Best Eric Byron Podcasts (2025)

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The Rajneeshees and me — why Martina thought she needed a guru to heal 53:00

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Cult survivor and psychotherapist Dr Martina Zangger on her ten years devoted to an Indian mystic and how she learned to stand on her own two feet. When Martina Zangger was 19 years old she became a devotee of the Rajneeshee Movement led by the Guru, Bhagwan. The cult had its headquarters in a huge ashram, built in rural Oregon, and Martina decided…

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Jobs of the Future 7:20

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Jobs of the Future This is a solo episode from Eric Byron as he rants about the threat of AI replacing humans in the workforce/classroom and makes a case that we are still in control and our greatest weapon is education that advances human intelligence. The Education Innovators Podcast is a set of conversations between Eric Byron and guests from al…

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Susan Polk 43:14

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The son of a wealthy psychologist finds his father murdered and points the finger at his mother. Season 33 Episode 03 Originally aired: Nov 12, 2023 Watch full episodes of Snapped for FREE on the Oxygen app: https://oxygentv.app.link/WatchSnappedPod See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/p…

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Julia Loktev "My Undesirable Friends" 55:57

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Medaya Ocher and Eric Newman speak with director Julia Loktev about her new documentary My Undesirable Friends. Filmed in 2021, just before Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the five-hour epic follows independent journalists at TV Rain as they navigate escalating government repression and the "foreign agent" laws designed to silence dissent. The film i…

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Encore: Helen Garner's love letter to her grandson, and football 52:10

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When Helen Garner began following her grandson Amby's under-16s football team, it was a chance to spend more time with her youngest grandchild before he became an adult and she was fascinated by the spectacle. She went along to all the games, and to every training session, shivering on the sidelines at dusk, it also gave Helen a new writing project…

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The forgotten men who fought and died in the wild jungles of Borneo 53:00

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At the very end of World War Two, Australian soldiers were sent to Borneo to dislodge the occupying Japanese Forces. The story of their brutal fighting was largely forgotten by their own compatriots, who never understood why they went in there in the first place. It was one of the largest amphibious landings of the whole war, and what followed was …

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Deciding to live—recovery from a decade long battle with anorexia 50:23

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While fighting anorexia Lexi Crouch was admitted to hospital 25 times and placed in an induced coma twice. When doctors told her she would die, she began the slow climb up and out to health (CW: discussion of eating disorders) Lexi was 16 when she was first admitted to hospital and diagnosed with anorexia and spent the next decade in and out specia…

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Episode 105: “Southern Gothic” (featuring Ben Nichols from Lucero) 1:28:00

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In this episode, David Harris, Holly Hazelwood and Eric Mellor are joined by special guest, Ben Nichols, to talk about Lucero, Southern literature and Ferris Bueller. Support the showBy Spectrum Culture

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NWP SPECIAL - NASCAR Trial Begins, What We Learned So Far 1:13:54

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After over a year of talks, leaks, and news we have finally reached the trial. We break down the latest NASCAR lawsuit news in a special and rare offseason episode of NWP. Visit the Daily Downforce at dailydownforce.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Eric Estepp, Danny B, Jaret Lundberg, Black Flags Matter

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Frosty the supercars legend and his race to the top of Mount Panorama 53:00

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Mark Winterbottom grew up in outer Western Sydney, in a family with not much money to spend on expensive hobbies. But by an extraordinary twist of fate, Mark won his first mini motorbike in a shopping centre raffle at the age of 8. Immediately, he was off, speedily rising up from bikes to kart racing, and then to V8 Supercars. Mark won race after r…

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Lisa Pak - Playing for the Planet 57:13

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Playing for the Planet – Inspiring Action through Gaming Lisa Pak is the Head of Operations at Playing for the Planet - an initiative facilitated by the United Nations Environment Programme - that unites the global video games industry around a bold mission: to reduce its environmental impact and harness the power of games to inspire meaningful env…

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Betty Wilson 43:13

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The unaired pilot that analyzes the investigation into the gruesome murder of an esteemed Southern doctor. An anonymous tip leads police to uncover a pattern of lust, greed and a complex dynamic between twin sisters. Season 33 Episode 02 Originally aired: Nov 5, 2023 Watch full episodes of Snapped for FREE on the Oxygen app: https://oxygentv.app.li…

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Robin Coste Lewis's "Archive of Desire" 45:15

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Kate Wolf and Eric Newman speak with Robin Coste Lewis about her new poetry collection, Archive of Desire. The four part collection emerged out of a collaboration with other artists commissioned by the Onassis Foundation to celebrate the 160th birthday of poet Constantin Cavafy, exploring Lewis's encounters with Cavafy's life, work, and sexual hist…

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Encore: Author Heather Rose on the grief lodged deep in her body 52:17

