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All Lawyers Are Bad

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An infrequent podcast series about the American legal system, brought to you by Andy, Tarik, Tim, and Charles. ALAB aims to tell engaging stories about lawyers, legal cases, legal issues, or the legal profession more generally, with a focus on the outrageous, excessive, and/or absurd.
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Two men whoā€™ve been at the heart of the political world - former Downing Street Director of Communications and Strategy Alastair Campbell and cabinet minister Rory Stewart - join forces from across the political divide. The Rest Is Politics lifts the lid on the secrets of Westminster, offering an insiderā€™s view on politics at home and abroad, while bringing back the lost art of disagreeing agreeably. October Election Tour - buy tickets: www.aegpresents.co.uk/event/the-rest-is-politics Twitte ...
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Conversations with scholars on recent books in Political Theory and Social and Political Philosophy. This podcast is not affiliated with the University of Houston, and no opinions expressed on this podcast are that of the University of Houston. Image: Jean Jacques Rousseau (1712ā€“1778), After a model by Jean Antoine Houdon (French, Versailles 1741ā€“1828 Paris), in the public domain courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
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The John Batchelor Show is a hard news-analysis radio program on current events, world history, global politics and natural sciences. Based in New York City for two decades, the show has travelled widely to report, from the Middle East to the South Caucasus to the Arabian Peninsula and East Asia.
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Expertly-curated progressive politics, news, and culture produced by leftist humans, not algorithms or AI. This is an award-winning podcast that dives deeply into a wide range of national and international issues facing society and governments. We draw from hundreds of sources of progressive news and commentary. Est. 2006. Save time by listening to a range of perspectives on a focused topic in each episode and be introduced to new sources you will not have come across on your own!
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Geopolitical turmoil. A warming planet. Authoritarians on the rise. We live in a chaotic world thatā€™s rapidly shifting around us. ā€œOn Shifting Ground with Ray Suarezā€ explores international fault lines and how they impact us all. Each week, NPR veteran Ray Suarez hosts conversations with journalists, leaders and policy experts to help us read between the headlines ā€“ and give us hope for human resilience. A co-production of World Affairs and KQED.
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The Antifada

Sean KB and AP Andy

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Communist podcast exploring political economy, history and the class struggle with AP Andy, Sean KB and guests. Become a patron to enjoy bonus content, access to our Discord community and more at: www.patreon.com/theantifada twitter: @the\_antifada @spaceprole @as\_a\_worker email: antifadamindset at gmail streaming: twitch.tv/theantifada
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POLITICOā€™s weekly political series lifts the curtain on how Westminster really works, offering in-depth insight into the political issues which typically only get broad-brush treatment in the wider media.
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Silicon Valley wants to shape our future, but why should we let it? Every Thursday, Paris Marx is joined by a new guest to critically examine the tech industry, its big promises, and the people behind them. Tech Wonā€™t Save Us challenges the notion that tech alone can drive our world forward by showing that separating tech from politics has consequences for us all, especially the most vulnerable. Itā€™s not your usual tech podcast.
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Philosophy for our Times is a free philosophy podcast bringing you the latest talks and debates from the worldā€™s leading thinkers. We host weekly episodes on todayā€™s biggest ideas in news, society, culture, politics, science and arts. Subscribe today to never miss an episode.
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A window into our world, through in-depth storytelling from the BBC. Investigating, reporting and uncovering true stories from everywhere. Award-winning journalism, unheard voices, amazing culture and global issues. From political upheaval in Bangladesh to the plight of undocumented migrants in the US to life under Taliban rule in Afghanistan, The Documentary investigates major global stories. We delve into social media, take you into the minds of the worldā€™s most creative people and explore ...
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Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000

Emily M. Bender and Alex Hanna

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Artificial Intelligence has too much hype. In this podcast, linguist Emily M. Bender and sociologist Alex Hanna break down the AI hype, separate fact from fiction, and science from bloviation. They're joined by special guests and talk about everything, from machine consciousness to science fiction, to political economy to art made by machines.
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This American President

