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00:40:28

007. cuba: a vintage playground

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2021/02/12

Podcast: teikirisi (LS 37 · TOP 2.5% what is this?)Episode: 007. cuba: a vintage playgroundPub date: 2021-02-10Notes from The Listener:Clever conversational podcast about Cuban-American culture and history. This one is the best yet and explores a myth often repeated by prospective visitors to the island: "I want to go to Cuba before it changes." Tourists love the vintage cars, the period architecture and the kitschy keepsakes, but they rarely think about what this sentiment means — wanting a

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00:25:00

The First Whodunnit

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2021/02/12

Podcast: Shedunnit (LS 60 · TOP 0.1% what is this?)Episode: The First WhodunnitPub date: 2021-02-10Notes from The Listener:Bonus pick: Crime fiction is incredibly popular today, with millions of books sold every year. But have you ever wondered what the first "whodunnit" was? Listener editor Caroline Crampton goes all the way back to Ancient Greece to find the answer in her latest podcast episode. Listen to Shedunnit now at shedunnitshow.com or in your podcast app.What was the first murder

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00:42:08

Stash-busting tips

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2021/02/12

Podcast: We've Made It (LS 32 · TOP 5% what is this?)Episode: Stash-busting tipsPub date: 2021-02-08Notes from The Listener:Crafting podcast talks through strategies for keeping your hoard of supplies under control. Anyone who has started a hobby like knitting or sewing recently will know how quickly the stash of wool or fabric grows as different projects leave left overs. To maximise limited storage space in the home and to minimise your crafting's environmental impact — producing fabric,

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00:09:01

Prologue One: Community

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2021/02/05

Podcast: Seen and Not Heard (LS 38 · TOP 2% what is this?)Episode: Prologue One: CommunityPub date: 2020-07-12Notes from The Listener:Clever drama series about a newly deaf woman called Bet trying to navigate her changed life. This is one of four shorter prologues to the main series of longer episodes, and it tells the story of her first attempt to go to a sign language class. The other participants make assumptions about her, leaving her nervous and prickly, and she finds that she can feel

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00:47:04

Chapter 1: From Page to Stage

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2021/02/05

Podcast: Out for Blood: The Story of Carrie the Musical (LS 44 · TOP 1% what is this?)Episode: Chapter 1: From Page to StagePub date: 2021-01-27Notes from The Listener:Very detailed oral history of an infamous Broadway disaster — Carrie: The Musical. The hosts discovered a bootleg recording of the show's brief run in the late 1980s during the pandemic and decided to investigate the full story of a production that has become legendary in the trade for technical malfunctions, ballooning

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00:49:05

A Romantic Revival

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2021/02/05

Podcast: Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel (LS 78 · TOP 0.01% what is this?)Episode: A Romantic RevivalPub date: 2019-11-07Notes from The Listener:High point of a very good and rightly popular podcast. Each episode is a recording of a therapy session with the host and her clients. This one features a couple coping with a long history of trauma: she has experienced sexual assault and he lost his first wife to suicide when their children were small. As their therapist, Perel has an

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00:06:02

Ep.20 – The Tiny Building with 285,000 Businesses Inside

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2021/01/22

Podcast: Wiki Walks (LS 33 · TOP 5% what is this?)Episode: Ep.20 – The Tiny Building with 285,000 Businesses InsidePub date: 2020-06-23Notes from The Listener:Short monologues about the curiosities or “huh, who knew?” pages to be found on Wikipedia. This one focuses on a single, unremarkable building in Delaware, US, which thanks to a tax loophole is technically the registered home something like 285,000 businesses. The so called "Delaware loophole", which originated in a law passed in 1899,

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00:26:18

E66 The Not So Sweet History Behind Sugar

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2021/01/22

Podcast: Then Again (LS 31 · TOP 5% what is this?)Episode: E66 The Not So Sweet History Behind SugarPub date: 2021-01-15Notes from The Listener:Local history podcast from Georgia, US, looks at the sugar trade. It's the scope of the conversation between the host and the historian guest that makes this worthwhile. They look both at the ramifications of the Atlantic sugar trade in their home area but also very widely at the broader geopolitical forces that set it all in motion. This episode

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00:22:10

Poison Pen

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2021/01/22

Podcast: Shedunnit (LS 60 · TOP 0.1% what is this?)Episode: Poison PenPub date: 2021-01-13Notes from The Listener:Bonus pick: Ever wondered why anonymous or "poison pen" letters became such a cliché of crime fiction? Well, the new podcast episode from Listener editor Caroline Crampton looks at social history to explain why this became such a staple of murder mysteries. Listen to Shedunnit now at shedunnitshow.com or in your podcast appNothing could bad could possibly happen here, the

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00:32:47

Understanding Artemisia Gentileschi with Helen Lewis

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2021/01/21

Podcast: Browser Bites (LS 30 · TOP 5% what is this?)Episode: Understanding Artemisia Gentileschi with Helen LewisPub date: 2021-01-19Nontsi and Lindelani chat with Helen Lewis about "how the feminist passion for Artemisia Gentileschi’s life story risks overwhelming her artistic talent." Inspired by Helen's piece titled “Isn’t She Good—For a Woman?” Reading material mentioned in the conversation: Difficult Women: A History of Feminism in 11 Fights by Helen Lewis The Obstacle Race: The

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00:46:38

Episode 2: 'Anything Goes'

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2021/01/13

Podcast: G&T - Musical Podcast Special (LS 31 · TOP 5% what is this?)Episode: Episode 2: 'Anything Goes'Pub date: 2021-01-10Notes from The Listener:Relatively new podcast that promises to go through Wikipedia's alphabetised list of musical theatre shows in order, episode by episode. This second episode is the letter A for Anything Goes by Cole Porter, first performed on Broadway in 1934. This cruise ship based romantic comedy was the original source of two of Porter's best songs, "You're

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00:25:59

Adam & Eve On A Raft: Why Lonely People Are Attracted...

