Best Paul Swanson Podcasts (2023)

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MMA Junkie Radio

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Ep. #3418: UFC Austin recap, BKFC recap, more 1:01:57

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On Episode 3,418, the guys recapped UFC Austin and BKFC. There were lots of storylines covered in this one!By MMA Junkie Radio

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DEBORAH PARENTI, Radio Master 30:37

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DEBORAH PARENTI was inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame on November 2, 2023, three weeks before this conversation. It's easy to see why. She's as bright and energetic as they come. With a deep career in broadcast management, she is now the publisher of Streamline's Radio Ink. Here Parenti talks about why radio will never die, but she's al…

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MMA Junkie Radio

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Ep. #3417: PFL re-ups with ESPN, BKFC preview & UFC preview, Todd Duffee interview, more 1:06:41

8m ago1:06:41

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On Episode 3,417, the guys chat with guest Todd Duffee, who faces Ben Rothwell at BKFC in Salt Lake City. They also previewed the upcoming action in UFC and BKFC this weekend.By MMA Junkie Radio

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The 5and5 Live with Tony Burke

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Don’t press the red button 16:56

2h ago16:56

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The last full sitting week for both the House and the Senate this year, with lots of important legislation - including securing the future of the Murray Darling Basin Plan, helping more Australians into home ownership and a positive step on energy policy. As per usual Peter Dutton and the Coalition had a one word answer to it all - "No". Labor MP f…

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Contemplify

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Listen to the Rice, the Rice Will Teach You Everything with Lucien Miller 37:32

5h ago37:32

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"Oshida’s life and legacy is an experience of the spiritual senses knowing the mystical voice. Biblical in sources and Buddhist in form, reading this book took me as a reader to the great pause of silence." — Sister Meg Funk, OSB Lucien Miller received his PhD in comparative literature from Berkely and taught Comparative Literature and Chinese at t…

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MMA Junkie Radio

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Ep. #3416: PFL recap, Sean Strickland may be in trouble, more 1:04:25

1d ago1:04:25

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On Episode 3,416, the guys recapped the PFL PPV and covered all the outcomes coming out of it.By MMA Junkie Radio

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SPECIAL EPISODE, INSIDE RADIO - ”The Paul Drew Story” 8:37

3d ago8:37

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In 1973 I was Program Director of K-Earth in Los Angeles, formerly KHJ-FM. Automated at the time, it was the oldies music creation of the legendary Bill Drake. Shortly after I started working there Drake was fired as Programming VP for RKO. KRTH GM Hal Rosenberg and I hired GUY ZAPOLEON to create new music lists and recordings to replace the Drake/…

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GUY ZAPOLEON, Radio Master 49:00

3d ago49:00

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Guy Zapoleon is a modern music savant. For the past fifty years he has guided contemporary music radio stations and corporations in identifying the right songs to play at the right time to achieve their target audience goals. Along the way, he discovered a generalized pattern in which contemporary music trends rise from innovation to mass appeal an…

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MMA Junkie Radio

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Ep. #3415: PFL preview, Dan Hardy Interview, more 1:15:02

6d ago1:15:02

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On Episode 3,415, the guys chat with Dan Hardy, who came on to preview the PFL PPV. They also went over all the storylines in MMA.By MMA Junkie Radio

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MMA Junkie Radio

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Ep. #3414: PFL purchases Bellator, UFC FN 232 & Bellator 301 recaps, more 51:32

10d ago51:32

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On Episode 3,414, the guys unpack PFL’s acquisition of Bellator and went over all the angles and then recapped the Bellator and UFC cards.By MMA Junkie Radio

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WALTER SABO, Radio Master 30:44

10d ago30:44

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If WALTER SABO (aka Walter Sterling on WABC) was a baker he wouldn't own a cookie cutter or a recipe book. Walter is an innovator. For all of his decades of creating and consulting media programming, he has never relied on a formula. When I asked him what's wrong with the radio business these days he had answers I didn't expect. He also emphasized …

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JOHN KOBYLT, Radio Master 31:47

