Savvy and aspiring investors will appreciate The Global Investor Podcast. Each episode will focus on a specific theme that will help you enhance and diversify your investing skills and strategies. You will learn from partners, members and guests about industries, markets, geographies and anything else that aligns with our mission.The Global Investor is brought to you by Obris, a membership-based global investor syndicate. Our mission is to bring together exceptional people, unique experience ...
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Foreman Law presents the How To Buy And Sell a Business Podcast with hosts Sam Foreman, Business Attorney at Foreman Law, and Jacob Wayman, owner of Orange Theory Fitness in Wichita, Kansas. The goal of the podcast is to educate, equip, and empower you to have a successful deal process whether you are buying or selling a business, or simply want to learn more about what that process is like. Legal topics discussed on this podcast are for general purpose information only. No client attorney r ...
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We believe that a high quality rental property is the best investment a person can make. This podcast equips listeners to build a rental portfolio of their own. Each week host, Kirby Atwell, interviews someone who is living off rentals and identifies best practices, advice, and potential investing pitfalls to avoid!
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The Lo-Down brings conversations with people from all walks of life who are relentlessly pursuing success. Hosted by Lorenzo Mercado this podcast dives into the stories behind the grind and uncovering the mindset and strategies that drive growth. From entrepreneurs and season investors to business owners and visionaries, every guest shares a unique perspective on what it takes to achieve success. Whether you're building a business, chasing a dream, or striving for personal growth, The Lo-dow ...
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Every Friday, join us as we dive into the latest in real estate multifamily with David Moghavem, Head of East Coast Acquisitions at Trion Properties. David invites top experts who know the ins, outs, and trends shaping the real estate multifamily market across the nation! Whether you’re a seasoned investor or just curious about where the next big opportunity might be, Deal Flow Friday brings you the weekly inside scoop on what’s hot, what’s not, and what to watch for in today’s ever-evolving ...
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The Alternative Investor is a show about investing money outside of the stock market (private equity, real estate, venture capital, etc.) where the returns are typically higher but the investment decisions are less straightforward. Join Brad Johnson from Evergreen Capital as he discusses investing in alternative assets to help you make better decisions with your investment portfolio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Welcome to The Perfect RIA podcast, the ultimate resource for advisors who want to master time management, optimize advisor-client interactions, achieve unparalleled profitability, and maximize value in their practice. Hosted by industry experts Matthew Jarvis, CFP®, and Micah Shilanski, CFP®, this podcast is your blueprint for success. Matthew and Micah don't talk theory; they share what has worked for them in the real world. They cut through the noise to deliver practical advice that you c ...
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Welcome to Deal-by-Deal, a Podcast by McGuireWoods. Deal-by-Deal invites you to conversations with experienced independent sponsors and other private equity professionals. Join McGuireWoods partners Greg Hawver and Jeff Brooker as they explore middle-market Private Equity M&A to provide you with timely insights and relevant takeaways. McGuireWoods is a full-service firm providing legal and public affairs solutions to corporate, individual, and nonprofit clients worldwide for more than 200 ye ...
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A Higher Law is your guide to the latest legal developments in the cannabis world, brought to you by Dykema’s award-winning cannabis attorneys. From employment to real estate to emerging trends, A Higher Law features interviews with industry insiders to discuss everything you need to know to navigate this complex legal space. To hear more episodes, subscribe to Dykema’s YouTube channel, find us on our News and Insights feed, or search “A Higher Law” wherever you get your podcasts.
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Strength in Numbers with Marcus Crigler is the #1 podcast for real estate entrepreneurs who make good money but struggle with cash flow, tax planning, and building real wealth. If you're tired of living deal to deal, wondering where your money goes, and paying too much in taxes, this show will transform how you manage your real estate business finances. Host Marcus Crigler, CEO of BEC CFO Services, helps real estate investors escape financial stress by implementing proven wealth-building sys ...
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Hear KUOW and NPR award-winning hosts and reporters from around the globe present some of the nation's best reporting of the day's events, interviews, analysis and reviews.
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The Value Builder Podcast delivers real-world strategies for creating lasting value in commercial real estate. Hosted by Saul Zenkevicius, each episode features operators, developers, and investors who specialize in value-add, adaptive reuse, and execution that performs. No fluff—just tested insights that move the needle.
