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Step into a world where magic weaves through the fabric of everyday life with Magickal Short Stories. Each episode of this enchanting podcast brings you a unique, spellbinding tale of magic and mystery. From ancient witchcraft to contemporary urban enchantments, Magickal Short Stories explores the limitless realms of the imagination through the art of storytelling. Join us as we delve into stories of mystical adventures, magical creatures, and spells that change the course of destiny. Perfec ...
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Catherine Carr stops strangers to ask them “Where Are You Going?” and uncovers unexpected stories about people’s lives. --- Named 'Podcast of the Year' by Radio Times and picked as 'Best Podcasts of the Year 2023' by the Financial Times, Observer, Pod Bible and The Week. The conversations that follow are always unpredictable: sometimes funny, sometimes heart-breaking, silly, romantic or occasionally downright ‘stop-you-in-your-tracks’ surprising. Catherine’s been travelling and recording sin ...
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Bonjour ! My name is Romeo and my goal is to help YOU improve your french with short stories. You will improve your vocabulary and listening skills with everyday french stories. I publish new episodes from monday to friday at 10 am (Paris time). If you want to receive the transcript of the next episodes, go to my website
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Long Story Short with Bobbi Brown

Gallery Media Group & Bobbi Brown

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Bobbi Brown is a beauty industry titan, world renowned makeup artist, best-selling author, sought-after speaker, and founder of Bobbi Brown Cosmetics and EVOLUTION_18, but there’s so much more to her story. Throughout her career she's worked with some of the most accomplished people in the world who are true masters of their craft. This podcast is a glimpse into their journey discussing both the highs and lows in order to glean the essential takeaways of a life well lived. Because everyone h ...
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Scarswell-On-Sea

Scarswell-On-Sea

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A surreal short story podcast documenting everyday life, from the mundane to the exceptional, in cloudy Scarswell-on-Sea. Expect darkness, with elements of horror and spookiness against the grim banality of the British seaside town. Stories written and sent in by our listeners, and read by Ned and If from the Tourist Information Office. Support us at patreon.com/scarswellonsea, or read more at scarswellonsea.com. Listener discretion advised.
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High Frequency French

High Frequency French

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Bonjour, Learn French with captivating stories & everyday phrases. https://www.patreon.com/ShortStoriesinFrenchbyHFF My Stories use High-frequency French words, those that appear most often in French. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Taking events and ideas from everyday life and turning them into short stories. All short stories are written by and produced by Miles Walker. Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCW_ep1CjQHuISWCbtbAuOJA
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Quick journey? Need a short respite from the everyday? Take a listen to stories from the far future to the distant past, with gothic landscapes, dystopia, dark fantasy, myths and space opera, pure science fiction and fantasy. These Fantastic Worlds features new weekly short stories by Jake Jackson.
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Are you looking for creative, enjoyable ways to help kids want to know God and His Word? Whether you are a parent, grandparent, teacher or caregiver, Ron and Carrie Webb, and the Fish Bytes team can help! Fish Bytes For Kids presents entertaining, inspirational and educational Bible story skits, modern Christian parables, short stories that teach Bible principles and memory verse commercials that help kids understand and apply Bible truths to their everyday lives. As children’s pastors, pare ...
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Something You Should Know

Mike Carruthers | OmniCast Media

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Sometimes all it takes is one little fact or one little piece of wisdom to change your life forever. That's the purpose and the hope of "Something You Should Know." In each episode, host Mike Carruthers interviews top experts in their field to bring you fascinating information and advice to help you save time and money, advance in your career, become wealthy, improve your relationships and help you simply get more out of life. In addition, Mike uncovers and shares short, engaging pieces of " ...
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All Ears English Podcast

Lindsay McMahon and Michelle Kaplan

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Are you looking for a new and fun way to learn American English? Come hang out with Lindsay and Michelle from Boston and New York City and have fun while you improve your English listening skills! We are an English as a Second Language (ESL) podcast for intermediate to advanced English learners around the world. We will show you how to use everyday English vocabulary and natural idioms, expressions, and phrasal verbs and how to make small talk in American English. We will also give you speci ...
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Talking Stories

