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Your weekly fix of everything economics. Hosted by James Meadway.
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WAR PLANETS is a limited six-part series where we binge through the classic 1998 Mainframe Entertainment series Shadow Raiders, based on the War Planets toyline.
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Did you grow up collecting and painting Citadel miniatures, and playing games like Warhammer, Warhammer 40k, HeroQuest, Battlemasters, and Space Hulk? Did you gradually grow out of the hobby only to find yourself plunging back in many years later, discovering great new games like Frostgrave, Rogue Planet, and Kings of War? The Bedroom Battlefields Tabletop Miniature Hobby Podcast brings you conversations about collecting, gaming, painting, terrain, and much more - often with a nostalgic twis ...
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Sapphire Planet is a meditative scientific journey through the universe, narrated by Jim J. Norris. It combines smooth, relaxing music with a lecture on a different scientific topic each week. For those who want to learn more about science in a fun, painless way. Also extremely effective if you suffer from insomnia and need sleep meditation. You can purchase Sapphire Planet Merchandise online at SapphirePlanet.com Jim is the performance artist in residence at LA Talk Radio. Listen live every ...
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Planet: Critical is the podcast for a world in crisis. We face severe climate, energy, economic and political breakdown. Journalist Rachel Donald interviews those confronting the crisis, revealing what's really going on—and what needs to be done. www.planetcritical.com
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Exclusive BIG SANDWICH feed for The Weekly Planet podcast. Thanks so much for listening mate. You’re a bloody legend.
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Podcast de Superman y el Universo DC en todos sus medios de difusión (Cómic, TV, Coleccionables y Cine).
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Conversations about conflict on an angry planet. Created, produced, and hosted by Matthew Gault and Jason Fields 781951 Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/warcollege. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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A podcast about the Beast Era of Transformers hosted by Daoud and Jenna. Join us as we rewatch one of the earliest fully CGI-Animated TV Series in history.
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Join Ron from New England as he interviews interesting guests from around the world to discuss conspiracies, human interest stories and current events.
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Food with a side of science and history. Every other week, co-hosts Cynthia Graber and Nicola Twilley serve up a brand new episode exploring the hidden history and surprising science behind a different food- or farming-related topic, from aquaculture to ancient feasts, from cutlery to chile peppers, and from microbes to Malbec. We interview experts, visit labs, fields, and archaeological digs, and generally have lots of fun while discovering new ways to think about and understand the world t ...
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Tales of Nexus is an audio anthology series set on the war-torn planet of Nexus. Featuring interconnected stories spanning various time periods, experience this treacherous world through the harrowing tales of a diverse pantheon as they navigate a planet bursting with renegade factions, vibrant neotopias, and all the chaos one could ask for. Welcome to the Fray.
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Ninjas Are Butterflies (powered by Sunday Cool Tees) is an outrageous comedy podcast with hosts Josh Hooper and Andy DeNoon. Filled with hilarious guests, conspiracies, captivating stories, and loads of laughters, Ninjas Are Butterflies is your new favorite podcast! New episodes every friday!
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Star Wars podcasts covering all aspects of the Star Wars experience. Join us every Tuesday at 7.00pm UK time for your weekly episode of Making Tracks and our Friday Night Rotation at 7.00pm UK time for including new episodes of The Fantha From Down Under, Planet Leia, Desert Planet Discs, Start Your Engines, Collecting Tracks, Canon Fodder and special episodes of Making Tracks.
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Placing the greatest popular movies into pantheons of greatness by their genre...from a casual fan’s perspective! Hosted by Joe, Joel, JC, Sam, Steve, Josh, and Katelyn.
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Coming to you live from a mysterious floating mountain somewhere hidden on Planet Energon, TOO MUCH ENERGON! is the podcast where hosts The Siege and NeoKal talk about Beast Wars shit, and talk shit about Beast Wars!
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KindredCast brings you news, views and insights from the world of media, technology and everything in between. Produced by and curated by Kindred Media and powered by global merchant and investment bank LionTree, the show features in-depth conversations with other industry leaders. You'll get the inside scoop on the dynamics driving media and tech, insights into the future and even some life lessons.
