A chronicle of the history of the twentieth century, including art, music, popular culture, science, religion, and, of course, politics and war.
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Podcast dedicated to the history, science and legacy of the all-time classic film and one of the greatest works of art of the twentieth century, Arthur C. Clarke and Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey.
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Your weekly nostalgia podcast about technology and culture from the 1940’s, 1950’s, and 1960’s. We cover the best of the mid-twentieth century: technology, art, fashion, locations, and even food! In each episode we’ll cover the history and impact of a mid-century topic - and tell you where to find, buy, or make them today. . Do you want to add a vintage vibe to your everyday life? We’ll tell you how!
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ADVENTURES IN TWENTIETH CENTURY TELEVISION... AND BEYOND...!Where the television of the past… …becomes the conversation of the present.Join us as we take a nostalgic journey through the television vaults, and my guests and I investigate, discover, enjoy, and chat about a whole world of televisual delights, with some occasional nonsense thrown in from time-to-time.
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All About Agatha is a podcast all about, well, Agatha. Agatha Christie, of course: the Queen of Crime, a real-life Dame of the British Empire, and author of sixty-six mystery novels that spanned the Twentieth Century, defining a genre. For five years, Catherine Brobeck and Kemper Donovan revisited these novels in publication order, ranking them according to pre-set criteria (plot, character, etc.). Tragically, Catherine Brobeck passed away at the end of 2021. Since then, Kemper has completed ...
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The Latin American History Podcast aims to tell the story of Spanish and Portuguese America from its very beginnings up until the present day. Latin America’s history is home to some of the most exciting and unbelievable stories of adventure and exploration, and this podcast will tell these stories in all their glory. It will examine colonial society, slavery, and what life was like for the region’s inhabitants during this period. We will look at what caused the wars of independence, how the ...
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Thoughts, facts, and opinions concerning the church world, both religious and biblical. Breaking down the Holy scriptures (KJV) for application in the twentieth century. The church, in general, and how it is viewed today. The deconstruction of the church and why younger generations are turning away from the church - what are their needs from the church. The spiritual warfare raging in the world today. The returning of Jesus Christ. By the help of God, I will attempt to upload two episodes a ...
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AcreSoft Story Classic: 🌷 Kids Educational and Bedtime Stories for Children to Adults, in English
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Whether you like a good bedtime story to unwind and relax, or a great tale during chores, or your commute to work, these great classic stories from the nineteenth, early twentieth century and before are just the thing. This is a show preserving old fashioned kids stories, of adventure, challenges, or learning, for modern day story lovers of all ages. Follow for great stories for children to adults! https://acresoft.contactinbio.com 1 John 2:2 Ways You Can Show Your Support: ➡️👛 https://coint ...
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Thirty, Flirty & Thriving. Dedicated to the thirties women. Discussions about life, fashion, and being moms in the twentieth century.
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Podcasty muzykatradycyjna.pl opowiadają dźwiękiem o muzyce wiejskiej w różnych regionach Polski. Prezentujemy nagrania wykonawców kontynuujących lokalne i rodzinne zwyczaje muzyczne. Rozmawiamy o historii muzyki tradycyjnej, jej współczesnych odsłonach i przyszłości. Chcemy stworzyć przestrzeń do dyskusji o aktualnych kontekstach tradycji muzycznych i stawiania pytań – dlaczego, po co i jak? Gośćmi podcastów są mistrzowie śpiewu i gry na instrumentach oraz ich uczniowie. Dzielą się swoją muz ...
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A twentieth century man & a millennial discuss various topics
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Talking Modernism - a podcast series exploring how our grandparents and great-grandparents changed the world. In each episode we explore a different aspect of modernism, the revolution in thinking from the 1920s and 30s, and what it can teach us about our world today
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We promote open Objectivism: the philosophy of reason, achievement, individualism, and freedom. Ayn Rand's philosophy of Objectivism was set forth in such works as her epic novel Atlas Shrugged, and in her brilliant non-fiction essays. Objectivism is designed as a guide to life, and celebrates the remarkable potential and power of the individual. Objectivism also challenges the doctrines of irrationalism, self-sacrifice, brute force, and collectivism that have brought centuries of chaos and ...
