Best APN | A Podcasting Network Podcasts (2024)

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Monde Muyangwa 25:35

5+ y ago25:35

25:35

Our guest today is Dr. Monde Muyangwa, an expert on conflict resolution and peacebuilding in Africa, democracy and governance, gender, US foreign policy, and the African Union. She currently serves as the director of the Africa Program at the Woodrow Wilson Center where she leads programs designed to analyze and offer effective, practical solutions…

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Lena Slachmuijlder 27:13

5+ y ago27:13

27:13

For the latest installment of the African Peacebuilding Network’s Kujenga Amani podcast, we sat down with Search for Common Ground’s vice president of programs, Lena Slachmuijlder, an accomplished journalist, editor, human rights defender, director, producer, performing artist, cultural facilitator, trainer, and project manager with over twenty-fiv…

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Paul D. Williams 34:52

5+ y ago34:52

34:52

Since the founding of the African Union (AU) in 2002, its role in promoting peace and security on the continent has evolved considerably. Compared with its predecessor, the Organization of African Unity, the AU has played a more active role in peacekeeping and peace support operations. For the third episode of the APN’s Kujenga Amani podcast, we sa…

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Séverine Autesserre 32:22

5+ y ago32:22

32:22

International peacebuilding efforts in conflict-affected countries, including the DRC, typically prioritize top-down approaches. According to Séverine Autesserre—an expert on peacebuilding, humanitarian aid, and African politics—international peace organizations rarely tap into local knowledge and expertise or consider the voices of local communiti…

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Ambassador Macharia Kamau 15:20

6y ago15:20

15:20

Ambassador Macharia Kamau is Kenya’s Principal Secretary to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and immediate former Ambassador of Kenya to the United Nations. He has also served as Chairperson of the UN Peacebuilding Commission, UNICEF Executive Board President, Co-Chair of the General Assembly Working Group on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)…

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Troy - Episode 18045 4:12

6y ago4:12

4:12

The world heritage site of Troy, in modern Anatolia in Turkey, best known from the homeric epics, is today known as the site of nine successive cities dating between 3000 BCE and AD 500.By Host

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Bath - Episode 18044 3:52

6+ y ago3:52

3:52

The Roman baths, in the City of Bath, England, are one of the best preserved roman bathing complexes in the United Kingdom.By Host

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Carynx - Episode 18043 3:50

6+ y ago3:50

3:50

A large, bronze, S-shaped trumpet in use by Iron Age Celtic peoples, the Carynx was regularly used in battle to intimidate their enemies.By Host

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Ise Shrine - Episode 18042 4:12

6+ y ago4:12

4:12

The Ise Grand Shrine, also called Ise Jingū, is a paris-sized Shinto shrine complex with 125 separate temples that was founded in the 7th century. The Ise complex located in the city of Ise, Mie Prefecture of Japan.By Host

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Saalburg - Episode 18041 5:26

6+ y ago5:26

5:26

The Saalburg is a Roman fort located northwest of Bad Homburg, 20 km north-north-west of Frankfurt in the state of Hessen in Germany.By Host

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Stonehenge - Episode 18040 8:50

6+ y ago8:50

8:50

Stonehenge is a British cultural icon that is also one of the best known archaeological sites in the world. It is set within one of the most extensive Neolithic and Bronze age landscapes in Britain.By Host

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Historic Fish Wiers - Episode 18039 5:22

6+ y ago5:22

5:22

Of the many methods of exploiting fish, weirs are one of the most important to archaeologists as they leave the longest lasting evidence on the landscape.By Host

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Dunhuang - Episode 18038 5:51

6+ y ago5:51

5:51

The ancient Chinese city of Dunhuang, located at a strategic crossroads of the ancient southern silk road, is famed for its art and archaeology relating to historical Buddhist worship.By Host

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Roskilde - Episode 18037 5:06

6+ y ago5:06

5:06

Roskilde a Danish city with a fascinating history in its own right and whose origins date back to the pre-christian Viking age is most well known for the Danish Viking Ship Museum.By Host

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Scandinavian York - Episode 18036 3:54

6+ y ago3:54

3:54

Jórvík, the scandinavian name for the southern kingdom of Northumbria, which roughly corresponds to present day Yorkshire, and also its capital city York, was controlled by a succession of Norse warrior-kings between the late 9th and early 10th century CE.By Host

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Glendalough - Episode 18035 5:28

