Best Spot Agents Of The Dark Podcasts (2025)

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Bards, Rise!, May 15, 2025 58:44

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Bards, Rise! with host Michael Deem Walk Away Throughout this episode, host Michael Deem utilizes the attached PDF when describing various scenes and events, feel free to open it up and follow along.By [email protected] (Author)

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Bards, Rise!, May 8, 2025 56:36

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Bards, Rise! with host Michael Deem JFK was Wrong Throughout this episode, host Michael Deem utilizes the attached PDF when describing various scenes and events, feel free to open it up and follow along.By [email protected] (Author)

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Bards, Rise!, May 1, 2025 55:52

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Bards, Rise! with host Michael Deem Relationships and Third Rails Throughout this episode, host Michael Deem utilizes the attached PDF when describing various scenes and events, feel free to open it up and follow along.By [email protected] (Author)

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Bards, Rise!, April 24, 2025 55:50

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Bards, Rise! with host Michael Deem Homesteaders 1 v. Bankers 0 Joined by Guests, Mike & Leah from Michigan Kelly from Michigan Robin from "The Awakening Wave Show" and Michigan. Throughout this episode, host Michael Deem utilizes the attached PDF when describing various scenes and events, feel free to open it up and follow along.…

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Bards, Rise!, April 17, 2025 56:42

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Bards, Rise! with host Michael Deem Federal Judges are Felons, Too Throughout this episode, host Michael Deem utilizes the attached PDF when describing various scenes and events, feel free to open it up and follow along.By [email protected] (Author)

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Bards, Rise!, April 10, 2025 55:15

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Bards, Rise! with host Michael Deem My Journey Part 2 Throughout this episode, host Michael Deem utilizes the attached PDF when describing various scenes and events, feel free to open it up and follow along.By [email protected] (Author)

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Bards, Rise!, April 3, 2025 55:11

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Bards, Rise! with host Michael Deem My Journey Part 1 Throughout this episode, host Michael Deem utilizes the attached PDF when describing various scenes and events, feel free to open it up and follow along.By [email protected] (Author)

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Bards, Rise!, March 27, 2025 58:44

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Bards, Rise! with host Michael Deem New York State Judges are Serial Felons Throughout this episode, host Michael Deem utilizes the attached PDF when describing various scenes and events, feel free to open it up and follow along.By [email protected] (Author)

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BookLab 038: The Language Puzzle; Ways of Being; Playing Possum 1:09:56

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There’s no question that animals communicate -- but only humans have full-blown symbolic language. So, how did we get here? In The Language Puzzle, archeologist Steven Mithen tries to figure out how we became such a talkative species. And on the nightstand: Ways of Being, by James Bridle; and Playing Possum by Susana Monsó.…

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Bards, Rise!, March 20, 2025 57:50

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Bards, Rise! with host Michael Deem Tyranny: By DefinitionBy [email protected] (Author)

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Bards, Rise!, March 13, 2025 57:56

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Bards, Rise! with host Michael Deem What lies beneath the New York courts Debut show, discussing the secrets behind the Free Masons and their history in New York state. Throughout the episode, host Michael Deem utlizes the attached PDF when describing various scenes and events, feel free to open it up and follow along.…

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Whiplash Talk With Sunshine, March 1, 2025 57:50

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Whiplash Talk with host Sunshine Interviewing fellow talk show host - Michael Deem "The Mountain Man" about his upcoming show, "Bards, Rise!" here on BBS Radio. The guest on today's show has had many experiences throughout his life that have prepared him for this moment as he launches his radio show Bards Rise! here on BBS Radio. In hearing Michael…

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BookLab 037: Ten Year Anniversary Special 52:31

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Hosts Dan Falk and Amanda Gefter reflect on favorite science books, publishing trends, and more as BookLab marks its first ten years.

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BookLab 036: Her Time, Her Space and The Enlightenment’s Most Dangerous Woman 1:04:34

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You know about Galileo, Newton, and Einstein -- but what about the many women scientists who helped shape our understanding of the cosmos? In this episode, we look at two books give those overlooked women the recognition they deserve.

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BookLab 035: The Blind Spot; Putting Ourselves Back in the Equation; The Rigor of Angels 1:22:49

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Some researchers believe that the traditional scientific approach, in spite of its impressive 400-year track record, has left something out. Adam Frank, Marcelo Gleiser, and Evan Thompson lay out the argument in The Blind Spot. And on the nightstand: Putting Ourselves Back in the Equation, by George Musser; and The Rigor of Angels, by William Eggin…

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BookLab 034: Determined by Robert Sapolsky and Free Agents by Kevin Mitchell 1:15:24

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It’s one of the oldest and most vexing questions in science and philosophy: Do we have free will? In this episode of BookLab, we take a close look at two books by two scientists who have considered the question at length -- and have been led to two very different conclusions.

