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New Books in Western European Studies

New Books Network

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Interviews with Scholars of Western Europe about their New Books Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/european-studies

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European Buddha

European Buddhist Union

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Discover the essence of Buddhism in the Western landscape with the 'European Buddha Podcast', presented by the European Buddhist Union. Through firsthand experiences, intimate conversations, and real-life stories, we delve into the heart of Buddhist teachings, offering a multifaceted perspective on spirituality and its role in shaping society. Join us on this enlightening journey, whether you're new to Buddhism or seeking fresh insights into its timeless wisdom. Most of the guests are select ...

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Western Civ

Adam Walsh

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A fast-moving history of the western world from the ancient world to the present day. Examine how the emergence of the western world as a global dominant power was not something that should ever have been taken for granted. This podcast traces the development of western civilization starting in the ancient Near East, through Greece and Rome, past the collapse of the Western Roman Empire into the Dark Ages, and then follows European and, ultimately, American history as the western world moved ...

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IIEA Talks

IIEA

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Sharing Ideas Shaping Policy. The Institute of International and European Affairs is an independent policy research think-tank based in Dublin.

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Quest for Power

Monarchy Media LLC

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We are your hosts, history and D&D nerds, Scott & Michael. Our quest is to rate & review all the European Monarchs from the collapse of the Western Roman Empire to World War I. WARNING: This is not your grandfather's history! Be prepared for spicy affairs, brutal bloodbaths, shocking betrayals, horrible decisions, devious religious leaders, puppet kings, and so many assassinations. Get pulled back in time to witness the power struggles between rival factions, empires, kingdoms, and families ...

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Boondoggle

Jim Driscoll

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A transatlantic take on the crisis of Western democracy. Jim Driscoll and Chris Floyd discuss the US, UK, and European political scene and the rise of authoritarianism around the world.

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I4C Trouble with Daly and Wallace

Clare Daly, Mick Wallace

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A brand new political podcast from Ireland's two best-known independent left wing MEPs, straight from the belly of the EU beast. Unfiltered by mainstream media they grapple with the problems at the very heart of the European project.

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New Voices in the History of Philosophy

Extending New Narratives in the History of Philosophy

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New Voices is a podcast from the Extending New Narratives in the History of Philosophy Partnership, funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. newnarrativesinphilosophy.net This podcast consists of conversations about philosophers from groups that have been underrepresented and excluded in the history of European and Western philosophy: their views, what is interesting and unique about them, and how they fit in to the periods that they were apart of. We also tal ...

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We Europeans

Students For Western Civilisation

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Podcast by Students For Western Civilisation

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Dress Design: An Account of Costume for Artists and Dressmakers by Talbot Hughes

Loyal Books

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Explanations of Western European trends in men and women's fashion from prehistoric times to the Victorian Era.

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The Sculptor's Funeral

Jason Arkles

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The Sculptor's Funeral is the only podcast dedicated to figurative sculptors living and working today. Art history, tech talk, news, and interviews for the figurative sculptor working in the Western European tradition of figurative sculpture, along with a social media forum and listener mail/questions/comments make this podcast required listening for any sculptor who knows the Fine Arts aren't dead, they just smell a little funny.

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The Hansel and Gretel Code

Curtis Cates, MD

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Hansel and Gretel may seem like a simple fairy tale, but the real meaning hidden between its lines has nothing to do with any simplistic "moral of the story"... like a real-life Da Vinci Code — Hansel and Gretel is a literary and cultural treasure map filled with secret clues meant only for people like us to follow... clues that will lead us to a meaningful, real-life treasure that's been lost for over 200 years... along the way, we'll discover that the real villains of the story are still w ...

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The Sound of Economics

Bruegel

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The Sound of Economics brings you insights, debates, and research-based discussions on economic policy in Europe and beyond. The podcast is produced by Bruegel, an independent and non-doctrinal think tank based in Brussels. It seeks to contribute to European and global economic policy-making through open, fact-based, and policy-relevant research, analysis, and debate.

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Every Voice with Terrance McKnight

WQXR

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“Every Voice with Terrance McKnight” is a show that spotlights the vibrant stories and perspectives that reflect the whole of the American musical experience. There are many different kinds of classical music, depending on where you are in the world. While this music typically preserves the traditions of a given society, classical music in America remains wedded to its Western European roots. On this show, we want to know why — and what America’s classical music really sounds like. Through i ...