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The Loonie Hour is a Canadian based macro economic podcast covering newsworthy events across the globe and how they will impact Canadians.
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Deal Diaries is a podcast dedicated to uncovering the stories, strategies, and financial frameworks behind buying, acquiring, and selling companies in the European market. Our mission is to empower aspiring entrepreneurs and acquisition enthusiasts by providing open, honest, and educational conversations with the people behind the deals.
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Capitalmind looks at stocks, bonds, funds and the macro to bring you their view on the Indian financial markets. We discuss all things related to investing at our focussed podcast that keeps it simple. For more, go to capitalmind.in and to invest with us, visit capitalmindwealth.com
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The Distro Boss Podcast looks into the untold stories of business breakthroughs. We look to engage with entrepreneurs at all levels and examine the fusion of insights, experiences, and stories that redefine entrepreneurial success.
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Blueprint to Billions is a podcast for real estate professionals, investors, and changemakers who want to master the strategy behind HUD-backed multifamily housing deals. Hosted by attorney and multifamily housing strategist Terry Bruner, the show pulls back the curtain on what really drives successful affordable housing development, from navigating red tape and relational capital to building generational wealth through TPA investments. Each episode blends legal insight, policy knowledge, an ...
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An ongoing conversation about Real Estate, Entrepreneurship, and Personal Development.
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The Total Wealth Academy radio show is about much more than just using real estate to make more money. Real wealth includes all the parts of a balanced life: fitness, family, romance, charity, fun, travel, and, of course, money. Host Steve Davis started with bad credit and no money and ended up invested in over 4000 single-family and apartment units. He did this while maintaining above-average fitness, a 33-year marriage, raising two outstanding children, and simply living life to the fulles ...
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Venture Capital seems to carry a lot of unanswered questions, especially for the first-time founders, so we are super excited to share a brand-new Podcast series called “Venture Capital Deep Dive.” Find out all there is to know about the VC world in a podcast brought to you by btov Partners, Alexander Stoeckel, and Cédric Bollag. Check out a new video every other Wednesday!
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Join Mike Ferrante from Century 21 HomeStar and the 21 Mike Team, based in Cleveland, Ohio. All things real estate: from agent training, real estate investing, buyer and seller tips and more.
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The Property Line is a brief and lively discussion of the biggest issues facing the commercial real estate industry. The podcast will deliver insights from Seyfarth’s real estate lawyers and other industry leaders on current market trends and how they impact all facets of commercial real estate.
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Learn how to build wealth through investing in commercial real estate. We invite special guest on the show to discuss about how they got started and their journey on how they created and build wealth in commercial real estate such as apartments, hotels, self storage, mobile home parks and other commercial asset classes.
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How do the best writers get to work? In every episode, we'll chat to an author about what they do through a day. Where do they work? What time do they start? How do they plan their time and maximise their creativity, in order to plot and publish a bestseller? Some are frantic night-owls, others roll out of bed into their desks, and a few lock themselves away in the woods - but none have a regular 9 to 5, and we'll find out how they've managed it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mo ...
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Making a dent in the world, one day at a time. Interviewing Entrepreneurs, businessmen and women, and anyone in between.
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The Creative Financing Podcast
Cody R, Nicole K, and Jeff Rappaport: Real Estate Investing and Creative Financing Expert
Welcome to The Creative Financing Podcast for Real Estate Investors, Wholesalers, and Flippers, where you’ll learn how to structure terms, and use various creative financing strategies to create profitable deals for short and long-term wealth. ~ Join the Apprenticeship program: roimentors.com ~ Want to ask a question? Submit yours to The Creative Financing Facebook Group ~ Follow The Creative Financing YouTube Channel ~ Follow The Creative Financing Facebook Page ~~ Connect with Jeff on Face ...
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This podcast focuses on identifying buying opportunities and implementing strategies in the volatile South Florida condo markets of Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties. Host Peter Zalewski is a former financial journalist and the founder of the Miami Condo Investing Club. Zalewski is a licensed real estate broker, Wall Street analyst and expert witness. This podcast is not authorized by the real estate industry and will probably annoy many of the industry’s talking heads.
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From Angel To Exit is a business podcast exploring the entrepreneurial journey of scaling a business from raising your first round of funding to exiting. We cover the trials and tribulations that founders face, the pitfalls and pratfalls you want to avoid, as well as the joy and impact that success can bring. Join us on our next episode, where we speak about the challenges that real leaders face growing and scaling their organizations and how they’ve overcome them to achieve success and make ...
