An introspective and confused look at the movies and life choices of Adam Sandler, Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, Julia Roberts, Jack Nicholson, Whoopi Goldberg, Eddie Murphy, and Jim Carrey. Discover where their careers fit into the evolving landscape of the last few decades and learn how they themselves have affected change.
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Quixotic Podcasts
Recapitulations of off the beat texts and thinkers, and occasional digressions of the independent variety...
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Quixotic Latina...a place for me to be me
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Peter Adamson, Professor of Philosophy at the LMU in Munich and at King's College London, takes listeners through the history of philosophy, "without any gaps". www.historyofphilosophy.net
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At the 400th anniversary of Cervantes' death, this podcast from the Sydney Instituto Cervantes gets you up to speed. How many people wrote Don Quixote? Were the windmills always a thing? Did Cervantes really lead a prison break? A production of the Instituo Cervantes Sydney http://sidney.cervantes.es Presented & edited by Zacha Rosen, produced by Paula Llull.
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Like Cervantes hero, we will verbally tilt at windmills of our world. Education, race, politics, economic inequity, and our human worth will all be examined from a perspective steeped in philosophy, and literature, embracing empathy and avoiding partisanship. These short episodes will hopefully let us, blinded by our faith in humanity and the ideas of great thinkers, create aporia or at least redirect the challenging divisive conversations plaguing us today.
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Exploring ideas can be intellectually stimulating and personally transformative, allowing listeners to tap into their potential and embrace their sovereignty as conscious beings. It encourages individuals to question the status quo, break free from limiting beliefs, and embark on self-discovery and personal empowerment. www.sangedreams.substack.com My writing https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZyhU1NIPpLGlV4jLVubJLg My Youtube Channel
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Your host, Stephen Hessel, has read Cervantes's works obsessively for almost 20 years. Convinced that you can say both everything and nothing about the masterpiece Don Quixote and Cervantes's lesser read works, he has set out to test his hypothesis by having conversations with both expert "Cervantistas" and other "idle readers" whose thoughts about Cervantes, his works, and our world will both inform and entertain. Pop in your earbuds, click play, and join us for our adventures on "Pod Quixo ...
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The Techdirt Podcast, hosted by Michael Masnick.
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Building a Library: a guide to the best recordings of the greatest classical music. Each week an expert and enthusiast brings along a wide range of recordings of a well-known piece. They explore the music and the different ways of performing it, ending with a recommendation for your library
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Real? Illusion? Active Imagination? Dream? A video podcast
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New ideas and insights about the world around us. From RTÉ in co-operation with Irish universities and Research Ireland.
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Tech policy is at the center of the hottest debates in American law and politics. On the Tech Policy Podcast, host Corbin Barthold discusses the latest developments with some of the tech world's best journalists, lawyers, academics, and more.
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Philosophy, Politics, and Whatever Else I Feel Like to Talk About
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Interviews with Scholars of Indian Religions with their New Books Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/indian-religions
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Discover Seen & Unseen articles. The best writing curated by our editors read aloud, sharing Christian perspectives on just about everything. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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This is volume 1 of 2. One of the most quirky, eccentric and endearing heroes to ever be depicted in fiction, the chivalrous Don Quixote is sure to capture hearts while bringing tears of laughter to your eyes. If you've never encountered the Knight from La Mancha before, get set for a delightful sojourn through the Spanish countryside, across the fertile countryside of Central Spain. Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra was an immediate success when it was first published in 1605 and ...
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In this podcast we explore great works of philosophy and literature and art, and try to pull out of them what’s most interesting and inspiring! Whether they come from the works of Plato, or Dostoevsky or Picasso, here we explore ideas that move mountains and rock the soul! So, come join us, won’t you? Come worship at the alter of ideas, and come celebrate the dancing of thought. Welcome to the Wisdom Of!
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Welcome to Book's End, where amazing things happen.
