Best Isabelle Jacks Podcasts (2025)

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Ep 720 - Cranford, by Elizabeth Gaskell 1:10:44

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Perhaps Elizabeth Gaskell’s best-known work, Cranford chronicles the lives of some Victorian era LMMs (Ladies of Modest Means). Their customs and relevance may be waning as Industrialization advances, but that doesn’t mean they won’t find ways to entertain us with their wit, their foibles, and their heart. This episode is sponsored by Squarespace. …

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On his way to Mexico - BY FOOT! - TJ about Family Reunification 54:23

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Support the Podcast by leaving a 5-star rating or chip in any comfortable amount at Buy me a Coffee Find TJ Scott's Book here and his website is https://www.familyreunitenetwork.com/ In this captivating episode of Worlds Collide, host Viktoria is introducing Timothy, an inspiring American who has made Acapulco, Mexico his home. Timothy shares his r…

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Ep 719 - The Kaiju Preservation Society, by John Scalzi 1:11:12

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For anyone who’s ever loved a movie or TV show where people in silly outfits pretend to be giant city-crushing lizards and/or robots, this week’s book plays around in a pretty entertaining space. If the references to the mid-to-late-2020 stretch of the COVID pandemic and the 2020 US presidential election date it a little, and if every single named …

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Welcome to Versaille - Katie on Life in France 56:17

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Katie's website --> https://welcometoversailles.com/ How to support the Podcast? --> buymeacoffee.com/Worldscollidepod In the season four premiere of Worlds Collide, host Viktoria welcomes back listeners after a refreshing summer break, ready to dive into new stories of expat life. This episode features Katie, an American who has made her home in t…

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Episode 56 (B:3 C:15) Flibbertigibbet 42:53

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Send us a text In this episode, we are discussing Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Chapter 15. We have renamed the chapter "Flibbertigibbet" Support the show and get some cool bonuses (Including videos!) (https://www.patreon.com/PotterChat) Follow us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/PotterChatPodcast) Join the discussion in our Faceboo…

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Ep 718 - The Four Million, by O. Henry 1:20:14

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The name O. Henry is synonymous with more than just a candy bar. It's become shorthand for a brief, punchy tale that ends with a magical little twist. And this collection, his second published, contains such classic examples as the "Gift of the Magi" and "The Cop and the Anthem." Can you guess the ironic twist ending of this podcast? This episode i…

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Isabel Carlisle, Bioregioning as a Response to 'Gaia on the Move' 53:54

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As climate change and other crises makes the economy and everyday life more precarious, innovative forms of bioregional action are needed to respond to 'Gaia on the move," says Isabel Carlisle, founder and director of the Bioregional Learning Centre (BLC) in Devon, England. Carlisle describes the importance of building local ecological expertise, p…

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Sit Me Baby One More Time Ep 02 - Claudia and the Phantom Phone Calls (The Baby-Sitters Club #2) 52:20

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The Club has been humming along for two months until a spat of terrifying phone-based burglaries have our sitters sittin' scared! Also, it's Claudia time! Between gigs, she must repair her relationship with her sister and figure out how to catch the eye of the dreamiest poet around: Trevor Sandbourne. These episodes posted first for our Patreon sup…

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Ep 717 - Bad Summer People, by Emma Rosenblum 1:02:22

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As a reader, you cannot get upset if you read a book called "Bad Summer People" and it's filled with terrible people and all the stuff that they do to each other over the course of One Fateful Summer. You are allowed, of course, to get upset if you summered in the same place as the author and you recognize the town and all the people in it and also…

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Episode 55 (B:3 C:14) Harry is a floating head, and Hagrid loses 53:39

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Send us a text In this episode, we are discussing Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Chapter 14. We have renamed the chapter "Harry is a floating head, and Hagrid loses" Support the show and get some cool bonuses (Including videos!) (https://www.patreon.com/PotterChat) Follow us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/PotterChatPodcast) Join th…

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Ep 716 - An Extraordinary Union (Loyal League #1), by Alyssa Cole 1:21:41

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The secret Union organization Elle Burns spies for swears by the four Ls: Loyalty. Legacy. Life. Lincoln. But what about…Love? Enter Malcolm MacCall, a brash but lovable Scot posing as a Confederate soldier. And the rest, as they say, is historical fiction. Also it’s a pretty successful romance novel! Our theme music was composed by Nick Lerangis. …

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Ep 715 - Mrs. Caliban, by Rachel Ingalls 56:01

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We've all heard this story before—giant fish man escapes secret laboratory, giant fish man takes up with unfulfilled housewife, fish man and housewife have deeply meaningful affair, lots of people die. Tale as old as time! Suffice it to say the characters in Mrs. Caliban have a very different reaction to a giant fish than the characters in Jaws. Th…

