Best Sovereign Frontier Podcasts (2025)

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Katarina Kušic, "Beyond International Intervention: Politics of Improvement in Serbia" (University of Michigan Press, 2025) 1:03:37

29m ago1:03:37

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Studies of statebuilding and peacebuilding have been criticized for their disregard of people living the consequences of intervention projects. Beyond International Intervention: Politics of Improvement in Serbia (University of Michigan Press, 2025) by Dr. Katarina Kušic takes on the task of engaging with spaces and peoples not usually present in I…

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Remarkable People: Deepak Chopra on how to Become Your Own Guru in the Digital Age 32:58

2d ago32:58

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Can AI and spirituality coexist? Deepak Chopra, world-renowned pioneer in integrative medicine and personal transformation, challenges our perceptions by embracing artificial intelligence as a spiritual tool. In this mind-expanding conversation, Chopra reveals why he believes AI represents "the most powerful technology for expanding awareness in ev…

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Lina Pinto-García, "Maraña: War and Disease in the Jungles of Colombia" (U Chicago Press, 2025) 1:04:34

4h ago1:04:34

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In Maraña: War and Disease in the Jungles of Colombia (University of Chicago Press, 2025), Lina Pinto-García delves into the relationship between war and disease, focusing on Colombian armed conflict and the skin disease known as cutaneous leishmaniasis. Leishmaniasis is transmitted through the bite of female sandflies. The most common manifestatio…

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Maya Mayblin "Vote of Faith: Democracy, Desire, and the Turbulent Lives of Priest Politicians" (Fordham UP, 2024) 1:23:46

1d ago1:23:46

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A richly cinematic and compelling look at priest-politicians in Brazil and their religious and secular entanglements, Vote of Faith: Democracy, Desire, and the Turbulent Lives of Priest Politicians (Fordham UP, 2024) explores the complex intersection of democracy, patriarchy, and religiosity in Brazil. For over a hundred years, Catholic priests hav…

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S2E18: How to Speak Your Truth and Set Boundaries: Breaking Free From People Pleasing to Build Your Queendom 12:59

4d ago12:59

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This episode is a full permission slip to speak your truth, set your standards, and no longer betray your soul just to "keep the peace." I’m pulling back the curtain and taking you behind the scenes of a powerful moment where I said NO to misalignment — and YES to my next level. After tuning in, you’ll be able to: ❤️‍🔥 Break free from the old patte…

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The Power of Podcasting - Client Success Story with Desiree Benke 41:30

3d ago41:30

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In this episode I am joined by Desiree Benke, Spiritual Business Mentor and host of the Spirit Business Podcast. Desiree has been podcasting since 2017 and went through a powerful rebrand with my help. Together, we dove into Desiree’s transformation from sharing raw spiritual insights to aligning her message with her spiritual business mentorship. …

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The Journey of Self-expression through Podcasting- Client Success Story with Cheryl Geonanga 32:46

3d ago32:46

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In this inspiring episode, I am joined by Cheryl, an intuitive art director and the visionary behind the 'Dare to Evolve' movement. Together, we dive into the magic of intuitive branding, the journey of self-expression through podcasting, and the power of collaborative creation. Cheryl shares her experience of blending art, energy work, and AI tech…

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Finding A Bitcoin Job With Bitvocation - @ConnectEconomy #544 1:18:03

5d ago1:18:03

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Finding A bitcoin Job With Bitvocation - @ConnectEconomy Do you wish that you could quit your fiat life? Are you hitting dead ends with job searches? Today’s guest on the show is Anja from Bitvocation, a live feed that updates you on available Bitcoin positions. Why did Anja decide to start a feed of bitcoin job availability and what success storie…

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How AI helps women track hormonal health, with Marina Pavlovic Rivas 31:03

5d ago31:03

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Women’s health has historically been understudied and underfunded. And when it comes to women’s hormonal health, we’re missing some critical data. Marina Pavlovic Rivas is working to close that gap by leveraging AI. Her company, Eli Health, offers an at-home monitor that tracks hormonal levels through saliva, giving women access to health data that…

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Dmitri N. Shalin, "Erving Manuel Goffman: Biographical Sources of Sociological Imagination" (Routledge, 2024) 2:44:13

5d ago2:44:13

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We have long lacked a biography of Erving Goffman. Partly this can be explained by Goffman’s direction for his papers not to be opened to researchers after his death. This meant those who may wish to write Goffman’s biography had a lack of material to draw upon. Dmirti Shalin, author of Erving Manuel Goffman: Biographical Sources of Sociological Im…

