Best Early San Francisco History Podcasts (2024)

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SYMHC Classics: Beekeeping 36:10

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This 2020 episode covers the path of beekeeping from its global origins thousands of years ago to modern square hives and beekeepers in white suits and big veiled hats. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By iHeartPodcasts

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West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Blue Moon Spirits Fridays 12 July 24 1:03:51

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Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Blue Moon Spirits Fridays, is now available on the Spreaker Player! Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the shooting incident outside Justice Sotomayor’s home by her security detail, is a reminder of Trump’s general threats against America and Americans. The…

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Behind the Scenes Minis: Categories, Museums and Cherries 19:56

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Tracy talks about how and why the Unearthed episodes are structured into categories. There's also discussion of how to manage a visit to the Louvre, and the use of the George Washington cherries. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By iHeartPodcasts

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West Coast Cookbook and Speakeasy Metro Shrimp & Grits Thursdays 11 July 24 1:04:06

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Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Metro Shrimp & Grits Thursdays is now available on the Spreaker Player! Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Clarence Thomas was caught trying to protect himself from investigation. Then, on the rest of the menu, the Massachusetts House unanimously approve…

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West Coast Cookbook and Speakeasy Smothered Benedict Wednesdays 10 July 24 1:03:24

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Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Smothered Benedict Wednesdays, is now available on the Spreaker Player! Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, if Ted Lieu raised the issue of Donald Trump’s awful past at a press conference, would it make a sound? Then, on the rest of the menu, Montana Repu…

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Unearthed! July 2024, Part 2 41:18

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The conclusion of the July 2024 edition of things unearthed literally or figuratively covers animals, shipwrecks, and medicine. But it starts with the assorted things that don't fit in a category, which are grouped as potpourri. Research: Binswanger, Julia. “Groundbreaking Research Shows Ancient Egyptians Were Conducting Cancer Surgery Over 4,000 Y…

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West Coast Cookbook and Speakeasy Tarrytown Chowder Tuesdays 09 July 24 1:04:29

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Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Tarrytown Chowder Tuesdays is now available on the Spreaker Player! Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump’s unwritten deal with the media was exposed by the “hyenas” of the White House press corps yesterday. Then, on the rest of the menu, billionaire LinkedIn…

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West Coast Cookbook and Speakeasy River City Hash Mondays 08 July 24 1:04:22

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Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, River City Hash Mondays is now available on the Spreaker Player! Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump's prosecutions can still move forward despite the Supreme Court's immunity ruling. Then, on the rest of the menu, Texas is still investigating migrant aid g…

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Unearthed! July 2024, Part 1 41:12

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It's time for another edition of Unearthed! Part one of this edition covers updates, art, books and letters, and edibles and potables. Research: Binswanger, Julia. “Groundbreaking Research Shows Ancient Egyptians Were Conducting Cancer Surgery Over 4,000 Years Ago.” Smithsonian. 5/29/2024. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/groundbreaking-re…

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SYMHC Classics: Battle of Ambos Nogales 30:35

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This 2018 episode covers a 1918 conflict between two cities, both named Nogales, one on each side of the U.S.-Mexico border. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By iHeartPodcasts

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West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Blue Moon Spirits Fridays 05 July 24 1:03:54

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Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Blue Moon Spirits Fridays, is now available on the Spreaker Player !Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the threat by the president of the Heritage Foundation that there will be blood, is only part of Project 2025. Then, on the rest of the menu, a cybersecur…

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Behind the Scenes Minis: Road Trips and Bicycles 24:38

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Holly and Tracy talk about the various roadside stops that people can find in various places. They also examine the arduous nature of long bicycle and hiking trips. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By iHeartPodcasts

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West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Metro Shrimp & Grits Thursdays Independence Day Edition 04 July 24 1:03:06

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Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Metro Shrimp & Grits Thursdays Independence Day Special, is now available on the Spreaker Player! Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, new audio recordings of Trump were just leaked from a pissed off reporter who was writing a book on him. Then, on the res…

