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We're Mike and Kim Anderson and we believe in a world where blended families experience a future full of hope, connection, and peace. That's why we focus on helping couples in stepfamilies move from a place of confusion and conflict to a life of confidence and connection. Thanks for joining us to discover how you can live the blended family life you really want! If you've been following us for a while — yes, we recently changed the podcast name from "The Blended Family Coaching Show" to "Ble ...
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John and Brent Kuykendall welcome you to the GulfCoast Financial family of friends. Our mission at GulfCoast is to work individually with our clients to help secure their financial future. Experience the difference between being just a client and belonging to a family of friends. GulfCoast Financial Services, Inc. operates as a Registered Investment Advisor (RIA) operating in Florida and Texas. With Belinda, Blake, and Melissa, our commitment to our clients and our community never wavers. Re ...
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Future Focused: Sophisticated Estate Planning

Wiggin and Dana LLP's Erin Nicholls and Michael Clear

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Welcome to Future Focused: Sophisticated Estate Planning with Wiggin and Dana LLP, the show where you can learn high-level estate planning techniques in a manner that is accessible and understandable. This is the show where CPA’s, Insurance Professionals, Investment Bankers, Trust Companies, CFP’s, and more can firm up on their understanding of estate planning strategies so that they can better guide their clients to make wise decisions with their legacy. Future Focused is hosted by Erin Nic ...
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Urban Lady Prepper

Urban Lady Prepper/Lynn Jordan

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Practical Preparedness for Single Moms and Single Women living in the city. Hi! My name is Lynn Jordan. Most prepper media feature single dudes, family men, or lady homesteaders who are married with kids, houses, and land. These folks tend to live in rural areas; too few focus on prepping in urban locations, where many Single Moms and Single Females (SMSFs) live. SMSFs are not well represented in the prepper community, and I intend to change that! From losing a job to a natural disaster to a ...
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Becoming Bridge Builder is a captivating podcast where thought-provoking discussions and inspiring stories unfold. Keith offers hope and practical tips using valuable insights and fresh perspectives during difficult times. Here, you will find content that equips you with the skills and motivation to get in the game, whether you are a church trying to connect with those outside its walls or an individual seeking a better future for your family. Each episode features thought leaders who explor ...
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Future Family Focus

Future Family Focus

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FIX THE UNSEEN FOUNDATION CRACKS OF THE MODERN FAMILY, FOR THE UNITY OF THE FUTURE FAMILY. This is my everything, I sacrificed my life to ensure this becomes a legacy. My vision was a future vision and I will make it happen. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/f4project/support
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The goal of Money Making Sense is to help you find more financial peace. Host Heather Kelly and guest experts focus on reviewing paychecks and analyzing family decisions. They also talk about vacationing on a budget, retirement savings on a limited income, reducing household expenses, the financial impact of owning pets and how money affects relationships. Money Making Sense will give you practical ideas on how to improve your bottom line. Money Making Sense is a 2017, 2018, 2020 and 2021 Pe ...
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Marriage is difficult. Parenting is intimidating. Families need help that is based on truth and experience, as well as hope for a great future. The Real Family Podcast offers both real help and real hope to every family.
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In a world full of financial information – and misinformation – what do you believe and incorporate into your life, and what do you throw away? As an independent, fee-only financial advisor, one of our founding pillars is education. Through accessible, transparent communication, we help filter out the noise for our clients to allow them to focus on their financial future. The goal of our podcast, Gimme Some Truth, is no different. From the corner of Monroe St. in Madison, WI, we cover the in ...
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It Runs In The Family