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The Patriot Cause

Gunny Cornwell USMC Ret.

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American patriots take an oath to support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic. The Communist Manifesto says that communism destroys all religion and all morality. We make the mistake of negotiating with these socialists just on the basis of economics when in reality it is about metaphysics and ontology (the branch of metaphysics dealing with the nature of being) - it is about attacking and destroying your values, your culture. your ideas ...

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Knowland Knows on Odysee

Knowland Knows

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Are you sick of woke-washing in education? Free speech distinguishes education from indoctrination. I taught at Eton College before I was fired because 'The Patriarchy Paradox' caused offence. My degree is in English Language and Literature, but my interests are broad. In E. R. Curtius’s famous definition in 'European Literature and the Latin Middle Ages', literature is ‘the great intellectual and spiritual tradition of Western culture as given form in language’. Because that tradition is un ...

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Razib Khan

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Razib Khan's Unsupervised Learning

Razib Khan

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Conversations on genetics, history, politics, books, culture and evolution

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Fortune's Wheel: A Podcast History of the Late Middle Ages

Jonathon LaRosa

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The Middle Ages is an oft-overlooked era in Western Civilization when many of our modern borders, cultures, and traditions came to be. Using in-depth research, the story of our medieval ancestors comes to life in vivid detail with an emphasis on tying the myriad storylines of the time together, to highlight the spider's web of European, African, Islamic and Asian entanglements proving once and for all our modern world was not created in a vacuum.

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The Eastern Border

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Soviet Union and shaping current Russia and it’s Government and Ideologies. The government of the USSR. History of the Soviet rule. Laws, culture and everyday life of a Soviet citizen. What did they see? How did they get by? What did they go through? And what is left after the collapse of USSR? The other side of the cold war - talking about politics in the EU, history of the USSR and the Eastern European region in general. Mostly for Americans, who also happen to be history geeks. Also, we'r ...

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Bhagavad Gita | The Essence of Vedanta

Vedanta Society, San Francisco

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Swami Tattwamayananda’s class on Srimad Bhagavad Gita is held at the Vedanta Society of Northern California, San Francisco (founded by Swami Vivekananda in 1900) on Friday evenings in the First Universal Hindu Temple in the West (founded by Swami Trigunatitananda in 1905). Classes are held on Friday night at 7:30 pm. All are most welcome. The Srimad Bhagavad Gita is the most important spiritual classic of Hinduism. Swami Tattwamayananda, currently the Minister of the Vedanta Society of North ...

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Talk Eastern Europe

Talk Eastern Europe

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Talk Eastern Europe is the official podcast of the New Eastern Europe magazine, providing insightful analysis, thoughtful commentary and engaging interviews on the latest news and developments affecting the region of Central and Eastern Europe. The podcast is hosted by Adam Reichardt, NEE’s editor in chief, and Alexandra Karppi, an expert on the Western Balkans and Eastern Europe. Each episode delves into the complexities of the region, from the war in Ukraine, the rise of populism, the chal ...

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Vedanta Lectures | Swami Tattwamayananda

Vedanta Society, San Francisco

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Swami Tattwamayananda, currently the Minister of the Vedanta Society of Northern California, San Francisco, (originally founded by Swami Vivekananda in 1900) served in various centers of the Ramakrishna Order in India as editor, publisher, and teacher of Sanskrit, Advaitic texts such as Sri Shankaracharya's commentaries on the 'Prasthanatraya' (the fundamental Sanskrit texts of Vedanta philosophy), Buddhism and Indian philosophy. He underwent traditional training in Hindu scriptures, Sanskri ...

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The Medici Podcast

Chad Denton

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The Medici might not have the decadent drama of the Borgias, but they took center stage in the story of the formation of the modern Western world, from helping mold the Renaissance to trying to quell the Protestant Reformation to sponsoring and then trying to help shut up Galileo. This podcast looks at the story of the Medici and that of the fractured, tumultuous Italy they carved out a place in. Join us to see how a clan of middle-class bankers would up joining the ranks of European royalty ...