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Entrepreneur Inspiring Stories to Help Motivate, Build, & Grow Your Successful Business with a Master Class from Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders that tell it How It Is... Millionaire Interviews is actionable advice for the (future & present) Entrepreneur, Thought Leaders, Solopreneur, Youpreneur, and Small Business Owner. The host interviews Business Founders in the Product, Service, Real Estate, and Tech industries so they can teach you from their experience. Connect with other Listeners @ ...
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Decoder Ring is the show about cracking cultural mysteries. In each episode, host Willa Paskin takes a cultural question, object, or habit; examines its history; and tries to figure out what it means and why it matters.
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Welcome to the BRAND NEW Planet Comedy Podcast!!! After our latest and final reboot of the show we are happy to present a brand new version of your favorite podcast’s favorite podcast. The Planet Comedy podcast is a conversational comedy podcast where we want to make you feel like you’re having a conversation at the end of the bar with your friends, each week I will be joined by a new guest host as we tackle every topic you can think of such as sports, pop culture, entertainment, politics, c ...
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Two scruffy looking nerf herders discuss all things Star Wars using the magic of the internet.
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How many organs could you donate and remain alive? How many planet Earths could fit inside the Sun? How high is a giraffe's blood pressure? Why is the sea blue? To find out, Ask The Naked Scientists!
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A weekly show about faith and culture, with movie/tv reviews, questions and answers about faith, books, cooking, technology and video games.
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The Every Single Sci-Fi Film Ever* podcast looks back at more than a century of films, beginning in 1902 and working towards the future. Each episode focuses on a film, director or theme and brings in experts to discuss the history, politics, and influences. Join sci-fi enthusiast Ayesha Khan as she travels through time and space, encounters aliens, and battles authoritarian regimes all from the comfort of your home planet. Released every two weeks *Almost
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Utopia or dystopia? It’s up to us.In the 21st century, powerful technologies have been appearing at a breathtaking pace—related to the internet, artificial intelligence, genetic engineering, and more. They have amazing potential upsides, but we can’t ignore the serious risks that come with them.Brave New Planet is a podcast that delves deep into the most exciting and challenging scientific frontiers, helping us understand them and grapple with their implications. Dr. Eric Lander, president a ...
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Tim Harford and the More or Less team try to make sense of the statistics which surround us. From BBC Radio 4
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The Podcast where we rewatch movies so you don't have to!
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From the heart of mysterious Planet 8, your crew of Larry, Bob, and Karen explore the many worlds of science fiction, super-heroes, monsters and more.
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Zero is about the tactics and technologies taking us to a world of zero emissions. Each week Bloomberg’s award-winning reporter Akshat Rathi talks to the people tackling climate change – a venture capitalist hunting for the best cleantech investment, scientists starting companies, politicians who have successfully created climate laws, and CEOs who have completely transformed their businesses. The road to zero emissions has many paths and everyone’s got an opinion about the best route. Liste ...
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This episode features what would happen if a Nuclear War were to break out and what it would do to the planet. -Troy Dunn
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A monthly comics journey devoted to select readings of quality graphic novels and comic books from many authors & eras. Discussions and reviews by hosts and the community! For Fans By Fans!
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PARANOID PLANET is a podcast about conspiracy theories, paradigm shifts, and critical thinking that offers serious and lighthearted conversations with people who believe in conspiracy theories, and with the skeptics who critique them. We will also explore several historical, philosophical, artistic, psychological, and scientific themes related to conspiracies and the study of knowledge. Whether you are an avid conspiracy follower or a hardened skeptic, our aim is to help you become a better ...
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From former Lonely Planet author J.M. Porup comes this classic South American noir... Rats ate his baby daughter while he partied in a disco. Now Horace “Horse” Mann is a drugged-out expat teaching English to criminals in Lima, Peru. Oh, and doing the odd favor for the CIA. When his Agency contact, Pitt Waters, goes missing, Horse's desperate efforts to find his only friend lead him to a Buddhist ashram on the shores of Lake Titicaca. There Horse uncovers his friend's involvement with a grou ...
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Spanning the nerd world and feeding your fandom! The Down And Nerdy Podcast, hosted by James Witham, talks movies, TV shows, comics and more from entertainment and nerd culture!