Liz & Leila Willingham

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Hello! We're Liz & Leila Willingham and welcome to "It Runs In The Family". We're the mother and daughter duo working within the public relations and communications agency, Liz Lean PR. Running a business is hard - really hard. Every business has its challenges and it's own ups and downs - but in a family business, this is often exaggerated by the willingness to speak your mind. But it also has some huge advantages that the corporate cultures just can't compete with. In this podcast, featuri ...
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Budgeting Brilliance for Moneywise Moms is an absolute must listen if you are a busy mom struggling with overwhelming debt and seeking peace from it all. This podcast is for you if you are a busy mom... > with limited time to manage your overwhelming household budget > desperate for debt reduction strategies for your family > eager to learn simple monthly budget solutions > seeking smart spending habits to grow your wealth > hoping for a better money relationship with your spouse This podcas ...
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James Sinclair's Business Broadcast is the weekly podcast from the award-winning entrepreneurial CEO of the Partyman Group; James operates 17 family-based brands which welcome over one million customers through the doors of their attractions every year. Each week James will speak with different business owners who have multiple challenges. Listen in as James attempts to help these guests overcome their challenges and grow their business. At heart, James is an entertainer who’s passionate abo ...
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Green Profit Academy Pros Podcast

Christeen Era & Steve Bousquet

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This show digs into the challenges of growing a Lawn Care and Landscape business while maximizing your profit. Whether you are just starting a lawn care and landscape business or have been in business for decades, whether you only have one service or several, our podcast has something for you.In this podcast, we will cover how you can:Maximize profitCreate leaders in your team so you can finally wear your CEO hat.Stop worrying about how you will pay your bills during the down season.Discover ...
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Design Yourself

Point Road Studios

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Welcome to the podcast where we talk about how to raise our collective consciousness about what's possible and bring more ease and delight to the way we live, work and lead. I'm Sharon Lipovsky, host of Design Yourself and founder of Point Road Studios where I guide my clients to get clear on the direction they are headed, create the roadmap for how to get there and then take steps to realize their vision every day. In this podcast, I share the tools and resources that create breakthroughs i ...
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Our Common Thread

Missouri Department of Social Services

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This podcast is produced by the Missouri Department of Social Services, and will discuss initiatives going on at the department, and get to know leaders and thoughtmakers within the agency. We'll look at what thread ties us together as members of the social services family, and how we can use our work to empower Missourians to build safe, healthy, and productive lives.
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Are you wondering whether your financial plan is going to lead to that wealthy Canadian lifestyle you envision for your future? Over the last 5 years, former mathematics teachers and serial entrepreneurs Kyle Pearce and Jon Orr have been implementing alternative wealth building and income tax strategies that have allowed them to transition from high net income to high net worth. Now, they seek to share these Canadian Wealth Secrets to empower the creation of a financial future that allows yo ...
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Imagine Living a Life Full of Abundance. One that You are Excited to Create Everyday and Share with Your Family and Friends. It’s Possible, If You Know How... In my own journey of Personal Development, Success and Fulfillment, I’ve discovered a Wonderful Truth...You Create Your Outer 3D World From The Inside, Through Your Internal Dialog, Thoughts and Beliefs. The World You Are Experiencing (Your Outside 3D World) is A Reflection of the Thoughts You Think, The Beliefs You Have that Are Contr ...
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Wonder, a podcast by Entrepreneurs’ Organization (https://www.eonetwork.org/), places women entrepreneurs in conversation with those thought leaders who amaze, astonish and inspire. Each guest shares their own journey with entrepreneur and host, Kalika Yap, giving insight into the ordinary challenges of extraordinary people. Featured guests include: Lisa Sugar of pop culture hub, PopSugar; Toni Ko, founder of NYX Cosmetics; and Devin Alexander, celebrity chef and nutrition expert on The Bigg ...
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Welcome to the Unwrapping Success Podcast! The podcast all about personal growth, productivity, and happiness. Stay tuned for future episodes which release every Monday @8:00am EST. We will focus on topics like career development, philosophical discussions, and financial success. All feedback is welcomed. Share with your friends and family! Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unwrappingsuccess/support
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The Fresh CrEd

