Welcome to The Book Connection, a show where we introduce avid readers to up-and-coming indie authors and their incredible stories. From titles that have been picked up for TV or the big screen to those that have built a solid fan base to inspiring, uplifting personal accounts, we put the spotlight on a diverse collection of books—and the fascinating storytellers behind them.
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Welcome to the podcast! I'm Emie! I help listeners simplify Biblical nourishment. I am passionate about helping women conquer Bible intimidation & create habits that lead to a deeper relationship & lasting transformation. While I am an ICF certified coach, I am not a pastor or Bible scholar. I am simply a lover of the word learning & growing right along side you! Welcome to the community where we boldly choose to be NOURISHED BY THE BOOK! I am so glad you are here! Please subscribe and share ...
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Welcome to chicken nugget, where amazing things happen.
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The Children's Book Marketing Podcast
Micaela S. Benn, Marketing Consultant | Content Creator | Author
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The Children’s Book Marketing Podcast teaches self-published children’s book authors how to use branding to connect with readers, leverage content to sell more books, and grow a business that goes beyond the book.
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How does the U.S. Constitution work?
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Marketing consultant Jenn Hanson-dePaula sits down with her partner, Marcus to chat about marketing strategies and processes that can help authors connect with their readers and sell more books. Save time with marketing and spend more time writing!
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Welcome to your new bookish obsession: The Other Side of the Page. A podcast where we yap about our favorite books, chat with our favorite authors, and every episode with us is like a dream. We assign songs to book and walk you through the plot through the lens of the lyrics. Plus, we'll tell you about all the reasons someone might connect with the book or choose to not read it! And that's not all. We talk about books on our release radar, book-to-movie adaptations, read your book recs, and ...
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Looking-glass Forum introduces an instructive debriefing of the heavy content of today's cutting edge high-velocity news cycle. We are committed to confronting the most difficult political debates and convoluted cultural dilemmas facing modern society. We welcome you to Join the Book Club and the American revolt against the move toward the arbitrary authoritarianism of the burgeoning technetronic global government.
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Bookkish With Two K’s is more than just a virtual book club, it’s a place for bookkish besties. In this community books are better than movies, reading under the covers with a flashlight is a shared childhood memory, and FYPs are full of book recs. Every two weeks we will discuss a new book, either selected by Kaitlyn and Kendra or voted on by the bookish members of our community. Whether it’s listening to our podcast or chatting with us on our community pages we want to create a home where ...
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A monthly podcast about books and the people who write them. Packed with reading recommendations, author interviews and insightful advice on finding books for you and your family from the helpful staff at Connected Libraries.
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The Book Marketing Action Podcast is a resource where you can get actionable advice to build your author platform, plan a book launch, launch your book successfully, and sustain interest in your book after launch. This podcast is focused on ACTION. At the end of every episode, we’ll share one or more actions you can implement to reach more people with your book and message. If you implement these actions consistently over time, you’ll see results. Some of these actions will seem easy, others ...
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Welcome to Book Interrupted, a book club for busy people to connect and one that celebrates life’s interruptions.
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Writing Craft and Creative Business
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The Comic Book Page family of podcasts are hosted by John Mayo, a comic book fan who has been reading far too many comics for far too long. Most Mondays, a Back Issue Spotlight will be released covering a comic book story arc. Sometimes these episodes cover recent story arcs and other times the story arc is from years or decades ago. One Monday a month is the Monthly Comics Spotlight in which John and his co-host discuss the comics they got in the previous month. Each month the Previews Spot ...
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Interviews with Authors about their New Books Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network
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Join The New York Public Library and your favorite writers, artists, and thinkers for smart talks and provocative conversations from the nation's cultural capital.
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Eight tracks, a book and a luxury: what would you take to a desert island? Guests share the soundtrack of their lives.
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Join me and a variety of lovely guests as we dive into the pages of thought-provoking books and discuss how they relate to the Aware Parenting and Hand in Hand Parenting approaches. Episodes feature warm-hearted conversations, generous insights, and practical ideas to help you find lightness and joy in your days with your children. We’ll explore books for grown ups, and discuss reading with children of all ages too. Happy reading!
