Best Michael B Ross Podcasts (2025)

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Marshall Curry and Judd Apatow on “The New Yorker at 100,” a Documentary 32:30

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This year marked a hundred years since the birth of The New Yorker, and a documentary about the magazine’s past and present, “The New Yorker at 100,” is now streaming on Netflix. The director is the Academy Award winner Marshall Curry, and Judd Apatow served as an executive producer. They sat down to talk about the process behind the film with Jela…

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Chloé Zhao on “Hamnet,” Her Film About William Shakespeare’s Grief 23:38

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Chloé Zhao was the second woman to ever win an Oscar for Best Director, for her 2020 film “Nomadland.” After taking a wide turn to create the Marvel supernatural epic “Eternals,” Zhao has taken another intriguing change of direction with “Hamnet,” based on Maggie O’Farrell’s novel about how William Shakespeare coped with the death of his only son. …

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Senator Adam Schiff on How the Trump Administration Targets Its Opponents 27:15

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As a California congressman, Adam Schiff was the lead manager during the first impeachment proceedings against Donald Trump. He later served on the January 6th committee. Trump has castigated him as “Shifty Schiff” and demanded that the Justice Department investigate him. In a conversation with David Remnick, Schiff discusses the current inquiry in…

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Noah Baumbach on “Jay Kelly,” His New Movie with George Clooney 20:53

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The filmmaker Noah Baumbach can recall when he may have fallen out of love with his craft. He was shooting “White Noise,” based on Don DeLillo’s novel, “on a deserted highway in Ohio at 4 A.M. with a rain machine.” “Oh, God, I don’t know that I like doing this,” he recalls thinking. “Am I doing this”—making movies—“only because I do it?” He channel…

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312 · Vincent Bruzzese - Battling Irrational Markets - and the Battle Within 1:28:52

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Returning guest Vincent Bruzzese — trader, former statistics professor, poker player, and former Hollywood behavioral analyst — joins Tessa for a candid discussion about navigating one of the most narrative-driven markets in years. Known online as “Hari Seldon” in the Real Day Trading community, Vincent is recognized for posting his trades live and…

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Ian McEwan on Imagining the World After Disaster 29:20

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In his latest novel, Ian McEwan imagines a future world after a century’s worth of disasters. The good news in “What We Can Know” is that humanity still exists, which McEwan calls “nuanced optimism.” He and David Remnick discuss the tradition of the big-themed social novel, which has gone out of literary fashion—“rather too many novels,” McEwan the…

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James Taylor-Handy Man 11:27:25 5.23 PM 2:59

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Story by: Gail Nobles James Taylor Photo: Wikipedia Public Domain Keyboardist: Gail Nobles Hello, I’m Gail Nobles! Let's take a little trip back to the breezy days of the '70s and talk about a catchy tune that still sticks in your head: James Taylor's "Handy Man." If you were cruising down the road or hanging out at home, you likely caught this son…

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Why Is Leaving MAGA So Difficult? 22:53

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Only thirty per cent of the American public identifies with the MAGA movement, according to a recent NBC poll, but that coalition remains intensely loyal to Donald Trump in the face of scandals and authoritarian measures. Defections seem rare and come with the risk of reprisal, even from the President himself. Rich Logis is trying to make them less…

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Senator Chris Van Hollen on the Epstein Files, and the Leadership Crisis in Washington 27:18

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Both major parties are experiencing a crisis of leadership in Washington. President Trump’s flip-flopping on the Epstein files acknowledges that, on this issue, at least, he has lost control of MAGA. For the Democrats, the collapse of their consensus on the government shutdown deepens a sense that the current leadership is ineffective. For all the …

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311 · Christian Carreon - Patience Inside the Box: The Calm Before the Break 1:18:54

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Christian Carreon returns to Chat With Traders nearly three years after his first appearance, where he shared his remarkable journey through stage-five kidney failure and the discipline it forged in him as a trader. Today, he brings an even deeper perspective—on markets, on patience, and on the Box Strategy that has become his signature. Christian …

