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Learn More: https://explore.hireez.com/podcast-contact-sales Join the Community: https://explore.hireez.com/ora-community-waitlist/ Join the Academy: https://bit.ly/3RTCHYw Welcome to the SpeakEZ Podcast, presented by hireEZ – your ultimate destination for illuminating conversations with industry leaders, practitioners, and recruiting thought leaders. Join us on this engaging journey as we delve into the minds of experts who have left an indelible mark in their respective fields, generously ...
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I’m your host Dodge and I chat to proper characters who have all lived Eventful Lives, from SAS to Gangsters, Billionaires to Sport Stars, Entrepreneurs to Comedians and everything in between. Our podcast is listened to in 187 countries, is in the top 0.5% of podcasts globally and has had over 100 Million views across our socials. Episodes every Wednesday Cheers Dodge 👍🏼👍🏼 YouTube: Dodge Woodall TikTok: @DodgeWoodall Website: DodgeWoodall.com Instagram: @Dodge.Woodall LinkedIn: Dodge Woodall ...
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Collecting Australian filmmaking stories. Discover more at www.cinemaaustralia.com.au.
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Welcome to Conversations Of The Heart with T. Till. In this podcast, T. Till engages in candid conversations with guests who share their personal journeys through grief, mental health struggles, and the healing process. Listeners are invited into a safe space where raw emotions, conversations are acknowledged and embraced, fostering a sense of connection and community. Through various subject matter this podcast breaks down stigmas surrounding mental health, encouraging open dialogue and emp ...
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More Best Ball Mania Drafts w/ Daniel Racz and Chess Liam
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Late Round Scrounging w/ Davis Mattek, Sackreligious, Kyle Dvorchak, and Daniel Racz
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Pat, Davis, Sackreligious, Kyle, and Daniel dive into the late rounds of drafts, including the Bears, Chargers, and Chiefs backfields, the Packers TE split, and whether Brenden Rice is a nepo baby or a man of the people. FOLLOW: ► Kyle Dvorchak ➝ https://twitter.com/KyleTweetsHere ► Davis ➝ https://twitter.com/DavisMattek ► Sack ➝ https://www.legen…
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Jevon Holland on the Dolphins Offense, Defense’s Outlook, Ed Reed Talks Stopping Mahomes/Kelce, and Lamar
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Kay Adams hosted the latest episode of 'Up & Adams' on FanDuel TV and YouTube live! In today’s episode, Kay previews the Baltimore Ravens versing the Kansas City Chiefs on Thursday Night, the Houston Texans facing the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday, and reveals her sixth prediction for the 2024 season. Next, Miami Dolphins safety Jevon Holland talks …
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Susan Bernofsky - PAUL CELAN AND THE TRANS-TIBETAN ANGEL by Yoko Tawada
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https://susanbernofsky.com/ Get the book from https://www.ndbooks.com/book/paul-celan-and-the-trans-tibetan-angel/ in the US https://www.dialoguebooks.co.uk/titles/yoko-tawada/spontaneous-acts/9780349704234/ in the UK Gateway books / Authors Robert Walser Shirley Hazzard Angela Carter Barbra Comyns Nabokov Handke Kobo Abe Current reads/Looking forw…
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Redefining Career Paths in Talent Acquisition with Jody Simon
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Book a free demo: https://explore.hireez.com/podcast-co... In this episode, Jody Simon, a seasoned TA professional with leadership roles at Zoom and Okta, shares her journey from global leadership to an individual contributor at a startup. We discuss the non-linear paths in recruiting, the importance of relationships and research, and the differenc…
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Break Up the Two-Party System: Lee Drutman
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We discuss how two parties alone cannot represent the diversity of views in American society, how fusion voting could solve for better representation, and who exactly should get engaged in our civic lives. His civic action toolkit recommendations are: 1. Support political parties and reforms that create more choices. 2. Be a good neighbor and parti…
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Dan Stone, "Fate Unknown: Tracing the Missing after World War II and the Holocaust" (Oxford UP, 2023)
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In Fate Unknown: Tracing the Missing after World War II and the Holocaust (Oxford University Press, 2023), Dan Stone tells the story of the last great unknown archive of Nazism, the International Tracing Service. Set up by the Allies at the end of World War II, the ITS has worked until today to find missing persons and to aid survivors with restitu…
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Duncan Simpson, "I am pleased to inform the director: letters from Portuguese people to PIDE (1958-1968)" (Silveira, BookBuilders, 2022)
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Today I talked to Duncan Simpson about his book Tenho o prazer de informar o senhor director: cartas de portugueses à PIDE (1958-1968) ("I am pleased to inform the director: letters from Portuguese people to PIDE (1958-1968)") Were the Portuguese mere victims of the PIDE and the oppressive policies it imposed or, in reality, as under any authoritar…
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Dan Stone, "Fate Unknown: Tracing the Missing after World War II and the Holocaust" (Oxford UP, 2023)
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In Fate Unknown: Tracing the Missing after World War II and the Holocaust (Oxford University Press, 2023), Dan Stone tells the story of the last great unknown archive of Nazism, the International Tracing Service. Set up by the Allies at the end of World War II, the ITS has worked until today to find missing persons and to aid survivors with restitu…
