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00:36:22

Hanif Abdurraqib on what it means to “make it”

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2024/09/17

Podcast: This Is Uncomfortable (LS 66 · TOP 0.05% what is this?)Episode: Hanif Abdurraqib on what it means to “make it”Pub date: 2024-08-22For our season premiere, we’re sharing a conversation with one of our favorite writers, Hanif Abdurraqib. He joins Reema for a wide-ranging conversation about the moral judgments we’re quick to make about people’s financial circumstances, notions of success and legacy, and what it means to be “good” versus “bad” in an unequal world. Hanif also reveals

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00:37:47

Chapter 1: The Transdimensional Haboob

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2024/09/17

Podcast: Midnight Burger (LS 60 · TOP 0.1% what is this?)Episode: Chapter 1: The Transdimensional HaboobPub date: 2020-10-27Now jobless in the pandemic era, Gloria takes a job interview at a lonely diner outside of Phoenix. What could possibly go wrong?Cast:Gloria - Siouxsie SuarezCaspar - Joe FisherAva - Finlay StevensonZebulon Mucklewain - Neal StarbirdEffie Mucklewain - Julie Cowden-StarbirdLeif - Tom MoormanWritten and Directed by Joe FisherProduced by Joe Fisher and Finlay

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00:43:40

Great Auks!

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2024/09/12

Podcast: The LRB Podcast (LS 54 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: Great Auks!Pub date: 2024-08-28The great auk was a flightless, populous and reportedly delicious bird, once found widely across the rocky outcrops of the North Atlantic. By the 1860s it was extinct, its decline sharpened by specimen collectors and at least one volcanic eruption. Human-driven extinction was ‘almost unthinkable’ until the auk’s disappearance, Liam Shaw writes. He joins Tom to discuss when, where and why the

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00:55:40

Leif Erikson

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2024/09/12

Podcast: You're Dead to Me (LS 75 · TOP 0.01% what is this?)Episode: Leif EriksonPub date: 2024-09-06Greg Jenner is joined in the eleventh century by Dr Eleanor Barraclough and actor Kiell Smith-Bynoe to learn about legendary Viking explorer Leif Erikson. Leif was possibly the first European to reach the Americas, nearly half a millennium before Christopher Columbus landed in the Caribbean. According to the stories told about him, he was a lucky explorer with a murderer for a father and a

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01:01:39

Joseph Allen: The Pivotal Importance of Air Quality,...

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2024/09/12

Podcast: Ground Truths (LS 32 · TOP 5% what is this?)Episode: Joseph Allen: The Pivotal Importance of Air Quality, Ventilation and Exposures (Such as "Forever Chemicals") For Our HealthPub date: 2024-09-05Professor Joseph Allen directs the Healthy Buildings Program at Harvard Chan School of Public Health. His expertise extends far beyond what makes buildings healthy. He has been a leading voice and advocate during the Covid pandemic for air quality and ventilation. He coined the term

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00:18:54

Haircuts in Space, Tutus, and the Nasal Ranger

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2024/09/12

Podcast: How To Do Everything (LS 30 · TOP 5% what is this?)Episode: Haircuts in Space, Tutus, and the Nasal RangerPub date: 2024-09-04Mike and Ian are back. On this episode: how to cut your hair in space, how to clean your tutu, and how to tell if you smell.You can email your burning questions to howto@npr.org. How To Do Everything is available without sponsor messages for supporters of Wait Wait Don't Tell Me+, who also get bonus episodes of Wait Wait Don't Tell Me featuring exclusive

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00:42:52

An Open Conversation About Marriage, with Molly Roden...

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2024/09/06

Podcast: Intelligence Squared (LS 60 · TOP 0.1% what is this?)Episode: An Open Conversation About Marriage, with Molly Roden WinterPub date: 2024-08-23For this episode the writer, musician and author Molly Roden Winter discusses her bestselling book, More: A Memoir of Open Marriage. The book tells the story of Roden Winter's own journey navigating the polyamorous lifestyle while upholding many of the more traditional values associated with marriage simultaneously. Joining her to talk about

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00:21:17

5. Be Here Now… Blair, Blur And A Backlash

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2024/09/05

Podcast: The Rise and Fall of ... (LS 34 · TOP 5% what is this?)Episode: 5. Be Here Now… Blair, Blur And A BacklashPub date: 2024-07-05The Rise and Fall of Oasis - Episode 5 - Be Here Now… Blair, Blur And A Backlash. In the lead up to the release of Be Here Now, Oasis tabloid mania is at fever pitch, but what should be the crowning glory of their career is slowly unravelling. The band faced a series of challenges, many of their own causing, and the album is released to massive fanfare... and

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00:36:26

Tolkien: Middle Earth & the Middle Ages

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2024/09/05

Podcast: Gone Medieval (LS 60 · TOP 0.1% what is this?)Episode: Tolkien: Middle Earth & the Middle AgesPub date: 2024-08-30For millions of Tolkien lovers around the world, The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings are more than just fantasy fiction. Their rich mix of sacred mythology and archetypal saga stories draw deeply into history and legend and profoundly resonate with universal human experience. But from where did Tolkien derive his inspiration? As with most things, Matt Lewis is

