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Did you know that Robert Burns was the first person to feature on a Coca Cola bottle? Or that a book of his poems has orbited the earth 217 times? And he NEVER signed his name as Rabbie? This is a modern and light hearted look at the life and works of Robert Burns; poems explained; myths busted; songs sung and stories told. Listen, laugh, and maybe even learn something new with Alastair Turnbull and guests.
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Discover the inspiring journey of Mayor Robert Burns, a new force in the Conservative Movement. In just three and a half months, he won a surprising election victory in a city near Charlotte, NC. As a first-time candidate, his success highlights his dedication to America’s core values: faith, family, patriotism, capitalism, and the pursuit of life, liberty, and happiness. Guided by Billy Graham’s words, “When strong men take a stand, it strengthens the spines of others,” Mayor Burns aims to ...
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Join student doctors, mentors, and educators Nana and Robert as they uncover the steps, strategies, and mindset used by highly motivated medical students and residents. It features off-the-cuff interviews which illuminate the essence of their successes and how you can attain it. Subscribe now for more episodes.
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A sporadic conversation between poet Ed Skoog and fiction writer J. Robert Lennon about food, literature, music, and escaped zoo animals.
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Become a Paid Subscriber: https://anchor.fm/anchorsaway/subscribe A pair of veteran TV news anchors are back in business and behind the mic! Hosted by Emmy-nominated newsman Robert Burns and former TV news anchor Sara Threadgill, this podcast is built around telling it as it is. No weather. No traffic. No dramatic lead stories... and no boundaries. The duo offers hilarious hot takes on today’s world, dishes on behind-the-scenes stories they couldn't discuss on-air, and include celebrity gues ...
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Want to break through and go from where you are to where you want to be? Whether it's more money, fulfillment, travel or improvement in any area of your life, the #1 rated The Brendan Burns Show has you covered with the best life, business, and relationship coaching strategies for your ultimate success.
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Notorious Bakersfield is a podcast that steps back in time to look at some of Bakersfield's most notorious crimes, events, and characters that have impacted this Central California Valley community.
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International lawyer Robert Amsterdam and other members from the Amsterdam & Partners LLP team host a wide range of special expert guests to discuss leading international political and business issues.
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In this show Pastors Micah Beckwith and Nathan Peternel discuss all the topics surrounding our culture that scare you and that you're not allowed to talk about at the Thanksgiving dinner table. With a deep understanding of Scripture, American history, and current events, Micah and Nathan (along with an occasional guest or two) don't shy away from tackling all the politically incorrect topics you're probably already thinking about anyway.
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What we believe matters. What we hold to be true becomes our message. Join media host Robert Melnichuk as he explores the message of transformed people in a progressively cultural and religious world. If you want to be self-assured in your spiritual convictions, don't miss an episode!
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These sermon message podcasts are a ministry of Emmanuel Faith Community Church of Escondido, Calif. Ryan Paulson is the Lead Pastor. Our messages are available on a weekly basis from Pastor Ryan, our other preaching pastors, and guest speakers. We hope you enjoy these messages as you listen and grow deeper in the Word of God, and closer to the Lord Jesus Christ. Thanks for listening!
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A unique storytelling podcast about Scottish history, the people and places who made it. Hosted by Michael Park.
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Scottish history and culture with a mix of traditional and modern Scottish music. Take a virtual trip to Scotland on every episode!
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Blogger.Visual Storyteller.Traveler: Exploring the creative spirit within a dynamic, ever-changing global world. The pursuit of artistic excellence is an essential element of our humanity; it speaks to the soul of our culture and society, allowing us to celebrate our individuality and our togetherness. My goal: to encourage a deep and profound awareness of our personal journeys. Tea Toast & Trivia Podcast All Rights Reserved © 2019 -2024 by Rebecca Budd
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As lead by Sooty the Solid Radio Cat, we're the station with a Classic in Every Byte. Now in podcast form, it's your chance to enjoy the very best content we've poured our blood, sweat and tears into on your own time. This is the "firehose" feed - the one where you get everything Solid Radio produces. If you'd prefer to get specific shows or presenters, simply search for those on your podcatcher.
