Best Dream Elite Radio Podcasts (2024)

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7. French Fries or Bust 28:36

4d ago28:36

28:36

When bodybuilder William Dillon moved to LA, he dreamed of getting rich quick by selling the promise of big muscles in a bottle. But in the spring of 1987, that dream has come crashing down around him. With the authorities closing in on the steroid dealing ring, and fearing for his life, it’s time for Dillon and the steroid dealing ring to face the…

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6. One Last Hit 28:26

11d ago28:26

28:26

In the summer of 1986, bodybuilder William Dillon moves to San Diego to leave his steroid dealing days behind him, and live a quiet life of working out and running a gym. Or at least - that’s the plan. When Dillon’s old life comes calling, with the promise of easy money, it’s hard to resist. Dillon returns to the steroid dealing ring he set up with…

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5. The A Team 29:01

18d ago29:01

29:01

Nobody gets arrested for dealing anabolic steroids. That’s the assumption bodybuilder Dan Duchaine, William Dillon and their fellow ring-members are relying upon, as they build the biggest steroid trafficking operation in America. But that’s all about to change. As President Ronald Reagan’s War on Drugs rages in the mid 1980s, the ring find themsel…

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4. Perfect Square Pecs 28:39

25d ago28:39

28:39

In the lobby of Caesar’s Palace Hotel in Las Vegas there’s a modern-day shrine to a 2000 year old adonis - complete with perfectly square pecs. Michelangelo’s David. 17 feet of white marble beefcake. This is an ideal that bodybuilders can only aspire to. And in the 80s bodybuilding scene, a particular image of perfection emerges and begins to trans…

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3. Get Ripped. Quick 29:31

1M ago29:31

29:31

Prior to the 1983 Pan American Games in Caracas Venezuela, the issue of sports doping was largely flying under the American public’s radar. But when 19 athletes are found positive for using banned substances at the games, steroids are thrust into focus. And a stigma starts to grow. At the same time, authorities are cracking down on the manufacture …

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2. The Guru 28:55

1M ago28:55

28:55

Historian, podcaster and fitness expert Natalia Mehlman Petrzela lifts the lid on the steroid underground - a world of risk-taking and experimentation that lies beneath the glamorous surface of life in the 1980s LA gym scene. It’s all about making it big, at any cost. This is the scene that young bodybuilder William Dillon is initiated into, now th…

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1. All That Glitters 29:50

2M ago29:50

29:50

Meet William Dillon. A young amateur bodybuilder from small-town Illinois, who dreams of getting ripped. It’s the early 1980s and across the USA a fitness revolution is underway. Exercise has become a national pastime and Arnold Schwarzenegger is taking the jacked-up physique mainstream. Dillon is one of many young men with a new kind of American d…

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Introducing Extreme - Muscle Men 3:10

2M ago3:10

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Muscle Men is season one of Extreme, the BBC podcast that knows no limits. Each action-packed season tells the story of people who’ve pushed themselves to the very edge of what’s physically or mentally possible – and in doing so, have changed the world... Under the hot California sun, amateur bodybuilders and a former Olympic medallist build the bi…

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8. I Sung of Chaos 32:18

6M ago32:18

32:18

On 30th September 2022 a coroner in London finds that Molly Russell "...died from an act of self-harm while suffering from depression and the negative effects of online content." The finding is a global first. Social media is ruled to have contributed to the death of a child. In San Francisco, around the same time, a strange story is unfolding insi…

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7. Rest of World 30:48

6M ago30:48

30:48

Jamie Bartlett travels to Minnesota to meet Abrham Meareg Amare. The young academic is seeking asylum in the States following the murder of his father in Ethiopia in 2021. In December 2022, Abrham became the lead complainant in a $2 billion lawsuit against Meta. Abrham believes that company is partly responsible for the death of his dad - a renowne…

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6. Arbiters of Truth 31:03

6M ago31:03

31:03

In 2018, the CEOs of our most popular social media companies are standing at a crossroad. After political outcry over Russian interference in the 2016 election and fallout from the Cambridge Analytica scandal, tech leaders have a decision to make. They need to come up with ways of making their platforms safer. One route is a radical overhaul of the…

