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Reimagining the Internet

Initiative for Digital Public Infrastructure

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Reimagining the Internet is a production of the Initiative for Digital Public Infrastructure at UMass Amherst, asking scholars, activists, journalists, and artists what is broken on the internet and how to fix it.
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Point of Inquiry

Center for Inquiry

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Point of Inquiry is the Center for Inquiry's flagship podcast, where the brightest minds of our time sound off on all the things you're not supposed to talk about at the dinner table: science, religion, and politics. Guests have included Brian Greene, Susan Jacoby, Richard Dawkins, Ann Druyan, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Eugenie Scott, Adam Savage, Bill Nye, and Francis Collins. Point of Inquiry is produced at the Center for Inquiry in Amherst, N.Y.
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The Common is a literary organization whose mission is to deepen our individual and collective sense of place. Based at Amherst College, we aim to serve as a vibrant common space for the global exchange of ideas and experiences through three main areas of activity: publishing, public programming, and mentorship and education.
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Tusk Talks

Amherst Student

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Tusk Talks is a podcast brought to you by The Amherst Student where we get to know the stories of the Amherst College community. Each episode, we talk to a different student, alumni, staff or faculty member and listen to the Amherst experience through their voice.
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Amherst County Public Schools Superintendent Rob Arnold hosts the Every Child, Every Day Podcast designed to serve as a “one-stop” shop for everything education in Amherst County. If you are interested in special events happening in our schools or learning ways to support children as they navigate the difficulties of adolescence, this is the podcast for you! Dr. Arnold will interview a varied group of guests ranging from ACPS students to dedicated ACPS professionals to community members who ...
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A natural look at true crime cases - often those that have been of political or legal significance. Thanks for checking out the podcast. I am brand new to podcasting so I welcome any (constructive 🤔) criticism. You can contact me on nightmaresomewhere@mail.com *The episodes do contain disturbing content and coarse language*
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I have been involved with radio since 1978. I started my journey as an AM radio DJ, then became an FCC licensed DJ who worked at WMUA at UMass Amherst and landed later at community run station WTCC in Springfield. Years went by and then I taught myself how to produce Internet radio broadcasts. I had stints at three stations, most recently at the excellent Eardrumbuzz Radio. I am now an independent podcaster who produces a monthly music show, only available on this site. In 2023, I will reope ...
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Disco Funk & Electro Boogie Classics - The Roots Of Dance Music - Unidisc Music has been expanding its catalog since 1977, and now includes some of the most influential dance records of all time. Tune in and discover pioneers who laid the foundation for techno, house, and electronic club music. Subscribe now for just the right mix of classic hits and rare deep cuts from the legendary Prelude, Solar, Mirage, Megatone, Prism, Emergency, WMOT, De-Lite, Phase II, Groove Merchant, H&L, Avco, Beck ...
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Welcome to AccessAbilities, a podcast from the University of Massachusetts Amherst Assistive Technology Center (ATC). Your hosts, Kelsey Hall and Josh Pearson, present new and innovative assistive technology reviews, as well as in-depth interviews with leading experts in the assistive technology and accessibility fields. We’re glad you could join us!
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NEPR College Connection

NEPR-New England Public Radio

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Lectures and panel talks from colleges and universities from Western New England, particularly from the Five Colleges in Western Massachusetts: University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst College, Smith College, Mount Holyoke College, and Hampshire College. This forum provides an opportunity for listeners to engage with researchers, intellectuals, poets and authors active within our academic communities.
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MFA Writers

Jared McCormack

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MFA Writers is the podcast where host Jared McCormack interviews creative writing MFA students about their program, their process, and a piece they’re working on.
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Missing Maura Murray

Crawlspace Media & Glassbox Media

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Maura was a 21 year old student in February of 2004 when she inexplicably drove three hours from her dorm in Amherst, Massachusetts to the White Mountains of New Hampshire and vanished. At around 7:30pm her vehicle was involved in a single car, non life threatening accident at a hairpin turn on dark & desolate Route 112. She has not been seen or heard from since. Now two filmmakers set out to find answers on this mystery by diving deep into Maura's life, the region in which she went missing, ...
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WAMH Presents Garbage Time

