Best David Cottingham Podcasts (2024)

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Rupert Shortt on The Eclipse of Christianity 31:48

17h ago31:48

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This week, Rupert Shortt is interviewed about his latest book, The Eclipse of Christianity: And why it matters (Comment, 13 September, Books, 20 September).The wide-ranging book reports on the unsettling consequences of secularisation, but also offers a robust defence of the intellectual coherence of Christian belief and argues that Europe’s histor…

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Book Club Podcast: The Bell by Iris Murdoch 27:20

5d ago27:20

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The Bell by Iris Murdoch is the choice for this month’s Church Times Book Club. On the podcast this week, the Revd Jeremy Davies, retired Canon Precentor of Salisbury Cathedral, who has a long and abiding interest in the works of Iris Murdoch, discusses the book with Francis Martin, who has written about the book in this week’s Church Times.Publish…

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Dr Guli Francis-Dehqani: Encouraging the weary with a word 31:44

13d ago31:44

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The Bishop of Chelmsford, Dr Guli Francis-Dehqani, gave the plenary lecture at the Church Times Festival of Preaching this month in Great St Mary’s, Cambridge (Features, 20 September).In the lecture, she spoke about the weariness she has detected in the Church and in society at large. She also explained why she worries, for practical and theologica…

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Diarmaid MacCulloch on Lower Than the Angels: A history of sex and Christianity 43:59

19d ago43:59

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On the podcast this week, Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch is interviewed by Paul Handley about his new book Lower Than the Angels: A history of sex and Christianity.In a review of the book in this week’s Church Times, Penelope Cowell Doe writes that “one of his main concerns . . . is to show that the Church has never been univocal in speaking about s…

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John Cottingham in conversation with Andrew Brown 48:45

27d ago48:45

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Truth and morality are central to the thought of the Roman Catholic philosopher John Cottingham, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of Reading and an honorary fellow of St John’s College, Oxford.Andrew Brown interviewed Professor Cottingham for the Church Times this week, and this podcast brings an extended version of the interview.…

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Book Club Podcast: Sarah Tarlow on The Archaeology of Loss 29:24

1M ago29:24

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Sarah Tarlow is on the podcast this week to talk about her memoir The Archaeology of Loss, this month’s Church Times book club title. Susan Gray has written a reflection on the book in the 6 September edition of the Church Times: https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/books-arts/book-clubIn her candid memoir, Sarah Tarlow excavates her memory to piece toget…

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Product Design in Healthcare with Preethi Raju, Formerly of Amazon One Medical 25:43

2M ago25:43

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Michael chats with Preethi Raju, Product Design Leader, most recently at Amazon One Medical. In this episode, Michael and Preethi discuss Preethi's background and journey toward her role, the importance of holistic design in healthcare, innovation and collaboration in healthcare through design, how thoughful product design creates real impact in he…

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ML151 - Skeleton Crew - Teaser Trailer 1:19:59

2M ago1:19:59

1:19:59

The next adventure awaits us! This time it's Star Goonies….errr..I mean Skeleton Explorers…no, that’s not it…Stand By Me Crew…uhh..nope…Battery Wars Included. Nope, how about Super 8 Crew? Oh geez, it's Skeleton Crew! The new Amblin Entertainment and Disney collaboration! Oh we kid we kid...it's an all new show centered around four young kids getti…

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Bishop Andrew Rumsey and David Watson on the value of church buildings 42:31

2M ago42:31

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On the podcast this week, we bring a fascinating conversation between the Bishop of Ramsbury, in Salisbury diocese, Dr Andrew Rumsey, and the podcaster and mindset coach David Watson, about church buildings and the contribution that they make to communities.Dr Rumsey is the co-lead bishop for church buildings; his recent folk album, Evensongs, was …

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Book Club Podcast: The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell 19:54

2M ago19:54

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The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell is the choice for this month’s Church Times Book Club. On the podcast this week, Caroline Chartres, who has written this month’s Book Club reflection on the book, is in conversation with Sarah Meyrick. Maggie O’Farrell transports the reader to Renaissance Italy in her latest historical novel The Marriage Po…