Navin Sam Regi

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Talking Stories is a short narrative podcast hosted by Navin Sam Regi that unpacks one transformative life story per episode. Through intimate interviews and reflective conversations, the podcast reveals the quiet courage and vulnerability in everyday moments that define our humanity.
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KISSA STORIES

VISHWAJYOTI GHOSH

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KISSA STORIES is hum sabki stories. Stories we live, the kissas we make up beyond our lives, everyday. Everyday stories from Everyone. So Suno, Sunao! Follow, Feel! AAPKI APNI ORIGINAL STORIES with VISHWAJYOTI GHOSH. Join us! Send your short kissa to [email protected]
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Black Lenses

Loopify Media

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Everyday black stories brought to life through an immersive audio experience, making you feel like you were really there! PLEASE subscribe/follow and rate our podcast wherever you are listening from! Don't forget to follow and engage us @loopifymedia on IG and Twitter. Thanks!
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Exploring the biggest questions of our time with the help of the world's greatest thinkers. Host Manoush Zomorodi inspires us to learn more about the world, our communities, and most importantly, ourselves. Get more brainy miscellany with TED Radio Hour+. Your subscription supports the show and unlocks a sponsor-free feed. Learn more at plus.npr.org/ted
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Children love to listen moral stories. Join me, everyday, for a short moral story or an experience that ought to teach your kids values and morals. If you're busy and can't read out stories to your children, this podcast is for you.
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Little Ted is just like your average pre-schooler - curious, energetic and full of fun. Join Little Ted as he explores his world and embarks on everyday adventures. Short stories for kids that involve day to day activities young children (and their parents) can relate to and which often include ideas for creative play.
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Carpooling with Jesus: Daily Christian Devotions for Kids and Families

Pastor Justin – Christian Kids Podcast Host & Pastor

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Carpooling with Jesus is a Monday–Friday Christian devotional podcast for kids and families, designed to start your day with Bible-based encouragement, prayer, and joy. Perfect for school drop-offs, breakfast time, or homeschool mornings, each short episode turns your everyday routine into a moment of spiritual growth and connection with God. Imagine Jesus riding along in the car—what wisdom would He share? This faith-filled kids devotional makes learning about Jesus fun, relatable, and insp ...
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Penny Magic

Penny Magic Press

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Listen for fictionalized short stories that bring magic into your everyday life. We tell stories of things truthful yet unreal, transcendent yet simple...stories of broken bones and growing up, of sticky candy and new worlds, flash floods and mermaids, lost coins and the first step of a journey.
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Stories to Tell

Mark Ryerson

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Welcome to Stories to Tell, where extraordinary tales emerge. Join us as we dive into the fascinating narratives that unfold in the day-to-day experiences of individuals just like you. In each episode, Mark Ryerson sits down with everyday heroes, adventurers, and dreamers to unearth the gems hidden within their personal stories. From moments that will have you doubled over in laughter to heartwarming anecdotes that resonate deeply, our guests share the highs, the lows, and everything in betw ...
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A collection of comical short stories by renowned American humorist and author Mark Twain, the compilation features 30 stories published in 1906. Presenting a colorful array of tales, the short stories cover various periods of Twain’s writing career, while also allowing him to revise and perfect each story. Exploring various topics including abusive hierarchical power, human recklessness, and backfiring expectations, the collection offers a sweet treat to satisfy every taste. The anthology b ...
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Trinity Zero

Trinity Zero

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Landscapes of sounds to expand your consciousness and awaken your potential. This is where music + meditation converge in and for your everyday Journey. Download the music, spiritual growth content and discover more about yourself at trinityzero.com. Hope to see you there!
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The Jersey PodCats

