The Fantasy Fiction Book Club and peer support network for fantasy literature fanatics. Two friends, Sam and Dan, explore the epic worlds of fantasy fiction literature as they select books to deep-dive into. Read along with us and join in the conversation on our social media @escapistsanonymouspod. Episodes will include spoilers, so make sure you've read the sections that we're covering. If you're a fan of Joe Abercrombie, Patrick Rothfuss, Peter V. Brett, Brent Weeks, Terry Pratchett, Tolke ...
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This Podcast is to talk about the need of everyday Americans and Veterans as we try to raise money for tiny home communities and make sure we get them everything they need.
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This podcast is to help give you a little motivation and encouragement through the power of story. We will share the trials, triumphs and the lessons learned through life's experiences. You never know who you could positively impact through your story. It could help bridge the gap between people and establish a sense of belonging! Social: IG/Twitter: @RayDevante IG: @OTMPodcast Web: RaymondWhite.net
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Join us as we discuss God,Life,Goals,Relationships,Dreams,Adventures and business. Endless Possibilities. Showing you FEAR is a LIAR. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fearisaliarpodcast/support
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Each month, the U.P. Notable Books Club brings you another award-winning author Q&A from Michigan's Upper Peninsula. These writers have been awarded the U.P. Notable Books Award and host a lively discussion with a dial-in audience as moderated by Evelyn Gathu, Director of the Crystal Falls District Community Library in Crystal Falls, Michigan.
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We are a multicultural, non-denominational ministry, ministering to the needs of the entire family. It is our desire to see you and your family growing and maturing in the Lord. We want you to experience the fullness of Jesus Christ, His life and discover the purpose God has for YOU! To Give text "FHWCCHURCH" to 77977.
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A podcast about my life. I talk about mental health and my work :D tune in!!!
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Biographical series in which guests choose someone who has inspired their lives.
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The L&D Explorers podcast, presented by GoSkills, features Dan Gorgone, the head of instructional design at GoSkills, engaging in conversations with L&D leaders. Season 1 of the podcast has plenty to offer for L&D novices and pros alike, covering best practices for setting up an effective training program, course building best practices, AI automation, and the future of online training.
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City Year Studios presents Why We Matter, a weekly podcast that brings together young leaders, public education and policy experts, thought partners, and change-makers. Why We Matter seeks to share insights and discuss the limitless power of our youth, the importance of strong mentorship and developmental relationships, and more.These conversations will stir suggestions and offer solutions for helping our youth learn, grow, and thrive, in school and beyond. Tune in to our Spotlight Series, w ...
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It’s Probably Heresy is a comedic actual-play podcast set in the satirical, grimdark universe of Warhammer 40,000. In the dark far future, Acolytes of the God-Emperor’s Inquisition work in secret to safeguard humanity from heretics, aliens, and worse. But things are rarely as they seem, and the Acolytes must rely on their wits just as much as their strength of arms to survive. Join a group of friends as they save lobsters with telekinesis, hunt dinosaurs on a venomous death world, arm wrestl ...
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As featured on LEGO.com, Marvel.com, Slugfest, NPR, Wall Street Journal and the Today Show, host & series producer Alex Grand, author of the best seller, Understanding Superhero Comic Books (with various co-hosts Bill Field, David Armstrong, N. Scott Robinson, Ph.D., Jim Thompson) and guests engage in a Journalistic Comic Book Historical discussion between professionals, historians and scholars in determining what happened and when in comics, from strips and pulps to the platinum age comic b ...
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Ray and Ariel equip new and experienced tabletop RPG players with actionable tips and tricks to bring their game to the next level. We have been playing Dungeons and Dragons for years now and truly believe that tabletop RPGs offer a unique life experience that everyone should enjoy. Find out how you can adapt your game to your players and ensure a successful adventure at your table.
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Through the unique intersection of Major League Baseball, the United States Navy and Marine Corps, we recognize and honor those who support our service men and women with the Bob Feller Act of Valor Award. By using the Bob Feller story, we educate the youth of today on the lessons of citizenship, service to one’s country, and personal sacrifice in times of great national need. Teaching the legacy of the greatest generation to the next generation will help instill in them the virtue of servic ...
