Best Dr Charles Sophy Podcasts (2025)

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Richey Edwards of The Manic Street Preachers 27:40

3d ago27:40

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Richey 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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The Scam Behind "Longevity Experts" | Dr. Eric Topol 1:55:48

5d ago1:55:48

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I'll teach you how to become the media's go-to expert in your field. Enroll in The Professional's Media Academy now: https://www.professionalsmediaacademy.com/ Huge thanks to Dr. Eric Topol for coming on the show. Pick up a copy of his new book "Super Agers" here: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Super-Agers/Eric-Topol/9781668067666 Follow Dr…

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Benny Hill 27:28

10d ago27:28

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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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Are Everyday Chemicals ACTUALLY Harming Your Health 2:39:57

17d ago2:39:57

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I'll teach you how to become the media's go-to expert in your field. Enroll in The Professional's Media Academy now: https://www.professionalsmediaacademy.com/ Buy Dr. Aly Cohen's book "Detoxify: The Everyday Toxins Harming Your Immune System and How to Defend Against Them" - https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Detoxify/Aly-Cohen/9781668033531 R…

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Maggi Hambling picks muse and lover Henrietta Moraes 27:35

19d ago27:35

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“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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Harriet Harman on Maria Callas 27:57

25d ago27:57

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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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The Truth About Seed Oils, Food As Medicine, and RFK Jr. | Kevin Klatt PhD RD 2:47:30

1M ago2:47:30

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I'll teach you how to become the media's go-to expert in your field. Enroll in The Professional's Media Academy now: https://www.professionalsmediaacademy.com/ Huge thanks to Kevin Klatt for appearing on this episode. Follow him here: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kcklatt/?hl=en Twitter/X: https://x.com/KCKlatt LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin…

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Kate Raworth on Donella Meadows 27:56

2M ago27:56

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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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Do You Need A Full Body MRI Scan? | Prenuvo CEO 1:44:12

2M ago1:44:12

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I'll teach you how to become the media's go-to expert in your field. Enroll in The Professional's Media Academy now: https://www.professionalsmediaacademy.com/ Fact Check #1: 44:50 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_ZGhRZee9A Fact Check #2: 1:14:49 - https://youtu.be/OzvtIXiHjqg 00:00 Intro 02:20 How He Started 08:00 Who Has Access? 13:39 Does Pre…

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Mark Billingham chooses George Harrison 27:00

3M ago27:00

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George Harrison was a musician, singer and songwriter who became one of the most famous people in the world as one quarter of the Beatles. That alone would merit a place in the Great Lives pantheon, but his work in the decades after the band broke up indicates a man of diverse and arguably underestimated talents. Erupting onto the pop music scene i…

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Jake Arnott on John Gay 27:42

3M ago27:42

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John Gay, eighteenth-century satirist and author of The Beggar's Opera, is nominated by the writer Jake Arnott - whose novels, including The Long Firm and He Kills Coppers, are also set in London's criminal underworld. Editor of Private Eye, Ian Hislop, is the presenter, and Dr Rebecca Bullard of the University of Oxford is on hand to help uncover …

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Exposing Widespread Corruption In Alzheimer's Research | Charles Piller 1:28:56

3M ago1:28:56

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I'll teach you how to become the media's go-to expert in your field. Enroll in The Professional's Media Academy now: https://www.professionalsmediaacademy.com/ Pick up a copy of Charles Piller's new book "Doctored: Fraud, Arrogance, and Tragedy in the Quest to Cure Alzheimer's " here: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Doctored/Charles-Piller/9…

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Ellen E Jones nominates Florynce Kennedy 27:59

3M ago27:59

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One dubbed "the biggest, loudest and indisputably the rudest mouth on the battleground", Florynce Kennedy was a force to be reckoned with. She was a lawyer, a vocal figure in the American civil rights and feminist movements of the 1960s and '70s, and a champion of numerous other causes besides; from legalising abortion to campaigning for sex-worker…

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A N Wilson selects Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 27:47

