Best Jane Mack Podcasts (2024)

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Episode 44: Camden County Jane Doe with guest reader Shay Mack 42:18

2d ago42:18

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In 1979 the body of a woman was found on or under a porch in North Camden, New Jersey. Years later, her skull is found in another residence. Despite this shocking find, little information is known about her. This week we try to shine light on her story and the factors that have worked against her identification. This week our guest reader is Shay M…

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The Blueprint to Property Management Success with Steve Calascione 30:56

1d ago30:56

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In this episode Jane is joined by Steve Calascione, founder of Success With Class coaching business and former co-founder of New England Property Management, which he sold in 2023. Steve shares his journey from a decade in the hospitality industry to venturing into real estate and starting his property management company during the pandemic challen…

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392: Kill The Part That Cringes 44:52

8d ago44:52

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Should tiny characters really have high-pitched voices? Where do flies sleep? Is a seed a plant? When, why, and how were hard-shell tacos invented? Should I be concerned about nicotine in potatoes? Hank and John Green have answers! If you're in need of dubious advice, email us at hankandjohn@gmail.com. Join us for monthly livestreams at patreon.com…

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Maximising Summer to Boost Your Property Management Business 21:44

9d ago21:44

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In this episode. Jane discussed how summer is actually the best time to address operational frustrations, noting gaps in processes, and setting up a marketing strategy for winter and next year's bookings. She identifies the importance of tackling these issues in real-time rather than postponing them to winter, sharing personal experiences and clien…

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Episode 43: Sneha Philip with guest reader Sakina Jaffrey Part 2 52:14

9d ago52:14

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Though Dr. Sneha Philip, who lived just blocks from the World Trade Center, is last seen on September 10th, she is added to the list of 9/11 victims. That is until the NYPD starts investigating her personal history and this investigation leads to her removal. Over the years her family fights for her to be recognized as one of the victims and, in 20…

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Mark Simpson Unveils the Secrets to Boosting Your Holiday Let Business 34:35

16d ago34:35

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In this episode Jane Mack chats to Mark Simpson, founder and CEO of Boostly, an award-winning company helping short term rental owners increase their direct bookings through website development and marketing teaching in the Boostly Academy. Mark shares his journey from growing up in a family-owned B&B to launching Boostly, emphasising the importanc…

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Episode 42: Sneha Philip with guest reader Sakina Jaffrey Part 1 42:22

16d ago42:22

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New York City, September 10th, 2001. The day before the attacks on the World Trade Center is a day when most New York City residents are going about their regular business. The same was true for Dr. Sneha Philip who left her Battery Park apartment that evening to run some errands. It wasn’t unusual for her to spend the night out in the city, but wh…

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391: High Priest of Beef Days 49:53

24d ago49:53

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Do we have the original copy of the declaration of independence? What animals would have been on Noah’s Ark? What do I do if I accidentally walk into a fancy restaurant? What do I do with an unused prom dress? How do I know if I’m a boring person? Hank and John Green have answers! If you're in need of dubious advice, email us at hankandjohn@gmail.c…

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Episode 41: North Arlington Jane Doe with guest reader Crystal Balint. 48:27

23d ago48:27

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In December 1990, a woman accidentally drowned in the Passaic River in New Jersey. Despite these tragic circumstances, her story garners little media attention. She becomes one of the tens of thousands of individuals who are currently unidentified in the United States. Researchers call these tens of thousands of unidentified our “silent mass disast…

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Episode 40: Promila Mehta-Paul with guest reader Mouzam Makkar 49:03

1M ago49:03

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On March 22, 2011, employees at Dr. Promila Mehta-Paul’s medical office arrive and get ready for another busy day of patients and appointments. There’s one problem? The Doctor never arrives. Always reliable and communicative, they know it’s unlikely that she wouldn’t have called if something came up and soon they, along with Promila’s family and fr…

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390: Breathe Mars (w/ Dr. Katie Mack!) 49:22

1M ago49:22

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If everything was the exact same color, would we still be able to see? Why can't I take naps in contacts? How long does it take to get to space? What would you bring to Mars? How many people are asleep right now? If atoms are mostly space, why don't I fall through my chair? Hank and John Green have answers! If you're in need of dubious advice, emai…

