Best Iws Podcasts (2025)

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IW 157: Interview Julie Klène Part 1: Exchanging History - A Circular Interpreting Journey 27:50

2d ago27:50

27:50

Send me a Text Message here. They teach ASL in High School?! Well, of course. From foreign exchange student in the U.S. to a sign language interpreter in France, our guest today, Julie Kléne, shares her journey and motivations to becoming an LSF/French interpreter. We learn about the working conditions of interpreters in France and some of the hist…

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Ep. 365: Bulwark Backstory 24:07

1d ago24:07

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At one point, in the minds of its writers and supporters, perhaps The Bulwark really was about providing a “bulwark” for “conserving conservatism” in opposition to the right-populism of once and future President Donald Trump. But as our colleague Ken Braun recounts in his series on the evolution of the publication, The Bulwark has become little mor…

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Ep 064 "War and Remembrance: Drawing the Wrong Lessons" 55:22

1d ago55:22

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Memorial Day is a day to reflect on the existential moral outrage and trail of tears American military might has draped over the planet since the end of the nineteenth century. Wars of choice are by their very nature a path to corruption, excess and unintended consequences. The concept of moral injuries for soldiers and non-soldiers alike, the gift…

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S11E20. "Age Appropriate Shoes" ft. our AIW "20th Anniversary" review 1:09:52

6d ago1:09:52

1:09:52

This Week your hosts Hall of fame ref. JHawk, JGold & Charly Butters discuss Eating sandwiches, Flag football double header results from JGold, Butters recommends a way to win more games to JGold, Butters tells us about the Julia Hart signing at Monsters in the Toybox and getting his goosebumps tattoo filled in. Then they breakdown AIW's 20th Anniv…

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Kosta Has Fun On This One 32:39

7d ago32:39

32:39

Rome talk, habeas corpus. US Open balls, Trump is like a feminist, thanks for listening.

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Ep. 364: Bullies Unite Here 30:15

8d ago30:15

30:15

In an era when fewer than six percent of private-sector workers are union members, it’s easy to forget how forceful Big Labor’s activists can be when they’re out rooting for dues and political power. Joining us to discuss how Unite Here has exercised its coercive power over working Americans is Patrick Semmens, vice president of the National Right …

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IW 156: InterpreTips: The Anonymous Interpreter Exposed 24:56

9d ago24:56

24:56

Send me a Text Message here. Who said that?! I did. Who are you? None o' your business. Social media has us all questioning ourselves and everyone's "real life". Sometimes it's not a place you can trust. Today I discuss why some people post anonymously on social media platforms. Is it OK? Why does it matter? Or does it? Let's think about these issu…

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S11E19. "No Farm Animals at Wrestling" w/Special Guest:Jack Solomon 1:17:29

13d ago1:17:29

1:17:29

This Week your hosts Hall of fame ref. JHawk, JGold & Charly Butters discuss Neo Pro, Mega/Dontavio, Flag Football, Jgolds other show had some guests, a new shirt idea, then they sit down with "Iron" Jack Solomon to discuss ETU, getting started in wrestling, who his influences are and so so so much more then they dive into the ETU Card for this Sun…

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Ep. 363: InfluenceWatch for Education 21:22

15d ago21:22

21:22

Before we begin, a programming note: Starting this week, we will be releasing the podcast on Tuesday mornings. For over seven years, InfluenceWatch.org has served the interested public as a resource on the groups and people influencing (see what we did there?) public policy. But now, Capital Research Center is launching a toolkit to help educators …

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Jesus's Backhand Slice 29:39

15d ago29:39

29:39

The Pope plays tennis, Rome, Mothers Day, You Made It Weird, see you CT. MichaelKosta.com

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IW 155: InterpreTips: Just Interpret-Don't Fuss-But I Must 19:36

16d ago19:36

19:36

Send me a Text Message here. NOT YOU AGAIN!? OK, fine... As sign language interpreters we deal with difficult situations, emotional decisions, and hard tasks. In addition, we work with people who can be unpleasant. How do we balance our professional role, our ally-based role, and our moral compass with having to accommodate frustrating demands from…

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S11E18. "JGold vs. 100 Men" w/Special Guests:Ohio Ronin 1:04:05

20d ago1:04:05

1:04:05

This Week your hosts Hall of fame ref. JHawk, JGold & Charly Butters discuss Their past week and if 100 men could beat a gorilla, plus Jhawk rants about baseball weather delays, then they sit down with Nick Ultima and Beck Reeves (Ohio Ronin) to discuss their careers so far, coming together as a tag team, cool places they've wrestled and weird fan …

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Make Michael Ten Again 31:43

23d ago31:43

31:43

Things were simpler when we were children it's true Donald Trump, Madrid results, elevation discussion, Kosta grades his baseline game ability.

