Best Coleman Had A Dream Podcasts (2025)

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Liechtenstein and Belgium Preview 49:57

22h ago49:57

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Support us: buymeacoffee.com/colemansdreamDai and Ruth return to look ahead to the World Cup Qualifiers this week. The squad, the tactics, who we think will play and the dreaded predictions. We also look back at the disappointing games in the Nations League for the womens team ahead of Euro 2025.By Dai and Ruth

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Episode 470: Megan Baxter is Into Rewilding Her Writing 1:03:47

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"I've also learned in this rewilding experiment that so much of our time as writers takes place off the page, as we're thinking about our concepts, as we're doing research, and when I actually do come to the page and have a chance to actually type out these ideas, I've done so much pre-writing over the course of the previous season that that draft …

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Denmark and Italy Preview 48:44

10d ago48:44

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Support us: buymeacoffee.com/colemansdreamDai and Ruth return to look ahead to the women's Nations League games against Denmark and Italy as Cymru strive to stay in League A. We also discuss the Welsh Spurs contingent winning in Europe, Newport's new manager and a varied weekend for some Welshmen in the Championship playoff final.…

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Episode 469: John O'Connor on the Meaning of Bigfoot 1:06:12

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"I don't feel envy. I don't think. Maybe in some deeper and maybe even more troubling psychological level. I do feel competition with with people, competition over resources, trying to claim certain ideas, stake a claim to certain ideas before other people can, especially when you're working with the subject that's in the public sphere. You don't h…

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Rhian Wilkinson 51:07

17d ago51:07

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Support us: buymeacoffee.com/colemansdreamDai and Ruth interview the Cymru manager Rhian Wilkinson.Rhian talks about her life growing up in Canada and how she chose football as well as her connection to Wales and her time spent in Cymru as a youngster. She talked openly about her coaching journey, what she wants for Welsh football and where we can …

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Episode 468: Local Journalism and the Folly of Fame with Maggie Messitt 1:20:28

20d ago1:20:28

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"I genuinely feel that those of us writing books need to remember that we are writing them simply because we feel the desperate need to write that particular thing. And unless I feel that way, I shouldn't be writing it because it's not for the financial benefit. It is not because it gives me more time to do things with other people. It doesn't matt…

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Joe Allen and an End of Season Review 1:06:46

22d ago1:06:46

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Support us: buymeacoffee.com/colemansdreamDai and Ruth return to the mics to discuss how the season finished for the Welsh teams in the English pyramid. We talk about our Joe Allen highlights as well as how the end of the Cymru Premier season is lining up, Belgium away tickets, new Welsh Premier League players and Sophie Ingle.…

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Episode 467: How to Bounce Back from 'Viscerally Negative' Feedback with Will Bardenwerper 1:22:38

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Will Bardenwerper grew up playing baseball and even was a member of his college team at Princeton. As a result, he has a great perspective to write about baseball as he does in Homestand: Small Town Baseball and the Fight for the Soul of America (Doubleday). That soul, in this book, is partially under attack from private equity firms gobbling up an…

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Episode 466: Katie Goh on Issues of Identity and the Trappings of Mythology 1:13:24

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"Mythology can be really a dangerous thing, because mythology feels like it can't be changed, or it's always been something," says Katie Goh, author of Foreign Fruit: A Personal History of the Orange (Tin House Books). Katie Goh is a writer and editor based out of Edinburgh, Scotland. She’s also the author of the slim book “The End: Surviving the W…

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Episode 465: Miranda Green Searches for the Harm 1:20:06

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"You want to be able to nab the details, but then you also want to be able to tell the story of why this matters and who's harmed by this, and finding the harm is oftentimes the hardest part of investigative reporting," Miranda Green, an investigative reporter. Her latest piece is for The Atavist Magazine titled "All That Glitters" about the seedy …

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Episode 464: John Glionna is a Clown Who Makes Balloons That Kids Don't Like 58:09

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"We're sadistic motherf*ckers," says John Glionna, @johnglionna on the Instagrams. John is a longtime journalist and author of No Friday Night Lights (Bison Books). He made a name for himself at the Los Angeles Times pursuing what would be called "Glionna stories," stories about invisible people who have rich lives all their own. In this episode we…

