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AmanpourAssessing America's Role 80 Years After WWIIToday's 80th anniversary of victory over the Nazis in Europe feels like an occasion for reflection, as threats escalate in India and Pakistan and Russia’s brutal war of aggression in Ukraine drags on. So, is America still the indispensable nation, able to facilitate peace? Or has that historic role evaporated? Leon Panetta has been Congressman, White House Chief of Staff, Defense Secretary, CIA Director, and more. He speaks with Christiane from California.
Also on today's show: Christopher Bellito, Specialist in Church History and Reform at Kean University in New Jersey; historian Margaret MacMillan L...2025-05-0853 min
All Things Contested RealmEpisode 14 - Realm-side Chatter: SorceryCon EditionGreetings fellow witches, wizards, warlocks, and everything in between! Episode 14 is the second in the series of Realm-side Chatter episodes. In this episode, not only do we break down the event and discuss what all went down, but we also sit and chat with various Sorcery community members at SorceryCon 2024 in Seattle Washington. Enjoy! -- Shop for all your Sorcery needs @ CardDig.com -- -- Use code allthings5 to receive 5% off orders! -- -- Free shipping over $50 within US -- -- International shipping + payment plans! --*To contact Margaret Organ-Kean for artwork or commissions...2024-03-192h 02
What Fresh Hell: Laughing in the Face of Motherhood | Parenting Tips From Funny MomsWhy Is It Easier to Solve Other People's Problems?Why are the solutions to other people's problems so easy, while our own problems seem so much harder? Turns out this phenomenon is real, and even has a name: "Solomon's Paradox." In this episode we discuss how distance from a situation gives us clearer perspective, and how we might transfer that clarity to the problems in our own lives. Amy and Margaret discuss:
Why it's easier to see other people's situations more clearly than our own
Why it's easier for us to see what our kids need to do in sticky situations than for...2024-01-3142 min
Finding Our MindsYOU AND YOUR BODYIn this first episode of Season 3 our co-hosts Dr. Mac and Leah Faye attempt to define the "self" while asking the question: What is it we are actually experiencing when we talk about our 'self' as a sensation?Leslie Kean: Surviving Death: A journalist investigates evidence for an afterlifeHarvey J. Irwin & Carolyn J. Watt: An Introduction to Parapsychology 5th Ed. Julie Beischel. Among Mediums: A Scientist’s Quest for AnswersDaniel Stern: The Interpersonal World of the Infant: A view from psychoanalysis and developmental psychologyGalen Strawson: The Subject of ExperienceFindi...2022-10-0432 min
Practical Nontoxic LivingTransform Unconscious Patterns Into Conscious ChoicesJozi Radus is the creator of the Unconscious Mapping System (UMS), which is a method that she designed to help clients transform their unconscious patterns into conscious choices. Her intention is to empower and liberate you through her method so that you can elevate your life experience. In this episode: How are unconscious mind affects our life experience—from our relationships with others and ourselves, work, expectations, etc. How tapping into our unconscious mind can empower us to change our expectations, mindset, and patterns so that we can experience more joy, love, connection, and whatever else we...2021-09-2950 minPractical Nontoxic Living with Sophia Ruan GushéeTransform Unconscious Patterns Into Conscious ChoicesJozi Radus is the creator of the Unconscious Mapping System (UMS), which is a method that she designed to help clients transform their unconscious patterns into conscious choices. Her intention is to empower and liberate you through her method so that you can elevate your life experience. In this episode: How are unconscious mind affects our life experience—from our relationships with others and ourselves, work, expectations, etc. How tapping into our unconscious mind can empower us to change our expectations, mindset, and patterns so that we can experience more joy, love, connection, and whatever else we...2021-09-2950 min
Prash's Murder Map: True Crime Podcast19 | The Enigmatic Murder of Mary PhaganBlack versus white, North versus South, vigilantes and a deathbed confession. Join me for all this and more as we travel to Atlanta, Georgia in 1913 to learn about the tragic death of 13-year-old factory worker Mary Phagan – one of the most divisive cases in history. Was the right man found guilty, or was it impossible to hold a fair trial in a state riven by racial, religious and geographic tension that had been brewing ever since the end of the Civil War?Email: prashsmurdermap@gmail.comTwitter: @PrashsMurderMap Facebook: fb.me/prashsmapIn...2020-10-0254 min
Inside HealthRemote and Rural HealthcareNigel Edwards, Chief Executive of the health think tank the Nuffield Trust, joins Dr Margaret McCartney for this special programme about the challenges of remote and rural healthcare.
