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Our goal is to bring the wisdom of the academy's ivory tower into your earbuds. Think of each episode as an audiological ingredient for your to brew your own faith. Most episodes center around an interview with a different scholar, theologian, or philosopher.
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RiVAL Radio

RiVAL: The ReImagining Value Action Lab

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The ReImagining Value Action Lab (RiVAL) is a research and creativity workshop for the radical imagination active around the world and locally in Thunder Bay, Canada.
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The tides of American history lead through the streets of New York City — from the huddled masses on Ellis Island to the sleazy theaters of 1970s Times Square. The elevated railroad to the Underground Railroad. Hamilton to Hammerstein! Greg and Tom explore more than 400 years of action-packed stories, featuring both classic and forgotten figures who have shaped the world.
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Diversity in Action™

Luis Rosa and Shawn Tydlaska

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Diversity in Action™ is all about showcasing real stories of individuals who are making an impact in the financial planning industry. You will learn how they got started in the industry, how they built their foundation, where they are headed in their careers, and their passion for making the financial industry more diverse. It’s time to be inspired by those working to make a positive difference in the financial planning industry. It’s time to be part of this radical change! Diversity in Acti ...
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An ongoing call to action for movement work and mutual aid efforts around the country. Kelly Hayes connects with activists, journalists and others on the front lines to break down what’s happening in various struggles and what listeners can do to help.
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Radical Love Live

Mark Dilcom and Kelly Wilson

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In-depth conversations that explore the critical issues surrounding faith and spirituality "outside the boxes"... beyond ideologies and institutions. Hosts Mark Dilcom and Kelly Wilson talk with fellow thought leaders in this upbeat, non-judgmental, radically inclusive space. For more information, visit www.radicallovelive.com. [Views expressed here are solely those of the Radical Love Live team and our guests.] Radical Love Live is part of the Quoircast network.
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Welcome to our scrappy podcast. Bob Buzzanco and Scott Parkin co-host a regular podcast to discuss radical environmental and anti-capitalist politics with organizers, academics, artists and more. Bob Buzzanco is a professor of history at the University of Houston. He specializes in, writes about and talks on the Vietnam War era, foreign policy, Vietnam, radical social movements, economics, and other stuff. Scott Parkin is climate organizer based in the San Francisco Bay Area. He has organize ...
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Earth Riot Radio

Reverend Billy and Savitri D

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Hosted by Reverend Billy and Savitri D, EARTH RIOT is a comedy-infused, music-filled exploration of humanity’s most urgent issue -- the planet’s Sixth Extinction. Made by "Earth-loving urban activists" from The Church of Stop Shopping, this podcast educates, inspires and urges listeners to embrace reality and take action. Featuring “News From the Natural World,” a weekly gathering of climate change’s latest science, and insightful interviews with radical leaders in environmentalism and activism.
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Imagining Tomorrow

Emma Newman with Friends of the Earth

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It’s hard to imagine a bright future in the face of the climate crisis. This new podcast, from Hugo Award winning podcaster and author Emma Newman, will take you on a journey from despair to the most radiant, radical hope. Made in partnership with Friends of the Earth, Imagining Tomorrow shows how we can create a future that is good for people and for nature, based on innovations in technology and community action that are already having a positive impact. Join Emma as she pieces together th ...
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Polyrical

MovingTrainMedia.com

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Music and Politics. Polyrical is a soundtrack for the resisters, the agitators, the thinkers and the fighters building a better world. Songs and stories to support the people challenging the current social and political power structures. A Topical Solution for the socio-political revolution.
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Wild salmon give their very lives so that life itself can continue. They are the inspiration for each episode asking change-makers in this world what they are doing to save the things they love most. Join filmmaker, Mark Titus as we connect with extraordinary humans saving what they love through radical compassion and meaningful action. Visit evaswild.com for more information.
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Invisible People

Invisible People

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Welcome to the Invisible People Podcast, hosted by Mark Horvath. This series highlights the lives of those experiencing homelessness through powerful, unfiltered stories of struggle and resilience. Featuring advocates, policymakers, and homeless individuals, we aim to break down myths and inspire empathy and action. Join us to challenge the status quo, promote understanding, and work toward a world where no one is invisible. Tune in to be informed, moved, and motivated to help create positiv ...
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Thinking like an entrepreneur leads to more success in life--growth mindset, grit, redefining failure, and opportunity seeking are core attributes of this way of thinking that leads to radical transformation for ALL learners. This podcast is designed for educators in K-12 schools who are interested in engaging students with hands-on, innovative experiences that provide practical training for success in life.
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Ariise