12d ago31:47

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JOHN KOBYLT has been half of the most popular talk radio show in Los Angeles for 36 years. Now his partner, Ken Chiampou, has announced his retirement. The famous John and Ken Show is about to become the John Kobylt Show. That's where we start this conversation, with the obvious questions: when and what can we expect?…

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The 5and5 Live with Tony Burke

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Paul Fletcher's road to nowhere 15:05

13d ago15:05

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This week saw one of the worst performances from an Opposition Leader, with Peter Dutton hitting new lows. Meanwhile the Manager of Opposition Business, Paul Fletcher, managed to fumble and somehow disappear four bills from the Senate. Dave Smith, the Labor MP for Bean in the ACT, joins Leader of the House Tony Burke to discuss the best and worst o…

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KEN CHIAMPOU, Radio Master 27:48

13d ago27:48

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KEN CHIAMPOU and John Kobylt electrified Los Angeles with their brash, clear-spoken brand of talk radio when they arrived at KFI 36 years ago and they haven't stopped. It's the longest-running talk show in radio history that changed the direction of the talk radio industry. In this exclusive conversation, Ken tells Dave Williams why he's retiring a…

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MARK AUSTIN THOMAS, Radio Master 32:14

13d ago32:14

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MARK AUSTIN THOMAS is his real name. It's a beaut, ain't it? Well, so is the man behind it. MAT, as he's sometimes known to friends and colleagues, has made the most of his deep native intellect, his curiosity, and his passion for journalism. Now retired but by no means old, Mark shares his insights and philosophies.…

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MMA Junkie Radio

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Ep. #3413: Bellator preview, Kenny Florian & Baris Adiguzel interviews, more 1:17:35

13d ago1:17:35

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On Episode 3,413, the guys had two cards to preview, UFC & Bellator. They promoted the second SBC show and had two guests; Kenny Florian talked PFL, and a prospect who they've had their eye on Baris Adiguzel, who just had a nasty 16-second KO at cage warriors.By MMA Junkie Radio

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New Books in Latin American Studies

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Beatriz Nascimento, "The Dialectic Is in the Sea: The Black Radical Thought of Beatriz Nascimento" (Princeton UP, 2023) 48:26

14d ago48:26

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Beatriz Nascimento (1942-1995) was a poet, historian, artist, and political leader in Brazil's Black movement, an innovative and creative thinker whose work offers a radical reimagining of gender, space, politics, and spirituality around the Atlantic and across the Black diaspora. Her powerful voice still resonates today, reflecting a deep commitme…

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MMA Junkie Radio

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Ep. #3412: UFC 295 recap, Thirty greatest fighters list, more 55:37

16d ago55:37

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On Episode 3,412, the guys recap the huge UFC 295 PPV, discuss if there was an early stoppage in the main event, talk about the 30 greatest fighters list, and much more.By MMA Junkie Radio

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Conversations.buzz

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JOHN GEHRON, Radio Master 32:33

17d ago32:33

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JOHN GEHRON is a name synonymous with Chicago Radio; he began programming the legendary WLS in 1974 and built it into a music radio institution. He also created a national standard for the “smooth jazz” format while at Chicago’s WNUA-FM, followed with senior officer and COO titles at American Radio and Infinity Broadcasting, including the role of S…

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BILL ROGERS & CAMILLE DIXON, Voices of Disney 59:10

18d ago59:10

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Bill Rogers & Camille Dixon are the voices of Disney, master voice actors with skills that enable them to cast Disney Magic on children of all ages. And, get this: they're married! How it all happened for them, and us, is a romantic story for the ages in true Disney style.By Dave Williams

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MMA Junkie Radio

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Ep. #3411: PFL CEO Peter Murray interview, UFC 295 preview, more 1:09:57

20d ago1:09:57

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On Episode 3,411, the guys chat with PFL CEO Peter Murray, preview UFC 295 PPV, and had lots of news to unwrap.By MMA Junkie Radio

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New Books in Latin American Studies

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Alan R. Sandstrom and Pamela E. Sandstrom, "Pilgrimage to Broken Mountain: Nahua Sacred Journeys in Mexico's Huasteca Veracruzana" (UP of Colorado, 2023) 1:03:16

