I've been going to science fiction, fantasy, horror, and comic book conventions since I was 15, and I’ve found that while the con which takes place within the walls of a hotel or convention center is always fun, the con away from the con—which takes place when I wander off-site with friends for a meal—can often be more fun. In fact, my love of tracking down good food while traveling the world attending conventions has apparently become so well known that one blogger even dubbed me "science f ...
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This is Mark Arnold's Podcast discussing comic books, animation, movies, TV, music and Mark Arnold's books.
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Interviews with Biblical Scholars about their New Books Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/biblical-studies
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Interview with scholars of the Ancient World about their new books
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Interviews with Scholars of Christianity about their New Books Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/christian-studies
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A podcast dedicated to the Marvel Comics characters Adam Warlock and Thanos
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Called “the most important political TV show in America” by the New York Times, “The View” is a priority destination for celebrity and political guests with up-to-the-minute Hot Topics and invaluable conversations with Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines, Alyssa Farah Griffin and Ana Navarro. Watch “The View” live each weekday 11 a.m.-12 p.m. ET on ABC, or catch up right here with the podcast.
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That’s How I Remember It is a podcast that examines the connection between memory and creativity. Each episode will feature a discussion between Craig Finn and one creator — a musician, author, filmmaker, etc. — about the role that memory plays in their art. These conversations will reveal the different ways each creator synthesizes their remembered life experiences to tell stories about themselves and the world we live in. This podcast is not a nostalgia trip, but rather an exciting convers ...
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I am your host, Alec Crawford, Founder and CEO of Artificial Intelligence Risk, Inc. and this is AI Risk-Reward, a podcast about balancing the risk and reward of using AI personally, professionally, and as a large organization! We will discuss hot topics such as, will AI take my job or make it better? When I ask Chat-GPT work questions, is that even safe? From an ethical perspective, is it enough for big companies to anonymize private data before using it? (Probably not.) I am discussing the ...
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What if you could simply trust all information on the internet? I’m on the mission to build a Trusted Web for all of us on planet earth. Because to save the world, we need to fix the internet. With this special thing called blockchain timestamps; all content you consume will be transparent and accountable. Welcome to the new default on the internet. Thank you for being part of this journey and let’s build the Trusted Web together.
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The Solomon Success podcast is dedicated to the timeless wisdom of King Solomon and the Book of Proverbs in order to maximize one’s business and life. To our advantage, we can find King Solomon’s financial strategies in addition to many life philosophies documented in biblical scriptures. Focusing on these enduring fundamentals of success allows us to bypass the “get-rich-quick” schemes that cause many to stumble on their journey toward success. Our concern is not only spiritual in nature, b ...
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Laura Salah Nasrallah, "Ancient Christians and the Power of Curses: Magic, Aesthetics, and Justice" (Cambridge UP, 2023)
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Ancient Christians and their non-Christian contemporaries lived in a world of 'magic.' Sometimes, they used curses as ritual objects to seek justice from gods and other beings; sometimes, they argued against them. Curses, and the writings of those who polemicized against curses, reveal the complexity of ancient Mediterranean religions, in which mat…
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Laura Salah Nasrallah, "Ancient Christians and the Power of Curses: Magic, Aesthetics, and Justice" (Cambridge UP, 2023)
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Ancient Christians and their non-Christian contemporaries lived in a world of 'magic.' Sometimes, they used curses as ritual objects to seek justice from gods and other beings; sometimes, they argued against them. Curses, and the writings of those who polemicized against curses, reveal the complexity of ancient Mediterranean religions, in which mat…
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Violet Moller, "The Map of Knowledge: A Thousand-Year History of How Classical Ideas Were Lost and Found" (Doubleday, 2019)
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Violet Moller has written a narrative history of the transmission of books from the ancient world to the modern. In The Map of Knowledge: A Thousand-Year History of How Classical Ideas Were Lost and Found (Doubleday, 2019), Moller traces the histories of migration of three ancient authors, Euclid, Ptolemy and Galen, from ancient Alexandria in 500 t…
