The world's top authors and critics join host Gilbert Cruz and editors at The New York Times Book Review to talk about the week's top books, what we're reading and what's going on in the literary world. Unlock full access to New York Times podcasts and explore everything from politics to pop culture. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Listen to this podcast in New York Times Audio, our new iOS app for news subscribers. Download now at nytimes.com/audioapp
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The rise and fall of empires, rulers, and the events that shaped world history. William Dalrymple and Anita Anand explore the intricate stories of revolutions, imperial wars, and the people who built and lost empires. From the British Empire to the Ottomans to Ancient India, history is shaped by power struggles and territorial conquests. How does it continue to affect the world today? Empire Club: Become a member of the Empire Club to receive early access to miniseries, ad-free listening, ea ...
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Take a deep dive into History’s biggest moments with Tom Holland & Dominic Sandbrook. Explore the stories of History’s most brutal rulers, deadly battles, and world-changing events. From the rise and fall of the Roman Empire, the Nazi conquest of Europe, and Hitler’s evil master plan for world domination, to the French Revolution, the sinking of the Titanic, or the Norman Conquest of England in 1066, Tom and Dominic bring the past to life with gripping storytelling and expert analysis, as th ...
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Reading While Black Book Club is a podcast where we dissect and discuss Black literature. Each month we select a book by us with us in mind giving our listeners access to the authors via interview where their questions get answered and they become part of the show. Friends, community leaders, and activists stop by as we amplify their work in marginalized communities. We promote reading as a self-help tool for better mental health and provide a safe space where individuals can tell their stor ...
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Babbage is our weekly podcast on science and technology, named after Charles Babbage—a 19th-century polymath and grandfather of computing. Host Alok Jha talks to our correspondents about the innovations, discoveries and gadgetry shaping the world. Published every Wednesday. If you’re already a subscriber to The Economist, you’ll have full access to all our shows as part of your subscription. For more information about Economist Podcasts+, including how to get access, please visit our FAQs pa ...
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This isn’t your average podcast—it’s a radical little book club for your ears. Each week on Assigned Reading, feminist business coach Becky Mollenkamp invites a brilliant guest to read and unpack a feminist essay. Together, they dive into the juicy, nuanced, sometimes uncomfortable questions these texts raise about power, identity, leadership, liberation, and more. If you’ve ever wanted to have big conversations about big ideas—but without having to get dressed, make small talk, or leave you ...
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The Flight Club podcast gives you a behind-the-scenes look at female entrepreneurship. We focus on sharing backstories of amazing women as they found their "lean out" moment and bravely launched their business. The show is hosted by Felena Hanson, founder of Hera Hub and author of the book "Flight Club". Hera Hub is a shared, flexible work and meeting space where entrepreneurial women can create and collaborate in a professional, productive, spa-like environment. The platform provides its me ...
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It's a book club, but funny! Comedian Michael Ian Black is tackling a great work of literature: Wuthering Heights. Join Michael's weekly book club as he reads aloud from a classic and asks people like Jen Kirkman, Mike Birbiglia, Michael Showalter, and even his teenage kids to weigh in with their perspectives. Season 1: Thomas Hardy's Jude the Obscure. The book is bleak, but Michael does a lot of accent work. Season 2: Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. It's alive, and it's just a big buddy. Also, ...
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🎓 Get free access to our 12-module Masterclass and start your journey today at TheWealthElevator.com/master. The Wealth Elevator is your ultimate guide to financial freedom. From my humble beginnings buying small rental properties in 2009 as an W2 working engineer to becoming a general partner in over $2.1 billion in assets, we reveal the three-step wealth-building system, covering: 🚀 Alternative investments to diversify your portfolio 💰 Tax income strategies for financial independence 🏦 Inf ...
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Welcome to DogEared Book Club—for all the humans obsessed with books, connection and self-growth. Join me, LA-based creative and entrepreneur Alexandra Shelly (also known as Bebe), each month as I ask about the books that have impacted the lives of my guests, inspiring leaders and change makers of various industries. In order to get the entirety of the DogEared experience, you can go beyond the podcast and become a member of the incredible community! To get access to bonus episodes, member-e ...
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Tisha Casida counts down and counts up to all things SOVEREIGNTY. An avid warrior for Food & Medicine Freedom - she has spent over 20 years in the wellness industry fighting the forces that seek to destroy our access to nutrient-dense foods and medicines. Join her to learn about what we can ACTUALLY DO to find wellness - our greatest sovereignty!
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Storytelling Animals is a green new podcast where we use books to help make sense of the ecological crisis – and think about what comes next. For most episodes, host Dayton Martindale will interview authors about their new or recent fiction and nonfiction, and talk about how we might build better relations with each other and our fellow creatures. Sometimes, he'll review books or talk with academics and activists, too. Patreon subscribers at all tiers get early access to locked episodes, and ...
