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Background Briefing with Ian MastersJanuary 27, 2026 - Dr. Jessie Daniels | Richard Hasen | Joshua HorwitzThe Influence of Nazi Slogans and White Supremacist Anthems Inside Trump's White House, DHS and Department of Labor | AG Bondi's Attempt to Extort Voter Rolls From Minnesota to End ICE Terror | The Government's Killing of an American Citizen With a Concealed Carry Permit Has Rattled NRA and Gun Rights Advocates
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2026-01-271h 00Background Briefing with Ian MastersJanuary 27, 2026 - Dr. Jessie Daniels | Richard Hasen | Joshua HorwitzThe Influence of Nazi Slogans and White Supremacist Anthems Inside Trump's White House, DHS and Department of Labor | AG Bondi's Attempt to Extort Voter Rolls From Minnesota to End ICE Terror | The Government's Killing of an American Citizen With a Concealed Carry Permit Has Rattled NRA and Gun Rights Advocates
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2026-01-271h 00
Balancing Act with John KatkoRed Flag LawsJohn Katko is joined by Joshua Horwitz from the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions to discuss the intent behind red flag laws. In the Trapeze, we'll hear from Dr. John Tures, Professor of Political Science at LaGrange College, and Clark Neily, Senior Vice President for Legal Studies at the Cato Institute, as they debate whether red flag laws are effective or if they infringe on the Second Amendment.
2026-01-0326 min
SPARK: Igniting Faith, Family, and RevivalFaith, Fitness, and Finance: Aligning Your Life with Biblical Principles with BrandiEvery part of our lives—our faith, physical bodies, and finances—belongs to God, yet many Christians struggle to integrate these areas cohesively. Brandi Lovato, Certified Financial Planner and Certified Kingdom Advisor, joins us to share how her ministry Faith, Fitness, and Finance bridges these seemingly unrelated aspects of life into a powerful framework for holistic Christian living.Brandi reveals her journey of answering God's call to create a ministry that unites business leaders in her community. "I'm not afraid to talk with anyone," she explains, whether they have "not a penny to their name" or "own mult...
2025-08-2422 min
The Perks Of Being A Book Lover PodcastS11:Ep229 - Spacey Reads: A Book Rec Episode - 8/7/24Our website - www.perksofbeingabooklover.com.
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This week we’re going “boldly where no man has gone before.” Yes–that’s right into space.
Books Mentioned in This Episode:
1- The Most Precious of Cargoes by Jean-Claude Grumberg
2- The Paris Affair by Maureen Marshall
3- A Five Start Read Recommended by Fellow Book Lover Stephanie Affinito @affinitolit - The Book That Matters...
2024-08-071h 00
Forward Radio podcastsPerks S11:Ep229 | Spacey Reads: A Book Rec Episode | 8-7-24Our website - www.perksofbeingabooklover.com.
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This week we’re going “boldly where no man has gone before.” Yes–that’s right into space.
Books Mentioned in This Episode:
1- The Most Precious of Cargoes by Jean-Claude Grumberg
2- The Paris Affair by Maureen Marshall
3- A Five Start Read Recommended by Fellow Book Lover Stephanie Affinito @affinitolit - The Book That Matters Most by Ann Hood
4- Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
5- Leviathan...
2024-08-071h 00
Epictastic Live with Epictastic JoshuaInside Out 2 is A Superb Sequel that Worked | a Disney-Pixar film | Maya Hawke | Epictastic JoshuaInside Out 2 was the 9-year sequel that most of not all of us were excited about but wasn't sure that it could be as good as the first one. As someone who loves the original film, not only this sequel is just as good but might be better than the original with a few baby issues.
Joshua Drake of Epictastic Joshua gives you his thoughts on this superb sequel from Pixar that shows that the animation studio can still make some great sequels when they are allowed to have full reign and put their imagination to work.
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2024-08-0614 minBackground Briefing with Ian MastersJune 16, 2024 - Lauren Windsor | Joshua Horwitz | Philippe MarlièreThe Undercover Activist Who Captured the Real Justice Alito as a Christian Nationalist | The Hypocrisy of MAGA Republicans Celebrating Hunter Biden's Convictions on Gun Laws They Violently Oppose | President Macron's Call For a Snap Election Already Appears to be Backfiring
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2024-06-111h 00Background Briefing with Ian MastersJune 16, 2024 - Lauren Windsor | Joshua Horwitz | Philippe MarlièreThe Undercover Activist Who Captured the Real Justice Alito as a Christian Nationalist | The Hypocrisy of MAGA Republicans Celebrating Hunter Biden's Convictions on Gun Laws They Violently Oppose | President Macron's Call For a Snap Election Already Appears to be Backfiring
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2024-06-111h 00
Perfect Jewish ParentsDoes Religion Help Kids?Does religion play a role in educational achievement and social fulfillment? Ilana M. Horwitz (Ph.D., Stanford University) author of God Grades, and Graduation: Religion’s Surprising Impact on Academic Success, joins Perfect Jewish Parents hosts, Masua Sagiv and Joshua Ladon, to reflect on the ways Judaism impacts academic success, the connection between religion and community, and her academic work impacts how she raises her two daughters.
