Best Grant And Sara Podcasts (2024)

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Michael L. Walker, "Indefinite: Doing Time in Jail" (Oxford UP, 2022) 37:09

1h ago37:09

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Jails are the principal people-processing machines of the criminal justice system. Mostly they hold persons awaiting trial who cannot afford or have been denied bail. Although jail sentences max out at a year, some spend years awaiting trial in jail-especially in counties where courts are jammed with cases. City and county jails, detention centers,…

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10 Startups w/ Stock Grants That’ll Make You A Millionaire | Sara’s List 2024 1:22:39

34m ago1:22:39

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Episode 629: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) bring you the third installment of Sara’s List. A path to wealth that doesn’t involve insane amounts of risk, luck, or burnout. Just get a job at the right company. The criteria? Growth-stage startups that have the potential to 5-10x over the next 5 years. —…

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Grant Olwage, "Paul Robeson's Voices" (Oxford UP, 2023) 1:38:18

1h ago1:38:18

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Paul Robeson's Voices (Oxford UP, 2023) is a meditation on Robeson's singing, a study of the artist's life in song. Music historian Grant Olwage examines Robeson's voice as it exists in two broad and intersecting domains: as sound object and sounding gesture, specifically how it was fashioned in the contexts of singing practices, in recital, concer…

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Grant Olwage, "Paul Robeson's Voices" (Oxford UP, 2023) 1:38:18

18m ago1:38:18

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Paul Robeson's Voices (Oxford UP, 2023) is a meditation on Robeson's singing, a study of the artist's life in song. Music historian Grant Olwage examines Robeson's voice as it exists in two broad and intersecting domains: as sound object and sounding gesture, specifically how it was fashioned in the contexts of singing practices, in recital, concer…

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5 Ways to Get Your Podcast on the Top Charts 19:32

22h ago19:32

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Getting on the podcast charts is like ranking on the first page of Google. It's an incredibly powerful way to get found by new listeners, and surprisingly? It's easier than you might think. In this episode we're unpacking why charting is key for discoverability beyond word-of-mouth or organic search, and why it's not out of reach for you even if yo…

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Peter Rose, "The Good War of Consul Reeves" (Blacksmith Books, 2024) 50:15

1d ago50:15

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Macau was supposed to be a sleepy post for John Reeves, the British consul for the Portuguese colony on China’s southern coast. He arrived, alone, in June 1941, his wife and daughter left behind in China. Seven months later, Japan had bombed Pearl Harbor, invaded Hong Kong, and made Reeves the last remaining British diplomat for hundreds of miles, …

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Unmachining: Reclaiming a Grounded Life 50:59

1d ago50:59

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Increasingly, technology is dominating our lives. How do we stay human in the midst of digital upheaval? What lessons can we glean from dystopian literature? Is there a heuristic we can adopt that helps us to discern which technology to use and which to reject? Can only a deistic story compete with the Machine story or are there secular alternative…

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The $70M/yr Sports Bar + Sleepy Industries Worth $100M 1:08:43

1d ago1:08:43

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Episode 628: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) break down the business behind the sports bar Cosm and the massive trend coming to out-of-home entertainment. — Show Notes: (0:00) Cosm’s playground virality (10:38) The Tesla of home appliances (18:13) $100M sleepy industries (23:11) The rise and fall (and …

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Q + A | How Do You Make Listeners Stay Longer? (and Why It Matters) 18:20

2d ago18:20

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Want to know how to keep your listeners hooked from start to finish? In this episode, we’re diving into the psychology of how platforms like Netflix and Hulu create bingeworthy content — and how to apply these same principles to your episodes to keep your listeners hooked and coming back for more. Learn how to open loops that leave listeners hangin…

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Matthew C. Ehrlich, "The Krebiozen Hoax: How a Mysterious Cancer Drug Shook Organized Medicine" (U Illinois Press, 2024) 44:34

2d ago44:34

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The brainchild of an obscure Yugoslav physician, Krebiozen emerged in 1951 as an alleged cancer treatment. Andrew Ivy, a University of Illinois vice president and a famed physiologist dubbed “the conscience of U.S. science,” wholeheartedly embraced Krebiozen. Ivy’s impeccable credentials and reputation made the treatment seem like another midcentur…

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Yaacob Dweck, "Dissident Rabbi: The Life of Jacob Sasportas" (Princeton UP, 2019) 54:07