Will Lonnquist and Nick Sullivan

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When two of the world's foremost sports media consumers are locked a studio there's no telling what will ensue. Once a week, Hot Take Juggernauts Will Lonnquist and Nick Sullivan spew consistently incorrect sports commentaries on "America's Station", 89.3 WAMH Amherst College Radio. Special guests frequently appear and spice up the already zesty banter. Each show is broken down into 2 hour-long podcast segments; In Hour 1 we talk sports, in Hour 2 we talk life. New episodes posted roughly ev ...
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Words in Transit

NEPR-New England Public Radio

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Western New England is home to immigrants and refugees from around the globe, and their presence revitalizes the region and redefines its culture. Their journeys have involved fear, uprootedness, and isolation as well as perseverance, creativity, and hope. New England Public Radio (NEPR), in collaboration with Copeland Colloquium at Amherst College produced Words in Transit, an oral history project collected the personal stories of nearly thirty people who have made this area their new home.
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In this podcast, Jace & Madison take on Conspiracy Theories, Paranormal with a splash of Story Time episodes. Join us every week where we figure out the facts and mysteries behind some of the most bone chilling stories and events while also having a laugh, the best way to decipher boos is with booze so sit back and enjoy the chaos.
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A weekly radio show where Laura Fattaruso and a local comic interview STEM researchers at UMass Amherst. Fun, casual, informative! Online hosting supported by the Emrick Polymer Science Lab at UMass. Laura's research and outreach are funded by the National Science Foundation.
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Jazz Beat is a jazz and blues podcast from New England Public Media's Tom Reney. Tom was honored by the Jazz Journalists Association with the Willis Conover-Marian McPartland Award for Career Excellence in Broadcasting in 2019. In addition to hosting Jazz à la Mode since 1984, Tom writes the jazz blog and produces the Jazz Beat podcast at NEPM. He began working in jazz radio in 1977 at WCUW, a community-licensed radio station in Worcester, Massachusetts. Tom holds a BA from the University of ...
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On September 28, 2012, Massachusetts state chemist Annie Dookhan was arrested and charged with obstruction of justice and falsification of academic records. Approximately four months later another chemist, Sonja Farak, was arrested for using the drugs she was supposed to be testing and the Massachusetts Drug Lab Scandal was born. Hosts Jamie Folk and Ilyas Rona will be exploring the William H Hinton, UMass Amherst and State Police crime labs associated with this scandal and speak with the la ...
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Weird Candy

Chris and Chuck

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Every week we'll dive into stories that cover topics from aliens to glitches in the matrix and everything in between. If you believe in the paranormal, I welcome you to take a walk on the weird side.
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Do you wonder why small towns, small businesses and people seem to be falling behind and you don’t know why? Feeling helpless about whether any of us can do anything to halt the decline of the places we love? Well, we know a secret. Our society fought the same battles about 100 years ago, and small towns won. Join Andrew Cameron, the founder of the Center for Small Town Success and small business owner, every other week as he rediscovers our Canadian Anti-Monopoly tradition. The goal is to l ...
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Spike Lee's Joints

John E. Drabinski

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20-30 minute reflections on particular Spike Lee films, from School Daze up through Black KkKlansman - précis for a book-length study of Lee's cinema, reflections on a course I've taught a number of times at Amherst College and University of Maryland. In these podcast pieces, I pay particular attention to issues of race, class, gender, and sexuality as they emerge inside particular films and in the history-memory of African American life. How does Lee's cinema think? How does sound and image ...
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Does Harvard discriminate against Asian Americans? Should universities consider race in the admissions process? And what is the Asian American community doing about it all? Join us, a research team from Amherst College, in exploring the SFFA v. Harvard case and the truth behind Asian Americans and affirmative action. Episodes will cover topics such as the history of affirmative action, the underlying philosophies behind each side's legal arguments, specific stakeholders in this case, the rol ...
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Thyme Herbal

Brittany Wood Nickerson

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Brittany Wood Nickerson is a practicing herbalist, health educator, and cook. She combines knowledge of nutrition and a passion for using food as medicine with her training in Western, Ayurvedic and Chinese herbal medicine. Her treatment and teaching approach emphasize personal empowerment, preventative home healthcare and whole body wellness. Brittany is the founder and primary instructor at Thyme Herbal, where she teaches a three year Herbal Apprenticeship Program, as well as courses in he ...
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A monthly podcast featuring real-world lessons, best practices, and action-oriented insights for the “You’re It” moments when you are called to lead. Each concise episode features insights from frontline leaders and the faculty of the National Preparedness Leadership Initiative (NPLI), a joint program of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and the Center for Public Leadership at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. About the Host Eric J. McNulty is the Associate Director ...
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Talking Heads

