Best Allusive Podcasts (2025)

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Repetition is a Form of Change: An Oblique Strategy in Poetry 58:09

14d ago58:09

58:09

Professor of Poetry lecture – Repetition is a Form of Change: An Oblique Strategy in Poetry A.E. Stallings is an American poet who studied Classics at the University of Georgia and Oxford. She has published four collections of poetry, Archaic Smile, Hapax, and Olives, and most recently, Like, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. She has published thr…

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What These Ithakas Mean: Cavafy, Translation, Influence, and Imitation 1:01:12

3M ago1:01:12

1:01:12

What These Ithakas Mean: Cavafy, Translation, Influence, and Imitation (Professor of Poetry lecture, Feb 2025) A.E. Stallings is an American poet who studied Classics at the University of Georgia and Oxford. She has published four collections of poetry, Archaic Smile, Hapax, and Olives, and most recently, Like, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Sh…

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802: You need to run your party 55:29

3M ago55:29

55:29

Thyagu returns to the pod crew to discuss movies, some cricket, some politcking and a lot of autos. The sound quality still continues to be subpar but work and investment is being done. Or so one hopes.

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801: That is how bad we are 50:20

4M ago50:20

50:20

The pod is back. Some might argue that the pod never went anywhere in the first place but juvenile arguments aside, the pod is back, and back with mostly the same nonsense and some new. Trump, Cricket, Movies are all covered, as ever, and well of course, the L&T Chairman makes an appearance.

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Upping the ante: how word choice, quotation and allusion in poems raise the stakes 55:55

6M ago55:55

55:55

Upping the ante: how word choice, quotation and allusion in poems raise the stakes (Professor of Poetry lecture, Nov 2024) A.E. Stallings is an American poet who studied Classics at the University of Georgia and Oxford. She has published four collections of poetry, Archaic Smile, Hapax, and Olives, and most recently, Like, a finalist for the Pulitz…

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S01E04. Blurring boundaries 34:28

6M ago34:28

34:28

In this episode of Optical Allusion, host Francine Watson speaks with three first-generation doctoral students — Ángel Bonilla, Zulekha (Zully) Khamisi, and Serena Camacho — about their transformative experiences co-creating a community project with school children in a local classroom. The discussion highlights the profound learning that comes fro…

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S01E03. Love-centered teaching 50:54

7M ago50:54

50:54

In this episode of Optical Illusion, we sit down with Von Phothisane, a passionate high school teacher and football coach in Western Washington, to explore how he integrates Mastery-Based Learning (MBL) and culturally-responsive teaching in one of the most diverse school districts in Washington state. Von shares how he centers his practice on love …

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S01E02. Planning for MBL 36:01

7M ago36:01

36:01

In this episode, we sit down with Natalie Guinasso to explore her transformative approach to Mastery-Based Learning (MBL) and Cultural Responsiveness and Sustaining Education (CRSE) in the classroom. Natalie shares her journey of making learning relevant by giving students a voice and agency in their education. She describes a pivotal classroom mom…

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S01E01. Outcome through Community 28:42

8M ago28:42

28:42

In this episode of OPTICal allusion, we dive deep into the power of community in the classroom. Join us as Shari McNeil, a passionate first-year teacher, shares how prioritizing connection over outcomes transformed her students' learning experience... and led to better outcomes! Using her experience of fostering relationships with students, familie…

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S01E00. Introduction to a new podcast. 4:29

8M ago4:29

4:29

Donita Torres and Francene Watson are experts in education. They're scholars, researchers, teachers. They're not podcasters! But, they want to talk about education and they want to talk to people who want to also talk about education. The podcast is called OPTICal allusion, where OPTIC stands for Our Partnership, Teaching, Innovation and Change. In…

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Rich house, poor house 7:44

12M ago7:44

7:44

A look at the show Rich house, poor house on Netflix

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Pirates, Poets, and "Plagiarism" 57:51

1y ago57:51

57:51

How Lord Byron translated, and was translated by, Greek poetry and reality. A.E. Stallings is an American poet who studied Classics at the University of Georgia and Oxford. She has published four collections of poetry, Archaic Smile, Hapax, and Olives, and most recently, Like, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. She has published three verse transla…