Zoe Marshall

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Introducing Ariise, the exciting new venture from Zoe Marshall, host of the internationally award winning podcast, The Deep. Zoe will speak to celebrities, entrepreneurs, neuroscientists, psychologists and doctors who have radical insights into the way their minds work and hacks on how to succeed in all areas of life. Ariise invites listeners to learn from the most successful minds and uncover the mysterious forces that can lead to profound personal growth and success. Join the community and ...
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In this exciting new podcast executive coaches, mentors and community leaders Lauren Weinstein and Todd Jason explore the hidden superpowers that lie within each of us. Through interviews with incredible business leaders, scientists, authors, spiritual teachers (and more) their goal is to uncover the key qualities, mindset shifts and actionable tools we can use each day to unlock our hidden potential. You’ll leave each episode inspired, clear-headed and with a powerful game plan to put what ...
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Hey hey hey! Welcome to 'Radically Rewired' with yours truly - Nicole Novoselsky! Radically Rewired is your go-to destination where mindset, brain hacking, and energy healing collide to ignite your journey of transformation. 🎉 Join me as we break free from autopilot and embark on a quest to manifest the life of your dreams. I'm here to show you that achieving your deepest desires is not only possible but within your grasp. 💪 I'm a firm believer in three magic ingredients for a fulfilling exi ...
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Millennials Are Killing Capitalism

Millennials Are Killing Capitalism

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We created this podcast in recognition that there are a number of podcasts for the American “left,” but many of them focus heavily on the organizing of social democrats, progressives, and liberal democrats. Aside from that, on the left we are always fighting a war of ideas and if we do not continue to build platforms to share those ideas and the stories of their implementation from a leftist perspective, they will continue to be ignored, misrepresented, and dismissed by the capitalist media ...
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Welcome to "Alchemist of Self," the podcast for bold, visionary souls ready to transform their lives and make a massive impact. I'm your host, Micha Alexa a.k.a Michelle Wistuba—a spiritual life coach, shadow worker, and alchemist here to help you unlock your potential and live with purpose and passion. This podcast is your space for deep self-discovery, spiritual growth, and radical transformation. Whether you're just starting your journey or you're a seasoned powerhouse, you'll find inspir ...
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Endless Vital Activity is a podcast developed by creative studio Accept and Proceed, bringing you conversations to inspire radical action. Throughout this series, Accept and Proceed’s founder, David Johnston, will engage in wide-ranging conversations with radical thinkers, artists, scientists, and activists about the problems we have been given to solve, seeking new perspectives to reimagine our world. The creative studio partners with visionaries and believes the cross-pollination of minds ...
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Decolonization in Action Podcast

Decolonization in Action Podcast

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Decolonization in Action Podcast interrogates how people are challenging the legacies of colonialism through art, activism, and knowledge especially as people advocate for reparations, restitution, and repair. This podcast is hosted by edna bonhomme and co-produced by Kristyna Comer.
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Curiously Wise explores the intersection of our human experience and our spiritual experience, focusing on the ways each supports and enhances the other. Are you ready to explore with me and my amazing guests and learn ways to find your personal path to the sweet spot where your spiritual self partners easily with your human self...and you thrive? LET'S GET CURIOUS!
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The Genesis Frequency

Dr. Stephen J. Kosmyna

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The Genesis Frequency, hosted by Dr. Stephen J. Kosmyna, Ph.D. moves the listener to a positive shift in consciousness that helps us all overcome adversity, get un-stuck and shift our paradigms, to get us on track to start living the life of our dreams. Through a passionate, unique and gentle meditative style of delivery, Dr. Stephen explores how we can all live the life we would love to live through rhythm, inspiration, reflection, the power of our mind and attraction laws. Dr. Stephen open ...
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The Radical Pursuit Podcast

The Radical Pursuit Podcast

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The Radical Pursuit Podcast is a lifestyle podcast that’s dedicated to inspiring and empowering women of faith and women entrepreneurs to take bold action towards becoming the woman of their dreams in every area.
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Emergence News

John Pickles, Nigel England and Peter Jenkin

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We are part of the volunteer network of Share International dedicated to spreading the information about the presence in the world of Maitreya the world teacher and a group of highly evolved men who are called the Masters of Wisdom. With Maitreya at their head these 'elder brothers' are returning to the everyday world at these challenging times to help, inspire, teach and guide humanity to create a new era of Sharing, Right Relationship, Justice and Peace for all people. The topics we cover ...
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Finding Raffi

iHeartPodcasts and Fatherly

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Raffi Cavoukian is a magical musician. His songs, like “Baby Beluga” and “Down by the Bay,” have wordplay and rhyme schemes that are as crowd-pleasing as they come — sweet, silly sing-alongs for kids and adults alike. But his work is anything but simple. Much like the folk singers who inspired him, a radical philosophy underscores all that he does. In "Finding Raffi,” comedian, writer, and podcaster Chris Garcia takes us on a journey through a 10-part series tracing Raffi’s life from aspirin ...
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Take a listen to our latest Herbal Action Podcast. We chat with Kristine Brown of Herbal Roots Zine about herbal education, bringing herbalism and love of nature into your home and family, and raising the next generation of herbalists. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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The Ex-Worker

