Amazing stories from ordinary people that will make you laugh, learn, and feel inspired. Presented by Colm Flynn.
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(For the best experience of this podcast, visit: https://www.CenterPieceNY.com) New York Irish Stories: the lives of long-standing members of New York's Irish community, in their own words. And for a small country like Ireland - such a diversity of accents! Stay in touch @CenterPieceNY - we'd love to hear from you! Be sure to Subscribe, Rate and Review ! Episode schedule: one published per month, towards month end. Creator/Producer/Presenter: Paul Finnegan @paul_NY . Logo by @muireannlalor
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Hosted by Irishman John Price "Pricey". Great chats with ordinary people about their interesting life stories. This Podcast is honest, open, and full of personal stories. If you enjoyed an episode please let us know - priceytalks@gmail.com
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DIG LIFE DEEP! with John Aidan Byrne brings fascinating guests from Main to Wall Street and the worlds of finance, economics, politics, Silicon Valley, Hollywood, sports, art, science and more. The show celebrates success, a spirit of enterprise, in an age of unparalleled social upheaval. An award-winning Irish journalist in his beloved America, Byrne seeks hope for our existential crisis. Byrne is a writer, reporter, editor and Broadway alumnus. His work is published in the New York Post, W ...
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Documentaries and dramas. Whether we're spinning yarns or unraveling them, Yarn is about telling interesting stories. We have about 27 different stories now, each in a different style. Most episodes are standalone but some bigger stories are part of a series. We've done a 3-part doc series on the history of disability, a 2-part docu-drama about a German spy in Ireland during WW2. We've taken listeners on a trip around the Chernobyl exclusion zone, on a ride-along with a New York police offic ...
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An in-depth look into the side of boxing which many choose to ignore. From murders to match-fixing, wrongful imprisonments to conspiracy theories, we look at some of the most notable and obscure incidents that have taken place inside and outside of a boxing ring. Welcome to The Darker Side of Boxing
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How I became 'Dad' to blind triplets: Ollie Cantos
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Can you imagine growing up blind and being bullied in school, and thinking you were the problem because you were blind? That was Ollie Cantos' life. But it was thanks to some tough love from his parents that made him realise his full potential, leading to him working as an Associate Director for Domestic Policy at the White House, and then a civil …
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I Quit And Moved To Rome: Mountain Butorac aka Catholic Traveler
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Mountain Butorac was working in IT in Atlanta, Georgia, but wasn't passionate about his job. Growing in his faith, he knew he wanted to do something connected with his Catholicism but wasn't sure what. That was until one day when he took a trip to Italy and fell in love! He fell in love with the ancient architecture and history, delicious pasta and…
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Tighe Dixon is originally from Dublin in Ireland, and growing up didn't always have it easy. He came from a family that, although loving, had problems with alcohol and drug addiction. As a child he would go in and out of prison visiting his father and other relatives, often wondering why life was like this. When it came time for him to forge his ow…
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School Dropout to Podcast Star: Alan Clarke Interview.
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Alan Clarke is an Irish social media influencer and podcast host who has built an impressive following over the past number of years. His live podcast stage shows, 'Big News Coming Soon', has been filling venues right around Ireland, not just in his home county of Mayo. And in this episode of the Colm Flynn Podcast, Alan talks about the reality beh…
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Growing Up In Rural Moldova: Diana Bunici
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Diana Bunici is a talented Irish journalist and broadcaster who made a name for herself presenting a popular children's TV show on RTÈ, the national broadcaster. From the outset it seemed like she had it all; a dream job, on the cover of magazines, and a great boyfriend. But when you hear her story of how she got to where she is today, it's much mo…
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Political consultant, DR LOUIS PERRON, has worked on dozens of campaigns globally from city mayors to presidents, offering 'proven strategies' to beat incumbents. He discusses Biden vs Trump & more.
