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Best Daily Podcast (British Podcast Awards 2023 nominee). Ten minute daily episodes bringing you curious moments from this day in history, with Olly Mann, Rebecca Messina and Arion McNicoll: The Retrospectors. It's history, but not as you know it! New eps Mon-Wed; reruns Thurs/Fri; Sunday exclusives at Patreon.com/Retrospectors and for Apple Subscribers.
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Songs of Praise

3ABN Australia Radio

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Enjoy 1 hour episodes of musical reflection to encourage, uplift and draw you into a closer relationship with our loving Saviour, Jesus Christ. Also featuring a short 3ABN Australia Radio Book Reading.
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Song Salad

Shannon & Scott

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Random topic + Random music genre = Song salad. Writing partners Shannon & Scott tempt the salad spinner of fate as they write a short song about a random topic in a random style of music. Can they successfully create a song using both? Can we be a little looser with the word "successfully"?
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Each short episode will celebrate a 90s song that I love. If you remember the 90s you'll enjoy the trip down memory lane. If you don't remember the 90s, you'll discover some great music, or gain perspective on some songs you already know. Facts! Thoughts! Jokes! Love! Alt rock, hip hop, pop, classic rock, R&B, Eurodance, ballads, folk, rap rock, country dance, Britpop, trip hop, punk rock, novelties & oddities. We got em all!
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«Сказка – великая духовная культура народа, которую мы собираем по крохам, и через сказку раскрывается перед нами тысячелетняя история народа» Алексей Николаевич Толстой This Podcast was created for bilingual families, who are trying to preserve Russian language and culture in their own homes, far away from Russia. In order to share stories from our childhood with our children, every week we will add new additions to our podcast library in form of tale, poem or song. Enjoy and let's get star ...
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David Graham is a speaker, author, businessman, former pastor, and founding Director of Youth With A Mission, Montana. He is also the author of the song, “In Moments Like These.” This song appropriately describes this podcast which a short Biblical-based and encouraging devotional influenced by David’s lifetime of personal moments. These moments are shared with a heart to encourage and inspire you to see him, our heavenly father at work in your own moments.
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A light-hearted, practical weekly astro-forecast by Kathy Biehl of EmpowermentUnlimited.net. Five to six minutes, short and sassy. Features a homing thought of the week, song of the week and image of the week. Read my extended weekly and moon forecasts at EmpowermentUnlimited.net. Follow me on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/empowermentunlimited.
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Bend the knee and join us each week as we re-read the epic fantasy series, A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin. Each episode will contain a small council meeting for updates on the HBO show, House of the Dragon, Winds of Winter, and GRR’s ‘Not a Blog’. We also include a short history lesson from A World of Ice and Fire. Finally, we take an in-depth look at each chapter of the series. This is a book club without banners, all are welcome to join! Night gathers, and now our read begins …
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Bonjour ! My name is Romeo and my goal is to help YOU improve your french with short stories. You will improve your vocabulary and listening skills with everyday french stories. I publish new episodes from monday to friday at 10 am (Paris time). If you want to receive the transcript of the next episodes, go to my website
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Three Song Stories is an exploration of the power music has to connect us to times, places, people, and emotions from our lives. The show brings out the guests’ personalities, and personal histories, by mining the connections music has made during their lifetimes. It’s also a chance to sit back and listen to the eclectic mix of songs the guests have chosen for their ultimate musical memory short list.
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True Story is the mashup of spoken word and acoustic song. Short stories written and performed by Eric Valentine are paired live with hit songs written and performed by singer-songwriters. True Story delivers keynote addresses, performed at TEDx, and produced 'The Mammal Problem'—a play performed on stages from Boise to Broadway, including The Anne L. Bernstein Theater, an off-Broadway venue in New York City. True Story past- and present roster of performers include: singer-songwriters Daria ...
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Edited by bestselling anthologist John Joseph Adams, LIGHTSPEED is a Hugo Award-winning, critically-acclaimed digital magazine. In its pages, you'll find science fiction from near-future stories and sociological SF to far-future, star-spanning SF. Plus there's fantasy from epic sword-and-sorcery and contemporary urban tales to magical realism, science-fantasy, and folk tales. Each month, LIGHTSPEED brings you a mix of original short stories and flash fiction featuring a variety of authors, f ...