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What’s the story you can’t stop telling? Fran and Bethany are here to help you write, sell, and launch it. Literary agent Bethany Saltman and bookstore owner Fran Hauser—also both critically acclaimed authors—host Bookbound, the podcast for non-fiction writers who want to learn how to transform their ideas, expertise, and obsessions into successful books and publishing deals. Fran and Bethany interview accomplished authors who share the strategies and surprises behind their bookbound journey ...
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The Brave Writer podcast is a big juicy conversation about how to bring learning to life for your kids! Julie Bogart and guests talk about how parents and children are partners in the learning adventure, especially when approaching the daunting task of writing. Brave Writer appeals to homeschoolers, educators, and parents who want more out of "school" than merely passing tests. Visit us at http://bravewriter.com and follow along at the blog for show notes: http://blog.bravewriter.com
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Welcome to the Connecting Faith to Life podcast, a ministry of Northwood Baptist Church in North Charleston, South Carolina. This weekly podcast with Dr. Tommy Meador, Lead Pastor, and Connections Pastor Trey Rhodes will help you connect faith to life!
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Sippin' on Spice Book Podcast - Fantasy & Romance Book Chat - where two friends, Jordan and Sheridan, gather every Thursday, bringing you the best in fantasy romance books and contemporary love stories. Expect spoiler-free and spoiler-filled reviews, hot tropes (enemies to lovers, opposties attractm and more), listener recs and bookish banter. Perfect for anyone who loves swoony stories, strong friendship vibes, and who wants to find their next book obsession. Each episode feels like a cozy ...
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It's time to get out of your head and into your comeback! Rock Your Comeback is all about helping you find your power. Helping you connect with your best self, feel aligned, and find confidence to make real change in your world. This podcast is full of actionable tips and tools to help you step into your Comeback Era. Alongside interviews and stories of massive comebacks, Nichole talks about the power of understanding your mind, spirit, and intuition. Learning to trust the Universe and level ...
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Welcome to Interview Connections! We’re the first-ever and leading podcast booking agency. The Interview Connections Podcast is the go-to show for entrepreneurs, business owners, and experts who want to scale their influence, grow their businesses, and generate high-quality leads through the power of podcast guesting. Twelve years ago, in 2013, I started booking my dad (a business coach) as a guest on podcasts because I wanted to be a stay-at-home mom. Fast-forward to today and Interview Con ...
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A geek who explains things! Each week, join host Aeric Azana on his journey to GEEKsplain every corner of pop culture! Featuring discussions on comics, film, TV, and more, this podcast is for the geeks, BY a geek! New episodes drop every Wednesday! Connect with Us! Twitter & IG - @GeeksplainedPod Email - [email protected]
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Book Marketing Mania - Start a Podcast, Guest on Podcasts, Grow Your Author Platform
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Build your audience and reach new readers on podcasts. Here on Book Marketing Mania you’ll learn to use podcasting as a guest and host to grow your author platform, market your book long before and long after your book release, and steward your message in a way that honors God and your time. Connect with your host, Kim Stewart, Marketing Strategist for Authors Who Podcast, at https://kimstewartmarketing.com.
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Read The Damn Book™ is the no-fluff spin-off of the Webby-nominated My Simplified Life podcast. Created for people who believe books and stories can change lives, not just fill shelves. Born out of a deep love for storytelling, and a serious frustration with performative book culture, this show puts the spotlight back where it belongs: on the authors and the stories that matter. Host Michelle Glogovac, THE Podcast Matchmaker®, author, and creator of the Podcast Book Tour™, goes beyond blurbs ...
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Due South is a source for news, information, and perspectives from across North Carolina and the South. It takes a panoramic view of politics, place, race, and southern culture, among other topics. The show takes deep-dives into the news - while also providing a break from the news cycle with conversations on topics ranging from food and music to arts and culture. Full episodes of Due South air weekdays at 12pm on WUNC.
