Best Thomas Blight Podcasts (2025)

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Depression-Era Governor Huey Long Wanted to Confiscate Individual Fortunes Over $1 Million, Possibly Leading to His 1935 Assassination 1:05:41

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The most radical piece of legislation in the 20th century was Louisiana Governor Huey Long’s “Share Our Wealth Plan,” a bold proposal to confiscate individual fortunes exceeding $1 million to fund healthcare, free college education, and a guaranteed minimum income for families struggling through the Great Depression—a plan so radical it sparked the…

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Rope Equals Fire as Humanity’s Most Important Invention: It Allowed Hunting Mammoths and Building Pyramids 55:36

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“‘Rope!’ muttered Sam[wise Gamgee]. ‘I knew I’d want it, if I hadn’t got it!’” Sam knew in the Lord of the Rings that the quest would fail without rope, but he was inadvertently commenting on how civilization owes its existence to this three-strand tool. Humans first made rope 50,000 years ago and one of its earliest contributions to the rise of ci…

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Episode 2614: Rob Wilson ~ CNN, NBC, Business, Financial Investment Expert Talks "Secure the Bag" 32:03

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CNN, CBS, NBC, FoxBusiness.com and Black Enterprise Let’s Talk About Money!! My Guest Rob Wilson has been dubbed “Hip Hop’s Financial Advisor” because he is a trusted advisor to professional athletes & entertainers; Rob believes that we can all learn from their success. However, Rob states: "I realized that as a financial advisor, I have also come …

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Episode 2613: The Honorable Dante' Quintin Allen ~ U.S. Presidential Appointee, Frm. U.S. Commissioner Rehabilitative Services Adminstration, Dept. of Education, 2025 Gov. Appointed California Deputy Director ... 36:10

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Happy ADA 35 Dante Q. Allen was appointed by Governor Newsom to his new role of Deputy Director of the California Department of Rehabilitation Services on April 18, 2025 and sworn in by Director Kim Rutledge on May 5, 2025 Congratulations Danté! The U.S. Senate approved the nomination of Danté Quintin Allen to lead the U.S. Department of Education’…

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Episode 2612: Thomas Foley J. D. ~ Executive Director of National Disability Institute ~ADA 35, Financial Equity, Inclusion & Freedom 24:49

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Tom Foley began 2021 as the new Executive Director of National Disability Institute (NDI). Trained as a tax lawyer and financial planner, Tom has more than 30 years of experience in the disability community. As a person who is blind, he has been an advocate and dedicated his career to partnering with other thought leaders to address the complex dri…

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The Scopes Trial Was Entirely Orchestrated But Became an Unintended 1920s Culture War Touchpoint 56:43

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July 2025 marks the 100th anniversary of the Scopes Trial – a trial that exposed profound divisions in America over religion, education, and public morality. This was a legal case in Dayton, Tennessee, where high school teacher John Scopes was prosecuted for teaching evolution, violating the state's Butler Act. The Butler Act was a 1925 Tennessee l…

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The Panda Was First Discovered By Theodore Roosevelt’s Sons During a 9-Month Expedition in Himalayan China 42:05

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In the late 1920s, Theodore Roosevelt Jr. and his younger brother Kermit, sons of President Theodore Roosevelt, wanted fame and glory apart from the family spotlight. They were seeking the “empty spots” on the maps, the areas that had yet to be explored and described by Westerners. From these remote places, they hoped to bring back exotic animals t…

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Episode 2611: Tony Coehlo ~ Veteran, Frm U.S. Congressman, Corporate Business Exec, Primary Author & Sponsor of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ADA 35 32:28

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Frm Congressman, Author of the ADA Happy ADA 35 Tony Coelho has spent his entire adult life helping advance the lives of people with disabilities. He calls this his “ministry”. Congressman Steny Hoyer, former House Majority Leader, says that the disability community call him their “voice” and “champion.” Diagnosed with epilepsy when he was 22 years…

