Weekly audio podcast of ValleyPoint Church. For more information find us at: http://valleypointchurch.com
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Interviews with thought-leaders about their new books. Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/van-leer-institute
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The Flying Fruit Bowl is a platform dedicated to the exploration and discussion of art and the creative process through interviews with a wide range of artists from around the worldwww.theflyingfruitbowl.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Why not you is a Podcast about Real People, Real Stories, and Real Results. Our mission is to Inspire, Teach, and Accelerate any individual's journey based on time-tested principles of success and achievement. Why high achievers are the best at what they do!
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"Mystery in the Radio Waves" is a podcast where a cast of actors and comedians perform a classic radio play and then improvise jokes, characters, and stories. What the fuck are radio plays and where do they come from? Well...The Golden Age of Radio was an era of radio in the U.S. in the 1920's to the 1960's where the main source of entertainment was radio programming before people owned televisions on a larger scale. The programs would have the same range as tv shows today. There were weekly ...
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Judith Lewis Herman, "Truth and Repair: How Trauma Survivors Envision Justice" (Basic Books, 2023)
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Judith Herman is renowned for her groundbreaking work with survivors of trauma, including sexual trauma. Her earlier books include Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence - from Domestic Abuse to Political Terror (Basic Books, 2022) and Father-Daughter Incest (Harvard UP, 2000) The #MeToo movement brought worldwide attention to sexual violen…
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Thomas Sparr, "German Jerusalem: The Remarkable Life of a German-Jewish Neighbourhood in the Holy City" (Haus Publishers, 2021)
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In the 1920s, before the establishment of the state of Israel, a group of German Jews settled in a garden city on the outskirts of Jerusalem. During World War II, their quiet community, nicknamed Grunewald on the Orient, emerged as both an immigrant safe haven and a lively expatriate hotspot, welcoming many famous residents including poet-playwrigh…
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Our interview with artist Julia Yuka! Listen to the podcast on SPOTIFY, YOUTUBE or APPLE MUSIC! Check out her work over at her website & instagram: https://www.juliayuka.com/ http://instagram.com/juliayuka_studio We now have a patreon page if you'd like to support the platform! Tiers start from £1. If you're interested, please visit https://www.pat…
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Our interview with artist David Fox! Check out our conversation below or on listen to the podcast on SPOTIFY, YOUTUBE or APPLE MUSIC! Check out his work over at his website & instagram: https://www.artistdavidfox.com/ https://www.instagram.com/foxdave_artist/ We now have a patreon page if you'd like to support the platform! Tiers start from £1. If …
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Our interview with artist Maysen St Germain! Check out his work over at his website & instagram: https://incorporeal99.com/ https://www.instagram.com/incorporeal99 Please check out www.theflyingfruitbowl.co.uk for daily art inspiration and written interviews! Also, we now have a patreon page if you'd like to support the platform! Tiers start from £…
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Carl Zimmer, "Life's Edge: The Search For What it Means to be Alive" (Dutton, 2022)
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Carl Zimmer investigates one of the biggest questions of all: What is life? The answer seems obvious until you try to seriously answer it. Is the apple sitting on your kitchen counter alive, or is only the apple tree it came from deserving of the word? If we can’t answer that question here on Earth, how will we know when and if we discover alien li…
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David Tal, "The Making of an Alliance: The Origins and Development of the US-Israel Relationship" (Cambridge UP, 2022)
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Laying the foundation for an understanding of US-Israeli relations, this lively and accessible book provides critical background on the origins and development of the 'special' relations between Israel and the United States. Questioning the usual neo-realist approach to understanding this relationship, David Tal instead suggests that the relations …
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Our interview with artist Tina Valentine! Check out her work over at her website & instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vvv.alentin.aaa/ https://valentinemakes.art/ Please check out www.theflyingfruitbowl.co.uk for daily art inspiration and written interviews! Also, we now have a patreon page if you'd like to support the platform! Tiers start from …
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Our interview with artist Gavin Dobson! Check out his work over at his website & instagram: https://gavindobson.com/ https://www.instagram.com/gavindobsonfineart Please check out www.theflyingfruitbowl.co.uk for daily art inspiration and written interviews! Also, we now have a patreon page if you'd like to support the platform! Tiers start from £1.…
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Our interview with artist Michael Koehler! Check out his work over at his website & instagram: https://michaelkoehlerart.com/ https://www.instagram.com/michaelkoehlerart/ Please check out www.theflyingfruitbowl.co.uk for daily art inspiration and written interviews! Also, we now have a patreon page if you'd like to support the platform! Tiers start…
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Our interview with artist Valeri Larko! Check out her work over at her website & instagram: https://www.valerilarko.com/ https://www.instagram.com/valerilarko/?hl=en Please check out www.theflyingfruitbowl.co.uk for daily art inspiration and written interviews! Also, we now have a patreon page if you'd like to support the platform! Tiers start from…
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Seth D. Kaplan, "Fragile Neighborhoods: Repairing American Society, One Zip Code at a Time" (Little, Brown Spark, 2023)
