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Tea with Culture

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Interviews and discussions about art and culture in the United Arab Emirates and beyond. Founded in 2015. Presented by Hind Mezaina and Wael Hattar. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @teawithculture Email: teawithculture@gmail.com
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The podcast about contemporary tea culture. Host and tea expert Anne Pawlak interviews artists, tea growers and masters, sommeliers and tea connoisseurs of the world to find out how tea influences personal well-being, spirituality, physical and mental performance and cultural and social changes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Keeping up with the political news can feel like a full-time job. It’s easy to miss details and facts in our fast-paced lives. Tea With George creates space for complex and nuanced political conversations.I want to empower Americans to fight for our freedom that’s slowly being taken away from us. We must defend the Judeo-Christian culture our Founders gave us. Get the greatest ideas and tools to combat and defend our beautiful Nation in my Podcast “Tea with George.”
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Tea with Queen and J.

Tea with Queen and J.

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Queen and J. are two funny womanist race nerds from the Bronx talking liberation, politics and pop culture over tea! Dismantling white supremacist patriarchal capitalism one episode at a time. New episode drops every Thursday! Drink up!
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The Read

Loud Speakers Network

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Join bloggers Kid Fury and Crissle for their weekly podcast covering hip-hop and pop culture's most trying stars. Throwing shade and spilling tea with a flippant and humorous attitude, no star is safe from Fury and Crissle unless their name is Beyoncé. (Or Blue Ivy.) As transplants to New York City (Kid Fury from Miami and Crissle from Oklahoma City), The Read also serves as an on-air therapy session for two friends trying to adjust to life (and rats) in the big city. The Read is part of the ...
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Developer Tea

Jonathan Cutrell

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Developer Tea exists to help driven developers connect to their ultimate purpose and excel at their work so that they can positively impact the people they influence. With over 13 million downloads to date, Developer Tea is a short podcast hosted by Jonathan Cutrell (@jcutrell), co-founder of Spec and Director of Engineering at PBS. We hope you'll take the topics from this podcast and continue the conversation, either online or in person with your peers. Twitter: @developertea :: Email: deve ...
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Oh My Pod!

Matt And Omar

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Oh My Pod is a weekly chat, hosted by Matt and Omar, with an industry leader who is making a big 'ole impact on the world. Join us as we sip wine and spill tea with humans who are super passionate about what they do and learn a whole bunch in the process.
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Tea with Mike

Michael Johnson

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On the Tea with Mike show, Mike encourages his guests, who have included creative Artists, Podcasters, former Olympians, and Entrepreneurs from around the globe, to share their stories over a good cup of tea!
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Introducing ”Two Charlottes Spill the Tea” – your go-to destination for heartfelt and candid conversations on life’s rollercoaster. Join hosts Charlotte & Charlotte as they delve into an array of topics spanning parenting, addiction, mental health, spirituality, meditation, self-care, and beyond. This lifestyle podcast is more than just an audio experience; it’s a virtual gathering of friends sharing stories, insights, and laughs. Discover the raw and relatable side of existence as we spill ...
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This podcast is hosted by Kaysha Thomas who is a nutritional therapist and Pilates instructor who specialises in eating disorder recovery. Kaysha takes a trauma informed approach to the work that she does with her clients.
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Spilling tea on hip-hop, pop culture, and the latest trending topics on social media. Tea Time UNFILTERED with Lovelyti will feature entertainment news, the latest information, and candid conversations about a multitude of topics, concerning young women and men across the globe.
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Tea and Timbits

Scott Snowden + Andy Baqone

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Global perspectives on business development to help you prosper. "Business Development" is so much more than sales and marketing. This podcast is for motivated business leaders dealing with complexity, wanting to make changes happen. Brought to you weekly by Andy Baqone and Scott Snowden, you'll get validation that you're on the right track and you'll come away with new ideas to accelerate your plans. From the rocky shores of Lake Ontario and the dreary streets of London, this transatlantic ...
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The Sweet Tea Series

Texas Public Policy Foundation

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Welcome to The Sweet Tea Series! For way too long, conservative girls of all different backgrounds, ages, and stories have been craving a space to spill the tea on policy in our country, pop culture, and girl talk! Consider this your VIP invite to the best party in the country. Grab your cutest cup, tune in to new episodes as they drop, and let’s spill the tea together with our hosts Taylor Dawson and Ariana Silva as they interview women who are shaping the future of the conservative movement!
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Just Friends