6+ y ago5:28

5:28

With a foundation date some time in the sixth century, the monastic landscape of Glendalough (Glen-daw-lock but said kinda fast) is a rich archaeological resource located 35 km south of Dublin.By Host

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Mastermyr chest - Episode 18034 4:02

6+ y ago4:02

4:02

The largest ever find of Viking Age blacksmithing and woodworking tools was found in the Mästermyr Wetlands, west of the town of Hemse, on the island of Gotland in Sweden.By Host

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Acropolis - Episode 18033 6:02

6+ y ago6:02

6:02

The ancient citadel, known as the Acropolis of Athens or just the Acropolis, best known for the monumental temples and structures including the Parthenon, is a symbol of ancient Athenian and Greek power and civilisation the world over.By Host

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Wolin - Episode 18032 4:35

6+ y ago4:35

4:35

Wolin, a Polish island in the Baltic Sea, has evidence of a human presence from the Neolithic, but is best known as the site of trading settlements from the early medieval period.By Host

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Book of Kells - Episode 18031 5:13

6+ y ago5:13

5:13

The astonishingly beautiful, illustrated Gospel, known as the Book of Kells was created between the 6th and 8th centuries.By Host

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Valsgarde - Episode 18030 4:28

6+ y ago4:28

4:28

The cemetery hill at Valsgärde, in use for five hundred years, provides an unparalleled insight into elite life and death in Sweden during the tail end of the Migration Period, through the Vendel Age, and into the Viking Age.By Host

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Jelling - Episode 18029 5:11

6+ y ago5:11

5:11

Today Jelling is a small town of less than 4000 people, however, it is considered to be the site of the the founding of modern Denmark.By Host

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Ogham - Episode 18028 9:20

6+ y ago9:20

9:20

Ogham in Old Irish, or Ogham (Oham) in modern Irish, is a writing system that utilizes lines in groups of one to five across a longer, central line, usually carved into stone.By Host

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Antikythera Mechanism - Episode 18027 5:07

6+ y ago5:07

5:07

The Antikythera Mechanism is the oldest known analogue computer and was able to track astronomical and astrological movements as well as the four year cycle of ancient Greek Games.By Host

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Tara Brooch - Episode 18026 6:30

6+ y ago6:30

6:30

Though considered by some to be the Dark Ages, some aspects of the Early Medieval period produced some phenomenal works of art. Many such works of art made in metal were created in Ireland.By Host

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Ulfbert Swords - Episode 18025 4:32

6+ y ago4:32

4:32

Possibly produced in the Frankish part of Europe, these swords have long been a mystery. Some have agreed that they represent a new technology of crucible steel. However, there are examples of them found that have been pattern-welded, a method which usually indicates a different form of metal production.…

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Beaker People - Episode 18024 5:35

6+ y ago5:35

5:35

Extending between the Iberian Peninsula in the West, Central Europe and Italy in the East, Britain, Ireland and Jutland in the North, and Sardinia, Sicily, and the Balearic Islands in the South the ‘Bell-Beaker’ culture is the most widely distributed and coherent prehistoric ‘culture’ that has been identified in Europe.…

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Siberian Permafrost Mummies - Episode 18023 4:51

6+ y ago4:51

4:51

The Pazyryk culture is thought to have been a purely nomadic culture of the Iron Age since it is only identified through burials and associated artefacts. No settlements have been linked to it. These burials are found in the Altay Mountains in Kazakhstan, Mongolia, and Russia, and were placed in long barrows similar to the tomb mounds of the Scythi…

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Prehistoric Shellfish Exploitation in the Chesapeake Bay - Episode 18022 3:50

6+ y ago3:50

3:50

Prehistoric shellfish exploitation in the Chesapeake BayThis podcast is about prehistoric shell middens in the Chesapeake Bay region on the Atlantic coast of the United states. Archaeologists use the term midden to refer to trash deposits, and a shell midden is just the result of prehistoric shellfishing.…

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Baltic Shipwrecks - Episode 18021 6:19

6+ y ago6:19

6:19

The Baltic has become a major focus for maritime archaeology over the last three decades with a huge variety of different types of wreck dating from the medieval period to the 20th century in close proximity to each other.By Host

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Carcassonne - Episode 18020 5:42

6+ y ago5:42

5:42

Carcassonne is more than just a board game and is also one of the most well known medieval fortified towns in Europe.By Host