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Three university philosophy professors provide analysis of each and every Coen brothers film, in chronological order.
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In this podcast, ministers are invited to share some of the most unique and crazy stories that have happened to them during their time of ministry. Take a listen and laugh along while together we think, "did that really happen?"
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Arvid Kahl talks about starting and bootstrapping businesses, how to build an audience, and how to build in public.
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A podcast preserving dedicated to preserving Scotland's past, recording its present and informing our future.
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Zone 3 is a podcast that discusses everything MRI. Tune in to hear about the latest advances, optimization techniques, and more! Hosted by Robert and Reggie who are both MRI Technologists. They have an entertaining rapport as they tackle topics like MR safety, imaging protocols, upcoming technology, and so much more. You can tune into Zone 3 Podcast on YouTube or listen to it on your Podcast RSS Feed! Thanks for Stopping by Zone 3.
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We talk to writers and other public figures about passages of text of their choice.
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Edinburgh based book podcast. Critical appreciations of classic and modern literature. Interviews with academics, authors and perfomers.
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9-1-1 calls and excerpts from the Volusia-Flagler area.
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https://www.bentonvilleeconomicdevelopment.com/ On the Bentonville Beacon podcast, host James Bell brings you stories from the entrepreneurs, business executives and community leaders who are sparking the rise of the Greater Bentonville area. You'll hear how one of the fastest-growing and most dynamic cities and economies in the United States helps businesses grow and helps people live their best lives. Tune in, subscribe, and get excited to embrace Greater Bentonville with us!
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This is a podcast that reflects the interviews you can find live on Wednesday's at 9 PM EST at www.tenacityradio.com/listen
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Old Books. The Bible & Faith. Antiques. Nature. History. Coffee. Poems. Edison Phonographs. Old Pipes. Old Movies. Hot Tea. Beautiful Memories Of Times Gone By.
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Join Sam, Robert and Laurence Taylor; three handsome brothers, on Taylor Made
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The Community Radio Station of Muskegon & Muskegon Heights, Michigan
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A podcast about the history, people and landscapes of Scotland.
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Jon Roberts and Michael Draper get together every week to discuss education, building a career as a millennial, social issues, personal development, technology, anything really.
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This is the Poetry Pie Podcast. We upload a new episode every month. In each episode, we speak with an expert on that month's poem. Stay tuned for more great poems and interviews! - The Poetry Pie Team
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Yale Law School professors Samuel Moyn and David Schleicher interview legal scholars and dig into the debates heard inside law school halls.
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Then & Now Podcast. A nerd podcast talking about nerd things. Where we took what you loved then and talk about it now.
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Juxtaposing Metal with Musicals - joined by iconic guests from the worlds of Music, Broadway, Hollywood, and more! https://www.thetonastontales.com/listen -- https://www.patreon.com/bloomingtheatricals - https://twitter.com/thrashntreasure https://linktr.ee/thrashntreasure ***** Help support Thrash 'n Treasure and keep us on-air, PLUS go on a fantastical adventure at the same time! Grab your copy of The Tonaston Tales by AW, and use the code TNT20 when you check out for 20% off eBooks and Pa ...
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Jesse Chappus has in-depth conversations with health and wellness leaders from around the world. Topics include lifestyle, nutrition, fitness, self-help, sleep, meditation, spirituality and so much more. Tune in weekly to take your health to the next level!
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3-time national award-winning writer & full time walking movie encyclopedia Jen Johans of FilmIntuition.com delivers a steady stream of great movie recommendations, thoughtful career deep dives, & first rate conversations with critics, authors, actors, journalists, filmmakers, and more on Watch With Jen.™️ Originally launched on Patreon (https://patreon.com/FilmIntuition), where new installments premiere first, once each episode is unlocked to the public, you'll be able to find every episode ...