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Episode 463: Leah Sottile on Building Scenes, Sagging Middles, and the Fever Dream of the American New Age 1:03:19

2M ago1:03:19

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"It's kind of a mix of reporting to the very last minute to put off writing, and then when I have to write, having a panic attack, and then, like, booking a hotel room for a week and not leaving that room. This is the thing I have done until I figure it out," says Leah Sottile, in a live event at Gratitude Brewing. She is the author of Blazing Eye …

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Denmark and Sweden Nations League Review 57:12

2M ago57:12

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Support us at: buymeacoffee.com/colemansdreamDai and Ruth return to discuss Wales' performance in the Nations League where we got a frustrating 2-1 defeat to Denmark but once again got a point against a very talented Swedish side. We also discuss Welshness, after Craig Bellamy's interesting MNF interview plus we congratulate Colwyn Bay after their …

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Episode 462: On Podcasting and Gardens with Debbie Millman 57:27

2M ago57:27

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"I'm much more interested in how a person achieves something than in what they specifically achieved," says Debbie Millman, the "Pod Mother" and OG podcaster, twenty years in for Design Matters. She's also the author of the new book Love Letter to a Garden (Timber Press). In this episode, we talk about: The 20 year arc of Design Matters What people…

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Episode 461: For Nick Davidson, Stories Hunt the Storyteller 1:19:38

2M ago1:19:38

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Nick Davidson, @nickgdavidson on IG, says, "We usually think of hunting stories and looking for ideas, but I feel like it's the other way around: stories hunt the storyteller, and I'm just prey." Nick's latest piece is for The Atavist Magazine titled "The Balloon That Fell From the Sky." His work has appeared in Outside, VICE Sports, Garden & Gun, …

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Kazakhstan and North Macedonia Review 1:16:11

2M ago1:16:11

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Support us: buymeacoffee.com/colemansdreamDai and Ruth discuss Wales' 3-1 win against Kazakhstan and the thrilling 1-1 draw away in North Macedonia. The lineups, the tactics, the goals and the bigger picture discussion, all covered here. We finish with a look ahead to the women's two Nations League games against Denmark and Sweden.…

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Episode 460:Pulitzer Prize-Winning Biographer Megan Marshall Takes on Personal Essays in 'After Lives' 1:03:47

2M ago1:03:47

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Megan Marshall is the author of After Lives: On Biography and the Mysteries of the Human Heart (Mariner Books), a new collection of essays. Megan won the Pulitzer Prize in 2014 for Margaret Fuller: A New American Life. Podcast Specific Substack at creativenonfictionpodcast.substrack.com. Pre-order The Front Runner Promotional Sponsor: The Power of …

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Episode 459: Cassidy Randall Talks Forgotten Histories, Sticky Notes, and the Power of Listening 51:31

3M ago51:31

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“I could suddenly see — and this is how I know when I'm supposed to start writing — is that words start putting themselves together in my head, and I just have to get them out, right? Which doesn't happen all the time, but it did for this," says Cassidy Randall, author of Thirty Below: The Harrowing and Heroic Story of the First All Women's Ascent …

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World Cup Campaign Begins 1:06:49

3M ago1:06:49

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Support us: buymeacoffee.com/colemansdreamDai and Ruth return to discuss Wales' start to the Nations League campaign and look ahead to the mens World Cup Qualifiers against Kazakhstan and North Macedonia.By Dai and Ruth

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Episode 458: Jaydra Johnson Had to Get Weird 58:09

3M ago58:09

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"And then this person said, 'Hey, you know, this needs to be, like, more weird or less weird, but it's in this kind of odd place that isn't working.' And I was like, she's so, right," says Jaydra Johnson, @jaydranicole, and author of Low: Notes on Art & Trash (Fonograf). Lots of good stuff in this episode. We talk about: Luck Growing up poor Dialin…

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Episode 457: Poynter's Neil Brown Says Editing Isn't Discussed Enough 1:00:53