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Rewriting Art History at the Studio Museum in Harlem 16:12

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The curator Thelma Golden is a major presence in New York City’s cultural life, having mounted era-defining exhibitions such as “Black Male” and “Freestyle” early on in her career. Golden is the Ford Foundation director and chief curator of the Studio Museum in Harlem, an institution, founded in 1968, that is dedicated to contemporary artists of th…

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Whitney-The Soundtrack of our Spirit 11:14:25 9.39 PM 3:32

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Story by: Gail Nobles Song: No Better Love Song by: Gal Nobles © 2025 Photo: Wikipedia Usage: Public Domain You know, we meet a lot of people, and we hear a lot of stories. But every so often, a voice comes along that seems to exist outside of time, outside of the trends. A voice that doesn't just perform a song, but seems to channel something… uni…

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Andrew Ross Sorkin on What 1929 Teaches Us About 2025 34:05

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When President Donald Trump began his tariff rollout, the business world predicted that his unprecedented attempt to reshape the economy would lead to a major recession, if Trump went through with it all. But the markets stabilized and, in recent months, have continued to surge. That has some people worried about an even bigger threat: that overinv…

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Aaliyah Effect-Hip Hop Minor Key 11:12:25 5.30 PM 3:59

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Story by: Gail Nobles Cover Illus. by: Gail Nobles Music Intro & Voices by: Gail Nobles You see it all the time, the same snapshots of the baby girl, Aaliyah. The same clips, the same sounds. And we spin 'em, don't we? We gotta! We spin 'em to keep the flame burning, to keep that legacy alive and kicking. But here's the real scoop, the real gas: it…

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Patti Smith on Her Memoir “Bread of Angels,” Fifty Years After Her Début Album, “Horses” 40:01

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Patti Smith’s album “Horses” came out fifty years ago, on November 10, 1975, launching her to stardom almost overnight. An anniversary reissue came out this year, to rapturous reviews. Yet being a rock star was never Smith’s intention: she was a published poet before “Horses” came out, and had also written a play with Sam Shepard. Music was an afte…

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What Resistance Means to Governor J. B. Pritzker 27:08

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Few Democratic officials have been more outspoken in opposition to the Trump Administration than J. B. Pritzker, the governor of Illinois. He seems almost to relish antagonizing Trump, who has suggested Pritzker should be in jail. Meanwhile, ICE and Border Patrol have targeted Chicago, and elsewhere in Illinois, with immigration sweeps more aggress…

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Machine Soul Collective ft. Marli Vox 11:5:25 4.08 PM 3:09

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Photo: Spotify Promo Card Story by: Gail Nobles Music Intro by: Gail Nobles Today’s topic is COMING CLOSER TO YOU by Machine Soul Collective featuring MarlI Vox. You can check out their song on Spotify. For now, let’s kick things off with a brief music intro. I hope you enjoy it. Hey there, music lovers! I've got something special to share! Let's t…

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RIFF 11:4:25 2.17 PM 3:07

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Intro by: Gail Nobles Story by: Gail Nobles Photo: Spotify Promo Riff is from the vibrant city of Paterson, New Jersey. This dynamite a cappella ensemble is bringing the heat and the harmony back into the R&B soul scene! Now, let me take you back to the glorious year of 1989 when RIFF made a splash on the big screen in the unforgettable film, *Lean…

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From In the Dark: “Blood Relatives” 44:27

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The New Yorker contributing writer Heidi Blake has been investigating a new story for the Pulitzer Prize-winning podcast In the Dark. This season is about one of the most notorious crimes in modern British history: the Whitehouse Farm murders, in which five members of a family were killed at a rural estate in England in the mid-nineteen-eighties. J…

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Jon Stewart on the Perilous State of Late Night and Why America Fell for Donald Trump 46:22

