The Nature Podcast brings you the best stories from the world of science each week. We cover everything from astronomy to zoology, highlighting the most exciting research from each issue of the Nature journal. We meet the scientists behind the results and provide in-depth analysis from Nature's journalists and editors. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Join us as we unearth history one beep at a time! Detector For Metal Podcast explores the exciting world of treasure hunting with expert tips on research, equipment, and recovery techniques. Whether you're seeking gold nuggets, Civil War relics, rare coins, or lost jewelry, we'll help you be prepared, purposeful, and patient—the three keys to successful detecting. Discover hidden treasures beneath your feet and connect with fellow detectorists who share your passion for uncovering the past. ...
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For history lovers who listen to podcasts, History Unplugged is the most comprehensive show of its kind. It's the only show that dedicates episodes to both interviewing experts and answering questions from its audience. First, it features a call-in show where you can ask our resident historian (Scott Rank, PhD) absolutely anything (What was it like to be a Turkish sultan with four wives and twelve concubines? If you were sent back in time, how would you kill Hitler?). Second, it features lon ...
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The Giant Bomb discusses the latest video game news and new releases, answers listener questions, and sometimes gets wildly off-topic in this weekly podcast. Featuring Jan Ochoa, Jeff Grubb, and Jeff Bakalar.
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Time Team's Dr Helen Geake and Martyn Williams explore the world of archaeology. Featuring exclusive access to digs and interviews with experts to unearth the stories of the past. We bring you a podcast here every Tuesday, with one available to watch per month on our YouTube channel. Join our community of archaeology and history enthusiasts over on Patreon. Head to patreon.com/timeteamofficial to find out more.
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This Is My Thing explores the ways we find and bring joy into our lives. It’s about the things we do not because it’s a job or a necessity, but simply because we love to do them. You’ll meet a guy who finds satisfaction in using his metal detector to find other people’s lost objects and you’ll hear from a group of retired ladies who started a ukulele band just because it sounded fun. And that’s just the start. This Is My Thing is supported by Fox Service Company.
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Welcome to Straight From The Coil — a podcast that goes beyond the beeps. This series is all about the mental side of metal detecting: the mindset, motivation, and meaning behind the hunt. Whether you’re in a slump, seeking clarity, or just need real talk from someone who gets it, you're in the right place. New episodes dive into patience, persistence, personal growth, and the honest truths most detectorists don’t talk about — but should. Expect real talk, personal stories, and practical wis ...
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We bring some ghostly tales surrounding the Green Mountains to the lights, whether it's by candle or campfire. We tackle interviews with different variety of people that have Encountered, Created within the Mysterious World. Together, We Can Learn.
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The Albritton Letters began as handwritten and/or typewritten letters to many of Lloyd Albritton's friends and family back in the mid-1980s. The Letters in those days were copied and mailed via the U.S. Postal Service. This podcast is a continuation of that concept, but in a modern audio and video format hosted by Lloyd and his brother Phillip, and occasionally incuding guest appearances by his other brothers, Ronnie, Avis and Gregory. Discussons may be about anything and everything that see ...
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Hey If you are interested in metal detecting please check out my podcast where each week I talk about my own adventures in metal detecting, I brake down technical aspects of the hobby, all coupled with guest interviews discussing their successful hunting methods and product reviews. You can interact with the show by leaving a voicemail via https://linktr.ee/themetaldetectingshow Chat Soon.
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Join us every other Friday at 7:00 P.M. CST. This podcast is all about metal detecting and those who love the hobby. So join us as we talk with some of the most interesting people in the hobby of metal detecting.
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Learn Cloud Security in Public Cloud the unbiased way from CyberSecurity Experts solving challenges at Cloud Scale. We can be honest because we are not owned by Cloud Service Provider like AWS, Azure or Google Cloud. We aim to make the community learn Cloud Security through community stories from small - Large organisations solving multi-cloud challenges to diving into specific topics of Cloud Security. We LIVE STREAM interviews on Cloud Security Topics every weekend on Linkedin, YouTube, Fa ...
