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A monthly series produced and curated by Toronto Public Library (TPL), celebrating the Toronto International Festival of Authors (TIFA). Episodes feature recorded on-stage interviews, readings or panel discussions with some of the 20th century's best-known writers and thinkers. Hosted by novelist, Randy Boyagoda.
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John F. Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, inspired a generation that transformed America. But not everyone knows the stories behind the man - his experiences as a young serviceman in World War II, how he wrote some of his most memorable speeches, what sparked him to set the country on a path to the moon. Join Matt Porter and Jamie Richardson of the JFK Library Foundation as they dig into the archives at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston and intervi ...
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The Wicked Library

9th Story Studios LLC

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The Wicked Library is a Parsec Award winning show featuring horror fiction stories from upcoming, new, independent and bestselling authors. Our Tales of terror are read by Host / Producer, Daniel Foytik and other popular voice actors and feature custom music to bring the stories to life. Each episode features the work of some of the best voices in independent horror fiction. Authors of all types have contributed stories, like Jessica McHugh, KB Goddard, C. Bryan Brown, Stephanie Wytovich, an ...
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Martin's Must-Reads

Betty Martin, Mark Martin

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There are one million new books published each year. With so many books and so little time, where do you begin to find your next must-read? There’s the New York Times Bestseller list, the Goodreads app, the Cape Library’s Staff picks shelf and now Martin’s Must-Reads.Every Wednesday at 6:42 and 8:42 a.m., and Sunday at 8:18 a.m., Betty Martin recommends a must read based on her own personal biases for historical fiction, quirky characters and overall well-turned phrases. Her list includes WW ...
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The Community Conversations series invites conversation about an historical person, event, or place. Rose Library staff interview guests connected to the archive to engage in conversation that connects the session with our collections. Audiences will learn from the insights of our guests and more about what we do and who we are as an organization and as a profession.
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Welcome to Fight Library! When it comes to combat sports, I love talking about them, weather it be MMA or boxing. News, breakdowns, gossip, and interviews, they're all here! Drop a sub if you enjoy! Don’t forget to check out our website! fight-library.com
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The Behind the Archives series features conversations centered on the topic of archives: What are archives and who are the people that make archives work? Audiences will learn from the insights of our guests and learn more about what we do and who we are as an organization and as a profession.
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The Limitless Living Show isn’t just a podcast; it’s a learning library and a book recommendation resource, providing access to the personal growth information and resources that have been instrumental in the journeys of the guests.
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Newcastle Libraries REAL

Newcastle Libraries REAL

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Welcome to Newcastle Libraries REAL. This podcast is for everyone who loves brave and provocative stories, stimulating conversations and absorbing content. Whether you are interested in Newcastle stories, or you're searching for new ideas, REAL will inspire, inform and keep you connected to your community. Subscribe Now.
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Kennedy Library Forums are a series of public affairs programs offered by the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum to foster public discussion on a diverse range of historical, political and cultural topics reflecting the legacy of President and Mrs. Kennedy's White House years. They are conducted as conversations rather than lectures.
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Isabella Malbin is on a mission to expose the forces at play attempting to control women's minds and bodies such as transgender ideology, porn, prostitution, and the various tentacles of the medical industrial complex. Listen to jaw-dropping interviews with women from around the world, get inspired and reclaim your sovereignty! Follow Whose Body Is It on Instagram @whosebodyisit ∽ Shop Isabella's Favorites for Sovereign Women ∽ Explore the Master Class Library ∽ Quit your unwanted habits & s ...
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A companion podcast to the 10-episode C-SPAN television series, Books that Shaped America, produced in partnership with the Library of Congress. The Library of Congress created the Books That Shaped America list to explore key works of literature from American history that have had a major impact on society. The 10 iconic books featured in the series have provoked thought, won awards, led to significant policy changes, and are still talked about today. In this companion podcast, you can lear ...
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TCM Podcast

Scott McGee

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Currently seen in more than 80 million homes, Turner Classic Movies presents great films uncut and commercial-free from the largest film library in the world. In this podcast, TCM Director of Programming Production Scott McGee complements our televised interviews with hosts Robert Osborne and Ben Mankiewicz by chatting with filmmakers and film enthusiasts about turning point movies in their lives. You can learn more about TCM by visiting www.tcm.com.
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Yoga Sesh

