A podcast from Daniel Bessner and Derek Davison that provides listeners with everything they need to know about what’s going on in the world. www.americanprestigepod.com
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Foreign Exchanges is a newsletter that helps you stay on top of important stories happening around the world. Our companion podcast aims to understand the contemporary world by looking to the past. Join host Derek Davison as he interviews writers and scholars whose work sheds light on world history. www.foreignexchanges.news
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A podcast about culture, politics, and our crumbling world. Hosted by Will Sloan and Luke Savage. Exclusive subscriber-only episodes: https://www.patreon.com/michaelandus/overview
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Welcome to We Recover Loudly the podcast. In season one, the mission was to spark conversations about addiction, recovery, and drinking cultures within hospitality. What we found was that these topics are closely linked to much bigger issues that we face in the industry, which truly deserve our attention and a space to be discussed. The podcast has evolved to delve into important matters surrounding addiction and recovery, as well as significant themes like burnout, sexual harassment, gender ...
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What if a movie about a corporate merger became the most popular movie of the year? Friends, you don't have to imagine it. We discuss DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE (2024) and ponder the question that Vulture asked: "Is Shawn Levy the Future of Populist Filmmaking?"Join us on Patreon for an extra episode every week - https://www.patreon.com/michaelandus…
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Al Roberto - From Smashing Drum Sets to Smashing Painkillers and Alcohol
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In this new episode, Shell is joined by chef Al Roberto who shares his remarkable journey from rock star on global stages and to smashing success in the kitchen back in his home town of Yorkshire, and beyond. The episode takes a deep dive into Al's early influences, from the rituals of post-shift beers with his father to the adrenaline-fueled cultu…
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Stories from Israel-Palestine, Libya, Ukraine, and elsewhere. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.foreignexchanges.news/subscribeBy Derek Davison
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Danny and Derek welcome back AP mega-guest Spencer Ackerman, author of the Forever Wars newsletter and soon-to-be-published issues of Marvel Comics’ Iron Man. The group explores Spencer’s inspiration to pursue more work in the world of comic books, writing for a character who is a defense contractor, bringing left-wing messaging into the medium, th…
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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.americanprestigepod.com Danny and Derek welcome to the podcast television writer and producer Justin Boyd to talk about Oliver Stone’s 1991 epic JFK. They explore Justin’s own origins as a Dallasite, the place the film occupies within the film & television canon, whether a 3 1/2 hour…
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PREVIEW - #555 - The Love Guru (w/ Russ Finkelstein)
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At long last, we tackle the question: What, exactly, is love? Will welcomes his old j-school colleague Russ Finkelstein to discuss his documentary LOOKING FOR LOVE (2018), which offers a hair-raising glimpse into the wild world of "international marriage agencies" that connect heartsick American men with women from the Global South. PLUS: Russ shar…
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PREVIEW - #554 - Studio Sucky, Part 12: What Kind Of Day Has It Been
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We finally reach the GRAND FINALE of our STUDIO 60 ON THE SUNSET STRIP odyssey, arriving at Episode 22, "What Kind of Day Has It Been"... but we're left with more questions than answers. Folks... what ever happened to the Macau Deal???PATREON-EXCLUSIVE EPISODE - https://www.patreon.com/posts/554-studio-sucky-110898593…
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News - Israel and Hezbollah Clash, Macron Refuses to Appoint Left-Wing PM, AMLO Pauses Relations with US and Canadian Embassies
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Let Danny and Derek’s labor guide you into the holiday weekend newly informed. This week: Israel and Hezbollah exchange fire (0:29), an IDF operation in the West Bank (8:31), in Gaza, the IDF attacks Deir al-Balah and shrinks more protected zones (11:06) while Palestinians in Gaza also struggle to obtain a polio vaccine amid an outbreak (14:07); Ye…
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Stories from Israel-Palestine, France, Mexico, and elsewhere This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.foreignexchanges.news/subscribeBy Derek Davison
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E173 - The US Media, Israel, and Palestinian Journalists w/ Séamus Malekafzali
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Danny and Derek speak with Séamus Malekafzali, a Beirut-based journalist focusing on the Middle East, about his recent piece for The Nation, “The Rotten Partnership Between the US Media and the Israeli Military.” They check in about the current atmosphere in Beirut amid exchanges between Israel and Hezbollah, the Biden administration and US media’s…
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Stories from Lebanon, Afghanistan, Germany, and elsewhere This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.foreignexchanges.news/subscribeBy Derek Davison
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Bonus - The Biden Administration's Border Policies w/ John Washington
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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.americanprestigepod.com Danny and Derek welcome John Washington, staff writer at Arizona Luminaria, to catch us up to date on the state of play in the United States’ policies toward the southern border and asylum. They explore the extremism in the Biden administration’s recent decisi…
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News - Ukraine Kursk Invasion and Russia Donbas Assault, New US Sanctions for Venezuela, Philippine-Chinese Confrontation
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The Prestigehead Convention at the Ho-Ho-Kus Inn has drawn a record crowd, but Danny and Derek still find time for your news roundup. This week: in Russia-Ukraine, an update on Ukraine’s Kursk invasion (0:29), reports of cancelled peace talks (3:57), and a continued Russian advance in Donbas (6:32); in Palestine-Israel, an update on Gaza ceasefire …
