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Welcome to Scripted Authenticity, a weekly podcast where we delve into the world of literature, creativity, and everything in between. I'm your host, MickMacMike, and I'm excited to take you on a journey of discovery and insight. In today's episode, we'll explore the fascinating history of anthropomorphism in literature, share anecdotes of characters and authors from the past, offer advice for aspiring anthropomorphic writers, and much more. Anthropomorphism, the attribution of human traits, ...
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Story-driven, science-based examination of the weird and wonderful relationship between humans and all types of wildlife. If you love the planet, you'll love Anthropomania.
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A band of porcine musicians have entered an international competition with the hopes of changing the world's unflattering prejudices concerning their species. An unknown opponent works behind the scenes, however, to sabotage the event. As pranks turn bloody, the swine find that more than their reputation is on the line. If they fail to help local authority capture their enemy, their very lives may be in danger.
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Furry, Explained with Finn the Panther is a podcast that dives deep into the furry fandom. A companion show to their YouTube channel, Finn explores topics about the furry community, including thoughts that didn't, or couldn't, make it into the his YouTube videos. The good, the bad, and the furry, Finn covers them all each week. Furries are weird, let's talk about it!
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Holding Up the Queue

Benjamin Pollock's Toyshop

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Escapades and adventures in art, theatre, storytelling, pantomime and spectacle brought to you from our Covent Garden toy shop floor and hosted by Pollock’s very own Simon Seddon.
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The Mt. GOATmore Cliff Dive Podcast

Cody, Cameron, and LeRon GOATmore

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Join us as we dive into the world of sports and entertainment to give our both biased and informed opinions on the age old question, who/what is the greatest of all time?! Basketball, Movies, Television, Comics, Manga, even Literary Fiction, we won't stop until we've explored greatness in as many ways as possible. We hope you won't stop listening. contact us at facebook.com/mtgoatmore and [email protected]
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Affirmations & short stories meant to inspire and rewire for a winning mindset. Season 1 airs every Wed. at 11am EST US. Short episodes best for repetition and conditioning the subconscious mind and backed by a conversation from our hosts, discussing a motivational content piece, sharing resources, and tips for entrepreneurs, business start-ups and encouraging everyone to believe in their own dreams and goals. The discussion will be aired weekly with inspirational content and is geared for d ...
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Raphaël Raux's 2025 Harvard Horizon project, "Human Learning about AI," conducted in collaboration with fellow PhD student Bnaya Dreyfuss, explores how people often assume AI thinks like a human, which can lead to confusion about what these systems can and can’t do. As a PhD candidate in economics at Harvard, Raux studies the complex relationship b…
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The Inka Empire, the largest in the pre-Columbian Americas, is renowned for its impressive engineering feats, including an extensive road network and monumental architecture. Although the Inkas did not have a traditional writing system, they recorded information using a unique method: khipus. These knotted cords were essential tools for communicati…
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The figure of the young, tragic male poet has long dominated cultural narratives about artistic brilliance and early death. But what if poetic genius deepens, rather than fades, with age? In this talk given at the 2025 Harvard Horizons Symposium, Slavic languages and literatures PhD candidate and Harvard Horizons Scholar Alex Braslavsky explores th…
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As a PhD candidate in government at Harvard's Kenneth C. Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, 2025 Harvard Horizons Scholar Andrew O'Donohue explores the complexities of democratic resilience in his project, "Law versus Democracy: Why Courts Defend or Undermine Democracy in Turkey, Israel, and Beyond." His research delves into the varying …
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2025 Harvard Horizons Scholar Katherine Horgan explores the legacy of the ancient Greek poet Sappho in her project, "Living Sappho: Imitation, Imagination, and Revivification in Early Modern England." A PhD student in English at Harvard's Kenneth C. Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Horgan delves into the complex interplay between Sapph…
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We hate each other more than we used to, at least where politics is concerned. Measures of effective polarization, the animosity that Democrats have for Republicans and vice versa, have increased dramatically since the 1990s, according to a 2021 study by political scientists James Druckman and Jeremy Levy. Moreover, the most polarized folks are the…
