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A fortnightly podcast about the ludicrous realities of being a parent of neurodivergent kids. Lapsed comedian Mark Allen has three kids - two diagnosed autistic with ADHD and one highly-suspected autistic. Each episode, he swaps stories with his guests about the challenges they’ve had dealing with seemingly simple events, such as birthday parties, holidays, mealtimes, and leaving the house.
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Brunch and Judge

Claire Allen and Aprile Keith

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Join lifelong besties, Claire and Aprile as they talk over brunch and judge almost everything! The topic for each show is determined by their "Wheel of Fate" and includes everything from Vampires to Qanon! Every episode is filled with laughter as they each bring a ridiculous story somehow connected to that weeks topic. If this doesn't get you ready for the week ahead, nothing will! Shoot them an email with topics to add to "Wheel of Fate," no topic too big or small. Follow them on instagram ...
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Keeping democracy alive Democracy is not a spectator sport, it requires informed participating citizens. On Keeping Democracy Alive, we delve into dynamics that both inhibit democracy and reinvigorate it. looking into issues from: domestic economic issues to foreign, labor, trade, and education policy, NSA spying, the drug war, prison, police, and judicial issues, electoral and protest politics, middle east realities, right and left wing populism, environmental and energy issues, the wealth ...
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Strings & Things

Claire Allen and Erynn Spencer

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Do you love music or know someone who does? Do you love Jane Austen books and screen adaptations? And what on earth do these two things have in common? The answer is the Strings & Things podcast! In each family-friendly episode, co-hosts Claire Allen and Erynn Spencer invite you listen in on their laid-back conversations about their mutual loves: music, playing and teaching violin, and British period drama.
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Love Stories

Dolly Alderton

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In this podcast series, author and journalist Dolly Alderton will be talking to guests about their most defining relationships: the passion, heartbreak, longing, familiarity and fondness that have formed who they are. The podcast is being released to tie-in with Dolly Alderton’s debut book, Everything I Know About Love which is out now in paperback with a brand new chapter: Everything I Know At Thirty. Dolly Alderton is an award winning journalist and bestselling author. She has a column in ...
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1. Todd Galberth feat. Kymberli Joye - Be Praised 2. Tasha Cobbs Leonard - The Moment 3. JJ Hairston feat. Travis Greene & Donishisa Ballard - Bigger 4. Joyce Simmons - Living Water 5. Gia Wyre - Grace 6. Randy Weston & Judah Band - Best Me 7. Tasha Cobbs Leonard - At The Cross 8. Geoffrey Golden - Before The King 9. Anthony Brown feat. Naomi Raine - Drink 10. Todd Galberth feat. Tasha Cobbs Leonard - Fear is Not My Future 11. Anthony Brown - Altar - Anthony Brown 12. Sinach - Winning 13. Fl ...
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The Inside Devon podcast will interview successful business owners, entrepreneurs, experienced professionals, community leaders and other interesting people based in Devon. The aim of the show is to raise awareness about what they do, and why they do it.
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Welcome to the Happy Healthy and Rich podcast, formerly the Suzanne Show! I developed the Happy Healthy and Rich brand in 2016 to help women just like you have some real discussions about personal development, navigating the ins and outs of being a woman, women's health, and how to find more joy. Come on in friend! I'm Suzanne Proksa, multitalented founder of SuzPro Innovations, and I'm proud to serve women, online business, and the People Ops/HR community. I'm also a former Featured Etsy se ...
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Your Dream Gym

The Collective

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We chat to Fitness Industry founders and luminaries about their dream gym. Find out about their exercise goals, what kind of workouts they like, and what their dream gym set-up would be... what kind of kit is there, what's the vibe, what kind of classes, staff and members, and how they're all maximising motivation. The Collective is a network of fitness industry professionals who get together to share, collaborate and grow.
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Silicon Caribe

Ingrid Riley

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This is the home of the audio experience of SILICONCARIBE Listen to the SiliconCaribe Podcast with Ingrid Riley as well as audio experiences of the events produced by us. Hear stories about the Caribbean people are leveraging the internet and technology to launch all kinds of digital businesses Produced and hosted by Caribbean Tech Maven and Digital Media Entrepreneur Ingrid Riley, who takes you to that part of the Caribbean that's beyond the beach and going Digital. #SiliconCaribe #DigitalC ...
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Manchester's Big Theatre Podcast

