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Counterfactual

Canadian Bar Association

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Counterfactual is a podcast presented by the Canadian Bar Association’s Competition Law and Foreign Investment Review Section. The Counterfactual podcast strives to inform and entertain about topics of interest that lie at the core, intersection or even periphery of competition law and policy.
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Explore the realm of alternate histories as we explore the "what ifs" that can flow from history's most pivotal moments. Each episode will focus on a specific moment in time--the fork--where history could have taken a different path. A Fork In Time encourages contributions and participation by our community of listeners who have become an integral and vital part of the show. This feed is also the home of our companion show, The Room Where It Happened, featuring the team looking at significan ...
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Sensible Medicine

Sensible Medicine Authors - Prasad/Cifu/Mandrola/Demania/Makary/Cristea/Alderighi & More

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Common sense and original thinking in bio-medicine A platform for diverse views and debate www.sensible-med.com
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In uncertain times what’s needed is not just clarity about today’s pandemic, but insight into the challenges that lie ahead as America recovers and returns to normal. GoodFellows, a weekly Hoover Institution broadcast, features senior fellows John Cochrane, Niall Ferguson, and H.R. McMaster discussing the social, economic, and geostrategic ramifications of this changed world.
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Almost History

Ian Chapman-Curry

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Almost History. Always incredible. What if ... ? Almost History tells the amazing true stories behind the aborted missions, cancelled plans, utopian dreams, failed revolutions and hubristic designs that didn't quite make it from the drawing board to change the real world. Rescued from the footnotes, archives and passing references, each episode explores what almost happened and explains why it didn't.
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The History Guy

