Best Pugh Street Podcasts (2024)

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Jessica Calarco, "Holding It Together: How Women Became America's Safety Net" (Portfolio, 2024) 46:23

4m ago46:23

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How do unequal societies function? In Holding It Together: How Women Became America's Safety Net (Portfolio, 2024), Jesscia Calarco, an Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, examines how America’s DIY society depends on the labour of mothers and excludes the sorts of social supports present in other countries. Thi…

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Allison J. Pugh, "The Last Human Job: The Work of Connecting in a Disconnected World" (Princeton UP, 2024) 31:00

28m ago31:00

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With the rapid development of artificial intelligence and labor-saving technologies like self-checkouts and automated factories, the future of work has never been more uncertain, and even jobs requiring high levels of human interaction are no longer safe. The Last Human Job: The Work of Connecting in a Disconnected World (Princeton UP, 2024) explor…

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Branding Foreign Aid: Soft Power and Popular Attitudes in International Development 36:34

2h ago36:34

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Why do international donors brand foreign aid? And what impact does it have on popular attitudes towards them? Join Matthew Winters and Petra Alderman as they talk about soft power, foreign aid branding, and popular attitudes towards USAID and Japan in India, Bangladesh, and Uganda. They discuss whether foreign aid branding works and address severa…

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3.18 Massive Systems for Massive Success in Real Estate with Andrew Warburton 36:49

7h ago36:49

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Learn how Andrew Warburton uses massive systems for success in real estate sales and building a real estate mega-team with iConnct.com. Discover the future of real estate with Andrew's innovative strategies and insights. In this podcast episode, Andrew Warburton from iConnct.com shares massive systems for success in the real estate industry. Learn …

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Kathleen Day, "Broken Bargain: Bankers, Bailouts, and the Struggle to Tame Wall Street" (Yale UP, 2019) 57:14

16h ago57:14

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Think that today's debates about the role of the Federal Reserve Bank, financial regulation, "too big to fail", etc. are new? Think again. Who should control banks, who should regulate banks, what should banks even do--these questions have been debated since the founding of the Republic. Replace CNBC's David Faber with Alexander Hamilton, and Joe K…

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Gizem Zencirci, "The Muslim Social: Neoliberalism, Charity, and Poverty in Turkey" (Syracuse UP, 2024) 31:59

10h ago31:59

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Since coming to power in 2002, Turkey’s governing party, the AKP, has made poverty relief a central part of their political program. In addition to neoliberal reforms, AKP’s program has involved an emphasis on Islamic charity that is unprecedented in the history of the Turkish Republic. To understand the causes and consequences of this phenomenon, …

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3.17 Always Forward Mindset in Real Estate, with Peter Muraca 37:51

19h ago37:51

37:51

In real estate sales, the "always forward" mindset is key to success. Watch this video to learn how to keep moving forward and growing in your real estate career. This mindset is essential for leadership and growth in the industry. Pete Muraca is an experienced top-level real estate broker in Thorold, Ontario, serving home sellers, home buyers, and…

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3.16 Leverage and Delegate for Success in Real Estate Sales 24:33

7d ago24:33

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Learn how to delegate and leverage your time to succeed in real estate sales. Discover the key strategies for lead generation and implementing systems to streamline your business and maximize your results in the competitive real estate market. Kevin Cahill, host of the REALTY Funnels Podcast, shares over 25 years of experience, so that you can quic…

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DISNEY WORLD SCREWS OVER DISNEY VLOGGERS BIG TIME with Tania’s Bayou Adventure POV!! 33:45

1d ago33:45

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Using History to Better Finance and Build Social Wealth 1:08:23

1d ago1:08:23

1:08:23

Esoteric and frequently disinterested in the public good, financial institutions can be hard to navigate for those seeking to advance social welfare. My Episode 10 guest Paul Katz of the Jain Family Institute is trying to change that by building innovative tools to help visionary leaders in Brazil grow social wealth. During our lively exchange, Pau…

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3.15: Boost Your Profits! Four Big Benefits of Latin American Developers and Coders, with Roger Eintross 29:04

7d ago29:04

29:04

Looking to boost your profits? Team up with Latin American developers! Learn the advantages of outsourcing to Latin American developers and coders in this video. From SaaS to CRM to real estate software, Latin American developers can bring a unique perspective and expertise to your projects. Roger Einstoss of Braintly.com explains the massive benef…

