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Two best friends do a deep dive into different book series, looking at one book each month and discussing its plot, characters, and themes.
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I’m a Divine Purpose Coach and Spiritual Activist, author, poet, and singer-songwriter.
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I’m Laura How and I’m a counsellor in the UK. In this podcast series I’ll be discussing how to optimise our mental health, the quality of our relationships, our health-span and a whole range of other topics so that we can live life to our fullest potential.
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Mind the Inner Game with hosts Laura M. Wilde and Dee Brown transcends sports, delving into the realms of cosmic mindset, quantum physics, frequency, and sports consciousness. Join us as we explore how these dimensions enhance peak performance in sports and life. Gain insights, techniques, and transformative strategies to elevate your game and expand your mind.
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CHRISTIAN LIFE COACH COLLECTIVE~ Mindset, Identity, Calling, Purpose
Laura Malone- Life and Business Coach
CLEAN UP YOUR MINDSET, WALK IN YOUR TRUE IDENTITY, & GET CLARITY ABOUT YOUR CALLING There are a million thoughts flying around waiting for you to choose them. The thoughts you choose and allow lead to the identity you assume. A lot of those thoughts will lead to a lot of confusion about what you’re called to do. It’s time to get intentional about the way you think, what you believe is possible, and what you do with it. I’m Laura Malone, a life and business coach, no-nonsense Jesus follower, ...
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Board certified ophthalmologist, Dry Eye Disease Expert and international lecturer comments on DryEye relevant topics.
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Host Collin Sugg reviews movies such as Laura, Dial M For Murder, The Wicker Man, The Pope’s Exorcist and The Devil Bat. Theme Song was written and produced by professional musician Julia Fortman.
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Not Loud Enough is a podcast that delivers authentic conversations about actions we take to build a more inclusive and empowering world. Brought to you by two very good friends Canan Marasligil and Laura M. Pana featuring special guests from across various industries. We can never be loud enough about the issues we care about.
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Podcasting site for the Circle Sanctuary programming. **** Schedule **** *** Second and Fourth Mondays: Lunatic Mondays with Rev. Laura González *** First and Third Tuesdays: Circle Talk with Rev. Debra Rose *** Third Wednesdays: Circle of Nature with Rev. Selena Fox *** Second and Fourth Fridays: Songs of the Pagan Tribe with Rev. Cern Green *** Third Fridays: Blue Marble with Rev. Char Bear *** Saturdays: Paganos del Mundo with Rev. Laura González (Christian Ortiz, Harwe Tuileva, Petrucia ...
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Alright Raiders 👋🏽 Are you partial to a Yellow Sticker, Reduction Raiding? Do you get knee deep in the supermarket reduced crate? Or are you wanting to change your relationship with food, cooking? I’m Laura Gaga aka Reduction Raider and here to talk to guests about their relationships with food. Discover their food journeys, and consider the changes we want to see for our person, our people, our planet!
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I’m Laura Lee. I’m a no-nonsense, experienced female entrepreneur who has found success in the male-dominated sales world. The Business Serum is an inspiring and educational podcast about resilience, empowerment and failure in the business sales industry.Every episode will highlight people from around the world who have mastered the art of the ever-changing sell strategy. Episodes will cover topics such as: sales and marketing, strategizing a sales plan, leadership, humanizing the digital sa ...
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I’m Laura and this is a podcast where I talk about the things in my head that are occasionally funny. It’ll range from many different topics, but don’t take me too seriously. There will be a lot of mistakes and a lot experimenting, but hopefully you stick around for the ride!
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Optimistic Voices
Helping Children Worldwide; Dr. Laura Horvath, Emmanuel M. Nabieu, Yasmine Vaughan, Melody Curtiss
Vital voices in the fields of global health, global child welfare reform and family separation, and those intent on conducting ethical missions in low resource communities and developing nations. Join our hosts as they engage in conversations with diverse guests from across the globe, sharing optimistic views, experiences, and suggestions for better and best practices as they discuss these difficult topics.