Danielle Woolley & Elizabeth Gearhart

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If you love talking about cats, but your friends and family are kind of over it, this is the podcast for you! Join your hosts, Danielle Woolley and Elizabeth Gearhart, on The Jersey PodCats for entertaining conversations with everyday cat lovers talking about life, cats and everything in between! Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Youtube and everywhere you listen to podcasts.
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Hey, I'm Joel Jackson. I'm an avid adventurer and an award winning storyteller, sharing with you a monthly family friendly short story that I've written while on the road accompanied by weekly personal excerpts from my journal series that I've titled 'A Page A Day' . The short stories are gentle fictional journeys, an antidote to anxiety and an imaginative, playful chance to indulge your escapism on your morning walks, daily commute or as you tuck into bed. While the 'Page A Day' series aim ...
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Hi It's Romeo here. Your faithfull french (native) teacher. Subscribe t to the podcast by clicking this link: bit.ly/LearnFrenchPodcast Learning french has never been so easy all you have to do is subscribing to Learn French Today daily podcasts ! I release one new episode everyday. You will receive every podcasts show notes, worksheets and episodes via email when you subscribe. Type this in your browser to access the subscription page: bit.ly/LearnFrenchPodcast
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The Swatee Experience

dhruvaan Creations

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Hi! My name is Swatee and I am using this platform to share my version of life lessons by simply observing, learning and living everyday. I am here to stay. If you love what I bring to you, follow my channel on every platform and don't forget to click the heart button on the player. Spread the love.
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Meet Virginia Podcast

Virginia Trinidad

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A Miami wife and mother of 3, passionate about changing lives through health and fitness. Here we discuss struggles and truth about motherhood, health,wellness and over-all life. The episodes are short and sweet in order to capture and meet mothers where they are at. We will listen to testimonies of people who's lives have been transformed and listen to stories about the everyday questions and experiences we face in todays society as mothers, and wives. Let's be better!
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Keep Going features real people and real businesses as they set out on their business journeys. These powerful stories demonstrate that just because your business is not an overnight success does not mean you are failing or falling short. We focus on the triumphs, struggles, and small successes that come with building a business. Tune in to discover the intangible but invaluable benefits of your business journey. Pause to celebrate everyday business successes. And, most of all, rekindle the ...
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Life is too short to be building someone else's dream. On Abundant Ever After, top ranking podcast host, business and spiritual coach, and bestselling author Cathy Heller gives you the tools to change your frequency, allow in new possibilities, and become the director of your life. You'll learn how to get unstuck from your fears and self doubt, find your confidence, change your subconscious program, shift your mindset, and build an abundant dream life where you can make an impact and get pai ...
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Let's be honest. The hardest person you will ever have to lead is the person you look at in the mirror everyday. Self-leadership is the most important thing we do as leaders, but it's hard. And it hasn't gotten any easier in a world of smart phone addiction, social media comparison, global pandemics, and information overload (just to name a few obstacles). That's why Intentional Leader exists. We help leaders take the guesswork out of self-leadership, fight a reactionary lifestyle, accelerat ...
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I focus on the motivational aspects with a high emphasize on motivating Gen Z and Millennials (GEN X will also find great value) and the employers who employ them for continuous improvement. This podcast focuses on motivating Gen Z and Millennials to empower to overcome obstacles within our everyday lived experiences. I have a passion for educating, speaking and guiding Gen Z and Millennials to achieve great things. Gen Z and Millennials have experienced so much in a short amount of time as ...
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The Europeans is a fresh and entertaining weekly podcast about European politics and culture, recorded each week between Paris and Amsterdam with fascinating guests joining from across Europe. This multiple award-winning podcast fills you in on the major European politics stories and other European news of the week, as well as fun and quirky nuggets that have been missed by most media outlets. Hosted by Katy Lee, a journalist based in Paris, and Dominic Kraemer, an opera singer in Amsterdam, ...
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Flex Life Fi Podcast

Jonathan and Susanne

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The Flex Life FI Podcast is your go-to show for navigating the highs and lows of business, real estate, and family while designing a life of freedom. Hosted by two hard workers finally making above average incomes—one rooted in a small-town community and the other embracing a travel-focused lifestyle—we dive into the realities of short-term, mid-term, and long-term rentals, laundromat ownership, and the everyday challenges of balancing work, family, and financial independence. Whether you’re ...
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Sturdy Girl

