Best Thomas Joyce Podcasts (2025)

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Deep Dive: Rails, Royals, and Repair: The 1877 Railroad Strike, Louis XIV, and Bone Grafts - September 5, 2025 8:21

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In this Deep Dive episode, our hosts discuss the national significance of a landmark labor uprising, historical birthdays that shaped politics and culture, and a concise medical fact with practical implications. 📜 The Great Railroad Strike of 1877 — how a large national labor uprising over wage cuts and harsh conditions became widespread unrest, st…

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Global Headlines and Breaking Stories 11:11

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Welcome to this episode of NNC Daily News! Today, we're diving into a variety of compelling stories from around the globe. 🚔 Rescuers pull a 3-year-old from a deadly Lisbon funicular crash; investigation and cable questions follow. 🪖 Vladimir Putin warns Ukraine to accept talks or face military action as fighting intensifies. 🛠️ U.S. immigration ag…

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Deep Dive: Negotiations Under Fire, Artaud’s Theatrical Urgency, and the Sei Whale Pod - September 4, 2025 8:12

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In this Deep Dive episode, our hosts discuss... • 📜 On this day in 1951: the Korean War armistice talks continued amid fierce fighting, with negotiators bargaining at the table while commanders and soldiers managed the immediate reality of battle — a tense interplay between diplomacy and combat that shaped the conflict’s next phase and had deep hum…

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Global Headlines and Breaking Stories - September 4, 2025 11:43

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Welcome to this episode of NNC Daily News! Today, we're diving into a variety of compelling stories from around the globe. ⚖️ Northwestern University president resigns after Republican pressure and cuts to federal research funding. ⚖️ Justice Department opens a criminal inquiry into Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook amid political debate. 🚨 Israel…

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Global Headlines and Breaking Stories - September 3, 2025 15:21

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Welcome to this episode of NNC Daily News! Today, we're diving into a variety of compelling stories from around the globe. 🚔 Portugal mourns after a deadly Lisbon funicular derailment that killed 15 and injured dozens. 🎖️ China hosts an elaborate WWII parade with leaders from Russia and North Korea in Beijing. ⚖️ A federal judge rules the Trump adm…

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Deep Dive: Treaty of Paris, Porsche’s Dual Legacy, and How Fast the Brain Really Is - September 3, 2025 7:44

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In this Deep Dive episode, our hosts discuss the 1783 Treaty of Paris, Ferdinand Porsche’s influence on automotive history, and the remarkable processing speed of the human brain. 📜 The Treaty of Paris (1783): We explore how the treaty "formally ending the Revolutionary War and reshaping the map of a new nation" functions as a precise historical tu…

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The Foolish Optimist: N'Kiyla 'Jasmine' Thomas Candidate for US Senate from Oklahoma 1:00:00

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Follow Jasmine's Campaign for US Senate out of Oklahoma at NkiylaforOK on all socials Campaigning for Change: N'Kiyla Jasmine Thomas on Equity, Representation, and Tribal Sovereignty In this episode of The Foolish Optimist podcast, host Amy McDonald interviews N'Kiyla Jasmine Thomas, a senatorial candidate for Oklahoma. Jasmine shares her backgroun…

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Jess Gillam explores the saxophone's many sounds on 'Prism' 30:56

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On the latest episode of ‘New Classical Tracks,’ young saxophonist Jess Gillam talks about her new project, a series of EPs titled ‘Prism’ that explore the different permutations of the saxophone’s sound. Listen now with host Julie Amacher!By American Public Media

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Deep Dive: Surrender Aboard the Missouri, Mark Harmon’s TV Legacy, and the Octopus’s Three Hearts - September 2, 2025 7:21

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In this Deep Dive episode, our hosts discuss the formal Japanese surrender aboard the USS Missouri in 1945, Mark Harmon’s influence through NCIS, and the octopus’s unique circulatory system. • 📜 The hosts describe the September 2, 1945 ceremony aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, emphasizing its symbolism as the legal and diplomatic conversion of…

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Global Headlines and Breaking Stories - September 2, 2025 15:21

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Welcome to this episode of NNC Daily News! Today, we're diving into a variety of compelling stories from around the globe. ⚖️ Brazil’s electoral court moves toward a verdict in Jair Bolsonaro’s trial over an alleged coup plot. ⚖️ Representative Jerry Nadler announces he will retire in 2026, opening a high‑profile Manhattan seat. ⚖️ A California jud…

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September Soundscapes: Farewells, Returns, and Indie Futures 9:27

