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The Naked Emperor
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The Naked Emperor

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Sam Bankman-Fried was at the top of the game. He was a billionaire by the time he turned 30, and the trusted face of crypto with his trading platform FTX. Its logo was on the Miami Heat’s arena and the uniforms of Major League Baseball umpires. Despite his dorm room lifestyle he charmed celebrities, politicians, and Silicon Valley. That is, until it all came crashing down. Today Sam faces charges that could send him to jail for the rest of his life. The Naked Emperor is a 4-part series about ...
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Everything Everywhere Daily
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Everything Everywhere Daily

Gary Arndt | Glassbox Media

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Learn something new every day! Everything Everywhere Daily is a daily podcast for Intellectually Curious People. Host Gary Arndt tells the stories of interesting people, places, and things from around the world and throughout history. Gary is an accomplished world traveler, travel photographer, and polymath. Topics covered include history, science, mathematics, anthropology, archeology, geography, and culture. Past history episodes have dealt with ancient Rome, Phoenicia, Persia, Greece, Chi ...
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T&J
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T&J

Christine Laskowski

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A limited podcast series devoted to sixth century Byzantium and the greatest recorded love story on earth – that between Empress Theodora and her husband, the Emperor Justinian.
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Real Dictators
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Real Dictators

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Real Dictators is the award-winning podcast that explores the hidden lives of history's tyrants. Hosted by Paul McGann, with contributions from eyewitnesses and expert historians. New episodes one week early for Noiser+ subscribers. You'll also get ad-free listening and exclusive content. To find out more about Noiser+, head to noiser.com/subscriptions. For advertising enquiries, email info@adelicious.fm
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The Valentyne Heresy: A Warhammer 40K RPG
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The Valentyne Heresy: A Warhammer 40K RPG

Dumb-Dumbs & Dice

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The Valentyne Heresy: A Warhammer 40K RPG is a Dumb-Dumbs & Dice live-play podcast where professional voice actors and improvisers journey into the grim darkness of the 41st millenium - playing the Genesys adaptation of Warhammer 40K's "Dark Heresy" TTRPG! Join Inquisitor Lucius Valentyne, and hive-bred siblings Lyric and Alto, as this unlikely trio try to save the Emperor from a cabal of mysterious enemies! This series features our Game Master Tom McGee (@mcgeetd), and regular players Ryan ...
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The Ancients
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The Ancients

History Hit

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A podcast for all ancient history fans! The Ancients is dedicated to discussing our distant past. Featuring interviews with historians and archaeologists, each episode covers a specific theme from antiquity. From Neolithic Britain to the Fall of Rome. Hosted by Tristan Hughes.
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LPN Deep Dives: A Court of Thorns and Roses
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LPN Deep Dives: A Court of Thorns and Roses

The Last Podcast Network

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Last Podcast Network presents LPN Deep Dives: Season 2 - A Court of Thorns and Roses LPN's Deep Dives makes it's much anticipated return with a brand new series! Join Natalie Jean (Some Place Under Neath) and Jackie Zebrowski (Page 7) as they titilate your earholes with their comprehensive "deep dive" style breakdowns of the popular adult fantasy novel series by Sarah J. Maas - A Court of Thorns and Roses. - Season 1 - Dune A 13-part journey down the sandy wormhole of Frank Herbert’s beloved ...
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Star Wars Loose Canon
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Star Wars Loose Canon

Nick Oswald, Chris Higgins, Patrick Ebersole , Alex Lowe

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Why aren’t droids allowed in Mos Eisley Cantina? How does hyperspace travel work? What’s so special about Endor? The Star Wars Loose Canon podcast answers these questions and many more. We’re just three dudes with a breadth of Star Wars knowledge and severe penchants for snark. Our job is to bring you this information (without dying first), making it both accessible for new fans and rich enough for fanboys to engage. Come for the bad puns, stay for the petulant Emperor impressions.
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Tides of History
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Tides of History