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A movie podcast inspired by a Werner Herzog quote, “We have to articulate ourselves, otherwise we would be cows in the field.” Hosted by Justin Khoo (professor of philosophy at MIT) and Laura Khoo (art historian turned fundraiser).
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The Modern Art Notes Podcast is a weekly, hour-long interview program featuring artists, historians, authors, curators and conservators. Pulitzer Prize-winning art critic Sebastian Smee called The MAN Podcast “one of the great archives of the art of our time.” When the US chapter of the International Association of Art Critics gave host Tyler Green one of its inaugural awards for criticism in 2014, it included a special citation for The MAN Podcast.
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Welcome to Inspired By A True Story, where our award-winning podcast hosts and film critics discuss the genuine details that have inspired some of the most memorable true crime movies around. Inspiration is far different than being based on a true story, so each episode will break down the crime or crimes that inspired a specific film, and then discuss how factual that film is, versus how much is simply Hollywood magic. Inspired by a true story is now available to listen and subscribe on you ...
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The Growth Matters Network is a vibrant community for small and mid-market business topics. It’s a place to learn, share, and connect with others who – just like you – are determined to grow and transform their businesses. Catalyst explores the burning questions of today's businesses with industry experts.
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The Everyman Movie Review is a different kind of movie commentary - it's not about the art of movie-making, but rather about the enjoyment and entertainment of the film itself. It's not about me or my opinion, it's about the movie - does it deliver on what it promises? I've been a movie fan my entire life. I'm such a 'fan' - I gave up a lucrative legal career on the east coast and moved to Hollywood to be a part of it. And here I am, living the dream, recording reviews for the internet. But ...
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Podcast by Myles Surrett
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When a fierce tribe of woodland elves - the Wolfriders - are burned from their homes by hostile humans, their chief, Cutter, must tap every reserve of strength and will to lead his people to safety. Barely surviving brutal setbacks, the Wolfriders discover to their astonishment other elves - the Sun Folk - who exist in the world they thought was theirs alone. Now refugees, the hardship of losing their forest home proves small compared to the spirit-twisting trials that follow when Cutter exp ...
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We talk all NFL football subjects from Games, Breaking News, Fantasy Football, Betting Analysis, mostly everything you can think of!
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From the creators of Eric Roberts is the Man, Cinema Smorgasbord is an umbrella brand for a collection of all new themed podcasts including the Jackie Chan-themed We Do Our Own Stunts, the genre film festival celebration Cinema Fantastica, How Do You Do Fellow Kids: The Work of Steve Buscemi, Whatever Happened To Vic Diaz, and more! All hosted by your beloved ERITFM hosts Doug Tilley and Liam O’Donnell
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With over 30 years of experience as a divorce attorney, Hindell Grossman, shares her wisdom and experience with those considering or in the middle of the divorce process. Inside Divorce demystifies the world of divorce and family law, giving listeners the fundamental tools to navigate what can be the hardest transition of their lives: divorcing. Popular topics include how to time a divorce, how to choose a divorce attorney, dating after a divorce, and talking about money with your partner.
