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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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00:51:46

Emotions 2.0: What's Better than Being Happy?

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2024/12/02

Podcast: Hidden Brain (LS 84 · TOP 0.01% what is this?)Episode: Emotions 2.0: What's Better than Being Happy?Pub date: 2024-11-11Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationMany of us go to great lengths to be happy. But is our singular focus on feeling good actually making us miserable? This week, psychologist Jordi Quoidbach explores what happens when we try to live in an emotional monoculture, and makes a case for letting it all in — the ups

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01:41:08

Leslie Jamison & Emmeline Clein

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2024/12/02

Podcast: AwakenersEpisode: Leslie Jamison & Emmeline CleinPub date: 2024-11-19Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationOn this episode of Awakeners, Lena chats with writers Leslie Jamison and Emmeline Clein. Clein studied with Jamison at Columbia University’s MFA program, and the pair published their most recent books—Jamison’s memoir, Splinters, and Clein’s debut essay collection, Dead Weight—the very same week back in February 2024.We discuss what

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00:28:23

Risky Science and Public Consent

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2024/12/02

Podcast: Entanglements, by Undark (LS 31 · TOP 5% what is this?)Episode: Risky Science and Public ConsentPub date: 2024-11-18Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationThis week on Entanglements: Should citizens decide on risky science? Our hosts talk to an Oxford political scientist and a former law and ethics professor about how democracy should play a role in high-stakes decisions.The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Undark

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00:46:07

Cynicism won’t protect you from getting hurt

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2024/12/02

Podcast: KERA's Think (LS 55 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: Cynicism won’t protect you from getting hurtPub date: 2024-11-14Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationIf you’re someone who always thinks the sky is falling, chances are you’re not very happy. Jamil Zaki, professor of psychology at Stanford University and the director of the Stanford Social Neuroscience Lab, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss why cynicism leads to not only a more

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00:10:32

Pack It In

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2024/12/02

Podcast: Aaron Mahnke's Cabinet of Curiosities (LS 71 · TOP 0.05% what is this?)Episode: Pack It InPub date: 2024-11-14Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationThanks to some well-traveled ladies, our Cabinet has another pair of remarkable stories for you to enjoy. Order the official Cabinet of Curiosities book by clicking here today, and get ready to enjoy some curious reading!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.The podcast and

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00:46:40

Episode 1: Save The Whale

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2024/12/02

Podcast: The Good Whale (LS 42 · TOP 1.5% what is this?)Episode: Episode 1: Save The WhalePub date: 2024-11-14Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationWhen the movie “Free Willy” is released, word gets out that the star, a killer whale named Keiko, is sick and living in a tiny pool at a Mexican amusement park. An environmentalist sets out to give the fans what they want: their favorite celebrity orca back in the sea. To get full access to

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00:42:11

🍟 The Happy Meal: A Delicious McMystery | 1

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2024/12/02

Podcast: The Best Idea Yet (LS 40 · TOP 1.5% what is this?)Episode: 🍟 The Happy Meal: A Delicious McMystery | 1Pub date: 2024-10-15Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationThe Happy Meal is the most successful meal in human history. With over 35 billion units sold, or about four for every person on Earth, McDonald’s iconic “Food and Fun in a Box” has also made the company a bigger toy distributor than Hasbro or Mattel (and maybe even Santa)

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01:02:50

Bringing Salmon Home: The Story of the World's...

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2024/12/02

Podcast: Gastropod (LS 67 · TOP 0.05% what is this?)Episode: Bringing Salmon Home: The Story of the World's Largest Dam Removal ProjectPub date: 2024-11-04Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationThe Klamath River on the California-Oregon border was once the third largest salmon river in the continental U.S. There were so many fish, indigenous histories claim that you could cross the river walking across their backs—which made the peoples who

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00:34:49

How linguists solve crimes, with Natalie Schilling

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2024/11/12

Podcast: Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing (LS 65 · TOP 0.05% what is this?)Episode: How linguists solve crimes, with Natalie SchillingPub date: 2024-10-31Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization1027. This week, I talk with forensic linguist Natalie Schilling about how people's language gives them away — in manifestos, ransom notes, text messages, and more.Natalie Schilling is a professor emerita of linguistics at Georgetown

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00:28:38

1. Switched - Part 1

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2024/11/11

Podcast: The Gift (LS 43 · TOP 1% what is this?)Episode: 1. Switched - Part 1Pub date: 2024-11-02Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationAn at-home DNA test - taken by chance when a game of golf is rained off - forces one man and three women to reassess everything they thought they knew about their families. It’s the perfect gift for the person who already has everything. It promises to tell you who you really are, and how you’re connected

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00:50:09

The Common Kingfisher

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2024/11/08

Podcast: The Science of Birds (LS 53 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: The Common KingfisherPub date: 2024-08-21Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationIn this episode—which is Number 102—we dive into the fascinating world of the Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis), a small but mighty bird known for its striking blue and orange plumage and remarkable fish-hunting skills. We'll look at this species' behavior, from its iconic plunges

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