Wondery / Patrick Wyman

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Everywhere around us are echoes of the past. Those echoes define the boundaries of states and countries, how we pray and how we fight. They determine what money we spend and how we earn it at work, what language we speak and how we raise our children. From Wondery, host Patrick Wyman, PhD (“Fall Of Rome”) helps us understand our world and how it got to be the way it is. New episodes come out Thursdays for free, with 1-week early access for Wondery+ subscribers. Listen ad-free on Wondery+ or ...
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Legacy
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Legacy

Wondery

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From Wondery and Goalhanger Podcasts, Afua Hirsch and Peter Frankopan tell the wild stories of some of the most extraordinary men and women ever to have lived – and ask whether they have the rep they deserve. Should Nina Simone’s role in the civil rights movement be more celebrated than it is? When you find out what Picasso got up to in his studio, can you still admire his art? Was Napoleon a hero or a tyrant - or both? (And, while we’re at it, was he even short?) Legacy is the show that loo ...
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Dan Snow's History Hit
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Dan Snow's History Hit

History Hit

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History! The most exciting and important things that have ever happened on the planet. Powerful kings, warrior queens, nomads, empires and expeditions. Historian Dan Snow and his expert guests bring all these stories to life and more in a daily dose of history. Join Dan as he digs into the past to make sense of the headlines and get up close to the biggest discoveries being made around the world today, as they happen. If you want to get in touch with the podcast, you can email us at ds.hh@hi ...
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The Rest Is History
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The Rest Is History

Goalhanger Podcasts

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Historians Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook are interrogating the past, and attempting to de-tangle the present. They question the nature of Greatness, why the West no longer has civil wars and whether Richard Nixon was more like Caligula or Claudius. They're distilling the entirety of human history, or, as much as they can fit into about fifty minutes. Join The Rest Is History Club (www.restishistorypod.com) for ad-free listening to the full archive, weekly bonus episodes, live streamed sh ...
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Greaseman Bits from the 70's 80's and 90's
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Greaseman Bits from the 70's 80's and 90's

Carlos

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Pontifications from the Greaseman Have you wondered what it would be like to strap on a gun and pin on a badge? Believed you lived past lives as the West's first Yiddish lawman, or an emperor in the Holy Roman Empire? Did everyone know you as Sgt Fury? Go chase ugly women with your daddy? Take trips South of the Border or to West Virginia? If the answer to any of those is yes or now, then this podcast is for you. abridged rss feed: https://pods.jcas.com/greasepod.xml unabridged rss feed: htt ...
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Dark Currents: Book 2 in the Emperor's Edge Series
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Dark Currents: Book 2 in the Emperor's Edge Series

Lindsay Buroker

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It’s been three months since former enforcer Amaranthe Lokdon and the notorious assassin Sicarius thwarted kidnappers and saved the emperor’s life. The problem? Nobody knows they were responsible for this good deed. Worse, they’re being blamed for the entire scheme. With enforcers and bounty hunters stalking them, and the emperor nursing a personal hatred for Sicarius, it’s going to be hard to earn exoneration. When Amaranthe’s team discovers mutilated bodies in the city aqueducts and a myst ...
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Omnibus
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Omnibus

Ken Jennings and John Roderick

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Every week, Ken Jennings and John Roderick add a new entry to the OMNIBUS, an encyclopedic reference work of strange-but-true stories that they are compiling as a time capsule for future generations.
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Sleepy
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Sleepy

Otis Gray

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Doze off to classic stories with Sleepy. Each week, baritone host Otis Gray reads old books in a low, rhythmic tone to lull you into a deep slumber so you can have a fresh start the next day. Sweet dreams. Zzzzzz
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Pod Emperor of Dune
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Pod Emperor of Dune

Nerd I Say More?

