Best Marina Garcia Podcasts (2024)

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MOVIES: Filmmaker Luis Garcia joined HODGEPOD to talk about his career in the movie industry and his short film he is directing "Marina" EPISODE 77 1:01:00

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Filmmaker Luis Garcia joined HODGEPOD to talk about his career in the movie industry and his short film "Marina" that he conceived, will be casting actors and directing. If you love movies your will learn some new fun facts. Luis and Rob discussed: -His start in the movie industry, getting that foot in the door. Great story!!! -His work in the cast…

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James Mallery, "City of Vice: Transience and San Francisco's Urban History, 1848-1917" (U Nebraska Press, 2024) 1:05:11

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San Francisco began its American life as a city largely made up of transient men, arriving from afar to participate in the gold rush and various attendant enterprises. This large population of men on the move made the new and booming city a hub of what "respectable" easterners considered vice: drinking, gambling, and sex work, among other activitie…

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COLLEGE BASKETBALL: CLAYTON TRUTOR AUTHOR OF THE BOOK "BOSTONBALL" JOINED HODGEPOD TO TALK ABOUT RICK PITINO, JIM CALHOUN AND GARY WILLIAMS-EPISODE 81 51:18

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Author Clayton Trutor returned to HODGEPOD about his book "BOSTON BALL" RICK PITINO, JIM CALHOUN, GARY WILLIAMS, AND THE FORGOTTEN CRADLE OF BASKETBALL COACHES (2023) published by University of Nebraska Press. Clayton and Rob talked in detail about all three coaches in Boston at the same time in the early 1980's. Pitino -Rick Pitino's years at BU a…

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GLOBAL RACE FOR SUSTAINABILITY ENDS JULY 20TH WITH CYNTHIA BURELSON. LEARN ABOUT THE RACE IN EPISODE 80 28:32

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The Global Race for Sustainability is in midstream and ends July 20, 2024. Cynthia Burleson joined HODGEPOD to talk about these keys areas for this initiative. The link is below to register to run or walk. Cynthia explains all the important points and discusses some of the 17 initiatives. www.issnow.earth https://raceroster.com/events/2024/89269/gl…

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Angela Garcia, "The Way That Leads Among the Lost: Life, Death, and Hope in Mexico City's Anexos" (FSG, 2024) 50:55

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Based on over a decade of research, a powerful, moving work of narrative nonfiction that illuminates the little-known world of the anexos of Mexico City, the informal addiction treatment centers where mothers send their children to escape the violence of the drug war. The Way That Leads Among the Lost: Life, Death, and Hope in Mexico City's Anexos …

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JFK (1991) ZO RICHARDSON OF "LOOK BACK CINEMA-THE PODCAST" JOINED HODGEPOD TO TALK OF THIS MOVIE DIRECTED BY OLIVER STONE-EPISODE 79 1:04:58

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Zo Richardson of Look Back Cinema-The Podcast joined HODGEPOD to talk the movie JFK directed by Oliver Stone and starring Kevin Costner as the lead actor. This movie had an all star lineup of actors. Kevin Costner (Jim Garrison), Tommy Lee Jones( Clay Shaw) , Joe Pesci (David Ferrie), Kevin Bacon( Willie O'Keefe), John Candy(Dean Anderson), Jack Le…

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The Beatles and British Invasion-Gene Popa Author of the book " British Invasion '64 The Year That Changed Rock & Roll Forever joined HODGEPOD-EPISODE 78 43:23

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Author Gene Popa joined HODGEPOD to talk about his book "British Invasion '64 THE YEAR THAT CHANGED ROCK & ROLL FOREVER. Published by BearManor Media and can be purchased on Amazon, www.bearmanormedia.com , www.boulderbookstore.com If you love The Beatles, British Invasion and music from the 1960's this episode is for you. Gene and Rob discussed: -…

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John Thomas Maier, "The Disabled Will: A Theory of Addiction" (Routledge, 2024) 49:32

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John T. Maier's The Disabled Will: A Theory of Addiction (Routledge Press, 2024) defends a comprehensive new vision of what addiction is and how people with addictions should be treated. The author argues that, in addition to physical and intellectual disabilities, there are volitional disabilities - disabilities of the will - and that addiction is…

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Judith Vitale et al., "Drugs and the Politics of Consumption in Japan" (Brill, 2023) 1:13:15

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In early modern Japan, upper status groups coveted pills and powders made of exotic foreign ingredients such as mummy and rhinoceros horn. By the early twentieth century, over-the-counter-patent medicines, and, more alarmingly, morphine, had become mass commodities, fueling debates over opiates in Japan's expanding imperial territories. The fall of…