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BookLab 033: The Book of Minds; The Darkness Manifesto; Existential Physics 1:16:09

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The human mind is quite something. We can use it to reason; to envision past and future events; to ponder abstractions. But what other minds are out there? In Philip Ball’s The Book of Minds, we’re invited to explore the space of possible minds. And on the nightstand: The Darkness Manifesto, by Johan Eklöf; and Existential Physics by Sabine Hossenf…

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BookLab 032: The One; Sounds Wild and Broken; What We Owe the Future 1:15:36

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The world around us seems incredibly diverse -- but what if beneath that diversity there was a unifying sameness? That’s the idea behind “monism” -- an ancient idea that physicist Heinrich Pas believes is due for a comeback. He explores the idea in his new book, The One. And on the nightstand: Sounds Wild and Broken, by David George Haskell; and Wh…

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BookLab 031: Reality+; Well, Doc, You’re In; and As Gods 1:09:51

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Virtual reality has taken off in recent years. But what if the virtual worlds of VR are real -- just as real, perhaps, as the physical world we see around us? And... is it possible we’re living in a simulation right now? Philosopher David Chalmers probes these questions in his provocative new book, Reality+. And on the nightstand: A new biography o…

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BookLab 030: Being You, The Monster’s Bones, and Quantum Legacies 58:04

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Featured book: Being You, by Anil Seth. A lot has been written on the subject of consciousness, but few are positioned to tackle the problem better than neuroscientist Anil Seth, whose new book examines how we experience “life in the first person.” And on the nightstand: The Monster’s Bones, by David K. Randall; and Quantum Legacies, by David Kaise…

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BookLab 029: Hawking Hawking, The Zoologist’s Guide to the Galaxy, and When We Cease to Understand the World 57:09

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Featured book: Hawking Hawking, by Charles Seife. Charles Seife’s new biography of Stephen Hawking takes an unflinching look at the good and bad sides of the famous physicist. And on the nightstand: The Zoologist’s Guide to the Galaxy, by Arik Kershenbaum; and When We Cease to Understand the World, by Benjamin Labatut.…

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BookLab 028: Life’s Edge, by Carl Zimmer; and The Genesis Quest, by Michael Marshall 49:40

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What is life? As Carl Zimmer shows in Life’s Edge, the more we try to pin it down, the more elusive an answer becomes. And in The Genesis Quest, Michael Marshall examines the age-old puzzle of how life began on our planet.

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BookLab 027: Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain, Why Fish Don’t Exist, and The Precipice 1:02:51

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Featured Book: Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain, by Lisa Feldman Barrett. Neuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett take a deep dive into our most remarkable organ – and explains why the brain is for much more than just thinking. And on the nightstand: Why Fish Don’t Exist, by Lulu Miller; and The Precipice, by Toby Ord.…

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BookLab 026: The End of Everything, and Black Hole Survival Guide 51:39

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We double up on the physics in this episode: First, Katie Mack looks at the universe’s end-game in The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking). Then we explore the universe’s most exotic objects in Janna Levin’s new book, Black Hole Survival Guide.

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BookLab 025: COVID-19, by Debora MacKenzie 46:26

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In this special episode of BookLab, we focus on COVID-19 by journalist Debora MacKenzie. Her book examines how this pandemic happened, how it might have been prevented – or at least mitigated – and what can be done to make sure a similar catastrophic public health crisis doesn’t happen again.

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BookLab 024: Until the End of Time, Superior, and Moral Tribes 1:05:33

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Featured book: Until the End of Time, by Brian Greene. Where exactly do human beings fit in, in this vast cosmos? Brian Greene tackles the mysteries of life, the universe, and everything in an ambitious new book. And on the nightstand: Superior, by Angela Saini; and Moral Tribes by Joshua Greene

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BookLab 023: The Feeling of Life Itself, Supernavigators, and The Math of Life & Death 53:05

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Featured book: The Feeling of Life Itself, by Christof Koch. A neuroscientist who’s spent decades studying the puzzle of consciousness explores the problem of how the brain gives rise to the mind. And on the nightstand: Supernavigators, by David Barrie; and The Math of Life and Death, by Kit Yates.