5d ago54:07

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In 1665, Sabbetai Zevi, a self-proclaimed Messiah with a mass following throughout the Ottoman Empire and Europe, announced that the redemption of the world was at hand. As Jews everywhere rejected the traditional laws of Judaism in favor of new norms established by Sabbetai Zevi, and abandoned reason for the ecstasy of messianic enthusiasm, one ma…

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Overwhelm is Optional: Reading an extract to you with Rosie, Nutmeg and Kangarooby 15:13

5d ago15:13

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This week I invite you to settle back and enjoy being read to from my book Overwhelm is Optional - with my Cavalier spaniels, Rosie, Nutmeg and Kanagarooby. Feel seen and understood because it's not just you. Please consider buying my book and sharing it. Available on Amazon. If you have any comments you'd like to share or requests for episodes ple…

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Tom Boniface-Webb, "Modern Music Masters: Oasis" (MMM, 2020) 1:12:06

6d ago1:12:06

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In the first book in the Modern Music Masters series, Tom Boniface-Webb examines the Manchester band Modern Music Masters-Oasis (MMM, 2020). Founded in 1994 and playing together until their spectacular and abrupt breakup in 2009, during their time together Oasis made an imprint on British music that will last for generations, impacting fans through…

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Sara E. Johnson, "Encyclopédie Noire: The Making of Moreau de Saint-Méry's Intellectual World" (Omohundro Institute and UNC Press, 2023) 44:02

8d ago44:02

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If you peer closely into the bookstores, salons, and diplomatic circles of the eighteenth-century Atlantic world, Médéric Louis Élie Moreau de Saint-Méry is bound to appear. As a lawyer, philosophe, and Enlightenment polymath, Moreau created and compiled an immense archive that remains a vital window into the social, political, and intellectual fau…

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Sara E. Johnson, "Encyclopédie Noire: The Making of Moreau de Saint-Méry's Intellectual World" (Omohundro Institute and UNC Press, 2023) 44:02

6d ago44:02

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If you peer closely into the bookstores, salons, and diplomatic circles of the eighteenth-century Atlantic world, Médéric Louis Élie Moreau de Saint-Méry is bound to appear. As a lawyer, philosophe, and Enlightenment polymath, Moreau created and compiled an immense archive that remains a vital window into the social, political, and intellectual fau…

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The Epic Story of America's Great Migration: A Talk by Isabel Wilkerson 1:08:39

6d ago1:08:39

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In 2010, Isabel Wilkerson spoke to the Institute about the fifteen years she spent reporting and writing her book, The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration (Knopf, 2010). The book won the 2010 National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction, In 1994, Wilkerson was the New York Times Chicago Bureau Chief when she won t…

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Life Hacks From The King of Introverts + 7 Business Ideas | ft. Nick Gray 1:25:19

7d ago1:25:19

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Episode 627: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to the socially rich, “Friends Billionaire”, Nick Gray ( https://x.com/nickgraynews ) about how to be a master networker, throw the perfect cocktail party, plus 7 simple business ideas. — Show Notes: (0:00) Intro (4:12) If you had $10M, how would you li…

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Magdalena J. Zaborowska, "Me and My House: James Baldwin's Last Decade in France" (Duke UP, 2018) 1:00:29

7d ago1:00:29

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The last sixteen years of James Baldwin's life (1971–87) unfolded in a village in the South of France, in a sprawling house nicknamed “Chez Baldwin.” In Me and My House: James Baldwin's Last Decade in France (Duke UP, 2018), Magdalena J. Zaborowska employs Baldwin’s home space as a lens through which to expand his biography and explore the politics…

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Mark Blake, "Dreams: The Many Lives of Fleetwood Mac" (Pegasus Books, 2024) 54:22

7d ago54:22

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An illuminating deep-dive into everything Fleetwood Mac--the songs, the rivalries, the successes, and the failures—Dreams: The Many Lives of Fleetwood Mac (Pegasus Books, 2024) evokes the band's entire musical catalog as well as the complex human drama at the heart of the Fleetwood Mac story. Fleetwood Mac has had a ground-breaking career spanning …

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Magdalena J. Zaborowska, "Me and My House: James Baldwin's Last Decade in France" (Duke UP, 2018) 1:00:29