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Anthony Heath and Yaojun Li, "Social Mobility" (Polity Press, 2024) 40:01

8d ago40:01

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What is social mobility? In Social Mobility (Polity Press, 2023), Anthony Heath, an Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Oxford and Yaojun Li, a Professor of Sociology at the University of Manchester, explore and explain this concept, setting out why the idea matters for both social scientists and the general reader. The book draws …

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Anne Kim, "Poverty for Profit: How Corporations Get Rich off America’s Poor" (The New Press, 2024) 28:19

9d ago28:19

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Poverty is big business in America. The federal government spends about $900 billion a year on programs that directly or disproportionately impact poor Americans, including antipoverty programs such as the earned income tax credit, Medicaid, and affordable housing vouchers and subsidies. States and local governments spend tens of billions more. Iro…

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Stephen J. Silvia, "The UAW's Southern Gamble: Organizing Workers at Foreign-Owned Vehicle Plants" (IRL Press, 2023) 1:05:20

10d ago1:05:20

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The UAW's Southern Gamble: Organizing Workers at Foreign-Owned Vehicle Plants (IRL Press, 2023) is the first in-depth assessment of the United Auto Workers' efforts to organize foreign vehicle plants (Daimler-Chrysler, Mercedes-Benz, Nissan, and Volkswagen) in the American South since 1989, an era when union membership declined precipitously. Steph…

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Tom Mueller, "How to Make a Killing: Blood, Death and Dollars in American Medicine" (Norton, 2023) 1:09:18

10d ago1:09:18

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Dialysis is a medical miracle, a treatment that allows people with kidney failure to live when otherwise they would die. It also provides a captive customer for the dialysis industry, which values the steady revenues that come from critically required long-term care that is guaranteed by the government. Tom Mueller's six year deep dive into the dia…

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3.14 Master Realtor Reveals Winning Tactics, with Steve Pugh 29:55

10d ago29:55

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Learn the winning tactics of a master realtor in this video! Discover real estate systems, daily schedules, and strategies for long-term success in the industry. A solid daily calendar, coupled with systems and automations, and you have the recipe for amazing long-term success in residential real estate. Steve Pugh is a top-ranked real estate agent…

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3.13 Secrets to Dominate Smaller Real Estate Markets, with Rachel Tiskevics 31:25

10d ago31:25

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Learn the secrets to dominate smaller real estate markets with effective strategies and systems. This video will show you how to succeed as a real estate agent in smaller markets and achieve success. Rachel Tiskevics joined a crowded real estate marketplace in a small real estate market, in Pella, Iowa. She determined that she needed to differentia…

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3.12 Investment Real Estate Opportunities in Chicago, with Michael Scanlon 31:31

10d ago31:31

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Interested in investing in real estate in Chicago? Learn about the investment opportunities available in the Chicago real estate market and how you can get started today! Michael Scanlon is a top-level real estate professional in Chicago, focusing on multi-family investment real estate opportunities, as well as working with sellers and buyers of si…

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3.11 Secrets to Fast Real Estate Success, with Victoria Melton 48:56

10d ago48:56

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Ready to fast-track your real estate career? In this video, we'll reveal the secrets to success for newer real estate agents looking to boost their career. Top-Level Real Estate Agent Victoria Melton discusses the strategies and mindset that created so much quick and early success in her real estate career in Winston, North Carolina. Kevin Cahill i…

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3.10 How 10 Investment Properties Can Set You Financially Free, with Steve Earl 42:18

10d ago42:18

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Looking to achieve financial freedom through real estate? Learn how 10 investment properties can set you on the path to financial independence as a successful landlord and real estate investor. Kevin Cahill, the host of The Realty Funnels Podcast, chats with top real estate agent Steve Earl about his national real estate investment strategy that is…

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3.9 Top Real Estate Agents share the Secrets to Success, with Monica Weakley and Sharon McCormick 41:45

10d ago41:45

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Join us as we chat with top Cincinnati real estate agents Monica Weakley and Sharon McCormick on the Realty Funnels Podcast with Kevin Cahill. They'll discuss their secrets to success in their local Cincinnati real estate market, including mindset, actions, behaviors, and the that have helped them achieve their goals. Tune in to learn from the best…

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3.8 Unlock Your Real Estate Profits: 1031s and DSTs with Jim Whitesides 29:44

