Blue Dot, named after Carl Sagan's famous speech about our place in the universe, features interviews with guests from all over the regional, national and worldwide scientific communities. Host Dave Schlom leads discussions about the issues science is helping us address with experts who shed light on climate change, space exploration, astronomy, technology and much more. Dave asks us to remember: from deep space, we all live on a pale, blue dot.
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Each week host Nancy Wiegman talks to local, regional and national writers about their latest projects. Nancy's Bookshelf airs on NSPR Fridays at 10 a.m.
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Conversations draws you deeper into the life story of someone you may have heard about, but never met. Journey into their world, joining them on epic adventures to unfamiliar places, back in time to wild moments of history, and into their deepest memories, to be moved by personal stories of resilience and redemption. Hosted by Richard Fidler and Sarah Kanowski, Conversations is the ABC's most popular long-form interview program. Every day we explore the vast tapestry of human experience, wea ...
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Newfoundland's 1st podcast; with your host, Jim Fidler
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Artist and lover of good music
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Freestyle Cover art photo provided by Andreas Fidler on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/@speckfechta
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In a world marked by wicked social problems, The Minefield helps you negotiate the ethical dilemmas, contradictory claims and unacknowledged complicities of modern life.
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As long as there’s been language, there have been forbidden words. What gives these words their power? Why are they considered “bad”? Producer and Host, Matt Fidler, reaches out to experts, linguists, and historians to explore these words and their cultural significance. From diving into specific bad words to exploring what language has the “worst curses”, Matt weaves personal stories and interviews to help shed light on the power of very bad words. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for ...
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Each week, hosts Jeff Fidler and Cameron Ciesil will pick a ska or punk band and explain why they're actually totally awesome and not lame at all. Arguments, singing, drinking, and general buffoonery await. Buckle up.
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This podcast feed for The Minefield is closing soon because it's a duplication of our main program but you won't miss an episode. Search iTunes for The Minefield - ABC RN or use this RSS feed: http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/feed/6344904/podcast.xml
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Two Philadelphia comedians discuss feelings and the things that make you feel them.
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Natural disasters are increasing across the nation. In the West, these disasters often come in the form of wildfire, and perhaps no state understands the true cost of wildfire like California. The Golden State has always had forest fires, but they're progressively becoming harder to control and more deadly. At the same time, the state's population has surpassed 40 million, pushing people further into wild spaces that have been adapted to fire. California Burning takes a critical look at how ...
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It's easy to talk about what's wrong in Baltimore. The challenge is to talk about what's next. In each episode, Wes looks at innovative ideas that are working in other cities, places like Cincinnati, St Louis, and Detroit. And he asks the question: Can those ideas work for Baltimore? This program is made possible by Genine and Josh Fidler, and supported by the Baltimore Community Foundation, created by and for the people of Greater Baltimore, where many donors join together to make the regio ...
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Expected to die, today he’s inspiring others to truly live. World-renowned inspirational speaker + national bestselling author John O’Leary wants to help you wake up from accidental living so you can do, be, achieve and impact more through your life. Every Monday, John shares a quick burst of inspiration to help start your week on fire. Every Thursday, John interviews an amazing guest on their story, successes, failures, lessons, and life to help you uncover tips to apply in yours.
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A wide variety of conversations recorded in front of audiences round Aotearoa
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Host Justin Spiro talks with the most respected, knowledgeable sports journalists, media members and personalities in Detroit and the state of Michigan. Whether it's Lions, Tigers, Wings, Pistons, Michigan State, or Michigan, The Spiro Avenue Show will give you the most insightful conversations in the Mitten 🔥. Live weeknights on YouTube, Facebook and Twitter 👍
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Video Tours of Homes for sale in the Carolinas
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Welcome to the Mothers In Medicine Podcast. Here we have honest and open conversations with leaders in the medical field who are also mothers. Hear their real life stories and also gain from their practical tips and advice for managing the juggle.
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Welcome to Deep Cuts: A Series on Excision, in which surgeons from a variety of specialties discuss excisional debridement, one of the cornerstones of successful wound reconstruction and care.