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Mr Eugenides after the Burning of Smyrna: George Seferis and The Waste Land 1:01:03

1+ y ago1:01:03

1:01:03

A.E. Stallings gave a lecture as the Oxford Professor of Poetry on 15 February 2024. She talked on Mr Eugenides after the Burning of Smyrna: George Seferis and The Waste Land A.E. Stallings is an American poet who studied Classics at the University of Georgia and Oxford. She has published four collections of poetry, Archaic Smile, Hapax, and Olives…

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Copyrights to Elvish and Traditional knowledge of Bionicle / Copycast by CLAIMS / S1E6: Tolkien 2 22:58

1+ y ago22:58

22:58

Did Tolkien have copyrights to the languages created by him? Why Māori are more powerful than the Professor? And how the Oracle vs. Google case helps us to understand the protection of Quenya? In this episode, intellectual property lawyers Victor and Anton talk about legal protection of Quenya, Java, Māori and other languages. Key moments: 00:00 Go…

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Copyright to LOTR, Trademarked Middle-earth, and Amazon's deal on the Second Age / S1E5: Tolkien 31:41

1+ y ago31:41

31:41

How long should we wait until Tolkien's legacy becomes public domain? Or will it never happen due to trademarks? Who exactly owns the rights to the world of Middle-earth, and why is 'The Rings of Power' considered Amazon's fan-fiction? In this episode of #Copycast, IP lawyers Victor and Anton explore the world of intellectual property rights to the…

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The Bat Poet: Poetry as Echolocation 1:02:52

1+ y ago1:02:52

1:02:52

A.E. Stallings gave her inaugural lecture as the Oxford Professor of Poetry on 20 November 2023. She talked on 'The Bat Poet: Poetry as Echolocation'. A.E. Stallings is an American poet who studied Classics at the University of Georgia and Oxford. She has published four collections of poetry, Archaic Smile, Hapax, and Olives, and most recently, Lik…

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706: Guys who have actually played cricket 1:05:40

1+ y ago1:05:40

1:05:40

Where the pod - along with a very special guest - delves into the World Cup.

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705: It was so pedestrian 45:04

1+ y ago45:04

45:04

Where the pod finally returns, discusses hiatus reasons and then delves into Leo.

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704: What a riveting content 49:49

2y ago49:49

49:49

Where the pod goes back to being a general-purpose pod, starting with Maamanan, touches upon a man not payting his bills, shines a spotlight on Soren Iverson and his comedy, stealthily approaches Coding Ninjas, discusses leaving movies half way through before moving on to the top topic of the week - the Apple Vision Pro, before finally finishing up…

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703: Cinematically, it worked 45:47

2y ago45:47

45:47

Where the pod delves deep into PS2.

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IP in the AI world, copyright to ideas, and All the Music Project / S1E4: All the art 19:42

2y ago19:42

19:42

What if robots generate all possible art? Does this generated content infringe copyrights on the earlier works created by humans? And will the works, created by humans after this point in history, be protected? To answer these questions, we look at the story of All the Music Project with the help of Damien Riehl. Tune in! Key moments: 00:00 - Go! 0…

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702: It's just more eerie 55:35

2y ago55:35

55:35

Where the pod goes into Vetri Maran's Vidudhalai Part 1 in depth.

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701: You can vaguely hear something 38:09

2y ago38:09

38:09

Where the pod embarks on a new season with more of the same nonsense, traversing through a non-review of Pathu Thala, a review of Nanpagal Nerathu Mayakkam, some discussions on Kailasa's UN expedition and some other myriad topics. Links: https://food.ndtv.com/news/wait-what-man-sues-restaurant-chain-for-serving-boneless-chicken-wings-3862583/amp/1 …

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Magazin der Kunst, Copyright Manifest of musicians, AI's symphony / S1E1: Beethoven 14:49

