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Radiolab is on a curiosity bender. We ask deep questions and use investigative journalism to get the answers. A given episode might whirl you through science, legal history, and into the home of someone halfway across the world. The show is known for innovative sound design, smashing information into music. It is hosted by Lulu Miller and Latif Nasser.
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Welcome to the Clark Kegley Self-Improvement Podcast! If you're looking to take your personal growth to the next level, you've come to the right place. Our show is all about identity shifting - transforming yourself into the 2.0 version of you. From mindset shifts to actionable steps, you'll discover the tools you need to overcome limiting beliefs, build confidence, and achieve your goals. Whether you're struggling with self-doubt, seeking greater fulfillment, or simply looking to make posit ...
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Soundings is the sandbox for all student work from the Stanford Storytelling Project (SSP). SSP is an arts program at Stanford University that explores how we live in and through stories and how we can use them to change our lives. Our mission is to promote the transformative nature of traditional and modern oral storytelling, from Lakota tales to Radiolab, and empower students to create and perform their own stories. The project sponsors courses, workshops, live events, and grants, along wi ...
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We're traveling Australia in our modest little caravan. We plan to share stories from our travels as we go. Interwoven into each story will be a series of micro segments that will offer advice, feedback and reviews about the trip, the kids or any other random thing we feel like forcing into your head until you inevitably give up and go back to listening to RadioLab.
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Wanna see a trick? Give us any topic and we can tie it back to the economy. At Planet Money, we explore the forces that shape our lives and bring you along for the ride. Don't just understand the economy – understand the world. Wanna go deeper? Subscribe to Planet Money+ and get sponsor-free episodes of Planet Money, The Indicator, and Planet Money Summer School. Plus access to bonus content. It's a new way to support the show you love. Learn more at plus.npr.org/planetmoney
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Finding your dream job starts with knowing your options. Since 2021, LIFE AS A.. has been hosting conversations with professionals and entrepreneurs from around the globe in order to uncover real life insights and career opportunities. The show delves into fascinating job details, hidden insights, stories and of course, the ways in which the work rubs off on people’s lives. A sampling of guests have included a Pulitzer Prize winning investigative journalist, NY Times best-selling authors, an ...
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Food with a side of science and history. Every other week, co-hosts Cynthia Graber and Nicola Twilley serve up a brand new episode exploring the hidden history and surprising science behind a different food- or farming-related topic, from aquaculture to ancient feasts, from cutlery to chile peppers, and from microbes to Malbec. We interview experts, visit labs, fields, and archaeological digs, and generally have lots of fun while discovering new ways to think about and understand the world t ...
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A show that samples WNYC’s best podcasts, curated to fit all your travel needs.
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A radio show about people who make radio. Hosted and edited by Mooj Zadie.
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Driven by their infantile curiosity, Sebastian and Panos look to explore the often overlooked beauty of science. Everything around you, from gravity to the the fcat taht you're siltl albe to raed tihs, has an explanation ready to be found. Curiosity is about simplifying the complex, untangling the convoluted, and having a laugh along the way. What are you curious about?
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From the guys behind This American Life, RadioLab, How Stuff Works, Stuff You Should Know, and Serial comes: AMERICAN STUFFLAB. Support Public Radio
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Radiolab reporter Latif Nasser always believed his name was uniquely his own. Until he makes a shocking discovery that he shares his name with another man: Detainee 244 at Guantanamo Bay. The U.S. government paints a terrifying picture of The Other Latif as Al-Qaeda’s top explosives expert, and an advisor to Osama bin Laden. Nasser’s lawyer claims that he was at the wrong place at the wrong time, and that he was never even in Al-Qaeda. This clash leads Radiolab’s Latif into a years-long inve ...
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He’s the President, yet we’re still trying to answer basic questions about how his business works: What deals are happening, who they’re happening with, and if the President and his family are keeping their promise to separate the Trump Organization from the Trump White House. “Trump, Inc.” is a joint reporting project from WNYC Studios and ProPublica that digs deep into these questions. We’ll be layout out what we know, what we don’t and how you can help us fill in the gaps. WNYC Studios is ...
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Chris Garcia’s dad had one dying wish: That his family scatter his ashes off the coast of Cuba. Chris’s mom? She doesn’t give a crap about dying wishes. She’s vowed to never go back to Cuba again. As Chris tries to do right by his dad, he sets out to uncover the truth about a man he barely knew. Scattered is produced by WNYC Studios, home of other great podcasts including Radiolab, Death, Sex & Money, On the Media and Nancy.