Parthenon Podcast Network

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This American President delves into the lives and legacies of U.S. presidents through long form stories and interviews. It will challenge the way you look at American history. Hosted by Richard Lim and produced by Michael Neal. Art by NipRogers.com.
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Varn Vlog

C. Derick Varn

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Abandon all hope ye who subscribe here. Varn Vlog is the pod of C. Derick Varn. We combine the conversation on philosophy, political economy, art, history, culture, anthropology, and geopolitics from a left-wing and culturally informed perspective. We approach the world from a historical lens with an eye for hard truths and structural analysis.
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Eye-witness accounts brought to life by archive. Witness History is for those fascinated by the past. We take you to the events that have shaped our world through the eyes of the people who were there. For nine minutes every day, we take you back in time and all over the world, to examine wars, coups, scientific discoveries, cultural moments and much more. Recent episodes explore everything from football in Brazil, the history of the ā€˜Indian Titanicā€™ and the invention of air fryers, to Publi ...
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Crisis Point

Crisis Magazine

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Since 1982, Crisis Magazine has been America's leading source for Catholic perspectives on religion, culture, and politics. Join editor-in-chief Eric Sammons and leading Catholics on "Crisis Point."
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Scheer Intelligence features thoughtful and provocative conversations with "American Originals" -- people who, through a lifetime of engagement with political issues, offer unique and often surprising perspectives on the day's most important issues.
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The Lawyerist Podcast is a show about lawyering and law practice hosted by Stephanie Everett of Lawyerist. Every week we feature conversations with successful lawyers, innovative thought leaders, and other creative people helping to shape the future of legal practice.
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Blocked and Reported

Katie Herzog and Jesse Singal

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Journalists Katie Herzog and Jesse Singal scour the internet for its craziest, silliest, most sociopathic content, part of an obsessive and ill-conceived attempt to extract kernels of meaning and humanity from a landscape of endless raging dumpster fires. www.blockedandreported.org
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Nia King's trying to figure out if her dream of making a living as an art activist is beyond reach. In this podcast, she seeks advice from other political queer artists, trans artists, and artists of color who seem to have figured out how to make art and make rent without compromising their values.
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Podcast Insider

Todd Cochrane, Mike Dell & MacKenzie Bennett

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Blubrryā€™s Official Podcast where we talk about the Podcasting industry, Blubrry news and interview podcasters on why they started their podcast.
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A Podcast about the Art of the Possible. Hosted by Frank, a Brazilian Historian (@FrankGothic), and Leon, Dutch social scientist (@LaboringLeon). In which we look at Literature (The Left Page) and Media (Here Be Media) through a socio-historical & Utopian lens! Find more of our work and projects at https://linktr.ee/leftpagehbm Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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This American Life

This American Life

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Each week we choose a theme. Then anything can happen. This American Life is true stories that unfold like little movies for radio. Personal stories with funny moments, big feelings, and surprising plot twists. Newsy stories that try to capture what itā€™s like to be alive right now. Itā€™s the most popular weekly podcast in the world, and winner of the first ever Pulitzer Prize for a radio show or podcast. Hosted by Ira Glass and produced in collaboration with WBEZ Chicago.
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The LRB Podcast

