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Raising Curious Learners

Britannica for Parents

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The experts at Britannica for Parents bring you Raising Curious Learners—your guide for navigating life’s greatest journey now and in the future. Each episode features research-backed discussions about issues and trends in child development, education, and parenting. Recorded by our hosts Ann Gadzikowski and Elizabeth Romanski in Chicago, this podcast is for the ears of parents, guardians, teachers, and lifelong learners around the world. Part of the trusted Britannica family. For more, visi ...
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The Football Ramble is a global podcasting institution. Since 2007, the Ramble has provided entertainment, analysis and coverage of the Premier League and beyond for football fans who don't take the world's biggest sport too seriously. In 2025, the takes are as strong as ever, the jokes are as funny as ever and the Ramble remains as essential as it ever was for football fans everywhere. Join them throughout the week as they discuss the world's biggest football stories in their inimitable sty ...
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Worst Foot Forward

Hosted by Ben Van der Velde and Barry McStay

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An encyclopaedia of heroic failure Join Ben Van der Velde, Barry McStay and their guests as they brandish their wooden spoons of destiny and celebrate the losers, heroic failures and spectacular mis-steps that pockmark human endeavour. If you ever want to feel better about your progress in life, take a listen and enjoy a lovely schadenfreude bubble bath. Music by Max Perryment (www.maxperryment.co.uk) Donate to us via Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/WorstFootForward
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Expert political analysis and debate from a real-life political encyclopaedia. Nathan Eckersley is diving deep into the biggest political news and current affairs impacting young people around the world. Recorded live from Manchester every Sunday afternoon, with listener phone-ins and messages. Listen to the live broadcast every Sunday on W!ZARD Radio Station to get involved: www.wizardradio.com/listen
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Literary Quest

Literary Quest

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A podcast dedicated to fantasy fiction! Each week Marysa and Vicki will discuss a different book from the fantasy genre. A great podcast if you love talking about fantasy and are looking for recommendations.
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dot com: The Hacking

Crowd Network

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Is the post-Cold War era over? In this brave new world, nothing is too small, or big, to be digitalised…including acts of war. Russian ransomware attacks almost doubled last year. At this very moment, cybercriminals are crippling schools, supermarkets, dentists, kindergartens, hospitals, oil pipelines - all in the name of money. Katie Puckrik wants to know who, and why. You can listen to the previous series of dot com on this same feed. Series 1 unveils the hidden army of volunteers behind t ...
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The Sword and Laser

Tom Merritt and Veronica Belmont

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Read along with the Sword and Laser book club! From classic science fiction to the latest gritty fantasy, we cover it. Subscribe for book discussions, author interviews, hot releases, and news from the genre fiction world!
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Avatar Meher Baba

Mandali Hall Talks

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A collection of talks, stories, discussions and musical performances by Avatar Meher Baba's mandali and lovers, recorded primarily in Mandali Hall, Meherazad, India. Mandali Hall Talks also provides hundreds of full length talks about Meher Baba that are not in the podcast. They are available at mandalihall.org, under COLLECTIONS on the main menu. RSS Feed: https://mandalihall.net/podcast/mht.xml
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Home Routes Radio is dedicated to celebrating Folk Music, the origins, the roots and the artists. The Podcast is also a champion of the Home Routes – Chemin Chez Nous House Concert circuits across the country connecting hosts, audiences and artists across the country. Check out www.homeroutes.ca for more info. Mitch Podolak is a living breathing Folk Music Encyclopaedia with the first hand experience in the Folk Music World that is renowned across the Country and beyond. The Wednesday Night ...
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Judging More Than Just The Cover's Book Club Podcast

Amber Gregg, Kate Ota, and James Moore

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Podcast with in-depth book reviews and book discussions for fiction with strong female leads. Chats cover all genres such as historical fiction, psychological thrillers, young adult, contemporary fiction, suspense, and more. We pick one best-selling book per month to discuss. Since this is a full analysis, there will be spoilers. Join the discussion on social media @judgingmorethan Suggestions for our next book? Send us a message on social media! The team: Amber Gregg, Kate Ota, and James Moore.
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A Pod of Wings and Filth

