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865: The Other Territory - This American Life

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2025/08/24

Since October 7th, while the world has focused its attention on Gaza, the Israeli government has tightened the screws on the three million Palestinians in the West Bank in all sorts of dramatic ways. We travel to the West Bank to see these changes in person. Visit thisamericanlife.org/lifepartners to sign up for our premium subscription.Prologue: Ira joins Hamed on his Monday commute. He has to navigate a constantly changing series of checkpoints and roadblocks to get to work each day. Hamed works

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WWDTM: Sterling K. Brown, Nathan Lane, Brian Tyree...

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2025/08/23

This week, our summer break continues with visits from our coolest guests, including Sterling K. Brown, Nathan Lane, Brian Tyree Henry, and Vanessa Bayer!Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

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The Power of Shortwave Radio. And, What Gets Lost...

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2025/08/22

This month, the director of Voice of America is being forced out in the latest of many moves to dismantle the state broadcasting service. On this week’s On the Media, a history of the Voice of America, and how it’s been politicized. Plus, hear why propagandists in Russia, China, and Iran are celebrating cuts to U.S.-funded foreign reporting.[01:00] Episode 1 of The Divided Dial, Season 2: Fishing in the Night. You know AM and FM radio. But did you know that there is a whole other world of radio

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The Sporkful Dating Game! (Reheat)

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2025/08/22

Could listening to The Sporkful be the fertile soil out of which true love grows? We put out the call for Sporkful listeners looking for love, and hundreds of you responded. This week, we listen in on two blind Zoom dates that resulted from our extremely unscientific matchmaking. Is The Sporkful enough of a spark to ignite a grease fire of passion for two eaters? Or will these dates turn as cold as take-out fries?Check out the new Cravings by Chrissy Teigen pasta sauces, including the set with Dan’s

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The Medical Matchmaking Machine - Radiolab

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2025/08/22

As he finished his medical residency exam, David Fajgenbaum felt off. He walked down to the ER and checked himself in. Soon he was in the ICU with multiple organ failure. The only drug for his condition didn’t work. He had months to live, if that. If he was going to survive, he was going to have to find his own cure. Miraculously, he pulled it off in the nick of time. From that ordeal, he realized that our system of discovering and approving drugs is far from perfect, and that he might be able

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What Can Whales Teach Us About Clean Energy,...

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2025/08/22

In the final episode of our whale series, we learn about fecal plumes, shipping noise, and why Moby-Dick is still worth reading. (Part 3 of "Everything You Never Knew About Whaling.") SOURCES:Michele Baggio, professor of economics at the University of Connecticut.Mary K. Bercaw-Edwards, professor of maritime English at the University of Connecticut and lead foreman at the Mystic Seaport Museum.Hester Blum, professor of English at The Pennsylvania State University.Eric Hilt, professor of economics at

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Songs About the Sun & Bill McKibben on "Sun Day" -...

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2025/08/22

Hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot talk with journalist and environmentalist Bill McKibben about solar power and music, as well as the upcoming activism event “Sun Day.” They also share some of their favorite songs about the sun.Join our Facebook Group:https://bit.ly/3sivr9TBecome a member on Patreon:https://bit.ly/3slWZvcSign up for our newsletter:https://bit.ly/3eEvRnGMake a donation via PayPal:https://bit.ly/3dmt9lUSend us a Voice Memo: Desktop:bit.ly/2RyD5AhMobile:sayhi.chat/soundopsFeatured

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The Moth Podcast: Confessions and Mt Olympus

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2025/08/22

On this episode, we’re going from the heights of Mt. Olympus to the depths of the soul.This episode was hosted by Chloe Salmon. Storytellers: Caroline Connolly goes hiking and discovers something about herself. Kristina Nasi makes an important confession. Podcast # 933 To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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A Tiny Plot: "The Barricade" EP 1 - Snap Judgment

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2025/08/21

Using broken refrigerators, mattresses and dishwashers, residents of Union Point Park barricade their tent-city. And they fight for an extraordinary idea: their own plot of land from the city, where they could live in community and set their own rules, on their own terms.A Tiny Plot is a new 5-part series from KQED’s Snap Studios. Host and Reporter Shaina Shealy takes listeners inside an encampment in Oakland for an against-all-odds story about scarcity, community, and the complexity of building

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Germinal (Archive Episode) - In Our Time

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2025/08/21

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Emile Zola's greatest literary success, his thirteenth novel in a series exploring the extended Rougon-Macquart family. The relative here is Etienne Lantier, already known to Zola’s readers as one of the blighted branch of the family tree and his story is set in Northern France. It opens with Etienne trudging towards a coalmine at night seeking work, and soon he is caught up in a bleak world in which starving families struggle and then strike, as they try to hold on

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How America Recovers - Aspen Ideas to Go

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2025/08/20

Regardless of one’s politics, most would agree that America is going through a difficult time. Our rifts seem overwhelmingly deep, and it’s not clear how to repair them. New York Times columnist and writer David Brooks has had his idea of what America is supposed to be and stand for upended in recent years. But he also isn’t giving up. In his 20th talk at the Aspen Ideas Festival, he charts a path of recovery. He looks to history for examples of eras when society’s ruptures reached untenable levels,

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The Forgotten Shock Jock Who Paved the Way for Rush...

