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Longtime Atlantic tech, culture and political writer Derek Thompson cuts through all the noise surrounding the big questions and headlines that matter to you in his new podcast Plain English. Hear Derek and guests engage the news with clear viewpoints and memorable takeaways. New episodes drop every Tuesday and Friday, and if you've got a topic you want discussed, shoot us an email at [email protected]! You can also find us on tiktok at www.tiktok.com/@plainenglish_
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Plain English

Plain English

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The best podcast for learning English if you like current events and trending topics. Improve your English listening, learn new words, and build your confidence with the #1 English-learning podcast focused on current events and trending topics. Improve your English listening: Plain English episodes go a little slower than native speed so you can understand every word and improve your English listening little by little. Your host is Jeff. He's a native English speaker from the United States a ...
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Learning English? Master these Essential English Expressions and you’ll be on your way to speaking English like a native speaker. In each episode, you’ll learn one English expression. Each episode will help you express a new idea in English, so you can use what you learn right away. The narrator is Jeff, a native English speaker from the United States. And in each episode, he shows you step-by-step how to use one English expression, with tips and tricks on how to sound like a pro. The best p ...
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Plain English Finance

Tré Bynoe CFP®, CIM®

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The Plain English Finance podcast is hosted by Tré Bynoe CFP® CIM®, a financial planner with TCU Wealth Management and Aviso Wealth. While Tré specializes in working with families with more complicated finances, typically involving corporations and trusts, this podcast is for anyone wanting to learn how to make high-quality decisions based on evidence, to give themselves the highest likelihood of financial success. You should always consult with your financial, legal, and tax advisors before ...
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Joe Cannon, MS exercise science, BS chemistry & biology has been helping people sort health facts from fiction since the 1990s. He's a no-nonsense authority on exercise, dietary supplements, sports nutrition, rhabdomyolysis (rhabdo) and personal fitness training. No hype. No spin. Just the facts in plain English.
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Silent Mode Cafe

Silent Mode Cafe

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Welcome to Silent Mode Cafe, the podcast where we translate the digital realm into plain English. From data privacy and basic internet security to smart home gadgets and the latest AI developments, we serve up tech insights with a side of caffeine.
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FIRST EVER PODCAST LAUNCHED TO LEARN THE REBBE'S SEFER HASICHOS IN PLAIN ENGLISH Project Likkutei Torah (PLT) and Rabbi Mendel Lipskier present a detailed overview of the weekly talks of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, as edited and printed in the latter volumes of public addresses in the years 5751-5752 (1991-1992), which he painstakingly annotated and prepared for publication. Visit ProjectLT.org to learn more about PLT's other programs. It is highly recommended to use ...
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Coin Clarity

Harold Adams

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Welcome to Coin Clarity your no-nonsense guide to crypto, finance, and everything in between. We break down complex topics like Bitcoin, altcoins, DeFi, meme-coins, market trends, and investing strategies into plain English. Whether you're a crypto beginner, an active trader, or just crypto-curious, you'll find valuable insights and real talk here — minus the fluff and hype. Expect deep dives, market breakdowns, interviews, and hot takes on the latest in Web3 and financial tech. Our goal? He ...
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Web3 in Plain English. So much of the tech content explains Web3 with buzz words and overlong articles that make no sense. This podcast will explain practical Web3 use cases that are easy to understand.
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A short summary of the latest cyber security news and trends, from the perspective of business leaders and owners. Hosts Trish and Tom provide plain English explanations along with practical advice to keep your business safe and secure from cyber crime and disruption. For cyber security help and advice, speak to Cool Waters Cyber: www.cool-waters.co.uk
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Photography explained in plain English in less than 27(ish) minutes without the irrelevant detail—yes photography stuff explained by me, a photographer, for photographers. If you want me to answer your question, head to my Photography Explained Podcast website. In my podcast, I explain one photographic thing per episode, giving you just enough information to help you understand it so it helps you with your photography without going into endless amounts of irrelevant detail. All in less than ...
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The Disruptors

The Disruptors

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The Disruptors™ is the podcast where we rethink how business works in the digital age. Created for leaders in manufacturing, wholesale, and industrial sectors, we unpack how to boost profits, scale smarter, and build long-term business value through PSV Thinking™ — a practical approach to digital transformation. Each weekly episode (30–45 minutes) features insights from the team at Intuji and real-world examples from digital projects that have reshaped how businesses operate. We take complex ...
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Listen to hear Jonny break down the tips, tricks, and strategies he uses to help clients retire early. This is the "easy button" when it comes to early retirement because everything you want and need to know is right here. Jonny will lay it all out in plain English so you can get the details on the actions you can do to put yourself on the best path to early retirement. He'll also interview top real estate, tax, and estate planning and other professionals to provide a comprehensive approach ...
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Channels with Peter Kafka