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Ep. 372 - Brandon Aiyuk, Andrei Iosivias, NFL Training, Chase Brown & The Air Raid w/ Coach Drew Lieberman From The Sideline Hustle
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Draft for $1,500,000 on UnderDog Fantasy & Get A $250 Deposit Bonus With A FREE Pick 'Em Bonus Entry: https://play.underdogfantasy.com/p-davis-mattek Get $40 Off A 6-Month RotoGrinders Sub HERE: https://rotogrinders.com/premium/nfl?promo=davis Davis Mattek is joined by Coach Drew Lieberman. Drew is a private WR coach who has worked with Mohammed Sa…
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Rob Gronkowski on Ravens/Chiefs, Dak’s Future, 2024 NFL Predictions, Justin Jefferson Talks Ja’Marr Chase, and Sam Darnold
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Kay Adams hosted the latest episode of 'Up & Adams' on FanDuel TV and YouTube live! In today’s episode, Kay previews the Green Bay Packers and Philadelphia Eagles’ Week 1 matchup in Brazil. Then, Super Bowl Champion tight end Rob Gronkowski discusses the Baltimore Ravens versus Kansas City Chiefs to kickoff the season, Dallas Cowboys quarterback Da…
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Living Out Christ's Mindset: Expounding Philippians 2 and Life in Ethiopia with Andreas Bruun
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In this compelling episode, Daniel Mikkelsen interviews Andreas Bruun, a Lecturer at Mekane Yesus Seminary in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Andreas shares his experiences and insights on teaching Greek in a culturally diverse environment and the profound impact of understanding the Bible in its original language. Andreas discusses the challenges of making…
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Daniel Laqua, "Activism Across Borders Since 1870: Causes, Campaigns and Conflicts in and Beyond Europe" (Bloomsbury, 2022)
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From the Occupy protests to climate change school strikes and the Black Lives Matter movement, the 21st century has been rife with activism. Although very different from one another, each of these movements have created alliances across borders and show that these issues are not confined to individual nation states. In this book, Daniel Laqua shows…
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John P. Davis, "Russia in the Time of Cholera" (Bloomsbury Academic, 2018)
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The idea of “backwardness” often plagues historical writing on Russia. In Russia in the Time of Cholera: Disease under Romanovs and Soviets (Bloomsbury Academic, 2018), Dr. John P. Davis counteracts this “backwardness” paradigm, arguing that from the early 19th to the early 20th centuries, Russian medical researchers—along with their counterparts i…
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E. J. Fagan, "The Thinkers: The Rise of Partisan Think Tanks and the Polarization of American Politics" (Oxford UP, 2024)
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Political Scientist E.J. Fagan, an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Illinois at Chicago, once worked at a think tank, and has long been interested in the intersecting work of think tanks and politics. Thus, The Thinkers: The Rise of Partisan Think Tanks and the Polarization of American Politics (Oxford UP, 2024) is an o…
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Julia Kindt, "The Trojan Horse and Other Stories: Ten Ancient Creatures That Make Us Human" (Cambridge UP, 2024)
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What makes us human? What, if anything, sets us apart from all other creatures? Ever since Charles Darwin's theory of evolution, the answer to these questions has pointed to our own intrinsic animal nature. Yet the idea that, in one way or another, our humanity is entangled with the non-human has a much longer and more venerable history. In the Wes…
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Faizah Zakaria, "The Camphor Tree and the Elephant: Religion and Ecological Change in Maritime Southeast Asia" (U Washington Press, 2023)
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Recurring tropes about fragmented communities living on frontier forestlands living in Southeast Asia are that they are either guardians of flora and fauna their destroyers. In much analysis gravitating to one or other position in this dichotomy the role of organised religion is absent. But as Faizah Zakaria shows in The Camphor Tree and the Elepha…
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John P. Davis, "Russia in the Time of Cholera" (Bloomsbury Academic, 2018)
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The idea of “backwardness” often plagues historical writing on Russia. In Russia in the Time of Cholera: Disease under Romanovs and Soviets (Bloomsbury Academic, 2018), Dr. John P. Davis counteracts this “backwardness” paradigm, arguing that from the early 19th to the early 20th centuries, Russian medical researchers—along with their counterparts i…
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Daniel Laqua, "Activism Across Borders Since 1870: Causes, Campaigns and Conflicts in and Beyond Europe" (Bloomsbury, 2022)
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From the Occupy protests to climate change school strikes and the Black Lives Matter movement, the 21st century has been rife with activism. Although very different from one another, each of these movements have created alliances across borders and show that these issues are not confined to individual nation states. In this book, Daniel Laqua shows…
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#251. Blown Up by 40kg Bomb, Lost Both Legs & Ran 6 Marathons in Sahara Desert - Duncan Slater
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Duncan Slater is a British Veteran & Hero. after serving 10 Years in the RAF, a roadside bomb tragically ended his career and saw both his legs amputated. Duncan tells his incredible story of grit, determination and endurance. He is also the first double amputee to complete 6 marathons in 6 days across the Sahara Desert. This is the Eventful Life o…