Caitlin Rose Kenney

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Yoga Sesh Podcast is a free library of audio recorded offerings by Caitlin Rose Kenney. Featuring Yin Yoga, Vinyasa Flow, Regenerative Yoga and guided meditation practices you will find accessible, anatomically sound and creative classes available to stream and download. Caitlin Rose’s soothing voice and articulate instructions make practicing yoga a ritual to look forward to wherever you are. Explore the episode descriptions to find the right practice for you based off of duration, energeti ...
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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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I was born and raised in central Los Angeles. I discuss intersections of race, gentrification, small business, City and County elections, and more of what's shaping the city today. I publish episodes every other Friday; for the full catalogue, visit jimbotimes.com.
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If you thought history was dull, dry and boring, you haven't read Bill Nye's books! He brings wit, humor, satire, irony and sheer nonsensical fun into the subject, making it both entertaining and memorable. The Comic History of England was published posthumously in 1896 after the writer's tragic and untimely death half-way through the project. Hence it remains incomplete and covers the history of the island nation only up to the Tudor period. However, beginning with Julius Caesar, the Roman ...
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Walled Culture

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Access to culture has never seemed easier with the switch to digital. Yet, at the same time, it has also become totally different from in the analogue days. We don‘t own our books, movies or music as we did before. This podcast is a journey to discover how culture is captured behind the copyright walls.
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The Lawfluent Podcast

