Best Accession Of James The Second Podcasts (2024)

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The Spanish Inquisition: everything you wanted to know 42:27

1h ago42:27

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The era of the Spanish Inquisition is most commonly remembered as a period of widespread fear and paranoia, where communities turned on each other and torture was rife. But how true is this popular perception? Speaking to Emily Briffett, Giles Tremlett answers listener questions on the Spanish Inquisition, from the real history behind the sinister …

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Life of Purpose: Ramit Sethi | The Pyschology of Money: How to Design a Rich Life 1:11:13

3h ago1:11:13

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Join us for our Life of Purpose series this month as we revisit some of our most impactful episodes. Dive deep into expert insights and practical strategies on health, performance, and community, helping you achieve personal and professional fulfillment. Ramit Sethi dives into the psychology of money, unpacking some of the incredibly insightful adv…

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1217: the year that (almost) changed English history 39:47

3h ago39:47

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1217 is not one of the most famous years in English history. But with a major French invasion looming and a brutal war that wracked both towns and the countryside, this was a year that could have altered the nation's history beyond recognition. So, why aren't we more familiar with the events of 1217? Emily Briffett speaks to medievalist Catherine H…

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Life of Purpose: Jim Bunch | Designing Your Environment for Optimal Performance and Creativity 1:11:36

1d ago1:11:36

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Join us for our Life of Purpose series this month as we revisit some of our most impactful episodes. Dive deep into expert insights and practical strategies on health, performance, and community, helping you achieve personal and professional fulfillment. Jim Bunch talks about rapid transformation, why will power fails to change the behavior of 96% …

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Deeds not words | 6. Mission accomplished? 34:21

1h ago34:21

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After an escalating campaign of bombing and arson attacks, the suffragette movement was brought to a sudden halt on the outbreak of war in 1914. In the final episode of our new series Deeds not words: the story of the suffragettes, Ellie Cawthorne speaks to expert historians about why and how the campaign came to its conclusion, and whether it achi…

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Life of Purpose: Sasha Heinz | Taking Human Performance From Good to Great 1:13:04

2d ago1:13:04

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Join us for our Life of Purpose series this month as we revisit some of our most impactful episodes. Dive deep into expert insights and practical strategies on health, performance, and community, helping you achieve personal and professional fulfillment. Sasha Heinz took inspiration from her time in athletics for her approach as a life coach in psy…

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Kindness & hostility: refugees in wartime Britain 33:32

32m ago33:32

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Before and during the Second World War, Britain provided a safe haven for thousands of people fleeing Nazi persecution. But, as the author Paul Dowswell argues, this is not an entirely heroic story. In conversation with Rob Attar, Paul explains how huge numbers of Jews were denied entry to Britain and reveals how many of the refugees who were accep…

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Life of Purpose: Tiago Forte | Building a Second Brain 53:05

3d ago53:05

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Join us for our Life of Purpose series this month as we revisit some of our most impactful episodes. Dive deep into expert insights and practical strategies on health, performance, and community, helping you achieve personal and professional fulfillment. In this episode, we're privileged to have Tiago Forte, a productivity expert and founder of For…

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Catherine de' Medici: life of the week 49:32

33m ago49:32

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Catherine de' Medici has gone down in history as the sinister 'serpent queen', who had a troop of female spies in her court and may have instigated the deadly St Bartholomew's Day massacre. But is this a fair judgement of the 16th-century queen and regent? In this 'Life of the week' episode, Emily Briffett speaks to historian Leah Redmond Chang to …

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Life of Purpose: Jim Kwik | Upgrade Your Brain, Learn Anything Faster, and Unlock Your Exceptional Life 1:19:13

4d ago1:19:13

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Join us for our Life of Purpose series this month as we revisit some of our most impactful episodes. Dive deep into expert insights and practical strategies on health, performance, and community, helping you achieve personal and professional fulfillment. In this episode of Unmistakable Creative, we are joined by the renowned brain and memory expert…

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The suffragettes who fell in love 32:06

3h ago32:06

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Evelina Haverfield and Vera Holme, known as Jack, were in love. Not only were they in love, but they also worked together – as suffragette protestors, during prison sentences, and on the wards of military hospitals abroad. Speaking to Lauren Good, Wendy Moore explores the fascinating adventures of these two women before and during the First World W…