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It's not easy to choose the best metal detector for your needs. We had reviewed more than 50 detectors and make the huge guide that help to find the best metal detector. More about best metal detector here: https://detecthistory.com/top-metal-detectors/
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Relics Radio is a podcast, brought to you every Thursday with DK of Adventures In Dirt, and Tony of 5280 Adventures discussing various types of Treasure Hunting. Check out our new episodes for special guests as we discuss techniques, finding sites, detectors, and all things related to treasure hunting, metal detecting and relic hunting. Live stream video broadcasts now on Ken or Tony's YouTube channels, Thursdays at 8pm Eastern: Ken - Adventures In Dirt YouTube Tony - 5280 Adventures YouTube
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Growing up in the punk/hardcore scene and with a background in proactive police work, gang suppression, homicide investigations, informant development, and training, Brian Sanders has a natural knack for conversation. With guests ranging from musicians, authors, free-thinking first responders, entrepreneurs, reformed extremists, undercover detectives, gang members, drug dealers, and subject matter experts in various fields, Brian Sanders delivers conversations you never knew you wanted to hear.
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Welcome to Fresh Takes on Tech, a podcast from the International Fresh Produce Association. At IFPA, Our trade association represents companies from every segment of the global fresh produce and floral supply chain. We advocate, connect and guide to enhance members’ prosperity. This is a show for people interested in the intersection between technology and the produce and floral industries. Each episode we explore the problems, solutions, people and ideas that are shaping the industry.
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Global Detection Adventures brings to you an informative and often times humorous collection of metal detecting news, information, reviews, tips, tricks and interviews with many popular metal detectors from Youtube, television and people who just enjoy the hobby. This is a weekly news and information podcast covering the weeks best finds from around the world. Hosted by XLII and Founded by Lance Goolsby of the Global Detection Adventures group, we will dive into historic and amazing things f ...
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Hosted by Tom Dempster & Kris Rodgers A show for all things metal detecting, we talk bout the latest tech, hot topics and delve back in time discussing history and artefacts. We also will be talking to some exciting guests.
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Welcome to On The Gold, a podcast created around education and practical application of gold prospecting and small-scale mining. I am your host Kevin Hoagland the Gold Prospectors Association of America Executive Director of Development. I invite you to join me as I share with you, my 50+ years of prospecting and mining experience. Yes I started very young and it all counts, especially since I was finding gold. The goal of my guest and I is to help you become a better Prospector and Miner. W ...
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A podcast about video games, their challenges and the stories we love. Welcome to Video Games and Coffee. Where facts are given, opinions are shared and connections are made over one of today's most important mediums of storytelling.