CrimethInc. Ex-Workers’ Collective

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Welcome to the Ex-Worker: an audio strike against a monotone world! This twice-monthly podcast explores a wide range of anarchist ideas and action. In each episode, we take an in-depth look at a different topic, introducing various manifestations of the struggle for liberation, and round it off with news, reviews, profiles of current anarchist projects, upcoming events, and more. If you're curious about anarchist visions of freedom—or if you dream of a world off the clock—tune in!
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Radical Thoughts

Trenton Mark Pixomatis

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Putting uncomfortable thoughts into the comfortable mind. My mission is to encourage a mindset of countercultural thoughts and ideas. I want to radically change the way people think, and lead people to the truth and purpose of life. This podcast is filled with topics on politics and religion, and sometimes both! Let's be radical!
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We aim to see the whole Church, whole again. We will do this by interviewing Church leaders of various backgrounds, cultures, and denominations to see how we can pursue complete unity in Christ. We will also investigate historic arguments in the Church and how the Church has maintained unity in the face of diverse beliefs in the past. . Each episode we will leave our audience with a tangible takeaway that will enable us to take action towards real, practical Church unity. . Rate us & leave a ...
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Farmerama Radio is an award-winning podcast sharing the voices behind regenerative farming. We are committed to positive ecological futures for the earth and its people, and we believe that farmers of the world will determine this. Each month, we share the experiences of grass roots farmers instigating radical change for the future of our food, our health, and the planet. Tune in to hear how these producers are discovering a more ecological farming future and to learn how their decisions can ...
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The Red Review

Socialist Action

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The Red Review, brought to you by Socialist Action, brings the revolutionary struggle in Canada to life with street recordings, interviews, and deep analysis. Every three months, The Red Review releases seasonal analysis on the most important struggles in Canada and internationally, from struggles for Indigenous self-determination to resisting Canada imperialism. In between, we interview community organizers, authors, politicians, and unionists.
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Working Class Spark

Working Class Spark

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News for Us, Not from Them: News, analysis, and listener participation to ignite the flames of action against the rich. A radical Leftist approach. Contact at workingclassspark1@gmail.com, FB page @workingclassspark, or through anchor app to leave voice mail. Instagram at @workingclassspark & Twitter @workingclasssp1.
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Our mission is to inspire a culture of radical responsibility and personal excellence. Over the last decade of my life, I’ve come to believe this simple and profound truth: my life is my fault. My thoughts, feelings, decisions, actions, and personal standards are creating my experience of life. It’s an uncomfortable truth and hard to admit at times, but it’s true nonetheless. To achieve anything worthwhile, individual responsibility must become absolute, and admitting “your life is your faul ...
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RadioRev is a podcast for change makers looking to do more than just health engagement and actually get people to take action and do things that improve their health. It's a radical idea, right? So we're talking to the leaders, innovators, movers, and shakers who are bringing new ideas, inspiring others, and leading the way.
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Brave Bold You