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The Law Firm Growth Lab Podcast explores the science of scaling your practice. Each episode features top-performing immigration and family law attorneys who share the real-world strategies, data-driven insights, and marketing systems that fueled their growth. Hosted by the digital marketing team behind MarketCrest, an internationally-acclaimed agency for law firm growth. We break down what works, what doesn’t, and how to turn your marketing into a predictable, repeatable system for success. ...
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This podcast taps the expertise of Keith Dee, President and CEO of Osage Advisors, with more than 30 years of experience advising business owners and families of midsize companies and helping them maximize value through M&A and capital transactions.
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Getting started with Commercial Real Estate Investing, or an experienced investor? This is a weekly podcast on the steps that I take to make my Commercial Real Estate investments (Retail, Office, Self Storage, etc) including successes and lessons learned. We cover advanced techniques for purchasing, operating, and exiting your properties, from the best people in the industry. You will learn everything you need to know about real estate investing. We are based in San Francisco / Silicon Valle ...
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The GameMakers podcast publishes current, entertaining, and in-depth discussions on F2P game development. Topics that we cover include the business of games, F2P monetization, liveops, game design, game development processes, team structure, and more.
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Welcome to Selfwealth, where we chat about anything and everything real estate investing. Join Luc Boiron as we explore how successful people invest in real estate, sometimes make it their career and set themselves up for financial security. Learn from our host and guests experience in a wide range of real estate investing and business building. From investigating current real estate trends to analyzing guest's best and worst deals, we're here to help you learn from our mistakes and success' ...
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On this show, Yowana reviews the latest and greatest running shoes, talks marathon training and puts in the work—DAILY. This is your favorite running YouTube channel, now in podcast form. Brought to you by Supwell, the world's best community for hobby joggers.
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Tips on how to be a better endurance athlete, every day, directly from the world's best runners! Whether you participate in endurance races as a hobby, or you're a competitive ultra-endurance athlete, this podcast will help you achieve your goals when it comes to racing, training, and recovery. The show is hosted by Ultra-Endurance athlete, Joe Corcione, who has competed in Ultramarathons, Ultratriathlons, and Ironman races.
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Your Girl: The High Ticket Coach Podcast: Scale Your Business, Marketing & High Ticket Sales
Anastasia Marie
Your Girl is the only podcast for 6–7 figure coaches who want to scale their online business, master high-ticket sales, and build their dream brand through podcasting. Hosted by Marie Walker, founder of Your Girl Media — a boutique agency helping coaches hit their dream numbers through podcast production, sales strategy, and systems that scale. This podcast is for business coaches , mindset coaches , spiritual coaches , and relationship coaches ready to grow their income, expand their impact ...
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The Ecommerce Wizards podcast features top leaders in e-commerce and business to discuss proven strategies and trends from people in the trenches.
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The Twenty Minute VC (20VC) interviews the world's greatest venture capitalists with prior guests including Sequoia's Doug Leone and Benchmark's Bill Gurley. Once per week, 20VC Host, Harry Stebbings is also joined by one of the great founders of our time with prior founder episodes from Spotify's Daniel Ek, Linkedin's Reid Hoffman, and Snowflake's Frank Slootman. If you would like to see more of The Twenty Minute VC (20VC), head to www.20vc.com for more information on the podcast, show note ...
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Hosted by Brand Attorney LaConya Murray, the Own Your Genius Podcast delivers straight-to-the-point legal and business insights designed to help business owners build brands that last. Each episode is a deep dive into the mindset shifts, legal protections, and strategic moves you need to confidently grow your business and own your genius. Inspired by her grandmother—the community bootlegger who sparked her entrepreneurial fire—Attorney Murray brings her signature blend of legal know-how and ...
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Psychopath In Your Life Podcast will give you insight into the mind of the everyday psychopath, the one for whom you may work, the one whom you may run into in the grocery store or at the gym, or possibly the one with whom you live. The purpose of the podcast is to give you a unique way to identify and how to deal with psychopaths.