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Confused by Confucius? Daunted by Dante? Shook by Shakespeare? I get it! I'm Cheryl, a reader exploring the world's most influential books one episode at a time. I don't do lectures, and I can't do jargon. But we do have friendly conversations about why (and whether) these books still matter. Each episode, we tackle a great book or two—The Divine Comedy, The Canterbury Tales, The Odyssey, The Prince—unpacking the big ideas, memorable moments, and surprising ways these stories connect to life ...
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Each week on the StoryBrand Podcast host Donald Miller, bestselling author of the book "Building A StoryBrand", shares strategies for creating marketing and messaging that make you stand out, connect with customers, and actually grow your business. Get the tools you need to create clear and effective messaging that grows your business at StoryBrand.com.
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Listen to this if you want to hear what a young person has to say about knowledge and it’s importance in our society
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Imagine if your funniest business-savvy friend handed you a life cheat sheet every week. That’s The System for Everything — quick, relatable episodes packed with real tips, real talk, and way too many reality television references. Hosted by Julie Fried, it’s the podcast that proves systems don't have to be boring. If you love practical tips but need them served with a side of sharp wit, this is your new favorite system. Whether you're a small business owner, creative entrepreneur, busy pare ...
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A podcast looking at comics, pop culture, and how the two connect. Come for the history, stay for the swearing.
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Are you in a career where serving clients is the primarily focus of your role? (ex. customer service, financial services, retail, hospitality) Is your heart not in it anymore? Has the passion to help others been replaced with resentment and frustration? This podcast is a great resource to help you reconnect to the heart of what truly matters to you. You will be able to listen to lessons and complete the exercises from the Amazon best selling book, "Engage, Connect, Grow" by Aaron Solly. Aaro ...
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Join hosts Jonathan and Steve on The Front Yard Mission Podcast as they Equip believers with practical ideas and tools for reaching their communities with the gospel. With Jonathan’s and Steve’s personable and humorous approach, each episode offers listeners easily implementable strategies and real-life examples to kickstart their Front Yard Mission. As part of a Front Yard Mission movement, this podcast provides valuable insights and encouragement for listeners to connect with their neighbo ...
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The Nobel Quran Explained in Clear English; professionally narrated and delivered to you weekly! Quran Garden is a word by word, verse by verse clear English Tafsir of the Quran. This series is based on the works of the renowned Al-Azhar scholar: Muhammad Mutwali Al-Sherawi. His greatest work and most recognizable achievement is a televised Quran Tafseer Series called "Reflections upon the Quran." Join the millions who take a few moments each week to connect with God's book; and please share ...
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A weekly show all about audiobooks recorded at the RNIB Talking Book studios. We talk to your favourite authors and narrators, along with reviews and news about new audiobooks. Presented and produced by Robert Kirkwood, you'll find a new episode here every Friday at 1pm plus bonus content such as longer uncut interviews and episodes of our occasional extra show, The Book Group. Talking Books is a free service from RNIB giving access to over 40,000 fiction and non fiction books for adults and ...
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A Storytelling/Book Club/YouTube Reaction Video podcast where Matt (he/him) and Enn (They/Them) discuss Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time series and the upcoming Wheel of Time TV Series on Amazon. Matt's a first-timer and Enn has read the series many many times, so we're spoiler-free! Join us as we discuss Enn's favorite fantasy series, and enjoy all the tangents and jokes. New episodes weekly on Thursdays!
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Dive deep into the life-changing wisdom of the greatest mindset books ever written. Welcome to The Growth Mindset Book Podcast: Mindset Mastery Chapter by Chapter, where bestselling author and expert mindset coach Michael Fox guides you through a transformative journey of understanding and applying the principles of success, personal growth, and fulfillment. In each episode, Michael meticulously unpacks key passages—sometimes just a few paragraphs—from groundbreaking books like Think and Gro ...
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The Okie Bookcast is dedicated to helping curious readers like you find your next great read by connecting you to Oklahoma authors and stories. The show features monthly interviews with contributors to the reading life of Oklahoma - it might be an author, publisher, librarian, reader, bookseller, or other figure. In addition to interviews, the show has a monthly book conversation full of reviews and recommendations. New episodes drop on the first and third Tuesdays of the month. Connect with ...