Crystal Brisson

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This show was created to help elevate, educate & empower the everyday woman to stop settling & get after the life she desires. Learn actionable tips, and Mindset Shifts to help you get out of your own way & unlock your inner magic. Sister Queen, it’s time to embrace that glow through radical responsibility & MESSY action.
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Mark talks with Brother Timothy Jolley, a life professed monk of the Order of the Holy Cross, an Anglican Benedictine monastic community of men, associated with The Episcopal Church, located in West Park, New York. Br. Timothy joined the monastery over 50 years ago with a calling to serve a vocation dedicated to children’s education, spiritual evol…
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Rachel Konrad was the Director of Communications for Tesla working directly for Elon Musk and also the CCO for Impossible Foods, helping both companies become household names. She’s now a Lecturer at Stanford Business School and will share her gift for all things communication, including how to inspire and unlock the power of storytelling. In this …
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In the last three episodes I discussed the elements within the S.M.A.R.T. goals format. Now, with those elements clearly defined and understood, so as not to limit you, we move into the achievement process. In this episode I share a very valuable tool and even offer to send this tool to you for your own personal and professional use. It's called th…
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This week we talk with Rev. Dr. Bruce Epperly, the multi-talented theologian, minister, professor, author, and pioneer in process/relational theology about one of his latest books, "Homegrown Mystics: Restoring Our Nation with the Healing Wisdom of America's Visionaries." We talk about what mysticism is, what it means to be a mystic in the Christia…
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Continuing our series "What's Next", Joshua Noel and TJ (Tiberius Juan) Blackwell are joined by returning guest, Christian Ashley, to discuss the process of finding a "church home" and what we should do once we have found the local church community to which we feel called. We discuss the duties we have to our local churches and why it is important …
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[Episode 24] According to data from the SBA, only 0.5% (1 in 250) of all businesses earn over $10M a year, and today, I want to share ten lessons from my journey of generating over $50 million in e-commerce sales. From learning the importance of putting employees first to mastering the art of doing the unscalable, these are the truths every entrepr…
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When the possibility of wiretapping first became known to Americans they were outraged. Now, in our post-9/11 world, it's accepted that corporations are vested with human rights, and government agencies and corporations use computers to monitor our private lives. In The American Surveillance State: How the US Spies on Dissent (Pluto Press, 2022), D…
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Completed shortly before Hamas carried out its barbaric October massacre, Cary Nelson's Hate Speech and Academic Freedom: The Antisemitic Assault on Basic Principles (Academic Studies Press, 2024) takes up issues that have consequently gained new urgency in the academy worldwide. It is the first book to ask what impact antisemitism has had on the f…
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When the possibility of wiretapping first became known to Americans they were outraged. Now, in our post-9/11 world, it's accepted that corporations are vested with human rights, and government agencies and corporations use computers to monitor our private lives. In The American Surveillance State: How the US Spies on Dissent (Pluto Press, 2022), D…
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What role does science play in shaping our laws? How do we distinguish between good science and bad science? Where does science hit its limits due to our human nature? And how do we separate orthodox belief from true knowledge? These are just some of the thought-provoking questions we'll explore in our upcoming philosophical conversation on science…
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The World After Amazon is a collection of 9 short speculative stories, written by rank-and-file workers at the corporation that has transformed the way we read and so much more.Amazon's sci-fi propaganda tells the story of a company using cutting-edge technology to deliver a utopia of cheap consumer convenience. But its workers pay the price, toili…
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The World After Amazon is a collection of 9 short speculative stories, written by rank-and-file workers at the corporation that has transformed the way we read and so much more.Amazon's sci-fi propaganda tells the story of a company using cutting-edge technology to deliver a utopia of cheap consumer convenience. But its workers pay the price, toili…
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The World After Amazon is a collection of 9 short speculative stories, written by rank-and-file workers at the corporation that has transformed the way we read and so much more.Amazon's sci-fi propaganda tells the story of a company using cutting-edge technology to deliver a utopia of cheap consumer convenience. But its workers pay the price, toili…
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The World After Amazon is a collection of 9 short speculative stories, written by rank-and-file workers at the corporation that has transformed the way we read and so much more.Amazon's sci-fi propaganda tells the story of a company using cutting-edge technology to deliver a utopia of cheap consumer convenience. But its workers pay the price, toili…
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The World After Amazon is a collection of 9 short speculative stories, written by rank-and-file workers at the corporation that has transformed the way we read and so much more.Amazon's sci-fi propaganda tells the story of a company using cutting-edge technology to deliver a utopia of cheap consumer convenience. But its workers pay the price, toili…
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The World After Amazon is a collection of 9 short speculative stories, written by rank-and-file workers at the corporation that has transformed the way we read and so much more.Amazon's sci-fi propaganda tells the story of a company using cutting-edge technology to deliver a utopia of cheap consumer convenience. But its workers pay the price, toili…
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The World After Amazon is a collection of 9 short speculative stories, written by rank-and-file workers at the corporation that has transformed the way we read and so much more.Amazon's sci-fi propaganda tells the story of a company using cutting-edge technology to deliver a utopia of cheap consumer convenience. But its workers pay the price, toili…
