Quiz Quiz Bang Bang is a weekly pub trivia practice podcast. For three weeks out of the month it is straight questions and answers as read by the hosts Annie and David Flora. Once a month we invite friends to join us for a live game of quiz bang trivia to add the humor, thought processes and fun. The show’s format is 4 rounds of 4 questions each with a quick-fire Bang Bang Round after Round 2. After Round 4, a final Big Bang round caps off the show with 3 questions, the answers of which are ...
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Hysteria 51 is your offbeat weekly podcast destination for all things weird and wonderful! We navigate the cosmic highways of UFOs, the alien-infested landscapes, and the enigmatic frontiers of the paranormal. With your hosts, Brent Hand and David Flora, alongside our cantankerous tin man, Conspiracy Bot (with a not-so-subtle desire to rule the world, doubling as our chief inquisitor into the unknown), we delve into unique mysteries, the inexplicable, and the downright unusual. Each week we ...
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A podcast that explores the unexplained and explains the unexplored, Blurry Photos seeks the facts behind the fiction of the world’s most fascinating, unbelievable, and chilling mysteries and legends. Focusing on lesser-known topics of Forteana, conspiracy, history, and folklore, Blurry Photos is driven by the desire for a better understanding of fringe subjects through research, storytelling, and rational thinking. Prepare your butts, because it’s time to learn something weird.
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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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A selection of our favourite articles from The Spectator magazine, read aloud by their writers.
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Plants can’t talk, but we can! The Plantastic Podcast is a show for plant killers, green thumbs, and everyone in between. Listen along as Dr. Jared deconstructs the practices of the best plantspeople of our time so that you can better cultivate your plants and yourself.
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Dive into the evolving world of cannabis with Cannabis Man, a podcast that unravels America's complex relationship with this dynamic plant. From historical controversies to current decriminalization efforts and the booming industry in legalized states, join host Don Kleppin as he investigates the science, culture, and economics shaping cannabis today. With insightful interviews featuring experts, activists, and insiders, Cannabis Man sheds light on the plant's past, present, and its potentia ...
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Discover your next favourite book, or take a deep dive into the mind of an author you love, with The Shakespeare and Company Interview podcast. Long-form interviews with internationally acclaimed authors, recorded from our bookshop in the heart of Paris. Hosted by S&Co Literary Director, Adam Biles. Discover all our upcoming events here. If you enjoy these conversations, you can order The Shakespeare and Company Book of Interviews here. Past guests include: Ottessa Moshfegh, Ian McEwan, Ali ...
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200 million land animals are killed every day around the world in our food system. These are the vegan businesses who are doing something to change that. 'Vegan Business Revolution' is the sister podcast to the Vegan Business Tribe Podcast, going behind the scenes with our Vegan Business Tribe members to explore what really makes a vegan business. Want more great interviews with vegan businesses? Our book 'Vegan Business Revolution' has 35 in-depth interviews with vegan business owners and i ...
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The Galapagos Islands are famous for inspiring Charles Darwin to form his Theory of Evolution based on the biodiversity he'd observed there. This year marks the 150th anniversary of the publication of his "On the origin of species", and the unspoilt islands still fascinate researchers. Some of the plants and animals that live here are found nowhere else on Earth. Today that biodiversity is under threat from an increasing population, tourism and invasive non-native species. The video tracks o ...
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We Are Carbon is the interview show that helps us to recognise that the future of both our planet and our societies can be incredibly beautiful - and that we all play a role in getting there! Hosted by Helen Fisher with guests joining from across the globe. There's a new episode every other Tuesday, and they'll average 1 hr long. We see endless headlines warning us of the horrific impact that we're having on the climate and how dire the outlook is, but we're going to re-frame this crisis and ...
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In each episode we ask a leading historian, novelist or public figure the tantalising question, ”If you could travel back through time, which year would you visit?” Once they have made their choice, then they guide us through that year in three telling scenes. We have visited Pompeii in 79AD, Jerusalem in 1187, the Tower of London in 1483, Colonial America in 1776, 10 Downing Street in 1940 and the Moon in 1969. Featured in the Guardian, Times and Evening Standard. Presented weekly by Sunday ...
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Join us as Rachel Mason Nunn explores the nuanced world of international development by talking to experts and game-changers whose voices and work are critical to radically transforming the sector and our communities for the better. Listen in and be prepared to hear from incredible people who push us to rethink international development, and how we can create meaningful and long-lasting change.