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The Insight

Insitome: Your guide to the story of you

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Where did we come from? One of humanity's most basic questions, the answer is fascinating. Weaving together insights from the fields of genetics, archaeology, linguistics, and paleoanthropology, hosts Spencer Wells and Razib Khan take us on a grand tour of human history. Scientific storytelling at its best.

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The Global Agora

Andrej Matisak

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This is the podcast about foreign policy, international relations, politics, security, defense... My name is Andrej Matišák. I'm a journalist, deputy head of foreign desk in Slovak daily Pravda. So far this is mostly a small side project. Maybe it will grow. I'll see. Anyway, I hope that you will like it and you will support it by listening, sharing and subscribing. Of course, there are gazillions of projects like this but I think that this is the only one from Slovakia. :-)

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The Threads Podcast

Gary Foster

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This is The Threads, the podcast that traces the threads of ideas through science, art, literature and history. Join me, Gary, as I try to illuminate the links between different areas of human thought and expression that sometimes seem completely separate. Have you ever wondered why a certain revolutionary idea appeared in a certain place and time and not another? What cultural influences made the great intellectuals of history who they were? Or how science, philosophy and art have changed e ...

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Native Americans and Technology Integration: TAH

Christy G. Keeler, Ph.D.

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This podcast was developed as part of an elementary-level Clark County School District Teaching American History Grant. The three-year grant will fund six modules per year with each module focusing on a different era of American history and a different pedagogical theme. This podcast focuses on Native Americans of the Colonial Era and Technology Integration in Elementary Schools. Participants in the grant are third, fourth, and fifth grade teachers in Clark County (the greater Las Vegas area ...

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Emotions Make History

The ARC Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions (Europe 1100-1800)

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Emotions shape individual, community and national identities. The ARC Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions (CHE) uses historical knowledge from Europe, 1100=1800, to understand the long history of emotional behaviours. Based at The University of Western Australia, with additional nodes at the Universities of Adelaide, Melbourne, Queensland and Sydney, CHE investigates how European societies thought, felt and functioned, and how these changes impact life in Australia today. More a ...

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Geek City Podcast

Geek City Podcast Network

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Hello there and Welcome to the Geek City Podcast Network. Here we host Geek City, a show about all the western happenings in the west including movies, music, comics, American and European cartoons, and whatever random pieces of Pop culture pop into their heads. We have JaPodcast, like New Geek City, but for the east! We love everything Japanese, so much so that we decided to dedicate a whole second podcast to it! Also check in at the end of every month for a Hatecast, a monthly venting sess ...

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The European Union: an appropriate body to implement and uphold Environmental Law within its borders

Spike

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Hello and welcome everyone to this Birkbeck students podcast on EU Environmental Law. I’m your host, Spike Western, and I’m here today with Sholom Toron, and Kate Moice. We will be attempting to critically engage with the key theoretical position of the EU as a body of- and enforcer of Environmental law. The key theoretical position I’ll be trying to decide on is ‘whether European Union is an appropriate body to implement and uphold environmental law within its borders.’ Cover art photo prov ...

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Saxony and Eastward Expansion

Dirk Hoffmann-Becking

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I promised you a History of the Germans but I am afraid there is no such thing. All I can give you is the histories of the German people. The previous 94 episodes you have heard one of the histories of the Germans, the one about the mighty emperors and their political, military and spiritual struggle with the papacy. It is a great story, and it was fun to tell it. But today we kick off another of the histories, the history of the North of Germany, the part that looked east, rather than south ...

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Perspectives

Josh Hillman

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A podcast in which we interview experts regarding their perspectives on ongoing and future geopolitical situations.

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The Shedcast

The Shedcast

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6 boys and their love for sport

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A History of Europe, Key Battles

Carl Rylett

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A podcast on European conflicts from the perspective of each side to provide an alternative to the traditional national narratives. Going chronologically from the Ancient Greeks onwards I will describe to some extent how each battle was won or lost by particular decisions, tactics, technology or fortune. But the aim of each main narrative will be to place each battle in the context of the overall history of Europe. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Weekly Dartscast

Alex Moss and Burton DeWitt

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The Weekly Dartscast with Alex Moss and Burton DeWitt is your go-to darts podcast. Each week you'll hear interviews with guests from all around the world of darts, plus in-depth analysis on the latest news, tournaments and talking points in the game.

