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Kick back with us as we take on life, marriage, and everything in between. Whether we’re debating our latest thoughts, chasing big goals, or just chatting about our week, The Beck Family Podcast is your weekly dose of fun and real talk. Come hang out with the Becks!

Under åren 1965 till 1975 kom författarna Maj Sjöwall och Per Wahlöö ut med tio böcker om kriminalkommissarie Martin Beck. Sviten fick titeln Roman om ett brott och skulle bli banbrytande. Så här kunde deckare skrivas! Så här kunde Sverige skildras!

Leaving the Saints is an unforgettable memoir about one woman’s spiritual quest and journey toward faith. As “Mormon royalty” within the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Martha Beck was raised in a home frequented by the Church’s high elders—known as the apostles—and her...

Leaving the Saints is an unforgettable memoir about one woman’s spiritual quest and journey toward faith. As “Mormon royalty” within the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Martha Beck was raised in a home frequented by the Church’s high elders—known as the apostles—and her...

You are listening to My Motherhood by Beck Stanton. A podcast dedicated to helping women who have become mother’s become confident and clear-minded in themselves.Do you feel like you don’t even know who you are anymore and are mothering on autopilot because you are constantly triaging the needs of your kids, your home and your life? In this podcast we honestly explore the major changes that every woman goes through when she becomes a mother (matrescence). We look at the absolute quagmire of a bind that the modern mother finds herself in stuck between having all the options available but ...

What do you get when you cross multi-hyphenate content creator and recording artist Larri Marritt (@Larray) with the boy next door soccer superstar Noah Beck (@noahbeck)? The most unexpected, hilarious podcast: "Put a Sock In It." A weekly show where these unlikely BFF's tackle personal issues, drama, and spill the tea. This podcast features a wide range of influencers, athletes, actors, moms, therapists, financial advisors, with the occasional appearance from Larray's loving grandmother. You can join in on the fun by going to the Put a Sock In It Hotline with your most pressing friend/...

On February 29, 1948, Richard Wurmbrand was arrested by the secret police. His crimes? Leading Christian worship and witnessing—both of which were illegal under the atheistic Communist regime of Romania. Richard spent fourteen years in prison. He was tortured, beaten, and locked into a solitary confinement cell. Sabina Wurmbrand spent three years in a labor camp,nearly freezing to death as she and other prisoners worked on the Danube Canal. She was repeatedly told her husband had died behind bars.

This is how they did it. These are the strategies that built the biggest companies in the world, and made their owners the richest men in the world. Includes sections on Steve Jobs and Apple; Bill Gates and Microsoft; McDonald’s and Ray Croc; Thomas Edison and General Electric; the Coca Cola Company; the Rockefellers and Standard Oil; the Hershey Chocolate Company; Sam Walton and Walmart; Henry Ford of the Ford Motor Company and Andrew Carnegie of U.S. Steel.

Som mange andre ambitiøse bjergbestigere drog Beck Weathers i maj 1996 mod toppen af verdens højeste bjerg. Under topforsøget eksploderede en rasende storm på Everest og resulterede i den hidtil mest tragiske dag på bjerget nogensinde, hvor ni mennesker mistede livet. Også Weathers blev fanget i stormen og måtte kaempe for sit liv højt oppe på bjerget. De redningsfolk, der dagen efter gik tilbage efter ham, fandt Beck Weathers i en tilstand af hypotermisk koma og overlod ham til døden på bjerget. Men 12 timer senere skete det umulige - Weathers dukkede pludselig frem af snemasserne blaendet af solen, uden sine handsker og staerkt underafkølet - men i live.

Pippa Goldschmidt ist in England geboren, wohin ihr jüdischer Großvater Ernst 1936 vor den Nazis fliehen musste. Ein Großvater, von dem sie kaum mehr weiß, als dass er einer der wenigen Menschen war, die im Ersten Weltkrieg für und im Zweiten Weltkrieg gegen Deutschland gekämpft haben. Nach dem Brexit beantragt Pippa Goldschmidt die deutsche Staatsbürgerschaft und zieht nach Frankfurt a. M., die ehemalige Heimat von Ernst. Sie möchte herausfinden, ob sie sich dort zu Hause fühlen kann, ohne von ihrer Familiengeschichte überwältigt zu werden.

As a child, Joseph Beck heard the stories - when other lawyers came up with excuses, his father courageously defended a Black man charged with raping a White woman. Now a lawyer himself, Beck reconstructs his father's role in State of Alabama vs. Charles White, Alias, a trial that was much publicized when Harper Lee was 12 years old.