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2025 Harvard Horizons Scholar Katherine Venturo-Conerly is on a mission to revolutionize access to effective mental health care—particularly for young people. Her research project, "Tackling the Global Youth Mental Health Challenge: Lessons from Psychotherapy Research in Kenya," focuses on creating and implementing effective, accessible mental heal…
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The US Supreme Court’s 2023 ruling in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard made it illegal for colleges and universities to use race as a factor in choosing their incoming classes. As a result, schools are working harder than ever to recruit and admit first-generation and lower-income applicants to preserve the diversity of their student bodies.…
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Imagine your doctor could precisely predict your personal risk of disease, diagnose the cause of illness with pinpoint accuracy when it did occur, and develop an effective treatment plan with low side effects the first time, rather than through trial and error. That's the promise of personalized medicine. And it would be a revolution in healthcare.…
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The cost of prescription drugs is high—particularly in the US where consumers pay nearly three times more than those in 33 other nations in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. One factor in prices is fluorination, which plays a crucial role in the production of many widely-used pharmaceuticals. Driven by the high cost of reag…
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Send us a text Join MickMacMike as he contemplates his Big 70 Birthday is only weeks away. His transition from video consumer to YouTube creator. In a heartfelt message to his 40-plus-aged audience, MickMacMike ponders the question: What would you ask your future self in 20-30 years? With a lifelong passion for learning and storytelling, MickMacMik…
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Send us a text Welcome to all from the UK, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and the United States! Howdy, Mr Trump. How's it going? This video is called MickMacMike's Heart & Lungs Collapsed - 1 Year Ago! Enjoy a comical journey of your host going from an ankle problem to complete open heart surgery and a successful bypass operation in 5 days. Follo…
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Send us a text Adventures, barbarians & Devil's Breath Part 1 Chapter 5 "Prepare yourself for an odyssey where flying cows, bold senoras, Kenworth truck drivers, singing nuns, and talking wine bottles collide in a tale of interconnected eccentricities, unveiling the extraordinary tapestry of adventure, friendship, and mystery that binds them all." …
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Send us a text Adventures, Barbarians & Devil's Breath Part 1 Chapter 6 "Prepare yourself for an odyssey where flying cows, bold senoras, Kenworth truck drivers, singing nuns, and talking wine bottles collide in a tale of interconnected eccentricities, unveiling the extraordinary tapestry of adventure, friendship, and mystery that binds them all." …
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Send us a text Adventures, barbarians & Devil's Breath Part 1 Chapter 4 "Prepare yourself for an odyssey where flying cows, bold senoras, Kenworth truck drivers, singing nuns, and talking wine bottles collide in a tale of interconnected eccentricities, unveiling the extraordinary tapestry of adventure, friendship, and mystery that binds them all." …
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Send us a text Adventures, Barbarians & Devil's Breath Part 1 Chapter 1 "Prepare yourself for an odyssey where flying cows, bold senoras, Kenworth truck drivers, singing nuns, and talking wine bottles collide in a tale of interconnected eccentricities, unveiling the extraordinary tapestry of adventure, friendship, and mystery that binds them all." …
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Send us a text Adventures, Barbarians & Devil's Breath PT1 Chapter 2 Embark on an exhilarating odyssey through the intricate lives of eccentric characters in Adventures, Barbarians, and Devil's Breath. Part 1, Adventurous Tales From a Few Walks, introduces a quirky cast brought together by a mysterious earthquake. The cast includes flying cows, a d…
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Send us a text Adventures, Barbarians & Devil's Breath PT1 Foreword Embark on an exhilarating odyssey through the intricate lives of eccentric characters in Adventures, Barbarians, and Devil's Breath. Part 1, Adventurous Tales From a Few Walks, introduces a quirky cast brought together by a mysterious earthquake. The cast includes flying cows, a da…
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Send us a text Scripted Authenticity - Home to Anthropomorphism & Championing Anthropomorphic Storytelling. Your Host is Me or MickMacMike when I am nervous! This week, Goldie has decided to take centre stage and will "Unveiling Anthropomorphism Through the Ages.” Introduction - A brief explanation of anthropomorphism and its significance in histor…
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Send us a text Intro: At last, I appear to be finding my feet, my voice, and the structure required for video and podcasting. Continuing from episode 2, where I revealed my early life in Bristol and then moving to Weston-Super-Mare up to the age of 10. Then, I talked about my school years and what hurdles I had to face. Now, here is more on the sub…
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Send us a text Mike Bowley, or MickMacMike from Scripted Authenticity fame, is the official anthropomorphic storyteller who gives you, the listeners, the backstories and extra nuggets from his one-cell left 70-year-old pensionable brain. Mike Bowley, an anthropomorphic storyteller, showcases his anthro style in Chapter 2, "I am The Rock." This seco…
