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This podcast delivers the top stories in the electric utility industry, curated daily using AI-driven tools for maximum relevance and impact. Each episode is generated with advanced language models to provide clear, concise, and timely updates for energy professionals. https://www.linkedin.com/company/currenteventspodcast
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Hosted by Steve Smit, CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER® and founder of Powerhouse Financial Advisors, this podcast is designed to help employees of large publicly traded utility companies take control of their retirement planning. Steve, author of Power Up Your 401(k), shares insights on maximizing 401(k) options, navigating self-directed brokerage accounts, and creating a secure financial future. Tune in for practical advice, helpful resources, and strategies to power up your retirement! Subscri ...
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Come listen to an extension of some of the excellent utility safety & ops safety content published in Incident Prevention magazine. Dive deeper into insightful safety topics by hearing interviews with the some of the best and brightest minds in the industry! Learn more about Incident Prevention magazine at incident-prevention.com
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Welcome to Utilizing AI, the podcast about the application of artificial intelligence from The Futurum Group. This podcast features a variety of perspectives to discuss practical applications, use cases, and various sectors of AI. New episodes post every Wednesday hosted by Stephen Foskett of Tech Field Day, Nick Patience and Brad Shimmin of The Futurum Group, and Mike Vizard and Jon Swartz of Techstrong AI.
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Womens Utilities Network

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WUN's mission is to help women to connect with other women, so they can share learnings, build confidence, and develop their own passion for the fast moving utilities space. Through our podcast episodes, we aim to provide our listeners with the skills they need to build long-lasting and fulfilling careers in the sector. Find us at: thewun.co.uk
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Just Power

Carolyn Parrs

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The Just Power Podcast is about making clean, affordable and reliable energy accessible to everyone. Created and hosted by Carolyn Parrs, CEO of Mind Over Markets, it features energy experts, policymakers, Tribal voices, and community champions who are working hard to make energy equity a reality in our energy transition.
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Utility vegetation management (UVM) manages risks and controls vegetation that could potentially threaten power lines, railways, roadways, etc. It is perhaps one of the most important fields of environmental impact in the 21st century and is especially important in the U.S., where it is the largest factor in managing outages and the reliability of utilities.In Trees & Lines utility vegetation management podcast, veteran Phil Charlton and Iapetus COO Tej Singh discuss the future of this criti ...
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Water Values Podcast

Dave McGimpsey

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The Water Values Podcast series is presented in collaboration with Bluefield Research. This podcast series explores water issues from a variety of perspectives with the goal of uncovering the true value of water. Each episode will delve into one aspect of water, such as water utilities, water treatment, water resources, water reuse, and more.
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Every two weeks, we'll bring you new episodes of “Make It Clear” that cover timely and relevant topics in the water and wastewater industries. Our guests will also provide their unique insights as we discuss the world’s most precious resource. While our content is mainly geared toward water and wastewater professionals, we welcome everyone who’d like to listen.
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Market Pulse is a monthly podcast by Equifax, in partnership with Moody’s Analytics. Equifax hosts bring you interviews with industry experts on the latest economic and credit insights that can help drive better business decisions. Whether you’re in financial, mortgage, auto or another service industry, we help make sense of the latest economic conditions that impact you. This podcast series supplements our Market Pulse webinars, which occur on the first Thursday of each month.
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Landmark

