it mean for something to matter, and more importantly, what does it mean for us to matter -- to ourselves as well as to others? The need to matter can be motivation to do great things, but it can also be a reason for people to come into…
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Kathleen O’Toole, associate vice president for K-12 Education at Hillsdale College, is joined by Robert Pondiscio to discuss a recent essay he wrote on how educators should emphasize resiliency and hope in the classroom. Robert Pondiscio is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) and an affiliate of AEI’s James Q. Wilson Program …
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Philosopher and author Rebecca Newberger Goldstein discusses her new book, The Mattering Instinct, which argues that our lives are a quest to validate our inherent self-centeredness. Tracing this essential longing from physics and biology through to ethics and politics, she explains to EconTalk's Russ Roberts why material success alone can never sa…
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For years now on Know Your Enemy, we've taken the January 6, 2021 insurrection as a glimpse of Trumpism unbound—not a few naive Q-anon types and tourists bumbling around, and not an excuse to be blackmailed into voting for Democrats, but a violent prelude to what a second Trump term would be like, a judgment that, sadly, has been entirely vindicate…
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Is Canton a real blockchain or a new kind of capital-markets operating system? Digital Asset co-founder Yuval Rooz explains why Canton prioritizes privacy as “need-to-know” information sharing and a federated “cantons” design that still allows atomic cross-canton transactions without bridges. We unpack the two-tier architecture (edge validators + s…
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Corals reefs off Florida’s coasts have seen massive die-offs in recent years because of warm waters. But scientists are using groundbreaking methods to bring these corals back. You’ll hear about that, plus some events to start your week in the Tampa Bay area. Buts lets hit the news first. Website: https://www.wusf.org Sign up for our daily newslett…
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The theme song to Reading Rainbow has been delighting kids (and nostalgic grown-ups) for over 40 years. But how did this instantly iconic track come to be? In this episode, composer Steve Horelick reveals the unlikely story of its creation, from its empowering lyrics, to its “fluttering butterfly” synth sound, to how Chaka Khan and a mystery drumme…
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Warning: This episode contains strong language. Just hours before a federal immigration officer killed Renee Good in her car, Brian O’Hara, the Minneapolis police chief, warned that a tragedy involving ICE seemed inevitable. In an interview, Chief O’Hara discusses his experience with ICE in Minneapolis and why, in his mind, President Trump’s campai…
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Episode Summary  Donald Trump has been on the national political scene for more than 10 years, but in a lot of ways, it seems that America’s top news organizations have yet to figure out how to cover him properly. That’s a serious problem because during his second term, Trump is encountering much less resistance from within the Republican party, an…
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We’ve got something special for you today. It’s my friend Hank Green, longtime YouTuber, science educator, and viral TikTok star, interviewing Dropout CEO Sam Reich. Hank did this episode as a guest host over the summer, and it’s a fan favorite, bringing together two internet personalities that’ve known each other for a very long time and who have …
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Aaron Klein is a senior fellow in economic studies at the Brookings Institution. Aaron returns to the show to discuss his paper with George Selgin calling for real time payments, the inequality caused by the Fed's current payment processes, the results of Covid time QE, recommendations for dealing with future crises, and much more. Check out the tr…
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For a long time, you could make plenty of money and sleep easy at night with a simple 60/40 portfolio. You put 60% of your money in stocks and 40% in Treasuries. The stocks generally went up. The Treasuries cushioned you during times of volatility and provided income. Then we got the worst inflation in 40 years, and the Treasury part of those portf…
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Leah, Kate, and Melissa preview January’s major SCOTUS cases, including disputes over trans kids' participation in team sports, a concealed-carry ban in Hawaii, and Trump’s attempt to fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook. The hosts are then joined by Georgetown Law Professor Marty Lederman to break down the administration’s flimsy legal case for…
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Why is Britain’s innovation economy is the strongest in Europe? What can the government do to strengthen it further? And can the UK outperform even America and China? Steph and Robert sit down with 'professional optimist' Saul Klein, Co-Founder & Executive Chair of Phoenix Court and venture capital investor, who explains why the foundations of new …
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Elizabeth Larke Blodgett, mother and passionate supporter of returning Great War soldiers, took her doll house making hobby to incredible levels. One masterpiece miniature house has been featured at the Emporium downtown and at the Cliff House, Nicole and Michael are joined by a very special guest and Elizabeth's granddaughter, Janet Dyer in this c…
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Ryan and Emily interview Christian Parenti on Trump, Venezuela and his life story. To become a Breaking Points Premium Member and watch/listen to the show AD FREE, uncut and 1 hour early visit: www.breakingpoints.com Merch Store: https://shop.breakingpoints.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…
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On January 7, 2025, the Palisades and Eaton Fires erupted, eventually burning down more than 16,000 structures and killing at least 31 people, becoming among the most destructive and deadly wildfires in California’s history. Two Wirecutter writers, Gregory Han and Mike Cohen, lived through the Eaton fire. Both lived in Altadena, just outside Los An…
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Today on the program, a trip into the archive and a return to Episode 616, my conversation with Tim O'Brien from December 2019. O'Brien received the 1979 National Book Award for Going After Cacciato. Among his other books are The Things They Carried, Pulitzer Finalist and a New York TimesBook of the Century, and In the Lake of the Woods, winner of …
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The talk of a military force provided by the 'Coalition of the Willing' to help secure Ukraine after a peace is a non-starter, not least as it would preclude any peace deal. But it's easy to snipe from the sidelines, so this episode I stick my neck out: what do I think would represent a credible security guarantee for Ukraine that would also permit…
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TWiV explain the tracing of 2500 years of human betaherpesvirus 6A and 6B diversity through ancient human DNA, the effect of shingles vaccination at different stages of the dementia disease course. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Brianne Barker Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for th…
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Welcome to Better Offline’s coverage of the 2026 Consumer Electronics Show - a standup radio station in the Palazzo Hotel with an attached open bar where reporters, experts and various other characters bring you the stories from the floor. In our CES epilogue, Ed is joined by author, activist and journalist Cory Doctorow, tech bubble newsletter wri…
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