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Salian Emperors and Investiture Controversy

Dirk Hoffmann-Becking

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A narrative history of the Salian Emperors and their epic struggle with the papacy in weekly 25-25 minute episodes. Note, this is season 2 of the History of the Germans Podcast republished as a separate podcast. The century of Salian rule from 1024 to 1125 is the crucial turning point not just for German, but for European history more generally. It is in this period that the Investiture Controversy pits Popes against Emperors. The dispute is nominally about the role secular powers play in th ...

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The Stand with Eamon Dunphy

The Stand

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The Stand with Eamon Dunphy is a current affairs, sport and culture podcast posting five or more episodes each week. Editor and Presenter - Eamon Dunphy As a former professional and international soccer player Eamon was capped 23 times for Ireland. He has been a writer and broadcaster for over 40 years and written five best selling books including an early memoir Only a Game?, U2’s biography Unforgettable Fire, Sir Matt Busby’s biography A Strange Kind of Glory, Roy Keane’s autobiography Kea ...

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The Weekly Dartscast

Alex Moss and Burton DeWitt

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New Books in Early Modern History

New Books Network

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Interviews with scholars of the Early Modern World about the new books

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DCL Duo Podcast: A Disney Cruise Line Fan Podcast

Brian & Sam

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The DCLDuo Podcast is a Disney Cruise Line focused podcast. We're DCL super fans who love cruising. We love talking about our own Disney Cruise Line Adventures, comparing DCL to other cruise lines, and talking about other Disney adventures, like Adventures by Disney. We love talking to Disney Cruise Line fans, as well as experts, insiders, authors, bloggers, vloggers, travel agents and cruise lovers! Follow us and our guests on our journeys, and listen-in as we chat about cruising, Disney Cr ...

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Mirage Travel Writing Podcast

William Barlow

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Welcome to Mirage Travel Writing Podcast, I’m your host William Barlow. After two decades of indigent wanderings, I’m coming to you with stories, curiosities, and questions. In this first season, there will be narratives of sleeping on the streets in European capitals. There will be tales of crocodile men in remote Central African Republic and armed groups in eastern DR Congo all told through the experience of an aid worker. We will try to understand what it means to be a foreigner in clanic ...

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1400 OMG

Toledo Society

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1400 OMG with Muddassar Ahmed brings you a brand new special 3-part series about Emir AbdelKader. "Who was Emir AbdelKader, the hero of humanity?" Host: Muddassar Ahmed is Managing Partner at Unitas Communications Ltd, a British strategic communications consultancy, where he’s led on projects for the United Nations, Amnesty International, the NFL, the Arab League, the U.S. State Department and Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and many other governments, civil society and business or ...

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The Saving Canada Podcast News | Politics

savingcanadapodcast

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The Saving Canada Podcast is a news and politics podcast designed to discuss important political topics not being covered in mainstream Canadian news.

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The Lineup with Dave Prodan - A Surfing Podcast

World Surf League

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World Surf League’s Dave Prodan breaks things down with influential figures from all across the surf landscape. Hear their behind-the-scenes stories and unfiltered opinions to get a deeper sense of who they are and how they’ve influenced the sport and culture of surfing.

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Éric Fassin, "State Anti-Intellectualism and the Politics of Gender and Race: Illiberal France and Beyond" (CEU Press, 2024) 43:24

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In this episode of the CEU Press Podcast, host Andrea Talabér (CEU Press/CEU Review of Books) sat down with Éric Fassin (Université Paris 8) to discuss his new book with CEU Press entitled, State Anti-Intellectualism and the Politics of Gender and Race: Illiberal France and Beyond (2024). Éric Fassin examines the trend of state anti-intellectualism…

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Ep. 419 - Bonus - Going to the Chapel and We're: Disney Cruise Line Weddings with Carrie from the Disney Wedding Podcast 53:38

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Carrie, the founder of the Disney Wedding Podcast, and the definitive expert on Disney Fairytale Weddings joins us this week to share her experience with Disney weddings, including weddings on Disney Cruise Line (DCL), and share some of her tips, trips, stories and favorites from covering over 630 Disney weddings across the parks, resorts and cruis…

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Ep 1961: Insulting the Irish, the last cry of the drowning Tory Party 26:32