Craig Slate & Ed Bertaud

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Welcome to The Fresh CrEd Podcast - The Heartbeat of Produce Innovation.In a world where the seeds of innovation constantly need nurturing, The Fresh CrEd Podcast stands out as your go-to source for the freshest insights, stories, and trends from the heart of the produce industry. Join hosts Craig Slate and Ed Bertaud as they delve deep into the green fields of produce, bringing you face-to-face with the trailblazers shaping our food's future.What We Offer:Insider Insights: From the roots to ...
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Jared is passionate about sharing his knowledge and experiences with other farmers and ranchers to help them achieve their goals of profitability to be truly regenerative and "regenerational" to involve the next generation. Through the Profitable Steward Podcast, he provides a platform for experts in the field of regenerative agriculture to share their insights and best practices, as well as for other successful farmers and ranchers to share their stories and lessons learned.The focus of the ...
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Ideal for your commute, lunch break or even a well-deserved moment of self-care and development, our 25 minute episodes focus on positive actions to help you thrive and maximise your potential in the ever-evolving workplace, and in life. Join Debs and Lau, your positive cheerleaders bursting with energy and insight to maximise your confidence and success in the changing workplace. Leave feeling motivated, supported and armed with the tools and practical skills you need to maximise success as ...
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Blended Workforces at Work

Karan Ferrell-Rhodes and Shockingly Different Leadership

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Pick your choice of executive research studies and you’ll find that most of the C-suite say that the gap between the employee talent they currently have and the skills that are needed is what keeps them up at night. Executives are being forced to boldly question long-held assumptions about how work should be done, who should do it, and the role of the physical office and technology solutions. That’s why Blended Workforces are one of the hottest talent strategies today. For those who don’t kn ...
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The Future of Work Project is focused on bringing together today's business leaders, researchers, and entrepreneurs who are experimenting with new and unique ways of working. From remote work and culture, to research into the peak performance of human beings, we learn alongside these experts pushing the boundaries today.
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"Facing Forward" brings weekly conversations about the tectonic shifts in our world and how they impact every American. With a focus on the economy, "Face the Nation" moderator Margaret Brennan asks the tough questions of key business and political leaders, CEOs, and economists to get answers about how the fallout and recovery affects you, your family, and your future.
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If you want to learn what it takes to calibrate to the energy of limitless abundance by following your intuition, then you’re in the right place! It’s through those inner shifts that external magic happens with your money. We all love a good manifestation story and while the Intuitive Abundance podcast will offer you all that juicy goodness, we’ll also be bringing you cutting-edge techniques, insights, and upgrades to help you to create a life you love. We’ll be looking at what it takes to c ...
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First Home - California

California Department of Real Estate

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Whether you’re a young professional looking to invest in your future, a couple ready to settle down and start a family, or someone starting a new chapter in your life, buying a home is a significant milestone. But, it can also be an overwhelming and complex process. That’s why the Department of Real Estate has created this podcast, First Home California – to provide you with knowledge and insights. Our goal is to help you get to a place where you know what to expect during the homebuying pro ...
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This is the official podcast of Mizi Wahid; entrepreneur, preacher, multiple best-selling author. Hi & welcome to my brand new podcast! In this channel, I focus on addressing issues on three main themes: FAITH, FAMILY, and your FUTURE. Episodes will vary in approach; some will be solo episodes, and others will be sessions where I interview a special guest to discuss important topics that affect our daily lives. One cool new feature will be a Q&A segment where I'll be responding to your audio ...
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The Journey To Win

Brandon Thornhill

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The Journey To Win podcast showcases many peak-performers across different industries sharing their journey on what it took for them to win; the mindset, leadership and success secrets to winning big! This is a no bars held conversation with Brandon Thornhill and featured guests in business, health, professional sports, elite military operators, you’ll find inspiration and steps to help you win and perform at your peak! We primarily focus on 6 pillars of winning: Faith, Family, Fitness, Fina ...
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The Disney Fanatic Podcast