Bruton Knowles

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Landmark is a podcast brought to you by Bruton Knowles, specialist independent property consultancy, national firm of chartered surveyors with renowned National Utilities and Infrastructure and Valuations Teams. Tune into a landscape of thought-provoking discussions and expert perspectives as our teams take a closer look at the dynamics shaping the future of the property sector and beyond. Landmark is brought to you by Eden Podcasting Services which can help you research, plan, produce and p ...
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In our modern culture, the safety moment has evolved as brief and casual conversations in which to share. They are the perfect time to bring up safety topics in a non-threatening (though potentially lifesaving) way. The Safety Moment Podcast is produced by Utility Safety Partners – a non-profit corporation that has been providing communication service between the digging community and the owners of buried facilities since 1984. Let’s talk about damage prevention, excavation safety, locating ...
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With readers from electric, gas, water and telecommunications, internet/cable utility organizations—as well as other key critical infrastructure segments—we reach a wide-spanning scope of decision makers across the industry. Because we have more than 20 years of established connections with the utility industry, we know this industry and our readership views us with trust that has been earned over many years.
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Welcome to Energy Bytes with John Kalfayan and Bobby Neelon. Your essential guide to the intersection of data and energy. This podcast dives deep into the world of energy, shedding light on how data, AI, and technology are revolutionizing this sector. Each episode equips listeners with insights into the most efficient tools and resources, paving the way for a data-driven future in energy. From technical nuances to broader industry trends, Energy Bytes offers an unparalleled perspective on th ...
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Zip

Patrick Fore

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Every episode starts with a real question in a real place: Why did your water bill go up in Freeport, Illinois? Why did rent spike in Phoenix? Why did groceries get more expensive in Maine? Host Patrick Fore traces how decisions made in boardrooms, legislatures, and foreign capitals quietly land in American zip codes—showing how policy becomes higher bills, broken streets, longer commutes, and fewer options. This isn’t punditry. It isn’t partisan. And it isn’t abstract. Episodes are short, f ...
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Energy Transition Talks

CGI in Energy & Utilities

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The energy industry is evolving—how will quantum computing, AI, and digital transformation shape the future? Join CGI’s experts as they discuss the latest trends in decarbonization, grid modernization, and disruptive technologies driving the energy transition. Topics include: The impact of AI, quantum computing, and digital transformation Decarbonization strategies and the rise of green energy How utilities are modernizing power grids and improving resilience Innovations in battery storage, ...
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Money Talks

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Money Talks focuses on personal finance as it applies to Mississippians. In any given week, we’ll talk about anything from preparing your taxes to saving for college or investing in the stock market. Our experts, Dr. Nancy Lottridge-Anderson, President of New Perspectives and Ryder Taff, portfolio manager at New Perspectives, are both Chartered Financial Analysts and Ryder also holds the Certificate in Investment Performance Measurement from the CFA Institute. They join Kevin Farrell in the ...
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BlueNotes

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Short on time, big on staying informed? BlueTech Research brings you BlueNotes, the podcast that makes knowledge bite-sized and easy to digest! Join dynamic hosts Divya Inna and Rhys Owen for 10-minute conversations packed with insights on the latest breakthroughs in BlueTech. Listen while you commute, walk the dog, or unwind – it’s the perfect way to stay ahead of the curve without getting stuck to a screen. Subscribe now and unlock a smarter, more informed you!
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Cloud Realities

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Exploring the practical and exciting alternate realities that can be unleashed through cloud driven transformation and cloud native living and working. Each episode, our hosts Dave, Esmee & Rob talk to Cloud leaders and practitioners to understand how previously untapped business value can be released, how to deal with the challenges and risks that come with bold ventures and how does human experience factor into all of this? They cover Intelligent Industry, Customer Experience, Sustainabili ...
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Join clinical psychologist and mom of three Dr. Becky Kennedy on her weekly podcast, as she takes on tough parenting questions and delivers actionable guidance—all in short episodes, because we know time is hard to find as a parent. Her breakthrough approach has enabled thousands of people to get more comfortable in discomfort, make repairs after mistakes, and always see the good inside. You'll gain the tools to embody your authority while developing a stronger parent-child connection, helpi ...
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Utility + Function

Matthew Putman

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Utility + Function, a multifaceted, eclectic, and probing podcast hosted by Nanotronics co-founder and CEO, Matthew Putman, covers subjects from Machine Learning, to Jazz, to Community Development. Utility Function, a definition: individual preferences for goods or services. It calculates desire, and therefore, is relative.
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The Credit Show

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The Credit Show Podcast with Harry Jacobs Your credit report is your adult report card—and on The Credit Show Podcast, Harry Jacobs shows you how to rewrite it. Each episode breaks down real-world credit problems in plain English: collections, charge-offs, late payments, medical debt, student loans, bankruptcy, identity theft, and more. Harry walks you through what actually works with creditors and the credit bureaus, how to avoid the traps that ruin scores, and the simple habits that build ...
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AppSlappy

