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Live 'til Five

Jared Baldwin

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Pastor Jared Baldwin hosts a live talk and variety program on Guam at Harvest Family Radio. This is the podcast version, featuring interviews, leadership lessons, and a lot of fun.
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Fave Five From Fans is a weekly Podcast where I invite a friend with whom I share a common interest in some Pop Culture topic, i.e. Horror Movies, Literature, Toys, etc., and we each make a list of our Favorite Five things from that common genre. Please note the distinction between “Favorite” and “Best” or “Top”, as I want my guests to feel free to make their choices based on whatever criteria THEY see fit. Sure, it can be rated on scripts, story, cinematography, but also know that if it hol ...
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5 Minute Reads

5 Minute Reads

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Welcome to 5 Minute Reads. We bring you the most powerful ideas from the world’s best self-improvement books in just five minutes. Whether you're commuting, getting ready for the day, or need a mental reset, we help you learn something new every day without the overwhelm, in just five minutes. Each bite-sized summaries, are packed with insights on productivity, mindset, habits, psychology, relations, motivation, leadership, and more. From modern classics like Atomic Habits and The Subtle Art ...
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Jeff Hoyt sees stories everywhere he looks. They unfurl from the island in the upper left-hand corner of the lower 48 that Jeff calls home. For years, he's told his stories in a radio show segment called "Hoytus Interruptus." The podcast version will drop every Tuesday. Five minutes per episode. After season one, Jeff hopes to turn to his listeners for a chance to "elevate" their own tales.
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Who Needs Heroes, Aria Moon?

EAST Corp Productions

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In the Cyberpunk city of Harmony a clone awakens to discover that she is a copy of Aria Moon, herself a clone of a down on her luck on her luck detective with a reputation soggy and bleak. Now the new Aria must navigate this strange city, await the return of her memories and construct a new identity for herself. But she's lived five lives before this one, and each version of Aria Moon has made mistakes. Mistakes that wrap around conspiracies, murders and lies. Mistakes that hold the fate of ...
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On The Page

Pilar Alessandra

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ON THE PAGE: Join professional script consultant Pilar Alessandra as she demystifies screenwriting and answers your questions about script craft and story.
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Thank You, Five

David Baxter

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Matt and David put their theater degrees to good use. By talking about musical theater! What's the plot of the show? What's the juicy backstage drama? What's on the Wikipedia page? Come, sit a spell, and learn about shows that aren't Rent! Theme Music by James Higgens https://www.iamjameshiggins.com/ Cover Art by Elizabeth Brozek https://www.elizabethbrozek.com/
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Typology

Ian Morgan Cron

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Who are we? Why do we act, think and feel the way we do? How can we become our best, most authentic selves? Welcome to Typology, a podcast that explores the mystery of the human personality and how we can use the Enneagram typing system as a tool to become our best, most authentic selves. Hosted by author, speaker and counselor, Ian Morgan Cron, Typology features interviews with thought leaders from every sphere of life, including renowned Enneagram authors and teachers, psychologists, theol ...
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New York, I Love You But You've Changed is a podcast where long time New Yorkers from across the five boroughs give us their version of the city they love, discuss how it has evolved and share their thoughts on what we can do to make the greatest hometown in the world great for all of us. And we also have some fun with the pop culture associated with NYC. Our interviews seek to create an anthology of voices that represents the range of life that exists in New York City, especially those voic ...
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Welcome to True Spirituality with Ange, the podcast where we explore spirituality on our own terms, free from preconceived notions or dogma. Growing up, I never felt like I fit into the two spiritual extremes of my family: either cynical atheism or devout Catholicism. I wanted something in between, and that's what I hope to offer with this podcast. Join me in creating a bespoke version of spirituality that resonates with you and lights up your world, from home to work and everything in betwe ...
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Miguel's Readings