Vox Media Podcast Network

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Media and tech aren’t just intersecting — they’re fully intertwined. And to understand how those worlds work, and what they mean for you, veteran journalist Peter Kafka talks to industry leaders, upstarts and observers - and gets them to spell it out in plain, BS-free English. Part of the Vox Media Podcast Network.
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Stay Wealthy Retirement Podcast

Taylor Schulte, CFP®

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An award-winning retirement podcast dedicated to helping you lower taxes, invest smarter, and make work optional. Do you want to avoid overpaying the IRS in retirement? Or learn how to prepare for the next stock market crash? How about when to take Social Security and how to turn your investments into reliable retirement income? Hey there! I'm CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ Taylor Schulte, and I was recently named the #2 Independent Financial Advisor in the U.S. by Investopedia. Each week on t ...
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**Rizz Pro Tips | Unlock Your Charisma, One Episode at a Time** Welcome to **Rizz Pro Tips**—your fast-fix vault for mastering modern charisma. From smooth ice-breakers to body-language hacks, we pack bite-size psychology you can use tonight. No cringe, no corny pick-up lines—just practical, confidence-fueling tips that work at the bar, in the boardroom, and everywhere in-between. **What you can expect** * **Weekly Shorts & deep-dives**: Mon-Fri quick hits; Sunday breakdowns of viral “rizz” ...
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Monthly Microsoft 365, Teams and Copilot updates for end users, trainers and anyone who needs to keep up with changes affecting end users. These hand-picked highlights are mainly from the admin centre, Microsoft 365 Roadmap (I call these ‘ones to watch’) and Microsoft blogs…thank you to the Microsoft product teams for the information, updates and images they share. I aim to deliver my versions in plain English, in a simplified format and with end-users in mind.
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Shir Hashirim (Song of Songs) is an allegory of the relationship between Hashem and the Jewish People written by King Solomon. The first Chabad Rebbe, Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi, delivered chassidic discources on verses throughout Shir Hashirim, which were later recorded and published in his famed work, "Likkutei Torah" in 1848 by his grandson, the Tzemach Tzedek. Here for the first time, we present these discourses explained in plain English, easy-to-digest, 30-40 minute classes, covering ...
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Practical tips to rank higher on Google, increase visibility, and stay ahead of the AI curve — without the jargon. If you’re a small business owner who wants to show up where it matters — in search results, Google Maps, AI Overviews and beyond — this podcast is for you. Join Ashley Bryan, SEO consultant and digital strategist, as he breaks down the latest in search engine optimisation, AI-driven search trends, and content strategies designed specifically for local and small business websites ...
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UX has a usability problem. Chris and Carla are on hand to help you navigate through the jargon, user flows and mind maps so you can concentrate on designing great things for users. **Disclaimer** The views on this podcast are ours and don’t represent the views of any former or current employers or clients.
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Watts Up in Solar is your go-to weekly podcast for everything solar—from rooftop installs to remote troubleshooting and everything in between. Hosted by Emmitt Muckles—solar trainer, consultant, and all-around energy expert—this show breaks down the tech, talks real-world solar issues, and helps you stay plugged into what matters most in solar energy. Whether you’re a homeowner thinking about going solar or a solar pro looking to sharpen your skills, each episode delivers something for you: ...
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Where complexity becomes clarity. We dive deep into the headlines, policies, and statements so you don't have to. Each episode, our hosts break down the most important Trump-related developments with thorough research, expert analysis, and just enough personality to keep things interesting. No partisan spin—just well-researched insights delivered in plain English. We read the documents, analyze the data, and connect the dots so you can understand what's really happening beyond the soundbites ...
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A fresh season for each new election from former government minister and ACT Party Deputy Leader Hon Heather Roy and TorquePoint business partner and former ACT Party candidate and ministerial staffer Dr Simon Ewing-Jarvie. TorquePoint runs the popular LobbyTorque experiential learning programme on effective political lobbying in New Zealand. With much media coverage reduced to soundbites, many are frustrated with the lack of real commentary from people who have worked in Parliament. Season ...
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We're increasingly dependent on technology. Our business and personal lives rely on it, but as you've probably noticed, it's unreliable.They promise it'll get better, but it usually gets worse. Our computers are slow, so we end up squinting at smartphones. We live in constant fear that something's going to happen to our personal data. So we're scared into paying for fake protection that proves useless when disaster strikes. The jokers we pay to fix our stuff have no clue what they're doing, ...
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In-depth interviews with songwriters about their songwriting process. Nothing else. No talk of band drama, band names, or tour stories. Treating songwriters as writers, plain and simple. By Ben Opipari, English Lit Ph.D.
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The Sportsball Report