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This podcast seeks to learn what war teaches. There has been a steady decline in the study of military history and its associated theoretical discipline, strategy.This podcast seeks to fill that gap through in-depth interviews on military and diplomatic history. Our guests have included former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, the Cold War historian John Lewis Gaddis, and former China Select Committee chairman Mike Gallagher. We discuss the battlefield commanders, diplomats, strategists, polic ...
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"If we learn to see problems in terms of a general disorder of energy metabolism, we can begin to solve them." —Raymond Peat PhD
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Grammy award winning musician, and actor Kyle Gass (Tenacious D, Elf, Cable Guy) and professional actor and sometimes musician, Kevin Weisman (ALIAS, Marvel's Runaways, The Blacklist, Goliath, Scorpion, Broadway, etc...) tell some tales, talk some shop, and bend a note or two. Ya never know who may pop by the studio to say hello. Did we do it? We did it!
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For over a hundred years no one thought too much about the origins of the RSPB, but among its founders was a woman in Didsbury opposed to the use of feathers in fashionable hats. Emily Williamson was outraged by the widespread slaughter of egrets and the crested grebe. She had tried to join the all-male British Ornithological Union, and when that f…
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Ep 208: Mike Doran on America’s Strikes in Iran
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45:27Mike Doran, senior fellow and director of the Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East at the Hudson Institute, joins the show to break down America’s strikes against Iran’s nuclear facilities and what might come next. ▪️ Times • 01:00 Reactions • 08:00 Deception • 12:00 More to come • 17:00 Self-deception • 24:00 Next few days • 31:00 Esca…
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Ep 207: Mark Dubowitz on the Israel-Iran War and American Intervention
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42:35Mark Dubowitz, CEO of FDD, joins the show to bring us up to speed on the Israel-Iran conflict, and the possibility of America’s intervention. ▪️ Times • 01:00 Achievements • 05:00 Retaliation • 09:00 Hard math • 16:00 Intervention • 24:00 Outcomes • 30:00 Ground operations • 32:00 Another Iraq? • 38:00 Resolve and stability • 42:00 “Iraq Syndrome” …
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Ep 206: Cleo Paskal on China’s Central Pacific Strategy
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49:49Cleo Paskal, non-resident senior fellow at FDD and author of Crossroads of Competition, joins the show to discuss China’s campaign for influence and control at the scene of America’s bloody island-hopping campaign in WW2. ▪️ Times • 01:35 Introduction • 04:03 Pacific desert • 07:45 Control • 13:48 Post 1945 • 22:43 Significance • 24:31 Yap • 29:43 …
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SPOTLIGHT: Alex Saadé, City Year Boston Deloitte Fellow
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39:47Join us for a special edition episode of Why We Matter featuring Alex Saadé, a City Year Boston Deloitte Fellow alum and current business analyst at Deloitte. Alex shares his unique journey to City Year with our listeners, some of his most memorable experiences of service, and the unexpected ways his service has prepared him for his career at Deloi…
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Rock Icon Tina Turner proposed by the actress and author Rebecca Humphries. Tina Turner began life as Anna Mae Bullock in Nutbush, Tennessee, joining Ike Turner's band in St Louis at the age of 17. Her presence, her performances and her voice captivated audiences, but this is really a story of triumph over abuse. After she left Ike Turner with noth…
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S6 E5 The Last Huck with J.D. Austin
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1:03:48Season 6: Episode 5 --The UP Notable Book Club presents J.D. Austin speaking about his book "The Last Huck."The Crystal Falls Community District Library in partnership with the U.P. Publishers & Authors Association (UPPAA) presents author events with winners of the UP Notable Book List. Make sure to like and subscribe so you don't miss any future U…
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Ep 205: Mark Dubowitz on Israel’s Unfolding Campaign in Iran
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31:16Mark Dubowitz, CEO of FDD, joins the show to breakdown last night’s spectacular Israeli strikes against the Iranian Regime and its nuclear program, and what comes next. ▪️ Times • 02:00 Deception • 06:00 Targets • 09:00 The Scientists • 11:00 Complacency • 14:00 Israeli goals • 19:00 Regime change • 23:00 Strikes and talks • 29:00 Drones • 31:00 Co…
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Annie Jacobsen, journalist and author of Nuclear War: A Scenario, joins the show to discuss nuclear weapons and their use. ▪️ Times • 01:20 Introduction • 02:50 Finding the music • 07:02 Reporting • 09:15 Hidden information • 11:22 The scenario • 13:50 Launch on warning • 17:30 Villians • 20:45 Annihilation • 26:25 The Black Book • 30:40 North Kore…
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Ep. 52 - Developing Strength, Resilience, and Soft Skills with the King's Trust
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41:10King's Trust USA's Head of Programs, Mike De Roek, joins us on Why We Matter to explore how the King's Trust is committed to empowering young people through the development of soft skills, and more.