Miguel's Readings

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Listen the audio version of Miguel Guhlin's blog entries. The text version is available online at http://blog.tcea.org . You can also follow Miguel's work via Twitter - http://twitter.com/@tceamg
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This podcast will make you happy. You know this is true, because The Computer tells you so. The Computer is your friend. Trust The Computer. Paranoia is a tabletop RPG first released in 1984 by West End Games, now published by Mongoose Publishing. The original version was created by Greg Costikyan, Dan Gelber, and Eric Goldberg. Five players will struggle to survive, thrive, and most importantly, to be happy. Happiness is mandatory. Unhappiness is treason. This podcast has a discord! You can ...
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The Humble Dad

Keith A Veres

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Welcome to The Humble Dad, where my ideal dad-self seems to always be just out of reach. I will share stories and thoughts as a husband and father of five with the goal of helping other dads who are striving to reach that ideal version of themselves. Being a dad is my greatest accomplishment and it was just the beginning of my incredible journey.
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He's alive! Creator Scott Adams' world famous comic strip cubicle dweller Dilbert now walks and talks and sometimes gets the last line in a new, daily animated version from RingTales. You can now enjoy Dogbert, Wally, Alice, the Pointy Haired Boss and all your favorite Dilbert characters in new installments five days per week. Animation that's addictive. You can't watch just one.
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Rise Above Chaos

Erick Rheam

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Learn how busy and overwhelmed professionals can rediscover their passion, so they can redefine their purpose, and gain the courage to do something about it. We will discuss how to cut through the whirlwinds of life to rise above the chaos and discover a path to significance and ultimately peace.
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Roll A D20

Roll A D20

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The roleplay podcast of the laziest fashion! One GM and four players take us on a journey to possibly the most bastardized version of a roleplaying game to grace the interwebs. With very little rules and endless possibilities; these five friends create some weird adventures and a generally fun time.
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Welcome to the KAI Podcast series - helping you to build better teams and great leaders. KAI, or the Kirton Adaption Innovation Inventory, is the world's foremost measure for problem solving style. It is used widely to create cohesive and productive teams and effective leaders. It has been in use for over 40 years and is supported by a large body of academic research from around the world. In these podcasts, we aim to shine a light on the issues and problems facing all teams as they strive t ...
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A weekly letter to new church leaders. In The Salvation Army, an officer (minister) in their first five years of ministry is called a Lieutenant. This is the recorded newsletter I am sending out to people in their first five years of ministry. It is aimed at new church leaders, but should be helpful for anyone in ministry. If you want the written version check out my substack of the same name. https://chrisbutton.substack.com/?r=45uqn&utm_campaign=pub-share-checklist
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The Yak

Barstool Sports

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Kyle "KBNoSwag" Bauer and his legion of friends; Nick, Brandon Walker, Rone, Lil Sas, Kate, Steven Cheah and Big Cat gather each weekday at 1PM ET Live on the Barstool Yak YouTube to talk about exclusively the most important topics of the day. This is the podcast version of that show. 10x. You can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/barstoolyak
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A Christmas Carol

The Merry Beggars

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📥 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://AdventwithScrooge.com/ The Merry Beggars present an original Audio Advent Calendar of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol! Journey towards Christmas with Ebenezer Scrooge in a daily 10-minute episode every day of Advent. 🍎 FREE 50-Page Activity Book! When you subscribe, you'll get a 50-page activity book, including coloring pages, fun activities and puzzles, and discussion questions for all ages. You will love exploring the world of A Christmas Car ...
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Success strategists say you become like the five people you hang out with most. Join Donna Carlson, Women's Leadership & Life Strategy Coach, having a glass of wine with women like YOU talking about strategies to live the most abundant version of your whole life -- at work, at home and at play.
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The Luxembourg Fundcast Welcome to The Luxembourg Fundcast, your concise daily notebook briefing on Luxembourg's dynamic financial landscape. The Luxembourg Fundcast is created and produced by Bertrand Mariaux, a practicing regulatory lawyer admitted to the Luxembourg and Paris Bars. (Website: https://bertrandmariaux.com | LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/bertrandmariaux). The mission of this podcast is to bring clear, free, and reliable information—sourced from official references that are ...
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Professor P’s Podcast - Entrepreneurship - Empowerment - Energetics

