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Elite endurance athlete and coach, Mark Bottenhorn and Pat Gates, are on a mission to find strong. Episodes touch on topics including, performance, fitness, nutrition, mental health, and mindset.
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Learn something new every day! Everything Everywhere Daily is a daily podcast for Intellectually Curious People. Host Gary Arndt tells the stories of interesting people, places, and things from around the world and throughout history. Gary is an accomplished world traveler, travel photographer, and polymath. Topics covered include history, science, mathematics, anthropology, archeology, geography, and culture. Past history episodes have dealt with ancient Rome, Phoenicia, Persia, Greece, Chi ...
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The channelings of a Galactic Shaman in Los Angeles. ♾🌈💚🌈♾
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SyrupCast is a weekly show that puts a spotlight on the Canadian tech industry. Each week we focus on the tech stories that matter to Canadians, including smartphones, video games, apps, and telecom news. Join us as we dive through this always-interesting and ever-expanding industry! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Combined feed for all of Rob “Flack” O’Hara’s podcasts. Includes You Don’t Know Flack, Sprite Castle, Multiple Sadness, and Cactus Flack’s.
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Home to Rob "Flack" O'Hara's multiple podcasts. Whether you're interested in old video games, old computers like the Commodore 64 and Apple II, arcade games, technology, or other retro topics, you'll find a show here worth listening to!
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Welcome to the GOSH- So it is. podcast, where amazing things happen. Cover art photo provided by Patrick Tomasso on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/@impatrickt
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The Ad Navseam podcast, where Classical gourmands can finally get their fill. Join hosts Dr. David Noe and Dr. Jeff Winkle for a lively discussion of Greco-Roman civilization stretching from the Minoans and Mycenaeans, through the Renaissance, and right down to the present.
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Gayle & Oprah. Bonnie & Clyde. Nicole & Sasheer. Enter the pantheon of best friendship. When you’re forced to change your number, are sick of being single, or want to take a pole-dancing class, you’re going to need a best friend...and if you don’t, you can still have this podcast.
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So a filmmaker (Megan) and a film programmer (Rob) walk into a bar, get drinks, and loudly talk about (non)fiction films with your future favorite guests. Follow us on Twitter & Instagram @i5cinemabound
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Hosted in the horse box - Kate and Claire travel the countryside chatting to inspiring people about wildlife, farming and field sports - while you relax at home! Fed up with celebrity culture? Join us as we listen to the hidden stories behind the banjo-playing farrier and the recently retired racecourse executive, who ran two of Englands premier racecourses. So here we go ...... load the lorry, rev the engine and enjoy the ride! Contact us on fromthehorsebox@gmail.com we would love any feedb ...
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Transcend the hype and spark your curiosity with interviews and features from scientist and author Jason Wilson, MS!
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3 boys cracking cold ones around the microphone, debating tall tales of the Supernatural, conspiratorial, and paranormal variety. Will there difference of opinion get our listeners closer to THE TRUTH?
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Delicious Tech Headlines to start your day! Published every Tuesday and Friday afternoon. If you want to support the show: Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/tech-breakfast-podcast www.patreon.com/techbreakfast
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Hear intimate conversations with those who contribute to our wine country lifestyle. You'll meet winemakers, growers, winery owners, brewers, distillers, and chefs from Sonoma, Napa, and across the globe.
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Book Spider (previously known as The God Setebos) is a book-of-the-week podcast primarily covering novels, with the occasional detour into nonfiction, literary criticism, poetry, and music. We pride ourselves in running a smart podcast for the discerning listener, and we strive for the highest level of intellectual rigor. Our mascot, the book spider, sits in its cold corner, gathering its web of text, looking at the world with its calm, chilly eyes.
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Servicemembers from across the military, sharing their accounts of combat and survival. Hosted by sports talk radio host and Army veteran, Mark Zinno, this podcast brings you firsthand accounts of war, with a perspective you only get from someone who has lived through it. From WWII to Vietnam, Somalia, and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, hear inspirational stories of service and resiliency from those who have fought on and off the battlefield!
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Covering The Kingkiller Chronicle by Patrick Rothfuss, The Gentleman Bastards by Scott Lynch, and The Stormlight Archive by Brandon Sanderson. We’ve covered Graphic novels and comics such as Paper Girls and Saga. Fantasy book club.
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The Elite HRV Podcast: Heart Rate Variability, Biohacking Health & Performance, Quantified Self
Jason Moore: Systems Designer, Tinkerer, Health and Performance Consultant
Uncommon methods for maximizing health and performance with an emphasis on real-world implementation of Heart Rate Variability and other biomarkers. From biohacking to quantified self, world class doctors, coaches and athletes cover the latest research (from the lab and field), and the methods and "tricks" that get the best results. Right out of the gate you can expect the President of the American Functional Medicine Association, leading HRV researchers, elite and Olympic-level sport scient ...