Lance and Josh Geiger

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If you love history, this is the podcast for you! Stories of forgotten history, presented by Josh Geiger with Lance Geiger, The History Guy, from the hit YouTube channel The History Guy: History Deserves to be Remembered. Visit the channel here: www.youtube.com/TheHistoryGuyChannel We believe that history does not have to be boring. At its heart, history is storytelling, and we believe that it should be told with passion and genuine love for the material. History might be tragic, it might be ...
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In this podcast Dr Neema Parvini, Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Surrey, and author of several books, interviews various Shakespeare scholars and literary theorists from around the world in a bid to gain an understanding of the current state of play in Shakespeare studies and in literary criticism more generally. Through a series of candid talks, it will tackle the biggest theoretical and practical questions that have preoccupied scholars and readers of Shakespeare alike for ...
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In this episode of the Counterfactual podcast, we hear from Matt Chaisson, a Senior Policy Advisor, about his career and responsibilities at the Competition Bureau, particularly relating to the process and experiences around the adoption of recent amendments to the Competition Act. This is the second episode of the new “Better Know the Bureau” seri…
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Imagine an alternate universe in which the American Revolution fails or where Russia rejects Leninism in its infant stage. Live from the Hoover Institution’s Fall Retreat, Lord Andrew Roberts, renowned historian and the Hoover Institution’s Bonnie and Tom McCloskey Distinguished Visiting Fellow, joins Hoover senior fellows Niall Ferguson, John Coch…
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Send a Message to the Team The team examines a world where the richest man in history Mansa Musa of Mali died on the return journey from his pilgrimage to Mecca in 1325, and all of the ramifications on Africa, Europe, and beyond. Panel: Dylan and Evan You can follow and interact with A Fork In Time on…. Discord: https://discord.com/invite/xhZEmZMKF…
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Donald Trump will return to the Oval Office in a manner few saw coming – he won America’s popular vote; his coattails may lead to Republican control of Congress – while progressive institutions (legacy media, Hollywood, wokeism, and a tired Democratic playbook) take a beating. New York Times opinion columnist Bret Stephens joins Hoover senior fello…
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Send a Message to the Team The team examines a fork where Batu Khan decides to take over the unified Mongol Empire when it is offered to him, instead of deferring to another leader. Panel: Chris and Dylan You can follow and interact with A Fork In Time on…. Discord: https://discord.com/invite/xhZEmZMKFS Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aforkintim…
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Why has Israel repeatedly disregarded and gone the opposite way from the White House’s entreaties regarding the Middle East? And does the West fully fathom that Ukraine is losing its war of attrition with Russia? Walter Russell Mead, “Global View” columnist for the Wall Street Journal, joins Hoover senior fellows Niall Ferguson, John Cochrane, and …
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The woman with palpitations. The man with whom you used to joke and trade barbs who now sits silently, absent, while you talk to his wife. The woman whose depression dominates every visit; her depression being the one problem she refuses to address. The man whose joy and charisma makes every visit an absolute pleasure, despite his painful disabilit…
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Join us for a spirited discussion with three participants in the Competition Bureau’s 5th Annual Competition Summit entitled “Market Dynamics in the AI Era”. We review the highlights of the AI Summit from the perspectives of a senator, journalist and competition law practitioner. What are the Competition Bureau, domestic regulatory agencies and for…
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Send a Message to the Team Send a Message to the Team The team examines a fork where the Allies do not send troops to support Greece in early 1941, leading to a much shorter North African Campaign. Panel: Chris, Robert, and Dylan You can follow and interact with A Fork In Time on…. Discord: https://discord.com/invite/xhZEmZMKFS Facebook: https://ww…
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This podcast is one of three we will be posting to answer the questions that came to us in response to this post. We had a nice set of questions so we will certainly be doing it again. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.sensible-med.com/subscribe…
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Send a Message to the Team The team further extends the alternate timeline following a November 1996 assassination of President Clinton. Panel: Don, Chris, Dylan, Eric Links to previous episodes in this arc. Episode 205 Clinton Cut Down Episode 212: Gore Steps In Episode 213: Gore Steps In (continued) You can follow and interact with A Fork In Time…
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One of the many consequential recent amendments to the Competition Act, the so-called “structural presumption” for the identification of anticompetitive mergers has been the subject of robust debate. Join us for this episode as we speak with U.S. practitioner and former FTC attorney Jamie France for a rundown of the approach taken to the structural…
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On today’s episode, we talk about the series of events that connect several duels in the life of Alexander Hamilton, and about how the history of the early American republic could have hinged on the choices of a series of prominent men who couldn’t keep their guns in their pockets.Di Lance and Josh Geiger
