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Beckman Unleashed

Joel Beckman & Eric

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Top Dog Trainer Joel Beckman and his Producer Eric cover all things Dog Training, Wild Animals, Behind the Scenes look into his Videos, Crazy Comments and whatever else comes up.
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Joel and Eric are fully grown men with grown-up problems. Of course, all of them are first world problems. Ow! My credit card hurts. Wah! My PT Cruiser need gas. Bunch of babies... Listen to them talk trash and age right before your ears.
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Money goes where it's treated best. That simple truth is a big reason why more and more money—trillions, in fact—flows into a powerful, low-cost tool that's quietly transformed investing in recent years. Exchange-traded funds, or ETFs, let you invest in everything from the stock market to gold like never before. This biweekly podcast will demystify them—and delight you in the process.
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Super GG Radio

Eric "Getty" Gettinger, Alex Orona, Joel DeWitte, & Alec Parks

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Super GG Radio is an NPR of Illinois Community Voices podcast focused on video games and all things adjacent! Join us each week to discover new and upcoming games from the independent developer community, get the latest and silliest news of the industry, and chipping away at our backlog.
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Transforming Lives is our mission here at Stones Church Kalamazoo, Michigan and also the name of our daily local television broadcast in SW Michigan. To transform lives by the power of God's word is as much our assignment here in Michigan as it is internationally. Joel A. Brooks, Jr. provides practical insight, humor and a solid Biblical foundation that is changing lives of all ages, social statuses and backgrounds. Join us for Transforming Lives.
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The Education Innovators Podcast is hosted by Eric Byron. Our purpose is to provide a platform for folks to share their stories of innovation in education. Practical, inspirational tales of things they have tried or are doing that others may be able to learn from. We will not dwell on what is wrong but focus on what is good and improving.
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Welcome to The Stoop Sessions. Join Stephanie, Joel, and Eric for candid conversations about life and ministry from the stoop in Baltimore, MD. All ministry is hard. Inner city work has its unique challenges. That's what this podcast is all about. ONE HOPE exists to build healthy churches in the inner city.
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Eric Alonzo Thigpen Jr

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Talking about Native Americans Mexican Americans, women, and African Americans, during world war II. Cover art photo provided by Joel Filipe on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/@joelfilip
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Australian born and breed Artist, Dj, Producer, Radio Personality , DJ Trainer And Dance Choreographer ZANNON is undoubtably one of the most iconic names in the industry. Aria Club Chart And iTunes Chart topping artist ZANNON has dedicated countless hours to dance floors across the world and a residency at the Tao Groups Marquee Sydney with headline shows and supporting world leading DJs. Alongside the DJ front, ZANNON jumps behind the mic for iHeartradio Dance with ZANNON & TONY B show adde ...
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Motivation Daily is for anyone looking for motivation, inspiration and encouraging words and advice to help you on your journey in life. Produced by Motiversity, this podcast features only the greatest motivational speeches, spoken by the best speakers in the world. Motivation is an important life skill. Without motivation, you can’t achieve anything. There are no goal posts to aim for and no purpose to strive towards. In this podcast, Motiversity features motivational speeches from the grea ...
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On this show, we talk with guests about Tech, Business, Entrepreneurship, and more join us as we pick apart issues in Entrepreneurship, Business, and Technology. Come join the conversation from different parts of our global community of entrepreneurial leaders and experts.
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The Generosity Now Podcast is dedicated to inspiring generosity and promoting whole life stewardship among followers of Christ. We share stories of individuals and organizations doing great work in our community and around the world. Our goal is to provide practical insights and tools to help listeners make a positive kingdom impact with their resources. Whether you want to become a better wealth manager, overcome challenges in deploying large sums of money, or align with your family values, ...
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The Spiel

SpectreVision Radio

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Each week, hosts Eric Vespe and Scott Wampler welcome a notable guest to the show to discuss a work of film from the career of director Steven Spielberg. The Spiel is an open-ended love letter to one of the greatest film directors of all time and his enormous impact on cinema.
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A true crime podcast exploring the Serial Killers from the USA. Each episode will be talking about a serial killers from each of the States!! The podcast explores and focuses on the victims, the crimes, the investigation and the outcomes. Bonus episodes will explore crimes that are yet to be solved and what the latest updates are. This podcast will have a new episode every 2nd Friday! Episodes available now, as well as a bonus Episode.
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The Spotlight Report