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Sam and Dan review The Devils, by Joe Abercrombie. SPOILER ALERT: This episode contains spoilers. We strongly recommend reading this book before listening. We deep-dive into one of the year's hottest releases. The Devils, by Lord Grim-Dark himself, Joe Abercrombie. We compare this to Abercrombie's First Law world, before exploring this diverse cast…
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Raymond Blanc on Professor Nicholas Kurti
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27:39The chef Raymond Blanc nominates his mentor and friend, the physicist Professor Nicholas Kurti.Kurti was born in Hungary but fled to Oxford when Hitler came to power. Pushing the frontiers of low-temperature physics during his career, he went on to create‘molecular gastronomy’ in retirement. Raymond Blanc approached Kurti after a lecture the profes…
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Ep 203: Stephen Rabe on the Invasion of Normandy
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50:38Stephen Rabe, historian and author of The Lost Paratroopers of Normandy: A Story of Resistance, Courage, and Solidarity in a French Village, joins the show to discuss one of the countless, incredible stories from D-Day. ▪️ Times • 01:18 Introduction • 01:25 Marine • 02:50 Origins • 06:48 Normandy • 09:29 507th • 15:20 Training • 18:23 Overlord • 21…
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Ep 202: Fred Kagan on Ukraine’s Attack and the Future of War
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42:48Fred Kagan, senior fellow and the director of the Critical Threats Project at AEI, joins the show to discuss Ukraine’s drone operation targeting Russia’s strategic air assets. ▪️ Times • 01:46 Introduction • 02:25 What just happened? • 07:48 Escalation risk • 10:20 Control • 12:39 Implications • 21:10 Stratagems • 24:04 Effects • 30:40 Economic pre…
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SPOTLIGHT: Tramelle D. Jones, City Year San Antonio AmeriCorps and Staff Alum
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24:18Join us for a conversation with Tramelle D, Jones - career coach speaker, facilitator, motivator, idea machine, and more. Tramelle joined City Year San Antonio for two service years, and later joined staff. Tramelle dives deep into her passion for working with young people, and the ways in which City Year helped shape her career.…
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Dervla Murphy, author of the classic Full Tilt
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27:38At the age of 10 Dervla Murphy was given an atlas and a bicycle, and so began an adventurous life. Her account of a journey to India became a classic called Full Tilt but she also went to Cuba, Ethiopia and the Andes where our guest first met her in a doss house. Hilary Bradt is the founder of the Bradt Travel Guides and is picking Dervla Murphy as…
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Don McGregor Career Interview with Alex Grand & Jim Thompson Part 3
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1:24:48Alex Grand and co-host Jim Thompson interview comic writer Don McGregor, in a third parter on discussing Black Panther fighting the KKK, antagonism with editorial, Archie Goodwin & Jim Shooter, the personal issues he was dealing with in the middle to later 1970s that affected his writing output, writing Michael Golden's first Marvel work, Dagger, a…
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Ep 201: Zachary Griffiths & McKinsey Harb on the U.S. Army
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45:59Lt. Col. Zachary Griffiths & Maj. McKinsey Harb joined the show to discuss the U.S. Army’s new Field Manual 1, FM 1 -THE ARMY: A PRIMER TO OUR PROFESSION OF ARMS. ▪️ Times • 01:22 Introduction • 01:51 West Point • 05:43 Culture shift • 08:50 FM 1 • 12:00 Ben Salomon • 18:06 Warrior • 24:04 Tensions • 31:05 Recruiting • 35:18 Leader/follower • 42:19…
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Ep 200: Rick Atkinson on the American Revolution at 250
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53:35Rick Atkinson, historian and author of The Fate of the Day: The War for America, Fort Ticonderoga to Charleston, 1777-1780, joins the show to discuss the causes, conduct, and epic consequences of the American Revolution. ▪️ Times • 02:08 Introduction • 02:21 Journalism • 04:30 Mogadishu • 09:30 Lessons • 12:49 Ideology • 16:36 Diplomacy • 20:21 Bos…
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Ep. 51 - Exploring our Shadows & Diving into Servant Leadership with Dr. Max Klau
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26:45Dr. Max Klau, City Year staff alum and renowned speaker, author, consultant, and coach joins us for a conversation on the intricacies of servant leadership. From his journey as a volunteer, his research at City Year, and his work now as an author, Dr. Klau dives into the idea of shadows and light in the development of servant leaders. You can learn…
