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Find Your Spark

The SPARK Initiative

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“FIND YOUR SPARK” is a podcast that shares real-life stories of realizing the potential and impact of your SPARK, in the middle of a busy life. Your hosts Brooke Wheeldon-Reece, President of The SPARK Initiative – a non-profit organization – and Ashley Hunt, Director of Program Development, dive deep into conversations about life, family, running a business, the youth they work with, and the impact their work has daily. The episodes are funny, digestible, honest, and profoundly helpful. As w ...
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The Shannon Joy Show

The Radcast Network, Shannon Joy

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Not Right, Not Left ... Just The Truth. Independent Political & Cultural Commentary Every Day! Shannon Joy is an independent broadcaster, podcaster and videocaster. She launched her daily show ten years ago and has grown from a tiny radio station in Rochester, NY to national self-syndication featured today on Facebook, Rumble, Twitter, iHeart Radio and every major podcast platform in America. Her daily commentary delivers millions of views each month and features some of the most prolific vo ...
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Welcome to The Compassion Mind Research Group Podcast Series. This Podcast series is from the Compassionate Mind Research Group lab at the School of Psychology at the University of Queensland. The podcast series is aimed to share research news about compassion, as well as compassion imagery and meditation tracks of compassion, which we use in our research. You can check out our lab here: https://psychology.uq.edu.au/research/labs-groups/compassionate-mind
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Dev Talks Podcast

Devan Daniels

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Join Devan and his guest discuss a wide variety of subjects! There isn't a topic out there he is afraid to talk about....from religion to politics to UFO's and Bigfoot....He brings you in to "Open your Mind"!
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Sparking Equity

Advancing Education Success Initiative

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Sparking Equity brings to you the most creative thinking and best strategies for ensuring that all students succeed, with a focus on low-income students and students of color. Join hosts Pedro Noguera and Lande Ajose as they explore key issues such as restoring arts and music education in schools, how to engage parents in their children’s education in a positive way, coping with mental health challenges on college campuses, and what's next on the student loan relief battleground. Executive p ...
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Tina and Ann met as journalists covering a capital murder trial, 15 years ago. Tina has been a tv and radio personality and has three children. Ann has a master's in counseling and has worked in the jail system, was a director of a battered woman's shelter/rape crisis center, worked as an assistant director at a school for children with autism, worked with abused kids and is currently raising her three children who have autism. She also is autistic and was told would not graduate high school ...
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Lifeworlds

Alexa Firmenich

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A podcast series that explores how to orient your life around nature. We discover the mindsets, skills and actions that are required to partner wisely with other forms of life and engage in acts of brilliant restoration. Join me on this intimate journey into the eyes and minds of other species; learn how our guests are living in deep relationship with ecologies; be electrified by expanding your field of reality, and let these stories spark your reconnection to nature’s multiverse. By restori ...
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Europe Climate Connection