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Send us a text Music and anthropomorphism often go hand in hand, and songwriters usually draw inspiration from anthropomorphic themes. In this interactive segment, I invite you to vote for your top five songs that best embody the spirit of anthropomorphism. Share your musical favourites and enjoy a playlist that brings literary characters to life t…
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Send us a text Continuing from Part 1 of I Am Your Host MickMacMike - Hang on - Who Da Heck Is He? Firstly, he is recovering from a head cold and apologises for his coughing. Check out his "It Deserves A Comedy Award!" account of "Diarrhoea Street." How many of you can relate to similar mishaps while being a victim of a street robbery? This backsto…
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Send us a text I am your host, MickMacMike. - Hang On. - Who Da Heck Is He? If you like, I am an anthropomorphic storyteller. - What Da Heck Is That? You will love this next instalment of the backstory of Mike Bowley or MickMacMike when he is nervous. Check out the episode of a 4-year-old and a blank of wood behind a hedgerow. Follow the beginnings…
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Send us a text Immediately following on from Part One, where MickMacMike continues bringing you the answer to What is Anthropomorphism? And you respond with What Da Heck Is That? I hope you are enjoying my take on a pretty tough subject to discuss. I do it with love and a deep feeling of enjoyment and happiness. My funny bone, the size of a telegra…
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Send us a text MickMacMike is back to his hilarious best in this week's part 1 of 2 shorter episodes, which covers the topic of Anthropomorphism. He beat you all by asking himself, "What Da Heck Is That?" Follow his updates on his anthropomorphic- style of writing set in South America called Adventures, Barbarians, and Devil's Breath. Head to Amazo…
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Send us a text Honouring our Four-footed Hairy Friends as they Cross the Rainbow Bridge." "Embracing Paws of Remembrance: Honoring our Four-footed Friends as they Cross the Rainbow Bridge." Experience the heartfelt musings and intriguing tales from the diary entries of your charming 4-footed hairy Friends as they navigated the ups and downs of life…
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Send us a text This shortish video is hosted by anthropomorphic storyteller Mike Bowley, better known as MickMacMike when he is nervous. He changed the location of the recording and hoped you liked the scenery. He got a sudden touch of inspiration watching another 11-minute video by Jen at Silver & Solo, who talked about her journey to monitorizati…
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Send us a text Mike Bowley is not only a Self-published Anthropomorphic Storyteller. He is also the Founder of Scripted Authenticity and created his branded website, YouTube Video Channel, and podcast channel to support his anthropomorphic-styled book Adventures, Barbarians, and Devil's Breath. Mike has a funny bone the size of a telegraph pole. He…
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Send us a text Mike Bowley, or MickMacMike from Scripted Authenticity fame, is the official anthropomorphic storyteller who gives you, the listeners, the backstories and extra nuggets from his one-cell left 70-year-old pensionable brain. Today, MickMacMike presents Chapter 3, "I Am the Old Craggy Road," and Chapter 4, "I Am the New Road." Both tale…
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The history of slavery in the United States, including at the country's colleges and universities, is deeply disturbing and painful. But Professor Sara Bleich, PhD ’07, says it’s critical that our society continue to do so—and that universities have a responsibility to lead the way. Harvard’s inaugural vice provost for special projects and a former…
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Send us a text MickMacMike is laying it on the line... Episode 2 - Scripted Authenticity is not an all-singing, all-dancing business type of podcast. It is for your moments of downtime in your journey of success where smiling takes priority. My ethos in every episode is to make you smile and have a laugh or two (Of course, often at my expense). I c…
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Send us a text My birth name is Michael David Bowley, but I would love for you all to refer to me as MickMacMike, especially when I am nervous. I will reveal why shortly. I was born in 1955 in Bristol and grew up in post-World War II England, an era characterised by significant social and cultural change. From the off, I apparently was a dab hand a…
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Technological disruption of human occupations is nothing new. In recent decades, blue-collar occupations have borne the brunt of the upheavals—think of all the factory workers now working at Wal-Mart thanks to the integration of robots on assembly lines. But all that may be changing now. Given artificial intelligence’s ability to do thought work—fr…
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With filmgoers buzzing about the Bob Dylan biopic, A Complete Unknown, University of Pennsylvania Professor Jeffrey Edward Green, PhD ’07, says that the legendary singer and songwriter is more than a musician; he’s the conflicted prophet of a fallen world. In his new book, Bob Dylan, Prophet Without God, Green writes that Dylan models, "how to prac…
