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Humans have always committed crimes. What can we learn from the criminals and crimes of the past, and have humans gotten better or worse over time?
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CBC Radio's Writers and Company offers an opportunity to explore in depth the lives, thoughts and works of remarkable writers from around the world. Hosted by Eleanor Wachtel.
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Adapted from journalist Chris Hansen’s popular TO CATCH A PREDATOR series, each episode of the PREDATORS I'VE CAUGHT features Chris recalling the most notorious cases and providing a “Where are they now?” update. Email Chris directly with your comments, suggestions, and questions: Chris@PredatorPodcast.com Research is courtesy of "To Catch A Predator Wiki." Visit the site for all things TCAP at www.ToCatchAPredator.Fandom.com (http://www.tocatchapredator.fandom.com/) A Hurrdat Media Producti ...
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We’re at our most vulnerable when we go to our doctors. But what happens when we can’t trust them? Dr. Death is the award-winning series hosted by Laura Beil, now in its fourth season: Bad Magic. Listen to exclusive bonus episodes of Dr. Death exclusively and ad-free by joining Wondery+ in the Wondery App, Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Start your free trial by visiting wondery.com/links/dr-death/ now. When a charismatic young doctor announces revolutionary treatments for cancer and HIV, patient ...
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Buried deep in the past of a quiet southern town lies the legend of Billy Sunday Birt, the most dangerous man in Georgia history. A chance meeting one spring day unravels the truth behind the notorious figure and uncovers new secrets along the way. "A wild tale of moonshine, murder, and mayhem" - Vulture 2021 Webby Award Honoree, Podcast Limited Series
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Serial returns with a history of Guantánamo told by people who lived through key moments in Guantánamo’s evolution, who know things the rest of us don’t about what it’s like to be caught inside an improvised justice system. Serial Productions makes narrative podcasts whose quality and innovation transformed the medium. “Serial” began in 2014 as a spinoff of the public radio show “This American Life.” In 2020, we joined the New York Times Company. Our shows have reached many millions of liste ...
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Intelligence Squared is the home of lively debate and deep-dive discussion. Follow Intelligence Squared wherever you get your podcasts and enjoy four regular episodes per week taking you to the heart of the issues that matter in the company of the world’s great minds. We’d love to hear your feedback and what you think we should talk about next, who we should have on and what our future debates should be. Send us an email or voice note with your thoughts to podcasts@intelligencesquared.com or ...
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Patients in search of a miracle cure end up in critical condition. The race is on to find out what went wrong before more people get hurt. The trail leads back to a medical company with slick marketing and a charismatic CEO. And to a multibillion dollar stem cell industry where greed and desperation collide. Laura Beil, the award-winning host and reporter of “Dr Death,” returns for this six-part investigative series from Wondery, the makers of “Dirty John” and “The Shrink Next Door.” Binge a ...
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Pulp-Pourri Theatre is an all-new audio drama anthology series that has its origins in vintage pulp fiction but presents its stories - a mix of original stories and adaptations - in the modern way. Produced and directed by Pete Lutz, and starring the Narada Radio Company.
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A daily fiction podcast from Atlanta Radio Theatre Company. A different kind of zombie story... Take care of each other. Episodes expire after 24 hours, but a new one is published every day! Want to catch up on past episodes? Pledge as little as $1/month at patreon.com/mercuryradio and get the entire back catalog!
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Paul O'Brien (The X-Axis) and Al Kennedy (One Hundred Days of Comics) present a roundup of comics news and reviews, with nary a 'meh' to be heard. Also featuring the Official Handbook of the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe and more. Email House to Astonish at housetoastonish@gmail.com
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S-Town is a podcast hosted by Brian Reed from Serial Productions, a New York Times company. The story follows a man named John who despises his Alabama town and decides to do something about it. He asks Brian to investigate the son of a wealthy family who's allegedly been bragging that he got away with murder. But when someone else ends up dead, the search for the truth leads to a nasty feud, a hunt for hidden treasure, and an unearthing of the mysteries of one man's life.
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Boston Blackie is a fictional character who has been on both sides of the law. As originally created by author Jack Boyle, he was a safecracker, a hardened criminal who had served time in a California prison. Prowling the underworld as a detective in adaptations for films, radio and television, the detective Boston Blackie was "an enemy to those who make him an enemy, friend to those who have no friend." The Boston Blackie radio series, starring Chester Morris, began June 23, 1944, on NBC as ...