20d ago1:03:16

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An ethnographic study based on decades of field research, Pilgrimage to Broken Mountain: Nahua Sacred Journeys in Mexico's Huasteca Veracruzana (UP of Colorado, 2023) explores five sacred journeys to the peaks of venerated mountains undertaken by Nahua people living in northern Veracruz, Mexico. Punctuated with elaborate ritual offerings dedicated …

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Contemplify

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In Hard Times, In All Times, Eat Sacred Words 33:23

21d ago33:23

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"You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees For a hundred miles through the desert, repenting. You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves." — 'Wild Geese' by Mary Oliver Carmen Acevedo Butcher, PhD, is an author, teacher, poet, and award-winning translator of spiritual texts. Today Carmen and I talk …

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MMA Junkie Radio

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Ep. #3410: UFC Sao Paulo recap, guest Patchy Mix, more 56:02

22d ago56:02

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On Episode 3,410, the guys chat with Patchy Mix, who is the Bellator Interim Bantamweight Champion. They also went over this weekend's UFC card and previewed the upcoming UFC PPV.By MMA Junkie Radio

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JACK SWANSON, Radio Master 51:46

24d ago51:46

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Jack Swanson is a superstar of news and talk radio. He has been a primary architect of the spoken word formats around the world. Radio towers may vanish but the desire for information and entertainment through new communications platforms has Jack excited. He says he wishes he could live another 50 years to see what comes next. We all hope he does.…

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New Books in Latin American Studies

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Graham Denyer Willis, "Keep the Bones Alive: Missing People and the Search for Life in Brazil" (U California Press, 2022) 1:39:06

26d ago1:39:06

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Every year at least 20,000 people go missing in São Paulo, Brazil. Many will be found, sometimes in mundane mass graves, but thousands will not. Keep the Bones Alive: Missing People and the Search for Life in Brazil (U California Press, 2022) explores this phenomenon and why there is little concern for those who vanish. Ethnographer Graham Denyer W…

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MMA Junkie Radio

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Ep. #3409: UFC preview, Jason Jackson interview, more 1:04:22

27d ago1:04:22

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On Episode 3,409, the guys chat with Jason Jackson, who is fighting for the Bellator Welterweight Championship at Bellator 301. They also previewed this weekend’s UFC card and wrapped up a little on Ngannou Vs Fury.By MMA Junkie Radio

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New Books in Latin American Studies

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Sharony Green, "The Chase and Ruins: Zora Neale Hurston in Honduras" (Johns Hopkins UP, 2023) 1:10:57

28d ago1:10:57

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Zora Neale Hurston, an anthropologist and writer best known for her classic novel Their Eyes Were Watching God, led a complicated life often marked by tragedy and contradictions. When both she and her writing fell out of favor after the Harlem Renaissance, she struggled not only to regain an audience for her novels but also to simply make ends meet…

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MMA Junkie Radio

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Ep. #3408: Ngannou Vs Fury recap, Eric Nicksick interview, more 1:26:36

1M ago1:26:36

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On Episode 3,408, the guys chat with Eric Nicksick, who was out in Saudi Arabia to corner Francis Ngannou. They covered that fight and everything around it.By MMA Junkie Radio

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Conversations.buzz

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GREG TANTUM, Radio Master 53:19

1M ago53:19

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Greg Tantum is one of the most successful radio programming executives in the U.S. He's also one of the happiest and most beloved human beings on the planet. That's not a coincidence. Through his decades of building great radio stations he has also built great people whose passion for the business he developed and nourished as if they comprised his…

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New Books in Latin American Studies

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Robert C. Bradley, "Eating Peru: A Gastronomic Journey" (U Oklahoma Press, 2023) 1:05:17

1M ago1:05:17

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Today, Peru is rightly recognized as the number one food destination on the planet. But twenty-five years ago, the world’s culinary critics were focusing their attention elsewhere. Fortunately, wine merchant–turned–archaeologist and art historian Robert C. Bradley was in Peru. His new book Eating Peru: A Gastronomic Journey (U Oklahoma Press, 2023)…

