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00:28:48

The Shipping Forecast: A Haven

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2025/01/03

Podcast: Illuminated (LS 28 · TOP 10% what is this?)Episode: The Shipping Forecast: A HavenPub date: 2024-12-28Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationIt's the most intimate moment of the Radio 4 schedule: The late-night Shipping Forecast, a prelude to the close-down of the station, read every night at 00:48. But who is really listening along, and why? Guided by Radio 4 Announcer Al Ryan, we'll cross the world to meet the people who find

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00:48:33

398: Nordic Christmas: In the Bleak Mid-winter

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2024/12/26

Podcast: Myths and Legends (LS 79 · TOP 0.01% what is this?)Episode: 398: Nordic Christmas: In the Bleak Mid-winterPub date: 2024-12-18Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization🌲Trolls, zombies, and evil housecats🌲It must be Christmas in the Nordic countries. Today, a young officer is stuck in the city after being in a brief coma. At least there are some tales to keep him company. 😈 The Creature: Frau Gauden The creature this week wants to

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00:33:05

The Willpower Detectives - Ep 1. The Doorstep Stranger

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2024/12/22

Podcast: Shadow World (LS 40 · TOP 1.5% what is this?)Episode: The Willpower Detectives - Ep 1. The Doorstep StrangerPub date: 2024-12-09Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationConcerned neighbours ask Sue Mitchell for help in finding out how one man has taken control of the finances of scores of vulnerable people.This is the hidden scandal of Power of Attorney. In Hertfordshire towns, people who live alone are disappearing. Their neighbours

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00:30:08

The Adventure of the Speckled Band: Part One

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2024/12/20

Podcast: Sherlock Holmes Short Stories (LS 38 · TOP 2% what is this?)Episode: The Adventure of the Speckled Band: Part OnePub date: 2024-12-12Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationApril, 1883. A terrified young woman named Helen Stoner arrives at 221B Baker Street seeking Sherlock Holmes's help. Two years prior, her twin sister died under mysterious circumstances at Stoke Moran, their family's decaying manor house, her final words an

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01:07:12

How to Build a Flying Ebola Hospital

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2024/12/17

Podcast: Statecraft (LS 27 · TOP 10% what is this?)Episode: How to Build a Flying Ebola HospitalPub date: 2024-11-27Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationI’ve been trying to get a conversation with today’s interviewee, Eric Van Gieson, PhD, since March. Van Gieson is a remarkable character, with a crazy CV: more than 25 years of experience in developing medical technology, and stints at multiple federal agencies including DARPA.A lot of

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00:39:42

Curb Appeal: Finding Home After Loss with Rev. Steven...

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2024/12/16

Podcast: Peaceful Exit (LS 33 · TOP 5% what is this?)Episode: Curb Appeal: Finding Home After Loss with Rev. Steven TomlinsonPub date: 2024-12-03Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationSteven Tomlinson, Episcopal priest, playwright, and former economist, shares his personal journey through grief and healing after the sudden loss of his partner, David. Tomlinson reflects on how community, faith, and the process of writing his play Curb Appeal

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00:52:34

Cement City: Episode 1 | I’ll Die Here

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2024/12/13

Podcast: Cement City (LS 65 · TOP 0.05% what is this?)Episode: Cement City: Episode 1 | I’ll Die HerePub date: 2024-09-18Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationJeanne Marie and Erin wander off the highway into Donora, Pa, a dying town with a dark secret. They decide to buy a house. A solid concrete house. In a neighborhood called Cement City. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit:

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00:52:47

Who buys luggage at the airport luggage store?

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2024/12/12

Podcast: Search Engine (LS 67 · TOP 0.05% what is this?)Episode: Who buys luggage at the airport luggage store?Pub date: 2024-12-06Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationIf ever there was a place where every person inside was guaranteed to already have luggage, it would be inside an airport. And yet ... the airport luggage stores persist. Who is going to these places? To answer, we will of course, unpack the story of the entire airport -- how

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01:01:00

Say a Little Prayer Edition Part 1

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2024/12/11

Podcast: Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia (LS 63 · TOP 0.1% what is this?)Episode: Say a Little Prayer Edition Part 1Pub date: 2024-11-15Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationYou know her honorific: Queen of Soul. And heavy is the head that wears the crown. In her lifetime, Aretha Franklin didn’t just want to be revered. She wanted hits. But Franklin made pop come to her, not the other way around.When showtunes and standards

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01:00:34

Contagious Realities (2024) - Alice Dawkins, Natasha...