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Welcome to Kinda Murdery, a true crime podcast that’s mostly about murder, and always about the strange and compelling stories that arise when the path less traveled twists to darkness and those who walk its shadows surrender to violence and corruption. I’m your host Zevon Odelberg – we have a perilous journey ahead, so thank you for lending me, your courage and good company. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/kinda-murdery--5496890/support.
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Two women, from opposite sides of the Atlantic, talk about murder, mystery and the macabre. This is your international true crime podcast, hosted by Annie and Johanna. Annie, who lives with her husband in an old haunted house near Salem, Massachusetts, loves dogs, reading, knitting and talking about terrible, terrible things. Johanna lives in Vienna, Austria with her husband, one beagle and a real dog. She loves The Beach Boys, movie marathons and fun facts about serial killers. Their idea o ...
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Reckon True Stories is a celebration of new and classic nonfiction – the essays, journalism, and memoirs that inspire us, that change the world, and help us connect with each other. Join hosts and acclaimed authors Deesha Philyaw (The Secret Lives of Church Ladies) and Kiese Laymon (Heavy, How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America, Long Division) for in-depth discussions about the stories we tell and how they impact our culture. Produced by Ursa Story Company, in partnership with Reckon.
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As featured on LEGO.com, Marvel.com, Slugfest, NPR, Wall Street Journal and the Today Show, host & series producer Alex Grand, author of Understanding Superhero Comic Books (with various co-hosts such as Bill Field, David Armstrong, N. Scott Robinson, Ph.D. and Jim Thompson) and guests engage in a Journalistic Comic Book Historical discussion between professionals, historians and scholars in determining what happened and when in comics, from strips and pulps to the platinum age comic book, t ...
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The Gingerlicious Company loves plays, poetry, storytelling and just about anything to do with the written and spoken word. We will be sharing them all in abundance for your pleasure and entertainment. Keep an eye out for episodes of, The Writers Bookshelf, as this will feature interviews from wonderfully talented artists coming from a multitude of backgrounds who create on different platforms. To find out a little more, visit: www.daviddriverauthor.com
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Discover your next favourite book, or take a deep dive into the mind of an author you love, with The Shakespeare and Company Interview podcast. Long-form interviews with internationally acclaimed authors, recorded from our bookshop in the heart of Paris. Hosted by S&Co Literary Director, Adam Biles. Discover all our upcoming events here. If you enjoy these conversations, you can order The Shakespeare and Company Book of Interviews here. Past guests include: Ottessa Moshfegh, Ian McEwan, Ali ...
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Life's not easy for Doug Eiffel, the communications officer for the U.S.S. Hephaestus Research Station, currently on Day 448 of its orbit around red dwarf star Wolf 359. He's stuck on a scientific survey mission of indeterminate length, 7.8 light years from Earth. His only company on board the station are stern mission chief Minkowski, insane science officer Hilbert, and Hephaestus Station's sentient, often malfunctioning operating system Hera. He doesn't have much to do for his job other th ...
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Many talented people's writings and movies address the deep, dark mysteries of our world — across both Fiction (Horror, Crime, Sci-Fi, Action-Adventure, Romance, LGBT) and Non-Fiction (Crime, History, Science, Paranormal) stories. Please step into the “House of Mystery” 5 nights a week and join us as we go deep into the creative process behind our esteemed guests' works. Past Guests in Non-Fiction have included Marcia Clark (of the O.J. Simpson trial), Robert Kennedy, Jr., Jesse Ventura, Bur ...
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Every house is haunted. In each episode of Family Ghosts, we investigate the true story behind a mysterious figure whose legend has followed a family for generations. Grandmothers who were secretly jewel smugglers, uncles who led double lives, siblings who vanished without a trace, and other ghostly characters who cast shadows over our lives in ways that might not be immediately obvious. We are all formed in part by our familial collections of secrets, intrigues, and myths. By engaging with ...
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Hi, thanks for stopping by! My name is Shantanu and I am the founder of Bombay Shaving Company and Bombae. My company has scaled to 1500+ Cr value (if this metric means anything haha), but more importantly, is a loved personal care brand which has scaled to 50L households and 1L stores in 5 years. The BarberShop was started with a clear thesis - India needs to create approximately a million jobs a month, currently, we create almost two hundred thousand. Our ‘Funda’ is to simplify entrepreneu ...