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Laura Salah Nasrallah, "Ancient Christians and the Power of Curses: Magic, Aesthetics, and Justice" (Cambridge UP, 2023)
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Ancient Christians and their non-Christian contemporaries lived in a world of 'magic.' Sometimes, they used curses as ritual objects to seek justice from gods and other beings; sometimes, they argued against them. Curses, and the writings of those who polemicized against curses, reveal the complexity of ancient Mediterranean religions, in which mat…
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Repeat Episode. Friday, August 30: Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman and Shawn Levy, Ladies Get Lit
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In today's Hot Topics, the co-hosts discuss Pres. Biden's address to the nation about leaving the 2024 race and former "Real Housewives of New York" star Kelly Bensimon's advice for women on prenups. Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman join to discuss how they are bringing their real-life bromance to the screen in "Deadpool & Wolverine," and director Sh…
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Aleksander Pluskowski, "The Teutonic Knights: Rise and Fall of a Religious Corporation" (Reaktion, 2024)
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Aleksander Pluskowski of the University of Reading joins Jana Byars to talk about his new book, The Teutonic Knights: Rise and Fall of a Religious Corporation, out 2024 with Reaktion Books. A gripping account of the rise and fall of the last great medieval military order. This book provides a concise and incisive introduction to the knights of the …
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In today's Hot Topics, after J.D. Vance's 2021 interview with Tucker Carlson where he criticizes Vice Pres. Kamala Harris for being "childless," the co-hosts weigh in and question if former Pres. Trump regrets his VP choice. Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) reacts to President Joe Biden's 2024 exit on “The View” and responds to GOP criticisms of Vice Presid…
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Mark Valeri, "The Opening of the Protestant Mind: How Anglo-American Protestants Embraced Religious Liberty" (Oxford UP, 2023)
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During the mid-seventeenth century, Anglo-American Protestants described Native American ceremonies as savage devilry, Islamic teaching as violent chicanery, and Catholicism as repugnant superstition. By the mid-eighteenth century, they would describe amicable debates between evangelical missionaries and Algonquian religious leaders about the moral…
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Dale Ahlquist is the founder the of the Society of G. K. Chesterton and Chesterton Schools, of which there are currently 70 and number is rising. He is also the editor of the book we are talking about today, Localism: Coming Home to Catholic Social Teaching, from Sophia Press, which explores the economic and social questions of how we should organi…
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Repeat Episode: Wednesday, August 28: White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, Cole Escola, Ladies Get Lit
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In today's Hot Topics, the co-hosts discuss Vice President Kamala Harris becoming the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee and hitting the campaign trail Monday. In an exclusive interview, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre joins “The View” to discuss President Joe Biden’s exit from the upcoming presidential race, his legacy and …
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Ian Felice from The Felice Brothers is my guest on this episode of That’s How I Remember It. I’ve admired Ian’s songs and performances for a long time, and the band’s new release Valley of Abandoned Songs is yet another great record from them. We talked about that as well as playing bagpipes, how he can remember whole pages from books, his painting…
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Randall Stephens, "The Devil’s Music: How Christians Inspired, Condemned, and Embraced Rock n’ Roll" (Harvard UP, 2018)
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I was immediately drawn to the book The Devil’s Music by Dr. Randall Stephens, Associate Professor of British and American Studies at the University of Oslo. Dr. Stephens and I came across one another online and the book, which combines part rock n’ roll history, part American Christianity history, was an absolute delight for me. The Devil’s Music:…
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Enjoy this repeat episode of 'The View.' The co-hosts return live on Tuesday, Sept. 3! In today's Hot Topics, the co-hosts weigh in on Trump's former opponent Nikki Haley endorsing him at the Republican National Convention. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) joins to discuss the assassination attempt on former Pres. Trump, Pres. Joe Biden’s call to “cool…
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Jay Garfinkel, "Kohelet's Cocktail: Beyond the Pursuit of Happiness" (Illuminated Press, 2024)
