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The Open Mind is a thoughtful excursion into the world of ideas across media, politics, technology, the arts and all realms of civic life.
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Buried deep in the past of a quiet southern town lies the legend of Billy Sunday Birt, the most dangerous man in Georgia history. A chance meeting one spring day unravels the truth behind the notorious figure and uncovers new secrets along the way. "A wild tale of moonshine, murder, and mayhem" - Vulture 2021 Webby Award Honoree, Podcast Limited Series
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In a rugged corner of West Texas, billionaire wildcatters and roughnecks are fueling an oil boom so big it’s reshaping our climate, our economy, and our geopolitics. This modern-day gold rush has sent both big oil companies and scrappy start-ups scrambling to secure a piece of the action. Texas Monthly’s Christian Wallace follows characters along every rung of the oil field ladder, from the executive cutting billion-dollar deals to the itinerant pipeline worker risking life and limb, and fro ...
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'Best Podcasts of 2022' - Paste Magazine It’s been 25 years since Anne Champion’s friend was killed, but the case was never solved. When Anne, now a prominent Manhattan attorney, gets an unexpected phone call from an old friend, it compels her to return to Iowa, her childhood home, to try and piece together the events around Laura Van Wyhe’s mysterious death.
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Robert Kraft, better known as Raven, has run on the oceanfront sands of Miami’s South Beach every day since January 1, 1975. Many have marveled at this feat over the years and all have the same question… Why?
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Step into the vibrant world of entertainment with "Producing While Asian," where host Don Mike Mendoza leads captivating conversations with producers, production staff, and notable personalities who identify as Asian, Asian American, BIPOC, or allies supporting the BIPOC community. Drawing from his tenure as Executive Producer of LA TI DO Productions, Don Mike delves into insightful interviews, sharing stories and perspectives that uplift the voices and creations of the BIPOC community in th ...
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Sean Kipe tells the story of former Georgia police officer Michael Chapel, convicted of the 1993 robbery and brutal murder of Emogene Thompson and sentenced to life in prison. However, with the recent surfacing of new information, Chapel’s story may have taken a dramatic turn – one that could potentially prove his innocence. Kipe takes a deep dive into Chapel’s past to find the unbelievable truth behind a story that involves corrupt police officers, crime rings, drug trafficking, steroids, a ...
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The murder of 18-year-old Rhonda Sue Coleman in 1990 has been a thorn in the side of the small community of Hazlehurst, GA for over 30 years. No arrests, no answers, and no justice. The family, friends and townspeople have never let go of the hope of finally getting the answers they so desperately seek. Fox Hunter is a 10-episode series with new episodes publishing Tuesday mornings.
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Fear and hysteria grip the small town of Gilmer, Texas, when the search for missing teenager Kelly Wilson takes a series of bizarre and shocking turns. Thirty years later, journalist Wes Ferguson returns home to uncover what really happened to Kelly, who has never been found, in this wild, 11-episode true crime podcast. "A thorough examination of the circumstances surrounding Wilson's disappearance and the ensuring hysteria that engulfed Gilmer" - Longview News-Journal Devil Town is a produc ...
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Follow along and have some fun, in one of the longest running Real Play Podcasts.
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2022 Webby Award Honoree, Podcast Documentary Limited Series and Specials. The Agent is the remarkable true story of Jack Barsky, the longest-surviving known member of the KGB illegals program operated during the height of the Cold War. Barsky hid in plain sight in America for 10 years, all the while leading dual lives on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. On one fateful day, he was confronted with an impossible choice. The Agent is a production of Imperative Entertainment in association with ...
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Between 1987 and 2001, one American crossed over 1000 migrants from Mexico into the United States, using a variety of wild, comical and harrowing schemes to outwit authorities on both sides of the border. This is the story of a legendary man and unlikely hero, Elden Kidd, who supported his family of five as a Coyoté and gave countless others a chance at a better life.
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Billionaire Zappos founder and tech CEO Tony Hsieh was obsessed with happiness and helping people achieve it. After running “the world’s happiest company” for two decades, Hsieh created his experimental community — The Downtown Project — dedicated to pursuing happiness. But what do Tony's life and death reveal about Silicon Valley’s obsession with re-imagining how society functions? "A gripping tale" - The Guardian The Cost Of Happiness is reported and hosted by Nastaran Tavakoli-Far. It is ...
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TRUE features the often weird but always true stories of strange events and unforgettable moments. Each episode explores unusual, obscure, sometimes funny, sometimes creepy stories. Stories that are so bizarre that you won’t believe that they’re real… but they are, because, yeah, they’re TRUE. New episodes published every Tuesday morning.