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The neighborhoods we live in impact our lives in so many ways: they determine who we know, what resources and opportunities we have access to, the quality of schools our kids go to, our sense of security and belonging, and even how long we live. Yet too many of us live in neighborhoods plagued by rising crime, school violence, family disintegration…
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Eric Hoffer's "The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements" (1951)
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A stevedore on the San Francisco docks in the 1940s, who eventually taught at the University of California at Berkeley, Eric Hoffer wrote philosophical treatises in his spare time while living in the railroad yards. The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements—the first and most famous of his books—was made into a bestseller when Pre…
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Our interview with artist Laura Leigh! Check out her work over at her Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lauraleigh_paints/ Please check out www.theflyingfruitbowl.co.uk for daily art inspiration and written interviews! Also, we now have a patreon page if you'd like to support the platform! Tiers start from £1. If you're interested, please visit …
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Brothers and Sisters for Israel (“Achim Baneshek”): A Conversation with Ronen Koehler
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How does an organization change in an instant, shift its focus and mission in response to a new reality? One volunteer organization did just that. In this podcast, Ronen Koehler shares the ideas, skills and commitments that enabled his organization’s dramatic, consequential change. The nonprofit, Brothers and Sisters for Israel (“Achim Baneshek” in…
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Kenneth Miller, "Mapping the Darkness: The Visionary Scientists Who Unlocked the Mysteries of Sleep" (Hachette Books, 2023)
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Why do we sleep? How can we improve our sleep? A century ago, sleep was considered a state of nothingness—even a primitive habit that we could learn to overcome. Then, an immigrant scientist and his assistant spent a month in the depths of a Kentucky cave, making nationwide headlines and thrusting sleep science to the forefront of our consciousness…
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Paul Scharre, "Four Battlegrounds: Power in the Age of Artificial Intelligence" (Norton, 2023)
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An award-winning defense expert tells the story of today’s great power rivalry―the struggle to control artificial intelligence. A new industrial revolution has begun. Like mechanization or electricity before it, artificial intelligence will touch every aspect of our lives―and cause profound disruptions in the balance of global power, especially amo…
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Mike Caulfield and Sam Wineburg, "Verified: How to Think Straight, Get Duped Less, and Make Better Decisions about What to Believe Online" (U Chicago Press, 2023)
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An indispensable guide for telling fact from fiction on the internet—often in less than 30 seconds. The internet brings information to our fingertips almost instantly. The result is that we often jump to thinking too fast, without taking a few moments to verify the source before engaging with a claim or viral piece of media. Information literacy ex…
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John Horgan, "Terrorist Minds: The Psychology of Violent Extremism from Al-Qaeda to the Far Right" ( Columbia UP, 2023)
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What makes a person want to become a terrorist? Who becomes involved in terrorism, and why? In what ways does participating in violent extremism change someone? And how can people become deradicalized? John Horgan―one of the world’s leading experts on the psychology of terrorism―takes readers on a globe-spanning journey into the terrorist mindset. …
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What Can We Learn From A Pottery Shard? Uncovering the Ancient Past Through Biblical Archeology with Professor Aren Maeir
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Some people are good at what they do, some are enthusiastic about their work. This guest brings both to bear in his exploration of the ancient past. Today we are privileged to talk with a distinguished figure in the world of archeology whose enthusiasm doesn’t quit. Professor. Aren Maeir is not only an accomplished archaeologist, but he is also a c…
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Matthew Levitt, "Hamas: Politics, Charity, and Terrorism in the Service of Jihad" (Yale UP, 2008)
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The world is reeling from the savage terror attack that brutalized, raped, murdered and kidnapped Israelis and civilians from at least 25 other countries, continuing to hold many of them hostage – and from the ongoing war that followed. After Hamas took over Gaza in 2007, some thought it would become more moderate. That was wishful thinking. The ba…
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Con Coughlin, "Assad: The Triumph of Tyranny" (Picador, 2023)
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In Assad: The Triumph of Tyranny (Picador, 2023), Con Coughlin, veteran commentator on war in the Middle East and author of Saddam: The Secret Life, examines how a mild-mannered ophthalmic surgeon has transformed himself into the tyrannical ruler of a once flourishing country. Until the Arab Spring of 2011, the world’s view of Bashar al-Assad was l…
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Our interview with artist Eric Hagan! Check out his work over on his website & instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eric_hagan_art https://www.reddit.com/r/TheArtofEricHagan/ Please check out www.theflyingfruitbowl.co.uk for daily art inspiration and written interviews! Also, we now have a patreon page if you'd like to support the platform! Tiers s…
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Our interview with artist Jenny Lloyd! Check out her work over at her website & instagram: https://jennylloyd.pictures https://www.instagram.com/jennyariane/?hl=en Please check out www.theflyingfruitbowl.co.uk for daily art inspiration and written interviews! Also, we now have a patreon page if you'd like to support the platform! Tiers start from £…
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