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Dive into the timeless wisdom of Ecclesiastes in Jay Garfinkel's groundbreaking work, Kohelet's Cocktail: Beyond the Pursuit of Happiness (Illuminated Press, 2024) This exquisite "illuminated" digital masterpiece marries the ancient with the avant-garde, offering a fresh, poetic voice to the biblical text that has resonated with humanity for millen…
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Enjoy this repeat episode of 'The View.' The co-hosts return live on Tuesday, Sept. 3! In today's Hot Topics, the co-hosts discuss how Trump's pick for Vice Pres. J.D. Vance impacts the 2024 race and Pres. Biden's recent interview where he was questioned about lowering the political rhetoric following the assassination attempt of former Pres. Trump…
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Karl Hoffmann and Johanna Narten, "Vedic Sentences: Edited from the Literary Estate" (Heidelberg Asian Studies, 2024)
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The ancient Indian Vedas contain sentences of rather varied content, including religious statements ("Varuṇa truly is the king of the gods"), words of wisdom ("Thought is quicker than speech") or even banal observations ("Wife and husband wash each other's back"). The well-known Erlangen Indo-Europeanists and Indologists Karl Hoffmann (1915-1996) a…
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Scott Harrower, "Trauma and Recovery in Early North African Christianity" (Medieval Institute Publications, 2024)
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Powerful religious elements for living in the aftermath of trauma are embedded within North African Christian hagiographies. The texts of (1) The Passion of Perpetua and Felicity, (2) The Account of Montanus, Lucius, and their Companions, and (3) The Life of Cyprian of Carthage are stories that offered post traumatic pathways to recovery for its hi…
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Scott Harrower, "Trauma and Recovery in Early North African Christianity" (Medieval Institute Publications, 2024)
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Powerful religious elements for living in the aftermath of trauma are embedded within North African Christian hagiographies. The texts of (1) The Passion of Perpetua and Felicity, (2) The Account of Montanus, Lucius, and their Companions, and (3) The Life of Cyprian of Carthage are stories that offered post traumatic pathways to recovery for its hi…
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Scott Harrower, "Trauma and Recovery in Early North African Christianity" (Medieval Institute Publications, 2024)
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Powerful religious elements for living in the aftermath of trauma are embedded within North African Christian hagiographies. The texts of (1) The Passion of Perpetua and Felicity, (2) The Account of Montanus, Lucius, and their Companions, and (3) The Life of Cyprian of Carthage are stories that offered post traumatic pathways to recovery for its hi…
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Enjoy this repeat episode of 'The View.' Our new season kicks off this September! In today's Hot Topics, the co-hosts weigh in on calls for Justice Sonia Sotomayor to retire before the next election, a TikToker questioning why no "hot women" have been cast on "Saturday Night Live" and if having a baby in your 20s is the "new teen pregnancy." Mother…
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Enjoy this repeat episode of 'The View.' Our new season kicks off this September! In today's Hot Topics, the co-hosts discuss late night's Jon Stewart slamming excuses for Pres. Biden's debate performance and Whoopi Goldberg announces her first graphic novel, "The Change." Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer joins and reacts to calls for Pres. Biden…
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The book of Job is challenging. Its Hebrew is often obscure, its length and subject matter are intimidating, and its meaning has been debated throughout the history of biblical interpretation. Thankfully, in Job: Evangelical Exegetical Commentary (Lexham Academic, 2024), Duane A. Garrett presents a fresh argument for the book's meaning. Job demonst…
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The book of Job is challenging. Its Hebrew is often obscure, its length and subject matter are intimidating, and its meaning has been debated throughout the history of biblical interpretation. Thankfully, in Job: Evangelical Exegetical Commentary (Lexham Academic, 2024), Duane A. Garrett presents a fresh argument for the book's meaning. Job demonst…
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Rachel Kousser, "Alexander at the End of the World: The Forgotten Final Years of Alexander the Great" (Mariner Books, 2024)
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In 330 BC, Alexander the Great conquers the city of Persepolis, the ceremonial capital of the Persian Empire. His troops later burn it to the ground, capping centuries of tensions between the Hellenistic Greeks and Macedonians and the Persians. That event kicks off Rachel Kousser’s book Alexander at the End of the World: The Forgotten Final Years o…
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