Best Eric Kaplan Podcasts (2024)

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Voices Radio: In Conversation with Mark Friedman from U.S. Hands Off Cuba 58:17

3d ago58:17

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This week we're joined in conversation with Mark Friedman from the U.S. Hands Off Cuba Committee.Eric Mann, Channing Martinez, and Mark discuss his work with U.S. Hands Off Cuba, and discuss how Mark came to fight for the liberation of Cubans and all 3rd world peoples.By Eric Mann

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120. 🛸Independence Day Recast SPECIAL! 11:57

8d ago11:57

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Dan & Manny recast the 1996 sci-fi action classic Independence Day for the Buzzn The Tower Podcast! This is the wildest ten minutes of podcasting, EVER! Recorded while Dan was eating lunch at Veggie Grill in Santa Monica and Manny was just getting off of work, this is an old school earbuds-for-microphones Nostalgia Test Podcast. Manny expresses som…

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119. 🧑‍🎓Higher Learning (1995) w/ Dr. J.L. Adolph 1:19:01

17d ago1:19:01

1:19:01

Dan & Manny are joined by Dr. J.L. Adolph , Ph.D. in English/African Diaspora Studies, to put the 1995 John Singleton classic Higher Learning to the ultimate test--THE NOSTALGIA TEST! Content Warning This episode deals with discussions of sexual violence & rape, gun violence, & racial violence. On our 4-year podiversary, we're dropping a hybrid Nos…

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Voices Radio: Anakbayan On U.S War Games In Hawaii, Willie Mays Dedication, and Juneteenth 59:30

22d ago59:30

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This week on Voices Radio: Eric Mann and Channing Martinez talk to Misty Pegram of Anakbayan about the Cancel RIMPAC Campaign. The Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercises are the largest joint war exercises in the world with 26 of the U.S' allies, including Israel. The RIMPAC campaign has led to severe environmental impacts, gender-based violence, an…

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118. 😎 The Matrix w/ Artist Mike Reuter 1:14:48

27d ago1:14:48

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Dan & Manny welcome artist Mike Reuter to put the 1999 sci-fi action classic 😎 The Matrix to the ultimate test--THE NOSTALGIA TEST! Come take The Red Pill w/ The Nostalgia Test Podcast on this amazing episode. Dan & Manny start w/ a short interview of their guest, visual artist Mike Reuter. They ask him about his use of old VHS tapes to create his …

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Voices Radio: A Case Against the Palestinian Genocide by the Center For Constitutional Rights 58:15

29d ago58:15

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Another case charges genocide against Israel, this time within U.S Federal courts. This week, Eric Mann talks to lawyer Astha Sharma Pokharel of the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) about their lawsuit, “Defense for Children International-Palestine et al v. Biden,” which charges that the U.S Government failed to “...exercise influence over Is…

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117. 📰 The Nostalgia Test News: June '24 59:06

1M ago59:06

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Dan & Manny put some recent Nostalgic News to the ultimates test--THE NOSTALGIA TEST! So much is going on in the Nostalgia world. The boys talk about the upcoming Summer Olympics in Paris and all the newly added sports, they give their immediate reactions to the trailers for Deadpool & Wolverine, Bad Boys: Ride or Die, Venom: The Last Dance, and Be…

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Voices Radio: Palestinian Youth Movement, Eric Mann Reviews Seven Books 1:05:30

1M ago1:05:30

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What is the Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM)? And how can the genocide in Gaza be stopped? In this episode of Voices From The Frontlines, we will be talking to Remo Ibrahim, an organizer with the Los Angeles-Orange County-Inland Empire chapter of the Palestinian Youth Movement. We discuss how Los Angeles is tied to Palestine, followed by commentary…

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Judith Lewis Herman, "Truth and Repair: How Trauma Survivors Envision Justice" (Basic Books, 2023) 32:44

1M ago32:44

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Judith Herman is renowned for her groundbreaking work with survivors of trauma, including sexual trauma. Her earlier books include Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence - from Domestic Abuse to Political Terror (Basic Books, 2022) and Father-Daughter Incest (Harvard UP, 2000) The #MeToo movement brought worldwide attention to sexual violen…

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116. 🦖Jurassic Park w/ Fiction Fixation 1:32:53