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The World After Amazon is a collection of 9 short speculative stories, written by rank-and-file workers at the corporation that has transformed the way we read and so much more.Amazon's sci-fi propaganda tells the story of a company using cutting-edge technology to deliver a utopia of cheap consumer convenience. But its workers pay the price, toili…
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The World After Amazon is a collection of 9 short speculative stories, written by rank-and-file workers at the corporation that has transformed the way we read and so much more.Amazon's sci-fi propaganda tells the story of a company using cutting-edge technology to deliver a utopia of cheap consumer convenience. But its workers pay the price, toili…
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We are the "Earthchxrch", and for 20 years we were "The Church of Stop Shopping" - and emerging from the lie of virtuality was our thing. But now, with every month a record-breaking nightmare of heat, and the scientists telling us that the computer modeling doesn't work anymore because everything is exploding, we are left alone with the Earth. The …
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When we focus on continuous improvement, day after day after day, what we are really doing is fine tuning our system. Our system, or our daily habits, is the engine that will drive us toward our goals. By establishing a goal, we are essentially putting a destination into the GPS of our life, but the vehicle to get us to that destination is our syst…
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In this live recording, Tripp, Tony, and Rolf discuss Tony's book 'God of Wild Places' and its themes of encountering the sacred in nature and embracing risk and failure. They explore the significance of place in the Hebrew scriptures and the role of meat in religious rituals. The conversation touches on the importance of wilderness experiences and…
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Ana is a community builder, connector, and award-winning content creator in financial services. She is the co-founder of the SER Summit for Latinos in FinServ and currently serves as a director of coaching and advisor content at Carson Group. Notes: In this episode, Shawn, Luis, and Ana talk about: Ana’s background and journey into financial servic…
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The legal theory of constitutional originalism has attracted increasing attention in recent years as the US Supreme Court has tilted with the weight of justices who self-describe as originalists. In Against Constitutional Originalism: A Historical Critique (Yale UP, 2024), Jonathan Gienapp examines the theory and describes how it falls short of ach…
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Chicago is a city with extreme concentrations of racialized poverty and inequity, one that relies on an extensive network of repressive agencies to police the poor and suppress struggles for social justice. Imperial Policing: Weaponized Data in Carceral Chicago (University of Minnesota Press, 2024) examines the role of local law enforcement, federa…
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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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The third podcast in this series focuses on an article written by Dr. Dionne Powell who participated in the 2014 documentary, “Black Psychoanalysts Speak,” which was an excellent film created by Basia Winograd. Dr. Powell’s JAPA article written in 2018 was entitled, “Race, African Americans, and Psychoanalysis: Collective Silence in the Therapeutic…
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Chicago is a city with extreme concentrations of racialized poverty and inequity, one that relies on an extensive network of repressive agencies to police the poor and suppress struggles for social justice. Imperial Policing: Weaponized Data in Carceral Chicago (University of Minnesota Press, 2024) examines the role of local law enforcement, federa…
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Tracy Whitton is not what you would expect. After having a truly profound experience - a breakdown and then a breakthrough with Tracy, I had to have everyone share in Tracy's wisdom, especially when it comes to the nervous system. Join the community and go 'deeper' with Zoe by subscribing at apple.co/thedeep to gain access to exclusive bonus episod…
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This podcast is a collaboration with Stefan Christoff of Free City Radio (freecityradio.org/)========================Capitalism’s sacrifice of humanity:An interview series produced for broadcast on Free City Radio by Stefan Christoff in consultation and collaboration with Max Haiven, for broadcast on Free City Radio.This program is the second in a …
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An Amazon # 1 top release Kindle book during its debut, The Power of Community: A 45 Day Action Plan to Stop Trump from Turning Our Democracy into His Autocracy (PI Press, 2024) by psychoanalyst Dr. Karyne Messina, is a comprehensive guide designed to enhance public understanding of democratic processes and individual participation using psychoanal…
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An Amazon # 1 top release Kindle book during its debut, The Power of Community: A 45 Day Action Plan to Stop Trump from Turning Our Democracy into His Autocracy (PI Press, 2024) by psychoanalyst Dr. Karyne Messina, is a comprehensive guide designed to enhance public understanding of democratic processes and individual participation using psychoanal…
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What is reading? In What Readers Do: Aesthetic and Moral Practices of a Post-Digital Age (Bloomsbury, 2024) Beth Driscoll, an Associate Professor in Publishing, Communications and Arts Management at the University of Melbourne, explores this question by situating reading in a variety of contemporary social contexts. The book’s analysis engages with…
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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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Angel, a Black tenth-grader at a New York City public school, self-identifies as a nerd and likes to learn. But she’s troubled that her history classes leave out events like the genocide and dispossession of Indigenous people in the Americas, presenting a sugar-coated image of the United States that is at odds with her everyday experience. “The his…
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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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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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What was Times Square before the electric billboards, before the Broadway theaters and theme restaurants, before the thousands and thousands of tourists? What was Times Square before it was Times Square? Today it’s virtually impossible to find traces of the area’s 18th and 19th century past. But in this episode, Tom and Greg will peel away the glam…
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