The Spotlight Report

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The Spotlight Report is a podcast in which we discuss science, research, and other topics with the goal of educating and critically exploring different topics. Additionally, the human side of science is often under appreciated and not discussed, thus, it is a huge effort to capture and explore the less talked about joys and struggles of the sciences with a focus on the humanity that powers the cutting edge discoveries of our world. Take a listen and leave a comment! Support this podcast: htt ...
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Machine learning and artificial intelligence are dramatically changing the way businesses operate and people live. The TWIML AI Podcast brings the top minds and ideas from the world of ML and AI to a broad and influential community of ML/AI researchers, data scientists, engineers and tech-savvy business and IT leaders. Hosted by Sam Charrington, a sought after industry analyst, speaker, commentator and thought leader. Technologies covered include machine learning, artificial intelligence, de ...
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Every week join host Mike C. Nelson for trivia and comedy with his hilarious friends. Play along with two guests as we determine who is the smartest person in the world (for one week). About your host, Mike is a 3 time Jeopardy winning champion. You may recognize him from numerous tv appearances and commercials. Rate, review, subscribe @youshouldknowbetterpod
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Let me take you on a musical journey and bring out our best feelings from the past, present and future. Uplift your spirits and emotions. Be positive, outward and onward... Take the music where ever you go and enjoy. Each intro, track, middle and ending carefully chosen and mixed together for your best listening pleasure. I thank you for listening and grateful if you love, share and follow me ! Positive feedback welcome ! Peace and Love Guy F
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Introducing the BODi® Partner Podcast, the official podcast channel devoted exclusively to BODi Partners. From archives of the BODi Wake-Up Call, I Am BODi stories, and What I Know Now success tips from seasoned Partners, this podcast is your one-stop source for personal development, business training and peer-to-peer inspiration. Ready to explode your business? Tune in regularly to our official podcast and join the ranks of those transforming their lives and the lives of others!
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Home to The Playlist Podcast Network and all its affiliated shows, including The Playlist Podcast, The Discourse, Be Reel, The Fourth Wall, and more. The Playlist is the obsessive's guide to contemporary cinema via film discussion, news, reviews, features, nostalgia, and more. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/theplaylist/support
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BioTropicLabs.com is a sports performance company with an eclectic podcast. Listen in now on interviews with legendary coach Bob Bowman (Michael Phelps coach); Boston Red Sox World Series Champ Kevin Millar; American Ninja Warrior Joe "The Weatherman" Moravski; American Gladiator champion Wesley "2 scoops" Berry; TV personality Dr. Joel Furman on healthy dieting; Rock and Roll blue blood royalty and legend Chris Jagger (brother of Rolling Stones Mick Jagger); Arctic Explorer Eric Larsen; Oly ...
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The Unseen Paranormal Podcast is a weekly show featuring researchers, historians, authors, and investigators discussing a range of paranormal topics from hauntings to bigfoot and everything in between. Some of the scariest things are unseen... Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-unseen-paranormal-podcast--5862293/support.
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"Practical - adjective 1. of or concerned with the actual doing or use of something rather than with theory and ideas." This is where we begin. Where the rubber meets the road. When life gets heavy and you feel like a burden - what do you do? When you wake up and find chaos surrounds you - who are you? I share my thoughts and reflections week-to-week As I distill conversations with clients, share real-life stories, and talk through concepts and ideas in real time. This podcast focuses on tur ...
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1. I Cry ~ Flo Rida (Original Mix) 2. Don’t You Worry Child ~ Swedish House Mafia & John Martin (Extended Mix) 3. Mad World ~ Belmond & Parker (Club Mix) 4. Call Me ~ JL & Afterman (Original Mix) 5. Sweet Nothing ~ Calvin Harris f. Florence Welch (eSQUIRE v. OFFBeat Rmx) 6. Pound The Alarm ~ Nicki Minaj (Liam Keegan Rmx) 7. Reason ~ Hook N Sling v. NERVO (Original Mix) 8. So Young So High ~ Dada Life (Extended Mix) 9. Die Young ~ Ke$ha (The Sleeze Rmx) 10. Top Of The World ~ Manufactured Sup ...
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Protect Species Podcast

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It’s no secret that Earth’s ecosystems and species are under threat, but there are things we can all do to reverse the trends of extinction and climate change. In each Protect Species episode, co-hosts Dr. Monni Böhm and Justin Birkhoff celebrate biodiversity and converse with conservationists. Twice a month, you’ll hear from global experts who dedicate their lives to protecting species like polar bears, sharks, fungi, mayflies and more! Protect Species is an entertaining and educational pod ...
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Conversations between Harvard Business School students and folks who have been on audacious journeys building meaningful ventures. A podcast by the HBS Entrepreneurship Club.
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Yelling About Pâté