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Episode 39: Deanna Merryfield with guest reader Alison Arngrim 47:37

1M ago47:37

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At 3:30am, a 13-year-old Deanna Merryfield shows up at her uncle’s trailer and wakes her twin who is sleeping inside. The two talk for just a moment before Deanna, startled by her uncle waking up, bolts. This is the last confirmed time she was seen alive. Since 1990, the year she disappeared, until now, there are a few clues that she might be out t…

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Podcasting’s Obsession with Obsession (Neil Verma) 52:19

1M ago52:19

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Today we discuss how narrative podcasts work, the role they’ve played in American culture and how they’ve shaped our understanding of podcasting as a genre and an industry. Neil Verma’s new book, Narrative Podcasting in an Age of Obsession, offers a rich analysis of the recent so-called golden age of podcasting. Verma studied around 300 podcasts an…

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Introducing The Universe 48:05

2M ago48:05

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John has launched a new podcast project with Katie Mack! Crash Course Pods: The Universe is a new limited series podcast where Dr. Katie Mack, a theoretical astrophysicist, walks John Green through the history of the entire universe - including the parts that haven’t been written yet. Join John and Katie as they discuss the Big Bang, cosmic dawn, b…

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Episode 38: Maria, or the Pyre Case with guest reader Dedee Pfeiffer 44:06

2M ago44:06

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In 1952, a man comes across the burned body of a woman in Cottonwood Gulch, just outside of Black Hawk, Colorado. He returns to this site several times before reporting what he found to the sheriff’s office, a fact that will immediately cloud his actions in suspicion. Without any identifying information, she becomes known as Maria to some, or more …

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389: Dear Honk and Jane 41:23

2M ago41:23

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What's the best way to hold an umbrella? What do I do with a life-sized Shaq? Are humans a super-organism? Why does espresso goop smell like burnt hair? Is 26 too late to start wearing sunscreen? What is a pet to do when their person sneezes? Hank and John Green have answers! If you're in need of dubious advice, email us at hankandjohn@gmail.com. J…

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Episode 37: Tara Calico with guest reader Lauren Robertson 52:04

2M ago52:04

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Perhaps you’ve seen the photo before. A young woman with her hands bound, tape over her mouth, laying in the back of a van with a similarly bound little boy. This photo has, for better or worse, become synonymous with the case of Tara Calico, a 19 year old young woman who disappeared while riding her bicycle in New Mexico in 1988. But beyond that p…

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Second Line: Footwork in New Orleans (Lowlines by Petra Barran) 32:39

2M ago32:39

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Today we feature the first episode of a new podcast called Lowlines, which follows host Petra Barran as she travels solo through the Americas, meeting people with profound connections to the places they’re from. This episode takes place in New Orleans and focuses on Second Line, the brass band tradition that comes out of Black funeral processions a…

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Episode 36: Lisa Roberts with guest reader Heather Morris 47:00

2M ago47:00

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In 1977, a young female hitchhiker catches a ride from a man who offers to bring her to her home. Within an hour, the man murders her and leaves her body to be found by a group of blackberry pickers a few days later. She has no identification on her. Though it’s not long before they pinpoint him as the murderer, but he doesn’t know her name. Invest…

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388: Turtle the Moon 45:37

2M ago45:37

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How could ping pong balls be considered a liquid? What do you mean "there's no free will"? What is toothpaste? What counts as a rare book? What is Applebees? What's the worst accent you got? What would happen if Gamera hugged the moon? Hank and John Green have answers! If you're in need of dubious advice, email us at hankandjohn@gmail.com. Join us …

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Episode 35: Martha and Sandra Stiver with guest reader Kelsey Wang 50:06

2M ago50:06

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In 1968, the body of a young woman was found in rural Pennsylvania. She’d been shot to death. Months later, another young woman is found just a few miles away. Their only connection? They wore the same leather sandals. It will take nearly fifty years and an online database dedicated to missing and unidentified persons to identify who they are. But …

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Beyond Listening: The Hidden Ways Sound Affects Us (Michael Heller) 1:00:01