2y ago14:49

14:49

In this episode, we're exploring the world of Beethoven's music and copyright. We're discussing whether his music can be used freely today, the Curse of the 9th Symphony, Beethoven's support of copyright, his socialist model of copyright protection (Magazin der Kunst), and the ownership of copyright for his unfinished 10th Symphony. Tune in! Key mo…

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Robots in copyright and trademark cases / S1E2: AI 17:41

2y ago17:41

17:41

🤖 Does content generating soft like Stable Diffusion or Midjourney violate copyright to works used for machine learning? That is the issue raised in the Getty Images v. Stability AI, as well as in a few of other cases of 2023. We have overviewed this legal dispute and found out: what exactly Getty Images claimed in the lawsuit? Can AI be a copyrigh…

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614: Massive scale comedy piece 1:05:05

2y ago1:05:05

1:05:05

Where the pod starts off with the Ukraine war, meanders striahgt into the chip war, and then takes a sharp turn into Thunivu, Mallu movies, and Mari Selvaraj on Kamal before settling on some silliness at Twitter.

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Copyrights to texts of ghosts / S1E1: Supernatural 10:08

2+ y ago10:08

10:08

👻 Can a psychic own copyrights to texts dictated to them by a spirit? This question was answered by courts in Cummins v. Bond (1926) and Oliver et al. v. Saint German Foundation et al. (1941) cases. We overview these legal precedents and find out: who owns the rights to texts from other worlds? and how the estoppel rule impacts on mediums? Key mome…

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613: Whipping up jingoism 41:26

2+ y ago41:26

41:26

Where the pod meanders - rather unpreparedly - through the budget, wades into the Hindenburg row, samples some bloody sweet Leo, plays through the Asia and indeed the World Cups and finished on the passing of Gen. Musharraf and Vani Jairam.

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612: I don't have much faith 57:54

2+ y ago57:54

57:54

Where the pod continues to look back at 2022. Why, is as yet unknown. Lack of content, most likely.

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611: Passive aggressive rhetorical questions 48:30

2+ y ago48:30

48:30

Part 1 of where the pod looks back at 2022 through the lens of wins and fails in sport and tech.

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610: It's in the public sphere now 44:41

2+ y ago44:41

44:41

Where the pod starts with a wrap (not the edible kind), meanders all over the Middle East in the guise of discussing the World Cup, making detours in Iran as well, before turning to matters closer to home with some politics, some movies and some lament on the current state of the media. Links to stuff: Spotify Wrapped Breaking Buddh Naai Sekar retu…

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609: It just felt needless 42:35

2+ y ago42:35

42:35

Where the pod finally gets around to discussing VTK. And then closes with some world cup related news. Stuff from the pod: Qatar Bans Beer Sales at World Cup Stadiums - The New York Times (nytimes.com) E. Deepak is beaten Paid fans Pound Road

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608: The situation is under control 35:56

2+ y ago35:56

35:56

Twitter. Not much else. Links to stuff: Let that sink in Fake Eli Lilly Twitter Account Claims Insulin Is Free, Stock Falls 4.37% Lockheed Martini Twitter layoffs Meta layoffs Ligma Johnson had it coming

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607: I started reading a different book 43:48

2+ y ago43:48

43:48

Where the pod delves into Ponniyin Selvan. Links to stuff: Aravind Krishnamoorthy on the Other Banana pod : https://whereistheotherbanana.com/2022/10/10/episode-118-the-sound-of-ponniyin-selvan-with-anand-krishnamoorthi/ FM on Rupee/Dollar : https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/indicators/fm-nirmala-sitharaman-says-indian-rupee-is-weak…

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606: It was not even mildly amusing 34:23

2+ y ago34:23

34:23

Where the pod has an anti-movie agenda with topics as diverse and broad-ranging as the India Pakistan match, the tensions between Rohit and Virat fans, RaGa's yatra, Stalin and PTR and DNA tests in Gujarat. Oh and happy deepavali, folks. Belatedly, anyway.

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605: Lots To Unpack There 41:46

2+ y ago41:46

41:46

Where the pod moves with the stars to unravel Ranjith's latest.