Welcome to the Odd Ones Out podcast!Now, you may notice that we haven't published an episode for a few weeks, but that's just because some life admin has come up and got in the way.We are still here, and still planning for future episodes, so please bear with us. In the meantime, if you haven't already subscribed, please do - that way you'll be notified as soon as we have got the show up and running again!Beck and Maz xAbout the Podcast:As people who have always felt they're on the outside looking in, Maz and Beck explore personal core beliefs and driving behaviours which hold them back, with...

Junk to Jewels podcast was inspired by Georgette Beck's first book, Junk to Jewels, A Journey from Brokenness and Despair to Beauty and Delight. The book is available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1964508150 Junk to Jewels podcast with Georgette Beck will inspire, educate, encourage, motivate, and give hope to listeners as they heal from their past, in the present, for their future. Georgette is not afraid to share her heart with listeners, for heart matters, truly matter! All heart matters come up for discussion, including healing from divorce, loss, abandonment, rejection, insecurity,...

Do you ever find yourself “Worked Up” about work? About a promotion? Your boss? A colleague? If so, you’re in the right place. Welcome to Worked Up, the podcast where you'll learn to navigate the workplace, your career, and business with a little more ease and a lot less angst. Join podcast host Jaclyn Beck – Business and Career strategist, Certified Executive and Career coach, and Founder of Jaclyn Beck Consulting – as she speaks with business professionals across various industries about feeling "Worked Up.” From figuring out how to scale a business and build a strong culture to ...

Die Kreuzfahrer, die zurück in ihre Heimatdörfer humpelten und vertrocknete Palmblätter aus dem Heiligen Land auf die Altäre der Kirchen legten, hatten 1099 gesiegt: Jerusalem war in christlicher Hand. Was zählte der gemeinsame Glaube, wenn es um Gold und Macht ging?

Sie nannten ihn das "achte Fußball-Weltwunder" - und meinten damit Gerd Müller, der als Torjäger noch heute alle Rekorde hält. Wer war dieser Mann, der vom Provinzkicker aus ärmlichsten Verhältnissen zum Weltstar aufstieg, reich wurde und dann nach einem Ausflug in das Fußballentwicklungsland Amerika alkoholsüchtig in der Gosse landete? Der Historiker Hans Woller schildert die Etappen dieser ungewöhnlichen Karriere - aus kritischer Distanz und zugleich voller Empathie. Die Geschichte des FC Bayern München ist dabei stets präsent.

Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank takes a fair and balanced look at the unsettling rise of the silly Fox News host Glenn Beck. Thomas Jefferson famously wrote that the tree of Liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure. In America in 2010, Glenn Beck provides the very refreshment Jefferson had in mind: Whether he's the patriot or the tyrant, he's definitely full of manure.

Wer heute staunend vor der Akropolis in Athen oder den betörenden Fresken von Pompeji steht, übersieht leicht die breite Blutspur, die Griechen und Römer durch die Geschichte gezogen haben. Zwar grüßen aus der Vergangenheit klangvolle Namen wie Achill oder Romulus, Perikles oder Alexander, Caesar oder Augustus. Höchste Zeit für eine andere Geschichte der Antike! Von der Eroberung Trojas bis zum Fall Roms: Michael Sommer und Stefan von der Lahr erzählen uns die ganze verdammte Wahrheit, faktentreu, farbecht und ohne Tabus.

"Zu Fuß?" "Zu Fuß." "Allein?" "Allein." - Am 22. Januar 2020 macht sich Christiane Hoffmann in einem Dorf in Niederschlesien auf den Weg. Sie läuft 550 Kilometer nach Westen, es ist der Weg, auf dem ihr Vater im Winter 1945 vor der Roten Armee geflohen ist. Die Flucht und der Verlust der Heimat prägen die Kindheit der Autorin, es bleibt, wie bei so vielen Familien, eine Wunde. Nach dem Tod des Vaters kehrt die Tochter nach Rosenthal zurück, das jetzt Rózyna heißt. Sie sucht nach der Geschichte und ihren Narben.

Singer Brenda Lee and authors Jane Farrell-Beck and Colleen Gau on this edition of Fresh Air. Brenda Lee is one of the early rock 'n' roll singers, with hits such as "I'm Sorry", "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree", and "Break It To Me Gently." She's just been inducted into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame, class of 2002. She's also in the Country Music Hall of Fame. Lee was born Brenda Mae Tarpley in Atlanta. At the age of 13, in 1957, she made her debut at the Grand Ole Opry.