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Meeple, Myself, and I is a podcast by an avid solo gamer (Jason Montgomery) for solo gamers. Inspired by This American Life, Invisibilia, Radiolab, and other "spoken essay"-style podcasts, this fully scripted show tries to do things a little bit differently.
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Phoebe Robinson and Jessica Williams are funny. They’re black. They’re BFFs. And they host a a live comedy show in Brooklyn. Join the 2 Dope Queens, along with their favorite comedians, for stories about sex, romance, race, hair journeys, living in New York, and Billy Joel. Plus a whole bunch of other S**t. WNYC Studios is a listener-supported producer of other leading podcasts including Radiolab, Snap Judgment, Sooo Many White Guys, On the Media, Here’s the Thing with Alec Baldwin and many ...
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The Rants Macabre is a podcast about all things horror. Don’t let the name fool you, we delve into the genre with sharp focus and deep production (think Radiolab about scary movies). Every month we tackle a new subject in horror and share our findings with each other. We want you to love scary movies as much as we do, so we don’t over-share plots, or give spoilers. Find us on Patreon for more original content.
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Radiowaves is a show that takes you into the studios and behind the mics of the renowned voices of public radio and podcasting. Through long-form and intimate conversations, Radiowaves explores the minds of the likes of Ira Glass, Jad Abumrad, Amy Goodman, Peter Sagal, and many other radio greats. From their professional origins and the secrets of their craft to their views on politics and the media landscape: if you have ever been curious to learn more about the voices you listen to, this i ...
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BFF Kathy Tu and Tobin Low are super queer, super fun and ready to take over your podcast feed. Join them for provocative stories and frank conversations about the LGBTQ experience today. Because everyone’s a little bit gay. WNYC Studios is a listener-supported producer of other podcasts including Radiolab, Death, Sex & Money, Snap Judgment, On the Media, Here’s the Thing with Alec Baldwin and many others. © WNYC Studios
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Wild foods expert and cookbook author Hank Shaw’s audio adventures in foraging, fishing, hunting and cooking. You’ll hears stories from the field, tips and tricks for working with wild foods, interviews with experts in fishing, foraging, cooking and hunting, as well as occasional “RadioLab” style audio stories.
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Out on the Wire is the show about making stories, step by step. Join cartoonist Jessica Abel as she breaks down the principles of storytelling and puts you on the path to crafting your own story—in prose, comics, audio, video—in any narrative art form, fiction or nonfiction. Featuring radio and podcasting star producers from This American Life, Radiolab, Planet Money, Snap Judgment, and many more. Listen, learn, and collaborate with us to make something great.
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Is your phone watching you? Can texting make you smarter? Are your kids real? Note to Self explores these and other essential quandaries facing anyone trying to preserve their humanity in the digital age. WNYC Studios is a listener-supported producer of other leading podcasts, including Radiolab, Death, Sex & Money, Snap Judgment, Here’s the Thing with Alec Baldwin, Nancy and many others. © WNYC Studios
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A podcast about how and why gentrification happens. Season 3, produced in partnership with WLRN, Miami’s public radio station, introduces us to “climate gentrification,” reporting about the ways climate change, and our adaption to it, may seriously intensify the affordable housing crisis in many cities. In many parts of the US, black communities were pushed to low-lying flood prone areas. As Nadege Green reports, in Miami, the opposite is true. Black communities were built on high elevation ...
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A mockumentary podcast starring the best UK improvisers. Nominated for Best Comedy and the Creativity Award at the British Podcast Awards 2020. Join hosts Steve Dawson (Mitchell & Webb, The Peter Serafinowicz Show) and Charlie Kemp (Man Down, Emmerdale) as they fill your Mind Canyon™. This ‘Radiolab’ style podcast explores stories such as “Finding The World Hide and Seek Champion”, “The Most Haunted Londis” and “When Space Pranks Go Wrong”. The show is improvised then edited and soundscaped ...
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Politics Brief is the go-to source for 2018 election news, selected from the best WNYC has to offer. Daily segments include original reporting on the New York metro region, along with interviews and analysis focused on the national scene from groundbreaking shows like On the Media, The Takeaway and The New Yorker Radio Hour. Produced by WNYC Studios, home of other great podcasts including Radiolab, Snap Judgment, Nancy and Here’s the Thing with Alec Baldwin. Category: News & Politics
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Phoebe Robinson is tired of being the token black woman in an ocean of white dude comedians. So in this podcast, Phoebe’s calling the shots. She’ll host intimate, funny and super honest conversations with musicians, actors, writers and comedians who are killing it in their fields — AND who aren’t white dudes! Stay tuned for the one token white guy (it’s only fair), cameos by Phoebe’s ball-busting executive producer Ilana Glazer, and a whole lot of hijinks. WNYC Studios is a listener-supporte ...