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Bethany and Jonas are two pencil-pushing aliens living and working on a company ship that incorporates whole planets by the dozen, tasked with organizing all of the data that is recovered from said planets. They get through the endless days by occasionally adding meaningful stories that they discover to the Extraneous But Interesting folder, all the while navigating the complex web that is friendship and life in this corpo-futuristic nightmare. A science fiction podcast where Douglas Adams m ...
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When an oil executive goes missing aboard the deep-sea Atlas Station, the company sends agent Synøve Pan down for answers — and she’s just the woman to get them. Welcome to the Second Oil Age: a sci-fi podcast that transports listeners to a post–energy-crisis world in which humanity’s thirst for oil is satisfied through a bargain with a mysterious deep-sea species. Binge the entire season now!
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Learning your history makes you - and your people - stronger. As Black people, we know we’re left out of the history books. That the media images are skewed. That we need access to experts, information and ideas so we can advance our people. Black History Year connects you to the history, thinkers, and activists that are left out of the mainstream conversations. You may not agree with everything you hear, but we’re always working toward one goal: uniting for the best interest of Black people ...
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Season 1: Fall of the Shah A tale of power, betrayal and fear. Taking you back to the 1970s, when the Iranian Revolution would change the world forever. A nine-part drama. Season 2: Fukushima A tsunami hits the Japanese nuclear plant. The disaster told in a seven-part drama. As the energy company and politicians in Tokyo lose control, the reactors become unstable and a “suicide squad” of older workers is sent inside. This drama follows the heroes who fight to contain the disaster and those w ...
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In 2020, we launched a podcast from Los Angeles and Latin America, to tell the human stories behind the entrepreneurial economies of the Americas. In 2024, as the world continues to change, and our challenges become more urgent, we’re evolving as well. Now, Rob will hold conversations with the world’s best “Entrepreneurial Thinkers” across all sectors of society and industry. We’ll talk with the leaders building the better world we desperately need, in order to Inspire, Educate and Empower o ...
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⚡Welcome to "The Upgrade," your weekly guide to understanding and unpacking the AI revolution in media and storytelling. Made for professional storytellers across the media landscape, this podcast is a must-listen for journalists, marketers, communications & PR pros, creators, and creatives. Each week, host Peter Bittner engages in conversations with experts, founders, journalists, and technologists to understand the trends and impacts of AI on media. Interested in understanding the impacts ...
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The Orphans is a cinematic sci-fi audio drama about survival in a harsh universe: castaways on a hostile world, A.I.s with unprecedented emotions, strangers who share faces, love and loss in a far-flung future. Each season explores a new vantage point in an ever-expanding and inter-connected galaxy!
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The podcast where heavy industrial industries meet the venture capital ecosystem. Interviewing thought-leading investors and founders to better understand the opportunities and challenges that lie ahead for digital industrial innovation.
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ACQ2 is Ben and David's conversations with expert founders and investors. Acquired the stories of great companies — and ACQ2 dives deeper into the lessons we can learn from them, often with the protagonists themselves.
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Eavesdrop as Kai and Simeon bring the silo’d and uncomfortable conversations about diversity equity & inclusion in creative industries to the forefront, so everyone can participate. They'll say all the things you never hear in mixed company. Send advice, questions, share stories (good or bad) and suggestions at askmixedcompany@gmail.com
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This is a true crime podcast about missing persons cases. We cover the stories by interviewing those closest to the victims and the investigation.
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Interviews with entrepreneurs and thought leaders about bringing your big ideas to life through marketing, mentoring and more!
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Everyone has a story to tell, it may not be perfect nor ideal, but it is Real! We believe in the spirit of Freedom and Individualism of those who desire to live life on their own terms. The Attitude Wears Well!
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Join bounty hunters and private investigators Alex and Jon as they take you into the wild world of fugitive recovery.
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Keeping a consistent sound in how you present your company really is the "hidden gem" of marketing. But audio or sonic branding influences us in many different ways and in many different places within our lives. Education is key! I'll be exploring that here, both with my own observations and by interviewing knowledgeable professionals in the field of advertising, marketing, music and science.
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We are the storytellers of Sub-Saharan Africa's energy transition, covering the perspectives of Financiers, Policymakers, and Operators dedicated to pushing the continent towards a sustainable energy future. The podcast is hosted by Olubunmi Olajide and produced by Chigozie Ubah. New episode every two weeks.
