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Improve your inner game of tennis quickly with mental game expert Dr. Patrick Cohn, sports psychology for tennis expert at www.sportspsychologytennis.com. Learn how to play to your potential in matches using powerful sports psychology strategies for tennis.
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The Sports Psychology Podcast by Peaksports.com and Dr. Patrick Cohn. Learn how to improve your mental game and perform better. Peak Performance Sports, LLC helps athletes improve mental skills for success in sports. We work with athletes in all sports - junior to professional - via video mental coaching from anywhere in the world.
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History Homos

Scott Lizard Abrams

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Scott and William put aside their continental differences to teach a history lesson to you (and hopefully a guest) each week in their attempt to come to a greater understanding about history, ideology and current affairs while having lots of laughs along the way. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/historyhomos/support
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Keeping democracy alive Democracy is not a spectator sport, it requires informed participating citizens. On Keeping Democracy Alive, we delve into dynamics that both inhibit democracy and reinvigorate it. looking into issues from: domestic economic issues to foreign, labor, trade, and education policy, NSA spying, the drug war, prison, police, and judicial issues, electoral and protest politics, middle east realities, right and left wing populism, environmental and energy issues, the wealth ...
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Truman was down and nearly out. Then he did a campaign whistle stop tour of America and beat the odds. TV eye candy is one thing but seeing a president in the flesh connects far better, and connection is needed The post Should Biden Whistle Stop Campaign Across America? appeared first on Keeping Democracy Alive.…
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This week we welcome back friend of the show and researcher/documentarian extraordinare Ryan Dawson, who is currently on assignment in the UK, and BOY is he unhappy. We discuss the current state of the Ukraine situation, the Gaza situation and then stop off for a bag of Gregg's Check out Ryan's valuable work at www.ancreport.com and follow him on T…
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Welcome to the Sports Psychology Podcast by Dr. Patrick Coach of Peak Performance Sports. Dr. Cohn and Georgia Miller, CMPC discuss the challenges sports parents face with young athletes and how to make sports a better experience. Learn how to spot mental game challenges in athletes, what to say before and after games, and how to improve communicat…
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The Right gets it; where are Democrats? In his new book What it Took to Win, author and history professor Michael Kazin looks at the last hundred or so years and says it’s clear what has and still works. Whether The post Trumpism is a Movement; Movements Are How Democrats Have Won appeared first on Keeping Democracy Alive.…
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After decades in a coma, the nuclear industry is back. But the truth is nuclear power is not an acceptable stopgap measure, it’s a diversion from real, actually economic, safer solutions. On this show policy analyst Paul Gunter tells the The post Nuclear Rebranding as “Green?” Mere Window Dressing. appeared first on Keeping Democracy Alive.…
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This week, with William almost back from vacation, Scott brings in Romanized Visigoth for another deconstruction of a well known figure within the libertarian podcasting arena: Thaddeus Russell, best known for his book The Renegade History of the United States and for consistently bad takes on podcasts. This episode is sponsored by Axios Fitness Co…
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In the current American version of capitalism, all of us are “thingified:” our only value being as digits on the way to corporate profits. This reflects a core bias in the system toward serving the very richest. But it doesn’t The post Wealth Supremacy is On Autopilot: That’s Not the Only Option appeared first on Keeping Democracy Alive.…
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It’s basic to the very essence of America. On this show Constitutional Law Professor John O. McGinnis argues that commerce was the mother’s milk of the American Revolution and that the virtues of commerce and idealism need not conflict. Listen The post There’s No Conflict Between Commercialism and Idealism appeared first on Keeping Democracy Alive.…
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This week William is on vacation, and we fill his mighty shoes with two special fill ins: 3rd History Homo Jared and Somerville Dan from the Nice Podcast Stupid. We discuss a topic of high interest to the 3 of us for the past nearly 6 years: The corpulent failed science fiction author Patrick S. Tomlinson, a man with incredibly befuddling delusions…
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Welcome to the Golf Psychology Podcast by Dr. Patrick Coach of Peak Performance Sports. Dr. Cohn and his team of mental performance coaches work with junior to professional golfers to help them reach their goals and play more consistent golf. In the podcast, Dr. Cohn will do a deep dive into preshot routines. In this podcast, you learn: How to Have…
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Welcome to the Tennis Psychology Podcast by Dr. Patrick Coach of Peak Performance Sports. Dr. Cohn and his team of mental performance coaches work with junior to professional tennis player to help them reach their goals. In the podcast, Dr. Cohn will discuss service routines and return of service routines. In this podcast, you learn: What is a Serv…
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Welcome to the Tennis Psychology Podcast by Dr. Patrick Coach of Peak Performance Sports. Dr. Cohn and his team of mental performance coaches work with junior to professional tennis player to help them reach their goals. In the podcast, Dr. Cohn will discuss service routines and return of service routines. In this podcast, you learn: What is a Serv…