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Weird Little Guys is a weekly show about the worst people you’ve never heard of, taking you beyond the headlines to get to know the race warriors and aspiring terrorists trying to unravel the fabric of our society. Weaving together the origin stories of modern American white supremacist groups and the crimes that land their members in court, independent journalist Molly Conger exposes the monsters for what they really are - some weird guy. Whether they’re conspiring to build bombs or serving ...
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This is a podcast about all the mistakes, failures, and explosions that made space exploration possible.
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“Ok, Doomer!” the podcast by NEVER, is a 6-part series by the European Leadership Network and their New European Voices on Existential Risk, aka NEVER network, embarking on an exploration into the heart of the manmade existential risks threatening humanity, our planet, and life as we know it. Each episode delves into a different existential crisis, from the looming shadows of nuclear war and the escalating perils of climate change to the uncharted territories of disruptive AI technologies an ...
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We are three friends who get together to discuss anything and everything in the world of film and TV
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Are you as terrified as everyone else about the possibility of nuclear war and total destruction of the planet? Or don’t you even think about it? The corporate media—their word is law—is not concerned but we are and on each episode journalist, professor and media scholar Dennis Broe and his guests will explore aspects of how this global struggle is being downplayed or cheered on.This is a show for peace activists, those who care about the future of the planet, and all those who want to stop ...
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Join us as we take a trip down memory lane with our sibling movie reviews! Each week, Chuck and Mary come together to share their thoughts and opinions on the latest films. From Hollywood blockbusters to indie gems, no movie is off-limits. With lively banter and a healthy dose of sibling rivalry, these two cinephiles will keep you entertained while sharing their love for the big screen. So grab some popcorn, sit back, and let these dorks take you on a cinematic journey! patreon: https://www. ...
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Host Kyle Richey is finally back after a LONG month off. Following a month marked by catastrophe after catastrophe the Planet Comedy podcast returns as Kyle is joined by his two real life brothers, Noah and Logan Thomas in a family affair! The brothers discuss the cancellation of the new Star Wars show #theacolyte and the direction of Disney Star W…
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107 - Planet Killer Asteroid, Ancient Nuclear War, and California Quakes
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Ready to take a wild ride through history, mystery, and a healthy dose of paranoia? In episode 107, we dive into the world of ancient Hindu weapons (because swords weren’t deadly enough), meet France’s first super serial killer, Gilles de Rais (spoiler: he’s terrifying), and face the cold hard truth about what happens when asteroids and earthquakes…
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War and peace-building on a heating planet
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Weather patterns have always had an impact on people and civilizations. Historians argue that El Niño may have contributed to the French Revolution, and climate variability could have led to weakening the Ottoman Empire. But as anthropogenic emissions make the planet hotter, faster, Berghof Foundation Executive Director Andrew Gilmour says the risk…
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Welcome to The Movie Planet BONUS SHOW! After recording the show, Joe and JC went down a few rabbit holes. Star Wars properties and grades Reflecting on Steve and Joe's Video Game discussion JC gives some updated grades Nostalgic Crushes "Winning Edge" provided by: Wavtracks Music PO Box 56 Sylvania, 2224 NSW Australia…
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Global Invasion, The Darien Gap, Nord Stream Pipeline, October 7th and will Famine or Civil War come to America? With Combat Correspondent Michael Yon
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Welcome to this eye-opening episode with Combat Correspondent Michael Yon. Please share and enjoy the show. Follow us Ron from New England 🎙️📢🚨 (@ronfromne) / X Ron Lane (@ronfromnewengland) • Instagram photos and videos Ron from New England (@thewickedplanetpodcast) • Instagram photos and videos Join the chat https://t.me/wickedplanet Email us at …
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Programa 279 - ESDP 2.0 - ¡Hemos vuelto!