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THE USUAL SUSPECTS (1995) WITH MARC DIETTE OF "THE DOUBLE TAKE" PODCAST. WHAT A GREAT MOVIE WITH TWISTS AND TURNS 47:36

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Marc Diette of the podcast " The Double Take" joined me to talk about "THE USUAL SUSPECTS" a suspenseful movie of all bad guys released in 1995. This movie had great character's , twist and turns , and just pure action that really to this day stands out as a great movie from the 1990's. -Marc provided tremendous insight with really cool facts. -Mar…

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Benjamin Breen, "Tripping on Utopia: Margaret Mead, the Cold War, and the Troubled Birth of Psychedelic Science" (Grand Central, 2024) 58:23

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Today I talked to Benjamin Breen about his book Tripping on Utopia: Margaret Mead, the Cold War, and the Troubled Birth of Psychedelic Science (Grand Central, 2024). The generation that survived the second World War emerged with a profoundly ambitious sense of social experimentation. In the '40s and '50s, transformative drugs rapidly entered mainst…

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Patti McCracken Author of the Book" The Angel Makers" Arsenic , A Midwife, and Modern History's Most Astonishing Murder Ring. EPISODE 75 41:28

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Patti McCracken Author of the Book" The Angel Makers" Arsenic , A Midwife, and Modern History's Most Astonishing Murder Ring joined HODGEPOD to talk about this unbelievable case of a murder ring of 160 people who were killed starting 1916. This could be considered True Crime even though these murders happened over a 100 years ago in a small village…

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1990 Movies-Scott Ryan Author of the book "The Last Decade of Cinema" discussed 25 movies from the decade that he compiled for the book. EPISODE 74 58:00

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Author Scott Ryan joined HODGEPOD to talk about his new book "The Last Decade of Cinema" where he picked 25 movies of hundreds of movies he watched. Rob and Scott discussed: -How Scott conceived of the book and watching 160 movies with storylines, character development and how they were different from movies of the 1970's and 1980's. -Pulp Fiction …

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NBA Hall of Famer Bill Walton passes away at 71 and a 10 minute window of my life interacting with him. EPISODE 73 3:32

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NBA Hall of Famer Bill Walton passed away at the age of 71. Walton was a 3 time National Player of the Year and won 2 NCAA Championships with UCLA. Walton was drafted as the Number 1 overall pick in 1974 by the Portland Trailblazers winning an NBA Championship in 1977. He played for the Boston Celtics for 2 seasons and you could say he was the key …

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Adam Zientek, "A Thirst for Wine and War: The Intoxication of French Soldiers on the Western Front" (McGill-Queen's UP, 2024) 44:56

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Adam Zientek, Assistant Professor of History at UC Davis joins Jana Byars to talk about his new book, A Thirst for Wine and War: The Intoxication of French Soldiers on the Western Front (McGill-Queen's University Press, 2024). Beginning in the fall of 1914, every French soldier on the Western Front received a daily ration of wine from the army. At …

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Ryan Reft, "Heroin and Chocolate City: Black Community Responses to Drug Addiction in the Nation’s Capital, 1967-1973" (2024) 55:01

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Ryan Reft is a historian in the Manuscript Division at the Library of Congress, where he oversees collections pertaining to 20th and 21st century domestic politics and policies. He received his PhD in U.S. urban history from the University of California San Diego in 2014, and his writing has appeared all over the place, from edited volumes to acade…

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Duke, Maryland and ACC Basketball talk in the 80's, 90's and early 2000's with Matt Miller of the podcast "YOU'RE STILL DOIN' THAT" EPISODE 72 54:26

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Matt Miller of the podcast "You Still Doin' That" joined me as talked about The Duke Blue Devils and The University of Maryland Terrapins during the 1980's and 1990's. Matt is a Duke fan and Rob is Maryland graduate and they talk about: - The great Duke teams in the early 90's with Christian Laettner and Bobby Hurley - The intense rivalry of Duke a…

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Marina Welker, "Kretek Capitalism: Making, Marketing, and Consuming Clove Cigarettes in Indonesia" (U California Press, 2024) 39:14

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Indonesia is the world's second largest cigarette market: two out of three men smoke, and clove-laced tobacco cigarettes called kretek make up 95 percent of the market. To account for the staggering success of this lethal industry, Kretek Capitalism: Making, Marketing, and Consuming Clove Cigarettes in Indonesia (University of California Press, 202…