3M ago27:47

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"I've chosen him because I think he was possibly the most interesting human being who has ever lived". A N Wilson Born in the middle of the 18th century in Frankfurt, Goethe went on to become the pre-eminent figure in German literature. As well as writing plays and poetry (including Faust) he was a statesman, a scientist, an artist and a critic. Qu…

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Jessica Fostekew on Boudica 27:44

3M ago27:44

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"The Queen Boadicea, standing loftily charioted, Brandishing in her hand a dart and rolling glances lioness-like, Yell'd and shriek'd between her daughters in her fierce volubility": so wrote Alfred, Lord Tennyson in the 19th Century, celebrating the story of an ancient English warrior queen who sparked a brutal and bloody rebellion against Roman r…

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Debating Dr. Jason Fung On Calories & Insulin 1:58:54

3M ago1:58:54

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Truth-Seeking moments: Fact Check 1 - 6:36 - https://youtu.be/2d7MITbdFHw Fact Check 2 - 42:05 - https://youtu.be/BClwtV79UFY Fact Check 3 - 45:53 - https://youtu.be/-pjhwHTFZAk Fact Check 4 - 54:16 - https://youtu.be/O0-_ml1J0Nw Fact Check 5 - 1:22:36 - https://youtu.be/NzoUVKSDYqc Follow Dr. Jason Fung here:https://www.doctorjasonfung.com/https:/…

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Reginald D Hunter selects Eugene V Debs 27:41

4M ago27:41

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Eugene Victor Debs, born 1855 in Indiana USA, was a railway worker, a trade unionist and a five time candidate for the presidency. He was imprisoned during the First World War for sedition. He'd urged resistance to the draft; President Woodrow Wilson called him a traitor to the nation, but Debs still ran for the presidency in 1920. His sentence was…

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Pen Hadow nominates Sir Peter Scott 27:48

4M ago27:48

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"Make the boy interested in natural history," wrote Captain Scott from his tent in the Antarctic. He was talking about his son, three year old Peter Scott, whom he never saw again and who went on to found the Wildfowl and Wetland Trust and campaign against the hunting of whales. The son also designed the panda logo for the Wold Wide Fund for Nature…

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Lauren Cuthbertson on Margot Fonteyn 28:06

4M ago28:06

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Margot Fonteyn was an icon: a ballerina who helped build and indeed embodied the traditional image of a dancer, just as the artform was finding its feet on the British cultural scene. From humble beginnings she became an international star, enjoying a dazzling career with the Royal Ballet, a glamorous social life as a diplomat’s wife, and an electr…

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Dr Hannah Critchlow picks Professor Colin Blakemore 27:59

4M ago27:59

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Professor Colin Blakemore was a famous communicator of science, the youngest ever Reith lecturer on the BBC. He was also targeted by members of the animal rights movement, which sent bombs and letters lined with razor blades to his home address. Born in 1944 and brought up in Coventry, Colin Blakemore was committed to brain research and the connect…

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Doug Allan on Captain Jacques Cousteau 28:07

5M ago28:07

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Captain Jacques-Yves Cousteau was an oceanographer, filmmaker and explorer who made the seas a subject of fascination for millions. During his time in the French Navy, Cousteau co-invented the Aqua-Lung: the first self-contained kit that allowed a diver to breathe underwater. This and his fascination with capturing images of the subaquatic world pa…

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Asking The Uncomfortable Questions About Vaccines | Dr. Paul Offit 1:33:58

5M ago1:33:58

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I'll teach you how to become the media's go-to expert in your field. Enroll in The Professional's Media Academy now: https://www.professionalsmediaacademy.com/Listen to my podcast, The Checkup with Doctor Mike, here:Spotify: https://go.doctormikemedia.com/spotify/CheckUpSpotifyApple Podcasts: https://go.doctormikemedia.com/applepodcast/ApplePodcast…

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Who's To Blame If You're Fat? | Dr. Mike Israetel 2:30:55

5M ago2:30:55

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I'll teach you how to become the media's go-to expert in your field. Enroll in The Professional's Media Academy now: https://www.professionalsmediaacademy.com/ Follow Dr. Mike Israetel here: YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@RenaissancePeriodization Twitter/X - https://x.com/misraetel?lang=en Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/drmikeisrae...…