Karl Hess and Joel Miller

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an LA comedy food podcast hosted by a comedy-loving chef and a food-obsessed comedian. joel & karl interview fellow chefs and comics and hold forth on the critical culinary and comedic issues of the day. it's back of house meets back of the room. new episodes every thursday. "Your new favorite show" -Rolling Stone "A great listen" -The A.V. Club "Where food and comedy collide" -Food Republic "How do i get iTunes on my phone?" -karl's mom // @YAPpod on twitter & insta // art by @_leenoble & @ ...
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The Post-Credit Podcast -- hosted by Eric Italiano (Senior Writer, BroBible.com) and Cade Onder (Gaming Writer, ComicBook.com) -- takes a look both backward and forward at everything from the Marvel Cinematic Universe to Netflix miniseries, from summer blockbusters to underrated streaming hits, and everything in between. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/postcredpod/support
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Keystone Chronicles is Pennsylvania resident specific outdoor podcast. The show highlights the stories and experiences of the men and women throughout the state. Take a listen with us as we try to bring you a near in conversation feeling. I hope you enjoy!
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Every other week on the Content Marketing for the Future Podcast, Amanda Chiu interviews the modern marketer to uncover how they are building their audience using machine learning technology. For those new or newish to the idea of adding machine learning technology to their content strategy, you will learn how to better sell your story without losing that human touch. Our special guests will be talking about topics like: innovative content marketing practices, targeted audience building stra ...
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Plunging into the personal playlists of remarkable individuals as we explore the songs that shaped their lives. Get ready for provocative discussions, filthy humor, and daring questions that aim to both entertain and enlighten. Gain fresh perspectives on your favorite creatives as they share their moments of laughter, tears, and heartfelt inspiration through a playlist of their all-time favorite songs. Tune in and join the laughter—share your story on Music Junkies today!
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Bettering the world one attitude at a time. We did not create the hate, but with your help, we can derate the hate! In a world filled with divisiveness, frustration and lack of happiness, it's time we all start to get along. That all starts with each of us as individuals. We cannot necessarily control everything we encounter within our day to day lives, or the environment in which we live, but we certainly have the ability to control how we react to it. It all starts with gratitude and perso ...
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“Pinstripe Pod” is the best New York Yankees podcast. It's hosted by former Yankees pitcher and four-time World Series champion Jeff Nelson and YES Network host Chris Shearn. This baseball podcast will take you inside the clubhouse with Yankees beat writer George King, columnist Joel Sherman and the full team of NY Post baseball writers. Pinstripe Pod will also feature special Yankees guests, including current players, former players, broadcasters and celebrity fans. This MLB podcast is rele ...
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Does everyone know what sustainability *actually* means? Most people don’t — and that’s alright! Our podcast breaks down what’s happening in sustainability, climate, and ESG. Join hosts Tim Mohin, Chief Sustainability Officer at Persefoni and an OG in the field, and Caitlin Kinney, a Gen Z climate activist, as they talk to leaders and experts about important stories and the latest trends in ESG and the climate. Let’s get smarter about sustainability, together. A new episode drops every Tuesd ...
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The Venture