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Greta Lynn Uehling, "Decolonizing Ukraine: The Indigenous People of Crimea and Pathways to Freedom" (Rowman & Littlefield, 2025) 53:32

6d ago53:32

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In Decolonizing Ukraine: The Indigenous People of Crimea and Pathways to Freedom (Rowman & Littlefield, 2025), anthropologist Dr. Greta Lynn Uehling illuminates the untold stories of Russia’s occupation of Crimea from 2014 to the present, revealing the traumas of colonization, foreign occupation, and population displacement. Drawing upon extensive …

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Rapid Response: The enterprise AI revolution is underway, with Box’s Aaron Levie 34:14

9d ago34:14

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The buzz in Silicon Valley around AI agents has many asking: What’s real and what’s hype? Box’s co-founder and CEO, Aaron Levie, joins Rapid Response to help decipher between fact and fiction, taking listeners inside the fast-paced evolution of agents and its impact on the future of enterprise AI. Plus, Levie unpacks how AI is really being adopted …

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Camilla Annerfeldt, "Clothing and Identity in Early Modern Rome" (Bloomsbury, 2025) 30:22

7d ago30:22

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Camilla Annerfeldt joins to discuss Clothing and Identity in Early Modern Rome (Bloomsbury, 2025). This is the first book-length exploration of the clothes worn in early modern Rome and provides novel insights into the city of Rome during one of its most fascinating periods. It also challenges the notion – well-established in dress historical resea…

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Toine van Teeffelen, "The Birthplace of Jesus Is in Palestine: A Memoir" (Wipf and Stock, 2024) 1:03:20

7d ago1:03:20

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The Birthplace of Jesus Is in Palestine: A Memoir (Wipf and Stock, 2024) is a narrative of a Christian family in Bethlehem in the West Bank. Based on diary entries and interviews from 2000 to 2023, the Dutch author--an anthropologist and peace activist--chronicles the spontaneous reactions of his Palestinian children and wife navigating the challen…

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Michelle H. S. Ho, "Emergent Genders: Living Otherwise in Tokyo's Pink Economies" (Duke UP, 2025) 41:28

8d ago41:28

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In Emergent Genders: Living Otherwise in Tokyo's Pink Economies (Duke UP, 2025), Michelle H. S. Ho traces the genders manifesting alongside Japanese popular culture in Akihabara, an area in Tokyo renowned for the fandom and consumption of anime, manga, and games. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork in josō and dansō cafe-and-bars, establishments wher…

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AI Will Pay Humans With #bitcoin. @Pete_Winn #544 1:29:03

11d ago1:29:03

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How can AI save you time, increase margins and even pay humans? $ BTC 110,963 Block Height 897,854 Today's guest on the show is Peter Winn, who joins me to talk about the work he has been doing in the background with AI and #bitcoin. How or why will AI pay humans to do work? Why does Peter see a future where AI will be used to destroy overheads, im…

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Investing in the age of AI, part 2: Jeff Bussgang 42:01

12d ago42:01

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Jeff Bussgang is a general partner at Flybridge Capital Partners and teaches entrepreneurship at Harvard Business School. When he’s not helping his students become future founders, he’s writing books. His latest, The Experimentation Machine, is a guide for founders looking to leverage AI in their startups. In this episode, we surface practical stra…

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M. Myrta Leslie Santana, Transformismo: Performing Trans/Queer Cuba" (U Michigan Press, 2025) 58:47

11d ago58:47

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In Transformismo, M. Myrta Leslie Santana draws on years of embedded research within Cuban trans/queer communities to analyze how transformistas, or drag performers, understand their roles in the social transformation of the island. Once banned and censored in Cuba, transformismo, or drag performance, is now state-sponsored events. Transformismo su…

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Andrew Ofstehage, "Welcome to Soylandia: Transnational Farmers in the Brazilian Cerrado" (Cornell UP, 2025) 46:19

11d ago46:19

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Following a group of US Midwest farmers who purchased tracts of land in the tropical savanna of eastern Brazil, Welcome to Soylandia: Transnational Farmers in the Brazilian Cerrado (Cornell University Press, 2025) by Dr. Andrew Ofstehage investigates industrial farming in the modern developing world. Seeking adventure and profit, the transplanted f…

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Kai Shmushko, "Multiple Liminalities of Lay Buddhism in Contemporary China: Modalities, Material Culture, and Politics" (Leiden UP, 2024) 1:04:04