1M ago1:32:53

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Dan & Manny welcome Rose & Courtney from the Fiction Fixation podcast to put the 1993 action thriller classic 🦖Jurassic Park to the ultimate test--THE NOSTALGIA TEST! OMG! This is one of those episodes that has twists & turns, tangents & hot takes, and a ton of Jeff Goldblum love! Courtney rips apart John Hammond aka Paleo Peepaw, Rose thinks that …

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Thomas Sparr, "German Jerusalem: The Remarkable Life of a German-Jewish Neighbourhood in the Holy City" (Haus Publishers, 2021) 25:59

1M ago25:59

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In the 1920s, before the establishment of the state of Israel, a group of German Jews settled in a garden city on the outskirts of Jerusalem. During World War II, their quiet community, nicknamed Grunewald on the Orient, emerged as both an immigrant safe haven and a lively expatriate hotspot, welcoming many famous residents including poet-playwrigh…

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Voices Radio: A Trip To Manzanar, A Conversation With The L.A Tenants Union 59:30

1M ago59:30

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What is Manzanar - the infamous World War 2 camp where 11,000+ Japanese Americans were incarcerated - like these days? Tucked between Sequioa National Park and the Death Valley, Channing Martinez took a trip up to the camp for Memorial Day and shares timely reflections as the holiday passes.And a conversation with Inés Alcazar and David Albright, t…

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115. 🤓 Nostalgia 101: Tickle Me Elmo Developer Matt Nuccio 1:39:53

2M ago1:39:53

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Dan & Manny are joined by toy designer & President of Design Edge Inc Matt Nuccio to discuss the inner workings of creating some of the most nostalgic toys from our childhood. Matt discusses taking Tickle Me Elmo from idea to reality, talks about his family's history in the toy business, how his company Design Edge Inc collaborates with first-time …

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Digital Currency Revolution: Brazil's Drex and the Future of Coexisting Stablecoins and CBDCs 1:02:13

2M ago1:02:13

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In this episode, we dive into the revolutionary world of digital currencies, focusing on Brazil's bold move with its CBDC, Drex. Join us as we explore how DREX aims to reshape the Brazilian financial system through a two-tier model, enabling programmability in transactions and influencing the broader financial ecosystem. We'll discuss the global la…

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114.🤮 Worst Songs of the 90s 2011 Rolling Stone Readers Poll w/ Steve Herrera 47:15

2M ago47:15

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Dan & Manny welcome longtime friend & Nostalgia Test Podcast Allstar Steve Herrera to put the Worst Songs of the 90s 2011 Rolling Stone Readers Poll to the ultimate test--THE NOSTALGIA TEST! Listen to the guys go on a nostalgia journey that breaks them done physically, mentally, & emotionally. Dan & Steve try to convince Manny that "What's Up" by 4…

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Voices Radio: Eric and Channing speak with organizers from the USC Divest from Death Encampment 1:01:36

2M ago1:01:36

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This week on Voices Radio Eric and Channing speak with organizers from the USC Divest from Death Encampment. Students at USC and many major universities set up encampments to call on their institution to divest all resources from helping Israel as they carry out Genocide against Palestinians. The organizers speak about what they're doing, what they…

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Voices Radio: Metro's Police State | Campus Organizing from 1968 to now 59:06

2M ago59:06

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This week on Voices from the Frontlines: Eric Mann & Channing Martinez speak about the Police State on Metro buses and trains. As there have been highlighted incidents on Metro, the Operators union has moved to call for complete barricades and more police across the Metro system. Eric and Channing speak about the Bus Riders Union campaign for urban…

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Carl Zimmer, "Life's Edge: The Search For What it Means to be Alive" (Dutton, 2022) 36:28

2M ago36:28

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Carl Zimmer investigates one of the biggest questions of all: What is life? The answer seems obvious until you try to seriously answer it. Is the apple sitting on your kitchen counter alive, or is only the apple tree it came from deserving of the word? If we can’t answer that question here on Earth, how will we know when and if we discover alien li…

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David Tal, "The Making of an Alliance: The Origins and Development of the US-Israel Relationship" (Cambridge UP, 2022) 36:16

2M ago36:16

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Laying the foundation for an understanding of US-Israeli relations, this lively and accessible book provides critical background on the origins and development of the 'special' relations between Israel and the United States. Questioning the usual neo-realist approach to understanding this relationship, David Tal instead suggests that the relations …

