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Fresh Air from WHYY, the Peabody Award-winning weekday magazine of contemporary arts and issues, is one of public radio's most popular programs. Hosted by Terry Gross, the show features intimate conversations with today's biggest luminaries. Subscribe to Fresh Air Plus! You'll enjoy bonus episodes and sponsor-free listening - all while you support NPR's mission. Learn more at plus.npr.org/freshair
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Book Riot's Jeff O'Neal and Rebecca Schinsky discuss the latest news in the world of books and reading, including hot new releases, adaptations, publishing industry events, and more. Book Riot is the largest independent editorial book site in North America and home to a host of media, from podcasts to newsletters to original content, all designed around diverse readers and across all genres.
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C-SPAN brings together best-selling nonfiction authors and influential interviewers for wide-ranging, hour- long conversations. Find this podcast every Saturday after 10 pm ET. From C-SPAN, the network that brings you "Lectures in History" and "Q&A" podcasts.
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The Rest Is Entertainment pulls back the curtain on television, movies, journalism and more with Richard Osman and Marina Hyde using their years of knowledge, enviable contact book and wit to bring you what’s hot, and what’s not in the world of entertainment.
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Books and Boba

Potluck Podcast Collective

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Books & Boba is a book club dedicated to books written by Asian and Asian American authors. We cover a wide range of genres including contemporary, historical fiction, sci-fi, fantasy, YA, nonfiction, thrillers, graphic novels, and memoirs.
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Find your next great read. Book recommendations, book news and guests, including top authors and other book enthusiasts who discuss what’s happening in the world of books with a focus on frontlist and backlist fiction including literary fiction, suspense, historical, memoir and nonfiction.
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Strict Scrutiny is a podcast about the United States Supreme Court and the legal culture that surrounds it. Hosted by three badass constitutional law professors-- Leah Litman, Kate Shaw, and Melissa Murray-- Strict Scrutiny provides in-depth, accessible, and irreverent analysis of the Supreme Court and its cases, culture, and personalities. Each week, Leah, Kate, and Melissa break down the latest headlines and biggest legal questions facing our country, emphasizing what it all means for our ...
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The Book Review

The New York Times

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The world's top authors and critics join host Gilbert Cruz and editors at The New York Times Book Review to talk about the week's top books, what we're reading and what's going on in the literary world. Listen to this podcast in New York Times Audio, our new iOS app for news subscribers. Download now at nytimes.com/audioapp
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Comic Book Club News gives you the comic book news you need to know first thing in the morning, every weekday. From the creators of the long-running Comic Book Club podcast, Comic Book Club News recaps breaking news stories from Marvel, DC Comics, and beyond, Monday through Friday. Got tips or stories you'd like us to cover? Email us at comicbookclublive@gmail.com.
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Join writer Elizabeth Flux and comedian Ben McKenzie on their six(ish) year mission to read every Terry Pratchett novel – not just the Discworld ones! They’ll read one a month, and discuss them with special guests, puns and footnotes. Episodes released on the 8th of each month (Australian time); check pratchatpodcast.com and the end of each episode for notice of the next book, and send in questions to us via social media! The explicit tag represents a fairly average Australian level of coars ...
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Hosted by Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan, fiction/non/fiction interprets current events through the lens of literature, and features conversations with writers of all stripes, from novelists and poets to journalists and essayists.
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The Book Case

ABC News | Charlie Gibson, Kate Gibson

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Are you stuck in a reading rut? The Book Case makes the case for books outside of your usual genre. Wander the aisles of your local bookstore with Kate and Charlie Gibson and meet fascinating characters who will open your appetite to new categories while deepening your hunger for books. This weekly series will journey cover to cover through the literary world, featuring interviews with best-selling authors, tastemakers, and independent bookstore owners. New episodes post every Thursday.
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The John Batchelor Show is a hard news-analysis radio program on current events, world history, global politics and natural sciences. Based in New York City for two decades, the show has travelled widely to report, from the Middle East to the South Caucasus to the Arabian Peninsula and East Asia.
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Listening to the news can feel like a journey. But 1A guides you beyond the headlines – and cuts through the noise. Let's get to the heart of the story, together – on 1A. Support NPR and get your news sponsor-free with 1A+. Learn more at plus.npr.org/the1a
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Nic Gunning hosts the official podcast and radio show of the David A. Howe Public Library. Listen for book news, great segments and library events! Listen in Wednesday at 9 pm on 92.7 WRAQ Angelica. The All the Books Show (2015-2020) Howe's Things (2020-Present)
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From great new books to favorite classic reads, from news to the latest in on-screen adaptations, Hey YA is here to elevate the exciting world of young adult lit.
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Essential listening for anyone who cares about the printed word and developments in publishing. From independent publications, new forms of print media and graphic novels to little-known niche magazines, ‘The Stack’ is Monocle’s take on the world of print, focusing on everything from the glossiest fashion title to the grittiest local newspaper.
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Pop culture and movie news from around the globe. No celebrity gossip here, just the most important film, comic, tv, streaming, video game and book news suited for any level of geek. Whether you’re a Star Wars fan, or just can’t get enough of Batman, we’re happy to help you...Let your Geek SideShow! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Library Talks