2M ago1:00:01

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There are sonic experiences that can’t be contained by the word “listening.” Moments when sound overpowers us. When sound is sensed more in our bodies than in our ears. When sound engages in crosstalk with our other senses. Or when it affects us by being inaudible. Dr. Michael Heller’s new book Just Beyond Listening: Essays of Sonic Encounter (2023…

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Episode 34: Sequoya Vargas, part 2 with guest reader Tonantzín Carmelo 45:57

2M ago45:57

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In August 1993, a man walks into a police station and gives a statement about the disappearance of 16-year-old Sequoya Vargas. In it, he details the brutal assault and murder of the teenager, placing blame for these on his two friends. This statement of what happened to Sequoya will be just one of many that’s given over the years by the three men. …

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387: Hard Pivot to Beef 50:11

3M ago50:11

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What are some good audiobooks? How do I relearn to chew? How do vitamins get assigned letters? How do I ask for money I was owed? How do I deal with a fear of worms? How do gel fingernails work? Hank and John Green have answers! If you're in need of dubious advice, email us at hankandjohn@gmail.com. Join us for monthly livestreams at patreon.com/de…

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Episode 33: Sequoya Vargas, part 1 with guest reader Tonantzín Carmelo 34:27

3M ago34:27

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In 1993, 16-year-old Sequoya Vargas hitchhikes with a friend to her friend’s home. Later that evening, the man who gave them a ride asks her to go to his cousin’s house to watch movies. She never returns home. Despite this being out of character for her, the police brush aside her mother’s pleas to search for her daughter, sending her family and fr…

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Noise and Affect Theory (Marie Thompson) 48:36

3M ago48:36

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Feminist sound scholar and musician Marie Thompson is a theorist of noise. She has also been one of the key thinkers in integrating the study of sound with the study of affect. Dr. Thompson is Senior Lecturer in Popular Music at the Open University in the UK. She is the author of Beyond Unwanted Sound: Noise, Affect, and Aesthetic Moralism (Bloomsb…

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Episode 32: Case Update: Shauna Harvey/Shauna Garber with guest reader Teryl Rothery 32:38

3M ago32:38

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Detective Lorie Howard was once told that the only way the case of the unidentified woman she was working on would be by the grace of god. This gave her the name Grace Doe and she was known by this for years until she was finally identified as Shauna Garber. A few weeks ago, investigators made public new information, filling in gaps in Shauna’s sto…

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386: Play Me Some More Fiddle 38:57

3M ago38:57

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Why does my cat put her mice in the water bowl? How do you quit Twitter? How much would it cost to build a real Lego house? What happens to dirt displaced by coffins? Why do batteries bounce when they're dead? How do I balance socialization and personal time? Hank and John Green have answers! If you're in need of dubious advice, email us at hankand…

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Episode 31: The Texas Killing Fields: Tot Tran Harriman with guest reader Porter Duong 53:14

3M ago53:14

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Tot Tran Harriman survived the Vietnam War. She witnessed history when she was evacuated on the last boat out of Saigon before it fell. She lived through being held in a refugee camp in Pennsylvania along with 20,000 other refugees. And made a life for herself in Maine, raising three children, starting new businesses, and helping other refugees. Bu…

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From HAL to SIRI: How Computers Learned to Speak (Benjamin Lindquist) 50:42

3M ago50:42

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Today we learn how computers learned to talk with Benjamin Lindquist, a postdoctoral researcher at Northwestern University’s Science in Human Culture program. Ben is the author “The Art of Text to Speech,” which recently appeared in Critical Inquiry, and he’s currently writing a history of text-to-speech computing. In this conversation, we explore:…

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Episode 30: Bessie Kutnak with guest reader Catherine Mary Stewart 40:05

3M ago40:05

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On a hot summer’s day in 1992, 63-year-old Bessie Kutnak goes to look for her missing cattle near her home in Cameron, Texas. Witnesses say she seemed disoriented and was seen asking for directions before she disappeared. When family members realized she was missing, a full-scale search of her began, but no trace of her was ever found. This week ou…

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385: Duology 46:21

4M ago46:21

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What's a good place to put stickers? How do I convince my friends to join me in a wolf-and-bear enclosure? How does a compass work in space? How do I be less judgmental? What's happening with the economy? Did astronauts know about low gravity on the moon before they got there? Hank and John Green have answers! If you're in need of dubious advice, e…

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