Climate Action Network Europe

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A podcast dedicated to climate action across Europe. Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe hosts inspirational guests from civil society organisations working on the ground to fight the climate crisis. Each episode dives into a different climate change or energy transition topic giving you the what, who, why and how from specialists across the continent and beyond. So sit back, relax and enjoy critical conversations that hope to spark a change! More information about CAN Europe via caneurope.o ...
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Welcome to World News Daily, brought to you by Brief! Our AI selects the latest stories and top headlines and then delivers them to you each day in less than ten minutes (for more details, visit www.brief.news/how-it-works). Tune in to get your daily world news, global updates, the latest developments about Israel war, Ukraine war, the Red Sea tensions involving Yemen's Houthis, and more. Don't miss out on the most important news stories impacting our world today. Want to get these updates b ...
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Vegetables are now a luxury item eh? The craziest thing about this round of utterly unnecessary, economic destruction is that Trump and his propagandists continue to proclaim this to be the ‘best economy ever’ which absolutely no one (with a functioning brain cell) believes. “At this stage, 83 percent of all Americans are experiencing “stressflatio…
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It's been a hot summer, and many New Yorkers are relying heavily on their air conditioners to stay cool. They might also be bracing for spikes in their electricity bills. Laurie Wheelock is the executive director of the Public Utility Law Project, a non profit organization that advocates for low income utility consumers in New York. She talked with…
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France Summons U.S. Ambassador Kushner Amid Rising Tensions Over Antisemitism, Middle East Policy China's Renewable Surge: Over 500 GW of Wind and Solar by 2025 Amid Coal Challenges US Secretly Blocks Ukraine's Long-Range Missile Use to Avoid Russia Escalation US's Unilateral Foreign Policy Fuels Global Instability and Erodes Multilateral Trust Ecu…
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With summer comes a seasonal variety of fruits and vegetables that are at peak freshness and priced at a better value than what you can find at your local supermarket. Local farmers say there over 100 varieties of melons this season that can run you as little as $1 a pound for smaller varieties, and upwards of $15 each for big melons. Amelia Tarpey…
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The iconic first notes of the song "Born to Run" were unveiled to the world for the first time on Aug. 25, 1975. Bruce Springsteen's third studio album — also called Born to Run — hit record store shelves that day. Almost immediately, Springsteen went from being a local favorite in Asbury Park, New Jersey, to an international superstar. But why doe…
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It's late summer in New York. That means it's time once again for Queens and the U. S. Open tournament to stand at the center of the tennis universe. With the first day of competition in the men's and women's singles tournaments getting underway Sunday, Aug. 24, sports reporter Priya Desai joins Weekend Edition host David Furst for a preview.…
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(0:10): Shatta Wale's Tax Investigation Sparks International Attention and Protests in Ghana (2:06): Supreme Court Greenlights $783M NIH Funding Cuts, Stirs Controversy Over Diversity Research Impact (4:31): WHO-WMO Urgent Alert: Extreme Heat Threatens 2.4 Billion Workers, Calls for Global Safety Measures (6:46): Uganda to Accept Non-Criminal U.S. …
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Child care is becoming increasingly unaffordable for families. That’s why more parents in New Jersey and New York are relying on subsidized vouchers to help pay for it. But while both states have boosted funding for the popular vouchers, it’s still falling short of demand and now hundreds of families can't get the low-cost care they need. WNYC repo…
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My head hurts. Today in Bizarro America 2025, Bobby Kennedy Jr. becomes the government PHARMA pimp and Peter Hotez plays the anti-vaxxer. The complete inversion of roles is something to behold and highly demoralizing, to be honest. But what about this ‘new universal vaccine’? Sasha Latypova calls it the ‘All One & Done Kill Shot’ in a recent piece …
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Back-to-school season is fast approaching. Soon families will flock to supply stores in search of pencils, notebooks and other items to prepare their students for the year ahead. For parents who are worried about the price of items... there are many non-profits organizing initiatives to make sure all students are able start this coming school year …
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(0:10): Kneecap's Mo Chara Faces Court for Hezbollah Flag; Case Highlights Free Speech Tensions in UK (2:21): Trump Demands Fed Governor Lisa Cook's Resignation Amid Fraud Allegations and Rate Policy Dispute (4:14): Antarctic Ice Loss Threatens Irreversible Climate Change, Urgent Global Action Needed (5:58): UK Inflation Hits 3.8% in July, Driven b…
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Ryan is the host of ‘The Last American Vagabond’ podcast and one of the leading independent journalists in the country. Today we delve into the big picture tyranny transforming America into a digital surveillance state, the tactics and the culprits. Of course both parties are to blame, but why can’t people see it? George Washington warned us: "Howe…