Isabella Elena Carrozzi

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Everyone wants to keep up to date with the emerging legal trends and technologies transforming the way Australia’s legal system is practised, but not everyone has the time or patience to sit and read through a bunch of articles. Join Isabella from OpenLaw and BarNet JADE as she provides your go-to series for all things Law. Learn the tips, tricks and challenges of the legal profession's best, challenging conventions and innovating the legal landscape, in under an hour with focused and curate ...
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Works by Jamaica Kincaid My Brother (print edition) See Now Then (print edition) (ebook) Annie John (print edition) (ebook) A Small Place (print edition) (audiobook) Lucy (print edition) (ebook) At the Bottom of the River (print edition) Works by Dione Brand Salvage: Readings from the Wreck (print edition) (ebook) (audiobook) An Autobiography of th…
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This week @adafruit we’re releasing the Raspberry Pi NFC media player project. Continuing our prototype of a POV LED display. Prototyping a BLE controller for Apple Watch. The timelapse Tuesday video this week features Christmas tree feet designed by 3DeepPrinting.NFC Movies YouTube Videohttps://youtu.be/wYxXHPFWsRQ Raspberry Pi 5 8GB: https://www.…
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Throughout history, the relationship between gender and power has been fraught with challenge. Author Leah Redmond Chang explores the potent relationship by focusing on three pivotal queens: Catherine de Medici, Elisabeth of Valois, and Mary Queen of Scots. Show Notes: Carol Ann Lloyd carolannlloyd.com @shakeuphistory patreon.com/carolannlloyd The …
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This week @adafruit we’re showcasing a new raspberry pi project. Continuing our prototype of a POV LED display. Starting a new prototype of a BLE controller for Apple Watch to make a iPod like device. The timelapse Tuesday video this week is a jumping gift designed by Tomo Designs.Raspberry Pi 5 8GBhttps://www.adafruit.com/product/5813NFC Breakouth…
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We all face situations where things don't turn out the way we expected, where our long-term plan has to be shelved for a moment, and where we need to change direction quickly. Mary I is a great example of how to succeed with a Right Now Plan. Show Notes: Carol Ann Lloyd www.carolannlloyd.com @shakeuphistory patreon.com/carolannlloyd The Tudors by N…
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For more than 150 years, women have put their name forward to run in a presidential election. Of them, only three have made it on the ticket for a major party, and just two have made it to the top of the ticket. We discussed the history of women running for the top job with UMass-Boston Center for Women in Politics Director Laurie Nsiah-Jefferson a…
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This week @adafruit we’re checking out our new Halloween project using PropMaker RP2040 Feather. Prototyping a new POV LED Display project using DotStar LEDs, a Motor FeatherWing and RP2040 Feather running CircuitPython. The timelapse Tuesday video this week is a Halloween cat dressed in a ghost costume designed by OddPlasticity.Motor Bat Videohttp…
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It wasn't easy living at the Tudor court. The closer you were to power, the closer you were to disaster! Historian and author Helene Harrison takes us through the perilous journey many made from glory to gory. Just in time for Hallowe'en, it's Tudor Executions: From Nobility to the Block. Show Notes: Carol Ann Lloyd www.carolannlloyd.com @shakeuphi…
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This week @adafruit we’re prototyping a new halloween project using PropMaker RP2040 Feather. The timelapse Tuesday video this week is an articulating pumpkin with spider-like legs designed by jajaum3d.Feather RP2040 PropMakerhttps://www.adafruit.com/product/5768 Continuous Micro Servohttps://www.adafruit.com/product/2442Mini Oval Speakerhttps://ww…
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With less than two weeks to go before Election Day on November 5th, here are my unapologetic positions for this year’s measures in California: (3:14) – NO ON PROP 2 (9:54) – YES ON PROP 3 (12:31) – NO ON PROP 4 (18:14) – UNDECIDED ON PROP 5 (23:35) – YES ON PROP 6 (26:52) – YES ON PROP 32 (28:02) – UNDECIDED ON PROP 33 (33:34) – UNDECIDED ON PROP 3…
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From the 1960 campaign to today, black and latino voices have played important roles in presidential campaigns. In this episode, we speak with Columbia Journalism School Dean Jelani Cobb and Lincoln Project Co-Founder Mike Madrid about how presidential campaigns have made special efforts to earn the vote of the nation’s Black and Latino communities…
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This week @adafruit we’re showcasing our Zelda Tri Rod project. Prototyping a motorized flying bat project for Halloween using a servo, RP2040 PropMaker Feather and a distance sensor. Shop talk segment features a new firmware from community member Squid.jpg for the Adafruit LED Glasses. The time lapse Tuesday video this week is an articulating pump…
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In 1988, when Mario Vargas Llosa sat down on a Toronto stage with Adrienne Clarkson, he hadn't yet won his Nobel Prize for Literature (that came in 2010) so he wasn't yet a "central" figure in the world of writing. In this conversation, he teases out the hazy line between being an artist (who inhabits the world of the imagination), and being a prof…
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In all the battles of the Wars of the Roses, with the focus on kings and warriors, we often lose sight of the women. Positioned to be queen first of Team Lancaster and eventually of Team York, Anne Neville is the focus of a new book by Rebecca Batley. Show Notes: Carol Ann Lloyd www.carolannlloyd.com @shakeuphistory patreon.com/carolannlloyd The Tu…
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“I’m going to tell you what happened in Las Vegas, and I’m going to tell you everything as best I can, but my best is hampered by the fact this all occurred when I was doing two shows a night, channeling a dead princess, sleeping until lunchtime, popping a bit too much Adderal and Valium (yes both), and periodically - like that princess - purging o…
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Got a ballot recently? Reporter at L.A. Public Press Elizabeth Chou and I get into a handful of the choices on the ballot this November to get you started on your voting journey! We discuss Prop 36, or the innocuously titled “Drug and Theft Crime Penalties and Treatment-Mandated Felonies Initiative,” Prop 33, or the “Prohibit State Limitations on R…
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The Tudors are one of the most famous dynasties in royal history. We can't stop talking about them. It's easy to forget how unlikely the dynasty was. Without the extraordinary ability of Margaret Beaufort to make connections with both sides of the Wars of the Roses, we probably never would have had a Tudor dynasty! Carol Ann Lloyd www.carolannlloyd…