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We demystify the entrepreneurial journey for veterans and military spouses in the Bunker Labs community.
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Barbarisms at the Gates: Some Perils in Active Latin Pedagogy, with Patrick Owens (Ad Navseam, Episode 156)
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This week sees the return of active Latin guru Patrick Owens, live via Zoom to discuss his 2016 article “Barbarisms at the Gate”. In this piece Patrick delves into the current state of the use of spoken Latin in language acquisition and in particular some of the pitfalls and challenges that remain. The guys get into the particulars of the history o…
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In any sport, there is always one debate that comes up. It comes up year after year, and it has been around for as long as sport has existed. The debate is about who is the greatest of all time, or in common parlance, who is the GOAT? Every sport has its own contenders for the GOAT. In some sports, the GOAT is pretty easy to identify. In others, it…
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Hello Friends! Sasheer and Nicole share their weird airport ride stories. One story includes Nicole’s driver swerving across the road but letting Nicole know that they were sober. Sasheer’s driver needed the car to fix itself! They both explore the different slogans for fast casual restaurants and do a deep dive into weird statues. Google “Worceste…
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S4 Ep52: Despicability and Empathy in Patrick Barney's Gusano
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In this episode, the hosts of Book Spider, along with special guest Eddie Kim, discuss the recently released horror novel Gusano, written by founding spider himself, Patrick Barney.By Xi Draconis Books
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During the Second World War, the United States embarked on one of the greatest science and engineering projects the world had ever seen. Over 100,000 people took part in the program, the vast majority of which had no clue what it was for, and the total cost of the program was in the billions of dollars, at a time when a billion dollars was a lot of…
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After the end of the second world war, Berlin was a divided city controlled by the four major allied powers. Despite the different zones of control, people could move freely between them. However, on August 13, 1961, the East German government decided to end the free travel of Berliners by building a wall around West Berlin. For 28 years, the wall …
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If you have used a computer, which I’m assuming is almost everyone listening to this, you have probably had to store your data somewhere. You might have used a USB drive, a hard drive, or if you are old enough, maybe even a floppy drive. These types of data storage are just the latest in a long line of methods to store information that goes back a …
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In 8 BC, the Roman senate passed a resolution renaming the month of Sextillis to August to honor the emperor Augustus. They chose Sextillis, which was the sixth month in the calendar because it was the month that he conquered Egypt. Fast forward several centuries and August had a permanent place on the calendar. With that, prepare yourself for the …
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In almost all sports, people will refer to what is known as having a home-field advantage. Home-field advantage is a simple concept. It implies that teams playing in their home stadium, arena, or field have a slight advantage over the visiting team. But is home-field advantage a real thing? And if it is, what are the reasons for it, and which teams…
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The Hughes H-4 Hercules, aka The Spruce Goose (Encore)
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During the height of the Second World War, American shipping to Europe was constantly being attacked by German U-boats. In an attempt to completely bypass German subs, aviation pioneer Howard Hughes began construction on what would be the world’s largest aircraft. A plane that was so large it could carry 750 passengers or two full-sized tanks acros…
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Sion Eilir Roberts Livestock Auctioneer, National Eisteddfod winning singer.