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MUSIC: Composer, Producer and Musician Al Nesbitt talks about new album "A Million Shiny Things" EPISODE 71 1:01:01

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Al Nesbitt joined HODGEPOD to talk about his new album "A MILLION SHINY THINGS". This album is an acoustic guitar masterpiece. Al gives great detail on the making and producing for this album. Al and Rob discussed many things: The inspirations for the album " A Million Shiny Things" Working with Co-Producer "Big" Chris Flores. Playing the Acoustic …

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TRUE CRIME: Doug Kari returns to HODGEPOD to talk about the missing person cases of Karlie Jean Guse' and Bob Wildoner EPISODE 70 35:41

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Doug Kari returned to HODGEPOD to talk about two missing person cases he has investigated in detail. Karlie Jean Guse' missing since OCTOBER 13, 2018 in Mono County, California. There is a $5,000 reward on the FBI website. and Bob Wildoner disappeared without a trace and has been missing since May 4, 2021. Bob was en route to fixing his vehicle tha…

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John O'Brien, "States of Intoxication: The Place of Alcohol in Civilisation" (Routledge, 2018) 48:20

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True Crime: Joe Strupp Author of Two True Crime Books " A Long Walk Home" and "Death on St. Charles St. EPISODE 69 58:07

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Journalist and Author Joe Strupp joined HODGEPOD to talk about his True Crime Books. The two cases are detailed below. Thank you to Joe Strupp. "A Long Walk Home" . A young woman's unsolved murder and her sister's lifelong search for answers. In 1966, Carol Ann Farino was walking home from her job as a waitress and then found strangled to death an …

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David Pozen, "The Constitution of the War on Drugs" (Oxford UP, 2024) 58:55

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David Pozen is the Charles Keller Beekman Professor of Law at Columbia Law School and the author of the new book, The Constitution of the War on Drugs (Oxford UP, 2024). An expert in constitutional law, Pozen argues that the drug war has been an unmitigated disaster, in terms of money, efficacy, and human rights. But even as activists peel off the …

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Rock & Roll Music: Linda Chadwick Author of the book "On The Road" Your Backstage Pass All Access Pass VIP Guest 1982-1987 A Texas Groupie's Memoir-EPISODE 68 59:12

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Linda Chadwick Author of the book "On The Road" Your Backstage Pass All Access Pass VIP Guest 1982-1987 -A Texas Groupie's Memoir joined HODGEPOD. Linda delivers in detail her memories and interactions with such Rock and Roll Bands as: Poison Aerosmith Van Halen Guns and Roses And so many more Linda's book can be purhcased on Amazon.Com and Walmart…

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Susan Partovi, "Renegade M.D.: A Doctor's Stories from the Streets" (Bookbaby, 2024) 1:02:35

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Dr. Susan Partovi first experienced poverty medicine volunteering at a dump site in Tijuana during high school. There, she recognized the need for all people to have access to quality medical care. Over the years, she has worked in various facilities around Los Angeles County, incorporating her renegade method of going the extra mile for her patien…

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Lori Bullard- Law Enforcement Administrator for the State of Tennessee talks about her role-EPISODE 67 31:42

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Lori Bullard Law Enforcement Administrator for the State of Tennessee joined HODGEPOD to talk about her role leading this agency. Lori has held this position since 2019. Prior to this role, Lori was Assistant Commissioner of Driver Services where she lead the daily operations of the Department of Safety and Homeland Security's 50 driver service cen…

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True Crime: Author Doug Kari of "The Berman Murders" talked about this unsolved murder of Barry and Louise Berman in 1986-EPISODE 66 47:39

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True crime investigator and Author Doug Kari joined HODGEPOD to talk about the unsolved murder of Barry and Louise Berman in the Mojave Desert. Barry and Louise went out for a stroll January 6, 1986 and both were never seen again. It was only 3 years later that their remains were found in a grave in a remote area. The Book is "The Berman Murders"-U…

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Psychedelics, Mysticism, Aliens, and the Dao (Pierce Salguero and Dominic Steavu) 1:07:17

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Dr Pierce Salguero sits down with Dominic Steavu, a historian of Chinese religion and healing from UC Santa Barbara. We discuss the central role of the body in medieval Daoist practices, and talk about the Daoist use of psychedelics to facilitate mystical experiences. Along the way, we touch on talismanic tattoos, internal alchemy, and embodied non…

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Kris Butler, "Drink Maps in Victorian Britain" (Bodleian Library, 2024) 28:11