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We’ve built all the dams we need and that nature can handle. Development in flood zones is still happening faster than more sustainable locations. In his new book; Seek Higher Ground, The Natural Solution to Our Urgent Flooding Crisis, award The post Seek Higher Ground: The Laws of Nature are Not Optional appeared first on Keeping Democracy Alive.…
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Most of us can guess but there’s nothing like serious scientific research when it comes to understanding political change. In her forthcoming book How the Heartland Went Red, Harvard’s Stephanie Termullo shares her findings from extensive field research in three The post Why Place Supplants Issues in the Heartland appeared first on Keeping Democrac…
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This week William begins his vacation and Scott is joined by arch memesmith Beyond Woke and Problematic to discuss the life of vile political goblin Roy Cohn. Starting his career as a communist fighter in the stable of Joe McCarthy he later went on to become a political kingmaker and blackmail operation overseer, eventually meeting a pathetic demis…
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It’s a systemic problem: what is “reasonable,” what is acting “in good faith” when America’s police violate citizens rights or even kill them? As of now, police are protected, enjoying unique immunity which no one else has. In this show The post Shielded: How Did Police Become Untouchable? appeared first on Keeping Democracy Alive.…
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They claim loudly they’re protecting freedom and innocent children, but the truth is the right is oppressing both. On this show psychoanalyst Avgi Saketopoulou, co-author of Gender Without Identity, argues there is not one true and immutable authentic identity with The post Gender Identity: Is it Fixed or Changeable? appeared first on Keeping Democ…
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This week we are joined by Domenic Scarcella, author of the new book "Good Neighbor, Bad Citizen" a meditation on the New Testament focusing on the aspects of Jesus's message being one of defiance and opposition to authority. Extremely fun and thoughtful ep. EnjoyPlease purchase Dom's book on Amazon or Lulu and subscribe to his substack www.goodnei…
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It’s gotta be eye catching. Journalism works by way of fear and anxiety. How it gets presented affects how we understand the news. On this show Tufts University lecturer and author Nan Levinson and your host discuss questions about the The post Is There Journalism That Doesn’t Love A War? appeared first on Keeping Democracy Alive.…
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If you have cared about equality in education in recent decades, you know of the work of America’s foremost advocate for public schools Jonathan Kozol. In schools named after Martin Luther King Jr, he sees a new punitive autocratic pedagogic The post The Irony of Racism in Decrepit MLK Urban Schools appeared first on Keeping Democracy Alive.…
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This week we are joined by frequently requested guest Dimes from the Blood $atellite podcast to discuss the subjects within the 2016 New York Times Bestseller "Days of Rage" a tome dedicated to the 1970s radical leftist underground movement that resulted in a shocking amount of death mayhem and destruction and a shocking lack of jail time. We specu…
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It’s the bedrock of who we are today. But to believe there was agreement among the “Founding Fathers,” that they aimed to to replace plutocracy with democracy is just wrong. In this lively interview, historian Woody Holton reveals fascinating little-known The post The Truth Behind the Myth of the American Revolution appeared first on Keeping Democr…
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This week we are rejoined by Ancient Rome Correspondent Bobby Tamburro. We discuss the turbulent and frankly confusing period in the immediate aftermath of the assassination of Julius Caesar that culminated in what was known as the Second Triumvirate. What ensued was a orgy of violence, spite and greed that begged God Himself to bestow his only Son…
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The intent is humiliation, eating away at one’s humanity. How can that make one a better person? Former figure skater Keri Blakinger’s new book Corrections In Ink tells the story from the inside and asks: does locking up groups of The post “As if We Were Trash.” One Woman’s Prison Memoir appeared first on Keeping Democracy Alive.…
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In her new book Of Rule and Office: Plato’s Ideas of the Political, Princeton Professor of Politics Melissa Lane shows how the orange one serves both anarchy and tyranny. Better politicians use virtue and justice to achieve success, and get The post Plato: The Benefits of Acting Justly appeared first on Keeping Democracy Alive.…
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This week we welcome back fan favorite Legalman, Texas lawyer and film star. We discuss the recent happenings related to the burgeoning Texas Secession movement. We also discuss the seminal Texas Vs. White case which made secession incredibly difficult back in the Civil War Reconstruction year of 1869.Check out Legalman's podcast The Quash wherever…
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Politicians know the consequences of voters being ignored.There are tens of millions of people who used to be middle class but a revived Poor People’s Campaign just may connect and inspire. According to today’s guest, campaign policy director Shailly Gupta The post Waking the Sleeping Giant: 85 Million Americans appeared first on Keeping Democracy …
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The comfort of colonial powers relied on them not seeing the damage to exploited nations. So it is with mining and milling the uranium for nuclear power. Victims then as now are people without power, indigenous populations which are health The post Green? Not Hardly: Nuclear Power is Racist, Sexist, and Ageist. appeared first on Keeping Democracy A…
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This week we welcome back our original guest Pat Dixon to discuss the mysterious death of Jorge Torres, seemingly by his live in girlfriend Sarah Boone. Jorge was found dead inside a suitcase and Sarah claimed that he had found his way inside during a game of hide and seek. We investigate. Use code PAT at Censored.tv to get access to Pat's show NYC…
