Best House Einstein Podcasts (2024)

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Truth or Dare | Confidentiality in Real Estate Contracts | Podcast #50 1:25:33

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When does it benefit a buyer or seller to keep offers confidential? Are contracts something that cannot be shared with third parties?In this pod, we go all-in to share the truth about how confidentiality is handled and mishandled in Colorado real estate transactions. We also cover the latest real estate related news, local issues, and more. Our mis…

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S14: WHM Mail Bag - July 2024 1:22:08

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For this summer time Mail Bag, we're reading wild letters from listeners— including ones about a crazy dad following Dan Aykroyd into a casino bathroom, a teenager getting to hang out with Danny Trejo for an entire day, a movie theater parking lot brawl after a Beavis and Butt-Head Do America screening, a guy who helped someone get laid with a scre…

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Tea Krulos, "American Madness: The Story of the Phantom Patriot and How Conspiracy Theories Hijacked American Consciousness" (Feral House, 2020) 57:34

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The mainstream news media struggles to understand the power of social media. In contrast, conspiracy advocates, malicious political movements, and even foreign governments have long understood how to harness the power of fear and the fear of power into lucrative outlets for outrage and money. But what happens when the messengers of “inside knowledg…

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The "Massachusetts Review" Magazine: A Discussion with Jim Hicks and Shailja Patel 34:51

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Jim Hicks is the Executive Editor of the Massachusetts Review, a Senior Lecturer in Comparative Literature at UMass Amherst, and a translator of literature from Italian, French, Spanish, and Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian. His latest book is Lessons from Sarajevo: A War Stories Primer. Shailja Patel is the Public Affairs Editor of the Massachusetts Revie…

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The (ir)Rational Priests: On Ignacio Martín-Baró and Liberation Psychology 52:20

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A group of landholding elites waged psychological warfare on the El Salvadoran people, and oppressed them for generations. When a psychologist and Jesuit priest defended the rationality of the people against their oppressors, he paid the ultimate price. This is episode three of Cited’s returning season, The Rationality Wars. This season tells stori…

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Benjamin J. B. Lipscomb, "The Women Are Up to Something: How Elizabeth Anscombe, Philippa Foot, Mary Midgley, and Iris Murdoch Revolutionized Ethics" (Oxford UP, 2021) 43:27

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The story of four remarkable women who shaped the intellectual history of the 20th century: Elizabeth Anscombe, Philippa Foot, Mary Midgley, and Iris Murdoch. On the cusp of the Second World War, four women went to Oxford to begin their studies: a fiercely brilliant Catholic convert; a daughter of privilege longing to escape her stifling upbringing…

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S14 Ep749: Despicable Me 2 (with Bob Mackey & Henry Gilbert of Talking Simpsons) 2:35:01

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“I feel bad for these Minions, man, they’re forced to help out with all these party shenanigans” - Andrew On this week’s episode, the guys welcome back dear buds, Bob Mackey & Henry Gilbert (Talking Simpsons) to join the Summer Blockbuster Extravaganza and chat about the dreadful animated sequel, Despicable Me 2! Does Pixar have a suit over the des…

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Eve J. Chung, "Daughters of Shandong" (Berkley Books, 2024) 38:31

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Daughters of Shandong (Berkley Books, 2024), the author’s first and based on the life of her grandmother, follows the fortunes of a mother and three daughters abandoned by their wealthy family in soon-to-be Communist China. It is 1948, and Chairman Mao’s forces have moved into Shandong Province, driving the Nationalist Army into retreat. Although t…

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Alan Lightman, "Einstein's Dreams" (Vintage, 1992) 55:06

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Einstein’s Dreams (Vintage, 1992) by Alan Lightman, set in Albert Einstein’s “miracle year” of 1905, is a novel about the cultural interconnection of time, relativity and life. As the young genius creates his theory of relativity, in a series of dreams, he imagines other worlds, each with a different conceptualization of time. In one, time is circu…

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Alan Lightman, "Einstein's Dreams" (Vintage, 1992) 55:06

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Einstein’s Dreams (Vintage, 1992) by Alan Lightman, set in Albert Einstein’s “miracle year” of 1905, is a novel about the cultural interconnection of time, relativity and life. As the young genius creates his theory of relativity, in a series of dreams, he imagines other worlds, each with a different conceptualization of time. In one, time is circu…

