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@der__ar dan @faydoet, pemuda pemuda dari kabupaten antah berantah yang pengen ngobrol dan didengar, karena apa? Karena kami ingin merubah dunia. Ehehe boong deng, pengen terkenal aja :(

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New Books in Italian Studies

Marshall Poe

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The SoCal Singer-Songwriter Radio Podcast

Maka Denge Music

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Deng U Reng

Yeksani

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Hûn bi xêr hatin ”Deng U Reng”, podkasta Yeksani ku ji bo pêşvebirina tenduristî û mafên zayendî û hilberînerî û mafên (SRHR) veqetandî ye dema ku ji bo wekheviya zayendî û mafên kesên xwedî meyla cinsî, nasnameyên zayendî, û îfadeyên cihêreng (SOGIESC) diparêze. Tevlî me bibin dema ku em di nav danûstendinên berbiçav ên li dora xaçerêyên SRHR, zayendî, û SOGIESC de vedigerin, balê dikişînin ser girîngiya tevlêbûn û gihîştina wekhev a lênihêrîna tenduristî û karûbarên civakî yên berfireh ji ...

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New Books in Food

Marshall Poe

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Princeton UP Ideas Podcast

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New Books in Economic and Business History

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The Aimless Wander

The Aimless Wander

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My name is Gan la Deng and this is life told through the perspective of a millennial.

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New Books in Economics

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New Books in East Asian Studies

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The Radiopaedia Reading Room Podcast

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Introduction to China

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In this subject students are introduced to China. The lectures are tied together by several common themes, including China’s incredible geographic, ethnic and cultural diversity, it’s dual exceptionalist and wounded nationalism, and the Deng Xiaoping-era social bargain between the Communist Party and the Chinese people based on improving living standards in exchange for acquiescence to one-party rule.

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Ceci, Do You Love Me?

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Lëtzebuerg ass eng Bubble, oder? A genau aus där Bubble well ech iech mat dësem Podcast rausbréngen. Ech schwätzen a diskutéiere mat interessante Leit, déi out of the Box denken an net onbedéngt dat gemaach hunn, wat d'Gesellschaft vun hinne verlaangt huet. Mäin Ziel ass et, iech Themen a Persounen ze präsentéieren, déi dir normalerweis net sou um Schierm hutt - D'Gespréicher an Iddien sollen inspiréieren, motivéieren an Horizonter erweideren. Lëtzebuerg huet kulturell nämlech vill ze bidden!

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Certified in Ayurveda and Functional Medicine, Nurse Practitioner Gillian Ehrlich, DNP, ARNP, IFMCP interviews guests who dive deeply into the nuances of medicine with the goal of inspiring you to persistently heal in the face of inevitable challenge across the lifespan. This is about ancient & cutting-edge understanding of disease processes and treatments just as much as it is about food, lifestyle, nature, culture, and politics.

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Longriver Podcast

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Conversations on business and investing with Graham Rhodes, author of the blog www.longriverinv.com. I also hope to introduce you to the members and friends of ValueAsia, a group I help organise which brings together students of value investing. They're magnificent people who have greatly accelerated my own development as a human being and investor.

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Immigrant Stories. Great accomplishments. Immigreats is a podcast that celebrates the indomitable spirit, resilience, and achievements of immigrants who have journeyed to new lands in search of better opportunities. Each episode features the compelling life story of an individual who climbed to remarkable heights in their adopted homeland. Our show uncovers the unique challenges and triumphs that define the immigrant experience. Tune in to be inspired by tales of perseverance, ambition, and ...

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NBN Book of the Day

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Asian Review of Books

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The Asian Review of Books is the only dedicated pan-Asian book review publication. Widely quoted, referenced, republished by leading publications in Asian and beyond and with an archive of more than two thousand book reviews, the ARB also features long-format essays by leading Asian writers and thinkers, excerpts from newly-published books and reviews of arts and culture. Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/asian-review

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The B-MAN™ Show

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B-MAN SA™ is a young upcoming DJ who was born in Pretoria and raised at KwaMhlanga, KwaNdebele, Mpumalanga. He is a Co-Founder of the brand East Gangstars™ that was established in 2018 by 2 young enthusiastic guys from KwaMhlanga.