The New York Public Library

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Join The New York Public Library and your favorite writers, artists, and thinkers for smart talks and provocative conversations from the nation’s cultural capital.
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The New Yorker Radio Hour

WNYC Studios and The New Yorker

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Profiles, storytelling and insightful conversations, hosted by David Remnick. Share your thoughts on The New Yorker Radio Hour. As a token of our appreciation, you will be eligible to enter a prize drawing up to $1,000 after you complete the survey. https://selfserve.decipherinc.com/survey/selfserve/222b/76152?pin=1&uBRANDLINK=4&uCHANNELLINK=2
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An exploration of the comic book art form via weekly insights, news, and creator interviews. Covering it all from Marvel Comics and DC Comics to indies publishers and creators too.
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The Brain Candy Podcast

Susie Meister & Sarah Rice - Wave Podcast Network

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Laugh and learn w/ Susie Meister PhD & Sarah Rice MFT from MTV's The Challenge as they cover psychology, pop culture, human interest, and science, and make everything from Kardashians to quantum physics accessible to all. Listen to more podcasts like this: https://wavepodcastnetwork.com/
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Every week Chris Hayes asks the big questions that keep him up at night. How do we make sense of this unprecedented moment in world history? Why is this (all) happening? This podcast starts to answer these questions. Writers, experts, and thinkers who are also trying to get to the bottom of them join Chris to break it all down and help him get a better night’s rest. “Why is this Happening?” is presented by MSNBC and NBCNews Think.
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Silicon Valley wants to shape our future, but why should we let it? Every Thursday, Paris Marx is joined by a new guest to critically examine the tech industry, its big promises, and the people behind them. Tech Won’t Save Us challenges the notion that tech alone can drive our world forward by showing that separating tech from politics has consequences for us all, especially the most vulnerable. It’s not your usual tech podcast.
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Bryan Lee O'Malley's Snotgirl returns this December. Alien: Paradiso brings the xenomorphs to a resort. Marvel's latest Red Band series is Daredevil: Unleash Hell. All on Comic Book Club News for September 19, 2024. SUBSCRIBE ON RSS, APPLE, ANDROID, SPOTIFY, OR THE APP OF YOUR CHOICE. FOLLOW US ON TWITTER, INSTAGRAM, TIKTOK, AND FACEBOOK. SUPPORT O…
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GOOD: The show begins in Ukraine and Russia, where there is no end in sight...... 1955 Galaxy Magazine CLAUDE: Thank you for providing the detailed schedule for the "CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor" program. This comprehensive lineup covers a wide range of global topics and features various expert guests. Here's a brief overview of the str…
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#MrMarket: Adam Smith: Tariffs cost and cost. Veronique De Rugy, Mercatus Center, George Mason University https://www.creators.com/read/veronique-de-rugy/09/24/the-real-relationship-between-trump-style-tariffs-and-economic-growth#google_vignette 1955 NYSEBy John Batchelor
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#TURKEY: Threats. Dr. Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak is the Turkey expert at the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security (JISS) and the Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies (MDC) at Tel Aviv University. 1920 Turkey aviatorsBy John Batchelor
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#RUSSIA: #IRAN: One Eurasian war with theaters. Michael Rubin is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, where he specializes in Iran, Turkey, and the broader Middle East. A former Pentagon official, Dr. Rubin has lived in post-revolution Iran, Yemen, and both pre- and postwar Iraq. 1906 Russan troops Tabriz…
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#GAZA: Rafah Crossing. Joe Truzman is a senior research analyst at FDD’s Long War Journal, focused primarily on Palestinian militant groups and Hezbollah. Joe has assisted non-governmental organizations and policymakers in identifying Palestinian groups and their members. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1 1869 Jerusalem…
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#LEBANON: NEW PHASE. David Daoud is a senior fellow at FDD focused on Lebanon and Hezbollah. He previously worked as a nonresident fellow at the Atlantic Council, director of Israel, Lebanon, and Syria research at United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI). Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1 1920 Beirut…
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PREVIEW: PRC: MOON BASE Conversation with colleague Rick Fisher of IASC regarding the PRC and PLA plan to dominate the moon along with allied states and captive private enterprise. More details tonight. 1872 Around the Moon by Jules VerneBy John Batchelor
