Best Robert Joseph Jr Podcasts (2025)

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Not As Long As My Song! 59:58

7h ago59:58

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Hitting your limit isn’t a sign of weakness; it’s an invitation to shift your perspective. When the enemy brings the battle to your mind, remember that he only attacks what’s valuable. And God’s goodness is your secret weapon to win the fight. If you’ve been asking God: How long is this going to last? How long am I going to be sick? How long am I g…

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Jacob F. H. Smith, "Waves of Discontent: Electoral Volatility, Public Policymaking, and the Health of American Democracy" (U Michigan Press, 2025) 22:05

1h ago22:05

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After a period of relative calm in congressional elections prior to 2006, America has experienced a series of highly competitive, volatile national elections. Since then, at least one of the US House, US Senate, and presidency has flipped party control--often with a large House or Senate seat swing--with the exception of the 2012 election. In Waves…

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Mike Carrozza, Martha Kelly and Justin Thompson guest 1:01:10

3h ago1:01:10

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Doug welcomes Mike Carrozza, Martha Kelly and Justin Thompson to the show. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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MITCH HARRIS – MY PRIVATE WAR: Relentlessly Chasing a Dream – From the Navy to the Major Leagues 15:10

2h ago15:10

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Author: Mitch Harris Book: MY PRIVATE WAR: Relentlessly Chasing a Dream – From the Navy to the Major Leagues Publishing: LT4D, LLC (July 6, 2025) https://kscj.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Mitch_Harris_to_air.mp3 Synopsis (from the Publisher): “Making it to the big leagues isn’t just about talent. It takes grit, sacrifice, and an unshakable belief…

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STEVE BERRY – THE LIST: A Novel of Suspense 10:12

3h ago10:12

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Author: Steve Berry Book: THE LIST: A Novel of Suspense Publishing: ‎ Grand Central Publishing (July 22, 2025) https://kscj.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Steve_Berry_to_air.mp3 Synopsis (from the Publisher): In the vein of David Baldacci, John Grisham, and Harlan Coben—this is Steve Berry like you’ve never read him before. After a ten-year self-im…

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Lewis A. Grossman, "Choose Your Medicine: Freedom of Therapeutic Choice in America" (Oxford UP, 2021) 42:39

1d ago42:39

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Throughout American history, lawmakers have limited the range of treatments available to patients, often with the backing of the medical establishment. The country's history is also, however, brimming with social movements that have condemned such restrictions as violations of fundamental American liberties. This fierce conflict is one of the defin…

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Austin King - Yellowstone National Park - Wyoming 56:37

2d ago56:37

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September 17th, 2024 a young adventurer embarked on a solo seven-day trek through rugged, isolated terrain fraught with grizzlies, sudden storms, and treacherous cliffs. Amid fog, sleet, and howling winds, he reached the summit of Eagle Peak, leaving a chilling note about his ordeal before vanishing without a trace. Join us this week as we investig…

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Irvin Weathersby Jr., "In Open Contempt: Confronting White Supremacy in Art and Public Space" (Viking, 2025) 1:08:53

2d ago1:08:53

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Amid the ongoing reckoning over America’s history of anti-Black racism, scores of monuments to slaveowners and Confederate soldiers still proudly dot the country’s landscape, while schools and street signs continue to bear the names of segregationists. With poignant, lyrical prose, cultural commentator Irvin Weathersby confronts the inescapable spe…

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Kit W. Myers, "The Violence of Love: Race, Family, and Adoption in the United States"(U California Press, 2025) 1:17:50

4d ago1:17:50

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This episode features Dr. Kit W. Myers, associate professor of History and Critical Race and Ethnic Studies at the University of California, Merced, discussing his book The Violence of Love: Race, Family and Adoption in the United States, which was published by the University of California Press in January 2025. The Violence of Love challenges the …

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Closing in on the INDYCAR Championship at Portland with Alex Palou. Also, Scott Dixon, Kyle Kirkwood, Josef Newgarden and Graham Rahal 45:15

2d ago45:15

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PIT PASS INDY PRESENTED BY PENSKE TRUCK RENTAL – SEASON 5, EPISODE 58 – Closing in on the INDYCAR Championship at Portland with Alex Palou. Also, Scott Dixon, Kyle Kirkwood, Josef Newgarden and Graham Rahal August 5, 2025 Show host Bruce Martin previews this weekend’s BITNILE.com Grand Prix of Portland presented by Ask ROI as Alex Palou of Chip Gan…