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Austin Ekeler on New-Look Commanders, Jayden Daniels, Commanders vs. Chargers, Jermaine Eluemunor Talks Maxx Crosby, and Brian Burns
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Kay Adams hosted the latest episode of 'Up & Adams' on FanDuel TV and YouTube live! In today’s episode, Kay reacts to the San Francisco 49ers finalizing a deal with left tackle Trent Williams, rookie wide receiver Ricky Pearsall being released from the hospital after being shot over the weekend, and Chicago Bears rookie quarterback Caleb Williams b…
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Jonathan Butler, "Join the Conspiracy: How a Brooklyn Eccentric Got Lost on the Right, Infiltrated the Left and Brought Down the Biggest Bombing Network in New York" (Fordham UP, 2024)
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In the shadow of recent turmoil, Join the Conspiracy: How a Brooklyn Eccentric Got Lost on the Right, Infiltrated the Left and Brought Down the Biggest Bombing Network in New York (Fordham University Press, 2024) transports readers to a pivotal moment of division and dissent in American history: the late 1960s. Against the backdrop of the Vietnam W…
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Aaron M. Hyman, "Rubens in Repeat: The Logic of the Copy in Colonial Latin America" (Getty, 2021)
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Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640) never crossed the Atlantic himself, but his impact in colonial Latin America was profound. Prints made after the Flemish artist’s designs were routinely sent from Europe to the Spanish Americas, where artists used them to make all manner of objects. Rubens in Repeat: The Logic of the Copy in Colonial Latin America (Get…
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Kostas Kampourakis, "Darwin Mythology: Debunking Myths, Correcting Falsehoods" (Cambridge UP, 2024)
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Many historical figures have their lives and works shrouded in myth, both in life and long after their deaths. Charles Darwin (1809–82) is no exception to this phenomenon and his hero-worship has become an accepted narrative. Darwin Mythology: Debunking Myths, Correcting Falsehoods (Cambridge UP, 2024) unpacks this narrative to rehumanize Darwin's s…
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David Lay Williams, "The Greatest of All Plagues: How Economic Inequality Shaped Political Thought from Plato to Marx" (Princeton UP, 2024)
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Political Theorist David Lay Williams has a new book that traces the problem of economic inequality through the thought of many of the canonical thinkers in Western political theory. The Greatest of All Plagues: How Economic Inequality Shaped Political Thought from Plato to Marx (Princeton UP, 2024) explores the thought of Socrates and Plato, Jesus…
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Low Budget Live (ACTUALLY LIVE) Episode 285 NPFL BANS FFS with Brad Fuller
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On this episode of Low Budget Live ACTUALLY LIVE, Luke talks with NPFL President, Brad Fuller, regarding today's announcement on the League banning forward facing sonar for the 2025 season! This makes the NPFL the first fishing organization to make this move! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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Violet Moller, "The Map of Knowledge: A Thousand-Year History of How Classical Ideas Were Lost and Found" (Doubleday, 2019)
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Violet Moller has written a narrative history of the transmission of books from the ancient world to the modern. In The Map of Knowledge: A Thousand-Year History of How Classical Ideas Were Lost and Found (Doubleday, 2019), Moller traces the histories of migration of three ancient authors, Euclid, Ptolemy and Galen, from ancient Alexandria in 500 t…
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Elizabeth A. Williams, "Appetite and Its Discontents: Science, Medicine, and the Urge to Eat, 1750-1950" (U Chicago Press, 2020)
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Why do we eat? Is it instinct? Despite the necessity of food, anxieties about what and how to eat are widespread and persistent. In Appetite and Its Discontents: Science, Medicine, and the Urge to Eat, 1750-1950 (University of Chicago Press, 2020), Elizabeth A. Williams explores contemporary worries about eating through the lens of science and medi…
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John S. Garrison, "Red Hot + Blue" (Bloomsbury, 2024)
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John Garrison's Red Hot + Blue (33 1/3 Series) (Bloomsbury, 2024) is a meditation on music's capacity to find us, transform us, and help us make sense of our historical moment. In a narrative that blends memoir and history, Red Hot + Blue explores Garrison's coming out at the height of the AIDS crisis alongside the history of the music industry's r…
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Laura Salah Nasrallah, "Ancient Christians and the Power of Curses: Magic, Aesthetics, and Justice" (Cambridge UP, 2023)
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Ancient Christians and their non-Christian contemporaries lived in a world of 'magic.' Sometimes, they used curses as ritual objects to seek justice from gods and other beings; sometimes, they argued against them. Curses, and the writings of those who polemicized against curses, reveal the complexity of ancient Mediterranean religions, in which mat…
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Gill Bennett, “The Zinoviev Letter: The Conspiracy that Never Dies” (Oxford UP, 2018)
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The Zinoviev Affair is a story of one of the most long-lasting and enduring conspiracy theories in modern British politics, an intrigue that still resonates nearly one-hundred years after it was written. Almost certainly a forgery, the so-called Zinoviev Letter, had no original and has never been traced. Notwithstanding, the Letter still haunts Bri…
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