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Mike Thevis was the son of Greek immigrants, living the American Dream in 1970s Atlanta. He was married and had five kids. He owned one of the largest homes in Atlanta, full of fine art and exquisite furnishings. He built a highly successful business empire. But Thevis made many enemies along the way. This is the story of Mike Thevis, family man, and one of the most notorious criminals you’ve never heard of.
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Over two decades, Dr. Fredric Brandt went from a small dermatology practice in Miami to being Madonna's personal skincare consultant and the go-to for public figures desperate to stave off aging. His clients loved him. Fashion magazines profiled him. But as Brandt continued to build his empire—a best-selling product line, pristine homes in New York and Miami, and an absurd modern art collection—he was slowly becoming addicted to his own product. Popular speculation has it that it was Martin ...
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Buried cash. DEA moles. Sibling rivalries. Skydiving planes. Fast cars. And an exploding hash lab. A group of college friends took advantage of Colorado’s medical marijuana laws to create one of the longest, most lucrative smuggling runs in U.S. history. But when a drug mule flipped, the whole enterprise came crashing down— and revealed how the marijuana black market is not just evolving in the era of legal weed, but thriving.New episodes publish Tuesday mornings.
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The first-ever series that defines and exposes the true nature of the underworld: a second economy of dirty money, born from the intersection of organized crime and intelligence operations. They are twin heads of this realm, and they have never been separated. This is the world of MOBSTERS & SPIES.
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Standoff follows Fred Gómez Carrasco, a drug cartel kingpin and orchestrator of the 1974 Huntsville, Texas, prison siege. The siege was one of the most infamous hostage crises in American history and played out in dramatic fashion over eleven days, all in front of a terrified national audience. One hundred hours of audio containing the actual hostage negotiations and the deadly shoot-out tell the story like never before. "Journalist Wes Ferguson... weaves a fascinating yarn using new intervi ...
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"Best Podcasts of 2022" - Financial Times On a January night in 1978, a white light burned through the sub-Arctic sky. It was Cosmos 954, a nuclear-powered Soviet espionage satellite that had malfunctioned and fallen to earth. As the satellite disintegrated, it scattered dangerously radioactive debris across the vast traditional lands of the Dene, Métis, and Inuit in the Northwest Territories of Canada. Operation Morning Light tells the story of the Cosmos 954 disaster, its impact on the lan ...
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"Best True Crime Podcast" Nominee, 2023 Ambies Warsaw, Missouri, is a small, rural town of just over 2,000 people in the American Midwest. Locally it’s known as the “quiet end of the Lake of the Ozarks.” Very few realize that it’s the paddlefish capital of the world. But when a new group arrived driving flashy, imported cars and dropping hundreds of dollars on bait and tackle, the town became the setting for an undercover federal sting operation tasked with bringing down a suspected internat ...
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In a world where “influence” equals follower counts and likes, there was one woman who, over the course of her career and half a century before, defined the meaning of influence and transformed its power. She went the distance by living a remarkable life beyond the dazzle - breaking ground as the first true influencer. Her name? Elizabeth Taylor. Narrated by Katy Perry, Elizabeth the First is a 10-episode podcast series exploring the life of Elizabeth Taylor as Hollywood icon, mother, wife, ...
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The Great Climate Migrations and Fortifications
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Author Abrahm Lustgarten discusses how future environmental conditions will impact U.S. states and cities.By The Open Mind on PBS
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Critical Hit #782: The Narwhal Opens (PANS01E94)
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In this installment of Critical Hit, a Major Spoilers TTRPG Podcast: The spell is cast, the cost is paid, and the doorway to Carcosa opens! Character sheets and battle map images for this episode are available at Patreon.com/MajorSpoilers Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at Patreon.com/MajorSpo…
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Counterproliferation leader Emma Belcher discusses reversing the likelihood of nuclear war.By The Open Mind on PBS
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Critical Hit #781: Stalemate (PANS01E93)
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In this installment of Critical Hit - A Major Spoilers TTRPG Podcast: Plans fall apart, come back together, and possibly fall apart again... Character sheets and battle map images for this episode are available at Patreon.com/MajorSpoilers Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at Patreon.com/MajorSp…
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Chase Smith, Founder/CEO of Press Play Podcasts, offers a final message to the P3 family.By Press Play Podcasts, Don Mike Mendoza, Chase Smith
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"Liberty Paradox" author David Kinley discusses the pursuit and meaning of liberty.By The Open Mind on PBS
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Critical Hit #780: The Phone Call (PANS01E92)
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In this installment of Critical Hit - A Major Spoilers Podcast: Carlos receives a phone call no one wants to ever receive. Character sheets and battle map images for this episode are available at Patreon.com/MajorSpoilers Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at Patreon.com/MajorSpoilers. It will he…
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"Liberty Paradox" author David Kinley discusses the pursuit and meaning of liberty.By The Open Mind on PBS
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Critical Hit #779: Mother (PANS01E91)
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In this installment of Critical Hit: A Major Spoilers RPG Podcast: The party arrives in Helsinki. NOTE: There is a post-credits sequence in this episode. Character sheets and battle map images for this episode are available at Patreon.com/MajorSpoilers Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at Patreo…