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Heather's brother and grandfather died in a tragic drowning accident when she was 12 and from that day, she began looking for a way to commune with what lies beyond. The quest has taken the Stella award winning writer to Buddhist monasteries, Native American dance rituals and sweat lodges, and to the discipline of writing. And Heather has had an in…

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Episode 217: From "Wookie" to Guardian: Green Beret Travis Wilson on Loss, Ego, and Healing the Brain 1:51:09

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What happens when the legend of “Wookie”—the 6’3” Green Beret who outworks everyone, jumps out of planes for fun, and lives hard on and off the battlefield—collides with reality, loss, and a broken body? In this episode, Travis “Wookie” Wilson sits down with DJ to unpack a 21-year Army career, including 13 years in Special Forces, and the moments t…

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A former army psychologist on ketamine therapy, PTSD and her surrogate twins 49:18

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Louise O'Sullivan spent 10 years with the ADF, including deployments with the Special Forces in Afghanistan which eventually left her with PTSD, but a bigger battle lay ahead, the fight to save her premature twins. After leaving the military, Louise wanted to begin a family but cancer treatment had left her unable to carry her own children so she f…

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Dad, Bob Marley and me 45:32

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After the death of her father, a spiritual moment with the life-size wooden statue of Bob at Nine Mile convinced queer rapper, Jamaica Moana that everything would be alright. Jamaica was born to the music of Bob Marley on the Central Coast of NSW. Her dad loved Bob’s music more than anything else and would listen incessantly on his interstate truck…

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How a pair of disobedient missionaries invented Australia's most iconic road trip 52:12

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Tens of thousands of 'van lifers' and 'grey nomads' drive around Australia each year. But the iconic road trip has a surprising origin story involving a pair of missionaries, a retired butcher and a gun-slinging mother-daughter duo. David Riley is a pastor and father who was on a lap around Australia with his wife and three children when he heard a…

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Teaching Game Design 4:10

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Teaching Game Design This short solo episode is a follow up to last week’s episode with Jussi Holopainen. Eric shares his thoughts on the impact of teaching game design and the transferable skills that students can gain from the learning experience. The Education Innovators Podcast is a set of conversations between Eric Byron and guests from all as…

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Bryan Miller 43:14

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When two young women are brutally murdered in Phoenix, friends and family wait decades for answers. When advancements in DNA reinvigorate the case, police discover their killer has been hiding in plain sight. Season 33 Episode 01 Originally aired: Oct 29, 2023 Watch full episodes of Snapped for FREE on the Oxygen app: https://oxygentv.app.link/Watc…

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Brandon Taylor's "Minor Black Figures" 1:12:54

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Eric Newman speaks to Brandon Taylor about his latest novel, Minor Black Figures. It centers on Wyeth, a Black artist in his thirties wrestling with creative stagnation and the pressures of sudden fame after some of his paintings unexpectedly go viral. As he resists the temptation to produce the sort of identity-based art the market seems to want, …

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Encore: How Johnathan Thurston became one of the greats 51:33

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Despite being a stand-out young player, many NRL clubs initially rejected Johnathan Thurston because they thought he was too small and wiry but he went on to become one of the best rugby league players of all time. Johnathan showed his rare talent for rugby league early on but his parents didn't have the money to help him travel to games. So in his…

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How Aunty Rhonda learnt to cry 51:12

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Artist, author and Stolen Generations survivor, Rhonda Collard-Spratt, on bush hugs, beehives, emu bumps, and finding peace. Aunty Rhonda Collard-Spratt is a Yamatji-Noongar elder and Stolen Generations survivor who grew up on the Carnarvon Native Mission in Western Australia. As a little girl she would escape from her dormitory into the bush to fe…

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BONUS: Crystal Brinson & Byron Boutin (Snapped: Killer Couples) 43:37

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Hunters stumble across a young woman’s decaying body wrapped in fabric, launching an investigation across several counties in Florida. Horrific rumors quickly swirl and a night of partying that morphed into an act of desperation is revealed. Season 17 Episode 18 Originally aired: April 21, 2024 Watch full episodes of Snapped for FREE on the Oxygen …

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From democracy to dictatorship and back again—how freedom falls and tyranny takes hold 53:30

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Dr James Loxton on how modern democracies can crumble as authoritarian regimes take hold, but also how freedom and democracy can rise again, from the Americas to Europe and into Asia. James grew up in stable Canada, where he spent his summers herding sheep in the middle of forest plantations. As a teenager, he hatched a plan to escape his "rough as…

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A bulldog on the ice -- Eric's journey from the South Pole to Outer Space 52:19

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Eric Philips has always loved cold weather and from young age became fixated on the idea of polar exploration and following in the footsteps of the adventurers he read about in National Geographic. And he went on to lead gruelling expeditions to the North and South Poles, pushing his body and mind to the limits. Eric also had dreams of travelling i…