7d ago1:00:29

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The last sixteen years of James Baldwin's life (1971–87) unfolded in a village in the South of France, in a sprawling house nicknamed “Chez Baldwin.” In Me and My House: James Baldwin's Last Decade in France (Duke UP, 2018), Magdalena J. Zaborowska employs Baldwin’s home space as a lens through which to expand his biography and explore the politics…

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James M. Scott, "Black Snow: Curtis Lemay, the Firebombing of Tokyo, and the Road to the Atomic Bomb" (Norton, 2024) 57:29

7d ago57:29

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In our interview about Black Snow: Curtis LeMay, the Firebombing of Tokyo, and the Road to the Atomic Bomb (W. W. Norton & Company, 2022), James M. Scott discusses the principles and personalities involved in the most destructive air attack in history. Seven minutes past midnight on March 10, 1945, nearly 300 American B-29s thundered into the skies…

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Why You Don’t Need Big Numbers to Rank Your Podcast | Zach Kristensen 16:26

8d ago16:26

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Think you need a massive number of downloads to rank your podcast? Think again. In this episode, fellow podcaster Zach Kristensen reveals how he relaunched his podcast and landed on the Apple Podcast charts with fewer downloads than you'd expect. We’re unpacking the challenges that led him to rethink his show, the unexpected lessons he learned abou…

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The Guy Who Studied Buffett for 25 Years 1:21:49

9d ago1:21:49

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Episode 626: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talks to Guy Spier ( https://x.com/GSpier ) about everything he’s learned from studying the greatest value investors of all time. — Show Notes: (0:00) The Posse (5:41) Farmer Mac (17:30) Lessons from going to 9 Tony Robbins seminars (28:57) Handwritten notes from Warren Buffett (42:00) Don’t study l…

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Why Your Podcast Isn’t Getting Found (and How to Fix It) 24:22

9d ago24:22

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If you want your podcast discovered by new listeners, you need three key things to stand out in today’s increasingly crowded space. In this episode, we’re unpacking what it really takes to attract new listeners daily — and revealing the one growth metric most podcasters aren’t tracking (but should be). Ready to learn how to get listeners choosing y…

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Jonathan Butler, "Join the Conspiracy: How a Brooklyn Eccentric Got Lost on the Right, Infiltrated the Left and Brought Down the Biggest Bombing Network in New York" (Fordham UP, 2024) 45:17

10d ago45:17

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In the shadow of recent turmoil, Join the Conspiracy: How a Brooklyn Eccentric Got Lost on the Right, Infiltrated the Left and Brought Down the Biggest Bombing Network in New York (Fordham University Press, 2024) transports readers to a pivotal moment of division and dissent in American history: the late 1960s. Against the backdrop of the Vietnam W…

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Kostas Kampourakis, "Darwin Mythology: Debunking Myths, Correcting Falsehoods" (Cambridge UP, 2024) 44:41

10d ago44:41

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Many historical ﬁgures have their lives and works shrouded in myth, both in life and long after their deaths. Charles Darwin (1809–82) is no exception to this phenomenon and his hero-worship has become an accepted narrative. Darwin Mythology: Debunking Myths, Correcting Falsehoods (Cambridge UP, 2024) unpacks this narrative to rehumanize Darwin's s…

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Andy Clarno et al., "Imperial Policing: Weaponized Data in Carceral Chicago" (U Minnesota Press, 2024) 1:18:38

10d ago1:18:38

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Chicago is a city with extreme concentrations of racialized poverty and inequity, one that relies on an extensive network of repressive agencies to police the poor and suppress struggles for social justice. Imperial Policing: Weaponized Data in Carceral Chicago (University of Minnesota Press, 2024) examines the role of local law enforcement, federa…

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How Mechanisms of Psychoanalytic Defense Perpetuate Racism in America 45:11

10d ago45:11

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The third podcast in this series focuses on an article written by Dr. Dionne Powell who participated in the 2014 documentary, “Black Psychoanalysts Speak,” which was an excellent film created by Basia Winograd. Dr. Powell’s JAPA article written in 2018 was entitled, “Race, African Americans, and Psychoanalysis: Collective Silence in the Therapeutic…

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Sanjay Lal, "Gandhi's Thought and Liberal Democracy" (Lexington Books, 2019) 53:26

