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Each week we choose a theme. Then anything can happen. This American Life is true stories that unfold like little movies for radio. Personal stories with funny moments, big feelings, and surprising plot twists. Newsy stories that try to capture what it’s like to be alive right now. It’s the most popular weekly podcast in the world, and winner of the first ever Pulitzer Prize for a radio show or podcast. Hosted by Ira Glass and produced in collaboration with WBEZ Chicago.
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If you like The Moth, This American Life or Snap Judgment, take a walk on the wilder side with RISK! Your colorful host Kevin Allison (of the legendary comedy group The State) helms this surprisingly uncensored show where people tell jaw-dropping true stories they never thought they'd dare to share in public. RISK! is hilarious, heart-wrenching and remarkably real. Think you've heard it all? Fasten your seatbelt.
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Our newest podcast, “The Preventionist” is out now. Search for it wherever you get your podcasts. Serial Productions makes narrative podcasts that have transformed the medium. Sign up for our newsletter at nytimes.com/serialnewsletter to find out about new shows, get behind the scenes stories, and see photos and videos you can’t see on a podcast. To get full access to Serial Productions shows, and to other New York Times podcasts on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, subscribe at nytimes.com/podcas ...
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Ear Hustle is prison slang for eavesdropping, and that’s what listening to the show feels like: a raw, often funny, and always surprising peek into the reality of life inside prison. Hosts Nigel Poor and Earlonne Woods co-created the show that launched in 2017 while Earlonne was incarcerated at San Quentin State Prison, where Nigel was a volunteer teaching photography. Since Earlonne’s release in 2018, the show has expanded to include stories from prisons across the state, including the Cali ...
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1 phone call. 1 hour. No names. No holds barred. Thats the premise behind Beautiful Stories from Anonymous People, hosted by comedian Chris Gethard (the Chris Gethard Show, Broad City, This American Life, and one of Time Outs 10 best comedians of 2015). Every week, Chris opens the phone line to one anonymous caller, and he cant hang up first, no matter what. From shocking confessions and family secrets to philosophical discussions and shameless self-promotion, anything can and will happen! T ...
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A podcast that explores the nuanced experiences of Filipinos in the United States, atbp.
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The MUBI Podcast is an audio documentary series about how great cinema happens, and why it matters. Every season’s a deep dive into a different corner of movie culture — from classic needle drops, to movie theaters that changed the world. Plus, between seasons: intimate interviews with some of the best filmmakers alive. Nominated for multiple Webbys, Ambies, and British Podcast Awards. Hosted by veteran arts journalist Rico Gagliano. “It’s like This American Life for filmmaking stories” — Ma ...
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What do you hope happens when you die? If you could relive one memory, what would it be? What's your coma? Comedian and coma survivor Dave Maher ("This American Life") asks artists and organizers these questions in conversations about death, politics, and art.
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The most interesting conversations in American life happen in private. This show brings them out of the closet. Stories no one else is telling and conversations with the most fascinating people in the country, every week from The Free Press, hosted by former New York Times and Wall Street Journal journalist Bari Weiss.
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This Week in Microbiology is a podcast about unseen life on Earth hosted by Vincent Racaniello and friends. Following in the path of his successful shows 'This Week in Virology' (TWiV) and 'This Week in Parasitism' (TWiP), Racaniello and guests produce an informal yet informative conversation about microbes which is accessible to everyone, no matter what their science background.
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Parody of "This American Life" created for use in History 395
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Context Clues is for anyone who's ever felt confused by American culture — even if you speak perfect English. Why do Americans say "How are you?" but don't actually want to know? What does "Let's grab coffee sometime" really mean? Why do we split the check down to the penny, but get uncomfortable when someone asks for help? Hosted by LJ, an ESL teacher and founder of The Immersion Studio, Context Clues unpacks the small, strange rituals of American life and traces them back to the values, co ...
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Student made “This American Life”
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From the guys behind This American Life, RadioLab, How Stuff Works, Stuff You Should Know, and Serial comes: AMERICAN STUFFLAB. Support Public Radio
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Are you looking for a new and fun way to learn American English? Come hang out with Lindsay and Michelle from Boston and New York City and have fun while you improve your English listening skills! We are an English as a Second Language (ESL) podcast for intermediate to advanced English learners around the world. We will show you how to use everyday English vocabulary and natural idioms, expressions, and phrasal verbs and how to make small talk in American English. We will also give you speci ...