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Sometimes smart, sometimes silly — always Seahawks. Perchcast is a weekly show focused on the people and stories of UNCW athletics with a strong emphasis toward men's basketball. We aim to go deeper than the headlines and tweets, and use interviews, analytics and occasionally the eye-test to connect fans with the Seahawks.
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The first global sustainable fashion podcast, Conscious Chatter opens the door to conversations about our clothing + the layers of stories, meaning and potential impact connected to what we wear. Hosted by Kestrel Jenkins, Conscious Chatter tackles nuanced topics that intersect with sustainability, fashion, systems of oppression, health, and wellbeing through a curiosity-driven lens. Through deep dive monthly themes, the focus is on making the conversation more circular.
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A podcast dedicated to families that travel. So many of our memories come from time spent with our family. We want to help you make the most of your family vacations. We do that by covering travel destinations, travel apps, and gadgets, and talk to travel experts for ways to make family travel less stressful. Who doesn't want that?
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Beyond The Campaign™ is a politics podcast that brings real conversations with the people shaping our future. Hosted by Michelle Glogovac—THE Podcast Matchmaker®, award-winning publicist, and Webby-nominated host—this show cuts through political spin and soundbites to deliver candid, humanizing interviews with candidates, elected officials, and changemakers. No talking points. No fluff. Just authentic stories, values, and lived experiences that explain why someone steps into public service a ...
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Christopher Ali, "Farm Fresh Broadband: The Politics of Rural Connectivity" (MIT, 2021)
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As much of daily life migrates online, broadband—high-speed internet connectivity—has become a necessity. The widespread lack of broadband in rural America has created a stark urban–rural digital divide. In Farm Fresh Broadband: The Politics of Rural Connectivity (MIT Press, 2021), Dr. Christopher Ali analyzes the promise and the failure of nationa…
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Why 'Who Not How' is the Key to Business Growth
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In This Episode, You’ll Learn: What “Who Not How” means and how this simple mindset shift unlocks exponential business growth. Jessica’s early podcast story: how she quickly realized learning how to edit a podcast wasn’t a good use of time — and why hiring a WHO was a game-changer. The real reason Interview Connections scaled to seven figures (hint…
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Fungus among us: new book explores the human connections of fungi. Plus, an analysis of Durham election results.
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0:01:00 Municipal elections wrap up Reporter Justin Laidlaw of Indy Week breaks down the election results of the races for Durham mayor and city council. Justin Laidlaw, reporter, Indy Week 0:13:00 'Fearless, Sleepless, Deathless' Writer Maria Pinto takes co-host Jeff Tiberii on a mushroom journey. Her debut book is a collection of essays that are …
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Carry Somers on her new book "The Nature Of Fashion" and the importance of both restoring fashion's connection with nature and repositioning fashion in the broader narrative of ecology as a mirror of who ...
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In Episode 336, Kestrel welcomes author and visionary changemaker, Carry Somers, to the show. Co-founder of Fashion Revolution, the world's largest fashion activism movement, and the author of a new book – The Nature Of Fashion: A Botanical Story Of Our Material Lives, Carry has worked across the fashion space in various capacities, advocating for …
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The Author Roundup: Astrid Hoffmann on Creating Children’s Stories of Self-Discovery
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In a world where self-worth is often tied to external approval, how can we guide today's youth to look within? We sit down with author Astrid Hoffmann to discuss her book of children's stories, “The Sky Is The Limit.” Astrid shares her inspiration for using allegories and diverse animal characters to address the unique challenges children face toda…
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The Timeless Magic of Books of Wonder: Connecting Books to Readers with Peter Glassman
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Send us a text Step into Books of Wonder, a New York City bookstore where every reader has a story. This iconic bookstore has sparked joy in young readers for 45 years. It inspired the Tom Hanks/Meg Ryan film You've Got Mail. In this conversation with founder Peter Glassman, we explore how Books of Wonder became a cherished destination for children…
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Have you ever felt that you keep making the same mistakes or that you have fallen into a pattern that could be Exhibit A as proof of reincarnation? The Beast (2023) uses all kinds of world-building and three different timelines to explore these ideas–and does so while faithfully adapting a 1903 story by Henry James. It’s the kind of film in which o…
