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From best-selling social commentator and cultural historian Barbara Ehrenreich comes this fascinating exploration of one of humanity's oldest traditions: the celebration of communal joy, historically expressed in ecstatic revels of feasting, costuming, and dancing. Ehrenreich uncovers the origins of communal celebration in human biology and culture, showing that such mass festivities have been indigenous to the West since the ancient Greeks.

In this series of 24 captivating lectures, an award-winning teacher and acclaimed scholar delves into the story of how, why, where, and when we became human. You'll gain a fresh understanding of the forces that have shaped our species, as Professor King synthesizes the best that more than a century of scientific scholarship has to offer across a variety of disciplines to gain the insights offered by fossils, ancient skeletal remains, and lifestyle information like cave art and stone tools.

Quietly and steadily, the number of women making six figures or more is increasing and continues to rise at a rate faster than for men. From entrepreneurs to corporate executives, from white-collar professionals to freelancers and part-timers, women are forging careers with considerable financial success. In Secrets of Six-Figure Women, Barbara Stanny, journalist, motivational speaker, and financial educator, identifies the seven key strategies of female high earners.

EducAzione Social è il podcast degli incontri dell'Intergruppo parlamentare su social network, dipendenze digitali e uso consapevole degli smartphone, creato su iniziativa della senatrice Barbara Floridia, Presidente della Commissione di Vigilanza Rai e realizzato da ASSIPOD.org - Associazione Italiana PodcastingLe opinioni e i contenuti espressi nell’ambito dell’iniziativa sono nell’esclusiva responsabilità dei proponenti e dei relatori e non sono riconducibili in alcun modo al Senato della Repubblica o ad organi del Senato medesimo.

From the late eighteenth century through the end of the Civil War, Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians bought, sold, and owned Africans and African Americans as slaves, a fact that persisted after the tribes' removal from the Deep South to Indian Territory. The tribes marginalized free black people in the Indian nations well after the Civil War and slavery had ended. In this groundbreaking study, Barbara Krauthamer rewrites the history of southern slavery, emancipation, race, and citizenship to reveal the centrality of Native American slaveholders and the black people they enslaved.

‘Anche dopo’ è il podcast che nasce per raccontare il procrastinare in modo diverso: non come difetto ma come possibilità. Un modo di vivere che nasconde tesori inattesi spesso rimasti invisibili.Nessun consiglio pratico, tecnica o metodo per risolvere la procrastinazione. Anzi.Ogni lunedì, a partire dai miei 'Anche dopo', tutte le cose che rimando, racconto le meraviglie che il procrastinare riserva, scoperte fissando immagini confuse, gli stereogrammi, e ascoltando citazioni e personaggi letterari che sono illuminazione. Insieme a questi importanti compagni di viaggio, quello che ...

Frauen-Neuanfänge-Veränderungen. Dieser Podcast ist ein Herzensprojekt von mir, entstanden aufgrund meines eigenen Veränderungsprozesses. Ich wollte wissen und auch verstehen, woher mein tiefer und recht unerwarteter Wunsch nach etwas Neuem in meinem Leben gekommen ist. Im Austausch mit anderen Frauen habe ich bemerkt, dass ich gar nicht die Einzige bin, der es so geht. Ich habe so viele spannende und motivierende Geschichten über Neuanfänge und Veränderungen gehört, dass ich darüber einen Podcast machen wollte. Wir sprechen dabei auch über all die Ängste und Unsicherheiten, die ...

The Intercessor’s Mic with Barbara Cummings is a conversation space shaped by depth, clarity, and meaningful dialogue. Each episode features thoughtful exchange with individuals who are on post and on purpose — people who bring insight, intelligence, and intention to the work they do and the lives they lead.This podcast welcomes voices with perspective. Innovators, thinkers, creators, analysts, communicators, and individuals who carry influence in their own spheres. Whether their expertise comes from technology, culture, human behavior, leadership, creativity, or lived experience, they ...

Musings and Observations from a Cloistered Woman of Service Each episode offers a glimpse into the practice of inner work — bringing awareness and presence to the ordinary tasks of daily life.