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The Action Catalyst interviews top leaders and achievers, sharing hard-earned tips and advice to help you uncover your inspiration and gain valuable insights to overcome setbacks, defeat mediocrity, and reach your goals in life, business, and beyond. Southwestern/Great American, Inc., dba Southwestern Family of Companies, for itself and its related entities and their assigns, reserves and retains all rights to their copyrighted materials and trademarks contained in this podcast.
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We focus on stories that contain an element of mystery, drama, comedy, or embarrassment. We're a "This American Life" wannabe. Created by Ethan and Molly.
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The Media Roundtable isn’t just another industry podcast; it’s an open lab where the sharpest minds in podcasting, advertising, and media break down the forces shaping the audio landscape—and reconstruct them in real time. We created this show in service of the Chief Audio Officer: the marketer responsible for making audio campaigns not just sound good, but drive results. For many brands, audio advertising is a highly effective secret weapon–but it can be difficult to navigate, requiring spe ...
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American prosperity was built on a foundation of free markets and free people. But, with inflation on the rise and a struggling market, many in America’s political class are attempting to recycle failed socialist ideas and calling for government intervention in nearly every aspect of American life. In this National Review Capital Matters podcast, presented by the National Review Institute, financier David Bahnsen hosts interviews with the nation’s top business leaders, entrepreneurs, and fin ...
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Welcome to the American Planning Association Podcast. This is your source for discussions, interviews, and lectures on a multitude of planning topics.
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This Duckburg Life is a scripted audio series produced by Disney Television Animation. Set up as a parody of This American Life, the podcast is hosted by Huey Duck as he talks about all the strange things happening in Duckburg. All the voice actors from the series reprise their roles. All content belongs to the respective copyright owner.
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Home of the Brave: new and old stories from "This American Life" contributor Scott Carrier.
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A show in the tradition of This American Life. Sort of. It's different, obviously.
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Love is more than you think. From the creators of Criminal. New episodes twice a month. Part of the Vox Media Podcast Network.
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S-Town is a podcast hosted by Brian Reed from Serial Productions, a New York Times company. The story follows a man named John who despises his Alabama town and decides to do something about it. He asks Brian to investigate the son of a wealthy family who's allegedly been bragging that he got away with murder. But when someone else ends up dead, the search for the truth leads to a nasty feud, a hunt for hidden treasure, and an unearthing of the mysteries of one man's life. To get full access ...
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This is podcast created by my students at OGU High School. The podcast title is inspired by one of my favourite podcasts "This American Life", and it focuses on the lives and interests of Japanese high school teens. The program is part of my ICT-Global Awareness course which is taught in English and Japanese. Students are expected to learn English while tackling domestic and international issues and expressing themselves with Web 2.0 technologies.
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video game talk. new releases, retro news, new news, memories, and random discussion. https://www.patreon.com/thetroubledhelixpodcastnetwork
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Funny, moving and always exquisitely well-produced, this collection of short stories and essays from the award-winning Seanachai podcast is not to be missed. If you like this American Life, but wish that Ira Glass' voice was a bit softer on the ears, then this is the audio book for you.
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The Immigrant Experience In America Podcast amplifies and humanizes the experiences of immigrants living in The United States of America and around the world. We are building a human library of immigrant stories. Connect with us at thebridgeconcepts.org to add yours to our library. Are you an immigrant, expat, international professional, international student new to the United States (or another country) and struggling to make sense of your new environment? Culture shock and adjustment chall ...
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Welcome to the American Alchemy. Tune in for new videos WEEKLY highlighting the most heretical thinkers/ideas of our time. 👽 instagram: @jessemichels twitter: @alchemyamerican Business: [email protected]
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We spend a month at a Jeep dealership on Long Island as they try to make their monthly sales goal: 129 cars. If they make it, they'll get a huge bonus from the manufacturer, possibly as high as $85,000 — enough to put them in the black for the month. If they don't make it, it'll be the second month in a row. So they pull out all the stops. Visit th…
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What’s in the box? What’s in the $%&ing box?!?