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Podcasts in easy English to improve your listening and speaking
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Find out what makes great, arts-inspired fiction in a variety of genres, from mysteries to crime novels, historical fiction, thrillers, contemporary fiction, and more. Art In Fiction founder and author Carol M. Cram chats with some of the top novelists featured on Art In Fiction, a curated online database of books inspired by the arts. Discover your next great read and get valuable advice on what it takes to be a successful writer.
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We read old books, then talk about them.
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"The Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything" http://thesyncbook.com/42minutes
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Interviews with scholars of the Indian Ocean World about their new books Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/indian-ocean-world
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A sideways look at today’s events in history, brought to you by our dedicated team of reporter-presenters. Newsbang is written and assembled automatically by artificial intelligence, but don’t let that stop you.
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What lies beyond understanding? Beyond certainty? Listen in to conversations between a.m. bhatt and colleagues, confidants, and important thinkers as they tackle questions both timely and timeless, and chat about maintaining your humanity in an ever-evolving world. You can find a.m. on Instagram and Substack at @absurdwisdom. We are produced and distributed by DAE Presents, the production arm of DAE (@dae.community on Instagram and online at mydae.org).
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There’s more to a book than what’s written on its pages: a book can change the world. In each episode of Writ Large, host Zachary Davis talks with one of the world’s leading scholars about one book that shaped the world we live in—whether you’ve heard of it or not. These conversations go beyond the plot summaries to unpack each book’s context and creation, and reveal its lasting influence on the ideas of today. Learn more at writlarge.fm
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a revolving door of Appalachia-based 'youngs' that wanna 360º-windmill capitalism back into the volcanic dumpster where it was birthed. AWC PARTY PROGRAM: 1) no1 is immune to propaganda. we're here 2 help. 2) decommodify needs 3) radical subjectivity 4) ??? 5) abolish profit
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Talkin' with Andrew and Chris is a show about life, music, and everything in between! Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/talkin-with-andrew--chris/support
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The Empty Space explores the power of theatre, what it is, and how it extends beyond the stage. Through interviews with theatre artists, short radio plays, and stories about the theatre of our lives, actor Lance Gardner takes you backstage and beyond.With the support of CalShakes.org
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LearnOutLoud.com is pleased to provide the Lit Summary Podcast. Each episode contains an abbreviated yet complete audio summary of a classic book in western literature. This podcast is for those of you who hunger for the classics but find it difficult to find time to read them all. Enjoy!
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Brian Strassburger, SJ, and Joe Nolla, SJ, are two Jesuits based in the diocese of Brownsville, TX, and working in the Rio Grande Valley along the U.S.-Mexico Border. This podcast will share on-the-ground stories and interviews that highlight the tremendous response to the migrant situation from a Catholic perspective.
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Luke and Nash are here to cut through the deadpan absolution of movie reviewers and critics. Come join the conversation of the films that moved you, for better or worse, over the years and recently released. At Midnight Showing we’re all audio logs giving our piece from whatever hits that silver screen. We want your own opinions because a good movie gives more than just two hours of screen time and even a bad one can reward wasted time with new ideas. So tune in every Friday at Midnight and ...
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Listen to soothing voices read literature, read poetry, read bedtime stories, share personal stories, or guide you towards relaxation and sleep. Discover more relaxation podcasts at www.silkpodcasts.com.