Scott Johnson - Frogpants Studios

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We're addicted to the Apple app store, so much so that making a podcast about it seemed like the only logical thing to do. Previews, reviews, hot deals, and more. Join Scott Johnson & Eric VanSkyhawk every week!
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Expert mode marketing technology, AI, and CX insights from top brands and Martech platforms fill every episode, focusing on what leaders need to know to build customer lifetime value and long-term business value. The Agile Brand with Greg Kihlström® features executives and thought leaders from top brands and tech platforms discussing the industry's trends, like AI adoption, first-party data strategies, artificial intelligence in the consumer journey, consumer data privacy, omnichannel custom ...
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Welcome to the Utility Fleet podcast, brought to you by Utility Fleet Professional. Join us as we dive into the world of utility fleet management and maintenance, exploring the latest trends, best practices, and strategies from industry experts and peers. Our focus is on providing valuable insights and information to decision-makers in the utility sector, helping them to meet the unique challenges faced by utility fleets and maximize their fleet’s productivity. With more than 60 years of com ...
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How To Talk To Humans

Larry Wilson

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Larry Wilson is an Emmy nominated performer, producer, writer, and 2017 Comedy Magician of the Year, who synthesized his long history in show business into a powerful training system called The Wilson Method. As a successful TV Star and Communications Expert, Larry Wilson, shares his secrets to quality & clear communication. Every week a new episode takes the listener into another level of training where he/she can find success in business & relationships through better communication skills.
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ILLUMINATORS

Uplight

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Illuminators is a show about the people and the forces transforming the business of energy. Businesses and industries regularly face sweeping transitions. Those transitions are now getting more frequent and volatile as technology cycles speed up. We'll tell stories about how businesses or industries have managed disruption throughout history. This show will help energy experts learn from the wider world of business, and help business learn about the unique world of energy.
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Water and wastewater utility managers provide the leadership needed to deliver vital services that protect public health and support the vitality of our communities, environment, and economy. Today’s water sector utilities face a broad range of complex challenges, including staff turnover, rising costs, aging infrastructure, regulatory requirements, customer expectations, and changing technology. This podcast will provide information about the Five Keys to Management Success, Leadership and ...
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There Goes My Hero!