Jess Heiss

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Join Jess Heiss, body image and performance coach, for conversations around body image, self-confidence and resilience (both mental and physical). Learn how to stop letting your appearance hold you back from living the big, rad life that you deserve.
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Welcome to BledTalk Stories, the captivating daily podcast designed for non-native English learners of all levels to practice their listening skills and embark on an enriching linguistic adventure! Join Samuel Bledsoe, your native English-speaking host from the USA, as he takes you on a journey of short conversations and engaging stories about various topics. Every day, BledTalk Stories presents bite-sized content tailored to help you sharpen your listening abilities. From intriguing convers ...
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Welcome to "Love Gangster with Adrian Boysel" – Where Kindness Meets Action In a world craving genuine connection and positive change, "Love Gangster with Adrian Boysel" emerges as a beacon of hope and a force for good, championing the mighty power of love and kindness. Our slogan, "Kill'em with Kindness," is not just a catchy phrase; it's the very core of our mission and the mantra we live by. Each episode of our podcast is a journey into the heart of transformation, challenging norms, and ...
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Can there be purely defensive or moral wars? In response to this question and others like it, this book offers unique insights into twenty-first-century warfare through the lenses of realism, militarism, and just war theory. This book challenges its readers to consider war from different perspectives and to reevaluate their views on the morality of…
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The 1960s continue to hold an almost mythical place in Western culture, particularly in Britain, where change was widespread and infiltrated many aspects of life. This included architecture, whose role in a modern democracy and the form it should take were hotly debated. 1960s University Buildings: The Golden Age of British Modern Architecture (Lun…
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NBN host Hollay Ghadery interviews Christy Climenhage, the author of the highly-anticipated science fiction thriller, The Midnight Project (Wolsak & Wynn, 2025) Julie E. Czerneda, author of To Each This World, calls this novel “an absolute triumph.” About The Midnight Project: In this near-future science fiction thriller, Christy Climenhage has cre…
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The Diplomacy of Détente: Cooperative Security Policies from Helmut Schmidt to George Shultz (Routledge, 2020) investigates the underlying reasons for the longevity of détente and its impact on East–West relations. The volume examines the relevance of trade across the Iron Curtain as a means to facilitate mutual trust, as well as the emergence of n…
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Michael Broyles examines a wide variety of musical, technological, and social currents that helped to shape American music in Revolutions in American Music: Three Decades that Changed a Country and Its Sounds (Norton, 2024), but he accomplishes this by focusing on just thirty years. Broyles discusses three pivotal decades in US musical history: the…
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In this exhilarating journey into underground parties, pulsating with life and limitless possibility, acclaimed author Amin Ghaziani unveils the unexpected revolution revitalizing urban nightlife. Drawing on Ghaziani's immersive encounters at underground parties in London and more than one hundred riveting interviews with everyone from bar owners t…
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A vast corpus of Jain texts lies unexamined in manuscript libraries, several of them new versions of earlier works. Though the prevalence of literary transcreation in Jain communities is striking, it is by no means a practice exclusive to them. The field of South Asian Studies has increasingly dealt with the creative engagement of authors with an a…
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We all hope to grow old with dignity and some joyfulness. The intimate narratives of 40 extraordinary elders shared in I'll Fly Away: Stories About Amazing Disabled Elders explore both the challenges of aging and the joys and vibrancy that often persist in the twilight years. Poignant observations of the patients and families by a team of health pr…
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A young girl forms a special connection to the modernist painter Florine Stettheimer, and imagines herself joining in on Florine’s exciting life. When a young girl visits the museum, she finds an unexpected friend in a self-portrait of Florine Stettheimer. They’re both artists; they both have Jewish families; they even look alike! Florine’s life wa…
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How do feminist movements develop and organise in ethno-nationally divided societies? How does this challenge our understandings of contemporary fourth wave feminism? Women's Troubles: Gender and Feminist Politics in Post-Agreement Northern Ireland (Manchester University Press, 2025) by Dr. Claire Pierson sets out to answer these questions using ri…
