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Society Matters

36 episodes - Latest episode: about 2 months ago
Society matters is a podcast from Aston University. Presented by Sam Cook, the podcast series explores some of the fascinating work of academics within the University on current issues facing society.

Inherently Good Podcast

1 episode - Latest episode: over 3 years ago
A podcast made to find the inherent good in everything, and anything. IGP promotes diversity of thought and inclusivity. We encourage discussion over division and inclusion over isolation. We hope ...

POC Podcast - Progressive Opinions of Color

62 episodes - Latest episode: almost 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 16 ratings
Welcome to Progressive Opinions of Color (POC), a podcast that creates space for people of color in conversations about economics, politics, and culture. Your host is Nancy Wu. Nancy is an Asian Am...

The International Security Podcast

18 episodes - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 26 ratings
Leading scholars provide insight on urgent policy debates. Jeff Friedman of Dartmouth College interviews contributors to the premiere peer-reviewed journal of security studies. They offer sophistic...

Background Briefing with Ian Masters

1,519 episodes - Latest episode: about 2 hours ago - ★★★★★ - 551 ratings
Background Briefing goes far beyond the headlines and deep under the radar to bring forward truths unheard elsewhere in American media. Background Briefing features international and national news,...

Downloads – Strange Frequencies Radio

86 episodes - Latest episode: about 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 88 ratings
Strange Frequencies Radio Archive

The Thoughtful Counselor

285 episodes - Latest episode: 9 days ago - ★★★★★ - 155 ratings
The Thoughtful Counselor is a podcast that is dedicated to producing great conversations around current topics in counseling and psychotherapy. We view counseling and psychotherapy as a deeply beau...

Hidden Brain

532 episodes - Latest episode: 6 days ago - ★★★★★ - 38.1K ratings
Shankar Vedantam uses science and storytelling to reveal the unconscious patterns that drive human behavior, shape our choices and direct our relationships.

What Gets My Goat

10 episodes - Latest episode: over 6 years ago - ★★★★ - 1 rating
Sometimes on point, most of the time pointless. A fast, spirited, and ad-libbed take-down of whatever Gets My Goat in the world of politics, culture, religion, and barnyard animals.

Understanding media: the celebrity in the text - for iBooks

1 episode - Latest episode: almost 13 years ago
Kylie Minogue, George Clooney, Nicole Kidman are all prominent celebrities, but how has the media created their status and how does what we read in the press influence our opinion? This unit will t...

Sociology Improv

30 episodes - Latest episode: almost 12 years ago - ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
A podcast with sociologically-informed discussion of the news of the day.

Speculative Grammarian Podcast

298 episodes - Latest episode: over 7 years ago - ★★★★★ - 11 ratings
Speculative Grammarian—the premier scholarly journal featuring research in the neglected field of satirical linguistics—is now available as an arbitrarily irregular audio podcast. Our podcast inclu...

US News | Science Discoveries

88 episodes - Latest episode: about 14 years ago - ★★ - 3 ratings
Get the latest science news about the environment, genetics, animals, technology, archaeology and space.

EconTalk Archives, 2006

31 episodes - Latest episode: over 17 years ago - ★★★★★ - 42 ratings
EconTalk is an award-winning weekly talk show about economics in daily life. Featured guests include renowned economics professors, Nobel Prize winners, and exciting speakers on all kinds of topica...