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Send a Message to the Team The team tackles a suggestion from a listener (dezel1963 on Discord) where credit cards and virtual payments are adopted earlier. Panel: Don, Chris, Dylan, Eric You can follow and interact with A Fork In Time on…. Discord: https://discord.com/invite/xhZEmZMKFS Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aforkintime Twitter: @AFITP…
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Send a Message to the Team In the second of our Listener Feedback episodes, the team takes on comments from our Discord server on Episodes 207-213. Panel: Don, Chris, Dylan, Robert You can follow and interact with A Fork In Time on…. Discord: https://discord.com/invite/xhZEmZMKFS Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aforkintime Twitter: @AFITPodcast …
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In this episode of the Counterfactual podcast, we hear from Anu Lalith-Kumar, a Competition Law Officer in the Mergers Directorate and a part of the Mergers Intelligence and Notification Unit (MINU) about her background and role within the Competition Bureau. This is the first episode of the new “Better Know the Bureau” series where we “demystify” …
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Hot-wiring pagers and walkie-talkies to take out Hezbollah operatives: Was Israel’s tactic—like something from an Ian Fleming novel—a justifiable act of national security or a violation of international law? Victor Davis Hanson, the Hoover Institution’s Martin and Illie Anderson Senior Fellow and a military historian and classicist, joins GoodFello…
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Welcome to the second episode of our new take on the podcast: Counterfactuals. This is part 2 of our season opener, talking about what might have happened if a significant president died at a moment where in real life he narrowly escaped death. After talking about Franklin Pierce and Teddy Roosevelt, we turn to the only president who was elected to…
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Send a Message to the Team The team tackles listener Evan Buck's suggestion about a timeline where Sony and Nintendo continue with their announced May 1991 partnership. Panel: Don, Chris, Dylan, Robert You can follow and interact with A Fork In Time on…. Discord: https://discord.com/invite/xhZEmZMKFS Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aforkintime T…
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I learned a lot from Elizabeth Fama’s multipart series on the back-to-sleep recommendation for infants. She agreed to put the entire series into an audio file. Here you go. JMM Sensible Medicine is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you…
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Ask general internists what they love about their field, and they are likely to talk about long-term relationships with patients and the pleasure of solving clinical puzzles. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.sensible-med.com/subscribe…
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Send a Message to the Team Listener Evan Buck joins as a guest to explore an alternative Maryland during the American Civil War with the team. Panel: Don, Chris, Dylan, Robert, and Evan Buck (guest). Links to Referenced Episodes Episode 0076—Imagine A Crossover Episode 0131—Little MAC (Move After Christmas) You can follow and interact with A Fork I…
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What was it like to navigate America’s national security apparatus all the while coping with a mercurial commander-in-chief? Hoover senior fellow H.R. McMaster tells all in his new best-seller At War with Ourselves: My Tour of Duty in the White House – with additional insights provided by Hoover senior fellow Niall Ferguson, whose forthcoming biogr…
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On June 20, 2024, the Competition Act was amended to require businesses to have testing or substantiation to support certain environmental claims. The Competition Bureau is currently engaged in a public consultation process to assist it in providing guidance on the interpretation of the new provisions. Soon, the Competition Tribunal will be able to…
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In 1902, Teddy Roosevelt was involved in a carriage accident which nearly killed him. In 1853, President-Elect Franklin Pierce watched hs son die in a train accident mere weeks before his inauguration. But what if those events went differently, and those presidents were killed? What is a counterfactual? In the context of studying history, it is a k…
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Send a Message to the Team Don and Chris explore what would have happened if one of the most famous incorrect newspaper headlines had actually been true, and Thomas Dewey had won the 1948 US presidential election. Panel: Don, Chris You can follow and interact with A Fork In Time on…. Discord: https://discord.com/invite/xhZEmZMKFS Facebook: https://…
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Even when a decision is clear, and things turn out badly, the lack of a counterfactual allows endless second guessing. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.sensible-med.com/subscribeDi Adam Cifu, MD
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Send a Message to the Team Don looks at the implications of no P-51 Mustang to escort bombers during the World War II bombing campaigns. Panel: Don Links to Videos on the P51 Mustang The P-51 Mustang: The Fighter that Won World War II How the P-51 Mustang Won the War You can follow and interact with A Fork In Time on…. Discord: https://discord.com/…
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In a topsy-turvy election year, does America’s 2024 presidential contest summon ghosts from 1968 — or, is a late-breaking 1980-style landslide in the cards? Historian Niall Ferguson, the Hoover Institution’s Milbank Family Senior Fellow, appears solo on this “mini” edition of GoodFellows (or is it GoodFellow?) to discuss the current political lands…