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One Word Wednesdays at 1pm is a winning wisdom nugget to help propel you thru the remainder of your week. We take ONE WORD every WEDNESDAY at 1 pm, thoroughly research the definition and see how we can apply it to our lives both naturally and spiritually. God’s Word is our foundation. We end every segment with a short song that often reinforces what we have discussed.
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"A perfectly weird zine for your ears" - Boing Boing. "A case study in artistic drive" - Indiewire. A single surprise word seeds a piece of short fiction, a song, a reflection, and (part of) a conversation. Guests including Resmaa Menakem, Neil Gaiman, Mary-Louise Parker, and more. Until 2020, Jason hosted Think Again, with thinkers and creatives including Terry Gilliam, Margaret Atwood, Marlon James, and over 200 more. The show was an iTunes Best of 2015 pick and won praise from Salon, Inc. ...
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Stories From: The Low Season is an anthology fiction podcast inspired by the album The Low Season by POOLSIDE. Each song serves an inspiration for a short fiction piece, and the original song is reworked as a dreamy underscore. Produced by WOLF AT THE DOOR STUDIOS.
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Three former college track athletes discuss their abnormal obsession for running. Hosted by Karen Lesiewicz, Megan Connolly Morant and Rachel DaDamio. On The CITIUS MAG Podcast Network.
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From horror franchises, to romcoms, to the Christmas movie where Michael Shannon pretend to be Bigfoot, America’s Best Friend Judy Greer’s prolific film career spans over 20 years. Join Reg Linn (they/them) and Patrick Ripoll (he/him) as they podcast through her filmography, one movie at a time. Theme song: ”96 Tears” written by Rudy Martinez, performed by Reg Linn and Patrick Ripoll
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Tales from the life of Al Kooper, from songwriter to playing organ for Bob Dylan to producing Lynyrd Skynyrd. Al tells about crossing paths with an amazing cast of characters in rock and beyond. Short podcasts, perfect for those 5-10 minutes time slots.
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Poetry has been defined as “words that want to break into song.” Musicians who make music seek to “say something”. Parlando will put spoken words (often, but not always, poetry) and music (different kinds, limited only by the abilities of the performing participants) together. The resulting performances will be short, 2 to 10 minutes in length. The podcast will present them un-adorned. How much variety can we find in this combination? Listen to a few episodes and see. At least at first, the ...
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For many performers, their biggest fears is that people will find the creative writing they produced when they were younger. Early poetry, short stories, song lyrics, scripts and more shouldn't stay hidden in shoe boxes in our parents' house or in password protected folders on our laptops. It’s time we monetised that shame and gave those pieces the public outing our 15 year old selves would’ve wanted. Each week a guest brings something they wrote in their adolescence to be discussed and co-a ...
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It's "This Exonian Life." I'm Nick Song. Each episode, we bring you the stories heard on and around Exeter's campus. We believe that everyone (yes, even you!) has a story to tell. The stories we put out range from interviews with accomplished assembly speakers, to the conversations held in a friend's dorm room in the middle of the night. "This Exonian Life" is unaffiliated with Phillips Exeter Academy and produced by Nick Song, Class of '18.
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Tall, Short and Cheesy

Tall Short and Cheesy

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Tall, Short and Cheesy consists of Moxey, Dan and Cheese....and Alex, cos we cant count We talk about anything that pops into our heads and are jam packed with amazing features including the News-at-6-at-8, Alex's film reviews, the high-money scratchcard game and Moxey's Forgotten song Broadcast live every Tuesday from 7pm at www.brunelstudents.com/radio on URB University Radio Brunel
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Read By Ranae

Ranae J. Fraiser

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For the love of storytelling! This podcast is all about bringing literary works to life through audio. Works will be a collection of short stories, sleep aids, poetry, bedtime stories, and more from authors in the public domain, original works, and others made by amazing writers. So press play, sit back, and relax with me... - Ranae
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This is the award winning podcast where Steve Webb, the O.G. Godcaster and host of the Lifespring! Family of Podcasts, invites you to join him as he reads through the entire Bible in a daily Sunday through Saturday, fifteen to thirty minute show. Each episode features a reading, followed by a short commentary.