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Critical Hit #778: Russian to Trouble (PANS01E90)
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In this installment of Critical Hit, a Major Spoilers RPG Podcast: The party looks for a way out of St. Petersburg and discovers a group of conspiracy theorists. Character sheets and battle map images for this episode are available at Patreon.com/MajorSpoilers Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron a…
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Critical Hit #777: Four Against the Rasputin (PANS01E89)
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In this installment of Critical Hit, a Major Spoilers RPG Podcast: The last will be the hardest to be obtained from open fight. Character sheets and battle map images for this episode are available at Patreon.com/MajorSpoilers Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at Patreon.com/MajorSpoilers. It wi…
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Critical Hit #776: Back to Base! (PANS01E88)
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In this installment of Critical Hit - A Major Spoilers Podcast: The party tests The Dreamlands and then heads to Russia. Character sheets and battle map images for this episode are available at Patreon.com/MajorSpoilers Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at Patreon.com/MajorSpoilers. It will help…
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The Omowale Project leader Emani Davis discusses healing system-impacted people.By The Open Mind on PBS
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Critical Hit #775: Into the Dreamlands? (PANS01E87)
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In this installment of Critical Hit - A Major Spoilers Podcast: The party attempts to find answers to questions that may have already been answered as they look for the doorway to the Dreamlands. Character sheets and battle map images for this episode are available at Patreon.com/MajorSpoilers Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by …
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Illinois Prison Project Jennifer Soble discusses opportunities for back-end justice reform.By The Open Mind on PBS
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Critical Hit #774: Mystery Men (PANS01E86)
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In this installment of Critical Hit - A Major Spoilers Podcast: Two detectives from Arkham, MA, traveled to Albany, NY, to help the local police investigate numerous missing persons cases. Character sheets and battle map images for this episode are available at Patreon.com/MajorSpoilers Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becomin…
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Legal scholar Mark Osler discusses the justice solution of clemency.By The Open Mind on PBS
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Critical Hit #773: Let's Wrap This Up And Go Home (PANS01E85)
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In this installment of Critical Hit - A Major Spoilers Podcast: The party mostly rounds up the remaining Norn and makes a few horrifying discoveries along the way. Character sheets and battle map images for this episode are available at Patreon.com/MajorSpoilers Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron…
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Civil rights attorney Scott Hechinger discusses the state of public defenders in America.By The Open Mind on PBS
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Critical Hit #772: A Gathering of Norn (PANS01E84)
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In this installment of Critical Hit - A Major Spoilers Podcast: The party attempts to break up a magical circle of Norn, and get more than they bargained for. Character sheets and battle map images for this episode are available at Patreon.com/MajorSpoilers Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at P…
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Louisiana Parole Project founder Andrew Hundley discusses his personal journey in the justice system.By The Open Mind on PBS
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Critical Hit #771: There's a red one, and a pink one, and a blue one... (PANS01E83)
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In this installment of Critical Hit – A Major Spoilers Real Play Podcast, The party continues to explore the asylum, with death and terrors around every corner (literally). Character sheets and battle map images for this episode are available at Patreon.com/MajorSpoilers Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoile…
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State Law Research Initiative director Kyle Barry discusses state constitutions.By The Open Mind on PBS
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Critical Hit #770: This Place is Creepy (PANS01E83)
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In this installment of Critical Hit - A Major Spoilers Real Play Podcast: The party discovers having mental fortitude in an asylum might be useful. Character sheets and battle map images for this episode are available at Patreon.com/MajorSpoilers Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at Patreon.com/…
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Ending Mass Incarceration on the Back End
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Sentencing Project research director Nazgol Ghandnoosh discusses mass incarceration data.By The Open Mind on PBS
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Critical Hit #769: Everybody Has a Happy Place (PANS01E82)
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In this installment of Critical Hit - A Major Spoilers Real Play Podcast: The Fighting Gobblers arrive at the sanitorium to find the Norn plaguing their dreams. Character sheets and battle map images for this episode are available at Patreon.com/MajorSpoilers Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at…
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Scientist Lauren Oakes discusses environmental conservation.By The Open Mind on PBS
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Critical Hit #768: Everything is Spiders (PANS01E81)
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In this installment of Critical Hit - A Major Spoilers Real Play Podcast: Dreams sure hit differently when you take out the things trying to kill you in your dreams. Character sheets and battle map images for this episode are available at Patreon.com/MajorSpoilers Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patr…
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Equal Justice Initiative founder Bryan Stevenson discusses his prescriptions for reform.By The Open Mind on PBS