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Welcome to this episode of NNC Daily News! Today, we're diving into a variety of compelling stories from around the globe. In this episode: • 🎥 Fontaines D.C. close their ‘Romance’ era with a surreal live video for ‘Desire,’ directed by Aube Perrie—haunting tour visuals, a lime-green balaclava figure, and future-headliner energy from Alexandra Pala…

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September 2025 Game Hype: Silksong, Borderlands 4 & More 9:45

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Welcome to this episode of NNC Daily News! Today, we're diving into a variety of compelling stories from around the globe. In this episode: • 🎮 Hollow Knight: Silksong lands Sept 4 across PC/console with Hornet, expanded worlds, and cross-gen support—potential GOTY contender. • 🧗‍♂️ Jetrunner (PC) brings parkour FPS chaos with wall-runs, gadgets, a…

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Global Headlines and Breaking Stories - September 1, 2025 12:54

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Welcome to this episode of NNC Daily News! Today, we're diving into a variety of compelling stories from around the globe. 🚨 Afghanistan reels after a deadly earthquake, with hundreds dead and many communities cut off. ✈️ Israel says it killed a Hamas spokesperson as operations intensify in Gaza City. ⚖️ Kyiv links Moscow to the killing of a former…

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Tia Sahrakorpi on a Use-Based History of Electricity in Finland 1:20:25

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Peoples & Things host, Lee Vinsel, talks with Tiia Sahrakorpi, Visiting Professor at Weber State University, about her interesting book project, Our Land: An Oral History of Energy, which was funded by the Research Council of Finland. The project, which was rooted in oral histories in three locations in Finland, takes a use-based perspective and ex…

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Deep Dive: From Edison's Kinetographic Camera to Caligula and the Body's Building Blocks - August 31, 2025 8:05

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In this Deep Dive episode, our hosts discuss how a single patent, ancient power, and everyday chemistry connect to culture and perception. 📜 Edison received a patent in 1897 for the kinetographic camera—an incremental improvement on the kinetoscope that helped pave the way for the motion-picture projector, its cultural ripple effects, and the indus…

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Global Headlines and Breaking Stories - August 31, 2025 15:15

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Welcome to this episode of NNC Daily News! Today, we're diving into a variety of compelling stories from around the globe. ⚖️ Congress returns from recess with a looming government shutdown threat and partisan fights over spending riders and cuts. ⚖️ A federal judge temporarily blocks U.S. efforts to deport unaccompanied Guatemalan children pending…

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Thane Gustafson, "Perfect Storm: Russia's Failed Economic Opening, the Hurricane of War and Sanctions, and the Uncertain Future" (Oxford UP, 2025) 1:02:18

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Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022 brought a tragic close to a thirty-year period of history that began with the collapse of the Soviet Union and the reopening of Russia to the West after six decades of Soviet isolation. The opening lasted for three tumultuous decades and ended with a new closing, driven by the Ukrainian war, the imposition of We…

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Elizabeth White, "A Modern History of Russian Childhood: From the Late Imperial Period to the Collapse of the Soviet Union" (Bloomsbury, 2020) 1:16:29

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A Modern History of Russian Childhood: From the Late Imperial Period to the Collapse of the Soviet Union (Bloomsbury, 2020) examines the changes and continuities in ideas about Russian childhood from the 18th to the 21st century. It looks at how children were thought about and treated in Russian and Soviet culture, as well as how the radical social…

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Deep Dive: Mass Mobilization, Goethe to Twain, and the Three-Hearted Octopus - August 28, 2025 8:06

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In this Deep Dive episode, our hosts discuss how a landmark 1963 mass demonstration and symbolic timing shaped policy, infrastructure, and markets, the cultural and structural influence of figures born on this date, and the elegant biology of octopus circulation. • 📜 On this day in 1963 roughly 200,000–250,000 people converged on Washington, D.C.; …

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Global Headlines and Breaking Stories - August 28, 2025 15:31

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Welcome to this episode of NNC Daily News! Today, we're diving into a variety of compelling stories from around the globe. ⚖️ CDC leadership clash reaches the White House as a push to remove the agency director tests independence and political control. ✳️ European powers move to snap back U.N. sanctions on Iran, starting a 30-day process. 💥 A major…

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Deep Dive: Gaillard Cut, Man Ray’s Photographic Rebellions, and the Brain at 120 m/s - August 27, 2025 7:31

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In this Deep Dive episode, our hosts discuss the U.S. excavation of the Gaillard Cut in 1900, Man Ray’s photographic innovations, and the human brain’s information speed. 📜 On this day in 1900: U.S. engineers began excavating the Gaillard Cut — the crucial slice through the continental divide that defined the Panama Canal’s engineering risk and req…