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Melody Glenn, "Mother of Methadone: A Doctor's Quest, a Forgotten History, and a Modern-Day Crisis" (Beacon Press, 2025) 43:35

5d ago43:35

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Dr. Melody Glenn was a burned-out emergency physician who had grown to resent the large population of opioid dependent patients passing through her ER. While working at a methadone clinic, she realized how effective harm reduction treatments could be and set out to discover why they weren’t used more broadly. That’s when she found Dr. Marie Nyswand…

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MoNo Encore: The Bermondsey Horror w/ Gavin Whitehead 1:17:12

3d ago1:17:12

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(Orig pub date: 2/3/24) On August 17th, 1849, London police officers made a grisly discovery at the home of George and Maria (born Marie de Roux) Manning. Her former beau, Patrick O'Connor, had been buried under the floor. A nationwide hunt for the couple would follow, and after that a trial and executions. The murder case would grip London so ferv…

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Timothy W. Kneeland, "Declaring Disaster: Buffalo's Blizzard of '77 and the Creation of FEMA" (Syracuse UP, 2021) 1:15:17

5d ago1:15:17

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Join me for an insightful and timely conversation with historian Timothy Kneeland about his book Declaring Disaster: Buffalo's Blizzard of '77 and the Creation of FEMA (Syracuse University Press, 2021). This book masterfully bridges the gap between academic research and real-world policy implications. Hear from the author himself as he reflects on …

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Paget Brewster, Eric Edelstein, Kelly McInerney and Jerry Trainor guest 1:30:31

4d ago1:30:31

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Live from Dynasty Typewriter in LA, Doug welcomes Paget Brewster, Eric Edelstein, Kelly McInerney and Jerry Trainor to the show. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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On Bullshit in AI 20:40

11d ago20:40

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Today we’re continuing our series on Harry Frankfurt’s seminal work, On Bullshit. I have the privilege to speak with Arvind Narayanan co-author of the book AI Snake Oil: What Artificial Intelligence Can Do, What it Can’t, and How to Tell the Difference (Princeton University Press, 2024). Arvind is the perfect guest to explore the subject of bullshi…

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Dirty Harry (1971) - Don Siegal - Best of Cinematic Flashback Podcast 46:02

12d ago46:02

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Best of Cinematic Flashback: Revisiting Dirty Harry (1971) You're listening to a Best Of episode of The Cinematic Flashback Podcast. While Matt and I wrap up our summer break, we’re revisiting one of our favorite episodes of the year: Dirty Harry (1971), starring Clint Eastwood and directed by Don Siegel. We’ll be back with a brand new episode on A…

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IndyCar’s Alex Palou takes over Monterey with Eighth Win. Also, drivers Pato O’Ward, Santino Ferrucci and Rinus VeeKay 35:10

9d ago35:10

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PIT PASS INDY PRESENTED BY PENSKE TRUCK RENTAL – SEASON 5, EPISODE 57 – IndyCar’s Alex Palou takes over Monterey with Eighth Win. Also, drivers Pato O’Ward, Santino Ferrucci and Rinus VeeKay July 29, 2025 Show host Bruce Martin recaps Alex Palou’s near-perfect weekend in the Java House Grand Prix of Monterey at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca in Mo…

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400: The Legend of Belle Starr w/ Michael Wallis 1:08:09

10d ago1:08:09

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Myra Maibelle Shirley, better known as Belle Starr, was one of the most notorious female outlaws of the Old West (if you believe period newspapers, anyway). My guest, bestselling and award-winning author Michael Wallis, made it his mission to tell the true story of Belle Starr, and in the process dispels many of the myths that surround her. He shar…

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Jess Reia, "Urban Music Governance: What Busking Can Teach Us about Data, Policy and Our Cities" (Intellect, 2025) 34:40

13d ago34:40

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What happens when precarious urban cultural laborers take data collection, laws, and policymaking into their own hands? Buskers have been part of our cities for hundreds of years, but they remain invisible to governments and in datasets. From nuisance to public art, this cultural practice can help us understand the politics of data collection, arch…

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From the Vault - Daniel Robinson - Sonoran Desert - Arizona 1:03:23

14d ago1:03:23

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We're away this week putting the finishing touches on our new studio, but we'll be back with a brand-new episode on August 8th! Until then, please enjoy a classic from the vault: "Daniel Robinson - Sonoran Desert - Arizona." We've remastered the audio, so it sounds better than ever. (Originally aired: January 13, 2023) On June 23rd, 2021, a geologi…