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Sam and Dan review Pagans, by James Alistair Henry. SPOILER ALERT: This episode contains spoilers. We strongly recommend reading this book before listening. We delve into this crime-thriller set in an alternative version of modern-day England, where 1066 never happened and Pagan religion and culture dominate. We struggle to figure out whether this …
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We don't even know if Ned Ludd was real, but perhaps that was the point. "You could say he was everyone and no one - and that's what made him so terrifying for the authorities." Leader of the Luddites, who often signed letters and proclamations Ned Ludd, he is shown in one engraving wearing mismatched shoes and a blue polka dot dress, suggesting a …
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Ep 199: Jonathan Hackett on Our Failures in Iraq & Afghanistan
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41:00Jonathan Hackett, former U.S. Marine Corps interrogator and author of Theory of Irregular War, joins the show to discuss America’s post-9/11 wars and how irregular warfare works. ▪️ Times • 01:12 Introduction • 01:30 A good interrogator • 03:26 Afghanistan • 06:15 In the interrogation room • 12:10 The Reid Technique • 14:27 Galula • 17:10 A militar…
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Robert D. Kaplan, Robert Strausz-Hupé Chair in Geopolitics at the Foreign Policy Research Institute and author of Waste Land: A World in Permanent Crisis, joins the show to discuss the world’s current state of “permanent crisis”. ▪️ Times • 01:40 Introduction • 02:00 Far Rockaway • 04:55 Balkan Ghosts • 08:20 Geography and technology • 10:55 Weimar…
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Ep. 50 - Scale & Impact on the Global Stage, a Conversation with Johan Uvin, Donahue Institute at UMASS Amherst
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48:19Johan Uvin, Executive Director of the Donahue Institute at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, joins us for a conversation on the importance of cultivating and growing our young people, their skills, and providing opportunities for success.
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Richey Edwards of The Manic Street Preachers
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27:40Richey was, beautiful says Cummins, a natural icon and a gift to photograph. He also believes his writing has been overshadowed by the fact of his disappearance in 1995. "I think nobody has looked beyond that for quite a long time.” Manic Street Preachers biographer, Simon Price, also knew Richey Edwards and says he was "the most intelligent rock s…
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Ep 197: Mick Ryan on the Ukrainian Battlefield
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41:55Mick Ryan, retired major general in the Australian Army and author of The War for Ukraine: Strategy and Adaptation Under Fire, joins the show to discuss the evolving battlefield and cycles of change and innovation going on in Ukraine. ▪️ Times • 01:35 Introduction • 02:17 Touring the front • 05:11 No place safe • 07:01 Change • 11:24 Wire guided dr…
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SPOTLIGHT : Allison Cunningham, Senior Corps Service Leader with City Year Columbus
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22:13Join us for a Spotlight episode featuring Allison Cunningham, Senior Corps Leader with City Year Columbus. Allison shares with us her experience as a first year corps member to her time as a senior service leader. She also fills us in on her future youth services librarianship plans that City Year has inspired her to pursue.…
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#28 The Book That Broke the World - Full Review
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56:22Sam and Dan review The Book That Broke the World, by Mark Lawrence: book 2 in the Library Trilogy. SPOILER ALERT: This episode contains spoilers. We strongly recommend reading this book before listening. Having given the prestigious Escapists Anonymous 'Book of the Year 2024' award to The Book That Wouldn't Burn, there were high expectations for th…
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Biography show in which the guest picks someone they admire. Benny Hill is a thorny choice but playwright Jonathan Maitland is determined that - despite accusations of sexism and racism later in his career - Britain's most successful comedian deserves a second look. Benny was fired by Thames TV in 1989. "The show was past its sell-by date," was the…
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S6 E4 Michigan Indian Boarding School Survivors Speak out with Sharon Brunner
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1:05:25Season 6: Episode 4 --The UP Notable Book Club presents Sharon M. Brunner speaking about her book "Michigan Indian Boarding School Survivors Speak Out."The Crystal Falls Community District Library in partnership with the U.P. Publishers & Authors Association (UPPAA) presents author events with winners of the UP Notable Book List. Make sure to like …
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Ep 196: Thomas Bruscino and Mitchell G. Klingenberg on Mapping Warfare