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Hello and welcome to Connected Body Podcast. I’m Laura London founder of LauraLondonFitness.com & LauraLondonWellness.com, I am a regular mom who decided to step out of her comfort zone and get healthy and fit in my mid 40’s with a family and I have not looked back since. I am a fitness expert, health coach, author, Reiki Master and self love warrior. This podcast for you if you want to feel confident, powerful, connected and strong in your body and life at any age. Then the Connected Body w ...
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Welcome to Secrets From The Universe! I’m your host Gabrielle Laura and I’m an intuitive channeler for entrepreneurs and a spiritual advisor here to guide you on this wild ride. I’m here to help you tap into the magic that the universe has in store so you can manifest everything you’ve ever dreamed about. I help you do that through this podcast by channeling LAURA - a beautiful group of souls who describe themselves as infinite wisdom. Think of what LAURA is to me as what Abraham is to Esthe ...
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Welcome to the Pivot Academy Podcast. I’m your host, Laura Taylor, a once full-time devoted vet fuelled by more than decade of mindset and personal transformation. I have created this podcast for anyone who knows that they want change in their life but don’t know where to start. It wasn’t that long ago that I was overwhelmed and in a job that I didn’t love but lacked the skills to know how to break free. Now, after years of trial and error and many lessons learned, I’ve completely transforme ...
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Laura is a news editor who works the night shift. Join her as she burns the midnight oil to sneak in some stitches. Show notes can be found at www.theknitshift.com.
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We get to talk about sex!! How fun is that!? Show host, Laura M. Brotherson, LMFT, CST, marriage counselor, certified sex therapist, and best-selling author takes on the taboo subject of SEX -- shining a needed light into the intricacies of intimacy and marriage. "The Marital Intimacy Show" provides straight talk about empowering women and couples to create the intimate relationship of their dreams. This podcast is your trusted Christian resource to strengthen marriages intimately and help y ...
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Big Fat Positive is a smart and funny podcast about two best friends who found out they were pregnant at the same time. The show follows the moms-to-be on their journey through pregnancy and into new motherhood, week by week. With weekly check-ins, special guests and segments such as "OMG I’m Freaking Out," hosts Shanna Micko & Laura Birek recount the often hilarious and always honest highs and lows of being a pregnant woman and new mom..
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Midday Musings is the cure for internet overwhelm. We have cozy, funny, lunch break sized conversations on media, history and relationships 3x a week. Hosted by best friends who’ve been married for almost 10 years, this pod is wholesome, comfort listening brought to you by the loving, two cat parent household you wanted growing up.
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I’m Mary Laura Hunt, a normal teenager. I’ve struggled with self confidence and self-doubt comparing myself to social media “ideals”. As the first generation coming of age with social media at our fingertips, there really aren’t guide books for how we’re supposed to manage all of this. I’m not an expert, but in this podcast, we’ll talk to them about real issues faced by real people, like you, like me! Subscribe where ever you listen to podcasts, to make sure you get every episode.
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'Behind The Rack' is a documentary-style podcast hosted by Laura, and is the podcast where we discuss the ethical and sustainable practices of popular fast fashion brands.
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The Twelve Skills podcast provides insights and actionable advice on how to improve skills in key leadership areas. Along with the show’s co hosts, guest experts discuss ideas and provide commentary on leading edge leadership skills in today’s workplace.
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Bygones is the Ally McBeal rewatch podcast, where we watch each episode through 2019 eyes
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Join Laura Nicol (your host) as she dials into the untold stories of startup operators. Each podcast episode reveals the incredible—and often challenging—journeys of building and scaling startups, told from the operator's perspective. Together, we'll master the art of 'building the plane while flying it', drawing on practical insights from leaders and rising stars at Tracksuit, Canva, Culture Amp, Atlassian, me&u, Airwallex, Eucalyptus, and more. Laura is Maxine Minter's Chief of Staff at Co ...
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Welcome to the Less House, More Moola podcast, where we delve into the world of tiny living and its potential to transform your financial security. I'm your host, Laura Lynch, and together we'll embark on a journey of exploring alternative living arrangements, embracing a minimalistic lifestyle, and ultimately breaking free from societal expectations. Through captivating interviews, invaluable industry resources, and personal insights, this podcast aims to guide you towards a life of financi ...
