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This podcast aims to encourage, inspire and uplift the listener. The times we are living in, we could all use some encouragement from time to time. As a licensed Evangelist/Ordained Elder, my source of hope comes through the living God and from the living Word of God. I will use these words along with my books on various topics which are published on Amazon along with my music (Soundcloud) and more to uplift hearts everywhere.
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Your Sweetest Life with Stephanie J

Your Sweetest life with Stephanie J

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Podcast to Empower women Who are on the edge of change, to move past the shame and Frustration caused by traumatic events in their lives to walk in their purpose and design a life that they can be proud to share with the world.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ . For more like this, follow me on Instagram.com/Thesweetlifeofstephaniej/ Facebook.com/createyoursweetlife or on my website www.yoursweetestlife.com
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Pay Less for Traffic

Stephanie Royer, Traffic Tips for TPT Sellers

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Hey teacher seller! It is possible to get eyeballs on your teaching resources without paying for traffic and Stephanie Royer will show you how. In the Pay Less for Traffic podcast, Stephanie will deliver actionable tips for busy TPT sellers who want to see big results using blogging and Pinterest. There is a lot of pressure to pay to play but Stephanie shares how to stay competitive and visible without opening your wallet to set up an expensive ad campaign. Tune in each Saturday to learn how ...
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eleven

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The official theatre podcast that brings the biggest stars and creatives together in one place to discuss life in the arts. Hosted by William J Connolly elevenpodcast.com @elevenPodcast
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A Sip of Inspiration

Stephanie Wilson-Coleman

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Dive into a world of boundless possibilities with 'A Sip of Inspiration.' Join us as we embark on a thrilling journey through the minds of extraordinary individuals who are masters of their craft. Uncover the secrets to achieving your loftiest dreams, unlocking the door to financial security, and thriving in a dynamic, ever-evolving world. Our show is your passport to a future brimming with success, guided by the wisdom and stories of our inspiring guests. Get ready to sip on the elixir of k ...
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Guiding Grief

Nicholas J Welzenbach

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This podcast is a series of conversations around Something we all will feel and yet no one really talks about and we are never prepared for. Grief My goal is to provide a resource people can access to help them understand they are not alone as they experience grief. Stay tuned for Future episodes, we'll host: o Faith leaders with decades of experience helping people deal with grief o Hospice workers and Nurses sharing their experiences And other Guru's talking about the effect physically and ...
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Past Life Traveler

Angie J. Hernandez, C.Ht.

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Past Life Traveler is a podcast for newbies to Past Life Regression and veterans alike! On our show, we invite you to listen in on an actual Past Life Regression hypnosis. At the end, we will explore research that applies to that lifetime. I’m your host, Angie J. Hernandez, hypnotherapist at Indiana Hypnosis Center. It’s my job, every day, to help ordinary people, like you, to solve everyday problems. And Past Life Regression is one of the ways I do it. This podcast is released every Wednesd ...
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I'm a mental-fitness-soul-aligning enthusiast. I love science but I love spirituality even more. As a licensed Psychologist & Psychospiritualist, I have an obsession to find my truth & help others find theirs. Whether it's through my own ramblings, connecting with others, or sharing what I'm learning from other dimensions, I'm all about delivering what's important. Let me help you create effortless shifts so that you can finally live with your head & heart aligned. My hope is to leave a sign ...
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Comics'N'Poptarts

Michael J. Florio

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Comics'N'Poptarts is a self-improvement and motivational-driven Podcast with a centralized focus on visual storytelling. Inevitable Mike seeks out new guests from the forever hustling and bustling world of entertainment professionals from all mediums to deliver inspiring guidance, experience, and "how-to's" for your listening benefit. Your dreams might seem far away, but they're closer than you realize.
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Sit & Sew Radio

Quilt Addicts Anonymous

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Welcome to Sit & Sew Radio, a Quilt Addicts Anonymous podcast with Stephanie Soebbing. Hear interviews with influential and interesting people in the quilting world, learn about new quilting books and notions and hear some fun quilting stories. Listen to each new episode while you are sewing. Produced by Quilt Addicts Anonymous blogger, teacher and pattern designer Stephanie Soebbing.
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Welcome to The Real Estate Insider Podcast. Your host Adam Weber has more than 25 years of experience in real estate, appraising, and reviewing 1000’s of properties in a wide variety of asset classes. If you want to make the best possible decisions regarding real estate you’ve come to the right podcast. Take a moment to share, rate and review this podcast on Apple podcasts. To get more information discussed on today’s episode, visit weberrealestateadvisors.com or check the show notes for imp ...
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Reading in the Gutter