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ML150 - The Acolyte - S1E8 - The Acolyte 2:47:26

2M ago2:47:26

2:47:26

The Acolyte has come to a close. Did it live up to the hype? Was all that happened worth what the Jedi did to themselves? Are you wanting a second season to continue the story? Siber Wren and D.Vizsla evaluate all that went down in this finale, from the awesome lightsaber duels, to the dialogue, to the story and characters, as you know we always do…

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Can traditional and contemporary styles of worship exist in harmony? 43:09

3M ago43:09

43:09

Can organs (and organists), choirs, instrumental music groups, and praise bands exist in harmony? This question was considered by an expert panel at the first Church Times Festival of Faith and Music in York (News, 3 May), held in partnership with the Royal School of Church Music.The panellists, who all have experience of traditional and contempora…

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Life-Saving Endothermic Technology with ColdVest’s Tracie Wagman 22:59

3M ago22:59

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Michael chats with Tracie Wagman, CEO of ColdVest. In this episode, Michael and Tracie discuss ColdVest and how it addresses the growing issue of heat-related deaths, the benefits of ColdVest and its endothermic technology, how Tracie sees ColdVest evolving in the future, and much more. This episode is sponsored by ColdVest, ColdVest.com.…

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ML149 - The Acolyte - S1E7 - Choice 3:00:31

3M ago3:00:31

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The penultimate episode of The Acolyte. Once again we go back 16yrs and witness the events on Brendok through the Jedi's perspective this time. We see what they did. We see what happened. Was it enough to warrant putting themselves through the self made torture? Torbin killing himself? Kalnacca isolating himself? What else did we learn or did we ge…

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ML148 - The Acolyte - S1E6 - Teach/Corrupt 3:26:44

3M ago3:26:44

3:26:44

More questions than answers this week on The Acolyte! With two episodes left, there's still a lot we need to uncover and find answers for. Has Osha chosen to join The Stranger? Can Sol catch up to them and deal with him? Will Vernestra catch up with Sol before it's too late? Is the Stranger working alone, is HE the Master? And who was his master wh…

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Book Club Podcast: Isabelle Hamley on Struggling with God: Mental health and Christian spirituality 24:47

3M ago24:47

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On the podcast this week, the Revd Dr Isabelle Hamley is interviewed about Struggling with God: Mental health and Christian spirituality, which she co-wrote with C. H. Cook and John Swinton. The book is the choice for this month’s Church Times Book Club. She is in conversation with Sarah Meyrick.Anne Holmes has written this month’s book club essay …

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ML147 - The Acolyte - S1E5 - Night 2:43:11

3M ago2:43:11

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Darkness has fallen. Jedi lay around the forest floor, having expelled their last breath. It's a slaughter. The Stranger wields power they have not seen before, and were unprepared to defend against it. Now only one remains standing. Sol, the Jedi Master who has his own inner demons to contend with, now must face his darkest hour alone as he witnes…

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Bishop of Gloucester on listening to the voices of Palestinian Christians in the West Bank 39:09

4M ago39:09

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On the podcast this week, the Bishop of Gloucester, the Rt Revd Rachel Treweek, is interviewed by Francis Martin about her visit this month to Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank.Since the “awful atrocities” committed by Hamas on 7 October and the subsequent “horrors of the war in Gaza”, she said, “there has been an absence of a focus on the West …

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ML146 - The Acolyte - S1E4 - Day 2:29:02

4M ago2:29:02

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The race is on. Who can get to Kalnacca first on Khofar....Mae and Qimir intent on killing him, or the Jedi trying to save him? Apparently walking through heavily dense forests can make you think on things, as we see Mae come to a new decision that she doesn't need to do the master's bidding anymore with her sister being alive. This of course anger…

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Interview with the Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church 33:36

4M ago33:36

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This week’s episode is brought to you from Edinburgh, and features a conversation with the Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church, the Most Revd Mark Strange. It was recorded on Saturday, 15 June, at the conclusion of the Church’s General Synod meeting.The Primus spoke about the General Election campaign and Christians’ involvement in politics; th…