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A podcast interviewing the indie filmmakers who make movies with no money. You can find all of the episodes on my website at www.LauraBrincat.com/podcasts
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Dr. Katz talks about medicine, women’s health and the ”sensitive subjects.” Essentially, nothing’s off limits!
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The Keeping Things Alive Podcast is here to explore the opportunities and challenges for humans living on our beautiful and living Planet Earth. Hosted and produced by @lauramevans. Season 1-3 & 8 music by @madisonjrich. Season 4 music by @lonniebarlow. Season 5, 6, + 7 music by @justconundrum.
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Hey Listener! Welcome to the Ignite Intimacy Podcast--One Woman’s journey to discovering love. I’m your host, Laura Aiisha. Join me weekly to tackle topics like developing deeper intimacy, matching romantic relationships to your desires, embracing your confidence, empowering communication and navigating seasons of singleness. Get ready to awaken a deep sense of love, intimacy and sexual freedom by igniting yourself, weekly, with me. In each episode you’ll find: *Practical ways to open your h ...
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Husband and wife duo on a mission to create fit minds & fit bodies through food fitness and lifestyle
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Laura Lee & Paul Robear host wide-ranging conversations with leading-edge researchers in a variety of interdisciplinary fields. Every guest, every conversation, fills in another piece of the Grand Puzzle. Ultimately, it’s about the eternal questions -- who are we? where did we come from? where are we going? and what's it all about, anyway? For the widest perspective, we include our early ancestors worldwide to see what wisdom of the past may inform our future! Laura and Paul bring their medi ...
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Interviews with Historians about their New Books Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history
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KICPOD is a D&M with your besties on the stuff that matters. Hosted by Steph Claire Smith and Laura Henshaw, founders of Kic, a health & wellness app that focuses on feeling your best, not looking a certain way. To learn more you can find them on Instagram at @kicpod, @kic.app, @stephclairesmith and @laura.henshaw or visit their website kicapp.com
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Parenting is often lived in the extremes. It’s either great joy or chaotic overwhelm. One moment you’re nailing it and the next you’re losing your cool. I want to help you find your way to the messy middle, to a place of balance. You see, balance is a verb, not a state of being. It is a thing you DO, not a thing you ARE. It’s an action, a process, a series of micro-corrections that we make, each and every day, to keep ourselves feeling centered. We are never truly balanced, we are engaged in ...
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Welcome to Momfessions-the podcast that will normalise all of the challenges we experience as Moms and give you the tools you need to navigate them. I’m Laura Guckian, Life Coach, Founder of MIND MOMMY COACHING® and most importantly a Mom of 3. This podcast is unlike any other Motherhood podcast. Because you will be my guests. Each week, I will invite you to share your Momfessions. A Momfession is a challenge or experience that you are afraid to share. The things that make you feel like you ...
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Whether you are brand new to the hunting world or looking to hone in on some specific skills and knowledge, our podcast aims to inform, educate and answer all those questions that you don’t know that you don’t know until ya know! From hunting best-practices, to gear, to prep, to conservation, to whether you should bring M&Ms or wear double socks, we’ll be discussing it all!
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Demythifying is two BFF's teaching each other about mythology, history and going off on tangents and DeMyth turns the page where we interview authors about their books.
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Welcome to the "Got Clutter? Get Organized!" podcast with professional organizer Janet M. Taylor. Each week, Janet and her guests will share their insights and expertise on how to declutter and organize your space, business, and life. Whether you're looking to get rid of clutter, create more productive and fulfilling surroundings, or simply want to learn valuable techniques for organization, this podcast has something for everyone. Tune in and take the first step towards living a clutter-fre ...
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All of the episodes from the Just Another Fanboy Podcast in which I'm talking about Madman comic books from Mike and Laura Allred, but now put together in their own feed.
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My name is Ely and I’m a full-time and independent graphic designer. My fiancé is Laura Together, we have discovered that no matter how crazy our work lives can be, there is always laughter in it. Although we have much in common, our differences in pets, music, food, movies, and T.V. shows make for the best conversations.
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Survivor, Big Brother and more Reality TV Show Recaps with Rob Cesternino and your friends from RHAP
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Determining if all these so called classic films are indeed just that.
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The NPM Interconnections Podcast features in-depth interviews with top renewable industry insiders across the development, finance, M&A, and corporate community.
