Best Roger Robertson Podcasts (2025)

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Jonas Elbousty and Roger Allen, "Reading Mohamed Choukri's Narratives: Hunger in Eden" (Routledge, 2024) 1:05:00

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Reading Mohamed Choukri’s Narratives: Hunger in Eden (Routledge, 2024) presents an intricate exploration into the life and literary universe of Mohamed Choukri, a towering figure in 20th-century Moroccan literature. Known primarily for his groundbreaking autobiographical work “al-Khubz al-Ḥāfī” (For Bread Alone), Choukri’s literary influence extend…

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101 30:44

1d ago30:44

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Episode Highlights: 101 - In many ways our lifeblood. Join us as we talk education, small business, and the heart of our communities - our hospitals. Dave Price, Oregon Coast Community College Dr. Leslie Ogden, Samaritan North Lincoln & Pacific Communities Hospitals Lori Arce-Torres, Lincoln City Chamber of Commerce Support the show Double R Show -…

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C, Si, Sea 31:39

8d ago31:39

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Episode Highlights: Time to Celebrate!!! “C, Si, Sea” is our 100th Episode of the Double R Show. We launched in July of 2023, and have put out an episode each week since, so simple mathematics should not surprise us, but none-the-less we are. Even more so, we are grateful for you, the listeners, our many guests (nearly 300), Sponsors, and all of th…

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The Zuni Cafe Cookbook - Judy Rodgers 1:21:48

8d ago1:21:48

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We're back in SF for this epsiode's cookbook. The Zuni Cafe Cookbook was very close to being covered in our original season, with The List™, so we had high hopes for it! Listen and see what we thought. Intro track: Disco - All Good Folks Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

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Jody Benjamin, "The Texture of Change: Dress, Self-Fashioning, and History in Western Africa, 1700-1850" (Ohio UP, 2024) 1:17:14

13d ago1:17:14

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The Texture of Change: Dress, Self-Fashioning, and History in Western Africa, 1700 – 1850 (Ohio UP, 2024) examines historical change across a broad region of western Africa—from Saint Louis, Senegal, to Freetown, Sierra Leone—through the development of textile commerce, consumption, and dress. Indigo-dyed and printed cotton, wool, linen, and silk c…

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Vietnam - 50 Years On 35:33

15d ago35:33

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Episode Highlights: Three veterans of the Vietnam War, share their stories, 50 years on. Dr. Sam Scheinberg, Captain US Army Dr. Jay Cox, Lieutenant Commander and later Captain, US Navy Dick Wasson, Personnelman 2nd Class, US Navy Support the show Double R Show - Visit us online - [email protected] - Email us today - facebook.com/DoubleRShow - …

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William Jennings, "Dibia's World: Life on an Early Sugar Plantation" (Liverpool UP, 2023) 49:02

20d ago49:02

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In the latest episode of Unlocking Academia, Tarin Ahmed, the host, is joined by guest, William Jennings, a senior lecturer in French at the University of Waikato in New Zealand, and author of Dibia's World.: Life on an Early Sugar Plantation (Liverpool UP, 2023). William discusses the importance of names, voice and the community life of a hundred …

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Funding Futures 30:04

22d ago30:04

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Episode Highlights: Advocating for the future at the Ballot, at the College, and at Camp in this week's Double R Show. Lucinda Taylor, Instructor ~ Non-Profit Management Program - Oregon Coast Community College Liz Martin, Lincoln County School Board Sue Anderson, BB Camp Fundraiser Support the show Double R Show - Visit us online - Roger@DoubleRsh…

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Australian Food - Bill Granger 57:19

22d ago57:19

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The Cookbook Circle dives into Aussie flavours with Bill Granger’s laid-back brunch classics in this delicious episode on Australian Food, as recommended by many of our pals down under. Intro track: Disco - All Good Folks Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

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Yolanda Aixelà-Cabré, "Spain’s African Colonial Legacies: Morocco and Equatorial Guinea Compared" (Brill, 2022) 1:01:07

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The African cities of Bata and Al-Hoceima were created during the Spanish colonial rule of Equatorial Guinea and Morocco. Spain’s African Colonial Legacies: Morocco and Equatorial Guinea Compared (Brill, 2022) constructs their local history to analyse how Spanish colonialism worked, what its legacies were and the imprints it left on their national …

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Aaron Robertson, "The Black Utopians: Searching for Paradise and the Promised Land in America" (FSG, 2024) 54:58