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Need a good laugh? Then come join us for a script readin', song singin' and dads drinkin' good time! We write short stories, jokes, scripts and songs just to make people read them, and see if we can make them break! Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tom-woods7/support
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We love short stories. Join authors Deesha Philyaw (The Secret Lives of Church Ladies) and Dawnie Walton (The Final Revival of Opal & Nev) for author interviews, book club discussions, and immersive short stories. We celebrate storytelling from some of today's most thrilling writers, with an emphasis on spotlighting underrepresented voices. (Photo credits: Vanessa German / Rayon Richards) Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://ursastory.com/join
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The creation of Haiti was the culmination of a slave revolt that began on a stormy night in the dense woods of Bois Caïman in Saint-Domingue, on 21st September, 1791, when a Voodoo ceremony led by the Jamaican-born priest Dutty Boukman called upon the enslaved Africans to reject their masters and embrace freedom in a bloody uprising. Saint-Domingue…
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Karen, Rachel and Megan are back together to relive the excitement from the Paris Olympics and share their biggest takeaways. They dive into their favorite races, share stats from the top performances, and spotlight who they think are the top stars of track and field. Plus: Biggest pieces of advice for those heading into their first marathon. Highl…
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Live from the Newsstand Studios at Rockefeller Center in New York City! Mark and Kenny hop back in the car with Madonna to rave about the final single from MDNA. Topics include Martin Solveig, Jade Williams, Bridgette Bardot and Barcelona, cleavage and convertibles, handsy chauffeurs, sweetheart Brahim Zaibat, Laidback Luke, R3hab, Tom Munro, missi…
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Winston Churchill had only been Prime Minister for three months when, on 20th August, 1940, he delivered ‘The Few’ - one of his most iconic speeches - in the House of Commons. Arion, Rebecca and Olly consider how and why Churchill’s paean to the courage of RAF pilots during the Battle of Britain has been so well-remembered - albeit mainly for a quo…
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Today we present a poem by Æ et al., a poet composed of several dragons in a trench coat. Read by Sierra, the Small Blue One thevoice.dog | Apple podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts If you have a story you think would be a good fit, you can check out the requirements, fill out the submission template and get in touch with us. https://thevoice.dog/…
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Jay Allison is host and producer of The Moth Radio Hour, host, curator, and producer of This I Believe on NPR, and creator/producer of hundreds of documentaries, essays, and special series for national and international broadcast. Jay has won virtually every major industry award for his productions and collaborations, including six Peabodys. He was…
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A whopping 40,000 spectators gathered at Burkhart Hill in Dayton, Ohio, to witness the first-ever All American Soapbox Derby on August 19th, 1934. Hundreds of kids, aged 10 to 15, raced in homemade cars built from recycled materials and old pram and bike wheels, all powered solely by gravity. The event originated in 1933 when young William Condit a…
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Kieran escapes his imprisonment, and sets out to find the one who captured him. But he finds more than he expected. Today’s story is the second and final part of “Somebody’s gotta do the dirty work” by Spottystuff, a hobbyist writer, dilletante artist, and care free tinkerer with whatever his minders leave unsupervised for long enough. You can read…
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Ancient Greek poet Sappho's poetry survives in fragments and spaces, but in 1904 a Canadian poet imagined Sappho's poems as if they were complete. The audacity of that project undertaken by Bliss Carman must be conceded, but the results can be judged on their own merits. The Greeks said that Sappho's poems were sung with lyre music, and the Parland…
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👑🎤Brooklyn’s in the house! A new hip hop heavyweight storms the scene and drops a classic album. Throw in some production from the legendary DJ Premiere? Unbelievable. E60 is Unbelievable by Notorious B.I.G. Plus: Body-shaming pollutes the dance charts. 🎉Stay in Touch with Ricca Razor Sharp Stream my music Spotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/3c…