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Being sure to get enough sleep is one of the suggestions for people trying to lose or control their body weight. What’s the connection? How does sleep affect weight loss? This episode begins with an explanation. https://www.webmd.com/obesity/features/cant-shed-those-pounds The English language is full of weird little phrases like: “Cut to the chase…
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Take our free English-level quiz here to find out what your current English level is. Do you love All Ears English? Try our other podcasts here: Business English Podcast: Improve your Business English with 3 episodes per week, featuring Lindsay, Michelle, and Aubrey IELTS Energy Podcast: Learn IELTS from a former Examiner and achieve your Band 7 or…
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Hey Carpool Crew! Whether you're cooling off with a Slurpee or relaxing in the shade, today's story is next-level wild. It’s about a group of friends so determined to get their buddy to Jesus… they tore a hole in a roof. 😳 Our verse today is Mark 2:3–4 (CSB): “They came to him bringing a paralytic, carried by four of them. Since they were not able …
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Ultima and World-Building in the Computer Role-Playing Game (Amherst College Press, 2024) is the first scholarly book to focus exclusively on the long-running Ultima series of computer role-playing games (RPG) and to assess its lasting impact on the RPG genre and video game industry. Through archival and popular media sources, examinations of fan c…
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In this episode, we sit down with Shaina Potts, author of Judicial Territory: Law, Capital, and the Expansion of American Empire (Duke University Press, 2024)—a groundbreaking book that reveals how U.S. courts have quietly become instruments of global economic governance. Drawing on legal geography and a sharp understanding of finance and political…
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Love in Sufi Literature: Ibn ‘Ajiba’s Understanding of the Divine Word (Routledge, 2023) explores the role of divine love in the Quranic commentary of the Moroccan Sufi scholar Aḥmad Ibn ʿAjība (d. 1224/1809). Through close textual analysis of Ibn ʿAjība’s exegesis al-Baḥr al-madīd—The Abundant Ocean—and drawing on his other Sufi writings the book …
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Picturing Aura: A Visual Biography (MIT Press, 2025) by Dr. Jeremy Stolow is the first book of its kind: an extended historical, anthropological, and philosophical study of modern efforts to visualize the hidden radiant force encompassing the living body known as our aura. This rich, interdisciplinary study by Dr. Stolow chronicles the rise and glo…
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Kevin Nguyen, My Documents (One World, 2025) Kevin Nguyen is the author of the novel New Waves, published in 2020. He is the features editor at The Verge, where he publishes award-winning stories about labor, business, and policing, and was previously a senior editor at GQ. He lives in Brooklyn. Recommended Books: Annelise Chen, Clam Down Tash Aw, …
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In Bookish Words & their Surprising Stories (Bodleian, 2025) by Dr. David Crystal, explore how books have played a pivotal role in the history of English vocabulary. The noun itself is one of the oldest words in the language, originating from boc in Old English, and appears in many commonly used expressions today – by the book, bring to book and bo…
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The New York Times-bestselling, National Book Award-nominated author of The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois and The Age of Phillis makes her nonfiction debut with this personal and thought-provoking work that explores the journeys and possibilities of Black women throughout American history and in contemporary times. Honorée Fanonne Jeffers is at a cr…
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The Violence of Reading: Literature and Philosophy at the Threshold of Pain (Palgrave Macmillan, 2024) expounds the scene of reading as one that produces an overwhelmed body exposed to uncontainable forms of violence. The book argues that the act of reading induces a representational instability that causes the referential function of language to c…
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From the bugs in our backyards to prehistoric reptiles, animal biology and behavior are full of puzzles and conundrums. On this episode, we hear from experts solving the mysteries of the animal kingdom. Original broadcast date: July 14, 2023. Guests include paleontologist Dean Lomax, biochemical engineer Saad Bhamla, herpetologist Gowri Shankar and…
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James Bondservant: Agent 24/7 (part 5) 6/19/25Bondservant teaches Smart that when we humble ourselves and do things God’s way, God will “lift us up.” Smart gets a “God-Idea” for Bondservant and himself to set a trap for Scaryface, Messa Hairy and their gang—by dressing up as a baby! Together, they round up the bad guys and end their devious schemes…