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Interviews with Authors about their New Books Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network
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A podcast about critically acclaimed Australian band Halfway. Hear about twenty years of writing, recording and touring in an indie rock band. Including interviews with Robert Forster (Go-Betweens), Rob Younger (Radio Birdman) Mark Nevers (Lambchop/George Jones), Nick Barker (The Wreckery/The Reptiles), J.C. (Powderfinger), Simon Homer (Plus One Records) and Peter Jesperson (Twin Tone/New West Records)
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Leadership and Faith: Mark Harris on the Political Frontlines - Part 2
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In this episode of the Robert Burns podcast, host Rob continues his conversation with Mark Harris, a congressional candidate for North Carolina's 8th district. They discuss a range of topics emphasizing personal integrity, political challenges, and the importance of faith in public life. Harris shares his stance on significant issues such as aborti…
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Burns Banter S2 Ep6 - Burns Banter Live ! 16th - 25th Aug 2024 Edinburgh Fringe Festival
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In this Episode I talk about my up coming shows at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Yes, I'm taking Burns Banter to Edinburgh and will be performing upstairs in The Pear Tree. The venue is called The Counting House and the room is called The Attic. I'm on from the 16th to the 25th, (not the 24th), 10.30am till 11.30am each day. The show is called 'Bu…
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Russia's burning ambition for global power
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Following the end of World War II, Josef Stalin and Russia's leadership had a certain vision of the postwar order, one which ended up being quite different from reality. They had expected to maintain control over the whole of Europe, and have these gains of war legitimized and recognized by the United States - with specific emphasis on the carve up…
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Torn N 2 with Gregory T. Roberts and Melvin Burns II with guest Ronald Jenkins
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Torn N 2 with Gregory T. Roberts and Melvin Burns II with guest city of Muskegon Heights councilman Ronald Jenkins.By WUVS 103.7 The Beat
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David Badre, "On Task: How Our Brain Gets Things Done" (Princeton UP, 2020)
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On Task: How Our Brain Gets Things Done (Princeton UP, 2020) is a look at the extraordinary ways the brain turns thoughts into actions—and how this shapes our everyday lives. Why is it hard to text and drive at the same time? How do you resist eating that extra piece of cake? Why does staring at a tax form feel mentally exhausting? Why can your chi…
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Donald L. Miller, "Vicksburg: Grant’s Campaign that Broke the Confederacy" (Simon and Schuster, 2019)
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In Vicksburg: Grant’s Campaign that Broke the Confederacy (Simon & Schuster, 2019), Donald L. Miller explains in great detail how Grant ultimately succeeded in taking the city and turning the tide of the war in favor of the Union. Miller begins his tale with events in Cairo and leads the reader through all the important events that lead to success …
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Yanagawa Seigan, "The Same Moon Shines on All: The Lives and Selected Poems of Yanagawa Seigan and Kōran" (Columbia UP, 2024)
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Yanagawa Seigan (1789–1858) and his wife Kōran (1804–79) were two of the great poets of nineteenth-century Japan. They practiced the art of traditional Sinitic poetry—works written in literary Sinitic, or classical Chinese, a language of enduring importance far beyond China’s borders. Together, they led itinerant lives, traveling around Japan teach…
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Tiffany Gill, "To Turn the Whole World Over: Black Women and Internationalism" (U Illinois Press, 2019)
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Black women undertook an energetic and unprecedented engagement with internationalism from the late nineteenth century to the 1970s. In many cases, their work reflected a complex effort to merge internationalism with issues of women's rights and with feminist concerns. To Turn the Whole World Over: Black Women and Internationalism (U Illinois Press…
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Lucia Hulsether, "Capitalist Humanitarianism" (Duke UP, 2023)
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The struggle against neoliberal order has gained momentum over the last five decades – to the point that economic elites have not only adapted to the Left's critiques but incorporated them for capitalist expansion. Venture funds expose their ties to slavery and pledge to invest in racial equity. Banks pitch microloans as a path to indigenous self-d…
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Arang Keshavarzian, "Making Space for the Gulf: Histories of Regionalism and the Middle East" (Stanford UP, 2024)