The London Review of Books

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The LRB Podcast brings you weekly conversations from Europeā€™s leading magazine of culture and ideas. Hosted by Thomas Jones and Malin Hay, with guest episodes from the LRB's US editor Adam Shatz, Meehan Crist, Rosemary Hill and more. Find the LRB's new Close Readings podcast in on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, or search 'LRB Close Readings' wherever you get your podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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You've got Detroit questions, we've got answers. CuriosiD is a podcast from WDET, Detroit's NPR Station. Our reporters answer your questions about the region, like "Who invented the Boston Cooler?" or "Are there really salt mines underneath Detroit?" Something puzzling you about Detroit? Ask about it at http://wdet.org/curious and we might answer your question in a future episode!
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Air Date: 8-19-24 Today, Jay!, Amanda, Deon and Erin discuss: - How we likely all have COVID and can't believe we did a Bonus Show - The bizarre ways AI is already part of our political systems - Strong feelings on AI-generated art in a hyper-capitalist world - The ups, downs and side effects of so-called AI friends - AI in our love lives (P.S. Audā€¦
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The National Journal Daily and Hotline teams are at the Democratic National Convention this week, bringing you another dispatch from the Windy City. Hotline editor Kirk A. Bado talks to DCCC's Courtney Rice, podcaster and pundit Bill Press, and EMILYs List's Jessica Mackler about the excitement for presidential nominee Kamala Harris and down the baā€¦
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Juan Manuel Benitez, former longtime reporter and host at Spectrum News NY1, now professor at the Columbia Journalism School, recaps the second night of the Democratic National Convention, plus talks about how the Harris campaign is reaching out to Latino voters. Plus: John Avlon, veteran journalist now the Democratic candidate for congress in New ā€¦
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John is broadcasting again in Chicago at the DNC. He opens with California Governor Gavin Newsom casting votes for Kamala Harris. Then, John interviews former White House Chief of Staff under Barack Obama - Bill Daley, Democratic Political Strategist (and daughter of Nancy Pelosi) - Christine Pelosi, and the former Governor of Virginia - Terry McAuā€¦
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https://youtu.be/34F4Ri6BAos Falsehood is a recognized and extremely useful weapon in warfare, and every country uses it quite deliberately to deceive its own people, to attract neutrals, and mislead the enemy. The ignorant and innocent masses in each country are unaware at the time that they are being misled, and when it is all over only here and ā€¦
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Mayor Adams holds one off-topic press conference per week, where reporters can ask him questions on any subject. Michelle Bocanegra, WNYC and Gothamist political reporter focused on campaigns and the New York City Council, recaps what he talked about at this week's event, including the new Bronx Metro North rezoning that will allow roughly 7,000 neā€¦
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As our centennial series continues, David Greenberg, professor of history and of journalism and media studies at Rutgers University and the author of Republic of Spin (WW Norton, 2016) and the forthcoming, John Lewis: A Life (Simon & Schuster, 2024), reviews highlights from the past century of notable DNC speeches.ā€¦
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What do Jane Austen, Simone de Beauvoir and Herodotus have in common? They all appear in three of this yearā€™s Close Readings series, in which a pair of LRB contributors explore an area of literature through a selection of key works. This week, weā€™re revisiting some of the highlights from subscriber-only episodes: Clare Bucknell and Colin Burrow on ā€¦
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On COI #661, Kyle Anzalone updates the talks between Israel and Hamas. Odysee Rumble Donate LBRY Credits bTTEiLoteVdMbLS7YqDVSZyjEY1eMgW7CP Donate Bitcoin 36PP4kT28jjUZcL44dXDonFwrVVDHntsrk Donate Bitcoin Cash Qp6gznu4xm97cj7j9vqepqxcfuctq2exvvqu7aamz6 Patreon Subscribe Star YouTube Facebook Twitter MeWe Apple Podcast Amazon Music Google Podcasts Sā€¦
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Situ-Punk Bill Brown of "NOT BORED!" zine fame chats with Andy about Raoul Vaneigem's The Revolution of Everyday Life and its influence on the punk subculture of the seventies, eighties, and nineties. Towards the end of the episode we talk about his Vaneigem's prediction of the "End of Christianity" in relation to heresy and queerness. Greil Marcusā€¦