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Chris Krimitsos Brings You Live Storytelling, Featuring Epic Fails, Aha Mom
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About Story Jam Story Jam Theatre was created by New York transplant Chris Krimitsos after moving to Tampa and missing the creative scene of his beloved NY. On September 23rd, 2014 (Chris’ Birthday), he invited a few friends to share stories that had impacted them…and Story Jam Theatre was born! The stories were so profound, they deeply touched all who were in attendance. Inspired by his wife’s podcast Biz Women Rock, he set out to create this podcast to leverage the medium and bring these s ...
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For years, scientists thought nothing could live above 73℃/163℉. At that temperature, everything boiled to death. But scientists Tom Brock and Hudson Freeze weren’t convinced. What began as their simple quest to trawl for life in some of the hottest natural springs on Earth would, decades later, change the trajectory of biological science forever, …
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PM x Radiolab: Can the economy grow forever?
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Earth can sustain life for another 100 million years, but can we? This episode, we partner with Radiolab to take stock of the essential raw materials that enable us to live as we do here on Earth — everything from sand to copper to oil — and tally up how much we have left. Are we living with reckless abandon? And if so, is there even a way to stop?…
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How 23andMe's bankruptcy led to a run on the gene bank
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Reporter Alexi Horowitz-Ghazi's Aunt Vovi signed up for 23andMe back in 2017, hoping to learn more about the genetic makeup of her ancestors. Vovi was one of over 15 million 23andMe customers who sent their saliva off to be analyzed by the company. But last month, 23andMe filed for bankruptcy, and it announced it would be selling off that massive g…
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EP156_Life as a Biotech Startup Entrepreneur
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What does it really take to turn personal adversity into groundbreaking innovation? In this episode of LIFE AS A.., we sit down with Katarina Maloney, biotech entrepreneur and founder of IQMIND, to uncover how her journey through traumatic brain injury led to building a company at the edge of science and tech. 🧠 From life-altering injury to launchi…
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A primer on the Federal Reserve's independence
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President Donald Trump has been loudly critical of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell for years now. Since January, the President has accused him of playing politics by keeping interest rates high. Trump has also threatened to oust Powell — which would mark an extraordinary shift away from the independence of the central bank. Today on the show, t…
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Do We Really Have Beer to Thank for the First Writing and Cities?
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Humanity's love affair with beer goes *way* back: 5,000 years ago, the civilization that arose in Mesopotamia invented writing, and one of the very first things they wrote about was... beer! But where was beer itself invented? This episode, we've got the story of beer's origins, the debate over whether humanity domesticated grains for brewing or fo…
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Follow Jacob, Miles, and Victor through a story about musical exploitation, globalization, and hope, starting with the creation of Jazz and concluding with the future of Afrobeats. Names: Jacob Matlof, Miles C. Selles, and Victor Chen Interviewees: Bolaji Oyedepo Bolaji Oyedepo is an Nigerian American musician from Houston, Texas, paving his own wa…
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Katie Cheng, Lela Hanson, Reyna Duffy, and Will Yu This is a story about a girl named Katie who suddenly discovers that her seemingly straight-laced, engineer dad used to lead a secret life as a graffiti artist. Fueled by curiosity and wonder, she sets out on a journey to learn more. From exploring hidden graffiti tunnels with friends to having an …
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How can supposedly green initiatives, such as battery recycling, still result in dirty outcomes? Community members in Vernon, California, fight to shut down a local battery recycling plant because its toxic waste is polluting their air, water, and soil. The company and governmental agencies that are supposed to be responsible fail to listen and act…
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In an unprecedented political, social, and cultural climate where executive orders are being issued to eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives nationwide, especially in educational institutions, three college-aged students from diverse racial backgrounds reflect on their experiences with racial discrimination and exclusion in K…
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Recently, one of our NPR colleagues wrote a message to all of NPR saying he had extra eggs to sell for cheap, but needed a fair way to distribute them during a shortage. What is Planet Money here for if not to get OVERLY involved in this kind of situation? Our colleague didn't want to charge more than $5, so we couldn't just auction the eggs off. A…
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In honor of our Earth, on her day, we have two stories about the overlooked, ignored, and neglected parts of nature. In the first half, we learn about an epic battle that is raging across the globe every day, every moment. It's happening in the ocean, and your very life depends on it. In the second half, we make an earnest, possibly foolhardy, atte…