Talking Heads/Panoply

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After seven years at the world wide leader in sports, Bram Weinstein brings his wit and wisdom to Panoply for a show about how sports are covered by the proverbial talking heads. With no league affiliation, these Talking Heads are free from bias. Welcome to a entirely new world of sports observation from one of the brightest minds in the field.
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The Speeches of President John F. Kennedy is a podcast series of the most memorable and historical speeches delivered by John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States. Each episode features a brief introduction by former Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum Curator Frank Rigg, who gives the historical context of each speech.
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Ever heard of an MFA program with 12 different genre concentrations? On this episode, Vivian (Xiao Wen) Li tells Jared about how UBC’s multi-genre emphasis allowed her to work across fiction, nonfiction, poetry, screenwriting, filmmaking, comics, and more. Plus, she discusses self-funding her degree, receiving a grant to do research in China for he…
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Send us a Text Message. Thelema is a complicated set of magical, mystical and religious beliefs formed in the 20th century by Aleister Crowley. Thelemites might be anything from atheists to polytheists, viewing the involved beings as actual entities or primal archetypes. Today it is embraced by a variety of occult groups including the Ordo Templis …
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A. J. Rodriguez speaks to managing editor Emily Everett about his story “Papel Picado,” which appears in The Common’s most recent issue. A.J. talks about the process of writing and revising this story, which explores a fraught moment in the life of a Latino high schooler struggling under the pressures of family, friendship, and expectation in Albuq…
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At 13 years old, Are.na boasts a healthy, creative community and stable finances while rejecting many of the hallmarks of popular social media platforms such as a focus on video, endless push notifications, or surveillant advertising. For this week’s edition of our Good Web series, founder Charles Broskoski sits with Mike to walk through what […]…
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Send us a Text Message. This week we dive deep into revealing our shadowy overlords. You may know the names Vanguard, Blackrock, and State Street. All are global investment managers who have done a lot to champion low-cost access to investing for retail investors. Due to their scale and focus on index tracking funds, they have a stake in the great …
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When a business owner, ex-marine, and retired peace office is questioned and later arrested for what appear to be bigoted reasons, there should be recourse in our system of justice to right such a wrong. But Steve Hill is having a hell of a time finding help with his well-documented struggles. Should the fact that he is a black man and a member of …
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Welcome to Season 5! On this episode, Rose Jenny talks to Jared about her work queering religious texts, rewriting nostalgia, and crafting formal poems. Plus, she discusses growing up and living as a trans person in the American South, finding her first readers in her cohort, and deciding whether to take the University of Miami’s optional third yea…
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Send us a Text Message. In the year 1988, a strange phenomenon swept across the globe, one that went unnoticed by the public but caused ripples through the fabric of reality. It was the year humanity faced an unrecorded extinction, and everything we know today is built on the echoes of that lost world. Did a universe ending event in 1988 cause real…
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Proto-House Pioneers and Electronic Club Classics that laid the foundations for House Music and Techno, featuring Visual, Gary's Gang, Nightlife Unlimited, Toney Lee, Man Parrish, Divine, Kebekelektrik and Hott City. (00:00) Intro (00:12) Visual "The Music Got Me" Vocal (07:22) Gary's Gang "Makin' Music" Dub Mix (16:40) Nightlife Unlimited "Peaches…
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Metafilter contains the seeds for everything from Twitter to Reddit to comments sections on blogs, and it’s older than podcasts, the blog boom, Facebook, and well, basically everything online. Owner Jessamyn West sat down for a deep conversation with Mike about how MetaFilter’s reliance on community-focusd governance and person-scale moderation has…
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Send us a Text Message. Charles C. Morgan was the president of his own Escrow company. He had a wife and 2 daughters in Tucson, Arizona when he first disappeared in the 1970s. He returned alive but would be found dead a short while later. No one knows exactly what happened to Charles C. Morgan but a conspiracy that spans from organized crime throug…