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What is a ‘drink map’? It may sound like a pub guide, yet it actually refers to a type of late nineteenth-century British map designed specifically to shock and shame people into drinking less. Drink Maps in Victorian Britain (Bodleian Library Publishing, 2024) by Kris Butler explores how drink maps of particular cities were published in an attempt…

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Criminologist David Goyes joined HODGEPOD to discuss his research and findings of why some crimes happen-EPISODE 65 44:43

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David Goyes joined HODGEPOD from Bogota, Colombia to from his 15 years of experience studying crime and why it happens. -Speaking with those who are in prison -His visits to prisons. -David brings a different approach Please give a listen and follow. HODGEPOD can be heard on APPLE, SPOTIFY, IHEART, PODBEAN AND ALL PODCAST PLATFORMS. Recorded March …

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Greg Wrenn, "Mothership: A Memoir of Wonder and Crisis" (Regalo Press, 2024) 52:06

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A dazzling, evidence-based account of one man’s quest to heal from complex PTSD by turning to endangered coral reefs and psychedelic plants after traditional therapies failed—and his awakening to the need for us to heal the planet as well. Professor Greg Wrenn likes to tell his nature-writing students, “The ecological is personal, and the personal …

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Alke Jenss, "Selective Security in the War on Drugs: The Coloniality of State Power in Colombia and Mexico" (Rowman & Littlefield, 2023) 43:58

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Paramilitaries, crime, and tens of thousands of disappeared persons—the so-called war on drugs has perpetuated violence in Latin America, at times precisely in regions of economic growth. Legal and illegal economy are difficult to distinguish. A failure of state institutions to provide security for its citizens does not sufficiently explain this. S…

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Leadership, Teamwork, Limitless Human Potential with Artist and Author Michaell Magrutsche 52:44

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Michaell Magrutsche is a multidisciplinary artist, strategist ( private, corporate and political) Creativity Awareness Educator, speaker and author. Michaell has appeared on over 250 podcasts. -Michaell discussed our limitless human potential with a compelling life journey. -Rob and Michaell discussed leadership and what makes a leader successful i…

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Bestselling Fantasy Adventure Writer and Author of the Warminster Series J.V. Hilliard returns to HODGEPOD- EPISODE 63 28:43

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J.V. returns to HODGEPOD talk about his Warminster series and the fourth book "Echoes of Ghostwood" in the series due out in April 2024. Rob and J.V.Hilliard discussed; -Book One-"The Last Keeper" _ A little insight of Book 4 "Echoes of Ghostwood" -The detail given to every word in his series. -Where his gets some inspiration for writing scenes. -J…

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Stephen Dijoseph Recording Artist and Musician talks about his new album Songs Dreams Circumstance and Music Talk 38:41

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Episode 61 Stephen Dijoseph joined HODGEPOD to talk about his new album Songs Dreams Circumstance. Rob and Stephen discussed : -The conception , recording and the final product of this great album. -His insipirations and influences -Last song he listened and go to song. New feature on podcast -Covering the rock classic "Roundabout" by YES on piano …

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Miracle Man (with Joe McGivney) 1:03:55

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Lifelong alcoholic Joe McGivney drank himself into brain damage and permanent disability. The day after being placed into the assisted care he would need for rest of his life, he sprang back to full recovery, restored health—it was a medical impossibility—for which he credits the intercession of Blessed Father Michael McGivney, his distant relative…

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TRUE CRIME-Criminal Defense Attorney and Author McCracken Poston Jr. on HODGEPOD to talk about his book ZENITH MAN-DEATH, LOVE AND REDEMPTION IN A GEORGIA COURTROOM 53:13

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EPISODE 60 ***Terrific book, must read***** ZENITH MAN-DEATH , LOVE, REDEMPTION IN A GEORGIA COURTROOM -IS ON SALE AND AVAILABLE TUESDAY FEBRUARY 20TH, 2024. PUBLISHED BY KENSINGTON PUBLISHING CORP. Criminal defense attorney McCracken Poston Jr. joined HODGEPOD to talk this true crime case that has an unbelievable turn of events in The State of Geo…

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Max Felker-Kantor, "DARE to Say No: Policing and the War on Drugs in Schools" (UNC Press, 2023) 1:02:15

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With its signature "DARE to keep kids off drugs" slogan and iconic t-shirts, DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) was the most popular drug education program of the 1980s and 1990s. But behind the cultural phenomenon is the story of how DARE and other antidrug education programs brought the War on Drugs into schools and ensured that the velvet gl…