Dani Kachorsky, Ashley Dallacqua, Laura Jimenez, & Stephanie Reid

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Reading in the Gutter (www.readinginthegutter.com) is a podcast that attempts to bridge the space between comics and education. We aim to have thoughtful discussion with students, teachers, parents, administrators, librarians, and researchers about comics and roles they can place in classrooms and other learning contexts. We seek to share research, resources, pedagogy, and curriculum focused on comics with interested stakeholders that is theoretically sound and empirically vetted. Cover art ...
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Instructional designers specializes in the creation of learning solutions. In this podcast, Rebecca J Hogue interviews instructional designers from a variety of different fields, with the goal of gaining a better understanding of what instructional designers do. The role of instructional designers varies across contexts including formal education, corporate sector, healthcare, non-profit, military, government, and more. Further the types of learning solutions created by instructional designe ...
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Mind Candy

Dr. Laura Bonnemort

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Welcome to Mind Candy, where we delve into the complexities of women's mental health with empowering insights from professional female voices. Join us as we navigate through research-backed information, offering encouragement and empowerment along the way. Tune in to explore topics that resonate with women, providing valuable support and understanding.
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A musical dive into the cultural identities behind the plate. Hosted by Peter J. Kim, Counterjam is an auditory feast of songs and interviews with musicians, chefs, and celebrities.
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Welcome to the SuperFeast Podcast! Join tonic herbalist and health educator Mason Taylor as we explore the magical world of Tonic Herbalism. We will explore the relevance of these ancient herbs and medicinal mushrooms in our modern culture of health to invigorate the body, restore organ health, create badass immunity and bring harmony to the hormones. Want to enhance performance, longevity, energy and radiance? Then dive in with us and learn why tonic herbal adaptogens have been used for mil ...
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A podcast where where witchcraft meets with good friends over tea to talk about the nature of magic, and community. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/blackthorngrove/support
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My name is Allison Kugel, and over the past decade, I’ve interviewed hundreds of celebrities and public figures. My interviews are revealing, fun, and above all else, human. I’ve had a front row seat with some of the most accomplished people on this planet, and it’s truly been a gift; a gift I now want to share with you through this podcast. I’ll be interviewing some amazing artists and pop culture figures, and including some of my signature questions, like, “What did you come into this life ...
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Welcome to the Healthcare Executive Insights Podcast! Our mission is to deliver powerful stories and experiences from healthcare executives across the country, that represent many different healthcare organizations. We strive to create an open dialog around growth strategies, innovative technologies, and common challenges within healthcare. Tune in today to learn how other healthcare leaders are blazing new trails and helping take their organizations to the next level!
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Created to Inspire

Created to Inspire Network

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Renaissance Woman from Brooklyn, NY —Crystal J Ferguson aka ChryssieJ is focused on the recharging power of inspiration. Providing you with reminders of gratitude and purpose to give you the boost needed to push through another day. Educate—Empower—Inspire.
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Join Banana Jane Garnett's adventures into the salacious and the spiritual, including talks with idiosyncratic healers — like the psychic who talks to both sides of congress, the hairdresser who discovered she could talk with dead people through sister braids, the death doula who uses 5 MEO DMT to release spirits, the former Meth addict artist who was healed by Iboga, a Tantric sex-cult leader, and a Trans sex worker with surprising insights into what people are really looking for. Throughou ...
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A podcast about how to make film and TV by filmmakers who actually make them. Interviewing guests from the film-making world from Indie film to Hollywood and everything in between. Hosts Giles Alderson (The Dare), Dom Lenoir (Winter Ridge) Lucinda Rhodes Thakrar (Wolves of War), Tori & Matthew Butler-Hart (Two Down), Phil Hawkins (Prancer: A Christmas Tale), Stephen Follows (Film Data Analyst), Christian James (Fanged Up), Andy Rodger (Three Day Millionaire) and many others explore the world ...
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Fun In Fundraising is a podcast that gives you behind the scenes access to those behind top fundraising galas and cocktail parties. These events raise large sums of money through producing fun, memorable experiences that have guests and attendees coming back year after year. Each episode, host Rob Giardinelli talks with top gala and non-profit fundraising event chairs, honorees, producers and non-profit executives. These conversations highlight how top leaders facilitate raising large sums o ...
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What do you pay attention to? How do I determine what's worthy of my limited attention? It’s the questions every human asks at some point, and the questions we MUST ask, to thrive in this one precious life. And it’s these types of questions (and more), we want to wrestle with on The Art of Paying Attention. We believe the work of paying attention is not optional, and something we all must learn to do well. The poet Mary Oliver said, "To pay attention, this is our endless and proper work.” Ev ...
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Welcome to the R.A.C.E. podcast! I am your host, Keecha Harris, and I invite you to join me as I talk with past clients, thought partners, and collaborators about the responsibility, accountability, courage, and engagement needed to lead change that centers on Race.
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soluna medicines is an in-person community and online creative space. Our podcast explores how to practice, cultivate, and nourish emotional health, spiritual fulfilment, and physical wellbeing. <3 [[ solunamedicines.com ]]
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Rediscovering Normal™ | Online Business, Change Your Thoughts, Find Joy, Chase Your Dreams, Mindset