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A podcast about writing, featuring interviews with authors and songwriters at all levels of success. Inspiring and successful authors reveal the secrets about writing, creativity and the business of independent publishing and songwriting. Featuring interviews with successful authors and songwriters excited to share the journey from idea to published book and song. Host Geoff Hughes is the founder of Madhouse Media Publishing More info on the Writers Show Website
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Join us as we visit with our fellow colleagues, customers, and friends in the oil & gas industry. Personal conversations, real life issues, notable opinions, all perspectives… We’re focusing on the person behind the position as we engage in unscripted conversations with professionals from every end of the energy industry. Round the Rotary with JP Warren (https://www.capitalpetroleumconsultants.com/)
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Wardrobe full of clothes but nothing to wear? This series of Down To Earth asks why we’re buying so much and how it affects the world around us. Meet the designers, experts and change makers who unpick why our wardrobes aren't working for us and the planet. This podcast is bought to you by Hubbub. At Hubbub we're all about finding ways to make it easier for us all to make choices that are good for the environment - from food to fashion and from reuse to greener and more connected communities ...
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Medicine, Mentorship and Making a Difference: Dr. Philip Fidler (ep. 696)
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Dr. Philip Fidler is a trauma and burn surgeon who has dedicated his life to healing others. From humble beginnings to becoming a pioneering force in burn care, Philip’s story is a testament to the power of mentorship, the importance of joy in healing, and the profound impact one person can have on countless lives. Today, Philip shares how one pivo…
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How dogs think — and what they think of us
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Dog behaviourist Laura Vissaritis uses science and psychology to better understand what our dogs really are telling us. (R) Laura is a dog behaviourist with qualifications in both animal behaviour and human psychology. Dogs were the first animals to become domesticated, and over the centuries they've evolved from their wolfish origins to become mor…
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As a young child, chunks of Brenda Matthews' early memories were missing until her biological mother told her the truth — she was part of the Stolen Generations. Together they are slowly healing Wiradjuri woman Brenda Matthews was stolen from her family, along with her six siblings, when she was two-years-old. She came from a loving, hardworking, r…
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With the opening ceremony of the Olympics occurring on July 26th and the Paralympics concluding September 8th, we’ve been treated to more than a month of remarkable stories and incredible competitions. While our family may have missed some of the events, there was one my daughter Grace insisted we watch: Gymnastics. And as remarkable as their athle…
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TV chef Sean Johnson is back on the show to celebrate his recent appearance on the Food Network! We're all feeling jovial to have him as our first 3 time guest (since the last ones).
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When a devastating injury ended Jack Beaumont's career as a jet fighter pilot, he decided to become a spy, in the French Secret Service. Jack Beaumont (not his real name) is a former intelligence operative and the author of several spy thrillers. Jack grew up in a turbulent family in Paris and when he got older he decided to train as a jet fighter …
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Blue Dot: The most fascinating creature on the planet? Hummingbirds with Dr. Christopher Clark
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Host Dave Schlom is joined by UC Riverside biologist and hummingbird expert Christopher Clark for a fascinating and in-depth look at the lives of the smallest of birds.By Dave Schlom, Matt Fidler
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The psychedelic revolution — how MDMA mended Rebecca's mind
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While struggling with PTSD, social researcher Rebecca Huntley chose an unconventional and underground path to healing — MDMA therapy. Rebecca Huntley is well known to many Australians for her formidable intellect and career as a broadcaster, an author and a social researcher. But despite her impressive public-facing life, in private, Rebecca's trau…
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Jon Acuff: New York Times Bestselling Author and Professional Encourager (ep. 702)
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Jon Acuff is the New York Times bestselling author of nine books including Soundtracks and his latest How Teens Win, a speaker known for his unique blend of humor, honesty and hope, and a self-proclaimed "professional encourager." Today, Jon joins us to share how his father’s curiosity still inspires him today, how to overcome limiting beliefs and …
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Smuggled out of Wewak — Carolyn's dramatic escape from Papua New Guinea
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When Carolyn Blacklock's passport was confiscated from her in a foreign country she was faced with a scary reality that got wilder at every turn Carolyn Blacklock's passport was taken from from her at the Port Moresby International Airport when she was trying to get on a plane back to Australia. It was at that moment she realised just how much trou…
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Best of Nancy's Bookshelf: The power of language and the Truman Committee investigation
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Author Viorica Marian expands on the power of language, and NPR's Steve Drummond looks at how the Truman Committee investigated wartime corruption.By Nancy Wiegman, Matt Fidler
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“Freedom!”: Why can’t US politics agree on the meaning of its most basic principle?
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Even for a nation obsessed with the concept of “freedom” — or perhaps it would be better to say, concepts, not all of them easily reconciled, some of them utterly incommensurable — the prominence it was given during the recent Democratic National Convention was arresting. It was as though the Democratic Party vaulted the presidencies of Ronald Reag…
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“Freedom!”: Why can’t US politics agree on the meaning of its most basic principle?