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The Persian Gulf has long been a contested space--an object of imperial ambitions, national antagonisms, and migratory dreams. The roots of these contestations lie in the different ways the Gulf has been defined as a region, both by those who live there and those beyond its shore. Making Space for the Gulf: Histories of Regionalism and the Middle E…
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Arie Perliger, "American Zealots: Inside Right-Wing Domestic Terrorism" (Columbia UP, 2020)
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In an unsettling time in American history, the outbreak of right-wing violence is among the most disturbing developments. In recent years, attacks originating from the far right of American politics have targeted religious and ethnic minorities, with a series of antigovernment militants, religious extremists, and lone-wolf mass shooters inspired by…
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Steve Gillon, “The Kennedy Assassination: 24 Hours After” (Basic Books, 2009)
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You could fill a large library with books about JFK’s assassination. We’ve even touched on the subject here. The topic of the transfer of power from JFK to LBJ, however, has been neglected. I was under the impression that after JFK was pronounced dead, LBJ took an oath and that was that. As Steve Gillon points out in his terrific new The Kennedy As…
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Breanne Fahs, "Burn It Down: Feminist Manifestos for the Revolution" (Verso, 2020)
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Burn It Down: Feminist Manifestos for the Revolution (Verso, 2020), Breanne Fahs has curated a comprehensive collection of feminist manifestos from the nineteenth century to today. Fahs collected over seventy-five manifestos from around the world, calling on feminists to act, be defiant and show their rage. This thought-provoking and timely collect…
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Francine Banner, "Beyond Complicity: Why We Blame Each Other Instead of Systems" (U California Press, 2024)
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Beyond Complicity: Why We Blame Each Other Instead of Systems (University of California Press, 2024) by Dr. Francine Banner is a fascinating cultural diagnosis that identifies our obsession with complicity as a symptom of a deeply divided society. The questions surrounding what it means to be legally complicit are the same ones we may ask ourselves…
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Ed wrote a book about his childhood home. John’s thinking about the eighties. Together they discuss whether nostalgia is bad for art, the pig at the blueberry farm, science fiction and romance, Oaxacan cuisine, kids today with their monolithic half-century of cultural indoctrination, and how long a muffin stays tasty. Follow links to Quisp, Cross o…
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Anthony Kaldellis, "The New Roman Empire: A History of Byzantium" (Oxford UP, 2024)
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In recent decades, the study of the Eastern Roman Empire, also known as Byzantium, has been revolutionized by new approaches and more sophisticated models for how its society and state operated. No longer looked upon as a pale facsimile of classical Rome, Byzantium is now considered a vigorous state of its own, inheritor of many of Rome's features,…
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Michael J. Douma, "The Slow Death of Slavery in Dutch New York: A Cultural, Economic, and Demographic History, 1700-1827" (Cambridge UP, 2024)
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Original and deeply researched, The Slow Death of Slavery in Dutch New York: A Cultural, Economic, and Demographic History, 1700-1827 (Cambridge University Press, 2024) provides a new interpretation of Dutch American slavery which challenges many of the traditional assumptions about slavery in New York. With an emphasis on demography and economics,…
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Matt Stoller, "Goliath: The 100-Year War Between Monopoly Power and Democracy" (Simon & Schuster, 2020)
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In Goliath: The 100-Year War Between Monopoly Power and Democracy (Simon & Schuster, 2019), Matt Stoller explains how authoritarianism and populism have returned to American politics for the first time in eighty years, as the outcome of the 2016 election shook our faith in democratic institutions. It has brought to the fore dangerous forces that ma…
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Krista E. Hughes et al., "Ecological Solidarities: Mobilizing Faith and Justice for an Entangled World" (Penn State UP, 2019)
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Operating on the premise that our failure to recognize our interconnected relationship to the rest of the cosmos is the origin of planetary peril, Ecological Solidarities: Mobilizing Faith and Justice for an Entangled World (Penn State University Press, 2019) presents academic, activist, and artistic perspectives on how to inspire reflection and mo…
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Pekka Hämäläinen, "Lakota America: A New History of Indigenous Power" (Yale UP, 2019)