SportsballReport

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Your source for covering the relevant sports related stories and memes, whether it’s giving general analysis, or taking a meme or a larger story and explaining it in plain English, we hope to be your Vacation outside of ESPN.
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The Tax Compass Podcast helps globally mobile individuals, expats, and internationally connected professionals navigate the complexities of the UK tax system with clarity, honesty, and real-world insight. Hosted by tax advisers Simon Roue and Dr. Laura Sant from LSR Partners, each episode dives into the issues that matter most if you’re living, investing, or working across borders. You’ll get plain-English explanations, practical tips, and expert analysis on topics like: UK tax residency and ...
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Today's story: Nate Bargatze rose to fame by rejecting edgy or controversial comedy in favor of clean, relatable humor. His everyman style and family-friendly jokes have made him one of America’s most successful comedians, with sold-out tours, Netflix specials, major media appearances, and Hollywood ambitions. Transcript & Exercises: https://plaine…
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Americans are unusually overweight and chronically ill compared to similarly rich countries. This episode presents a grand, unified theory for why that's the case. Our food environment has become significantly more calorie-rich and industrialized in the past few decades, sending our obesity rates soaring, our visceral fat levels rising, and our chr…
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Send us a text Episode 3: How We Built Wealth by Ignoring Bad Advice Most financial advice is either too generic or completely off base. In this episode, Tre Bynoe CFP CIM and his wife Sierra explain why smart money decisions aren’t about rules—they’re about principles. From dissecting Tre’s evidence-based decision-making model to discussing how em…
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If you want smart, nuanced insight into Apple’s products and would-be products, you turn to John Gruber, who’s been blogging about this stuff for more than two decades at his Daring Fireball site. So in March, when Gruber announced that Something is Rotten in the State of Cupertino — focusing on Apple’s botched plans to imbue its ailing Siri servic…
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By reviewing the deal, Trump has given the Australian Government an opportunity to get out of the disastrous AUKUS agreement. On this episode of Follow the Money, Allan Behm joins Ebony Bennett to discuss the Trump administration’s decision to review the AUKUS submarine deal, why Australia doesn’t need American Virginia-class boats anyway, and why …
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AI Search is projected to overtake traditional search by 2028, creating unprecedented opportunities for forward-thinking marketers. New research from Semrush reveals that AI Search visitors are 4.4x more valuable than traditional search users, and 50% of ChatGPT's citations point directly to business and service websites. Mastering AI Search Optimi…
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Mike Loukas, CEO of TrueMark Investments, weighs in on the growing debate over buffer products and highlights TrueShares’ innovative structured outcome ETFs. VettaFi’s Roxanna Islam covers a range of topics, including Schwab’s fee cuts, Vanguard’s multi-share class filing, the rise of private assets in ETFs, the potential for spot solana ETFs, and …
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Cautious Clay and I spent the first ten minutes of this episode talking about the role that painting plays in his creative process. Then a few minutes later, the topic turned to the through line between basketball and songwriting. And later he mentioned that planks and stretching are a part of his writing ritual. He also plays seven (at least) inst…
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Send us a Text to Watts Up Solar Podcast! In this powerful and fun episode of the Watts Up Solar Podcast, host Emmitt Muckles sits down with Greg Smith—a solar training legend, Navy veteran, and author of The Battery-Powered Home—to unpack the truth about solar batteries, shady “solar bros,” why manuals still matter, and how to make solar education…
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The New Yorker recently published a report from Sudan, headlined “Escape from Khartoum.” The contributor Nicolas Niarchos journeyed for days through a conflict to reach a refugee camp in the Nuba Mountains, where members of the country’s minority Black ethnic groups are seeking safety, but remain imperilled by hunger. The territory is “very signifi…
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Today's story: The classic advice that breakfast is the "most important meal of the day" may be overstated. But eating a morning meal can bring important benefits to your nutrition, metabolism, and even cognitive functions. Before you write off breakfast, think about ways you can make the first meal of the day work for you. Transcript & Exercises: …
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It's not just Google's game anymore. ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Claude are becoming the first or only destination for consumers today. This consumer behavioral shift requires a marketing strategy switch, with SEO alone not being enough anymore. Your marketing strategy must include AI Search Optimisation. But what is it? And how does it differ to trad…
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Roundup of the Week's Top Stories in Economics and Freedom Trump “Demands” 1% Fed rate cut Argentina Growth hits 8% California Threatens to Defund Federal Government Canada Enters Recession How Illegals Make Labor Shortages Worse Read the full article “How Illegals Make Labor Shortages Worse” at https://www.profstonge.com/ Visit our Lead Sponsor: U…