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On this installment of J.T. the L.A. Storyteller Podcast we speak with Renee Rose, who is the Deputy-in-Charge of the Elder and Dependent Adult Abuse Unit in Los Angeles County. With over thirty years of experience in the courtroom, including as a prosecutor for the Hardcore Gang Unit, she’s now running for Superior Court Judge, Seat 48, which we f…
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In 1968, President Lyndon B. Johnson told the nation he would not seek re-election as President. This year, President Joe Biden stepped down in the middle of the 2024 presidential campaign. In this episode, we speak with LBJ Foundation President and CEO Mark Updegrove along with presidential historian Alexis Coe about presidents who chose to “pass …
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This week @adafruit we’re doing a deep dive our Jack O’Lantern pumpkin prop project. Prototyping a new prop, the Tri Rod from The Legend of Zelda, Echoes of Wisdom. The timelapse Tuesday video this week is a skull rose designed by Billy Hooper.PropMaker Jack O’Lantern Guidehttps://learn.adafruit.com/propmaker-jack-o-lantern/ YouTube Videohttps://yo…
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In "The Glass Onion," Benoit Blanc discovers Miles Bron's deception by realizing his conversation is "A minefield of malapropisms." From Shakespeare to Sheridan to today, malapropisms are humorous and revealing. Show Notes Carol Ann Lloyd www.carolannlloyd.com @shakeuphistory patreon.com/carolannlloyd The Tudors by Numbers Courting the Virgin Queen…
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“This book is nothing like the history textbooks I grew up with. It’s visual, it’s handwritten, it jumps around in time. It’s an attempt at a new way of seeing history - placing movements and events and people from across time in conversation with one another in a way that, I hope, offers some insight into who we are as a country, and who we have t…
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On October 12th the city of Los Angeles brings back a major block party in “Broadway Night Lights” at the center of downtown L.A. Formerly “Night on Broadway” by Jose Huizar and the Los Angeles Neighborhood Initiative (LANI), an association of business owners in downtown L.A., the event is now being funded by Art Development Fees (ADF) maintained b…
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It was my people with the Sueño team who connected me with the Los Angeles Conservancy, which was first founded in 1978 in defense of none other than our dearly beloved L.A. Public Library; more soon, but for now, thanks again to Alex Inshishian for allowing us to speak with him about this incredible backstory for the Pueblito. Videography by CLVRK…
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In John F. Kennedy’s Presidential Campaign, there were many concerns over the high costs of running for president. Still, the money required to run in 1960 is dwarfed by the expenses of today’s presidential and congressional campaigns. Former Senator Russell Feingold, a chief architect of bipartisan campaign finance reform, discusses how our electi…
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This week @adafruit we’re showcasing our LEGO compatible mounts with our Carousel build using a servo, neopixels and music. For prototyping, we have a working demo of the Jack O’Lantern IKEA pumpkin using the PropMaker RP2040 and the time of flight sensor. The Timelapse Tuesday this week is a wearable headband of Bob from the Beetlejuice movie desi…
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“Forty-seven years before construction workers discovered the skeleton in the old farmer’s well on Chicken Hill, a Jewish theater manager in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, named Moshe Ludlow had a vision about Moses. Moshe had this vision on a Monday morning in February as he was cleaning out the remnants of a Chick Webb one-night stand at his tiny All-A…
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On this installment of J.T. the L.A. Storyteller Podcast we’re joined by Phoenix Tso, who chats with us about The Tenant Association, a new podcast on the Chinatown Hillside Villa Tenant Association, which formed in 2018 after residents there received a 300% Rent Increase without any prior notice from their landlord; in addition to the origins of t…
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For the first time in more than 40 years, a president was fired on and injured by an assassin’s bullet. In this episode, we speak with presidential historian Alexis Coe about the history of violence against presidential candidates and author and writer Tom Nichols about how the country’s intensely partisan politics have spurred violent acts across …
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This week @adafruit we’re checking out 3D printed LEGO compatible mounts in resin using SLA service from JLCPCB. Prototyping a new halloween project using the PropMaker RP2040 and an IKEA pumpkin lamp. Shop talk segment features an online tool for simulating gear mechanisms. The Timelapse Tuesday this week is a retractable spider designed by BlobLa…
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This audio recording of Hilary Mantel in conversation with Rosemary Sullivan was recorded on stage at Harbourfront Reading Series in 1997. It is used with the kind permission of the Toronto International Festival of Authors. Thanks to TIFA for allowing us access to their archives for this series. Find out more about the Festival and its annual fest…
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We see Shakespeare’s influence all over, from the popularity of his plays for hundreds of years to adaptations like West Side Story, The Lion King, and more. We’re less likely to see is others’ influence on him. That’s the topic of Shakespeare’s Borrowed Feathers by Darren Freebury-Jones. Show Notes Carol Ann Lloyd www.carolannlloyd.com @shakeuphis…
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The return of J.T. the L.A. Storyteller Podcast features Eric Solis, an L.A. born architect and designer now living and consulting in Mexico City, where the rise of a new, international gentrification has pushed residents like himself to fight back and organize. Solis’s roots in Los Angeles also run deep, however, especially given his time with HNT…
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At 21, Emily was sure that by getting married and having kids she would more or less wind up living happily ever after. However, her relationship replicated some of her core wounds around growing up in a coercive control environment, and where talks around money were taboo. Emily wanted to leave her marriage, but all she had to her name was her car…
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This week @adafruit we’re taking a look at 3D printed LEGO compatible servo mounts in resin using SLA service from JLCPCB. We’re deep diving into our LED lamp using 12V LED noodles and the HUSB238 USB-C power delivery board. The Timelapse Tuesday this week is a jack-o-lantern in the shape of Oogie Boogie.YouTube Videohttps://youtu.be/kKNC-wLjxdkLea…
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In this episode, Chuck Anderson introduces Limitless Living and guest Elle Ebizadeh. Elle shares her journey from entrepreneur to relationship coach, emphasizing the importance of personal responsibility and communication in relationships. She discusses recognizing patterns in both personal and professional interactions and offers advice for common…
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