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IDEAS is a deep-dive into contemporary thought and intellectual history. No topic is off-limits. In the age of clickbait and superficial headlines, it's for people who like to think.
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"Legacy Maker: Stories of Black Inventors and Icons" is dedicated to celebrating the groundbreaking achievements and enduring legacies of Black innovators and cultural icons. Through compelling storytelling, our podcast shines a spotlight on the brilliance and resilience of individuals who have shaped history and continue to inspire future generations. Join us as we uncover the untold stories and celebrate the rich heritage that fuels progress and empowerment.
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WEBSLEUTHS RADIO PODCAST features the latest breaking cases, biggest stories, powerful interviews, and exclusive guests. MONTHLY SUPPORT - Please support our podcast with a small monthly donation to help sustain future episodes. Contribute today for as little as .99 per month, 4.99 per month or 9.99 per month. Thank you so much! https://anchor.fm/websleuthsradiopodcast WANT TO ADVERTISE ON WEBSLEUTHS RADIO PODCAST? Visit our listing on Advertisecast to learn more: https://www.advertisecast.c ...
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Billionaires Are Good

Dave Ross and Caleb Synan

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Each week on Billionaires Are Good, comedians Dave Ross and Caleb Synan explore the life and fortune of a different billionaire. Dave and Caleb believe that all billionaires are going to hell, and that their presence on earth is killing us all, and that it's not their fault!!! Be nice!!! The show is a laugh-heavy romp through the darkness of capitalism that doesn't take itself seriously at all, rife with segments and tangents and rock radio stingers. Money is bad and billionaires are good an ...
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The current wave of anti-elitism, and anti-urbanism we’re seeing from authoritarian leaders and their followers may seem to have erupted out of nowhere. But for New Yorker writer and former CBC Massey Lecturer, Adam Gopnik, what we see now stems from historic anti-Semitism.
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Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Süskind, translated by John E. Woods, chosen by Iszi LawrenceTwo Serious Ladies by Jane Bowles, chosen by Joe DunthorneOh William! by Elizabeth Strout, chosen by presenter Harriett Gilbert Historical fiction author and broadcaster Iszi Lawrence adores the sensational novel Perfume, and has done since she …
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Get more Billionaires Are Good on our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! Hey y'all! Things are still crazy over here in billionaires land so we recorded a short episode over the phone again. We talk about it a bit at the end of the ep, after ranting and raving about Trump and Elon and Kenrick and Anthony Weiner. Keep on layin' down! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube S…
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Marriage is on the decline in Canada. And in heterosexual unions, it’s women who more often initiate divorce, and wait longer to remarry. Why is marriage not working for women? And what fundamentally has to change for women to continue saying "I do”? *This episode originally aired on Feb. 21, 2024.
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For years as host of the CBC podcast On Drugs, Geoff Turner has examined the history, culture, science and religion of drugs, from ancient Berzerkers and their mushroom rituals, to the German army’s use of amphetamines, to the caffeine in millions of people’s morning coffee. In this episode, Turner gets personal. For more episodes: https://link.mgl…
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With increasingly diverse societies, the sorting of people into "us" and "them" is inevitable. This sorting brings with it a social and cultural assessment of who does, and does not, deserve social benefits and political rights. The so-called 'deservingness ladder' is shifting as democracies around the world turn towards right-wing populist leaders…
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Date: February 12, 2025 Legacy Makers: Stories of Black Inventors and Icons Title and Show Info Episode #20: The Coffee Queen of New Orleans: The Life and Legacy of Rose Nicaud Featuring: Toni Davis (Host & Storyteller). Summary Step into the bustling streets of 19th-century New Orleans, where the scent of rich, dark coffee weaves through the Frenc…
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Writer and filmmaker Luke Galati says "living with bipolar disorder is tough." He shares the realities of his mental health struggles, what it's like living in a psychiatric hospital and finding a path to wellness. His documentary is both a personal essay and a series of conversations with health-care professionals and others who have bipolar disor…
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Inhabit Media are at the forefront of a new era of Inuit literature and film. Since 2006, it’s been working to ensure Arctic voices are heard across Canada. From Iqaluit, IDEAS producer Pauline Holdsworth speaks with writers and illustrators about telling the stories of their home and finding creativity from the land.…
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Get more Billionaires Are Good on our⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! Oprah’s one of the richest women of all time, but she’ll never bring it up because she’s humble as hell. She’s on the cover of O Magazine every month, she’s got a house in Hawaii, and she’s still with Stedman’s lucky ass. What a lady! Dave and Caleb dig into what she owns, how she …
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Maria Chapdelaine — the fictional character from rural Quebec became a global phenomenon in the 1920s, and has inspired movies, plays — even an opera. Yet the book remains far less known in English Canada and the English-speaking world. IDEAS examines the many lives that Maria Chapdelaine has lived, and continues to live.…
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Enslaved in 1840s Virginia, Henry Brown has himself nailed into a postal crate and mailed to a free state. But that’s less than half his story. In freedom, he becomes Henry Box Brown, and uses his escape box as the basis for a subversive magic act that sees him tour the stages of the UK and Canada — his final home.…
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Get more Billionaires Are Good on our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! Larry Page sounds like a fake name for the Google billionaire, but you know who’s not worried about that? Calm ass Larry. He owns several islands (way more than you’d think) and huge boats (with little boats on them). He’s also donated exactly 0% of his fortune to Dave and Caleb. So…
