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Passing the Mic to the Global South! Armed Conflict, Migration, Human Rights, Anti-Corruption. Local and decolonized perspectives on the events shaping our world, through interviews with people working at the grassroots and on the front lines.
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Eric Maddox is the Army interrogator who, while attached to a Delta Force team in Tikrit, Iraq, collected the intelligence which led to the capture of Saddam Hussein. He subsequently became the first civilian interrogator for the Defense Intelligence Agency and went on to conduct over 2700 interrogations. Eric has repeatedly been able to influence those who have zero trust in him, to make the decision to give him information, even more than he asked, without using torture. Eric honed his sys ...
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Every week, Hailey Elizabeth will dive into the crazy, the creepy, and the unexpected on her new true crime podcast “Behind You”. This is everything you’ve loved about her YouTube true crime series, with even more hair-raising and spine-chilling details than ever before.
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Mahek Bukhari was a a 24 year-old tin-top influencer from the UK. On Mahek’s tin Tok she would often post just normal content like dancing trends, grwms, lip syncing and even the occasional video with her mom. The videos with her mom went the most viral because her mother 44 year-old Ansreen looked good for her age. The comments would be flooded wi…
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In July of 2023, 29 year old Runa Tamura would be having a fun night out at the club. She was dancing and feeling the music while she talked and was kissing with a man she met there, 62 year-old Hitoshi Ura. At the end of the night, the two decided to get a love motel room not too far away. Runas father, 60 year old Osamu Tamura, had actually tagge…
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Sam Greenberg grew up in a wealthy family. But although the was very well off himself, he was able to work hard for himself and had secured a job with NBC for 7 years and worked as a journalist for golf.com. And in college is when Sam would meet his future girlfriend and soon to be wife Ellen Greenberg. Ellen was described as the light of every roo…
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In January 2016, 21 year-old Narumi Kurosaki, ex-girlfriend of 26 year-old Nicholas Zepta was exchanging messages discussing their relationship. The couple had recently had a messy break up because Narumi Narumi had just gotten accepted into an elite college in France on a scholarship and had to leave Tokyo Japan, where her and Nicholas were living…
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Alexee Trevizo was an 19 y/o girl from New Mexico and lived with her mom, step dad and sister. Alexee was a senior in HS and was described as sort of an it girl. She was pretty, she was skinny, she was on the schools cheer team and was dating a man name Deyvn that played on the schools football team. Alexee also had tons of friends and seemed well-…
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The children's book “Are you with me” was a book published on March 7th 2023, written by Kouri Richins. The 42-page book talks to specifically children who have lost loved ones and how to cope with it. Now at first glance, this book looks perfect for children struggling with grief. Kids who experience death should learn how to cope with the pain in…
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On January 14th 2014, Nathan Maddox and his wife Crystal Maddox were walking into a Saturday service with Nathans 5 year-old daughter Maddie, at the Mt. Caramel baptist church. This specific day was going to be Nathans last supervised visitation visit with his daughter Maddie. For the past few years there had been a brutal and messy custody battle …
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Oujia boards over the years have been very controversial. Some people think its a method to speak to the devil while others feel its a way to connect with ancestors. Back in 1100 AD Oujia board were used in healing practices and rituals until scammers got ahold of the ouija board and started lying to people about what the board was saying. After th…
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Over time, the discussion of nature vs nurture has always been a hefty debate. Nature are things that you are born with, your genes, hereditary. While nurture is your environment and how that shapes you into he person you become. But as for Sean Vincent Gilles, he believes he was born to be a murderer. Ever since he was a young toddler he had urges…
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On Febuary 11th, 2023, two teens were seen waiting at a bus stop in the town Birchwood, northwest of England waiting for their friend to get off the next bus. Awhile later, a teenage girl gets off the bus and joins the two teen and the three of them starting heading off to a hiking trial at a nearby park. An hour later emergency services would be c…