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The Book That Changed My Thinking Forever | Same As Ever | Book Breakdowns
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The Book Breakdowns are back! I'm taking the best books and extracting 10 game-changing ideas you can actually use. Want the stuff I don't share on YouTube? Hit the newsletter: https://www.clarkkegley.com/free-ques... — fresh topics and behind-the-scenes content every Saturday. Grab the book: https://amzn.to/4jtT9uG (affilaite) The Best of Series |…
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OIRA: The tiny office that's about to remake the federal government
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OIRA — the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs — is an obscure, but powerful federal office around the corner from the White House. President Trump has decided that it should get even more powerful. For the last 45 years, OIRA has overseen most federal agencies by reviewing proposed regulations to make sure they agree with the President's …
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How do you run a business when a trade war is brewing? As President Trump's tariffs kick in - or are paused or are restarted - businesses around the world are trying to navigate the uncertainty. And, while trade is this big global thing, it is made up of individual farmers and business owners and truckers and manufacturers. Millions of people all o…
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A couple years ago, an entomologist named Martha Weiss got a letter from a little boy in Japan saying he wanted to replicate a famous study of hers. We covered that original study on Radiolab more than a decade ago in an episode called Goo and You – check it out here – and in addition to revealing some fascinating secrets of insect life, it also ra…
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At the heart of President Trump's tariffs is this idea that we should not be buying more from other countries than they are buying from us. Basically, he wants to get rid of the trade deficit. And in the wake of the tariff announcement we got a LOT of questions from listeners about what that means. Do trade deficits matter? Is it bad to have a trad…
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Seed Oil Scare: The Curious Case of Canola
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If you've been hearing that canola is a killer, you're not alone. It's one of the so-called "hateful eight" seed oils: Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. says it's among the most deadly things you can eat, and Joe Rogan agrees. But is it true? This episode, we get to the bottom of the debate over the plant formerly (and still, in some places) known as rapeseed…
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How the War on Drugs got us... blueberries
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Ever wondered why you can buy fresh Peruvian blueberries in the dead of winter? The answer, surprisingly, is tied to cocaine. Today on the show, we look at how the War on Drugs led to an American trade policy and a foreign aid initiative that won us blueberries all year round. And for more on trade and tariffs check out Planet Money's homepage. We'…
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In an episode first aired in 2012, Lulu Miller introduces us to Jeff Lockwood, a professor at the University of Wyoming, who spent a part of his career studying a particularly ferocious set of insects: Gryllacrididae. Or, as Jeff describes them, "crickets on steroids." They have crushingly strong, serrated jaws, and they launch all-out attacks on a…
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How exciting would it be if you actually tuned into that little voice in the back of your head? The one telling you to go for the thing you really want, even if it’s probably, most likely, definitely not what’s expected of you? Aren’t you curious how a girl can go from making pancakes in the kitchen with her mom one day to suddenly winning MasterCh…
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What are tariffs good for? For years, mainstream economists have basically said: tariffs are not good. They are an import tax paid by consumers, they've said, and they discourage free trade, and we want more! Because free trade has broadly led to more global economic growth. But global trade hasn't been all positive for Americans, and in the worldv…
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10 Harsh Truths I Wish I Knew a Decade Ago
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5-minute wisdom bombs every Saturday: Get the Refusing to Settle newsletter that'll wreck your excuses and upgrade your life (oh yeah, it's totally free): https://www.clarkkegley.com/free-ques... 11 questions to change your life now (free gift for yt subs): https://www.clarkkegley.com/free-ques... 7 Shadow Work Questions to change your life (free g…
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What does it really take to run a successful restaurant—and scale beyond it? In this episode of LIFE AS A.., we sit down with Jared Ferrall, founder of Crafty Ramen, to uncover the highs, lows, and unexpected turns of the restaurant business. 🍜 From Michelin-starred kitchens to launching a frozen ramen empire 🌏 How traveling the world helped Jared …
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Earth can sustain life for another 100 million years, but can we? In this episode, we partnered with the team at Planet Money to take stock of the essential raw materials that enable us to live as we do here on Earth—everything from sand to copper to oil— and tally up how much we have left. Are we living with reckless abandon? And if so, is there e…