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Timothy Grieve-Carlson, "American Aurora: Environment and Apocalypse in the Life of Johannes Kelpius" (Oxford UP, 2024) 1:05:11

6d ago1:05:11

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American Aurora: Environment and Apocalypse in the Life of Johannes Kelpius (Oxford UP, 2024) explores the impact of climate change on early modern radical religious groups during the height of the Little Ice Age in the seventeenth century. Focusing on the life and legacy of Johannes Kelpius (1667-1707), an enormously influential but comprehensivel…

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S14 Ep748: Logan (We ❤️ Movies, PREVIEW) 6:33

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“Get your boners ready!” - Steve, on Xavier and Wolverine looking like their cartoon counterparts in recent MCU films On this month’s patrons-only We ❤️ Movies episode, we’re chatting about a truly fantastic comic book motion picture, James Mangold’s Logan! Could Marvel go back to the comic book panel flip intro instead of using images from their f…

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Jeremy Black, "Defoe's Britain" (St. Augustine's Press, 2023) 24:15

7d ago24:15

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The Weight of Words Series continues with Defoe's Britain (St. Augustine's Press, 2023), as historian Jeremy Black uses this writer to interpret Britain in the late 1600s, and likewise looks to the times to interpret the fiction. As seen in previous studies on Christie, Smollett, Fielding, and the Gothic novelists, Black tells the story of the stor…

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Nat Reeve, "Nettleblack" (Cipher Press, 2022) 49:33

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1893. Henry Nettleblack has to act fast or she’ll be married off by her elder sister. But leaving the safety of her wealthy life isn’t as simple as she thought. Ambushed, robbed, and then saved by a mysterious organisation – part detective agency, part neighbourhood watch – a desperate Henry disguises herself and enlists. Sent out to investigate a …

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Marsha Gordon, "Becoming the Ex-Wife: The Unconventional Life and Forgotten Writings of Ursula Parrott" (U California Press, 2024) 1:07:33

7d ago1:07:33

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Credited with popularizing the label "ex-wife" in 1929, Ursula Parrott wrote provocatively about divorcées, career women, single mothers, work-life balance, and a host of new challenges facing modern women. Her best sellers, Hollywood film deals, marriages and divorces, and run-ins with the law made her a household name. Part biography, part cultur…

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Iris Mwanza, "The Lions' Den" (Graydon House, 2024) 40:21

9d ago40:21

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A missing boy. A corrupt system. A case that could change everything... When young queer dancer Wilbess "Bessy" Mulenga is arrested by corrupt police, fresh-from-the-village rookie lawyer Grace Zulu takes up his cause in her first pro bono case. Presented with a freshly beaten client, Grace protests to the police and gets barred from accessing Bess…

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Verso l’Alto (with Christine Wohar) 1:14:19

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Christine Wohar talks about Finding Frassati: And Following His Path to Holiness (EWTN, 2021), her book about Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati. The book is a biography, hagiography, and delightful conversation about the participation of the Communion of Saints in our lives and how can join hands with them in our daily lives. Like many of us, Bl. Pier …

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Patrick Colm Hogan, "A People Without Shame" (Blackwater Press, 2024) 1:03:22

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Somota is society divided by change, and by memories. When A. arrives in the protectorate shortly after the first world war, he is unsure of what to expect. Employed by the government as a linguistic anthropologist, he is tasked with documenting the benefits of the new order and reporting them to the Reverend G. But what are these benefits? In his …

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Michelle T. King, "Chop Fry Watch Learn: Fu Pei-Mei and the Making of Modern Chinese Food" (Norton, 2024) 45:41

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In 1971, the New York Times called the Taiwanese-Chinese chef, Fu Pei-Mei, the “the Julia Child of Chinese cooking.” But, as Michelle T. King notes in her book Chop Fry Watch Learn: Fu Pei-Mei and the Making of Modern Chinese Food (Norton, 2024), the inverse–that Julia Child was the Fu Pei-Mei of French cuisine–might be more appropriate. Fu spent d…

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These Robots Kill Cancer Cells | Medical Nano Technology, Laser Communication in Space, and LSD Micro-dosing for Sleep 30:01

10d ago30:01

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Join Stephanie and Kenna for the last episode of the season as they discuss a new nano robot developed in Sweden that can kill cancer cells in mice. They also open a channel to the ISS and discuss how NASA is using laser relays to send photos and messages to astronauts. Lastly, they take a trip and talk about how a new study says that micro-doses o…