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Get ready for the first-ever snackable Old Time Radio podcast. Each week listen for a bite-sized sample of the Golden Age of Radio and journey back to the twentieth century. Gain keen insights into life in the 1930s, 1940s , and 1950s through short-form old-time radio programs including comedic moments, full-cast short dramas, stories from the greatest storytellers of the past. Unearth legends and rediscover those who have long been forgotten, all while gaining keen insights into life in a w ...
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Interviews with Scholars of Medicine about their New Book Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/medicine
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Brought to you by Loughborough University’s Anarchism Research Group (ARG), Anarchist Essays presents leading academics, activists, and thinkers exploring themes in anarchist theory, history, and practice. For more on the ARG, please visit https://www.lboro.ac.uk/subjects/politics-international-studies/research/arg/ and follow us on Twitter at @arglboro
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Interviews with Scholars of Japan about their New Books Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/japanese-studies
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Isaiah Berlin (1909–1997), founding President of Wolfson College, University of Oxford, is regarded as one of the leading thinkers of the twentieth century. He was famous as an extempore lecturer, and his inimitable speaking style is well illustrated in this series of podcasts.
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Podcast with all the information you need to survive another week. Movie. Book. News. Published Tuesday.
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Value investing is more than an investment strategy — it’s a fundamental way of thinking about finance. Value investing was developed in the 1920s at Columbia Business School by professors Benjamin Graham and David Dodd, MS ’21. The authors of the classic text, Security Analysis, Graham and Dodd were the very pioneers of their field and their security analysis principles provided the first rational basis for investment decisions. Despite the vast and volatile changes in the economy and secur ...
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Freedom is the watchword of America. But many of her own citizens have had to struggle to get it, often at great personal cost. Emma Goldman rose up and resisted the notion that patriotism meant women, immigrants, and the poor staying quiet about their places in American life. Listen how in the early twentieth century, one woman galvanized the underclass while striking fear in the hearts of law enforcement and the federal government. Narrated by Jeff Grossman, and starring Sarah Natochenny ( ...
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The 1950s Science Fiction Podcast is a show that delves into the world of mid-twentieth-century science fiction, covering movies, TV shows, radio dramas, and literature. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/edward-franklin-german/support
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Timothy Snyder is a historian and professor at Yale University, specializing in Eastern and Central Europe, totalitarianism, and the Holocaust. His books have received widespread acclaim nationally and internationally from both academic and general audiences. His most recent book, "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century," explores the small, everyday ways a citizenry can resist the encroachment of government tyranny. He is also the author of "Black Earth: The Holocaust as Hist ...
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Literary scholars Alicia Broggi and Erica Lombard go through the New York Public Library’s 1995 “Books of the Century” list. Each episode they discuss a book, learn about its author and history, talk to experts, and ask whether it really is one of the books of twentieth century.
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In each episode we revisit a notable game of cricket and, through it, examine an aspect of English history or culture in the early Twentieth Century.
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Were you a misfit who followed your dreams to New York City back in the twentieth century when Manhattan rents were cheap and crime and creativity were rampant? Maybe you just imagined what it would be like. Based on her memoir, Girl To City follows singer-songwriter Amy Rigby's progression from Elton John fan in the Pittsburgh suburbs to late 70's Manhattan art student; from punk show habitué to fledgling musician to cult artist who caused a sensation with her album Diary Of A Mod Housewife ...
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Interviews with scholars of the Caribbean about their new books. Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/caribbean-studies
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This is a classic and wonderful adventure story set in early twentieth-century Britain. The story features a cast lovable woodland animal characters named Mole, Rat, Toad, and Badger. The animals talk, squabble, giggle and tease just like human characters; and that is what makes this clever and endearing novel such an exceptional joy to read!