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21st July 2025: Don Quixote and the Life of Christ at Wintershall
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This week we explore the world of art in literature and drama: Jonathan Rowlands feels liberated by reading Don Quixote and Rachel Luckett is uncharacteristically effusive about her experience attending The Life of Christ at Wintershall. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Meet George Ryan, the Tipperary Don Quixote in 18th century Peru
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The Tipperaryman's adventures as a grandee at large in South America involved everything from coca collection to debt collecting. By Richard Fitzpatrick, Maynooth University.By RTÉ
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Our host, Corbin Barthold, heads over to So to Speak: The Free Speech Podcast. He talks with Nico Perrino and Ari Cohn of FIRE about the death of the AI moratorium, a bogus wrongful death lawsuit against Complexity AI, the FTC’s campaign of censorship against ad agencies, and the absurdities of Europe’s Digital Services Act. Links: Shownotes, court…
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Podcast for a deep examination into the career and life choices of Adam Sandler, Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, Julia Roberts, Jack Nicholson, Whoopi Goldberg, Eddie Murphy, & Jim Carrey. Patrick, Joe, and Lev celebrate their many years of podcasting by playing a game that tests how well all those years of friendship hold up to scrutiny. Past guest Bob…
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HoP 474 States of the Union: Descartes on the Passions
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What do emotions reveal about the connection between mind and body? We turn to Descartes’ correspondence with Elisabeth and his On the Passions to find out.By Peter Adamson
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Jessica Patterson, "Religion, Enlightenment and Empire: British Interpretations of Hinduism in the Eighteenth Century"
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In the second half of the eighteenth century, several British East India Company servants published accounts of what they deemed to be the original and ancient religion of India. Drawing on what are recognised today as the texts and traditions of Hinduism, these works fed into a booming enlightenment interest in Eastern philosophy. At the same time…
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Rachel Fell McDermott and Daniel F. Polish, "A Hindu-Jewish Conversation: Root Traditions in Dialogue" (Lexington Books, 2024)
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This book engages historically and theologically with the Hindu and Jewish traditions, covering conceptions of the divine, religious heroes, women, devotional literature, theodicy, land, and nationalist claims on it, and social differentiation and oppression. Scholarly considerations are enriched with actual conversations between Hindus and Jews. L…
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Carl Jung, Heidegger, and the California Gold Rush!
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The value of gold used to be largely symbolic. The Gold Rush marks a complete philosophical turning point when it comes to the perceived value of gold! And I think Jung and Heidegger would agree!By Kristian Urstad and Stephen Webb
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K-Pop and Contemporary Culture in The Band by Christine Ma-Kellams
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Send us a text My guest today is Christine Ma-Kellams, author of The Band listed in the Music category on Art In Fiction. View the video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/ZopqRgR9xG4 Inspiration for The Band and its relationship to pop music, K-Pop, and popular culture. Motivation for writing The Band as a commentary on what may be happening behind the …
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How 92 year‑old Richard Morgan became a rowing world champion
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At 92 years of age, Richard Morgan was a four-time world champion in indoor rowing.By RTÉ
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Kirsten Gibson's personal recommendation of the Concerti grossi by Arcangelo Corelli.By BBC Radio 3
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14th July 2025: Beyoncé; Reality and The Four Seasons
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In today's episode, Lauren Windle goes to a Beyoncé concert and contemplates the idolatry of Queen B; Simon Burton-Jones explores how we may be extinguishing reality; and Giles Gough watches The Four Seasons and Dying for Sex to find the most common question of humanity: “What does it mean to live a full life?” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privac…
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Podcast for a deep examination into the career and life choices of Eddie Murphy & Jim Carrey. Patrick and Joe get a big surprise in the recording studio, but they are disappointed at how small the box containing it is. Lev tries to turn the hosts into a Simon and Garfunkle style singing pair to help him get rich quick. How hungry are audiences for …
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Star Wars vs. Star Trek - Why Star Trek is better!