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Original Air Date: 8/23/2023 For decades, we have rightly been focused on dialing back endemic misogyny and poking holes in the patriarchy in the hopes of a new normal of gender relations emerging that would be genuinely healthier for everyone, not just women. But, with so much of the focus on the type of masculinity men and boys shouldn't embrace,ā€¦
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An in-depth examination of the regulatory, entrepreneurial, and organizational factors contributing to the expansion and transformation of Chinaā€™s supplemental education industry. Like many parents in the United States, parents in China, increasingly concerned with their childrenā€™s academic performance, are turning to for-profit tutoring businessesā€¦
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In post-war Europe, protest was everywhere. On both sides of the Iron Curtain, from Paris to Prague, Milan to Wroclaw, ordinary people took to the streets, fighting for a better world. Their efforts came to a head most dramatically in 1968 and 1989, when mass movements swept Europe and rewrote its history. In the decades between, Joachim C. Haberleā€¦
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A conversation between Prof. Salman Sayyid and Prof. Ella Shohat on (amongst other topics) the significance of 1492, Orientalism and race. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-networkā€¦
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If ideology has never before been so much in evidence as a fact and so little understood as it appears to be today then, Jason Blakely argues in his new book Lost in Ideology: Interpreting Modern Political Life (Agenda Publishing, 2023), this may not be because we are like travellers guided by old maps of the political world but because we make theā€¦
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Farid al-Din ā€˜Attarā€™s writings have greatly influenced Persian Sufism, but what do we know of him as a thinker? Engaging his diverse writings from poetry to stories, Cyrus Ali Zargarā€™s Religion of Live: Sufism and Self-Transformation in the Poetic Imagination of ā€˜Attar (SUNY Press, 2024) captures for us some of ā€˜Attarā€™s worldviews, especially as itā€¦
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Charles Holdefer's new short story collection, Ivan the Terrible Goes on a Family Picnic (Sagging Meniscus Press, 2024) weaves together ten stories that connect through America's pastime. Did the Russians invent baseball? Is there a connection between Babe Ruthā€™s cross-dressing and Gertrude Steinā€™s secret mission to New York? What does history tellā€¦
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In what has become perhaps the most infamous example of modern anti-Jewish violence prior to the Holocaust, the Kishinev pogrom should have been a small story lost to us along with scores of other similar tragedies. Instead, Kishinev became an event of international intrigue, and lives on as the paradigmatic pogrom ā€“ a symbol of Jewish life in Eastā€¦
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The problems that gave rise to the widespread desire to introduce a common currency were myriad. While trade was able to cope with-and even to benefit from-the parallel circulation of many different types of coin, it nevertheless harmed both the common people and the political authorities. The authorities in particular suffered from neighbours who ā€¦
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The Old Testament Hebrew Scriptures in 5 Minutes (Equinox Books, 2024), co-edited by Philippe Guillaume and Diana V. Edelman, is a digestible, concise, reader-friendly introduction to biblical scholarship for undergraduate students and lay readers alike. Written without technical language or jargon by diverse specialists in Hebrew Bible, its 83 chaā€¦
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Joseph Heathcott discusses his latest book, Global Queens: An Urban Mosaic (Fordham University Press, 2023), an engaging hybrid of text and visual that features a trove of his personal photography of urban spaces throughout NYC's most diverse borough. Including: airports, overgrown yards, possibly the last living speakers of indigenous languages, tā€¦
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While addressing a group of ardent Israel supporters, Donald Trump made the decidedly surprising assertion that Israel and its US-based lobbying wing AIPAC do not wield sufficient power over American politics. 15 years ago the lobby was much stronger, Trump said, and any deviation from a staunchly pro-Israel position by an American politician wouldā€¦