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Every story is a crossroads. A diverse company of Chicago artists produces new audio dramas—recorded live—and stages freewheeling audience conversations about them. Led by Founder and Executive Producer Jeremy McCarter, Make-Believe shares suspenseful, moving, hilarious stories, and tries to discover how they shape our world.
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Welcome to Ursa Consultants: Beyond the Balance Sheet, hosted by Jace Lotz. Through focused interviews with Founders and Operators of people-first companies, I sit down with guests and dive into the nuances of the numbers, and the humans who ultimately make these businesses successful. From people-first strategies to crunching the numbers, this podcast will explore what it takes to thrive in the current economy and build a successful start-up. Whether you are a CEO, operator, or accountant, ...
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Suspect stories and wino wisdom each Thursday from Casey & Sacha!
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The Ghastly Tales Horror Show produces original horror narrations, radio plays, and discussions dripping with atmosphere. We create nightmares. Join us. Stay a while, stay forever...
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Welcome to Justin’s Kick Your Boots Up Podcast, where we swap stories of the West, Agriculture, Western, Rodeo, fashion, and rural life. We share the experiences our cowboy boots or cowgirl boots have taken us. Whether you’re just waking up or getting in for the day, come on in & kick your cowboy boots or cowgirl boots up. Please like, subscribe, and leave us a review. For a full episode transcript, visit our website: https://www.justinboots.com/en/kick-your-boots-up/podcast.html.
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Welcome to Waffle-Free Storytelling! Fireside, road trip, bedtime, anytime stories for all ages...mostly. Why "Mostly"? Although all the stories are family-friendly, some stories explore topics like death and the darker side of being human. But kids are pretty wild!! So, I bet they can handle it. Just keep PG in mind. The main thing is that this podcast is waffle-free. This means there's no jibber-jabber, no waffle, no rambling introduction, or debate on the impact of dinosaur pyjamas on a g ...
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Into The Archives: The 145-Year-Old Story of Justin Boot Company
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Description:Join us for a special episode with Nancie Thomas from Justin’s Archives Department. Nancie explores our rich history, from H.J. Justin’s trip from Indiana to Texas in 1879 to his legacy in western footwear. Hear stories of boot repair in a Gainesville barber shop, the innovative self-measuring chart, the move to Fort Worth in 1918, the …
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The Writers Bookshelf - Episode 43 - Storytelling Poems
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Listen to, The Wizard, The Magical Fantastical Tale of the Cripple from Tultoppington Town and The Terrible Tale of Incus Morgueville. https://www.daviddriverauthor.com/By thegingerliciouscompany
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This episode will expire in 24 hours! Missed an episode? Pick it back up anytime! Want the back catalog? Become a supporter on Patreon! patreon.com/mercuryradio More info about ARTC And Mercury at artc.org/mercury Follow us on Twitter @mercury870By Atlanta Radio Theatre Company
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Audio Dramas and Accessibility: A Conversation with Micah Thomas - Part 1
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“Early on in that we noticed that there are so many people in the blind and visually impaired community that are underrepresented in the respect of entertainment, both as an entertainer and as the consumer. The only products they have are descriptive videos on Netflix or something like that. And so they can’t get the exact same experience as the si…
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The Most Powerful Black Politician You've Never Heard Of
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He may as well have been a unicorn: an honest, pro-Black politician during the Reconstruction era, where corruption and racism ran rampant! But soon he was dead – and his name would be as hard to find in history as a unicorn! But why? _____________ 2-Minute Black History is produced by PushBlack, the nation's largest non-profit Black media company.…
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How to be a Great Podcast Guest with Noémi Beres
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Becoming a great podcast guest is a blend of art and science that you can master with the right strategies. My guest Noémi Beres and I discuss some of those strategies. Noémi is the Co-Owner of the Podcast Connections podcast booking agency. She helps entrepreneurs and business owners enrich their lives through connections, sharing their knowledge,…
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The Travelling Bookshelf - Episode 7 - Rose English
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I managed to catch up with my good friend and author, Rose English, for a chat about writing for children. We had a good laugh and a nice bite to eat afterwards. The weather was beautiful, but surprisingly windy, you'll hear it I`m sure, but it all adds to the atmosphere. https://www.daviddriverauthor.com/…
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Dr. Boyce Watkins and The Story of Sarah Rector (May 2020)