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Episode 2610: Margaret Stagmeier ~ TriStar LLC, A Path to Affordable Housing in the Best Selling Book, - Blighted: A Story of People, Politics, and an American Housing Miracle 41:45

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"Cities across the globe have experienced urban blight, where districts that have seen a significant downturn in fortunes are abandoned, residential and business properties left vacant. Responding to this change in fortunes is becoming an industry in itself." What Causes Urban Blight -And What Can Be Done About it" ~ February 2023 blog.bluebeam.com…

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How Do We Really Know What Happened in the Past When Many Historians Were Propagandists and AI is Fabricating Everything Else? 48:46

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“History is written by the winners.” This aphorism is catchy and it makes an important point that a lot of what we know about history was written with an agenda, not for the purposes of informing us. Unfortunately, it isn’t true. There are many times that the so-called “losers” wrote the histories remembered today. After the American Civil War, Sou…

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Eugénie de Montijo: The Spanish Empress Who Built Modern Paris and is Blamed For Imperial France’s Downfall 45:45

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Thirty-three years after the fall of Napoleon Bonaparte’s Empire, his nephew (known as Napoleon III) became the first president of France before becoming emperor himself. Although he was a capable ruler and reformer, Napoleon III’s failed military campaigns, especially France’s loss to Germany in the Franco-Prussian War, led to his defeat, capture,…

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Episode 2609: Dani Johnson ~ Forbes, Steps to Financial Stability, Long Term Success 28:12

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Forbes, Oprah ABC-TV's "Secret Millionaire" From Homeless To Millions! Everyone has a unique life story to share – but initially, Dani Johnson’s looked to be made up of hardships and challenge. Growing up on welfare, she was pregnant at just 17 and homeless at 21. Life seemed like a closed book. But that was hardly the end of Dani’s story. Instead …

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Episode 2608: Kyle Chandler Arrington Sr. ~ NFL SuperBowl Champion, Frm New England Patriot on Faith, EVOLVING & Unity Bringing Personal & Community Success!! 31:07

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New England Patriots, Philadelphia Eagles Kyle Arrington’s mother feared that her son’s explosive temper would be his undoing. Fighting with classmates got him twice suspended from middle school, and his parents were afraid he would one day lash out too far – and end up in jail. A burgeoning interest in sports turned out to be the antidote to his b…

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John Adams: The Most Influential Yet Overlooked Founding Father? 38:38

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John Adams is arguably America’s most underrated Founding Father. He has no currency that bears his image. No national holidays celebrate his birth. He’s nearly never named as anyone’s favorite president. And he has no dedicated memorial in Washington, D.C. Despite this, he was perhaps the most influential early American, rivaling Washington, Jeffe…

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Why Thomas More -- Henry VIII’s Hatchet Man and Heretic Hunter -- Was Himself Executed For Heresy After the English Reformation 49:11

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Thomas More was one of the most famous—and notorious—figures in English history. Born into the era of the Wars of the Roses, educated during the European Renaissance, rising to become Chancellor of England, and ultimately destroyed by Henry VIII, he hunted Protestants for heresy and had them burnt at the stake in the final years of Catholic England…

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Episode 2607: Claudia Center~ Legal Cousel at DREDF- Disability Education & Defense Fund talks next Step to Preserve Our Civil & Disability Rights 27:07

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Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF), founded in 1979, is a leading national civil rights law and policy center directed by individuals with disabilities and parents who have children with disabilities. Our Mission To advance the civil and human rights of people with disabilities through legal advocacy, training, education, and publ…

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Pompous & Serene (Pampas & Selene: The Maze of Demons) 31:04

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The hosts get lost down memory lane in Pampas & Selene: The Maze of Demons (Unepic Fran, 2024, PC / Nintendo Switch / MSX) We're also on Youtube (audio only)! This episode is at https://youtu.be/qG2x9-ji0Pc⁠ if you'd prefer to listen there or leave a comment. Also, if you'd like to see our opinions to tell us how wrong they are, we are now publishi…

