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Pink Parachute Diaries

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The ladder may be broken, but Black women are building launchpads. Pink Parachute Diaries is the unapologetic podcast for ambitious sisters who’ve been handed pink slips instead of golden parachutes—and decided to fly anyway. Hosted by E.R. Spaulding, powerhouse behind BlackWoman Startup, each week spotlights fearless trailblazers rewriting the rules of career, power, and purpose. From C-suite leaders who walked away from toxic boardrooms to creatives turning side hustles into full-blown emp ...
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Grey Parachute

Grey Parachute

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Grey Parachute is a Podcast about two guys who find the whole job search dynamic nowadays interesting and want to talk about it. We also want to talk to you! We want to hear your questions, viewpoints, advice, crazy stories, and etc.!
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Whether you’re interested in learning more about the real Band of Brothers, or exploring the people, places and things associated with a wide range of World War II battles, the “We’re Not Lost, Private” Podcast is the pod for you. We focus on telling the stories of the members of the Greatest Generation who served at the bayonet point and were involved in the battles that helped define the 20th Century and beyond. We’ll talk with historians, authors, battlefield guides and family members of ...
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Are you really willing to enjoy one-of-a-kind experience? Then, Experience the thrill of parachuting in Milan with professional instructors of Lancio Paracadute. These instructors are experienced and knowledgeable can provide you the great experience. More details at: https://lancioparacadute.it/
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Entrepreneurs take risks. Perhaps the biggest risk of all is stepping away from the safety of a "comfortable" job and striking out on their own. Hear stories of business owners who took the leap and then asked, "Where's my parachute?"
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Dream Adventure Journey

Reverse Parachute

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Dream Adventure Journey is an auditory exploration of the worlds next door created from the tales of this one. Join hosts and Austin-based comedians Bri, Donovan, and Walter (and their guests) as they consume the grey noise of reality and form the sounds into moving, breathing, terrible, beautiful, just-alright monstrosities.
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A podcast about everything life threw at me that I learned to survive. From the physical, mental, emotional and financial twists and turns after losing both my parents by 25, job loss, near bankruptcy at 31 to how finally losing 200 pounds changed my life at 42! Let me tell you how I packed my parachute with every experience and the knowledge it gave me to land on my feet happier and healthier than I expected! Linktree: https://linktr.ee/Parachuteadvice
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Radio Skydive UK

Craig Poxon, Brian Cumming

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Europe's #1 skydiving podcast is full of skydiving news, advice, stories and interviews with some of the best skydivers from around the world. To happily misquote the 1990s cinematic masterpiece Point Break, RSUK is jumping *and* jerking off, with its entertaining, educational and irreverent banter.
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Skydive Radio

Skydive Radio Inc.

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Skydive Radio is the world's leading podcast dedicated to the sport of skydiving. Episodes include commentary on the sport, feature interviews with industry insiders, and listener-contributed content from an audience that spans the globe.
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Focused

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David Sparks and Mike Schmitz are not nearly as productive as they’d like to be. Join these fellow travelers (and a bunch of special guests) as they share the best ways to get focused, and talk through their successes and failures along the way. Hosted by David Sparks and Mike Schmitz.
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Houston We Have a Podcast

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

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From Earth orbit to the Moon and Mars, explore the world of human spaceflight with NASA each week on the official podcast of the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Listen to in-depth conversations with the astronauts, scientists and engineers who make it possible.
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Conversations draws you deeper into the life story of someone you may have heard about, but never met. Journey into their world, joining them on epic adventures to unfamiliar places, back in time to wild moments of history, and into their deepest memories, to be moved by personal stories of resilience and redemption. Hosted by Richard Fidler and Sarah Kanowski, Conversations is the ABC's most popular long-form interview program. Every day we explore the vast tapestry of human experience, wea ...
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Join Don Wildman as he embarks on an epic quest to solve history’s greatest mysteries. From historical institutions to unexplored archives, Don unearths extraordinary relics and sinister artifacts. Featuring direct audio from the hit Travel Channel show, uncover the secrets behind these incredible objects and learn about the history of civilization, war, technology, and everything in between. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Amazing War Stories