Stephanie J. Clarke - Mindset Coach, Spiritual Growth Mentor, Your Hype Girl

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Create the Life You Want by Changing Your Thoughts ****TOP 2.5% PODCAST GLOBALLY**** Do you have a dream in your heart that feels totally unrealistic? Do you find yourself thinking, there is just no way that dream ever would work? Did someone tell you that your ideas were just too crazy, a little out there? In this podcast, you’ll learn how to change your thoughts, focus on gratitude, start daydreaming from a place of hope instead of wishful thinking, release the shame behind following your ...
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Aneurysm

Chad Mojito

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The TOP TEXT podcast about memes, internet culture, and... whatever. Look at our pictures at: instagram.com/aneurysmpodcast Write us a letter at: aneurysmpodcast@gmail.com Our theme song is GROOVE SELECTOR by Jredd: https://soundcloud.com/jredd/groove-selector Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mojitalk/support
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If you’re an Asian-American who grew up learning that you had to “save face” and be a “good girl,” let’s remove all the guilt, shame, and taboos to talk about the things we weren’t given permission to explore. Rather than upholding the “model minority” standard, let’s redefine what it means to be strong, courageous, and bold in a brave new world. Let’s finally have a voice after being the silent generation for too long. Join me, your host, Judy Tsuei, every week as I explore mental, emotiona ...
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K-Pop has become a global phenomenon connecting people from different parts of the world and binding them as fandoms! Through Bleav in K-Pop, Anthea tries to get closer to the K-Community and tell the stories of both fans and idols who have entertained and inspired her through the years.
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Speaking Of Wealth with Jason Hartman

Jason Hartman with Dan Millman & Pat Flynn

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Welcome to the "Speaking of Wealth" podcast showcasing profit strategies for speakers, publishers, authors, consultants, and info-marketers. Learn valuable skills to make your business more successful, more passive, more automated, and more scalable. Your host, Jason Hartman interviews top-tier guests, bestselling authors and experts including; Dan Poynter (The Self-Publishing Manual), Harvey Mackay (Swim With The Sharks & Get Your Foot in the Door), Dan Millman (Way of the Peaceful Warrior) ...
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Reflections: The Wisdom of Edgar Cayce

Edgar Cayce's Association for Research and Enlightenment

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Welcome to Edgar Cayce Reflections! Our mission is to introduce listeners to the vast array of information from the Cayce readings, which complements the overall mission of our nonprofit organization to provide individuals from all walks of life, levels of education, and religious backgrounds with tools for personal empowerment and healing at all levels--body, mind, and spirit. Join us as we explore meditation, mindfulness, holistic health, ancient mysteries, perspectives on the afterlife, r ...
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What started off as just a few friends wanting to Geek out, has become more. We realized that there were so many aspects of Geek culture...comics, anime, movies, art, science fiction, the list can go on and on. This spark ignited and it was the beginning of Fuel the Geek. Our passion for this life has fueled our Geek. That is what we are about. Showing appreciation and fueling the love for the culture that has brought all of us joy. We wanted to create a place where everyone is welcome, wher ...
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Deconstructing Mamas