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Baffled by modern art and architecture? You’re not alone! This collection gives new insight into today’s shifting kaleidoscope of visual culture by placing it in the context of the developments of the 19th and 20th century. In the mid 19th century there was a growing realisation that everything had changed. Industry was booming, and the speed of life increasing. Artists, thinkers and architects strove to find new ways of encapsulating this new world … and modernism was born. The collection d ...
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Interviews with Scholars of the American West about their New Books Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/american-west
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Chris Maynard host of the following films podacst is joined by Micahael Troyan to discuss The history of 20th Century Fox. Michael holds a Masters in Library Science, and has worked as an archivist at the Walt Disney and Warner Bros. studios, as well as a consultant and film historian elsewhere. He is the author of MGM Hollywoods Greatest Backlot and numerous other books about film. His latest book Twentieth Century Fox: A Century of Entertainment will be availible Oct 1 2016 In other words ...
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At Home This Morning is a fortnightly programme for older listeners based in Brighton and Hove broadcast on RadioReverb. Each edition contains interviews, features, music and memories. Covering topics such as neighbourhood care, older drivers, and lunch clubs, and highlighting other facilities and sources of support available to older people. We’ve looked at a newly-formed amateur dance company whose members are all over the age of sixty, and examined the suitability of sports such as tennis ...
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A conversation about the history of parenting advice. In ten episodes we explore: what's the deal with Dr. Benjamin Spock? What was so great about the Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care? And who gets to tell parents how to parent? Listen and learn about twentieth century history, weird recipes, gentle parenting, anti-war protests, the Paris Olympics, book publishing, medical school education, women's magazines, and more!
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In four short dialogues, Oliver Taplin, Emeritus Professor in the Oxford University Classics Department and Lorna Hardwick, Professor of Classical Studies and Director of the Classical Receptions in Late Twentieth Century Drama and Poetry in English project, discuss the issues surrounding the translation of Ancient Greek and Roman texts for modern audiences. Looking into the technical, philosophical and literary aspects of this, they centre their discussions around four topics: Is there a co ...
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Interviews with Scholars of the Pacific Region about their New Books
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Tragedy has been around for over 2500 years, from its earliest manifestations in the huge open-air gathering-places of Athens and other Greek city-states, to the theatres of Renaissance England, Spain and France, right through to the twentieth century with its cinematic tragedies, and the disturbing works of Harold Pinter and Samuel Beckett. In four dialogues, Oliver Taplin, Emeritus Professor, and Joshua Billings, a graduate student in the Oxford Classics Faculty, ask and discuss what trage ...
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A storytelling podcast dedicated to the stories behind the great books of the past. On the show, I explore the inner conflicts and adverse circumstances that have shaped authors' lives, from antiquity to the twentieth century, one author at a time. Together, we'll uncover the long-forgotten mysteries and dramas behind the greatest literary works, the heartache and anger and joy behind all those books that still speak to us today. Visit my website, www.inviolablevoices.com, for more information.
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In this series some of the major participants in the Irish folk music revival, as well as a number of the leading scholars in the field, reflect on developments in Irish music over the course of the twentieth century. Series Editor: PJ Mathews. Scholarcast theme music by: Padhraic Egan, Michael Hussey and Sharon Hussey. Development: John Matthews, Vincent Hoban, UCD IT Services, Media Services.
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Talking about popular conceptions of the Middle Ages and their historical realities. Join Richard Abels to learn about Vikings, knights and chivalry, movies set in the Middle Ages, and much more about the medieval world.
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The Indian subcontinent is about the size of Europe and is way more diverse and complicated - but how much do we know about its violent past? The land of Gandhi is also the land of the war-elephant, of gunpowder-wielding infantry, and of nuclear weapons that destroy everything in their wake. In Yuddha, Anirudh Kanisetti (host of Echoes of India: A History Podcast) and Aditya Ramanathan explore the darker, blood-splattered side of India, beyond Bollywood and school textbooks. From the medieva ...
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400 years after its foundation, Wadham College enjoys a reputation for academic excellence within an informal and progressive community. Over the centuries, the College has nurtured enquiring minds in numerous fields. Amongst them are Sir Christopher Wren, Robert Boyle and Robert Hooke, polymaths from the seventeenth century; the scholar and researcher Edward Stone who first identified the medicinal properties of willow bark and so led to the discovery of salicylic acid, the active ingredien ...
