Best Bobi NYC Podcasts (2024)

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Brian Hare and Vanessa Woods: How to Raise a Great Dog 39:39

2h ago39:39

39:39

The puppy kindergarten at Duke University is discovering how to spot a future great service dog while the dog is still a puppy. And it turns out that what makes a great service dog can also make your dog great.By Bobi NYC

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Backstage at The West Wing 39:56

4d ago39:56

39:56

How the acclaimed TV series came to be and what it has come to mean since, as recalled in a new book by cast members Melissa Fitzgerald and Mary McCormack. Including stories you’ve probably never heard before.By Bobi NYC

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Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda - Season 27 trailer 24:54

16d ago24:54

24:54

Alan and executive producer Graham Chedd look ahead to season 27. In a nostalgic look back at the TV series The West Wing, Alan recalls the scariest moments of his career; we visit a puppy kindergarten to spot future service dogs; a doctor tells stories that vividly illustrate the shortcomings of the health care system; and we meet a woman who can …

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Lynnae Quick: Could an Icy Moon Harbor Life? 36:39

16d ago36:39

36:39

Her doctoral thesis led to her becoming a member of the team behind yesterday’s successful launch of NASA’s Clipper mission to Jupiter’s moon Europa. Her contribution could help find out if beneath its thick ice crust, Europa is friendly to life.By Bobi NYC

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Terry Szuplat: Speak Your Mind 38:46

1M ago38:46

38:46

For eight years he wrote speeches for President Obama. Today he applies much of what he learned then in helping others with public speaking – how to craft a speech, how to connect with the audience, how to overcome the sheer terror of standing in front of dozens or hundreds of people.By Bobi NYC

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Steve Martin: Portrait of the Artist 38:31

1M ago38:31

38:31

He’s had a legendary life as a stand-up comedian, actor, writer, banjo player, even magician. As Steve talks about these threads in his life, a picture emerges of the thoughtful side of this remarkable entertainer.By Bobi NYC

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Ayana Johnson: We Can Do This! 40:30

2M ago40:30

40:30

A clarion call to those of us acutely aware of the peril facing our planet yet feel powerless to help save it. Ayana Johnson urges us to stop fretting about what “I” can do and instead think about what “we” can do, by joining our own skills and passions with those of others – and have fun doing it. Then, she asks in her provocative new book, What I…

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Frank Barry: Taking the Lincoln Highway to America 37:07

1M ago37:07

37:07

Escaping the Covid lockdown in 2020 he and his wife Laurel set out in an RV to travel across America along the Lincoln Highway – a road more aspirational than real. But with Abraham Lincoln’s spirit as their guide they talked with the people they met along the way to explore the urgent question of what can hold our fractured country together.…

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Randy Fertel: Improv Everywhere 37:32

2M ago37:32

37:32

Is improvisation at the heart of Western culture — music, art, literature, politics, even artificial intelligence? Author Randy Fertel thinks so. And he warns that as much as it’s a positive force, there’s also peril in it.By Bobi NYC

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Roger Rosenblatt: Wounds and Other Blessings 35:36

2M ago35:36

35:36

Alan talks with Roger Rosenblatt about his new book “A Steinway on the beach.” It explores that great mystery of how being wounded—emotionally or physically—is both an inescapable part of life and a chance to illuminate it. It’s seeing the wound as the place where the light enters you.By Bobi NYC

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Lisa Kaltenegger: Alien Hunter 37:58

2M ago37:58

37:58

She’s a pioneer in figuring out how we might tell if any of the trillions of planets out there in the galaxy might harbor life – and if so, what kind of life.By Bobi NYC

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Mark Rank: As Luck Would Have It 40:16

3M ago40:16

40:16

Chance events not only change lives, they can change history – as when a soviet sailor’s briefly stuck foot prevented a potential nuclear catastrophe. You can’t predict when luck, good or bad, will intervene. But you can learn to take advantage of it.By Bobi NYC

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Anne Curzan: Say What? Says Who? 40:37

3M ago40:37

40:37

Over time, the meaning of words often changes. The history of these changes suggests they're inevitable and that some of us (like our host) could be a little more relaxed about it and a little less peevish.By Bobi NYC

Podcasts Worth a Listen

Bobi NYC Podcasts

Podcasts Worth a Listen

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Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda

Alan Alda

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Stance Podcast

Stance Podcast

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Brian Hare and Vanessa Woods: How to Raise a Great Dog 39:39

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Backstage at The West Wing 39:56

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Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda - Season 27 trailer 24:54

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Lynnae Quick: Could an Icy Moon Harbor Life? 36:39

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Terry Szuplat: Speak Your Mind 38:46

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Steve Martin: Portrait of the Artist 38:31

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Ayana Johnson: We Can Do This! 40:30

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Frank Barry: Taking the Lincoln Highway to America 37:07

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Randy Fertel: Improv Everywhere 37:32

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Roger Rosenblatt: Wounds and Other Blessings 35:36

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Lisa Kaltenegger: Alien Hunter 37:58

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Mark Rank: As Luck Would Have It 40:16

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Anne Curzan: Say What? Says Who? 40:37

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