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In 1907, as Oklahoma was becoming a state, the Dawes Allotment Act divided Indigenous land among natives and formerly enslaved Black people. Each member of the Rector family received land, including 10-year-old Sarah Rector, who would soon become the richest Black woman in America. In May 2020, Jay conversed with author and economic scholar Dr. Boy…
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Minda Honey On Being ‘Shameless’ in Telling Your Story
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Deesha Philyaw and Kiese Laymon sit down with Minda Honey to discuss her recently published memoir, The Heartbreak Years, and the role that Honey’s own experiences, and the stories told to her by family, have had on shaping her work. With her debut, Honey — who also edits Black Joy at Reckon — was praised for her ability to linger in the body and t…
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The Day the DeAutremont Brothers Bungled the Robbery of Southern Pacific Train No. 13
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Train robberies are often thought of as a 19th century problem, like when Jesse James and his gang of outlaws famously pulled off the world's first robbery of a moving train, on July 21, 1873, in Iowa. And, of course, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, who liked to rob banks and trains -- and famously blew up the a Union Pacific Railroad train the…
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The Poetry of Modern Storytelling, with Olivia Gatwood
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A poet, performer, novelist and screenwriter, Olivia Gatwood has received international recognition for her writing, which has focused on topics including coming of age, feminism, gendered violence and true crime. Her debut novel is Whoever You Are, Honey, a dark and brilliant story set amid a secluded California beachside community living in the s…
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92. Elisabeth Reynolds - The USA Manufacturing Agenda
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Liz walks us through the USA manufacturing agenda detailing where we’re at given past and present efforts, shares how government funding and the private capital markets can be better bridged together so that manufacturing and supply chain innovation efforts actually hit scale, discusses both why now is different and why we’re seeing more innovation…
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The True History Behind Billie Holiday's Most Impactful Song
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The air was thick with tension. Police lined the back of the auditorium, daring her to sing the first note. “Southern trees bear a strange fruit,” she sang before all Hell broke loose. Here’s the history behind Billie Holiday’s most dangerous song. _____________ 2-Minute Black History is produced by PushBlack, the nation's largest non-profit Black …
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In Part 2 of Lorne Armstrong. When Lorne arrived at the sting house on his thirty-seventh birthday. He was very calm and happy when he met the decoy, Casey Mauro. After he took a seat on a butt-warmer chair, Casey asked him what he wanted to do with her, and Lorne said he wanted a kiss from her to kick off the night. She then asked Lorne if he had …
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PROJECT AUDION 58 - Matinee With Bob & Ray
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Project Audion invites you to some light summer fare. This Audion Original -- "Matinee with Bob & Ray" -- is Bob Elliott and Ray Goulding like you've never heard before, because it's made from fresh sketches in tribute to "The Two and Only." If there is such a thing as mid-century-modern comedy, Bob & Ray are the leading example - a comedy team for…
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Danzy Senna's darkly comic take on racial identity
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The American novelist draws on her experience growing up in an interracial family in her edgy, prize-winning fiction. Raised with an acute black consciousness, during a time when "'mixed' wasn't an option; you were either black or white," Senna brings an awareness — and astute analysis — of class, race and identity to all her writing. She spoke wit…
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Jess Phillips on the Challenges of a New Era for British Politics
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Labour MP for Birmingham Yardley since 2015, Jess Phillips has never shied away from controversy nor has she been afraid to veer away from Labour Party lines to uphold her political principles. For this episode, we’re joined by Phillips to discuss some of the most pressing issues in British politics during a fortnight that has seen shocking scenes …
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CC Robinson - Divided: Book One in the Divided Series
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Impenetrable walls. Ethnic division. A ruthless dictator. Escape. It’s all eighteen-year-old Marcos Sanchez can think about as he stares at the towering walls of Queenstown in the Federated Republic of America, the ruthless dictator Supreme Commander Martin's stronghold. But with Marcos’s father controlling his life, freedom seems like an impossibl…
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What Keeps Tyrants in Power? with Marcel Dirsus
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Marcel Dirsus is a political scientist and the author of How Tyrants Fall: And How Nations Survive. As Non-Resident Fellow at the Institute for Security Policy at Kiel University, Dirsus mainly works on regime instability, political violence and German foreign policy. His new book takes us into the downfall of dictators ranging from Libya's Muammar…