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The Unicorn Launcher is a business podcast like no other. Follow the real, raw and unfiltered lives of two Australian tech founders pulling apart and rebuilding their small company under the guidance of Silicon Valley super-coach, Matt Mochary (Coinbase, Robinhood, Reddit and more).
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Are you ready to take the steps necessary to thrive? Join us every episode as host Adam Gragg discusses what is holding us back and how to move forward with purpose, along the way developing healthy relationships and navigating life transitions while overcoming fear, stress and anxiety. Adam is a family therapist, mental health professional and life coach, helping individuals and organizations find the transformational clarity that unleashes hope. Live the life you want, the legacy you decide.
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Chrissi Sanders takes you behind the scenes with business leaders across industries. She breaks down the latest moves in business, finance and real estate. Coffee with Chrissi covers mindset, productivity, entrepreneurship, finance, real estate, marketing and more.
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A new 2019 Transfer Window podcast revealing exactly how Football deals really happen. Follow us on Twitter @TransfersPod
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Welcome to The Frother Show - A show on all things cycling. This podcast includes our interview series where we delve into the world of cycling, chatting with athletes, coaches, presenters, and commentators - all with a story to tell about the sport we love. Right through to our tips series, where we share all the tips & tricks that we’ve learned over many years in the sport: audio from our Friday Tips with Fenz videos, webinars, and other content in our Frother library.
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A shifting economic order. Rising geopolitical risk. Capital on edge. In The Real Estate Market Watch, Dr. Adam Gower, author, academic, and commercial real estate veteran with over 40 years of experience, examines the macroeconomic signals reshaping the real estate investment landscape. This isn't a show about deal hype or trend-chasing. It's about what happens when confidence meets correction - and how investors and sponsors can respond with clarity, discipline, and a focus on downside pro ...
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Welcome to Roots to Riches, hosted by Justin Benton, the podcast where natural healing meets the pursuit of wealth, freedom, and purpose. This show is all about helping you harness the power of nature, mindset, and timeless principles to build a life of true abundance. We start with the roots: health, wealth and purpose. From there, we grow upward toward all types of riches be it impact, financial freedom, and control of your inner-peace. Through inspiring stories, actionable insights, and l ...
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Research shows that 80% of Realtors will not survive their first year and 87% of Realtors will be COMPLETELY out of the business within 5 years. Why does this happen? What does this mean for you? It means that if you have survived your first year, you are already better than 80%! of the new agents out there. Survive to five years, and you are statistically in the top 13%! That is great and awful at the same time. Why do agents fail or leave the business? How do I make sure I am not a statist ...
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Hard Money Lending & Deal Structuring | Hemant Mahajan E38
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58:58Lorenzo Mercado sits down with Hemant Mahajan—Bay Area real estate developer, hard money lender, founder of Newbridge Equity, and author of Buying Back Your Life—to explore what really changes when you operate as both the lender and the investor. Hemant breaks down how seeing deals from both perspectives completely transforms risk assessment, deal …
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The Secret to Structuring Winning Syndication Deals
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29:44Welcome back to the show! In this episode, Steve introduces a special guest, a friend and sponsor of Total Wealth Academy, known for their incredible track record in the industry. This individual is a phenomenal syndicator, making waves in the real estate world. They will be discussing key insights into "how to syndicate real estate deals" and the …
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Latest Content - Car and Driver: The Ford Maverick Lobo Is Held Back by Its Tires. We Fixed That
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iPhone in Canada: GeForce Now’s Unlimited Gaming Era Ends January 1
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Latest Content - Car and Driver: Tested: Change Is Good for the 2025 Mercedes-Benz EQS450 4Matic
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Latest Content - Car and Driver: View Interior Photos of the 2025 Mercedes-Benz EQS450
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Latest Content - Car and Driver: View Exterior Photos of the 2025 Mercedes-Benz EQS450
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Latest Content - Car and Driver: Car and Driver's 10 Most Popular Stories of 2025
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Latest Content - Car and Driver: Car and Driver's Best Images of 2025
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iPhone in Canada: Public Mobile Quietly Brings Back Its $35/75GB Canada–U.S.–Mexico Plan
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iPhone in Canada: iPhone Air, iPhone 17 Deals Hit Rogers and More Ahead of Boxing Day
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iPhone in Canada: Nvidia Lands Massive $20B AI Chip Deal With Groq
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www.cbc.ca: Istanbul police detain 115 suspected ISIS members believed planning Christmas attacks in Turkey
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www.cbc.ca: Pope Leo 1st's Christmas sermon decries treatment of Palestinians in Gaza, harm of wars on the 'defenceless'