28d ago54:58

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How do the disillusioned, the forgotten, and the persecuted not merely hold on to life but expand its possibilities and preserve its beauty? What, in other words, does utopia look like in black? These questions animate Aaron Robertson’s exploration of Black Americans' efforts to remake the conditions of their lives. Writing in the tradition of Said…

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The City State 30:50

1M ago30:50

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Episode Highlights: North Lincoln County is the home to a Senator, a House Rep, and a Mayor making access to democracy in the City and the State readily available even when some of those legislators are on the road. Join Double R as he connects with elected officials from Otis to OceanLake. Mayor Susan Wahlke Senator Dick Anderson Representative Da…

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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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Las G. Newman, "To Die in Africa’s Dust: West Indian Missionaries in Western Africa in the Nineteenth Century" (Langham, 2024) 1:32:52

1M ago1:32:52

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Christian mission in the modern era has generally been conceptualized as a Western endeavor: “from the West to the rest.” The rise and explosive growth of world Christianity has challenged this narrative, emphasizing Christian mission as “from everywhere to everywhere.” Dr. Las Newman contributes to this revitalized perspective, interrogating our u…

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Nurturing Souls 33:05

1M ago33:05

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Episode Highlights: There are many ways we as humans are nurtured. Be it from Earth's bounty and the food we need to survive, from Earth's beauty such as the Salmon River Estuary, or from those specially trained earthlings, we call doctors, all souls at sometime need a little care. Join Double R as he and his guests get tuned into nature and nurtur…

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Tartine - Elisabeth Prueitt and Chad Robertson 1:17:47

1M ago1:17:47

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The next stop on our restaurant cookbook tour of the world is Tartine, the home of the superlative pastries and breads that are world renowned and started the artisan bakery revolution. No pressure... Intro track: Disco - All Good Folks Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

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Bianca Murillo, "Market Encounters: Consumer Cultures in Twentieth-Century Ghana" (Ohio UP, 2017) 1:14:48

1M ago1:14:48

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In Market Encounters: Consumer Cultures in Twentieth-Century Ghana (Ohio UP, 2017), Bianca Murillo explores the shifting social terrains that made the buying and selling of goods in modern Ghana possible. Fusing economic and business history with social and cultural history, she traces the evolution of consumerism in the colonial Gold Coast and ind…

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Chitra Nagarajan, "The World Was in Our Hands: Voices from the Boko Haram Conflict" (Cassava Republic, 2025) 1:17:40

1M ago1:17:40

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The World Was in Our Hands: Voices from the Boko Haram Conflict (Cassava Republic Press, 2025) is a moving, often provocative, and ultimately vital collection of first hand accounts of people living through the Boko Haram conflict. From abducted girls to brash soldiers, and from community leaders to simple fishermen, this collection provides an ins…

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Accessibility 27:31

1M ago27:31

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Episode Highlights: According to accessibility consultant, Taylor Yount, accessibility isn’t just about “parking spaces and ramps”. Yes the physical space matters, but listen to learn about simple digital solutions to providing more access to the 43% of Lincoln County residents that benefit from accessibility. Plus hear about some of the ways acces…

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Mingwei Huang, "Reconfiguring Racial Capitalism: South Africa in the Chinese Century" (Duke UP, 2024) 1:05:34

2M ago1:05:34

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In Reconfiguring Racial Capitalism: South Africa in the Chinese Century (Duke UP, 2024), Mingwei Huang traces the development of new forms of racial capitalism in the twenty-first century. Through fieldwork in one of the “China malls” that has emerged along Johannesburg’s former mining belt, Huang identifies everyday relations of power and differen…

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Les Sosnowski and Monique Sosnowski, "Operation Crevette: Benin, Mercenaries, and the Survival of a New State" (Lexington Books, 2024) 1:49:04

2M ago1:49:04

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Freshly out from under French colonial rule in 1960, the West African nation of Dahomey (now Benin) became home to the largest number of coups d’état in history, earning the reputation of the “sick child of Africa.” Country politics eventually aligned with Marxist and socialist ideologies stimulating French opposition that resulted in mercenary int…

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Holy Week 28:13

2M ago28:13

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Episode Highlights: Two world religions sharing in Passover. Hear about the overlap and differences, plus how this Easter will bring people together for all sorts of hunts. Reverend John Knutson, St. James Santiago Episcopal Church Pastor Jim Kyes, St. Peter the Fisherman Lutheran Church Chamber Director Lori Arce-Torres, Great Oregon Coast Garage …