Sam Pinizzotto a.k.a. DisneyFanatic

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This podcast will focus on the American Disney Parks in Florida and Anaheim, Ca. We'll show comparisons, give tips, voice opinions, and more... We will also focus on Disneyanna...with information, news, and announcements regarding your favorite Disney Collectibles. We'll have exclusive interviews with sculpture artists, animators, performers, and more...
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This podcast is for Christians who strive to use God's Word as a KEY to empowerment, self-love, confidence, and a clear vision. We come as a glass half full without a lid. Half full means optimistic, hopeful, and CONFIDENCE about the future. Without a lid means, we can be poured into, and we can pour into others. We will discuss day-to-day topics, from family, church, relationships, marriage, finances, etc. My focus is to relate our everyday life to God's word and use His word as the key to ...
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Luminaries - Talking to the Brightest Minds in Tech

Dell Technologies, Mark Schaefer, Douglas Karr

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True visionaries in technology focus on enabling positive human progress. We invite you to meet exceptional technology leaders from our analyst, partner and customer communities as well as from the Dell Technologies family of IT companies. Hosts Mark Schaefer and Douglas Karr will be your guides on an expedition plotting the paths of IT transformation and business growth.
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Drive In Control

In Control Family Foundation, Executive Director (Dan Strollo)

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In Control's closed course, hands-on crash prevention training has made drivers in New England safer for nearly 20 years. This podcast is designed to educate drivers of all ages on some things they're doing wrong and how best to remain crash-free.Initial episodes focus on parents' training their future drivers, but plans include education for older drivers, commercial drivers and many, many more.
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Road Dog Podcast

Luis Escobar, Kevin Lyons

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Adventure outside with Luis Escobar, trail running legend, race director, running mentor and photographer, as he converses with athletes and public figures about all things extreme sports. We’ll cover everything from sell-out trail races to the most unknown ultra-running adventures around the globe, swing over into the world of rock climbing, and dive into mountain biking, triathlons and more.
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You’re a real estate investor who is passionate about real estate and making a difference in your community. You’re a hard worker and you love the freedom that comes with being your own boss and owning your own business. You started this business because you wanted more time and money in your life, but financial freedom seems to always be on the other side of that “next” deal. Like most real estate business owners, you are broke and have no control over your finances, and it’s hard to admit ...
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Continuing Education for mental health counselors, licensed professional counselors, licensed marriage and family therapists, and social workers. Get a year of unlimited CE audio courses (aka Podcouses) at a single affordable price with 'The Therapy Show with Lisa Mustard,' accredited by NBCC. Designed for flexibility and convenience, Podcourses enable therapists and counselors to engage in learning anytime and anywhere, without having to sit for hours and hours to watch recorded trainings. ...
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Welcome family! Peace and love to you. This podcasts will focus on all topics that I find interesting, fascinating and worthy of a conversation. More specifically I will be talking about life lessons, Economics (investing), and the pursuit of happiness in this life. Enjoy ! Life , Money , Fulfillment. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-clarke65/support
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Host Stacy Havener brings you the storytelling tips, sales strategies, behavioral secrets, and inspirational stories that help YOU turn your words into dollars. Learn from sales and marketing experts. Meet finance and investment leaders, founders and fund managers who have made it, and the ones on the rise. Because there are people behind the portfolios. Their stories matter. So does yours. @stacyhavener // www.billiondollarbackstory.com/
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Rolling Misadventures

Rolling Misadventures and Loudspeaker Networks

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Rolling Misadventures is an improvised collaborative audio fiction podcast. Originally starting as an actual play podcast using the tabletop game Fiasco, Rolling Misadventures quickly evolved by utilizing audio fiction sound design elements. This blend gives tabletop banter that most TTRPG podcasts are known for, but also sets it apart with immersive narrative scenes. As we focus on shorter story arcs, within two episodes, this allows us to hop between multiple genres. We’ve been able to pla ...
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HIGH LEVEL HACKS - the place for CEO´s, leaders and key people of influence that want to be greater. Every second day you will receive a new 1 - 3 min HIGH LEVEL HACK that you can easily include into your busy day. It will help you to grow as a person in any level of your life - work, family, private, health and spiritual. Only if you can manage to juggle those five balls, you will be at your best level. Make sure to listen to HIGH LEVEL HACK No. 5 - Interview with Miles Hilton Barber for mo ...
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Mokena's Front Porch