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Lance J. Sussman, "Portrait of an American Rabbi: In His Own Words" (Xlibris US, 2023) 46:50

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Rabbi Lance J. Sussman, Ph.D., has been a leading rabbi and scholar of the American Jewish experience throughout his long career. Now Rabbi Emeritus of Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel in Elkins Park, PA, he previously served as Rabbi of Temple Concord of Binghamton, NY, and Associate Professor of American Jewish History at Binghamton University…

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S14 Ep747: Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 (with Ben Worcester) 2:01:19

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“Asshole is the right word…” - Steve, on Paul Blart’s attitude toward hotel staff On this week’s SBE episode, we welcome back our good friend, Ben Worcester of Hooked on TJ Hooker to chat about the absolutely abysmal comedy sequel, Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2! Why did they insist on making this guy so cripplingly pathetic? Why can’t we do better by Neal…

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Sonja Mejcher-Atassi, "An Impossible Friendship: Group Portrait, Jerusalem Before and After 1948" (Columbia UP, 2024) 53:34

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In Jerusalem, as World War II was coming to an end, an extraordinary circle of friends began to meet at the bar of the King David Hotel. This group of aspiring artists, writers, and intellectuals—among them Wolfgang Hildesheimer, Jabra Ibrahim Jabra, Sally Kassab, Walid Khalidi, and Rasha Salam, some of whom would go on to become acclaimed authors,…

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The (ir)Rational Mob: On the Life and Legacy of Gustave Le Bon 57:09

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Every protest movement has been dismissed as a mere ‘mindless mob,’ caught in a psychological frenzy. Where did this idea come from, and why does it last? Gustave Le Bon. This is episode one of Cited’s returning season, The Rationality Wars. This season tells stories of political and scholarly battles to define rationality and irrationality. For a …

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Pinkhes-Dov Goldenshteyn, "The Shochet: A Memoir of Jewish Life in Ukraine and Crimea" (Academic Studies Press, 2023) 1:04:04

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Today we are going to explore a fascinating volume of the Yiddish library, the autobiography of Pinkhes-Dov Goldenshteyn. Set in Ukraine and Crimea, this unique autobiography offers a fascinating, detailed picture of life in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Tsarist Russia. Goldenshteyn (1848-1930), a traditional Jew who was orphaned as …

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Sorayya Khan, "We Take Our Cities with Us: A Memoir" (Ohio State UP, 2022) 58:12

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Today’s book is: We Take Our Cities With Us (Ohio State UP, 2022), by Sorayya Khan. After her mother’s death, Sorayya Khan confronts her grief by revisiting their relationship, her parents’ lives, and her own Pakistani-Dutch heritage in a multicultural memoir that unfolds over seven cities and three continents. We Take Our Cities with Us ushers us …

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Jeremy Schipper, "Denmark Vesey's Bible: The Thwarted Revolt That Put Slavery and Scripture on Trial" (Princeton UP, 2022) 1:13:48

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In Denmark Vesey's Bible: The Thwarted Revolt that Put Slavery and Scripture on Trial (Princeton UP, 2022), Dr. Jeremy Schipper tells the story of a free Black man accused of plotting an anti-slavery insurrection in Charleston, South Carolina, in 1822. Vesey was found guilty and hanged along with dozens of others accused of collaborating with him. …

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S14: On-Screen Live 6.24.24 HBO's Ren Faire Review, The Front Room Trailer Reaction & more! 1:07:48

16d ago1:07:48

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On this week's On-Screen Live, we're reviewing the wild-ass HBO doc, Ren Faire, taking a look at the new trailer for A24's Brandy-starring horror flick, The Front Room, going over the weekend box office, reviewing a Chris Pine Secret Movie™️, and more! Be sure to pick up your tickets for our summer time WORLD WIDE DIGITAL EVENT where we’ll be talki…

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Peter Hill, "Prophet of Reason: Science, Religion and the Origins of the Modern Middle East" (Oneworld Academic, 2024) 39:25

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Today I talked to Peter Hill about his new book Prophet of Reason: Science, Religion and the Origins of the Modern Middle East (Oneworld Academic, 2024). In 1813, high in the Lebanese mountains, a thirteen-year-old boy watches a solar eclipse. Will it foretell a war, a plague, the death of a prince? Mikha’il Mishaqa’s lifelong search for truth star…