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#45: The 5 Soundbites that Will Grow Your Business
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Most businesses struggle to explain what they do in a way that actually gets people interested. You tweak your website copy, add more content, and keep pitching your product, but the reaction is lukewarm at best. Why? Because you're missing the most critical part of a messaging strategy, what Donald Miller calls the "5 front steps." Think of your b…
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Jason A. Higgins, "Prisoners After War: Veterans in the Age of Mass Incarceration" (U Massachusetts Press, 2024)
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In Prisoners after War: Veterans in the Age of Mass Incarceration (University of Mass. Press, 2024), Dr. Jason Higgins examines the connections between the military and carceral system through the stories of those most knowledgeable about it: veterans who were incarcerated after their military service. Combining a thorough historical narrative with…
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Concetta Principe, "Disorder" (Gordon Hill Press, 2024)
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In this NBN episode, host Hollay Ghadery speaks with Concetta Principe about her poetry collection, DIsorder (Gordon Hill Press, 2024). Disorder, the newest collection of poetry from Concetta Principe, explores the metaphorical relationship between the home and the mind, where a home should be place of sanctuary but can have its safe borders destab…
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Wolfgang Wagner, "The Democratic Politics of Military Interventions" (Oxford UP, 2020)
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According to a widely shared notion, foreign affairs are exempted from democratic politics, i.e. party-political divisions are overcome-and should be overcome-for the sake of a common national interest. This book shows that this is not the case. Examining votes in the US Congress and several European parliaments, the book demonstrates that contesta…
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In “Pluribus” An America Without Division, But At What Price?
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It’s The Pop Culture Professors, and we analyze the first two episodes of Vince Gilligan’s new series Pluribus. The show posits an extraordinary intervention in worldwide politics and culture producing a utopia (that is of course simultaneously a dystopia) of quiescent bliss. Is the show shaping up to be another hit for the showrunner, previously r…
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Amie Thomasson, "Rethinking Metaphysics" (Oxford UP, 2025)
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The word “metaphysics” conjures up thoughts of very hard questions about reality and deep, perhaps unresolvable, metaphysical mysteries. But is that the right way to think about the subject matter of metaphysics? According to Amie Thomasson, very clearly no. In her new book, Rethinking Metaphysics (Oxford University Press, 2025), Thomasson argues t…
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Joseph Stiglitz, "The Origins of Inequality" (Oxford UP, 2025)
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Joseph E. Stiglitz has had a remarkable career. He is a brilliant academic, capped by sharing the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics and the Nobel Peace Prize, and honorary degrees from Harvard, Cambridge, Oxford and more than fifty other universities, and elected not only to the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Lett…
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Ellen Muehlberger, "Things Unseen: Essays on Evidence, Knowledge, and the Late Ancient World" (U California Press, 2025)
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How do you know the nature of another person: who she is, or what she is capable of? In four exploratory essays, a seasoned historian examines the mechanisms by which ancient people came to have knowledge—not of the world and its myriad processes but about something more intimate, namely the individuals they encountered in close quarters, those the…
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How Government Made the U.S. into a Manufacturing Powerhouse
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Peoples & Things host, Lee Vinsel, talks with Colleen Dunlavy, Emeritus Professor of History at University of Wisconsin-Madison, about her recent book, Small, Medium, Large: How Government Made the U.S. Into a Manufacturing Powerhouse. Small, Medium, Large examines the crucial role that the U.S. federal government played in rationalizing and diffus…
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Jen Butler, MOM, REDISCOVERED: My Midlife Breakup with Drinking and Diet Culture
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Two Decades On: The African Union, Power, and Africa’s Democratic Future
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When the African Union was founded in 2002, it promised to deliver a more united, prosperous, and people-centred continent. Two decades later, Africa’s political landscape tells a more complex story: one of ambition and frustration, democratic progress and reversal, renewed activism, and enduring inequality. How far has the AU come in shaping “The …