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Tales from the Departure Lounge

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Tickets? Check. Passport? Check. Imodium? Check. Sit back, relax and enjoy the journey as Andy and Nick try to fly this plane. They'll be chatting to special guests about travel hacks, destinations of choice and the transformative power of working or studying overseas. Travel is back and there is always time to kill in an airport. You could spend it in a Burger King or you could listen to some inspirational tales from life's frequent flyers. Final call for this lo-fi, high-flying podcast ody ...

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SecTools Podcast is a series of audio podcast featuring free or opensource tool authors from Information Security industry, sharing their interesting experience on developing and maintaining amazing tools for the security community. Hosted by Sanoop Thomas (s4n7h0) https://infoseccampus.com https://twitter.com/InfoSecCampus

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Chinese Characters

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ChinaLab Podcast

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Patch Love Universe

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Marathon Mystery Tour

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90djbase

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Fresh Fused is focused on projecting creativity. Our podcast is tailored to entertain, educate, and intrigue. Our music reviews will give you insight on what's happening in the music industry with our interview and talk episode keeping you In range with the latest Topics and trends in the entertainment scene. Fresh Fused is hosted By Anyi Terungwa Desmond and Powered by 90djbase

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The China Project

The China Project

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On the Way with George Thompson

George Thompson

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Exploring Daoism, living well and sustainability with some of the most interesting minds in the world...

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Paradigm Shift

Ashish Kundra and Zane Salim

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Candid conversations with people building the future. We discuss breakthrough moments and hard-earned insights that shaped people, products and technologies. Hosted by Ashish Kundra and Zane Salim.

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South Sudan and The World

Akol Dok

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"South Sudan and the World" is a podcast that focuses on discussing the positive impact that South Sudanese individuals are making globally, and how people from around the world contribute to the betterment of South Sudan. We will feature interviews with guests from both within and outside of South Sudan, who will share their unique experiences of how they are making a difference in their respective areas and in South Sudan.

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Public Lecture Series 2010-11 (in English), School of Architecture - Video

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African Defence Review Podcast

African Defence Review

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Creative Baggage

Creative Baggage

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A conversation-based podcast giving voice to the unspoken baggage of pursuing a career in the arts. Our mission is to revolutionize the field of creativity by promoting collaboration over competition. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/creative-baggage/support

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Mukhtasar Si Baat with Shailja

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This podcast honours and celebrates the human condition - our fallibilities & frailties and longings & vulnerabilities. Summing up resonant insights from our cherished retro Hindi songs, rich literature and life... I am a radio host, writer and sustainability consultant from Sydney. Website: https://www.shailjachandra.com/ Insta: rj_ShailjaChandra Twitter: @ShailjaChandra FB: @ShailjaChandraSydney

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Transformations with Mark V. Wiley

Mark Wiley

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I’ve spent the majority of my life traveling the globe in search of extraordinary masters of martial arts, energy medicine, and traditional healing and I’ve got amazing stories to tell. Many of you know me through my many books and articles. These were highly focused publications. But on Transformations I’m going to go deeper and really examine the transformative nature of experience. Not only will I share my own stories, I will also feature guests to share their transformative experiences. ...

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We Effed Up

Cody Reynolds & Theresa Daniels

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On this humorous and informative show, a long-time history lover and a history rookie discuss pivotal moments in time when someone effed up, and unwittingly changed the course of history. Cover art: The Course of Empire: Destruction, Thomas Cole Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Connecting Borders Podcast

CONNECTING BORDERS- I AM PEACE

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Connecting Borders - The Podcast is part of the Connecting Borders Project which is brought by #IAMPEACE (a youth-led, South Sudanese national organisation) . Connecting Borders is a project that aims to breach the existing gaps between people, entities, nationalities and backgrounds. We discuss a wide range of topics that are relevant to our community with an aim to breach gaps and promote development.

