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Bite-sized financial and retirement planning guidance from David Dickens in Kansas City. Dave Dickens is the President of KC Financial Advisors and is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA). He has more than 35 years of experience in the investment business.
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"David Copperfield" or "The Personal History, Adventures, Experience and Observation of David Copperfield the Younger of Blunderstone Rookery" was first published in 1850. Like all except five of his works, it originally appeared in serial form. Many elements within the novel follow events in Dickens' own life, and it is probably the most autobiographical of all of his novels. It is also Dickens' "favorite child." (Summary adapted from Wikipedia)
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Professing Literature

David Anderson and Eric Williams

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Why do great novels, poems and plays move us and excite us? How can they change the way we look at ourselves and the world? What do these authors have to teach us? Why do they matter? There are no better answers to these questions than those provided by the authors themselves. We want to let them speak. Professing Literature is not a broad summary of major works. Instead, it will zero in on one or two key passages, looking at them closely in order to figure out what is at stake. The goal wil ...
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Hey! read this.

Becca Howell and Victoria Aslanides

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Enthusiastic conversations about books with friends! Hosts Becca and Victoria ask their very cool guests to recommend any book or written work that they want to talk about, we then read and talk about it. Pretty simple right?
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Welcome to Brand Aid, where we talk branding with some of the biggest names in business. Griffin Johnson is not only one of the most influential creators in the world, he's also an entrepreneur, an investor and on his way to becoming the biggest host in the social media world. Tom Ward writes for Forbes about social media influencers and also host a YouTube channel, The Tom Ward Show, where he interviews the biggest influencers in the world. Together they break down what makes a brand succee ...
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Ian's Gone Postal

Feral Penguin Productions

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Having gained a fairly useless philosophy degree, Ian takes a job delivering the mail in a disaster of an ex-mining town. Vital life lessons are learned by our sort of hero as he struggles to fit in with the oddball locals and desperately tries to figure out where it all went wrong.
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"History Rage" is a weekly podcast that invites renowned historians to passionately debunk the most pervasive myths and misconceptions about major historical events and figures. Each episode features a historian "raging" about a historical "fact" they wish everyone would just stop believing. From the Victorian era's obsession with sex to the strategies behind Blitzkrieg in World War II, the podcast delves into the real stories behind the legends. With a focus on topics all history from Roman ...
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From the opening passage itself of Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, the reader is drawn into the world of the hero, Pip, who is at that time, seven years old. The author creates an unforgettable atmosphere: the gloom of the graveyard, the melancholy of the orphan boy, the mists rising over the marshes and the terrifying appearance of an escaped convict in chains. Told in first person (one of the only two books that Dickens used this form for, the other being David Copperfield) Great Ex ...
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When it comes to your investments, there are a lot of avenues you can take. How can you know you’re taking the best one for you? David answers three questions from listeners who are asking about accounting for taxes in retirement, putting money in a 401(k) or elsewhere, and managing an inherited IRA. Here’s some of what we discuss in this episode: …
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Embark on a historical odyssey with us as we unravel the tangled web of patron saints and national identities in the latest episode of History Rage. Our returning rager, Frances Young, a scholar of religious history and folklore, sheds light on the misconceptions surrounding patron saints, particularly those tethered to nations. Join us as we disse…
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'History Rage' invites you back to the tumultuous landscape of World War II with Dr. Waitman Beorn, as he vents his frustration over the egregious comparisons between Hamas and the Nazis, and the shocking survival of Holocaust denial. Explore the broader scope of the Nazi genocidal project, the heart-wrenching tales of resistance, and the vexing qu…
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B+V celebrate Christmas in July by discussing the most well known Christmas ghost story, A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. It's both funnier and spookier than anticipated! Listen in and cool off with a little unseasonable Christmas cheer. Early in the episode we mention the book Sitting Pretty: The View from My Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body …
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Strap in for a tempest of truth as History Rage returns with Series 13, unleashing a torrent of untold tales and myth-busting fervor that will challenge what you thought you knew about history. Our cadre of impassioned historians bring their expertise to the fore, tackling misconceptions and falsehoods that have long skewed our understanding of the…
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