Best Al Newman Podcasts (2024)

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Hari Dutt Sharma, "Gulmini: An Anthology of Sanskrit Lyrics and Gazals" (Rākā Prakāśana, 2023) 33:36

25m ago33:36

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Today I talked to Hari Dutt Sharma about Gulmini: An Anthology of Sanskrit Lyrics and Gazals (Rākā Prakāśana, 2023). The book presents 51 lyrical poems in rythmic and melodious Sanskrit in free metre, The poems examine various sentiments and emotions (rasa and bhāva) on various subjects, from depictions of beautiful seasonal nature to reflections o…

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Rekindling Melodies: John Simeone and Al Quinn's Musical Reunion and Shared Journeys 1:00:59

13h ago1:00:59

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Send us a text Reconnecting with an old friend can be a heartwarming and enlightening experience. Imagine being separated for 15 years and then finding yourselves together again, not just as friends but as musicians who once shared the stage. This episode brings you the remarkable story of how I, John Simeone, reunited with the talented Al Quinn, o…

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Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993) 1:44:55

1h ago1:44:55

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RMR 0281: Special Guest, Will Grouch joins your hosts Russell Guest, and Dustin Melbardis for the Retro Movie Roundtable as they revisit Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993) [PG] Genre: Animation, Superhero, Mystery, Crime, Action, Adventure Starring: Kevin Conroy, Dana Delany, Hart Bochner, Stacy Keach, Abe Vigoda, Dick Miller, John P. Ryan, Efrem …

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Salma Siddique, "Evacuee Cinema: Bombay and Lahore in Partition Transit, 1940–1960" (Cambridge UP, 2022) 1:06:15

22m ago1:06:15

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Evacuee Cinema: Bombay and Lahore in Partition Transit, 1940–1960 (Cambridge UP, 2022) offers a new history of the partition. Based on previously unexamined archives and rare films, it investigates key questions around film production, partition and the provenance of the nation in South Asia: How did partition transform the dynamic and transcultura…

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Cogen Bohanec, "Bhakti Ethics, Emotions, and Love in Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava Metaethics" (Lexington, 2024) 53:09

1d ago53:09

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Bhakti Ethics, Emotions, and Love in Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava Metaethics (Lexington Books, 2024) explores the broader implications of understanding bhakti, “devotional love to the divine,” as an ethical theory based on a “realist” account of emotions, where emotions are sensory perceptions of the real ethical qualities of classes of actions. The work discu…

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990) 1:58:50

2d ago1:58:50

1:58:50

RMR 0280: Special Guest, Derek Diamond, from the Nerd Cave Retro & The Derek Diamond Experience Podcasts, joins your hosts Bryan Frye, and Chad Robinson for the Retro Movie Roundtable as they revisit Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990) [PG] Genre: Comedy, Adventure Starring: Judith Hoag, Elias Koteas, Josh Pais, David Forman, Brian Tochi, Leif Tild…

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The Body in Classical Hathayoga, with Ruth Westoby 57:21

5d ago57:21

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In this episode Dr Pierce Salguero sits down with Ruth Westoby a scholar, teacher, and practitioner of yoga. We discuss Ruth’s work on the body in early hatha yoga texts. We talk about the broad diversity of approaches to the material body in these sources, including their ideas about gender, the cultivation of powers, and approaches to liberation.…

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Aditi Malik, "Playing with Fire: Parties and Political Violence in Kenya and India" (Cambridge UP, 2024) 46:23

7d ago46:23

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Drawing on a rare cross-regional comparison, Playing with Fire: Parties and Political Violence in Kenya and India (Cambridge UP, 2024) develops a novel explanation about ethnic party violence. Combining rich historical, qualitative, and quantitative data, the book demonstrates how levels of party instability can crucially inform the decisions of po…

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Christopher P. Miller et al., "Beacons of Dharma: Spiritual Exemplars for the Modern Age" (Lexington, 2019) 45:40

8d ago45:40

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Today’s globalized society faces some of humanity’s most unprecedented social and environmental challenges. Presenting new and insightful approaches to a range of these challenges, Beacons of Dharma: Spiritual Exemplars for the Modern Age (Lexington, 2019) draws upon individual cases of exemplary leadership from the world’s Dharma traditions—Hindui…

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As Above So Below (2014) 1:37:22

12d ago1:37:22

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RMR 0279: Join your hosts Bryan Frye, Dustin Melbardis, and Lizzy Haynes for the Retro Movie Roundtable as they revisit As Above So Below (2014) [R] Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller, Found Footage Starring: Perdita Weeks, Ben Feldman, Edwin Hodge, François Civil, Marion Lambert, Ali Marhyar, Cosme Castro, Hamid Djavadan, Théo Cholbi, Emy Lévy Direc…

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Dirty, Rotten Scoundrels (1988) 1:38:24

8d ago1:38:24

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RMR 0278: Special Guest, Director, Rob Mabry, joins your hosts Chad Robinson, and Russell Guest for the Retro Movie Roundtable as they revisit Dirty, Rotten Scoundrels (1988) [PG] Also check out Rob Marbry’s films The Legend of El Chupacabra (2023) and award winning short film, Spare Me (2024) Genre: Comedy, Crime, Caper, Farce Starring: Steve Mart…

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Yellowbeard (1983) 1:38:41

8d ago1:38:41

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RMR 0277: Special Guest, Matt Kerker joins your hosts Dustin Melbardis, and Lizzy Hayness for the Retro Movie Roundtable as they revisit Yellowbeard (1983) [R] Genre: Comedy, Adventure Starring: Graham Chapman, Peter Boyle, Cheech Marin, Tommy Chong, Peter Cook, Marty Feldman, Martin Hewitt, Michael Hordern, Eric Idle, Madeline Kahn, James Mason, J…