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Join nerd power couple Alex and Elayne as we take a spoiler-free chapter-by-chapter dive into the classic sci-fi Dune series by Frank Herbert. Elayne is a prolific sci-fi/fantasy reader who has somehow let this classic series pass her by, while Alex is on his second read and will be our resident “expert”. In each episode, released on Mondays, we'll recap and discuss up to three chapters, and talk about plot points, characters, and the Dune universe at large, all in a manner that's spoiler-fr ...
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The Emperor's Edge (a high fantasy novel in an era of steam)
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The Emperor's Edge (a high fantasy novel in an era of steam)

Lindsay Buroker

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Imperial law enforcer Amaranthe Lokdon is good at her job: she can deter thieves and pacify thugs, if not with a blade, then by toppling an eight-foot pile of coffee canisters onto their heads. But when ravaged bodies show up on the waterfront, an arson covers up human sacrifices, and a powerful business coalition plots to kill the emperor, she feels a tad overwhelmed. Worse, Sicarius, the empire's most notorious assassin, is in town. He's tied in with the chaos somehow, but Amaranthe would ...
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Let Me Tell You About...
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Let Me Tell You About...

Tad Becker

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Tad Becker and a co-host share personal stories and sift through the weirdness to find the most interesting stories on the planet. Sometimes it's 'only' TIME TRAVEL CRIME and non-military history. Other times they answer the BIG QUESTIONS. The ones NO ONE has the GUTS to tackle. Like, why my peepee hard? Some example shows are: Being arrested outside of a comic shop, the more-than-a-friendship of Gilgamesh and Enkidu, shutting down Neopets, the unending terror that is Homestuck, the unending ...
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Metaphysical
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Emperor Constantine’s Secret: Ancient Cults, Historical Discrepancies, Divine Visions & Infiltration 43:40

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[Part 1] Emperor Constantine was said to have had a vision of something in the sky, which convinced him to convert to Christianity. But was this the whole story? After the Battle of the Milvian Bridge between Constantine and Maxentius, the Arch of Constantine was erected to celebrate his victory. Why were pagan scenes depicted in the arch? Were the…
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Legacy
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Napoleon | The Emperor & The Duke | 4 34:12

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After escaping exile on Elba, Napoleon marches back to power. But the British Duke of Wellington is on his way to Waterloo to end the Napoleonic era. When the battle subsides, what’s left of Napoleon’s legacy? And what is his legacy today? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-…
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glycineputler's podcast
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Caribbean Rhythms with BAP - Episode 149 - Emperor Julian 1:07:44

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This is only the first part of Episode 149, for full two hour show subscribe to muh Gumroad: https://bronzeagepervert.gumroad.com/l/BronzeAgePervert Mix variety show, I talk Milei election and the problems with the dissident circles online, Emperor Julian's attack on Christianity, and movies Napoleon by Ridley Scott and La Gran Bellezza by Sorrenti…
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The Fat Emperor Podcast
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Ep207 - Ivor on Redacted Inc: Insane Hate Speech Laws are Looming! 16:22

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INSANE is the word! Read the 1984 Minority Report style lunacy right here: (pages 10, 11 give the gist) https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/bill/2022/105/eng/initiated/b10522d-p-c-sent.pdf Also background on who funded this abomination: https://x.com/Restitutor_/status/1729864221444153552?s=20 NOTE: My extensive research and interviewing / vid…
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Byzantium & Friends
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105. So you’re the Roman emperor... now what?, with Olivier Hekster 1:01:45

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A conversation with Olivier Hekster (Radboud University Nijmegen) about the position of Roman emperor, from the beginning to the sixth century. We talk a little bit about titles and mostly about the expectations that subjects had of their emperors and how the latter navigated these demands and tried, or failed, to play their roles properly. The con…
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Late Night Live - Separate stories podcast
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How true are the stories we know about Roman emperors? 27:34

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Marcus Aurelius the philosopher, the mad Caligula, the monster Nero. After a couple of thousand years, we still remember the names of many Roman emperors. But why have some been forgotten? And how accurate are the stories that survive? Guest: Mary Beard, author of ‘Emperors of Rome: ruling the ancient roman world’, published by Allen & Unwin.…
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Tides of History
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Did Justinian Restore the Roman Empire or Ruin It? Professor Peter Sarris on the Emperor Justinian and His Legacy 46:34

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Justinian is, without a doubt, one of the most impactful historical figures of the past 2,000 years. Professor Peter Sarris, a longtime favorite historian of mine, has written an oustanding new account of the man himself, his times, and his legacy, entitled Justinian: Emperor, Soldier, Saint, available now. Patrick's book is now available! Get The …
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The Rest Is History
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391. The Fall of the Aztecs: The Last Emperor (Part 8) 58:35

