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Fresh Air from WHYY, the Peabody Award-winning weekday magazine of contemporary arts and issues, is one of public radio's most popular programs. Hosted by Terry Gross, the show features intimate conversations with today's biggest luminaries. Subscribe to Fresh Air Plus! You'll enjoy bonus episodes and sponsor-free listening - all while you support NPR's mission. Learn more at plus.npr.org/freshair
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The Rest Is Entertainment pulls back the curtain on television, movies, journalism and more with Richard Osman and Marina Hyde using their years of knowledge, enviable contact book and wit to bring you what’s hot, and what’s not in the world of entertainment.
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C-SPAN brings together best-selling nonfiction authors and influential interviewers for wide-ranging, hour- long conversations. Find this podcast every Saturday after 10 pm ET. From C-SPAN, the network that brings you "Lectures in History" and "Q&A" podcasts.
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The Daily

The New York Times

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This is what the news should sound like. The biggest stories of our time, told by the best journalists in the world. Hosted by Michael Barbaro and Sabrina Tavernise. Twenty minutes a day, five days a week, ready by 6 a.m. Listen to this podcast in New York Times Audio, our new iOS app for news subscribers. Download now at nytimes.com/audioapp
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Books and Boba

Potluck Podcast Collective

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Books & Boba is a book club dedicated to books written by Asian and Asian American authors. We cover a wide range of genres including contemporary, historical fiction, sci-fi, fantasy, YA, nonfiction, thrillers, graphic novels, and memoirs.
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Comic Book Club News gives you the comic book news you need to know first thing in the morning, every weekday. From the creators of the long-running Comic Book Club podcast, Comic Book Club News recaps breaking news stories from Marvel, DC Comics, and beyond, Monday through Friday. Got tips or stories you'd like us to cover? Email us at comicbookclublive@gmail.com.
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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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The Book Review

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The world's top authors and critics join host Gilbert Cruz and editors at The New York Times Book Review to talk about the week's top books, what we're reading and what's going on in the literary world. Listen to this podcast in New York Times Audio, our new iOS app for news subscribers. Download now at nytimes.com/audioapp
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Find your next great read. Book recommendations, book news and guests, including top authors and other book enthusiasts who discuss what’s happening in the world of books with a focus on frontlist and backlist fiction including literary fiction, suspense, historical, memoir and nonfiction.
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Join writer Elizabeth Flux and comedian Ben McKenzie on their six(ish) year mission to read every Terry Pratchett novel – not just the Discworld ones! They’ll read one a month, and discuss them with special guests, puns and footnotes. Episodes released on the 8th of each month (Australian time); check pratchatpodcast.com and the end of each episode for notice of the next book, and send in questions to us via social media! The explicit tag represents a fairly average Australian level of coars ...
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Essential listening for anyone who cares about the printed word and developments in publishing. From independent publications, new forms of print media and graphic novels to little-known niche magazines, ‘The Stack’ is Monocle’s take on the world of print, focusing on everything from the glossiest fashion title to the grittiest local newspaper.
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Nic Gunning hosts the official podcast and radio show of the David A. Howe Public Library. Listen for book news, great segments and library events! Listen in Wednesday at 9 pm on 92.7 WRAQ Angelica. The All the Books Show (2015-2020) Howe's Things (2020-Present)
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Pop culture and movie news from around the globe. No celebrity gossip here, just the most important film, comic, tv, streaming, video game and book news suited for any level of geek. Whether you’re a Star Wars fan, or just can’t get enough of Batman, we’re happy to help you...Let your Geek SideShow! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Library Talks

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Join The New York Public Library and your favorite writers, artists, and thinkers for smart talks and provocative conversations from the nation’s cultural capital.
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Silicon Valley wants to shape our future, but why should we let it? Every Thursday, Paris Marx is joined by a new guest to critically examine the tech industry, its big promises, and the people behind them. Tech Won’t Save Us challenges the notion that tech alone can drive our world forward by showing that separating tech from politics has consequences for us all, especially the most vulnerable. It’s not your usual tech podcast.
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Hosted by Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan, fiction/non/fiction interprets current events through the lens of literature, and features conversations with writers of all stripes, from novelists and poets to journalists and essayists.
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An exploration of the comic book art form via weekly insights, news, and creator interviews. Covering it all from Marvel Comics and DC Comics to indies publishers and creators too.
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The Book Case