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2021/01/13

Podcast: Alone Together (LS 40 · TOP 1.5% what is this?)Episode: Adam & Eve On A Raft: Why Lonely People Are Attracted To DinersPub date: 2021-01-11Notes from The Listener:Podcast about loneliness explores the role that the 24 hour diner plays in this experience and its depiction in western pop culture. Beginning with the 1942 Edward Hopper painting Nighthawks, which shows four customers inside a lighted diner on a dark street corner, the host looks at the way these establishments have

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00:42:59

1931

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2021/01/13

Podcast: Centuries of Sound (LS 36 · TOP 2.5% what is this?)Episode: 1931Pub date: 2020-12-07Notes from The Listener:Sonic time travelling. The creators of this show are gradually producing audio mixes for every year of recorded sound, beginning with one for 1859. They have now reached the 1930s, and this recreation of 1931 is well worth turning up in the headphones. The Great Depression, Hollywood's golden age, the Mississippi Delta blues — it's all here. There are recognisable hits here,

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00:33:25

Understanding Disability with Joanne Limburg

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2021/01/12

Podcast: Browser Bites (LS 30 · TOP 5% what is this?)Episode: Understanding Disability with Joanne LimburgPub date: 2021-01-12Nontsi and Lindelani chat with Joanne Limburg about her personal journey with disability and the impact it has had on her family, social and professional life. Inspired by Joanne’s piece titled “Am I disabled?” Reading material mentioned in the conversation: Disability Visibility by Alice Wong The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time by Mark Haddon

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00:34:00

1. The Parallax

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2021/01/07

Podcast: The Cipher (LS 57 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: 1. The ParallaxPub date: 2020-12-26Notes from The Listener:Beginning of a ten part science fiction thriller about a mysterious code and the race to apprehend a possibly otherworldly serial killer. In an echo of the WW2 Bletchley Park code breakers, 16 year old Sabrina is recruited to the investigation after she cracks the parallax problem that is baffling the world's brightest minds, and the tale unfolds from there. Two

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01:16:41

039 An Appetite for Arboreality

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2021/01/07

Podcast: Herpetological Highlights (LS 39 · TOP 2% what is this?)Episode: 039 An Appetite for ArborealityPub date: 2018-11-17Notes from The Listener:If you thought you didn't need to listen to over an hour of two experts talking about arboreal snakes, you were wrong. The deep yet matter of fact enthusiasm exuded by these two researchers for "scaled and slimy animals" is palpable throughout and makes their subject here — snakes that climb trees as part of their survival techniques —

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00:44:49

52 Things I Learned In 2020 with Tom Whitwell

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2021/01/06

Podcast: Browser Bites (LS 30 · TOP 5% what is this?)Episode: 52 Things I Learned In 2020 with Tom WhitwellPub date: 2021-01-05Inspired by the piece 52 Things I Learned in 2020, Lindelani and Nontsi speak to the author Tom Whitwell about his list of interesting things he learned in the year 2020.The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from The Browser, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.

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00:36:54

Understanding Cheating with Alicia Walker

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2020/12/23

Podcast: Browser Bites (LS 30 · TOP 5% what is this?)Episode: Understanding Cheating with Alicia WalkerPub date: 2020-12-22Inspired by the interview Men who have affairs: An Interview with Alicia Walker, conducted by Arielle Kuperberg, Lindelani and Nontsi speak to the Dr. Alicia Walker about her studies on cheating and how to better understand what cheating is.The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from The Browser, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or

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00:26:49

Everyone Should Be In The Crossword With Michelle McGhee

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2020/12/17

Podcast: Browser Bites (LS 30 · TOP 5% what is this?)Episode: Everyone Should Be In The Crossword With Michelle McGheePub date: 2020-12-15Inspired by the piece Who’s in the Crossword, Lindelani speaks to the co-author Michelle McGhee about inclusion in the crossword and the experience of existing within marginalized and underrepresented cultures.The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from The Browser, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen

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00:35:47

1: Chapter 1 - A Man Who Cannot Be Saved

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2020/12/15

Podcast: In Strange Woods: A Musical Podcast (LS 54 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: 1: Chapter 1 - A Man Who Cannot Be SavedPub date: 2020-12-14Notes from The Listener:Ambitious podcast musical from the production house that made cult fiction series The Bright Sessions. This is the first chapter, which introduces the setting — a rural Minnesota town on the edge of a forest. The writers have cleverly flirted with podcasting's true crime obsession by centring the plot around the mysterious

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