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The new politics of Israel dividing Biden’s Democratic Party

Playbook Deep Dive - March 22, 2024 09:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
The politics of the Israel-Hamas war have become one of the most divisive issues in the Democratic Party. Mark Mellman, the president of Democratic Majority for Israel – and a longtime pollster – joins host and Playbook co-author Ryan Lizza to get into the weeds on the new politics of Israel with...

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Dr Sebastian Gorka - Inside the White House with Trump National Security Advisor

Veterans In Politics by CampaignForce - March 20, 2024 21:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
About this week's guest: Dr. Sebastian Gorka is a Talk Show Host on the Salem Radio Network Platform, and began his show AMERICA FIRST on New Years Day, 2019.  With parents who had lived as children under fascism and then escaped Communist Hungary, Sebastian was raised to love freedom. And his ...

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AfricaNow! - Wednesday, March 20, 2024

WPFW - AfricaNow! - March 20, 2024 17:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 7 ratings
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"Making of the Mob" - The Complete Meyer Lansky II Interview

Vegas Never Sleeps - March 20, 2024 16:25 - 39 minutes ★★★★ - 8 ratings
Last week, we said "Elvis" and "Vegas" were synonymous. You know what else is synonymous with "Vegas?" Organized crime! Host Steven Maggi talks with Meyer Lansky II, grandson of the notorious mobster Meyer Lansky, about classic-Vegas, classic-mafia, and what it's like sharing a name that lives in...

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Parasocial Relationships with T.X. Watson

Wonks and War Rooms - March 20, 2024 07:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
In this episode Elizabeth chats with TikTok creator and researcher T.X. Watson about parasocial relationships and how this term created in the 1950s applies, or not, to digital content creators. T.X. talks about relationships between influencers and their followers and how both research and popu...

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070 - Justin Puett

The Nick Scott Effect - March 19, 2024 09:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratings
Justin Puett is the proprietor of Folklore Music Exchange, a guitar shop he owns. Additionally, he is involved in the Indie Rock band named The Parachute Brigade, where he showcases his guitar skills and vocal prowess. Originally hailing from the quaint town of Coal Mountain, Justin later reloc...

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We Are Guantánamo: U.S. Courts are Surreal w/Gabor Rona

Bar Crawl Radio - March 15, 2024 14:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratings
This is a must listen conversation with Gabor Rona -- Law Professor at Cardozo Law School – and in the past served as the International Legal Director of Human Rights First.   For over 20 years our government has imprisoned 100s of innocent Muslim men in the Guantanamo Prison and tortured them r...

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Kellyanne Conway’s advice to Republicans on abortion & TikTok

Playbook Deep Dive - March 15, 2024 09:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
TikTok, abortion, and IVF: three of the biggest issues in American politics right now and Kellyanne Conway is in the middle of all of them.   Conway has been advising Donald Trump and Mike Pence for years and lately she’s best known for urging the GOP to leave TikTok alone and moderate the party...

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AfricaNow! - Wednesday, March 13, 2024

WPFW - AfricaNow! - March 13, 2024 17:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 7 ratings
Mwiza Munthali/James Pope

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"Elvis in Vegas" - The Complete Richard Zoglin Interview

Vegas Never Sleeps - March 13, 2024 15:59 - 23 minutes ★★★★ - 8 ratings
"Elvis" and "Vegas" are synonymous! Host Steven Maggi chats with Richard Zoglin author of "Elvis in Vegas" about how The King, anxious to put those silly movies behind him, reinvented the Las Vegas show and introduced the concept of "residency." This is a comeback story for the ages; for Elvis an...

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We Are Guantánamo: 7 Voices

Bar Crawl Radio - March 08, 2024 15:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratings
“We Are Guantanamo” – in other words – you and I -- all of us identifying as "American" are complicit – and insofar as the Guantánamo Bay Detention Camp remains an active US military and illegal entity – it belongs to us. Since 2002, the Guantánamo Bay Detention Camp has held 779 Muslim men acc...

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The secrets of Jill Biden’s East Wing

Playbook Deep Dive - March 08, 2024 10:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
First ladies are among the most powerful advisers in any White House and Jill Biden is no exception. On this episode of Deep Dive, host and Playbook co-author Ryan Lizza is joined by NYT White House correspondent Katie Rogers, who recently published  “American Woman: The Transformation of the Mod...

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AfricaNow! - Wednesday, March 6, 2024

WPFW - AfricaNow! - March 06, 2024 18:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 7 ratings
Mwiza Munthali/James Pope

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"Sin City Gangsters" - The Jeffrey Sussman Interview

Vegas Never Sleeps - March 06, 2024 17:04 - 42 minutes ★★★★ - 8 ratings
Do your Founding Fathers have mugshots? Ours do. Host Steven Maggi talks with Jeffrey Sussman one of the top mob-historians in America about his book "Sin City Gangsters: The Rise and Decline of the Mob in Las Vegas." https://www.amazon.com/stores/Jeffrey%20Sussman/author/B001KIZ3HQ https://vega...

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One-Step Flow with Hamish Marshall

Wonks and War Rooms - March 06, 2024 08:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
In this episode Elizabeth delves into the fascinating world of data and personalization with Hamish Marshall, former National Campaign Manager for the Conservative Party of Canada and seasoned expert at the crossroads of data and politics. They explore the evolution from the Two-Step Flow to the...