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50:46Thomas Bruscino, professor at the U.S. Army War College, and Mitchell G. Klingenberg, assistant professor at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, join the show to discuss their article "Making War Upon the Map" The U.S. Army’s Forgotten Map Problem, Meade’s Gettysburg Campaign, and Depicting Operational Art. ▪️ Times • 02:05 Introductio…
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Ep 195: John Hillen on Strategic Thinking
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46:32John Hillen, James C. Wheat Professor in Leadership at Hampden-Sydney College and author of The Strategy Dialogues: A Primer on Business Strategy and Strategic Management, joins the show to talk about how to think strategically in war, business, and life. ▪️ Times • 01:55 Introduction • 02:31 An Army start • 05:17 Cold War ends • 10:14 The Gulf • 1…
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Ep. 49 - Service in New York State: a conversation with State Senator Nathalia Fernandez, Assemblymember Karines Reyes, and Assemblymember Jonathan Rivera
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33:21Join us for a special edition episode of Why We Matter, featuring three members of the New York State Legislature for a conversation on the state of service in New York, the SOMOS conference, empowering the Latino community in New York, and more.
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Maggi Hambling picks muse and lover Henrietta Moraes
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27:35“Henrietta's eyes looked into one's soul at the same time exposing her own. She posed for me most Mondays for the last seven months until two days before she died.” In a raw and very funny opener to the new series of Great Lives, painter and sculptor Maggi Hambling chooses someone she knew extremely well - her lover Henrietta Moraes. Born in India,…
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Mark Moyar, William P. Harris Chair of Military History at Hillsdale College and author of Triumph Regained: The Vietnam War, 1965-1968, joins the show to explain the major inflection points of the Vietnam War. ▪️ Times • 01:58 Introduction • 02:47 The “orthodox view” • 05:51 Dominos • 08:41 A Maoist vision • 12:42 1963 • 15:30 Henry Cabot Lodge • …
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AI-Powered Course Creation with Bill Raymond
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32:21Bill Raymond, author, consultant, and creator of Bill Talks AI, joins Dan Gorgone to discuss how learning and development professionals can harness AI to create high-impact training faster. From building custom GPTs to automating course assets and editing, Bill shares how he cut his course development time by 70% while keeping the content authentic…
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The legendary opera star Maria Callas was lauded for her magnetic stage presence and extraordinary vocal range. Born in New York in 1923 to Greek immigrant parents, she moved with her mother and sister to Greece aged 13. In 1939 she attended the Athens Conservatoire where she embarked on a rigorous vocal training in the Italian "bel canto" traditio…
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Ep 193: Douglas Murray on Israel’s War and its Global Consequences
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55:47Douglas Murray, journalist and author of On Democracies and Death Cults: Israel and the Future of Civilization, joins the show for a wide ranging conversation that covers Death Cults, anti-Semitism, and recent shifts in the Right. ▪️ Times • 01:42 Introduction • 03:00 9/11 origins • 09:50 It’s not 1939 • 13:45 Death cults • 19:16 “I’m not a fascist…
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#27 The Discworld Episode: Pyramids & Guards Guard
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50:55Sam challenges Dan to read his first two Discworld novel, and in this episode, we discuss both Pyramids and Guards Guards and compare views. SPOILER ALERT: This episode contains spoilers. We strongly recommend reading both books before listening. Pyramids and Guards Guards are books 7 and 8 in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series. We discuss why Sam …
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Ep 192: Raymond Jonas on Europe’s War on the Monroe Doctrine (~165 years ago)
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48:20Raymond Jonas, Jon Bridgman Endowed Professor in History at the University of Washington and author of Habsburgs on the Rio Grande: The Rise and Fall of the Second Mexican Empire, joins the show to discuss a failed-but-spectacular 19th Century attempt by European powers to undermine the Monroe Doctrine. ▪️ Times • 01:42 Introduction • 03:31 Transat…
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Ep. 48 - Developing a Leadership Mindset with Francesca Schuler, CEO of the Nantucket Project
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38:16Join us on Why We Matter as we meet with Francesca Schuler, the CEO of the Nantucket Project. Francesca shares with our listeners her leadership journey, the importance of storytelling and elevating impact, and the critical role a service mindset plays in achieving success.