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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf (1966) 1:52:14

8d ago1:52:14

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RMR 0276: Special Guest, Professor Mark Gardner joins your hosts Chad Robinson and Russell Guest for the Retro Movie Roundtable as they revisit Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf from 1966 Genre: Drama Starring: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, George Segal, and Sandy Dennis Director: Mike Nichols Recorded on 2024-07-18…

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

18d 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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Constance L. Kirker and Mary Newman, "Mango: A Global History" (Reaktion Books, 2024) 1:05:36

20d ago1:05:36

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Mango: A Global History (Reaktion, 2024) by Constance L. Kirker & Dr Mary Newman is a beautifully illustrated book that takes us on a tour through the rich world of mangoes, which inspire fervent devotion across the world. In South Asia, mangoes boast a history steeped in Hindu and Buddhist mythology, even earning a mention in the Kama Sutra. Beyon…

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Laura Robson and Arie Dubnov, "Partitions: A Transnational History of Twentieth-Century Territorial Separatism" (Stanford UP, 2019) 52:11

21d ago52:11

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The practice of Partition understood as the physical division of territory along ethno-religious lines into separate nation-states is often regarded as a successful political "solution" to ethnic conflict. In their edited volume Partitions: A Transnational History of Twentieth-Century Territorial Separatism (Stanford University Press, 2019), Laura …

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The Last Samurai (2003) 1:54:08

16d ago1:54:08

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RMR 0275: Join your hosts Bryan Frye, Dustin Melbardis, and Lizzy Hayness for the Retro Movie Roundtable as they revisit The Last Samurai (2003) [R] Genre: Action, Drama Starring: Tom Cruise, Ken Watanabe, Koyuki, Timothy Spall, Shin Koyamada, Tony Goldwyn, Masato Harada, Shichinosuke Nakamura, Hiroyuki Sanada, Seizo Fukumoto, Billy Connolly, Shun …

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The Week in Geek : WWE & UFC Champ Ronda Rousey & Anime Conclave Organizer Lucy Ferry 8/25/24 49:46

17d ago49:46

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WWE & UFC Champ Ronda Rousey joins the show to talk about her new Graphic Novel "Expecting the Unexpected" She talks about bringing the action to life with artist Mike Deodato, and making the fights look real.Later we talk about her thoughts on Gina Carano, Live in the studio is Anime Conclave Show Organizer Lucy Ferry to talk about the 1st Annual …

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Jonathan Shapiro Anjaria, "Mumbai on Two Wheels: Cycling, Urban Space, and Sustainable Mobility" (U Washington Press, 2024) 53:29

24d ago53:29

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Mumbai is not commonly seen as a bike-friendly city because of its dense traffic and the absence of bicycle lanes. Yet the city supports rapidly expanding and eclectic bicycle communities. Exploring how people bike and what biking means in the city, Jonathan Shapiro Anjaria challenges assumptions that underlie sustainable transportation planning.Ar…

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Karl Hoffmann and Johanna Narten, "Vedic Sentences: Edited from the Literary Estate" (Heidelberg Asian Studies, 2024) 1:01:07

21d ago1:01:07

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The ancient Indian Vedas contain sentences of rather varied content, including religious statements ("Varuṇa truly is the king of the gods"), words of wisdom ("Thought is quicker than speech") or even banal observations ("Wife and husband wash each other's back"). The well-known Erlangen Indo-Europeanists and Indologists Karl Hoffmann (1915-1996) a…

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The Week in Geek : Kraven, The Crow, and Borderlands All Have What in Common? 8/18/24 49:36

20d ago49:36

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What do Kraven, The Crow, and Borderlands all have in common? Well, it should be fairly easy to guess. But D-Squared and the guys discuss the massive amount of Gore and Carnage they've added to Kraven and The Crow trailers in a hope to....uhm. We're not sure what they hope to gain by adding more blood. Alien : Romulus has done very well in theaters…

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Nazmul Sultan, "Waiting for the People: The Idea of Democracy in Indian Anticolonial Thought" (Harvard UP, 2024) 1:48:12

25d ago1:48:12

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Indians, their former British rulers asserted, were unfit to rule themselves. Behind this assertion lay a foundational claim about the absence of peoplehood in India. The purported “backwardness” of Indians as a people led to a democratic legitimation of empire, justifying self-government at home and imperial rule in the colonies. In response, Indi…

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Jeffery D. Long et al., "Hinduism and Tribal Religions" (Springer, 2021) 29:05

29d ago29:05

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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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Ren Pepitone, "Brotherhood of Barristers: A Cultural History of the British Legal Profession, 1840–1940" (Cambridge UP, 2024) 58:18

27d ago58:18

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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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Rama Sundari Mantena, "Provincial Democracy: Political Imaginaries at the End of Empire in Twentieth-century South India" (Cambridge UP, 2023) 1:15:14

1M ago1:15:14

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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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Dalpat Rajpurohit, "Sundar's Dreams: Ārambhik Ādhunikatā, Dādūpanth and Sundardās's Poetry" (Rajkamal, 2022) 1:09:10

1M ago1:09:10

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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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Anthony P. Stone, "Hindu Astrology: Myths, Symbols, and Realities" (Pippa Rann Books, 2023) 37:16

1M ago37:16

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Does Hindu astrology work? If so, why? When does it not work? Why? Where and how did Hindu astrology arise and develop? What are its similarities with other astrological systems? These are among the unusual and fascinating questions tackled by an Oxford mathematician, Dr. A. P. Stone, who learned Sanskrit specifically for the purpose. Analyzing var…

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