Kurt Cruz & George Christopher

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Their superheroes are super dead. Trusty sidekicks, Utility Belt Boy and Froglet, host a weekly podcast from their secret hideout, The Watch Basement, in search of a new one. This is There Goes My Hero!
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NewsData's "People in Power" is an exciting new biweekly podcast that explores issues in the energy industry, featuring expert guests from a wide range of backgrounds. Hosted by veteran energy journalists Jason Fordney and Abigail Sawyer of California Energy Markets and including appearances by writers from sister publication Clearing Up, People in Power will explore trends such as development of a Western wholesale electricity trading market, the transition to a more electrified world of ne ...
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The electric utility sector has reached a critical inflection point as massive AI-driven energy demand collides with unprecedented political gridlock and new physical security threats. We analyze how FERC’s landmark order on collocated loads and Vistra’s $4 billion gas plant acquisition are fundamentally reshaping the market's approach to grid reli…
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Get the latest updates from our LinkedIn page! https://onelink.to/treesandlines Welcome back to another episode of the Trees & Lines podcast. Jenna Turner, Manager Vegetation Management at Eversource Energy, and Kathleen Ferrier, Supervisor Transmission Vegetation Mgmt. at Eversource Energy, join us to discuss how the industry can better support wo…
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NVIDIA made a major statement at CES 2026, unveiling new AI technologies that reinforce its influence across hardware, software, and robotics. Stephen Foskett, Brad Shimmin, and Nick Patience break down NVIDIA’s latest announcements, including Helios, advanced embedded processors, and new platforms designed to push AI deeper into real-world systems…
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Against the Chains of Utility: Sacrifice and Literature in 1970s and 1980s South Korea (University of Hawaii Press, 2025) explores literary texts that countered the prevailing rhetoric of South Korea’s exploitative developmental state. These texts capture moments of anti-utilitarian sacrifice, and include Kim Hyŏn’s critical essays, Pak Sangnyung’s…
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The Public Utilities Commission has a new proposed rule that would have them focusing less on energy and more on social justice. What changes would that bring? PowerGab Hosts Jake Fogleman and Amy Cooke discuss this and more. Show Notes: Win a Predator Generator Because the grid could use a backup plan. Yes, we’re giving away a Predator Generator. …
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In this episode of The Co-Op Heroes podcast, we sit down with Nate Melby, VP and Chief Information Officer at Dairyland Power Cooperative, to explore how an electric cooperative became an unlikely pioneer in artificial intelligence, and how that innovation is now spreading across the cooperative movement. When Nate arrived at Dairyland Power, a Gen…
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In this episode of "Built In, Not Bolted On," host Doug Hill and guest Nick discuss the concept of "paying it forward" as a proactive approach to safety and mental well-being during the stressful holiday season. They explore how small acts—like salting a neighbor's walkway or simply asking a coworker "are you okay?"—can prevent failure and build a …
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A once-every-20-years utility franchise renewal is unfolding in real time in Denver — and it’s turning into something much bigger than a routine contract extension. Denver’s franchise agreement with Xcel Energy is due to renew January 1, 2027. But the process has hit a wall over one core question: What should a community expect in return from a uti…
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In this episode, host Larry Wilson breaks down practical, proven techniques to help anyone conquer the fear of public speaking. Drawing from his own Wilson Method, Larry shows how everyday people can move past anxiety and speak with confidence. He also reveals insider tips learned directly from an Academy Award–winning actor, making this episode a …
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Send us a text 📱 Want expert help in planning for your financial future? Book your 401(k) Onboarding Meeting with Steve: https://calendly.com/steven-powerhouse-advisor/401-k-retirement-meeting-1-hour-clone?month=2024-12 ⚡ Get your no-cost Retirement Toolkit: https://keap.page/ngt919/toolkit.html A new year brings new rules, and some of the changes …
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The Jain tradition, with roots in ancient India but now spread across the globe, is anything but static and monolithic. In Engaged Jainism, an interdisciplinary cohort of academics and practitioners explore the manifold ways in which Jains and Jain ideas become engaged in social worlds—historically, philosophically, philologically, and anthropologi…
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Though the United States has been heralded as a beacon of democracy, many nineteenth-century Americans viewed their nation through the prism of the Old World. What they saw was a racially stratified country that reflected not the ideals of a modern republic but rather the remnants of feudalism. American Dark Age reveals how defenders of racial hier…
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The immediate postcolonial moment brought both promise and peril for the states of Africa and their security. The process of decolonization generated instability, and the emergent Cold War caught up the still-fragile independent states in a global ideological struggle between superpowers. While the political story of these states has been written i…
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Dr. Tomer Persico is a Research Fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute, a Rubinstein Fellow at Reichman University, and a Senior Research Scholar at the UC Berkeley Center for Middle Eastern Studies. His fields of expertise include contemporary spirituality, Jewish modern identity, Jewish renewal, and forms of secularization and religiosity in Isra…