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Fullacht Fiadh - Episode 18019 5:14

6+ y ago5:14

5:14

A fulacht fiadh, as it is called in Ireland, or burnt mound as it is known in the UK is a type of cooking pit which usually dates to the Bronze Age (2500-500BCE).By Host

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Great Zimbabwe - Episode 18018 5:16

6+ y ago5:16

5:16

Located in the south-east of modern Zimbabwe near Lake Mutirikwe, the 7.2 hectare World Heritage Site of Great Zimbabwe was the capital of the Kingdom of Zimbabwe which existed between c.1220 and 1450 CE.By Host

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Dead Sea Scrolls - Episode 18017 5:04

6+ y ago5:04

5:04

Initially uncovered by bedouin shepherds in the first half of the 20th century the Dead Sea Scrolls, also known as the Qumran Cave Scrolls, contain the second oldest dated fragments of texts which eventually formed the canon of the Hebrew Bible.By Host

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Hygiene in Roman Times - Episode 18016 5:23

6+ y ago5:23

5:23

Bathing was not only one of the most common daily activities in Roman culture but was a highly communal activity that was raised to the level of high art through extensive ritual.By Host

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Battersea Shield - Episode 18015 4:39

6+ y ago4:39

4:39

During the construction of a predecessor to the present Chelsea Bridge, over the River Thames, workers dredging the river bed found a large quantity of Roman and Celtic weapons amongst a significant number of skeletons.By Host

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Skara Brae- Episode 18014 7:26

6+ y ago7:26

7:26

Sometimes storms cause nothing but destruction but sometimes they reveal secrets of our past. This is the case of Skara Brae, a Neolithic settlement on the Island of Mainland, part of the Orkney archipelago, North of Scotland.By Host

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Lendbreen Tunic - Episode 18013 4:42

6+ y ago4:42

4:42

Melting ice in Northern Norway is revealing more about human activity than ever suspected.By Host

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Areni Cave - Episode 18012 4:10

6+ y ago4:10

4:10

An Early Bronze Age site that just keep keeps on giving.By Host

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Offa's Dyke - Episode 18011 4:29

6+ y ago4:29

4:29

A linear earthwork along the border of Wales and England, Offa’s Dyke is one of the largest surviving Saxon-era earthworks in Britain.By Host

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Tower of London - Episode 18010 4:21

6+ y ago4:21

4:21

The Tower of London has an enduring place in the popular imagination as a place of torture and execution, but it is also a World Heritage Site, and fascinating example of evolving castle design through history.By Host

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Helgo Bronze Buddha - Episode 18009 4:14

6+ y ago4:14

4:14

The Swedish island of Helgö represents one of the earliest phases of urbanisation in Sweden.By Host

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Sutton Hoo -Episode 18008 5:34

6+ y ago5:34

5:34

Most famous for its richly adorned Anglo-Saxon ship burial, probably of King Rædwald, a powerful, early Christian, East Anglian King in the 6th to early 7th centuries, the site of Sutton Hoo has been of unique importance to archaeologists and historians trying to understand the post-roman period in Britain.…

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Lycurgus Cup - Arch365 18007 4:52

6+ y ago4:52

4:52

A 4th-century Roman glass cage cup, the Lycurgus cup is truly a unique artifact. Depending on lighting, you'll see something different each time you look at it.By Host

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L'Anse Aux Meadows - Episode 18006 5:42

6+ y ago5:42

5:42

Located on the northernmost tip of Newfoundland in Canada lies the only confirmed site of a Viking settlement in North America.By Host

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Hochdorf Prince - Episode 18005 4:36

6+ y ago4:36

4:36

The Hochdorf Prince's grave site is a Celtic burial chamber dating from 530 BC and was adorned with massive riches.By Host

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Newgrange - Episode 18004 6:10

6+ y ago6:10

6:10

Ireland's County Meath is home to Newgrange, a Neolithic mound with stone passageways and inner chambers.By Host

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Battle of Visby - Episode 18003 6:03

6+ y ago6:03

6:03

The Battle of Visby was fought over 600 years ago on the island of Gotland. Today, it's an archaeological site that you can visit - and learn from.By Host

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Must Farm - Episode 18002 5:10

6+ y ago5:10

5:10

A Bronze Age settlement in England, Must Farm is an extremely well-preserved settlement that has taught archaeologists a lot about that time and place.By Host