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#76 Paul S. Malchesky, D.Eng., on Plasmapheresis: history, technology and potential benefit for deep disease & longevity 58:06

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Dr Paul Malchesky, with a Master’s degree in Chemistry and a Doctorate in Engineering, has been working with apheresis since the 1970’s. This is a blood filtration or ‘cleaning’ therapy we offer at Neuroveda Health as plasmapheresis (also called plasma exchange, PLEX and TPE (total or therapeutic plasma exchange)). There’s been a lot of recent exci…

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Jonathan Chatwin, "The Southern Tour: Deng Xiaoping and the Fight for China's Future" (Bloomsbury, 2024) 51:09

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Deng Xiaoping’s 1992 Southern Tour has become a milestone in Chinese economic history. Historians and commentators credit Deng’s visit to Guangzhou Province for reinvigorating China’s market reforms in the years following 1989—leading to the Chinese economic powerhouse we see today. Journalist Jonathan Chatwin follows Deng’s journey in The Southern…

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Grazia Ting Deng, "Chinese Espresso: Contested Race and Convivial Space in Contemporary Italy" (Princeton UP, 2024) 41:23

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Why and how local coffee bars in Italy--those distinctively Italian social and cultural spaces--have been increasingly managed by Chinese baristas since the Great Recession of 2008? Italians regard espresso as a quintessentially Italian cultural product--so much so that Italy has applied to add Italian espresso to UNESCO's official list of intangib…

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Daye Deng - Divergent Paths 1:00:39

28d ago1:00:39

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I spoke with Daye Deng (邓达业), author of the East Asia Stock Insights substack, about the Chinese sportswear industry and two of its leading players, Anta and Li Ning. We began with Daye's background as a Chinese person growing up in Japan and then Canada; his career as a buyside investor; and why he's now devoting his time to companies in East Asia…

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John L. Sullivan, "Podcasting in a Platform Age: From an Amateur to a Professional Medium" (Bloomsbury, 2024) 38:21

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Podcasting in a Platform Age: From an Amateur to a Professional Medium (Bloomsbury, 2024) explores the transition underway in podcasting by considering how the influx of legacy and new media interest in the medium is injecting professional and corporate logics into what had been largely an amateur media form. Many of the most high-profile podcasts …

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Leigh Gilmore, "The #MeToo Effect: What Happens When We Believe Women" (Columbia UP, 2023) 52:09

2h ago52:09

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The #MeToo movement inspired millions to testify to the widespread experience of sexual violence. More broadly, it shifted the deeply ingrained response to women’s accounts of sexual violence from doubting all of them to believing some of them. What changed? In The #MeToo Effect: What Happens When We Believe Women (Columbia UP, 2023), Leigh Gilmore…

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John L. Sullivan, "Podcasting in a Platform Age: From an Amateur to a Professional Medium" (Bloomsbury, 2024) 38:21

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Steven C. Beda, "Strong Winds and Widow Makers: Workers, Nature, and Environmental Conflict in Pacific Northwest Timber Country" (U Illinois Press, 2022) 1:04:08

7h ago1:04:08

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Imagine an environmentalist. Are you picturing a Birkenstock-clad hippie? An office worker who hikes on weekends? A political lobbyist? What about a modern day timber worker? This last group is at the center of University of Oregon historian Steven C. Beda's new book, Strong Winds and Widow Makers: Workers, Nature, and Environmental Conflict in Pac…

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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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Dana Gorzelany-Mostak, "Tracks on the Trail: Popular Music, Race, and the US Presidency" (U Michigan Press, 2023) 50:38