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This week we welcome back super lawyer/future Substack-haver Anthony Raimondo to discuss the occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon by rancher advocates in 2016. This was the second high profile incident involving the Bundy Family and it was most CERTAINLY a glow op through and through. This confusing incident sadly ended with…
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As we head into the elections, both parties have made “the border crisis” THE issue. But humans have always moved. Our guest, John Washington whose new book is The Case for Open Borders, argues stopping immigration exacerbates crime. The negative The post The Only Crisis is What the Refugees are Fleeing appeared first on Keeping Democracy Alive.…
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When you’re in a hole, stop digging. The currently pervasive approach to abuse disorder is a total failure; it exacerbates the problem. Could it be time to stop doing that? On this show experts in the field with personal knowledge The post Not Punishment: Treat Addicts as Full and Complete Humans? appeared first on Keeping Democracy Alive.…
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This week we are joined by member of the History Homos community and fledgling media mogul Patrick of the multimedia experience CANTGETFOOLEDAGAIN.com We discuss the 1985 Cormac McCarthy Novel, Blood Meridian, a story chronicling the exploits of an unnamed 16 year old Tennessean known as The Kid on his descent into a hellish Mexican landscape with …
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We’re in wars all over the globe; is America more secure now? It’s basically been one war party in Washington for decades. The idea of restraint has been anathema to any member of congress, as every one seeks re-election and The post Conservatives Emerging Against Perpetual War appeared first on Keeping Democracy Alive.…
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Large transfers of population, meaning massive destruction of living areas. Racist colonialism; the intent to eliminate. Total domination through force. On this show Franklin and Marshall College History professor Van Gosse talks about similarities and differences between the American War The post Israel’s Vietnam? appeared first on Keeping Democra…
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This week we are joined by History Homos listener, superstar lawyer and lib triggerer Anthony Raimondo, to discuss the 2014 dust up between the Bundy family of Clark County Nevada and the Federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM).This episode is Sponsored by Magic Mind, get 56% off a subscription or 20% off your one time order at ⁠www.magicmind.com/J…
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India enjoys a romanticized image; you may think of Gandhi or the Beatles visit there. The reality is open repression and violence against the large Muslim minority. Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently visited America and the bulldozer is the symbol The post Not Just America: India’s Exceptionally Harsh Religious Nationalism appeared first on Kee…
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This week we return to our Bible studies with returning guest and burgeoning theologian Dalton Pruitt. We discuss this week the Old Testament Book of Job which depending on what faith or angle you look at it from may be a dire but overall life affirming parable about trust in God or evidence that Yahweh of the Old Testament is a cruel Demiurge like…
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America today is not the America of the past. But in his new book What it Took to Win, author and history professor Michael Kazin, it’s clear what has and still works. This fear of popular movements has fed the The post What it Takes for Democrats to Win: Historian Michael Kazin appeared first on Keeping Democracy Alive.…
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So many mass shootings; how did the gun culture become so powerful? Look to the Civil War: Militarily devastated, the angry determined Confederate culture transformed guns into a totem. In this revealing discussion, U of Wisconsin-Madison professor Nick Buttrick sheds The post The South Won: Today’s Gun Culture appeared first on Keeping Democracy A…
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This week Scott is on assignment measuring the radius of Earth with a wooden spoon so William takes the opportunity to interview fellow Yorkshireman, author and good egg Christopher Snowdon about his book The Art of Suppression: Pleasure, Panic and Prohibition Since 1800. Don't forget to join our Telegram channel at T.me/historyhomos and to join ou…
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They’re not supposed to be an arm of either political party. The word “supreme” means above it all but that’s not what we’ve got in 2024. The majority often contrives constitutional reasons to impose a right wing agenda. How can The post The Supreme Court: How Can We Fix it? appeared first on Keeping Democracy Alive.…
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This week we welcome back Richard Booth to discuss Wendy Painting's 2016 book "Aberration in the Heartland of the Real, The Many Lives of Timothy McVeigh", an incredible piece of investigative journalism that draws the most complete picture of the life of Tim McVeigh. The author traces Tim's journey from Upstate New York anonymity to "The Face of T…
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The big fish love the UN Security Council. It keeps them able to make wars. But the UN was not always toothless nor must it always remain so. Two badly behaved little boys really can’t be the only option for The post With Courage In The UN, Peace is Possible in Ukraine appeared first on Keeping Democracy Alive.…
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History moves in many different directions at the same time. On this show author and independent journalist Patrick Lawrence explains how as we begin a new year there is optimism beneath the pessimism. The failure of our many imperial policies The post 2024: The Positive Breakdown of “Rules Based Order.” appeared first on Keeping Democracy Alive.…
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