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Ep 714 - Jaws, by Peter Benchley 1:23:26

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The first blockbuster movie started with a blockbuster book about a fish busting up blocks in a small seaside town. Anyone familiar with Steven Spielberg's movie will recognize the basic plot of Benchley's original novel Jaws -- there's just a lot more chum in the water. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice …

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Rabble Evan Henshaw-Plath: How Network Protocols Enable Digital Commons & Open Marrkets 57:42

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Evan Henshaw-Plath, better known as Rabble, is a pioneering programmer for social media platforms and decentralized technologies. Here, Rabble explains how network protocols are critical infrastructure for enabling -- or impeding -- commons and open markets, not to mention privacy, free speech, and community control. Their ambition is a future in w…

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Ep 713 - Bonjour Tristesse, by Françoise Sagan 53:42

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You know how sometimes you just want to bro out with your cool hot dad? How sometimes you just need to concoct a scheme where you encourage your casual boyfriend and your dad's casual ex-girlfriend to pretend to be in a relationship together, so that your dad gets jealous, so that he leaves his current more-serious girlfriend, who is really harshin…

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Ep 712 - The Trial, by Franz Kafka 1:16:09

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He is Franz Kafka! Franz Kafka! He wrote The Trial. It’s a book about byzantine bureaucracy bearing down on lil old Josef K. Less of it takes place in a courtroom than you’d think. This episode is sponsored by Squarespace. Go to squarespace.com/overdue for 10% of your first purchase of a website or domain. Our theme music was composed by Nick Leran…

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Sit Me Baby One More Time Ep 01 - Kristy's Great Idea (The Baby-Sitters Club #1) 58:28

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We have convened a club whose charter is to learn about The Baby-Sitters Club. Join us as we met the Club's founding members and learn about Kristy's mortal enemy: her mom's new boyfriend. These episodes posted first for our Patreon supporters! If you want to hear the rest of them ahead of time (and a bunch of other stuff besides), visit Patreon.co…

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Ep 711 - Upright Women Wanted, by Sarah Gailey 1:05:03

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Gay anti-fascist librarians roam a speculative future version of the western United States in this week's novella. It's pretty close to as cool as it sounds, though the book will probably leave you wanting more in the end. This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/overdue and get on your way to being your …

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The Sillymarillion Episode 0 - J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Silmarillion, an Introduction 56:34

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For this new show-within-a-show, Craig and Andrew will be learning about the world of Middle-Earth! We're going to read J.R.R. Tolkien's posthumously published legendarium THE SILMARILLION. In this episode, you'll hear us discuss the creation of this epic fantasy, including the work done Christopher Tolkien to wrestle his father's work into a form …

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Ep 710 - A Boy's Own Story, by Edmund White 1:11:05

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The late Edmund White’s breakthrough 1982 novel is the first in a trilogy of autobiographical novels that depict key eras in his life as a gay man. A Boy’s Own Story is, as you might expect, about a boy - a boy whose longing for the men in his life leads to powerful (though perhaps not entirely positive) self-understanding. This episode is sponsore…

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Gustavo Salas of Cecosesola: Prioritizing Commoning in a World of Capitalist Markets 32:59

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Gustavo Salas describes the remarkable culture of commoning at Cecosesola, a federation of 30 rural and urban cooperatives in Venezuela that serves hundreds of thousands of people with fresh produce, healthcare, funerary services, and many other goods and services. Cecosesola's priority is to create spaces of trust, togetherness, and self-improveme…

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Ep 709 - The Complete Peanuts, by Charles Schulz 1:24:10

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Good grief! It's time to talk about Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Linus, Lucy - the whole gang. To give ourselves a solid cross-section of Charles Schulz's work on Peanuts, we read Volume 1 (1950-52) and Volume 10 (1969-70) of the Complete Peanuts collection. So we're able to track the evolution of Charlie Brown's pumpkin noggin, as well as Snoopy's abili…

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Episode 54 (B:3 C:13) Harry wins, Ron and Neville are scared 44:05

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Send us a text In this episode, we are discussing Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Chapter 13. We have renamed the chapter "Harry wins, Ron and Neville are scared" Support the show and get some cool bonuses (Including videos!) (https://www.patreon.com/PotterChat) Follow us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/PotterChatPodcast) Join the di…

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Ep 708 - American Psycho, by Bret Easton Ellis (w/ Too Scary, Didn't Watch!) 1:33:05

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We’re joined by Sammy and Emily of the TOO SCARY, DIDN’T WATCH horror movie podcast this week to talk about Bret Easton Ellis’ American Psycho. None of us had an amazing time with this read, partly because the book seems to revel in its extreme violence and misogyny. But be sure to tune in to TSDW later this week to hear what we all thought about t…

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Special Episode: Building Community Abroad - Black Americans in Lisbon 47:23