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Send us a Text Message. "Its only worth what someone is prepared to give" The live auction is still the best way to determine the right buyer and the right price. The popularity of platforms like eBay and T.V's "Bargain Hunt" indicate peoples' fascination with the 'art'. The auctioneer is the crucible for all this to take place and their skills mak…
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Sprite Castle 093: The Games-Summer Edition
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After releasing Summer Games and Summer Games II, Epyx went back to the races a third time with THE GAMES-SUMMER EDITION! Support Sprite Castle at […]By Rob "Flack" O'Hara
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Sprite Castle 093: The Games-Summer Edition
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After releasing Summer Games and Summer Games II, Epyx went back to the races a third time with THE GAMES-SUMMER EDITION! Support Sprite Castle at […]By Rob "Flack" O'Hara
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According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the largest library in the world is the Library of Congress in Washington, DC. The Library of Congress was originally intended to be the library of the United States Congress, but over two centuries since its founding, it has evolved to something much grander, covering almost every subject and langua…
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Nicole Thinks Bill Gates Has a Computer Room
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Friends! Sasheer and Nicole discuss the things that they have forgotten and regret it a little bit. Nicole lays out hypothetical question about Bill Gates to Sasheer. Sasheer learns that Nicole thinks that Bill Gates has a computer room. Nicole shares how a Starbucks employee mistook her for Tiffany. Sasheer wants to know who is Tiffany? So does Ni…
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On December 29, 1170, the Archbishop of Canterbury was brutally murdered on the floor of the Canterbury Cathedral by four armed knights while preparing for his evening prayers. The ramifications of that incident shook the country of England, its king, and the Catholic Church. Over 850 years later, it is still remembered and remains one of the most …
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Located in the state of Wyoming and a little bit of Montana and Idaho lies one of the world’s greatest national parks on Earth: Yellowstone. In the 19th century, Yellowstone was declared the first national park in the world. However, what makes Yellowstone special actually dates back millions of years. The geologic circumstances that led to the cre…
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You have probably heard the expression, “The house always wins.” This is usually true….in fact, it's almost always true. If it weren’t true, then casinos wouldn’t exist. Every game in a casino is designed to give the house an edge so that in the long run, with enough players, they are mathematically guaranteed to win money. However, there have been…
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For over 1000 years, Rome, either in its Republican or Imperial form, was the dominant power in the Mediterranean. Then, at least in the West, the empire eventually fell apart. Ever since people have been asking the question….why? Ever since it happened, people have been debating the reasons why, and after 1500 years, there still isn’t a consensus.…
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On April 24, 1990, the Space Shuttle Discovery launched the Hubble Space Telescope into low Earth orbit. After some initial technical problems, it began providing images of our universe, the likes of which we’ve never seen before. Even though larger, better telescopes have been sent to space for over 30 years, the Hubble has remained one of the mos…
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Cleopatra VII Philopator was the last ruler of an independent Egypt and one of the most important women of the ancient world. In addition to being a brilliant and cunning ruler in her own right, she was also famously associated with two of the most powerful men in the late Roman Republic. Yet was her involvement with these men that ultimately led t…
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Perhaps the greatest advancement in the arts in the 20th century was the creation of motion pictures. Motions Pictures was a brand-new art form. While initially it was just recorded stage presentations, it eventually evolved into something much more. Today, it is a multi-billion-dollar industry, which is all due to countless technical advancements …
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Sasheer’s Teaching Us How To Flirt w/ Mano Agapion & Oscar Montoya
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Friends! Sasheer and Nicole welcome comedians Oscar Montoya and Mano Agapion to the show to play besting each other. They both rated their relationship on a scale from 1 to 10. Mano met Oscar trying to flirt. Oscar maintains it was bad flirting but they ended up friends. Mano and Oscar realize they have never traveled together but they both want to…
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The Golden Age of the Classics in America by Carl Richard, Part II (Ad Navseam, Episode 155)
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This week Jeff and Dave continue their look at Carl Richard's 2009 masterpiece on Classics in America. As Richard surveys the antebellum landscape, there are some surprises in store. For example, devotion to the Classics, to the expanding literary reign of 'Tully' was not limited to the eastern elite along the seaboard. Even in the hinterlands, rus…
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Tristan da Cunha: The World’s Most Isolated Settlement (Encore)
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Located in the South Atlantic Ocean, situated between South America and Africa, lies the most remote human settlement on Earth. There, a community of a little over 250 people eke out a living over 1,500 miles from the next closest humans. Getting there is difficult, and living there is probably even harder. Learn more about Tristian da Cuhna and ho…
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One of the most difficult concepts for early thinkers to get their heads around was the idea of nothing. Everywhere we go, all our lives, there is something. There is air and matter that surrounds us everywhere because if there weren’t, we wouldn’t be here. Eventually, scientists and philosophers became comfortable with the idea of nothing and were…
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S4 Ep51: Accepting the mushiness of Jeff Vandermeer's Acceptance
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In which the Spiders consider Acceptance, the third book in Jeff Vandermeer's Southern Reach trilogy, and a step down from the focused mood and mystery of the first two installments -- though not without its virtues.By Xi Draconis Books