H.B. Walsh and M. Durocher

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🎙️ A Pod of Wings and Filth🖤 A podcast where two voracious fantasy readers dive into the magical, gritty, and sometimes downright filthy world of fantasy! 🪽 On this podcast, we: 🔮 Chat about our favorite fantasy books 🐉 Do Deep Dives into our favorite series 🖤 Do Buddy Reads 📚 Serve opinions, enthusiasm, and our never-ending TBR piles So grab your favorite brew ☕, maybe a magical artifact or two 🗡️🔮, and join us as we dive into all things magic, wings, and… a little bit of filth. Follow Us 📸 ...
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Cozy Club

Monica & Regan

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Welcome to the Cozy Club! Best friends Monica and Regan created the Cozy Club to be a warm hug in podcast form for all the soft hearts out there. Grab a warm drink and join for beloved books, cozy games, funny stories, candid mental health discussions, and more!
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A virtual bookclub where we pair a beverage with the book of choice, then rate, review, rant and rave about it all. Spoilers are a given! Join us to drink and spill about the highs and the lows of whichever (fun and fiction) book catches our fancy.
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Ink & Quill

China Plus

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Love reading yet lost in plenty of literary podcasts out there? Look no further! The weekly program Ink&Quill is the hotchpotch you are looking for. Produced by bibliophiles from CRI English, the podcast connects you with literature, culture and writers in China and around the globe. A fun ride into the literary world, Ink&Quill blends news, book reviews, Q&As, panel discussions and feature stories, giving the listeners insight into writers' visions.
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Ink&Quill

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Love reading yet lost in plenty of literary podcasts out there? Look no further! The weekly program Ink&Quill is the hotchpotch you are looking for. Produced by bibliophiles from CRI English, the podcast connects you with literature, culture and writers in China and around the globe. A fun ride into the literary world, Ink&Quill blends news, book reviews, Q&As, panel discussions and feature stories, giving the listeners insight into writers' visions.
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Smug Book Club

