Best DeVon J Podcasts (2024)

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Episode #187: Destruction and Diplomacy with Dr. Gilbert Doctorow 30:15

2d ago30:15

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Today we talk to international affairs specialist Dr. Gilbert Doctorow to discuss recent battlefield events in the Ukraine-Russia war, the possibility of a diplomatic completion to the war, and delving into Russia-China and Russian-North Korean relations. Shownotes Gilbert Doctorow Gilbert Doctorow Substack Episode #162: US/NATO-Russia Conflict wit…

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How to Get Real Estate Deals From Blogging and Garage Sales w/ Mor Zucker 49:49

2d ago49:49

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Some of the best ways to generate leads is combining the local knowledge and connections of an agent with a digital component. All the information you have about your city can be turned into a lifestyle blog. The foot traffic generated by the garage sales that are always happening in our neighborhoods can be flipped into website traffic. A lot of a…

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Episode #186: Debates and Debacles with Dan Welch 1:04:25

8d ago1:04:25

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We chat with independent political analyst and friend of the show Dan Welch to have a free flowing conversation regarding the 2024 Presidential election and the recent Biden-Trump debate. Shownotes Dan Welch Interview with Press TV on Trump-Biden Debate June 28, 2024

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How to Get $35 Million From Organic YouTube Content w/ David Massey 40:08

8d ago40:08

40:08

If you want the ultimate moat around your business, there’s nothing better than a strategy that attracts clients who are already sold on working with you. YouTube is one of the best ways to achieve this. Instead of competing with other agents, you’ll have people clamoring to work with you because they already know, like and trust you. On top of tha…

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The Secret to a Successful Husband-Wife Real Estate Team w/ Devon Fox 59:21

16d ago59:21

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How do you run a successful real estate team with your spouse? It’s a question we get all the time. Whether you’re thinking of joining your partner in real estate or you’re starting from the ground up, working together comes with benefits (and challenges). Just because you’re married doesn’t mean you’ll make great business partners. People make thi…

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Open Houses: How to Succeed by Doing What Most Agents Won't 25:17

23d ago25:17

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If you’re struggling to get traction from open houses, you might think the strategy is dead. The truth is open houses still work, but 90% of agents don’t do the right things. Crafting a successful open house comes down to one mentality: building a collective experience around the home and making it connect to the guests. There are little touches yo…

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Six Weeks to Real Estate Success: How to Win the Google Review Game 12:10

1M ago12:10

12:10

Every real estate agent in America is competing with 1.6 million other active agents. That means the fight to get more deals is actually a fight for visibility in a crowded digital marketplace. The most effective tool for cutting through the noise is also the most overlooked by the industry - Google reviews. Whether it's purchasing a washing machin…

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Episode #185: On Stalin (Part 7: Holodomor) 1:29:04

1M ago1:29:04

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Today we discuss the Holodomor famine, what caused it, the response to it, and its relevance in contemporary politics. We also talk about the difference between socialism and fascism and how there has been a concerted effort to equate the two ideologies. Shownotes Further Reading Khrushchev's Secret Speech, 'On the Cult of Personality and Its Conse…

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Episode #184: 2024 Elections with Mark Provost 1:31:06

1M ago1:31:06

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Today we sit down with friend of the show, activist Mark Provost, to discuss the 2024 Presidential elections. In this episode we touch on a variety of topics: the Israel-Gaza war, the overall economy, housing, and voters who are not fond of Trump or Biden and how all of these flow into and can affect the upcoming election cycle. Shownotes The Color…

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How to Beat Zillow At Its Own Game w/Jeff Bernheisel 50:05

1M ago50:05

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When it comes to the digital marketing game, many agents think it’s pointless since we’re competing with juggernauts like Zillow. If there are platforms already dominating in lead gen, content creation and advertising, is there a way to build an online presence, get noticed and get more deals? Then of course, there’s all the changes AI is driving i…

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How to Stop Buying Leads and Start Building Relationships w/Michael J. Maher 56:52

2M ago56:52

56:52

The recent NAR settlement proposal and other industry developments prove one thing. Real estate agents have to become proactive about their business, instead of working in reactive mode. That means instead of relying on Zillow and paid leads, we have to shift to strategies that give us more control over how we provide value. Mastering our sphere, r…