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An ever-expanding and panicked Wonder Woman lurches through a city skyline begging Steve to stop her. A twisted queen of sorority row crashes her convertible trying to escape her queer shame. A suave butch emcee introduces the sequined and feathered stars of the era’s most celebrated drag revue. For an unsettled and retrenching postwar America, the…
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Where does Greece belong? Many look at the ancient Greek ruins of Athens, and see the cradle of Western civilization. But much of Greece’s history actually looks eastward to the rest of the Mediterranean: to Turkey, Egypt, Israel and Palestine. In his book The New Byzantines: The Rise of Greece and Return of the Near East (Hurst: 2025), Sean Mathew…
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Dr. Marc Berman, the pioneering creator of the field of environmental neuroscience, has discovered the surprising connection between mind, body, and environment, with a special emphasis on the natural environment. He has devoted his life to studying it. If you sometimes feel drained, distracted, or depressed, Dr. Berman has identified the elements …
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Your brain is the most remarkable thing in the known universe. Always trying to mend itself, and always trying to protect you, it’s in a constant state of flux — adapting, reconfiguring, finding new pathways. And it has an astonishing capacity for recovery. Rachel Barr struggled through years of devastating loss, heartache, and uncertainty until ne…
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God's mission is to reclaim the world. The church has a designated role to play. Most Christians would agree that the Bible provides a basis for mission. Christopher Wright boldly maintains that the entire Bible is generated by and is all about God's mission. In order to understand the Scriptures, we need a missional hermeneutic, an interpretive pe…
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Mary E. Stuckey, the Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of Communication Arts & Sciences at Pennsylvania State University, has a brilliant new book that dives into the question of who we are as Americans, a theme that Stuckey has long researched and considered in much of her work (Defining Americans: The Presidency and National Identity, University Press …
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Heard medical debt doesn't count anymore? Not exactly. We explain the new rules and the old problems that could still be hurting your score. #MedicalDebt #MedicalCollections #CreditReport #FixCredit See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.…
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This episode is brought to you by Novi. Novi is the infrastructure powering brand growth in AI commerce. By connecting brands, certification bodies, and major retailers, Novi ensures verified product data is accurate, consistent, and surfaced where shoppers and AI models search, turning credibility into authority, visibility, and conversion. Learn …
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Your monthly utility bill is becoming a permanent payment plan for the federal government’s struggle to balance aging fossil fuel infrastructure with an AI-driven future. This episode breaks down the $2.7 billion federal move to secure nuclear fuel for advanced reactors while simultaneously forcing ratepayers to fund multi-million dollar emergency …
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A sweeping history of the violence perpetrated by governments committed to extreme forms of secularism in the twentieth century A popular truism derived from the Enlightenment holds that violence is somehow inherent to religion, to which political secularism offers a liberating solution. But this assumption ignores a glaring modern reality: that pu…
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Once the powerhouse of a fledgling country’s economy, the Mississippi Delta has been consigned to a narrative of destitution. It is often faulted for the sins of the South, portrayed as a regional backwater that willfully cleaved itself from the modern world. But buried beneath the weight of good ol’ boy politics and white-washed histories lies the…
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Sri Lanka has long sat astride the monsoon winds between the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea – a small island at the centre of a very big story. For over a thousand years, Muslim pilgrims, merchants, scholars, and soldiers have passed through “Lanka” or “Sarandib”, leaving traces in Arabic, Tamil, Persian, Malay, Ottoman Turkish, Urdu, Dhivehi, a…
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How has China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs transformed itself into one of the most assertive diplomatic actors on the global stage? What explains the rise of “wolf warrior” practices, and how should we interpret Beijing’s evolving diplomatic identity? In this episode, Duncan McCargo speaks with Dylan Loh, an Associate Professor in the Public Polic…
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Valuing the Community College Library: Impactful Practices for Institutional Success (2025, ACRL) provides a holistic approach to exhibiting community college library value through historical context, practical applications, and future thinking. Through case studies, editorials from administrators, and practical approaches, it addresses why communi…
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Persian Paradigms in Early Modern English Drama examines the concept of early modern globality and the development of European toleration discourse through English representations of Persian monarchs and Persianate conceptions of hospitality as paradigms of interreligious and intercultural hospitality for early modern and Shakespearean drama. Engli…