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A JAM packed episode! We review Season 2 of House of the Dragon, and we got some news on the budget for Season 2, why there Wass only 8 episodes, and Kit Harrington shed some light on the SNOW series Follow Jimmy: https://twitter.com/theFLOCKAVELI Matt's Linktree: https://linktr.ee/supergainsbros The reread will continue! Join the discussion: https…
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Oh, what a complex, complex week. Sudden releases of tension (and more). Containment and curtailment and karma and lots and lots and lots more noise.... if a more than 24/7 news cycle is possible, this week'll birth it. Astro-Insight for August 19-24, 2024. Please do not forward w/o copyright notice intact, which is: Text & recording ©℗ Kathy Biehl…
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Rerun: Conjoined teenagers Chang and Eng Bunker began their world tour in Boston, Massachusetts on 16th August, 1829. ‘Discovered’ by Scotsman Robert Hunter in Siam (now Thailand), the boys inspired the term ‘Siamese Twins’, despite being ethnically Chinese. Chang was a heavy drinker, and Eng was a teetotaller - yet they shared a liver. They had fa…
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Enjoy an hour of musical reflection to encourage, uplift and draw you into a closer relationship with our loving Saviour, Jesus Christ. Featuring the following songs: It is Well with My Soul - Gospel Echoes Harvest Team For God so Loved the World - Marleta Fong In This Very Room - Christian Berdahl Fill My Cup, Lord - The Cadet Sisters Fairest Lord…
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This month's Lightspeed Science Fiction Short Shots episode features "Resistance" by Cat Rambo (© 2024 by Cat Rambo), narrated by Stefan Rudnicki and "Under the Skin" by Deborah L. Davitt (© 2024 by Deborah L. Davitt), narrated by Nan McNamara. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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Rerun: Camp Siegfried hosted a ‘Nazi Camp Fete’ for 40,000 attendees on 15th August, 1938. The Summer resort, on Yaphank, Long Island, was the epicentre of the German-American Bund: an organisation devoted to establishing a Nazi stronghold across the United States. Alongside campfire building and swimming lessons, young attendees were taught to emu…
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The Stanford Prison Experiment, created by Philip Zimbardo, began on 14th August, 1971. 24 male college students volunteered to be assigned roles as either ‘guard’ or ‘prisoner’ in a mock jail: the ‘prisoners’ were ‘arrested’ by real cops outside their family homes and marched down to a Police Station before being transferred to their imitation inc…
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We drove out to Joshua Tree for the star party—a gathering of amateur astronomers under a clear, dark sky. It was Holly’s idea, an impromptu adventure on a Friday after work: “Hey, Lou, do you want to go look at the moon tonight?” | © 2024 by Dominique Dickey. Narrated by Stefan Rudnicki. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoic…
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Live from the Newsstand Studios at Rockefeller Center in New York City! Kenny and Mark welcome special guest (and notorious Madame X critic) Rich Juzwiak for a joyous and EDM-tinged discussion about the hard-driving dance track from MDNA. Topics include critical exchanges and reassessment, the beloved Madonna bridge, Katy Perry and naked running, “…
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The ‘mock’ battle of Manila took place on 13th August, 1898, when the Spanish Army attempted to save face by staging a low-impact fight with the Americans, handing over the territory of the Philippines without seeming weak. The pseudo engagement aimed for a bloodless resolution, but unintentional shots fired from both sides disrupted the facade. Ho…
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During a break and entry mission, Kieran is ambushed and imprisoned. Now he has to find a way to escape before it’s too late. Today’s story is the first of two parts of “Somebody’s gotta do the dirty work” by Spottystuff, a hobbyist writer, dilletante artist, and care free tinkerer with whatever his minders leave unsupervised for long enough. You c…
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Tara Lynn Rye is a musical artist and filmmaker from New Jersey who calls southwest Florida home these days. She spent time in New York City and Los Angeles honing her craft in film - she directed, produced, shot, and edited short films, documentaries and episodics. Tara’s played shows with her band at Rockwood Music Hall, the Peppermint Club, and …