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Servants: everything you wanted to know 38:04

20m ago38:04

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What was it like to be a servant in one of Britain's grand stately homes? How much were domestic staff paid? And what made maids revolt against wearing mopcaps? From daily drudgery to stories of scandal, in our latest Everything you wanted to know episode, historian Lucy Lethbridge speaks to Lauren Good about the reality of domestic service in the …

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Life of Purpose: Mark Wolynn | How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle 1:05:39

4d ago1:05:39

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Join us for our Life of Purpose series this month as we revisit some of our most impactful episodes. Dive deep into expert insights and practical strategies on health, performance, and community, helping you achieve personal and professional fulfillment. Mark Wolynn says that inherited family trauma can become a core language that we tell ourselves…

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Anxieties of the Edwardian age 38:03

1d ago38:03

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The Edwardian era is sometimes regarded as an uneventful stopgap between the cultural and technological innovations of the Victorian period and the seismic shifts brought about by the First World War. But is this a fair assessment? Alwyn Turner talks to Jon Bauckham about what life was really like during the reign of Edward VII, and how anxieties a…

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Life of Purpose: Emily Fletcher | How to Stress Less and Accomplish More 50:54

2d ago50:54

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Join us for our Life of Purpose series this month as we revisit some of our most impactful episodes. Dive deep into expert insights and practical strategies on health, performance, and community, helping you achieve personal and professional fulfillment. In this episode of Unmistakable Creative, we are joined by Emily Fletcher, the founder of Ziva …

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Deeds not words | 5. Burning down the house 42:19

3d ago42:19

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Smashing windows, burning down politicians’ homes and planting bombs in public places. As the suffragette movement progressed, it turned to increasingly extreme methods to further its cause. In episode five of our new series on the suffragettes, Ellie Cawthorne speaks to expert historians to reveal how the campaign became ever more militant and ask…

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Life of Purpose: Kamal Ravikant | The Profound Power of Personal Commitment 51:25

3d ago51:25

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Join us for our Life of Purpose series this month as we revisit some of our most impactful episodes. Dive deep into expert insights and practical strategies on health, performance, and community, helping you achieve personal and professional fulfillment. If we make a practice in our lives, like going to the gym or eating healthy, if you want to los…

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How the Plantagenets forged the English state 48:38

4d ago48:38

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Between 1199 and 1399, English politics was packed full of high drama, as the Plantagenet monarchs reacted - and adapted - to plague, warfare, uprisings and economic crises. But, according to medieval historians Caroline Burt and Richard Partington in their new book //Arise, England//, the Plantagenet age is also one that shines a light on England'…

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Life of Purpose: Sarah Sarkis | How to Change Your Life Without Losing Your Mind 58:02

4d ago58:02

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Join us for our Life of Purpose series this month as we revisit some of our most impactful episodes. Dive deep into expert insights and practical strategies on health, performance, and community, helping you achieve personal and professional fulfillment. Sarah Sarkis, psychologist, writer and performance consultant, works to empower people to achie…

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Justinian: life of the week 57:38

8d ago57:38

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Justinian stands tall among the Byzantine rulers, as the 'sleepless emperor' whose religious fervour and legislative zeal saw him rebuild the eastern Roman empire from the ground up... until the 'four horsemen of the apocalypse' arrived and threatened it all. Peter Sarris talks to Kev Lochun about how the conniving and ruthless Justinian claimed po…

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Life of Purpose: Britt Frank | The Science of Stuck: Breaking Through Inertia to Find Your Path Forward 59:55

5d ago59:55

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Join us for our Life of Purpose series this month as we revisit some of our most impactful episodes. Dive deep into expert insights and practical strategies on health, performance, and community, helping you achieve personal and professional fulfillment. In this episode of the Unmistakable Creative Podcast, we delve into a profound conversation wit…

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The woman who saved the children 37:05

6d ago37:05

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Eglantyne Jebb was a woman who had no real love of children – but nevertheless worked tirelessly to campaign for their rights. Clare Mulley joins us to discuss the life and work of a pioneering fundraiser and the founder of the international Save the Children fund, whose unconventional personal life defied the strictures of her class. (Ad) Clare Mu…