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The Arrival of the Fittest: Biology’s Imaginary Futures, 1900–1935 by Jim Endersby In the early twentieth century, varied audiences took biology out of the hands of specialists and transformed it into mass culture, transforming our understanding of heredity in the process. In the early twentieth century communities made creative use of the new theo…
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Reconstruction explores the impact of the First World War on the built environment - examining the immediate effects and aftermath of the Great War on the architecture of Britain and the British empire during the interwar years. While much attention has been paid by historians to post-war architectural reconstruction after 1945, the earlier develop…
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Rachel Midura joins Jana Byars to talk about Postal Intelligence: The Tassis Family and Communications Revolution in Early Modern Europe (Cornell UP, 2025) connects and situates histories of the post and government intelligence alongside print technology and state power in the wider context of the early modern communications revolution. In the sixt…
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With AI poised to generate nearly infinite content, personalization, and experiences, is the single most important thing marketers should be focused on actually something that can’t be automated at all? Agility requires not just adopting new technologies, but knowing when and how to double down on timeless human principles. It’s about integrating t…
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Money Talks is hosted by Dr Nancy Lottridge Anderson, President of New Perspectives and Ryder Taff, Portfolio Manager at New Perspectives. To email a question to the show, send it to [email protected]. In this episode, Nancy and Ryder talk about what factors go in to determining credit scores. If you enjoy listening to this podcast, please consid…
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Kevin Gast, Chairman and CEO of VVater, discusses VVater’s water treatment solution, the go-to-market verticals the technology serves, and much more in this phenomenal interview. Plus, Reese Tisdale gives us a Top Ten water issues list to look out for in 2026. In this session, you’ll learn about: Resources and links mentioned in or relevant to this…
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Your electric bill is at the center of a monumental collision between billion-dollar energy investments and the growing threat of low-tech grid security breaches. We unpack the Department of Energy’s $2.7 billion strategy to secure domestic nuclear fuel and eliminate reliance on Russian exports. You will discover why lawmakers are fighting over whe…
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Recorded live at the 2025 MBA Annual in Las Vegas, this special episode of Market Pulse explores how down payment assistance programs can help unlock homeownership amid today’s affordability challenges. Joel Rickman of Equifax sits down with Rob Chrane, Founder and CEO of Down Payment Resource, to discuss how lenders, real estate professionals, and…
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Theodore Karamanski joins fellow Lake Michigan enthusiast Jana Byars to talk about his new book, Great Lake: An Unnatural History of Lake Michigan. Looking down from outer space a vast expanse of blue appears in the heart of North America. Of the magnificent chain of inland seas, only one of those bodies of water--Lake Michigan--is entirely within …
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Lithium, a crucial input in the batteries powering electric vehicles, has the potential to save the world from climate change. But even green solutions come at a cost. Mining lithium is environmentally destructive. We therefore confront a dilemma: Is it possible to save the world by harming it in the process? Having spent over a decade researching …
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The Earth Transformed. An Untold History (Knopf, 2023) is a captivating and informative book that reveals how climate change has been a driving force behind the development and decline of civilizations across the centuries. The author, Peter Frankopan, takes readers on a journey through history, showcasing how natural phenomena such as volcanic eru…
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In Still Life with Bones: Genocide, Forensics, and What Remains (Crown, 2023), anthropologist Alexa Hagerty learns to see the dead body with a forensic eye. She examines bones for marks of torture and fatal wounds—hands bound by rope, machete cuts—and also for signs of identity: how life shapes us down to the bone. A weaver is recognized from the t…
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New Orleans is an indispensable element of America's national identity. As one of the most fabled cities in the world, it figures in countless novels, short stories, poems, plays, and films, as well as in popular lore and song. T. R. Johnson's book New Orleans: A Writer's City (Cambridge UP, 2023) provides detailed discussions of all of the most si…
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The crusade movement needed women: their money, their prayer support, their active participation, and their inspiration. Helen J. Nicholson's book Women and the Crusades (Oxford UP, 2023) surveys women's involvement in medieval crusading between the second half of the eleventh century, when Pope Gregory VII first proposed a penitential military exp…
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In this (open-access) book, Susanna Elm radically changes our understanding of imperial rule in the later Roman Empire. As she shows, the so-called eastern decadence of the Emperor Theodosius and his successors was in fact a calculated revolution in masculinity and the representation of imperial power. Here, the emperor's hard yet soft, mature yet …
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Self-Declaration in the Legal Recognition of Gender (Routledge, 2023) is a socio-legal study that offers a critique of what it means to self-declare with regard to legal gender. Based on empirical research conducted in Denmark, the book engages in some of the most controversial issues surrounding trans and gender diverse rights. The theoretical ana…
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