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The names of Red Cloud, Sitting Bull, and Crazy Horse are often readily recognized among many Americans. Yet the longer, dynamic history of the Lakota - a history from which these three famous figures were created - remains largely untold. In Lakota America: A New History of Indigenous Power (Yale, 2019), historian Pekka Hämäläinen, author of The C…
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Frances Tanzer, "Vanishing Vienna: Modernism, Philosemitism, and Jews in a Postwar City" (U Pennsylvania Press, 2024)
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In Vanishing Vienna: Modernism, Philosemitism, and Jews in a Postwar City (U Pennsylvania Press, 2024) historian Frances Tanzer traces the reconstruction of Viennese culture from the 1938 German annexation through the early 1960s. The book reveals continuity in Vienna's cultural history across this period and a framework for interpreting Viennese c…
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Ujju Aggarwal, "Unsettling Choice: Race, Rights, and the Partitioning of Public Education" (U Minnesota Press, 2024)
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What do universal rights to public goods like education mean when codified as individual, private choices? Is the “problem” of school choice actually not about better choices for all but, rather, about the competition and exclusion that choice engenders—guaranteeing a system of winners and losers? Unsettling Choice: Race, Rights, and the Partitioni…
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Eric Reinders, "Reading Tolkien in Chinese: Religion, Fantasy and Translation" (Bloomsbury, 2024)
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Approaching translations of Tolkien's works as stories in their own right, Reading Tolkien in Chinese: Religion, Fantasy and Translation (Bloomsbury, 2024) reads multiple Chinese translations of Tolkien's writing to uncover the new and unique perspectives that enrich the meaning of the original texts. Exploring translations of The Lord of the Rings…
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Stephanie Balkwill, "The Women Who Ruled China: Buddhism, Multiculturalism, and Governance in the Sixth Century" (U California Press, 2024)
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In the late fifth century, a girl whose name has been forgotten by history was born at the edge of the Chinese empire. By the time of her death, she had transformed herself into Empress Dowager Ling, one of the most powerful politicians of her age and one of the first of many Buddhist women to wield incredible influence in dynastic East Asia. In th…
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Stephen Harris, "Buddhist Ethics and the Bodhisattva Path: Santideva on Virtue and Well-Being" (Bloomsbury, 2023)
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An influential eighth-century Buddhist text, Śāntideva’s Bodhicaryāvatāra, or Guide to the Practices of Awakening, how to become a supremely virtuous person, a bodhisattva who desires to end the suffering of all sentient beings. Stephen Harris’s Buddhist Ethics and the Bodhisattva Path: Śāntideva on Virtue and Well-Being (Bloomsbury Academic, 2024)…
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`Indie Hackers have sinned. They allowed the seven deadly sins into their founder lives. And now we must cast them out. Well, let's be a little bit less dramatic. We already have enough drama in our busy founder lives. Still, something about the seven deadly sins translates pretty well into how many indie hackers comport themselves. Here's where we…
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The Trump Shooting : Breaking Down How We Got Here
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In this episode of JSP Nathan and Micah discuss the attempted assassination on President Trump's life. What led to this, where were the breakdowns of security, and where do we go from here.By Micah Beckwith, Nathan Peternel
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Sören Schoppmeier, "Playing American: Open-World Videogames and the Reproduction of American Culture" (De Gruyter, 2023)
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Videogames have always depicted representations of American culture, but how exactly they feed back into this culture is less obvious. Advocating an action-based understanding of both videogames and culture, this book delineates how aspects of American culture are reproduced transnationally through popular open-world videogames. Playing American: O…
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Kendra Sullivan, "Reps" (Ugly Duckling Presse, 2024)
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Kendra Sullivan's latest book of poetry, Reps (Ugly Duckling Presse, 2024), cycles through a series of operational exercises that gradually enable her to narrate an attempted escape from the trappings of narrativity—plot, character, chronology, and the promise of a probable future issuing forth from a stable past. From deep within a narrowly constr…
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Laura Moretti and Satō Yukiko, "Graphic Narratives from Early Modern Japan: The World of Kusazōshi" (Brill, 2024)