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Ep 063 "Spanner in the Works: Sabotage and War" 1:02:29

23d ago1:02:29

1:02:29

Military sabotage is a deliberate action aimed at weakening a government effort, or organization through subversion, obstruction, demoralization, destabilization, division, disruption, or destruction. It can take place left of bang or during war with the object the weakening of the military effort by an adversary. Military sabotage has been taking …

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IW 154: InterpreTip-Comedy: Im-Pasta Syndrome - A Saucy Solution 14:48

23d ago14:48

14:48

Send me a Text Message here. Imposter Syndrome? I don't think I have the skills to do that. This comedic episode reveals a tip for improving our confidence and throwing the imposter syndrome to the back burner or even the trash can. We all feel a bit nervous or unsure of our skills to handle a new situation, but this tip can help improve one aspect…

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Pick An Issue 28:47

27d ago28:47

28:47

Kosta talks Books, LA, Democrats and even pickleball meh.

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S11E17. "Let's Taco Bout it" w/Special Guests:Point Break 1:01:36

27d ago1:01:36

1:01:36

This Week your hosts Hall of fame ref. JHawk, JGold & Charly Butters discuss their upcoming summer plans, TKO pricing people out of wrestling tickets, Enjoy Tacomania discussion, AIW Gauntlet discussion, Josh updates us on his flag football team Then they are Joined by Johnny Mahalo and Keegan Taylor "Point Break" listen as they discuss where they …

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IW 153: InterpreTips: From Flamey Bits to International Sign 24:05

1M ago24:05

24:05

Send me a Text Message here. Twirling flames, Batman! They're signing over there! Ever wonder how you can learn International Sign (IS)? Well, here's how I did it and now work as an IS/English interpreter. I tell my journey into this part of the signed language interpreting profession and how my travels influenced my interpreting work. These are my…

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Episode 362: Big Tech on Trial 38:38

1M ago38:38

38:38

It’s 2025 in America, but news reports of antitrust lawsuits which, if successful, could potentially lead to at least a partial breakup of some of the biggest tech companies in the world, hearken back to the early 1900s when Standard Oil was fundamentally restructured and the Federal Trade Commission was created. Names like Meta, Google, Amazon, an…

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S11E16. "Baked Vegetables" ft. our Enjoy Wrestling "Dearly Beloved" Review 1:01:08

1M ago1:01:08

1:01:08

This Week your hosts Hall of fame ref. JHawk, JGold & Charly Butters discuss Josh's vacation to florida including eating alligator and Disney, Very Light WWE Mania talk, Indie mania week talk, all the new IWGuide matches announced this week. then they get into the latest offering from Enjoy Wrestling "Dearly Beloved" and so so so much more!…

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All I've Done Is Lose Money Since Trump Took Over 32:26

1M ago32:26

32:26

LA Improv this Thursday, Trump wants to pay us to orgasm, roof talk, thanks Toronto.

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IW 152: InterpreComedy: You Might Be a Sign Language Interpreter IF 14:58

1M ago14:58

14:58

Send me a Text Message here. Comedy?! Really? Well, it's funny if you've lived it. Here is a take on what we all know as sign language interpreters. Things people believe about us. Odd things we hear often. Things we know about ourselves that is just silly outside of our profession. Or things that just happen to pop in our minds. Enjoy a laugh or t…

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Ep. 361: Justice for Greenpeace 25:25

1M ago25:25

25:25

It can seem infuriating: Leftist demonstrators wantonly violate the law, only to face no or negligible consequences because the powers that be either support or refuse to oppose their disruptive tactics. But as a famous progressive politician was fond of saying, “The arc of history is long, but it bends toward justice.” Last month, a North Dakota j…

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S11E15. "From a second story window" w/ Special Guest:Toddy Tondera 1:38:45

1M ago1:38:45

1:38:45

This Week your hosts Hall of fame ref. JHawk & Charly Butters discuss The craziness that was Neo Pro Triple Xtreme and working a show at a strip club. Then they get into a lengthy conversation with IWGuide and 880 Commentator Toddy Tondera about the new 880 digs his knee surgery, the differences between live and post production commentary, the 880 …

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Fake Laughing At Trump 32:14

1M ago32:14

32:14

Lucky Loser book reviews, Trump should be leader of North Korea, etc.