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El Sótano del Planet vuelve con energías renovadas y ganas de pasarlo bien. ❇️ Si quieres saber más de El Sótano de Planet os dejamos todos los enlaces de interés: 🔷 PÓDCAST IVOOX: https://www.ivoox.com/podcast-podcast-el-sotano-del-planet-podcast-superman_sq_f173777_1.html 🔷 TWITCH: https://www.twitch.tv/elsotanodelplanet 🔷 YOUTUBE: https://www.yo…
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The Voyager SpacecraftBy LA Talk Radio
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The Kids Present KUDOS KIRBY - The Forever People Vol 1 Issue 8
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Welcome to Kudos Kirby, a comics journey into Jack Kirby’s lesser known works. Angus will be your guide through this monthly expedition to uncover those hidden gems from “The King of Comics” over 20,000 comic book pages! We hope you enjoy this latest adventure in the journey! Angus continues our journey with a review of "The Power!" from The Foreve…
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Do 85% of the world’s population practice a religion?
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We don’t usually do god on More or Less, but one listener got in touch to ask us to investigate a stat used by an Anglican priest on a BBC radio programme. Speaking on the “Thought for the Day” slot, Reverend Lucy Winkett said that around 85% of the world's population practice a religion. Is this true? We speak to Conrad Hackett, from the Pew Resea…
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Welcome to “How To Save The World” the final episode of Ok, Doomer!, the podcast series by The European Leadership Network’s (ELN) New European Voices on Existential Risk (NEVER) network. Hosted by the ELN’s Policy and Impact Director, Jane Kinninmont, and Project and Communications Coordinator, Edan Simpson, this episode takes a step back to asses…
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108 - Disneys Secret Cult, Knights Templars Fall, & Space Billionaires
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What do Disney, Elon Musk, and the Knights Templar have in common? Nothing… unless you listen to Ninjas Are Butterflies! Join the crew as we unpack Disney’s mysterious 33 Club (is it a cult?), why billionaires are jetting off into space, and how the fall of the Knights Templar was a total flop for world domination. It’s a wild ride, full of laughs,…
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Should you wash every day? Does washing your clothes damage them? Should you have a washcloth just for your face? Why does moving air make the temperature go down? Dr Chris Smith and Relebojile Mabotja have all the answers... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked ScientistsBy Dr Chris Smith
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What happens when economics takes precedence over thermodynamics? Eventually, the system collapses—because being incompatible with thermodynamics is impossible. That’s the stark message of this week’s guest, Louis Arnoux, a scientist, engineer and managing director of Fourth Transition, who has been working on this problem for decades. Louis and hi…
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What if the Bioshock Big Daddy suit were actually ideal for moonwalks? In the 1940s, the British Interplanetary Society (BIS) came up with a spacesuit that is both infamous and oddly prescient of spacesuit design. We brought on spacesuit knower JL (@WhaleOil2) to talk about this strange garment. Follow JL's art and designs here! Support FTL through…
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A teenager who murdered two people outside of a gay bar in Slovakia, a teenager who stabbed five men at a mosque in Turkey, and a teenager who planned to destroy infrastructure in New Jersey had one thing in common: they'd all been reading terrorism manuals produced by a group of neonazi propagandists. A new indictment alleges two Americans are res…
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Trump vs Harris: What you need to know about their climate plans
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In a little more than six weeks, Americans will cast their votes in a presidential election that has enormous stakes for the future of the planet. This week on Zero, Akshat Rathi sits down with energy and environment reporter Jen Dlouhy to talk about how Kamala Harris could advance US climate policy — and how Donald Trump could chip away at it. “St…
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Angry Planet's Resident Zionist Reckons With the Brutal Reality of Arab Life in Israel
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This week on the show we’re honored to have Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nathan Thrall on the show. His 2023 book, A Day in the Life of Abed Salama cuts to the heart of daily life in and around Jerusalem. In 2012, 5-year old Milad Salama was excited for a school field trip to a theme park. When his school bus hit a semi trailer, it upended the…
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Welcome to The Movie Planet BONUS SHOW! After recording the show, Joe and Steve sat down and went down a few rabbit holes: Our Top Podcasts WE'VE Recorded Steve Interviews Joe about Podcasting Disney Speedstorm - Inside Out 2 Season The Animated Pantheon "Hot Sauce" provided by: Wavtracks Music PO Box 56 Sylvania, 2224 NSW Australia…
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Kids' Art Haus Cinema - Science Ninja Team Gatchaman > Battle Of The Planets
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Angus reviews in the screening room 'The Evolution of Battle of the Planets: From Gatchaman to G-Force and all the Weirdness In Between'. The Evolution of Battle of the Planets: From Gatchaman to G-Force and all the Weirdness In Between https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2w7mPkEGBjc Please join us for our Manga Month celebration and our reads: Graphi…
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Can we be sure that thousands of millionaires are leaving the UK?How much do asylum seekers cost the state?Who will win a geeky bet on private school pupil numbers?What does a string quartet teach us about the woes of the National Health Service? Tim Harford investigates some of the numbers in the news. Presenter: Tim HarfordProducers: Caroline Bay…