Margaret travels by boat from Mallaig to the Hebridean islands of Eigg, Muck, Rum and Canna off the north west coast of Scotland where, after 100 years the islanders lost their resident doctor. When it was clear there wouldn't be a replacement, the islanders and NHS Highland instead opted for a radical new healthcare model.
Taking inspiration from indigenous tribes in Alaska, the NUKA model has been adapted for the Small Isles...2020-01-2228 min
Always Take Notes#72: Charles Moore, journalist and biographerSimon and Eleanor speak with Charles Moore, who was handpicked by Margaret Thatcher to write her authorised biography – he has just published his third and final volume, Herself Alone. Prior to writing about Mrs Thatcher, Charles was editor of the Spectator between 1984 and 1990, and editor of the Daily Telegraph between 1995 and 2003. Charles spoke about editing Boris Johnson's copy, his one journalistic regret, and his heated tête-à-têtes with Margaret Thatcher.
You can find us online at alwaystakenotes.com, on Twitter @takenotesalways, and on Facebook at facebook.com/alwaystakenotes. Our crowdfunding page is patreon.com/alwaystakenotes. Always Take Notes is pr...2019-12-3151 min
All the Books!E216: New Releases and More for July 9, 2019This week, Liberty and Kelly discuss The Chain, A Prayer for Travelers, The Need, and more great books.
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Books discussed on the show:
The Chain by Adrian McKinty
The Saturday Night Ghost Club: A Novel by Craig Davidson
Pan's Labyrinth: The Labyrinth of the Faun by Guillermo del Toro, Corn...2019-07-0944 min
Always Take Notes#45: Alexa von Hirschberg, senior commissioning editor, BloomsburyEleanor speaks with Alexa von Hirschberg, a senior commissioning editor at Bloomsbury Publishing. Alexa began her career in 2007 at Canongate Books. In 2008 she joined Bloomsbury as an editorial assistant, working with authors including Colum McCann, Lawrence Norfolk, Margaret Atwood and William Boyd. Today her list includes Kate Tempest, Reni Eddo-Lodge, Aminatta Forna, Alexei Sayle and Laurie Penny.
We spoke about how Alexa found her way through the British publishing landscape, the experience of editing Reni Eddo-Lodge and the demands of writing cover copy for Margaret Atwood.
You can find us online at alwaystakenotes.com, on Twitter @takenotesalways, and on Facebook...2018-12-181h 05
TORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the HumanitiesPhilip Pullman's 'His Dark Materials'Margaret Kean explores how Philip Pullman plays with the idea of communication across different media in his trilogy Philip Pullman’s work has a deep connection to Oxford, and 'His Dark Materials' has passages set in the Oxford Museum of Natural History. Margaret Kean (Helen Gardner Fellow in English, St Hilda's College, University of Oxford) discusses how Pullman has rooted his story in physical objects and encouraged current younger readers to encounter the material world around them. She will also explore how Pullman plays with the idea of communication across different media in his trilogy, and will touch on the au...2016-03-0422 minTORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the HumanitiesThe Stories of Lewis Carroll, J.R.R. Tolkien and Philip PullmanRobert Douglas-Fairhurst, Stuart Lee and Margaret Kean explore the digital afterlives of these celebrated storytellers The city of Oxford has been home to some of the world’s greatest writers and has inspired countless stories for all ages. This discussion celebrates Oxford as a place of stories and storytelling, and examines how Oxford tales have been re-shaped across different digital media. Robert Douglas-Fairhurst (Professor of English Literature, University of Oxford) examines the character of Lewis Carroll and the creation of 'Alice in Wonderland'. Stuart Lee (Member of the English Faculty and Merton College, University of Oxford) traces how Tolkien's Middle-earth an...2016-03-041h 02
ChassisChassis di domenica 04/01/2015Cristoph Waltz, protagonista del nuovo film di Tim Burton "Big Eyes", spiega cosa significa essere un impostore dell'arte, a San Francisco negli anni '50-'60, rubando il talento della moglie Margaret Kean. Massimo Popolizio, al cinema con Aldo, Giovanni e Giacomo e "Il giovane favoloso", descrive il suo lavoro d'attore per interpretare Giovanni Falcone in "Mille volte addio" di Fiorella Infascelli, prossimamente al cinema.2015-01-0446 min