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Global Headlines and Breaking Stories - August 27, 2025 12:09

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Welcome to this episode of NNC Daily News! Today, we're diving into a variety of compelling stories from around the globe. ⚖️ Top CDC officials resign after the director is pushed out, raising questions about politicization of public health. 💥 Palestinians flee Gaza City as Israeli bombardment forces mass displacement and strains hospitals. 💰 The U…

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Stanislav Kulchytsky, "The Famine of 1932-1933 in Ukraine: An Anatomy of the Holodomor" (CIUS Press, 2018) - A Conversation with Bohdan Klid 1:08:29

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The Famine of 1932–1933 in Ukraine: An Anatomy of the Holodomor (CIUS Press, 2018) is a distillation of thirty years of study of the topic by one of Ukraine’s leading historians. In this account, Stanislav Kulchytsky ably incorporates a vast array of sources and literature that have become available in the past three decades into a highly readable …

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The Foolish Optimist: Loren Colin, candidate for California's 34th Congressional District 1:02:49

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Follow Loren's campaign at LorenColinForCongress.com. On this episode of The Foolish Optimist Podcast, host Amy McDonald welcomes Loren Colin, an independent candidate running for the US House District 34 in California. Colin, a Southern California native with a background in marketing and technology, discusses his journey, motivations for running,…

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Avi Avital and the Between Worlds Ensemble explore folk music through a modern lens 27:43

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On the latest episode of ‘New Classical Tracks,’ mandolinist Avi Avital talks about his latest project with the Between Worlds Ensemble: an album that explores how folk music can fuel new progressive concert music. Listen now with host Julie Amacher!By American Public Media

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Deep Dive: Patents, Patronage, and Processing Speed: Steamboats, Guggenheim, and the Brain - August 26, 2025 9:23

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In this Deep Dive episode, our hosts discuss the federal patent resolution between John Fitch and James Rumsey over the steamboat, Peggy Guggenheim’s role in shaping modern art markets and institutions, and the striking fact that the human brain can process information at about 120 meters per second. - 📜 On this day in 1791, two rival inventors—Joh…

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Global Headlines and Breaking Stories - August 26, 2025 13:20

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Welcome to this episode of NNC Daily News! Today, we’re covering major developments across politics, conflict zones, the economy, tech, science, health, and the environment. ⚖️ Fed Governor Lisa Cook plans legal action after President Donald Trump orders her removal, testing the bounds of executive power and central bank independence. 🚑 UN official…

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Jonathan Daly and Leonid Trofimov, "The Russian Revolution and Its Global Impact: A Short History with Documents" (Hackett Publishing, 2017) 1:03:50

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"On the centenary of the Russian Revolution, Jonathan Daly and Leonid Trofimov have reinvigorated the study of a turning point in world history. Instead of rehashing the internal dynamics of the Bolshevik takeover, the authors have carefully juxtaposed the international ambitions of the Bolsheviks with the Revolution's reception around the world. D…

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Deep Dive: From Glasgow to Bond: Allan Pinkerton, Sean Connery & the Brain’s Highway - August 25, 2025 7:39

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In this Deep Dive episode, our hosts discuss Allan Pinkerton’s Glasgow birth, Sean Connery’s influence on film, and a startling neural speed fact. 📜 Allan Pinkerton was born in Glasgow, Scotland, on August 25, 1819 — a compact origin story that anchors the later rise of the Pinkerton National Detective Agency and invites reflections on migration, i…

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Global Headlines and Breaking Stories - August 25, 2025 12:10

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Welcome to this episode of NNC Daily News! Today, we're diving into a variety of compelling stories from around the globe. 🚨 An Israeli strike kills 20 at a Gaza hospital, including journalists, intensifying scrutiny of battlefield conduct. 🌀 More than 500,000 people ordered to evacuate as Typhoon Kajiki heads for Vietnam, with shelters and flight …

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Nicholas Birman Trickett, "Empire of Austerity: Russia and the Breaking of Eurasia" (Hurst, 2025) 42:16

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Empire of Austerity: Russia and the Breaking of Eurasia (Hurst, 2025) traces how Russian economic policy precipitated the country’s slide towards an increasingly coercive authoritarianism, a hubristic challenge to the West, and all-out war with Ukraine. Decades of dependence on commodity exports, failure to invest and failure to consume enough have…

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Deep Dive: Burning Capitals, Borges’ Labyrinths, and the Thinking Arms of Octopus - August 24, 2025 8:51