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Sudi (Rick) Karatas - Fork Social Media and the Algorithm It Rode in On (Jailbird Stories)
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Stories collected by the author about those who have been banned and restricted from posting on social media, many times over innocent or harmless posts, because computer algorithms don't understand humor, sarcasm or satire. It takes everything literally. Sudi (Rick) Karatas ended up a "Prisoner of a Social Media site starting with the letter "F" s…
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Ep. 23 – Navigating the AI Revolution in Journalism
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Nick Petrie has spent his career in journalism working to help news organizations like The Times and Sunday Times and Reuters figure out the relationship between newsrooms and product development as well as building reader-focused subscription businesses. In this week’s episode of The Upgrade, host Peter Bittner talked with Nick about how generativ…
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She Paved The Way For Black Women's Suffrage
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She fought so hard, for so long, and yet – she felt so small. Her life was falling apart. Her health was failing her, and she was running out of time. Would she live to see the impact of her work? _____________ 2-Minute Black History is produced by PushBlack, the nation's largest non-profit Black media company. PushBlack exists to amplify the stori…
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In the shadowy corners of the San Juan Islands off the coast of Washington State, Colton Harris-Moore emerged not merely as a troubled teenager but as a captivating figure who danced on the edge of legality. He became infamous as the "Barefoot Bandit," a moniker earned from his habit of executing crimes shoeless. Harris-Moore's crimes weren't petty…
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Henry Rozycki - Walk the Earth as Brothers: A Novel
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Two Jewish brothers plan futures full of achievement and maybe fame. But Warsaw in the summer of 1939 is no place for dreamers. Ian is thrown west to Paris. There, he unexpectedly falls in love with Alicia, a mysterious Frenchwoman, but then must leave her to race across France to safety in Casablanca. Daniel ends up in the Siberian Gulag, where he…
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Ep 126: "How a Simple Breakfast Club Became a Tech Industry Relationship Powerhouse" with Morgan Barrett
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How did a casual breakfast meet-up transform into a thriving tech community? How did a junior lawyer become the King of Early Morning technology industry networking? After all wouldn’t you rather meet with great like minded people to start your day than at booze fueled happy hours? In this episode, Rob and Morgan Barrett dive into the origins of th…
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MASTERCLASS on Business Building in India in 2024, Angel Investing, Good Hiring Practices & More!
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Welcome to another Roundtable Edition of the Barbershop. where we gather the best in the business to talk about issues relevant to building in 2024. Our guests are: 🎙️Deepak Garg, Founder, Rivigo & Anywhere Jobs 🎙️Kiran Deshpande, Former CEO, TechMahindra & Founder, MOJO Networks 🎙️Arindam Paul, Founding Member & CBO, Atomberg 🎙️Arjun Purkayastha, …
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Maya Angelou Had Some Choice Words For Tupac In 1992
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The day that Tupac Shakur met Maya Angelou on the set of “Poetic Justice,” he experienced a profound moment of empathy that would forever shape his life and career. _____________ 2-Minute Black History is produced by PushBlack, the nation's largest non-profit Black media company. PushBlack exists to amplify the stories of Black history you didn't l…
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Writing Against Normality, with Samanta Schweblin
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The seven stories in Samanta Schweblin’s Seven Empty Houses are not just about houses—how they contain us, how they constrain us—but are also about the families compressed in them, the objects stored in them, the neighbours that circle them…and the trauma that has soaked into their walls over years past, and that is now seeping slowly out, poisonin…
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Power and Greed on the High Seas, with Olive Heffernan
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The award-winning science journalist Olive Heffernan’s work has been featured in National Geographic, New Scientist, The Guardian, BBC Wildlife and more. Her new book is The High Seas: Ambition, Power and Greed on the Unclaimed Ocean. Two thirds of the ocean lie beyond national borders and yet they are home to some of the richest natural resources …
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The SaltyMF GOAT Podcast with SA Martinez vocalist and DJ with the band 311. Join Gina Boykin (Live Music Junkiez) and Brad Banyas as they have a conversation with SA Martinez, the vocalist and DJ from the renowned band 311, on The SaltyMF GOAT Podcast. SA discusses the band's Unity Tour, their experiences on the road, their music, and the importan…
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Music, Voice and the Healing Connection: A Conversation with Anna Bohuslavska - Part 2