Manchester's Big Theatre Podcast

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A look at Manchester's thriving theatre scene. Each episode, Joe and Sophie interview an exciting figure from the local theatre industry, to give a closer view of their work and form a better picture of the city's theatrical landscape and the people working in it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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The World Is Her Office podcast follows the journeys of women who travel for work or live abroad. We are amazed by the journeys of women who are stepping out and defining the way that they want to be positioned in this world. More now than ever, our generation is deciding against traditional office spaces and boardrooms and taking the world by storm!
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Welcome to ’Creating A Positive Impact’, the podcast that gives a voice to the change-makers, innovators, and trailblazers who are working towards a better world. From big systemic challenges to small everyday actions, we cover it all. Join us as we explore the solutions, the stories, and the inspiration behind those who are making a real difference. Whether you’re an entrepreneur, a thinker, or simply someone who wants to learn more about creating a positive impact, this is the podcast for ...
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Fake It Til You Make It

Fake It Til You Make It

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The Fake It Til You Make It Podcast is centered around career insights and advice from some amazing leaders who may have taken non traditional career paths to get to where they are. We interview them about their stories.
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In light of the Israeli state’s massive assault on Gaza, and now Lebanon, the question comes up: What does it mean to be a Jew? Our guest veteran New York Times sportswriter Robert Lipsyte says being a Jew entails certain The post On Rosh Hashanah: Netanyahu, The Israeli Right, and Jewish Identity appeared first on Keeping Democracy Alive.…
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A potentially controversial episode, this one, where Mark chats to an old friend, Kate Ebbutt (Mum to 11 year-old neurotypical and 9-year old diagnosed ADHD/suspected autistic humans). They talk candidly about something they've both found themselves worrying about in their darker moments - am I raising an arsehole? They dissect the behaviours that …
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Nihal Arthanayake presents Loose Ends from the third annual Morecambe Poetry Festival. He's joined by Henry Normal. Henry is a writer, poet, TV and film producer who has been involved with many of our most loved comedies, such as The Mrs Merton Show, The Royal Family, Gavin and Stacey and Alan Partridge. He's a prolific poet, and his latest collect…
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“People think of Nelson Rockefeller as the epitome of moderate Republicanism.” But what appears to be a clean break from this tradition is really an evolution. Author Professor Marsha E. Barrett explains how the shift to the right was something The post From Rockefeller Republicanism to Trumpism: How Did We Get Here? appeared first on Keeping Democ…
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It was only discovered in an architectural trade journal: Netanyahu’s “Gaza 2035.” Architects were hired to provide models of a new Gaza , the old one having been flattened. Steel and glass high risers being erected where once a people The post Architecture as the Ultimate Expression of Power: Gaza 2035 appeared first on Keeping Democracy Alive.…
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Like and subscribe for more true crime, paranormal, and other weird $H!TBrunch and Judge: A True Crime, Paranormal, and Other Weird $H!T video podcast.It’s episode 124 and we're talking Badass LGBTQ People! This week Claire brings us the badass story of Freddie Mercury, lead singer of Queen. Then Aprile tells the rise and fall of Oscar Wilde, autho…
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The tenor Russell Watson's remarkable career took him from playing from working mens clubs in Salford to performing at the Vatican. But his life hasn't been completely charmed - he discusses the brain tumour that threatened his life as well as his voice and how he found his way back to centre stage. Jackie Kay is one of the UK's most lauded poets w…
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As Americans, we want what we want right now. But it doesn’t work that way to make real political change. As with any mechanism, there are certain things that must be learned to make it work and achieve our goals. The post Nuts and Bolts: What Needs to be Learned to Make Our Agenda Reality appeared first on Keeping Democracy Alive.…
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Mark chats to the inspirational Kieran Rose. As well as being autistic/ADHD himself, Kieran has three autistic/ADHD children (11, 14 and 15) as well as an autistic wife. Kieran is an author, academic, trainer, consultant and all round font of knowledge on autism, so this episode contains some fascinating insights into the different communication st…
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Some might call it “cruel and unusual punishment,” arresting, sweeping the parks, bulldozing homeless encampments. Others believe if people are poor it’s their own fault. On this show, the Reverend Dr. Liz Theoharis of The Kairos Center discusses an essay The post Criminalizing The Unhoused Gets Us Nowhere appeared first on Keeping Democracy Alive.…
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From Bloody Scotland Crime Writing Festival in Stirling. Richard Armitage’s CV is already packed with roles, including a string of stellar acting credits in the likes of The Hobbit, North and South, Robin Hood, and Spooks. Now he’s added author to the list with his debut novel Geneva. Ambrose Parry is not one writer but two – it's the penname of in…