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Episode 243 – The Politics of Language with Jennifer Delfino
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57:36“You’re not Filipino if you don’t speak Tagalog.” “You sound white.” “The national language of the Philippines is Filipino, not Tagalog.” “Filipino is already gender neutral.” Much of our online discourse in the Filipino community is about or related to language. The debates are out there. We here at TFAL want to tackle some of these linguistic arg…
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Kaysha is in her early 20s: low on resources, but big on dreams. Sometimes, those dreams feel tantalizingly close to reality; other times, she's pulled back into a life she badly wants to leave behind. We follow Kaysha for a year and a half as she tries to break out of the loop. This is the fifth episode of “The Loop,” Ear Hustle’s six-part series …
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When Minh Nguyen was in school, he didn’t ask anyone to sign his yearbooks — he says he was too uncomfortable. But twenty years later, he started reaching out to all his former classmates. He asks everyone the same questions. For more, check out Jordan P. Hickey’s article for D Magazine. Say hello on Facebook and Instagram. Follow the show and revi…
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As a marketer, you have to guess what will make people act. But what if you could just know? The world’s only podcast solely dedicated to audio ads is back! Presenting Ad Infinitum Season 3, Episode 15: "Human Hacks." Host Stew Redwine (Executive Creative Director, Oxford Road) welcomes best-selling behavioral science author Richard Shotton (The Ch…
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AEE 2524: How Crazy Adds Color to Your English
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17:24Want to know your English level? Take our free English-level quiz here to find out what your current English level is. Do you love All Ears English? Try our other podcasts here: Business English Podcast: Improve your Business English with 3 episodes per week, featuring Lindsay, Michelle, and Aubrey IELTS Energy Podcast: Learn IELTS from a former Ex…
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From Jamaica to Podcast Host: Podcaster Kerry-Ann Reid-Brown (Ep. 202) - Part 3
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17:31The founder of Carry On Friends! Kerry-Ann was born in Jamaica and moved to Brooklyn, NYC as a teenager. Since starting Carry On Friends, have been a speaker at Podcast Movement, Haiti Tech Summit, Caribbean Digital Divas on a variety of topics including podcast, career, entrepreneurship and Caribbean culture. --------------------------------------…
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Episode 271: It Is Still All About Growth!
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11:24The Nobel Prize for economics has gone to some serious winners over the years -- Hayek, Friedman, and Mundell come to mind. But the Nobel committee has shamed itself over the years as well (looking at you, Krugman), and more recently seemed to indicate a bias toward so-called economic justice than actual economic productivity and prosperity. That i…
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PATREON PREVIEW: The Real Story of Thanksgiving (And Every Other Holiday) with Daniel Strauss and Drennen Quinn
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9:51This is a preview of a premium episode from the Patreon feed, TIYA After Dark! Head to patreon.com/thisisyourafterlife to hear this full episode and all the others for just $5 a month. For the first episode of this new premium feed, TIYA After Dark, I talk to my close friends and previous TIYA guests Daniel Strauss and Drennen Quinn about holidays.…
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Mira Rivera and Rachelle Anne Warren tell stories about opening up & leaning into insecurities. 🎤Workshop Story: Sexual Healing by Mira Rivera After her partner breaks up with her, Mira's confidence plummets. She goes on a series of dates in public with a hot guy who seems uninterested.One day, they have a date in private with weed and Mira discove…
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This week's caller had the neighbor from hell. She shares that story with Gethard, recounts some recent travel adventures, and then opens up about a major life change happening right now. It's an open and honest call with someone who's determined not to be defined by the heavy stuff. Sign up for Beautiful/Anonymous+ to get ad free episodes and acce…
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Delivering the WOW, with Richard Fain (Leadership, Travel, Culture, Business)
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29:00Richard Fain, the chairman and former long-term CEO of Royal Caribbean Group, recounts the dark days of the Covid pandemic for the cruise business, and explains cheap expensive decisions, the antidote to fear, elevating and innovating the industry, and why he literally, LITERALLY, had to cut a cruise ship in half. Mentioned in this episode: Get 10%…
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Is Designing Babies Unethical—or a Moral Imperative?