C R Booth and R D Jay

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Tired of the same-old serious book analysis in podcasts? Well, we were. To solve this, Ryan and Callum started Smug Book Club. A podcast that gets literature 'lit' and puts the 'ok' into books. Every fortnight, the team releases an episode on a book. It can be old, new, classic or not, anything is up for discussion. Expect foul-language and spoilers, but don't worry if you haven't read the novel, we've done it for you. Follow us on Twitter: @SmugBookClub
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Welcome to Episode 7 of Season B. This is a Listener’s Choice ep, and things get hot, messy and monstrous as Sam, Neil and Alessandra look at Boiling, Bloody Mary and bay leaves. Things mentioned in this episode Sam Bilton wins at the Fortum & Mason Awards Museum of Royal Worcester project wins at the British Library Food Season Awards Sam’s black …
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This is a really interesting market opportunity. Does he score lots of goals? Not really. Will he quite frequently get sent off? Maybe. But yeah, £100m please. Mr Donaldson takes class today with Luke and Jim for a lesson in the economics of Nicolas Jackson, sexy white water rafting with Fabian Schär, and Dudley's finest celebrities. The lads also …
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We’re back with the final round of Luke’s Game for the summer! In this ‘Ramble Icons’ season finale, Marcus takes on Luke for the belts. And there’s only one category we could pick to end this titanic battle… Plus, we reveal the new name for Luke’s Game, as voted for by you! Please fill out Stak's listener survey! It'll help us learn more about the…
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Welcome back to our Ramble rewind! Today, we're revisiting some of our favourite stories from the second half of this season, featuring everyone's favourite disgraced eagle handler Juan Bernabé, Frank Clark's canal-shoving rampage, and Andy Gray as James Bond. Plus, the most contentious round of Jack's Encyclopedia to ever sully the Ramble studio a…
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For the next two days, we're looking back at some of our favourite moments from the 2024/25 season - aka the longest football season of all time (probably). Today's episode sees us reminisce about a few Ramble classics: Noni Madueke slagging off a town, a parrot grassing up a Spanish referee and David Coote's afters. Join us tomorrow for part two! …
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Episode 6: The Serpent and the Wings of Night – Parts Six & Seven. In this episode of A Pod of Wings and Filth, we dive into the final chapters of The Serpent and the Wings of Night. Oraya and Raihn return to the Moon Palace, shattered and grieving, but there’s no time to heal—betrayals erupt, secrets surface, and the last Kejari trial pushes every…
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Well there we have it, ladies and gents. The key is in the trophy and the curtain has finally come down on the Club World Cup. So now it’s time for Marcus, Luke, Pete and Andy to reveal their predictions for what was a rather, let’s say ‘unique’ tournament. It’s fair to say we had a pretty varied selection when it came to notable mad s***. Please f…
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Chelsea put in a mesmerising performance against PSG to claim the title of world champions - but that’s not half the story, is it? Join Marcus, Luke, Pete and Andy for a thorough breakdown of every madcap moment from the final of this foul jamboree, from Donald Trump and Gianni Infantino to Doja Cat wearing the new Crystal Palace shirt. Bear with u…
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It's a titanic clash this week: Marcus vs Brassell! And remember, for Andy Luke's Game is what the Turkish Süper Lig was for Mauro Icardi. Andy and his beautiful wrists are ready to tear it up. Can Marcus and his hairy chest do anything to stop him? The theme of today's game is Judas Footballers - players who have transferred to their fiercest riva…
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First Mohammed Kudus signs… Now Morgan Gibbs-White?! Imagine what our Big Ange could have done with this spicy new Spurs line-up! RIP Ange u will live on. Marcus, Andy and Pete check in with more transfer tidbits, including an outrageous Premier League return for Jordan Henderson and Noni Madueke’s move across town. Elsewhere, John Textor continues…
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In what was billed as Goliath vs Goliath, PSG absolutely crushed Florentino Pérez's poor band of not-so-merry men. Marcus and David wax lyrical about what could be one of the best teams of the 21st century and ask just what it means for little old Chelsea on Sunday. Plus, we link Adam Wharton with Los Blancos because why not and we wonder just how …
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Chelsea are into the final of the Club World Cup! But João Pedro really is extremely sorry about it all. Marcus, Luke and Andy react to Chelsea's march into the final, while FIFA's new office in Trump Tower brings us a very welcome reminder of the late, not-so-great Chuck Blazer. Plus, we find football's most loyal player in the Champions League qu…
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Join us this week for The Sunbearer Trials by Aiden Thomas. As a jade semidios, Teo planned to spend the Sunbearer trials with his best friend Niya, touring new towns and having fun. The last thing expected was to be selected by Sol as a competitor, but Sol deemed Teo and 9 other semidioses worthy of entering the trials that will keep away the Obsi…