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Doctors Said She Was Going To Die, But She Refused To Believe It | Sophie Grace Holmes 1:22:20

6M ago1:22:20

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I'll teach you how to become the media's go-to expert in your field. Enroll in The Professional's Media Academy now: https://www.professionalsmediaacademy.com/ Follow Sophie Grace Holmes, the world-record marathon runner and endurance athlete: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sophiegraceholmes/?hl=en https://www.sophiegraceholmes.com/ 00:00 Int…

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Will Ozempic Put An End To Weight Loss Surgery? | Dr. Christine Ren-Fielding 1:33:39

6M ago1:33:39

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I'll teach you how to become the media's go-to expert in your field. Enroll in The Professional's Media Academy now: https://www.professionalsmediaacademy.com/00:00 Intro01:06 Set Point Theory11:24 Calories In / Calories Out18:47 Biggest Hurdles To Weight Loss23:05 What Is Bariatric Surgery?30:10 Success Rates36:08 BMI40:50 My 600 Pound Life48:22 S…

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The Truth About Low Testosterone, Sexual Health, & No Nut November | Dr. Rena Malik 1:57:55

7M ago1:57:55

1:57:55

I'll teach you how to become the media's go-to expert in your field. Enroll in The Professional's Media Academy now: https://www.professionalsmediaacademy.com/Listen to my podcast, The Checkup with Doctor Mike, here:Spotify: https://go.doctormikemedia.com/spotify/CheckUpSpotifyApple Podcasts: https://go.doctormikemedia.com/applepodcast/ApplePodcast…

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Healthcare Costs, Women’s Health, & The Threat Of RKF Jr. | VP Kamala Harris 12:10

7M ago12:10

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I'll teach you how to become the media's go-to expert in your field. Enroll in The Professional's Media Academy now: https://www.professionalsmediaacademy.com/ Listen to my podcast, The Checkup with Doctor Mike, here:Spotify: https://go.doctormikemedia.com/spotify/CheckUpSpotifyApple Podcasts: https://go.doctormikemedia.com/applepodcast/ApplePodcas…

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The Corruption Of Healthcare & The Poisoning Of Our Food System | Dr. Marty Makary 2:10:17

7M ago2:10:17

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Check our Dr. Marty Makary's new book "Blind Spots" and his other best-selling books here: https://www.martymd.com Follow Dr. Makary on X/Twitter here: https://x.com/martymakary?lang=en 00:00 Intro01:50 Why The Cost Of Healthcare Has Ballooned14:40 School Lunches, Pesticides, Chronic Disease39:38 Calories, Artificial Sweeteners, Condoms48:48 Changi…

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Does Hypnosis Really Work? | Dr. David Spiegel 1:30:30

8M ago1:30:30

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Learn more about hypnosis by checking out Dr. David Spiegel's app, Reveri: https://www.reveri.com/ 00:00 Intro 01:15 What is Hypnosis 12:33 Hypnosis vs. Psychology 21:17 Differences Between Practitioners 24:15 Who Is Hypnosis For? 29:27 Controversies 34:11 Does It Really Work? 41:00 Is Hypnosis Just Gaslighting? 49:26 Hypnosis For Smoking 54:17 Why…

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Ekow Eshun on the first openly gay footballer, Justin Fashanu 27:47

8M ago27:47

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In 1981 Brian Clough paid £1 million pounds to bring Justin Fashanu to Nottingham Forest. It was the climax of a meteoric career, but within months the goals had dried up, he'd been going to gay nightclubs, and Fashanu had also become become a born again Christian. Four decades later Justin Fashanu remains top flight English football's only openly …

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Anneka Rice picks the largely forgotten Jane Morris, muse to Rossetti and wife of William Morris 27:46

8M ago27:46

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The biography show where famous guests picks someone they admire or love. Jane Morris was the wife of William Morris and muse of Gabriel Dante Rossetti. Anneka Rice believes her contribution to 19th-Century art and culture has been largely overlooked. "I'm not a big fan of needle point," she says, "but we cannot ignore what she brings to art histor…