Israel Smith & Matt Galik

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This is THE Mokena podcast, with a focus on history and community! A Chicago Suburb of 20,000+, Mokena started as a farming community that grew up after the Rock Island Train line was built through the middle of what would become downtown Mokena in 1852. Follow our website at MokenasFrontPorch.com or on social media! Matt is a lifelong Mokenian and local historian with 2 books about Mokena as well as a Mokena history blog, Matt's Old Mokena. Many of our episodes are based on the Matt's work ...
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Moody on the Market

Mid-West Family - Southwest Michigan

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Moody on the Market is the go-to source for business, organization and event information in Michigan’s Great Southwest, covering happenings in Berrien County, plus select focus on Van Buren and Cass counties in Michigan, and LaPorte and St. Joseph counties in Indiana.
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Suggest a Topic or Ask a Question Would you like us to discuss something specific or answer your question on the show? Let us know! We've made it easy. Just click here: https://www.blendedfamilybreakthrough.com/share Ready for some extra support? We all need some extra support along the blending journey — we're here to help. You can connect with us…
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In this episode of the Rich Mind Podcast, host Randy Wilson interviews Brad Warren, a land banking consultant, about the investment potential of land banking. Land banking involves strategically buying land in the path of growth and holding onto it until it becomes valuable. Brad shares his personal journey of transitioning from a coaching career t…
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In the early twentieth century, anarchists like Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman championed a radical vision of a world without states, laws, or private property. Militant and sometimes violent, anarchists were heroes to many working-class immigrants. But to many others, anarchism was a terrifyingly foreign ideology. Determined to crush it, gover…
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Since the mid-1700s, poets and scholars have been deeply entangled in the project of reinventing prophecy. Moving between literary and biblical studies, Yosefa Raz's book The Poetics of Prophecy: Modern Afterlives of a Biblical Tradition (Cambridge UP, 2023) reveals how Romantic poetry is linked to modern biblical scholarship's development. On the …
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Grounded in new archival research documenting a significant presence of foreign and racially-marked individuals in Medici Florence, Voice, Slavery, and Race in Seventeenth-Century Florence (Oxford University Press, 2024) by Dr. Emily Wilbourne argues for the relevance of such individuals to the history of Western music and for the importance of sou…
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"A woman in trouble" In her monograph Inland Empire (Fireflies Press, 2021), film critic Melissa Anderson explores meaning (or the impossibility thereof) in the David Lynch film of the same title. We talk everything from Laura Dern (a LOT of Laura Dern), to the Hollywood nightmare of trying to "make it in the movies," to the contradictions of film …
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America’s waterways were once the superhighways of travel and communication. Coursing through a central line across the landscape, with tributaries connecting the South to the Great Plains and the Great Lakes, the Mississippi River meant wealth, knowledge, and power for those who could master it. In Masters of the Middle Waters: Indian Nations and …
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The interview featured an in-depth dialogue about The Theatre of Twenty-First Century Spain (Vernon Press, 2022), a bilingual collection that examines contemporary Spanish theater and its exploration of identity, anxieties and social urgencies. The editors, Helen Freear-Papio and Candyce Crew Leonard, shared their backgrounds, interests in Spanish …
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Contemporary thought typically places a strong emphasis on the exclusive and competitive nature of Abrahamic monotheisms. This instinct is certainly borne out by the histories of religious wars, theological polemic, and social exclusion involving Jews, Christians, and Muslims. But there is also another side to the Abrahamic coin. Even in the midst …
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Stefanie Coché's Psychiatric Institutions and Society: the Practice of Psychiatric Commital in the “Third Reich,” the Democratic Republic of Germany, and the Federal Republic of Germany, 1941-1963 (London: Routledge, 2024; translated by Alex Skinner) probes how the serious and sometimes fatal decision was made to admit individuals to asylums during…
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On this episode, Partners Erin Nicholls and Michael Clear continue their conversation with Wiggin and Dana Partner Jack Sousa, on entrepreneurship, equity, and entity structuring. They dive deep into the entrepreneur's guide to equity, employee stock options, and the strategic importance of early legal advice, with particularly valuable insights on…