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Hey Carpool Crew! Whether you're crashing in the backseat after soccer or helping dad haul in groceries, today’s story is weird, funny, and packed with truth. Imagine getting bread from heaven every day—literally baked by God—and still whining about onions. 🍞🧅 Yep, it happened. Our verse of the day is Numbers 11:5–6 (CSB): “We remember the free fis…
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Richard Sorge is one of history’s most famous spies. This hard-drinking, womanising, motorcycle-crashing Soviet officer penetrated the German embassy in Tokyo during the 1930s and gathered intelligence credited with changing the course of the Second World War. It is an intriguing tale; but Sorge’s spy ring was just one chapter in a much longer hist…
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Claiming Citizenship: Race, Religion, and Political Mobilization Among New Americans (Oxford UP, 2025) looks at Indian Americans, currently the second-largest group of immigrants in the United States, and a group that has seen significant representation in the three most recent presidential administrations. Prema Kurien asks how Indian Americans ha…
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Chris Horton is a freelance journalist who has been based in Taiwan since 2015, before many Western publications had any dedicated presence on the island. Over the last decade, he has contributed to the New York Times, Bloomberg, The Atlantic, and numerous other publications regarding Taiwan-related topics. In this episode of the New Books Network,…
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How can technology creates new possibilities for transgender people? How do trans experiences, in turn, create new possibilities for technology? Trans Technologies, (MIT Press, 2025) by Dr. Oliver L. Haimson, explores how and why mainstream technologies often exclude or marginalize transgender users. Trans Technologies describes what happens when t…
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Independent Africa: The First Generation of Nation Builders (Indiana UP, 2023)explores Africa's political economy in the first two full decades of independence through the joint projects of nation-building, economic development, and international relations. Drawing on the political careers of four heads of states: Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana, Ahmed Séko…
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Achilles. Agamemnon. Odysseus. Hector. The lives of these and many other men in the greatest epics of ancient Greece have been pored over endlessly in the past three millennia. But these are not just tales about heroic men. There are scores of women as well—complex, fascinating women whose stories have gone unexplored for far too long. In Penelope’…
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Disorder and Diagnosis: Health and the Politics of Everyday Life in Modern Arabia (Stanford UP, 2024) offers a social and political history of medicine, disease, and public health in the Persian Gulf from the late nineteenth century until the 1973 oil boom. Foregrounding the everyday practices of Gulf residents--hospital patients, quarantined passe…
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As the debate around remote versus in-office work rages on, leaders in a wide range of industries continue to implement radically flexible work practices. Though there has been some pushback, many employers are still allowing most, if not all, of their employees to work from anywhere. The reason is that they understand that geographic flexibility o…
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The 2020 murder of George Floyd sparked mass protests that challenged many institutions, including large for-profit companies, to reflect on how to address racial inequality. Large corporations began making systematic public statements to show alignment with causes that impact people of color. These statements were also used to protect corporate re…
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China, famously, built the Great Wall to defend against nomadic groups from the Eurasian steppe. For two millennia, China interacted with groups from the north: The Xiongnu, the Mongols, the Manchus, and the Russians. They defended against raids, got invaded by the north, and tried to launch diplomatic relations. John Man, in his book Conquering th…
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The Nation Magazine, known for its long and storied history as a publisher of in-depth political and cultural analysis, has launched a new book imprint with OR Books. The Nation’s president, Bhaskar Sunkara, and OR Books publisher, Colin Robinson, joined editor Caleb Zakarin to discuss the project and the upcoming slate of books set for publication…
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It makes sense that if you want to cut down on the amount of spam email you get, just unsubscribe from those emails. WAIT! That could make things worse. There is a better way to handle spam emails, and I begin this episode by explaining how. https://www.yahoo.com/news/warning-hitting-unsubscribe-unwanted-emails-115900557.html Predicting the future …