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Dr. Louis Perron is an internationally renowned political consultant based in Switzerland. He has won dozens of competitive election campaigns in various countries – with his message of discipline, scientific analysis, polling, strategy and focus. He is the author of "How to Overcome the Power of Incumbency in Election Campaigns," as well as, "Beat…
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[History documentary] Pablo De Miguel tells the little known story of how Turkish diplomats saved the lives of 1,000 refugees during the Spanish Civil War’s longest siege. It involves espionage, international negotiations and murder but above all else it's a story about the will to survive and fight to get home. Pablo's research website: zurbano21.…
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Dublin in Flames. Ireland, Sick Political Dog of Europe. Government Embarrassed. 'The current Irish government clearly cares more about praise from woke media than their own people,' says Elon Musk
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What triggered the worst riots on the streets of Dublin, Ireland, in decades? The rioting, as it should be, was condemned for its destruction and hooliganism in the wake of a shocking stabbling incident in Parnell Street by a man identified as a naturalized citizen born abroad. The motive for the stabbling, which injured three children and a woman,…
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Finn Boylan is an Irish filmmaker from Bray in Co. Wicklow. He has always had a strong interest in the history of wars and conflicts around the world, feeling a fascination with places of unrest. When the war broke out in Ukraine in 2022 he had just started filmmaking and felt a strong urge that he had to travel to Ukraine and capture what was happ…
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DR. WINSTON ALLEN: Founder of America's first black-owned brokerage, author, inventor, professor & mentor, led Xerox's global training program. He faced barriers. But his love of America endures.
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Winston E. Allen, author of “DON’T GET MAD, GET RICH” and “LIVE A PURPOSEFUL AND MEANINGFUL LIFE”, newly published autobiography “I PRIED OPEN WALL STREET IN 1962“, is so much more than the title reveals. Dr. Allen’s book is fascinating, riveting, historical and grossly entertaining, and has been getting much acclaim from critics and the general re…
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Living With Bipolar Disorder: David Harper
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David Harper is a broadcaster from the UK, working with networks like the BBC World Service. In fact, his voice can often be heard reading news live to millions of people around the world. He also covers a wide range of stories for other TV and radio networks in the UK. He has a passion for what he does! But his job can be very demanding and high-p…
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Inside the Mind of Baby Killer Lucy Letby: A Criminal Psychologist Explains
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The name Lucy Letby has now become a name associated with pure evil. The story that has shocked and horrified England, and people all over the world is something you wouldn’t find in even the worst horror movies. A young nurse murdering tiny babies while working in the neonatal unit of a UK hospital. Instead of caring for the most vulnerable, she w…
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NEWARK'S COLLAPSE & AN EPIPHANY IN CONNEMARA: JACK CASHILL'S monumental new book on the tragic fall of his native NJ city. His true story of white ethnic flight from urban America
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Long accused of racism and “white flight,” the ethnic Americans driven from their homes and neighborhoods—the author JACK CASHILL included—finally get the chance to tell their side of the story. “A startlingly honest and poignant look at ‘white flight’ from the white perspective. A necessary and overdue corrective.” —Brent Bozell III, founder and p…
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EDUARD HABSBURG. Archduke of Austria, Hungary's Ambassador to the Holy See, offers his 7 Rules for Turbulent Times, explains Hungary's complicated relationship with the EU and its support for families
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Eduard Habsburg is Hungary’s ambassador to the Holy See and the Sovereign Order of Malta. His family reigned in Austria, Hungary, Germany, Spain (and quite a few other places). Also known as Archduke Eduard of Austria, he is a diplomat and social media personality. Eduard and his wife, Baroness Maria Theresia von Gudenus, have six children. Eduard …
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RULE OF LAW: American Civil Society Faces Unprecedented Challenge — Yes, Preserving the Union. Plus, IRA WOLFE on harnessing team creativity and collaboration in era of remote work
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It's a standoff between the left and right. On the left, sitting US President JOE BIDEN is facing serious allegations of influence peddling and pay for play, as more details and allegations emerge on his son HUNTER BIDEN'S business affairs. On the right, former President DONALD TRUMP faces multiple charges of wrong-doing, and conspiring to defraud …