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Here is the Black Americans In Lisbon Facebook Group Support this Podcast by leaving a 5 star rating or chip in any comfortable amount at Buy me a Coffee In this special episode of Worlds Collide, host Viktoria dives into a vibrant conversation with Diane and Nicole, the founders of the Black Americans in Lisbon community. With Juneteenth approachi…

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Ep 707 - Stone Butch Blues, by Leslie Feinberg 1:07:50

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Leslie Feinberg’s debut novel is an intersectional bildungsroman about Jess Goldberg, a butch lesbian navigating the constellation of oppression that was the United States in the 60s, 70s, and 80s. It’s an overtly political novel, and it argues that a certain level of bleak hope may be necessary for survival. This cold comfort is balanced, however,…

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Episode 53 (B:3 C:12) PatronusBroomRat 50:01

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Send us a text In this episode, we are discussing Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Chapter 12. We have renamed the chapter "PatronusBroomRat" Support the show and get some cool bonuses (Including videos!) (https://www.patreon.com/PotterChat) Follow us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/PotterChatPodcast) Join the discussion in our Facebo…

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Ep 706 - James, by Percival Everett 1:27:51

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James isn't so much a retelling or corrective of Huck Finn as it is an expansion, a conversation with, a delving -- or so says Pulitzer Prize winner Percival Everett. Tune in to find out what happens when an authors read Huck Finn 15 times and then starts putting pen to paper. This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at be…

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Ep 705 - Gilead, by Marilynne Robinson 1:07:29

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A dying preacher writes a (rather) long letter to his son. Another dying preacher’s son returns home, seeking…something. Salvation? Forgiveness? A balm? Robinson’s novel is a deeply considered portrait of a family of ministers, wrestling with the powers and limitations of their faith and fatherhood. This episode is sponsored by Squarespace. Go to s…

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Jack Kloppenburg on Sharing Seeds in a World of Proprietary Agriculture 45:07

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Jack Kloppenburg has been a leading figure in the fight to protect seed-sharing commons over the past forty years. It's a struggle that began in the 1980s as large ag-biotech companies have sought to make seeds privately owned and proprietary using all sorts of legal, technological, and market restrictions. Kloppenburg has been a professor at the U…

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Episode 52 (B:3 C:11) Harry's Present is taken away 59:38

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Send us a text In this episode, we are discussing Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Chapter 11. We have renamed the chapter "Harry's present is taken away" Support the show and get some cool bonuses (Including videos!) (https://www.patreon.com/PotterChat) Follow us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/PotterChatPodcast) Join the discussion …

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Ep 704 - Cursed Bread, by Sophie Mackintosh 1:00:20

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This is another one of those historical books that could have resulted from a Wikipedia dive, this one's arguably based on a real historical event but with a non-real non-historical protagonist . Our theme music was composed by Nick Lerangis. Follow @overduepod on Instagram and Bluesky Advertise on Overdue See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/pr…

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Ep 703 - Play It As It Lays, by Joan Didion 1:07:52

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Did you know the towering career of Joan Didion included several novels, many of which were driven by the same acerbic wit and insight that helped to anoint her as an essential voice in the New Journalism movement? Her second novel, Play It As It Lays, traffics in much of the same Hollywood/Los Angeles social destruction that powered her essays, bu…

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Episode 51 (B:3 C:10) The Teachers drink, and spill the tea 48:21

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Send us a text In this episode, we are discussing Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Chapter 10. We have renamed the chapter "The Teachers drink, and spill the tea" Support the show and get some cool bonuses (Including videos!) (https://www.patreon.com/PotterChat) Follow us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/PotterChatPodcast) Join the dis…

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Ep 702 - Alice Adams, by Booth Tarkington 1:11:28

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Booth Tarkington is one of only four authors to have won a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction twice, and he’s the only one of those four authors who nobody has ever heard of. His aggressively old-fashioned views and his stories’ general fluffiness have helped keep him from enduring fame, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t a spark of something here. This epi…

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Ep 701 - Madeline (series), by Ludwig Bemelmans 1:16:08

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Everyone get into two lines, break your bread, brush your teeth, get into bed, and listen to our episode about Ludwig Bemelmans’ original series of Madeline stories. We talk about the art’s blend of sketchy and beautiful, the rise of Pepito, and the voice acting in 90s educational CD-ROM games. This episode is sponsored by Squarespace. Go to square…

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Helping to overcome language barriers 49:01

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This is the last episode of the season! In this episode guest Katerina talks about her non profit oranization ENGin where she help Ukranians to become more confident with the english language. She also talks about her plans of moving with her family to Madrid. If you want to support this Podcast then please give it a 5* rating wherever you listen t…

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Tom Llewellyn on the Many, Innovative Spheres of Organized Sharing 37:38