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They love to say America has the strongest military of any nation ever. But boasting usually leads to disaster. On this show, we hear from William J. Astore, a retired lieutenant colonel of the US Air Force and professor of The post A Military Security State and the Erosion of Freedom appeared first on Keeping Democracy Alive.…
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Like and subscribe for more true crime, paranormal, and other weird $H!TBrunch and Judge: A True Crime, Paranormal, and Other Weird $H!T video podcast.It’s episode 123 and we're talking Unsolved Mysteries! This week Aprile tells us about the Bermuda Triangle and why it doesn't impact our lives as much as we all thought it would even though hundreds…
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Sir Ian Rankin’s much-loved detective Rebus has had a big year, with a fresh BBC TV adaptation in the summer, and now a return to the stage. Clive Anderson hears about new play Rebus: A Game Called Malice which was written by Sir Ian and Simon Reade, it's touring the UK. Michelle McManus chats to poet and women’s rights advocate Len Pennie who rose…
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He got 81% of the evangelical vote in key swing states in 2016. Our guest today the Reverend Doug Pagitt is exceptionally familiar with what goes on with evangelical Christians, and he says he expects Trump to get less than The post Evangelicals Souring on Trump: Why It Took So Long. appeared first on Keeping Democracy Alive.…
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Kicking off season 2 of Neuroshambles, Mark chats to the wonderful Dee McMahon who also has three neurodivergent children: a 16-year old boy, (diagnosed Autistic/ADHD with anxiety disorder) a 13-year old girl (diagnosed ADHD with Dyslexia/Dyscalculia) and a 9-year old boy (diagnosed Autistic with ARFID). Mark and Dee take a deep dive into the soul …
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They weren’t there for Biden. A large chunk of young men are for Trump, but with a new presidential candidate, the Democratic Party is connecting with young people. One millennial voice is Josh Lafasan, on today’s show he says the The post Gen Z, Millennials and The 2024 Presidential Election appeared first on Keeping Democracy Alive.…
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Elaine C. Smith has delighted audiences for decades, including work on TV shows like BBC Scotland’s Two Doors Down. In her latest project she joins the touring cast of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and takes on a character that used to terrify her - The Childcatcher. Claire Love Wilson is a Scottish-Canadian theatre-maker, actor, and singer-songwriter wh…
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Now with the nomination of not just a woman, but a woman of color, they feel even more threatened. Today’s right encourages and seeks to use men’s anger in the culture war, even though those very policies actually harm working The post Hawley And the Right: Terrified About Their Manhood appeared first on Keeping Democracy Alive.…
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Like and subscribe for more true crime, paranormal, and other weird $H!TBrunch and Judge: A True Crime, Paranormal, and Other Weird $H!T video podcast.It’s episode 122 and we’re diving into some of the most chilling topics yet! Claire kicks things off with the terrifying stories of stalking, featuring high-profile cases like Rebecca Shaeffer, Taylo…
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Actress and singer Su Pollard’s new tour Still Fully Charged celebrates her 50 years in showbiz – she catches up with Michelle McManus about what keeps her hooked, and being beaten by a dog in a talent competition. Clive Anderson chats to comedian and actor Chris Grace. He’s returned to Edinburgh after his sold-out 2023 run, this time with a packed…
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Since at least 2016, the Democratic policy has been driven by big contributors, yielding rural voters to Trump who at least pretended to hear them. With Minnesota Governor Tim Walz nominated as VP for Harris, middle America people who had The post With Walz, Can Democrats Win Back Rural America? appeared first on Keeping Democracy Alive.…
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Colonialism: Now it’s called corporate globalization. As the energy appetite of the west continues to accelerate, so does extractivism, without the consent of the people directly affected. In this revealing discussion, Professor Avi Chomsky explodes the many myths we white The post Avi Chomsky: 21st Century Colonialism and Extractivism appeared fir…
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Episode Description: In this episode of Happy Healthy and Rich, Dr. Claire Schleicher delves into the transformative power of slowing down for high-achieving women, sharing her journey from pediatric audiologist to mindset coach following a spiritual awakening. Embracing "devotion" as her guiding word of the year, Dr. Schleicher emphasizes the sign…
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Like and subscribe for more true crime, paranormal, and other weird $H!TBrunch and Judge: A True Crime, Paranormal, and Other Weird $H!T video podcast.It’s episode 121 and we're going back in History! First Aprile tells us the story of Margaret Howe Lovatt and her very special NASA ordained study of dolphins. Then Claire tells us about the dancing …
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Clive Anderson is joined by comedian Jason Byrne who returns to Edinburgh for his 28th consecutive Fringe with No Show, a performance that will be totally new each night. Playwright and actor David Ireland’s award-winning plays Cyprus Avenue and Ulster American have had success across the world. His latest play The Fifth Step stars Jack Lowden and …
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The ideal breeding ground for the Covid virus: A place where people were forced to have constant close contact with each other and with the wider community. In other words: prisons. You know how awful it was for us on The post Jails and Prisons Were a Hotbed of Covid. Needlessly. appeared first on Keeping Democracy Alive.…