11d ago53:26

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Is religion indispensable to public life? What can Gandhi’s thought contribute to the modern state? With an intense focus on both the depth and practicality of Mahatma Gandhi's political and religious thought this book reveals the valuable insights Gandhi offers to anyone concerned about the prospects of liberalism in the contemporary world. In Gan…

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Karen Ordahl Kupperman, "Pocahontas and the English Boys: Caught Between Cultures in Early Virginia" (NYU Press, 2019) 51:19

12d ago51:19

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In Pocahontas and the English Boys: Caught Between Cultures in Early Virginia(New York University Press, 2019), Karen Ordahl Kupperman, Silver Professor of History Emerita at New York University, shifts the lens on the well-known narrative of Virginia’s founding to reveal the previously untold and utterly compelling story of the youths who, often u…

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The Top 0.1% Of Ideas I've Stumbled Upon On The Internet 1:01:08

13d ago1:01:08

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Episode 625: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) are back with George Mack ( https://x.com/george__mack) to talk about the best ideas he’s come across. — Show Notes: (0:00) Spotting high agency people (26:12) The Kale phone vs the Cocaine phone (31:37) The obsessiveness of Lee Kuan Yew (37:34) Life as a Mi…

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Tadashi Dozono, "Discipline Problems: How Students of Color Trouble Whiteness in Schools" (U Pennsylvania Press, 2024) 31:55

13d ago31:55

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Angel, a Black tenth-grader at a New York City public school, self-identifies as a nerd and likes to learn. But she’s troubled that her history classes leave out events like the genocide and dispossession of Indigenous people in the Americas, presenting a sugar-coated image of the United States that is at odds with her everyday experience. “The his…

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5 Dead Simple Business Ideas You Can Start With A FB Ad | ft. George Mack 56:04

14d ago56:04

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Episode 624: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) brainstorm cash-printing business ideas with George Mack ( https://x.com/george__mack). — Show Notes: (0:00) Intro (2:49) Idea: Self Awareness Test (16:35) Idea: Designer babies (26:30) Idea: Selling eyes as art (30:40) Idea: Personal color analysis (34:45) …

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Lise Butler, "Michael Young, Social Science, and the British Left, 1945-1970" (Oxford UP, 2020) 1:14:59

14d ago1:14:59

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Lise Butler’s Michael Young, Social Science and the British Left, 1945-70 (Oxford UP, 2020) invites us to revisit a figure who, in Butler’s words, is both a ‘relatively obscure’ yet also ‘curiously ubiquitous’ in the political and cultural history of twentieth-century Britain. The book uses Young, a policy maker and sociology to explore the role of…

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Q + A: Can You Have a Successful Podcast Without Video? | Dave Jackson 21:07

15d ago21:07

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Can you have a successful podcast without video? Short answer: Absolutely. But are you missing out on podcast growth by sticking to audio only? It depends. Podcasting hall-of-famer Dave Jackson is back to set the record straight on video podcasts. We’re tackling questions like: Is it worth putting a podcast on YouTube? What advantages are there to …

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Building A 100+ Year Legacy + Peter Thiel’s Fellowship + Bomb Hiring Questions 56:44

16d ago56:44

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Episode 623: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about the underrated philanthropy style of Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, and Alfred Nobel. MFM Scholarship: Apply for $10K to start The Onion For College - https://www.shaanpuri.com/collegepaper — Show Notes: (0:00) Alfred Nobel's $266M Legacy (6:06) Competit…

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How to Monetize Your Podcast Even With a Small Audience | Dave Jackson 22:05

16d ago22:05

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People often say that monetizing a podcast is all about growing your audience and landing sponsors and advertisers. But if it were that simple, then why are so many podcast hosts still struggling to make real money? The truth is, there are over 20+ ways to monetize a podcast *without* sponsors or ads — yep, even if you have a small audience, don't …

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Ludovico Silva, "Marx's Literary Style" (Verso, 2023) 1:08:03

16d ago1:08:03

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In Marx’s Literary Style, the Venezuelan poet and philosopher Ludovico Silva argues that much of the confusion around Marx’s work results from a failure to understand his literary mode of expression. Through meticulous readings of key passages in Marx’s oeuvre, Silva isolates the key elements of his style: his search for an “architectonic” unity at…

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Christopher Lovins, "King Chŏngjo: An Enlightened Despot in Early Modern Korea" (SUNY Press, 2019) 1:12:34

