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Modern Love

The New York Times

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For 20 years, the Modern Love column has given New York Times readers a glimpse into the complicated love lives of real people. Since its start, the column has evolved into a TV show, three books and a podcast. Each week, host Anna Martin brings you stories and conversations about love in all its glorious permutations, dumb pitfalls and life-changing moments. New episodes every Wednesday. Unlock full access to New York Times podcasts and explore everything from politics to pop culture. Subsc ...
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Girls Can Tell: It’s Not Me, It’s You is a brutally honest, wickedly funny, no BS look at modern dating, love, and the absolute circus of profiles, red flags, and emotional landmines people over 50 have to deal with. Hosted by radio veteran Trent Erikson, this show is part relationship autopsy, part rant, part advice column, and part therapy session, if your therapist was sarcastic and occasionally inappropriate. Expect weekly episodes with bold opinions, smart insights, and savage humor abo ...
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Big Shiny Takes

Big Shiny Takes

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The world's first and only anti-free speech podcast. Big Shiny Takes looks at the terrible columns written by the "thought-leaders" in Canada and goes through why some of these pieces should have never been published in a place where people can read them.
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Veteran entertainment journalists, music columnists and longtime friends Wayne Bledsoe and Chuck Campbell host ”How We Heard It,” a breezy and sometimes offbeat take on how music and movies got to where they are today and where it’s all going. They break down who are the most promising Generation Z singers one minute and the next they debate who are the most overrated acts from the past. Sexy songs, soundtracks, controversies and weird movies find their way into the discussion, and they also ...
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Expand your horizons with this collection of hand-picked classic short stories and tales by writers like Jack London, Guy de Maupassant, Edith Wharton, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, H.P. Lovecraft, Edgar Allan Poe, Ray Bradbury, Hans Christian Anderson, Ambrose Bierce, and many others. These fast-paced stories and captivating tales are chosen for their unique flavor, are suitable for all ages and tastes, and provide a window to a time when writers knew how to tell great stories using descriptive w ...
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Personal podcast to promote mental health awareness and wellness in our community. Here giving perspective from both my clincical and personal experiences. Advice column with a little hint of societal issues. I’m pretty blunt so thick skin is required. But generally this is what you want this experience to be...
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''The serious art of music...was validated by obscurity." Marc Bolan. ALMA MATER Tiffin University A very talented actress, from her teen years in 1989, she rode the rails on Amtrak , loving the comfort of seeing the greenery rushing by the train as she marked the miles cross country. She was first onstage at age four in Cleveland, a town located 25 miles south of Canada, across Lake Erie. She is interviewed here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyhyfAw00E8 Into the final months of the tumult ...
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Snake Oil/Jim Ventura

Jim Ventura

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Navigational consultant/Astrologer, author. Jim's expertise includes: Astrology, Tarot, Numerology, Mah Jongg, Druid animal totems, Rune Stones, Angel cards and Lakota Indian teachings. He teaches workshops on developing one's intuitive abilities for practical use in everyday life. In personal one-on-one sessions his expertise in using the wisdom of Oracles, helps his clients to empower themselves by releasing fear and recognizing the choices and influences that contribute to the creation of ...
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Democracy in Crisis

Democracy in Crisis

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Democracy in Crisis is a weekly podcast on national news hosted by Baynard Woods and Marc Steiner, and produced by Mark Gunnery for the Center for Emerging Media. It is the audio component of a larger project that includes a weekly syndicated column, which appears in a number of alternative weekly newspapers and websites around the country, and a blog you can find at democracyincrisis.com. We are proud to appear in the Baltimore City Paper, Washington City Paper, Charleston City Paper, Pitts ...
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Dear Bri: Community Strategy, Fiascos, and Drama

Bri Leever, Community Consultant, Strategist, and Founder at Ember.