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Michael Stauch, "Wildcat of the Streets: Detroit in the Age of Community Policing" (U Pennsylvania Press, 2025) 1:05:09

14d ago1:05:09

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The criminalization of Black youth was central to policing in urban America during the civil rights era and continued in Detroit even after the rise of Black political control in the 1970s. Wildcat of the Streets documents how the “community policing” approach of Mayor Coleman Young (1974–1993)—including neighborhood police stations, affirmative ac…

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Macon Blair, Amy Miller and Chad Opitz guest 1:14:10

12d ago1:14:10

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Live from the American Comedy Co. in Sweet Home San Diego, Doug welcomes Macon Blair, Amy Miller and Chad Opitz to the show. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Mark R. Rank, "Poorly Understood: What America Gets Wrong about Poverty" (Oxford UP, 2021) 40:03

16d ago40:03

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Few topics have as many myths, stereotypes, and misperceptions surrounding them as that of poverty in America. The poor have been badly misunderstood since the beginnings of the country, with the rhetoric only ratcheting up in recent times. Our current era of fake news, alternative facts, and media partisanship has led to a breeding ground for all …

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Joseph Gfroerer, "War Stories from the Drug Survey: How Culture, Politics, and Statistics Shaped the National Survey on Drug Use and Health" (Cambridge UP, 2018) 57:27

16d ago57:27

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Joseph Gfroerer spent nearly 40 years working as a statistician for the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Starting in 1988, when the American drug war was taking its current shape, he led the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), one of the federal governmen…

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IndyCar is “California Dreaming” with Alex Palou, Alexander Rossi, Colton Herta and Scott McLaughlin. Also, new Team Penske President Jonathan Diuguid 40:51

14d ago40:51

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PIT PASS INDY PRESENTED BY PENSKE TRUCK RENTAL – SEASON 5, EPISODE 56 – IndyCar is “California Dreaming” with Alex Palou, Alexander Rossi, Colton Herta and Scott McLaughlin. Also, new Team Penske President Jonathan Diuguid July 24, 2025 Show host Bruce Martin is “California Dreaming” on this special “Bonus Edition” of Pit Pass Indy Presented by Pen…

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Osita Nwanevu, "The Right of the People: Democracy and the Case for a New American Founding" (Random House, 2025) 30:04

17d ago30:04

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Frustrated with our political dysfunction, wearied by the thinness of contemporary political discourse, and troubled by the rise of anti-democratic attitudes across the political spectrum, journalist Osita Nwanevu has spent the Trump era examining the very meaning of democracy in search of answers to questions many have asked in the wake of the 202…

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399: The Life & Crimes of Robert Spears w/ Jerry Jamison 1:45:48

18d ago1:45:48

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"Doctor" Robert Spears was arguably one of the greatest con artists of the twentieth century, and very likely a mass murderer. In thirty nine years of grift, he had 25 aliases, 28 arrests in 20 cities, and was imprisoned close to a dozen times. He performed, without any medical degree, abortions on countless women, and in 1959 tricked his best frie…

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I Thought It Was Through 50:42

20d ago50:42

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When despair sets in, it’s easy to assume it’ll always be this way. But what if a shift in thinking could break that cycle? Your thoughts have the power to disrupt your despair, especially when you stop focusing on what happened and start trusting the God who never left you.By Elevation Church

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Arrow McLaren takes over Toronto with winning driver Pato O’Ward and McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown, plus much more 41:25

17d ago41:25

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PIT PASS INDY PRESENTED BY PENSKE TRUCK RENTAL – SEASON 5, EPISODE 55 – Arrow McLaren takes over Toronto with winning driver Pato O’Ward and McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown, plus much more July 22, 2025 Show host Bruce Martin is back from the Ontario Honda Dealers Indy Toronto, the only international race of the IndyCar season, after seeing Arrow McLa…

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From the Vault - Grand Canyon Cold Cases 1:02:01

22d ago1:02:01

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We're out of the office this week putting the finishing touches on the new studio! We'll be back with all-new shows the first week of August. Until then, enjoy a classic from the vault: "Grand Canyon Cold Cases." It's the episode that kicked off our Cold Cases series, and we've cleaned up the audio so it sounds better than ever. (Original air date:…