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In this Deep Dive episode, our hosts discuss the burning of Washington in 1814, Jorge Luis Borges’s creative methods, and the autonomous processing of octopus arms. 📜 The hosts dissect the British attack on Washington, D.C. in 1814 — the deliberate burning of the White House and Capitol, its tactical and psychological impact on a young nation, and …

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Global Headlines and Breaking Stories - August 24, 2025 14:37

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Welcome to this episode of NNC Daily News! Today, we're diving into a variety of compelling stories from around the globe. ⚖️ Labour moves to abolish most short prison sentences in England and Wales, reshaping sentencing and probation. ✈️ Russia accuses Ukraine of striking power and energy sites as Kyiv marks Independence Day amid escalating cross-…

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Stephan Kieninger, "Securing Peace in Europe: Strobe Talbott, NATO, and Russia After the Cold War" (Columbia UP, 2025) 40:25

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This deeply researched book offers new perspective on the NATO-Russia relationship through the eyes of Strobe Talbott, a deputy secretary of state for seven years under President Bill Clinton and the key US diplomatic broker for the former USSR. Stephan Kieninger traces the Clinton administration’s efforts to engage Russia and enlarge NATO at the s…

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Deep Dive: Shirley Chisholm’s Historic Bid, Gene Kelly’s Dance Revolution, and Phytoplankton Power - August 23, 2025 7:01

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In this Deep Dive episode, our hosts discuss... - 📜 The hosts unpack Shirley Chisholm’s 1972 presidential announcement at Brooklyn’s Concord Baptist Church of Christ — why the venue mattered, how her candidacy challenged political norms, and the practical implications for campaigns, security, and public representation. - 🎂 Today’s birthday segment …

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Global Headlines and Breaking Stories - August 23, 2025 11:33

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Welcome to this episode of NNC Daily News! Today, we're diving into a variety of compelling stories from around the globe. ⚖️ A federal judge blocks the administration from withholding grants over sanctuary policies, affecting multiple U.S. cities. ⚔️ The Pentagon removes the Defense Intelligence Agency director amid debate over intelligence assess…

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Konrad H. Jarausch, "Embattled Europe: A Progressive Alternative" (Princeton UP, 2021) 31:25

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A bracing corrective to predictions of the European Union’s decline, by a leading historian of modern Europe Is the European Union in decline? Recent history, from the debt and migration crises to Brexit, has led many observers to argue that the EU’s best days are behind it. Over the past decade, right-wing populists have come to power in Poland, H…

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I FINALLY GOT A JOB TO FUND WHAT I’VE CREATED & IT’S HELPING ME PUBLISH MY 8th BOOK “WORD” #BLESSED! 7:34

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Author of 8 books (with the 8th, WORD: Wisdom Operating Ridiculously Daily, on the way) Guinness World Record for the largest personal quote collection in the world (37,128+ and counting) “PENDING CERTIFICATION” Inventor of the WEIRDOPE Board Game Vol 1 — making learning fun and interactive while realizing the power of perspective. Founder of t…

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Global Headlines and Breaking Stories - August 22, 2025 12:25

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Welcome to this episode of NNC Daily News! Today, we're diving into a variety of compelling stories from around the globe. ⚖️ DHS warns states they could lose election security money over new voting rules and mandates. ⚖️ Supreme Court allows NIH to pause nearly $800 million in research grants pending review. 🚨 Famine now grips Gaza City and northe…

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Global Headlines and Breaking Stories - August 20, 2025 16:47

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Welcome to this episode of NNC Daily News! Today, we're diving into a variety of compelling stories from around the globe. 🚨 Jair Bolsonaro reportedly had a draft asylum request to Argentina, revealed during probes into efforts to overturn Brazil's 2022 election. ⚖️ Texas lawmakers approve a new congressional map critics say favors Republicans and …

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The Foolish Optimist: Steve Schwab, candidate for Texas State House 44 58:15

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In this episode of the Foolish Optimist Podcast, host Amy McDonald interviews Steve Schwab, who is running for the Texas House of Representatives in District 44. Follow his journey on socials or at his website at SchwabforTexas.com Schwab shares his fascinating life story from growing up in Boston, dealing with family challenges, serving in the Arm…

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John Jeter and the Malmo Symphony Orchestra perform Price and Grant Still 31:56

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On the latest episode of ‘New Classical Tracks,’ John Jeter leads the Malmo Symphony Orchestra, alongside soloists Han Chen and Fanny Clamagirand, in music by Florence Price and William Grant Still. Listen now with host Julie Amacher!By American Public Media