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“The West Wing” actress Melissa Fitzgerald discusses President Bartlet-inspired activism.By The Open Mind on PBS
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Critical Hit #767: Big, Thick, Throbbing, Purple Tentacle Monster (PANS01E80)
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In this installment of Critical Hit - A Major Spoilers Podcast: Never stick your hand into a white witch... Character sheets and battle map images for this episode are available at Patreon.com/MajorSpoilers Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at Patreon.com/MajorSpoilers. It will help ensure Criti…
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Gastropod host Nicola Twilley discusses her new book “Frostbite: How Refrigeration Changed Our Food, Our Planet, and Ourselves.”By The Open Mind on PBS
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Wikimedia leader Rebecca MacKinnon discusses the future of the encyclopedia platform.By The Open Mind on PBS
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Critical Hit #766: Meet the Norn (PANS01E79)
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In this installment of Critical Hit - A Major Spoilers Podcast: "You want cultists, Doc? Because this is how you get cultists!" Character sheets and battle map images for this episode are available at Patreon.com/MajorSpoilers Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at Patreon.com/MajorSpoilers. It wi…
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Win Without War director Sara Haghdoosti discusses strategies for counterproliferation.By The Open Mind on PBS
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Critical Hit #765: Run You Fools! (PANS01E78)
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In this installment of Critical Hit: A Major Spoilers Real Play Podcast - If Dilbert is correct, this story might be over sooner than expected! Also, a dead body is discovered. Character sheets for this episode are available at Patreon.com/MajorSpoilers Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at Patre…
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Carnegie Endowment fellow Tong Zhao discusses central and rogue nuclear powers of Asia.By The Open Mind on PBS
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Critical Hit #764: The Key to the Dreamlands (PANS01E77)
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In this installment of Critical Hit - A Major Spoilers Podcast: What happens when you enter someone else's dreams? Character sheets and battle map images for this episode are available at Patreon.com/MajorSpoilers Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at Patreon.com/MajorSpoilers. It will help ensur…
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Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists CEO Rachel Bronson discusses a potential nuclear event.By The Open Mind on PBS
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Critical Hit #763: Into the Woods (PANS01E76)
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In this installment of Critical Hit - A Major Spoilers Podcast: The team arrives at Section M HQ, but all is not well in Kent! The party begins the investigation by venturing into the woods. Character sheets and battle map images for this episode are available at Patreon.com/MajorSpoilers Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becom…
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From long-time collaborators Sean Kipe and Jason Hoch comes ‘How It All Went South’, the new twice weekly podcast and video series where we share all the crazy stories we've been saving up for years. Until now. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and watch all episodes on our YouTube channel. You’ll get stories like: How to Hire a Hitman The Unluc…
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From long-time collaborators Sean Kipe and Jason Hoch comes ‘How It All Went South’, the new twice weekly podcast and video series where we share all the crazy stories we've been saving up for years. Until now. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and watch all episodes on our YouTube channel. You’ll get stories like: How to Hire a Hitman The Unluc…
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From long-time collaborators Sean Kipe and Jason Hoch comes ‘How It All Went South’, the new twice weekly podcast and video series where we share all the crazy stories we've been saving up for years. Until now. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and watch all episodes on our YouTube channel. You’ll get stories like: How to Hire a Hitman The Unluc…
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Counterproliferation and De-escalation in the Middle East
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Arms Control Association nonproliferation policy director Kelsey Davenport discusses Iran.By The Open Mind on PBS
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Critical Hit #762: The Romanian Imperative Part 2 (PANS01E75)
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In this installment of Critical Hit - A Major Spoilers Real Play Podcast: Take the blimp, or destroy the blimp? Character sheets and battle map images for this episode are available at Patreon.com/MajorSpoilers Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at Patreon.com/MajorSpoilers. It will help ensure C…
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Critical Hit #761: The Romanian Imperative Part 1 (PANS01E74)
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In this installment of Critical Hit - A Major Spoilers Podcast: The team is diverted to a small town to deal with a Nachtwolfe infestation. Character sheets and battle map images for this episode are available at Patreon.com/MajorSpoilers Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at Patreon.com/MajorSpo…
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In his hometown of Savannah, Georgia, Senator Raphael Warnock and Alexander break bread over chicken and waffles (and crab cake benedict); then visit his childhood home.By The Open Mind on PBS
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In Hays, Kansas, Senator Jerry Moran and Alexander break bread over chili and milkshakes; then visit the local library.By The Open Mind on PBS
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At her favorite local restaurant, Senator Mazie Hirono and Alexander break bread over Japanese fare; then visit the Honolulu high school from which she graduated.By The Open Mind on PBS
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At the first-ever food hall in Pueblo, Colorado, Governor Jared Polis and Alexander break bread over a smorgasbord of hot chicken, roast beef, and ramen.By The Open Mind on PBS
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