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ML145 - The Acolyte - S1E3 - Destiny 2:41:37

4M ago2:41:37

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Destiny. Those that believe in it, believe they cannot change their own path, and everything is already written for them in roads ahead. But, if you pull on the thread of destiny, you can alter it's direction and open new paths to take. That's what we bare witness too as we go back 16yrs to when Osha and Mae were young and made their first big choi…

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Stewart McCulloch, chief executive of Christians Against Poverty 28:41

4M ago28:41

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Stewart McCulloch joined Christians Against Poverty (CAP) at the start of the year as its new chief executive. He previously led the charity Stewardship.CAP’s latest report says that 46 per cent of its clients have considered taking their own life as a way out of their debt, and nine out of ten have reported having sleepless nights from financial a…

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ML144 - The Acolyte - S1E1&2 - Lost/Found & Revenge/Justice 3:02:28

4M ago3:02:28

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The Acolyte is upon us... An assassin out to complete one mission. Kill the four Jedi that she seeks revenge on. That's what we learn in these two opening episodes. And she's already halfway done! That assassin is the twin sister of a former Jedi who thought her for dead. But it turns out she also thought her sister was dead. And now they both know…

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Book Club Podcast: Karen Powell on Fifteen Wild Decembers 35:15

4M ago35:15

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The best-selling novelist Karen Powell is the guest on this month’s Book Club Podcast, where Sarah Meyrick interviews her about Fifteen Wild Decembers, which is this month’s choice.Michael Wheeler has written an essay about the book in the 7 June edition of the Church Times.Fifteen Wild Decembers is a re-imagining of the life of Emily Brontë set ag…

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ML143 - Tales of the Empire - Morgan Elsbeth & Barriss Offee 1:43:40

4M ago1:43:40

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Tales of the Empire Two new stories following Morgan Elsbeth from the Ahsoka series before she became the right hand of Thrawn, and Barriss Offee, the Jedi who betrayed Ahsoka and blew up the Jedi Temple, only to get caught and imprisoned, and now we see what happens to her from there. Send in your thoughts to the show! Send voicemail or email to: …

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Elizabeth Oldfield on Fully Alive: Tending to the soul in turbulent times 27:56

5M ago27:56

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On the podcast this week, Elizabeth Oldfield talks about her new book, Fully Alive: Tending to the soul in turbulent times. An extract from the book is published in the 24 May edition of the Church Times.Elizabeth is a journalist, public intellectual, and the host of the podcast The Sacred, which explores the deep values of a range of guests. Until…

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ML142 - The Acolyte Final Trailer 1:20:34

5M ago1:20:34

1:20:34

The Acolyte released one last final trailer before it's premiere and we're here to talk about anything new we saw, and bring up any new speculation! It's only a couple weeks away before we step into the dark side of the force more than we ever have before! Send in your thoughts to the show! Send voicemail or email to: themandalorepodcast@gmail.com …

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ML141 - The MandaLore at Calgary Expo 2024 45:51

5M ago45:51

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It's bonus episode time! Here's our Calgary Expo 2024 MandaLore Live show! We had great fan interaction this year, and if you were there, thanks for coming out! The unfortunate thing is the audio for the fan questions didn't come out that great as there wasn't a good mic picking up the room so it's very quiet. We have done as much as we can to incr…

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Bishop of Chelmsford reflects on her visit to the Holy Land 35:51

5M ago35:51

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On this week’s podcast, the Bishop of Chelmsford, Dr Guli Francis-Dehqani, is interviewed by Francis Martin about her recent trip to Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank. The aim of the trip was to show solidarity with the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem and Christians in the region, and to understand more about the conflict and its impact on the di…

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Archbishop of York on music and the mission of God 24:30

5M ago24:30

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On the podcast this week, the Archbishop of York speaks about “Tuning Forks and Orchestras: Music and the mission of God.” The talk was given at the first Church Times Festival of Faith and Music in York Minster late last month (News, 3 May). It was held in partnership with the Royal School of Church Music.“The universe and all creation are held to…

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ML140 - Bad Batch - S3E15 - The Cavalry Has Arrived 3:30:27