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WNYC's Community Partnerships Desk regularly teams up with the nonprofit Street Lab to highlight stories from neighborhoods across New York City. Here's some of what we heard at our recent visit to East 115th Street in Manhattan's East Harlem neighborhood. The following transcript has been lightly edited for clarity. Taleah Smith: "I'm 40 years old…
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(0:10): Trump Ally's Tactics in Letitia James Probe Stir Controversy Over Justice Department Integrity (2:43): Chinese National Pleads Guilty to Smuggling Weapons to North Korea, Aiding Potential Attack on South Korea (4:26): Hamas Accepts Ceasefire Proposal Amid Intense Negotiations in Cairo; Israel's Response Uncertain (6:17): Apple Expands DIY R…
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Send us a text Miss Betty Smith shares her incredible journey from childhood poverty to creating a state-of-the-art arts education center that transforms young lives in Canton, Ohio. At 84, she dances in parades, leads drumlines, and builds programs that give children alternatives to gang recruitment, serving as a living example that age is no barr…
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Why does Trump insist on helping sex predators? First Jeffrey Epstein, then the Tates, then Diddy and now Tom Artiom Alexandrovich? The administration denies intervening to hustle the diplomat back to Israel after his arrest for soliciting a known minor for sex in Las Vegas over the weekend, but unnamed sources insist the Trump administration was i…
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Al Christian says he doesn’t have internet at his Bronx home because he can’t afford the utility bill. That makes it hard to look for work since most applications and job listings are now online. It also means he can’t watch YouTube, listen to music or FaceTime his adult daughter. “There's a lot of things you would like to find out on the internet …
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New Jersey state Sen. Owen Henry is angry. Before he was elected to the Legislature last year, he’d negotiated as the mayor of Old Bridge to build 12 new affordably priced homes — many of them for veterans — on an empty lot not far from the beach, in the Laurence Harbor neighborhood on the town's east end. Builders said they should have already bro…
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(0:10): States Sue Trump Administration Over Immigration Conditions on Crime Victim Aid, Citing Safety Concerns (2:17): Punjab CM Maryam Nawaz Launches Major Infrastructure and Environmental Initiatives on Japan Visit (4:43): Hamas Accepts Ceasefire Proposal Amid Intense Negotiations in Cairo; Israel's Response Uncertain (6:38): Australia Cancels V…
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From Denis Rancourt: “This means that the paradigm that a spreading viral respiratory disease caused the excess mortality during Covid is false. The said paradigm is disproved by empirical observations of high- resolution (weekly-monthly, county-region) geotemporal variations of age and frailty dusted excess mortality (P-score) on two continents in…
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Police continue to investigate the mass shooting at a hookah lounge in Crown Heights over the weekend that killed three men and injured 11 other people. Camara Jackson, the executive director of Elite Learners, talked with WNYC's Tiffany Hanssen to talk more about what's been happening in the community since the shooting early Sunday morning. Elite…
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It's been 10 months since state and local authorities seized and killed Peanut the Squirrel from a home in upstate New York. The death of the Internet-famous rodent drew national headlines and sparked a culture war. In the final days of the 2024 presidential campaign, JD Vance said Peanut’s death was a prime example of government overreach. But whi…
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(0:10): PM Modi to Inaugurate Delhi's Rs 11,000 Crore Highway Projects, Transforming Connectivity and Reducing Congestion (2:41): Coastal Communities Ramp Up Climate Resilience Efforts Against Rising Seas and Storm Surges (4:36): C P Radhakrishnan Nominated for Vice President: BJP's OBC, South India Strategy in Action (6:22): German FM Lauds Japan'…
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(0:10): Israel Approves 3,000 West Bank Settlement Homes, Igniting Global Criticism and Tensions (1:36): UK GDP Growth Slows: Challenges Persist Amid Inflation and Trade Tensions (4:00): Mali Military Arrests Generals in Alleged Destabilization Plot Amid Regional Tensions (6:04): UN Report: Conflict-Related Sexual Violence Surges in 2024, 4,600+ Vi…
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(0:10): Tensions Soar in South China Sea: Philippines Boosts Defense Amid China-U.S. Naval Clashes (2:24): GE Appliances Invests $3B to Expand U.S. Manufacturing, Create 1,000 Jobs, Shift Production from China, Mexico (4:47): Tragic Capsizing Near Lampedusa Leaves 26 Migrants Dead, Dozens Rescued (6:25): Russian Hackers Seize Norwegian Dam Control …
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Your medium? Sand. The limits? Only your imagination. Well, that and a four hour time window to build the castle of your dreams. The 33rd annual Coney Island Sandsculpting Competition takes place Saturday, Aug. 16. It runs from noon to 4:00 p.m. and during those hours, contestants will race to convert a mound of wet beach sand into a masterpiece. J…
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