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Part of a formidable publishing industry, cheap yet eye-catching graphic narratives consistently charmed early modern Japanese readers for around two hundred years. These booklets were called kusazōshi (“grass books”). Graphic Narratives from Early Modern Japan: The World of Kusazōshi (Brill, 2024) is the first English-language publication of its k…
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Özge Çelikaslan, "Archiving the Commons: Looking Through the Lens of bak.ma" (DPR Barcelona, 2024)
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“Stories of archives are always stories of phantoms, of the death or disappearance or erasure of something, the preservation of what remains, and its possible reappearance—feared by some, desired by others,” writes Thomas Keenan. Archiving the Commons: Looking Through the Lens of bak.ma (DPR Barcelona, June 2024) is about those stories and much mor…
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Pottery, Moral Enhancement, and Science-Fiction with Pei-hua Huang
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In this episode Pat speaks with Dr Pei-hua Huang. Dr Pei-hua Huang’s work lies where bioethics and political philosophy intersect. She is interested in the interaction of social issues and medical technologies. She has a special interest in philosophical issues raised by human and moral enhancement technologies and the treatment of morally relevant…
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Robert Weis, "For Christ and Country: Militant Catholic Youth in Post-Revolutionary Mexico" (Cambridge UP, 2019)
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Why did José de León Toral kill Álvaro Obregón, leader of the Mexican Revolution? So far, historians have characterized the motivations of the young Catholic militant as the fruit of fanaticism. Robert Weis's book For Christ and Country: Militant Catholic Youth in Post-Revolutionary Mexico (Cambridge UP, 2019) offers new insights on how diverse sec…
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Hamilton Nolan, "The Hammer: Power, Inequality, and the Struggle for the Soul of Labor" (Hachette Books, 2024)
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Inequality is America's biggest problem. Unions are the single strongest tool that working people have to fix it. Organized labor has been in decline for decades. Yet it sits today at a moment of enormous opportunity. In the wake of the pandemic, a highly visible wave of strikes and new organizing campaigns have driven the popularity of unions to h…
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Alessandra Montalbano, "Ransom Kidnapping in Italy: Crime, Memory, and Violence" (U Toronto Press, 2023)
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For over thirty years, modern Italy was plagued by ransom kidnappings perpetrated by bandits and organised crime syndicates. Nearly 700 men, women, and children were abducted from across the country between the late 1960s and the late 1990s, held hostage by members of the Sardinian banditry, Cosa Nostra, and the ’Ndrangheta. Subjected to harsh capt…
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Filmmaker, Artist, Writer: A Conversation with Paromita Vohra
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This is the Global Media & Communication podcast series. This podcast is a multimodal project powered by the Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication (CARGC) at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania. At CARGC, we produce and promote critical, interdisciplinary, and multimodal research on global media a…
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In this week's episode, David and Modya speak with Rebecca Schliser, a core faculty member at the Institute for Jewish Spirituality and rabbinical student at Aleph, The Alliance for Jewish Renewal. They explore the middah of silence through the stories in parsha Balak and see how a donkey may be more in tune with the Divine than a human by employin…
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Michelle Moffat, "Scottish Society in the Second World War: Tradition, Tension, Transformation" (Edinburgh UP, 2023)
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Surprisingly little is known about Scottish experiences of the Second World War. Scottish Society in the Second World War (Edinburgh University Press, 2023) by Dr. Michelle Moffat addresses this oversight by providing a pioneering account of society and culture in wartime Scotland. While significantly illuminating a pivotal episode in Scottish hist…
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Episode No. 663 features artist Jeremy Frey and curator Sarah Humphreville. The Portland Museum of Art is presenting "Jeremy Frey: Woven," a twenty-year survey of Frey's basketry and printmaking. The exhibition features more than fifty baskets made from natural materials such as black ash and sweetgrass, as well as prints and video. The exhibition …
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Join Michael and Wayne as they are joined by Don Blackwell to share stories of ministry. We want to express our thanks to House to House Studios for allowing us to use their studio to record many of the episodes of our summer content. Check them out at housetohouse.com "Like" and "share" on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/housetohouseStudios?m…
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Seth A. Berkowitz, "Equal Care: Health Equity, Social Democracy, and the Egalitarian State" (Johns Hopkins UP, 2024)