Lizz Enns Petters and Esther Joy Goetz

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If you are trying to figure out how to navigate the tricky tightrope of parenting while you have questions, doubts and wonderings about your spiritual journey, this podcast is for you. It doesn't matter if your kids are smalls, middles, or bigs. We will explore what and how we are deconstructing from churchianity, harmful belief systems, and diving deep into the ways we can work this out in parenthood. We will also work through ideas for reconstructing a space for our families to thrive unde ...
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Think you hate marketing? Think again! On the Marketing Chat Podcast you’ll get practical, relatable tips on online marketing for freelancers and entrepreneurs. Your host, Angela Kelly Smith (just Kelly, please!), is a marketing strategist, author of the Amazon bestseller The Podcast Launch Playbook, and founder of the Women Podcasters Academy. She breaks down challenging topics into step-by-step nuggets that you can take action on right away. You’ll end up having an easier time marketing yo ...
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Welcome back to another episode of your Sweetest life with Stephanie J. Today I’m sharing my journey to body acceptance. It’s still an ongoing journey, but I love my body more today than I did several years ago. Let’s talk about body image. . Instagram- instagram.com/yoursweetestlifewithstephaniejFacebook- facebook.com/yoursweetestlifewithstephanie…
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In this episode, Dr. Chinwe Williams, a highly regarded trauma therapist and author, shared her journey and the inspiration behind her work in trauma and anxiety therapy. We discussed the importance of social connection, resilience, and post-traumatic wisdom in healing. Dr. Williams highlighted the significance of validating emotions, focusing on h…
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In 330 BC, Alexander the Great conquers the city of Persepolis, the ceremonial capital of the Persian Empire. His troops later burn it to the ground, capping centuries of tensions between the Hellenistic Greeks and Macedonians and the Persians. That event kicks off Rachel Kousser’s book Alexander at the End of the World: The Forgotten Final Years o…
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In this episode Salman Sayyid talks to Ian Almond about his work in world literature, including his 2021 book World Literature Decentered which looks at literature beyond the idea of the West. Ian is professor of World Literature at Georgetown University, whose work asks what it would mean to do literary study that embraces the non-West not as a re…
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Business and Human Rights Law is a rapidly growing area of law, which has dramatically transformed many parts of international law. In this new volume in the Elements series, Robert McCorquodale explores how the responsibility for human rights abuses has transitioned from a purely state obligation to also being the responsibility of businesses. Bus…
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Hinduism and Tribal Religions (Springer, 2021) offers an overview of Hinduism as found in India and the diaspora. Exploring Hinduism in India in dynamic interaction, rather than in isolation, the volume discusses the relation of Hinduism with other religions of Indian origin and with religions which did not originate in India but have been a major …
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Have you been told your draft isn’t ready yet, because you still need to find your argument? We have all gotten that feedback at some point. But what we haven’t been told is how to find our argument. Today we return to The Dissertation-to-Book Workbook: Exercises for Developing and Revising Your Book Manuscript (U Chicago Press, 2023), with Dr. Kat…
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In The Enslaved and Their Enslavers: Power, Resistance, and Culture in South Carolina, 1670-1825 (U Pennsylvania Press, 2023), Edward Pearson offers a sweeping history of slavery in South Carolina, from British settlement in 1670 to the dawn of the Civil War. For enslaved peoples, the shape of their daily lives depended primarily on the particular …
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This week, Modya and David look at the weekly Torah portion through a new lens -- that of Truth. They explore whether there is absolute truth, and when and if to be truthful in thought, speech, and action. They explore how Moses changes some of the narrative of the past 40 years, and what that means for both the speaker (Moses) and the listener (ou…
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The book of Job is challenging. Its Hebrew is often obscure, its length and subject matter are intimidating, and its meaning has been debated throughout the history of biblical interpretation. Thankfully, in Job: Evangelical Exegetical Commentary (Lexham Academic, 2024), Duane A. Garrett presents a fresh argument for the book's meaning. Job demonst…
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Today’s spotlight is on the literary magazine The Threepenny Review. I’m joined by the magazine’s founding and current Editor, Wendy Lesser. Wendy Lesser is the author of twelve nonfiction books and one novel; her latest book, entitled Scandinavian Noir: In Pursuit of a Mystery, came out from Farrar Straus & Giroux in May 2020. She has received awa…
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How did ideas of masculinity shape the British legal profession and the wider expectations of the white-collar professional? Brotherhood of Barristers: A Cultural History of the British Legal Profession, 1840–1940 (Cambridge University Press, 2024) by Dr. Ren Pepitone examines the cultural history of the Inns of Court – four legal societies whose r…