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As the pod team wraps up our summer vacation, we’re highlighting one of the gems from a previous season. Watch out for the Season 5 premiere in two weeks.On this episode, Nikki Lyssy tells Jared about how, as a blind writer, she uses research to access the sighted world and fill her fiction with vivid imagery, while in her nonfiction, she explores …
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Kitchen Sink #148 Playlist The Sound – Winter New Order – In a Lonely Place Echo and the Bunnymen – The Puppet Psychedelic Furs – Sister Europe Siouxsie and the Banshees – Spellbound Break 1 (indie pop) La Luz – Blue Jay Josienne Clarke – Spherical Bathe Alone – Caramelize Dead Horse One – Raindrops 2 Beautify Junkyards – The Miller’s Song Neil and…
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The pod team is still on vacation! In the mountains! Without recording equipment! The Season 5 premiere will be in your feed soon. Until then, enjoy this conversation with Maurice Carlos Ruffin, author of three books and faculty member twice over.Maurice Carlos Ruffin, author and faculty member at two MFA programs, joins Jared for this special epis…
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Michael Wood-Lewis from Front Porch Forum joins us for this second (maybe third?) appearance to help us kick off our Good Web series, where we’re highlighting the successful people building a better, smaller Internet. Michael was gracious enough to have producer Mike Sugarman up to the FPF offices in Burlington, VT to give us an […]…
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Send us a Text Message. Ventusky is an application that presents weather and meteorological data to allow people to monitor developments anywhere in the world. Several times in recent months the application showed a cluster of waves reaching over 80 feet in height and spanning a distance wider than the state of Texas, moving up from Antarctica and …
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Send us a Text Message. For centuries, a large winged beast known as the Snallygaster is said to have terrified the people of Frederick County, Maryland. The dragon-like beast is described as a half-reptile and half-bird living deep in South Mountain’s caves. The mysterious creature is said to swoop silently down from the sky, stealing farm animals…
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To kick off our Good Web series, Cory Doctorow joined us for a deep dive into his enshittification theory, and how regulation, labor power, competition, and user self-help will make it a thing of the past. We also got him to tell us a little bit about his new novel The Bezzle. Cory first joined […]By Initiative for Digital Public Infrastructure
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In a world that values competition and success, the call to embrace second place can feel counterintuitive. Yet, there's a profound beauty in the selflessness it requires. How can we navigate the tension between ambition and humility, and discover the transformative power of putting others before first? Join us as we delve into the wisdom of Jesus …
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A celebration of legendary vocal group The Whispers, featuring decades of timeless dance classics and chart topping Funk, Soul and Disco hits on Solar Records. (00:00) Intro (00:12) The Whispers "Can We Love Forever" (02:38) The Whispers "(Let's Go) All The Way" (07:05) The Whispers "Can't Do Without Love" (12:02) The Whispers "Keep On Lovin' Me" (…
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The podcast team is on vacation! In the meantime, we invite you to listen to one of our favorite episodes from Season 3. Wishing you all a great summer, friends. As the editor-in-chief of Peach Mag, Rachelle Toarmino is consistently focused on the work of others. She chats with Jared about her own writing career, including finding and using playful…
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Send us a Text Message. Perseus was a major hero in Greek mythology and even today, his name is surely one of ancient history’s most familiar. But who, exactly, was he? He famously slayed the terrifying Gorgon Medusa, a seemingly impossible task, completed through sneaky stealth and trickery. Unlike some Greek heroes, his strength came not from phy…
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Mayada Ibrahim speaks to managing editor Emily Everett about her translation of “Symphony of the South,” a short story by Tahir Annour that appears in The Common’s most recent issue, in a portfolio of writing in Arabic from Chad, South Sudan, and Eritrea. Mayada talks about the process of translating this piece, including working with the author an…
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CW/TW: Intimate partner violence, child exploitation Diana Freed has spent the past several years radically reframing the threat model in cybersecurity with groundbreaking research into how domestic abusers utilize everyday technology like smart phones and tracking apps. Diana sits down with us to talk about digital safety for survivors of intimate…
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Kitchen Sink #147 Playlist Ghostly Kisses – Keep It Real Indoor Voices – When I Jane Weaver – Is Metal Michael Head and The Red Elastic Band – A Ricochet Moment Break 1 (indie pop) Nada Surf – In Front of Me Now Blushing – Slyce Dollar Dreams – Backroads & Memories XO – Feeling Like I Do Lava Fangs – Lost For Words David Woodard – Last Of The Full …