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1:24:28Most parents know what goes into raising children: the time spent changing diapers in inopportune places; the hours of worrying—about what to feed them, how to educate them, how to protect them and keep them healthy; the countless hours devoted to dance classes, summer camps, pediatricians, and piano lessons—all investments meant to give them the b…
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AEE 2523: Your English Is Nothing to Sneeze At
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16:16Want to know your English level? Take our free English-level quiz here to find out what your current English level is. Do you love All Ears English? Try our other podcasts here: Business English Podcast: Improve your Business English with 3 episodes per week, featuring Lindsay, Michelle, and Aubrey IELTS Energy Podcast: Learn IELTS from a former Ex…
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kyle explains why he won't buy a ps5, but will buy a steam machine
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2:07:36ghost of yotei, hades 2, katamari https://www.patreon.com/c/thetroubledhelixpodcastnetwork https://www.patreon.com/c/freak_otrt
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AEE 2522: What to Say When You Lose Your Train of Thought
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17:34Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy Lindsay McMahon and Michelle Kaplan
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Joe Rogan: The Truth About Aliens (He Finally Says It)
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3:11:01Our American Alchemist this week is Joe Rogan.Sign Up With Our Sponsors Below For Exclusive Alchemy Deals!Visit https://ketone.com/ALCHEMY for 30% OFF your subscription order PLUS receive a free gift with your second shipment—or find Ketone-IQ at Target stores nationwide and get your first shot free!Take control of your cellular health today. Go to…
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"How Are You?" (And Why We Don't Actually Want to Know)
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11:30Welcome to the first episode of Context Clues — a podcast about understanding American culture through the language we didn't know we were speaking. In this episode, we unpack one of the most confusing phrases for English learners: "How are you?" It sounds like a question. Grammatically, it is a question. But culturally? It's just a greeting. And i…
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In this episode, we explore why Americans are so uncomfortable with silence — and how we've developed an entire ritual to fill it: small talk. Whether it's an elevator ride with a coworker, a waiting room with strangers, or a brief encounter in a grocery store line, Americans feel compelled to say something. About the weather. About traffic. About …
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"Let's Do This Sometime" (And Other Lies We Tell Politely)
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13:29In this episode, we unpack one of the most confusing aspects of American social life: vague invitations that sound real but aren't. "We should grab coffee sometime." "Let's catch up soon." "We need to hang out." If you're not from here, these sound like actual invitations. But most of the time? They're just polite gestures. A way to end a conversat…
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For a limited time, visit AuraFrames.com and get $45 off Aura’s best-selling Carver Mat frames - named #1 by Wirecutter - by using promo code AEE at checkout. That’s A-U-R-A Frames.com promo code AEE. This exclusive Black Friday Cyber Monday deal is their best of the year, so order now before it ends! Support the show by mentioning us at checkout! …
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CLIP: Unstructured Data, Moore's Law, and Hallucinations
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5:18Gayathri Krishnamurthy, Head of Product Marketing at Level AI, explains how AI is beginning to use data differently from previous versions and how the rate at which it's capabilities are expanding is exponential, but how despite this, the emerging technology is still not without its drawbacks... Hear the full conversation in a first-ever "live" epi…
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Get our 2026 English Mastery Bundle, our best offer of the year. Save 50% on our intermediate to advanced learning plan. Get B1, B2, and C1 English Fluency courses plus bonuses. Get a clear learning plan for the full 9-12 months plus AI practice and community practice with teachers and students. Go here to enroll now. Offer ends Friday at midnight.…
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Satori Shakoor and Paul Cibis share stories of thanksgiving. A part of our series called Gratitude Stories. 🎤Live Story: Thank You by Satori Shakoor Satori’s loss of her mother and son is devastating. Later, she dates a man who gets a kick out of Satori being “too much,” and she is grateful to remember to live life over-the-top, and fully alive. ke…
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Action Catalyst host Adam Outland shares what he's thankful for this Thanksgiving.By Southwestern Family of Podcasts
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RATATOUILLE — Brad Bird cooks up the ultimate food film