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Tenochtitlan, once the glittering jewel at the heart of the mighty Aztec Empire, has fallen. Hernán Cortés stands triumphant, the master of this New Spain. Or so it seems. For the last Aztec emperor, Cuauhtemoc, is still alive and well. And in the jungles of Mexico and Honduras, a dark and bloody story is only just beginning … In the final episode …
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The Emperor Protects!
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The Emperor Protects Ep. 15 - Buried Dagger 1:20:14

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The bell tolls for the Death Guard, and Mortarion is at its epicenter! Join the Discord to leave questions! https://discord.gg/efdZEXE ...Or email them in! DeGriggs@TwoPlusTough. com Dan's Podcast - Cubic Shenanigans https://cubicshenanigans.net/podcast-2/ Doug's channel - 2+Tough / @2tough Music: "On The Way" Licensed from https://artlist.io/ #Hor…
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A History of Japan
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The Siege of Osaka 32:46

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When conflict erupted at last between Toyotomi Hideyori and Tokugawa Ieyasu, the resulting battles would decide the political future of Japan for hundreds of years to come. However, in spite of the reduction they had experienced at the Shogun's hands, the Toyotomi Clan was still able to raise significant numbers of troops. Support the show…
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Late Night Live - Separate stories podcast
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The Year in Review 2023: the black, the white and the downright colourful 53:36

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In a year when wars and the referendum on the voice all worked towards dividing us, there were moments of joy and unity. Our end of year panel digs deep to find them. AJ Lamarque, comedian, writer, producer and host of the Kweens of Comedy Alice Fraser, writer and podcast host of Tea with Alice and The Gargle. Carly Williams, national indigenous co…
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Omnibus
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Episode 577: Legal Baby Names (Entry 710.LK0160) 1:26:53

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In which governments around the world deliberate on how creatively parents may name their children, and John thinks "Tilden" sounds like a kind of cheese. Certificate #26934. This episode is sponsored by Squarespace: Head to https://www.squarespace.com/omnibus to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code OMNIBUS.…
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Tides of History
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The Languages of Eurasia around 500 BC 40:26

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As an age of bronze gave way to one of iron, and then classical empires, the importance of writing grew all across Eurasia. That means more written sources for us to work with, but it also tells us dramatically more than we could have known before about the languages people were actually speaking across the continents. Patrick's book is now availab…
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The Valentyne Heresy: A Warhammer 40K RPG
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Introducing... Hack N Slash - Episode 1 1:46:55

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This week we're thrilled to be introducing you to the newest show by Dumb-Dumbs & Dice: HACK N SLASH! (But don't worry, we'll have more of The Valentyne Heresy for you next week). HACK N SLASH is a four-part improvised comedic mini-series featuring Ryan LaPlante as the Keeper, Del Borovic as Shadow Lady, and three new voices: Josh Halbot as Bloody …
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The Ancients
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Demeter with Natalie Haynes 52:16

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Demeter is the Goddess of the Harvest and Agriculture in Ancient Greek mythology. Mother of Persephone, and daughter of Kronos and Rhea, Demeter is often overlooked in myth despite her immense power. Demeter's role gave insight into how the Ancient Greeks viewed not only the harvest and it's bounty - but their fear of devastating famines and a Moth…
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Dan Snow's History Hit
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Mother Shipton: Tudor Prophetess of England's Doom 36:04

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Did a Tudor prophetess correctly predict the English Civil War, the Crimean War, the sinking of the Titanic, World War One and the end of days? And what does she have to do with turning teddy bears into stone? Find out as Maddy and Anthony discuss Mother Shipton's life, legend and legacy. Written by Maddy Pelling Edited and produced by Freddy Chick…
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The Rest Is History
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397. JFK: A Conspiracy Unmasked (Part 6) 1:00:10