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Dumpster diving over the years has gained more and more popularity, and for those who dont know, Dumpster diving is when after hours, people will go into the dumpsters of large corporations and stores to try and get items that the store had thrown away. And a lot of people will find, apple electronics, thousands of dollars worth of clothes, unused …
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On April 22nd, 2022 north of Manchester live 33 year-old Katie Kenyon with her 2 kids. Katie was described as kind and hardworking and would do anything for her kids. But although Katie put on a happy face for everyone she was struggling with her boyfriend at the time with 51 year-old Andrew Burfield. Andrew was said to be abusive to Katie and woul…
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In Apple Valley, Ohio, 32 y/o Tina Herman never showed up for her 4 o’clock shift shift at dairy queen. When she no call no showed, her employees tried calling and texting to see if Tina was okay but was met with no answer. Tina’s manager, Valarie Haythorn, drove to TIna’s house to check up on her and saw Tina's truck in the driveway along with an …
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Wayne Nance was described as “Satans child”. He began developing his fascination with Satanism at 13 and even took hot coat hangers and branded himself with satanic symbols all over his body at age 15. But although Wayne was seen as the “weird kid”, he was highly intelligent. Even as a teen Wayne never received consequences for his actions because …
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Keith Reiner was said to be incredibly intelligent, and was “light years ahead of us”. Keith even as a child was insanely gifted and started learning 3 languages at just 8 years old. He was described as a natural born leader and could spark conversations with anyone he met. But Keith had trouble making friends so he started reading books to help hi…
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Mount Vernon New Hampshire is a small quiet town with population 2,000 and described as the “perfect place to live”. It has low-crime rates, great schools, beautiful scenery and friendly neighbors. It was a peaceful place where most people go to raise children and retire. But all of this came to a halt when on October 4th 2009, a 911 call from was …
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Sonny Kim ever since he was a child was described as an extremely gifted. Sonny grew up very advanced for his age and as young child took a big interest in computer science. Sonny’s knowledge and understanding of computers excelled and he landed a job with a computer company at just 13 years-old. Sonny then (with a 160 IQ) graduated high school at …
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On October 18th, 2018 in Wausau Wisconsin, Heather Gardner was doing a late night trip to the laundromat with her two sons, toddler Jythin and 2-month old Benson as well as her sister Jesse. But as the girls do laundry, Jesse notices something odd about Benson, who is sitting in his car seat on one of the washers. He was freezing cold to the touch …
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In November 2012, 13 year old Dylan Redwine was on a plane going to his father, Mark Redwine’s house for Thanksgiving. Dylan was dreading this solo trip because after his parent’s rough divorce, it strained his relationship with his father. But there was also something else straining Dylan and his fathers relationship. A year prior, Dylan had uncov…
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Yvonne was described by everyone that met her to be the light of every room. She was positive, outgoing, and wasn’t afraid to have fun and live life to the fullest. Yvonne had a lust for life and a passion for doing what scared her. So when her boyfriend of 3 years, Brian Bringer, suggests they move to Panama and live on the beaches and enjoy their…
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On January 6th, 1999 in Krakow Poland, a group of tail boat workers were working late at night in the height of Poland winter when they hear a thump and something hit the propeller of their boat as they dock. The next more they check to see what was stuck and it turned out to be the skin of 23 year-old Katarzyna Zowada. Katarzyna had been missing f…
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Linda F. Collins was an American businesswoman and politician who served a single term from 2015 to 2019 as a Republican member of the Arkansas Senate. She was loved by most and was passionate and drivenO She was given the nickname “The Linebacker” for how much she put her heart and soul into her work. And one of the people she loved most was her b…
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We have been wanting to bring you voices from inside Gaza since the very start of the current atrocities, but for what are obvious reasons this has proven to be extremely difficult, especially after Israel cut all communication lines and mobile phone networks in Gaza, in the prelude to their ground invasion. However, a student from our Palestine Po…
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In the small town of Hamilton Missouri it was a normal day for the town police, the town only had a pop of a little over 1500 so police never received extreme calls . That was until September 16th, 2021 the police would randomly receive photos and videos from an anonymous person that revealed a woman locked in a cage in middle of woods being tortur…