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West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Smothered Benedict Wednesdays 03 July 24 1:03:42

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Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Smothered Benedict Wednesdays, is now available on the Spreaker Player! Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, former Federal Prosecutor, Shan Wu, reported on what it was like inside the Supreme Court during the reading of Trump's immunity decision. Then, on …

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The 25th Infantry Regiment Iron Riders 46:34

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The 25th Infantry Regiment Bicycle Corps, also known as the Iron Riders, was part of the segregated U.S. Army units that came to be known as the Buffalo Soldiers. Research: Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "Brownsville Affair". Encyclopedia Britannica, 20 Aug. 2020, https://www.britannica.com/event/Brownsville-Affair. Missouri State Parks.…

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West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Tarrytown Chowder Tuesdays 02 July 24 1:04:13

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Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Tarrytown Chowder Tuesdays is now available on the Spreaker Player! Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump has become totally unhinged after the immunity ruling. Then, on the rest of the menu, the US Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit ordered more than a doz…

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West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy River City Hash Mondays 01 July 24 1:03:22

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Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, River City Hash Mondays is now available on the Spreaker Player! Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Jack Smith slipped a ‘poison pill’ in the brief Cannon demanded he file. Then, on the rest of the menu, nine Oregon Senate Republicans are seeking to tie rising e…

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Historical Roads and Highways 38:53

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This episode covers three examples of historically important roads. One is quite ancient, one is an important part of the development of the U.S., and the third is a more modern road that’s been lauded for its design. Research: “The Ancient Ridgeway.” Friends of the Ridgeway. https://ridgewayfriends.org.uk/the-trail/the-ancient-ridgeway/· Atkins, H…

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SYMHC Classics: Henry Gerber 25:16

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This 2015 episode on Henry Gerber covers his founding of the Society for Human Rights in Chicago in the 1920s with the intent to decriminalize homosexuality. Gerber was inspired by Germany's homosexual emancipation movement. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By iHeartPodcasts

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West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Blue Moon Spirits Fridays 28 June 24 1:03:32

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Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Blue Moon Spirits Fridays, is now available on the Spreaker Player! Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Dr Jill was at the debate while Melania watched the Uruguay/Bolivia Copa soccer match with her 24-hour bodyguard at her Manhattan penthouse. Then, on the …

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166 – Highest Level of Devotion | Swami Tattwamayananda 1:20:10

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18th Chapter: verse 45, 54, 55. 12th chapter: verse 8, 9, 10, 11. 13th chapter: verse 10 45th verse: “By engaging in one’s own swadharma, man attains perfection and the highest inner fulfillment.” If we dedicate our resources to our appointed duty, and if we do it with a sense of sanctity and sacredness, and with total unselfishness, then that atti…

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Behind the Scenes Minis: The Statue Started It 19:15

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Tracy discusses a surprising Google Street View discovery she made while working on the Francisco de Miranda episodes. Holly shares her thoughts about Miranda as a person. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By iHeartPodcasts

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West Coast Cookbook and Speakeasy Metro Shrimp & Grits Thursdays 27 June 24 1:04:10

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Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Metro Shrimp & Grits Thursdays, is now available on the Spreaker Player! Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the immunity challenge has been hogging the news at SCOTUS, but the Fischer case has been flying under the radar and it could make insurrections g…

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West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Smothered Benedict Wednesdays 26 June 24 1:02:32

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Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Smothered Benedict Wednesdays, is now available on the Spreaker Player! Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Aileen Cannon is defying legal norms by giving Trump a forum to attempt to throw out his indefinitely-delayed classified documents case. Then, on t…

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S4 Ep1 The Spaniards Are in the Brush Prelude to the Battle of Santa Clara 51:46

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Today’s episode is about the changing landscape of Yerba Buena from July 1846 - 1847, just after the US takeover and the early broken promises to Californios. In the middle of all the changes, Yerba Buena's first American appointed Alcalde, Washing Allon Bartlett, goes missing, and it has everything to do with ... cows. Were the Spaniards really hi…

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Francisco de Miranda, Part 2 45:04