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Just south of the United States and north of Guatemala is Mexico, a fact which I’m sure all of you know. However, most people don’t know that much about Mexico. There are caricatures of Mexico, and many people are familiar with some of the tourist areas, but that’s about it. In reality, Mexico is one of the world’s largest countries, and its unique…
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For thousands of years, many theories have been put forward as to the cause of communicable diseases. These theories ranged from the religious to the magical and sometimes quasiscientific, but what they all had in common was that there was no proof for anything. Over the centuries these theories became dogma and often prevented a better understandi…
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Splish, splash, I was taking a… swim? On this episode of You Don’t Know Flack I “dive” into the topic of swimming pools! Support You […]By Rob "Flack" O'Hara
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Splish, splash, I was taking a… swim? On this episode of You Don’t Know Flack I “dive” into the topic of swimming pools! Support You […]By Rob "Flack" O'Hara
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The 1919 Chicago Black Sox Scandal (Encore)
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In October 1919, the champions of the National League, the Cincinnati Reds, faced the champions of the American League, the Chicago White Sox, in the World Series. While Cincinnati won the championship on the field five games to three, the series will be forever remembered because of the events surrounding it. Even a hundred years later, it remains…
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A History of Textiles, Fabrics, and Cloth
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I would say that there is a very good chance that almost everyone listening to the sound of my voice right now is wearing something made of cloth. Cloth, textiles, and fabrics go back a very long way, but despite their ancient origins, not every culture had them. Yet, where they existed, they were often some of the most valuable commodities, and th…
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In the year 53 BC, Rome suffered one of the greatest military defeats in its history. A Roman army led by Marcus Lucinisu Crassus was led into the desert in present-day Southern Turkey and was systematically destroy by an army from the Kingdom of Parthia. The defeat itself didn’t radically weaken Rome, but the death of Crassus led to a chain of eve…
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Friends! It’s another episode of Best Friends. Sasheer discusses how she got rid of some bees. She just talks to them. Nicole talks to the spiders in her house. Sasheer got the crows together as well. Nicole loves the birds and loves the freedom they represent. It’s riddle time and Sasheer and Nicole get into solving more riddles. Nicole’s on a rol…
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Located between China and India, Pakistan, Buthan, and Nepal is the world’s highest chain of mountains, The Himalayas. The Himalayas aren’t just very tall, picturesque mountains that are the home of Mount Everest. They are perhaps the most important mountain range on Earth. The Himalayas serve as the source of several of the world’s most important …
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Sharing an episode of “What It’s Like to Be...” from author Dan Heath. On the podcast, Dan explores the world of work, one profession at a time, and interviews people who love what they do. He finds out: What does a couples therapist think when a friend asks for relationship advice? How does a stand-up comedian come up with new material? What are t…
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In September 1944, despite over half a year still remaining in World War II, the Allies began preparing for an eventual post-war world. One of the biggest questions being discussed was what to do with Germany. After two world wars with Germany in just a quarter century, no one wanted a third. One American official developed a plan that would basica…
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In the early 1960s, the United States was always a step behind the Soviet Union in the space race. By the mid-1960s, the Americans had caught up. They didn’t have many glamorous firsts, but they were doing increasingly difficult things in space. All of that came crashing to a halt on January 27, 1967, when three astronauts died in what was a seemin…
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In the mid-18th century, excavations in the ancient town of Herculaneum, just outside the city of Pompeii and destroyed by the same volcano, discovered something….interesting. They found a villa that contained 1800 ancient scrolls. Unfortunately, the volcano's heat carbonized them, making them illegible and incredibly fragile. Still, for over 250 y…
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In the early 19th century, the most abundant bird in North America, and perhaps the entire world, was the passenger pigeon. An estimated three billion of them would fly in flocks so large that they could blot out the sun. However, within a century, the entire species had gone extinct. It was one of the fastest and most disastrous turnarounds for an…
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Depending on how you define it, there were somewhere between 70 to 100 Roman emperors between the ascension of Augustus to the fall of the western empire in 476. A period of about 500 years. Some of them managed to be just and competent rulers who ruled for extended periods of peace and prosperity. Others….were not. Learn more about the worst Roman…
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The Origin of Words and Phrases: Common Idioms
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Let me cut right to the chase. This episode is going to be a deep dive into the origin of some common idioms. I don’t want to dance around the subject or have to walk on eggshells, so I’m using this introduction to break the ice. Whether you’re feeling under the weather or ready to burn the midnight oil with us, you’re in for a treat. I will spill …
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Sasheer’s Got a New Breakfast Sandwich w/ Punam Patel
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Hey there friends! This week, Nicole and Sasheer welcome Comedian, Actress and their good friend Punam Patel on the show. She shares fun stories from her time traveling with Nicole through Europe, wildest audience reactions from performing on stage and her and Nicole’s gelato obsession. Sasheer shares her new favorite breakfast sandwich, everyone s…
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One of the most famous lines in poetry comes from the poet Robert Burns, who spoke of ‘The best-laid schemes of mice and men.’ The line has been used in reference to the fact that no matter how good the plan or the intentions behind it, things will often not go according to plan. Indeed, there have been times in history when plans have made things …
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