Bruce Crompton

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In this 3D audio series, ex-British Paratrooper and history fanatic Bruce Crompton narrates incredible tales of bravery from conflicts throughout the ages to support military institutions. All around the world military museums are in danger of closing and smaller, veterans charities desperately need more support. If we allow them to perish, the history contained within them will be lost, as will vital life-lines for our cherished veterans. Remember, Military museums aren't just places of lea ...
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Companions & Champions

Parachutes for Pets

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Anyone who has ever had a pet knows one thing inherently—pets aren’t just like family. They are family. On Companions & Champions, a PFP podcast series, we take listeners on a journey celebrating the human-animal bond between a champion in their industry and their companion(s). In this series, we hear about the trials and tribulations of our champions and discuss the many ways pets change our lives both inside and out. Released every other Thursday, this series focuses on conversations betwe ...
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On Social Currency, Sammi Cohen unpacks the stories that are shaping business, culture and the intersection of the two. From boardrooms to Instagram trends, Sammi speaks with business leaders to connect the dots between brand, consumer and influence, so you don’t just keep up—you get ahead. New episodes drop every Tuesday and Friday. Follow now to stay in the know. Want more? Find Sammi on Instagram @sammicohentalks.
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The Shallow End

Schnebly and Toth

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From the Webby Award-winning creators of The Box Of Oddities Podcast comes The Shallow End with Schnebly and Toth. Friends since childhood, Lindsay Schnebly and Jethro Gilligan Toth have always shared a love for stories of people doing ridiculously dumb things. They found it wildly amusing as young boys. They still do today. This is your invitation to pour a strong drink and join them for true stories that are tragically hilarious.
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General Aviation news, pilot tips for beginners & experts, interviews, listener questions answered, technical details on G1000 & Perspective glass cockpits & flying GPS approaches. 40 yrs experience flying general aviation aircraft. As an active flight instructor, I bring my daily experiences in the air to this show to help teach pilots and future pilots to fly safely. I'm a Platinum Cirrus CSIP instructor and work with people who are thinking about buying a new or used SR20 or SR22. Go to A ...
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Join host, Mary Vallarta, as she shares helpful information and inspiring stories from AAPI individuals who bravely broke free of limiting expectations and traditions to follow their creative, artistic, or entrepreneurial passions. Mary comes from a Pilipino immigrant family and grew up in LA's Historic Filipinotown. She is a Fractional CMO based in Venice, CA who leads growth-stage multi-location businesses like restaurants and lifestyle concepts to enter and dominate new markets. Her expan ...
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The 2 Mutts Hockey Podcast covers the NHL, Women’s Hockey, Minor Hockey, AHL, AJHL, CHL and NCAA Hockey. Our guests include top media members from TSN, Sportsnet, ESPN and NHL on TNT. We also have players from around all the leagues along with current and former head coaches and GMs. FAN QUESTIONS: E-mail us at [email protected] with your questions and we'll answer them on the pod! Hosted by Joshua “Bosco” Marshall & Phil Stockley Co-Hosts: Nick, Trevor “Rupper” Ruptash, Clay "Vandy" V ...
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Unravel the Mystery with Suspense! - The Classic Radio Thriller Series Step back in time to the golden age of radio with ”Suspense!” - the iconic series that captivated audiences from 1942 to 1962 with its thrilling tales and unforgettable performances. Featuring over 900 broadcasts penned by renowned authors and directors, ”Suspense!” brought the finest in thriller and mystery genres to the airwaves. Broadcast on the CBS Radio Network, ”Suspense!” showcased Hollywood’s brightest stars, incl ...
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Trial War Stories