3M ago1:00:53

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"What I was fortunate enough to get exposed to very early in my career, and I really believe is now the way to go, which is the nature of editing as thinking," says Poynter Institute president Neil Brown. Neil has spent more than forty years as a reporter and editor, and he just wrapped up his tenure on the Pulitzer Prize Board. He's one of the mor…

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Episode 456: Neko Case Wrote her Memoir in Bed 41:56

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Neko Case is best known for her career as a musical performing artist and as a founding member of The New Pornographers, but her debut memoir The Harder I Fight the More I Love You (Grand Central) is all the evidence we need to see that she's got the chops for narrative. Podcast Specific Substack Pre-order The Front Runner Promotional Sponsor: The …

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Episode 455: Will McGrath's Season on the Sidelines for The Believer 57:32

3M ago57:32

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Will McGrath often thinks he's a phony, a fake writer, a fake journalist. But he isn't. He's very much real, and his piece for The Believer, "American Boys," chronicles the season and the lives of a group of young basketball players. It harkens back to Darcy Frey's brilliant book The Last Shot. Podcast Specific Substack: https://substack.com/@creat…

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Episode 454: Allegra Rosenberg's Tale of Love on Ice for The Atavist 58:39

3M ago58:39

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Allegra Rosenberg became obsessed with polar exploration narratives during the pandemic. She soon came across the journals of Harry Pennell and learned of his love for Edward Atkinson. Set amongst the backdrop of the South Pole and the looming possibility of WWI, Allegra weaves a brilliant and tragic story. Pre-order The Front Runner Promotional Sp…

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Episode 453: Chandlor Henderson, Live at Gratitude Brewing, Says 'Focus on the Skill' 45:23

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Chandlor Henderson is the very definition of a multi-hypenate: a writer, editor, comic book writer, filmmaker, and podcaster. This conversation was recorded live at Gratitude Brewing as part of a quarterly series between the Oregon Writers Colony and The Creative Nonfiction Podcast. In this conversation we talk about his journey to Oregon from the …

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Episode 452: lamb of god's Randy Blythe's Search for Perspective in 'Just Beyond the Light' 57:35

3M ago57:35

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If Randy Blythe's first book, Dark Days, was about accountability, his second book, Just Beyond the Light, is about perspective. In essays ranging from the premature death of a young fan to surfing waves to revering his beloved grandmother, Randy talks about art and music and the messiness of being a creative person. Visit randyblythe.com to learn …

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We. Are. Back. 59:04

4M ago59:04

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Support us: buymeacoffee.com/colemansdreamAfter an extended winter break, we are back. We discuss all we've missed since we've been away from Merthyr to Project Cymru and then look ahead to the women's Nations League. We answer your questions and more besides. It's good to be back.By Dai and Ruth

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Episode 451: When Beach Read Meets a System with Lindsay Jill Roth 59:08

4M ago59:08

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Lindsay Jill Roth was told by a tutor at a young age that she'd become a writer one day. At the time she laughed, but it came to be. Lindsay is the author of the novel What Pretty Girls Are Made Of and her latest is Romances & Practicalities: A Love Story (Maybe Yours) in 250 Questions. Lindsay talks about the writing of the book, structuring it, a…

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Episode 450: Ahead of Super Bowl LIX, John Eisenberg Chronicles the Long Journey of the Black Quarterback 1:06:26

4M ago1:06:26

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John Eisenberg grew up surrounded by books. It was no surprise then that he wanted to write them one day. He has written eleven, his latest being Rocket Men: The Black Quarterbacks Who Revolutionized Pro Football. Pre-order The Front Runner Sponsor: The Power of Narrative Conference. Use CNF15 at checkout for a 15% discount. Newsletter: Rage Agains…

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Episode 449: Drew Philp Wants to Make Spanakopita Out of Spinach News 1:14:12

4M ago1:14:12

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Drew Philp went to Ethiopia to report on the front lines of what was likely a genocide that largely went ignored. His story, "There Will Be No Mercy," is for The Atavist Magazine. Pre-order The Front Runner Sponsor: The Power of Narrative Conference. Use CNF15 at checkout for a 15% discount. Newsletter: Rage Against the Algorithm Show notes: brenda…