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Guide to Hybrid Cloud & Bare Metal Secret Management
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Is your organization struggling with secret management across bare metal, hybrid, and multi-cloud environments? Standard cloud-native tools often fall short when you need a single, standardized solution that bridges all your infrastructure. Dan Popescu, Senior Site Reliability Engineer at Booking.com joins us to share how they built a cloud-agnosti…
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Ancient DNA reveals farming led to more human diseases
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00:48 The past 35,000 years of disease Ancient DNA evidence shows that the advent of agriculture led to more infectious disease among humans, with pathogens from animals only showing up 6,500 years ago. The DNA, extracted from human teeth, shows the history of diseases present in Eurasia over tens of thousands of years. The approach used could be a…
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Episode 48 | Innovation in Materials Discovery
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Materials discovery has been the propellant of many of the big leaps forward in the battery space. So the field of material engineering and how material design can be accelerated is right at the centre of solving many of the problems that battery material designers are wrestling with. To explore the advances being made in this field, I'm delighted …
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What I Wish I Knew When I Started Metal Detecting
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When I first picked up a metal detector, I thought the secret to success was buried treasure in every beep — and if I wasn’t digging silver, I was doing something wrong. In this episode, I’m breaking down five lessons I wish I had known from the start. From chasing gear upgrades to comparing myself to others, I made the same mistakes most beginners…
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We have Garrett Martin on the show to chat about pinball and launching Endless Mode! We also talk about Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3+4, the original Rygar, Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Stole Time, more time in Splatoon 2, and we're off to the race tracks with Uma Musume: Pretty Derby! Grubb also recaps the hottest stories of the week and we read all of…
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Metal Detecting - A Lucrative Side Hustle
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Metal Detecting - A Lucrative Side Hustle Read more about how to turn your passion for metal detecting into a lucrative side income: https://detectorformetal.com/how-to-make-money-metal-detecting-ultimate-guide/ About Detector For Metal Podcast Unearth hidden treasures and connect with history through "Detector For Metal Podcast," your premier reso…
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Why Thomas More -- Henry VIII’s Hatchet Man and Heretic Hunter -- Was Himself Executed For Heresy After the English Reformation
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Thomas More was one of the most famous—and notorious—figures in English history. Born into the era of the Wars of the Roses, educated during the European Renaissance, rising to become Chancellor of England, and ultimately destroyed by Henry VIII, he hunted Protestants for heresy and had them burnt at the stake in the final years of Catholic England…
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Dr Helen Geake and Martyn Williams are joined by Time Team archaeologist Jackie McKinley. She's been part of the team investigating a potential Viking boat burial in the most northern part of the UK. She gives us a sense of what it was like working in driving rain and high winds, as well as the clues which could point to a Viking boat being hidden …
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Roxie Zwicker | Preserving the Stories with Vermont's, Book of the Dead
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Vermont’s hills hold the echoes of a spirited past. Haunting stories and wandering ghosts are found in numerous burial places from the Riverside Cemetery in Burlington to the Green Mount Cemetery in Montpelier. The Bowman mausoleum in Cuttingsville contains some heartbreaking symbolism. Throughout the state, disturbing tales of mountain madness, mu…
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Audio long read: How to speak to a vaccine sceptic — research reveals what works
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Questions and doubts about vaccines are on the rise worldwide and public-health specialists worry that these trends could worsen. But while the shift in public attitudes towards immunizations can leave scientists, physicians and many others feeling disheartened, a surge of research on vaccine hesitancy is starting to offer ways to address the issue…
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Don’t Look to 1903s Germany to Understand American Populism. Look to 1830s New York Revivals Instead.
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Something strange happened in Upstate New York during the 1830s. This area was called the "Burned-Over District" because so many fiery religious revivals swept through that it was metaphorically burned over. This region became a key source of the Second Great Awakening, a Protestant revival movement marked by emotional preaching and mass conversion…
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Episode 14 – “The Pursuit of Trivia” – Why was the parlor game “Trivial Pursuit” so popular? In this episode Lloyd and Phillip address the phenomenon of “trivia”, and why our society seems so obsessed with knowing trivial bits of information. Are we just entertaining ourselves with this useless knowledge, or are we cluttering our minds with this st…
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3D-printed fake wasps help explain bad animal mimicry
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In this episode: 00:45 Why animals evolve to be imperfect mimics Many harmless animals mimic dangerous ones to avoid being eaten, but often this fakery is inaccurate. To help explain why evolution sometimes favours imperfect mimicry, a team 3D printed a range of imaginary insects. The novel creatures were designed to mimic wasps with varying degree…
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Did I See a Meteor Fall? | World UFO Day 2025
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Paul is back for another year of World UFO Day. This time, he shares a strange event. It had occurred a few years back. A light came falling out of the sky so fast. It was like a blink of the eye. Then it was gone. What story do you have about on the UFO or UAP topic? Share it with us today!