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On this week’s Macrodose James Meadway breaks down: the resurgence of US fossil fuel power and its impact on the energy transition (0:39) Feedback from last week's theory episode, on the role of technology in combating the rising costs of climate change (5:17) For more content and to support the show, visit: https://www.patreon.com/macrodose Got a …
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Making Tracks at London Film and Comic Con 2024: With Rissa Kilar, Nick Owenford and Jonathan Cass
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Fantha Tracks loaded up the stock heavy freighter and hit the hyperspace lanes to Olympia for another packed weekend in the Star Wars Zone at London Film and Comic Con, with Fantha Tracks hosting the Lucasfilm related panels on the Second Stage. Host Mark Newbold, along with Paul Naylor, Brian Cameron and Mark Mulcaster spoke to a cargo hold full o…
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Smashing Pumpkin Myths: What's Big, Orange, and Having an Identity Crisis?
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It’s already begun: that time of the year now known across the land as Decorative Gourd Season. Squash are everywhere—carved into jack o’lanterns on front porches, adorning our sideboards and porches with strange shapes and autumn colors, and of course, baked into pies for fall celebrations. But get ready to rethink squash, because despite their sl…
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TME #148: Beast Wars II Episode 43 - "Farewell! Lio Convoy"
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I would have waited an eternity for this! It's over, guys. We finally finish Beast Wars Second once and for all! Episode Rating: "NO ENERGON!" (unanimous) Subscribe to our Patreon to access our exclusive podcasts The Super Lazor Comb Patreon Super Show!, TOO MUCH COMMENTARY!, and more. https://www.patreon.com/lazorcomb Video Version: https://youtu.…
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Morbius – The Weekly Planet Movie Commentary Track
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The boys might be on break for two weeks but there's no stopping Monthbius. Thank you so much for the support and new big sandwich exclusive episodes will continue as normal.By The Weekly Planet
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The Thing from Another World: Howard Hawks and the Cold War
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As always there are spoilers ahead! For the full show notes with no character limits you can click the episode on the website watch page here. Description: We are finally in the 1950s! The Golden Era of science fiction cinema. Although the 1950s are known for may B Movies The Thing from Another World was produced (and possibly directed) but the ver…
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The Space Race Pt. 2By LA Talk Radio
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Long Time Ago - Marvel Star Wars Legends Comics Series > Star Wars Issue #37 - In Mortal Combat!
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Welcome to Long Time Ago, a journey into the Marvel Star Wars Legends Comics. Our host Angus first made the jump to hyperspace and a galaxy far far away by reading Marvel Star Wars Vol 1 Issue #9 and never looked back! Travel back to 1977 into the origins of the series and discover how comics has supported fandom and in some ways shaped the Star Wa…
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Big stakes poker player and elections analyst Nate Silver is no stranger to a calculated risk. In his new book, On The Edge, he makes the case that people willing to take massive calculated risks are winning in the modern economy. Tim Harford talks to Nate about the mindset that’s driving hedge fund managers, crypto true-believers and silicon valle…
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Mark and I sat down to chat (that's not even true—I was standing up) about wet palettes, manticores, and Wetherspoons toilets. Also mentioned: GoFundMe Page Supporting Paul Sawyer & FamilyBy Bedroom Battlefields
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Why do some people struggle to read? Are more male babies born after a war? Are some people allergic to hot skin? Why do some men's breasts swell up? Why do we use different frequencies for different broadcasts? Why do traffic lights go red when you're in a hurry? Dr Chris Smith and Relebogile Mabotja have all the answers... Like this podcast? Plea…
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Video Booze S03-E11: Jumanji (1995)
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Send us a text In this episode, we roll the dice and dive deep into the wild and unpredictable world of the 1995 classic "Jumanji." Join us as we explore the thrilling adventure that brings a dangerous board game to life, starring the unforgettable Robin Williams. We’ll discuss the film’s groundbreaking special effects, its unique blend of heart-po…
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The Break Down: Public Energy No.1 w/ Chris Hayes and Melanie Brusseler
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Followers of Macrodose may remember our Roundtable episode from earlier this year, in which Adrienne spoke to James and the brilliant Brett Christophers about the many and varied reasons why — despite all the hype about how cheap renewables have become — the transition to renewable energy cannot be left to the market and the profit motive. What tha…
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A soldier was arrested last month on charges that included lying about his membership in a hate group on his application for a security clearance. But with so many white supremacists in the military, why is it so rare to see this particular charge brought against service members? Molly explores some of the possible reasons the charge isn't used mor…
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BONUS SHOW: Will the Next Franchise Please Stand Up?