Natasha Palumbo aka Professor P Coach Consultant Educator Empowered

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Professor P is known for evoking the essence of spirituality by bringing the energetic fire, activating the mind, and speaking the truth. She comes with a faith focused and is a massive disruptor who will make you think. Professor P podcast is focused on three pillars: Entrepreneurship – Empowerment – Energetics. Each week she will be providing you with a dose of energetic power, which she calls ELIXIR. These short episodes are designed to give you the boost you need to not only get you thro ...
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Bat Minute

Sleepy Charlie Media

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Bat Minute is a podcast that originally investigated Tim Burton's 1989 movie 'Batman' one minute at a time, three days a week... and has now moved on to the next films in the franchise! Your intrepid hosts on this journey are Jon Parker and Niall McGowan! Episodes release on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
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ANCESTOR

Scott Sigler

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Every five minutes, a transplant candidate dies while waiting for a compatible heart, liver, or kidney. Imagine a technology that could provide those life-saving transplant organs for a high price, and imagine what a company would do to monopolize that technology. On a remote island in Lake Superior, a team of geneticists has unlocked this holy grail of medicine. By reverse-engineering thousands of genomes, they dial back the evolutionary clock to re-create the progenitor of all mammals. The ...
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It’s easy to get lost in the daily grind of life and business. We need to have the right people in our lives if we want to succeed. If you had a childhood like me, you were probably told, "if you run with dogs, you're gonna get fleas". I prefer the late, great Jim Rohn's version, "you are the average of the five people you spend the most time with." This is a principle that I based my company, Up Your Average LLC. on. Do you want to increase your chances of success? One of the best places to ...
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I narrate stories about, and the background to, my albums and my musicals. These include: Rock Songs, Love Songs, Children's Songs, Pop Songs, Sing Along with History songs and one longer show about how I put the entire poem of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor to music. In this show I play all 21 songs that I wrote to cover the entire poem. The other 35 shows contain five or six songs and one final podcast 37, where I talk about my Memories of Pip, when I played that part in ...
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In this podcast, we discuss mystical works of literature, primarily Taoist text, and how they relate to alcohol recovery. Taoist Philosophy can be an excellent tool for embracing the idea of a "Higher Power." Nature offers all of the examples necessary for a concept of a source of all life, much different but yet very similar in many ways to more traditional religious thinking. Here is a link to an online version of the Tao Te Ching; https://ttc.tasuki.org/display:Year:1972,1988,1996,2004/se ...
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What if you could learn something useful for yourself and your life while learning a new language? With Awaken Your Italian! you will: *Finally set your goal of practicing the language * Learn how to relax at will before speaking Italian *Relax while learning new empowering words and techniques as well as the Italian language that conveys them *Have fun with five key lessons in mental training where the main character is YOU! Awaken Your Italian features : * in this podcast only the Italian ...
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Hai mai pensato di poter migliorare il tuo inglese mentre impari qualcosa di utile per te stesso? Con Risveglia il tuo inglese! TU: * Fisserai il tuo obiettivo di praticare la lingua * Imparerai come rilassarti volontariamente prima di parlare l'inglese * Ii rilasserai imparando nuove parole e tecniche potenzianti nonche' l'inglese che le trasmette * ti divertirai con 5 lezioni chiave di allenamento mentale dove il protagonista sei TU! Risveglia il tuo inglese! ti offre: * in questo podcast ...
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The Words with Me Podcast is a space for thought and curiosity. It’s the mission of the podcast to connect people and cultivate community through insightful conversations on a range of hot topics including healing, growing and being a late bloomer. Life can be hard, so it’s important to surround yourself with things and people that affirm and encourage you. If you are looking to enter a space to become the highest version of yourself, check out the Words with Me Podcast! Karsten Bush is an e ...
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Friday 5 Podcast

