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Woman's HourJoan Smith, Parenting adult children, Dolly Parton musical‘Unfortunately, she was a Nymphomaniac’ – that’s the title of a new book written to debunk the misogynist myths of Imperial Rome and to put the record straight about the lives and fates of Roman women. Its author, the journalist Joan Smith, joins Clare McDonnell to give us a fresh perspective on the ancient world.Many people will have visited or been visited by their adult children over the holidays. Being a parent to adult children, as well as being the adult child, can be complicated. What are the pitfalls? How can we ensure that relationship stays strong...
2024-12-3053 min
Mark Leonard's World in 30 MinutesLiving in an à la carte world: What European policymakers should learn from global public opinionECFR’s new global opinion poll reveals that many people outside the West want Europe and the US in their lives for all they have to offer – but that does not translate into full political alignment. In this week’s episode, ECFR’s research director Jeremy Shapiro welcomes council member Timothy Garton Ash, who is a bestselling author and professor of European studies at Oxford University; Ivan Krastev, who is a founding board member of ECFR and chairman of the Centre for Liberal Strategies in Sofia; and ECFR’s director Mark Leonard to discuss how public sentiment can guide Europe in buildin...
2023-11-1734 min
Parallax Views w/ J.G. MichaelLiberalism Against Itself: Cold War Intellectuals and the Making of Our Times w/ Samuel Moyn
On this edition of Parallax Views, Samuel Moyn, Chancellor Kent Professor of Law and History at Yale University, joins the show to discuss his new book Liberalism Against Itself: Cold War Intellectuals and the Making of Our Times.
Samuel examines and dissects the beliefs of Cold War intellectuals like Karl Popper, Judith Shklar, Gertrude Himmelfarb, Lionel Trilling, Isaiah Berlin, and Hannah Arendt to argue that liberals of the Cold War in many ways ended up undermining the progressive and Enlightenment principles of the liberal tradition in their attempts to combat communism. In doing so, he m...
2023-09-221h 13
Epic Briefs Media PodcastEpisode 404- EPICLY Creepy StoriesWelcome to volume 2 of our EPICLY Creepy Stories.
Episode #404 is ALIVE with some disturbing tales that may creep you out well after the episode ends.
So please sit back, turn down the lights or get under the covers, grab your favorite snack, and enjoy!
Episode 404 Show Notes:
00:00-01:02 - Intro
01:02-02:42 - The Light by Kevan Ward
02:42-04:48 - Honey and the Bee by Evander Baker
04:48-08:28 - The Bell Witch by Amberley Harris
08:28-09:30 - Promo
09:30-10:48 - Music Break
10:48-12:50 - Oopsie Daisy by Lex H...
2021-10-3117 min
Epic Briefs PodcastS4 Ep4: Episode 404- EPICLY Creepy StoriesWelcome to volume 2 of our EPICLY Creepy Stories.
Episode #404 is ALIVE with some disturbing tales that may creep you out well after the episode ends.
So please sit back, turn down the lights or get under the covers, grab your favorite snack, and enjoy!
Episode 404 Show Notes:
00:00-01:02 - Intro
01:02-02:42 - The Light by Kevan Ward
02:42-04:48 - Honey and the Bee by Evander Baker
04:48-08:28 - The Bell Witch by Amberley Harris
08:28-09:30 - Promo
09:30-10:48 - Music Break
10:48-12:50 - Oopsie Daisy by Lex H...
2021-10-3117 min
InnerVerseBecca Tarnas | Journey To The Imaginal Realm: Archetypes In The Lord Of The RingsBecca Tarnas is the author of Journey To The Imaginal Realm: A Reader's Guide To J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. As a PHD scholar of philosophy and religion, Becca guides us through the deep symbolic archive and wisdom of Tolkien's great works. In this episode we explore the source of human imagination, the Atlantis mystery in Middle-Earth, the parallels between Carl Jung and Tolkien, and the mechanism by which great stories are able to immerse us in an enchanted other-world.In the Plus+ Extension, we look at Tolkien's use of Venusian symbolism...