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Letting Go will change your life SO FAST it feels ILLEGAL
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Get my free newsletter "Refusing to Settle" every Saturday to change your life here: https://www.clarkkegley.com/free-ques... 00:00 Letting Go & Your Life 01:13 WHY you do this 02:34 WHAT is Letting Go? 08:30 HOW to let go Get the 7 Shadow Work Questions to change your life (free gift for yt subs): https://www.clarkkegley.com/shadow-work The Best o…
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The deal seemed too good to be true. There's a website that's been selling top quality diamonds at bizarrely low prices. Prices we couldn't find at any retail outlet. Prices so low, we could buy a diamond on a public radio budget. So we did. What we got in the mail was a tiny ziploc bag containing a scintillating mystery. On today's show: the Plane…
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Hello again! Let's go up Australia’s tallest hill, Mt Kosciuszko and chill at the Adventist park in Jindabyne. Join us in the triumph and struggle as we tackle it with our 4 and 6 year olds. Visit our website for photos from our trip and some other extra content. https://ontheroadtrippin.com/By Polk Farody
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Hello and welcome to On The Road Trippin... I guess. This is an introduction to what you might expect ongoing. Hopefully it doesn't scare you off too quickly. Enjoy! Visit our website for photos from our trip and some other extra content. https://ontheroadtrippin.com/By Polk Farody
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Nutrition Advice Decoded: What Foods Are Actually Good For Us, What Should We Avoid, and Why Is It All SO Confusing?
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Are eggs going to give you high cholesterol, or are they the base of a great protein-rich meal? Will coffee give you cancer, or will it help you live longer? If you're confused about what nutrition science has to say about which foods are healthy and which are not, you're not alone. But why is it so hard to figure out what's good for us, and why do…
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There's one statistic that rules them all when it comes to keeping track of the economy: gross domestic product (GDP). It's the sum of all final transactions, so all the goods or services bought and sold, in an economy. GDP tells us how hot the economy is running, or how cool — like if we might be heading into a recession. And it's an important too…
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We all think we know the story of pregnancy. Sperm meets egg, followed by nine months of nurturing, nesting, and quiet incubation. this story isn’t the nursery rhyme we think it is. In a way, it’s a struggle, almost like a tiny war. And right on the front lines of that battle is another major player on the stage of pregnancy that not a single perso…
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Note: This original episode ran in 2020. Walter Schramm did everything right as an investor — at least according to the philosophy of Warren Buffett. So how come he lost a small fortune? In this episode, we look into an obscure government program that slurps up forgotten money. We hunt for money we might have left vulnerable and we try to figure ou…
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🚀 What does it take to build and scale an AI-powered tech company? In this episode of LIFE AS A.., we sit down with Adam Nathan, Founder & CEO of Blaze, an AI-driven marketing tool that skyrocketed to $7M+ in revenue in just 15 months. 💡 Insights on AI & Entrepreneurship: 🔹 The realities of building an AI startup from scratch 🔹 Lessons from scaling…
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Overthinking is Ruining Your Life (Here’s How to Stop)
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A Saturday email that actually changes your life? Yep, it’s free. Tap here: https://www.clarkkegley.com/free-ques... Get the 11 questions to change your life now (free gift for yt subs): https://www.clarkkegley.com/free-ques... The Best of Series | 10-years In The Making: • THE BEST OF - Clark Kegley | Top Vide... SOCIAL / clarkkegley / clarkkegley…
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How Tupperware took over our homes, with Decoder Ring
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Tupperware is the stealthy star of our modern homes. These plastic storage containers are ubiquitous in our fridges, pantries, and closets. But the original product was revolutionary. So was its breakthrough sales strategy: the Tupperware Party. Led in part by a charismatic housewife turned business innovator, Tupperware pioneered more than the par…
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It’s easy to take growth for granted, for it to seem expected, inevitable even. Every person starts out as a baby and grows up. Plants grow from seeds into food. The economy grows. That stack of mail on your table grows. But why does anything grow the way that it does? In this hour, we go from the Alaska State Fair, to a kitchen in Berkeley, to the…
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The last time we shrank the federal workforce
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If you cut every single federal job President Donald Trump wants to cut, how much money would that save? A president has tried to massively shrink the size of the federal government before. It was in the 90s, under a Democrat. Today on the show: Where they found waste the last time we really looked. (Hint: it wasn't jobs.) And why the pace of firin…
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