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The Avid Reader Show

The Avid Reader is a podcast for book lovers. Tune in for interviews, recommendations, and insider news from Sam Hankin, host and owner of independent bookstore Wellington Square Bookshop - www.wellin... Read more

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Episode 721: David Neiwert - The Age of Insurrection: The Radical Right's Assault on American Democracy

Episode 721: David Neiwert - The Age of Insurrection: The Radical Right's Assault on American Democracy

The strange and terrible tale of the far right’s long war on American democracy . . . From a smattering of ominous right... Read more

15 Jul 2023

51mins

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Episode 720: Fiona Davis - The Spectacular

Episode 720: Fiona Davis - The Spectacular

New York City, 1956: Nineteen-year-old Marion Brooks knows she should be happy. Her high school sweetheart is about to p... Read more

15 Jul 2023

33mins

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Episode 719: Katherine Heiny - Games and Rituals

Episode 719: Katherine Heiny - Games and Rituals

The beloved author of Early Morning Riser brings us glittering stories of love—friendships formed at the airport bar, ex... Read more

15 Jul 2023

1hr 16mins

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Episode 718: Nathan S Chapman & Michael W McConnell - Agreeing To Disagree

Episode 718: Nathan S Chapman & Michael W McConnell - Agreeing To Disagree

Agreeing to Disagree: How the Establishment Clause Protects Religious Diversity and Freedom of ConscienceIn one of the m... Read more

3 Jul 2023

53mins

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Episode 717: Han Yu - The Curious Human Knee

Episode 717: Han Yu - The Curious Human Knee

Where would we be without the knee? This down-to-earth joint connecting the thigh and the lower leg doesn’t receive the ... Read more

25 Jun 2023

50mins

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Episode 716: David Acheson - The Spirit of Mathematics: Algebra and All That

Episode 716: David Acheson - The Spirit of Mathematics: Algebra and All That

Whether you have anxious memories of the subject from school, or solve quadratic equations for fun, David Acheson's book... Read more

14 Jun 2023

56mins

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Episode 715: How To Survive History: How to Outrun a Tyrannosaurus, Escape Pompeii, Get Off the Titanic, and Survive the Rest of History's Deadliest Catastrophes

Episode 715: How To Survive History: How to Outrun a Tyrannosaurus, Escape Pompeii, Get Off the Titanic, and Survive the Rest of History's Deadliest Catastrophes

Cody Cassidy's new book, "How to Survive History," is an engaging exploration of the ingenious strategies used by our an... Read more

14 Jun 2023

1hr 10mins

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Episode 714: Jean Manuel Roubineau - The Dangerous Life and Ideas of Diogenes the Cynic

Episode 714: Jean Manuel Roubineau - The Dangerous Life and Ideas of Diogenes the Cynic

An engaging look at the founder of one of the most important philosophical schools of ancient Greece.The ancient philoso... Read more

21 May 2023

56mins

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Episode 713: Vincent Figueredo - The Curious History of the Heart: A Cultural and Scientific Journey

Episode 713: Vincent Figueredo - The Curious History of the Heart: A Cultural and Scientific Journey

For much of recorded history, people considered the heart to be the most important organ in the body. In cultures around... Read more

21 May 2023

44mins

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Episode 712: Larry S. Sherman and Dennis Plies - Every Brain Needs Music: The Neuroscience of Making and Listening to Music

Episode 712: Larry S. Sherman and Dennis Plies - Every Brain Needs Music: The Neuroscience of Making and Listening to Music

Whenever a person engages with music―when a piano student practices a scale, a jazz saxophonist riffs on a melody, a tee... Read more

12 May 2023

1hr

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