Jude Sack and Lula Talenfeld

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Listen to two college friends — and only friends — chat about anything & everything on their minds. From rehashing their favorite lectures, complaining about hookup culture, and discussing the glitches in the simulation, Jude and Lula will share it all! Join two Yale students as they try to figure out this whole crazy life thing. Unwind with us every Sunday... and make sure to brew yourself some tea :)
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凍奶茶- 香港女仔一名,鍾意講下生活上嘅無聊小事、睇法、啟發 :) 請聽最新的集數 Listen to my latest episode for better quality! Hi guys I am a twenty-something-year-old girl from Hong Kong. I just graduated uni and am now working as a junior doctor. In this podcast you will hear my thoughts and inspirations in daily life. Enjoy!! (廣東話 Cantonese Podcast) ♥ Instagram: icedmilktea_podcast
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Pull up a seat and grab a drink. Join a couple of out and proud best friends living in the Windy City of Chicago! The Boys discuss life events, experiences, and news stories while keeping our tongue firmly in cheek. Whether its politics, movies, theatre, television LGBTQ news, queer culture, current events, and other elements of pop culture. We spill the tea consistently and "paint trash". Spend some time with your new Gay Best Friends.
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Hey Group Chat! I know ya’ll see my text! There’s tea to be spilled. Each week we’re bringing you our unfiltered take on culture, news, dating and our lives as Black millennial women. We are coming to y'all with the honesty and eyerolls that only a text chain with your girls can. This is Black Girls Texting with Chelsea, Glynn and Sade.
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Queen ShanShan spills the HOT tea on travel, food, culture, and the world of beauty. Weekly new guest co-hosts, funny banter about pop culture and just 'off the cuff' conversations. It feels like you're talking to your best friends on a daily basis.
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TeaFlix with The McCartney Ladies

Dr. Angie McCartney & Ruth McCartney

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TeaFlix - Hosted by Dr. Angie McCartney & Ruth McCartney Welcome to our Mother-Daughter podcast, where each episode’s intimate conversation features a fascinating guest across the spectrum of Beatles world, pop culture, Grammy winners, the music industry, chefs, producers, music stars, actors and more… so "bottoms up” and join us, as they spill the tea on TeaFlix!
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Siblings Spilling Tea

Cass C. & Bobby Lubic

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We’re Cass and Bobby, a sister and brother duo from Las Vegas! Our episodes flow through many topics and we have short skits we call Espresso Shots. Join us for banter, tangents, satire, crazy characters, and so much more, your wig will fly off into space to become Mars' first citizen. We'd love to make you laugh, so let's all laugh together!
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Barely Untamed

