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Manage episode 104690380 series 87289
Contenuto fornito da Steve Scher, Nancy Pearl, Nancy Pearl, and Steve Scher. Tutti i contenuti dei podcast, inclusi episodi, grafica e descrizioni dei podcast, vengono caricati e forniti direttamente da Steve Scher, Nancy Pearl, Nancy Pearl, and Steve Scher o dal partner della piattaforma podcast. Se ritieni che qualcuno stia utilizzando la tua opera protetta da copyright senza la tua autorizzazione, puoi seguire la procedura descritta qui https://it.player.fm/legal.
We discuss biographies this episode.
Their power resides in their place in history. New facts emerge, new understandings reshape our understandings of the person. Biographies remind us the ways the present influences the past.
Biographies we mentioned in this episode
“Steve Jobs, Insanely Great” by Jesse Hartland
“Jonas Salk, A Life,” by Charlotte DeCroes Jacobs
“Daughters of the Samuri: A Journey From East and West and Back” Janice P. Nimura
“Phillis Wheatley: Biography of a Genius in Bondage,” Vincent Carretta
“A Good Spy: The Life and Death of Robert Ames,” by Kai Bird
“The Bully Pulpit,” Doris Kearns Goodwin
“Bolivar: Aerican Liberator” by Marie Arana
“The Devil's Chessboard: Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of America's Secret Government,” by David Talbot
“Crazy Rich: Power, Scandal, and Tragedy Inside the Johnson & Johnson Dynasty,”
by Jerry Oppenheimer
“Sons of Wichita: How the Koch Brothers Became America's Most Powerful and Private Dynasty” by Daniel Schulman
“King of the World: Muhammed Ali and the Rise of an American Hero,” David Remnick
“Catharine the Great: Portrait of a Woman,” Robert K. Massie
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Manage episode 104690380 series 87289
Contenuto fornito da Steve Scher, Nancy Pearl, Nancy Pearl, and Steve Scher. Tutti i contenuti dei podcast, inclusi episodi, grafica e descrizioni dei podcast, vengono caricati e forniti direttamente da Steve Scher, Nancy Pearl, Nancy Pearl, and Steve Scher o dal partner della piattaforma podcast. Se ritieni che qualcuno stia utilizzando la tua opera protetta da copyright senza la tua autorizzazione, puoi seguire la procedura descritta qui https://it.player.fm/legal.
We discuss biographies this episode.
Their power resides in their place in history. New facts emerge, new understandings reshape our understandings of the person. Biographies remind us the ways the present influences the past.
Biographies we mentioned in this episode
“Steve Jobs, Insanely Great” by Jesse Hartland
“Jonas Salk, A Life,” by Charlotte DeCroes Jacobs
“Daughters of the Samuri: A Journey From East and West and Back” Janice P. Nimura
“Phillis Wheatley: Biography of a Genius in Bondage,” Vincent Carretta
“A Good Spy: The Life and Death of Robert Ames,” by Kai Bird
“The Bully Pulpit,” Doris Kearns Goodwin
“Bolivar: Aerican Liberator” by Marie Arana
“The Devil's Chessboard: Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of America's Secret Government,” by David Talbot
“Crazy Rich: Power, Scandal, and Tragedy Inside the Johnson & Johnson Dynasty,”
by Jerry Oppenheimer
“Sons of Wichita: How the Koch Brothers Became America's Most Powerful and Private Dynasty” by Daniel Schulman
“King of the World: Muhammed Ali and the Rise of an American Hero,” David Remnick
“Catharine the Great: Portrait of a Woman,” Robert K. Massie
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Read along with the Sword and Laser book club! From classic science fiction to the latest gritty fantasy, we cover it. Subscribe for book discussions, author interviews, hot releases, and news from the genre fiction world!
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Ryan Jennings ran from the horrors of Crayton 18 years ago. Now is is coming back to face his greatest fears and search for answers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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An investigative podcast hosted by world-renowned literary critic and publishing insider Bethanne Patrick. Book bans are on the rise across America. With the rise of social media, book publishers are losing their power as the industry gatekeepers. More and more celebrities and influencers are publishing books with ghostwriters. Writing communities are splintering because members are at cross purposes about their mission. Missing Pages is an investigative podcast about the book publishing ind ...
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Tangentially Speaking is dedicated to the idea that good conversation is organic, uncensored, revelatory, and free to go down unexpected paths with unconventional people. chrisryan.substack.com
…
continue reading
Long ago in a hidden kingdom, Mtilan the Unborn King pledges his life to Legion, the fallen spirit from beyond the veil of time. Learning dark and forbidden magic, the new sorcerer gains both immortality and incredible power— but sacrifices his soul. Over a millennium later, siblings Pekra and Lely reluctantly journey with their father’s killer across their island of peril. They seek the mythical cottonwood tree, the first child of their god Ura, hoping to defend its sacred life from both Mt ...
…
continue reading
The iFanboy.com Comic Book Podcast is a weekly talk show all about the best new current comic book releases. Lifelong friends, Conor Kilpatrick and Josh Flanagan talk about what they loved and (sometimes) hated in the current weekly books, from publishers like Marvel, DC, Image Comics, Dark Horse Comics, BOOM! Studios, IDW, Aftershock, Valiant, and more. The aim is to have a fun time, some laughs, but to also really understand what makes comic books work and what doesn’t, and trying to under ...
…
continue reading
Three thousand years after a chunk of iron the size of Khufu’s pyramid collides with Europa, Jupiter’s sixth moon, an asteroid borne of the collision crashes into Earth’s Arctic ice shelf carrying extraterrestrial microbial life. The first man to come into contact with the microbes hears voices—and then dies. After determining the meteorite originated from Europa, the Global Exploratory Corporation sends oceanographer and biologist, Kathy Connelly, and her crew to the moon aboard the Surveyo ...
…
continue reading
Design Matters with Debbie Millman is one of the world’s very first podcasts. Broadcasting independently for over 15 years, the show is about how incredibly creative people design the arc of their lives. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
…
continue reading
Whether it’s a shoegaze band from Chandigarh, thrash metal act from Visakhapatnam, rapper from Kashmir, vocal folk quartet from Kohima, Tamil indie pop act from Madurai, or a singer-songwriter from Mussoorie, Maed in India is where you’ll discover it. Started in 2015, music nerd and ex-radio presenter Mae Mariyam Thomas showcases the best talent coming out of South Asia and its diaspora. The show is India’s first indie music podcast and prides itself on being the premier destination for new ...
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