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This year, The Double Shift will focus on IRL community building with a new initiative for 2025 called The How to Find Your People Club. Club members will get years-early access to some of the groundbreaking ideas and tools I’m developing for my book, which will be published by Penguin Random House in 2027. One of the benefits of club membership is audio newsletters, where I read my newsletter so you can listen on the go. Over the next year, this newsletter will feature public posts on topic ...
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The Book Club podcast from the World Economic Forum brings you the world’s greatest storytellers. For the last three years, the Forum’s Book Club has engaged with some of the world’s greatest writers, allowing a community of over 200,000 readers to put their questions and share their views. The podcast features in-depth interviews with some of our favourite authors looking at their most recent work, their motivations, inspirations and so much more. Great fiction, economics, psychology, philo ...
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WBZ’s Nichole Davis shares the stories people are talking about in your community each weekend. You can also hear the show live on iHeartRadio stations WBZ, WRKO, WTAG, WHYN, WZLX, WBWL, WXKS, and WJMN!
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ERB Legal LLP presents - ”Tough Call: A Mediation Podcast”. CT Ehler (a certified mediator and licensed legal representative) shares her insights with her co-host, Dale Sheldon (a member of the general public). This podcast invites the general public to look at conflict resolution creatively, legally, and with humor. Conflict is inevitable, but how we resolve it matters. In this podcast, we examine stories and talk to experts about the different ways we handle strife and discord: at home, at ...
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Join 19Keys on 'High Level Conversations', the award-winning show elevating your mindset and value. In Partnership with the Earn Your Leisure network, this is the show where thought leadership meets empowerment. Each episode features luminaries like Billy Carson and Wallstreet Trapper, exploring topics from financial literacy to future tech, emotional intelligence to wellness. Our mission is to challenge, inspire, and ignite change. Be a part of this journey to reshape narratives and elevate ...
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Welcome to ‘Less Panic More Disco'. This podcast is here to inspire you to: 💜 Embrace your uniqueness AND brilliance, then know how to share it! 💜 Find your place in the business world to feel inspired, aligned AND understood. 💜 Accept your often chaotic yet wonderful ways… whether you’re out & proud neurodiverse, think you maaaaay be but you’re not too sure ORRR you don’t do labels yet know deep down that you need to do things differently compared to the ‘norm’ (yawn). I’ll be encouraging y ...
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Welcome to The Photo Vault. Our host, Lukas Birk, takes you on a voyage filled with exclusive on sight interviews featuring renowned artists who draw inspiration from vernacular photography, collectors who have dedicated their lives to amassing incredible troves of images, and curators who curate exhibitions that bridge the gap between past and present. The Photo Vault steps into a hidden world filled with forgotten snapshots, dusty family albums, and gems of visual history to be uncovered. ...
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From August 30th, 1971 through the summer of 1977 Pro Wrestling Historian and Author John Arezzi attended EVERY show at the famed arena, Madison Square Garden, often called the Mecca of pro wrestling. From his beginnings as a 14 year old wrestling fan, shooting photos and 8mm film footage at the matches, He then became the President of the Fred Blassie Fan Club. John eventually evolved to one of the very few credentialed photographers allowed backstage and given ringside press access. On thi ...
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The signature program of the nonprofit, Advancing the Interests of Animals (AIA), is its weekly, one-hour nationally syndicated radio show, Animals Today. Currently in its seventh continuous year, this show provides a worldwide platform where individuals and organizations concerned about the welfare of animals can present their viewpoints and promote their causes. It is a communication hub where listeners learn about a wide variety of animal welfare issues as well as the actions they can tak ...
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S4 Episode 100 - Beautiful Mount Airy Lodge
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34:11Reporting this episode from the former honeymoon capital of the world (not Niagra Falls), the Poconos Mountains which is an ideal location to commit a lake drowning. A lake drowning has, in fact, occurred. Clyde, our poor benighted Clyde, has gone and done it. And now, we shall see what consequences await. Support Obscure! Read Michael's substack F…
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280. Partition: The Creation of Pakistan (Part 3)
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42:01Why did Jinnah initially accept that Pakistan could be part of an Indian Federation? When did Jinnah start to push for Pakistan to be independent from India? What was Direct Action Day in 1946, and how did it start the violence of Partition? William and Anita are joined once again by Sam Dalrymple, author of Shattered Lands: Five Partitions And The…
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As Kurdish forces end struggle against Turkey, mothers grieve those lost in the violence
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5:06After 40 years of fighting, the Kurdistan Workers’ Party said they will lay down its arms.By WBUR & NPR
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'The Body Keeps the Score' patient Kate Price tells her story in memoir 'This Happened to Me'
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11:02As a child, Kate Price was physically and sexually abused by her father, who also trafficked her to other men.By WBUR & NPR
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Should you have risky assets in your 401(k)?