Andrew Goldwasser

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Trial War Stories pulls back the curtain on the world of law, bringing you real-life stories of courtroom drama, legal battles, and the triumphs and tragedies that unfold behind closed doors. Andy Goldwasser sits down with great trial lawyers to unpack unforgettable cases — the strategy, the chaos, the pressure, and the moments that turned the tide beyond the transcripts and verdicts. Subscribe now to explore the world where law meets humanity—one story at a time.
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Intellectually Curious is a podcast by Mike Breault featuring over 1,400 AI-powered explorations across science, mathematics, philosophy, and personal growth. Each short-form episode is generated, refined, and published with the help of large language models—turning curiosity into an ongoing audio encyclopedia. Designed for anyone who loves learning, it offers quick dives into everything from combinatorics and cryptography to systems thinking and psychology. Inspiration for this podcast: "Mu ...
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Do you ever look at successful people and get stuck in their highlight reel? We then look at our own mess ups and feel alone, broken and not cut out for the job. Hosted by founder and social entrepreneur Liz Bohannon, Plucking Up is a podcast that talks about failures beyond the platitudes and how celebrated authors, entrepreneurs, artists and leaders in their own field moved past mistakes and wrong turns, in order to build lives of purpose, passion and impact. Each week, Liz shares uninhibi ...
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Welcome to Melty talks! We discuss anything nerd or just have conversations to make you smile! Join our discord-https://discord.gg/fjjreTp Watch me on Twitch-twitch.tv/senpais_universe Also follow us on TikTok-Meltytalks X-Meltytalks Hope yall enjoy your stay!
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Welcome to the *Sylvester Stallone and Friends* podcast, your go-to show for fans of Sylvester Stallone’s action-packed legacy, hosted by Ryan and a variety of other passionate hosts! This podcast dives deep into Stallone’s standalone films and those of his action-hero contemporaries, with special episodes dedicated to Frank Stallone. Please note that *Rocky* and *Rambo* are covered exclusively on our sister podcasts, *One More Round: The Rocky Series Podcast* and *It’s a Long Road: The Ramb ...
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A podcast hosted by Kate Stewart featuring interviews with extraordinary military women from around the world who push their limits on and off duty. ------- Merchandise: ⁠https://shoot-like-a-girl-podcast.square.site⁠ Instagram: ⁠@shootlikeagirlpodcast⁠ Contact: [email protected]
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Midlife is our time. We are fearless, confident, and ready to blow it all up for MORE. If you are done playing small and ready to get unstuck, The Bold Life School is your weekly boost of confidence, clarity, and courage - to dream bigger and do hard things. Hosted by Jamesyn, certified transformation life coach at TheBoldLife.Coach, this podcast helps you explore possibilities, find truth, navigate change, and reinvent yourself to live a bold life on your own terms. This podcast is for you ...
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Base Training Podcast