12d ago1:04:04

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In the past decades, various forms of Buddhism have emerged in-between, above, and beyond conventional conceptions of religious and spiritual life in China. Multiple Liminalities of Lay Buddhism in Contemporary China: Modalities, Material Culture, and Politics (Leiden UP, 2024) is a qualitative study exploring manifestations of the massive revival …

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Combining A Passion Of Writing With Bitcoin. @HumanWriter21 #543 1:12:24

18d ago1:12:24

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What is a Bitcoin Anthology and where can you buy one? $ BTC 103,455 Block Height 896,696 Today's guest on the show is Philip Charter (@HumanWriter21), who joins me to talk about his passion for writing and what inspired a Bitcoin Anthology. What experiences and touchpoints led Philip to believe that an anthology was needed in the Bitcoin Space and…

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Investing in the age of AI, part 1: Vinod Khosla 43:10

19d ago43:10

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Vinod Khosla is one of the leading investors and technologists of our time, consistently making Forbes’ Midas List (basically the Oscars for venture investors) as head of Khosla Ventures. He was an early innovator in the world of computer chips and an early investor in OpenAI, as well as backing successes like DoorDash, Stripe, and Headspace. We un…

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BTC Prague Announces A New Frontier. @Matyas44Cook #542 1:18:46

22d ago1:18:46

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Are you ready for FOMO? $ BTC 103,439 Block Height 896,145 Today's guest on the show is @Matyas44Cook - Co-founder of @btcprague, Europe's biggest #bitcoin conference. After 3 years of running incredibly successful #Bitcoin conferences in Prague, what phone calls did Mattyas start to receive? What big decisions did he and his brother have to make r…

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Maron E. Greenleaf, "Forest Lost: Producing Green Capitalism in the Brazilian Amazon" (Duke UP, 2024) 49:46

21d ago49:46

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Forest Lost: Producing Green Capitalism in the Brazilian Amazon (2024) is an ethnography of forest carbon offsets and the wider effort to make the living rainforest valuable in the Brazilian Amazon. Situated in the state of Acre, which continuously had to grapple with a complex positionality between frontier and periphery, Maron E. Greenleaf explor…

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S2E17: The Journey of Self-expression through Podcasting- Client Success Story with Cheryl Geonanga 32:46

24d ago32:46

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In this inspiring episode, I am joined by Cheryl, an intuitive art director and the visionary behind the 'Dare to Evolve' movement. Together, we dive into the magic of intuitive branding, the journey of self-expression through podcasting, and the power of collaborative creation. Cheryl shares her experience of blending art, energy work, and AI tech…

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S2E16: The Power of Podcasting - Client Success Story with Desiree Benke 41:30

24d ago41:30

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In this episode I am joined by Desiree Benke, Spiritual Business Mentor and host of the Spirit Business Podcast. Desiree has been podcasting since 2017 and went through a powerful rebrand with my help. Together, we dove into Desiree’s transformation from sharing raw spiritual insights to aligning her message with her spiritual business mentorship. …

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Ex Airline Pilot Talks Bitcoin and Travel With Satlantis. @jordi_llonch #541 1:23:50

24d ago1:23:50

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Live the bitcoin Digital Nomad Lifestyle on your terms. $ BTC 101,400 Block height 895,860 Today's guest on the show is Jordi Llonch Esteve, @jordi_llonch , a former airline pilot turned bitcoiner and Digital Nomad who is head of growth for the travel and social app @JoinSatlantis Why did @jordi_llonch decide to pursue a career as an airline pilot …

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Living Right: Far Right Youth Activists in Contemporary Europe 1:14:22

23d ago1:14:22

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What is the growing appeal of fascist idealism for young people? Why is radical nationalism on the rise in Europe and throughout the world? In Living Right: Far Right Youth Activists in Contemporary Europe (Princeton UP, 2024), Dr. Agnieszka Pasieka provides an in-depth account of the ideas and practices that are driving the varied forms of far-rig…

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The start-up fixing AI's errors, with Invisible Technologies' Francis Pedraza 30:57

26d ago30:57

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Scaling a business means managing redundant tasks that take time and manpower. Through his company, Invisible Technologies, Francis Pedraza is looking to make that process easier by creating a digital assembly line with humans and AI working together. Now, ten years in, Invisible Technologies has worked with household names like OpenAI to train the…

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Exponential Africa S6 E6 - Intention and How To Engage With It (feat Dr Jeff Karp) 56:25

26d ago56:25

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How do we transform ideas into action with clarity and purpose? In this session, Dr. Jeff Karp, author of LIT (Life Ignition Tools), joins Mic Mann to explore the science and strategy behind creating with intention. Discover practical tools to align your energy, creativity, and decision-making toward meaningful impact — in work, life, and innovatio…