ABC News | Charlie Gibson, Kate Gibson

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Are you stuck in a reading rut? The Book Case makes the case for books outside of your usual genre. Wander the aisles of your local bookstore with Kate and Charlie Gibson and meet fascinating characters who will open your appetite to new categories while deepening your hunger for books. This weekly series will journey cover to cover through the literary world, featuring interviews with best-selling authors, tastemakers, and independent bookstore owners. New episodes post every Thursday.
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On our mid-month check in for July 2024, we recap some of the latest Asian American publishing announcements, as well as get some updates on the latest Books & Boba pick to get picked up for TV and which books by Asian authors made it into the New York Time's best 100 books of the century! Upcoming books mentioned in our publishing news: Seen: The …
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Dark Horse Comics has come out firmly against AI-generated material in a new statement. DC's All In creative teams have been revealed. Jeff Lemire returns to Black Hammer with a new series. All on Comic Book Club News for July 19, 2024. SUBSCRIBE ON RSS, APPLE, ANDROID, SPOTIFY, OR THE APP OF YOUR CHOICE. FOLLOW US ON TWITTER, INSTAGRAM, TIKTOK, AN…
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On Task: How Our Brain Gets Things Done (Princeton UP, 2020) is a look at the extraordinary ways the brain turns thoughts into actions—and how this shapes our everyday lives. Why is it hard to text and drive at the same time? How do you resist eating that extra piece of cake? Why does staring at a tax form feel mentally exhausting? Why can your chi…
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Earlier this month, the New York Times Book Review rolled out the results of an ambitious survey it conducted to determine the best books of the 21st century so far. On this special episode of the Book Review Podcast, host Gilbert Cruz chats with some fellow Book Review editors about the results of that survey and about the project itself. To read …
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Visit our Patreon page to see the various tiers you sign up for today to get in on the ground floor of AIPT Patreon. We hope to see you chatting with us on our Discord soon! NEWS DC Comics unveils 'DC All In' line of comics DC's 'Absolute Universe' creative teams and story details revealed DC core titles reveal new creative teams DC Comics solicita…
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The struggle against neoliberal order has gained momentum over the last five decades – to the point that economic elites have not only adapted to the Left's critiques but incorporated them for capitalist expansion. Venture funds expose their ties to slavery and pledge to invest in racial equity. Banks pitch microloans as a path to indigenous self-d…
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Burn It Down: Feminist Manifestos for the Revolution (Verso, 2020), Breanne Fahs has curated a comprehensive collection of feminist manifestos from the nineteenth century to today. Fahs collected over seventy-five manifestos from around the world, calling on feminists to act, be defiant and show their rage. This thought-provoking and timely collect…
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Yanagawa Seigan (1789–1858) and his wife Kōran (1804–79) were two of the great poets of nineteenth-century Japan. They practiced the art of traditional Sinitic poetry—works written in literary Sinitic, or classical Chinese, a language of enduring importance far beyond China’s borders. Together, they led itinerant lives, traveling around Japan teach…
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Black women undertook an energetic and unprecedented engagement with internationalism from the late nineteenth century to the 1970s. In many cases, their work reflected a complex effort to merge internationalism with issues of women's rights and with feminist concerns. To Turn the Whole World Over: Black Women and Internationalism (U Illinois Press…
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In an unsettling time in American history, the outbreak of right-wing violence is among the most disturbing developments. In recent years, attacks originating from the far right of American politics have targeted religious and ethnic minorities, with a series of antigovernment militants, religious extremists, and lone-wolf mass shooters inspired by…
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Black women undertook an energetic and unprecedented engagement with internationalism from the late nineteenth century to the 1970s. In many cases, their work reflected a complex effort to merge internationalism with issues of women's rights and with feminist concerns. To Turn the Whole World Over: Black Women and Internationalism (U Illinois Press…
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The Persian Gulf has long been a contested space--an object of imperial ambitions, national antagonisms, and migratory dreams. The roots of these contestations lie in the different ways the Gulf has been defined as a region, both by those who live there and those beyond its shore. Making Space for the Gulf: Histories of Regionalism and the Middle E…