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Halloween is a time of year most look forward too. Most of us look forward to the horror movies, costumes, cool weather and leaves changing. And in Armstrong, British Columbia , Canada lived Taylor Van Diest who was halloween obsessed. Taylor got dressed up in her Zombie costume and left at 5:45pm October 31st, 2011 to go trick or treating with her…
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Forsyth County in Georgia has bene known to be one of the most racist places in the US. With lynches dating back to 1912 and marches promoting discrimination in the 80s, Forsyth county has a population of only 4% people of color. And apart of that 4%Tamla Horsford and her family. Tamla was invited to go to a sleepover of all white women hosted by o…
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Dating apps is a place where most find love, summer flings, or the worst dates of their life. But as for Domina Cherry she used dating apps as a hunting ground her her murders. 19 y/o Sarah aka “Domino Cherry” was born and raised in Germany and had an obsession with serial killers. She admired them, romanticized them and wanted to be one herself. A…
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21-year-old Jake Thomas Patterson was described as quiet and reserved. After Jake was caught at 14 “experimenting on animals” he began possessing odd fantasies and eerie traits. Jake always felt there was a hole in his heart that needed to be filled and one day on his way to work he spots 13 year-old Jayme Closs walking out of her home and on to he…
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In Orange County, California lived 36 year-old Maribel Ramos. Maribel was a very successful women spending 8 years in the army and being deployed to both iraq, afghanistan and building her rank up to sergeant. After the army she tries to find herself and build a life she loves outside and goes to college. Even though Maribel had accomplished so muc…
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A small town in North Dakota, about 15 minutes outside of Bismarck lived the Entzel family. The family was described as “the perfect family”. Chad, the father, was a successful engineer, his wife Nikki, a talented and successful baker and their two well-educated children. So it was shocking when in January of 2020, Chad was found shot to death with…
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In the fall of 2017 in upstate New York, lived the Neurauter family. 46 year-old Michele, was a college professor and her husband Lloyd was a senior engineer for a large company. The couple had 3 daughters and seemed to live the perfect life. They were financially stable, owned a home, and had successful jobs. But on August 27th, 2017 that would al…
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Why don’t we see more African researchers presenting at global Public Health conferences and in US and European research journals? Who determines which public health issues are prioritized in Africa? What is Public Health and “Vaccine Apartheid”? What do these insights reveal about the current state of our Public Health discourse on the global scal…
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While the global arms industry may only account for about one percent of global trade, it’s important to note what that one percent actually buys. Beyond the price tags on the weapons themselves, arms and arms sales have a tremendous impact on all other aspects of global trade, and on relations between trade partners and competitors. This week's ep…
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In 1975 Spain formally ended its colonization of "Spanish Sahara", but instead of ceding control to the indigenous Sahrawi population Spain instead handed the keys to its former colony to the Moroccan regime. For nearly 50 years the Sahrawi people of illegally occupied Western Sahara have been subjected to a brutal regime of settler colonialism, et…
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Where is Western Sahara? What is Western Sahara? Is it a country? Who lives there? If you find yourself unable to answer any of these questions, or if you want a resource that will help you to quickly explain the history and the current political realities around Africa's last colony to your friends and to your community, this short episode was cre…
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On April 28th 1996 in Port Authur, a Australian state in Tasmania, it was a typical day for most. Families and Tourists from all over gathered to Port Arthur to take in sceneries, historical reenactments and live music. But that was until 1:30pm when a man named Martin Bryant open fired killing 35 people and wounding 23. Police questioned why Marti…
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What we are seeing now in the US, with the rollback of so many progressive victories, and with the passage of bigoted legislation towards sexual minorities, is in many ways the final stage of a decades-long strategy by violent strains of American Christian Evangelism. That strategy has seen Africa used as a testing ground in an ideological war agai…