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Episode 2606: Charlie Ingui of The Soul Survivor's ~ talks “Expressway to Your Heart", Philadelphia International's #1 Major Music Hit Breakthru 46:16

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Gamble & Huff, Philadelphia International Rock & Soul Classic Charlie Ingui, Original Lead Vocalist still records & tours go check him out! ~ thesoulsurvivors.com R.I.P. Ritchie Ingui, original vocal half of the Soul Survivors. He transitioned in early 2017. Original group member Kenny Jeremiah Transitioned in December of 2020. Memorable Intro, AWE…

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Don’t Look to 1903s Germany to Understand American Populism. Look to 1830s New York Revivals Instead. 1:03:45

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Something strange happened in Upstate New York during the 1830s. This area was called the "Burned-Over District" because so many fiery religious revivals swept through that it was metaphorically burned over. This region became a key source of the Second Great Awakening, a Protestant revival movement marked by emotional preaching and mass conversion…

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Episode 2605: Keith P. Jones ~ Emmy Award-Winning Disability Leader, ABA, President/CEO of SoulTouchin’ Experiences LLC, Talks Civil Rights Milestones, Disability, Diversity & Needed Evolution! 40:02

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Emmy Award Winner Artist Netflix’s ground-breaking Paralympic documentary ‘Rising Phoenix’ won two prestigious Sports Emmy Awards Keith Jones is the President and CEO of SoulTouchin’ Experiences LLC,. It is an organization aimed at bringing a perspective to the issues of access inclusion and empowerment, which affect him as well as others who are p…

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Operation Barbarossa Saw Millions of POW Executions, Civilian Murders, and Starvation Deaths 52:35

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Operation Barbarossa, launched by Nazi Germany on June 22, 1941, aimed to swiftly conquer the Soviet Union, targeting key cities like Moscow, Leningrad, and Kyiv. Hitler reportedly said a meeting with his generals before the campaign began "We have only to kick in the door and the whole rotten structure will come crashing down," With German forces …

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Episode 2604: Mathew Knowles, PhD ~ GRAMMY® Award winning Founder of Music World,, Beyoncé, Destiny’Child talks Music Emancipation & Today's Music Business 36:20

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Beyonce, Destiny's Child, Solange are just some of the achievements that my guest has create in his career. Mathew talks about his book called Emancipation of Slaves Through Music, a book he wrote in part due to research of students he has collaborated with on this book. Mathew is back to talk about how music has shaped the lives of Black people th…

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Episode 2603: Sandy Schussel ~ C-Suite, ThinkAdvisor, Performance Acceleration Coach~ ` Nix Your Marginal Routine -Innovating Success Starts with YOU! 48:33

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C-Suite- Corporate Attorney, Sales Coach/ Business Trainer ~ Let us start gearing up for an AWESOME 2025 Season The topic of Courage....Sandy Schussel spent fifteen years as a practicing attorney, serving as “rainmaker” for his own successful law firm. He discovered he loved—and had a knack for—winning the hearts and minds of clients, but was unhap…

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Pistol Duels Existed Across the 19th-Century World, But Only the Chaos of the American West Produced Gunfighters 51:30

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To understand American history and its deep-seated relationship with violence, we must look to the last three decades of the 1800s in the American West, which had the highest murder rate per capita in American history. And it all boils down to one place: Texas. Texas was born in violence, on two fronts, with Mexico to the south and the Comanche to …

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Rome Definitively Eclipsed Greece in 197 BC By Making the Alexandrian Phalanx/Cavalry Obsolete 46:35

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The battle of Cynoscephalae represents a key moment in the history of the Greco-Roman world. In this one battle the Macedonian hold over mainland Greece was broken, with the Roman Republic rising in its place as the pre-eminent power in the Greek East. At Cynoscephalae, the proud Macedonian kingdom of Antigonid monarch Philip V was humbled, its arm…