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2025/08/20

This week, we're airing part two of a documentary series, courtesy of Radio Diaries, about three radio personalities who had huge audiences in their time, but today, are largely forgotten. These days, we’re used to media that thrives on conflict, that amplifies the most outrageous voices in the room. It’s something we often trace back to shock jocks like Howard Stern, and in-your-face talk show hosts like Tucker Carlson and Rush Limbaugh. But long before all those guys, there was Joe Pyne. At the

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A Lost Collab Between Two Music Giants - Sound Opinions

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2025/08/20

In this bonus episode, Jim brings to light an overlooked collaboration between two of his and Greg's favorite musicians.Join our Facebook Group:https://bit.ly/3sivr9TBecome a member on Patreon:https://bit.ly/3slWZvcSign up for our newsletter:https://bit.ly/3eEvRnGMake a donation via PayPal:https://bit.ly/3dmt9lUSend us a Voice Memo: Desktop:bit.ly/2RyD5AhMobile:sayhi.chat/soundopsSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at

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All About That Bass - 99% Invisible

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2025/08/19

Vintage music barely had any bass. Today’s hits are all about the low end. What changed? An episode this week from our friends at Twenty Thousand Hertz, featuring hip hop legend DJ Jazzy Jeff and Roland's Paul McCabe.All About That BassSubscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of 99% Invisible ad-free and a whole week early.Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus.

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A Tiny Plot: Trailer - Snap Judgment

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2025/08/19

It's barricades vs. bobcats, tents vs. tiny homes and a team of people fighting to stay together. Listen to a radical experiment in freedom that puts an entire city under the microscope…"A Tiny Plot” is a new series from KQED’s Snap Studios. Producer Shaina Shealy embedded with a group of people in an encampment in Oakland at a park called Union Point. They were ordered to disperse, running out of time, but they were bound together by an extraordinary new idea: their own living space where they can

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The Moth Radio Hour: Keep Calm and Carry On

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2025/08/19

In this hour, challenges that reveal one's truest self. The insatiable needs of an electronic pet, being forced to face one's fears, and the dogged pursuit of one's dreams. This episode is hosted by Moth Senior Director Meg Bowles. The Moth Radio Hour is produced by The Moth and Jay Allison of Atlantic Public Media. 8-year-old Sara Jonsson realizes her new toy is more responsibility than she bargained for. Mike Maloch has to face his fears on the job. Samira Sahebi has an unexpected visit to the

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Barry Gibb - Summer Staff Picks - Here's The Thing...

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2025/08/19

Our summer tradition at Here’s the Thing continues, as staff members choose their favorite conversations from the archives for our Summer Staff Pick series. This week, we revisit Alec’s conversation with Barry Gibb, the last surviving member of the legendary Bee Gees. Barry reflects on the group’s rise from childhood dreams of stardom to becoming one of the best-selling music acts of all time. He speaks with Alec about the brothers’ signature “blood harmony,”

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On The Hunt For The Elusive Pawpaw - The Sporkful

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2025/08/18

An email from Sara Bir set us off on an adventure. She’s an author and recipe developer who’s obsessed with pawpaws, the largest fruit native to North America. “Pawpaws are tricky in the kitchen,” Sara wrote to us. “You can't buy them in stores. Occasionally they cause people to vomit. But pawpaws are truly beguiling, reminiscent of tropical fruit like mangoes and bananas.” With the help of her connections in the pawpaw dark web, Sara had identified one of the few pawpaw patches in the New York

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WWDTM: Moe Wagner, Lewis Black, Rose Matafeo, and...

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2025/08/16

This week, we desperately cling to the end of summer with some of our favorite guests, including Lewis Black, Mo Wagner, Rose Matafeo, and some never-before-heard segements with Atlas Obscura! Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

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Weighing Good Intentions - Radiolab

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2025/08/15

In an episode first released in 2010, then-producer Lulu Miller drives to Michigan to track down the endangered Kirtland’s warbler. Efforts to protect the bird have lead to the killing of cowbirds (a species that commandeers warbler nests), and a prescribed burn aimed at creating a new habitat. Tragically, this burn led to the death of a 29-year-old wildlife technician who was dedicated to warbler restoration. Forest Service employee Rita Halbeisen, local Michiganders skeptical of the resources put

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