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Welcome to Dear Bri, an advice column for community conundrums, fiascos, and drama! In each episode, host and community strategist Bri Leever brings on a guest community expert to read and advise on an anonymous letter from a real-life community creator in distress. From online community-building mishaps to community engagement tactics, this podcast will help you master the art of community management by providing oh-so-relatable community stories (in a dramatic retelling) while approaching ...
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In this episode, we delve into a unique Easter celebration in Belgium: the world's biggest beer hunt (00:01:23). This quirky event features a daytime beer hunt for adults, complete with costumes and competitive spirit, as participants search for one of 12,000 hidden bottles, including a special golden bottle rewarding the finder with their weight i…
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A tourist gets lost in Mammoth Cave and runs into a very scary situation in 'The Beast In The Cave' In 'The Alchemist' a curse haunts an old family for 6 hundred years, killing each male member of the family at age 32. Check out our website at www.bestof1001stories.com by going to 1001 Classic Short Storiers and tapping on "Episodes"- then look for…
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KC Davis is a therapist and author known for her practical, empathetic advice on dealing with clutter, even when you are feeling like too much of a mess yourself to take care of the mess in your home. Her TikTok videos on the subject have been viewed millions of times. But lately, Davis has been talking and writing about our relationships not just …
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Songs do a great job of marking all the chapters of a relationship - titillation, infatuation, obsession ... followed by the comforting warmth of deep and abiding love ... (sometimes) followed by hurt, misunderstanding and betrayal ... followed by anger, separation and acceptance. Yet once the breakup is over and done, we sometimes get stuck, unabl…
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'Ulysses and the Cyclops'-Adaped by Andrew Lang from the Greek classic 'Homer', this story places Ulysses in the hero's seat as he and his men are trapped on an island occupied by one-eyed giants called Cyclops- and they have a nasty penchant for eating sailors and roasting their remains. Ulysses is known for his "McGuyver" like abilites to find sm…
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Mireille Silcoff recently wrote an article for The New York Times Magazine titled “Why Gen X Women Are Having the Best Sex.” At a time of life when many women describe feeling less visible and less desirable, Silcoff said, her life instead “exploded in a detonation of sex confetti.” On today’s episode, Silcoff shares the juicy back story to her pop…
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Dive deep into the thrilling world of the NBA as we break down the upcoming playoff excitement and the controversies of the season's final push. With the NBA playoffs finally here, join us as we discuss the best players showcased on national television each night. Prepare for a whirlwind of basketball action, particularly with late-night West Coast…
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Edgar Allan Poe wasn't just known for horror- he also had a sense of humor and a deep sense of justice for those who had been wronged. In this story, a French king who likes to play extravagent jokes on his guests decides to use his two dwarfs, which had been captured and sent to him by one of his generals, as the evenings' entertainment. The man d…
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Your hosts at "How We Heard It" love movies just as much anyone, and like everyone else, they'll watch their favorite films again and again. But there are some good movies - some great movies even - that they never intend to watch again. In this week's episode they go through several acclaimed, or at least popular, films they won't be replaying, an…
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A young man living off a rich Aunt's endowment decices to take a few weeks off with pals and head for the nearby lake looking for peace and quiet. He is soon wrapped up in trying to get his shy friend hooked up while at the same time being stuck with a fat toddler whose parents have been abandoning him to the mercies of lake vacationers due to a me…
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As U.S. poet laureate, Ada Limón has had a far-reaching impact. She has visited readers and writers across the country, installed poems at majestic sites in national parks, and she even wrote a poem that’s engraved inside a NASA spacecraft on its way to Jupiter. Today on the show, though, our host Anna Martin talks with Limón about something more p…
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In this enthralling episode, our host provides an on-the-ground perspective from San Antonio, recounting the highs and lows of the intense basketball weekend. The episode kicks off with the host's personal reflection on witnessing the disaster that befell their team and the emotional aftermath of an unprecedented sports loss (00:00:35). Listeners a…
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Two cultures collide when a group of British overseers meet for a regional planning session in India's outback, have too much to drink, and one of them defaces a statue outside a temple. The offender is almost immediately confronted by a naked leper called Silver Man who leaves a bite mark on his chest- causing a physiological change in the coming …
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This month BBC Radio 4's Bookclub, presented by James Naughtie, speaks to the writer Michel Faber about his debut novel, Under the Skin. Published in the year 2000 by Canongate it went on to be shortlisted for the Whitbread Award that same year. The book follows the female protagonist of Isserley who roves the A9 in the Scottish Highlands looking t…