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Ep 062 "Storming America: One Year Later" 56:37

1M ago56:37

56:37

This episode examines American landscape one year later and whether the probability of attack is reduced or increased. My Storming America Series covers the gamut of what the spontaneous attack in the US will look like when terror cells launch a simultaneous attack on the US homeland. I cover it in Episodes 37, 41-43 and 49-50 of my Chasing Ghosts …

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IW 151: InterpreComedy: Grumpy Old Man Shouting at the Clouds 18:57

1M ago18:57

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Send me a Text Message here. Young kids just don't get it! Let's take a silly look at how generations of sign language interpreters may have frustrations, and just plain grumpiness at times. We all need to roll our eyes at times. WE may get annoyed at how things are not the same as they were. But sign language interpreters have been adapting, chang…

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Ep. 360: Charities Against Israel, Charities Against America 25:25

2M ago25:25

25:25

Hello, I’m Michael Watson joined by Robert Stilson and this is the InfluenceWatch Podcast. There’s an odd thing about the loud demonstrators protesting Israel in the year and a half since the Hamas attacks on the country in October 2023: They don’t like America much either. And now, there’s documentary proof to go along with the suppositions derive…

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S11E14. "Bounce on it" w/ Special Guest:Xay Garcia 1:05:06

2M ago1:05:06

1:05:06

This Week your hosts Hall of fame ref. JHawk, JGold & Charly Butters discuss Jhawks balloon race, The mess of last weeks episode with out Jhawk, Jgolds flag football loss then they sit down with BAX member Xay Garcia to catch up with him 2 years since his first ever interview with us, listen as we talk about his evolution in the last 2 years, wrest…

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Fun Talk 28:08

2M ago28:08

28:08

White Lotus, Death Penalty, Daily Show recap, Boston recap, tennis results. See you in Toronto.

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IW 150: Interview Paul Michaels Part 4: Language Man Wants Slow Thinkers, Fast Walkers 34:52

2M ago34:52

34:52

Send me a Text Message here. It's OK. You don't have to think too fast. I'm happy. Dr Paul Michaels defines supervision, mentoring, character, and community. We discuss how these influence us as sign language interpreters. What advice does he have for new practice-searchers and new sign language interpreters? Listen and you'll see. Thanks again Pau…

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Episode 359: Stacey Abrams and the New Georgia Scandal 21:49

2M ago21:49

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While we at Capital Research Center may not have a favorite Internal Revenue Service regulation, we do find one to be particularly relevant to our work on nonprofits in the public policy process: “Restriction of political campaign intervention by Section 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organizations.” Long story short, if you’re a public charity, you’re free …

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S11E13. "Little Green Ghouls" w/ Special Guest:Peapod 1:21:35

2M ago1:21:35

1:21:35

This Week your hosts Charly Butters & JGold discuss JGolds first time coaching girls flag football, the AIW show this past weekend, more card talk, Then they are joined by Peapod as they discuss having a voice for radio, his family history in radio, being at the raw that shane bought wcw, Larry Sweeney, His journey in pro wrestling, favorite commen…

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Ep 061 "The Mountains of Madness: Military Defeat and Terrain" 53:30

2M ago53:30

53:30

With Western conflict possible in Yemen and Iran, I discuss the vagaries and verities of mountain warfare. The special hell of high altitude and colder temperatures and their effect on fighting and warfare. I assess how the RMAs rapidly displacing centuries-old conflict norms are going to look for the remainder of the century. Buppert’s Law of Mili…

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IW 149: Interview Paul Michaels Part 3: Openly Transparent - If You Care, Don't Fix It 34:10

2M ago34:10

34:10

Send me a Text Message here. Through the Looking Glass... Reflecting on the transparent Mirror Research, research, research! ...and more. Dr Paul Michaels explains how his study relates to our everyday work as sign language interpreters. It is a fascinating discussion about ethics, transparency, identity comfort, the meaning of a "caring profession…

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IW EP 358 Sixty Billion Foreign Dollars Go to College 20:31

2M ago20:31

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Sixty billion dollars—that is the estimate of foreign funding of American universities that Americans for Public Trust released earlier this week. Of that $60 billion, $20 billion went to just ten prestigious schools including Harvard, the University of Pennsylvania, MIT, Yale, and Columbia, among others. Joining us to discuss the findings and the …

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S11E12. "Head over feet" w/ Special Guest:Wilbur Whitlock Part 2 1:21:46

2M ago1:21:46

1:21:46

This Week your hosts Hall of Fame Ref JHawk & Charly Butters discuss The new IWGuide trading cards, ringsides aew mix up and the new pro wrestling tees box, they also discuss the death in ring of another wrestler and companies requiring blood pressure tests for talent before letting them perform, JHawk reviews the Benefit for Chris Bey Show then th…

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Group Text Idiots 30:55

2M ago30:55

30:55

Kosta discusses the First Serve charity, Miami results, group texting, Canada and Lucky Loser duh.