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Visit us at www.ProjectLikkuteiTorah.com for more resources and sponsorship opportunities.ה. וע"פ זה יובן ענין שמחה של מצוה, שעד ידה נעשית יולדת זכר גם כשהאתל"ע קודמת. ויובן בהקדים שכמו שבתורה ומצות יש מעלה בכל אחד מהם (שהתורה היא בחי' פנימיות, והמצוות הם בחי' מקיף מבחי' עליונה יותר), עד"ז הוא בענין אתעדל"ע…
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AI won’t save your business. But building AI-ready systems just might. In Episode 4 of The Disruptors, Ritesh Shah and Julian Wallis break down the real reason most businesses fail to scale — and how it ties directly to AI system readiness. If your operations still rely on manual work, scattered tools, or person-dependent processes, you’re not read…
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Send us a text Summary In this episode of Silent Mode Cafe, Salah and Vivek discuss the latest developments in digital privacy and security, including the T-Mobile data breach, cyber attacks on food distribution, scams targeting DMV communications, and the hacking of Washington Post journalists. They also delve into the implications of facial recog…
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Tonight on CEP! I've been saying that AI could possibly ruin the world - but at the very least, it'll make us dumber and keep us isolated in pods, feeding us data and harvesting our behavior. Network engineer turned author Monty LeBlanc joins us to explain how AI is already in control, doing just this. He explains how those algorithms, the curated …
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Welcome to One for the Money! In Episode 88, we explore retirement as a journey—and each important stop along the way. From your 20s through your 60s (and beyond), you’ll learn what to focus on at each stage, how to avoid costly pitfalls, and how to test-drive retirement with a mini-retirement that just might change your life. 🔑 In This Episode, Yo…
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Barbra Streisand has been a huge presence in American entertainment—music, film, and stage—for more than sixty years. She was the youngest person ever to achieve the EGOT, winning Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony awards by the age of twenty-seven. At eighty-three years old, Streisand is releasing a new album, “The Secret of Life: Partners, Volume 2.” …
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"I planned for 30 years of expenses—but zero years of purpose." This was a recent client's confession, and she's not alone. In fact, nearly 40% of retirees say they wish they had waited longer to retire (and it's not about money). In this episode, I'm revealing why even the most financially prepared retirees fall into identity crises and regret. I'…
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This episode with Shura marks a first: we managed to draw a through line between Marcella Hazan's bolognese sauce and the songwriting process. We also talk about why peeing brings great ideas. (To be sure, Shura is not the first songwriter to tell me that.) Lest you think her inspiration is confined to those indoor pastimes, Shura told me that few …
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Today's story: As students use ChatGPT to write essays, solve problems, and complete assignments, teachers are left with difficult choices. Should they try to catch cheaters? Ban devices? Or embrace AI and teach students how to use it responsibly? Many teachers are also using AI themselves, to create materials, grade fairly, and save time—but not e…
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Here’s one where we try to do two things at once: Have a convo about green shoots in media with two smart guys who know media really well — Semafor’s Ben Smith and The Rebooting’s Brian Morrissey. Try to find new audiences for our respective podcasts, by cutting up that conversation into 3 parts, and distributing those parts to our respective feeds…
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In this episode of The Tax Compass Podcast, Simon Roue and Laura Sant tackle one of the most talked-about changes in UK tax for expats: the end of the non-dom regime and the arrival of the Foreign Income and Gains (FIG) regime. Whether you're a globally mobile individual, UK expat, high-net-worth resident, or just curious about how these tax reform…
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Americans die younger and faster than the residents of almost every other rich country. Why? There's gun violence, drug overdoses, and car crashes. Young people are much more likely to die from these accidents than those in other countries. Just as importantly, Americans are more likely to die from chronic illness, especially heart disease and meta…
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Scott Frank used to write great movies, like “Out of Sight.” Now he’s a Netflix guy, and a super successful one: he made “Godless,” a horses-and-everything Western for the streamer, then had a pandemic-era phenomenon with “The Queen’s Gambit.” Now he’s back with “Dept. Q”, his take on the British mystery genre. You can find that one on Netflix’s to…
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Google's AI Max for Search is transforming PPC advertising, and early adopters like L'Oréal are already doubling conversions while cutting costs by 31%. This isn't just another Google feature. It's a strategic enhancement that amplifies human expertise rather than replacing it. For businesses with substantial PPC budgets, mastering AI Max is becomi…
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A housing crisis, accelerating climate change and widening inequality all confront the re-elected Albanese Government, but the solutions exist (and often aren’t that complicated). The government is confronting major challenges in its second term. But despite what we’re often told, there is no shortage of solutions – governments just need the courag…
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