The Friday 5 Podcast

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Welcome to the Friday 5 Podcast! This is your one stop for all things pop culture from the 80s to today with a dose of everyday happenings & adventures from your hosts Brent and Eric. We have 4 ongoing series called Friday Night Flashback, Stop & Chat, The Ones With Rex & A Mystery Guest and Friday Five Top 5 in 5! Be sure to follow us on Facebook, Instagram and leave a review on Apple or Spotify!
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StressLess Camping RV podcast

Tony Barthel, Peggy Barthel

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Get the most out of your RV while saving money and enjoying StressLess Camping with our weekly RV and travel podcast. You'll get tips, tricks and fun and unusual destinations plus information from RV industry insiders Peggy and Tony Barthel. We've also got our weekly RV review and more.
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Action Movie Book Club

Hans and J.P. Wohl

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Action Movie Book Club is a weekly Comedy and Film podcast that dives into a different action movie each week! We bring you a unique combination of jokes, bits and insight you can only find here! Hosted by Hans (writer in NYC) and J.P. Wohl (actor in LA). New episodes released every Tuesday on most podcast platforms as well as a video version on YouTube! Subscribe to our YouTube channel for full video episodes and shorts: www.youtube.com/@actionmoviebookclub Follow us on Social: www.twitter. ...
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Capital Gazette Murder Trial

Chris Gordon News & Voxtopica

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In late June 2018, five people were murdered by an active shooter walking through their offices at the Capital Gazette newspaper in Annapolis, Maryland. Prosecutors say he blocked the exit so the victims couldn’t escape. The defendant, Jarrod Ramos, pleaded guilty to the murders but his lawyers now argue he’s not “criminally responsible” — Maryland’s version of the Insanity Defense. Prosecutors contend that his attack was planned in a “calculating and methodical” manner because the paper wro ...
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Write to Comedy

Deliciously Bright Podcasts

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This blog will no longer be run as a podcast but will continue on the website jacquiejsarah.com. Both written and audio versions will be available. Let’s start with the truth: this podcast wasn’t born from a five-year plan, a production team, or a vision board. It started with one writer, a deep affection for television comedy, and the firm belief that overanalysing sitcoms is a perfectly acceptable use of one’s adult life. I’m Jacquie J Sarah — a writer, podcaster, and someone who’s spent m ...
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Well, Here We Are

Hannah & Suzanne

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A weekly podcast which explores pop culture, the humanities, and how they matter for our daily lives. Each week, your hosts (Hannah and Suzanne) share three (ish) things as we engage with all that delights, intrigues, and sometimes repels us; both in our areas of shared interest (ex: football, makeup, Jane Austen, Schitt’s Creek, and wine) as well as our individual specialties (ex: art history, museum studies, film, and theology). Join for the topics, stay for the conversation, and enjoy our ...
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Personality Hires