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Episode 2602: Enertia Homes ~ TIME Magazine, Green Builder, House & Home - Modern Marvel in Green Living! 27:18

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TIME Magazine - Enertia® Homes Their Company Slogan - "Your House Should Take Care of You......... Not the Other Way Around!" Featured on: Popular Science, How Stuff Works Enertia® Homes use an ingenious design, and the science of materials, to heat and cool buildings without fuel or electricity. Fitted with Photovoltaic panels, and a metal seamed …

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Exploring the Wreckage of the Britannic (the Titanic’s Sister Ship) and Discovering Why It Sunk in 50 Minutes 48:25

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The RMS Titanic is history’s most famous shipwreck, but it wasn’t the only ship of its kind. The White Star Line built two other nearly identical vessels: The RMS Olympic and Britannic. The Olympic carried passengers until 1935 and can be visited today. The Brittanic sank only four years after her sister ship the Titanic off the Greek island of Kea…

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Episode 2601: Dr. Carole Lieberman, M.D., M.P.H. 3x Emmy Award Winner Talks ReClaiming Peace in a Chaotic World!! Pt.1 40:11

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3x Emmy Award Winner ~ How can we become a more positively peaceful being in a 24/7 Pop Culture-Social Media World? My Guest this week has some solutions. Dr. Carole Lieberman's multi-dimensional career as an internationally renowned "Media Psychiatrist" is always leading edge! Dr.Carole is "the doctor who helps you stay sane in an insane world!" O…

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Did Tariffs Make America a Manufacturing Powerhouse Or Trigger Economic Misery and Stifle Global Trade? 44:55

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At a time when debates over tariffs, regulation, and the scope of government are back at center stage. Is this time in American history unprecedented, or can we find parallels in the past? For example, has trade “hollowed out” U.S. manufacturing—or have fact tariffs like the Corn Laws in Britain hurt working-class families the most? Was the Great D…

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Episode 2600: Ralph Rolle ~ Nile Rodgers/Chic, Famed Percussionist, CEO of Soul Snacks Cookie Co. sold in Hilton Hotels & Resorts, Kroger Walmart Worldwide!! 35:21

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Chic with Nile Rodgers, People, CNN, ABC, BET, FOX Robin Roberts & Whoopi Goldberg LOVE Them!! Music & Munchies is My Show Theme This Week: Soul Snacks Cookie Company! Music for this Segment: CHIC featuring Nile Rodgers - Let's Dance (Live At The House Sídney 2013) Everyone wants to be a leader in a world where people don’t often possess the experi…

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Alan Pinkerton: The Private Detective Who Saved Lincoln’s Life and Built America’s Contract Security State 50:07

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Alan Pinkerton is perhaps the most over-achieving barrel-maker who ever lived. After practicing his trade in rural Illinois for a few years in the 1850s, the Scottish immigrant busted up a counterfeiting ring, which got the attention of Chicago’s police department, offering him a job as a detective. From here he worked as an intelligence agent in t…

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Episode 2599: Jonny Bowden PhD, CNS ~ CNN, Forbes NY Times, Renown Nutritionist & Fitness Expert. Best-selling author ReVamp Your Nutritional Fitness! 43:07

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Forbes, NYT, The Huffington Post, CNN, MSNBC have featured Renown Nutritionist & Fitness Expert. Best-selling author, Jonny Bowden, PhD, CNS. His first Love is MUSIC, but started out as a professional musician & played all over New York CIty, playing jazz, pop, Broadway, nightclub acts, Jonny studied with the great Herbie Hancock & was as a pianist…

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MacArthur’s Plans to Drop 50 Nuclear Bombs During the Korean War 50:45

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The Korean War came dangerously close to going nuclear, and if would have if Gen. Douglas MacArthur had gotten his way. He proposed using 30 to 50 nuclear primarily to targeting air bases, depots, and supply lines across the neck of Manchuria to create a radioactive barrier and halt Chinese and North Korean advances. This would have killed millions…