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San Francisco began its American life as a city largely made up of transient men, arriving from afar to participate in the gold rush and various attendant enterprises. This large population of men on the move made the new and booming city a hub of what "respectable" easterners considered vice: drinking, gambling, and sex work, among other activitie…
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"People must not just be successful financially but become a thriver in life." In this episode of Profit First for REI podcast, we interviewed Greg Slaughter. He is a real estate investor with a massive portfolio, especially in residential real estate. Greg talks about his real estate investing journey, through emotional ups and downs. He also shar…
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Steve dives into essential topics for companies entering the commercial landscaping market, addressing questions submitted by Rae Lynn Whitfield from Whitfield's Lawn and Garden. Steve shares his 40 years of expertise, covering both the commercial maintenance and installation sides of landscaping. He highlights the unique challenges and strategies …
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Join us for an enlightening episode of The Fresh CrEd Podcast recorded at the Viva Fresh Expo, featuring Mayra Vazquez, co-founder of Latin Specialties. Discover Mayra’s journey from Mexico City to the bustling produce markets of Houston, and how she’s leveraging her media background to drive significant advancements in the industry. What's Inside …
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In this episode, join William DeMille and Steve Kenyon as they unpack the powerful connection between carbon, soil health, and water management in this transformative approach to farming. They'll explore: * The powerful role of soil as a carbon sink and how regenerative practices can turn the tide on climate change. * How healthy soil teeming with …
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Imagine that you volunteer for the clinical trial of an experimental drug. The only direct benefit of participating is that you will receive up to $5,175. You must spend twenty nights literally locked in a research facility. You will be told what to eat, when to eat, and when to sleep. You will share a bedroom with several strangers. Who are you, a…
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The 2024 Solomon Islands elections were surprisingly peaceful. The deepening economic inequalities, widespread corruption, rogue demagogues manipulating the mob, and other aspects such as the heated debate about the increasing presence and influence of China, did not result in the kind of riots that hit this Pacific Island country twice in the prev…
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Soul is one of those concepts that is often evoked, but rarely satisfactorily defined. In The Meaning of Soul: Black Music and Resilience Since the 1960s (Duke University Press 2020), Emily J. Lordi takes on the challenge of explaining “soul,” through a book that zooms in and out between sweeping ideas about suffering and resilience in Black cultur…
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What would it be like if scholars presented their research in sound rather than in print? Better yet, what if we could hear them in the act of their research and analysis, pulling different historical sounds from the archives and rubbing them against one another in an audio editor? In today’s episode, we get to find out what such an innovative scho…
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Peoples & Things host Lee Vinsel talks with Paula Bialski, an Associate Professor for Digital Sociology at the University of St. Gallen in St. Gallen, Switzerland, about her recent book, Middle Tech: Software Work and the Culture of Good Enough (Princeton UP, 2024). The pair talk about the art of ethnographic study of software work, and how, maybe,…
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In 1920, W. E. B. Du Bois and the NAACP founders published The Brownies’ Book: A Monthly Magazine for Children of the Sun. A century later, The New Brownies' Book: A Love Letter to Black Families (Chronicle Books, 2023) recreates the very first publication created for Black youth in 1920 into a sensational anthology. Expanding on the mission of the…
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All too often, the history of early modern Africa is told from the perspective of outsiders. In his book A Fistful of Shells: West Africa from the Rise of the Slave Trade to the Age of Revolution (University of Chicago Press, 2019), Toby Green draws upon a range of underutilized sources to describe the evolution of West Africa over a period of four…
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“If you run with the Earth then you can run forever.” Franziska Maria Chaidez Pretsch is a trail runner and life coach from Germany and currently lives in Oregon. In this episode, Franziska chats with Luis about her life journey, how she got into distance running, her love of Luna Sandals, her experience of running in the Copper Canyons, how travel…