Leap by McKinsey

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The Venture is an original podcast hosted by serial business builders from McKinsey. In each episode, our experts cut through the noise to show how leaders can launch new companies, testing their theories in conversations with legendary venture builders in Asia. We break down their journey – how they did it, the challenges they faced, how they built successful businesses.
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The Village Global podcast takes you inside the world of venture capital and technology, featuring enlightening interviews with entrepreneurs, investors and tech industry leaders. Learn more at www.villageglobal.vc.
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Welcome to New York City’s newest members-only club: Club30, hosted by Henrik Lundqvist. Henrik and co-host Jay Liddell have been friends for Hank’s biggest ups and downs in his hockey career - and his personal life. What started as a simple connection over sports and the energy of New York City rapidly evolved into a joint pursuit of fulfillment and a mutual commitment to expand their personal boundaries and to navigate life’s biggest challenges. On Club 30, Henrik invites listeners to join ...
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On Task: How Our Brain Gets Things Done (Princeton UP, 2020) is a look at the extraordinary ways the brain turns thoughts into actions—and how this shapes our everyday lives. Why is it hard to text and drive at the same time? How do you resist eating that extra piece of cake? Why does staring at a tax form feel mentally exhausting? Why can your chi…
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Stop waiting until you feel like it. Stop waiting for someone to ask you to do it. The prize goes to the HARDEST WORKER IN THE ROOM. How bad do you want this? It's the start that stops most people. Start NOW. Listen. Focus. Get it done. One of the Best Motivational Speeches Ever featuring Marcus Elevation Taylor. "Are you tired of this version of y…
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The Persian Gulf has long been a contested space--an object of imperial ambitions, national antagonisms, and migratory dreams. The roots of these contestations lie in the different ways the Gulf has been defined as a region, both by those who live there and those beyond its shore. Making Space for the Gulf: Histories of Regionalism and the Middle E…
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Black women undertook an energetic and unprecedented engagement with internationalism from the late nineteenth century to the 1970s. In many cases, their work reflected a complex effort to merge internationalism with issues of women's rights and with feminist concerns. To Turn the Whole World Over: Black Women and Internationalism (U Illinois Press…
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In an unsettling time in American history, the outbreak of right-wing violence is among the most disturbing developments. In recent years, attacks originating from the far right of American politics have targeted religious and ethnic minorities, with a series of antigovernment militants, religious extremists, and lone-wolf mass shooters inspired by…
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The struggle against neoliberal order has gained momentum over the last five decades – to the point that economic elites have not only adapted to the Left's critiques but incorporated them for capitalist expansion. Venture funds expose their ties to slavery and pledge to invest in racial equity. Banks pitch microloans as a path to indigenous self-d…
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In Vicksburg: Grant’s Campaign that Broke the Confederacy (Simon & Schuster, 2019), Donald L. Miller explains in great detail how Grant ultimately succeeded in taking the city and turning the tide of the war in favor of the Union. Miller begins his tale with events in Cairo and leads the reader through all the important events that lead to success …
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You could fill a large library with books about JFK’s assassination. We’ve even touched on the subject here. The topic of the transfer of power from JFK to LBJ, however, has been neglected. I was under the impression that after JFK was pronounced dead, LBJ took an oath and that was that. As Steve Gillon points out in his terrific new The Kennedy As…
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Burn It Down: Feminist Manifestos for the Revolution (Verso, 2020), Breanne Fahs has curated a comprehensive collection of feminist manifestos from the nineteenth century to today. Fahs collected over seventy-five manifestos from around the world, calling on feminists to act, be defiant and show their rage. This thought-provoking and timely collect…
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Yanagawa Seigan (1789–1858) and his wife Kōran (1804–79) were two of the great poets of nineteenth-century Japan. They practiced the art of traditional Sinitic poetry—works written in literary Sinitic, or classical Chinese, a language of enduring importance far beyond China’s borders. Together, they led itinerant lives, traveling around Japan teach…
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Beyond Complicity: Why We Blame Each Other Instead of Systems (University of California Press, 2024) by Dr. Francine Banner is a fascinating cultural diagnosis that identifies our obsession with complicity as a symptom of a deeply divided society. The questions surrounding what it means to be legally complicit are the same ones we may ask ourselves…
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On today's episode I'm joined by Tony Smith From grizzly bears and SWAT team encounters To leadership and fatherhood This conversation is one you are not going to want to miss! Thank you Tony for sitting down with me And sharing your perspective and wisdom we all of us Go give him a follow on Instagram: @tango1_tony Check out the Tango 1 Podcast An…
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IT'S MY LIFE, TIME TO GET SERIOUS! Speaker Billy Alsbrooks Follow Billy: Website: https://www.billyalsbrooks.com YouTube: http://bit.ly/2pVY8h9 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/billyalsbrooks Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/billyalsbrooks Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/billyalsbrooks Music Secession Studios https://www.youtube.com/user/the…