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604: Shock, Surprise, Happy, Whatever 32:46

2+ y ago32:46

32:46

Where the pod starts with the release, and indeed the non-release of PS1, moves on to shooting stars in the sky and water under the earth, while detouring through Gujarat and taking a tea break at the Cine Cafe.

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603: Irony died a gruesome death 34:48

2+ y ago34:48

34:48

Where the pod starts off with RaGa and the RSS, veers into Xi amongst other international news and, of course, talks a bit about some movies including PS1 and other myriad nonsense.

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602: Wrong Choice of Words 32:53

2+ y ago32:53

32:53

Where the pod pays respects to the departed Queen (long live the Queen), talks about the eternal Indian prince-in-waiting, moves around the non-burning jungles looking for cheetahs, and then talks about other bits and bobs, mostly nothing.

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601: He has given some more gyaan 31:17

2+ y ago31:17

31:17

Where the pod tries to stick to 30 minutes but fails uncatastrophically (though without the intro and the outro, the content is still less than 30 minutes - and, per usual, less than 2 minutes of anything non-nonsensical). Lincoln records, Sun news and indeed all and sundry are discussed.

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600: We should keep them guessing 32:59

3y ago32:59

32:59

Where the pod returns amidst rejoicing amongst few (perhaps the hosts only, perhaps) and widespread facepalming amongst the many (perhaps the audience) with a meta episode that discusses what the new season will look like, and how money may be made. Not that anyone cares, of course.

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514: I left Coimbatore. Life happened. 55:19

3y ago55:19

55:19

Where the pod begins with PS1 (not the Sony or the gundumani one), moves on swiftly to India's Oscar entry (not Ravichandran) and then to Varisu, Rajith, Ayeshari, Coimbatore, DD News and British politics. The end note is a rather solemn note with a nod to the passing of Pratap Pothen with a fitting outro tribute.…

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513: Memefest in the Middle of Work 1:04:23

3y ago1:04:23

1:04:23

Where the pod starts with an innocuous whatsapp greeting and then goes full politico with fiery discussions on Agnipath and, religious rabble-rousing about the RSS and great opinions about Maharashtra, finishing with some onion rings which, contrary to popular belief, are just so.

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512: Background Music and Guns 54:49

3y ago54:49

54:49

Where the bigguns, Mr. Kumar joins the pod to discuss the recoming of the Nayagan with all the big guns of the latest installment of the LCU - Vikram.

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511: How the Queen would clap 59:02

3y ago59:02

59:02

Where the pod begins in legandary fashion, veers on to Vikram-related topics, looks back at 35 years of Nayagan, jumps in and out of short reviews of an assortment of movies and shows before finishing with the replacement for Valimai update.

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510: McDowell's will call it Scotch 50:29

3y ago50:29

50:29

Where the pod begins at sunnambu kaava, moves on to not-so-fantastic beasts, and ends with some high-tea, with segues into badminton, Nepal incursions, TR's Hindi excursions, biryani-related news items and some touching upon Vikram and GVM.

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509: The man who dislikes vowels 54:32

3y ago54:32

54:32

Where the pod starts discussing parties attended by politicians, and meanders towards political parties themselves with detours though some movies, international news and myriad other nonsense.

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508: Walkman broke Mic Mohan 1:01:20

3y ago1:01:20

1:01:20

Where the pod meanders from one thing to the other touching diverse topics such as Beast, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, the IPL, one person Marathoning-from-home, Edharthu Thevaillada, Mic Mohan's filmography through the lens of his comeback, twitter, other social media, and ends with a discount on Sunny Leone. Well, not exactly but sort of.…

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507: Then it's a bit of a farce 53:32

3y ago53:32

53:32

Where the pod veers into territory that includes a non-discussion about Manmadha Leelai, some discussion about neighbors - Pakistan and Sri Lanka, some football, and ends with a message of peace.

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506: He lost his own seat 57:42

3y ago57:42

57:42

Where the pod delves into world-level topics such as the fallout of war, of national-level topics such as some files of Kashmir, and of local-level topics such as Mr. Rangan's next destination. Oh, and there are also some mega monologues by one host, with said host, channeling his inner-SPB, or so he thought.…

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