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Weekly podcast, British History: Royals, Rebels, and Romantics, available on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, or wherever you find your podcasts. Meet famous and infamous characters, walk with playwrights and peasants, and wander through castles and cathedrals. New episodes every Wednesday. Have a question about British history, something you’ve always wanted to know? Just ask! Let’s explore history together.
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Functional Geeks, Geeking Functionally
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Aaron M. Hyman, "Rubens in Repeat: The Logic of the Copy in Colonial Latin America" (Getty, 2021)
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Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640) never crossed the Atlantic himself, but his impact in colonial Latin America was profound. Prints made after the Flemish artist’s designs were routinely sent from Europe to the Spanish Americas, where artists used them to make all manner of objects. Rubens in Repeat: The Logic of the Copy in Colonial Latin America (Get…
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Kostas Kampourakis, "Darwin Mythology: Debunking Myths, Correcting Falsehoods" (Cambridge UP, 2024)
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Many historical figures have their lives and works shrouded in myth, both in life and long after their deaths. Charles Darwin (1809–82) is no exception to this phenomenon and his hero-worship has become an accepted narrative. Darwin Mythology: Debunking Myths, Correcting Falsehoods (Cambridge UP, 2024) unpacks this narrative to rehumanize Darwin's s…
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Jonathan Butler, "Join the Conspiracy: How a Brooklyn Eccentric Got Lost on the Right, Infiltrated the Left and Brought Down the Biggest Bombing Network in New York" (Fordham UP, 2024)
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In the shadow of recent turmoil, Join the Conspiracy: How a Brooklyn Eccentric Got Lost on the Right, Infiltrated the Left and Brought Down the Biggest Bombing Network in New York (Fordham University Press, 2024) transports readers to a pivotal moment of division and dissent in American history: the late 1960s. Against the backdrop of the Vietnam W…
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David Lay Williams, "The Greatest of All Plagues: How Economic Inequality Shaped Political Thought from Plato to Marx" (Princeton UP, 2024)
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Political Theorist David Lay Williams has a new book that traces the problem of economic inequality through the thought of many of the canonical thinkers in Western political theory. The Greatest of All Plagues: How Economic Inequality Shaped Political Thought from Plato to Marx (Princeton UP, 2024) explores the thought of Socrates and Plato, Jesus…
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Ep 30. Emily Robinson on Scaling with Purpose: From Leading People and Culture at Linktree to Driving Growth as GM at Kic
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Episode summary: Emily Robinson's an incredible people and operations leader who is passionate about doing things differently. Her latest project is Kic, a fitness app quashing diet culture—founded by Laura Henshaw and Steph Claire Smith. In this episode, we explore her journey from corporate to startup land; leading inside a unicorn to a bootstrap…
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Violet Moller, "The Map of Knowledge: A Thousand-Year History of How Classical Ideas Were Lost and Found" (Doubleday, 2019)
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Violet Moller has written a narrative history of the transmission of books from the ancient world to the modern. In The Map of Knowledge: A Thousand-Year History of How Classical Ideas Were Lost and Found (Doubleday, 2019), Moller traces the histories of migration of three ancient authors, Euclid, Ptolemy and Galen, from ancient Alexandria in 500 t…
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Elizabeth A. Williams, "Appetite and Its Discontents: Science, Medicine, and the Urge to Eat, 1750-1950" (U Chicago Press, 2020)
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Why do we eat? Is it instinct? Despite the necessity of food, anxieties about what and how to eat are widespread and persistent. In Appetite and Its Discontents: Science, Medicine, and the Urge to Eat, 1750-1950 (University of Chicago Press, 2020), Elizabeth A. Williams explores contemporary worries about eating through the lens of science and medi…
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John S. Garrison, "Red Hot + Blue" (Bloomsbury, 2024)
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John Garrison's Red Hot + Blue (33 1/3 Series) (Bloomsbury, 2024) is a meditation on music's capacity to find us, transform us, and help us make sense of our historical moment. In a narrative that blends memoir and history, Red Hot + Blue explores Garrison's coming out at the height of the AIDS crisis alongside the history of the music industry's r…