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Economist and commentator Chris Johns talks to Eamon. Recorded on Tuesday 30th April 2024. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/the-stand-with-eamon-dunphy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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E38 Merovingian Franks: St. Radegund 1:16:47

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Saint Radegund of House Merovingian, the Holy Queen, Princess of Thuringia, Ascetic, Escape Artist, Relic Hunter, Deaconess of Holy Cross. We might have missed a few things when discussing Radegund in King Chlothar I episode (#33). Now we are here to correct it. Hear how a captured princess will go on to outwit, outplay, and outlast the mighty king…

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The Soviet Who Saved the World (ft. Alex from History Impossible) 1:19:41

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While I was in Texas, enjoying the honeymoon I knew I had to record stuff, because the show won’t wait for me, but I did [...]By Curonian

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Do EU tech rules add up? 44:07

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How does the EU manage its increasingly vast number of digital laws? Bertin Martens, Kai Zenner and Rebecca Christie discuss how these rules are made, how they work together and how they fit in with the EU's goal of better regulation in this episode of The Sound of Economics. Relevant research: A dataset on EU legislation for the digital world, Bru…

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Victoria Sparey, "Shakespeare's Adolescents: Age, Gender and the Body in Shakespearean Performance and Early Modern Culture" (Manchester UP, 2024) 57:34

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Shakespeare's Adolescents: Age, Gender and the Body in Shakespearean Performance and Early Modern Culture (Manchester UP, 2024) by Dr. Victoria Sparey examines the varied representation of adolescent characters in Shakespeare's plays. Using early modern medical knowledge and an understanding of contemporary theatrical practices, the book unpacks co…

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Victoria Sparey, "Shakespeare's Adolescents: Age, Gender and the Body in Shakespearean Performance and Early Modern Culture" (Manchester UP, 2024) 57:34

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Ep 1960: Fear of Putin and a Trump presidency forcing Eastern European countries into a pre-war mindset 24:55

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Dmitry Elovsky joins Eamon to talk about the the war in Ukraine and the impact of the US's $60 billion aid package to Ukraine. Also the silent war and how Europe is building its military capacity. Dmitry Elovsky is Chief Editor for the YouTube channel Khordorkovsky.Live. Before the war he was Deputy Editor-in-Chief for TV Rain in Moscow. He moved t…

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Robert Gerwarth, "November 1918: The German Revolution" (Oxford UP, 2020) 57:09

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Was Weimar doomed from the outset? In November 1918: The German Revolution (Oxford University Press, 2020), Robert Gerwarth argues that this is the wrong question to ask. Forget 1929 and 1933, the collapse of Imperial Germany began as a velvet revolution where optimism was as common as pessimism. A masterful synthesis told through diaries and memor…

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Ep. 418 - Bonus - How Do You Beignet: A 5-Night New Orleans Sailing with Chris in the Concierge Lounge 1:00:53

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Chris in the Concierge Lounge is back to share his experience sailing Disney Cruise Line aboard the Disney Magic on a 5-night Western Caribbean sailing to Mexico from New Orleans. New Orleans has been one of our favorite ports for DCL and we chat with Chris both about his experience in NOLA pre-cruise, and his thoughts on the refreshed Disney Magic…

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Ep 1959: Premier League review - John Giles still fancies Arsenal to win the title 27:53

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John Giles joins Eamon to talk about the Premier League title race. Recorded on Monday 29th April 2024. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/the-stand-with-eamon-dunphy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Sheilagh Ogilvie, "The European Guilds: An Economic Analysis" (Princeton UP, 2019) 1:00:29

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Guilds were prominent in medieval and early modern Europe, but their economic role has seldom been studied. In The European Guilds: An Economic Analysis (Princeton University Press, 2019), Sheilagh Ogilvie offers a wide-ranging examination of what guilds did and how they affected pre-modern economies. As Ogilvie explains, guilds were particularized…

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George R. Boyer, "The Winding Road to the Welfare State: Economic Insecurity and Social Welfare Policy in Britain" (Princeton UP, 2019) 1:07:33

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The creation of the postwar welfare state in Great Britain did not represent the logical progression of governmental policy over a period of generations. As George R. Boyer details in The Winding Road to the Welfare State: Economic Insecurity and Social Welfare Policy in Britain (Princeton University Press, 2019), it only emerged after decades of d…