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00:37:16

Gaslighting – No, you’re not imagining it

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2024/09/01

Podcast: Origin Story (LS 53 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: Gaslighting – No, you’re not imagining itPub date: 2024-08-28Over the past eight years, the word “gaslighting” has transformed from an obscure term in psychiatric literature into a ubiquitous buzzword to describe the kind of deceit that makes you feel like you’re losing your mind. But are we using it correctly? What explains its sudden popularity? And is it entirely wise to import a psychological term into the world of politics

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01:02:12

Homework

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2024/09/01

Podcast: Secretly Incredibly Fascinating (LS 54 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: HomeworkPub date: 2024-08-26Alex Schmidt and Katie Goldin explore why homework is secretly incredibly fascinating.Visit http://sifpod.fun/ for research sources and for this week's bonus episode.Come hang out with us on the SIF Discord: https://discord.gg/wbR96nsGg5Get tickets to see us LIVE at the London Podcast Festival this September:

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00:52:23

Errollyn Wallen, composer

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2024/08/29

Podcast: Desert Island Discs (LS 74 · TOP 0.01% what is this?)Episode: Errollyn Wallen, composerPub date: 2024-08-11Errollyn Wallen is one of the world’s most performed living composers. Her work, which includes 22 operas, orchestral, chamber and vocal works, was played at the opening ceremony of the Paralympic Games in 2012 and at Queen Elizabeth II’s Golden and Diamond Jubilees. She was the first black woman to have a piece featured in the BBC Proms and the first woman to receive an Ivor

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00:43:00

Making Change

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2024/08/28

Podcast: The TLS Podcast (LS 50 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: Making ChangePub date: 2024-08-22This week, Lucy andAlexare joined by Amber Massie-Blomfield, who discusses her new book about the connections between art and protest.'Acts of Resistance: The Power of Art to Create a Better World', byAmber Massie-BlomfieldProduced by Charlotte Pardy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from The TLS, which is the property

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00:37:57

Broadway Musicals 1949

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2024/08/28

Podcast: Music From 100 Years Ago (LS 47 · TOP 1% what is this?)Episode: Broadway Musicals 1949Pub date: 2024-07-23Featuring songs from: South Pacific, Texas Lil Darlin, Lost In the Stars, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Along Fifth Avenue and Miss Liberty.The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Brice Fuqua, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.

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00:57:39

Madhur Jaffrey with Mayukh Sen

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2024/08/28

Podcast: The Full English (LS 34 · TOP 5% what is this?)Episode: Madhur Jaffrey with Mayukh SenPub date: 2024-08-05Obviously we were going to do an episode about Madhur Jaffrey, and so here it is. Madhur Jaffrey: the actress who taught British and American audiences how to cook Indian food.Lewis Bassett speaks about Madur with Mayuk Sen, author of Taste Makers: Seven Immigrant Women Who Revolutionized Food in America. We talk about Madur's life, some of the barriers to her success as an

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00:45:37

Our Medical System Protects Wrongdoers and Punishes...

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2024/08/28

Podcast: Mad in America: Rethinking Mental Health (LS 46 · TOP 1% what is this?)Episode: Our Medical System Protects Wrongdoers and Punishes Whistleblowers: An Interview with Carl ElliottPub date: 2024-08-07Carl Elliott is a distinguished professor at the University of Minnesota with joint appointments in the Department of Philosophy and the School of Journalism and Mass Communications. An influential voice in bioethics, Elliott is known for his critical examination of the medical and

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00:43:59

Bob Marley | The Captain's Son | 1

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2024/08/28

Podcast: Legacy (LS 50 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: Bob Marley | The Captain's Son | 1Pub date: 2024-07-24Born in colonial-era Jamaica to a black teenage mum and an absent white dad, Bob Marley has a fractious childhood and is constantly moved around. But Bob dreams of making it big as a musician, whilst Jamaica dreams of independence. Can this small island boy make it big amongst the violence and chaos engulfing his home nation?Listen to Legacy on the Wondery App or wherever you get

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00:30:04

The Sound of Apple 1.0

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2024/08/20

Podcast: Twenty Thousand Hertz (LS 69 · TOP 0.05% what is this?)Episode: The Sound of Apple 1.0Pub date: 2024-07-31Over the last few decades, Apple has produced some of the most recognizable sounds ever made. In this episode, the Apple design team pulls back the curtain on their sound design philosophy and process, from the evolution of the classic “Tritone” alert, to the surprising origins of the Apple Watch sounds, to the inspiration behind the latest notification tones. Featuring Billy

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00:34:06

380: British Legends: I Loathe that for You

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2024/08/20

Podcast: Myths and Legends (LS 79 · TOP 0.01% what is this?)Episode: 380: British Legends: I Loathe that for YouPub date: 2024-08-14The story of the laidly worm is all about the costs and benefits of kissing dragons on the mouth.The creature is Topielec, and it might just make or break your video game franchise and/or book. --- Sponsors: For a limited time, Home Chef is offering our listeners 18 free meals! Go to https://homechef.com/legendsfam --- Music: "Gene's Waltz" by Blue Dot

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01:07:03

Shalom Auslander on Self-Loathing and How to Overcome It

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2024/08/20

Podcast: The Good Fight (LS 58 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: Shalom Auslander on Self-Loathing and How to Overcome ItPub date: 2024-07-27Yascha Mounk and Shalom Auslander discuss the origins of the stories that make us feel bad about ourselves. Shalom Auslander is an American novelist, memoirist, and essayist. He is the author of Foreskin's Lament and, most recently, FEH: A Memoir.In this week's conversation, Yascha Mounk and Shalom Auslander discuss how religious narratives

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