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An influential eighth-century Buddhist text, Śāntideva’s Bodhicaryāvatāra, or Guide to the Practices of Awakening, how to become a supremely virtuous person, a bodhisattva who desires to end the suffering of all sentient beings. Stephen Harris’s Buddhist Ethics and the Bodhisattva Path: Śāntideva on Virtue and Well-Being (Bloomsbury Academic, 2024)…
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Approaching translations of Tolkien's works as stories in their own right, Reading Tolkien in Chinese: Religion, Fantasy and Translation (Bloomsbury, 2024) reads multiple Chinese translations of Tolkien's writing to uncover the new and unique perspectives that enrich the meaning of the original texts. Exploring translations of The Lord of the Rings…
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Original and deeply researched, The Slow Death of Slavery in Dutch New York: A Cultural, Economic, and Demographic History, 1700-1827 (Cambridge University Press, 2024) provides a new interpretation of Dutch American slavery which challenges many of the traditional assumptions about slavery in New York. With an emphasis on demography and economics,…
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Operating on the premise that our failure to recognize our interconnected relationship to the rest of the cosmos is the origin of planetary peril, Ecological Solidarities: Mobilizing Faith and Justice for an Entangled World (Penn State University Press, 2019) presents academic, activist, and artistic perspectives on how to inspire reflection and mo…
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The names of Red Cloud, Sitting Bull, and Crazy Horse are often readily recognized among many Americans. Yet the longer, dynamic history of the Lakota - a history from which these three famous figures were created - remains largely untold. In Lakota America: A New History of Indigenous Power (Yale, 2019), historian Pekka Hämäläinen, author of The C…
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What do universal rights to public goods like education mean when codified as individual, private choices? Is the “problem” of school choice actually not about better choices for all but, rather, about the competition and exclusion that choice engenders—guaranteeing a system of winners and losers? Unsettling Choice: Race, Rights, and the Partitioni…
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In the late fifth century, a girl whose name has been forgotten by history was born at the edge of the Chinese empire. By the time of her death, she had transformed herself into Empress Dowager Ling, one of the most powerful politicians of her age and one of the first of many Buddhist women to wield incredible influence in dynastic East Asia. In th…
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In Vanishing Vienna: Modernism, Philosemitism, and Jews in a Postwar City (U Pennsylvania Press, 2024) historian Frances Tanzer traces the reconstruction of Viennese culture from the 1938 German annexation through the early 1960s. The book reveals continuity in Vienna's cultural history across this period and a framework for interpreting Viennese c…
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In Goliath: The 100-Year War Between Monopoly Power and Democracy (Simon & Schuster, 2019), Matt Stoller explains how authoritarianism and populism have returned to American politics for the first time in eighty years, as the outcome of the 2016 election shook our faith in democratic institutions. It has brought to the fore dangerous forces that ma…
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In recent decades, the study of the Eastern Roman Empire, also known as Byzantium, has been revolutionized by new approaches and more sophisticated models for how its society and state operated. No longer looked upon as a pale facsimile of classical Rome, Byzantium is now considered a vigorous state of its own, inheritor of many of Rome's features,…
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"Life's not easy. Don't try to make it that way." Matthew McConaughey. Special thanks to Tom Bilyeu for providing one of the interviews used in this video: http://bit.ly/ImpactQuotes “It's not really a risk unless you can lose the fight. I feel more alive. I have an experience. I'm nervous everyday when I come to work, but most things are more rewa…
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In this episode Pat speaks with Dr Pei-hua Huang. Dr Pei-hua Huang’s work lies where bioethics and political philosophy intersect. She is interested in the interaction of social issues and medical technologies. She has a special interest in philosophical issues raised by human and moral enhancement technologies and the treatment of morally relevant…
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For over thirty years, modern Italy was plagued by ransom kidnappings perpetrated by bandits and organised crime syndicates. Nearly 700 men, women, and children were abducted from across the country between the late 1960s and the late 1990s, held hostage by members of the Sardinian banditry, Cosa Nostra, and the ’Ndrangheta. Subjected to harsh capt…
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Videogames have always depicted representations of American culture, but how exactly they feed back into this culture is less obvious. Advocating an action-based understanding of both videogames and culture, this book delineates how aspects of American culture are reproduced transnationally through popular open-world videogames. Playing American: O…
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In this week's episode, David and Modya speak with Rebecca Schliser, a core faculty member at the Institute for Jewish Spirituality and rabbinical student at Aleph, The Alliance for Jewish Renewal. They explore the middah of silence through the stories in parsha Balak and see how a donkey may be more in tune with the Divine than a human by employin…
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“Stories of archives are always stories of phantoms, of the death or disappearance or erasure of something, the preservation of what remains, and its possible reappearance—feared by some, desired by others,” writes Thomas Keenan. Archiving the Commons: Looking Through the Lens of bak.ma (DPR Barcelona, June 2024) is about those stories and much mor…