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PREVIEW: IRAQ: WITHDRAWAL Conversation with colleague Brad Bowman of FDD regarding reports that the Pentagon is planning to withdraw from Iraq in the next two years. Is the Iraqi Army ready for ISIS, Al Qaeda, Hezbollah, and IRGC? More details later. 1923 BaghdadBy John Batchelor
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PREVIEW: RUSSIA: BRITAIN Conversation with colleague Anatol Lieven of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft regarding how Russia could retaliate against Britain for Storm Shadow strikes inside Russia without risking Article 5. More details tonight. 1737 LondiniumBy John Batchelor
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We’ll tell you what the Trump and Harris campaigns are spending on TV ads in some key states. Decades of conflict could be coming to a head after Israel carried out attacks on Hezbollah in Lebanon. One key takeaway from yesterday’s Federal Reserve rate cut is its impact on mortgage rates. The spotlight continues to shine on the Haitian community in…
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NYT senior political correspondent Maggie Haberman, who has spent years covering former President Trump, discusses his behavior on the campaign trail, including his need to respond to every slight, even when it damages his appeal to voters. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy…
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Postmaster General Louis DeJoy has pledged “heroic efforts” to deliver all mail ballots on time this year. Prospects for a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas are lower than ever, amid rising tensions with Hezbollah in Lebanon. Scientists have new evidence about where the SARS-CoV2 virus jumped from animals to humans. Several news outlets filed…
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PREVIEW: RUSSIA: UKRAINE Conversation with colleague Michael Rubin of AEI regarding Moscow's call-up of an additional 180,000 recruits to fill the ranks for a new spring fighting season in Ukraine. Asking: Does Russia believe it is winning the war in Ukraine? More details to follow. 1921 MoscowBy John Batchelor
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How do some media organizations call an election before it's officially decided? Some have their own election analysts. Others, including NPR, rely on reporting from the Associated Press for breaking news from all around the country. Especially on election night. As the votes roll in, the AP is regarded as the definitive source for when a state get…
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PREVIEW: BRAZIL-ELON MUSK-X Conversation with colleague Mary Anastasia O'Grady regarding the demand by Brazil Supreme Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes that X ban certain named dissenters who speak against President Lula da Silva. Musk has refused. The judge now levies fines. More details to follow. 1956 Rio de Janeiro…
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Israel warns of a new era of war after deadly device blasts in Lebanon, raising fears of wider conflict. China is quickly closing in on the US in the race to master nuclear fusion – a limitless clean energy source. Polls show a tight race between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump in Pennsylvania, as mail-in voting starts this week in some states. Trum…
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This week: Nigel’s next target. What’s Reform UK’s plan to take on Labour? Reform UK surpassed expectations at the general election to win 5 MPs. This includes James McMurdock, who Katy interviews for the magazine this week, who only decided to stand at the last moment. How much threat could Reform pose and why has Farage done so well? Katy joins t…
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PREVIEW: PRC: JAPANIFICATION Conversation with colleague Chris Riegel of SCALA.com regarding the sinking Chinese economy and its vast credit unworthiness in the trillions, potentially reaching double-digit trillions. More details tonight. 1930 Hong KongBy John Batchelor
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A new poll shows Vice President Kamala Harris is leading in two battleground states. People in Lebanon say there's widespread fear about the safety of electronic devices after deadly pager and walkie talkie attacks. US overdose deaths have dropped in recent months. Investigators believe they've finally found the body of the Kentucky interstate shoo…
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As Vice President Kamala Harris's historic campaign for the presidency enters its final weeks, writer Ellen Emerson White joins co-hosts V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell to discuss her prescient 1984 novel The President's Daughter, which imagines the first woman president’s campaign and early days in the White House from the point of view of…
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Former President Donald Trump is praising the Teamsters union, after it announced it wouldn't be endorsing either presidential candidate for the first time in almost three decades. Israel says its war effort is moving north after twin attacks targeting devices in Lebanon. House Speaker Mike Johnson is defending his decision to call a vote on a fund…