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113.⚡Days Of Thunder w/ Lee Kaplan 1:25:15

2M ago1:25:15

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Dan & Manny welcome longtime friend, and secret Nostalgia Test Podcast fan, Lee Kaplan to put the 1990 Tom Cruise classic Days of Thunder to the ultimate test--THE NOSTALGIA TEST! Grab a drink and settle in for vintage Nostalgia Test Podcast tangents, breakdowns, and mayhem. The guys discuss how Days of Thunder is Top Gun on wheels, how this is in …

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112. 🤜👊🤛 Street Fighter (1994) w/ Eric Althoff 1:25:17

3M ago1:25:17

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Dan & Manny welcome Emmy award winner, writer, & USC Alum, Eric Althoff to put the Jean-Claude Van Damme classic Street Fighter (1994) to the ultimate test--THE NOSTALGIA TEST! This is an hour and a half of classic Nostalgia Test Podcast comedy, hot takes, & tangents. We try to figure out who Street Fighter is for, how no one sets out to make a bad…

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Seth D. Kaplan, "Fragile Neighborhoods: Repairing American Society, One Zip Code at a Time" (Little, Brown Spark, 2023) 30:30

3M ago30:30

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The neighborhoods we live in impact our lives in so many ways: they determine who we know, what resources and opportunities we have access to, the quality of schools our kids go to, our sense of security and belonging, and even how long we live. Yet too many of us live in neighborhoods plagued by rising crime, school violence, family disintegration…

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Voices Radio: Join Strategy & Soul at the LA Times Festival of Books 57:09

3M ago57:09

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Join Eric Mann and Channing Martinez as they discuss the LA Times Festival of Books and the Strategy and Soul Bookstore's second time hosting a booth at the Festival. Eric and Channing name a fraction of the list of books that the Strategy and Soul bookstore will host. Eric reads from Black Jacobins by CLR James and The Black Woman by Toni Cade Bam…

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In Conversation with Ken Loach 58:40

3M ago58:40

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Listen to a conversation with Ken Loach discussing the Old Oak, Sorry We missed you, and LAnd and Freedom. Together Eric Mann, Ken Loach, and Channing Martinez share deep appreciation for the film's ability to confront racism in Europe and beyond. The Strategy and Soul Theater will host a Sneak Preview of The Old Oak on April 11th 2024 at 6pm…

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Voices Radio: in Conversation with Eric Aubry Kaplan 58:13

3M ago58:13

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This week Eric Mann, Channing Martinez, and Monilade Walker are in conversation with Erin Aubry Kaplan. Erin speaks about her experience with race in politics from the US South to South LA. Erin speaks about her father, Larry Aubry, her husband Alan Kaplan, and her own recent experience with discrimination in LA. The show ends with performance of t…

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Eric Hoffer's "The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements" (1951) 33:04

3M ago33:04

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A stevedore on the San Francisco docks in the 1940s, who eventually taught at the University of California at Berkeley, Eric Hoffer wrote philosophical treatises in his spare time while living in the railroad yards. The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements—the first and most famous of his books—was made into a bestseller when Pre…

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111.🍺 Road House 2024 Reboot Nostalgia Test Now! w/ Billy D'Elia 1:29:24

3M ago1:29:24

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Dan, Manny, & their longtime friend and Nostalgia Test Royalty, Billy D'Elia put the Road House 2024 Reboot to the ultimate test--THE NOSTALGIA TEST (NOW)! Strap in everyone, because this episode is doesn't pull any punches. Dan, Manny, & Billy are the FINAL TEST on the Road House reboot, and watch out because there are SPOILERS! They dive right in…

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Brothers and Sisters for Israel (“Achim Baneshek”): A Conversation with Ronen Koehler 43:58

4M ago43:58

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How does an organization change in an instant, shift its focus and mission in response to a new reality? One volunteer organization did just that. In this podcast, Ronen Koehler shares the ideas, skills and commitments that enabled his organization’s dramatic, consequential change. The nonprofit, Brothers and Sisters for Israel (“Achim Baneshek” in…

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Voices Radio: Ron Kovic on his new book A Dangerous Country & a new Ken Loach film 58:05

4M ago58:05

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Ron KovicListen to a conversation with Ron Kovic discussing his new book, a dangerous country and American elegy with Eric Mann, two veterans of the anti-war movement discuss the big lie of the US war machine, the role of taking personal responsibility inside oppressive systems, personal forgiveness, and the will to move forward.The Old Oak directe…