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The Olivier nominee on bringing new life to Cassie in A Chorus Line, diving into the welcomed responsibility of leading shows like The Drifters Girl, The Color Purple and Memphis, and why her success on the stage is "bonkers". Host: William J Connolly Produced by: William J Connolly/Darren Bell achoruslinetour.com Welcome to eleven. The official th…
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summary In this conversation, Angie J. Hernandez interviews Brown L. Landrum, author of a trilogy of books about past life recall. They discuss the power of reincarnation stories to change lives and provide hope. Brownell shares her own experiences and the inspiration behind her books. They also touch on the importance of understanding the reasons …
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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 the…
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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 – a symbol of Jewish life in East…
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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. Haberle…
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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, t…
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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 …
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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 cha…
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An in-depth examination of the regulatory, entrepreneurial, and organizational factors contributing to the expansion and transformation of China’s supplemental education industry. Like many parents in the United States, parents in China, increasingly concerned with their children’s academic performance, are turning to for-profit tutoring businesses…
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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-network…
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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 Ruth’s cross-dressing and Gertrude Stein’s secret mission to New York? What does history tell…
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Farid al-Din ‘Attar’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 Zargar’s Religion of Live: Sufism and Self-Transformation in the Poetic Imagination of ‘Attar (SUNY Press, 2024) captures for us some of ‘Attar’s worldviews, especially as it…
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summary Nick Musica shares his journey of becoming an animal communicator after experiencing the effects of San Pedro and meditation. He talks about his initial skepticism and how a psychic medium confirmed his ability to communicate with animals. Nick discusses the process of talking to animals and the importance of being present in the conversati…
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What does it take successfully engage your audience at a gala or signature fundraising event that features multiple acts in an evening? Today, I talk with Dallas Symphony Orchestra Director of Events and Volunteer Services J. Denton Bricker and Patrick Means, co-chair of the 2024 Dallas Symphony Orchestra Gala. Long of of North Texas' most popular …
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Catch up with ALLISON INTERVIEWS Host, Allison Kugel: Follow Allison on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theallisonkugel/ Allison Interviews Blog - allisoninterviews.com Allison’s Memoir on entertainment journalism and mental health: https://shorturl.at/rIUW2 _________________________________________________________________________ Alexandra P…
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Teaching our students how to become flexible and accurate evaluators of information requires teaching them adaptable processes and not static heuristics. Our conventional information literacy teaching and learning tools are simply not up to tackling the life-long, real-world challenges and transferable applications required by today's evolving info…
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The Power to Persuade: Strategic Arguing at the World Trade Organization (University of Toronto Press, 2024) by Dr. Angela Geck provides an innovative and eye-opening analysis of strategic arguing as a means of power in global politics. Based on an empirical case study of arguing processes in the World Trade Organization (WTO), the book shows how d…
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The dramatic inside story of the most important case in the history of sovereign debt law Unlike individuals or corporations that become insolvent, nations do not have access to bankruptcy protection from their creditors. When a country defaults on its debt, the international financial system is ill equipped to manage the crisis. Decisions by key i…
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Provincial Democracy: Political Imaginaries at the End of Empire in Twentieth-century South India (Cambridge UP, 2023) delves into the period between the decline of empire and the rise of the Indian nation-state in the context of seismic global transformations of the early twentieth century-namely the two World Wars and the crisis of the imperial o…
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Today I talked to Stephen Schottenfeld about his new novel This Room Is Made of Noise (U Wisconsin Press, 2023). Don Lank is a newly divorced handyman who spots an imitation Tiffany lamp in the front window of a house and offers the elderly owner $800 for it. He’s shocked by the price he gets and returns to give 95-year-old Millie most of the money…
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In historical writing on World War I, Czech-speaking soldiers serving in the Austro-Hungarian military are typically studied as Czechs, rarely as soldiers, and never as men. As a result, the question of these soldiers' imperial loyalties has dominated the historical literature to the exclusion of any debate on their identities and experiences. Men …