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3 Real Estate Myths That Are Tanking Your Business w/Matt Johnson 31:41

2M ago31:41

31:41

For many agents, the process of building a successful business can be needlessly tiresome, confusing and even lonely. The tried-and-tested best practices that are constantly taught are outdated, unsustainable, and even unrealistic. What if we could pour the money we spend on these faulty methods into something much easier and something we can contr…

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Insights From the Bench with Judge Melissa Owens 1:14:45

3M ago1:14:45

1:14:45

By Justin Kallal

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Episode #183: Israel's War on Gaza, 2024 Elections with Margaret Kimberley 58:59

6M ago58:59

58:59

Today we talk to Margaret Kimberley, the Executive Editor and Senior Columnist of Black Agenda Report, discussing Israel's war on Gaza and the larger political situation surrounding it as well as delving into the 2024 elections with the seeming match-up between Trump and Biden and the issue with the push to take Trump off the election ballot. Shown…

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Episode 229: What are animal rights for? With Steve Cooke 32:13

7M ago32:13

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Dr Steve Cooke is an Associate Professor of Political Theory in the School of History, Politics, and International Relations at the University of Leicester. His work addresses animal rights, and how we (individually and collectively) should act given that our political communities are not friendly to animals. On this episode, we talk about Steve's …

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Episode 228: An animal rights archive with Kim Stallwood 30:16

8M ago30:16

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This episode features the independent activist and academic Kim Stallwood. After becoming involved in animal rights campaigning in the 1970s, Stallwood began archiving material relating to the movement. Much of this media is now available to researchers as part of the Kim Stallwood Archive at the British Library. In this episode, we discuss his arc…

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Episode 227: Killing animals in shelters with Angie Pepper 37:57

8M ago37:57

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Dr Angie Pepper in a Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Roehampton in the UK. She works in moral and political philosophy, and has published papers on, among other topics, animals’ right to privacy, animals’ political agency, and what we owe to animals in light of climate change. In this episode, we discuss the collection The Ethics of Ani…

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Episode 226: New omnivorism with Christopher Bobier 29:48

9M ago29:48

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On this episode of Knowing Animals, we are joined by Dr Christopher Bobier. Chris is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Saint Mary's University of Minnesota and the Associate Director of the Hendrickson Institute for Ethical Leadership. Among other things, his research concerns ethics, including lots of work on animal and food ethics. Today, w…

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Episode 225: Solitary confinement of humans and animals with Delcianna J. Winders 33:21

9M ago33:21

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This episode features Professor Delcianna J. Winders. Delci is an associate professor of law and the Director of the Animal Law and Policy Institute at Vermont Law & Graduate School in the United States. Her published work addresses the law around farmed animals, slaughterhouse workers, captive wild animals, animal advocacy, animal testing, and rel…

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Episode 224: Animals and Epistemic Injustice with Andrew Lopez 29:13

10M ago29:13

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This episode features Andrew Lopez. Andrew is a PhD candidate in philosophy at Queen’s University in Canada, where he works on critical animal studies, political philosophy, feminist philosophy, and the philosophy of biology. Regular listeners to Knowing Animals will have heard his name before – he was the co-author of the excellent ‘Gendering anim…

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Episode #182: Artificial Intelligence and the Class Struggle with Chris Fry 34:34

10M ago34:34

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Today we chat with author and activist Chris Fry to discuss the issue of artificial intelligence, how it is and can be utilized, the effect it would have on the working class, and what are some reasons to maintain hope. Shownotes Artificial Intelligence and the Class Struggle

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Episode 223: The Cheese Paradox with Devon Docherty 28:54

10M ago28:54

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Devon Docherty is a recent graduate of the master’s programme in Human-Animal Interactions at the University of Stirling in Scotland and a tutor in Stirling’s Division of Psychology. She is also a media assistant with the British animal activist organization Surge. In this episode, we talk about her paper ‘The cheese paradox: How do vegetarians jus…

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Episode #181: On Stalin (Part 6: The Great Purge) 59:32