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110. 🤓 Nostalgia 101: LIVE! from the Southwest Popular Culture/American Culture Association Conference w/ The Long Take Review 1:24:47

4M ago1:24:47

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The Nostalgia Test Podcast recorded LIVE from the Southwest Popular/American Culture Association Conference in Albuquerque, NM w/ USC colleagues Jen Sopchockchai Bankard & P.T. McNiff of the Long Take Review podcast. Shoutout to SWPACA, the tech guy who helped make this happen, and everyone that came out to support! Our presentation, "Between Two S…

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109: 😎 Snack Shack Stars Conor Sherry & Mika Abdalla: Nostalgia Test Now! 36:31

4M ago36:31

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An interview with the stars of Snack Shack, a new 90s-set coming of age movie. Lead actors Conor Sherry and Mika Abdalla join Dan for a Nostalgia Test Now episode about their nostalgia inspired movie Snack Shack, a 90s teen story centered around four friends at the public pool during the summer in Nebraska City. They discuss the 90s prep they did, …

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108. 🎸 Airheads (1994) w/ Longtime Friend Steve Herrera 1:07:42

4M ago1:07:42

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Dan & Manny welcome back longtime friend & Nostalgia Test Podcast All-star Steve Herrera to put the 1994 comedy Airheads to the ultimate test—THE NOSTALGIA TEST! If you love rock music, hilarious one-liners, the 90s, & a sophisticated reimagining of Die Hard, well, Airheads is none of these things! Steve put it perfectly when he said, “[Airheads] c…

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RECAP of Americonned film showing and PART 2 of Marcy Winograd 58:42

4M ago58:42

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This week on Voices from the Frontlines, we continue with Part 2 of Eric Mann and Channing Martinez in conversation with Marcy Winograd on her article: How Nations could and Israeli Genocide. In the second segment we listen to Songs Around the World version of Stand By Me. In the final segment of the show: We listen to excerpts from the panel at th…

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Voices Radio: Listen to Chris Smalls, Sean Claffey, and Marcy Winograd 58:20

4M ago58:20

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Segment 1: AmericonnedEric Mann & Channing Martinez in conversation with Chris Smalls, President of the Amazon Labor Union and their long-distance struggle to bring unionism and self-respect to Amazon Workers.Sean Claffey, film-maker, on his important film, Americonned, about the disintegration of U.S. capitalism, the brutal impoverishment of the p…

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BSAP, Palestine, and Hector Lavoe 58:10

4M ago58:10

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This week on Voices Radio Channing and Eric speak about the status of the Black Student Achievement Program. Channing speaks about challenge to implement Community based safety initiative. Channing speaks about organizing at Hawkins High School.For our music segment we listen to to Hector Lavoe's El Cantantein our final segment, Eric unpacks the co…

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Episode 43: Can You Learn Anything Important from Somebody Else? 1:01:00

4M ago1:01:00

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Eric and his temporary co-host, Tao Ruspoli (filmmaker, co-founder of the Bombay Beach Biennale) delve deep into what it is to teach and to learn... and they ask, "Can you learn anything really important from somebody else?"

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Kenneth Miller, "Mapping the Darkness: The Visionary Scientists Who Unlocked the Mysteries of Sleep" (Hachette Books, 2023) 39:43

4M ago39:43

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Why do we sleep? How can we improve our sleep? A century ago, sleep was considered a state of nothingness—even a primitive habit that we could learn to overcome. Then, an immigrant scientist and his assistant spent a month in the depths of a Kentucky cave, making nationwide headlines and thrusting sleep science to the forefront of our consciousness…

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Episode 42: Are There Human Beings Worthy of Worship? With Geoff Dyer 1:00:36

5M ago1:00:36

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Tao and Eric are joined by author Geoff Dyer to question whether certain individuals are worthy of worship. Dyer’s many books include But Beautiful (about jazz), the novel Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi and, most recently, The Last Days of Roger Federer. A member of the American Academy of Arts and Science and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Li…

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Paul Scharre, "Four Battlegrounds: Power in the Age of Artificial Intelligence" (Norton, 2023) 34:30

5M ago34:30

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An award-winning defense expert tells the story of today’s great power rivalry―the struggle to control artificial intelligence. A new industrial revolution has begun. Like mechanization or electricity before it, artificial intelligence will touch every aspect of our lives―and cause profound disruptions in the balance of global power, especially amo…

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Episode 41: Is Entertainment a Seductive Lie? 53:54

5M ago53:54

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Eric Kaplan and Tao Ruspoli ask about how entertainment may or may not be "true". Tao substitutes for Taylor for the next several episodes. We've also just introduced video to the podcast! Let us know what you think.