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Episode 448: Evan Ratliff Returns … Or Did He? 1:03:24

4M ago1:03:24

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Evan Ratliff's work often overlaps with the tech industry whether he's disappearing himself as he did for Wired Magazine, or exploring the murky world of AI voice agents as he did with his blockbuster, smashing, DIY podcast Shell Game. Pre-order The Front Runner Sponsor: The Power of Narrative Conference. Use CNF15 at checkout for a 15% discount. N…

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Episode 447: Brooke Champagne Sits Back from the Suckitude 1:10:52

5M ago1:10:52

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Brooke Champagne (@champagne_brooke) is a writer in the thick of it: the grind of it, the messiness of it, the working-out-of-it. One minute with Brooke and you know you're in for rollicking fun conversation about the essay, about writing, and about Nola Face: A Latina's Life in the Big Easy (University of Georgia Press). Pre-order The Front Runner…

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Episode 446: Harrison Scott Key and the Plight of Memoir 1:10:52

5M ago1:10:52

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Harrison Scott Key knows how to write a funny book, and he did it again, this time with How to Stay Married: The Most Insane Love Story Ever Told (Avid Reader Press). Only this time, he found a way to find the funny as his marriage was under duress. Pre-order The Front Runner Sponsor: The Power of Narrative Conference. Use CNF15 at checkout for a 1…

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Episode 445: For Andrew Dubbins, It's About the Love of the Story 57:18

5M ago57:18

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For Andrew Dubbins, stories of this nature are resource intensive, so he’s always seeking the story engine, what drives the narrative forward. In this case, it’s a cops-and-robbers story with sibling discord at the center. It’s that Atavisitan time of the month and we have Andrew Dubbins, a journalist based out of L.A. who tells the tale about the …

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Episode 444: Stephanie Gorton Embraces the Messiness 1:03:17

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Stephanie Gorton once fretted over her not-neat process of writing books and soon came to embrace her messiness as a feature, not a bug, while she wrote The Icon & the Idealist: Margaret Sanger, Mary Ware Dennett, and the Rivalry That Brought Birth Control to America (Ecco). (Photo credit Sasha Israel) Pre-order The Front Runner Sponsor: The Power …

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Episode 443: Jared Sullivan and the Subtle Art of the Cold Call 1:07:18

6M ago1:07:18

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Jared Sullivan got his start primarily editing and admired the kinds of writers and reporters who do both well, like a David Remnick. Valley So Low is Jared's new book, and it is along the lines of Jonathan Harr’s A Civil Action and illustrates the toll that greed and negligence exert on the people exposed to toxins and the cost cases of this natur…

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Draws Podcast 20:09

6M ago20:09

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Support us: buymeacoffee.com/colemansdreamDai and Ruth meet for their final podcast of 2024 to discuss the draws for Euro 2025 and the World Cup 2026 qualifiers.By Dai and Ruth

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Episode 442: Steven Hyden Revisits Springsteen's 'Born in the USA' 1:04:39

6M ago1:04:39

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Steven Hyden (@steven_hydenwriter) is a music critic for Uproxx, producer of Break Stuff, the podcast about Woodstock 99, story producer for the the documentary Yacht Rock, and the author of Twilight of the Gods, This Isn’t Happening, Hard to Handle, and Long Road. His latest is There Was Nothing You Could Do: Bruce Springtseen’s ‘Born in the USA’ …

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Episode 441: Seth Wickersham Gets Them Out of the Building 1:14:00

6M ago1:14:00

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Seth Wickersham (@seth.wickersham on IG) didn't always want to be a sports writer, but he found his way to it by being a high school quarterback, covering the University of Missouri Tigers, and "crashing the party" at the Super Bowl with fellow writers Wright Thompson and Justin Heckert. This episode was a chance to revisit his amazing story on its…

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History Makers Have Qualified! 1:06:31

6M ago1:06:31

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Support us: buymeacoffee.com/colemansdreamWe have made it! Cymru qualify for Euro 2025!What a night and what an achievement. Cymru make history.By Dai and Ruth