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3:52President Trump signed an executive order last week to allow riskier assets to be included in 401(k) plans, such as crypto, private real estate and private equity.By WBUR & NPR
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Here & Now summer book club discusses 'James' and 'Demon Copperhead'
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9:36Here & Now's go-to book expert, Traci Thomas of "The Stacks," and Scott Tong each read a book that the other had read and enjoyed.By WBUR & NPR
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Trump vows to 'liberate' Washington, D.C. from crime
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6:00After an attempted carjacking of a Department of Government Efficiency staffer, Trump vowed to reduce crime and homelessness.By WBUR & NPR
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AI companies are selling microchips to China. National security experts are concerned
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5:36Chipmakers Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices have agreed to pay the U.S. government 15% of the revenue they make from selling advanced AI chips to China.By WBUR & NPR
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Court case pits religious rights against public safety
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3:43The battle is over access to a site where Native Americans have been holding spiritual ceremonies for centuries.By WBUR & NPR
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How do you say 'no' to a grizzly? Bear spray and little noise should do the trick
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9:23In addition to knowing safety rules — like hiking in groups of three or more, making noise, avoiding trails at dawn and dusk, and securing food trash — hikers need to carry bear spray, one canister per person.By WBUR & NPR
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GPT-5 improves on previous versions of ChatGPT in several ways, OpenAI said, including in its ability to quickly code software from simple prompts.By WBUR & NPR
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Trump administration proposal could harm funds for unhoused students
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5:16Instead, there would be consolidated funding with other education block grants.By WBUR & NPR
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Changing weather patterns and higher temperatures are affecting some of the most prized tea-growing regions in China and Taiwan.By WBUR & NPR
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Trump and Putin to discuss end to Russia-Ukraine war on Friday
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4:57Ukraine is not invited to the meeting.By WBUR & NPR
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Al Jazeera journalists killed by Israeli airstrike, adding to steep death toll for media in Gaza
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6:40Israel targeted a journalist tent in Gaza City, killing five Al Jazeera journalists and injuring more.By WBUR & NPR
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590. The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln: Death at the Theatre (Part 1)
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1:02:24After passing the 13th amendment, in the closing weeks of the brutal American Civil War, what did president Abraham Lincoln - recently re-elected - do next to inflame his detractors? Crippled with guilt for the death and destruction of the war, was he indeed a unionist tyrant? What did Lincoln decide to do with the defeated rebel states? And, with …
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The North End's "Fisherman's Feast": 115 Years of Family, Faith, Food and Fun
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18:32Boston's North End is always the place to go for a filling meal and a warm welcome, but feast season is when the neighborhood truly shines! The Fisherman's Feast is the oldest continuously running Italian festival in the North End, and it returns this summer for its 115th year. From the ever-popular meatball contest to the iconic "Flight of the Ang…
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Boys and Girls Clubs of Dorchester Provide "Safe Summer Streets" for Local Youth
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18:24For more than 35 years, the Boys and Girls Clubs of Dorchester have offered a secure place for young people to be during the summer months, when they're not in school. This time of year is considered a "high-risk" period for violence and gang activity involving kids and teens, and the "Safe Summer Streets" program provides an engaging environment t…
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Trump administration works to roll back access to contraception
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3:45Contraception is a routine part of life for many Americans, and people across political parties agree that it should be legal and accessible.By WBUR & NPR
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AI has changed how we use the internet. Companies are working to catch up
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4:40AI is altering the search-for-clicks bargain that has shaped the landscape of the web for decades.By WBUR & NPR
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'What is Wrong with Men': New book explores that question through Michael Douglas films
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9:40Author Jessa Crispin explains how films Michael Douglas made in the 1980s and 1990s reflect the anxieties of those times.By WBUR & NPR
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Executive order could bring changes to 401(k) retirement investments
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3:49The order could give Americans with 401(k) retirement savings plans an option to invest in cryptocurrency, private equity, real estate, and other alternative assets.By WBUR & NPR
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From Russia to redistricting and more in this week in politics
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11:32President Trump gave Russia the deadline of Friday to agree to a ceasefire with Ukraine, which has not happened.By WBUR & NPR
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Celebrating the life and legacy of Latin jazz icon Eddie Palmieri
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11:07Eddie Palmieri died Wednesday at 88.By WBUR & NPR
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Inside NASA's development of nuclear power on the moon
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3:26According to a recent directive from acting administrator Sean Duffy, the space agency will launch a nuclear reactor to the moon by 2030.By WBUR & NPR
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