14d ago29:44

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Learn how to unlock real estate profits through 1031 exchanges with DSTs on the REALTY Funnels Podcast. Discover how to defer taxes and avoid capital gains taxes on your investment properties. Jim Whitesides and Kevin Cahill discuss Delaware Statutory Trusts as a powerful alternative in your 1031 Exchange strategy. Defer Capital Gains Taxes, and pl…

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The Social Acceptance of Inequality 32:01

11d ago32:01

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On this episode of International Horizons, Francesco Duina, Charles A. Dana Professor of Sociology at Bates College and Luca Storti, Associate Professor of Economic Sociology at the University of Turin in Italy and a Research Fellow of the Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies, discuss the rise of inequalities around the globe and the di…

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Carola Binder, "Shock Values: Prices and Inflation in American Democracy" (U Chicago Press, 2024) 43:50

20d ago43:50

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A sweeping history of the United States’ economy and politics, in Shock Values: Prices and Inflation in American Democracy (U Chicago Press, 2024), Carola Binder reveals how the American state has been shaped by a massive, ever-evolving effort to insulate its economy from the real and perceived dangers of price fluctuations. Carola Binder narrates …

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Peter Ireland (Boston College Econ Prof) on Monetary Policy, Monetarism and New Keynesian Models 1:26:46

15d ago1:26:46

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Peter Ireland (Boston College Economics Professor) joins the podcast to discuss his career as a monetary economist, his views on the history of monetarism, New Keynesian models, and the Shadow Open Market Committee which Peter sits on and celebrates its 50th anniversary. Jon Hartley is an economics researcher with interests in international macroec…

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Dmitry Grozoubinski, "Why Politicians Lie About Trade...How, and What You Need to Know" (Canbury Press, 2024) 49:51

20d ago49:51

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In November, it will be 25 years since the Battle of Seattle – the summit and street fight that marked the end of a half-century of ever-broadening global trade negotiations. Between 2013 and 2016, the same “anti-globalisation” movement sank a US-EU bid to build a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership but it wasn’t until 2016 – with the Br…

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American Innovation, American Vitality: A Conversation with Chris Buskirk 1:01:09

25d ago1:01:09

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How can we restore America's frontier spirit, foster innovation, and stave off decay? Chris Buskirk sits down to discuss his new book America and the Art of the Possible: Restoring National Vitality in an Age of Decay. Along the way, he delves into the history of innovation from Augustan Rome to the Scottish Enlightenment to Silicon Valley, whether…

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Mark Robert Rank, "The Poverty Paradox: Understanding Economic Hardship Amid American Prosperity" (Oxford UP, 2023) 39:42

20d ago39:42

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The paradox of poverty amidst plenty has plagued the United States throughout the 21st century--why should the wealthiest country in the world also have the highest rates of poverty among the industrialized nations? Based on his decades-long research and scholarship, one of the nation's leading authorities provides the answer. In The Poverty Parado…

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Joseph E. Stiglitz, "The Road to Freedom: Economics and the Good Society" (Norton, 2024) 42:15

20d ago42:15

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In his latest book, The Road to Freedom: Economics and the Good Society (W. W. Norton, 2024), Nobel laureate Joseph E. Stiglitz rethinks the nature of freedom and its relationship to capitalism. While many agree that freedom is good and we want more of it, we don’t agree about what it is, whose freedom we’re talking about, or what outcomes we desir…

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Elise Andaya, "Pregnant at Work: Low-Wage Workers, Power, and Temporal Injustice" (NYU Press, 2024) 34:21

21d ago34:21

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The low-wage service industry is one of the fastest-growing employment sectors in the US economy. Its workers disproportionately tend to be low-income and minority women. Service sector work entails rigid forms of temporal discipline manifested in work requirements for flexible, last-minute, and round-the-clock availability, as well as limited to n…

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Marina Welker, "Kretek Capitalism: Making, Marketing, and Consuming Clove Cigarettes in Indonesia" (U California Press, 2024) 39:14

29d ago39:14

39:14

Indonesia is the world's second largest cigarette market: two out of three men smoke, and clove-laced tobacco cigarettes called kretek make up 95 percent of the market. To account for the staggering success of this lethal industry, Kretek Capitalism: Making, Marketing, and Consuming Clove Cigarettes in Indonesia (University of California Press, 202…

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