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John and James discuss some of the challenges of comic retailing in 2025 and how it is impacting them. Time Codes: 0:00:00 Intro 0:00:36 Comic Retailing 2025 1:40:55 Previews Spotlight reminder 1:41:27 Yearly Comics Spotlight reminder 1:41:46 Wrap up 1:42:22 End of episode. Links: Brian Hibbs article: https://www.comicsbeat.com/tilting-at-windmills…
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Why Structure Matters More Than You Think. Writing Memoir With Wendy Dale
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Why do so many memoir manuscripts fail to engage readers, even when the writer has lived through extraordinary experiences? What's the hidden code that separates a chronological account of events from a compelling memoir that readers can't put down? How do you know when you're ready to write about trauma, and where's the ethical line between truth …
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It feels like forever ago the Seahawks tipped off the 2025-26 season with a win over Mount Olive!Uncle Bill and TeacherBracket are here to break down the season-opening win, including a huge night for Big Pat Wessler, Madison Durr's attacking speed, Nolan Hodge's confidence, and what was up with that second half.Then, a look ahead to a great mid-ma…
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Ronnie Wood is a musician and artist who has been a major player on the UK music scene for over 60 years. In 1975 Ronnie became a member of the Rolling Stones, one of the most influential and enduring bands of the rock era. Ronnie’s parents were born and worked on barges moving cargo up and down the canals between Manchester, Stratford-upon-Avon an…
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Karine Gagné, "Caring for Glaciers: Land, Animals, and Humanity in the Himalayas" (U Washington Press, 2019)
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In her new book, Caring for Glaciers: Land, Animals, and Humanity in the Himalayas (University of Washington Press, 2019), Karine Gagné explores how relations of reciprocity between land, humans, animals, and glaciers foster an ethics of care in the Himalayan communities of Ladakh. She explores the way these relations are changing due to climate ch…
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Nerina Rustomji, "The Beauty of the Houri: Heavenly Virgins and Feminine Ideals" (Oxford UP, 2021)
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In her scintillating new book, The Beauty of the Houri: Heavenly Virgins, Feminine Ideals (Oxford UP, 2021), Nerina Rustomji presents a fascinating and multilayered intellectual and cultural history of the category of the “Houri” and the multiple ideological projects in which it has been inserted over time and space. Nimbly moving between a vast ra…
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Al Posamentier, "Math Makers: The Lives and Works of 50 Famous Mathematicians" (Prometheus, 2020)
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Today I talked to Alfred S. Posamentier, a co-author (with Christian Spreitzer) of Math Makers: The Lives and Works of 50 Famous Mathematicians (Prometheus, 2020). This charming book is more than just mathematics, because mathematicians are not just makers of mathematics. They are human beings whose life stories are often not just entertaining, but…
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Michelle Christine Smith, "Utopian Genderscapes: Rhetorics of Women's Work in the Early Industrial Age" (Southern Illinois UP, 2021)
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Utopian Genderscapes: Rhetorics of Women's Work in the Early Industrial Age (Southern Illinois UP, 2021) focuses on three prominent yet understudied intentional communities—Brook Farm, Harmony Society, and the Oneida Community—who in response to industrialization experimented with radical social reform in the antebellum United States. Foremost amon…
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Clint Smith, "How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America" (Little, Brown and Company, 2021)
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How do we narrate history, both the troubling past and what we chose to remember? Clint Smith sets out to wrestle with this question and its relationship to enslavement in his first nonfiction book, How the Word is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America (Little, Brown and Company, 2021). From Monticello plantation to Angola …
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Thomas Fleischman, "Communist Pigs: An Animal History of East Germany's Rise and Fall" (U Washington Press, 2020)
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The pig played a fundamental role in the German Democratic Republic's attempts to create and sustain a modern, industrial food system built on communist principles. By the mid-1980s, East Germany produced more pork per capita than West Germany and the UK, while also suffering myriad unintended consequences of this centrally planned practice: manure…
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Jorge Coronado, “Portraits in the Andes: Photography and Agency, 1900-1950” (U Pittsburgh Press, 2018)