Base Training

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Base Training provides excellence through online personal training and fitness coaching. We aim to discuss the factors that affect an individuals quest for improved health and offer strategies, techniques and education around all things fitness, lifestyle, nutrition and health.
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ALTIS is an elite training environment, and a global leader in sports education. In this podcast our hosts sit down with coaches, sports medicine professionals and athletes to share insights into elite performance.
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Unfinished Biz with Robin and Wayne highlights founder stories from some of the most exciting, emerging brands on the planet. Often the more interesting stories happen before companies have “made it." Unfinished Biz focuses on honest conversations around tough topics, liberating milestones and incredible stories.
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An in-depth look at promotion and relegation—the open league system that makes every match matter and fuels both drama and financial risk. We unpack how parachute payments shield relegated clubs, why they’ve reshaped parity in leagues like the Premier League, and how alternative systems like Promedios in Argentina and Uruguay balance short-term res…
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In this episode of Pink Parachute Diaries, we sit down with Paulina Abesordu Cole-Hardy, an international speaker, author, entrepreneur, and spiritual counselor, to explore how Black women can integrate their calling and career without shrinking their identity or purpose. Discover how aligning your work with your values leads to clarity, resilience…
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The Shallow End with Schnebly and Toth is a wildly entertaining podcast that revels in people's absurd and often hilarious mistakes. In each episode, hosts Schnebly and Toth delve into true stories of misadventures and miscalculations, from everyday blunders to spectaculargaffes. With a keen eye for the funny side of human error, they explore how e…
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Steve Wilson had the medals on the wall - marathons, triathlons, fitness dialled in. But somewhere along the way, life shifted. Work got busier. Responsibilities piled up. And slowly, the habits that had kept him grounded slipped. He still looked the part to most people. But inside, he felt like he was running with a parachute on his back - draggin…
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Originally Aired: May 15, 1947 In Suspense #245, “Death at Live Oak,” down-on-his-luck David Sutherland meets a mysterious woman who mistakes him for her estranged husband—and suddenly finds himself the centerpiece of a deadly scheme. When the husband turns out to be his doppelgänger, a chilling plan unfolds: impersonate him, kill him in a faked pl…
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In this deeply moving episode of Tradition Breakers, host, Mary Moses, sits down with Alice Kao — an Asian American woman who went from being a 12-year-old "parachute kid" raising herself in the U.S. to becoming the CEO of one of Southern California's largest indoor climbing gyms, Sender One. Alice opens up about the raw, often unseen journey behin…
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Ryan and Sean (host of the Dolph Lundgren career-deep-dive podcast *I Must Break This*) continue Season 2 with the explosive sequel that turned John Rambo from troubled vet into the ultimate one-man army. The guys go scene-by-scene through Rambo’s mission briefing, the legendary “suiting-up” montage, the botched parachute drop, and the moment the m…
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The bestselling Irish author grew up on a farm set on “50 acres on the side of a hill”. Growing up, she witnessed a harsh, misogynistic country that convinced her she would never marry. Claire shares what she has learned about writing from a litter of newborn piglets. Her works Small Things Like These and Foster have both been made into movies. Cla…
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Originally Aired: June 12, 1947 In Suspense #249, “Stand-In,” Diana Burke is used to living in the shadows—after all, she’s just the stand-in for Hollywood’s reigning screen diva, “Madame.” But when Diana falls for the star’s new husband, a charming but violent ex-lifeguard named Dennis, her off-screen role becomes a deadly performance. As tension …
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We dive into the quantum world behind everyday vibrations: phonons, the quasi-particles that carry vibrational energy through crystals. Learn about acoustic and optical phonons, how they shape thermal and electrical conductivity, and why some vibrations couple to light as infrared-active modes. We explore cutting-edge ideas like phonon tunneling ac…
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When artist Vincent Fantauzzo was a boy he was a street-fighting petty criminal with dyslexia and a blazing talent for drawing. He escaped jail time, and grew up to become one of Australia's most well-known portrait artists. VIncent Fantauzzo is one of Australia's most successful portrait artists. For his luminous, photo-realistic paintings he's wo…
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The Bold Life School Podcast At midlife, many women experience something no one prepared them for: becoming invisible. You’re no longer centered in conversations. Your ideas are overlooked. The world stops watching in the way it once did—and suddenly you’re left wondering what that means about your value. In this powerful, deeply reflective episode…
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Two seasoned trial lawyers, Andy Goldwasser and Andy Kabat, sit down to unpack one of the wildest, most high-profile cases to ever walk into a courtroom. What begins as a carefree night in Key West—a wet T-shirt contest entered on a lark—spirals into a national scandal involving viral photos, spliced pornographic videos, law enforcement distributio…
