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New Books Network

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Interviews with Scientists about their New Books Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/science

Marshall Poe

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Interviews with Geographers about their New Books Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/geography

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New Books in Critical Theory

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Interviews with Scholars of Critical Theory about their New Books Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/critical-theory

Randall Carlson

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All the Randall you can handle

Columbia Science and Technology Law Review

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The official podcast of the Columbia Science and Technology Law Review

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New Books in Sex, Sexuality, and Sex Work

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Interviews with researchers on sex-related issues.

Columbia Technology Ventures

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Columbia Technology Ventures is the tech transfer office of Columbia University. Our core objective is to facilitate the transfer of inventions from academic research to outside organizations for the benefit of society on a local, national and global basis. Each year, CTV manages more than 330 invention disclosures from faculty, 70 license deals and 15 new start-ups, involving approximately 45 multi-disciplinary, full-time staff across Columbia's two campuses. CTV currently has over 1200 pat ...

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Columbia University Bio Bytes

Columbia Sys Bio Initiative

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Welcome to Bio Bytes! Tune in for interviews with prominent scientists working at the intersection of Biology, Engineering, Medicine, Computer Science, and Mathematics. Check out our sister podcast "BioWorks" (https://anchor.fm/bioworks) for great discussions on life science-related business, investing, and policy. To support our podcast: https://securepay.cuit.columbia.edu/payment/pub/sponsor-sbi/https://securepay.cuit.columbia.edu/payment/pub/sponsor-sbi/ Please email sophiadeng0321@icloud ...

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This Week in Parasitism

Vincent Racaniello

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TWiP is a monthly netcast about eukaryotic parasites. Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier, science Professors from Columbia University, deconstruct parasites, how they cause illness, and how you can prevent infections.

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New Books in Environmental Studies

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Interviews with Environmental Scientists about their New Books Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/environmental-studies

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New Books in Science, Technology, and Society

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New Books in Politics and Polemics

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Interviews with Authors of Politics and Polemics about their New Books Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/politics-and-polemics

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The Bukwas Crew

Gerry Matthews

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The Bukwas Crew are a Sasquatch podcast group who share opinions and interviews with those who have something to share with the Sasquatch Community. They are made up of four individuals. Research/Investigator: Gerry Matthews/ Researcher: Thomas Steenburg, Research and Investigator: Leon Thompson and their 'in house 'skeptic, Bill Reid! Please join us!

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This Is Rocket Science

Justin J. Chang, Sanya Gupta, Tina Liu

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Run by the Columbia Space Initiative and hosted by Justin J. Chang, Sanya Gupta, and Tina Liu "This is Rocket Science" explores all things space-related. New episodes released every other week on Monday! Previously hosted by David Tibbits and Henry Manelski, we continue the show for its fourth season. We hope you enjoy it.

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New Books in Women's History

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Discussions with scholars of women's history about their new books

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The Transect

Kody, Sean, and Ian

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Three archaeologists talk shop, host guests, get serious, get silly, and record it all!

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From Here Forward

alumni UBC

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From Here Forward shares stories and ideas about amazing things UBC and its alumni are doing around the world. It covers people and places, truths, science, art, and accomplishments with the view that sharing better inspires better. Join hosts Carol Eugene Park and Jeevan Sangha, both UBC grads, in exploring solutions for the negative stuff out there — focussing on the good for a change, from here forward.

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New Books in Gender

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Interviews with Scholars of Gender about their New Books Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/gender-studies

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Cool Worlds Podcast

coolworldslab

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Conversations between Professor David Kipping and guests, spanning astronomy, technology, science and engineering. This is the official podcast of the Cool Worlds Lab at Columbia University and their popular YouTube channel ”Cool Worlds”. Podcast episodes are filmed and can be found online through our YouTube channels.

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The Mixtape with Scott

scott cunningham

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The Mixtape with Scott is a podcast in which economist and professor, Scott Cunningham, interviews economists, scientists and authors about their lives and careers, as well as the some of their work. He tries to travel back in time with his guests to listen and hear their stories before then talking with them about topics they care about now. causalinf.substack.com

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Off the Page: A Columbia University Press Podcast

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Interviews with Columbia University Press authors.

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Best Science Medicine Podcast - BS without the BS

James McCormack

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The Best Science (BS) Medicine Podcast is a weekly presentation where practitioners can get evidence-based drug therapy content that is practical, entertaining and promotes healthy scepticism. In essence, we are the Medication Mythbusters. We present information that is useful and relevant to physicians, pharmacists, nurses, physician assistants and other health professionals, and that can easily be incorporated into day-to-day practice. The podcast is presented by Dr. James McCormack, Profe ...

