Category: podcast
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337 Kevin Matthews: 100 years since the Tulsa, Oklahoma massacre
in podcastToday, Tuesday, June 1st, 2021, marks 100 years since the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. Mobs of white residents, many of them deputized and given weapons by city officials, attacked Black residents and burned businesses of the Greenwood District in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Alternatively known as the Black Wall Street massacre or the Tulsa race riot, which…
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318 Joshua Greene: The Story of a Holocaust Survivor Who Became Billionaire
About Joshua Greene JOSHUA GREENE is a popular lecturer on Holocaust history and the spiritual quest, and a brilliant, entertaining communicator. A former instructor at Hofstra and Fordham Universities, Greene is the recipient of numerous awards for his historical biographies and documentary films.
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Constant Comedy: How I Started Comedy Central and Lost My Sense of Humor by Art Bell (Book Review)
Art Bell was the creator of the cable channel Comedy Central. Ever since he was a little kid he was into comedy and he could not believe that there was not a 24-hour comedy channel. There was a 24-hour music channel and 24-hour news channel, but no comedy.
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259 Robert Paarlberg: Straight Talk About the Food We Grow and Eat
in podcastAbout Robert Paarlberg Robert Paarlberg is an adjunct professor of public policy at the Harvard Kennedy School and an associate at Harvard’s Weatherhead Center. He has been a member of the Board of Agriculture and Natural Resources at the National Research Council, a member of the Board of Directors at Winrock International, and a consultant…
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258 Roy Richard Grinker: How Culture Created the Stigma of Mental Illness
About Roy Richard Grinker Roy Richard Grinker, Ph.D. is a Professor of Anthropology at George Washington University and Editor-in-chief of Anthropological Quarterly. He is the author of Nobody’s Normal: How Culture Created the Stigma of Mental Illness, among other books. Roy Richard Grinker was born and raised in Chicago where his father, grandfather, and great…
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242 Margot Bloomstein: How the Smartest Brands Earn Your Trust
in podcastAbout Margot Bloomstein Margot Bloomstein is one of the leading voices in the content strategy industry. In addition to Trustworthy: How the Smartest Brands Beat Cynicism and Bridge the Trust Gap, she is also the author of Content Strategy at Work: Real-World Stories to Strengthen Every Interactive Project