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We break down MIT's Speech-to-Reality system, a leap toward physical AI that turns spoken requests into real objects. The pipeline runs from natural-language understanding to a 3D generative mesh, then voxelization that enforces buildable geometry and modular, magnet-connected parts. Robotic arms assemble the design, while vision-language models wi…
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We travel to the Isua Greenstone Belt in southwest Greenland to read Earth's oldest rocks (3.7–3.8 billion years). This episode digs into what these rocks reveal about early oceans and crust, weighs the plate tectonics versus heat-pipe debate, and surveys the first signatures of life—from light carbon isotopes to possible stromatolites—and what the…
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We dive into Quilter, a physics-driven reinforcement-learning system that designs a complete two-board Linux computer on the NXP iMX8M Mini. It generates layout options and verifies real-world physics—impedance, heat, and manufacturability—during the design, achieving first-power-up reliability with no re-spins. We explore how this hardware-rich ap…
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From a cat’s trill and chatter to a ferret’s duke, alpaca clicks, and otter choruses with hiccups, this episode explores the formal, onomatopoeic vocabulary humans have built for animal noises. We scan how scientists name and interpret these sounds, what they reveal about intent and meaning, and how advances in bioacoustics and AI may unlock even d…
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Detective Sergeant James Brannigan has one last chance to convince his bosses to launch an investigation into Katie's death. Working on his own, he compiles a 20-page report of all the evidence so far. He says there are questions that need answers. He hopes senior officers will now decide the death needs to be looked at by a Major Investigations Te…
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We trace the evidence for Pangaea—from coastline fits and matching mountain belts to Mesosaurus fossils—how Wegener and Holmes built the case for plate tectonics, what Triassic climates were like, and how the giant landmass finally tore apart into the continents we know today. Plus a look at rifts like the Red Sea and the future of planetary drama …
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A deep dive into how James Gibbs turned a radical circular library into England’s first, using precise geometric rules drawn from his own Rules for Drawing. We explore the 1:10 column proportion, the one-fifth entablature, and the pedestal adjustments Gibbs justified by decorum, showing how he balanced exacting math with artistic judgment. From the…
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Originally Aired: June 5, 1947 In Suspense #248, “Make Mad the Guilty,” Hume Cronin stars as Bertram Matthews, a failed Shakespearean actor turned meek department store floorwalker—until he uncovers his wife's affair and plots a theatrical revenge worthy of the Bard himself. Feigning suicide, Bertram orchestrates a chilling frame-up that sends his …
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Time on Mars isn’t just longer days. In this deep dive we explore how relativity and Mars’ orbital quirks affect local time, why a Martian day (the sol) runs 24h39m35s, and how the equation of time can swing by as much as 93 minutes over the Martian year. We then compare calendar schemes—the Darian model and the pragmatic Smoital system with occasi…
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What happens when you tell the world you're going to be a singer at age five—and then actually make it happen? In this episode of Bringin' it Backwards, Adam Lisicky sits down with Alexandra (Lexi Norton) of Echos to uncover the story behind her music journey that started in a small town outside Portland, Oregon, and has taken her all the way to mi…
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In this deep dive we explore why the pumpkin toadlet, about the size of a Skittle, is one of the clumsiest jumpers in the animal kingdom. CT scans from the Overt initiative reveal an impossibly small vestibular system—the smallest semicircular canals recorded in an adult vertebrate—so the fluid can’t sense midair rotations, leading to belly flops r…
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We dive into the hunt for a hypothetical fourth neutrino flavor—sterile neutrinos—and how they could solve the neutrino mass puzzle via the seesaw mechanism, with a potential link to dark matter. From KATRIN and MicroBooNE to future big detectors like DUNE, we review the latest results, why they matter, and how scientists are pushing beyond the Sta…
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A blockbuster lawsuit just exposed the biggest fear in retail—but it could backfire spectacularly. Today, Sammi does a deep dive into Williams Sonoma vs. Quince, a case that’s revealing a seismic consumer shift: shoppers no longer believe legacy brands deserve legacy prices. Sammi breaks down why Quince’s billion-dollar rise is shaking old-guard re…
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Max talks with John Fiscus, co-founder of The Flight Academy, and Director of Operations Jordan Ming to break down how one of the country's most respected Cirrus-focused training organizations was created, expanded, and refined over more than two decades. Whether you're an instructor considering the entrepreneurial leap, a pilot curious about how f…
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How a boy from Glasgow named Norman Swirsky grew up to become Australia's most famous doctorWhen Norman was 10 years old his dad decided to change the family's surname to Swan in a response to ongoing anti-Semitism in Scotland after WWII. Norman wanted to be an actor growing up, but his parents encouraged him to study medicine. After he completed h…
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A deep dive into Google's AlphaEvolve, an AI-powered system that evolves optimization algorithms through seed code, mutation, and fitness-based selection. See how the Gemini-powered coding agent uses fast exploration and deep analysis to yield breakthroughs—recovering 0.7% of global compute by better scheduling, speeding a vital kernel by 23%, and …