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New Books in Communications

Marshall Poe

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Interviews with Scholars of Media and Communications about their New Books Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/communications

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Call Me Back - with Dan Senor

Unlocked FM

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Political and geopolitical analysis from the world's top experts, hosted by Dan Senor.

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New Books in Disability Studies

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Interviews with scholars of disability about their new books

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The Straight Shot

Don Willimont/Steve Hamilton

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A podcast covering hunting, fishing, conservation and firearms related issues. Focused on British Columbia, we look at current issue's, trends, and subject matter that inform, impact or, enhance our outdoor traditions.

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Rookie Hunter

Eighty Five Audio

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Stories of hunting, fishing, hiking and backpacking in British Columbia from the perspective of new hunters. Follow Mike and Kelly's adventures in the backcountry and hear stories from special guests that include other rookie hunters, experienced outdoorsmen and experts in the field

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The Hunter Conservationist Podcast

Blood Origins Canada Foundation

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The Hunter Conservationist Podcast brings you nuanced content about conservation, science and responsible hunting in Canada, so you can stay topped up on issues concerning your outdoor, hunting and fishing lifestyle, stay current on the latest in wildlife conservation, science and responsible hunting and be entertained by conversations with intellectual thinkers.

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Pop and Play

Teachers College

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A podcast from Teachers College, Columbia University about play and pop culture. Professors Haeny Yoon and Nathan Holbert take play seriously. They talk with educators, parents and kids about how they play in their work and their lives, and why play matters. The views expressed in this podcast are solely those of the speaker to whom they are attributed. They do not necessarily reflect the views of the faculty, administration, staff or Trustees either of Teachers College or of Columbia Univer ...

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Scientific Sense ®

Gill Eapen

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Scientific Sense ® is a daily podcast focused on Science and Economics. Unscripted conversations with leading academics on a daily basis on emerging ideas. The host is Gill Eapen. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scientificsense/support

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Pursuing the Public Good

Teachers College, Columbia University

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Focusing on work in higher education that aims to improve our world, Pursuing the Public Good is a new podcast from Teachers College, Columbia University. Teachers College President Thomas Bailey interviews scholars about how they are collaborating across disciplines and institutions to address crucial issues like teacher education, mental health and wellness, digital innovation, and sustainability.

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Perspectives: A Journal of Political Economy and Social Democracy

Broadbent Institute

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Perspectives is a journal for political economy and social democracy by the Broadbent Institute. Our publication brings boldly left-wing ideas and inquiry into public debates and policy fora for building a Canada that is just and equitable, based on the Broadbent Principles for Canadian Social Democracy. We present commentary, long-form analysis, interviews, and other content to help inform strategists, organizers, academics, and policymakers of the theory, practice, and tactics that can be ...

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The Future of Healthcare: Live With Intent

Thomas Reichart, Justin Tomlinson

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For the past two decades, Thomas Reichart and Justin Tomlinson, authors of Live With Intent, have been consulting leaders in the global healthcare industry. The hosts continue to inspire and advise thought leaders and experts to think beyond their roles, functions, and companies to actively shape the future of patient-driven medicine. Subscribe and become part of creating the future of healthcare.

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Primary Care in a Pandemic

UBC Medicine Learning Network

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Primary Care in a Pandemic looks at the changes in primary care in British Columbia during the COVID-19 pandemic. We talk about ways primary care clinics adapted during the crisis. Each episode tackles a different topic from how to stay connected as a team to how to approach advanced care planning with patients. We try to keep things real and practical so you can apply these ideas in your practices. Produced by the University of British Columbia's Primary Care Innovation Support Unit in the ...

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New Books in Korean Studies

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Gary and Shannon

KFI AM 640 (KFI-AM)

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Gary Hoffmann and Shannon Farren. Covering what you need to know (and even some stuff you didn't) weekdays 9am-1pm

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The Center for Buddhist Studies Weblog

Christopher Kelley

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This is the weblog for the Center for Buddhist Studies at Columbia University.

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The Podcast @ DC

The Lab @ DC

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The Podcast @ DC puts cutting-edge research in conversation with the bureaucratic realities of government. We get in the weeds on how to put science into action. Topics are as diverse as the challenges our city government tackles. The show is hosted by The Lab @ DC in the Office of the City Administrator for the District of Columbia.

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Science and Religion

David Roemer

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I graduated from Fordham College in 1964 with a B.S. in physics and from New York University in 1971 with a Ph. D. in physics. I became a science teacher for the New York City Department of Education in 1984, after working in sales and marketing for manufacturers of radiation therapy equipment. Since 1998, I have been working as a copyeditor and writer of science textbooks and ancillaries. I am a member of the Christian Speaker Network and am on the speaker list of The Shroud of Turin Website.