5M ago3:30:27

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The end is here. The Bad Batch has come to a close. An emotional conclusion to a three season journey. It is always hard to say goodbye to a show that really gets to you. One that has characters you fall in love with. And the Bad Batch was just that. A found family of brothers, a sister, and all sorts of adventure. But there's sunlight in the sky, …

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Book Club Podcast: Elizabeth Fremantle interviewed about her historical novel Disobedient 31:01

5M ago31:01

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On the podcast this week, Elizabeth Fremantle is interviewed about her historical novel Disobedient, which is the choice for this month’s Church Times Book Club. She is in conversation with Sarah Meyrick.Natalie K. Watson has written this month’s book club essay about Disobedient.Disobedient is an enthralling historical novel that retells the turbu…

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Optimizing Patient Relationship Management with TeleVox’s Vik Krishnan 23:41

5M ago23:41

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Michael chats with Vik Krishnan, President of Televox. In this episode, Michael and Vik discuss how Vik became interested in and involved with healthcare technology, patient relationship management and how it differs from patient engagement, the use of AI in patient relationship management, other areas that TeleVox is helping in the healthcare fiel…

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ML139 - Bad Batch - S3E14 - Flash Strike 2:01:45

6M ago2:01:45

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The penultimate episode of the final season for the Bad Batch. It's always tough to get through this one as you know it's almost the end. We get all the setup we need for the finale as the team makes it to Tantiss to find Omega, but they're split up with Echo stuck on the inside having to disguise himself as a Storm Trooper, and Hunter, Wrecker, Cr…

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Fr Alex Frost on why the C of E needs working-class leaders 18:53

6M ago18:53

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On the podcast this week, Fr Alex Frost — parish priest, best-selling author, and host of The God Cast — talks to Madeleine Davies about the Church of England’s problems connecting with people from working-class settings.Fr Alex has written a comment article in this week’s Church Times which argues that the C of E needs to remove barriers that make…

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ML138 - Bad Batch - S3E13 - Into the Breach 1:40:25

6M ago1:40:25

1:40:25

Things are ramping up and getting very tense around here! Yet again following some of the best action thriller movies to bring us our story! Holy intense, edge of your seat build up this week, as we wait with baited breath to see if the Batch can make it to that shuttle that's headed for Tantiss! It's a nailbiter, Mission Impossible style, and does…

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ML137 - Bad Batch - S3E12 - Juggernaut 1:46:09

6M ago1:46:09

1:46:09

It's all about action this week as the Bad Batch goes looking for information on Tantiss and where the Empire is keeping Omega. Meanwhile, Hemlock is glad to have her back, and immediatly begins more testing and sends her to the prisons cells with the other kids. It's not looking good fans! Can the team ever find where she is? Send in your thoughts…

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ML136 - Tales of the Empire Trailer 42:45

6M ago42:45

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How does a Jedi slip into the darkness? What are the reasons? When does one lose such control that revenge is all they can feel? These are the stories of two women pulled to the darkside. Very powerful women. Tales of the Empire explores the demises of Morgan Elsbeth and Bariss Offee in the next collection of short stories. Send in your thoughts to…

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ML135 - Bad Batch - S3E10&11 - Identity Crisis & Point of No Return 2:31:41

6M ago2:31:41

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The galaxy is a lot darker tonight.... In Identity Crisis, The Bad Batch goes into some gloomy territory with the stories of this double episode, as we see just what Hemlock is up to in his experiments. Kids are being kept as specimens, used for their blood and treated like lab rats. Emerie Karr gets promoted to Chief Science Officer, and finds out…

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Book Club Podcast: The Beginning of Spring by Penelope Fitzgerald 24:50

6M ago24:50

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The Beginning of Spring by Penelope Fitzgerald is the choice for this month’s Church Times Book Club. On the podcast this week, Emily Rhodes, who has written this month’s Book Club essay about the book, is in conversation with Sarah Meyrick. The Beginning of Spring is a historical novel set in Moscow a few years before the Russian Revolution as pol…

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ML134 - Bad Batch - S3E9 - The Harbinger 2:14:42