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Jennifer Regan-Lefebvre, "Imperial Wine: How the British Empire Made Wine’s New World" (U California Press, 2022) 47:23

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Imperial Wine: How the British Empire Made Wine’s New World (University of California Press, 2022) by Dr. Jennifer Regan-Lefebvre is a bold, rigorous and award-winning history of Britain’s surprising role in creating the wine industries of Australia, South Africa, and New Zealand. Dr. Regan-Lefebvre bridges the genres of global commodity history an…

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Ghosts, Guardian Angels, Bigfoot, Movies and other Paranormal topics with Jeremy Bryant of the Podcast "Paranormal-The New Normal" 1:00:57

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Episode 59 Jeremy Bryant of the PARANORMAL THE NEW NORMAL PODCAST joined HODGEPOD to talk about -Ghosts -Guardian Angels -Bigfoot -Sci-Fi movies, and other movies that scare many -Other paranormal talk You can listen to Paranormal "The New Normal" on Apple Please give a listen and follow. Please email with any comments to hodgepodallin@yahoo.com. N…

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Julia Ornelas-Higdon, "The Grapes of Conquest: Race, Labor, and the Industrialization of California Wine, 1769–1920" (U Nebraska Press, 2023) 56:29

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California’s wine country conjures images of pastoral vineyards and cellars lined with oak barrels. As a mainstay of the state’s economy, California wines occupy the popular imagination like never before and drive tourism in famous viticultural regions across the state. Scholars know remarkably little, however, about the history of the wine industr…

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George Fisher, "Beware Euphoria: The Moral Roots and Racial Myths of America's War on Drugs" (Oxford UP, 2024) 1:03:06

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George Fisher, the Judge John Crown Professor of Law at Stanford Law School, just released his new book Beware Euphoria: The Moral Roots and Racial Myths of America’s Drug War, with Oxford University Press. George has been teaching and writing in the realms of evidence, prosecution practice, and criminal legal history since 1995. He began practice …

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Daytona 500 preview with Zack Brown of ZB's Horsepower Talk 42:20

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Now the episode is up and ready. There was technical glitch. Zack Brown of ZB's Horsepower Talk podcast returned to HODGEPOD to talk NASCAR with a little talk about the race at the LA Coliseum and the Daytona 500 Sunday February 18 at the Daytona International Speedway. @4:38 Rob and Zack pick up the Daytona 500 talk about past winners down nostalg…

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Matthew D. Lassiter, "The Suburban Crisis: White America and the War on Drugs" (Princeton UP, 2023) 59:36

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Most accounts of post-1950s political history tell the story of of the war on drugs as part of a racial system of social control of urban minority populations, an extension of the federal war on black street crime and the foundation for the "new Jim Crow" of mass incarceration as key characteristics of the U.S. in this period. But as the Nixon Whit…

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Baseball Part 2-MLB Bucket List, Hall of Fame Talk and a little nostalgic talk about professional wrestling with Flobo Boyce 54:25

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Flobo Boyce joined HODGEPOD again as we talked a few more ballparks on the bucket list. Flobo and Rob talked about: -Flobo's visit to the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown recently. -Rob brought back being at the 1982 All Star Game in Montreal, Canada. -The recent inductees to the Baseball HOF and some who are were not inducted. -Nostalgic look …

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Inside Addiction and Sobriety in Academia 1:11:47

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How do the pressures of academia affect our relationships with ourselves, our work, and with substance use? Dr. Alicia Andrzejewski joins us for a candid conversation about her recent HuffPost article on her struggle to get and stay sober. Our guest is: Dr. Alicia Andrzejewski, who is an assistant professor in the department of English at William &…

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Talking Nascar Racing and some Football with Zack Brown of the ZB’s Horsepower Talk podcast 35:00

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On this episode Zack Brown of the ZB's Horsepower Talk joined HODGEPOD to talk about his season premiere of his podcast as the upcoming Nascar racing season and other racing. ZB Horsepower Talk is a great podcast on racing. Rob and Zack talked a little New England Patriots and Philadelphia Eagles as well. Recorded January 2nd , 2024 Please give a f…

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Chris S. Duvall, "The African Roots of Marijuana" (Duke UP, 2019) 51:14

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There's so much discussion in the contemporary United States about marijuana. Debates focus on legalization and medicalization. Usually, Reefer Madness, Harry Anslinger, and race are brought into the conversation. But a big part of the larger marijuana story is missing. In Chris S. Duvall's new book, The African Roots of Marijuana (Duke University …