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Gill Bennett, “The Zinoviev Letter: The Conspiracy that Never Dies” (Oxford UP, 2018)
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The Zinoviev Affair is a story of one of the most long-lasting and enduring conspiracy theories in modern British politics, an intrigue that still resonates nearly one-hundred years after it was written. Almost certainly a forgery, the so-called Zinoviev Letter, had no original and has never been traced. Notwithstanding, the Letter still haunts Bri…
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Laura Salah Nasrallah, "Ancient Christians and the Power of Curses: Magic, Aesthetics, and Justice" (Cambridge UP, 2023)
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Ancient Christians and their non-Christian contemporaries lived in a world of 'magic.' Sometimes, they used curses as ritual objects to seek justice from gods and other beings; sometimes, they argued against them. Curses, and the writings of those who polemicized against curses, reveal the complexity of ancient Mediterranean religions, in which mat…
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In the special segment, "They Said What?!" Shanna and Laura discuss the funny, outrageous or offensive things people have said to them recently about parenting, including a scrutiny on screen time and a philosophy on floss; plus we dive into some surprising things WE said recently! Also, Shanna reports on her 5-year-old's infatuation with injuries,…
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Procrastination Busters: 15 Tips to Get Things Done at Home, Work, and in Life
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In this episode of Got Clutter? Get Organized! Janet dives into practical strategies to combat procrastination at home, in workspaces, and in life. In this episode, discover actionable tips like breaking tasks down, setting clear goals, and creating effective schedules to boost productivity and reduce overwhelm. Whether you’re struggling with house…
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Talking in your sleep, Ricezempic, and what was growing out of Steph’s nose!? If you’ve been following Steph on social over the last couple of weeks, you’ll know she’s been on quite the skin journey! This week she shares what she squeezed out of two pimples on her nose. Then we ask - do you have a responsibility to be a good sleeping partner? Laura…
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Colette Brull-Ulmann et al., "Through the Morgue Door: One Woman’s Story of Survival and Saving Children in German-Occupied Paris" (U Pennsylvania Press, 2024)
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Today I talked to Anne Landau and Margaret Sinclair, the translators of Through the Morgue Door: One Woman’s Story of Survival and Saving Children in German-Occupied Paris (U Pennsylvania Press, 2024) n 1934, at the age of fourteen, Colette Brull-Ulmann knew that she wanted to become a pediatrician. By the age of twenty-one, she was in her second y…
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Henry H. Work, "Wood, Whiskey and Wine: A History of Barrels"(Reaktion Books, 2024)
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Barrels – we rarely acknowledge their importance, but without them we would be missing out on some of the world’s finest wines and spirits. For over two thousand years they’ve been used to store, transport and age an incredibly diverse array of provisions around the globe. In this comprehensive and wide-ranging book titled Wood, Whiskey and Wine: A…
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Sarah Miller-Davenport, "Gateway State: Hawai’i and the Cultural Transformation of American Empire" (Princeton UP, 2019)
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One of my talking points when hanging out with my fellow diplomatic historians is the painful absence of scholarship on Hawaii. Too many political histories treat Hawaii’s statehood as a kind of historical inevitability, an event that was bound to pass the moment the kingdom was annexed. As I would frequently pontificate, “nobody has unpacked the i…
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Manuela Moschella, "Unexpected Revolutionaries: How Central Banks Made and Unmade Economic Orthodoxy" (Cornell UP, 2024)
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In Unexpected Revolutionaries: How Central Banks Made and Unmade Economic Orthodoxy (Cornell University Press, 2024), Dr. Manuela Moschella investigates the institutional transformation of central banks from the 1970s to the present. Central banks are typically regarded as conservative, politically neutral institutions that uphold conventional macr…
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Karen Ordahl Kupperman, "Pocahontas and the English Boys: Caught Between Cultures in Early Virginia" (NYU Press, 2019)
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In Pocahontas and the English Boys: Caught Between Cultures in Early Virginia(New York University Press, 2019), Karen Ordahl Kupperman, Silver Professor of History Emerita at New York University, shifts the lens on the well-known narrative of Virginia’s founding to reveal the previously untold and utterly compelling story of the youths who, often u…