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Elizabeth Shakman Hurd, "Heaven Has a Wall: Religion, Borders, and the Global United States" (U of Chicago Press, 2025) 52:17

21d ago52:17

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Our national conversation about the border has taken a religious turn. When televangelists declare, “Heaven has a wall,” activists shout back, “Jesus was a refugee.” For Elizabeth Shakman Hurd, the standoff makes explicit a longstanding truth: borders are religious as well as political objects. In this book, Hurd argues that Americans share a bipar…

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James DeMonaco, Samm Levine and Monica Nevi guest 58:06

19d ago58:06

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Doug welcomes James DeMonaco, Samm Levine and Monica Nevi to the show. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Ben Westhoff, "Fentanyl, Inc.: How Rogue Chemists Are Creating the Deadliest Wave of the Opioid Epidemic" (Grove Press, 2019) 45:03

22d ago45:03

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Ben Westhoff is an award-winning investigative journalist whose best-selling 2019 book Fentanyl, Inc.: How Rogue Chemists Are Creating the Deadliest Wave of the Opioid Epidemic (Grove Press, 2019), was one of the first to take fentanyl seriously as both a social phenomenon and a national threat. Since its release, Westhoff has become a policy exper…

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Dayna Bowen Matthew, "Just Health: Treating Structural Racism to Heal America" (NYU Press, 2022) 46:53

23d ago46:53

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In the United States, systemic racism is embedded in policies and practices, thereby structuring American society to perpetuate inequality and all of the symptoms and results of that inequality. Racial, social, and class inequities and the public health crises in the United States are deeply intertwined, their roots and manifestations continually p…

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INDYCAR Heads ‘North of the Border’ for the Ontario Honda Dealers Indy Toronto 1:17:53

23d ago1:17:53

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PIT PASS INDY PRESENTED BY PENSKE TRUCK RENTAL – SEASON 5, EPISODE 54 – INDYCAR Heads ‘North of the Border’ for the Ontario Honda Dealers Indy Toronto July 17, 2025 Show host Bruce Martin is heading “North of the Border” for this weekend’s Ontario Honda Dealers Indy Toronto, the only international race of the IndyCar season. Martin has exclusive in…

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Phyu Phyu Oo, "Conflict-related Sexual Violence in Myanmar: The Role of the State" (De Gruyter, 2025) 44:36

25d ago44:36

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Systemic sexual violence by the Myanmar army and proxies began to be widely reported in the 2010s, in the course of genocidal violence against Rohingya in the country’s west. At the same time, the Myanmar government, which was then a military-civilian hybrid, negotiated with international organisations to set up a mechanism to monitor and deal with…

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The French Connection (1974) - William Friedkin - Best Of Cinematic Flashback Podcast 41:25

26d ago41:25

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This week, we’re tailing Popeye Doyle through the gritty streets of 1970s New York. It’s a Best Of Episode while Chuck and Matt take a quick summer vacation. This week on The Cinematic Flashback Podcast, we rewind all the way back to our very first episode—The French Connection (1971), directed by William Friedkin and starring Gene Hackman and Roy …

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Wrapping up the Sukup IndyCar Race Weekend At Iowa with winners Pato O’Ward and Alex Palou. Plus, much, much more 1:27:01

25d ago1:27:01

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PIT PASS INDY PRESENTED BY PENSKE TRUCK RENTAL – SEASON 5, EPISODE 53 – Wrapping up the Sukup IndyCar Race Weekend At Iowa with winners Pato O’Ward and Alex Palou. Plus, much, much more July 15, 2025 Show host Bruce Martin has a jam-packed episode of Pit Pass Indy Presented by Penske Truck Rental from the July 14-15 Sukup IndyCar Race Weekend at Io…

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398: John Wilkes Booth & the Last Year of the Civil War w/ Scott Ellsworth 58:54

26d ago58:54

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My guest this week is Scott Ellsworth, author of Midnight on the Potomac: The Last Year of the Civil War, the Lincoln Assassination, and the Rebirth of America. He talks about President Lincoln's turbulent last year in office, the Confederate secret service's attempts to create chaos in the north, and John Wilkes Booth's ties to the Confederacy's s…

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Cat Dawson, "Monumental: How a New Generation of Artists Is Shaping the Memorial Landscape" (MIT Press, 2025) 39:40