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Part two of our episode on Francisco de Miranda covers his travels after he left North America following the American Revolution, and explores his involvement with the French revolution before he focused on independence for Latin American colonies. Research: "Francisco de Miranda." Historic World Leaders, edited by Anne Commire, Gale, 1994. Gale In…

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West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Tarrytown Chowder Tuesdays 25 June 24 1:03:08

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Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Tarrytown Chowder Tuesdays is now available on the Spreaker Player! Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Cannon made a major mistake inquiring how the DoJ is funding the case, and it may cost her. Then, on the rest of the menu, the state infant mortality rate rose…

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West Coast Cookbook and Speakeasy River City Hash Mondays 24 June 24fa 1:03:12

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Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, River City Hash Mondays is now available on the Spreaker Player! Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Judge Cannon's extraordinary pretrial backlog is 'like LaGuardia on a holiday.’ Then, on the rest of the menu, the FBI has offered a reward for information about …

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Francisco de Miranda, Part 1 31:14

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Francisco de Miranda participated in the struggle for independence in the United States, the French revolution and the emancipation of Latin America. Part one covers his early life and his connection to the American Revolution. Research: "Francisco de Miranda." Historic World Leaders, edited by Anne Commire, Gale, 1994. Gale In Context: U.S. Histor…

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SYMHC Classics: Tupac Amaru Rebellion 24:36

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This 2016 episode covers the Tupac Amaru rebellion, a conflict between Spain and its colonies in South America which took place from 1780 to 1783. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By iHeartPodcasts

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165 – Intellect With Spiritual Wisdom | Swami Tattwamayananda 1:06:48

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Title: Intellect With Spiritual Wisdom 18th Chapter: verse 45, 47, 51, 52, 53 45th verse: “By engaging in one’s own swadharma, man attains perfection and the highest inner fulfillment.” Swadharma, is work that naturally comes to us “unasked” due to our samskaras and natural traits. It is work that we are supposed to do, that we are qualified to do …

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Behind the Scenes Minis: Leviathan and Athenian 21:26

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Tracy and Holly talk about hard-to-spell words and good intentions without knowledge to go with them. Then Holly discusses some of Solon's laws before things derail into popcorn talk. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By iHeartPodcasts

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Solon of Athens 38:58

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Solon is one of the seven sages of Athens, and he's credited with laying the groundwork for Athenian democracy. But most of what we know about him comes biographies written centuries after he lived. Research: Aristotle, tr. Sir Frederic G. Kenyon. “The Athenian Constitution.” https://classics.mit.edu/Aristotle/athenian_const.1.1.html Britannica, Th…

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Missouri Leviathan 39:20

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The Missouri Leviathan was an enormous skeleton made of fossilized bones that were excavated and assembled by Albert C. Koch. Was it a hoax, or just bad science? Research: Lotzof, Kerry. “Missouri Leviathan: the making of an American mastodon.” Natural History Museum (London). https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/the-making-of-an-american-mastodon.html W…

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SYMHC Classic: The Bone Wars 42:27

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This 2012 episode from previous hosts Sarah and Deblina explores the rivalry between paleontologists Edward Drinker Cope and Othniel Charles Marsh. The two started out as friends, but their friendship soon soured. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By iHeartPodcasts

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West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Blue Moon Spirits Fridays 14 June 24 1:03:40

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Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Blue Moon Spirits Fridays, is now available on the Spreaker Player! Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, striking back at Trump, Fulton County DA Fani Willis filed a Motion to Dismiss his appeal to remove her as prosecutor, that could lead to the case being s…

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164 – Following Our Swadharma | Swami Tattwamayananda 1:09:20

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18th Chapter: verse 45, 46, 47, 48, 49 45th verse: “By engaging in one’s own swadharma, man attains perfection and the highest inner fulfillment.” Swadharma, is work that naturally comes to us “unasked”, by virtue of our samskaras and natural traits. We feel such work is our calling/duty. When we do our Swadharma, we find contentment and a sense of…