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Star Wars and Star Trek: Which of these is more philosophically interesting? And which of these two universes would you want to live in? I got my answer!By Kristian Urstad and Stephen Webb
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Richard Morrison (Competitive Enterprise Institute) joins the show for a Big Picture Episode on how AI could affect art, culture, and politics. Topics include: Take your Zyn and LSD Don’t rock out to this AI band What is AI slop? (What is art?!) Cultural elites hardest hit A brief history of tech panics Ban the prompt theory! The AI civil rights mo…
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Ilanit Loewy Shacham, "Empire Inside Out: Religion, Conquest, and Community in Kṛṣṇadevarāya's Āmuktamālyada" (Oxford UP, 2024)
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Examining the interplay of religion, history, and literature through a case study of King Krsnadevaraya's celebrated Telugu poem Āmuktamālyada, Ilanit Loewy Shacham showcases the groundbreaking worldview that this often-overlooked poem embodies. Krsnadevaraya (r.1509-1529) ruled over the Vijayanagara Empire during its heyday, and his monumental poe…
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We've got one more cross-post episode for you this week! A few weeks ago, Mike joined host Aaron Ross Powell on the ReImagining Liberty podcast for a discussion that digs into the the philosophy and principles underlying the push for internet decentralization and protocols over platforms, and why this shift is both desirable and, in the long term, …
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The colourful story of the Elephant House on Dublin's O'Connell Street
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The roots of Elverys and its elephant logo lie in a remarkable 19th-century shop on Sackville Street.By RTÉ
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Kate Kennedy picks her favourite recording of Vaughan Williams's Symphony No.5.By BBC Radio 3
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7th July 2025: Lewis Capaldi; Angels and Istanbul
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This week, Jessica Norman welcomes Lewis Capaldi back to the Glastonbury stage; George Pitcher introduces us to some Angels called Melanie and Dave; and Becky Ruth writes us a letter from Istanbul and talks neighbours Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Podcast for a deep examination into the career and life choices of Eddie Murphy & Jim Carrey. Patrick and Joe learn that they can make more money with a podcast that's a flop than with one that's a hit. Lev dusts off his old accountant degree to cook some books for them. Unfortunately the degree is dustier than they expected and he literally roasts…
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Byung-Chul Han - Why so many of us feel so empty today!
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Han thinks there's a deep existential hollowness lurking beneath the shiny veneer and the noise of modern life. He attributes this to many things about our contemporary society. Find out more!By Kristian Urstad and Stephen Webb
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HoP 473 As Rational As You: Elisabeth of Bohemia
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A royal scholar and philosopher sets aside the tribulations of her family to debate Descartes over the relation between mind and body and the nature of happiness.By Peter Adamson
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ASMR - A sensory rebellion against our disembodied age!
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Is ASMR just some superficial Youtube phenomenon? Or is there something important and deep behind its popularity? Find out more!By Kristian Urstad and Stephen Webb
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Richard K. Payne and Glen A. Hayes eds., "The Oxford Handbook of Tantric Studies" (Oxford UP, 2024)
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Since the earliest encounters between tantric traditions and Western scholars of religion, tantra has posed a challenge. The representation of tantra, whether in Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Tibet, or Japan, has tended to emphasize the antinomian, decadent aspects, which, as attention-grabbing as they were for audiences in the West, created a one-dimensiona…
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TechFreedom’s Jim Dunstan and Corbin Barthold discuss the NASA administrator vacancy, the Artemis program, the NASA budget, SpaceX and Blue Origin, the moon and Mars, the FAA and NEPA, space regulatory sandboxes, and more. Links: “A Blueprint to Launch”: Regulatory Sandboxes for Outer Space Roadster location in space Tech Policy Podcast 372: Spaces…
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President John F. Kennedy attended a state dinner in Iveagh House on 28 June 1963 during his iconic visit to Ireland – here’s how the night unfolded.By RTÉ
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Susan Wolf and Dostoevsky - The Problem with being a Moral Saint!