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Jon Stewart has been a leading figure in political comedy since before the turn of the millennium. But compared to his early years on Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show”—when Stewart was merciless in his attacks on George W. Bush’s Administration—these are much more challenging times for late-night comedians. Jimmy Kimmel nearly lost his job over a r…

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310 · Dr. Efrat Levy - Fingerprinting the Big Players: Inside the Hidden Order Flow 1:36:12

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Dr. Efrat t Levy is a cybersecurity expert with a PhD in Computer Science and AI from Ben-Gurion University—one of Israel’s top tech institutions. After years studying how to detect hackers through side-channel signals, she applied the same logic to trading. In this conversation, Dr. Levy explains how she uses machine learning to map non-repainting…

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It’s Not Just You: The Internet Is Actually Getting Worse 21:36

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“Sometimes a term is so apt, its meaning so clear and so relevant to our circumstances, that it becomes more than just a useful buzzword and grows to define an entire moment,” the columnist Kyle Chayka writes, in a review of Cory Doctorow’s book “Enshittification.” Doctorow, a prolific tech writer, is a co-founder of the tech blog Boing Boing, and …

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Zadie Smith on Politics, Turning Fifty, and Mind Control 28:19

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Since Zadie Smith published her début novel, “White Teeth,” twenty-five years ago, she has been a bold and original voice in literature. But those who aren’t familiar with Smith’s work outside of fiction are missing out. As an essayist, in The New Yorker and other publications, Smith writes with great nuance about culture, technology, gentrificatio…

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309 · Diego Ivan Cortes Lopez - Winning Through Losing: When 30% Is Enough 1:03:10

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How a trader from Dallas built consistency—and a simple lifestyle of freedom in Southeast Asia—with a 30% win rate. Diego Ivan Cortes Lopez grew up chasing perfection on the tennis court, where winning came naturally, but it was trading that taught him how to win by losing. After years of trial, error, and a six-figure setback, studying the methods…

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Richard Linklater on His Two New Films, “Blue Moon” and “Nouvelle Vague” 21:11

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Richard Linklater is one of the most admired directors working today, and yet moviegoers may admire him for very different things. There are early comedies such as “Slacker” and “Dazed and Confused”; there’s the romance trilogy that started with “Before Sunrise,” starring Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy; and the crowd-pleasers like “School of Rock” and…

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How the Trump Administration Made Higher Education a Target 29:26

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The swiftness and severity with which the Trump Administration has tried to impose its will on higher education came as a shock to many, not least university presidents and faculties from Harvard to U.C.L.A. But for conservatives this arena of cultural conflict has been a long time coming. The staff writer Emma Green has been speaking with influent…

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John Carpenter Picks Three Favorite Film Scores 12:25

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The filmmaker John Carpenter has a whole shelf of cult classics: “They Live,” “The Thing,” “Escape from New York,” “Halloween,” and so many more. And while he hasn’t directed a new movie in more than a decade, Carpenter has continued working in the film industry, composing scores for other directors (Bong Joon Ho recently approached him about a hor…

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Zohran Mamdani Says He's Ready for Donald Trump 48:19

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Next month, New York City may elect as its next mayor a man who was pretty much unknown to the broader public a year ago. Zohran Mamdan, who is currently thirty-three years old and a member of the State Assembly, is a democratic socialist who won a primary upset against the current mayor, Eric Adams, and the former governor Andrew Cuomo, who was tr…

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Aaliyah-New Jack Swing & Modern R&B 10:8:25 6.16 PM 3:30

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Story by: Gail Nobles Cover Illus.by: Gail Nobles Aaliyah's impact on music is clear, especially when we look at the evolution of a genre called New Jack Swing. This genre first popped up in the late 1980s and became known for mixing R&B with hip-hop. Think of it as music that had catchy beats and a fusion of live instruments with electronic sounds…