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Isaac Singer's iteration of a mechanised sewing machine received US Patent Number 8294 on 12th August, 1851. By refining an existing design by Elias Howe, and improving it with a straight-line shuttle and straight needle, Singer’s prototype produced 900 stitches a minute, compared to 40 stitches by hand, drastically reducing the time it took to mak…
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🤓Is this a novelty song designed to uplift the heavy hearts of a grunge weary nation? Or the beginning of a long and illustrious career that would leave its mark on the American songbook? Either way… Fonzie! E59 is Buddy Holly by Weezer! Plus: The Barenude Dudes salute Jane, Ini Kamoze gets to hotsteppin, and a Seal sings to a bat. 🎉Stay in Touch w…
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Lots of rethinking and revisiting this week. Lots of forceful exchanges and noise and sudden walls. Lots of ... lots. Astro-Insight for August 12-18, 2024. Please do not forward w/o copyright notice intact, which is: Text & recording ©℗ Kathy Biehl 2024. Image by Karin Henseler from Pixabay. Transcription of this episode Mercury retrograde guide Sp…
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Rerun: Black Rock - a 200-yard strip of pebbly beach in Brighton - was first set aside for naked bathers on 9th August, 1979. It came after a campaign by the Central Council For British Naturism, who had previously petitioned 140 local authorities. When Conservative councillor Eileen Jakes responded positively to the call, she was accused of pander…
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Enjoy an hour of musical reflection to encourage, uplift and draw you into a closer relationship with our loving Saviour, Jesus Christ. Featuring the following songs: Be Still My Soul - The Galkin Evangelistic Team Near the Cross - The Vances In Christ Alone - Wintley Phipps I Surrender All - Fountainview Academy Rock Medley - Hildegard Christian I…
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From now on, the Best of the Month episode is going Patreon-only. Public subscribers get the first 20 minutes or so. Patreon members get to hear the whole episode on their member feeds or on Patreon direct. It’s the Nialler9 Podcast’s monthly episode where Niall and Andrea recommend albums and songs of recent weeks. Episode 258 of the Nialler9 Podc…
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Podcast Introduction Today is Poetry Thursday and we’ll read Ecclesiastes 3-4. I have an on this date in church history for you. I’m calling today’s episode “Two Are Better Than One.” Design: Steve Webb | Photo: Quaritsch Photography on Unsplash Comments on Ecclesiastes 4 These chapters, while not entirely inspiring, seem to be a little less hopele…
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Buddy and I abandoned our hydrogen nomad at the edge of the wastelands before trudging around the rusted chain-link perimeter of the abandoned fairgrounds, waiting for the blast of steam and guttural earthly moan to escape from the fractured soil, signifying that it was clear to enter the area. | © 2024 by Richard Thomas. Narrated by Stefan Rudnick…
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Rerun: Abbey Road was a street known only to North Londoners until The Beatles posed on the zebra crossing outside EMI Studios on 8th August, 1969. Photographer Iain MacMillan took just six snaps, one of which graced the front cover of their penultimate album, ‘Abbey Road’. The image became instantly iconic, partly due to the decision not to name t…
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The Summer of Greer marches on, hurrah hurrah! Another mid-2010s big budget action movie, another underwritten mom role for Judy Greer. Reg and Patrick have the dubious honor of digging into the MCU with 2015's Ant-Man. Gabe Powers from Genre Grinder makes a special appearance as the wise comic book expert who provides the necessary exposition for …
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Working with a relative may be a challenge for some but these two have mastered it to an art! Host Dr. Shanda Gore welcomes Toledo's First Lady of Song Ms. Jean Holden Hanna and her daughter accomplished pianist Ms. Lisa Holden who shares their perspectives on how they lead, mentor, and approach their craft. Brought to you by ROAR, a production div…
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Jonathan Jackson, teenage brother of imprisoned black power activist George Jackson, entered the Marin County Courthouse concealing three guns under his raincoat on 7th August, 1970. In the middle of a trial, he took Judge Harold Haley hostage in a bid to secure his brother's release. The previous year had seen a landmark incident at San Quentin Co…
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