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IW 148: Interview Paul Michaels Part 2: Male Interpreters-Far Removed-Remotely Close 37:50

2M ago37:50

37:50

Send me a Text Message here. What time is it there?! Wow, you're dedicated to the work. You nomad, you! Dr Paul Michaels gives us all a reminder how important it is to have support in our sign language interpreting field, and it doesn't matter if you're in the same local community or online. We also delve deep into his PhD thesis which is quite fas…

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Episode 357: Moar Partisan Voter Registration (Dispatches From Michigan) 32:14

2M ago32:14

32:14

To quote our colleague and guest for the week, Parker Thayer, the nonprofit voter registration industry “might not sound like a particularly exciting or important topic, and in an ideal world it wouldn’t be either, but unfortunately, it’s both.” Earlier this week, Parker testified to the Michigan House Election Integrity Committee on the nonprofit …

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S11E11. "Mansfield Riot" w/ Special Guest:Wilbur Whitlock 1:29:55

2M ago1:29:55

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This Week your hosts Hall of Fame Ref JHawk, JGold and Charly Butters discuss the passing of Vince Steele, Dove Soap, NeoPro Wrestling Remix Volume 1, Thunder Rosa Signing and New Tattoo's & JGold Coaching Flag Football. Then They sitdown and interview a 22 year vet the Legendary Wilbur Whitlock listen as they talk all about early 2000's wrestling,…

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Lucky Loser and IW Results 34:33

2M ago34:33

34:33

Kosta recaps his insane week. Seth Meyers, Joe Rogan, Morning Joe, Indian Wells, Austin, Mothership, Texas Mens Tennis, wow wow wow.

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Ep 060 "The Military Historian's Craft: Past Tense Imperfect" 51:54

2M ago51:54

51:54

I am an un-credentialed amateur historian who has done very little archive work and lack the substantial infrastructure credentialed historians have to practice their craft. I have debated esteemed historians and won on stage (Daniel Walker Howe looked at my CV and did not prepare) but that doesn't make me better than them. I think my various detou…

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IW 147: Interview Paul Michaels Part 1: The Thai-s that Bind the Nomadic Interpreter 27:44

2M ago27:44

27:44

Send me a Text Message here. "That's so nice!" "No, I said niece." "OH! That's how it all starts!" We visit with Dr Paul Michaels from the UK. His journey is a fun one. We learn what motivated him to start this interpreting journey. In the next episodes more of his interpreting views and his research about "male" interpreters. Subscribe today to ge…

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Episode 356: L'Affaire Murphy And Leftist Local News 36:56

2M ago36:56

36:56

We here at CRC try not to wade into the more salacious soap opera stories that quite frankly infest the DC political world. But when a story intersects with work we already do, well, we’re not above getting down into the dirt a little. Such is the case with the report that dropped a few days ago that Connecticut liberal Senator and Biden mouthpiece…

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S11E10. "Sally Jessy Raphael is 90" ft. our ETU "Title Wave" Review 57:21

3M ago57:21

57:21

This Week your hosts Hall of Fame Ref JHawk, JGold and Charly Butters discuss Jgold's Day on a Spielberg movie set, JHawk's review of the new Motion Picture Queen of the ring, plus they Discuss Enjoy Wrestling's Dearly Beloved then they tackle the review of Expect the Unexpected's "Title Wave" show and so so much more!…

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Kosta Indian Wells w/ Tennis Channel 29:31

3M ago29:31

29:31

Lucky Loser is out now, Kosta goes to Indian Wells and talks tennis and autism also what, MichaelKosta.com.

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IW 146: InterpreTips: The Stereotypical Interpreter-Judging the Book's Cover 17:10

3M ago17:10

17:10

Send me a Text Message here. Will you look at THAT! Can you believe it?! Looks aren't everything, but they help us deduce who people are, what they may think, and how they communicate. As sign language interpreters we often have to be "judgmental" of who people are to help us understand what they mean. Is that good? How do we do that? Let's look be…

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Episode 355: Government-Enabled Drug Abuse 27:02

3M ago27:02

27:02

Addiction breaks lives, breaks families, and on a mass scale can break societies, but breaking an addiction is quite difficult. There are two main schools of thought for how to help addicted people: Abstinence, or the cessation of drug (or alcohol, or other addictive vice) use, or “harm reduction”—the practice defined by the National Institutes of …

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S11E09. "Above The Rest" w/ Special Guest:Gabriel Skye 1:17:46

3M ago1:17:46

1:17:46

This Week your hosts JGold and Charly Butters discuss shindy nwa wrestling collabs, JGold's Movie Extra itinerary for Tuesday then they sit down to interview 1 1/2 of Above the rest Gabriel skye listen as they discuss bringing more wrestling to long island, forming above the rest, what he enjoys watching, The corner monkey flip knee combo move and …

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