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We're joined by the Big Dawg himself, Matt Rorie! This week we go into Dan digging Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and how this may affect GOTY season this year, Death Stranding 2 being a fun and odd romp, and some other little bits of games. We also cover the hottest news and answer all of your emails! Support Matt Rorie by following his Patreon: http…
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"Escape-Proof" Cloud: How Block built an Automated Approach to Egress Control
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Many organizations focus on keeping attackers out, but what happens when one gets in? We spoke to Ramesh Ramani, Staff Security Engineer at Block about the real challenge, which is preventing them from leaving with your data. In this episode, Ramesh details the innovative system his team built to automate egress access control at scale, moving beyo…
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XP Deus II Deep Dive Read more about our views of the XP Deus II detector: https://detectorformetal.com/xp-deus-2-initial-impressions/ About Detector For Metal Podcast Unearth hidden treasures and connect with history through "Detector For Metal Podcast," your premier resource for metal detecting tips, techniques, and treasure hunting strategies. W…
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Operation Barbarossa Saw Millions of POW Executions, Civilian Murders, and Starvation Deaths
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Operation Barbarossa, launched by Nazi Germany on June 22, 1941, aimed to swiftly conquer the Soviet Union, targeting key cities like Moscow, Leningrad, and Kyiv. Hitler reportedly said a meeting with his generals before the campaign began "We have only to kick in the door and the whole rotten structure will come crashing down," With German forces …
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On this episode of This Is My Thing, we’re talking with artist Carol Aaron about her love of encaustic painting. That's an art form that doesn't use the sorts of paints you're probably more familiar with (like oils or acrylics) but instead a mixture of beeswax, resin, and pigment. It's been around for a couple thousand years, but it's not very well…
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It's another episode devoted to answering the questions you've been asking on Patreon. Time Team archaeologist Dr Helen Geake considers whether DNA could discover the ancestors of ancient Kings who are alive today, how long achaeology has been studied and the measures in place to stop artefacts being stolen from a dig site. There's also Helen's Fin…
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S8 E23 - Relics Radio Goes Hollywood! All About Our Appearance on Expedition Unknown
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Jeff Lubbert from American Digger Magazine's Relics Roundup joins Tony and Ken to talk about thier appearance on the Discovery Channel's Expedition Unknown with Josh Gates. The Season 15, Episode #3 airs July 2nd, 2025 and is titled "The Lost Grave of Buffalo Bill".. . RELICS RADIO is live via video broadcast on the 5280 Adventures YouTube channel …
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Pistol Duels Existed Across the 19th-Century World, But Only the Chaos of the American West Produced Gunfighters
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To understand American history and its deep-seated relationship with violence, we must look to the last three decades of the 1800s in the American West, which had the highest murder rate per capita in American history. And it all boils down to one place: Texas. Texas was born in violence, on two fronts, with Mexico to the south and the Comanche to …
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Is AI watching you? The hidden links between research and surveillance
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We’d like to learn more about our listeners, please help us out by filling in this short survey. In this episode: 00:45 Is AI-research being co-opted to keep track of people? A significant amount of research in the AI field of computer vision is being used to analyse humans in ways that support the development of surveillance technologies, accordin…
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Dry Spells & Doubt in Metal Detecting — Why You Should Keep Swinging
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We’ve all been there — hours of swinging, nothing to show for it, and that creeping voice asking, “Why am I even doing this?” In this episode, I talk about those dry spells in metal detecting — the ones that test your patience and mess with your mindset. But here’s the truth: every detectorist goes through it. Doubt is part of the process, but it d…
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Folks it's time to trek from Mexico to Austrailia as we talk about our time so far with Death Stranding 2, putting out fires in FBC: Firebreak, painting and splatting in Splatoon, the ups and downs of Pipestrello and the Cursed Yoyo, and getting sometime with Rematch. We also chat about the next generation of consoles slowly getting underway, some …