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On the surface, being a moral saint sounds like a great thing. But, not so fast! The contemporary philosopher Susan Wolf doesn't think so. And both Dostoevsky and Camus have their own concerns about thinking of yourself as morally pure! Find out more!By Kristian Urstad and Stephen Webb
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Kathryn Stott's personal recommendation of Satie's Sports et divertissements.By BBC Radio 3
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30th June 2025: Prison Fellowship; Spotless Minds & a Culture of Death
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This week, Daniel Bey shares with us four things he's learnt from working with prisoners; Beatrice Scudeler has discovered Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 20 years on and unearths helpful wisdom for her own trauma; Graham Tomlin asks what will stop the culture of death that libertarian Britain has embraced? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priv…
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Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
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Podcast for a deep examination into the career and life choices of Eddie Murphy & Jim Carrey. Avid lemons fan Andrew Mcune returns to the podcast to explain all about books that the illiterate hosts haven't read. Patrick thinks Obama has moved in across the street from him, and he sends Joe over the break in to do reconnaissance. What Nobel Peace P…
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J. P. Mallory, "The Indo-Europeans Rediscovered: How a Scientific Revolution Is Rewriting Their Story" (Thames & Hudson, 2025)
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Today the number of native speakers of Indo-European languages across the world is approximated to be over 2.6 billion—about 45 percent of the Earth’s population. Yet the idea that an ancient, prehistoric population in one time and place gave rise to a wide variety of peoples and languages is one with a long and troubled past. In this expansive inv…
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This week, we've got a cross-post episode of Mike's appearance on Kevin Williamson's How The World Works podcast. Kevin conducted a wide-ranging interview that covers some of the earliest days of Techdirt, the blog's evolution, and many of the important topics we cover today — and you can listen to the whole conversation here on this week's episode…
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Wisdom as Content, Grifters, and why Socrates wouldn’t have used Patreon!
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In our attention-economy wisdom has now become content - ready-made for monetization! Socrates warned against this trend long ago!By Kristian Urstad and Stephen Webb
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411: Live: (Fired?) FTC Commissioners Slaughter & Bedoya
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FTC commissioners Rebecca Slaughter, Alvaro Bedoya, and Bill Kovacic speak with hosts Bilal Sayyed and Jessica Melugin at the 2025 TechFreedom / CEI Policy Summit: Constitutional Limits of FTC, FCC & DOJ Interference in Media and Speech. Links: Constitutional Limits of FTC, FCC and DOJ | Day 1 Constitutional Limits of FTC, FCC and DOJ | Day 2 SCOTU…
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Jeremy Summerly chooses his favourite recording of Haydn's The Seasons.By BBC Radio 3
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23rd June 2025: Love: not an order, it's found within prayer and The Salt Path
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In this episode we explore love from three very different perspectives: Barnabas Apsray considers Christian Nationalism - is it an oxymoron? Roger Bretherton talks about how 1 in 4 people pray or meditate daily and how beneficial that is to their life; Roger Standing walks us through Salt Path - from real life to book to movie - the story of love a…
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Podcast for a deep examination into the career and life choices of Eddie Murphy & Jim Carrey. Fellow podcaster Dimitri Keogh joins the cast while simultaneously trying to repair his street. Patrick thinks an Amazon woman is stalking him, but Joe doesn't think that's a big deal because he is only familiar with 'Amazon' as a company. Lev does underst…
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HoP 472 Less Cheer, More Knowledge: Descartes’ Ethics
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Descartes’ “provisional” morality and his views on free will and virtue.By Peter Adamson
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The Cynics - Ya gotta be TOUGH to be happy!
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These ancient philosophers argued that physical toughness was a discipline essential to happiness. Relevant for us today? I think so! If interested, check out my new book series! The second book is available now! www.amazon.com/Manifesto-Beauty-Reclaim-Digital-World/dp/1069510815/By Kristian Urstad and Stephen Webb
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Prema Kurien, "Claiming Citizenship: Race, Religion, and Political Mobilization Among New Americans" (Oxford UP, 2025)
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Claiming Citizenship: Race, Religion, and Political Mobilization Among New Americans (Oxford UP, 2025) looks at Indian Americans, currently the second-largest group of immigrants in the United States, and a group that has seen significant representation in the three most recent presidential administrations. Prema Kurien asks how Indian Americans ha…
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In a world awash with misinformation and disinformation, those who spread and benefit from the chaos have worked hard to brand fact-checking and counterspeech as a form of censorship — and it's a worryingly effective tactic. But there's one type of counterspeech that is very hard to evade: mockery and satire. One person who knows that very well is …
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