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Is group therapy underused in treating mental health? Psychiatrist Molyn Leszcz calls it an “incredibly powerful” approach, where patients heal each other and themselves through support and, sometimes, challenge. Scholar Jess Cotton agrees, tracing the radical roots of an idea that she thinks could hold a greater place today. *This episode original…
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As Canadians once again find themselves explaining why their country deserves to exist, a group of proud Quebecers brave the winter in Sherbrooke to raise their nation’s largest-ever flag. IDEAS' Tom Howell joins in, as he continues his series on where the patriotic spirit belongs in people’s lives today.…
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Aaju Peter was 11 years old when she was taken from her Inuk community in Greenland and sent away to learn the ways of the West. She lost her language and culture. The activist, lawyer, designer, musician, filmmaker, and prolific teacher takes IDEAS host Nahlah Ayed on a tour of Iqaluit and into a journey to decolonization that continues still.…
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Date: January 29, 2025 Legacy Makers: Stories of Black Inventors and Icons Title and Show Info Episode #19: Diahann Carroll: A Legacy of Elegance, Talent, and Tenacity Featuring: Toni Davis (Host & Storyteller). Summary From the jazz-filled streets of Harlem to the bright lights of Broadway and the power plays of Hollywood, Diahann Carroll’s journe…
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On the latest episode of ‘New Classical Tracks,’ host Julie Amacher speaks with pianist Jeremy Denk about his latest album, recorded alongside violinist Joshua Bell and cellist Steven Isserlis, which features piano trios by Felix Mendelssohn. Listen now!American Public Media által
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Is it too late to save the planet? Anthropologist Wade Davis doesn't think so — he's inspired by the ability of nature to adapt, and he thinks people can change, too. He says that means looking for all the information we can get. Part two of IDEAS producer Philip Coulter’s conversation with Wade Davis.…
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How do conversations happen differently in the north? What’s unique about Inuit approaches to silence — and to nation-to-nation conversations? IDEAS explores dialogue from Ian Williams' first Massey Lecture in Iqaluit with lawyer and activist Aaju Peter and actor and producer Simeonie Kisa-Knicklebein.…
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Get more Billionaires Are Good on our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! Hey everybody. It's Caleb and Dave. This episode turned out to be super fun and we hope you love it as much as we did. It's been a crazy couple of weeks. This episode is very silly and a little different. We make fun of Canada, several billionaires, and our oldest president. Get aft…
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In this episode we welcome Nyamuon Machar 19’, Maya Williams, Brian J. Evans 23’, and Samuel James 20’, were all participants in ECHOES. This is part 2 and a continuation from season 1 finale. Echoes, Led by Black Haitian American composer, violinist and activist Daniel Bernard Romain, ECHOES was a site-responsive composition project that aims to r…
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With very rare access, forensic psychiatrist Gwen Adshead gives her third Reith Lecture inside Grendon prison, in England, where she talks to a small number of prisoners and staff, and asks the question: Does trauma cause violence? Does being a victim of violence, in some circumstances, make you more likely to become a perpetrator of violence? *The…
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Tech billionaires are on a mission to make the stories of science fiction a reality: space colonization, human/machine bio organisms, and living forever in a state of unhindered bliss. To most of us, this version of a far future utopia comes off as "billionaire boys and their toys" but critics say such a dismissive attitude is naïve.…
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On the latest episode of ‘New Classical Tracks,’ host Julie Amacher speaks with Simon Wynberg, artistic director of the ARC Ensemble, about the latest installment in the group’s ‘Music in Exile’ series, featuring chamber works by Frederick Block. Listen now!American Public Media által
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Get more Billionaires Are Good on our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! Tiger Woods is the a pretty good golfer. And yeah, he’s rich. But did you know he can’t die? That’s right. He’s invincible. He owns WAY more boats than you’d think and his life is insane. Crank it up and listen to Dave and Caleb’s favorite episode. It’s funny, informative, and TRUE. E…
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In a career spanning over 30 years, Dr. Adshead has heard many of her patients ask: "I have done evil things, but does that mean I am evil? In her second BBC Reith Lecture, Adshead asks if there is such a thing as evil. She argues we all have capacity for 'evil' and says we need to find ways to cultivate societal and individual 'goodness.' *The Rei…
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Rome fell, because of... divorce. Or was it immigration? Maybe moral decay. IDEAS producer Matthew Lazin-Ryder explores the political history of 'the fall of Rome' — a hole in time where politicians, activists, and intellectuals can dump any modern anxiety they wish. *This episode originally aired on Jan. 11, 2024.…
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Date: January 15, 2025 Legacy Makers: Stories of Black Inventors and Icons Title and Show Info Episode #18: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr: The Dream That Echoed Beyond Time Featuring: Toni Davis (Host & Storyteller). Summary What does it mean to dream? For Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., it meant imagining a world where justice rolled like waters and equ…
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On the latest episode of ‘New Classical Tracks,’ with host Julie Amacher, Jeannette Sorrell from Apollo’s Fire Baroque Orchestra talks about the ensemble’s latest album inspired by J.S. Bach’s performances at Gottfried Zimmerman’s Coffeehouse. Listen now!American Public Media által
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What if there was one thing we could do to significantly impact poverty, crime, and climate change. Law professor Adam Benforado believes there is a solution: prioritizing kids. The author of A Minor Revolution argues that if we centred children when enacting law and public policy, we would all benefit.…
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For the last 20 years, members of ARC Ensemble have dedicated themselves to recovering the forgotten works of exiled composers. Recently, the ensemble revived the works of Frederick Block — music that hasn't been performed publicly in nearly a century. *This episode originally aired on Dec. 19, 2023.…
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