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Episode 2598: Melba Moore ~ U.S. Presidential Lifetime Achievement, TONY AWARD® Winning Actress, Hollywood Walk of Fame Honoree 4x Grammy® Nominee 34:31

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TONY AWARD®, United States Congressional Record & National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress, Hollywood Walk of Fame Inductee Presidential Life Time Achievement Award, In Addition, Joseph Biden Public Service Award. The Music Historian in ME Loves to Talk to the Legends. Melba has a Music Compilation called "Imagine'. Already Topping th…

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Eat, Parry, Love (Nine Sols) 55:07

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The hosts embrace the Tao in Nine Sols (Red Candle Games, 2024, PC / Mac / Nintendo Switch / PS4 / PS5 / Xbox One / Xbox Series) We're also on Youtube (audio only)! This episode is at ⁠⁠https://youtu.be/jodmMXP7rik if you'd prefer to listen there or leave a comment. Also, if you'd like to see our opinions to tell us how wrong they are, we are now p…

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The Many Ways That Rome Never Fell and Lives On Today 37:16

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Rome’s Western Empire may have fallen 1,600 years ago, but its cultural impact has a radioactive half-life that would make xenon jealous. Over a billion people speak Latin (or at least a Latin-derived language). Governments around the world self-consciously copy Roman buildings and create governments that copy the imperial senate. Every self-aggran…

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Episode 2597: Elise Krentzel ~ A Memoir "Under My Skin" a Teen Rock n Roll Billboard Journalist's International Ventures on a RRHoF Inductee KISS Tour n Japan; Glam Metal & More 35:52

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Billboard Magazine -. Frm Tokyo Bureau Chief, At the 16, Elise Krentzel became a Journalist & at 19, she was the youngest journalist on the KISS Japan Tour. Her Book "Under My Skin Trauma, Drama, and Rock n Roll" is the FIRST in a Trilogy. We're Ready to Really ROCK n Roll!!. "Elise Says" "It takes courage to step out and write your truth, own it a…

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Hooves of History: How Horses Created Ancient Warfare, Built the Silk Road, and Became the Dividing Line Between Nobleman and Peasant 44:28

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In order to become rich, powerful, and prestigious in the pre-modern world, nothing mattered more than horses. They were the fundamental unit of warfare, enabling cavalry charges, and logistical support. They facilitated the creation of the Silk Road (which could arguably be called the “Horse Road”) since China largely built it to enable the purcha…

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Episode 2596: Janet Bray Attwood ~ World Humanitarian, 2x New York Times Bestselling Author of "Your Hidden Riches" & "The Passion Test" 30:30

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Two-Time NY Times Bestselling Author From her own remarkable experiences, Janet created the profoundly impactful Passion Test process. This simple, yet effective process has transformed thousands of lives all over the world and is the basis of the NY Times bestseller she co-authored with Chris Attwood, The Passion Test: The Effortless Path to Disco…

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Moonshining Survived (and Thrived) At Least Two Decades After Prohibition Ended 45:47

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The Prohibition era (1920–1933), enacted by the 18th Amendment, birthed an overnight economy of moonshiners who distilled and distributed homemade liquor to meet America’s insatiable demand for alcohol, transforming rural farmers and opportunists into underground entrepreneurs who supplied speakeasies. But this new economy didn’t disappear after Pr…

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Episode 2595: Dr. Victor Santiago Pineda ~ Global Leader of Ability/Mobility Inclusion & Empowerment, Exec. President of The " CIL" Talks Transformation & Vision 39:21

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Dr. Victor Santiago Pineda as the new Executive Director of CIL! With his extensive experience as a global advocate for disability rights and his innovative vision, Dr. Pineda is set to lead bThe center for Independent Living into an exhilarating new chapter of empowerment and inclusion. Victor Santiago Pineda was born in Caracas, Venezuela, At the…

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How to Cross the Sahara as a Tenth-Century Cameleer 53:08