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“We can’t accept very comfortably that two nobodies, two nothings - Lee Harvey Oswald and Jack Ruby - were able to change the course of world history.” The murder of Lee Harvey Oswald, JFK’s apparent assassin, by the night club owner Jack Ruby on 24th November 1963 changed everything. Right from the start, rumours had circulated that Oswald had not…
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LPN Deep Dives: A Court of Thorns and Roses
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LPN Deep Dives: A Court of Thorns and Roses / Episode 43: Faellopian Tubes 1:12:50

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Bad news is, Nesta's power is "pure death", badder news is the gang's gotta go to the Bog of Oorid. Baddest news is that Feyre's baby is gonna just...shred her to pieces. Just rip her apart. Oh you wanted good news? ..they are all very attractive? Please read up until Chapter 39! DGWE featuring Adam Newman and Jason Saenz. These Deep Dives are base…
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Late Night Live - Separate stories podcast
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International Day of Disability: Selina Mills 26:34

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When award-winning writer and broadcaster Selina Mills started to lose her sight, she noticed that people started to treat her differently. It caused her to explore where the stigma around blindness originates and how it persists in Western culture to this day.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Late Night Live - Separate stories podcast
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International Day of Disability: Andrew Leland 28:50

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Writer Andrew Leland is gradually losing his sight as a result of a progressive eye disease called retinitis pigmentosa. He discusses what it's like to join - but not feel entirely a part of - the blind community and what it actually means to be blind.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Late Night Live - Full program podcast
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International Day of Disability: Focus on blindness 53:38

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To mark International Day Of People With Disability, December 3rd, the ABC is showcasing content featuring people with lived experience of disability. On Late Night Live, we revisit the conversations we had with legally blind writers from either side of the Atlantic, Andrew Leland and Selina Mills.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Everything Everywhere Daily
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The Walled City of Kowloon (Encore) 11:11

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Formerly located in the territory of Hong Kong was arguably the most densely populated place on Earth. In fact, it might have been the most densely populated place in human history. Not only was it packed with people, but it also had a unique political status. No government controlled it, which made it lawless, which in turn made it a magnet for or…
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Dan Snow's History Hit
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A Guide to Ancient Egypt 41:32

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Egypt was a vast kingdom of the ancient world. Its rulers were considered gods and wielded tremendous power and wealth. Egyptian scholars, astrologists and thinkers pioneered in their fields. Lasting for millennia, the kingdom's influence on culture, economics and politics was felt across North Africa and beyond, even centuries after it was gone. T…
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Real Dictators
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Saddam Hussein Part 4: The First Gulf War 46:42

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After Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait, US forces are deployed to the region. For some Iraqis, it seems like the perfect time to rise up against their dictator. As economic sanctions bite, Saddam treats himself to a bit of retail therapy. All the while, his sons are becoming terrifying figures in their own right. A family crisis is about to snowball into …
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Metaphysical
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Cosmonauts’ Miraculous Angel Sighting & Occultists’ Portals to Hell 47:20

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During the Cold War, countries of the world competed to see who could dig the deepest hole. Russia’s Kola Superdeep Borehole may have even picked up the sounds of hell itself. Portals to hell have been discovered all around the world—and capitalized on by occultists. Why were top Nazi officials interested in Houska Castle? Discover stories of local…
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Late Night Live - Separate stories podcast
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Bee on her bonnet: the woman who challenged our social order 39:39

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‘It takes a man or woman of great moral courage…to dare the risk of being himself or herself all the time’ – so said Bee Miles, the Sydney woman who claimed she was not anti-social, but anti the social order of 1920’s Australia. Her refusal to conform saw the intellectual radical arrested more than 300 times and be locked up in at least seven psych…
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Bruce Shapiro's America: what to expect in 2024 14:42

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Bruce Shapiro reflects on the year that was in American politics, and looks ahead to a fateful election year in 2024. Guest: Bruce Shapiro, contributing editor with The Nation magazine; Executive Director of the Dart Centre for Journalism and Trauma at Columbia University.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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The woman the world would know as Josephine Baker was born into abject poverty in 1906 in Saint Louis, Missouri. Despite her humble background and numerous obstacles in her way, she became one of the most significant entertainers of the first half of the 20th century. However, the way she found success was unlike any of her contemporaries. She late…
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