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New Books in Journalism

Marshall Poe

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Interview with Scholars of Journalism about their New Books Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/journalism

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New Books in Chinese Studies

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Interviews with Scholars of China about their New Books Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/chinese-studies

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New Books in Law

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Leigh Gilmore, "The #MeToo Effect: What Happens When We Believe Women" (Columbia UP, 2023) 52:09

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The #MeToo movement inspired millions to testify to the widespread experience of sexual violence. More broadly, it shifted the deeply ingrained response to women’s accounts of sexual violence from doubting all of them to believing some of them. What changed? In The #MeToo Effect: What Happens When We Believe Women (Columbia UP, 2023), Leigh Gilmore…

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Sara B. Franklin, "The Editor: How Publishing Legend Judith Jones Shaped Culture in America" (Atria, 2024) 26:03

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The woman behind some of the most important authors of the 20th century—including Julia Child, Anne Frank, Edna Lewis, John Updike, and Sylvia Plath—finally gets her due in this colorful biography of legendary editor Judith Jones. When Judith Jones began working at Doubleday’s Paris office in 1949, the twenty-five-year-old spent most of her time wa…

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Michael Gilson, "Behind the Privet Hedge: Richard Sudell, the Suburban Garden and the Beautification of Britain" (Reaktion Books, 2024) 53:15

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Britain is a nation of gardeners; the suburban garden, with its roses and privet hedges, is widely admired and copied across the world. But it is little understood how millions across the nation developed an obsession with their colourful plots of land. Behind the Privet Hedge: Richard Sudell, the Suburban Garden and the Beautification of Britain (…

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The Contagion of Covid Policy: Dr. Jay Bhattacharya on Freedom of Speech 55:23

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After a storied career as a health policy expert, Stanford Medicine's Dr. Jay Bhattacharya's work became a political focal point during the COVID-19 pandemic, when he advocated against widespread lockdowns. He co-authored the Great Barrington Declaration, an open letter signed by infectious disease epidemiologists and public health scientists which…

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Fauzia Husain, "The Stigma Matrix: Gender, Globalization, and the Agency of Pakistan's Frontline Women" (Stanford UP, 2024) 53:22

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As developing states adopt neoliberal policies, more and more working-class women find themselves pulled into the public sphere. They are pressed into wage work by a privatizing and unstable job market. Likewise, they are pulled into public roles by gender mainstreaming policies that developing states must sign on to in order to receive transnation…

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Céline Bessière and Sibylle Gollac, "The Gender of Capital: How Families Perpetuate Wealth Inequality" (Harvard UP, 2023) 1:03:52

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In many countries, property law grants equal rights to men and women. Why, then, do women still accumulate less wealth than men? Combining quantitative, ethnographic, and archival research, The Gender of Capital: How Families Perpetuate Wealth Inequality (Harvard UP, 2023) explains how and why, in every class of society, women are economically disa…

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Céline Bessière and Sibylle Gollac, "The Gender of Capital: How Families Perpetuate Wealth Inequality" (Harvard UP, 2023) 1:03:52

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John J. Berger, "Solving the Climate Crisis: Frontline Reports from the Race to Save the Earth" (Seven Stories Press, 2023) 47:47

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Solving the Climate Crisis: Frontline Reports from the Race to Save the Earth (Seven Stories Press, 2023) is a hopeful and critical resource that makes a convincing and detailed case that there is a path forward to save our environment. Illustrating the power of committed individuals and the necessity for collaborative government and private-sector…

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Céline Bessière and Sibylle Gollac, "The Gender of Capital: How Families Perpetuate Wealth Inequality" (Harvard UP, 2023) 1:03:52

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The Contagion of Covid Policy: Dr. Jay Bhattacharya on Freedom of Speech 55:23

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John J. Berger, "Solving the Climate Crisis: Frontline Reports from the Race to Save the Earth" (Seven Stories Press, 2023) 47:47

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The Contagion of Covid Policy: Dr. Jay Bhattacharya on Freedom of Speech 55:23

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(05/02) GAS Hour 1 – UCLA encampment taken down, 130 students arrested. 22:52

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Pro-Palestinian encampment in UCLA was torn down last night. Gary and Shannon are joined by Blake Troli and Kris Adler with updates on the 130 students arrested, and the after math to the climatic night. Comedian Tom Papa joins the show to talk about headlining "NetFlix is a Joke Comedy Festival" in celebration of May which is Comedy month.…