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BookLab 022: The Number of the Heavens, and Something Deeply Hidden 1:02:38

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It’s one of the most provocative ideas in all of science – the notion that our universe might just an infinitesimal part of a much larger reality. In this episode, we look at two new books that take us deep into the multiverse: The Number of the Heavens, by Tom Siegfried; and Something Deeply Hidden, by Sean Carroll.…

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BookLab 021: The Goodness Paradox; The Overstory; The Trouble with Gravity 48:02

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Featured book: The Goodness Paradox, by Richard Wrangham. Our species, Homo sapiens, is less violent than any of our primate cousins -- but how did we get that way? A Harvard anthropologist suggests an answer. And on the nightstand: The Overstory, by Richard Powers; and The Trouble with Gravity, by Richard Panek.…

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BookLab 020: What is Real? and Beyond Weird 44:48

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Featured Books:What is Real? by Adam Becker; and Beyond Weird by Philip Ball. Quantum physics has been with us for more than 100 years – but what is it actually telling us about the world?

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BookLab 019: Adventures in Memory; Outside Color; The Invention of Nature 52:13

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Featured Book: Adventures in Memory, by Hilde Østby and Ylva Østby Few things are as fundamental to the human experience as memory. But what exactly is memory? How do memories actually work, in our brains? And why did we evolve to have memories? And on the nightstand: Outside Color, by Mazviita Chirimuuta; and The Invention of Nature, by Andrea Wul…

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BookLab 018: Lost in Math; Through Two Doors at Once; The Order of Time 55:06

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Featured Book:Lost in Math, by Sabine Hossenfelder Physics made enormous progress in the 20th century – but Sabine Hossenfelder says we’ve reached a dead-end in the 21st, because today’s physicists take their equations too seriously. And on the nightstand: Through Two Doors at Once, by Anil Ananthaswamy; and The Order of Time, by Carlo Rovelli.…

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BookLab 017: The Strange Order of Things; Internal Time; The Last Man Who Knew Everything 38:15

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Featured Book:The Strange Order of Things, by Antonio Damasio How did emotions and feelings – and conscious awareness in general – come into existence? Neuroscientist and philosopher Antonio Damasio weighs in. And on the nightstand: Internal Time, by Till Roenneberg; and The Last Man Who Knew Everything, by David Schwartz.…

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BookLab 016: A special episode – Why Stephen Hawking’s A Brief History of Time still matters, 30 years later 44:53

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Stephen Hawking’s first book aimed at a popular audience, A Brief History of Time, became a surprise bestseller and turned the world of popular science writing upside down. We look back at this remarkable book, 30 years after its publication.

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BookLab 015: Life 3.0; Prehension; The Social Conquest of Earth 55:09

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Featured Book: Life 3.0, by Max Tegmark Artificial intelligence is set to change the world. Will humanity have what it takes to survive, in the age of intelligent machines? And on the nightstand: Prehension, by Colin McGinn; and The Social Conquest of Earth by E.O. Wilson.

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BookLab 014: The Big Picture; You Belong to the Universe; Time Travel 53:33

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Featured Book: The Big Picture, by Sean Carroll. Do our lives have any significance in a universe of impersonal particles and forces and physical laws? That’s a big question – but a physicist with an eye on the big picture takes a shot at answering them. And on the nightstand: You Belong to the Universe, by Jonathon Keats; and Time Travel, by James…

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Once Upon A Time 609 | The Changelings Recap 35:05

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Once Upon A Time 609 | The Changelings Recap It’s all about Belle and Rumple on “The Changelings”, episode nine of Once Upon a Time Season 6. Belle’s pregnancy ends sooner than expected with manipulation from both Rumple and the Evil Queen. And we finally meet The Black Fairy, who also happens to be the mother of a spinning wheel loving dark one. C…

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Once Upon A Time 608 | I'll Be Your Mirror Recap 44:47

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Once Upon A Time 608 | I’ll Be Your Mirror Recap Henry and Violet have a dance and the Evil Queen wants to help on “I’ll Be Your Mirror”, episode eight of Once Upon a Time Season 6. Emma and Regina have another plan backfire as the Evil Queen sends them to the Mirror universe. Meanwhile Belle is teaming up with Zelena to protect her child. Check ou…

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Once Upon A Time 607 | Heartless Recap 49:22

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Once Upon A Time 607 | Heartless Recap We go all the way to the first meeting between Snow White and Prince Charming on “Heartless”, episode seven of Once Upon a Time Season 6. The Evil Queen wants her revenge and is threatening all of Storybrooke to get both Snow and Charming to hand over their hearts. Check out the podcast below and show notes af…