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As Bernard Montgomery plotted an offensive against Axis forces in North Africa from the east, Dwight Eisenhower was plotting one from the west.
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Twentieth Century Foxy (with Teddy Durgin)
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Film at 11: Deadpool and Wolverine (2024) Book IT: How to Run Wars: A Confidential Playbook for the National Security Elite (2024) by Christopher Coyne and Abigail Hall Scroll with it: The Greenbrier Hotel is for sale. The Olympics are in full swing. Steve had some great adventures in LA. Rifftrax LIVE is in theaters this week and FAN EXPO Chicago …
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Justin B. Stein, "Alternate Currents: Reiki’s Circulation in the Twentieth-Century North Pacific" (U Hawaii Press, 2023)
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In the second half of the twentieth century, Reiki went from an obscure therapy practiced by a few thousand Japanese and Japanese Americans to a global phenomenon. By the early twenty-first century, people in nearly every corner of the world have undergone the initiations that authorize them to channel a cosmic energy—known as Reiki—to heal body, m…
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VISION ON SOUND EPISODE 202 - TX AUGUST 18 2024
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WARREN CUMMINGS on some 1970s USTV Cop Shows. First broadcast on FAB RADIO INTERNATIONAL at 19:00 on August 18th 2024. This week WARREN CUMMINGS is back, and we’re going to talk about all of those 1970s US TV Cop Shows that we used to love like KOJAK and IRONSIDE and THE STREETS OF SAN FRANCISCO, all of which were on our British television screens …
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In 1911 American explorer Hiram Bingham stumbled upon the lost city of Machu Picchu - forgotten since it was abandoned by the Inca centuries before. That's the story at least, the reality is much more complex. Could he have done it without the help of Peruvians? Was he really the first outsider to get there? And what does it really mean for a ruin …
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Mavis Kerinaiua and Laura Rademaker, "Tiwi Story: Turning History Downside Up" (NewSouth, 2023)
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The Tiwi people have more than their fair share of stories that turn ideas of Australian history upside down. The Tiwi claim the honour of defeating a global superpower. When the world’s most powerful navy invaded and attempted to settle the Tiwi Islands in 1824, Tiwi warriors fought the British and won. The Tiwi remember the fight, and oral histor…
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Stephanie L Canizales, "Sin Padres, Ni Papeles: Unaccompanied Migrant Youth Coming of Age in the United States" (U California Press, 2024)
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Each year, thousands of youth endure harrowing unaccompanied and undocumented migrations across Central America and Mexico to the United States in pursuit of a better future. Drawing on the firsthand narratives of migrant youth in Los Angeles, California to produce Sin Padres, Ni Papeles: Unaccompanied Migrant Youth Coming of Age in the United Stat…
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Join us for a serene journey through one of the most cherished and recited passages of scripture, Psalm 23. This episode delves into the profound imagery and comforting promises of the Psalm, often referred to as the Shepherd's Psalm. We explore the metaphor of the Lord as shepherd, guiding and providing for His flock, ensuring safety, sustenance, …
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Divine Discourse and Restoration: The Climax of Job in Chapters 38 & 42
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Embark on a profound journey through the concluding chapters of the Book of Job, where divine intervention reshapes the narrative and offers deep insights into human suffering and the nature of God. In Chapter 38, the story reaches a dramatic pivot as God responds to Job from the whirlwind, challenging him with questions about the creation and gove…
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Special Announcement: I'm Coming to Scotland!