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Sarah is nursing her finger back to health, but believes the injury will bring something good into her life (optimistic as ever). She talks about the Behind the Mask docuseries, which examines the people who are team mascots. Sarah is reading the Feather Thief for Candy Club, and is thinking about people who collect animal parts and how these natur…
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Seth takes a closer look at Trump giving a series of incoherent answers when asked at a town hall how he would save manufacturing jobs and bring down grocery prices. Then, Colin Farrell talks about getting ready to run the Dublin Marathon with his friend, playing Oz in The Batman and how his character got a spinoff series in The Penguin. See Privac…
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The United Kingdom has given us some amazing children’s authors: C.S. Lewis, Lewis Carroll, Roald Dahl, Beatrix Potter...and may we add Katherine Rundell. Her newest, Impossible Creatures, is a sensation in Britain, and was declared an instant classic even before its U.S. release. It delivers all the magic promised in the fantastical title. Tune in…
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Today’s book is: Immigration Realities: Challenging Common Misperceptions (Columbia UP, 2024), by Ernesto Castaneda and Carina Cione, which is a practical, evidence-based primer on immigrants and immigration. Each chapter debunks a frequently encountered claim and answers common questions. Presenting the latest findings and decades of interdiscipli…
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We remember Audre Lorde as an iconic writer, a quotable teacher whose words and face grace T-shirts, nonprofit annual reports, and campus diversity-center walls. But even those who are inspired by Lorde's teachings on "the creative power of difference" may be missing something fundamental about her life and work, and what they can mean for us today…
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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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Today I talked to Iemima Ploscariu about Alternative Evangelicals: Challenging Nationalism in Interwar Romania's Multi-ethnic Borderlands (Brill, 2024). Evangelicals in interwar Romania were a vibrant mix of ethnicities, languages, and social statuses. Jews, Roma, Germans, Hungarians, Serbs, Ukrainians, and Russians sang, prayed, and preached in th…
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For decades, media and academic analysis of African politics has emphasised instability, political violence, and male dominance. Yet a brilliant new article by Zoe Marks for the Journal of Democracy entitled “African Popular Protest and Political Change” reveals that in fact Africa stands out as the region globally with the largest number of nonvio…
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The achievement of Singapore’s national public housing program is impressive by any standard. Within a year of its first election victory in 1959, the People's Action Party began to deliver on its promises in dramatic fashion. By the 1980s, 85 percent of the population had been rehoused in modern flats, and today, decades later, the provision of pu…
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The Wagner Group: Inside Russia’s Mercenary Army (Reaktion, 2024) exposes the history and the future of the Wagner Group, Russia’s notorious and secretive mercenary army, revealing details of their operations never documented before. Using extensive leaks, first-hand accounts, and the byzantine paper trail left in its wake, Jack Margolin traces the…
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Anne Enright, writer, critic, Booker winner, kindly made time back in 2023 for Irish literature maven Paige Reynolds and for John Plotz in his role as host for our sister podcast, Novel Dialogue. In this conversation, she reads from The Wren, The Wren and says we don’t yet know if the web has become a space of exposure or of authority. We can be su…
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On January 16, 1945, dozens of U.S. Navy aircraft took off for China’s southern coast, including the occupied British colony of Hong Kong. It was part of Operation Gratitude, an exercise to target airfields, ports, and convoys throughout the South China Sea. U.S. pilots bombed targets in Hong Kong and, controversially, in neutral Macau as they stro…
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We begin our 13th and last middah (separateness - perishut) that we explore in conjunction with parsha Ki Tavo. David and Modya look at what separate means, why it's important, and why it is left as the last of the 13 character traits. In the parsha we apply the trait to an exploration of blessings and curses and the role of our inclination toward …
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Paris Marx is joined by Rob Larson to discuss the recent ruling that Google is a monopolist, what consequences it might face, and what lessons we can learn from the Microsoft antitrust case in the early 2000s. Rob Larson is the author of Mastering the Universe: The Obscene Wealth of the Ruling Class, What They Do with Their Money, and Why You Shoul…
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