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Dive into the eerie and enigmatic world of two of America's most haunted locations: the Hinsdale House and the Montana State Prison. Each episode of "Haunted Histories" uncovers spine-chilling stories, paranormal investigations, and historical accounts that bring these mysterious sites to life. Explore the dark corridors and hidden secrets with exp…
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Send us a Text Message. The Beale ciphers are several coded messages, originally published in an 1885 pamphlet. This pamphlet purports to tell the story of frontiersman Thomas Beale, who (along with his party) mined quantities of gold, silver, and jewels (currently worth approximately $38 million), transported them across the country on wagons and/…
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It’s the Season 4 finale! On this episode, Eric Larsh tells Jared about writing into obsessions, whether he’s focusing exclusively on sonnets or, for the last two years, diving into a long poem about the Mojave Desert. Eric also discusses how his music compositions and editorship at Portland Review inform his poetry, deciding between a graduate deg…
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For the 100th episode of Reimagining the Internet, Ethan and Mike sit down for a conversation about a human-scale Internet, the threat of an LLM ouroboros destroying our online commons, and Ethan’s fantasies of swithing to urban planning. We want to give a heartfelt thank you to everyone who has been listening to Reimagining the […]…
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Send us a Text Message. In the late summer of 1878, a sleepy Nova Scotia town found itself in the middle of a mystery. Unexplained banging sounds rang from a home on Princess Street, buildings combusted into flames and a disturbing message was scratched above a young woman's bed: "Esther Cox, You Are Mine to Kill." If you're from Amherst, this ghos…
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Have you ever found yourself grappling with the concept of worship, questioning its relevance in today's fast-paced world? In a culture that values productivity and efficiency, the idea of setting aside time for worship may seem antiquated or even unnecessary. But what if worship holds the key to unlocking not only a deeper connection with God but …
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Step into the shadows of the infamous Bobby Mackey's Music World with our gripping podcast series. Join us as we delve deep into the history, legends, and mysteries surrounding this iconic honky-tonk bar located in Wilder, Kentucky. So sit back relax and enjoy the chaos. For business inquiries, email us here: boosnbays@gmail.comFOLLOW US ON INSTAGR…
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Former stand-up comedian Max Delsohn sits down with Jared to talk about how humor and detailed line-level revision show up in his work for the stage and the page. Plus, he discusses a pleasure-forward writing process, switching MFA programs after the first year, and his experiences with big-name faculty like George Saunders and Mary Karr. Max Delso…
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Send us a Text Message. Of all the conspiracy theories that litter the Internet, the flat Earth conspiracy is quite possibly the most curious. After all, the ancient Greeks figured out the planet's shape (and even its circumference) in the third century B.C. But a fringe society founded in the 1950s, dedicated to insisting that the Earth is flat, h…
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A fearsome feminist movemnet has sprung up in response to an epidemic of feminicide in South America, achieving change thanks in large part to an innovative data activism campaign. Cathering D'Ignazio of the Data + Feminism Lab at MIT wrote a wonerful book that doesn't just chronicle the movement, but acts as a handbook for using data in fights for…
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Send us a Text Message. Ireland's Vanishing Triangle is a term commonly used in the Irish media when referring to a number of high-profile disappearances of Irish women from the late 1980s to the late 1990s. Several other women were also murdered within the triangle and their cases remain unsolved as well. All of the cases appeared to share some co…
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This week we give our insights on the best fast food restaurants and rank them AGAIN, see if you agree or totally disagree with our picks. So sit back grab a drink and enjoy the chaos. For business inquiries, email us here: boosnbays@gmail.comFOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM AND TIK TOKBoos n' Bays - https://www.instagram.com/boos_n_bays/Boos n' Bays - https…
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I have tons of new music for you this month. Here is my playlist: Kitchen Sink #146 Playlist Japanese Heart Software – Beautiful Stranger (Madonna cover) Ride – I Came to See the Wreck the black watch – what’s all this then Break 1 (indie pop) LOMA – How It Starts The Reds, Pinks & Purples – What’s Going on with Ordinary People Michael Head and the…
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