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In this deep-dive episode, we recount the final full year of the LHC's Run 3 (2025), where ATLAS and CMS hit a new milestone with 125 fb^-1 each and the four experiments together surpass 5×10^16 collisions in total. We explain the 150-pileup environment, 90%+ data-taking efficiency across ATLAS, CMS, LHCb, and ALICE (ALICE at 95% during a 21-day le…
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We dissect Andrej Karpathy's project that uses a modern LLM to retrospectively judge the foresight in 930 December 2015 Hacker News discussions. From the six-section prompt to bias mitigation, learn how the system assigns A-to-F grades, spot standout predictions, and discuss what this approach implies for future knowledge synthesis and AI-driven fo…
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Join us as we unpack StarCloud-1, the first satellite to host an NVIDIA H100 in orbit and run a powerful LLM in space. We'll explain how orbital compute could slash energy use and cooling, scale to a proposed 5 GW data center powered by solar, and explore real-world applications—from wildfire detection to lifeboat spotting—in the race to redefine A…
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In this deep dive, we unpack Menger's theorem—the elegant link between the minimum number of elements needed to disconnect two points and the maximum number of disjoint paths connecting them. We'll distinguish edge connectivity and vertex connectivity, explore how max-flow min-cut and linear programming underpin the same duality, and show how the t…
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A nine-ton hadrosaur from late Cretaceous Laramidia, found in New Mexico, spent over a century mislabelled in a museum. In 2025, a meticulous reanalysis by Dollman and colleagues reclassified it as Ahshislesaurus wimani. We unpack how a partial skull, a robust front mandible, and an extra set of teeth revealed a new genus—and how old bones in museu…
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The author and actor thinks summer in Australia is done bigger, better and weirder than anywhere else. For three months of the year, life slows down and heats up. But for William, summer in Australia is an imperfect paradise where more than anything, people yearn to connect. Summer can be a hellish time in Australia, where temperatures soar and fir…
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Get ready to see a side of OK Go you've never heard before. On this episode of Bringin' It Backwards, Adam Lisicky sits down with Damian Kulash, frontman of the Grammy-winning icons behind some of the most creative music videos ever made. From growing up in the DC punk scene, finding his voice at Interlochen camp, to building OK Go's signature blen…
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We unpack the iterated prisoner's dilemma, why 'tit for tat'—start cooperative and copy your opponent's last move—proved stunningly effective in Axelrod’s tournaments, and how generosity (GTFT) prevents spirals from miscommunication. From World War I trenches to AI diplomacy and business, we explore how a little forgiveness can stabilize complex sy…
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From the limits of early pseudorandom generators to the MT powerhouse, we unravel how Matsumoto and Nishimura engineered a long-lasting, high-quality RNG. Explore its astronomical period, 623-dimensional equidistribution, and the tempering polish that eliminates hidden patterns, plus why it’s become the backbone of Python, MATLAB, R, and Excel. We …
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A friendly dive into knot theory and the unknotting number—the minimum number of crossing switches needed to untie a knot. We ride from simple knots like the trefoil and the figure-eight to complex families like twist and torus knots, explain why the unknotting number gives a deep glimpse into a knot's structure, and celebrate the 2025 result showi…
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I have to say - I have never met someone who has geeked out and deeply studied adult friendships, as much as our guest today! My guest today is Nina Badzin, writer, friendship advice columnist and popular podcaster of the Dear Nina podcast. We speak about the common mistakes we make in building and sustaining friendships in our adult lives. Nina ge…
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Journalist and author, Brigid Delaney looked into the ancient philosophy during an assignment from her editor. What she discovered led her to years of study and a brand-new outlook on life that focuses less on happiness and more on meaning and contentment. Brigid is devoted to the Stoics, a philosophy that encourages its followers to focus on what …
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Originally Aired: May 29, 1947 In Suspense #247, “A Thing of Beauty,” Angela Lansbury stars as Madeline Tremaine, a reclusive former stage actress whose legend lives on long after the curtain has fallen. When a young curate visits her remote estate during a storm, she begins to unravel the haunting tale of her rise to stardom, a backstage rivalry t…
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We unpack how Bombus terrestris nests mount a four-phase defense—from a rapid worker-led onset with alarm buzzing and leg-raising to a prolonged 'abdominal pumping' warm-up, followed by a delayed response with pulse buzzing and grooming. The colony's defense adapts to threat type, and a hidden layer—social immunity via transgenerational immune prim…
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Join us as we connect climate and chemistry models to Mars' faint young Sun paradox, where crustal hydrogen release and episodic volcanism could have produced bursts of warmth long enough for rivers to carve vast networks. A new map identifies 16 mega basins—each over 100,000 square kilometers—that cover only about 5% of the ancient terrain but con…
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We explore how memory-two bilateral reciprocity (MTBR) emerged from multi-agent Q-learning, revealing a dominant social strategy that combines forgiveness with a cycle-breaker. Learn about the dual objective—maximize your relative advantage to deter exploitation while also maximizing your own total payoff to encourage cooperation—and how these rule…
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