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You could fill a large library with books about JFK’s assassination. We’ve even touched on the subject here. The topic of the transfer of power from JFK to LBJ, however, has been neglected. I was under the impression that after JFK was pronounced dead, LBJ took an oath and that was that. As Steve Gillon points out in his terrific new The Kennedy As…
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Beyond Complicity: Why We Blame Each Other Instead of Systems (University of California Press, 2024) by Dr. Francine Banner is a fascinating cultural diagnosis that identifies our obsession with complicity as a symptom of a deeply divided society. The questions surrounding what it means to be legally complicit are the same ones we may ask ourselves…
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In Vicksburg: Grant’s Campaign that Broke the Confederacy (Simon & Schuster, 2019), Donald L. Miller explains in great detail how Grant ultimately succeeded in taking the city and turning the tide of the war in favor of the Union. Miller begins his tale with events in Cairo and leads the reader through all the important events that lead to success …
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#OzWatch: La Nina cold weeks of snow and damp with an Antarctic front. Jeremy Zakis, New South Wales. #FriendsofHistoryDebatingSociety https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-07-20/hazardous-weather-south-east-australia-strong-winds-hail-snow/104119890 undated NSWBy John Batchelor
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#OzWatch: Coastal Taipan with venom enough to overwhelm 400 hominins. Jeremy Zakis, New South Wales. #FriendsofHistoryDebatingSociety https://www.livescience.com/animals/snakes/deadly-snake-delivers-enough-venom-to-kill-400-humans-in-record-breaking-milking 1873 Fern TreesBy John Batchelor
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#OzWatch: Captaincy makes batters better and bowlers worse. Jeremy Zakis, New South Wales. #FriendsofHistoryDebatingSociety https://www.telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2024/07/18/ben-stokes-runs-wickets-all-rounder-england-v-west-indies/ https://www.thetimes.com/uk/science/article/batters-get-bounce-from-being-named-captain-but-bowlers-suffer-33wm2792m 192…
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WHEN THE ENGLISH TAUGHT REGICIDE: 8/8: The Blazing World: A New History of Revolutionary England, 1603-1689 by Jonathan Healey (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Blazing-World-History-Revolutionary-1603-1689/dp/0593318358 The seventeenth century was a revolutionary age for the English. It started as they suddenly found themselves ruled by a Scotsman, …
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WHEN THE ENGLISH TAUGHT REGICIDE: 7/8: The Blazing World: A New History of Revolutionary England, 1603-1689 by Jonathan Healey (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Blazing-World-History-Revolutionary-1603-1689/dp/0593318358 The seventeenth century was a revolutionary age for the English. It started as they suddenly found themselves ruled by a Scotsman, …
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WHEN THE ENGLISH TAUGHT REGICIDE: 6/8: The Blazing World: A New History of Revolutionary England, 1603-1689 by Jonathan Healey (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Blazing-World-History-Revolutionary-1603-1689/dp/0593318358 The seventeenth century was a revolutionary age for the English. It started as they suddenly found themselves ruled by a Scotsman, …
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WHEN THE ENGLISH TAUGHT REGICIDE: 5/8: The Blazing World: A New History of Revolutionary England, 1603-1689 by Jonathan Healey (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Blazing-World-History-Revolutionary-1603-1689/dp/0593318358 The seventeenth century was a revolutionary age for the English. It started as they suddenly found themselves ruled by a Scotsman, …
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WHEN THE ENGLISH TAUGHT REGICIDE: 4/8: The Blazing World: A New History of Revolutionary England, 1603-1689 by Jonathan Healey (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Blazing-World-History-Revolutionary-1603-1689/dp/0593318358 The seventeenth century was a revolutionary age for the English. It started as they suddenly found themselves ruled by a Scotsman, …
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WHEN THE ENGLISH TAUGHT REGICIDE: 3/8: The Blazing World: A New History of Revolutionary England, 1603-1689 by Jonathan Healey (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Blazing-World-History-Revolutionary-1603-1689/dp/0593318358 The seventeenth century was a revolutionary age for the English. It started as they suddenly found themselves ruled by a Scotsman, …
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WHEN THE ENGLISH TAUGHT REGICIDE: 2/8: The Blazing World: A New History of Revolutionary England, 1603-1689 by Jonathan Healey (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Blazing-World-History-Revolutionary-1603-1689/dp/0593318358 The seventeenth century was a revolutionary age for the English. It started as they suddenly found themselves ruled by a Scotsman, …