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Agents of Shield 404 | Let Me Stand Next To Your Fire Recap 46:56

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Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD 404 | Let Me Stand Next To Your Fire Recap Fireworks are going off on Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD episode 404 “Let Me Stand Next To Your Fire”. Daisy teams up with Simmons as they investigate how the Watchdogs are tracking the Inhumans. Their trail leads to James, aka Hellfire, and fireworks ensue when Robbie Reyes Ghostride…

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Once Upon A Time | 606 Dark Waters Recap 47:07

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Once Upon A Time 606 | Dark Waters Recap In “Dark Waters”, episode six of Once Upon a Time Season 6, we find ourselves in another literary story with the introduction of Nemo and 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. Nemo has a past with our own Captain Hook when he tried to move Killian off his path of vengeance. But his own past comes back to haunt him w…

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Once Upon A Time 605 | Street Rats Recap 47:54

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Once Upon A Time 605 | Street Rats Recap In “Street Rats”, episode five of Once Upon a Time Season 6, we head to Agrabar for the backstory of Jasmine and Aladdin. Emma is continuing to have problems linked to the prophecy of the savior and Aladdin might have the answers. Check out the podcast below and show notes after the jump We love to hear from…

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Marvel's Agents of SHIELD 403 | Uprising Recap 37:42

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Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD 403 | Uprising Recap Yo-Yo is the centerpiece of Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD episode 403 “Uprising”. The Watchdogs are raising the stakes with multiple blackouts sewing the seeds of hatred against the Inhumans. Yo-Yo is trapped and they are hoping to kill as many Inhumans in the chaos as they can. Meanwhile Simmons joins Doc…

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Once Upon A Time 604 | Strange Case Recap 1:06:10

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Once Upon A Time 604 | Strange Case Recap In “Strange Case”, the third episode of Once Upon a Time Season 6, we dive into the history of Doctor Jekyll and Mister Hyde. While the Storybrooke team deals with Hyde’s team up with the Evil Queen we see that the origin of Hyde holds some secrets about Jekyll. Of course Rumplestilskin is wrapped up in the…

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Once Upon A Time 603 | The Other Shoe Recap 1:02:08

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Once Upon A Time 603 | The Other Shoe Recap In “The Other Shoe”, the third episode of Once Upon a Time Season 6, we return to the fiary tale classic Cinderella. Ashley, as she is known in Storybrooke, is on the hunt for her step-sister who has arrived from the Land of Untold Stories. But she isn’t out for vengeance, because there is more to the sto…

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Once Upon A Time 602 | A Bitter Draught Recap 58:27

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Once Upon A Time 602 | A Bitter Draught Recap In “A Bitter Draught”, the second episode of Once Upon a Time Season 6, the Count of Monte Cristo has arrived and he has some history with the Evil Queen. Snow and Charming are in the cross hairs with Regina’s past coming back to haunt them all. Check out the podcast below and show notes after the jump …

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Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD 402 | Meet The New Boss Recap 50:06

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Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD 402 | Meet The New Boss Recap Our Agents of Steranko podcast returns as we discuss the Season 4 premier “The Ghost”. Daisy has gone on the run and the SHIELD team is splintered. Ghost Rider marks the introduction of the mystical element on the show and AIDA brings the post Ultron technology gone amok danger. With Daisy on …

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Once Upon a Time 601 | The Savior Recap 1:05:00

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Once Upon a Time 601 | The Savior Recap We are back with our Happily Ever After podcast to discuss the Season 6 premier of Once Upon a Time, “The Savior”. Last season left us with Mr. Hyde in Storybrooke and Regina splitting herself from the Evil Queen and we have a lot happening as we start the new season. Mr. Hyde is trying to take over Storybroo…

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Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD 401 | The Ghost 45:25

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Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD 401 | The Ghost Our Agents of Steranko podcast returns as we discuss the Season 4 premier “The Ghost”. Daisy has gone on the run and the SHIELD team is splintered. Ghost Rider marks the introduction of the mystical element on the show and AIDA brings the post Ultron technology gone amok danger. With Daisy on the run, the r…

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BookLab 013: The Gene; Surfing Uncertainty; Black Hole Blues 54:30

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Featured Book: The Gene, by Siddhartha Mukherjee. The gene shapes who we are. While the science of genetics is still fairly young, it’s advancing at a breakneck speed. What will we do with this new knowledge? And on the nightstand: Surfing Uncertainty, by Andy Clark; and Black Hole Blues, by Janna Levin.…

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