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Inequality is America's biggest problem. Unions are the single strongest tool that working people have to fix it. Organized labor has been in decline for decades. Yet it sits today at a moment of enormous opportunity. In the wake of the pandemic, a highly visible wave of strikes and new organizing campaigns have driven the popularity of unions to h…
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Kendra Sullivan's latest book of poetry, Reps (Ugly Duckling Presse, 2024), cycles through a series of operational exercises that gradually enable her to narrate an attempted escape from the trappings of narrativity—plot, character, chronology, and the promise of a probable future issuing forth from a stable past. From deep within a narrowly constr…
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Why did José de León Toral kill Álvaro Obregón, leader of the Mexican Revolution? So far, historians have characterized the motivations of the young Catholic militant as the fruit of fanaticism. Robert Weis's book For Christ and Country: Militant Catholic Youth in Post-Revolutionary Mexico (Cambridge UP, 2019) offers new insights on how diverse sec…
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This is the Global Media & Communication podcast series. This podcast is a multimodal project powered by the Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication (CARGC) at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania. At CARGC, we produce and promote critical, interdisciplinary, and multimodal research on global media a…
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Part of a formidable publishing industry, cheap yet eye-catching graphic narratives consistently charmed early modern Japanese readers for around two hundred years. These booklets were called kusazōshi (“grass books”). Graphic Narratives from Early Modern Japan: The World of Kusazōshi (Brill, 2024) is the first English-language publication of its k…
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Surprisingly little is known about Scottish experiences of the Second World War. Scottish Society in the Second World War (Edinburgh University Press, 2023) by Dr. Michelle Moffat addresses this oversight by providing a pioneering account of society and culture in wartime Scotland. While significantly illuminating a pivotal episode in Scottish hist…
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In today’s episode of Bingeworthy, our TV and streaming podcast host Mike DeAngelo, keeping with the trend, ponders the Roman Empire while discussing “Those About to Die.” The Peacock series follows the many types of people who entertained the masses in the Roman Empire - from Emperors, criminals, the wealthy and powerful, down to the lowly horse w…
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Released almost 30 years ago, “Twister” has stood the test of time to be a favorite among film fans. Now, decades later, we finally get a sequel to the original, titled "Twisters." And filmmaker Lee Isaac Chung has joined The Playlist Podcast to talk about it. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/theplaylist/support…
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On this weeks Episode, Eric and Laurie are joined by Deana Berg and Whitney Sewell from Life Bridge Capital for a great conversation about investing capital with a greater purpose and becoming part movement that changes lives—one investor, one family, and one child at a time. About Deana At Life Bridge, Deana’s focus is on creating and growing inve…
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On the line, getting ready to RUN today. Life has taught you many things. Without its guidance, you would not be standing here. It’s a shame, that most of the people in this world have dreams that they are not working on because they are afraid. "Tell them this, I’ve been up the hill many times, and my life isn’t over yet." Speaker Coach Pain YouTu…
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How do you help an adult child who is experiencing an unimaginable loss? What does it look like to parent our kids who are grown and who are walking through difficult seasons? For Davey's parents, Dave and Brenda Blackburn, navigating how to help Davey walk through his own grief while also taking the time to grieve their own pain of losing their da…
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Melville Jacoby was a U.S. war correspondent during the Sino-Japanese War and, later, the Second World War, writing about the Japanese advances from Chongqing, Hanoi, and Manila. He was also a relative of Bill Lascher, a journalist–specifically, the cousin of Bill’s grandmother. Bill has now collected Mel’s work in a book: A Danger Shared: A Journa…
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Eliza Scidmore (1856-1928) was a journalist, a world traveler, a writer, an amateur photographer, the first female board member of the National Geographic Society — and the one responsible for the idea to plant Japanese cherry trees in Washington DC. Her fascinating life is expertly told by Diana Parsell in Eliza Scidmore: The Trailblazing Journali…
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Today’s book is: Freeman’s Challenge: The Murder That Shook America’s Original Prison for Profit (U Chicago Press, 2024), by Dr. Robin Bernstein, which tells the story of a teenager named William Freeman. Convicted of a horse theft he insisted he did not commit, he was sentenced to five years of hard labor in Auburn’s new prison. Uniting incarcerat…
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Nvidia's ascent into one of the world's biggest companies was as fast as it was dramatic. The company's startling rise has sparked new ETFs to launch and propelled others to record heights. Nvidia's dominance is also changing indexes and weightings, which can have a dramatic impact on investors—especially when a rebalance gets a little wild. On thi…
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For some four hundred years, Hindus and Christians have been engaged in a public controversy about conversion and missionary proselytization, especially in India and the Hindu diaspora. Hindu Mission, Christian Mission: Soundings in Comparative Theology (SUNY Press, 2024) reframes this controversy by shifting attention from "conversion" to a wider,…
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