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I'm thrilled to be participating in the Bloody Scotland festival this September! Click here for more information about my panel on Saturday, 14 September at 11:30am, at Trinity Church in Stirling. And for those of you in Southern California, here are the details for my upcoming appearance at a brand-new Barnes & Noble in Santa Monica on Saturday, 3…
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Alyssa Goldstein Sepinwall, "Haitian History: New Perspectives" (Routledge, 2012)
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Despite Haiti's proximity to the United States, and its considerable importance to our own history, Haiti barely registered in the historic consciousness of most Americans until recently. Those who struggled to understand Haiti's suffering in the earthquake of 2010 often spoke of it as the poorest country in the Western hemisphere, but could not ex…
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The Raven and the Swan Aesop Fables - Kids Story Short Stories for Children and Adults
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A Raven saw a Swan, and desired to secure for himself a like beauty of plumage. Supposing that his splendid white color arose from his washing in... https://acresoft.contactin.bio I will praise thee; for I am fearfully [and] wonderfully made: marvellous [are] thy works; and [that] my soul knoweth right well. Psalms 139:14…
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12 Angry Alaskans: Re-Examining the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Case
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This is part #2 of a the (ir)Rational Alaskans, a Cited Podcast series that re-examines the legacy of the Exxon Valdez oil spill. Last episode, the spill devastates Cordova, Alaska. In this second part, 12 Angry Alaskans, a jury of ordinary Alaskans picks up our story. They muddle through the most devastating, and most complicated, environmental di…
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Send us a Text Message. Sports fans rejoice! On today's episode we cover The Olympics of the Mid Century. Specifically the summer games that happened during our podcast's time, but we cover them to discover great things that happened (and many scandals!). So tune in and listen to earn your gold medal! . . Weekly Catch up ends at 4:50 . . SHOW NOTES…
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Alonso Duralde, "Hollywood Pride: A Celebration of LGBTQ+ Representation and Perseverance in Film" (Running Press Adult, 2024)
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Film critic Alonso Duralde and I talk his new book, Hollywood Pride: A Celebration of LGBTQ+ Representation and Perseverance in Film (Running Press, 2024), including some fascinating anecdotes, case studies, and watershed moments in queer cinematic history, not to mention its creators, its stars, its detractors, and its various ebbs and flows -- fr…
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Special Intro: “Blue” Lou Marini Film at 11: Borderlands (2024) Book IT: The Blues Brothers: The Arc of Gratitude (2024) by Dan Aykroyd Scroll with it: SiriusXM is offering FREE ad supported radio. The Democratic National Committee is coming to Chicago next week. Dan Aykroyd and Jim Beluishi are hitting the stage at the Old Joliet Prison as The Blu…
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Heather Murray, "Asylum Ways of Seeing: Psychiatric Patients, American Thought and Culture" (U Pennsylvania Press, 2022)
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Asylum Ways of Seeing: Psychiatric Patients, American Thought and Culture (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2021) by Dr. Heather Murray is a cultural and intellectual history of people with mental illnesses in the twentieth-century United States. While acknowledging the fraught, and often violent, histories of American psychiatric hospitals, Heath…
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Ana Raquel Minian, “Undocumented Lives: The Untold Story of Mexican Migration” (Harvard UP, 2018)
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In the 1970s, the Mexican government acted to alleviate rural unemployment by supporting the migration of able-bodied men. Millions crossed into the United States to find work that would help them survive as well as sustain their families in Mexico. They took low-level positions that few Americans wanted and sent money back to communities that depe…
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Episode 51 - Syd Mead & The Art of "2010" (2010: The Year We Make Content)
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We've got the Need for Mead... IT'S the return of the Captain of Concept Design, Syd Mead! There are so many fabulous illustrations in the "Art of 2010" book and no way we could fit them all in one episode. This time, we're checking out designs for the aerobraking sequence, from detachable shields to sleeping compartments. The evolving look of the …
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Aimee Louise Middlemiss, "Invisible Labours: The Reproductive Politics of Second Trimester Pregnancy Loss in England" (Berghahn Books, 2024)