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Chef Eric Ripert 48:23

5M ago48:23

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Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Mitchell Kaplan

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Voices Radio: The Palestinian Resistance is Winning by Eric Mann 58:16

5M ago58:16

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Eric reads through the key points in his article: The Palestinian Resistance is winning, published in counterpunch. Eric concludes: The Israeli plan to annihilate the Palestinian people is as terrifying but it is strategic.The term genocide is being used rhetorically, assuming it only means mass murder.The plan for the mass murder of the Palestinia…

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107. 💚 The 30th Anniversary of Green Day's Dookie w/ Marc Jackson 1:14:50

5M ago1:14:50

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Dan & Manny welcome friend of the show Marc Jackson to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Green Day's 1994 classic Dookie and put it to the ultimate test—THE NOSTALGIA TEST! This episode is a literal lovefest for Dookie (okay, wow). The boys talk about the first time they all heard the album, share memories of watching the “Basket Case” video, the i…

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Episode 40: Is Food Art? 1:11:25

5M ago1:11:25

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This week Julia Moskin, Pulitzer Prize winning food reporter for the New York Times, joins Eric and Taylor to ask whether food is (or can be) art, and how it manages to do that while also just being yummy. Should great food taste like nothing you’ve ever tasted before or should it taste like the best ever version of its ingredients? Is culinary qua…

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Mike Caulfield and Sam Wineburg, "Verified: How to Think Straight, Get Duped Less, and Make Better Decisions about What to Believe Online" (U Chicago Press, 2023) 34:16

5M ago34:16

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An indispensable guide for telling fact from fiction on the internet—often in less than 30 seconds. The internet brings information to our fingertips almost instantly. The result is that we often jump to thinking too fast, without taking a few moments to verify the source before engaging with a claim or viral piece of media. Information literacy ex…

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John Horgan, "Terrorist Minds: The Psychology of Violent Extremism from Al-Qaeda to the Far Right" ( Columbia UP, 2023) 36:27

5M ago36:27

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What makes a person want to become a terrorist? Who becomes involved in terrorism, and why? In what ways does participating in violent extremism change someone? And how can people become deradicalized? John Horgan―one of the world’s leading experts on the psychology of terrorism―takes readers on a globe-spanning journey into the terrorist mindset. …

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Episode 15: Is There Any Such Thing as the Self? 49:08

5M ago49:08

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Another chestnut. Am I a self? Am I myself? Am I yourself? And if there is no such thing as the self, do I not exist? The Buddha and David Hume thought so – were they right? Join Taylor and Eric as they explore the conceptual labyrinth that is ourselves.

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Voices Radio: Jeff Cohen, Eric Mann, Channing Martinez, on the presidential election 58:36

5M ago58:36

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This Week on Voices from the Frontlines, we're joined in conversation with Jeff Cohen, Co-founder of Roots Action and FAIR; Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting. Jeff speaks about the creation of Fair and the impacts that media have on today's movement including the New York Times black ball of Palestine protests. Eric and Jeff speak about Presidenti…

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Voices Radio: The Great Debaters, I Will Survive And More 59:32

5M ago59:32

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This week on Voices from the Frontlines: 1) a recap of the KPFK fundraiser at the Culver Palms United Methodist Church, in which Eric Mann speaks about the fight for liberation from Palestine to South LA and the need for the peace movement to be in solidarity Black and Latinx led movements in South Central LA. 2) Eric Mann and Akunna Uka speak abou…

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Episode 12: Are We Our Bodies? 48:49

6M ago48:49

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A command performance of a classic. Are we our bodies? Do we have sould? Do we have minds? Do haircuts diminish our true selves? Can our selves be hit by a bus or uploaded onto The Cloud? The French phenomenologist Maurice Merleau-Ponty's body could’t be with us for this episode, but he joins us in spirit to tell us why we only meet people in the f…

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