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1. Todd Galberth feat. Kymberli Joye - Be Praised 2. Tasha Cobbs Leonard - The Moment 3. JJ Hairston feat. Travis Greene & Donishisa Ballard - Bigger 4. Joyce Simmons - Living Water 5. Gia Wyre - Grace 6. Randy Weston & Judah Band - Best Me 7. Tasha Cobbs Leonard - At The Cross 8. Geoffrey Golden - Before The King 9. Anthony Brown feat. Naomi Raine - Drink 10. Todd Galberth feat. Tasha Cobbs Leonard - Fear is Not My Future 11. Anthony Brown - Altar - Anthony Brown 12. Sinach - Winning 13. Fl ...
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Richard Madeley, Cindy Yu, Lara Prendergast, Pen Vogler and James Delingpole
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On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: Richard Madeley reads his diary for the week (1:01); Cindy Yu explores the growing trend for all things nostalgic in China (6:00); Lara Prendergast declares that bankers are hot again (11:26); Pen Vogler reviews Sally Coulthard’s book The Apple (17:18); and, James Delingpole argues that Joe Rogan is ‘as edgy as Ba…
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Unlocking Cannabis Cultivation Success with Rimrock Analytical & Best In Grass Recap
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Text Cannabis Man! In this packed episode, Don recaps his experience at the Best In Grass launch party at the Okay Dispensary Lounge in Wheeling, IL, where he collected his judge kit and mingled with fellow cannabis enthusiasts like Mark Kazinec. The event highlighted the growing excitement for more cannabis lounges across the U.S. Don also dives i…
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Michael Donkor on Grow Where They Fall
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This week’s guest is Michael Donkor whose new novel Grow Where They Fall is a meticulous and tender exploration of two formative moments in the life of one Kwame Akromah, twenty years apart. Kwame is Black, Gay, British of Ghanian descent, a dedicated teacher, a dependable friend—character traits and conditions of life that weave around each other …
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The Weather Proof Farm - In Conversation with Niels Corfield [Soil Health & Regen Ag Trainer]
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It's a pleasure to be joined by Niels Corfield who shares insights from his concept of 'The Weatherproof Farm'. It's hard to not have noticed the increase in standing water across farmlands in recent years; fields appearing to contain vast lakes during our wetter seasons. Whilst we might consider ourselves to be at the mercy of changing weather thi…
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Patrick Cullina on Dynamic Naturalistic Design (#32)
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PATRICK CULLINA BIO Patrick Cullina is an award-winning horticulturist, landscape designer, photographer, lecturer, and organizational consultant with more than twenty-five years of experience in the landscape field. He runs a design and consulting business that is dedicated to the innovative and sensitive integration of plants and materials into a…
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Gus Carter, Paul Wood, Jonathan Aitken, Laura Gascoigne and Flora Watkins
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This week: Gus Carter reports from Rotherham (01:10), Paul Wood asks whether anything can stop full-scale conflict in the Middle East (05:55), Jonathan Aitken takes us inside Nixon's resignation melodrama (16:55), Laura Gascoigne reviews Revealing Nature: The Art of Cedric Morris and Lett-Haines (26:08), and Flora Watkins reads her notes on ragwort…
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A new week means new questions! Hope you have fun with these! Words of protest, command, or excitement such as "Wow! Yikes! Zoinks!" are known by what grammatical term? Who was the host of the Canadian version of American Bandstand, called Music Hop in 1963, his first hosting job before moving on to more famous gigs? What's the northernmost Scandin…
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Writing Against Normality, with Samanta Schweblin
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The seven stories in Samanta Schweblin’s Seven Empty Houses are not just about houses—how they contain us, how they constrain us—but are also about the families compressed in them, the objects stored in them, the neighbours that circle them…and the trauma that has soaked into their walls over years past, and that is now seeping slowly out, poisonin…
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Canna-lympics, Best In Grass, and New Innovations: A Chat with Mark Kazinec
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Text Cannabis Man! In this episode of Cannabis Man, host Don Kleppin kicks things off by pondering the possibility of a global cannabis competition, or Canna-lympics, to determine the best products worldwide. The News Joint Wrap covers the Illinois Medical Cannabis Advisory Board's postponed vote on adding new qualifying conditions for medical cann…
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Ever wondered how Hysteria 51 went from a wacky idea to your podcast source of paranormal pandemonium? Join us for a wild ride down memory lane as we uncover the behind the scenes moments that shaped our show. From our first ideas to the missteps along the way, get the inside scoop on how we got here today we talk it all on the Up all Night episode…
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James Heale, Lara Prendergast, Patrick Marnham, Laura Gascoigne and Michael Simmons