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(05/02) GAS Hour 2 – Kris Adler with UCLA Protest/Cleanup Updates 18:45

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Kris Adler updates Gary and Shannon on the debris left at the UCLA campus. California superintendent fired for allegedly threatening students who didn't clap for her daughter. Panic room outfitter finding bumps in business after new wave of violent crimes in New York. Man says his emotional support alligator, known for its big social media audience…

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(05/02) GAS Hour 3 – #SwampWatch & Michael Monks Updates us on UCLA encampment situation 25:23

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Michael Monks gives Gary and Shannon his firsthand accounts of the UCLA encampment yesterday, as tensions led up to the nights tear down. Marc Saltzman joins the show for Tech Talk with some fan mail that will leave you chuckling.By KFI AM 640 (KFI-AM)

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(05/02) GAS Hour 4 - #WhatsHappening & #Strange Science 19:47

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Gary and Shannon tell us What’s Happening. Britney Spears breaking news after a fight with her boyfriend at a hotel, Paramedic called to tend to a wound. StrangeScience: Link between anger and heart attack found by researches from Columbia, Yale and more. Tornados in Oklahoma, one was considered anti cyclonic tornado. Spinning backwards. Orangutan …

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Katie Gee Salisbury, "Not Your China Doll: The Wild and Shimmering Life of Anna May Wong" (Dutton, 2024) 46:21

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In 2022, the U.S. Mint released the first batch of its American Women Quarters series, celebrating the achievements of U.S. women throughout its history. The first set of five included Maya Angelou, Sally Ride…and Anna May Wong, the first Asian-American to ever appear on U.S. currency. Katie Gee Salisbury takes on Anna May Wong’s life in her book N…

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Jen Stout, "Night Train to Odesa: Covering the Human Cost of Russia's War" (Polygon, 2024) 45:06

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As a teenager in Shetland, Jen Stout fell in love with Russia and, later, Ukraine – their languages, cultures, and histories. Although life kept getting in the way, she eventually managed to pause her BBC career and take up a nine-month scholarship to live and work in Russia. Unfortunately, this dream only came true in November 2021, as Russian tro…

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Nancy M. Martin, "Mirabai: The Making of a Saint" (Oxford UP, 2023) 47:17

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Mirabai, an iconic sixteenth-century Indian poet-saint, is renowned for her unwavering love of God, her disregard for social hierarchies and gendered notions of honor and shame, and her challenge to familial, feudal, and religious authorities. Defying attempts to constrain and even kill her, she could not be silenced. Though verifiable facts regard…

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Shu Yang, "Untamed Shrews: Negotiating New Womanhood in Modern China" (Cornell UP, 2023) 1:06:50

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If you are familiar with traditional Chinese literature, you have likely come across the figure of the “shrew,” a morally threatening woman who is either transgressive and polluting, promiscuous, or violent (or perhaps a combination of all three). Scholars of literature typically write about how this archetype faded out after 1911, while the figure…

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Nadine A. Sinno, "A War of Colors: Graffiti and Street Art in Postwar Beirut" (U Texas Press, 2024) 35:45

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Over the last two decades in Beirut, graffiti makers have engaged in a fierce “war of colors,” seeking to disrupt and transform the city’s physical and social spaces. In A War of Colors: Graffiti and Street Art in Postwar Beirut (University of Texas Press, 2024), Dr. Nadine Sinno examines how graffiti and street art have been used in postwar Beirut…

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Crystal Wilkinson, "Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts: Stories and Recipes from Five Generations of Black Country Cooks" (Clarkson Potter, 2023) 47:34

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Years ago, when O. Henry Prize-winning writer Crystal Wilkinson was baking a jam cake, she felt her late grandmother’s presence. She soon realized that she was not the only cook in her kitchen; there were her ancestors, too, stirring, measuring, and braising alongside her. These are her kitchen ghosts, five generations of Black women who settled in…

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Harry Pettit, "The Labor of Hope:: Meritocracy and Precarity in Egypt" (Stanford UP, 2023) 56:20

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Capitalism is not only an economic system but also a system of production and allocation of hope. In Egypt, a generation of young men desire fulfilling employment, meaningful relationships, and secure family life, yet find few paths to achieve this. In The Labor of Hope:: Meritocracy and Precarity in Egypt (Stanford UP, 2023), Harry Pettit follows …

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Shu Yang, "Untamed Shrews: Negotiating New Womanhood in Modern China" (Cornell UP, 2023) 1:06:50

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Shu Yang, "Untamed Shrews: Negotiating New Womanhood in Modern China" (Cornell UP, 2023) 1:06:50