2023-08-3128 min
Discover The Full Audiobook Everyone Is Talking About — So Vivid!A Quantum Life (Adapted for Young Adults) by Hakeem Oluseyi, Joshua HorwitzPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/66129to listen full audiobooks.
Title: A Quantum Life (Adapted for Young Adults)
Author: Hakeem Oluseyi, Joshua Horwitz
Narrator: Hakeem Oluseyi
Format: mp3
Length: 7 hrs and 41 mins
Release date: 08-15-23
Ratings: Not rated yet
Genres: Biographies
Publisher's Summary:
Renowned American astrophysicist Hakeem Oluseyi (born James Plummer) pens a gripping, gritty coming-of-age memoir, from young boy to graduate-school student, that will resonate with teenagers, especially those of color, who are facing many choices and obstacles as they navigate their young adult lives.
2023-08-157h 41Get Lost In This Heart-Pounding Full Audiobook — Perfect Between Meetings.A Quantum Life (Adapted for Young Adults) by Hakeem Oluseyi, Joshua HorwitzPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/69802to listen full audiobooks.
Title: A Quantum Life (Adapted for Young Adults)
Author: Hakeem Oluseyi, Joshua Horwitz
Narrator: Hakeem Oluseyi
Format: mp3
Length: 7 hrs and 41 mins
Release date: 08-15-23
Ratings: Not rated yet
Genres: Science & Technology
Publisher's Summary:
Renowned American astrophysicist Hakeem Oluseyi (born James Plummer) pens a gripping, gritty coming-of-age memoir, from young boy to graduate-school student, that will resonate with teenagers, especially those of color, who are facing many choices and obstacles as they navigate their young adult lives.
2023-08-157h 41
Into the Impossible With Brian KeatingReplay - Who Was James Webb? An honest conversation with Hakeem OluseyiThis is a replay of the discussion with Hakeem Oluseyi on the controversy surrounding the naming of the James Webb Space Telescope. It continues! Today the New York Time published an opinion piece entitled: How Naming the James Webb Telescope Turned Into a Fight Over Homophobia: Did the former head of NASA discriminate against gay people? One physicist tried to rebut the accusation, only to find himself the target of attacks.https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/19/us/james-webb-telescope-gay-rights.html?The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is NASA’s next great flagship observatory. It’s se...
2022-12-2055 min
The Christian Psychologist: Mental Health for 21st Century Christ FollowersEpisode 16: DepressionReferencesAPA Dictionary of Psychology. (n.d.). Sadness. https://dictionary.apa.org/sadnessAmerican Psychiatric Association. (2013). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th ed.). Author.Cook, C. (2011). The Philokalia and mental wellbeing. James Clarke and Co.Horwitz, A., & Wakefield, J. (2007). The loss of sadness: How psychiatry transformed normal sorrow into depressive disorder. Oxford University Press.Kessler, R., Petukhova, M., Sampson, N., Zaslavsky, A., & Wittchen, H. (2012). Twelve-month and lifetime prevalence and lifetime morbid risk of anxiety and mood disorders in the United States. International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric...
2022-12-1138 min
Into the Impossible With Brian KeatingWho Was James Webb? An honest conversation with Hakeem OluseyiThe James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is NASA’s next great flagship observatory. It’s set to continue — and extend — the illustrious scientific tradition established by the Hubble Space Telescope, while peering deeper into the universe and observing what Hubble could not. But who was James Webb? Considering the controversy surrounding his legacy, I wanted to explore the allegations against him with my friend Hakeem Oluseyi and answer the question: Why was the James Webb Space Telescope named after him?Hakeem claims that some allegations wrongly accused an innocent man who was, among more well-known achievements, a hero of...
2022-05-0355 min
Into the Impossible With Brian KeatingHakeem Oluseyi: Quantum Leaps!Hakeem Oluseyi is an American astrophysicist, cosmologist, inventor, educator, science communicator, author, actor, veteran, and humanitarian. Oluseyi was named a Visiting Robinson Professor at George Mason University in 2021, a distinction by which the university recognizes outstanding faculty.In 2021, he published an autobiography titled: A Quantum Life: My Unlikely Journey from the Street to the Stars co-authored with Joshua Horwitz.His best known scientific contributions are research on the transfer of mass and energy through the Sun's atmosphere; the development of space-borne observatories for studying astrophysical plasmas and dark energy; and the development of transformative technologies...