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New Books in Latin American Studies

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Marisel C. Moreno, "Crossing Waters: Undocumented Migration in Hispanophone Caribbean and Latinx Literature and Art" (U Texas Press, 2022) 1:15:37

1M ago1:15:37

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Debates over the undocumented migration of Latin Americans invariably focus on the southern US border, but most migrants never cross that arbitrary line. Instead, many travel, via water, among the Caribbean islands. The first study to examine literary and artistic representations of undocumented migration within the Hispanophone Caribbean, Crossing…

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MMA Junkie Radio

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Ep. #3407: Jon Jones is hurt, Aspinall Vs Pavlovich announced, more 1:03:07

1M ago1:03:07

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On Episode 3,407, the guys went over all the big news with Jon Jones being hurt and the interim title being announced.By MMA Junkie Radio

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New Books in Latin American Studies

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Lucy Swanson, "The Zombie in Contemporary French Caribbean Fiction" (Liverpool UP, 2023) 52:44

1M ago52:44

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Believed to have emerged in the French Caribbean based on African spirit beliefs, the zombie represents not merely the walking dead, but also a walking embodiment of the region's history and culture. In Haiti today, the zombie serves as an enduring memory of enslavement: it is defined as a reanimated body robbed of part of its soul, forced to work …

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Contemplify

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Kim Haines-Eitzen on Practicing the Cello in the Dark and Sonorous Deserts 58:41

1M ago58:41

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Dr. Kim Haines-Eitzen is a Professor of Religious Studies with specialties in Early Christianity, Early Judaism, and other ancient Mediterranean Religions at Cornell University. Her book Sonorous Desert: What Deep Listening Taught Early Christian Monks—and What It Can Teach Us explores the dynamic relationships between ambient environmental landsca…

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MMA Junkie Radio

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Ep. #3406: UFC 294 recap, Costa gets into fight in the stands, more 1:01:53

1M ago1:01:53

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On Episode 3,406, the guys recapped the big event and everything coming out of it.By MMA Junkie Radio

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ANDY LUDLUM, Radio Master 33:12

1M ago33:12

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Andy Ludlum spent decades learning his craft and teaching it to others. He was my boss at KFWB, Los Angeles, and is still a special friend. I learned from him, I respect and like him. Andy Ludlum is a true Radio Master.By Dave Williams

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MMA Junkie Radio

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Ep. #3405: UFC 294 preview, Tyson Chartier & Chris Gutierrez join the show, more 1:23:44

1M ago1:23:44

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On Episode 3,405, the guys talked about this weekend’s PPV and all the storylines coming out of it. They also had two guests, Coach Tyson Chartier and UFC bantamweight Chris Gutierrez.By MMA Junkie Radio

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New Books in Latin American Studies

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Paul Clammer, "Black Crown: Henry Christophe, the Haitian Revolution and the Caribbean's Forgotten Kingdom" (Hurst, 2023) 55:04

2M ago55:04

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How did a Caribbean child, born into plantation slavery, come to defeat Napoleon's armies in battle and crown himself king of the first free black nation in the Americas? Black Crown: Henry Christophe, the Haitian Revolution and the Caribbean's Forgotten Kingdom (Hurst, 2023) is the story of Henry Christophe: one of the most remarkable, yet least k…

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New Books in Latin American Studies

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Katherine Jensen, "The Color of Asylum: The Racial Politics of Safe Haven in Brazil" (U Chicago Press, 2023) 47:10

1M ago47:10

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In 2013, as Syrians desperate to escape a brutal war fled the country, Brazil took the remarkable step of instituting an open-door policy for all Syrian refugees. Why did Brazil—in contrast to much of the international community—offer asylum to any Syrian who would come? And how do Syrians differ from other refugee populations seeking status in Bra…

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MMA Junkie Radio

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Ep. #3404: UFC results, USADA parts ways with the UFC, more 58:55

1M ago58:55

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On Episode 3,404, the guys recapped the UFC results from this past weekend and went over all the news, including USADA and fight changes.By MMA Junkie Radio