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Songwriters in most every genre dabble in themes of alcohol and drug use - some of them just looking for a good time, some of them looking for a serious escape from their lives and some of them looking to feed an addiction. On this episode of "How We Heard It," the guys take it all in, from the playful and silly party songs to the sobering cries fo…
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Growing up, Jamie Shandro was interested in science, while her younger brother, Tim, liked art. When they were in their twenties, they both landed in Seattle: Jamie for medical school and Tim for art school. They were closer than ever. But as Jamie was finishing up a rotation in psychiatry, Tim started behaving strangely. In this episode of Modern …
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In this episode, we delve into Coastal Carolina's groundbreaking decision to offer free concessions at their home football games this fall (00:01:09). Focused on enhancing the fan experience, the initiative allows unlimited access to hot dogs, nachos, popcorn, and fountain drinks without any additional costs. This radical move is aimed at boosting …
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Forget about sappy love songs and happy party songs. Sometimes you've just got to rip somebody a new one, and you don't want to be nice about it. The cathartic power of a mean song can't be underestimated, whether you just need to get something off your chest or you need to dig deep and drive someone completely out of your life. So this week the ho…
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In 1925 Hemingway's collection of his first short stories appeared as In Our Time, and included the cryptic The Three Day Blow. He begins with a memory of WWI, then gives us a dialogue between Nick Adams (Hemingway's alter -ego in his early stories) and a friend as they spend a few days drinking at his friend's fathers lodge. The theme is baically …
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If you know one thing about Orville Peck, it’s probably that he wears a mask. The country musician has long kept himself shrouded in mystery, shielding his face from the public and revealing few details about his past. His music, however, is full of emotional honesty and vulnerability — he told the Modern Love podcast that most of his lyrics are ab…
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The episode dives into a thrilling weekend of basketball, characterized by intense matchups and unexpected outcomes. Our hosts recount their weekend-long basketball tour across New England, highlighting the excitement of seeing their team advance to the Sweet 16. (00:00:50) Tournament Madness Begins The episode opens with a look back at the weekend…
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A young man builds a home and vineyard at the top of a gentle slope in Virginia's Blue ridge Mountains only to find his home sliding downhill in a heavy rainstorm. Enjoy all of our 1001 collection at www.bestof1001stories.com Support our efforts to tell history the way it really happened by chipping in a little every month at www.patreon.com/1001st…
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The whole world is full of great music, so this week the "How We Heard It" guys travel the globe to unveil some of the artists who have caught their attention - from Latin America to Asia to Europe to Africa. Some sing in English, some don't. Some play contemporary popular music you might hear throughout the United States and Great Britain, others …
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A young man from the country travels to Boston (during the days when the British soldiers were housed there) seeking his relative Major Molineux, who had promised the young man a chance to rise up in the world should he ever travel there after his schooling. The reception he receives with every inquiry is rude, even threatening, and he ventures to …
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Natasha Rothwell plays characters who are constantly trying to improve and to better understand their desires. This season on “The White Lotus,” Rothwell, an Emmy-nominated actress, is back playing Belinda, a striving spa manager with dreams of becoming her own boss. Ambitions like these are relatable to Rothwell, who created and starred in her own…
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Join Our Bracket Challenge! Since 2015, Little of Column A, Little of Column B has been bringing you the best takes on sports, entertainment, and pop culture. Hosted by Will Alimonos and Zach Bishop, our podcast dives into everything from pro and college sports to the latest media buzz. Now, we’re inviting YOU to compete in our FREE bracket challen…
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It's been an incredible run and we've read some truly terrible columns, but the time has come to say goodbye. After five years of covering the worst opinions Canadian media has to offer, Eric, Marino and Jeremy are moving on to greener pastures – hopefully there aren't any copies of the National Post lying around. Thanks to all of our guests, liste…
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Music is in a constant state of change, keeping it in line with shifts in popular culture overall as genres rise and fall in popularity and technology trends change how music is made and how we listen to it. They say change is good, and often that's the case, but veteran music critics Wayne Bledsoe and Chuck Campbell and their musician friend John …
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On her fourth solo album, “Forever Is a Feeling” (out March 28), Lucy Dacus contemplates the fears and delights that go along with falling hard for someone. The song “Best Guess” celebrates the leap of faith involved in committing to a partner with the knowledge that both of you will change over time. And in another track called “Talk,” a couple re…
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Join Our Bracket Challenge! Since 2015, Little of Column A, Little of Column B has been bringing you the best takes on sports, entertainment, and pop culture. Hosted by Will Alimonos and Zach Bishop, our podcast dives into everything from pro and college sports to the latest media buzz. Now, we’re inviting YOU to compete in our FREE bracket challen…
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