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Christine Folch, "The Book of Yerba Mate: A Stimulating History" (Princeton UP, 2024)
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Brewed from the dried leaves and tender shoots of an evergreen tree native to South America, yerba mate gives its drinkers the jolt of liquid effervescence many of us get from coffee or tea. In Argentina, southern "gaúcho" Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay, mate is the stimulating brew of choice, famously quaffed by the Argentine national football team…
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James P. Leary, “Folksongs of Another America: Field Recordings from the Upper Midwest, 1937–1946” (U Wisconsin Press, 2015)
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Folksongs of Another America: Field Recordings from the Upper Midwest, 1937–1946 (University of Wisconsin Press) first appeared in 2015 when it comprised of a hardback book, five CDs, and one DVD. It went on to win the “Best Historical Research in Folk or World Music” award from the Association for Recorded Sound Collections, was nominated for a Gr…
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Pagãos do mundo com Petrucia Finkler do Brasil, que partilha entrevistas sobre tópicos de interesse como mitologia, magia, devoção e história. Do acervo do Paganos del Mundo, te convidamos a desfrutar mais uma vez da Preces Celtas: Ao recitarmos uma prece celta, deixamos de estar sozinhos, nos unimos ao coro sagrado de um povo antigo, recitamos pal…
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Daniel Todman, "Britain's War: A New World, 1942-1947" (Oxford UP, 2020)
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The second of Daniel Todman's two sweeping volumes on Great Britain and World War II, Britain's War: A New World, 1942-1947 (Oxford UP, 2020), begins with the event Winston Churchill called the "worst disaster" in British military history: the Fall of Singapore in February 1942 to the Japanese. As in the first volume of Todman's epic account of Bri…
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Steven Watts, "Citizen Cowboy: Will Rogers and the American People" (Cambridge UP, 2024)
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Citizen Cowboy: Will Rogers and the American People (Cambridge UP, 2024) is a probing biography of one of America's most influential cultural figures. Will Rogers was a youth from the Cherokee Indian Territory of Oklahoma who rose to conquer nearly every form of media and entertainment in the early twentieth century's rapidly expanding consumer soc…
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Edwin P Rutan II, "High-Bounty Men in the Army of the Potomac: Reclaiming Their Honor" (Kent State UP, 2024)
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In his recent book, High-Bounty Men in the Army of the Potomac: Reclaiming Their Honor (The Kent State University Press, 2024), Edwin P. Rutan II rehabilitates the motivations and contributions of late-war Union soldiers and reframes our understanding of how the Union won the Civil War. For more than a century, historians have disparaged the men wh…
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Cynthia A. Ruder, “Building Stalinism: The Moscow Canal and the Creation of Soviet Space” (I. B. Tauris, 2018)
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In Building Stalinism: The Moscow Canal and the Creation of Soviet Space (I. B. Tauris, 2018), Cynthia Ruder explores how the building of the Moscow canal reflected the values of Stalinism and how it was used to create distinctly Soviet space, both real and imagined. She discusses the canal as a physical construct: an massive and important infrastr…
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Susan Greenhalgh, "Soda Science: Making the World Safe for Coca-Cola" (U Chicago Press, 2024)
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Soda Science: Making the World Safe for Coca-Cola (U Chicago Press, 2024) takes readers deep inside the secret world of corporate science, where powerful companies and allied academic scientists mould research to meet industry needs. The 1990s were tough times for the soda industry. In the United States, obesity rates were exploding. Public health …
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Constance L. Kirker and Mary Newman, "Mango: A Global History" (Reaktion Books, 2024)
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Mango: A Global History (Reaktion, 2024) by Constance L. Kirker & Dr Mary Newman is a beautifully illustrated book that takes us on a tour through the rich world of mangoes, which inspire fervent devotion across the world. In South Asia, mangoes boast a history steeped in Hindu and Buddhist mythology, even earning a mention in the Kama Sutra. Beyon…
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It's New Years in September as Evan and Jeff do a sequel to Mike and Andrew's "controversial" Thin Man episode with 1936's After The Thin Man. Will you be confused by this mystery as much as the Jerks? Also featuring terrible news for fans of top hats.