27d ago39:40

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For centuries, monuments have telegraphed the values and origin myths of dominant culture in public space and on massive scale. They have signaled both who is part of a culture and who is not, often overlooking histories that complicate the stories they tell. Yet in the last 50 years in the United States, the role of monuments has changed significa…

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The Power To Change Your Mind! (Bishop T.D. Jakes) 1:16:13

29d ago1:16:13

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God created us to look like a reflection of His love, but many of us still wrestle with a history that contaminates that image. When we cope with facades, we miss out on the freedom God has for us. Bishop T.D. Jakes teaches us how to have the courage it takes for real transformation. If you’ve just made a decision for Christ, please respond HERE: e…

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Elizabeth Popp Berman, "Thinking like an Economist: How Efficiency Replaced Equality in U.S. Public Policy" (Princeton UP, 2022) 50:56

28d ago50:56

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For decades, Democratic politicians have frustrated progressives by tinkering around the margins of policy while shying away from truly ambitious change. What happened to bold political vision on the left, and what shrunk the very horizons of possibility? In Thinking like an Economist, Elizabeth Popp Berman tells the story of how a distinctive way …

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Josh Gondelman, Joe Lynch and Ellory Smith guest 1:03:21

27d ago1:03:21

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Doug welcomes Josh Gondelman, Joe Lynch and Ellory Smith to the show. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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David S. Wall, "Cybercrime: The Transformation of Crime in the Information Age" (Polity, 2024) 28:47

29d ago28:47

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How has the digital revolution transformed criminal opportunities and behaviour? What is different about cybercrime compared with traditional criminal activity? What impact might cybercrime have on public security? In this updated edition of his authoritative and field-defining text, cybercrime expert David Wall carefully examines these and other i…

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From the Vault - Glacier National Park Cold Cases 51:49

1M ago51:49

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While we're away getting our new studio up and running, please enjoy one of our favorite episodes on Glacier National Park Cold Cases, complete with newly edited audio to make your listening experience even better. Side note, this was the last episode before we moved into our old studio! (Originally aired 3/23/2023) With over 52 million acres, the …

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Previewing the Sukup IndyCar Race Weekend At Iowa with Felix Rosenqvist, David Malukas, Conor Daly, Josef Newgarden, Pato O’Ward and Iowa General Manager Kristen Stepinski 52:13

30d ago52:13

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PIT PASS INDY PRESENTED BY PENSKE TRUCK RENTAL – SEASON 5, EPISODE 52 – Previewing the Sukup IndyCar Race Weekend At Iowa with Felix Rosenqvist, David Malukas, Conor Daly, Josef Newgarden, Pato O’Ward and Iowa General Manager Kristen Stepinski July 10, 2025 Show host Bruce Martin is in the great Midwest for this weekend’s Sukup IndyCar Race Weekend…

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397: The Hazel Drew Murder Revisited w/ Jerry C. Drake 1:25:57

1M ago1:25:57

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In July of 1908 the body of twenty-year-old Hazel Drew was found floating in a mill pond in Upstate New York. Her death captured headlines across the nation and around the world, but after a whirlwind investigation lasting less than thirty days (despite a myriad of suspects), the District Attorney abruptly closed the case. Joining me is Jerry Drake…

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Wild Race at Mid-Ohio with Scott Dixon, Alex Palou, Graham Rahal, Kyle Kirkwood and the return of Kyle Moyer 52:27

1M ago52:27

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PIT PASS INDY PRESENTED BY PENSKE TRUCK RENTAL – SEASON 5, EPISODE 51 – Wild Race at Mid-Ohio with Scott Dixon, Alex Palou, Graham Rahal, Kyle Kirkwood and the return of Kyle Moyer July 8, 2025 Show host Bruce Martin has all the angles covered from the Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio on this week’s Pit Pass Indy Presented by Penske Truck Rental. Martin …

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Seeing China’s Belt and Road with Ed Schatz and Rachel Silvey 52:07

1M ago52:07

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EPISODE SUMMARY: What becomes visible when you shift the lens away from Beijing to how China’s Belt and Road projects unfold on the ground? Seeing China’s Belt and Road, edited by Edward Schatz and Rachel Silvey, answers this question by reorienting conversations on China’s global infrastructure development to their “downstream” effects. Instead of…

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The Power Of Dependency (Lisa Harper) 42:03

1M ago42:03

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Real healing requires true dependence on God because He didn’t create you to carry the weight of life on your own. Let go of self-sufficiency and trust the One who can truly make you whole.By Elevation Church

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