2022-03-011h 15
The Outlook Podcast ArchiveI changed my name to change my lifeJames Plummer Jr grew up navigating poverty and instability; his dad was a drug dealer and he moved around a lot, changing schools, houses and states multiple times. One day, when he was nine years old, he was reading an encyclopedia and got to 'E'. He discovered Albert Einstein's theory of relativity and a lifelong passion began – one that was to lead him out of poverty. James really understood physics. He started to win at state science fairs and after college was admitted to the elite physics course at Stanford University. But James had a secret: he was hooked on...
2021-08-1040 min
The Chauncey DeVega ShowHakeem Oluseyi Reflects on His Quantum Life and Journey from the Streets to the StarsThere are two guests on this episode of The Chauncey DeVega Show. Dr. Hakeem Oluseyi is the author (with Joshua Horwitz) of the new book A Quantum Life: My Unlikely Journey from the Street to the Stars. He is also a professor at the Florida Institute of Technology, and a frequent contributor to the Discovery Channel and National Geographic. Hakeem has given multiple TED talks and is regularly invited to speak at science forums all around the world. Hakeem reflects on how he managed to go from being an at-risk youth and self-described gangster nerd...
2021-06-301h 20
Red, Blue, and Brady110: Insurrection at the Capitol: What’s Broken and How to Fix ItSend us a textSeason two of "Red, Blue, and Brady" kicks off with an in-depth discussion of the January 6th attack on the Capitol, when insurrectionists illegally entered the US Capitol building while violently objecting to the certification of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris' electoral victory as the incumbent President and Vice President of the United States. In doing so, this mob directly attacked not just the Capitol and those inside, but the democratic process itself. Hosts Kelly and JJ are joined by the Executive Director of the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence Joshua Horwitz, Brady...
2021-01-111h 01
I Burn Everything: Food & RelationshipsSurviving Covid-19 with Joshua BittonStevie Nelson and Dave Horwitz chat remotely with Joshua Bitton (actor/teacher) about contracting and surviving Covid-19, dating and breaking up during Covid-19, and self-isolating with his hilarious brother. *A very relevant and special episode!*
2020-04-151h 19
New Books in Spiritual Practice and MindfulnessDaniel M. Horwitz, “A Kabbalah and Jewish Mysticism Reader” (The Jewish Publication Society, 2016)Ever wonder what Kabbalah is really about? Or how you might have a close relationship with God? Is cleaving to God an expectation that might have been medieval but no longer is sought? Rabbi Dr. Daniel M. Horwitz ‘s new book A Kabbalah and Jewish Mysticism Reader (The Jewish Publication Society, 2016) answers these questions and many more in an easily readable, even entertaining, highly authentic and scholarly manner.
Divided into seven parts and twenty-eight concise chapters, with each chapter an ideal length to readily understand the topic, this book is perfect for the student of Kabbalah and Je...
2016-04-121h 02
Talk CocktailWar of the Whales: An environmental adventure storyWe all know the old bromide, you can’t fight City Hall. Well imagine how tough it must be to take on the US Navy. Especially if the cause is about the condition of whales, and those who are fighting are an environmental lawyer and a Navy whistleblower.
Many of you have probably heard parts of this story, in news reports, and on 60 Minutes. But now Joshua Horwitz, in his book War of the Whales: A True Story tells the full story of this David vs. Goliath battle, of the military industrial complex vs. environment.
My conversation with Joshua H
2015-10-0221 min
KGNU - How On EarthWar of the Whales: A True StoryWar of the Whales: A True Story (starts at 3:35): In the early hours of March 15th, of the year 2000, a Cuvier beaked whale washed ashore a mere 100 feet from Ken Balcomb’s house on the island of Abaco in the Bahamas. It was, for the whale, a fortuitous coincidence: Balcomb was a marine mammal researcher who was uniquely placed to rescue the creature. But that day 17 more whales of various species washed up on nearby islands and some of them weren’t quite so fortunate. The event was the largest mass stranding in recent history but what might have caus...
2015-02-1123 min
The Green Divas Radio ShowWar on the Whales, Living with Less +This full show features Joshua Horwitz, author of War of the Whales, a true story about two men who joined forces to fight the US government to help the whales. Other great segments include a Green Divas @ Home segment with Madeleine Somerville, author of All You Need is Less, and a Green Divas Health & Beauty segment with David Suzuki's Queen of Green offers us some tips for being less polluted.
2014-09-0259 min
Listen to the Best Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Current Affairs, Law, & PoliticsWar of the Whales: A True Story by Joshua HorwitzPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/213711 to listen full audiobooks. Title: War of the Whales: A True Story Author: Joshua Horwitz Narrator: Holter Graham Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 39 minutes Release date: July 1, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Winner of the 2015 PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award: “Horwitz’s dogged reporting…combined with crisp, cinematic writing, produces a powerful narrative…. He has written a book that is instructive and passionate and deserving a wide audience” (PEN Award Citation). Six years in the making, War of the Wha...
2014-07-0103 min