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The Harsh Reality Of Having An Eating Disorder | Lindsey Stirling 1:11:16

8M ago1:11:16

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If you or someone you know is battling an ED, you can find help and learn more here: https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/eating-disorders/in-depth/eating-disorder-treatment/art-20046234 Follow Lindsey Stirling:YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyC_4jvPzLiSkJkLIkA7B8gInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/lindseystirling/?hl=enTikTo…

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Uncovering Corruption From Health "Experts" | Scott Carney 2:20:25

9M ago2:20:25

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Follow Scott Carney here:YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3PyxGKt94kLzVqkkjEgRFwInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/sgcarney/Twitter/X: https://x.com/sgcarney 00:00 Intro 01:55 Organ Trafficking 19:55 Traumatic Buddhist Retreat 23:48 Wim Hof 42:22 Antibiotics / Placebo 52:50 David Sinclair 1:00:19 Peter Attia 1:07:08 Bryan Johnson 1:09:1…

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The surgeon Henry Marsh picks 'the saviour of mothers' Dr Semmelweis 27:44

9M ago27:44

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The biography show where famous guests pick someone from history they admire or they love. Our only rule is they must be dead. Today neurosurgeon Dr Henry Marsh chooses “the saviour of mothers” Dr Ignaz Semmelweis The Hungarian doctor discovered the link between childbirth and puerperal fever in 19th century Vienna but he was ridiculed, ignored and…

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The Roman Emperor Nero 27:36

9M ago27:36

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An unexpected choice for Great Lives, the Roman Emperor Nero has a reputation for debauchery and murder. He was also surprisingly popular, at least during the early years of his reign, and the writer Conn Iggulden argues he may be a victim of bad press. The Christians decided he was the anti-christ some three centuries after he died, and the three …

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The Lies Behind "Alternative Medicine" | Dr. Jonathan Stea 2:03:25

9M ago2:03:25

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Buy Dr. Jonathan Stea's new book "Mind the Science: Saving Your Mental Health from the Wellness Industry, here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/727047/mind-the-science-by-jonathan-n-stea-phd/9781039008236 Follow Dr. Jonathan Stea on X/Twitter here: https://x.com/jonathanstea?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor His website…

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Film director Julien Temple on Elizabethan bad boy Christopher Marlowe 27:47

9M ago27:47

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Julien Temple, director of The Great Rock n Roll Swindle, Glastonbury and Absolute Beginners, chooses Christopher Marlowe, writer of brilliant plays including Doctor Faustus and Tamburlaine the Great. "I'm excited to talk about him," he says, "because I've known him for more than 50 years." The link? An attempt as a student to summon up Marlowe in …

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Zing Tsjeng on Swedish painter Hilma af Klint 27:52

9M ago27:52

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Hilma af Klint (1862-1944) was barely known during her lifetime but an exhibition of her work at the Guggenheim Museum in 2018 shattered attendance records. it was called Paintings for the Future, and the giant abstract work astounded visitors who had not heard of her before.Joining journalist Zing Tsjeng in the studio to discuss her life is Jennif…

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Miriam Margolyes on Charles Dickens 27:54

10M ago27:54

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The great Miriam Margolyes chooses Charles Dickens, author of Oliver Twist and A Christmas Carol. "He's the man in my life. He's tugged me into his world and never let me go. He writes better prose than anyone who's ever lived. He's told the most interesting stories, invented 2000 of the best characters, and because he was a wicked man." Miriam Mar…

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The Worst Part Of Being A Nurse | Nurse Blake 1:22:57

10M ago1:22:57

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I'll teach you how to become the media's go-to expert in your field. Enroll in The Professional's Media Academy now: https://www.professionalsmediaacademy.com/Follow Nurse Blake YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/nurseblakeIG: https://www.instagram.com/nurse.blake/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nurseblake/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@nurseblak…

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The Corrupt World Of Food Politics | Marion Nestle 1:26:30