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Deana Jovanović, "Staging the Promises: Everyday Future-Making in a Serbian Industrial Town" (Cornell UP, 2025) 1:23:24

25d ago1:23:24

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Built on the shifting grounds of post-Yugoslav transformation, Staging the Promises examines how the residents of Bor — a Serbian copper-mining town marked by both socialist prosperity and post-socialist decline — became spectators to the staged enactments of promised futures. Deana Jovanović traces how local authorities and the copper-processing c…

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Ipek A. Celik Rappas, "Filming in European Cities: The Labor of Location" (Cornell UP, 2025) 44:59

27d ago44:59

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Filming in European Cities: The Labor of Location (Cornell University Press, 2025) explores the effort behind creating screen production locations. Dr. Ipek A. Celik Rappas accounts the rising demand for original and affordable locations for screen projects due to the growth of streaming platforms. As a result, screen professionals are repeatedly t…

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Diana Graizbord, "Indicators of Democracy: The Politics and Promise of Evaluation Expertise in Mexico" (Stanford UP, 2024) 52:44

30d ago52:44

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The spread of democracy across the Global South has taken many different forms, but certain features are consistent: implementing a system of elections and an overarching mission of serving the will and well-being of a country's citizens. But how do we hold politicians accountable for such a mission? How are we to understand the efficacy of the pol…

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How Bitcoin Is Fixing Music. @JoeMartinMusic @aarondornhair #540 1:37:10

1M ago1:37:10

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Live Music Bitcoin event 23rd May in Essex, England. $ BTC 97,622 Block height 894,911 Today's guests on the show are Musician Joe Martin and Aaron Dorn who join me to talk about the culutural shift happening in music because of #Bitcoin. Fix the money, fix the world and sound money gives ownership of music back to the artist and creators, where it…

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Lian Sinclair, "Undermining Resistance: The Governance of Participation by Multinational Mining Corporations" (Manchester UP, 2024) 36:47

29d ago36:47

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Why do multinational mining corporations use participation to undermine resistance? Do the struggles of local communities, activists and NGOs matter on a global scale? Why are there so many different global standards in mining? Undermining Resistance: The Governance of Participation by Multinational Mining Corporations (Manchester UP, 2024) develop…

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Tim Grady, "Burying the Enemy: The Story of Those who Cared for the Dead in Two World Wars" (Yale UP, 2025) 54:30

1M ago54:30

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In Burying the Enemy: The Story of Those who Cared for the Dead in Two World Wars (Yale University Press, 2025), Tim Grady recounts here a detailed history of the fate of combatants who died on enemy soil in England and Germany in World Wars I and II. The books draws on a rich archive of personal family experiences, and describes the often touching…

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Revisited: Dr. Joy Buolamwini wants AI to see everyone 37:34

1M ago37:34

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This week, Pioneers of AI is bringing back one of our favorite and first episodes. It’s our conversation with Dr. Joy Buolamwini, founder of Algorithmic Justice League and poet of code. In this episode, we explore how bias in data sets and algorithms, especially in facial recognition, is crucial to AI’s future, how Dr. Buolamwini uncovered the deep…

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Chloe Ahmann, "Futures After Progress: Hope and Doubt in Late Industrial Baltimore" (U Chicago Press, 2024) 36:32

1M ago36:32

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Factory fires, chemical explosions, and aerial pollutants have inexorably shaped South Baltimore into one of the most polluted places in the country. In Futures After Progress: Hope and Doubt in Late Industrial Baltimore (U Chicago Press, 2024), anthropologist Chloe Ahmann explores the rise and fall of industrial lifeways on this edge of the city a…

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S2E15: Why Podcasting is Next Frontier for Feminine Leaders 27:58

1M ago27:58

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In today's solo episode I share why podcasting is the platform for New Earth feminine leaders ready to birth movements, spark revolutions, and expand their soul’s mission into the world. I open up about my own journey with podcasting — from discovering its power during her time as a flight attendant to managing successful shows and coaching visiona…

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Maliha Safri et al., "Solidarity Cities: Confronting Racial Capitalism, Mapping Transformation" (U of Minnesota Press, 2025) 1:06:18

1M ago1:06:18

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In this episode, Maliha Safri, Marianna Pavlovskaya, Stephen Healy, and Craig Borowiak talk about their new co-authored book Solidarity Cities: Confronting Racial Capitalism, Mapping Transformation (University of Minnesota Press, 2024). This volume is part of the Diverse Economies and Livable Worlds series. Solidarity economies, characterized by di…