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2024/12/10

Podcast: Festival of Dangerous Ideas (LS 34 · TOP 5% what is this?)Episode: Contagious Realities (2024) - Alice Dawkins, Natasha Mitchell, Sandersan Onie, Jean Twenge & Sonny Jane WisePub date: 2024-11-06Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationThe increase in mental health and neurodivergent diagnoses in recent years indicates that we’re more aware of our brains than ever before. Does improved social awareness, self-identification,

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00:24:45

Overconsumed

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2024/12/09

Podcast: Smarty Pants (LS 43 · TOP 1.5% what is this?)Episode: OverconsumedPub date: 2024-11-29Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationIn his previous book,Junkyard Planet, journalist Adam Minter went around the world to see what happened to American recyclables such as cardboard, shredded cars, and Christmas lights around the world as they became new things. InSecondhand: Travels in the New Global Garage Sale, Minter looks at what happens to

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00:38:04

The Last Request: 1

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2024/12/06

Podcast: The Man Who Calculated Death (LS 35 · TOP 3% what is this?)Episode: The Last Request: 1Pub date: 2024-11-06Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationSuzanne and Stephanie Rico dig through their deceased mother's office searching for clues to their dark legacy--a flying bomb built in World War II by a brilliant Nazi grandfather they've never met. We learn more about their mother's extraordinary life, her death, and how the sisters' quest

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00:51:54

204. Lexicat part 1

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2024/12/05

Podcast: The Allusionist (LS 68 · TOP 0.05% what is this?)Episode: 204. Lexicat part 1Pub date: 2024-11-24Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationElsie the cat has a set of 120 buttons programmed with words. She uses them to lie, swear, apologise, express grief and frustration and love to her human, the author Mary Robinette Kowal, who talks about what's involved in learning to communicate via language buttons with companion animals. And

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00:51:54

Playing with Words

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2024/12/04

Podcast: To The Best Of Our Knowledge (LS 56 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: Playing with WordsPub date: 2024-11-09Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationSometime in the last couple of years, America’s collective morning routine shifted. We used to start the day with coffee. Now it’s coffee and Wordle. Or Spelling Bee. Or both, plus the crossword. We’re living in a golden age of word games – which is fun, and one way to get just a tiny bit

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00:34:59

Sense, sensibility and the authentic self

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2024/12/02

Podcast: Philosopher's Zone (LS 55 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: Sense, sensibility and the authentic selfPub date: 2024-11-27Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationAuthenticity, vulnerability and empathy are all positive character traits - but is there something in the modern ritual performance of these traits that can actually be detrimental to public life? Are we forsaking reason for the sugar rush of cheap emotion? The tension between

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00:41:31

Secret War

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2024/12/02

Podcast: 16 Sunsets (LS 38 · TOP 2% what is this?)Episode: Secret WarPub date: 2024-11-21Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationA space shuttle stands on the pad, seething in the darkness, ready to go. Its mission is high speed espionage. Launching into the night sky, it heads north toward the pole, lining up over the Soviet Union.This is no science mission, but part ofa highly classified military plan, which sees the Shuttle become an

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00:28:20

Eva Needs to Measure

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2024/12/02

Podcast: Hyperfixed (LS 43 · TOP 1% what is this?)Episode: Eva Needs to MeasurePub date: 2024-09-19Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationSign up for bonus episodes and extra content at: https://hyperfixedpod.com/joinThis week: Eva lives in the UK, loves to bake, and frequently tries to bake American recipes. But Americans measure by volume and everyone else measures by weight — and converting those measurements is complicated, for

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00:27:42

Autobahn at 50: How Kraftwerk defined modern music

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2024/12/02

Podcast: The New Statesman | UK politics and culture (LS 58 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: Autobahn at 50: How Kraftwerk defined modern musicPub date: 2024-11-25Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization50 years ago this month the German band Kraftwerk released Autobahn –an album that not only marked a dramatic departure in their sound, but went on to change the entire course of contemporary music.With the title track, a 22-minute ode to the

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00:40:41

Going Off on Stroganoff

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2024/12/02

Podcast: Savor (LS 59 · TOP 0.1% what is this?)Episode: Going Off on StroganoffPub date: 2024-11-15Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationThis savory, creamy, starchy dish can be made in all sorts of ways, and it has a tangle of historical ties to match. Anney and Lauren dig into the history and cultures behind stroganoff.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from iHeartPodcasts,

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00:28:27

A London Cabbie

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2024/12/02

Podcast: What It's Like To Be... (LS 49 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: A London CabbiePub date: 2024-10-08Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationOutsmarting drunks, competing with ride-share apps, and discovering that some of your passengers were Spice Girls with Jamie Owens, a London cabbie. How much does it cost to buy a cab? And what's "The Knowledge"?You can find Jamie on YouTube at his channel "Jamie The

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