Great Writers InspireWhat is a Great Writer? An academic panel discusses the question.In this panel discussion from the Great Writers Inspire Engage Event workshop, Dr Seamus Perry, Dr Margaret Kean, Professor Peter McDonald and Dr Ankhi Mukherjee discuss what we mean when we talk about greatness in writing. Seamus Perry chooses Samuel Taylor Coleridge, inspired as he is by the 'Rime of the Ancient Mariner' and its myriad possible interpretations. Margaret Kean chooses John Milton, who used his Paradise Lost to position himself in the canon of great writers during his lifetime. Peter McDonald talks about who decides who is considered to be a great writer, suggesting literary agents, prize judges, editors...2012-05-1500 minGreat Writers InspireWhat is a Great Writer? An academic panel discusses the question.In this panel discussion from the Great Writers Inspire Engage Event workshop, Dr Seamus Perry, Dr Margaret Kean, Professor Peter McDonald and Dr Ankhi Mukherjee discuss what we mean when we talk about greatness in writing. Seamus Perry chooses Samuel Taylor Coleridge, inspired as he is by the 'Rime of the Ancient Mariner' and its myriad possible interpretations. Margaret Kean chooses John Milton, who used his Paradise Lost to position himself in the canon of great writers during his lifetime. Peter McDonald talks about who decides who is considered to be a great writer, suggesting literary agents, prize judges, editors...2012-05-1548 min
In Our Time: ReligionDante's InfernoMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss Dante’s ‘Inferno’ - a medieval journey through the nine circles of Hell. “Abandon hope, all ye who enter here”. This famous phrase is written above the gate of Hell in a 14th century poem by the Italian poet Dante Alighieri. The poem is called the ‘Divine Comedy’ and Hell is known as ‘Dante’s Inferno’. It is a lurid vision of the afterlife complete with severed heads, cruel and unusual punishments and devils in frozen lakes. But the inferno is much more than a trip into the macabre - it is a map of medieval spiritual...2008-07-0342 min
In Our TimeDante's InfernoMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss Dante’s ‘Inferno’ - a medieval journey through the nine circles of Hell. “Abandon hope, all ye who enter here”. This famous phrase is written above the gate of Hell in a 14th century poem by the Italian poet Dante Alighieri. The poem is called the ‘Divine Comedy’ and Hell is known as ‘Dante’s Inferno’. It is a lurid vision of the afterlife complete with severed heads, cruel and unusual punishments and devils in frozen lakes. But the inferno is much more than a trip into the macabre - it is a map of medieval spiritual...2008-07-0342 min
In Our Time: CultureDante's InfernoMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss Dante’s ‘Inferno’ - a medieval journey through the nine circles of Hell. “Abandon hope, all ye who enter here”. This famous phrase is written above the gate of Hell in a 14th century poem by the Italian poet Dante Alighieri. The poem is called the ‘Divine Comedy’ and Hell is known as ‘Dante’s Inferno’. It is a lurid vision of the afterlife complete with severed heads, cruel and unusual punishments and devils in frozen lakes. But the inferno is much more than a trip into the macabre - it is a map of medieval spiritual...2008-07-0342 minIn Our TimeHellMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss hell and its representation in literature and the visual arts, through the ages from Ancient Egypt to modern Christianity. Why do certain religions have a Satan figure and others don’t? And why did hell shift from the underworld to here on earth in 20th Century representations?A fiery vault beneath the earth or as Sartre put it, other people - it seems our ideas of hell are inevitably shaped by religious and cultural forces. For Homer and Virgil it’s a place you can visit and return from, often a wiser person for it...2006-12-2127 minIn Our Time: ReligionHellMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss hell and its representation in literature and the visual arts, through the ages from Ancient Egypt to modern Christianity. Why do certain religions have a Satan figure and others don’t? And why did hell shift from the underworld to here on earth in 20th Century representations?A fiery vault beneath the earth or as Sartre put it, other people - it seems our ideas of hell are inevitably shaped by religious and cultural forces. For Homer and Virgil it’s a place you can visit and return from, often a wiser person for it...2006-12-2127 min