10M ago1:26:30

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Marion Nestle is a pioneer of food science and nutritional philosophy. She bucked the trend of going to college to find a husband and instead devoted herself to better understanding food and the deep corruption within America's agricultural industry. She's published several books on the subject and as taught for decades at some of the finest univer…

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The Dark Side Of Steroids and The Problem with Deadlifts | Dr. Mike Israetel 2:03:37

11M ago2:03:37

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I'll teach you how to become the media's go-to expert in your field. Enroll in The Professional's Media Academy now: https://www.professionalsmediaacademy.com/ Follow Dr. Mike Israetel here:YouTube - @RenaissancePeriodization Twitter/X - https://x.com/misraetel?lang=enInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/drmikeisraetel/?hl=enFacebook - https://www…

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The Science Of Transgender Healthcare, Puberty Blockers, & Conversion Therapy | Dr. Jack Turban 2:57:13

11M ago2:57:13

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Follow Dr. Jack Turban and buy his new book "Free To Be: Understanding Kids & Gender Identity" here: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jack_turban/ Twitter/X: https://x.com/jack_turban Free To Be: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Free-to-Be/Jack-Turban/9781668017043 00:00 Intro01:18 The Basics24:20 Defining Your Gender28:45 Treating Gender…

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Debating The Harms Of Social Media With Dr. Jonathan Haidt 1:32:58

12M ago1:32:58

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Go to https://ground.news/Doctormike to get a more well rounded and nuanced understanding of the news. Save 40% off unlimited access through my link this month. Follow Dr. Jonathan Haidt and buy his book here: The Anxious Generation: https://www.anxiousgeneration.com/book Twitter/X: https://x.com/JonHaidt Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jonath…

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Mary Portas on Anita Roddick 27:48

12M ago27:48

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Dame Anita Roddick started The Body Shop in Brighton as a way to earn a living while her husband was travelling the Americas by horseback. Her idea for ethically-sourced beauty products which were initially sold in urine sample bottles soon flew. The first shop that she began with a £4,000 loan and painted green to disguise the damp on the walls th…

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Lady Rachel MacRobert, chosen by Hayaatun Sillem 27:54

1y ago27:54

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Lady Rachel MacRobert was born Rachel Workman in Massachusetts in 1884. She was sent to study in the UK where she developed a passion for geology, and attended the Annual General Meeting of the Royal Geological Society despite women not being allowed. She became Lady Rachel MacRobert through marriage to Alexander MacRobert in 1911. He was thirty ye…

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Queen Emma 27:37

1y ago27:37

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Professor Alice Roberts, best known as the presenter of Digging for Britain, picks the wife of two English kings and the mother of two English kings. Queen Emma was born in Normandy and came to England as a diplomatic peaceweaver when she married Aethelred in 1002. Somehow she survived the invasion of the Danes under Swein Forkbeard and married his…

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Tommy Innit's Shocking Testicle Surgery 1:09:32

1y ago1:09:32

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Follow Tommy Innit here:YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TommyInnitInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/tommyinnit/Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/tommyinnitTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tommyinnit00:00 Intro01:40 What Makes Tommy Special04:10 Live Tour / Stand up Comedy12:10 Quitting YouTube / Logan Paul / Bo Burnham23:02 Going To Therapy25:30 H…

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James Dyson on Frank Whittle 27:54

1y ago27:54

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Frank Whittle’s fascination with aeroplanes started as a nine-year-old boy when he was nearly decapitated by one that was taking off from a local common in Coventry where he grew up. From that moment he set his sights on becoming a pilot, and joined the RAF in 1923. A few years later, aged just 21, he came up with an idea for powering aircraft so t…

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Katherine Rundell on E Nesbit 27:49

1y ago27:49

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Bestselling children's author Katherine Rundell discusses the extraordinary life of E Nesbit who wrote The Railway Children and Five Children And It. Katherine praises her “bold unwillingness to speak down to children” and reflects that “she never seemed to forget what it was like to be a child”. E, or Edith, Nesbit’s conjuring of mythical beasts l…

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