Returning to the "Aunt Hill" from a two-year trip around the world, 20-year-old Rose Campbell suddenly finds herself surrounded by male admirers, all expecting her to marry them! Rose is rich and pretty, and she suspects many of these suitors are more interested in her wealth than her dreams. But she is determined to live her own life and find her own love, despite the many plans of aunts, uncles, and cousins. Louisa May Alcott wrote this delightful sequel to Eight Cousins at the request of her many fans.

The corporatisation of the contemporary university has sped up the clock. In The Slow Professor, Maggie Berg and Barbara K. Seeber discuss how adopting the principles of the Slow movement in academic life can counter this erosion of humanistic education. Focusing on the individual faculty member and his or her own professional practice, Berg and Seeber present both an analysis of the culture of speed in the academy and ways of alleviating stress while improving teaching, research, and collegiality.

Le ragazze del titolo eravamo noi alla fine degli anni '90.In un appartamento al piano terra di via Milazzo, abitavamo in quattro, o forse in tre, a distanza di 30 anni ancora ne stiamo discutendo…Abbiamo deciso di cominciare a raccontarci in 10 puntate, in cui non abbiamo inventato nulla, a partire dal lavoro che fa da sfondo alle nostre chiacchiere e, quando ci siamo concesse qualche licenza narrativa, lo abbiamo detto esplicitamente.I nomi, quelli sì, li abbiamo cambiati, per pudore, ironia o semplice quieto vivere.Ma quando i nominati si riconosceranno, e lo faranno, speriamo che ...

Thank You for Your Candor is the podcast where two best friends (Sydney and Barbara) say things that probably shouldn’t be preserved on audio, yet here we are. Expect strong opinions, a lot of cackling, and the occasional philosophical crisis disguised as a bit.Got a situation you need advice on? Submit it through the form linked below, and prepare yourself for a response that’s candid and — let’s be honest — probably correct. https://form.typeform.com/to/Ho4EiH0Z

Jede Woche lädt Barbara Schöneberger zum „Frühstück bei Barbara“ ein. Von Matthias Schweighöfer bis Ilka Bessin kommen alle, die sich unbedingt mal von Barbara ein Frühstücksbrot schmieren lassen wollen. Es geht um hartgekochte Eier, um alten Schwitzekäse und wilde, private Gespräche. Trägt Matthias Schweighöfer zum ersten Kaffee morgens nur Socken? Und warum bekommt Max Mutzke Plüsch-Handschellen geschenkt? Das hört ihr samstags ab 6 Uhr in "Frühstück bei Barbara".

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This is the long-awaited update on the best-selling book that offers a practical, accessible reference manual for faculty in any discipline. This new edition contains up-to-date information on technology as well as expanding on the ideas and strategies presented in the first edition. It includes more than 61 chapters designed to improve the teaching of beginning, mid-career, or senior faculty members. The topics cover both traditional tasks of teaching as well as broader concerns, such as diversity and inclusion in the classroom and technology in educational settings.

Studio Hanami è il podcast dedicato al viaggio invisibile: quello che nasce dentro di noi molto prima di una partenza. Barbara, Travel Specialist e Direttore Tecnico, racconta la parte emotiva, intuitiva e profondamente umana che vive sotto ogni scelta, ogni itinerario e ogni trasformazione. Promessa: “Non ti porto solo da un luogo all’altro, ma da una parte di te a un’altra parte di te.” Hanami è un podcast che unisce turismo, visione e umanità — per chi sente, per chi cambia, per chi viaggia anche dentro sé stesso.

Are today's young adults gender rebels or returning to tradition? In Where the Millennials Will Take Us, Barbara J. Risman reveals the diverse strategies youth use to negotiate the ongoing gender revolution. Using her theory of gender as a social structure, Risman analyzes life history interviews with a diverse set of millennials to probe how they understand gender and how they might change it. Some are true believers that men and women are different and should be so. Others are innovators, defying stereotypes, and rejecting sexist ideologies and organizational practices.