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With the continuing issues at Sheffield Wednesday brought on by owner Dejphon Chansiri, we kick off with a worrying chat about football club ownership and to what extent we can fix such a severe structural problem in English football. Marcus and Luke also get David to reassure all the Sunderland fans listening by confirming that he thinks they’ll s…
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FIFA have always been very benevolent. So of course seats for Chelsea vs Fluminense are going for $13.40. It's what Gianni always wanted. Marcus and Luke are joined by On The Continent's David Cartlidge to discuss the latest at the Club World Cup and Kylian Mbappé's Mark Hughes impression. Plus, your famous football-related bum sightings and Marcus…
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Today, we're bringing you a special episode from Upfront, Stak's women's football show! Chloe Morgan and Rachel O'Sullivan discuss everything that went down in Zurich as England lost their first game of Euro 2025 against France. Need a bit of reassurance? They've got you. Plus, they react to Wales' tough debut against the Netherlands, which include…
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It's been smooth sailing so far in our Luke's Game summer series. But now is where it really gets tough. Luke hosts Marcus and Jim for our most challenging set of players yet, and it all leads (inevitably) to some dirty tactics. Come join us! Please fill out Stak's listener survey! It'll help us learn more about the content you love so we can bring…
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Yesterday the world received the devastating news that Liverpool and Portugal forward Diogo Jota, along with his younger brother André Silva, had tragically died after a car accident in Spain. Today, Marcus, Luke & Jim pay tribute to a player who lit up so many people's lives. He'll be remembered as a fantastic player, but more importantly as a lov…
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If you’re sick of Wimbledon like Luke is, or sick of the Club World Cup like everyone else, don’t fear. It’s the British Grand Prix this weekend, so we thought it was the perfect time to bring you an episode of another Stak podcast we think you’ll love. P1 with Matt and Tommy is the world’s biggest F1 podcast where hosts Matt Gallagher and Tom Bell…
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Alarming news coming out of Ramble HQ: Marcus has been in Gianni’s pocket the whole time. Turns out the biggest cheerleader for this foul jamboree has been right under our noses. He’s joined by Jim and Andy for more Club World Cup business as Man City were knocked out by everyone’s favourite underdogs Al Hilal, while Real Madrid march on and Inter …
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Episode 5: Bloodguard by Cecy Robson In this episode of A Pod of Wings and Filth, we kick off our next buddy read with Bloodguard by Cecy Robson—a brutal, high-stakes fantasy full of blood-soaked arenas, deadly secrets, and dangerous alliances. We dive into the story of Leith of Grey, a gladiator fighting for redemption in the gladiator pits of the…
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We're back with another Tuesday treat, answering all of your questions about the current cesspit which is world football. But since we still love it, how best to watch it? Marcus, Luke & Jim choose between watching football in a stadium, at home, and in the pub. Plus, a performance from the Undertaker at the newly-suggested relegation play-offs. Pl…
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Marcus, Luke and Jim break out a good old fashioned Eaaaaazay after England U21s beat Germany and retained their Euros crown. We wonder which of the squad could push for a senior call-up and ask who Thomas Tuchel was REALLY supporting… Elsewhere, it turns out Jurgen Klopp isn’t a fan of our beloved Club World Cup, but Kaveh Solhekol is here to remi…
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We're back for matchday two of Luke's Game! Defending champion Luke takes on Jack's Encyclopaedia champion Vish with the belt on the line. Today's players are all World Cup Icons. But who will leave the studio a Luke's Game icon? Only one way to find out! Please fill out Stak's listener survey! It'll help us learn more about the content you love so…
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That's a wrap on the group stages for the Club World Cup! Sadly, we're saying goodbye to the mighty Mamelodi Sundowns and River Plate, who oh so nearly gave us a proper brawl against Inter. Shame. Marcus, Luke, Vish and Andy (fresh back from LA!) discuss that and just how f**cked Juventus players Weston McKennie and Timothy Weah are after slagging …
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Today, we're bringing you a special episode from Andy's European rabble over at On The Continent! He's joined by Dotun and French football expert Jonathan Johnson to explore Lyon's relegation (provisionally) to Ligue 2. How on earth did such an illustrious club get to breaking point, and who is to blame for their demise? Plus, as Atlético Madrid cr…
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The really terrible tournament that we're enjoying and hate but also love goes on. And Gordon Bennett, Auckland City got a point against Boca bloody Juniors! Marcus, Jim and Pete celebrate a huge result for trainee school teachers everywhere. We also examine Atletico Madrid's promise of a supporter's club in space and Pete suggests building a Rambl…
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A tournament straight from the mind of Gianni Infantino is (predictably) a bit of a mess – but is the Club World Cup a totally lost cause, or is there a version of it that might actually work? Pete tells Marcus and Luke why the whole thing reminds him of the bizarre new Sprite and tea combo. Plus, what are the player and club pairings we wish had h…
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