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“The future is female.” That was the slogan printed on tee shirts in the early 1970s at the first women’s bookstore in New York City. Fifty years ago, it seemed to be true. The Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution had passed the House of Representatives and the Senate by wide margins and gone to the states for ratification. Fifty years later,…
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Just after Labor Day, American University Professor and Harvard Griffin GSAS alumnus, Allan Lichtman predicted a victory for Democratic candidate Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election. It was a source of some encouragement for Harris's supporters, given that Lichtman had correctly predicted the winner of 9 of the last 10 elections based o…
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Fail fast, fail frequently, and learn from it. That's the mantra adopted by many Silicon Valley firms in recent years. Fine. But would you tell that to your emergency room doctor for someone who's managing your retirement funds or the pilot of your next flight? Harvard Business School Professor Amy Edmondson says that the key to squaring this circl…
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Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are persistent, they’re everywhere, and they're probably bad for you. PFAS are probably bad for you. Some of the detrimental health effects associated with the chemical compounds include liver disease, decreased fertility and hypertension in pregnant women, immune and developmental effects in children incl…
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It has been quite the past couple of weeks in the furry fandom! In this episode, Finn goes over the latest update on FurAffinity, and how the fallout of the website and Twitter account being "hacked" revealed an interesting dependency furries have that is not always obvious. Finn also unpacks his latest two videos, including his thoughts on the res…
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You’re being tested. You don’t know the criteria used to determine your score—or even your results. The test is being administered not by a human teacher or moderator, but by machines. And it’s going on 24 hours a day, every day of your life. Harvard Griffin GSAS historian Juhee Kang traces the emergence of the obsession with mass-data collection i…
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As a member of the "people operations" (human resources) staff at Google in the mid-2010s, Harvard Griffin GSAS historian of science Tina Wei was struck by how many perks employees received in the office: door-to-door shuttle service to work, fitness classes, massages, and pantries stocked with snacks, to name just a few. The company even offered a…
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It has been a busy past couple of weeks! Today, Finn goes over the sad but impactful news of the founder of FurAffinity passing away and the legacy that he left behind. Then there's two videos to unpack, one about lasting longer while fursuiting and another about why trying to make friends with everyone in the furry fandom probably won't work out, …
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Claire Lamman is part of a team of astrophysicists using data from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument to map as many as 50 million galaxies. In this talk, delivered in April 2024 at the annual Harvard Horizons Symposium, Lamman describes her distinctive contribution to this effort—gauging the “intrinsic alignment” of galaxies to better unders…
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This week, we're going over the definition of "furry merch" and how the idea of merchandise bought and sold for the furry fandom has expanded. Then Finn dives deeper into his thoughts on mailing furry convention badges to help make the lines at convention registration shorter, including if the idea is even viable at all! 📲 Socials: ✖️ Twitter/X: tw…
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Who cares for babies while their mothers are incarcerated? How stable are these households? And how does being exposed to a mother's incarceration in utero impact child development? These are the questions Harvard Griffin GSAS social scientist Bethany Kotlar set out to answer in her research. Combining her experience working with these families and…
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This week, we're talking about how furries reacted to some impactful news from the last week and how that resulted in a discussion of furry jobs and printing out stickers! We then go into more detail about Finn's video on exploring your surroundings at furry conventions and why, despite it being something hard to convince people to do, it's still w…
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Humanity generated over one septillion bits of data this past year alone. All that information takes energy to transmit. Lots of energy. In fact, data-associated technology could account for up to 20 percent of global energy production by 2030. Using light at the nanoscale level, physicist Dylan Renaud thinks he may have a way to meet the almost li…
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Welcome (back) to the show! Today we go over a little bit about what this new podcast is all about and review Anthrocon 2024, from both an individual attendee perspective and how it fared as the largest (in-person) furry convention of all time! 📲 Socials: ✖️ Twitter/X: twitter.com/FinnThePanther 🎶 TikTok: tiktok.com/@FinnThePanther 📸 Instagram: ins…
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