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LONELY GENERATION: US Surgeon General Declares Loneliness a Health Crisis. JP Gance Communio's Scientific Study On Biggest Causes & Surprising Victims, Young Americans
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Communio, a national nonprofit organization that works with churches to strengthen families and develop stronger faith lives, has released its new Nationwide Study on Faith and Relationships showing that a forty-year decline in marriage and fatherhood has fueled the public health crisis in loneliness and driven the national decline in Christian fai…
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AGE OF THE DEMONIC: Priest & Hollywood legend, FR GABRIELE AMORTH, performed 60,000 exorcisms. He's named the Pope's Exorcist. Plus, Future Shock 2.0 w/Ira Wolfe
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RUSSELL CROWE stars in this year's demonic thriller, The Pope's Exorcist—a true story displaying the life of chief exorcist for the Vatican, FR. GABRIELE AMORTH and his battles against Satan and his demons. Coinciding with this release, The Pope's Exorcist: 101 Questions About Fr. GABRIELE AMORTH, was released in April. See, https://sophiainstitute…
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From Foster Care to Law School: Lucy Barnes
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Growing up in a dysfunctional family in the UK, Lucy Barnes felt lost and unloved as a child. Her mother wasn't able to be the kind of mother a child needs, and Lucy had five siblings from five different fathers. So the concept of a solid loving family was something she never experienced from a young age. Men were constantly coming and going in the…
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Linda Bonnar is a successful life coach and entrepreneur. She's also a former educator, and has built her services around both her experiences in the teaching profession, and her teenager years with mental health struggles in her hometown of Ballinasloe in County Galway in Ireland. During those fragile, formative years of her childhood she had the …
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I was hired to film Fyre Festival: Jordan Pulmano!
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Jordan Pulmano is a filmmaker from California who specialises in shooting music videos and festivals. His work has brought him all over the United States, and to other parts of the world. But back in 2017 he got a call to film a music festival that would go down in history, but for all the wrong reasons. 'Fyre Festival' was billed as a glamorous, e…
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RISE OF CONSPIRACY THEORIES: In a world of global disorder and financial chaos, suspicions of sinister cabals plotting anarchy and takeover are surging. Plus, FUTURE SHOCK 2.0 with IRA WOLFE
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Conspiracy theories are nothing new in the United States, says Cynthia Miller-Idriss, an American University sociology professor who focuses on extremism and radicalization, but they’ve been able to spread like wildfire over the past decade due to social media, which can easily amplify and circulate misinformation. That's according to FORTESA LATIF…
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Changing Life And Moving To Rome: Emily Mais
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Emily Mais is a writer and an author who, after losing her mother to cancer, decided to reevaluate her life and change the things that didn't make her happy. Like so many other people her age, she was at a point in life with a steady long-term boyfriend, a good job, and a nice apartment in Toronto, but ultimately wasn't happy. It took losing her mo…
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S3E9: Jennifer Muldowney, a Heart Grows Bigger
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Jennifer Muldowney, from Dublin’s fair city, in Ireland, is an author, a podcaster, and a member of that exclusive set of people who has given a TED Talk. But for this vivacious young woman, all these glamorous activities are in support of her unique, creative, small-ish, and growing business, which, not to put too fine a point on it, services the …
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JAMES BARLOW: At 20, he was an eBay power seller generating close to $1M in monthly sales. From humble beginnings, Philadelphia's BARLOW is founder of a 100+ person tech company & a multi-millionaire
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James Barlow is a highly accomplished tech and business leader and the Founder of Triumph Technology Solutions LLC, a leading AWS cloud-native services provider with over a decade of experience in the industry.As a skilled entrepreneur, James has a deep understanding of the development of IT Services and Software Businesses with domain expertise in…
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All his life Tanner Charles has been running towards the very thing that people most people run away from, Tornadoes! Since he was a teenager he has been a passionate storm chaser, constantly trying to get closer and closer to the danger. From Minnesota, Tanner now produces Youtube videos where he follows violent and destructive storms, sometimes d…
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BILL DONOHUE: How the Ruling Class Is Killing the American Dream, Hurting Poor, Undermining Family with Bone-Headed Policies. Post-Modernist Nightmare Unfolds.