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From the Edinburgh Festivals, Clive Anderson and Michelle McManus talk to actor, comedian and family favourite Bobby Davro about his beginnings in TV entertainment, his acting journey and finding comedy through tough times – something he explores in his show Everything is Funny...If You Can Laugh at It. Lara Ricote, a former winner of the Edinburgh…
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We were taught in elementary school that every vote counts in America. But as we all know the 2016 winner of the popular vote did not become president. The truth is the presidential candidates will spend a billion dollars this The post Make the Winner of the Popular Vote President appeared first on Keeping Democracy Alive.…
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Make America great “again?” What does that phrase assume? Our guest today, retired Lt Col. William Astore served 20 years in the military. No, he’s not a stereotypical macho militarist, far from it. He says our “full spectrum global empire” The post The Term “MAGA” Acknowledges US Empire is Over appeared first on Keeping Democracy Alive.…
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We assume our picture of romance and marriage has always been there, but according to our guest author and professor Sabrina Strings, it was invented in the 12th century as a myth about Sir Lancelot. Marriage was about power, domination, The post White Male Supremacists Fear and Hate it But “Romance” and Nuclear Families Aren’t the Only Option appe…
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This week Stuart is joined by Jon Holmes who's producing a new play at the Edinburgh Festival - which explores what happens when the camera moves on from a relationship forged on a Love Island-style reality show. And there are definitely some strained relationships in the second series of House of the Dragon - but they're more the kind that result …
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There is a palpable movement under Kamala Harris; so why is party leadership still so out of touch with working people as they were in 2016? Our returning guest, veteran party insider Norman Solomon, says the DNC is still top-down The post Dems Need the Middle Class: Why is the DNC Still So Corporatized? appeared first on Keeping Democracy Alive.…
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As Trump heads into the 2024 campaign, you might wonder who is behind it, who benefits from destroying our republic. Here is the story. The religious nationalists see him as a fierce leader. They believe God sends such kings to The post What’s Behind Trumpism: The Open Attack on Democracy appeared first on Keeping Democracy Alive.…
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Episode Description: Are you ready to unleash your Inner Badass? In this episode, we meet Jen Rhodes, co-founder and creator of the Phenix Method, and the 5-Day Badass Body Love Challenge; which helps individuals create bulletproof confidence through a combination of mindset practices, fitness, and nutrition. We discuss how Jen left her corporate j…
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Clive Anderson and Emma Freud present Loose Ends from Latitude Festival in Suffolk. They'll talk to the actor-turned-musician Damian Lewis who will discuss his latest album Mission Creep and why he's chosen to go back to his musical roots when he could have rested on his Hollywood laurels as the star of Homeland and Billions. The UK's favourite cho…
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Unions have achieved some historic victories recently. But though many workers are curious, there’s still reluctance to joining a union. As co-author of a new report called “Union Curious,” UC San Diego’s political economy professor John Ahlquist explains on this The post Union Curious in the Mid-2020s appeared first on Keeping Democracy Alive.…
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Clive will talk monkeys, masks and improvisation with comic Nina Conti who is honing a brand new show Whose Face is it Anyway? and about to release her directing debut a feature film called Sunlight; Chef Tom Kerridge's been on a culinary tour of the UK for a new cookbook and TV show and has plenty to say about our food, farming and how to pronounc…
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In 21st Century Western Culture, there’s a variety of impressions average white people get when you say the word Muslim. Most of them wrong. On this edition of Keeping Democracy Alive, Toronto author Saqib Qureshi brings some needed clarity to The post The Challenges of Being Muslim Today appeared first on Keeping Democracy Alive.…
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The actor, producer and now memoirist Griffin Dunne on growing up in Hollywood in a family of literary stars including his aunt Joan Didion, on his own screen success opposite Madonna in Who's That Girl and in After Hours and the real-life tragedy that changed his life forever. Soft Cell front man Marc Almond on his early days as a subversive perfo…
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Today’s guest is Dr. Rachelle Winkle-Wagner, author of the new book The Chosen We. She’s a professor of Educational Leadership and Policy a U.Wisconsin-Madison. Over a period of ten years she interviewed 105 Black women from five selected cities about The post How Liberation is Only Found In Community appeared first on Keeping Democracy Alive.…
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Many still think “We don’t have to deal with it now,” but a new report from the Union of Concern Scientists is titled “Looming Deadlines for Coastal Resilience” for a reason. As co-author Dr. Rachel Cleetus explains on this show, The post In Our Climate Threat, There Are Opportunities appeared first on Keeping Democracy Alive.…
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Stuart is joined in the Salford Loose Ends studio by the Welsh Sprinter Iwan Thomas, who held the UK 400m record for 25 years. His new memoir 'Brutal', tells his story - one of speed, the drive to succeed and an extremely high tolerance for pain. . Comedian Chloe Petts is gearing up for the Edinburgh Fringe, and in perhaps the ultimate highbrow/low…
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