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A Democratic National Convention takes place against a backdrop of protests against American imperial atrocities overseas... that's right, we're travelling back in time to 1968 with Haskell Wexler's MEDIUM COOL (1969). PLUS: So, have you heard about the DNC?Join us on Patreon for an extra episode every week - https://www.patreon.com/michaelandus"Th…
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Stories from Iran, China, Ukraine, and elsewhere This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.foreignexchanges.news/subscribeBy Derek Davison
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E172 - Tricky Strategic Changes w/ Stephen Wertheim
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AP champion Stephen Wertheim, senior fellow in the American Statecraft Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, returns for a discussion of his recent piece for Carnegie, “Strategic Change in U.S. Foreign Policy.” The group muses on the difficulty of altering established foreign policy paradigms before delving into several case st…
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PREVIEW - #552 - Battle for the Dinosaur Hour
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Whenever we need a pick-me-up, we return to one of our favourite topics: THE DINOSAUR HOUR, John Cleese's baffling chat show for Britain's right-wing GB News network. In the two episodes we watched today, Cleese opines on creativity, then welcomes his good friend Rob Schneider (!) for an agonizing hourlong chat. PLUS: What happens to the Republican…
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Stories from Israel-Palestine, China, Ukraine, and elsewhere This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.foreignexchanges.news/subscribeBy Derek Davison
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Bonus - The End of the Cold War, Ep. 3 w/ Fritz Bartel
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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.americanprestigepod.com Fritz Bartel, assistant professor at the Bush School of Government & Public Service at Texas A&M University, is back for one final episode on his book The Triumph of Broken Promises: The End of the Cold War and the Rise of Neoliberalism. They explore Paul Volc…
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News - New Reports of IDF Using Human Shields, Ukraine Takes More Russian Territory, Sudan Ceasefire Talks
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Danny and Derek are just two guys who, unfortunately, pay their taxes. This week: conditions in Gaza continue to worsen under Israel (1:14), “ceasefire talks” continue to amble along (7:58), the US again to send massive amounts of weapons to Israel (12:59), and the IDF is again reported to be using Palestinians as human shields (17:18); the US lift…
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During the 2012 election cycle, Pauly Shore went to Washington to take the temperature on American and Her Problems. His resulting comedy special, PAULY SHORE'S PAULY-TICS (2012), accidentally foreshadows some of the bad vibes of the years to come. PLUS: We chart one Oscar blogger's evolution from #StillWithHer to MAGA.Join us on Patreon for an ext…
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S2 Episode 024 -Tony Kost - From Shadows of Addiction to Shining in Sobriety
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In this new episode, Shell is joined by Tony Kost, an amazing advocate for sobriety in the hospitality industry. He shares his inspiring journey from the dive bars of his youth to working alongside culinary legends like Iron Chef Michael Simon, a path that unfortunately took a downturn due to alcoholism. Tony is gearing up to celebrate 8 years of s…
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Stories from Israel-Palestine, Russia, Honduras, and elsewhere This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.foreignexchanges.news/subscribeBy Derek Davison
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E171 - Police and the Empire City, Pt. 2 w/ Matthew Guariglia
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Danny and Derek are back with Matthew Guariglia, senior policy analyst at the Electronic Frontier Foundation and visiting scholar of history at Emory University, for the second part of their discussion on the history of policing in New York City. They delve further into the NYPD’s efforts at “ethnic policing,” exploring the Italian squads of the ea…
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Stories from Israel-Palestine, Myanmar, Russia, and elsewhere This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.foreignexchanges.news/subscribeBy Derek Davison
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PREVIEW - #550 - Studio Sucky, Part 12: Two Cathedrals
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In the penultimate episode of STUDIO 60 ON THE SUNSET STRIP, "K&R Part 3," Aaron Sorkin wrestles with the memory of Bill Maher being cancelled after 9/11, and asks why a just and merciful god even needs you to pray to Him. Aaron Sorkin is saving some of his best stuff for last! PLUS: Checking in on the God's Not Dead franchise and the comedy career…
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Bonus - The End of the Cold War, Ep. 2 w/ Fritz Bartel
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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.americanprestigepod.com We return with Danny and Derek’s series on the end of the Cold War with Fritz Bartel, assistant professor at the Bush School of Government & Public Service at Texas A&M University. In this second episode, the group gets into the nitty gritty of Fritz’s book Th…
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News - Bangladesh Protests Force PM Resignation, Pentagon Rescinds Guantanamo Prisoner Deal, Mali and Niger Cut Ties with Ukraine
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Once again, the Treacherous Two bring word from the world. This week: an update on the horror in Gaza (0:32), Hamas names Sinwar as overall leader (7:07), more ceasefire efforts (9:43), and the wait for a retaliation from Iran continues (13:44); protests in Bangladesh force Sheikh Hasina’s resignation (18:43); rebels in Myanmar make gains in Shan S…
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Tony Buba chronicled the decline of his hometown of Braddock, Pennsylvania in a series of acclaimed documentaries that elevated him to national notoriety. But in the extraordinary documentary/fiction hybrid LIGHTNING OVER BRADDOCK: A RUST BOWL FANTASY (1988), he asks what it means when his success is tied to so many people's poverty.Tony Buba's fil…
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