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How the Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center informed the PLO's relationship to Zionism and Israel In September 1982, the Israeli military invaded West Beirut and Israel-allied Lebanese militiamen massacred Palestinians in the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps. Meanwhile, Israeli forces also raided the Palestine Liberation Organization R…
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A great movie that is very difficult movie to recommend because of its subject matter, Paul Schrader’s Auto Focus (2002), the story of TV-star Bob Crane, is another of Schrader’s portraits of a man whose self-destruction we watch with admiration for the writing and unease at what we’re seeing. It’s a combination of The Lost Weekend, Reefer Madness,…
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Today we're talking to an Entrepreneur from Ireland who's doing around £130k/month in car sales AND £20k/month in tanning beds - to throw more in the mix, he is also working full-time... how is he doing it all? Find out in this episode Welcome to the Business Broadcast Podcast! Each week James brings on the show an entrepreneur who shares their big…
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Part Two - All about sinking funds, how they can transform your financial planning and help to keep your budget on track. We’ll talk about tools to use, common mistakes people make when setting up and using sinking funds, and how incorporate them into your financial plan. Plus, SIGN UP NOW for the waitlist for the launch of Calendar Budget Mastery …
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A short, thought-provoking book about what happens to our online identities after we die. These days, so much of our lives takes place online—but what about our afterlives? Thanks to the digital trails that we leave behind, our identities can now be reconstructed after our death. In fact, AI technology is already enabling us to “interact” with the …
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In Tip of the Spear: Land, Labor, and US Settler Militarism in Guåhan, 1944–1962 (Cornell University Press, 2023), Dr. Alfred Peredo Flores argues that the US occupation of the island of Guåhan (Guam), one of the most heavily militarised islands in the western Pacific Ocean, was enabled by a process of settler militarism. During World War II and th…
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Myths about the powers held by the United States are often supported by the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court, which derives its logic from the interpretation of a document that the US itself developed. Therefore, when pressure is placed on a specific legal precedent, the shallowness of its validity is revealed. Dr. Mónica A. Jiménez accomplishes t…
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Endlessly fascinating, dark and bright, The Red Shoes (1948) employs every branch of the cinematic arts to sweep the audience off its feet, invigorated by the transcendence of art itself, only to leave them with troubling questions. Representing the climax of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's celebrated run of six exceptional feature films, t…
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In the vaunted annals of America’s founding, Boston has long been held up as an exemplary “city upon a hill” and the “cradle of liberty” for an independent United States. Wresting this iconic urban center from these misleading, tired clichés, The City-State of Boston: The Rise and Fall of an Atlantic Power (Princeton University Press, 2019), highli…
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Listen to this interview of Istvan David, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Department of Computing and Software, Faculty of Engineering, McMaster University, Canada; and, Houari Sahraoui, Full Professor, Department of Computer Science and Operations Research, University of Montreal, Canada. We talk about their coauthored paper "Digital Twin…
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Throughout US history, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people have been pathologized, victimized, and criminalized. Reports of lynching, burning, or murdering of LGBTQ people have been documented for centuries. Prior to the 1970s, LGBTQ people were deemed as having psychological disorders and subsequently subject to electrosh…
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Kristin J. Jacobson In her new book, The American Adrenaline Narrative (University of Georgia Press), Kristin Jacobson considers the nature of perilous outdoor adventure tales, their gendered biases, and how they simultaneously promote and hinder ecological sustainability. To explore these themes, Jacobson defines and compares adrenaline narratives…
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Numerous Iron-Age nomadic alliances flourished along the 5000-mile Eurasian steppe route. From Crimea to the Mongolian grassland, nomadic image-making was rooted in metonymically conveyed zoomorphic designs, creating an alternative ecological reality. The nomadic elite nucleus embraced this elaborate image system to construct collective memory in r…