17d ago1:12:34

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Though traditionally regarded as a monarch who failed to arrest the gradual decline of his kingdom, the Korean king Chŏngjo has benefited in recent decades from a wave of new scholarship which has reassessed both his reign and his role in Korean history. The latest to do so is Christopher Lovins, who in his book King Chŏngjo: An Enlightened Despot …

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Bootstrapping a +$1B Business + Selling To The Ultra Rich | Jesse Pujji 1:10:26

18d ago1:10:26

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Episode 622: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Jesse Pujji ( https://x.com/jspujji ) about bootstrapping Ampush and the four levers of digital marketing. — Show Notes: (0:00) Unique insight + unfair advantage (3:05) How Jesse bootstrapped Ampush using GLG (14:00) Digital marketing in masterclass …

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Steve Moriarty, "Mia Zapata and the Gits: A True Story of Art, Rock and Revolution" (Ferel House, 2024) 55:45

18d ago55:45

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Mia Zapata and the Gits: A True Story of Art, Rock and Revolution (Ferel House, 2024) by Steve Moriarty, shares the story of the Seattle based The Gits and their charismatic front person Mia Zapata. The Gits were on the verge of international rock stardom but on July 7, 1993, days before their third US tour, Mia Zapata, The Gits 27-year-old singer-…

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The Transformative Power of the Mind-Body Connection: with Sara Parrode, The Portable Wellness Coach 1:15:54

22d ago1:15:54

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Want more energy? This week I discuss my experiences of waking The Camino without the usual stress and exhaustion with Sarah Parrode, The Portable Wellness Coach and endurance athlete. Sarah's experiences as a global nomad offer a unique lens through which we examine the profound mind-body connection and its impact on our overall wellness. https://…

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Adam Zamoyski, "Izabela the Valiant: The Story of an Indomitable Polish Princess" (William Collins, 2024) 56:33

20d ago56:33

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Princess Izabela Czartoryska was a towering figure of late-eighteenth- and early-nineteenth-century European cultural and intellectual life. Married at sixteen to a distinguished older aristocrat, she amassed learning, influence, and a role in both Polish and European statecraft through encounters with figures ranging from Jean-Jacques Rousseau to …

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Jack Smith On Biohacking, 2 Easy Business Ideas, PLUS Why Procrastination Is Good 1:01:35

21d ago1:01:35

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Episode 621: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Jack Smith ( https://x.com/_jacksmith ) about his under-the-radar biohacking experiments plus 2 $1M dollar business ideas. — Show Notes: (0:00) Is reverse-aging a scam (3:23) The 1% of biohacking (12:28) Business idea: Mobile Dexa Scan (25:30) Busine…

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Robin Bernstein, "Freeman’s Challenge: The Murder That Shook America’s Original Prison for Profit" (U Chicago Press, 2024) 1:16:00

21d ago1:16:00

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In the early nineteenth century, as slavery gradually ended in the North, a village in New York State invented a new form of unfreedom: the profit-driven prison. Uniting incarceration and capitalism, the village of Auburn built a prison that enclosed industrial factories. There, "slaves of the state" were leased to private companies. The prisoners …

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Why Your Business Needs a Podcast | John Lee Dumas 21:17

22d ago21:17

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It’s easy to look at today’s top podcast hosts and think, "Wow, they had it easy." But deep down, we know that’s not the case. Even the biggest names in the game started from zero and faced the same doubts, fears, and setbacks as you. That’s why I invited John Lee Dumas to join me for this episode and unpack the REAL story behind Entrepreneurs on F…

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Rachel Kousser, "Alexander at the End of the World: The Forgotten Final Years of Alexander the Great" (Mariner Books, 2024) 50:05

24d ago50:05

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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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Edward Pearson, "The Enslaved and Their Enslavers: Power, Resistance, and Culture in South Carolina, 1670-1825" (U Pennsylvania Press, 2023) 1:06:11

22d ago1:06:11

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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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How To Grow An Audience If You Have 0 Followers 28:57

23d ago28:57

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Episode 620: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) breaks down the 9 lessons he’s learned while building an audience. — Show Notes: (0:00) Intro (2:17) Forget the numbers (6:11) Find your inner nerd (9:57)Build a magnet (10:40) First, Last, Best, Worst, Weirdest (12:40) The thing I wish I knew earlier (15:53) No such thing as too long (16:18) A+ con…

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