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In Portraits in the Andes: Photography and Agency, 1900-1950 (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2018), Jorge Coronado, Professor of Spanish and Portuguese at Northwestern University, examines photography to further the argument that intellectuals grafted their own notions of indigeneity onto their subjects. He looks specifically at the Cuzco School o…
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Ziggy Hanaor, "Life (As We Know It)" (Cicada Books, 2025)
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Ziggy Hanaor is the director of Cicada Books, a boutique children’s publishing company. She has also written nine books including Fly Flies, Alex and Alex and The Pocket Chaotic, which have won awards and have been translated into over 20 languages. In our conversation we celebrate her new book about the history of the universe and us, entitled, Li…
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Vania Smith-Oka, "Becoming Gods: Medical Training in Mexican Hospitals" (Rutgers UP, 2021)
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In Becoming Gods: Medical Training in Mexican Hospitals (Rutgers University Press, 2021), Vania Smith-Oka follows a cohort of interns throughout their year of medical training in hospitals to understand how medical students become medical doctors. She ethnographically tracks their engagements with one another, interactions with patients, experience…
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Shoshana Walter, "Rehab: An American Scandal" (Simon and Schuster, 2025)
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In Rehab: An American Scandal (Simon and Schuster, 2025), Pulitzer finalist Shoshana Walter exposes the country’s failed response to the opioid crisis, and the malfeasance, corruption, and snake oil which blight the drug rehabilitation industry. Our country’s leaders all seem to agree: People who suffer from addiction need treatment. Today, more pe…
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E. Alaverdov and M. W. Bari, "Cultural Heritage Protection and Restoration in Conflict and Post-Conflict Zones" (IGI Global, 2025)
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The protection and restoration of cultural heritage is essential, especially in conflict and post-conflict zones. Armed conflicts frequently result in the destruction or collateral damage of cultural landmarks, artifacts, and traditions. In post-conflict recovery, preserving cultural heritage is not only a matter of historical conservation but help…
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Jenny C. Mann, "The Trials of Orpheus: Poetry, Science, and the Early Modern Sublime" (Princeton UP, 2021)
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Today’s guest is Jenny Mann, who has a new book titled The Trials of Orpheus: Poetry, Science, and the Early Modern Sublime (Princeton University Press, 2021). Jenny is Professor in both New York University’s English Department and the Gallatin School, and her work has been supported by the Mellon Foundation and the Folger Shakespeare Library. She …
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Martha Biondi, "We Are Internationalists: Prexy Nesbitt and the Fight for African Liberation" (U California Press, 2025)
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Explores forgotten solidarity with African liberation struggles through the life of Black Chicagoan Prexy Nesbitt. For many civil rights activists, the Vietnam War brought the dangers of US imperialism and the global nature of antiracist struggle into sharp relief. Martha Biondi tells the story of one such group of activists who built an internatio…
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Andrea Kitta, "The Kiss of Death: Contagion, Contamination, and Folklore" (Utah State UP, 2019)
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Disease is a social issue and not just a medical one. This is the central tenet underlying The Kiss of Death: Contagion, Contamination, and Folklore (Utah State University Press 2019) by Andrea Kitta, Associate Professor in the English department at East Carolina University, examines the discourses and metaphors of contagion and contamination in ve…
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Yunxiang Gao, "Arise Africa, Roar China: Black and Chinese Citizens of the World in the Twentieth Century" (UNC Press, 2021)
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Arise Africa, Roar China: Black and Chinese Citizens of the World in the Twentieth Century (University of North Carolina Press, 2021) explores the close relationships between three of the most famous twentieth-century African Americans, W. E. B. Du Bois, Paul Robeson, and Langston Hughes, and their little-known Chinese allies during World War II an…
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Vanesa Rodríguez-Galindo, "Madrid on the Move: Feeling Modern and Visually Aware in the Nineteenth Century" (Manchester UP, 2021)
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In her new book Madrid on the Move: Feeling Modern and Visually Aware in the Nineteenth Century (Manchester UP, 2021), Vanesa Rodríguez-Galindo explains how the modernization of this great city shaped and was shaped by print media and mass culture. A growing population, industrial immigration, mass connection with the wider world (making it both sm…
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Ihnji Jon, "Cities in the Anthropocene: New Ecology and Urban Politics" (Pluto Press, 2021)