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How Lionel Richie Mastered the Love Song 30:41

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A Conservative Professor on How to Fix Campus Culture 26:02

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Robert P. George is not a passive observer of the proverbial culture wars; he’s been a very active participant. As a Catholic legal scholar and philosopher at Princeton University, he was an influential opponent of Roe v. Wade and same-sex marriage, receiving a Presidential medal from President George W. Bush. George decries the “decadence” of secu…

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Chaka Khan-Tell Me Something Good - 10:2:25 8.13 PM 3:23

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Chaka Khan Photo: The Heart Truth - Chaka Khan in Chris March Usage: Wikipedia Public Domain Podcast Cover Art By: Gail Nobles Story by: Gail Nobles Intro by; Gail Nobles “Tell Me Something Good” is today’s topic by the fabulous Chaka Khan! You know, when I first heard that iconic song, I was just a baby girl. The chorus grabbed everyone’s attentio…

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Jimmy Kimmel and the Power of Public Pressure 43:58

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The Political Scene’s Washington Roundtable—the staff writers Jane Mayer, Susan Glasser, and Evan Osnos—discuss how, in the wake of the reinstatement of Jimmy Kimmel’s show, public resistance has a chance to turn the tide against autocratic impulses in today’s politics. They are joined by Hardy Merriman, an expert on the history and practice of civ…

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308 · Jack Schwager and Emanuel Balarie - Market Wizards, Measured: Inside the Criteria, Craft, and Grit 57:41

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We’re joined by Jack Schwager—author of the legendary Market Wizards series and co-founder of FundSeeder—along with his partner and fellow co-founder & CEO, Emanuel Balarie. Jack shares what it really takes to be considered for a Market Wizards book: not one formula, but a mix of standout performance, disciplined risk, and an almost obsessive commi…

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Ezra Klein’s Big-Tent Vision of the Democratic Party 50:02

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The author and podcaster Ezra Klein may be only forty-one years old, but he’s been part of the political-culture conversation for a long time. He was a blogger, then a Washington Post columnist and editor, a co-founder of Vox, and is now a writer and podcast host for the New York Times. He’s also the co-author of the recent best-selling book “Abund…

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The Cartoonist Liana Finck Picks Three Favorite Children’s Books 11:38

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Liana Finck is a cartoonist and an illustrator who has contributed to The New Yorker since 2015. She is the author of several books, including the graphic memoir “Passing for Human.” Like many of her forebears at the magazine, Finck has also published works for children, and her recent book, “Mixed Feelings,” explores the ways that emotions are oft…

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Is The 2026 Election Already in Danger? 37:32

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“The Constitution gives the states the power to set the time, place, and manner of elections,” the election lawyer Marc Elias points out. “It gives the President no [such] power.” Yet, almost one year before the midterms, Donald Trump has called for a nationwide prohibition on mail-in voting, an option favored by Democrats, as well as restrictions …

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Kevin Young on His Book “Night Watch,” Inspired by Death and Dante 17:39

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Kevin Young is the poetry editor for The New Yorker, and the author of many books of his own poetry. His newest work, “Night Watch,” focusses on death, while also drawing upon his wide view of history, from the end of slavery in the U.S. to Dante’s seven-hundred-year-old poem “The Divine Comedy.” Young tells David Remnick that Dante actually played…

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307 · Mario Dimitroff - The Gamer’s Edge: High-Win Scalping in Pre-Market Madness 1:13:40

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A former competitive gamer, Mario Dimitroff from Bulgaria got his start on a local trading floor before discovering that the U.S. premarket session best fit his skills. Now trading for a living and doing nothing else, his news-driven, event-based scalping focuses on low-liquidity movers. Leveraging gaming-honed speed and pattern recognition, he qui…

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Reflections on Michael Jackson 9:12:25 4.24 PM 4:19