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5. The Vortex 29:11

6M ago29:11

29:11

One of the strange things about our new media universe, is how innocuous decisions taken in Silicon Valley - turning a dial, or adding a few lines of code to increase engagement - can change your life. In 2016, Instagram introduced a new way of looking at content: the non-chronological feed. Now, instead of seeing what your friends were posting in …

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4. Flood the Zone 31:26

7M ago31:26

31:26

2016 is a big election year. But something is going very wrong online. Journalists in America and the Philippines start to notice something strange going on online. In Manila, Maria Ressa - the editor of online news site, Rappler - discovers a sock puppet network of social media accounts, all pushing for the election of a strong leader. Someone lik…

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3. Are You Not Engaged? 28:57

7M ago28:57

28:57

The tech pioneers were right: all this connectivity and sharing is creating a new age of freedom and democracy. A global consciousness. Arab Spring, Barack Obama – both fuelled by social media - make the possibilities feel limitless. But, just as the dream to connect everyone is being realised - at the height of technological optimism - everything …

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2. Blitzscaling 29:03

7M ago29:03

29:03

From the rubble of the dot com crash, an ambitious young Harvard student with a passion for hacking and love of Roman emperors, sets up an exciting new website. Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook is an instant hit on college campuses. Soon it attracts the attention of Silicon Valley’s most successful - but controversial - venture capitalist, Peter Thiel. T…

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1. We Are as Gods 29:23

7M ago29:23

29:23

For years something strange has been happening online, but most of us have no idea what’s really going on. Ethnic conflict in Myanmar. A chemistry professor is killed in Ethiopia. A teenager dies in her bedroom in London. A mob storms the Capitol in Washington DC. And that’s the moment that catches Jamie Bartlett’s eye. A few days after the riot, o…

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Introducing The Gatekeepers 3:07

8M ago3:07

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It all started with a crazy idea to realise a hippie dream of building a “global consciousness”. The plan was to build a connected world, where everyone could access everyone and everything all the time; to overthrow the old gatekeepers and set information free. But social media didn’t turn out that way. Instead of setting information free – a new …

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It's party time! 28:26

8M ago28:26

28:26

In this topsy turvy episode, guest host Tracy Wood interviews Joni B. Cole about her new essay collection, Party Like It's 2044. For more info about Joni and her books: www.jonibcole.comBy Joni B. Cole

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Radio personality turned author Mike Morin on being the guy on both sides of the mic 27:22

10M ago27:22

27:22

Mike talks about how his books "found" him, what authors need to do to drum up publicity, and the importance of making fun (of yourself). https://www.mikemorinmedia.com/By Joni B. Cole

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Episode 2: Ultimate Reality 1:10:58

1y ago1:10:58

1:10:58

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Host Joni B. Cole Talks Toxic Feedback (the book) 29:00

1y ago29:00

29:00

In this topsy turvy episode, host Joni B. Cole finds herself on the other side of the interview, as her friend and fellow writer Drew Rockwell asks her about her acclaimed book for writers, Toxic Feedback: Helping Writers Survive and Thrive. www.jonibcole.comBy Joni B. Cole

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Episode 1: The Break Up 1:07:42

1y ago1:07:42

1:07:42

Vol.1 of the Break Up mixed LIVE! by dj chopps. Starting a new monthly release with this new series...

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Mega bestselling author Lauren Kate on believing in love above all. 20:16

2y ago20:16

20:16

Lauren talks about writing her first rom-com, authors who aren't who they say they are, and what happens when writers hit that 80 percent mark when drafting their manuscripts. http://laurenkatebooks.net/By Joni B. Cole

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Poet and teacher Camille Guthrie pays us in Diamonds 26:37

2+ y ago26:37

26:37

Camille talks about her hilarious and heartbreaking poems from a woman in midlife on the edge. A ribald collection that is “all too relatable and unputdownable.” camilleguthrie.meBy Joni B. Cole

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Robert Kerbeck on Ruse: Lying the American Dream from Hollywood to Wall Street 24:22