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Bill Donohue was Honorably Discharged from the U.S. Air Force in 1970, and began his teaching career in 1973 working at St. Lucy's School in Spanish Harlem. In 1977, he took a position as a college professor teaching at La Roche College in Pittsburgh. In 1980, Bill was awarded his Ph.D. in sociology from New York University. In 2022, he was awarded…
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Building a Brand, Trying NYC, and Finding Happiness: Louise Cooney
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Louise Cooney is one of Ireland's most successful social media stars, with almost a quarter of a million followers on Instagram alone. But behind the seemingly always glamorous lifestyle online, in this episode of the Colm Flynn podcast, Louise talks about the hard work that goes into building a brand and business. She talks about the pros and cons…
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[Sports documentary]In 2007 the legendary Scottish track cyclist Sir Chris Hoy set out to break the 1km time trial world record. The record and then only sub one minute 1km time was set by Hoy's longtime rival; Arnaud Tournant. Hoy was determined to go sub one minute himself and even more determined to snatch the record away from the French cyclist…
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Yarn Extra | The music from the highest cyclist in the world
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As an extra bonus here are 3 complete music tracks that our composer Drembot created for the episode "The Highest Cyclist in the World". Enjoy the tracks in full and uninterrupted. You can get more of Drembot's music on Spotify here: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5PjdfdGAzsxgAX3GFuMWR4?si=uYMGzZWFQJyaF0YwwhlQxQ…
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S3E8: Denis Maguire, Life on the Peninsula
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When it comes to experiences, life is an embarrassment of riches. Even more so, if you're an adventurous, wandering type, which might be another way of saying 'if you're Irish'. Certainly Denis Maguire is, although he has gone about it in his own quiet way. As a thoughtful playwright, flimmaker and artist, boisterousness is not for him. Raised in G…
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EXCLUSIVE: Statistic Poverty Porn w/ DR STEVEN PAYSON on Extreme Global Hunger - How the World Bank & United Nations Measure It. Fake Economics, Exposed: Its Pervasiveness, Harmfulness & Prevention
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World poverty and extreme poverty worldwide are a present and dire reality and danger. According to the World Bank, about 650 million people in the world live below the extreme poverty line, defined as earning less than $2.15 per day. In the United States and other industrialized countries, living on less than $2.15 a day (absolutely, and without a…
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Love Island and Recovering From Addiction: Cormac Murphy
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In this episode of the Colm Flynn Podcast, I chat to Irish social media influencer and reality TV star, Cormac Murphy. Living in New York City, Cormac featured in the first season of 'Love Island' on CBS and also appeared on the E4 show of 'Celebs Go Dating' in the UK. But behind the chiselled instagram pictures and seemingly perfect life in the US…
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One of SADDEST DAYS in American History. Laughing Stock Abroad, As Trump Faces Soviet Style Show Trial. Doesn't Matter If He Is A Democrat or Republican. Plus, Chat GPT's Upside & Downside
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Does this have echoes of the worst excesses of the French Revolution? Take a read of the Statement of Manhattan District Attorney, Alvin Bragg, in the hush money cases against former President DONALD J TRUMP: TRUMP is charged in a New York State Supreme Court indictment with 34 counts of Falsifying Business Records in the First Degree “The People o…
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During the course of recording podcasts, there are many moments in which things can go wrong, whether it be a mispronunciation of a word or just generally misinterpreting and getting it wrong. This episode provides you with moments from season three where this happened, and we reflect upon those moments in a generally light-hearted episode to round…
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Dr. THOMAS D WILLIAMS, Briebert Rome Bureau Chief, warns of a coming Christian persecution, Churches burned, Christians beheaded. Faith communities driven underground. Brutal government crackdowns.