8h ago50:38

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From Bill Clinton playing his saxophone on The Arsenio Hall Show to Barack Obama referencing Jay-Z's song "Dirt Off Your Shoulder," politicians have used music not only to construct their personal presidential identities but to create the broader identity of the American presidency. Through music, candidates can appear relatable, show cultural comp…

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Teri Ann Finneman et al., "Reviving Rural News: Transforming the Business Model of Community Journalism in the US and Beyond" (Routledge, 2024) 42:28

1d ago42:28

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Based on extensive research into weekly rural publishers and rural readers, Reviving Rural News: Transforming the Business Model of Community Journalism in the US and Beyond (Routledge, 2024) outlines a mode of practice by which small publications can stay financially sound and combat the rise of "news deserts." This book argues that publishers mus…

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Alexander Statman, "A Global Enlightenment: Western Progress and Chinese Science" (U Chicago Press, 2023) 50:02

1d ago50:02

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Alexander Statman's book A Global Enlightenment: Western Progress and Chinese Science (U Chicago Press, 2023) is a revisionist history of the idea of progress reveals an unknown story about European engagement with Chinese science. The Enlightenment gave rise not only to new ideas of progress but consequential debates about them. Did distant times …

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Mukund Padmanabhan, "The Great Flap of 1942: How the Raj Panicked over a Japanese Non-invasion (Vintage Books, 2024) 31:16

1d ago31:16

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In April 1942, at least half a million people fled the city of Madras, now known as Chennai. The reason? The British, after weeks of growing unease about the possibility of a Japanese invasion, finally recommended that people leave the city. In the tense, uncertain atmosphere of 1942, many people took that advice to heart–and fled. The Japanese, of…

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Alexander Statman, "A Global Enlightenment: Western Progress and Chinese Science" (U Chicago Press, 2023) 50:02

1d ago50:02

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Sudev Sheth, "Bankrolling Empire: Family Fortunes and Political Transformation in Mughal India" (Cambridge UP, 2024) 1:12:27

2d ago1:12:27

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In this colorful book, historian Sudev Sheth traces how a family of diamond dealers deployed wealth to play off political leaders and survive the collapse of the Mughal Empire. The story highlights the unique role played by Jain and Hindu bankers in the daily affairs of Islamic, Hindu, and early colonial forms of Indian government. Bankrolling Empi…

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Anu Bradford, "Digital Empires: The Global Battle to Regulate Technology" (Oxford UP, 2023) 19:34

2d ago19:34

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The global battle among the three dominant digital powers―the United States, China, and the European Union―is intensifying. All three regimes are racing to regulate tech companies, with each advancing a competing vision for the digital economy while attempting to expand its sphere of influence in the digital world. In Digital Empires: The Global Ba…

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Anu Bradford, "Digital Empires: The Global Battle to Regulate Technology" (Oxford UP, 2023) 19:34

2d ago19:34

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Michael J. Graetz, "The Power to Destroy: How the Antitax Movement Hijacked America" (Princeton UP, 2024) 1:05:05

3d ago1:05:05

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The anti-tax movement is "the most important overlooked social and political movement of the last half century", according to our guest Michael J. Graetz. In his book The Power to Destroy: How the Antitax Movement Hijacked America (Princeton UP, 2024), Graetz chronicles the movement from a fringe theory promoted by zealous outsiders using false eco…

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Gary S. Cross, "Free Time: The History of an Elusive Ideal" (NYU Press, 2024) 48:37

3d ago48:37

48:37

Free time, one of life’s most precious things, often feels unfulfilling. But why? And how did leisure activities transition from strolling in the park for hours to “doomscrolling” on social media for thirty minutes? Today, despite the promise of modern industrialization, many people experience both a scarcity of free time and a disappointment in it…

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Philip Mark Plotch and Jen Nelles, "Mobilizing the Metropolis: How the Port Authority Built New York" (U Michigan Press, 2023) 48:25

3d ago48:25

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The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is everywhere in the New York metropolitan area. Founded in 1921, its portfolio includes airports, marine terminals, bus stations, bridges, tunnels, and real estate. But its history is not widely known and its inner workings are little understood by people who traverse its domain when they fly into John…