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This interview with Shawn(ta) Smith-Cruz about Grabbing Tea: Queer Conversations on Identity and Libraries and Grabbing Tea: Queer Conversations on Archives and Practice (available in 2024 from the Litwin Books Series on Gender and Sexuality in Library and Information Studies) explores how queerness is centered within library and archival theory an…
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Last week, I had the privilege to talk with Dr. Kristen R. Ghodsee about her most recent book Second World, Second Sex: Socialist Women's Activism and Global Solidarity during the Cold War (Duke University Press, 2019) and the behind-the-scene details of its making. Ghodsee is a professor in Russian and East European Studies at the University of Pe…
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My 10th show is a first milestone. It features summaries of the topics covered in the previous podcasts for new listeners, and for current listeners to see how far they've come in their Preparedness Journey. I'll share what's in store for the coming season, such as guests, podcast and website improvements, and an announcement that should bring ULP …
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In this episode, we offer practical tips and strategies for planning a successful retirement. From budgeting wisely and choosing the right savings plans to exploring investment options and understanding Social Security, we discuss key factors that can contribute to a secure future. Join us as we explore how to plan effectively and make informed dec…
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Alliances among ideological enemies confronting a common foe, or "frenemy" alliances, are unlike coalitions among ideologically-similar states facing comparable threats. Members of frenemy alliances are perpetually torn by two powerful opposing forces. Frenemies: When Ideological Enemies Ally (Cornell University Press, 2022) shows that shared mater…
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Don Tate is the award-winning author and/or illustrator of numerous picture book biographies, including Pigskins to Paintbrushes: The Story of Football-Playing Artist Ernie Barnes (Abrams) and William Still and His Freedom Stories: The Father of the Underground Railroad (Peachtree) and more recently, Jerry Changed the Game!: How Engineer Jerry Laws…
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It’s the UConn Popcast, and recently UConn’s Center for the Study of Popular Music hosted a panel discussion on Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Music. The panel featured Dr. Mitchell Green, Professor of Philosophy, University of Connecticut; Dustin Ballard, a musician and creator of the social media channel “There I Ruined It”; and Dr. Aa…
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How is foreign policy made in Iraq? Based on dozens of interviews with senior officials and politicians, The Making of Foreign Policy in Iraq: Political Factions and the Ruling Elite (Bloomsbury, 2021) provides a clear analysis of the development of domestic Iraqi politics since 2003. Dr. Zana Gul explains how the federal government of Iraq and Kur…
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In Worthy of Freedom: Indenture and Free Labor in the Era of Emancipation (University of Chicago Press, 2024), Jonathan Connolly traces the normalization of indenture from its controversial beginnings to its widespread adoption across the British Empire during the nineteenth century. Initially viewed as a covert revival of slavery, indenture caused…
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Before 2010, there were no Israeli horror films. Then distinctly Israeli serial killers, zombies, vampires, and ghosts invaded local screens. The next decade saw a blossoming of the genre by young Israeli filmmakers. New Israeli Horror: Local Cinema, Global Genre (Rutgers UP, 2024) is the first book to tell their story. Through in-depth analysis, e…
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The Collapse of Heaven: The Taiping Civil War and Chinese Literature and Culture, 1850-1880 (Harvard UP, 2024) investigates a long-neglected century in Chinese literature through the lens of the Taiping War (1851–1864), one of the most devastating civil wars in human history. With the war as the pivot, Huan Jin examines the manifold literary and cu…
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Recent proposals to revive the ancient Silk Road for the contemporary era and ongoing Western interest in China’s growth and development have led to increased attention to the concept of pan-Asianism. Most of that discussion, however, lacks any historical grounding in the thought of influential twentieth-century pan-Asianists. In Pan-Asianism and t…
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Listen to this interview of Görkem Giray, IT executive and part-time educator in the domain of computer science. We talk about his paper A software engineering perspective on engineering machine learning systems: "A software engineering perspective on engineering machine learning systems: State of the art and challenges" (JSS 2021). Görkem Giray : …
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