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Dr. Thomas D Williams has penned a hard-hitting and timely new book, The Coming Christian Persecution (Sophia Institute Press). A 2018 visiting research fellow for the Center for Ethics and Culture at the University of Notre Dame, Dr. Williams has written widely on theology, philosophy, ethics, and spirituality. He teaches theology at St. John’s Un…
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S3E7: Corina Galvin, Quiet Influencing
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Corina Galvin calls County Mayo in Ireland her home. She's also been a New Yorker for almost three decades. And she has accumulated a lot of frequent flyer miles along the way. That's because her job in event planning and management puts her constantly up in the air, traveling all over the globe, meeting some significant influencers in the process.…
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The season is at an end and in this episode, we reflect on the stories, characters, and our own experiences of producing the show. Also, we present our 'loosely' made-up awards for the season featuring "The Narco King", "Leon Spinks Driving School" and "The Tales Of Mr. Magee" plus many more moments to remember. Learn more about your ad choices. Vi…
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The Darker Side Of The Aftershow - Trisha Morrison Speaks Out On Tommy
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Following the season three finale, Trisha Morrison joins us on the show to discuss Tommy's story and more importantly present further evidence to confirm that Tommy was in fact never officially diagnosed or had HIV/AIDS. We hear many different stories from the courtroom and about life with Tommy before his untimely demise! Learn more about your ad …
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The Rise & Fall Of Tommy "The Duke" Morrison
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In this episode, we dig deep with a man who went from being the heavyweight champion of the world, and star of a Rocky movie... to drinking, driving, drugging, beating, biting, toting guns, and so much more. Then there are the various opinions, facts, and lies on the HIV diagnosis that has been contested he never had! This story documents the rise …
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GODFATHER Actor GIANNI RUSSO: His Life in the Movies and the Mob; Early Childhood in Little Italy; Surviving Polio; Vatican Bank Courier, Frank Sinatra, Marilyn Monroe. Dustup with MARLIN BRANDO.
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GIANNI RUSSO was born in Manhattan in 1943 and raised in the then close-knit Little Italy, and later Rosebank, Staten Island. After reprising Carlo Rizzi in a brief flashback scene at the end of The Godfather Part II, Russo acted in more than 46 films, including Goodnight, My Love (1972), Lepke (1975, as Albert Anastasia), Laserblast (1978), Chance…
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DR. CHARLES NEMETH: If Happiness Is So Universally Sought, Why Are So Many People Miserably Unhappy?
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Dr. Charles P. Nemeth has been an educator for more than 40 years and has spent the vast majority of his professional life in the study and practice of law and justice. In addition, he has published over 50 textbooks and references across multiple editions and is a recognized expert on professional ethics and the justice system, private-sector just…
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The Darker Side Of The Aftershow - We All Love An Underdog Story!
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Following the Chuck Wepner story, we discuss how much the story of an underdog in boxing is appreciated by fans worldwide, making comparisons to modern-day fighters and how they may not reach the championship gold but leave such an impact on the sport that the fans never forget! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…
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The Real Rocky Balboa - Chuck "The Bayonne Bleeder" Wepner
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In this episode, we check out the life of the man who inspired Sylvester Stallone to write the Rocky character. He came from the streets and loved a bar-room brawl even more than a fight in the ring. In boxing, he was known mainly for two things, being the bloodiest fighter, maybe in boxing history, and getting a shot, out of nowhere, to fight Muha…
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The Darker Side Of The Aftershow - Gang Culture & Violence...What's Changed?
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Following the main episode on John Morrissey, we discuss the gang culture of the mid-1800s in New York and how even in today's society some things have just not changed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy BTR Boxing Podcast Network
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