2020-03-041h 27
Supreme Leap ForwardEpisode 09 - No Quarter For Fascists (ft. Alexander Reid Ross)Wherein we are joined by professor Alexander Reid Ross from Portland State University and author of "Against the Fascist Creep", to discuss the murders and protests in Portland, OR, free speech jurisprudence, Eugene Debs, and Samuel Farber's article "A Socialist Approach to Free Speech" for Jacobin.
Against the Fascist Creep: https://www.akpress.org/against-the-fascist-creep.html
A Socialist Approach to Free Speech: https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/02/garton-ash-free-speech-milo-yiannopoulos/
How Charlie Became Le Pen: http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/05/06/how-charlie-became-le-pen/
2017-06-0556 min
Enjoy Selection of Full Audiobooks in Fiction & Literature, GeneralOtter: Hello, Sea Friends! - Samuel GartonListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://epod.spaceTitle: Otter: Hello, Sea Friends!Author: Samuel GartonNarrator: Courtney ShawFormat: UnabridgedLength: 0:04:17Language: EnglishRelease date: 10-04-2016Publisher: Balzer + BrayGenres: Kids, Ages 5 & Under, Animals & Nature, Health & FamilySummary:Otter—the irrepressible picture book character sure to be adored by fans of Llama Llama—takes a trip to visit sea friends and meet all the animals that live in the ocean.
Otter: Hello, Sea Friends! is a My First I Can Read...
2016-10-0404 min
Enjoy Selection of Full Audiobooks in Fiction & Literature, GeneralOtter Goes to School - Samuel GartonListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://epod.spaceTitle: Otter Goes to SchoolAuthor: Samuel GartonNarrator: Courtney ShawFormat: UnabridgedLength: 0:05:17Language: EnglishRelease date: 06-14-2016Publisher: Balzer + BrayGenres: Kids, Animals & Nature, Health & Family, HumorSummary:Otter—the irrepressible picture book character from I Am Otter, Otter in Space, and Otter Loves Halloween!, sure to be adored by fans of Olivia—goes to school for the first time!
In Otter Goes to School, Otter starts her own school for Tedd...
2016-06-1405 min
Enjoy Selection of Full Audiobooks in Fiction & Literature, GeneralOtter: Oh No, Bath Time! - Samuel GartonListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://epod.spaceTitle: Otter: Oh No, Bath Time!Author: Samuel GartonNarrator: Courtney ShawFormat: UnabridgedLength: 0:03:38Language: EnglishRelease date: 06-07-2016Publisher: Balzer + BrayGenres: Kids, Ages 5 & Under, Animals & Nature, Health & FamilySummary:It’s bath time for Otter, the irrepressible picture book character from I Am Otter, Otter in Space, and Otter Loves Halloween! Sure to be adored by fans of Llama Llama.
Otter and Teddy love to play in the garden. But wh...
2016-06-0703 min
Enjoy Selection of Full Audiobooks in Fiction & Literature, GeneralOtter: The Best Job Ever! - Samuel GartonListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://epod.spaceTitle: Otter: The Best Job Ever!Author: Samuel GartonNarrator: Courtney ShawFormat: UnabridgedLength: 0:03:53Language: EnglishRelease date: 06-07-2016Publisher: Balzer + BrayGenres: Kids, Ages 5 & Under, Animals & Nature, Health & FamilySummary:Otter—the irrepressible picture book character from I Am Otter, Otter in Space, and Otter Loves Halloween!—tries to find the perfect job for herself and Teddy. Sure to be adored by fans of Llama Llama.
Otter and Teddy want to have...
2016-06-0703 min
Points of ViewStuff HappensIn this Points of View Podcast Associate Artistic Director Sarah Garton Stanley interviews director David Ferry and Rosemary Thompson for Stuff Happens.
“Stuff happens… and it’s untidy, and freedom’s untidy, and free people are free to make mistakes and commit crimes and do bad things.” ~ U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld on April 11, 2003, following the looting and pillaging of Baghdad
History in the making. Stuff Happens is dramatic dynamite, a provocative political drama starring a president, a prime minister, and a crowd of high-level decision-makers. Should the U.S. lead a war against Ir...
2015-02-1350 min