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Jane Hamlett and Julie-Marie Strange, "Pet Revolution: Animals and the Making of Modern British Life" (Reaktion Books, 2023) 50:14

3d ago50:14

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Pet Revolution: Animals and the Making of Modern British Life (Reaktion Books, 2023) tracks the British love affair with pets over the last two centuries, showing how the kinds of pets we keep, as well as how we relate to and care for them, has changed radically. The book describes the growth of pet foods and medicines, the rise of pet shops, and t…

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Michael J. Graetz, "The Power to Destroy: How the Antitax Movement Hijacked America" (Princeton UP, 2024) 1:05:05

3d ago1:05:05

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Michael J. Graetz, "The Power to Destroy: How the Antitax Movement Hijacked America" (Princeton UP, 2024) 1:05:05

3d ago1:05:05

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Michael J. Graetz, "The Power to Destroy: How the Antitax Movement Hijacked America" (Princeton UP, 2024) 1:05:05

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John Tolan, "England's Jews: Finance, Violence, and the Crown in the Thirteenth Century" (U Pennsylvania Press, 2023) 58:13

4d ago58:13

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In 1290, Jews were expelled from England and subsequently largely expunged from English historical memory. Yet for two centuries they occupied important roles in mediaeval English society. England’s Jews revisits this neglected chapter of English history—one whose remembrance is more important than ever today, as antisemitism and other forms of rac…

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John Tolan, "England's Jews: Finance, Violence, and the Crown in the Thirteenth Century" (U Pennsylvania Press, 2023) 58:13

4d ago58:13

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Philipp Demgenski, "Seeking a Future for the Past: Space, Power, and Heritage in a Chinese City" (U Michigan Press, 2024) 1:20:29

4d ago1:20:29

1:20:29

In Seeking a Future for the Past: Space, Power, and Heritage in a Chinese City (U Michigan Press, 2024), Philipp Demgenski examines the complexities and changing sociopolitical dynamics of urban renewal in contemporary China. Drawing on ten years of ethnographic fieldwork in the northeastern Chinese city of Qingdao, the book tells the story of the …

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Philipp Demgenski, "Seeking a Future for the Past: Space, Power, and Heritage in a Chinese City" (U Michigan Press, 2024) 1:20:29

4d ago1:20:29

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Philipp Demgenski, "Seeking a Future for the Past: Space, Power, and Heritage in a Chinese City" (U Michigan Press, 2024) 1:20:29

4d ago1:20:29

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Jeff Williams (Why Take The Risk?) 37:37

5d ago37:37

37:37

Life is full of risks - including starting your own business, having a picnic in the Maasai Mara or saying way too much on a podcast. In this episode we take listeners on an audio safari with Jeff Williams (CEO and founder of Enroly). He tells us about his close encounters with a Dik-Dik, surviving the mean streets of London and quitting his job. A…

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Héctor Beltrán, "Code Work: Hacking Across the US/México Techno-Borderlands" (Princeton UP, 2023) 29:42

5d ago29:42

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In Code Work: Hacking Across the US/México Techno-Borderlands (Princeton UP, 2023), Héctor Beltrán examines Mexican and Latinx coders’ personal strategies of self-making as they navigate a transnational economy of tech work. Beltrán shows how these hackers apply concepts from the code worlds to their lived experiences, deploying batches, loose coup…

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Rogers M. Smith and Desmond King, "America’s New Racial Battle Lines: Protect Versus Repair" (U Chicago Press, 2024) 1:06:18

5d ago1:06:18

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What is happening to the politics of race in America? In America’s New Racial Battle Lines: Protect Versus Repair (U Chicago Press, 2024), Rogers Smith and Desmond King argue that the nation has entered a new, more severely polarized era of racial policy disputes, displacing older debates over color-blind versus race-targeted measures. Drawing on p…