Pionaire Podcasting

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Hey, we're Personality Hires - we somehow all got hired by one of the biggest radio shows in the country and then we became friends. Against our will, but hey, you can't control chemistry. Personality Hires is the podcast that's basically your office breakroom banter, but better. You know that one cubicle neighbor who always has a wild story and the work group chat that’s hilarious, messy, and totally relatable? That’s us - Abby, Jackson, Rebecca, and Mikey. We're not exactly hired for our t ...
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The John Batchelor Show is a hard news-analysis radio program on current events, world history, global politics and natural sciences. Based in New York City for two decades, the show has travelled widely to report, from the Middle East to the South Caucasus to the Arabian Peninsula and East Asia.
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Londinium 91 AD: The Aging Emperor's Urgency. Gaius and Germanicus discuss the physical and mental state of emperor Trump, noting his senior age and frantic, restless pace as potentially signs of an aging brain or alternatively adrenaline and confidence. Germanicus believes the emperor is acutely self-aware of his limited time, driven by tremendous…
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Londinium 91 AD: Corruption and the Imperial Slip. Gaius and Germanicus shift attention to Washington, observing that wealth has grown more powerful than government in the U.S., similar to Rome's path into empire. Evidence includes Washington insiders like Rudy Giuliani and Hunter Biden allegedly operating on payrolls of corrupt foreign interests s…
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Londinium 91 AD: The Debate Over Venezuela. Gaius and Germanicus of the Friends Mystery Debating Society discuss at a cold wine bar by the choppy Thames the potential decision by emperor Trump to invade Venezuela, noting the presence of a sizable, powerful military force gathered deliberately off its shores. Germanicus argues that American engageme…
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Legacy, Loyalty, and the Nationalist Leader. Joseph Turigian concludes with Xi Zhongxun's death in 2002 after suffering cancer, noting his epitaph speaks of a life of struggle and happiness. Xi Jinping wrote to his father, listing qualities he wished to emulate: never persecuting people and never losing faith in the cause. The suffering endured oft…
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Princlings, Grassroots, and the Politics of Restoration. Joseph Turigian discusses how Xi Jinping gained entry to Qinghua University based on political reliability rather than merit in 1975, although his father remained un-rehabilitated. While princlings were generally unpopular, Xi Jinping made the atypical choice to climb the ranks from the grass…
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Xi Jinping's Exile and Family Betrayal. Joseph Turigian describes how political torment extended to Xi Zhongxun's family, forcing Xi Jinping's mother to denounce her teenage son when he fled incarceration, a difficult moral judgment made to protect the remaining siblings. During the Cultural Revolution, Xi Jinping was exiled to the countryside near…
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The Purge by a Novel and Mao's Fear of Revisionism. Joseph Turigian explains that Xi Zhongxun's 1962 downfall stemmed from supporting the publication of a fictionalized biography of his deceased mentor, Liu Zhidan. Mao Zedong saw the novel as a counter-revolutionary plot and a manifestation of revisionism, fearing that others would claim credit for…
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Xi Zhongxun's Radical Youth and Peasant Roots. Joseph Turigian introduces Xi Zhongxun's biography, emphasizing the Confucian view that a father explains the son. Xi Zhongxun was born into a poor peasant family in Shaanxi province in 1913, an area marked by violence and poverty. At age 15, he poisoned a school administrator on orders from the local …
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Loyalty, Loss, and the Shadow of Mao. Joseph Turigian focuses on Mao's famous phrase about Xi Zhongxun, emphasizing his unwavering loyalty despite repeated suffering at the party's hands. Following the 1949 victory, Xi moved to Beijing, where his son Xi Jinping was born. Xi Zhongxun held complicated views of Mao, feeling gratitude for his survival …
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Mao, Purges, and Ideological Jargon. Joseph Turigian explores Mao Zedong's description of Xi Zhongxun: "The Party Interests Come First." The segment recounts Xi Zhongxun's detention in 1935, nearly facing execution before Mao's Long Marchers arrived. The discussion clarifies the legend that Mao personally saved him versus the complex facts of his e…
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Revolutionary Loyalty and Early Family Tensions. Joseph Turigian discusses the life of Xi Zhongxun, a devoted but persecuted revolutionary communist, emphasizing his deep loyalty to the party, reminiscent of Arthur Koestler's Darkness at Noon. The segment explores the revolutionary mindset where personal suffering proves dedication to a world-histo…