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Story By: Gail Nobles Photo: Public Domain Wikipedia There's still a lot of talk about Michael Jackson, and I'm not here to gossip. I take what I hear with a grain of salt, but I do pay attention. Recently, I came across a video of Michael on stage with Jay-Z and others. I'm not sure what the full story was. All I saw was him greeting the fans, but…

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How the “Dangerous Gimmick” of the Two-State Solution Ended in Disaster 38:27

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For decades, the United States backed efforts to achieve a two-state solution—in which Israel would exist side by side with the Palestinian state, with both states recognizing each other’s claim to contested territory. The veteran negotiators Hussein Agha, representing Palestine, and Robert Malley, an American diplomat, played instrumental roles in…

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Jeff Tweedy on His New Triple Album, “Twilight Override” 28:27

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Jeff Tweedy is best known as the front man of Wilco, the rock band he formed in Chicago in 1994. In recent years, he’s been working more often as a solo artist, putting out records under his own name as well as a memoir and essays on songwriting. Amanda Petrusich sat down with the singer-songwriter to talk about “Twilight Override,” which comes out…

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Anna Wintour Embraces a New Era at Vogue 39:30

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Speculation, analysis, and commentary circulated all summer, after the announcement, in June, that Anna Wintour would step back from her role as the editor-in-chief of American Vogue. This changing of the guard is uniquely fraught, because Wintour’s name has become nearly inextricable from the magazine, to a degree almost unknown today. And, as New…

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Fred Armisen on “100 Sound Effects” 18:11

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The comedian Fred Armisen has a thing for sound. He’s a former punk musician and a master of accents, and he is now releasing a new album of sound effects. “I was lamenting that there aren’t sound-effects albums in our lives as much,” he tells Michael Schulman. “I feel like they just used to exist more or they were more present. . . . And instead o…

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The Whispers-Mother for My Children 8:30:25 6.21 PM 2:25

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Intro: Gail Nobles Story by: Gail Nobles Photo: Derek Cason Usage: Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0 Alright, let’s groove to this! “A Mother for My Children” by The Whispers is a soulful tune that hits deep, blending that funky vibe with a touch of disco magic. It came out in 1973, a time when music was all about feelings and rhythm. Now, the lyrics tell a h…

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Donald Trump’s War on Culture Is Not a Sideshow 31:56

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The term “culture wars” is most often associated with issues of sexuality, race, religion, and gender. But, as recent months have made plain, when Donald Trump refers to the culture wars, he also means the arts. He fired the board of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, which Republicans want to rename for him. His Administration fir…

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306 · Michael Katz - Prop Goes the Trader 55:07

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Online funding prop firms have captured the attention of traders in recent years. In this episode, the CEO of Trade The Pool, Michael Katz, joins the podcast to answer key questions and offer perspective from inside one of the leading firms. The conversation explores how these firms operate, what they mean for traders, and the common debates surrou…

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How Extreme Heat Affects the Body 17:17

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The Korey Stringer Institute, at the University of Connecticut, is named after an N.F.L. player who died of exertional heatstroke. The lab’s main research subjects have been athletes, members of the military, and laborers. But, with the extreme heat wrought by climate change, even mild exertion will put more and more of us in harm’s way; in many pa…

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How Big Tech Sets the Agenda in Trump’s America 32:43

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Donald Trump is the most tech-friendly President in American history. He enlisted social media to win office; he became a promoter—and beneficiary—of cryptocurrency, breaking long-standing norms around conflicts of interest; and, in his second term, he brought Elon Musk, the world’s wealthiest tech baron, to the White House, to disrupt the federal …

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305 · Julian Komar - When Story, Fundamentals, and Technicals Align 1:30:42

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Growing up in Germany without a financial background, Julian Komar became fascinated by stocks as a teenager. He moved past complex German trading products to concentrate on U.S. equities. Specializing in momentum and growth stocks on the daily timeframe, he blends fundamentals, technicals, and story analysis to uncover opportunities that put him i…