I've found the most fascinating quotes in history, sweet as honey, and I'm taking the knife's edge right through them to explore why they were said, and how they shape our present and our future.
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Cesare Pavese: We do not remember days, we remember moments
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In this episode, my friend Martha helps unravel a popular quote by Cesare Pavese. There's talk of nostalgia, nihilism and classic craziness. Was the past really ever as rosy as we remember? Why do we cling on to our past selves? Is there beauty in desiring what is long gone? Cesare's quote helps us explain this. Watch out for a sneak peak of the ne…
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The Menendez Brothers : A phone call and power. Part 2
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How much damage did that one phone call do? Why do we trust dishonest people so easily? How does faux power influence our view on people and things? In this episode, I take a deeper look into the effects of the 911 phone call made by Lyle Menendez in August 1989.
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The Menendez Brothers: Someone killed my parents. Part One
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“Someone killed my parents.” Two brothers. A Beverly Hills Mansion. A brutal murder and a 911 phone call that wreaked havoc across a nation. Almost as though it was something out of a Soap Opera. In this episode, I take a look at the background of the case of California versus the Menendez Brothers and everything that happened before the infamous 9…
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Oprah Winfrey for President: “A new day on the horizon”
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The world was placed on its toes at the thought of having an African American woman as the ruler of the free world. In this episode, I look at the acclaimed me too hashtag, the story of Recy Taylor and the Golden Globes speech that made the world speculate. Was Oprah Winfrey ever running for president? Will she ever? Could we imagine a United State…
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Nelson Mandela : Sometimes it falls upon a generation to be great. You can be that great generation
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It was on the 3rd of February 2005 that Nelson Mandela's words scarred the pages of history. Inscribing their mark on behalf of a movement that would later become a global thrust for change. An outcry against Poverty.
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Eleanor Roosevelt : No One Can Make You feel inferior without your consent.
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This episode explores the First Lady's most famous words in her lifetime. Words that we have credited her with saying for several decades now. But wait, we're they really her words? Now, we find out!
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