Veronica Chou & Sarah Phillips

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Barely Untamed is the podcast to listen to when you feel like you’re going through it alone. We talk about some of the hardest moments of life, but with a levity that makes it all a little bit more bearable. And it’s not always serious. If giggles and random tangents and unfiltered swearing sound like your cup of tea, then you might like our style. Barely Untamed launched in January of 2024, and new episodes come out weekly - because we ARE that ambitious. New episodes release EVERY Wednesda ...
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Mediumship, Intuitive and Spiritual Development made accessible and authentic! Since 2018 Danielle Searancke, the Squamish Medium, has been podcasting the raw, real an authentic journey of a developing Spiritual Medium. An indigenous mother of 2, this mountain mama holds nothing back as she shares vulnerably and honestly the ups and downs, the lessons and wisdom from 10+ years on the Mediumship and Spiritual Development Path! Trusted by many around the world as a mentor to their own spiritua ...
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Radio Imbibe is the audio home of Imbibe magazine. In each episode, we dive into liquid culture, exploring the people, places, and flavors of the drinkscape through conversations about cocktails, coffee, beer, spirits, and wine.
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B. Scott, the ‘Queen of Tea,’ serves up the hottest tea in pop culture with lovebscott.com’s editor Denver Sean, signature one-on-one interviews and ‘Ask B. Scott’ advice. We wanna make the podcast even better, help us learn how we can: https://bit.ly/2EcYbu4 For advertising opportunities please email PodcastPartnerships@Studio71us.com Privacy Policy: https://www.studio71.com/us/terms-and-conditions-use/#Privacy%20Policy
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This weekly podcast finds two friends who are constantly at odds coming together to talk all things pop culture. With a quirky sense of humor (and a complete lack of humility), Shelby and Matt put their fingers on the pulse of social media’s zeitgeist as they discuss, dissect, and dismantle current moments in movies, music, and more. These self-proclaimed tastemakers are eager to prove their point and serve their tea too. Because you may think you’re right but P.S. You’re Wrong.
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Your inside source for pop culture deep dives, gossip, hot takes, and of course clownery all hours of the day when it comes to Taylor Swift and Gaylor Swift. Find us on Patreon (search: what I will say) for bonus episodes, the spiciest takes, and industry tea plus other perks like access to our private discord! Follow the blog at https://whatiwillsay.tumblr.com/
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Radical Contemporary is a Digital Curator and Podcast based between Cairo, Dubai & Jeddah for the sharing, discovery and appreciation of artistic and personal expression in the MENA region & beyond. Radicals are people who notice things. We are observers. Artists. Writers. Designers. Musicians. Filmmakers. Intellectuals. Cultural Producers. Dreamers. Thought-leaders. We’re a community of Creators - who know that your biggest asset is your ability to ask questions, to critique & to converse w ...
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Pop Culture Universitea is all about extracting wisdom and life lessons based on what’s going on in pop culture. We learn from the successes and failures of our favorite celebrities. This Tuesday class will teach you EVERYTHING going on in pop culture and leave you with nuggets of wisdom to improve your own life. IT IS A PHD LEVEL CLASS. So be prepare to keep up! Information and inspiration courtesy of all your favorite stars and your host PattyPopCulture.
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Postcards from Nowhere is a travel podcast that takes you on journeys exploring culture, history, food and people in the form of stories. With over a decade of travel stories in his kitty, Utsav Mamoria narrates the stories of the strange, obscure and fascinating things about the world, often interspersed with practical tips and deep realizations, which would shape the way you travel. Tune in to the new episode every Thursday.
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Join host, Jennifer England, as she explores slowing down and letting go of control on the transformational path of inner and outer change making. Jennifer talks with mystics, poets, change makers and heart-centered leaders about what’s possible when we get curious and befriend the friction, heat and tension in our human lives. For inspiration and practices for your life and leadership journey—come subscribe, grab a tea and join Jennifer and her friends today.
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The Modern Bar Cart Podcast is a weekly discussion of the tools and techniques that make great drinks. Hosted by Modern Bar Cart CEO Eric Kozlik, this cocktail podcast gives great information for home bartenders and industry professionals alike. If you’re looking to take your cocktail game to the next level, this is the podcast for you.
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Teacher T's Tea For Teaching is an interview style designed podcast with sometimes chill discussion with International Master Class teachers, SLT's and other key people in the education sector focusing on strategies and ideas for transforming teaching and creating unforgettable experiences in the international classrooom.
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Bare Marriage

Sheila Gregoire

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Tired of Christian pat answers about marriage? The podcast that goes in-depth into marriage, parenting, and even sex--to see how we can live the passionate life we were meant for. Paired with To Love, Honor and Vacuum--the blog!
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Hosted by Jeanine Amapola, a Texas-born YouTuber, speaker, author, and influencer whose authentic and positive content has captivated over 2.7 million followers across all her platforms. Whether you’re searching for advice, Christian content, a friend, or just a genuine conversation, this podcast will be sure to help you on your journey of becoming happier and healthier! Join Jeanine to hear a candid conversation on topics from her personal experiences, dating, faith, health, trending topics ...
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Here For the Tea

Tia and Shellie

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Who are Tia and Shellie ? We are two millennial women who are spilling the tea on real life topics as it pertains to pop culture and our lives. Join us bi-monthly for unfiltered conversations about our busy, booked, and blessed lives as millennial wives and women. Please review and let me know your thoughts!
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The Harvard Crimson