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The River Cafe Cookbook - Rose Gray and Ruth Rogers 1:01:34

2M ago1:01:34

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Oh there's nothing like a fresh season, full of promise and new cookbooks to discuss! Here we kick off a season dedicated to restaurant cookbooks, starting with the iconic River Cafe Cookbook, by Rose Gray and Ruth Rogers. Packed full of simple Italian classics, we put our chef skills to the test - join us to find out what we think... Intro track: …

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Katherine Hallemeier, "African Literature and US Empire: Postcolonial Optimism in Nigerian and South African Writing" (Edinburgh UP, 2024) 41:51

2M ago41:51

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African Literature and US Empire Postcolonial Optimism in Nigerian and South African Writing (Edinburgh UP, 2024) demonstrates how African literature grapples with the enforced optimism of US empire that circulates in postcolonial nations: Unsettles chronologies that chart a growing disillusionment with the postcolonial nation and national developm…

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Power in Knowledge 31:32

2M ago31:32

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Episode Highlights: As we analyze how there is power in knowledge, Immigration Law is first on the docket. Secondly, we hear about the JFK dossier release from someone with firsthand experience, having overseen the autopsy of the 35th President. We close out the program with a look at the power of SEO, and how knowledge of digital media, including …

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Econ 101 34:51

2M ago34:51

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Episode Highlights: Be it in education, healthcare, local government, or non-profits, economics drives much of the ways and means of life on 101. Join Double R and his guests to gain insight into the financial side of many of our local institutions. Dr. Majalise Tolan, Superintendent, Lincoln County School District Dr. Lesley Ogden, CEO, Samaritan …

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Neighbors 30:56

2M ago30:56

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Support the show Double R Show - Visit us online - [email protected] - Email us today - facebook.com/DoubleRShow - Follow us - Buy Double R a Donut - A way to support the podcast and local non-profits - Join as a Sponsor - Advertise with us to promote your business - All Ways Productions LLC - All Rights Reserved…

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Tycho van der Hoog, "Comrades Beyond the Cold War: North Korea and the Liberation of Southern Africa" (Hurst, 2025) 43:30

3M ago43:30

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North Korea was an important player in the decolonisation of Africa. Freedom fighters across the continent received vital assistance from Pyongyang, and almost all southern African independence leaders travelled to the North Korean capital at some point, in search of support. This alliance has continued into the twenty-first century, with African p…

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William Blakemore Lyon, "Forged in Genocide: Migrant Workers Shaping Colonial Capitalism in Namibia, 1890-1925" (de Gruyter, 2024) 1:29:12

3M ago1:29:12

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Forged in Genocide traces the early history of colonial capitalism in Namibia with a central focus on migrants who came to be key to the economy during and as a result of the German genocide of the Herero and Nama (1904-1908). It posits that Namibia, far from being a colonial backwater of the early 20th century, became highly integrated into the la…

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Event Full 30:02

3M ago30:02

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Episode Highlights: We have literally filled an episode with just upcoming events, including community days and a community meeting seeking input on Oregon's Marine Reserves. Join Double R and Son Paul for a look at Lincoln City’s celebration of the people and the place we call home. Plus you have likely heard of the fourth or maybe even the fifth …

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Navigate & Communicate 31:58

3M ago31:58

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Episode Highlights: Find help to find your way to resources for home and safety, for veterans of the Armed Services, and learn about pro-level "amateur" communications. Join Double R as he and his guests explore everything from Coastal Hazards to HAM Radio Communications to Veteran Services all available on the Central Oregon Coast. Felicia Olmeta …

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Arwen P. Mohun, "American Imperialist: Cruelty and Consequence in the Scramble for Africa" (Chicago UP, 2023) 45:04

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This biography of “African explorer” Richard Dorsey Mohun, written by one of his descendants, reveals how American greed and state power helped shape the new imperial order in Africa. Richard Dorsey Mohun spent his career circulating among the eastern United States, the cities and courts of Europe, and the African continent, as he served the US Sta…

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Alexander Smalls and Nina Oduro, "The Contemporary African Kitchen: Home Cooking Recipes from the Leading Chefs of Africa" (Phaidon Press, 2024) 24:33

3M ago24:33

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The Contemporary African Kitchen: Home Cooking Recipes from the Leading Chefs of Africa (Phaidon Press, 2024) is an elegant collection of 120 home cooking recipes from Africa’s most exciting culinary voices today. Extensively researched and thoughtfully curated by James Beard Award winning chef, author, and restaurateur Alexander Smalls in colla…

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