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Welcome to The Movie Planet BONUS SHOW! After recording the show, Joe and Steve sat down and went down a few rabbit holes: Steve's updates some grades Steve's eyes are bigger than his stomach What is the next big franchise? What movie has come out that nobody is talking about but should be? R*pe and Gratuitous Violence in Movies "Hot Sauce" provide…
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The Kids Present Long STRANGE Trip - Strange Tales #158
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Welcome to Long STRANGE Trip, a journey into the publication history of Marvel’s Master of the Mystic Arts. Let's place the Eye of Agamotto on The Sorcerer Supreme himself, Doctor Stephen Strange. Broadcasting from his own Sanctum Sanctorum is our host Angus who will be your guide through this monthly expedition to uncover Doctor Strange's comics l…
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How long does it take to turn around an oil tanker?
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Do illegal migrants receive more in benefits than pensioners?Was Energy Secretary Ed Miliband right to celebrate a “record breaking” renewable energy auction?Is one divided by zero infinity?Why don’t we spend more on evidence that government spending works?And how long does it actually take to turn around an oil tanker? Tim Harford investigates som…
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If You Give a Mouse a Cookie… Will He Want a Welfare Check?
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Adults have a long history of trying to find morals and lessons in children’s literature. But what happens when a seemingly innocent book about a boy and a hungry mouse becomes fodder for the culture wars? Over the last decade, Laura Joffe Numeroff’s If You Give a Mouse a Cookie has been adopted by some on the right as a cautionary tale about gover…
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James returns after a Summer break! This week we're running a special episode on Macrodose theory, taking you behind the scenes to look at some of the theoretical building blocks of how we put the show together (1:23). What is Macrodose, why are we doing it, and who are the thinkers we should be reading to understand the world we now live in today?…
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Can we engineer our way out of dystopia? A.I. technologist Deep Dhillon and I had a heated exchange about technology after meeting by chance in Granada after a flamenco performance. The conversation was fascinating, and I invited him onto the show to discuss what's really going on in Silicon Valley around A.I., what developments are being made and …
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Making Tracks at London Film and Comic Con 2024: With Julian Glover, Tracy Eddon and Wayne Michaels
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Fantha Tracks loaded up the stock heavy freighter and hit the hyperspace lanes to Olympia for another packed weekend in the Star Wars Zone at London Film and Comic Con, with Fantha Tracks hosting the Lucasfilm related panels on the Second Stage. Host Mark Newbold, along with Paul Naylor, Brian Cameron and Mark Mulcaster spoke to a cargo hold full o…
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Meet the Queen of Kiwi: The 96-Year-Old Woman Who Transformed America's Produce Aisle (ENCORE)
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The produce section of most American supermarkets in the 1950s was minimal to a fault, with only a few dozen fruits and vegetables to choose from: perhaps one kind of apple, one kind of lettuce, a yellow onion, a pile of bananas. Today, grocery stores routinely offer hundreds of different fruits and vegetables, many of which would be unrecognizable…
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The role of AI in the classroom is evolving rapidly. When students and teachers embrace this technology, it has the ability to democratize access to education through programs like IBM SkillsBuild. In this episode of Smart Talks with IBM, Dr. Laurie Santos, host of Pushkin’s The Happiness Lab podcast, spoke with two innovators in the space. Justina…
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