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Sheilagh Ogilvie, "The European Guilds: An Economic Analysis" (Princeton UP, 2019) 1:00:29

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Season 4, Episode 1: Germaine de Staël's life and philosophy: Interview with Kristin Gjesdal 1:01:41

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In this episode, Jacinta Shrimpton talks with Kristin Gjesdal, Professor of Philosophy at Temple University in Philadelphia. They discuss the 19th century philosopher Germaine de Staël's account of the passions, her abolitionism, and the existentialist themes that run through her work.By Extending New Narratives in the History of Philosophy

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Sarah A. Bendall, "Shaping Femininity: Foundation Garments, the Body and Women in Early Modern England" (Bloomsbury, 2021) 51:31

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In sixteenth and seventeenth-century England, the female silhouette underwent a dramatic change. This very structured form, created using garments called bodies and farthingales, existed in various extremes in Western Europe and beyond, in the form of stays, corsets, hoop petticoats and crinolines, right up until the twentieth century. With a nuanc…

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Sarah A. Bendall, "Shaping Femininity: Foundation Garments, the Body and Women in Early Modern England" (Bloomsbury, 2021) 51:31

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Adrian Tinniswood, "Noble Ambitions: The Fall and Rise of the Post-War Country House" (Basic Books, 2021) 52:04

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As the sun set slowly on the British Empire in the years after the Second World War, the nation's stately homes were in crisis. Tottering under the weight of rising taxes and a growing sense that they had no place in twentieth-century Britain, hundreds of ancestral piles were dismantled and demolished. Yet - perhaps surprisingly - many of these gre…

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Western Border 2: Baseball Boogaloo 19:52

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Part 2 of what we’ve learned and experienced in Texas. Don’t worry, the episode with Alex about Stanislav Petrov is incoming, and so are horrible, [...]By Curonian

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Ukraine's expert: The dilemma is whether we are saving territory or personnel 26:19

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Volodymyr Dubovyk is an Associate Professor in the Department of International Relations and Director of the Center for International Studies at Odesa I. Mechnikov National University. We talked about the US aid for Ukraine, how others need to step up, the difficult situation on the battlefield, and Ukraine's mobilization efforts. I also asked him …

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Ep. 1 (95) - Callous Kings and Murderous Margraves - The first wave of expansion east in the 10th century 37:18

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I have to start with an admission. I promised you a History of the Germans but I am afraid there is no such thing. All I can give you is the histories of the German people. The last 94 episodes you have heard one of the histories of the Germans, the one about the mighty emperors and their political, military and spiritual struggle with the papacy. …

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Kathryn Telling, "The Liberal Arts Paradox in Higher Education: Negotiating Inclusion and Prestige" (Policy Press, 2023) 42:47

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What is the future of higher education? In The Liberal Arts Paradox in Higher Education: Negotiating Inclusion and Prestige (Policy Press, 2023), Dr Kathryn Telling, a lecturer in education at the University of Manchester, explores the rise of liberal arts degrees in England to examine the broader contours of the contemporary university. The book t…

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Andrés Reséndez, "Conquering the Pacific: An Unknown Mariner and the Final Great Voyage of the Age of Discovery" (Mariner Books, 2022) 1:08:58

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The Pacific Ocean is twice the size of the Atlantic, and while humans have been traversing its current-driven maritime highways for thousands of years, its sheer scale proved an obstacle to early European imperial powers. Enter Lope Martin, a forgotten Afro-Portuguese ship pilot heretofore unheralded by historians. In Conquering the Pacific: An Unk…

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Ep. 1 (22 - Konrad II, Who Would Have Thought - Electing a most unlikely successor to Henry II 36:45

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On July 13th, 1024 Emperor Henry II died without an heir. not only that, but his family has so comprehensively died out, there is not a single descendant in the male line left. Fear of unrest and civil war grips the inhabitants of the empire. An election is called for early September, as quickly as such things could be organised in the 11th century…

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Episode 61: The Favorite 28:01

3h ago28:01

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With an atrocity between them, Catherine de' Medici's relationship with her son King Charles IX falls apart. She can take pride in her favorite son Henri's election as King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, although unfortunately her beloved child decides he hates his new job.