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Life of Purpose: Simon Sinek | Finding Your Why 57:44

11d ago57:44

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Join us for our Life of Purpose series this month as we revisit some of our most impactful episodes. Dive deep into expert insights and practical strategies on health, performance, and community, helping you achieve personal and professional fulfillment. Join Simon Sinek as he explores the powerful concept of 'Finding Your Why', a pivotal idea that…

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Victorian crime and punishment: everything you wanted to know 51:04

7d ago51:04

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Could children be hanged in Victorian Britain? Were the streets of Dickensian London haunted by organised gangs, or opportunistic pickpockets? What tricks and tools did Victorian police have at their disposal? And was it possible to get a fair trial in the 19th century? In our latest Everything You Wanted to Know episode, historian Dr Drew Gray ans…

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Life of Purpose: Srini Pillay | The Power of the Unfocused Mind 50:47

7d ago50:47

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Join us for our Life of Purpose series this month as we revisit some of our most impactful episodes. Dive deep into expert insights and practical strategies on health, performance, and community, helping you achieve personal and professional fulfillment. Explore the counterintuitive benefits of an unfocused mind with Dr. Srini Pillay. In this episo…

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Life of Purpose: Tim Ferriss | Making the Impossible Possible 58:49

8d ago58:49

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Join us for our Life of Purpose series this month as we revisit some of our most impactful episodes. Dive deep into expert insights and practical strategies on health, performance, and community, helping you achieve personal and professional fulfillment. Today, we're excited to have Tim Ferriss back on the show. Tim has been listed as one of Fast C…

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How the Dreyfus Affair tore France apart 45:09

9d ago45:09

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In 1894, French artillery officer Alfred Dreyfus was falsely accused of passing military secrets to Germany. These swirling accusations and the subsequent degradation and humiliation suffered by Dreyfus constitutes one of history's most notorious incidents of antisemitism. Maurice Samuels speaks to Danny Bird about why the military top brass were s…

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Life of Purpose: Ozan Varol | Think Like a Rocket Scientist 1:02:09

9d ago1:02:09

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Join us for our Life of Purpose series this month as we revisit some of our most impactful episodes. Dive deep into expert insights and practical strategies on health, performance, and community, helping you achieve personal and professional fulfillment. When Ozan Varol was just 17, he moved from his home in Istanbul to the United States to study A…

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Deeds not words | 4. Cat and mouse 37:09

10d ago37:09

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The suffragettes’ relationship with the British establishment was fractious to say the least. As well as experiencing police brutality on the streets, the activists were subjected to violent force-feeding in response to hunger strikes in prison. But, as we reveal in the fourth episode of our new series Deeds not words, when faced with this oppositi…

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Life of Purpose: Steven Kotler | The Neuroscience of Flow 46:03

10d ago46:03

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Join us for our Life of Purpose series this month as we revisit some of our most impactful episodes. Dive deep into expert insights and practical strategies on health, performance, and community, helping you achieve personal and professional fulfillment. Dive into the captivating world of flow and neuroscience with renowned author and peak performa…

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The surprising lives of ancient women 43:39

11d ago43:39

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Did you know that while Mark Antony was having an affair with Cleopatra, his wife, Fulvia, was fighting a battle on his behalf in Rome? Or that the first named author was a woman? What about the fact that the first female victor of the Olympic Games competed in her fifties? Speaking to Lauren Good, Daisy Dunn shines a light on these women in antiqu…

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Life of Purpose: Tara Swart | The Neuroscience of Manifesting Your Goals - Part 2 1:03:32

11d ago1:03:32

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Join us for our Life of Purpose series this month as we revisit some of our most impactful episodes. Dive deep into expert insights and practical strategies on health, performance, and community, helping you achieve personal and professional fulfillment. Join Tara Swart in Part 2 of our deep dive into the neuroscience of manifesting your goals. Thi…

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Boudica: life of the week 46:13

12d ago46:13

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How much do we really know about the Iceni warrior leader who rose up against Rome? How close did she come to success? And can we know what she looked like? Speaking to Elinor Evans, archaeologist and writer Duncan Mackay traces the story of the freedom fighter Boudica, scourge of the Roman empire. (Ad) Duncan Mackay is the author of Echolands: A J…

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