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“It’s definitely an important aspect of our lives, and we can start with a small thing, just, like, when you feel that something’s odd, just pause for a second and ask yourself what exactly is off. Is it the music? Is it the feeling? Is it, is there a physical need? Like, literally just pause it for a second and ask yourself this question. And it’s…
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The Little-Known Black History Of The Easter Holiday
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When you think of the Easter holiday, what’s the first thing that comes to mind? Is it Black history? It should be. Here’s why the holiday is one of the Blackest celebrations of the year. _____________ 2-Minute Black History is produced by PushBlack, the nation's largest non-profit Black media company. PushBlack exists to amplify the stories of Bla…
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How Entrepreneurs Can Develop Self-Leadership Skills with Kathy Motlagh
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Before you can lead others, you must learn how to lead yourself. I discuss how to do that in this episode with my guest, Kathy Motlagh. Kathy is the CEO and Founder of ThinkVirtues, is a visionary in a true sense. With a profound commitment to harnessing human potential, Kathy delves deep into the complexities of human behavior, unlocking the laten…
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The Writers Bookshelf - Episode 44 - The Devil`s Powder, Castilio Preeg, David Mellor and Michelle Scally Clarke
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This episode features the brilliant poetry of David Mellor, a couple of short stories and a little bit more from the fantastic, Michelle Scally Clarke. https://www.daviddriverauthor.com/By thegingerliciouscompany
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Reclaiming Black Sexuality and Eroticism, Part 2 with Rev. Courtney Bryant
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Today's History Story: Top Lies About Twerking We’re wrapping up our incredible conversation with Reverend Dr. Courtney Alma Bryant about erotic defiance and body reclamation. Erotic defiance is a powerful form of resistance and self-expression. Those brave enough to reclaim their bodies from racist and sexist constraints reap the liberating reward…
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Alexander Chee on Storytelling, Motivation, and Money
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Deesha Philyaw and Kiese Laymon chat with writer Alexander Chee, author of Edinburgh, The Queen of the Night, and How to Write an Autobiographical Novel. The three writers talk about their journeys in the publishing industry, and what success has meant to each of them, specifically in regards to money. They discuss Chee’s essay, “My Inheritance Was…
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The Lonely Hearts Killers Lured Single Women to Their Death
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One of Truman Capote's most famously told anecdotes about his childhood involves his running away with his neighbor, Martha Seabrook, when he was about 10 years old and she, roughly 15. They made a break to a town near where they lived, but were returned home in a day or two. Thirteen years later, Martha met Raymond Fernandez and became one half of…
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Imagining London's Future through Fiction, with Joelle Taylor
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A truly multifaceted talent, Joelle Taylor is a poet, playwight, actor and most recently a novelist, who has written four collections of poetry along with also being a Poetry Fellow of the University of East Anglia and a Fellow at the Royal Society of Literature. Taylor's new novel is The Night Alphabet, a narrative of interconnecting stories told …
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The Underground Railroad Was Only One Path To Freedom. Going Further South Was Another
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To the North lay freedom, or so many believed. Starvation, exposure to the elements, and especially the threat of recapture still hung heavy over the heads of those who had escaped bondage. But what about escaping even further south? _____________ 2-Minute Black History is produced by PushBlack, the nation's largest non-profit Black media company. …
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Lorne Armstrong is a potential online predator who appeared in the Bowling Green, Kentucky sting. One of the most notorious TCaP predators, Armstrong is closely followed and often ironically quoted by the TCaP community. Soon after moving to Nashville, TN, from Cambridge, ME, Lorne began chatting online with a Perverted Justice decoy who used the s…
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Francine du Plessix Gray on growing up the daughter of a great Russian beauty
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Novelist and biographer Francine du Plessix Gray reflects on the fascinating lives of her parents in her memoir, Them, which follows their journey from the artistic Russian émigré community of 1930s Paris to the top of New York's high society. The memoir won the 2006 National Book Critics Circle Award for autobiography. Francine du Plessix Gray was…
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The Women Who Shaped the Ancient World, with Daisy Dunn
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The award-winning classicist and cultural critic Daisy Dunn is the author of seven books including her latest, The Missing Thread: A New History of the Ancient World through the Women Who Shaped It. The book re-examines not only the female individuals who were at the heart of many well-known stories of the ancient world, but also looks at the whole…
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