2+ y ago24:22

24:22

From promising actor to corporate con man/spy, Kerbeck's story is a fascinating "you can't make this stuff up" tale of two lives.By Joni B. Cole

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Eliza Jane Brazier on Good Rich People 21:01

2+ y ago21:01

21:01

Eliza talks about her "Most Anticipated" new novel and the haves and have nots who people it. Follow her on Twitter @EJaneBrazierBy Joni B. Cole

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Toufah Jallow: The Woman Who Inspired an African #MeToo Movement 22:45

2+ y ago22:45

22:45

Toufah shares the inspiring story of how she found the courage to publicly accuse the former president of her country of rape, and how she established the Toufah Foundation to support other victims of sexual assault. https://twitter.com/HomeofsurvivorsBy Joni B. Cole

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Elite firefighter turned poet Kevin Goodan on his latest collection, Spot Weather Forecast 21:22

2+ y ago21:22

21:22

Kevin talks about his sixth acclaimed book of poetry, inspired by his days as an elite firefighter for the National Forest Service. He also explains why he shies away from the "P" word. https://kevingoodan.com/By Joni B. Cole

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Leslie Lehr on A Boob's Life 23:22

2+ y ago23:22

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Leslie discusses America's (and her own) obsession with this much-nicknamed body part. Plus, she shares what it's like to have her personal boob story serve as fodder for a potential HBO comedy series. www.leslielehr.comBy Joni B. Cole

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Wanda Morris shares All Her Little Secrets 25:47

3y ago25:47

25:47

Wanda (a 2021 "Writer to Watch," according to Publisher's Weekly) discusses her much-touted debut thriller, plus she shares her journey from the "black hole" of querying agents to having her novel go to auction. https://wandamorriswrites.com/By Joni B. Cole

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Amy Butler Greenfield on one of the world's most remarkable (and least known) code breakers 22:01

3y ago22:01

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Amy cracks the story of brilliant code breaker Elizebeth Smith Friedman, and talks about the life event that changed the course of her writing. https://www.amybutlergreenfield.com/

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Teri Rizvi on essays and Erma Bombeck 21:18

3y ago21:18

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Teri discusses her new essay collection One Heart with Courage, plus her role as the director of the world's best (and friendliest) humor-writing conference. To purchase a copy of Teri's book (all proceeds go to the Erma Bombeck Writers Workshop Endowment Fund), visit: https://store.braughlerbooks.com/…

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Jasmin Darznik on The Bohemians 21:56

3y ago21:56

21:56

Jasmin talks about how the legendary photographer Dorothea Lange inspired her acclaimed new novel, and her own " unconventional" path to becoming a writer.By Joni B. Cole

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Tim Horvath on unruly fictions 21:35

3y ago21:35

21:35

Short story author (and NPR fav!) Tim Horvath talks about imaginative possibilities, his collaboration with a cellist, and the perks of being obsessive.By Joni B. Cole

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Veterans Writing Award winner Dewaine Farria on war and prose 19:45

3y ago19:45

19:45

Dewaine talks about writing as a bridge from Mogadishu to Montpelier, and why he thinks Tobias Wolfe loves his novel. https://www.dewainefarria.com/By Joni B. Cole

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Pulitzer-Prize winning historian Joe Ellis dishes on America's Founding Fathers 22:29

3y ago22:29

22:29

With thirteen books to his credit, Joe explains why the founding era is "the big bang in the American political universe." https://josephellishistorian.com/By Joni B. Cole

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An Na on having her debut novel (almost) win the National Book Award 20:05

3y ago20:05

20:05

Na talks about writing for young adults, non-traditional story structures, and a welcome diversity of voices in the world of publishing.By Joni B. Cole

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Danusha Laméris on the path of poetry 19:26

3y ago19:26

19:26

Danusha talks about her journey from loss to "the luckiest girl in the world."By Joni B. Cole

3y ago16:38

16:38

Melanie talks life and literature, from the remotest regions of Africa to the raw, rural landscape of northern Vermont. https://www.melaniefinn.com/By Joni B. Cole

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