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Jussi Holopainen - Game Design and Symbolic Thinking 59:39

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Game Design and Symbolic Thinking In this episode we explore how playing games is foundation for developing higher order thinking skills and Dr Holopainen shares insights into the many transferable skills that can come from studying game design. Dr Jussi Holopainen holds a PhD in Digital Game Development from Blekinge Institute of Technology in Swe…

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Eric Christensen 43:15

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When a beloved woman goes missing in Everett, Wash., police find that her apartment was the scene of a violent attack. Season 32 Episode 26 Originally aired: Oct 22, 2023 Watch full episodes of Snapped for FREE on the Oxygen app: https://oxygentv.app.link/WatchSnappedPod See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice …

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Sarah Schulman's "The Fantasy and Necessity of Solidarity" 50:59

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This week we are listening back to an episode from earlier this year. Eric Newman and Kate Wolf speak with Sarah Schulman about her latest book, The Fantasy and Necessity of Solidarity. With a focus on practical politics, Schulman explores both how we imagine solidarity and what the work of solidarity requires. Rather than a horizontal movement, th…

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Encore: Love, sex and the secret life of retirees 45:17

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Screenwriter Samantha Strauss on her grandmother's vibrant last years in a Gold Coast retirement home where love, sex and startlingly pragmatic conversations about dying were all part of daily life. (CW: not suitable for children) (R) Samantha Strauss started dancing from the age of 2, and as she grew up, she became increasingly serious about it. S…

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Making peace and finding laughter in my family's dark past

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Reuben Kaye has always known he was going to be a performer and grew up a house that encouraged his love of the limelight. But in the background was the weight of his family history full of complicated characters and stories of cruelty. Reuben's parent both came from Jewish European families who were forced to flee their homes because of World War …

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Loving and losing three good men—the story of a ballerina called 'Blossom' 52:00

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Petal Ashmole Winstanley was just a teenager when she left Perth on her own to sail to London. There, in the swinging 1960s, she began her wild adventure of dance, love and heartbreak. Petal got her first big dancing break in a Christmas pantomime, and then she had a spin as a Go-Go dancer in a Parisian nightclub, before eventually working her way …

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The conspiracy that brought down the Whitlam Government in the 1975 dismissal 53:25

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Editor-at-Large of The Australian, Paul Kelly looks back at the most profound crisis in Australia’s democracy, including the off-the-record information he was given five days before it took place. In 1975 Paul was a young press gallery journalist, working in the cramped old Parliament House, where all it took was a flight of stairs and a few steps …

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Google LearnLM 7:59

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Google LearnLM This short solo episode with Eric Byron takes us through his test drive of Google’s LearnLM platform. See how he navigates learning with this AI-powered learning coach. The Education Innovators Podcast is a set of conversations between Eric Byron and guests from all aspects of education around the world. We look for innovative ideas …

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Silverchair’s Ben Gillies on his life as a teenage rock god, and what happened next

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When Ben Gillies was 15 he began touring around the world in his band called Silverchair. After the band broke up, Ben had to work through anxiety and addiction to make an entirely new life for himself. Silverchair toured America, supporting the Ramones and the Red Hot Chilli Peppers. They played on the roof of the Radio City Music Hall during the …

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Amber Burch 43:15

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When two men disappear in the quiet community of Clemmons, North Carolina, rumors swirl about a devil-worshipping couple and their house of horrors. An investigation leads police to discover there may be more than secrets buried in the backyard. Season 32 Episode 25 Originally aired: Oct 15, 2023 Watch full episodes of Snapped for FREE on the Oxyge…

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Angela Flournoy's "The Wilderness" 1:00:22

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Kate Wolf and Eric Newman speak with Angela Flournoy about her novel, The Wilderness. Moving back and forth from the early 2000s to the present, the novel looks at the stories of five women living in New York and Los Angeles, capturing the mess and power of their deep, complicated friendships as they navigate love, motherhood, careers, and everythi…

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Encore: Meet Ash Barty's mindset coach — Ben Crowe 53:30

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How does Ben Crowe get elite athletes to the top of their game? What he asks footballers, surfers and tennis players to do seems counter intuitive, and a lot of the work happens off the field. (R) Ben Crowe is a mindset coach who has worked with elite athletes like surfer Steph Gilmore, tennis superstar Ash Barty, and the Richmond Football Club. Bu…

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Championship Weekend Reaction, Hamlin Heartbreak, Offseason Stories, NASCAR News & MORE!!! 3:19:03

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The NASCAR and NWP both come to an end and with a bang at that. Here's to another fun year with yall! Visit the Daily Downforce at dailydownforce.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Eric Estepp, Danny B, Jaret Lundberg, Black Flags Matter