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Tracing women’s experiences of miscarriage and termination for foetal anomaly in the second trimester, before legal viability, shows how such events are positioned as less ‘real’ or significant when the foetal being does not, or will not, survive. Invisible Labour: The Reproductive Politics of Second Trimester Pregnancy Loss in England (Berghahn, 2…
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Zoë Bossiere, "Cactus Country: A Boyhood Memoir" (Abrams Press, 2024)
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Today, I interview Zoë Bossiere about Cactus Country: A Boyhood Memoir (Abrams Press, 2024). Bossiere is writer from Tucson, Arizona. They are the managing editor of Brevity: A Journal of Concise Literary Nonfiction, as well as the coeditor of two anthologies: The Best of Brevity and The Lyric Essay as Resistance. Today, we talk about their debut m…
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Essay #87: Cahal McLaughlin, ‘Participatory Filmmaking: Anarchist Principles and Practices’
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In this essay, Cahal McLaughlin reflects on the influence of anarchist principles on his documentary filmmaking practices in societies affected by state violence, using case studies from South Africa, Haiti, Brazil and Ireland. Cahal McLaughlin is Professor of Film Studies, Queen's University Belfast. His recent publications include Challenging the…
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A wave of disease is spreading, leading to the implementation of a vaccination campaign. Some among the population are suspicious and take to the streets to make their opposition clear. This story did not take place during the recent pandemic however, this episode is about an obscure uprising which took place in 20th century Brazil. Support this po…
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VISION ON SOUND EPISODE 201 - TX AUGUST 11 2024
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THE REWATCHABLES, with PAUL CHANDLER, THE SHY YETI. First broadcast on FAB RADIO INTERNATIONAL at 19:00 on August 11th 2024. Here we all find ourselves in realms that I never thought possible, as I really had considered not carrying on with the show beyond that 200th edition, but those lovely people who support me in producing VISION ON SOUND keep …
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Eric Hoyt, "Ink-Stained Hollywood: The Triumph of American Cinema’s Trade Press" (U California Press, 2022)
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For the first half of the twentieth century, no American industry boasted a more motley and prolific trade press than the movie business—a cutthroat landscape that set the stage for battle by ink. In 1930, Martin Quigley, publisher of Exhibitors Herald, conspired with Hollywood studios to eliminate all competing trade papers, yet this attempt and e…
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Interview with Kate Gingold, Author of Agatha Annotated
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It was such a pleasure to speak with Kate Gingold about her glossary of annotations of Christie novels and short stories from the 1920s. You can find Kate, her book, and many other offerings at her website: Agatha Annotated. You can also find her on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, and you can find out more about her non-Agatha offerings on this w…
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Send us a Text Message. It's episode 40! Join us as we travel by ocean liner to talk about these great ships during the mid century and now. We cover their history and a few important ships of the 1950s like the SS United States. Stay until the end to catch a themed etiquette segment as we tell you the do's and don't's of cruise sailing. . . Weekly…
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Venezuela: Can Maduro Last? with Juan Pio Hernandez
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Join CEO Jennifer Grossman for the 215 episode of The Atlas Society Asks where she interviews Executive Director of Plan Pais, Juan Pio Hernandez, about the history of Venezuela, the current controversy over election results, protests against Nicolás Maduro’s socialist regime, and Hernandez’s outlook for what is to come. Juan Pio Hernandez is the E…
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Pocztówka dźwiękowa: Zamienił stryjek kozła na… kozła [Region Kozła, Wielkopolska] ☛ 3/3
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Dawniej wesela odbywały się w izbach wiejskich chat i nikt nie myślał o wynajmowaniu sali. W takiej izbie (z reguły dość ciasnej jak na liczbę uczestników) jedzono i raczono się rozmaitymi trunkami, a gdy przyszedł czas zabawy, trzeba było wynieść ławy i stoły, żeby zrobić miejsce do tańca. Należało też zmienić instrument. Można zapytać – czyli, że…
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Tore C. Olsson, "Red Dead's History: A Video Game, an Obsession, and America's Violent Past" (St. Martin's Press, 2024)
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Red Dead Redemption and Red Dead Redemption II, set in 1911 and 1899, are the most-played American history video games since The Oregon Trail. Beloved by millions, they’ve been widely acclaimed for their realism and attention to detail. But how do they fare as re-creations of history? In Red Dead's History: A Video Game, an Obsession, and America's…