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On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: James Heale interviews Woody Johnson, the former American Ambassador to the UK, about a possible second Trump term (1:19); Lara Prendergast reflects on the issue of smartphones for children and what lessons we could learn from Keir Starmer’s approach to privacy (6:35); reviewing Patrick Bishop’s book ‘Paris ’44: T…
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A new week means new questions! Hope you have fun with these! What is at the center of the Milky Way galaxy? Which port city has surpassed Port of Singapore to be the biggest port in the world? The design of the iconic Creeper from Minecraft was the result of a failed attempt to create which other Minecraft creature? Which athletic apparel brand's …
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Summer Reflections, Cannabis Events, and the Future of Cannabinoids with Flora Works CEO Alleh Lindquist
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Text Cannabis Man! In this episode of Cannabis Man, host Don Kleppin reflects on the end of summer and gives thanks for a month off with family before returning to work. The News Joint Wrap previews upcoming cannabis events, including the Enliven Edibles Popcorn Launch Party and the Illinois Craft Showcase in September. Don highlights the strain of…
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Parenting in the age of AI, with Helen Phillips
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So much has been written about the imminent transformation that Artificial Intelligence will bring to our world. But it is often hard to get much of a sense of what that will mean on a personal level—for our work, for our leisure and, perhaps most importantly of all, for our families. What improvements will result? What new tensions will arise? Wha…
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Blurry Hysteria: Cocaine Sharks and Warp Drives | 382
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It's Weird News Time! First up, we've got sharks off the coast of Brazil getting an unexpected high—turns out these sea creatures tested positive for cocaine! Is it a new species of "party sharks," or are we just witnessing the side effects of ocean pollution? Join us as we unravel the mystery behind these cokehead cartilaginous fish. Next, we jump…
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A Quick Invite - Join Our Food Forest Learning Group [Climate Action From Our Gardens]
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From Our Food Forests Discovering Climate Action in Our Gardens & Communities Join us as we embark on a learning journey of regeneration from our growing spaces across the globe. From Our Food Forests is a new light touch network hosted by Helen Fisher for connection and co-learning Read the newsletter on LinkedIn Subscribe to the newsletter on Lin…
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It's still hot in here, but at least the sun has finally gone down and we can see what happens to the townsfolk when things heat up as they cool off! Lizzie realizes things about herself and Starbuck tells some stories. And then something BIG happens on the stage!By David Baxter
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Henry & Henry: The vegan breathing coaches
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Annette and Graham Henry help people solve a huge range of health problems just by teaching them how to breath correctly. Learn more at: www.henryandhenryeu.com --- 200 million land animals are killed every day around the world in our food system. If you killed humans at the same rate, very single person in the world would be dead in less than 40 d…
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Damian Thompson, Paola Romero, Stuart Jeffries, Ysenda Maxtone Graham, and Nicholas Farrell
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On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: Damian Thompson argues that Papal succession plotting is a case of life mirroring art (1:26); Paola Romero reports on Venezuela’s mix of Evita and Thatcher, Maria Corina Machado, and her chances of bringing down Nicolas Maduro (11:39); reviewing Richard Overy’s book ‘Why war?’, Stuart Jeffries reflects that war ha…
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A new week means new questions! Hope you have fun with these! What is the name of the California facility that serves as a workplace for director, writer, and producer George Lucas? In Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, who taught Alice the Lobster Quadrille? Perihelion, the closest point in Earth's orbit to the sun, occurs in which month? What is a…
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Creating Life from Art, with Catherine Lacey
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We recently welcomed Catherine Lacey to the bookshop to discuss her vertiginous latest novel Biography of X. Ostensibly the quest of a journalist, C.M. Lucca, to discover more about the life of her late wife—an artist who went by many names, but who she knew only as X—it quickly becomes clear that, in Biography of X, it’s not just one life being ca…
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Haunted House Hunters: Amityville 2.0 | 381
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We’re taking a spooky stroll down memory lane, revisiting the infamous Amityville Horror case and the dynamic duo who stirred the paranormal pot – Ed and Lorraine Warren. Remember our fifth episode when we first dipped our toes into this haunted house saga? Well, we’re diving back in, armed with fresh laughs, new theories, and the same questionable…
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