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Even for a nation obsessed with the concept of “freedom” — or perhaps it would be better to say, concepts, not all of them easily reconciled, some of them utterly incommensurable — the prominence it was given during the recent Democratic National Convention was arresting. It was as though the Democratic Party vaulted the presidencies of Ronald Reag…
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When the pirate got paid on the island of Corfu
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Kári Gíslason was 18 when he met a mysterious stranger called 'the Pirate' on the Greek island of Corfu. When he fled the island, he left behind a debt he promised to one day repay. When Kári Gíslason was 18, he came to the island of Corfu as a stony-broke traveller. But he quickly found work in a little town: lime washing walls and working as a bu…
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Danny is on vacation this week but don't let that frustrate you. A show favorite, Jamie Pappas is back to keep you entertained!
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The spark that saw Andy become solar-powered
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Andy McCarthy found passion for solar power as a high school dropout. He began one of Australia's biggest solar businesses, right in the heart of Victoria's coal country. But then a breakdown changed everything for Andy and his family Andy McCarthy dropped out of high school in year 10. He was a highly energetic kid but found it difficult to latch …
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Fighting the Poverty of Hope (Monday Moment ep. 701)
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Jason Watson was born with a knack for connecting easily with others, influencing those around him, and exhibiting a resourceful mentality. The youngest of 10 siblings to an addicted mother and a deceased father, Jason grew up in an impoverished neighborhood. Nearly all his neighbors shared the tragic bonds of being completely broke and of having i…
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The sprawling history of the human soul — part two
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In this two-part series, historian Paul Ham traces how our definition and understanding of the human soul has transformed over thousands of years. Humans have been probing their own invisible inner voice since the Stone Age. But where did the concept of the soul even come from? And is it really what separates the living from the dead? Historian and…
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Blue Dot: Fire and ice: a look at the Cascade volcanoes
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Host Dave Schlom is joined by scientists from the United States Geological Survey's Cascades Volcano Observatory in Vancouver, Washington, for an overview of the iconic cones sheathed in snow and ice and the geologic hazards they represent.By Dave Schlom, Matt Fidler
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The trailblazing papergirl, lawyer and playwright
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Suzie Miller's frugal and free range St Kilda childhood taught her to question almost everything. She grew up to become a trailblazing writer and lawyer (R) Suzie Miller grew up in St Kilda, and from early in life she had a number of part-time jobs. She became a trailblazing paper girl in her local area, when the role was usually only offered to bo…
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Hidden Drivers of Optimal Performance: Rich Diviney (ep. 700)
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Rich Diviney is a leadership and human performance expert, and retired Navy SEAL commander. As the officer in charge of training for a specialized command, Rich was intimately involved in an extremely specialized SEAL selection process, which pared down a group of exceptional candidates to a small cadre of the most elite optimal performers. Today, …
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My aunt was smuggled to Tashkent by Stalin
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Helen Vatsikopoulos' family never spoke about what happened to her aunt, Aspasia after the Greek Civil War. She uncovered a story of secret evacuation, exile and unknown family members. Helen Vatsikopoulos was born in a little mountain village on the northern border of Greece. She came to Adelaide as a young girl and grew up to become a TV journali…
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Nancy's Bookshelf: The first and only history of publishing
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Veteran author Michael Castleman has written the first and only history of publishing.By Nancy Wiegman, Matt Fidler
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Coleman Hughes, “colourblindness”, and the contentious politics of race
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In democracies with a history of racial injustice, are “colourblindness” and recognition of a “common humanity” — which were at the heart of the moral philosophy of Martin Luther King, Jr. — desirable as expressions of our commitment to justice as equality?By Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Coleman Hughes, “colourblindness”, and the contentious politics of race
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In democracies with a history of racial injustice, are “colourblindness” and recognition of a “common humanity” — which were at the heart of the moral philosophy of Martin Luther King, Jr. — desirable as expressions of our commitment to justice as equality?By Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Heavenly beings: the icon paintings of Michael Galovic
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Artist Michael Galovic had been painting mysterious and mystical icons for decades before he truly understood the theology behind what he was doing — expertly and purposefully distorting reality to create a window into a heavenly and otherworldly realmBy Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Dave Gleeson is known for his blistering performances in The Screaming Jets and The Angels, but he grew up singing at Mass in Cardiff, with a mum who opened their home to hundreds of foster children (R)By Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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We're joined by Maeve Hennessey this week to talk about all the things that make people feel jealousy!
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