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Essential Metal Detecting Tools and Techniques
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Essential Metal Detecting Tools and Techniques Read more about the essential metal detecting tools and techniques for beginners: https://detectorformetal.com/8-must-have-tools-for-metal-detecting-like-a-pro/ About Detector For Metal Podcast Unearth hidden treasures and connect with history through "Detector For Metal Podcast," your premier resource…
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Rome Definitively Eclipsed Greece in 197 BC By Making the Alexandrian Phalanx/Cavalry Obsolete
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The battle of Cynoscephalae represents a key moment in the history of the Greco-Roman world. In this one battle the Macedonian hold over mainland Greece was broken, with the Roman Republic rising in its place as the pre-eminent power in the Greek East. At Cynoscephalae, the proud Macedonian kingdom of Antigonid monarch Philip V was humbled, its arm…
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Searching for treasure in the mud on the banks of the river Thames, or mudlarking as it's known, dates back generations. Now specially licenced mudlarks comb the foreshore looking for clues to the city's past. You'll meet Tom Coghlan who discovered something truly remarkable, now on display at a new exhibition at London Museum focusing on mudlarkin…
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Prioritizing Cloud Security: How to Decide What to Protect First
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When you can't protect everything at once, how do you decide what matters most? This episode tackles the core challenge of security prioritization. Geet Pradhan, Senior Security Engineer at Lime joins the podcast to share his framework for building a SecOps plan when you're a small team. Learn why his team made AWS logs their number one priority , …
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Episode 13 – “Sleep and Sleeping” – Do you know about circadian rhythms? Well, the Albritton brothers take on a rather somnambulistic subject for this episode; sleep. Joined for this episode by their oldest brother Ronnie Albritton, they talk a little about sleeping needs, what happens to us when we are asleep, why some people CAN’T sleep, and crea…
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S8 E22 - Meet Ohio History Hunter - Metal Detecting - History - Time Traveler
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Scott Power, otherwise known as Ohio Relic Hunter joins Tony and Ken for a chat on Relics Radio. Scott has been extremely active in the metal detecting/treasure hunting/historical preservation community in Ohio for many years. Ohio History Hunter on FB: / ohiohistoryhunter RELICS RADIO is live via video broadcast on the 5280 Adventures YouTube chan…
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#76 Undercover in the Outlaws MC, The Base, The KKK, and more: FBI Agent Scott Payne aka "Pale Horse" aka "Big Country"
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Most FBI agents don't live a life undercover with criminal motorcycle clubs or extremist groups or ever play the part of a hitman or commit to roles involving public corruption, or be an active member of a regional SWAT team, but FBI Agent Scott Payne has done ALL of the above as well as assignments that are still classified. The guy is a natural s…
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Exploring the Wreckage of the Britannic (the Titanic’s Sister Ship) and Discovering Why It Sunk in 50 Minutes
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The RMS Titanic is history’s most famous shipwreck, but it wasn’t the only ship of its kind. The White Star Line built two other nearly identical vessels: The RMS Olympic and Britannic. The Olympic carried passengers until 1935 and can be visited today. The Brittanic sank only four years after her sister ship the Titanic off the Greek island of Kea…
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#76 Undercover in Outlaws MC, The Base, The KKK, and more: FBI Agent Scott Payne aka "Pale Horse"
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Most FBI agents don't live a life undercover with criminal motorcycle clubs or extremist groups or ever play the part of a hitman or commit to roles involving public corruption, or be an active member of a regional SWAT team, but FBI Agent Scott Payne has done ALL of the above as well as assignments that are still classified. The guy is a natural s…
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Flight simulator for moths reveals they navigate by starlight
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We’d like to learn more about our listeners, please help us out by filling in this short survey. In this episode: 00:45 The tiny moths that use the stars to navigate Bogong moths use the stars to help them navigate during their enormous migration across Australia, according to new research. Every year, billions of these nocturnal moths travel up to…