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On November. 17th, 2021, Police show up to the Hicks family home in Verbena Virginia to the lifeless bodies of 31 year old Justin and Amber Hicks while their 2 year-old son Jacob, is unharmed and wandering the scene. The Hicks family was known to be warm and loving and both of them helped people for a living. So police struggled to find a suspect u…
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Omar Alshogre is currently 28 years old. He was first arrested at 15 for attending a protest against the Al Assad regime, and was arrested a total of 11 times between 2011 and 2013. His last arrest, in 2012, along with the arrests of two of his cousins, led to his incarceration in the Branch 215 military intelligence detention center for 21 months,…
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On Oct. 11, 2022, Manhattan psychiatrist 40 year-old Pamela Buchbinder was sentenced to 11 years in prison after being found guilty to one of the most bizarre crime stories in New York City history — the brutal and nearly fatal 2012 attack on Dr Micheal Weiss, her ex and father of her child. The person who attempted the murder was her cousin and cl…
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On April 15th war broke out in Sudan. The fighting between the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group and the Sudanese army has devastated Khartoum, spread across the country, and an estimated 1,800 people have lost their lives, with hundreds of thousands displaced. Dalia AbdelMoniem joins us from the UK, where she has been living since fleeing th…
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This is the second of a two-part series about Basir Bita’s escape from Afghanistan after the US withdrawal in August, 2021. In this second half of his story, Basir shares his experiences getting from Pakistan to Canada, the challenges of adjusting to a new culture, the double-standards in Western moralizing, and navigating the prejudices and stereo…
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Britany Kilgore was your typical girl next door from Saint Louis Missouri. She was kind, respectful, and always played by the rules. She met and fell in love with Corey Kilgore at 18 and the couple got married at 19 then moved across the country to California to live on the marine base Corey was stationed at. It was at this base where Brittany woul…
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On August 30th 2021, the US and its coalition partners ended their nearly twenty-year occupation of Afghanistan. Two weeks before they left, the Taliban swept across the country taking major urban centers, including Kabul. As embassies were abandoned, and as Afghans government officials fled the country, those Afghan citizens who had worked with th…
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In December of 2001, Tracey Richter was home with her three children when a brutal home invasion happened. 2 men came into Traceys home and choked her with her own pantyhose until she fell unconscious while her 3 kids were locked in a room upstairs for safety. She woke up, grabbed 2 guns from a nearby gun cabinet and shot 9 rounds into one of the m…
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On November 23rd 2012, Jordan Davis and his friends Tommy Storms, Tevin Thompson and Leland Bruson spend the day at the mall. It was a beautiful day in Florida and the boys drove around town with rap music blasting and the windows down, enjoying the day. They pull into a gas station while Tommy goes inside for cigarettes and that's when Micheal Dun…
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Ellen Greenberg was a first grade teacher from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Ellen was known she he contagious smile and electric personality. Teachers described Ellen was a model teacher, the type of teacher that her kids would be sad if there was a substitute in class. She was hard working and lived a wonderful life in a new apartment and fiancé an…
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On April 12th, 2018, north carolina police received a phone call from Grace Pladl saying that her son, 42-year-old Steven Pladl, had just called her and told her that he had killed his daughter, his daughter's baby, and his daughter's adoptive father. Throughout the call, Steven is referring to his daughter as his “wife” and his daughter's baby as …
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Lesley Herring was a 44 year old woman from South America that had everything one can dream of. She was beautiful, had a thriving career, a beautiful husband, a luxury home, and a determination to build more for herself. Lesley and her husband Lyle were seen as a power couple. Both were not just hard-working, wealthy and loyal, but they were also d…
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Today’s guest is a seasoned business speaker and has addressed groups in more than 30 different countries and is trusted by more than 20,000 CEOs. He is also the author of two books; Forum and the Friendship Advantage. Please welcome to the show, Mo Fathelbab! Mo is the President of Forum Resources Network, as well as the co-founder of the HBS Alum…
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