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069 - Better From Here

The Nick Scott Effect - March 05, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 17 ratings
Proudly from Charleston, WV, the award-winning Better From Here is the latest pioneer in Appalachian emo. In the fall of 2022, five friends got together to make music in a church auditorium after hours. After too much time had been spent picking a name, the band agreed the name options would get...

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One More Day: A Father's Gratitude

Wisdom Shared with Carole Blueweiss - March 03, 2024 05:05 - 42 minutes
Episode Summary In this poignant episode, Jacob Moench shares the challenges and joys of parenting his son Samuel, who has epilepsy and autism. The episode explores how Jacob and his wife support each other and prioritize time for their other children. Jacob also talks about his company, which ...

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Libraries/Radically Open Spaces: Emily Drabinski & Lauren Comito

Bar Crawl Radio - March 01, 2024 15:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratings
For this BCR program, we talked about that age-old American tradition – book burning – or more precisely – thought control.  Our guests were two brave librarians – practicing a profession that is at the core of any effective democracy. Emily Drabinski heads-up the American Library Association ...

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How Washington’s top book critic reads between 2024’s political lines

Playbook Deep Dive - March 01, 2024 10:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
Carlos Lozada is a columnist for The New York Times, and before that, the longtime nonfiction book critic for The Washington Post.  In 2019, Lozada won the Pulitzer Prize for criticism for a series of pieces that judges described as “trenchant and searching reviews and essays that joined warm em...

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"Million Dollar Video Poker" - The Complete Bob Dancer Interview

Vegas Never Sleeps - February 28, 2024 17:31 - 32 minutes ★★★★ - 8 ratings
IMPOSSIBLE!!! There is no way you can make a living playing video poker! Au contraire! (That's French for "On the contrary.") Video poker legend Bob Dancer, author of "Million Dollar Video Poker" and "Video Poker for the Intelligent Beginner," joins us to explain that, yes, you can make a living ...

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Political Influencers with Nate Lubin

Wonks and War Rooms - February 28, 2024 08:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
In this episode, Elizabeth chats with digital communication strategist and experienced political campaigner, Nate Lubin about social media content creators in politics. Nate draws on his experience with the Better Internet Initiative which helps influencers make educational content related to pr...

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On The Moon Again

DeJa Vu - February 27, 2024 16:01 - 4 minutes
We're on the moon again!  We discuss when we went to the moon last and is it our first time there.  

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068 - Corduroy Brown

The Nick Scott Effect - February 27, 2024 13:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratings
Corduroy Brown: Feel good, indie music from Huntington, West Virginia. The Corduroy sound has been described as: "A sound that makes you feel like everything is going to be ok." Corduroy crafts tunes that evoke a sense of warmth, nostalgia, and genuine joy. Corduroy Brown danced with death in Mo...

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Nancy Mace’s main character energy

Playbook Deep Dive - February 23, 2024 10:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) has a way of being in the middle of things, whether it’s standing up to Trump after Jan. 6 when many in her party kept quiet, helping overthrow House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, or warning Republicans about how they were wrong when it comes to the politics of abortion.  But ...

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AfricaNow! - Wednesday, February 21, 2024

WPFW - AfricaNow! - February 21, 2024 18:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 7 ratings
Mwiza Munthali/James Pope

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"Louie the Coin" - The Andy Thibault & Joe Broadmeadow Interview

Vegas Never Sleeps - February 21, 2024 17:26 - 34 minutes ★★★★ - 8 ratings
Where there's money, there's cheaters. Host Steven Maggi chats with authors Andy Thibault and Joe Broadmeadow about "Louie the Coin" Colavecchio the world's greatest counterfeiter. https://louisthecoinbook.com/ https://vegasneversleeps.com/

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News influencers with Rachel Gilmore

Wonks and War Rooms - February 21, 2024 08:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
In this episode Elizabeth chats with journalist Rachel Gilmore about what counts as journalistic content and how to navigate the intersection of journalism and the social media influencer industry. Rachel is a freelance journalist who posts regularly on TikTok (@rachel_gilmore), Instagram (@r.gi...

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Deja Vu Intro To YouTube

DeJa Vu - February 20, 2024 16:20 - 13 minutes
Deja Vu is now on YouTube and here's the intro to how it all started!  Also this the intro fans have been requesting.  You can now go to My Castle Life on YouTube to hear and see The American Prince Charles III.  This new setup will allow you to hear and see The American Prince Charles ...

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Two Jewish Israelis

Bar Crawl Radio - February 16, 2024 15:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 12 ratings
For this BCR program, we spoke with two Jewish Israeli's. Nahum Schnitzer is my cousin. Ariella Dubrowin is my cousin once removed. Both have raised their families in Israel, Nahum -- 40 years – Ariella – 20. The conflict in Gaza has encased their world in ways that neither I – nor most of you l...

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Jim Himes on satellites, space nukes and Section 702

Playbook Deep Dive - February 16, 2024 10:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.), the ranking member on the House Intelligence Committee, joins host and Playbook co-author Ryan Lizza to discuss everything you might want to know about Russian space weapons, Section 702 reforms, and the behind-the-scenes action at the Intelligence Committee during a wee...