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Ep 191: Mark Dubowitz on Iran and the Trump Administration
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45:56Mark Dubowitz, CEO of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and host of The Iran Breakdown podcast, joins the show to discuss the Iranian nuclear program, where things stand with the Trump administration’s pursuit of a deal, and the prospects of an Israeli attack. ▪️ Times • 01:33 Introduction • 02:04 Beginnings • 04:25 A weapon is the purpose …
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Ep. 47 - Student Success Coaching in New York State, with Gio Barcenes, City Year New York
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35:21Giovanni Barcenes, Senior Director of External and Government Relations at City Year New York joins us today on Why We Matter for an episode full of joy, hope, and ideas for the future. Tune in to learn more about the student success coach landscape in New York City and state, the power of storytelling, the SOMOS conference, and the future of caree…
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Ep 190: Michael Doran on “Restraint” and the Middle East
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54:59Michael Doran, senior fellow and director of the Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East at Hudson Institute, joins the show to discuss “restraintism” as a factor in Trump’s choices in the Middle East. ▪️ Times • 01:46 Introduction • 02:20 What is it? • 05:01 Left, right, center • 06:56 Syria ’07 • 11:47 Iraq Study Group • 17:21 Populist e…
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#26 The Children of Gods and Fighting Men - Full Review
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48:10Sam and Dan review The Children of Gods and Fighting Men, by Shauna Lawless. SPOILER ALERT: This episode contains spoilers. We strongly recommend reading this book before listening. The Children of Gods and Fighting Men is the first novel in Shauna Lawless's Gael Song trilogy. We delve into our first historical fantasy. We explore the key themes, t…
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S6 E3 Animals Out-There W-i-l-d with Raymond Luczak
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53:13Season 6: Episode 3 --The UP Notable Book Club presents Raymond Luczak speaking about his book "Animals out-There W-i-l-d: A Bestiary in English and ASL Gloss."The Crystal Falls Community District Library in partnership with the U.P. Publishers & Authors Association (UPPAA) presents author events with winners of the UP Notable Book List. For more i…
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Ep 189: Andrew Roberts on October 7th and Antisemitism
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31:33Lord Andrew Roberts, the Bonnie and Tom McCloskey Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Hoover Institution and chair of the 7 October Parliamentary Commission Report, joins the show to discuss October 7th revisionism, the potency of antisemitism, and the strange effort to reinterpret World War II. ▪️ Times • 01:56 Introduction • 02:35 Why? • 03:48 N…
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Born in Illinois in 1941, Dana Meadows studied Chemistry and Molecular Biology, before turning her back on a post doc position at Harvard, to pursue environmentalism. She joined her husband Dennis Meadows as part of the team working on Professor Jay Forester's World3 computer model of the world economy at MIT and wrote the report on the results of …
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Mark Ditko and Mort Todd Ditkoverse Interview 2025
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1:03:36Ditkoverse publications are here: http://www.igg.me/at/ditkoverse1 Alex Grand speaks with Steve Ditko’s nephew, Mark Ditko, and longtime Ditko collaborator Mort Todd about their DitkoVerse publishing venture, a project dedicated to “remastering” and re-presenting classic Steve Ditko stories in high-quality editions . They describe their upcoming In…
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