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Israel's Sophie's Choice - with Haviv Rettig Gur 1:07:16

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There are two major decisions Israel is contending with right now: I) proceed with the military operation in Rafah; or II) pause the fighting, perhaps for an extended period of time, in service of a hostage deal. Of course a hostage deal would also most likely include the release of a large number of Palestinian prisoners from Israeli prisons. Thes…

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(05/01) GAS Hour 1 – UCLA Campus Update with Blake Troli 21:49

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Violent Class between Campus Protesters and Counter Protesters lead to a bloody exchange. Blake Troli is live on the UCLA campus reporting on the events as they unfold. Two suspected teen squatters are now charged with murder in the death of 52-year-old mother, who was killed in March when she went to check up on her luxury apartment. School bans p…

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(05/01) GAS Hour 2 – Professional protest consultant at Columbia University 22:51

23h ago22:51

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A professional "protest consultant" who was seen on other social media videos instructing a mob of anti-Israel agitators as they took over Hamilton Hall at Columbia University overnight Monday. California Forever takes next step in its quest to build new city in rural Solano County. Thousands of bees delay Dodgers-Diamondbacks game, beekeeper comes…

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(05/01) GAS Hour 3 - #SwampWatch & UCLA Update with Kris Adler 24:32

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Guest: Chris Cadelago, California Bureau Chief talks to Gary and Shannon about RFK and Biden on the Ballot. Kris Adler Joins Gary and Shannon with live updates from the UCLA campus. List or urgent needs found for the students participating in the encampment. Head lamps, Face goggles, Rain Panchos are some of the requests on the list.…

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(05/01) GAS Hour 4 – #What’sHappening & #WatchaWatchinWednesday 22:35

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DA will retry Harvey Weinstein after appeals court overturns NY rape conviction. Workers and activists around the world marked May Day with largely peaceful protests Wednesday over rising prices and calls for greater labor rights. Kris Adler Joins Gary and Shannon with live updates from the UCLA campus. WatchaWatchinWednesday: Hacks returning for s…

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Episode 118 - Past Their Prime - Myth or Reality? with Dr. Marco Festa-Bianchet 1:11:12

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In this episode, Dr. Marco Festa-Bianchet joins us as we explore the commonly held belief that taking the oldest aged males from a population has the least impact. Some of the questions covered in this episode include - Do old animals stop breeding? Are old females dry and have old males passed on their genes, and are not needed anymore? How old do…

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Hanne Elliot Fønss Nielsen, "Brand Antarctica: How Global Consumer Culture Shapes Our Perceptions of the Ice Continent" (U Nebraska Press, 2023) 1:04:27

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Antarctica is, and has always been, very much “for sale.” Whales, seals, and ice have all been marketed as valuable commodities, but so have the stories of explorers. The modern media industry developed in parallel with land-based Antarctic exploration, and early expedition leaders needed publicity to generate support for their endeavours. Their le…

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Justin O’Connor, "Culture is Not an Industry: Reclaiming Art and Culture for the Common" (Manchester UP, 2024) 59:46

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According to Dr. Justin O’Connor, culture is at the heart of what it means to be human. But twenty-five years ago, the British government rebranded art and culture as 'creative industries', valued for their economic contribution, and set out to launch the UK as the creative workshop of a globalised world. Where does that leave art and culture now? …

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Nietzsche Now! with Glenn Wallis 1:15:26

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What would Nietzsche say… about today’s divisive issues and debates? I spoke with Glenn Wallis, author of the new book, Nietzsche Now!, on how the Great Immoralist guides us in understanding democracy, identity, civilization, consciousness, religion, and other urgent topics of our time. Wallis identifies six guiding principles in Nietzsche’s work t…

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Justin O’Connor, "Culture is Not an Industry: Reclaiming Art and Culture for the Common" (Manchester UP, 2024) 59:46

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J. P. Messina, "Private Censorship" (Oxford UP, 2024) 1:09:36

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When we think of censorship, our minds might turn to state agencies exercising power to silence dissent. However, contemporary concerns about censorship arise in contexts where non-state actors suppress expression and communication. There are subtle and not-so-subtle forms of interference that come from social groups, employers, media corporations,…

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Jennifer M. Black, "Branding Trust: Advertising and Trademarks in Nineteenth-Century America" (U Pennsylvania Press, 2023) 56:46

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In the early nineteenth century, the American commercial marketplace was a chaotic, unregulated environment in which knock-offs and outright frauds thrived. Appearances could be deceiving, and entrepreneurs often relied on their personal reputations to close deals and make sales. Rapid industrialization and expanding trade routes opened new markets…