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Twinkle Twinkle Artificial Star | Lost Ancient Temples, Magnetic Winds Feeding Black Holes, and Building a Fake Star for Science 28:45

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In this week’s episode of the DWR, Stephanie and Kenna discuss NASA's plan to build an artificial star for astronomical measurements. They also explore a lost Greek temple mentioned in ancient graffiti, and a new black hole discovery using magnetic winds to feed. Every Tuesday, join hosts Stephanie Gerk, Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, and MJ Banias as t…

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Graham McNeill, "Horus Heresy - False Gods" (Games Workshop, 2014) 31:39

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For years, fans have been clamoring for novels about the Horus Heresy - the bloody civil war that set Space Marine against Space Marine and nearly spelled the end of mankind at the hands of the traitor Horus. False Gods takes the epic story onwards as Horus struggles to keep his armies in line and the seeds of his downfall are sown. Join us as we s…

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Molly Giles, "Life Span" (WTAW Press, 2024) 24:33

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Molly Giles remembers when her father came back after WWII in 1945. Her memoir, Life Span (WTAW Press, 2024) opens when she is three years old, sitting in the front seat of a moving van as her father drives from San Francisco to their new home in Sausalito. Well-known editor and author of four story-collections and two novels, Giles referenced the …

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S14 Ep746: Beverly Hills Cop III 1:53:15

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“You don’t need to ask for directions anymore, you’re no longer a fish out of water!” - Andrew on Axel’s third time in Los Angeles On this week’s episode, the Summer Blockbuster Extravaganza tackles an action comedy sequel that didn’t need to exist at all, and no one wanted to make in the first place, Beverly Hills Cop III! What in the hell tone we…

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Ann Powers, "Traveling: On the Path of Joni Mitchell" (Dey Street Books, 2024) 51:46

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For decades, Joni Mitchell's life and music have enraptured listeners. One of the most celebrated artists of her generation, Mitchell has inspired countless musicians--from peers like James Taylor, to inheritors like Prince and Brandi Carlile--and authors, who have dissected her music and her life in their writing. At the same time, Mitchell has al…

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Dana Elmendorf, "In the Hour of Crows" (Mira Books, 2024) 35:32

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Dana Elmendorf’s novel In The Hour of Crows (Mira Books, 2024) takes place in small town Appalachia and follows Weatherly Opal Wilder, a young woman with the ability to talk death out of the dying. Our story begins shortly after the death of her cousin, Adaire, as Weatherly struggles to find justice for her cousin and to navigate small town politic…

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Emma Copley Eisenberg, "Housemates" (Hogarth, 2024) 35:20

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Today I talked to Emma Copley Eisenberg's novel Housemates (Hogarth, 2024). After Bernie’s former photography professor, the renowned yet tarnished Daniel Dunn, dies and leaves her a complicated inheritance, Leah volunteers to accompany Bernie to his home in rural Pennsylvania, turning the jaunt into a road trip with an ambitious mission: to docume…

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Paula Marie Seniors, "Mae Mallory, the Monroe Defense Committee, and World Revolutions: African American Women Radical Activists" (U Georgia Press, 2024) 46:31

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Mae Mallory, the Monroe Defense Committee, and World Revolutions: African American Women Radical Activists (U Georgia Press, 2024) explores the significant contributions of African American women radical activists from 1955 to 1995. It examines the 1961 case of African American working-class self-defense advocate Mae Mallory, who traveled from New …

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Not Your Agent's Job? | Podcast #49 1:47:53

22d ago1:47:53

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What’s your agent’s job again? If they’re just driving you around to look at houses, find a better agent. In this podcast, we’re going to focus on due diligence - something that should start well before you even set foot inside a house. Remember: The best agents are your proactive adviser when it comes to property selection, offer expert negotiatio…

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Escape Velocity: Sarah Manguso in Conversation with Tess McNulty (EH) 50:01

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What’s the truth and what’s a lie? What’s a memoir, what’s a novel, and what if both are just a series of “prose blocks”? This conversation between Sarah Manguso and Tess McNulty takes up questions of writing and veracity, trauma and memory. Sarah Manguso is the author of nine books, including three memoirs. Her first novel, Very Cold People, was n…

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