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What comes to mind when we think about the Sahara? Rippling sand dunes, sun-blasted expanses, camel drivers and their caravans perhaps. Or famine, climate change, civil war, desperate migrants stuck in a hostile environment. The Sahara stretches across 3.2 million square miles, hosting several million inhabitants and a corresponding variety of lang…

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Episode 2594: China “The Dragon” Smith ~ Entrepreneur & Frm. WBF National Boxing Heavyweight Champion & Positive Life Role Model 37:15

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National Boxing Mult-Time Heavy Weight Champion, China Smith and Friends Inc/TCS Global Entertainment LLC. China Smith's Autobiography: "The People's Champ: China Smith's Rise Beyond the Ring “Boxing is 70% mental and 30% physical; you have to believe in yourself” China “The Dragon” Smith AKA The People’s Champ is a Florida native, hailing from Sar…

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How American Slaves Fled By Sea, Whether as Stowaways or Commandeering a Confederate Ship 46:06

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As many as 100,000 enslaved people fled successfully from the horrors of bondage in the antebellum South, finding safe harbor along a network of passageways across North America via the Underground Railroad. Yet many escapes took place not by land but by sea. William Grimes escaped slavery in 1815 by stowing away in a cotton bale on a ship from Sav…

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Episode 2593: Chris Kilham"The Medicine Hunter"- PBS, NPR, BBC, OWN, ~ What are Adaptogens & Why are they Important? 25:14

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Called “The Indiana Jones of natural medicine” by CNN, Chris Kilham is an author and educator who has conducted medicinal research in over 30 countries. Kilham has appeared as a guest expert on hundreds of radio and television programs, including ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS, CNN, BBC, Oprah & Friends, FOX TV, and NPR. As a TV correspondent and guest he has …

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Did WW2 Heads of State Want to Preserve Their Empires As Much as Defend Their Homelands? 47:51

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2025 marks the eightieth anniversary of Germany’s surrender and the fall of the Third Reich. Likewise, World War II is the single most studied conflict in human history. But most Western accounts offer a one-dimensional interpretation: the war was a noble crusade against fascism, creating a convenient parable about good and evil. But this depiction…

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Episode 2592: Tommy Davidson ~ Emmy-Award Winning Actor & Legendary Comedian, Vocalist talks 'What's Funny About Me' - Living In Color 17:20

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Emmy Award-Winning Actor, Comedian For three decades of success as a performer in TV, film, and as one of the most popular stand-up comedians and cable comedy special performers, has earned him a huge and devoted worldwide following. Today, he performs all over the country and has performed numerous times for the troops all over the world including…

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How a British Governor of Virginia Raised an Ex-Slave Regiment in 1776 to Fight Patriots and Triggered the Revolutionary War 55:09

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As the American Revolution broke out in New England in the spring of 1775, dramatic events unfolded in Virginia that proved every bit as decisive as the battles of Lexington and Concord and Bunker Hill in uniting the colonies against Britain. Virginia, the largest, wealthiest, and most populous province in British North America, was led by Lord Dun…

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Episode 2591: Jawn Murray ~ Exec. Producer of EMMY & NAACP Award-Winning Talk Show "SHERRI", E!, CNN, & Pop Culture Expert 29:24

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"SHERRI" E! Entertainment, Wendy Williams, CNN ~ Two Time NAACP Image Award win for Outstanding Talk Show; four Daytime Emmy Award nominations; and a Bronze Telly Award for Promotional Campaign in its debut season of the nationally syndicated talk show "SHERRI" Want to be in the "Know" about current political,, social, news & pop culture? My guest …

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How a Marine Embedded with Mao Zedong’s Guerrillas in the 30s Became WW2’s Most Celebrated Special Forces Leader 55:46

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He was a gutsy old man.” “A corker,” said another. “You couldn’t find anyone better.” They talked about him in hushed tones. “This Major Carlson,” wrote one of the officers in a letter home, “is one of the finest men I have ever known.” These were the words of the young Marines training to be among the first U.S. troops to enter the Second World Wa…