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Lagrange PointEpisode 547 - Concussions - How long do you really have to wait?How long do you really have to wait after a concussion? Athletes are always keen to get back in the game after a head knock, but how long do they really need to wait? When trying to assess and track a concussion getting hard data is difficult. Using special headbands and measuring the pulse of the brain you can get an insight into concussion recovery. Concussion symptoms can disappear long before the brain has truly recovered. If you are slowly recovering fro a concussion how long will you need to wait?
Cathra Halabi, Lynda Norton, Kevin Norton, Wade...2023-08-1716 min
The Irish Itinerary Podcast40. Barry McCrea in conversation with Michael G Cronin (16 February 2023)In his conversation with Michael G Cronin, Barry McCrea discusses the genesis of his novel The First Verse (2005); the influence of Latin-American magical realism and other non-English literary works on both the story and style of the novel; the clash between the unlimited inner lyrical self and the limited real world; the dangers of solipsistic reading; real and literary cities; and his current literary project. www.efacis.eu2023-02-1644 min
Cowboy Classics Old Time Radio Shows WesternsCowboy Classics Old Time Radio Westerns- Tales of the Texas Rangers, Ep# 19 – The Lucky DollarConnect and Follow: https://linktr.ee/cowboyclassicsTales of the Texas Rangers, Ep# 19 – The Lucky DollarTales of the Texas Rangers, a western adventure old-time radio western, premiered on July 8, 1950, on the US NBC radio network and remained on the air through September 14, 1952. Movie star Joel McCrea starred as Texas Ranger Jayce Pearson, who used the latest scientific techniques to identify the criminals and his faithful horse, Charcoal, to track them down.PlotA robber kills a storekeeper by turning off the electricity inside the store. The Rangers are led to a...2022-04-2229 min
The ThinkND PodcastPrimo Levi's "The Truce", Part 3: The ReawakeningEpisode Topic: The ReawakeningOne of the meanings contained in the title of the novel is the idea of suspension of moral judgment. This is not to say that The Truce is a novel of forgiveness: rather these questions of guilt, retribution, expiation and so on are put temporarily to one side to allow other ideas and feelings to flourish. The first task after an interruption to life, the novel suggests, is a form of accounting. Basic facts must be established and accounted for. The next task is re-enchantment: fitting these facts, without denying or trying to...2021-11-2244 minThe ThinkND PodcastPrimo Levi's "The Truce", Part 2: The JourneyEpisode Topic: The JourneyThe Truce operates on several different levels. It is a richly detailed account of an actual journey of nine months, on trains, on foot, on horse drawn cart, across mountains, rivers, and plains, through Poland, the USSR, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia, Austria, Germany, and finally Italy; it gives realistic descriptions of the temporary communities that spring up in the various refugee camps and other provisional “homes” Levi lived in on the way. But it is also a symbolic odyssey of a wounded human spirit gradually bringing itself back to life and learning to love the...2021-11-2245 minThe ThinkND PodcastPrimo Levi's "The Truce", Part 1: The Thaw: The Many Meanings of 'Truce'Episode Topic: The Thaw: The Many Meanings of 'Truce'The Truce, written in 1962, takes up where If This is a Man left off, recounting Primo Levi’s epic journey on trains, on foot, and on horse-and-cart, as he makes his way across war-scarred Europe from liberated Auschwitz back to Turin. But it is also a psychological journey from disenchantment to re-enchantment, from imprisonment to freedom, from the Nazi “cult of emptiness” to a celebration of human difference and vitality. The “Truce” of the title has several meanings: the literal end of the war, the strange in-between world after the...2021-11-2259 min
Crime Time FMHEADS TOGETHER CTFM Magazine Show October 21THE THREE RONNIES EPISODEHEADS TOGETHER is the monthly magazine show on CRIME TIME FM. PAUL, VICTORIA and BARRY discuss the Crime Time FM WATCHLIST, author duos, short stories and the latest podcasts .PAUL BURKE writes about crime fiction for Crime Fiction Lover, NB Magazine, Crime Time and the European Literature Network.VICTORIA SELMAN is the bestselling author of the Ziba MacKenzie series killer thrillers. Her new thriller Truly, Darkly, Deeply will be published in 2022.BARRY FORSHAW is the editor of Crime Time, author of several books on...2021-10-2837 min
Pro Politics with Zac McCraryMike Murphy & A Master Class in Political CommunicationSend us a textYou won't find a better 59 minutes of political stories and advice than this conversation with longtime GOP media consultant / strategist Mike Murphy. Mike has worked with some of the iconic Republican political names of his generation...McCain, Schwarzenegger, Bush, Romney, Alexander, Engler...and so many more. And there is no better and more enthusiastic political storyteller than Mike Murphy. IN THIS EPISODEMike’s family connection to a “thank you” letter sent from FDR’s campaign manager…Mike talks about how the Cold War defined politics in his early d...2021-05-0459 min