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Episode 440: How to be a Truffle Pig with Kate McQueen 1:06:31

6M ago1:06:31

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Kate McQueen is the editorial director for the Pollen Initiative and a literary journalist whose work is featured this month for The Atavist Magazine. The story chronicles the story of Carl von Ossietzky, a German journalist imprisoned for his dissent at the start of Hitler's rise to power. A cohort of fellow journalists sought a means to break him…

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Liv Clark and Republic of Ireland Preview 1:04:29

6M ago1:04:29

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Support us: buymeacoffee.com/colemansdreamDai and Ruth are joined by a special guest as we look ahead to the hugely important playoff game against the Republic of Ireland. Wales number one goalkeeper Liv Clark discusses her rapid rise through the football pyramid to now be playing Champions League football and how she came to playing for Cymru. We …

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Episode 439: Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz and Paul Peart-Smith Bring a Graphic Interpretation of "An Indigenous People's History of the United States" to Life 1:00:18

7M ago1:00:18

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Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz and Paul Peart-Smith talk about how and why graphic interpretations are such a powerful vector for storytelling. Roxanne's An Indigenous People's History of the United States is a must-read and Paul's rendering is the perfect gateway in. Newsletter: Rage Against the Algorithm Show notes: brendanomeara.com Support: Patreon.com/c…

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Promotion Podcast 1:09:00

7M ago1:09:00

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Support us: buymeacoffee.com/colemansdreamDai and Ruth return to look at a key double header as Cymru secured their promotion back to League A of the Nations League and in doing so all but secured a playoff place for World Cup 2026.We look at both matches and discuss everything from iffy refereeing calls to all 5 goals. Ruth finishes by explaining …

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Episode 438: How It's All Connected with Taiyon J. Coleman 1:07:15

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Taiyon J. Coleman a professor and the author of Traveling without Moving: Essays from a Black Woman Trying to Survive in America (Univ. of Minnesota Press). Newsletter: Rage Against the Algorithm Show notes: brendanomeara.com Support: Patreon.com/cnfpodBy Brendan O'Meara

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Nations League Preview and More! 1:00:42

7M ago1:00:42

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Support us: buymeacoffee.com/colemansdreamDai and Ruth return to look ahead to Wales' crucial double header with Turkey and Iceland. We also look at the women's Nations League draw plus the news that the FAW have approached Merthyr about becoming involved in the Cymru leagues in 2026.By Dai and Ruth

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Episode 437: Much Ado About Fact-Checking with Wudan Yan 40:08

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Wudan Yan (@wudanyan) is a freelancer writer and founder of Factual, a one-of-a-kind agency committed to fact-checking. Newsletter: Rage Against the Algorithm Show notes: brendanomeara.com Support: Patreon.com/cnfpodBy Brendan O'Meara

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Squad Pod and Womens Playoff Semi Final Review 1:02:02

7M ago1:02:02

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Support Us: buymeacoffee.com/colemansdreamDai and Ruth return to talk through both legs of the women's playoff semi finals and our dramatic victory against Slovakia. We follow that with some thoughts on Craig Bellamy's latest squad to play in the final Nations League game. We conclude by sharing a few thoughts on our most recent discussion with FAW…

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Noel Mooney - Part 2 52:34

7M ago52:34

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Support us: buymeacoffee.com/colemansdreamIn the second half of the interview with Noel Mooney we discuss the Cymru leagues, THAT Roy Keane incident and so much more around the future development and pathways around Welsh football. Noel is a fascinating person who you could listen to all day. We thank him for his time and we hope you enjoy the seco…

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Episode 436: Mira Ptacin and the Story of How One Town Drove Out a Nazi 1:08:36

7M ago1:08:36

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Mira Ptacin (@miramptacin) is a writer and journalist who story, The Crash of the Hammer, ran in The Atavist Magazine. She's also the author of Poor Your Soul and The In-Betweens. Visit magazine.atavist.com to read her story about how a small town in Maine drove out a Neo-Nazi. Newsletter: Rage Against the Algorithm Show notes: brendanomeara.com Su…

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