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Behind the Scenes Minis: Medical Scans and Nobel Prizes 19:07

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Holly and Tracy share experiences with MRIs and hospital stays, and also talk about the various disagreements and biases in play in the medical community when giving attribution for the invention of the MRI. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By iHeartPodcasts

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West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Mertro Shrimp & Grits Thursdays 13 June 24 1:03:53

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Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Metro Shrimp & Grits Thursdays, is now available on the Spreaker Player! Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Jared Kushner’s dark past resurfaces and MAGA is working hard to cover it up, again. Then, on the rest of the menu, the leaders of Oregon’s two Pl…

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West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Smothered Benedict Wednesdays 12 June 24fa 1:03:39

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Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Smothered Benedict Wednesdays, is now available on the Spreaker Player! Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Cannon’s latest efforts to aid Trump and avoid any Mar a Lago espionage act trial this year accidentally exposed her own errors. Then, on the rest …

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Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Part 2 33:57

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Once Dr. Ray Damadian had the idea to create a machine that used nuclear magnetic resonance to capture diagnostic data by scanning a human body, he still had to build it. And though he did, other scientists got credit for inventing the MRI. Research: Bashir U, Rock P, Murphy A, et al. T2 relaxation. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org. https://doi.o…

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West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Tarrytown Chowder Tuesdays 11 June 24 1:03:59

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Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Tarrytown Chowder Tuesdays is now available on the Spreaker Player! Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the decision by the right wing Georgia appellate court to stop the continued prosecution of Trump until they issue their appellate ruling raises serious questi…

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West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy River City Hash Mondays 10 June 24 1:04:26

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Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, River City Hash Mondays is now available on the Spreaker Player! Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump allies, Kenneth Chesebro, James Troupis and Michael Roman, were charged with felony forgery in the Wisconsin 2020 fake electors scheme. Then, on the rest of…

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Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Part 1 39:41

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Who invented the MRI? Well, that's actually tricky to say, and it is a topic that still opens debate. In this first part, we'll talk about the various developments in physics that led to the idea of an MRI machine even existing. Research: Bashir U, Rock P, Murphy A, et al. T2 relaxation. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org. https://doi.org/10.53347/…

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SYMHC Classics: Radioiodine Therapy 24:42

1M ago24:42

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This 2019 episode examines thyroid disease through history, and the physics lecture heard by Saul Hertz in the 1930s that changed the treatment of hyperthyroidism forever. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By iHeartPodcasts

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163 – Division of Duties Based on Gunas | Swami Tattwamayananda 1:21:26

1M ago1:21:26

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18th Chapter: verse 40, 41, 42, 43, 44 40th verse: “Everyone in this world is dictated by these three gunas.” Lord Krishna divides human traits in three areas – sattvic, rajasik and tamasik. A sattvic person is calm and serene even in difficult situations. A rajasik person is swayed by his circumstances. A tamasik person is lazy, confused and delud…

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West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Blue Moon Spirits Fridays 07 June 24 1:04:11

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Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Blue Moon Spirits Fridays, is now available on the Spreaker Player! Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump’s train wreck of a speech in 118 degree heat in Arizona sent over fifty people to the hospital. Then, on the rest of the menu, the only Black head t…

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Behind the Scenes Minis: Salty Popcorn 18:46

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Holly and Tracy discuss ways that they like to make popcorn, and historical recipes that used popcorn. They also talk about the incorrect assumption that iodized salt is the cause of an overall rise in blood pressure statistics. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By iHeartPodcasts

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West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Mertro Shrimp & Grits Thursdays 06 June 24 1:03:58

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Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Metro Shrimp & Grits Thursdays, is now available on the Spreaker Player! Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Aileen Cannon issued a new tactic to delay Trump’s espionage trial. Then, on the rest of the menu, a state ethics panel ruled an Oregon lawmaker w…

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The Battlefield(s) of Medina? 13:41

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We found another site. But so did someone else. And there's a rumored fourth site out there as well now? What in the name of Miguel Menchaca's ghost is going on? www.BrandonSeale.comBy Brandon Seale

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