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Harvard prides itself on providing its students with a “transformative experience”. Join Samyra every other Thursday where she spills the tea on various aspects of this experience and what it’s really like to be a student at Harvard. Presented by The Harvard Crimson, published on alternating Thursdays. Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
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Discover the authentic pulse of Japan through the lens of a local Japanese perspective! Join JAPAN EDGE, where episodes are curated by a native Japanese who was born and raised in Tokyo, with over 16 years of experience living abroad. Topics include personal perspectives on Japanese history, the latest news and culture, as well as introducing trendy food, exciting events, and beyond! Let's embark on a journey to Japan together! JAPAN EDGE YouTube Channel: copy and paste "@JAPANEDGE2024" and ...
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In this episode, we talk about our fixation on being productive and where we think it comes from, the difference between being busy versus being productive, and what happens when we keep ourselves busy to avoid dealing with emotional struggles. Resources: How Toxic Productivity is Harming Your Health and How to Find Balance https://forbes.com/sites…
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TeaFlix Interview with The String Revolution Hosted by Dr. Angie & Ruth McCartney The String Revolution, (Janet Robin, Markus Illko, Rober Luis) is an innovative and dynamic guitar band that pushes the boundaries of traditional music. Composed of three virtuoso guitarists, they are renowned for their electrifying performances, blending different ge…
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America’s waterways were once the superhighways of travel and communication. Coursing through a central line across the landscape, with tributaries connecting the South to the Great Plains and the Great Lakes, the Mississippi River meant wealth, knowledge, and power for those who could master it. In Masters of the Middle Waters: Indian Nations and …
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Stefanie Coché's Psychiatric Institutions and Society: the Practice of Psychiatric Commital in the “Third Reich,” the Democratic Republic of Germany, and the Federal Republic of Germany, 1941-1963 (London: Routledge, 2024; translated by Alex Skinner) probes how the serious and sometimes fatal decision was made to admit individuals to asylums during…
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In the early twentieth century, anarchists like Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman championed a radical vision of a world without states, laws, or private property. Militant and sometimes violent, anarchists were heroes to many working-class immigrants. But to many others, anarchism was a terrifyingly foreign ideology. Determined to crush it, gover…
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Since the mid-1700s, poets and scholars have been deeply entangled in the project of reinventing prophecy. Moving between literary and biblical studies, Yosefa Raz's book The Poetics of Prophecy: Modern Afterlives of a Biblical Tradition (Cambridge UP, 2023) reveals how Romantic poetry is linked to modern biblical scholarship's development. On the …
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On today’s SOLO episode, I talk about a very serious topic: Healthy S*xuality. We discuss what God’s original plan is, how the enemy is always trying to ruin it, how we can avoid that temptation, and also find healing and redemption for our past! PLUS: Sharing my story about S*x Before Marriage What the Bible says about S*x Boundaries in Dating Pur…
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The interview featured an in-depth dialogue about The Theatre of Twenty-First Century Spain (Vernon Press, 2022), a bilingual collection that examines contemporary Spanish theater and its exploration of identity, anxieties and social urgencies. The editors, Helen Freear-Papio and Candyce Crew Leonard, shared their backgrounds, interests in Spanish …
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Grounded in new archival research documenting a significant presence of foreign and racially-marked individuals in Medici Florence, Voice, Slavery, and Race in Seventeenth-Century Florence (Oxford University Press, 2024) by Dr. Emily Wilbourne argues for the relevance of such individuals to the history of Western music and for the importance of sou…
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"A woman in trouble" In her monograph Inland Empire (Fireflies Press, 2021), film critic Melissa Anderson explores meaning (or the impossibility thereof) in the David Lynch film of the same title. We talk everything from Laura Dern (a LOT of Laura Dern), to the Hollywood nightmare of trying to "make it in the movies," to the contradictions of film …
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Contemporary thought typically places a strong emphasis on the exclusive and competitive nature of Abrahamic monotheisms. This instinct is certainly borne out by the histories of religious wars, theological polemic, and social exclusion involving Jews, Christians, and Muslims. But there is also another side to the Abrahamic coin. Even in the midst …
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"A woman in trouble" In her monograph Inland Empire (Fireflies Press, 2021), film critic Melissa Anderson explores meaning (or the impossibility thereof) in the David Lynch film of the same title. We talk everything from Laura Dern (a LOT of Laura Dern), to the Hollywood nightmare of trying to "make it in the movies," to the contradictions of film …
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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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The annual Tales of the Cocktail conference kicks off next week in New Orleans. Tales has gone through many changes over the past 22 years, and for this episode, we explore some of the recent history of the event, and its influence and philanthropic efforts around the globe, with Tales of the Cocktail Foundation co-chairs Neal Bodenheimer and Gary …