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What can philosophy do? By taking up Black American cultural practices, Devonya N. Havis suggests that academic philosophy has been too narrow in its considerations of this question, supporting domination and oppression. In Creating a Black Vernacular Philosophy (Lexington Books, 2022), Havis brings our focus to theoretically rich practices of Afri…
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How can we diversify the creative industries? In Craft as a Creative Industry (Routledge, 2024), Karen Patel, an Associate Professor in Media and Director of the Centre for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in the Arts (CEDIA) at Birmingham City University, examines the craft industries of Australia and the UK to show new ways of organising these c…
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Who is in charge? In The Political Class: Why It Matters Who Our Politicians Are (Oxford University Press, 2018), Peter Allen, a Reader in Comparative Politics in the Department of Politics, Languages and International Studies at the University of Bath, explores the rise of a specific type of political leader and what this means for our politics. T…
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What does Donald Moss have against common sense, Captain Obvious, sincerity, and everything duh!? At War with the Obvious: Disruptive Thinking in Psychoanalysis (Routledge, 2018) turns to culture and the clinic to reach beneath semblance, the lure of affect, and the comforts of doxa, and to discuss “erotic thought,” rupture, and conceptual transgre…
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In this heartfelt episode Dr Laura, welcomes Stephanie Malally, an experienced medical social worker, to discuss the crucial topic of cognitive decline and how we can support older adults navigating these challenges. Stephanie shares her profound insights and experiences, shedding light on the complexities of dementia and the ways we can provide co…
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On this weeks episode we chat with up and coming director and writer George Jaques and his producing partner Ken Petrie about their recently released indie feature film Black Dog. They talk with Giles Alderson and Dom Lenoir about raising funds, getting sales agents on board, the casting process and making your debut feature. They also talk about: …
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Nguzunguzu is the traditional figurehead which was formerly affixed to canoes in the Solomon Islands. In this episode, Julie Yu-Wen Chen talks to Rodolfo Maggio, a senior researcher at the University of Helsinki about his book project on the dragon and the nguzunguzu, namely the relationship between China and the Soloman Islands. The dragon and the…
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Everyone loves a good heist movie that depends on the combination of cold, logical planning and some element going sideways–and Thief is one of the best. Its 1981 release date is seen in every frame and the soundtrack by Tangerine Dream makes for great nostalgic viewing. But the film has real power as a character study of a highly skilled man tryin…
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What did going to the movies sound like back in the “silent film” era? The answer takes us on a strange journey through Vaudeville, roaming Chautauqua lectures, penny arcades, nickelodeons, and grand movie palaces. As our guest In today’s episode, pioneering scholar of film sound, Rick Altman, tells us, the silent era has a lot to teach us about wh…
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From Schmelt Camp to "Little Auschwitz" Blechhammer's Role in the Holocaust (Purdue UP, 2024) is the first in-depth study of the second largest Auschwitz subcamp, Blechhammer (Blachownia Śląska), and its lesser known yet significant prehistory as a so-called Schmelt camp, a forced labor camp for Jews operating outside the concentration camp system.…
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Today I talked to Heather Redmond about her new novel Death and the Visitors (Kensington, 2024). In this second Regency-era mystery featuring Mary Godwin Shelley, the author of Frankenstein, the sixteen-year-old heroine (still Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin at this point in her life) and her stepsister and close lifetime companion, Jane Clairmont, are …
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Dalpat Rajpurohit's book Sundar's Dreams: Ārambhik Ādhunikatā, Dādūpanth and Sundardās's Poetry (Rajkamal, 2022) explores the making and lifespan of a religious community in early modern India. Demonstrating fresh perspectives on how to speak historically about the Hindi literary past it questions the categorization of Hindi literature into the bin…
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Maria Dimova-Cookson's new book Rethinking Positive and Negative Liberty (Routledge, 2019) offers an analysis of the distinction between positive and negative freedom building on the work of Constant, Green and Berlin. The author proposes a new reading of this distinction for the twenty-first century. The author defends the idea that freedom is a d…
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Staging the Sacred: Performance in Late Ancient Liturgical Poetry (Oxford UP, 2023) examines the importance of Christian, Jewish, and Samaritan liturgical poetry from Late Antiquity through the lenses of performance, entertainment, and spectacle. Laura Lieber proposes an account of hymnody as a performative and theatrical genre, combining religious…
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Fede Alvarez’s "Alien: Romulus" hit cinemas on August 16th. It’s set between the events of Alien and Aliens, two science fiction classics. We review the movie and ask whether it continues the thematic work done in its lauded predecessors, touching on capitalism, AI, body horror, subversion of sexual and reproductive systems, colonialism, class, and…
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