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The Sick Lion - Aesop Fables - Kids Story Short Stories for Children and Adults
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A Lion being unable from old age and infirmities to provide himself with food by force, resolved to do so by artifice. He betook himself to his den, and lying down there, pretended to be sick, taking care that... AcreSoft Story Classic https://acresoft.contactin.bio http://acresoft.com A prudent [man] foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the…
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Episode 50 - Aerobraking (2010: The Year We Make Content)
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Refreshed and lava-burned from a red hot Io summer, we're back on the Leonov to take the ultimate orbital roller coaster ride - aerobraking! As Soviet-American relations warm and mutual respect grows among scientists aboard the ship, the themes of loyalty, common humanity, and faith in each other return as Floyd and Irina share a death-defying expe…
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This is just a quick message to give an update a few changes I am planning to make to the podcast. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-latin-american-history-podcast/exclusive-content Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacyBy Max Serjeant
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Anna Bonnell Freidin, "Birthing Romans: Childbearing and Its Risks in Imperial Rome" (Princeton UP, 2024)
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Across the vast expanse of the Roman Empire, anxieties about childbirth tied individuals to one another, to the highest levels of imperial politics, even to the movements of the stars. Birthing Romans: Childbearing and Its Risks in Imperial Rome (Princeton UP, 2024) sheds critical light on the diverse ways pregnancy and childbirth were understood, …
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VISION ON SOUND EPISODE 200 - TX AUGUST 4 2024
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Eighties TV music special... First broadcast on FAB RADIO INTERNATIONAL at 19:00 on August 4th 2024. This week, there isn’t a guest with me on the show, because I thought I’d do another of our theme music specials, and, because I’ve finally crossed into sniper’s alley, I thought I might share a selection of some of my favourite theme tunes from a d…
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When German soldiers began their assault on the city of Stalingrad, they expected a quick victory, but the Soviet defense was far tougher than they had imagined.
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Yiman Wang, "To Be an Actress: Labor and Performance in Anna May Wong's Cross-Media World" (U California Press, 2024)
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Between 1919 and 1961, pioneering Chinese American actress Anna May Wong established an enduring legacy that encompassed cinema, theatre, radio, and American television. Born in Los Angeles, yet with her US citizenship scrutinised due to the Chinese Exclusion Act, Wong—a defiant misfit—innovated nuanced performances to subvert the racism and sexism…
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Crusaders and Settlers in the Holy Land: Who Went and Why
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Send us a Text Message. In this episode I talk with the distinguished historian of the crusades Dr. Steven Tibble about the motivations of crusaders and of those Europeans who settled in the Crusader states of Outremer. Steve is the author of five books dealing with the crusades, the most recent of which is Crusader Criminals: The Knights Who Went …
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Robert Baker, "Making Modern Medical Ethics: How African Americans, Anti-Nazis, Bureaucrats, Feminists, Veterans, and Whistleblowing Moralists Created Bioethics" (MIT Press, 2024)
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The little-known stories of the people responsible for what we know today as modern medical ethics. In Making Modern Medical Ethics: How African Americans, Anti-Nazis, Bureaucrats, Feminists, Veterans, and Whistleblowing Moralists Created Bioethics (MIT Press, 2024), Robert Baker tells the counter history of the birth of bioethics, bringing to the …
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Send us a Text Message. Time for a party! Join us as we go back to the tiki bars of the mid century to find out where they began and how they are still impacting the bar scene today. Spoiler alert, it's not all mai tais! . Weekly Catch Up ends at 4:15 . . SHOW NOTES: . Episode 016: Mid Century Weight Watchers . SOURCES: . Cate, M. (2016). Smuggler’…
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Roger Crowley, "Spice: The 16th-Century Contest that Shaped the Modern World" (Yale UP, 2024)
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The spice islands: Specks of land in the Indonesian archipelago that were the exclusive home of cloves, commodities once worth their weight in gold. The Portuguese got there first, persuading the Spanish to fund expeditions trying to go the other direction, sailing westward across the Atlantic. Roger Crowley, in his new book Spice: The 16th-Century…
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