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Aleksander Pluskowski, "The Teutonic Knights: Rise and Fall of a Religious Corporation" (Reaktion, 2024)
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Aleksander Pluskowski of the University of Reading joins Jana Byars to talk about his new book, The Teutonic Knights: Rise and Fall of a Religious Corporation, out 2024 with Reaktion Books. A gripping account of the rise and fall of the last great medieval military order. This book provides a concise and incisive introduction to the knights of the …
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Ronnie Grinberg, "Write like a Man: Jewish Masculinity and the New York Intellectuals" (Princeton UP, 2024)
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In the years following World War II, the New York intellectuals became some of the most renowned critics and writers in the country. Although mostly male and Jewish, this prominent group also included women and non-Jews. Yet all of its members embraced a secular Jewish machismo that became a defining characteristic of the contemporary experience. W…
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Lise Butler, "Michael Young, Social Science, and the British Left, 1945-1970" (Oxford UP, 2020)
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Lise Butler’s Michael Young, Social Science and the British Left, 1945-70 (Oxford UP, 2020) invites us to revisit a figure who, in Butler’s words, is both a ‘relatively obscure’ yet also ‘curiously ubiquitous’ in the political and cultural history of twentieth-century Britain. The book uses Young, a policy maker and sociology to explore the role of…
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Raiders, Rulers, and Traders: : The Horse and the Rise of Empires
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No animal is so entangled in human history as the horse. The thread starts in prehistory, with a slight, shy animal, hunted for food. Domesticating the horse allowed early humans to settle the vast Eurasian steppe; later, their horses enabled new forms of warfare, encouraged long-distance trade routes, and ended up acquiring deep cultural and relig…
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This podcast discusses how we can see ourselves as one family, as brothers and sisters, as God’s children.By Laura Moliter
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269-Creating Your Own Motivational Thoughts
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THOUGHT LIFE- Let's dive into an essential aspect of personal growth: creating your own motivational thoughts. While positive thinking and famous quotes have their roles, true motivation comes from thoughts that resonate deeply with you and push you into action. I talk about how you can discover and develop your own motivational thoughts and experi…
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Ep 161: PNW Ghost Stories — Ghosts at the Museum
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Today we're talking about some of the ghostly residents of the Pacific Northwest (informed by Margaret Read MacDonald's book, "Ghost Stories from the Pacific Northwest"). Widely considered to be horror-movie-spooky and a nest of cryptids, the PNW is also known for housing a number of jolly ghosts. We're sharing the stories of three such post-human …
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Click to Send Laura a Text! John Riggs, an architect and rancher, shares his vision for creating sustainable communities that preserve open range land. He discusses his project, Mare Pasture, which aims to develop a small, walkable, and sustainable community on ranch land in Arizona. The community would include various types of housing, such as tin…
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Mark Valeri, "The Opening of the Protestant Mind: How Anglo-American Protestants Embraced Religious Liberty" (Oxford UP, 2023)
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During the mid-seventeenth century, Anglo-American Protestants described Native American ceremonies as savage devilry, Islamic teaching as violent chicanery, and Catholicism as repugnant superstition. By the mid-eighteenth century, they would describe amicable debates between evangelical missionaries and Algonquian religious leaders about the moral…
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Laura Robson and Arie Dubnov, "Partitions: A Transnational History of Twentieth-Century Territorial Separatism" (Stanford UP, 2019)
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The practice of Partition understood as the physical division of territory along ethno-religious lines into separate nation-states is often regarded as a successful political "solution" to ethnic conflict. In their edited volume Partitions: A Transnational History of Twentieth-Century Territorial Separatism (Stanford University Press, 2019), Laura …
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Ep 160: The Clockwork Horror of “Cuckoo” (Dir. Tilman Singer, 2024)
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Today we’re reviewing the newly-released indie horror film, “Cuckoo” (2024). Written and directed by Tilman Singer and starring Hunter Schafer, “Cuckoo” is the most unique horror concept we’ve seen in a while. Set in an isolated resort in the Swiss Alps, with a mysterious billionaire proprietor (played by Dan Stevens), a cutting edge medically faci…