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39:30The animated classic about an adorbs rat chef… spent nearly 7 years in the oven. Director Brad Bird (THE IRON GIANT) and producer Brad Lewis (ANTZ) tell Rico the whole multi-course saga, including gut-busting tales of Michelin-starred “research” meals that were so good they hurt. Just in time for holiday eat-a-thons, the award-winning MUBI Podcast …
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AEE 2521: That's Terrible! How Passionate People Articulate Negative Things
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20:05Get our 2026 English Mastery Bundle, our best offer of the year. Save 50% on our intermediate to advanced learning plan. Get B1, B2, and C1 English Fluency courses plus bonuses. Get a clear learning plan for the full 9-12 months plus AI practice and community practice with teachers and students. Go here to enroll now. Offer ends Friday at midnight.…
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AEE 2520: Pesky Prefixes, Part 3: Irrefutably Difficult Vocabulary
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16:05Get our 2026 English Mastery Bundle, our best offer of the year. Save 50% on our intermediate to advanced learning plan. Get B1, B2, and C1 English Fluency courses plus bonuses. Get a clear learning plan for the full 9-12 months plus AI practice and community practice with teachers and students. Go here to enroll now. Offer ends Friday at midnight.…
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Action Catalyst host Stephanie Maas breaks down her favorite parts of the Thanksgiving holiday, and what it really means to have an "attitude of gratitude".By Southwestern Family of Podcasts
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Protecting Human Connection: Audio’s ROI, AI Slop, & Netflix Moves
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1:02:01How will the industry shift with 200k AI episodes? Or with Netflix’s $400M podcast push? How do audio and video podcasts actually stack up for attention? Find out on a new Media Roundtable: Industry Edition, sponsored by our friends at ALLCITY Network. Dan Granger (CEO & Founder, Oxford Road) breaks down the biggest stories and their potential impa…
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AEE Bonus: Learn English in 2026 Like You’d Train for an Ironman
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13:09Get our 2026 English Mastery Bundle, our best offer of the year. Save 50% on our intermediate to advanced learning plan. Get B1, B2, and C1 English Fluency courses plus bonuses. Get a clear learning plan for the full 9-12 months plus AI practice and community practice with teachers and students. Go here to enroll now. Offer ends Friday at midnight.…
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From Jamaica to Podcast Host: Podcaster Kerry-Ann Reid-Brown (Ep. 202) - Part 2
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30:24The founder of Carry On Friends! Kerry-Ann was born in Jamaica and moved to Brooklyn, NYC as a teenager. Since starting Carry On Friends, have been a speaker at Podcast Movement, Haiti Tech Summit, Caribbean Digital Divas on a variety of topics including podcast, career, entrepreneurship and Caribbean culture. --------------------------------------…
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From The Memory Palace Audiobook: Fine New England Granite
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17:53Order The Memory Palace book now, dear listener. On Bookshop.org, on Amazon.com, on Barnes & Noble, or directly from Random House. Buy the audiobook wherever you get audiobooks (like libro.fm!) The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX. Radiotopia is a collective of independently owned and operated podcasts that’s a part of PRX, a …
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Kevin hears Danielle Meinert’s “The Day I Met ARFID” story from The Story Collider for the first time and gives you his hot takes. You can also watch this episode on YouTube! This is part of our RISK! Reacts series, where we listen to a story told on another show and give our first reactions. Here’s the Spotify Playlist mentioned in the episode. An…
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Episode 270: The Next Fed Chair Should Be Kevin Warsh
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13:24We all know President Trump is counting the days until Jerome Powell’s term as Fed chair ends. He may be rooting for the right thing for the wrong reason, but it is not debatable that this is where things are headed. In today’s Capital Record, David looks at the various candidates for Fed chair and makes the case for the obvious pick (of the major …
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Gethard talks with a movie studio security guard calling in mid-shift. They get into local clown drama with surprising real-world stakes, the importance of keeping your dreams alive no matter what your day job is, and what happens when Spielberg catches you with your proverbial pants down. Plus, Geth's favorite TV appearance: Noches con Platanito. …
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REMASTERED: How to Beat Being Busy, with Karla Lewis and Steve Frody (Home Ownership, Coaching, Business, Sales)
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21:56Karla Lewis, an executive sales and leadership coach and Partner with Southwestern Consulting, and Steve Frody, co-founder of City2Shore Real Estate, share the value of hiring the right assistants and what to look for when doing so, identifying your ideal client, aligning your business and team behind a shared creed (and how to create one), and why…
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