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Tom Llewellyn, Executive Director of Shareable, describes the countless varieties of organized sharing that it supports through its journalism, organizing, and partnerships. In recent years, Shareable has helped amplify the work of mutual aid networks, expand the Libraries of Things concept, championed new forms of urban commoning, and develop new …

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Ep 700 - Life and Death: Twilight Reimagined, by Stephenie Meyer 1:35:40

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We have to go back. Back to FORKS! To celebrate 700 episodes of our show, we decided to celebrate the tenth anniversary of a companion novel celebrating the tenth anniversary of Twilight. Meet Beaufort and Edythe, who very much resemble Bella and Edward, and the rest of the genderswapped cast who inhabit this novel that is definitely not all differ…

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Grieving in a foreign country - Brigette's Story 50:55

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This is where you can get in touch with Brigette https://brigettemuller.org/my-blog/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/brigettemuller If you want to support Worlds Collide you can do it here. In this episode of Worlds Collide, host Viktoria engages in a heartfelt conversation with Brigette, who shares her deeply personal journey of moving from Cape Town,…

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Episode 50 (B:3 C:9) Snape is a bad teacher, and Harry wakes up in the Hospital.... Again. 1:03:16

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Send us a text In this episode, we are discussing Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Chapter 9. We have renamed the chapter "Snape is a bad teacher, and Harry wakes up in the Hospital.... Again." Support the show and get some cool bonuses (Including videos!) (https://www.patreon.com/PotterChat) Follow us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/…

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Ep 699 - Arrival (Stories of Your Life and Others), by Ted Chiang 1:31:15

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This collection of short stories runs the gamut from biblical fiction to sci-fi mockumentary to "short story that inspired a very successful film named Arrival." Recurring themes include Creation, Thought, and Perception. Pretty heavy stuff! But Chiang tackles it all with creativity and flair. This episode is sponsored by Squarespace. Go to squares…

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International Experience Canada - Jack's work and travel adventure 1:04:36

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If you want to support this Podcast and buy me a coffee, you can do it at buymeacoffee.com/Worldscollidepod 💬 Show Notes In this episode of Worlds Collide, host Viktoria celebrates the podcast's second birthday by welcoming Jack, an adventurous Australian who has made Vancouver, Canada, his new home. Jack shares his journey of moving across the glo…

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Ep 698 - The Ministry of Time, by Kaliane Bradley 1:12:43

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Have podcast, will (time) travel! This is the time travel book-slash-romance novel you write when you’re enamored with a hot old-timey boat guy and his doomed Arctic exploration. It’s got a whole lot going on, for better or worse! Our theme music was composed by Nick Lerangis. Follow @overduepod on Instagram and Bluesky Advertise on Overdue See Pri…

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Starting new in Mexico City - Kevin's new adventure 42:53

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Support this Podcast with a 5* rating or a cup of coffee at buymeacoffee.com/Worldscollidepod --- 💬 Show Notes In this episode of Worlds Collide, host Viktoria reconnects with Kevin, a familiar voice from Season Two, who has recently made the exciting transition from Thailand to Mexico City. After six years in Thailand, Kevin shares his motivations…

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Ep 697 - The Sound and the Fury, by William Faulkner 1:15:49

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This is a podcast, recorded by two nincompoops, full of the novel The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner, signifying...something? a recording in which we discuss the Modernism the italics the three sons the Mother the golf course the South and is Craig sick who knows this consciousness won't stream itself you know This episode is sponsored by S…

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Episode 49 (B:3 C:8) Professor Head 47:45

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Send us a text In this episode, we are discussing Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Chapter 8. We have renamed the chapter "Professor Head" Support the show and get some cool bonuses (Including videos!) (https://www.patreon.com/PotterChat) Follow us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/PotterChatPodcast) Join the discussion in our Facebook …

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Commoning within Arts Collectives, Episode #61 53:23

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What are some of the distinctive ways that precarious arts collectives share resources, support each other, and make art? This episode hears from artists' collectives in three countries to learn how they organize their commoning practices. The three collectives are the "-" (dash) collective in Iran (with an artist who goes by the pseudonym "M" for …

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Important Update 0:44

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Hello friends, It it with great sadness that I inform you that the podcast will be going on hiatus. I lost my mother unexpectedly and in as yet unexplained circumstances a few days ago, and so I will not have the capacity to give the show the attention it needs for a while. We will return, I assure you of that, but I cannot say when that will be. T…

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Ep 696 - Sunrise on the Reaping (The Hunger Games #0.5), by Suzanne Collins 1:35:49

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The Hunger Games are back, and so are we! Remember Haymitch Abernathy, the occasionally sympathetic drunk from the original Hunger Games trilogy? Well, here he is as a young man, being ground into dust by his authoritarian government and its media apparatus. Collins really wants to make sure that you Get It This Time. Our theme music was composed b…