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In this episode of Japan Edge, we explore the rising number of foreign tourist as well as residents, focusing on how the country is opening its borders like never before. Join us as we delve into the opportunities and challenges of a more diverse Japan, the typical avenues for non-Japanese seeking positions here, and my personal thoughts on the pot…
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Oh, what's this? A little solo Stace nugget for your ears? Why, yes it is! That's right, I'm treating you to a little in-between episode in apology for the fact that my next episode is absolutely going to be late. Join me as I talk to myself about the Ghost (the band, not the concept) concert movie Rite Here Rite Now, the TMNT 40th anniversary comi…
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Imagine that you volunteer for the clinical trial of an experimental drug. The only direct benefit of participating is that you will receive up to $5,175. You must spend twenty nights literally locked in a research facility. You will be told what to eat, when to eat, and when to sleep. You will share a bedroom with several strangers. Who are you, a…
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A great movie that is very difficult movie to recommend because of its subject matter, Paul Schrader’s Auto Focus (2002), the story of TV-star Bob Crane, is another of Schrader’s portraits of a man whose self-destruction we watch with admiration for the writing and unease at what we’re seeing. It’s a combination of The Lost Weekend, Reefer Madness,…
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In 1920, W. E. B. Du Bois and the NAACP founders published The Brownies’ Book: A Monthly Magazine for Children of the Sun. A century later, The New Brownies' Book: A Love Letter to Black Families (Chronicle Books, 2023) recreates the very first publication created for Black youth in 1920 into a sensational anthology. Expanding on the mission of the…
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Soul is one of those concepts that is often evoked, but rarely satisfactorily defined. In The Meaning of Soul: Black Music and Resilience Since the 1960s (Duke University Press 2020), Emily J. Lordi takes on the challenge of explaining “soul,” through a book that zooms in and out between sweeping ideas about suffering and resilience in Black cultur…
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All too often, the history of early modern Africa is told from the perspective of outsiders. In his book A Fistful of Shells: West Africa from the Rise of the Slave Trade to the Age of Revolution (University of Chicago Press, 2019), Toby Green draws upon a range of underutilized sources to describe the evolution of West Africa over a period of four…
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Soul is one of those concepts that is often evoked, but rarely satisfactorily defined. In The Meaning of Soul: Black Music and Resilience Since the 1960s (Duke University Press 2020), Emily J. Lordi takes on the challenge of explaining “soul,” through a book that zooms in and out between sweeping ideas about suffering and resilience in Black cultur…
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What would it be like if scholars presented their research in sound rather than in print? Better yet, what if we could hear them in the act of their research and analysis, pulling different historical sounds from the archives and rubbing them against one another in an audio editor? In today’s episode, we get to find out what such an innovative scho…
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The 2024 Solomon Islands elections were surprisingly peaceful. The deepening economic inequalities, widespread corruption, rogue demagogues manipulating the mob, and other aspects such as the heated debate about the increasing presence and influence of China, did not result in the kind of riots that hit this Pacific Island country twice in the prev…
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How the Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center informed the PLO's relationship to Zionism and Israel In September 1982, the Israeli military invaded West Beirut and Israel-allied Lebanese militiamen massacred Palestinians in the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps. Meanwhile, Israeli forces also raided the Palestine Liberation Organization R…
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Peoples & Things host Lee Vinsel talks with Paula Bialski, an Associate Professor for Digital Sociology at the University of St. Gallen in St. Gallen, Switzerland, about her recent book, Middle Tech: Software Work and the Culture of Good Enough (Princeton UP, 2024). The pair talk about the art of ethnographic study of software work, and how, maybe,…
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Kristin J. Jacobson In her new book, The American Adrenaline Narrative (University of Georgia Press), Kristin Jacobson considers the nature of perilous outdoor adventure tales, their gendered biases, and how they simultaneously promote and hinder ecological sustainability. To explore these themes, Jacobson defines and compares adrenaline narratives…
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This interview with Shawn(ta) Smith-Cruz about Grabbing Tea: Queer Conversations on Identity and Libraries and Grabbing Tea: Queer Conversations on Archives and Practice (available in 2024 from the Litwin Books Series on Gender and Sexuality in Library and Information Studies) explores how queerness is centered within library and archival theory an…
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In the vaunted annals of America’s founding, Boston has long been held up as an exemplary “city upon a hill” and the “cradle of liberty” for an independent United States. Wresting this iconic urban center from these misleading, tired clichés, The City-State of Boston: The Rise and Fall of an Atlantic Power (Princeton University Press, 2019), highli…
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A short, thought-provoking book about what happens to our online identities after we die. These days, so much of our lives takes place online—but what about our afterlives? Thanks to the digital trails that we leave behind, our identities can now be reconstructed after our death. In fact, AI technology is already enabling us to “interact” with the …