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www.cbc.ca: Under the streets of Naples, a social collective bets on locals, culture to help a rough neighbourhood thrive
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www.cbc.ca: Russia is about to start staging plays at the Mariupol theatre it bombed
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www.cbc.ca: How internet sleuths are un-redacting some of the Epstein files
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Nike Structure Plus First Run Review
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1:11:01Get your hobby jogger beanie. https://hobbyjogger.com Sign up for the Supwell app for the best deals on running shoes and gears and/or to offload your shoes so your spouse lets you buy more shoes: https://supwell.circle.so/checkout/marketplace-and-forum-ld3nz (along with DAILY motivation, the most supportive hobby jogger community, best buy, sell a…
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iPhone in Canada: Rogers, Telus, or Bell? Analysts Crown the Top Telecom Stock for 2026
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www.cbc.ca: IN PHOTOS | Christmas celebrations from around the world
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iPhone in Canada: Apple Developer Academy in Detroit Faces Funding Scrutiny
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www.cbc.ca: After weeks of vote counting, Trump-backed candidate wins Honduras presidential election
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50 years later, a journalist reunites with 'Santa Claus' Jewish newspaper boy
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4:33In 1967, a journalist wrote about a boy buying presents on Christmas Eve. The story got an overwhelming response from readers. Fifty years later, the young boy and the journalist reconnected.By Robin Washington
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These salamanders supercool themselves to handle the snow
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3:37Blue spotted salamanders can supercool themselves so they can walk over ice and snow during their spring migrationsBy Nell Greenfieldboyce
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An American doctor describes volunteering in Gaza
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5:30An American doctor journals her daily life as a volunteer in al-Shifa hospital, which was once Gaza's largest medical facility.By Hadeel Al-Shalchi
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Zelenskyy says he's open to pull back troops if Russia does too
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2:45Ukraine's president says he open to pulling troops back from parts of the east if Russia also pulls back its forces.By Joanna Kakissis
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How the clergy has rallied against the Trump administration's immigration policies
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5:46Religious leaders have rallied against the Trump administration's detention and deportation of immigrants. Clergy are filing lawsuits, accompanying migrants to court hearings and leading protests.By Jack Jenkins
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NPR listeners share their untraditional holiday traditions
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8:01Holiday traditions don't all come with matching sweaters and cookie recipes — some are stranger, funnier, and deeply personal. We asked our listeners to share their unconventional holiday traditions.By Matt Ozug
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2025 has seen an explosion of AI-generated slop
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7:512025 has seen an explosion in AI-generated slop. NPR's Geoff Brumfiel and Shannon Bond discuss how AI-generated videos are shaping reality online.By Geoff Brumfiel
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Her Christmas lights were going up. Then Border Patrol showed up
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3:27A North Carolina woman left her front yard Christmas tree half-decorated after immigration agents questioned men helping her. The unfinished tree stands as a symbol of the immigration crackdown.By Adrian Florido
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ADHD drugs work indirectly to improve attention
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3:47New research suggests that prescription stimulants for ADHD don't actually improve attention directly. They work on different pathways in the brain that support attention..By Jon Hamilton
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A man is making gingerbread houses to extreme proportions and lengths
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2:43Peter Williams makes highly elaborate gingerbread houses. He's depicted San Francisco's Painted Ladies and zoo, as well as a replica of the International Space Station.By Jordan-Marie Smith
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www.cbc.ca: Winter storm inundates California with heady rain, mudslides and whiteout chaos
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The National Weather Service is warning of heavy rains for the next couple of days, potentially causing flooding and rock/mudslides in Southern California.By Juana Summers
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www.cbc.ca: Pope Leo celebrates mass on Christmas Eve
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Reindeer bring holiday magic to Illinois ranch year round
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3:31Reindeer typically live in colder climates. However, they are a big hit on a ranch in central Illinois where they live year-round and become a special attraction during the holiday season.By Adelyn Mui
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The Washington, D.C., Jewish Community Center has designated Dec. 25 as a day of service. On Christmas Day, hundred of volunteers fan out, offering food, gifts, warm clothing for those in need.By KUOW Staff
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