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S2E14: Stop Playing Small & Fully Express Yourself 9:58

1M ago9:58

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In this episode I share with you my journey of embracing my passion and purpose, emphasizing the importance of authenticity and leadership. I encourage you to stop playing small and to fully express yourself, highlighting the transformative power of voice and community. IT'S TIME TO RISE SISTER! Chapters 00:00 Igniting Passion and Purpose 02:45 Emb…

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Amy Zhang, "Circular Ecologies: Environmentalism and Waste Politics in Urban China" (Stanford UP, 2024) 1:07:52

1M ago1:07:52

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After four decades of reform and development, China is confronting a domestic waste crisis. As the world's largest waste-generating nation, the World Economic Forum projects that by 2030, the volume of household waste in China will be double that of the United States. Starting in the early 2000s, Chinese policymakers came to see waste management as…

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Lorna Gibb, "Rare Tongues: The Secret Stories of Hidden Languages" (Princeton UP, 2025) 39:47

1M ago39:47

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An enthralling tour of the world’s rarest and most endangered languages Languages and cultures are becoming increasingly homogenous, with the resulting loss of a rich linguistic tapestry reflecting unique perspectives and ways of life. Rare Tongues: The Secret Stories of Hidden Languages (Princeton University Press, 2025) tells the stories of the w…

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Eleanor Paynter, "Emergency in Transit: Witnessing Migration in the Colonial Present" (U California Press, 2024) 54:38

1M ago54:38

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Emergency in Transit: Witnessing Migration in the Colonial Present (University of California Press, 2024) by Dr. Eleanor Paynter responds to the crisis framings that dominate migration debates in the global north. This capacious, interdisciplinary open-access study reformulates Europe's so-called "migrant crisis" from a sudden disaster to a site of…

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Sovereign Money Needs A Sovereign Mind. @SovereignPete #539 2:18:29

1M ago2:18:29

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Trigger warning, nothing is what you believe it to be. $ BTC 95,172 Block Height 893,933 Today's guest on the show is Peter Stone who joins me to talk about how we have been tricked into a life of bonded slavery. Why does Peter believe we are illiterate and how have we been tricked in more ways than you could possibly imagine? Why is voting a scam …

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Exponential Africa S6 E5 - Spatial Computing for AI – How 3D Simulation is Powering the Next Era of Intelligent Machines (feat Aaron Frank) 46:11

1M ago46:11

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From robotics and autonomous vehicles to digital twins and immersive design, spatial computing is at the heart of AI’s physical evolution. In this session, Aaron Frank and Mic Mann explore how 3D simulation is advancing mobility, machine learning, and real-world intelligence.By Be Exponential

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S2 E13: I Healed My Voice, and Everything Changed —a raw story of silence, sovereignty & sacred sound 35:04

1M ago35:04

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My Story of Speaking Up & Rising "Your voice carries the frequency of your soul. It’s time to be loud, proud, and unapologetically YOU." Ready to reclaim your voice & rise in your sacred truth? Listen in 👇🏽 … especially if you’ve ever felt silenced, like your voice didn’t matter, or you were holding back your full expression 👑 This episode is raw, …

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Reid Hoffman on AI’s environmental impact and the path to sustainability 34:04

1M ago34:04

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One of the biggest debates in the AI revolution is its environmental impact – especially the vast amounts of energy we need to run AI, and the carbon emissions that could follow. Yet AI is also a super powerful tool for smarter, cleaner energy use around the world. Reid Hoffman, co-founder of LinkedIn and Inflection AI and friend of our show, joins…

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The Forest Is My Mentor. @DavidBennettNB #538 2:08:57

1M ago2:08:57

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Bitcoin and Arbuscular Mycorrhiza Fungi Networks. $ BTC 90,911 Block Height 893,522 Today's guest on the show is @DavidBennettNB who joins me to talk about how a fungi called Arbuscular Mycorrhiza mines and exchanges minerals under the forest floor. Why did @DavidBennettNB fall into this rabbit hole and what the hell is Arbuscular Mycorrhiza fungi?…

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Katie Rose Hejtmanek, "The Cult of CrossFit: Christianity and the American Exercise Phenomenon" (NYU Press, 2025) 1:08:28

1M ago1:08:28

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CrossFit in the United States has become increasingly popular, around which a fascinating culture has developed which shapes everyday life for the people devoted to it. CrossFit claims to be many things: a business, a brand, a tremendously difficult fitness regimen, a community, a way to gain salvation, and a method to survive the apocalypse. In Th…

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