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Starship and Super Heavy: The Fully Reusable Mars Vehicle. Eric Berger details the development of Starship and Super Heavy at Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas. Starship is the culmination of SpaceX's efforts: a fully reusable, super heavy rocket much larger than the Saturn 5, designed to carry humans into deep space and enable the Mars colony. A criti…
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Crew Dragon and Commercial Human Spaceflight. Eric Berger discusses NASA's Commercial Crew Program, initiated after the Space Shuttle retired. Boeing's entry legitimized the program, securing crucial congressional funding for competitors like SpaceX. SpaceX adapted the Dragon design for crew, involving extensive parachute testing by the "Shoot Show…
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Starlink: Funding the Mars Vision through LEO Constellations. Eric Berger discusses Starlink, a constellation of Low Earth Orbit satellites designed to fund Musk's Mars vision. While the idea wasn't new, deploying thousands of satellites for global internet was previously viewed as impractical due to manufacturing and launch rate limitations. Starl…
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Achieving Reusability and Navigating Launch Failures. Eric Berger reports that in December 2015, SpaceX demonstrated reusability with the successful launch and vertical landing of the Falcon 9 Full Thrust at Landing Zone 1. The launch utilized densified propellant, requiring a tight launch window. The risky landing involved the Air Force approving …
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Falcon 9 Full Thrust: Densification and Barge Landings. Eric Berger describes how, following a 2015 failure, SpaceX developed the Falcon 9 Full Thrust, version 3.0/4.0. Driven by the Mars vision, they adopted densification—chilling liquid oxygen to boost density and increase payload efficiency by 10 to 12 percent. Crucially, they focused on landing…
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Dragon Spacecraft Development and Reusability Focus. Eric Berger explains that SpaceX needed NASA contracts to fund its Mars ambition. NASA provided critical funding in 2006 and 2009 for the Dragon spacecraft to deliver cargo to the International Space Station, replacing retiring vehicles like the Space Shuttle. Dragon was designed for recoverabili…
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Developing and Launching the First Falcon 9. Eric Berger recounts the difficult summer of 2009 preparing the first Falcon 9 booster, featuring nine Merlin engines housed in an octagonal web. Engineers endured intense 100-hour weeks handling complex wiring and propulsion plumbing. The subsequent road trip from Texas to Florida was arduous, including…
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Musk's Audacious Mars Colonization Vision. Eric Berger discusses Elon Musk's remarkable September 2016 speech in Guadalajara outlining the colonization of Mars. Musk proposed building a self-sustaining colony requiring landing a million tons of equipment using a fully reusable massive rocket. This vision, described as audacious and like science fic…
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Western Miscalculation and the Core Problem of Russia's Dominance Ideology. Professor Eugene Finkelargues that debates about Ukraine joining NATO or the EU are secondary, as the core problem remains Russia's deeply rooted ideological belief that it must control Ukraine. Western powers, including the US and Southern and Central Europe, have repeated…
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The Historical Roots of Russian Brutality and Putin's Ideological Driver. Professor Eugene Finkel explains that the pervasive cruelty in Russian forces stems from a historical willingness to use extreme violence, where human life is cheap, evident from Stalin's cynical fears of losing Ukraine to modern conflicts. Russians are willing to make Ukrain…
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy: A Native Russian Speaker and the Evolution of Ukrainian National Identity. Professor Eugene Finkel notes that President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has an unusual background: Jewish, a native Russian speaker, and a successful media entrepreneur and comedian. His election symbolizes Ukraine's evolving identity, moving from an ethnic def…
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Putin's Revisionist History and the 2014 Invasion of Crimea and Donbas. Professor Eugene Finkel analyzes how, isolated during the pandemic, Vladimir Putin wrote a historical essay in 2021 based on myths, asserting that Ukraine has always been Russia and must be fully subordinated. This vision clarified his expansionist goals. The 2014 Euromaidan up…
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Khrushchev, Crimea, and Putin's Perception of Ukraine as "Soviet Florida". Professor Eugene Finkel discusses Khrushchev's 1954 transfer of Crimea to Ukraine, undertaken for purely economic and practical reasons, though it remains a point of contention today. During the Soviet "golden period," Ukraine became vital, providing coal, industrial manufac…