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This week we dive into why we're digging the Switch 2 so much and circling back to some gems from the Switch 1 like Splatoon 3 and Paper Mario, Mike talks about slicing and dicing his way through Sekiro, Grubb's lackluster time in MindsEye, and all of us climbing together in PEAK. We also chat about Microsoft's new deal with AMD, rumors of a PlaySt…
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Migrating from “Tick Box" Compliance to Automating GRC in a Multi-Cloud World
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In many organizations, security exception management is a manual process, often treated as a simple compliance checkbox. While necessary, this approach can lead to unmonitored configurations that drift from their approved state, creating inconsistencies in an organization's security posture over time. How can teams evolve this process to support mo…
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Using AI Agents to Solve Cloud Vulnerability Overload
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In this episode, Ashish Rajan talks with Harry Wetherald, Co-Founder & CEO of Maze, about the reality of modern vulnerability management. They explore why current tools like CNAPPs can generate up to 90% false positives and how AI agents can provide a real solution by thinking like a security engineer to identify genuine, exploitable threats. Learn…
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High-End Metal Detector Technology Deep-Dive
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High-End Metal Detector Technology Deep Dive Read more about the very cool technology packed into high-end metal detectors! https://detectorformetal.com/high-end-metal-detectors-comparison/ About Detector For Metal Podcast Unearth hidden treasures and connect with history through "Detector For Metal Podcast," your premier resource for metal detecti…
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Science and Policy: The Battle Shaping Ag Biotechnology
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Join Vonnie Estes as she hosts a captivating discussion with Karen Carr on the evolving landscape of agricultural biotechnology. Delve into the regulatory challenges and opportunities surrounding gene editing, with insights into developments in the US and EU. Discover how these technologies could impact agricultural practices, consumer choice, and …
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Did Tariffs Make America a Manufacturing Powerhouse Or Trigger Economic Misery and Stifle Global Trade?ads)
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At a time when debates over tariffs, regulation, and the scope of government are back at center stage. Is this time in American history unprecedented, or can we find parallels in the past? For example, has trade “hollowed out” U.S. manufacturing—or have fact tariffs like the Corn Laws in Britain hurt working-class families the most? Was the Great D…
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On this episode of This Is My Thing, we’re talking with Bart Jacob about his decades-long love of the board game Go. He was introduced to the game in 1979 as a grad student and has been a dedicated player for nearly half a century. That's a pretty long time, but just a blip in the 3500 years or so that the game has been played. We'll hear some audi…
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Dr Helen Geake and Martyn Williams sit down after four weeks of Time Team's Sutton Hoo dig to reflect on what's happened over the past month. Naomi Sewpaul discusses her work on site and sheds some light on what she may have discovered using her special floatation tank. You'll meet one of Edith Pretty's relatives who reflects on the legacy of the w…
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Hundreds of physicists on a remote island: we visit the ultimate quantum party
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According to legend, physicist Werner Heisenberg formulated the mathematics behind quantum mechanics in 1925 while on a restorative trip to the remote North Sea island of Heligoland. To celebrate the centenary of this event, several hundred researchers have descended on the island to take part in a conference on all things quantum physics. Nature r…
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Episode 12 – “Metal Detecting” – Have you ever found yourself in need of locating a lost valued trinket or jewelry item? Phillip and Lloyd Albritton are joined for this episode by metal detecting hobbyist, Ricky Lester. They discuss the very popular activity of metal detecting, its practical uses, some of the associated “rules” when venturing out w…
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Alan Pinkerton: The Private Detective Who Saved Lincoln’s Life and Built America’s Contract Security State
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Alan Pinkerton is perhaps the most over-achieving barrel-maker who ever lived. After practicing his trade in rural Illinois for a few years in the 1850s, the Scottish immigrant busted up a counterfeiting ring, which got the attention of Chicago’s police department, offering him a job as a detective. From here he worked as an intelligence agent in t…
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