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Climate change is real, and extreme weather events are its physical manifestations. These extreme events affect how we live and work in cities, and subsequently the way we design, plan, and govern them. Taking action 'for the environment' is not only a moral imperative; instead, it is activated by our everyday experience in the city. Based on the a…
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NC News Roundup: Gov. Stein calls for special legislative session on Medicaid; partial SNAP payments out to recipients
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On the North Carolina News Roundup... Gov. Josh Stein called for a special legislative session later this month to address the Medicaid budget shortfall. Municipal elections across the state offer some predictable and some surprising results. Sen. Thom Tillis offers support for Lumbee recognition. Due South co-host Jeff Tiberii and a panel of journ…
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Book Club: Geoff Johns' The Flash Part 13 (JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA: THE TORNADO'S PATH)
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THE BEST BOOK CLUB IN THE MULTIVERSE!Aeric and Malcolm dig into JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA by Brad Meltzer! Is it the BEST Justice League? It certainly is the HOTTEST!One Year Later… following the events of INFINITE CRISIS, the world finds itself without a Justice League. So Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman gather to fix that problem. Who will be r…
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449: Booker Shortlist 2025 - Susan Choi, Kiran Desai, Katie Kitamura, Ben Markovits, Andrew Miller, and David Szalay
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Today a supercut of interviews with all six Booker shortlisted authors for 2025 with Susan Choi on Flashlight, Kiran Desai on The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny, Katie Kitamura on Audition, Ben Markovits on The Rest of Our Lives, Andrew Miller on The Land in Winter, and David Szalay on Flesh. All books on the shortlist are available both in audio an…
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Birgit Abels and Patrick Eisenlohr, "Atmospheric Knowledge: Environmentality, Latency, and Sonic Multimodality" (U California Press, 2025)
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How do we know through atmospheres? How can being affected by an atmosphere give rise to knowledge? What role does somatic, nonverbal knowledge play in how we belong to places? Atmospheric Knowledge takes up these questions through detailed analyses of practices that generate atmospheres and in which knowledge emerges through visceral intermingling…
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Stephen Yuille ed., "The Works of John Cotton, Volumes 1-5" (Soli Deo Gloria Ministries, 2025)
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This episode features Dr. J. Stephen Yuille, Professor of Church History and Spiritual Formation at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and Director of Puritan Publishing at Reformation Heritage Books. Yuille shares with the NBN about his new five-volume edition of The Works of John Cotton (Soli Deo Gloria, 2025). John Cotton (1585–1652) was …
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Marcus Chown, "A Crack in Everything: How Black Holes Came in from the Cold and Took Cosmic Centre Stage" (Apollo, 2025)
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What is space? What is time? Where did the universe come from? The answers to mankind's most enduring questions may lie in science's greatest enigma: black holes. A black hole is a region of space where gravity is so strong that nothing, not even light, can escape. This can occur when a star approaches the end of its life. Unable to generate enough…
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David T. Beito, "FDR: A New Political Life" (Open Universe, 2025)
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David Beito's new book brings to bear the latest historical scholarship to shed light on the life and achievements of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Professor Beito traces the irresistible political rise of Roosevelt, a scion of inherited wealth who never posed as a man of the people but was always perceived as a genial aristocrat. As well as eyebrow-r…
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Naomi Baker, "Voices of Thunder: Radical Religious Women of the Seventeenth Century" (Reaktion Books, 2025)
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Naomi Bakes joins Jana Byars to talk about Voices of Thunder: Radical Religious Women of the Seventeenth Century (Reaktion Books, 2025), a book that explores the stories of early modern Protestant women, including Rose Thurgood, Anna Trapnel, and Jane Lead, who defied the religious authority of their age. Voices of Thunder illuminates the stories a…
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In this episode, Chella Ward and Claudia Radiven were in conversation with Zumretay Arkin, discussing the Uyghur genocide in East Turkestan. Zumretay is Chair of the Women’s Committee at the World Uyghur Congress (WUC). The WUC is an international organization acting as an umbrella organization representing and advocating for Uyghurs around the wor…
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