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Collapse of Independent States and the Purposeful Famine of the Holodomor. Professor Eugene Finkel examines the period following the 1917 collapse, when attempts to form independent Ukrainian states—the UNR and the ZUNR—failed, facing invasion by various Russian forces united in the belief that Ukraine must belong to Russia. Subsequently, Stalin im…
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Galatia, the "Ukrainian Piedmont," and the Threat of Ukrainian Nationalism. Professor Eugene Finkel touches on the life of his Jewish grandfather, Lev, from Galatia, who joined the Red Army in 1940, illustrating how parts of Ukraine were not under Russian control until World War II. Russia viewed the tolerant Austro-Hungarian region of Galatia as a…
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The Origins of the Russian Imperial Project: Khmelnytsky and "New Russia". Professor Eugene Finkel discusses the statue of Bohdan Khmelnytsky, a 17th-century figure viewed differently by Ukrainians as a founding father and by Russians as a uniter with Moscow. Khmelnytsky, too weak to fight Poland, swore allegiance to the Tsar, which Moscow interpre…
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Ashes Warm-ups Cause Slew of Career-Threatening Injuries; Betting Odds Narrow. Jeremy Zakis reports that Ashes warm-up matches are causing a slew of injuries to older players around 35, including Mark Wood of England and Sean Abbott of Australia, both suffering hamstring injuries. The competition in Perth at Subako Stadium will emphasize muscle and…
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Cold Antarctic Air Collides with Tropical Front, Bringing Flash Flooding and Cyclone Warnings to East Coast.Jeremy Zakis describes severe weather on the Australian East Coast due to a clash between bitter cold Antarctic air and a dense tropical air mass colliding over land. This has caused rapid thunderstorms, flash flooding, and storm damage from …
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Dallas the Dog Fosters Trust with Magpie Family, Enhancing Their Intelligence. Jeremy Zakis chronicles how Dallas the dog has adopted a magpie family, leading to a comfortable second generation residing nearby. Dallas's kind, placid demeanor fosters trust, allowing the smart magpies to grow up around him and even play with his toys. A study suggest…
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Tragic Magpie Attack Blinds Girl; Massive Eastern Brown Snake Invades Home. Jeremy Zakis reports that a massive five-foot-long great eastern brown snake was found rearing up outside a woman's bathroom in Veil View, Queensland, necessitating a snake catcher. This highly venomous species requires prompt antivenom administration within the "golden hou…
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The Green Belt and Rethinking Liberty 30 Years Later. Matthew Longo reflects that thirty years after the Iron Curtain fell, the border site is now an unremarkable "green belt." Researcher Longo considers the meaning of freedom, contrasting Isaiah Berlin's negative liberty—freedom from state interference—with Hannah Arendt's concept of plurality and…
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Panic, Pioneers, and the Moral Choice at the Border Picnic. Matthew Longo recounts that by August 19, 1989, hundreds of thousands of East German refugees were camped near Sopron, terrified of Stasi informers. Nemeth's government used the chaotic Picnic as a test for Soviet intervention. When a mass bolted across the border, mistaking champagne pops…
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Young Activists Plan the Audacious Pan-European Picnic. Matthew Longo describes how in late June 1989, young activists Fedins and Maria in Debrecen conceived an audacious plan to throw a protest party—The Picnic—at the Iron Curtain near Sopron. They aimed to challenge communism and celebrate freedom. Though the Curtain was a deadly "death zone," no…
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Elite Politics and the First Crack in the Iron Curtain. Matthew Longo details the July 1989 Warsaw Pact meeting where reformer Nemeth faced off against old-guard Ceausescu. Nemeth had received Gorbachev's "green light" to dismantle the Iron Curtain's deadly fencing in Hungary. Gorbachev secretly confirmed the presence of a nuclear arsenal, urging d…
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Craig Unger discusses Den of Spies, investigating the "October Surprise"—hostages released minutes after Reagan's inauguration. The timing suggests the Reagan campaign made a secret deal with Iran. No facts have been challenged since publication. He views this as a Republican pattern of using adversarial nations to intervene in elections. Guest: Cr…
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Craig Unger describes his 2014 visit to Iran's "Den of Spies" embassy museum, where he interviewed Moshen Rafi Duce, Iran's arms procurement head, who seemingly made an accidental admission about meeting "the Republicans." Former Iranian president Abolhassan Banisadr confirmed the October Surprise was a double coup d'état, destabilizing both the US…