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WHEN THE ENGLISH TAUGHT REGICIDE: 1/8: The Blazing World: A New History of Revolutionary England, 1603-1689 by Jonathan Healey (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Blazing-World-History-Revolutionary-1603-1689/dp/0593318358 The seventeenth century was a revolutionary age for the English. It started as they suddenly found themselves ruled by a Scotsman, …
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THAT VENUS-BRIGHT BOLIDE OVER NEW YORK AND CONNECTICUT: 4/4: Impact: How Rocks from Space Led to Life, Culture, and Donkey Kong Hardcover – by Greg Brennecka (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Impact-Rocks-Space-Culture-Donkey/dp/0063078929/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-11685089/Blazing-me…
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THAT VENUS-BRIGHT BOLIDE OVER NEW YORK AND CONNECTICUT: 3/4: Impact: How Rocks from Space Led to Life, Culture, and Donkey Kong Hardcover – by Greg Brennecka (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Impact-Rocks-Space-Culture-Donkey/dp/0063078929/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-11685089/Blazing-me…
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THAT VENUS-BRIGHT BOLIDE OVER NEW YORK AND CONNECTICUT: 2/4: Impact: How Rocks from Space Led to Life, Culture, and Donkey Kong Hardcover – by Greg Brennecka (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Impact-Rocks-Space-Culture-Donkey/dp/0063078929/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-11685089/Blazing-me…
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THAT VENUS-BRIGHT BOLIDE OVER NEW YORK AND CONNECTICUT: 1/4: Impact: How Rocks from Space Led to Life, Culture, and Donkey Kong Hardcover – by Greg Brennecka (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Impact-Rocks-Space-Culture-Donkey/dp/0063078929/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-11685089/Blazing-me…
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PREVIEW: AMERICAS: BORDERS: Conversation with colleague Joseph Humire, who is writing in the distinguished peer-reviewed journal of UNAM, the National Autonomous University of Mexico, re: the Trump foreign policy with regard to the Americas -- and the contrast with the Biden Administration. More next week. 1911 Mexico City…
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PREVIEW: #PANAMA: #DARIEN GAP: Conversation with colleague Michael Yon re: the report that the new president of Ecuador aims to restrict Chinese nationals flying into Quito in order to bus north to the Darién Gap and on to Texas. More later on the Darién Gap. 1910 Gatun Locks PanamaBy John Batchelor
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PREVIEW: OKINAWA: Conversation with colleague Michael Yon in Okinawa, re: his visit to the memorial for Ernie Pyle, the most prominent war and combat correspondent who was KIA in April 1945 -- on Ie Shima Island, not far from where Michael is staying at Naha, Okinawa. Much more on Michael Yon in Okinawa tonight. 1942 Japanese Imperial Army attacks…
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https://youtu.be/HchWNcnh_l4 Help the Libertarian Institute serve as a bulwark against academics and the corporate press: https://libertarianinstitute.org/donate/ Domestic Imperialism: Nine Reasons I Left Progressivism: https://libertarianinstitute.org/books/domestic-imperialism-nine-reasons-i-left-progressivism/ The Voluntaryist Handbook: https://…
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We speak with cultural historian W David Marx about the appeal of Japanese magazines, from ‘Popeye’ to ‘Brutus’. Plus ‘Tempura’, a French publication dedicated to exploring Japan’s cultural trends, and a book celebrating the cult movie zine ‘Little Joe’. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…
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Approaching translations of Tolkien's works as stories in their own right, Reading Tolkien in Chinese: Religion, Fantasy and Translation (Bloomsbury, 2024) reads multiple Chinese translations of Tolkien's writing to uncover the new and unique perspectives that enrich the meaning of the original texts. Exploring translations of The Lord of the Rings…
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The names of Red Cloud, Sitting Bull, and Crazy Horse are often readily recognized among many Americans. Yet the longer, dynamic history of the Lakota - a history from which these three famous figures were created - remains largely untold. In Lakota America: A New History of Indigenous Power (Yale, 2019), historian Pekka Hämäläinen, author of The C…
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Operating on the premise that our failure to recognize our interconnected relationship to the rest of the cosmos is the origin of planetary peril, Ecological Solidarities: Mobilizing Faith and Justice for an Entangled World (Penn State University Press, 2019) presents academic, activist, and artistic perspectives on how to inspire reflection and mo…
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