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In charge of hiring for your company? Go to Indeed and support our show by saying you heard about Indeed on this podcast. Terms and conditions apply. Hiring? Indeed is all you need. Go to https://www.indeed.com/aee Take our free English-level quiz here to find out what your current English level is. Do you love All Ears English? Try our other podca…
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Depending on where you are in Europe, your right to a safe abortion — and reproductive care in general — can vary dramatically. This week, we speak to pioneering abortion activist Rebecca Gomperts about why she's hopeful that we can fight back against these inequalities as well as crackdowns on abortion access in other parts of the world. We're als…
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Hey Carpool Crew! Whether you’re swinging from monkey bars or riding home with sand in your shoes, Pastor Justin is back with an epic Bible story that kids won’t forget. Today, we’re talking about Zacchaeus, the man who climbed a tree just to see Jesus! Our verse of the day is Luke 19:4 (CSB) “So running ahead, he climbed up a sycamore tree to see …
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The story of the last generation of British miners: fathers and sons, brothers and comrades, big hitters and broken men, strikers and scabs. Mining Men: Britain's Last Kings of the Coalface (Penguin, 2025) by Dr. Emily P. Webber explores how these men felt when the pits were closed and what happened next, including former miners who became factory …
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In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Tazin Abdullah speaks with Dr. Sara Hillman, Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics and English at the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at Hamad Bin Khalifa University. Tazin and Sara discuss Qatar’s multilingual ecology and its Linguistic Landscape, focusing on Sara’s research on th…
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Stories of teen sexting scandals, cyberbullying, and image-based sexual abuse have become commonplace fixtures of the digital age, with many adults struggling to identify ways to monitor young people's digital engagement. In When Rape Goes Viral: Youth and Sexual Assault in the Digital Age (Univ of California Press, 2023), Anna Gjika argues that ra…
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Sport and Psychoanalysis: What Sport Reveals about Our Unconscious Desires, Fantasies, and Fears (Lexington Books, 2024) explores the intersection of sport and psychoanalysis, emphasizing the often-overlooked psycho-social dimensions underpinning the experience of sport. In this podcast, Jordan Osserman speaks to editors Jack Black and Joseph S. Re…
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In 1543, Nicolaus Copernicus declared the earth revolved around the Sun, overturning centuries of scholastic presumption. A new age was coming into view – one guided by observation, technology and logic. But omens and elixirs did not disappear from the sixteenth-century laboratory. Charms and potions could still be found nestled between glistening …
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Just Willa (Cave Hollow Press, 2025) is a family chronicle of rare beauty-more than reminiscent of Willa Cather in capturing the regional flavors of America-stretching over a span of decades through an intimate focus on the life of one woman. In it, Helen Sheehy gives us a character of indomitable spirit who fuels and anchors her family with love a…
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How housing policy failed the people it was designed to help -- and how to fix it As the US struggles to provide affordable housing, millions of Americans live in deteriorating public housing projects, enduring the mistakes of past housing policy. In The Projects: A New History of Public Housing (NYU Press, 2025), Howard A. Husock explains how we g…
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Soma Chaudhuri and Jane Ward, eds. The Witch Studies Reader. (Duke University Press, 2025). Stories about witches are by their nature stories about the most basic and profound of human experiences—healing, sex, violence, tragedies, aging, death, and encountering the mystery and magic of the unknown. It is no surprise, then, that witches loom large …
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Coptic Orthodox Christians comprise the largest Christian community in the Middle East and are among the oldest Christian communities in the world. While once the objects of American missionary efforts, in recent years Copts have been in the spotlight for their Christianity. A spate of ISIS-related bombings and attacks have garnered worldwide atten…
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Alice Hunt’s Republic: Britain’s Revolutionary Decade 1649-1650 (Faber and Faber, 2024) takes a chronological look at the current events, personalities, political struggles and cultural highlights of Britain’s short-lived but intense experiment in republicanism. From the deeply controversial execution of Charles I in January 1649 to the similarly c…
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