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Health inequity is one of the defining problems of our time. But current efforts to address the problem focus on mitigating the harms of injustice rather than confronting injustice itself. In Equal Care: Health Equity, Social Democracy, and the Egalitarian State (Johns Hopkins UP, 2024), Seth A. Berkowitz, MD, MPH, offers an innovative vision for t…
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"Prairie Schooner" Magazine: A Discussion with John Kuligowski and Zainab Omaki
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John Kuligowski is a Nonfiction Assistant Editor at Prairie Schooner and also currently a PhD student in English at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He worked as an assistant editor for volumes 392 and 394 of the Dictionary of Literary Biography and has published in a number of venues both online and in print. Zainab Omaki is likewise a Nonficti…
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Orientalism in Representations of Muslims: A Discussion with Laury Silvers
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In this episode of Radio ReOrient we return to the literary theme of this season, to explore the work of Laury Silvers. Laury is the author of many successful book series set in the past and present of the Islamicate, including her Sufi Mysteries Quartet set in 10th Century Baghdad. In this interview she tells Saeed Khan and Salman Sayyid about her…
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Reid B. Locklin, "Hindu Mission, Christian Mission: Soundings in Comparative Theology" (SUNY Press, 2024)
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For some four hundred years, Hindus and Christians have been engaged in a public controversy about conversion and missionary proselytization, especially in India and the Hindu diaspora. Hindu Mission, Christian Mission: Soundings in Comparative Theology (SUNY Press, 2024) reframes this controversy by shifting attention from "conversion" to a wider,…
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What Would Jesus Say about Diversity and Inclusion? (with Pete Imperial)
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Pete Imperial has been principal of St. Mary’s Catholic High School in Berkeley, California, a Lasallian Catholic School of 160 years and going strong. Yet only 45% of the students are Catholics (though a similar number are Protestant Christians) and some of the kids have had no religious experience at all. How does a good Catholic school infuse th…
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Freeman's Challenge: The Murder That Shook America's Original Prison for Profit
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Today’s book is: Freeman’s Challenge: The Murder That Shook America’s Original Prison for Profit (U Chicago Press, 2024), by Dr. Robin Bernstein, which tells the story of a teenager named William Freeman. Convicted of a horse theft he insisted he did not commit, he was sentenced to five years of hard labor in Auburn’s new prison. Uniting incarcerat…
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Anthony Di Renzo, "Pasquinades: Essays from Rome's Famous Talking Statue" (Cayuga Lake Books, 2023)
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Anthony Di Renzo's Pasquinades: Essays from Rome's Famous Talking Statue (Cayuga Lake Books, 2023) is the most audacious guide to Rome you will ever read. Pasquino, the city’s witty talking statue, will introduce you to the gallant heroes and grotesque villains, humble peddlers and flamboyant nobles, whores and saints and movie stars who have reign…
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Kevin Loughran, "Parks for Profit: Selling Nature in the City" (Columbia UP, 2022)
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A new kind of city park has emerged in the early twenty-first century. Postindustrial parks transform the derelict remnants of an urban past into distinctive public spaces that meld repurposed infrastructure, wild-looking green space, and landscape architecture. For their proponents, they present an opportunity to turn disused areas into neighborho…
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Fida Jiryis, "Stranger in My Own Land: Palestine, Israel and One Family's Story of Home" (Hurst, 2022)
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In this very moving and heartwarming interview I had the opportunity to discuss with Fida Jiyris her work, a beautifully written memoir that tells the story of her and her family journey, which is also the story of Palestine, from the Nakba to the present—a seventy-five-year tale of conflict, exodus, occupation, return and search for belonging, see…
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Jeremiah Coogan, "Eusebius the Evangelist: Rewriting the Fourfold Gospel in Late Antiquity" (Oxford UP, 2023)
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The development of Christian scriptures did not terminate once, for example, following Irenaeus and other influential patristic figures, the four gospels that would later be located at the front of the church’s New Testament were accepted by most churches and transmitted together in the same codex. Instead, erudite Christian readers employed new an…
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