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Ep. 417 - Live Show - Coronation Time: The DCL Duo's Royal Caribbean Oasis of the Seas Trip Report 1:24:14

17m ago1:24:14

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It's time!! We're sharing our review of our Royal Caribbean sailing aboard the Oasis of the Seas for a 7-night Eastern Caribbean cruise to St. Thomas, St. Marteen, and Perfect Day at Coco Cay over our son's Spring Break. This was Sam's first time on RCCL and my second time on RCCL, but also my first time on an Oasis class ship. We're sharing the go…

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Buddhism in the Corridors of Brussels (EU) - Guest: Carlo Luyckx 21:34

3h ago21:34

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In this episode, we are honored to be joined by Carlo Luyckx, Vice President of The European Buddhist Union (EBU) and President of the Belgium Buddhist Union. Carlo offers us a glimpse into the intricate tapestry of European Buddhism, where diversity thrives within the backdrop of the European Union's cultural mosaic. With his role as the EBU Liais…

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Episode 297: King Robert Dudley? 38:40

1h ago38:40

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In this episode, we break down the changes that Robert Dudley might become the next King of England. Spoiler alert, he doesn't. While Elizabeth I might have truly loved her favorite, the reality was she could not marry him. Marrying Robert would have isolated England even further as we will see. Then, when Robert's wife dies under mysterious circum…

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EP 168 - A goodbye for now... 44:29

2h ago44:29

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Join us for what could be the last episode of I4C Trouble. As the mandate comes to an end, Mick and Clare reflect on their years in Brussels. It's been a disappointing yet rewarding experience, where we've strived to use our platform to amplify the struggle for peace, anti-imperialism and a European Union that works for the interest its people. We'…

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Stefanos Geroulanos on "The Invention of Prehistory" 1:08:20

7h ago1:08:20

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What does it mean to be human? What do we know about the true history of humankind? In this episode, I spoke with historian and NYU professor Stefanos Geroulanos to discuss his new book, The Invention of Prehistory: Empire, Violence, and Our Obsession with Human Origins (Liveright, 2024) to discover how claims about the earliest humans and humankin…

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Nicholas Popper, "The Specter of the Archive: Political Practice and the Information State in Early Modern Britain" (U Chicago Press, 2024) 1:02:05

7h ago1:02:05

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We are used to thinking of ourselves as living in a time when more information is more available than ever before. In The Specter of the Archive: Political Practice and the Information State in Early Modern Britain (University of Chicago Press, 2024), Nicholas Popper shows that earlier eras had to grapple with the same problem—how to deal with too …

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Nicholas Popper, "The Specter of the Archive: Political Practice and the Information State in Early Modern Britain" (U Chicago Press, 2024) 1:02:05

7h ago1:02:05

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Juliet B. Wiersema, "The History of a Periphery: Spanish Colonial Cartography from Colombia's Pacific Lowlands" (U Texas Press, 2024) 56:11

7h ago56:11

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During the late Spanish colonial period, the Pacific Lowlands, also called the Greater Chocó, was famed for its rich placer deposits. Gold mined here was central to New Granada’s economy yet this Pacific frontier in today’s Colombia was considered the “periphery of the periphery.” Infamous for its fierce, unconquered Indigenous inhabitants and its …

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Stefanos Geroulanos on "The Invention of Prehistory" 1:08:20

7h ago1:08:20

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Ep 1958: Tolerance for Netanyahu’s conduct in Gaza may cost Biden the presidency as student protests grow across America 26:23

6d ago26:23

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Niall Stanage reports from Washington on growing dissent from students critical of Joe Biden's handling of the Israel-Hamas conflict, Trump's criminal trial in New York, and the Trump immunity case before the Supreme Court. Niall is Associate Editor for The Hill and White House columnist for that publication. Recorded on Thursday 25th April 2023. B…

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The Genetic Origin of the Indo-Europeans

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10% of pediatric cancer is linked to a single-gene variation. These variants can be detected in embryos before pregnancy begins. Orchid’s whole genome embryo reports can help mitigate your child’s risk for cancer by screening for 90+ genetic variants linked to pediatric cancer. Discuss embryo screening and IVF with a genetics expert. On this episod…