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Craig Unger confirms the Madrid meeting in July 1980, where Bill Casey met with Iranian cleric Mehdi Karoubi, establishing the parameters of the October Surprise by asking Karoubi to delay the hostage release until after the presidential election. The alleged Paris meeting in October involving George H.W. Bush is harder to prove, though investigati…
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Craig Unger reveals that Bill Casey operated through the Safari Club, an off-the-books intelligence group. Casey utilized Iranian arms dealers, the Hashim brothers, who were secretly double agents working for him since the mid-1970s. Casey's best friend, John Shaheen, acted as the crucial cutout, meeting with arms dealers to shield Casey from media…
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Craig Unger describes his high-profile investigation at Newsweek, which surprisingly resulted in three articles denying the October Surprise occurred, a result Unger called a great disgrace in the history of American journalism. The subsequent Congressional investigation, led by Lee Hamilton, was dismissed by Unger as a complete whitewash that acce…
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Craig Unger explores rumors of an "October Surprise"—a Republican deal to delay the hostages' release—which gained credence when former NSC official Gary Sick published an op-ed. Unger spoke to rogue Israeli operative Ari Ben Mashi, who alleged Bill Casey met with Iranians in Madrid in July 1980. Ben Mashi claimed Casey violated the Logan Act and a…
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Craig Unger examines Ronald Reagan's hiring of Bill Casey, an OSS veteran and dazzlingly brilliant spy, to manage his campaign. Casey quickly established a secret intelligence network, meeting with Israeli intelligence and arms dealers globally. Although Casey was notoriously difficult to understand—mumbling, spitting, and requiring Reagan to just …
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Craig Unger investigates the "October Surprise" following the 1979 seizure of 52 American hostages in Tehran. Iran's revolution overthrew the Shah, installed by the US in 1953, creating an anti-American Islamic Republic. The failed Desert One rescue mission on April 24, 1980, killed eight Americans and shocked the Carter administration, effectively…
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Paul Gregory argues that Lee Harvey Oswald's primary motive was a profound belief that he was special and destined for greatness, fostered by his mother. Gregory insists Oswald is often underestimated, highlighting his achievements as a master manipulator who deceived the Soviets and planned the General Walker assassination attempt. A secondary but…
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Paul Gregory visited Dealey Plaza to assess the assassination, concluding the shot was fairly easy as the presidential limousine slowed down to turn. He emphasizes that the route was chosen only four days prior, undermining long-term conspiracy planning. Paul and his father were later targeted by conspiracy theories linking them to radical Russian …
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Paul Gregory chronicles Lee Harvey Oswald's burial at Rose Hill, which was quiet, with reporters carrying the coffin. Marina, in a daze, performed Russian rituals when viewing the body and was deeply impacted by watching the Kennedy funeral on television. Margarite's difficulty was evident as she persistently asserted her dead son was innocent, cla…
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Paul Gregory describes events on November 23rd when Margarite Oswald called Pete Gregory seeking shelter after she and Marina were essentially abducted by Life magazine. Pete notified Secret Service agent Mike Howard, who moved Marina, Margarite, and the two babies to the Six Flags Inn for interrogation. Margarite immediately began campaigning, dem…
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Paul Gregory reveals that in April 1963, Lee Harvey Oswald, agitated and shaken, confessed to Marina that he attempted to assassinate General Edwin Walker in Dallas. Marina found a note giving her directions if he failed to return. Though she realized he was deeply disturbed, she kept the event secret until the Warren Commission. Shortly after, Osw…
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Paul Gregory describes his observations during the summer of 1962 while taking Russian lessons from Marina, noting Lee and Marina's poverty; Marina even lacked a baby carriage for infant June. Lee presented himself as an intellectual but was secretive about his desertion to the Soviet Union. Both Lee and Marina expressed admiration for President Ke…
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Paul Gregory recounts how his father, Pete Gregory, first met Lee Harvey Oswald in June 1962 after being contacted by the Texas Employment Office. Oswald, recently returned from three years in Minsk, sought work utilizing his Russian language skills. Pete, a fluent Russian speaker, tested Lee and, finding his Russian fluent but grammatically poor, …
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