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Throughout US history, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people have been pathologized, victimized, and criminalized. Reports of lynching, burning, or murdering of LGBTQ people have been documented for centuries. Prior to the 1970s, LGBTQ people were deemed as having psychological disorders and subsequently subject to electrosh…
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In Tip of the Spear: Land, Labor, and US Settler Militarism in Guåhan, 1944–1962 (Cornell University Press, 2023), Dr. Alfred Peredo Flores argues that the US occupation of the island of Guåhan (Guam), one of the most heavily militarised islands in the western Pacific Ocean, was enabled by a process of settler militarism. During World War II and th…
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Endlessly fascinating, dark and bright, The Red Shoes (1948) employs every branch of the cinematic arts to sweep the audience off its feet, invigorated by the transcendence of art itself, only to leave them with troubling questions. Representing the climax of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's celebrated run of six exceptional feature films, t…
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Kristin J. Jacobson In her new book, The American Adrenaline Narrative (University of Georgia Press), Kristin Jacobson considers the nature of perilous outdoor adventure tales, their gendered biases, and how they simultaneously promote and hinder ecological sustainability. To explore these themes, Jacobson defines and compares adrenaline narratives…
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Listen to this interview of Istvan David, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Department of Computing and Software, Faculty of Engineering, McMaster University, Canada; and, Houari Sahraoui, Full Professor, Department of Computer Science and Operations Research, University of Montreal, Canada. We talk about their coauthored paper "Digital Twin…
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Numerous Iron-Age nomadic alliances flourished along the 5000-mile Eurasian steppe route. From Crimea to the Mongolian grassland, nomadic image-making was rooted in metonymically conveyed zoomorphic designs, creating an alternative ecological reality. The nomadic elite nucleus embraced this elaborate image system to construct collective memory in r…
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Myths about the powers held by the United States are often supported by the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court, which derives its logic from the interpretation of a document that the US itself developed. Therefore, when pressure is placed on a specific legal precedent, the shallowness of its validity is revealed. Dr. Mónica A. Jiménez accomplishes t…
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Last week, I had the privilege to talk with Dr. Kristen R. Ghodsee about her most recent book Second World, Second Sex: Socialist Women's Activism and Global Solidarity during the Cold War (Duke University Press, 2019) and the behind-the-scene details of its making. Ghodsee is a professor in Russian and East European Studies at the University of Pe…
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In Worthy of Freedom: Indenture and Free Labor in the Era of Emancipation (University of Chicago Press, 2024), Jonathan Connolly traces the normalization of indenture from its controversial beginnings to its widespread adoption across the British Empire during the nineteenth century. Initially viewed as a covert revival of slavery, indenture caused…
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How is foreign policy made in Iraq? Based on dozens of interviews with senior officials and politicians, The Making of Foreign Policy in Iraq: Political Factions and the Ruling Elite (Bloomsbury, 2021) provides a clear analysis of the development of domestic Iraqi politics since 2003. Dr. Zana Gul explains how the federal government of Iraq and Kur…
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The Collapse of Heaven: The Taiping Civil War and Chinese Literature and Culture, 1850-1880 (Harvard UP, 2024) investigates a long-neglected century in Chinese literature through the lens of the Taiping War (1851–1864), one of the most devastating civil wars in human history. With the war as the pivot, Huan Jin examines the manifold literary and cu…
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Alliances among ideological enemies confronting a common foe, or "frenemy" alliances, are unlike coalitions among ideologically-similar states facing comparable threats. Members of frenemy alliances are perpetually torn by two powerful opposing forces. Frenemies: When Ideological Enemies Ally (Cornell University Press, 2022) shows that shared mater…
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What does the history of men tell us about life today? In Men and Masculinities in Modern Britain: A History for the Present (Manchester UP, 2024), the editors Matt Houlbrook, a Professor of Cultural History at the University of Birmingham, Katie Jones, an independent scholar living in Birmingham, and Ben Mechen, an Associate Lecturer in Modern Bri…
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Listen to this interview of Görkem Giray, IT executive and part-time educator in the domain of computer science. We talk about his paper A software engineering perspective on engineering machine learning systems: "A software engineering perspective on engineering machine learning systems: State of the art and challenges" (JSS 2021). Görkem Giray : …
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Don Tate is the award-winning author and/or illustrator of numerous picture book biographies, including Pigskins to Paintbrushes: The Story of Football-Playing Artist Ernie Barnes (Abrams) and William Still and His Freedom Stories: The Father of the Underground Railroad (Peachtree) and more recently, Jerry Changed the Game!: How Engineer Jerry Laws…
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