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GOOD EVENING: The show begins in a debate of wage and price controls from the Nixon Administration... 1972 Kissinger, POTUS, Haig. CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR FIRST HOUR 9-915 #Markets: Wage and price controls and heavy taxation. Liz Peek The Hill. Fox News and Fox Business https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/food-industry-pushes-back-ā€¦
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2/2: #LAKEHURON: The Fourth Annual Silent Swarm competition for marrying drones with electromagnetic capabilities. Jerry Hendrix, Sagamore Institute. https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3274610/chinas-military-ai-detects-secret-radar-links-between-south-china-sea-alaska-and-guam 1930 Three Rivers Michiganā€¦
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1/2: #LAKEHURON: The Fourth Annual Silent Swarm competition for marrying drones with electromagnetic capabilities. Jerry Hendrix, Sagamore Institute. https://www.nationalreview.com/2024/08/the-u-s-military-is-quietly-reinventing-itself-on-the-great-lakes/ 1890 Marquette MichiganBy John Batchelor
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#StateThinking: Two wars and the Republicans. @MaryKissel Former Senior Adviser to the Secretary of State. Executive VP Stephens Inc. https://www.wsj.com/world/russia/russia-ukraine-war-deserters-cd1b9a11?mod=hp_lead_pos9 1856 Black SeaBy John Batchelor
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#StateThinking: Two wars and the Democrats. @MaryKissel Former Senior Adviser to the Secretary of State. Executive VP Stephens Inc. https://www.wsj.com/world/russia/russia-ukraine-war-deserters-cd1b9a11?mod=hp_lead_pos9 1890 Tsar's Black Sea FleetBy John Batchelor
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Can't much afford Ukraine anymore? Judy Dempsey, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Editor-in-Chief: Strategic Europe, in Berlin. https://www.wsj.com/world/russia/russia-ukraine-war-deserters-cd1b9a11?mod=hp_lead_pos9 1911 Grand Hotel Victoria GermanyBy John Batchelor
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#Markets: Subsidizing housing leads to higher prices. Liz Peek The Hill. Fox News and Fox Business https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/food-industry-pushes-back-against-kamala-harriss-price-gouging-plan-064c3bb1?mod=hp_lead_pos1 1942 THE BRIGGS SCHOOL FOR TRAINING WOMEN ALUMINUM WORKERSBy John Batchelor
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Fishermen from the Philippines, Ghana and Sri Lanka speak out about how badly, they say, they were treated by a Scottish fishing company that hired them. Most of the fishermen have been waiting in the UK for more than 10 years for their case to be heard. Despite two extensive police investigations, no convictions have been secured for human trafficā€¦
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PREVIEW: FEDERAL RESERVE: Colleague Elizabeth Peek indicates the interest rate reduction in September is assured and perhaps may occur after the Election to calm the concern for unemployment into the New Year and new Administration. More later. 1943 FDRBy John Batchelor
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PREVIEW: HEZBOLLAH & WAR: Conversation with colleague Jonathan Schanzer re the limited choices to remove the threat on Israel's Northern Border -- and the timeline is short. More tonight. 1905 JerusalemBy John Batchelor
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PREVIEW: MALI, AL QAEDA & MAD MAX: Conversation with colleague Caleb Weiss of Bridgeway Foundation and FDD re the failed state of Mali and the warlords and gangs rampaging against each other and the inhabitants. Russian Africa Corps also. More later. 1898 West AfricaBy John Batchelor
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How have the Democratic Party united behind Kamala Harris so quickly? What are some of the core principles of Project 2025? Was Joe Biden's farewell speech as success? Join Rory and Alastair live from the DNC in Chicago to answer all these questions and more. šŸŒ Get our exclusive NordVPN deal here āž¼ nordvpn.com/restispolitics Itā€™s risk-free with Norā€¦
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John is broadcasting in Chicago at the DNC. He opens with the surprise walk on from Vice President Harris. Then, A PODCAST EXCLUSIVE: John interviews president of EMILY'S LIST Jessica Mackler and congressman Glenn Ivey of Maryland. And wrapping it up, he takes calls from listeners on the energy and clarity of President Biden's speech. See Privacy Pā€¦
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The National Journal Daily and Hotline teams are at the Democratic National Convention this week in Chicago, bringing you the first of many dispatches from the Windy City. Hotline editor Kirk A. Bado and National Journal editor-in-chief Jeff Dufour talk about their first impressions of the convention and Senate correspondent Savannah Behrmann talksā€¦
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