10M ago59:32

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Today we do a deep dive into The Great Purge, really discussing the overall situation and getting into the specifics of who was involved, what they did, and the reasoning behind it. Shownotes Further Reading

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Insights From the Bench with Judge Richard Lavery 1:35:56

10M ago1:35:56

1:35:56

By Justin Kallal

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Episode 222: Celluloid specimens with Benjamín Schultz-Figueroa 31:45

11M ago31:45

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This episode features Dr Benjamín Schultz-Figueroa. Ben is an assistant professor in the Department of Film and Media Studies at Seattle University. He works in critical animal studies, the history of science, documentary studies, and science fiction studies. In this episode, we talk about his 2023 book The Celluloid Specimen: Moving Image Research…

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Episode 221: Praising (and blaming) animals with Rhys Borchert and Aliya Dewey 30:10

11M ago30:10

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This episode features not one but two guests. Rhys Borchert is a PhD candidate in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Arizona in the United States and Dr Aliya Dewey is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Philosophy and Artificial Intelligence Research Centre at the Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg in Germany. We…

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Episode 220: Categorizing (and Killing) Cats with Virginia Thomas 31:03

11M ago31:03

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The guest on this episode is Dr Virginia Thomas, a postdoctoral research fellow at the Centre for Rural Policy Research at the University of Exeter in the UK. She has a background in literature, science communication, and sociology, and was previously a veterinary nurse. We talk about her paper ‘Categorisation of cats: managing boundary felids in A…

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Episode 219: Gendering animals with Letitia Meynell 40:26

12M ago40:26

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This episode features Professor Letitia Meynell, of the Department of Philosophy and the Gender and Women’s Studies Program at Dalhousie University in Canada. Her work addresses the philosophy of science, epistemology, and feminist philosophy, which all feed into questions about our relationships with animals. Scholars of animal studies might know …

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Episode 218: Gendered reproductive violence with Stacy Banwell 25:15

1y ago25:15

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This episode features Dr Stacy Banwell. Stacy is an Associate Professor of Criminology in the School of Law at the University of Greenwich in London. Much of her research concerns gender and warfare. She’s the author of Gender and the Violence(s) of War and Armed Conflict, which was published open access by Emerald in 2020, and co-editor of The Eme…

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Episode 217: In Memoria Siobhan O'Sullivan 37:26

1y ago37:26

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This episode remembers the life and work of Siobhan O'Sullivan, who founded Knowing Animals in 2015, and died in 2023. The episode features a short introduction from Josh Milburn, and then an interview of Siobhan conducted by Clare McCausland. This interview addresses Siobhan's published research on being an animal studies scholar, coauthored with …

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Episode #180: The Privatization of Education with Dr. Shawgi Tell 40:57

1y ago40:57

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Today, we chat with Dr. Shawgi Tell, a professor of education at Nazareth University about his article entitled "Charter Schools and the Privatization (and Profitization) of Education." In the interview we discuss how charter schools differ from public schools, the strange ways in which they are funded, and how the strange space they occupy being p…

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Episode 216: Buddhist animal research ethics with Andrew Fenton 36:51

1y ago36:51

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On this episode, we speak to Dr Andrew Fenton, an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Dalhousie University in Canada. Among other topics, Andrew's work addresses animal ethics, the philosophy of animal behaviour, and the philosophy of animal cognition. We discuss his chapter ‘Re-Seeing Animal Research Ethics in Light of COVID-19’, which was publis…

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Episode 215: Reducetarianism with Brian Kateman 43:46

1y ago43:46

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On this episode of Knowing Animals, we speak to Brian Kateman. Brian teaches environmental science, sustainability, and environmental communication at Kean University in New Jersey and Fordham University in New York. However, he is probably best known for his activism and journalism. He is the founder of the Reducetarian Foundation, and the author …

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Episode 214: Animal Architecture with Paul Dobraszczyk 37:39

1y ago37:39

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This episode's guest is Dr Paul Dobraszczyk, a Manchester-based writer, photographer and artist who is also a Lecturer at the Bartlett School of Architecture at University College London. Paul writes about a range of topics in architecture, including architectural theory, architectural history, and the links between architecture and ecology. He’s a…

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