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Heather Parry, "Electric Dreams: Sex Robots and Failed Promises of Capitalism" (404 Ink, 2024) 38:59

6d ago38:59

38:59

In the future, we’ll all be having sex with robots… won’t we? Roboticists say they’re a distracting science fiction, yet endless books, films and articles are written on the subject. Campaigns are even mounted against them. So why are sex robots such a hot topic? Electric Dreams: Sex Robots and Failed Promises of Capitalism (404 Ink, 2024) by Heath…

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Stephen Morillo, "War and Conflict in the Middle Ages" (Polity Press, 2022) 1:07:25

6d ago1:07:25

1:07:25

In War and Conflict in the Middle Ages (Polity, 2022), Dr. Stephen Morillo offers the first global history of armed conflict between 540 and 1500 or as late as 1800 CE, an age shaped by climate change and pandemics at both ends. Examining armed conflict at all levels, and ranging across China and the central Asian steppes to southwest Asia, western…

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Ruth Reichl, "The Paris Novel" (Random House, 2024) 42:30

7d ago42:30

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Stella St. Vincent, a thirty-something copy editor in 1980s New York, has survived a relationship with her mother, Celia, so complicated that even the words “my daughter” give Stella pause. Celia lived life to the fullest, reinventing herself and discarding anything that no longer pleased her, including Stella’s father, whom Celia refused even to n…

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Guido Alfani, "As Gods Among Men: A History of the Rich in the West" (Princeton UP, 2023) 58:04

7d ago58:04

58:04

This provocative and interesting book has received considerable attention. Roaring reviews and interviews include The Financial Times (UK), The Telegraph (UK), Modem (Radio Switzerland Italian), Hufftington Post (Italy), El Diario (Spain), ABC (Australia), History Today (UK), The New Republic (USA), The New Yorker (USA), among others around the wor…

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Guido Alfani, "As Gods Among Men: A History of the Rich in the West" (Princeton UP, 2023) 58:04

7d ago58:04

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Guido Alfani, "As Gods Among Men: A History of the Rich in the West" (Princeton UP, 2023) 58:04

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Nicholas Terpstra, "Senses of Space in the Early Modern World" (Cambridge UP, 2024) 1:00:42

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How did early moderns experience sense and space? How did the expanding cultural, political, and social horizons of the period emerge out of those experiences and further shape them? Senses of Space in the Early Modern World (Cambridge University Press, 2024) by Dr. Nicholas Terpstra takes an approach that is both global expansive and locally roote…

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Guido Alfani, "As Gods Among Men: A History of the Rich in the West" (Princeton UP, 2023) 58:04

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Jonathan Chatwin, "The Southern Tour: Deng Xiaoping and the Fight for China's Future" (Bloomsbury, 2024) 51:09

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Robin Visser, "Questioning Borders: Ecoliteratures of China and Taiwan" (Columbia UP, 2023) 1:11:28

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Indigenous knowledge of local ecosystems often challenges settler-colonial cosmologies that naturalize resource extraction and the relocation of nomadic, hunting, foraging, or fishing peoples. Questioning Borders: Ecoliteratures of China and Taiwan (Columbia UP, 2023) explores recent ecoliterature by Han and non-Han Indigenous writers of China and …

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Jonathan Chatwin, "The Southern Tour: Deng Xiaoping and the Fight for China's Future" (Bloomsbury, 2024) 51:09

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Robert P. Goldman and Sally J. Sutherland Goldman, "The Rāmāyaṇa of Vālmīki: The Complete English Translation" (Princeton UP, 2022) 1:43:16

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The Rāmāyaṇa of Vālmīki, the monumental Sanskrit epic of the life of Rama, ideal man and incarnation of the great god Visnu, has profoundly affected the literature, art, religions, and cultures of South and Southeast Asia from antiquity to the present. Filled with thrilling battles, flying monkeys, and ten-headed demons, the work, composed almost 3…

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