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Carmen Haydée Rivera and Jorge Duany, "Cuba and Puerto Rico: Transdisciplinary Approaches to History, Literature, and Culture" (U Florida Press, 2023) 40:07

2M ago40:07

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Carmen Haydée Rivera and Jorge Duany's edited volume Cuba and Puerto Rico: Transdisciplinary Approaches to History, Literature, and Culture (U Florida Press, 2023) is the first systematic, comparative study of Cuba and Puerto Rico from both a historical and contemporary perspective. In these essays, contributors highlight the interconnectedness of …

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New Books in Latin American Studies

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John D. Garrigus, "A Secret Among the Blacks: Slave Resistance Before the Haitian Revolution" (Harvard UP, 2023) 59:42

2M ago59:42

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A bold rethinking of the Haitian Revolution reveals the roots of the only successful slave uprising in the modern world. Unearthing the progenitors of the Haitian Revolution has been a historical project of two hundred years. In A Secret Among the Blacks: Slave Resistance Before the Haitian Revolution (Harvard UP, 2023), John D. Garrigus introduces…

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James J. A. Blair, "Salvaging Empire: Sovereignty, Natural Resources, and Environmental Science in the South Atlantic" (Cornell UP, 2023) 46:08

2M ago46:08

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Salvaging Empire: Sovereignty, Natural Resources, and Environmental Science in the South Atlantic (Cornell University Press, 2023) by Dr. James J. A. Blair probes the historical roots and current predicaments of a twenty-first century settler colony seeking to control an uncertain future through resource management and environmental science. Four d…

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Lisandro Pérez, "The House on G Street: A Cuban Family Saga" (NYU Press, 2023) 59:49

2M ago59:49

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In The House on G Street: A Cuban Family Saga (NYU Press, 2023), award-winning author Lisandro Pérez tells Cuba’s story through the lens of a single family: his own. His book relays the tales of two officers who fought against the Spanish for Cuban independence; a plantation owner who smuggles himself onto a ship; families divided by political loya…

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MMA Junkie Radio

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Ep. #3403: DWCS recap, Derek Brunson interview, more 1:16:05

2M ago1:16:05

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On Episode 3,403, the guys chat with newly signed PFL fighter, Derek Brunson. They also went over the big three storylines in USADA, and the new main and co-main shuffle for UFC 294.By MMA Junkie Radio

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Lerita Coleman Brown on Waiting for a Word in the Heart 58:06

2M ago58:06

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"I highly recommend What Makes You Come Alive to churches, religious and educational institutions, and spiritual seekers everywhere who are looking for an inward journey that finds its home in the world of nature, people, and things." — Walter Earl Fluker - Editor and Director of the Howard Thurman Papers Project Dr. Lerita Coleman Brown is a retre…

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New Books in Latin American Studies

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Evan C. Rothera, "Civil Wars and Reconstructions in the Americas: The United States, Mexico, and Argentina, 1860–1880" (LSU Press, 2022) 1:24:27

2M ago1:24:27

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In the latter half of the nineteenth century, three violent national conflicts rocked the Americas: the Wars of Unification in Argentina, the War of the Reform and French Intervention in Mexico, and the Civil War in the United States. The recovery efforts that followed reshaped the Western Hemisphere. In Civil Wars and Reconstructions in the Americ…

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MMA Junkie Radio

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Ep. #3402: Bellator & UFC results, Calvin Kattar and Rob Font interview, more 1:32:47

2M ago1:32:47

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On Episode 3,402, the guys went over the two major fight cards and talked about what could be next for a lot of these fighters. They ended the show with interviews of Calvin Kattar and Rob Font.By MMA Junkie Radio

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Angie Lederach, "Feel the Grass Grow: Ecologies of Slow Peace in Colombia" (Stanford UP, 2023) 1:17:48

2M ago1:17:48

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What can collaborative research with Colombian campesino leaders teach us about building peace? In this episode, I talk with Angie Lederach, author of Feel the Grass Grow: Ecologies of Slow Peace in Colombia (Stanford UP, 2023). Angie describes how a background in international peacebuilding led her to work with grassroots Colombian peacebuilders a…

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