6M ago2:14:42

2:14:42

She's BAAACK!! It's all about Asajj Ventress this week, as one of the greatest characters in Star Wars makes her return, and gets tangled up with our team as she delivers some intel on why the Empire would be after Omega. Through some training, we see a new relationship develop between Asajj and Omega, and trust is formed after witnessing Asajj use…

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Fr Fadi Diab on the plight of Christians in the Holy Land 23:43

7M ago23:43

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On the podcast this week, the Rector of St Andrew’s, Ramallah, the Revd Fadi Diab, is interviewed by Francis Martin.Fr Diab was in the UK last week, hosted by Friends of the Holy Land, an ecumenical organisation whose volunteer committee he chairs (News, 22 March). During the visit, he met the Archbishop of Canterbury, who, Fr Diab says, “stands fi…

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ML133 - Acolyte - S1 Trailer 1:13:42

7M ago1:13:42

1:13:42

Join us on the darkside, as Siber Wren and D.Vizsla drop the Jedi robes in favor of some dark armor! We take a look at the exciting new initial trailer for The Acolyte that comes June 4 2024! Send in your thoughts to the show! Send voicemail or email to: themandalorepodcast@gmail.com Tweet us @theMandaLorepod Join the Facebook group - https://www.f…

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ML132 - Bad Batch - S3E8 - Bad Territory 1:21:58

7M ago1:21:58

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Fennec Shand is back in business....controlling the team that is. Hunter and Wrecker have no choice but to work for her to be able to exchange for information about why the Empire is after Omega, and she takes full advantage of them. Meanwhile, staying hidden back on Pabu, Omega and Crosshair continue to work on his shaking hand and figure out what…

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AI, Profitability, and the Future of Medicine with Access Healthcare’s Kumar Shwetabh 29:37

7M ago29:37

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Michael chats with Kumar Shwetabh, President and Chief Growth Officer at Access Healthcare. In this episode, Michael and Kumar discuss the U.S. healthcare industry’s reluctance to adopt AI and advanced automation compared with other industries, why hospital operating margins are continuously sliding, how they can remain profitable without increasin…

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Protecting Health Systems from Cyber Attacks with Hyland’s Dylan Border 45:14

7M ago45:14

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Michael chats with Dylan Border, Director of Cyber Security at Hyland, leading the company’s Cyber Security Operations and Governance and Risk and Compliance teams. In this episode, Michael and Dylan discuss the prevalence of cyber attacks in healthcare, several types of cyber attacks and how potential resulting shutdowns can be prevented, what to …

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Marilynne Robinson on Reading Genesis 45:19

7M ago45:19

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On the podcast this week, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and essayist Marilynne Robinson talks about her new book, Reading Genesis, which has been described by Rowan Williams as “a work of exceptional wisdom and imagination”.Marilynne Robinson is in conversation with Rabbi Shoshana Boyd Gelfand, a Visiting Scholar at Sarum College in Salisbury…

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ML131 - Bad Batch - S3E6&7 - Infiltration and Extraction 2:00:19

7M ago2:00:19

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It's the first double header this season as we get two episodes to discuss! And it's all about Rex and the other clones! We see Howzer, Wolffe, and many more as we find out where they all have been and where they stand in this new situation they find themselves. The team also discovers why the Empire is after Omega, but they don't understand what f…

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Lent Poetry Podcast revisited: Mark Oakley on ‘Love (III)’ by George Herbert 22:21

7M ago22:21

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On the podcast this week, Mark Oakley reflects on “Love (III)” by George Herbert. This episode was first posted last year as part of the Church Times Poetry Podcast for Lent series.“Over my years of reading Herbert, I have come to see him as the poet who most expresses our relationship with God as a friendship,” Mark says. “Friendship requires cour…

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ML130 - Bad Batch - S3E5 - The Return 1:23:09

7M ago1:23:09

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The return of Crosshair to the team, and to Barton 4 where he suffered personal loss and betrayal! Finally, the team is back together, and there's some rough waters to navigate, but luckily Omega is there to soften the team up to having Crosshair back again, as she has developed a bond of trust with him. Now onto the new mission: rescue their broth…

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