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Ellen Hampton, "Doctors at War: The Clandestine Battle Against the Nazi Occupation of France" (LSU Press, 2023)
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Ellen Hampton's Doctors at War: The Clandestine Battle Against the Nazi Occupation of France (LSU Press, 2023) tells the stories of physicians in France working to impede the German war effort and undermine French collaborators during the Occupation from 1940 to 1945. Determined to defeat the Third Reich's incursion, one group of prominent Paris do…
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Randall Stephens, "The Devil’s Music: How Christians Inspired, Condemned, and Embraced Rock n’ Roll" (Harvard UP, 2018)
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I was immediately drawn to the book The Devil’s Music by Dr. Randall Stephens, Associate Professor of British and American Studies at the University of Oslo. Dr. Stephens and I came across one another online and the book, which combines part rock n’ roll history, part American Christianity history, was an absolute delight for me. The Devil’s Music:…
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Ludovico Silva, "Marx's Literary Style" (Verso, 2023)
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In Marx’s Literary Style, the Venezuelan poet and philosopher Ludovico Silva argues that much of the confusion around Marx’s work results from a failure to understand his literary mode of expression. Through meticulous readings of key passages in Marx’s oeuvre, Silva isolates the key elements of his style: his search for an “architectonic” unity at…
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BONUS EPISODE- Just Ella by Margaret Peterson Haddix (Nostalgia Book Club with Fiction Fans Podcast)
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Hannah and Laura team up with their friends Sara and Lilly of Fiction Fans podcast to discuss Just Ella by Margaret Peterson Haddix! Just Ella and its roller coaster of a plot seem to hit differently when you're in your 30s, unfortunately. Nostalgia Book Club discusses the ableism and fatphobia present in Just Ella, as well as the author's attempts…
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Perfectionist, Empath, Ideal Mother - how your inner critic is impacting your life and what you can do about it
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Are you a Perfectionist? An Overachiever? A People Pleaser? Every woman will see themselves in at least one of the 13 archetypes that Megan Dalla-Camina has identified. Megan is a women’s leadership and empowerment expert. Her Women Rising Program has empowered over 7,500 women in 63 countries and her new book ‘Women Rising: The forces that hold us…
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Ep 159: Reviewing “Borderlands” with Two Super-Fans (Dir. Eli Roth, 2024)
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Today we’re discussing the recently-released video game film, “Borderlands” (2024). Written and directed by Eli Roth, starring Cate Blanchett, and featuring gamers’ most beloved Pandora environments, this film captures so much of the fun associated with the looter-shooter video game series. As avid fans of the Borderlands franchise, Stephen and Lau…
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NPM Interconnections (US) - Episode 116: John DiMarco | Igneo Infrastructure Partners
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John DiMarco, managing director of global infrastructure fund manager Igneo Infrastructure Partners joins the podcast to discuss the status of emerging technologies such as nuclear in the wake of the ADVANCE Act signed in July by the Biden Administration, the state of the electric vehicle market and supporting EV infrastructure and clean fuels. New…
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Holly Miowak Guise, "Alaska Native Resilience: Voices from World War II" (U Washington Press, 2024)
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The Japanese invasion of the Aleutian Islands during World War II changed Alaska, serving as justification for a large American military presence across the peninsula and advancing colonialism into the territory in the years before statehood. In Alaska Native Resilience: Voices from World War II (U Washington Press, 2024), University of New Mexico …
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Michelle Tusan, "The Last Treaty: Lausanne and the End of the First World War in the Middle East" (Cambridge UP, 2023)
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In The Last Treaty: Lausanne and the End of the First World War in the Middle East (Cambridge UP, 2023), Michelle Tusan profoundly reshapes the story of how the First World War ended in the Middle East. Tracing Europe's war with the Ottoman Empire through to the signing of Lausanne, which finally ended the war in 1923, she places the decisive Allie…
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Christopher Lovins, "King Chŏngjo: An Enlightened Despot in Early Modern Korea" (SUNY Press, 2019)
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Though traditionally regarded as a monarch who failed to arrest the gradual decline of his kingdom, the Korean king Chŏngjo has benefited in recent decades from a wave of new scholarship which has reassessed both his reign and his role in Korean history. The latest to do so is Christopher Lovins, who in his book King Chŏngjo: An Enlightened Despot …
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