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Send a Message to the Team A discussion of the impact of Watergate 50 years after the resignation of Richard Nixon. Room #11: Office of Rose Mary Woods Where: Washington, DC When: 1972 Links to Referenced Episodes AFIT #197: Echoes....Echoes....Echoes AFIT #199: Pass on the Pardon You can follow and interact with A Fork In Time on…. Discord: https:…
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John Cochrane, the Hoover Institution’s Rose-Marie and Jack Anderson Senior Fellow and the author of The Fiscal Theory of Price Level (2023), discusses misconceptions around how the Federal Reserve goes about its business; why economic policy factors into the great-power competition with China; his fascination with Calvin Coolidge; plus why (in Joh…
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Send a Message to the Team The team continues the discussion a fork where President Clinton was assassinated in November 1996, and Al Gore assumes the presidency. Panel: Don, Chris, Eric, Robert You can follow and interact with A Fork In Time on…. Discord: https://discord.com/invite/xhZEmZMKFS Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aforkintime Twitter:…
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About the Talk In this episode of the Governance Podcast, CSGS Director Mark Pennington speaks with Dr Samuel Bagg about his recent book - The Dispersal of Power: A Critical Realist Theory of Democracy, published by Oxford University Press. The book presents an in depth consideration of the problem of 'elite capture' and the possible strategies to …
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In a special mini version of GoodFellows (just one wise man, not the usual three), Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster, the Hoover Institution’s Fouad and Michelle Ajami Senior Fellow and author of the soon-to-be-released At War with Ourselves: My Tour of Duty in the Trump White House, discusses a possible sea change in American foreign policy and the view from…
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Send a Message to the Team The team continues the discussion a fork where President Clinton is assassinated in November 1996 and Al Gore assumes the presidency. Panel: Don, Chris, Eric, Robert You can follow and interact with A Fork In Time on…. Discord: https://discord.com/invite/xhZEmZMKFS Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aforkintime Twitter: @…
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Is a regional war across the Middle East about to erupt? And what to make of a Venezuelan regime that doesn’t honor election results? Matthew Kroenig, Vice President and Senior Director of the Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security and coauthor of the book We Win They Lose: Republican Foreign Policy and the New Cold War, join…
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Send a Message to the Team In the first of our Listener Feedback episodes, the team takes on comments from our Discord server on Episodes 201-206. Panel: Don, Chris, Dylan, Robert, Eric You can follow and interact with A Fork In Time on…. Discord: https://discord.com/invite/xhZEmZMKFS Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aforkintime Twitter: @AFITPod…
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Send a Message to the Team The team explores the impact of the loss of several key figures in American military history prior to the seizing of Veracruz in the Mexican-American War. Panel: Don, Chris, Dylan, Robert, Eric You can follow and interact with A Fork In Time on…. Discord: https://discord.com/invite/xhZEmZMKFS Facebook: https://www.faceboo…
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An already surreal political year becomes all the more quizzical as former president Donald Trump literally dodges an assassin’s bullet soon before making a surprise pick of Ohio senator J. D. Vance as his running mate; followed by President Biden unexpectedly ending his reelection bid and Vice President Kamala Harris swiftly becoming the Democrati…
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It would be foolish to argue that doctors are unaffected by how they are treated by patients. Their treatment may not affect the care they deliver and only affect how they feel at the end of the day. It is probably impossible to know. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, vis…
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Send a Message to the Team Looking at the baseball "what if" of the late Willie Mays surpassing Babe Ruth as the all-time leader in home runs. Panel: Don and Ryan Cole (Guest) Baseball Reference Page for Willie Mays Past Episodes with Ryan as a Guest Episode 7: 42 Revisited Episode 15: Lose The Force Episode 130: Expodus You can follow and interact…
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Send a Message to the Team A statement from Don on behalf of the A Fork In Time team regarding political discourse. You can follow and interact with A Fork In Time on…. Discord: https://discord.com/invite/xhZEmZMKFS Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aforkintime Twitter: @AFITPodcast Our YouTube Channel If you enjoy the podcast and want to support …
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The Dispatch’s Jonah Goldberg joins Good Fellows to discuss his differences with Niall Ferguson’s Soviet America essay, the Biden/Trump gerontocracy, and the European elections. Also, can someone help Niall choose a dog?Di Hoover Institution
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Send a Message to the Team Listener Marcos Belen joins Chris Coppola to explore an alternative where the White Army prevails in revolutionary Russia. Panel: Chris and listener/guest Marcos Belen You can follow and interact with A Fork In Time on…. Discord: https://discord.com/invite/xhZEmZMKFS Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aforkintime Twitter:…
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