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A fascinating, cinematic, multigenerational history of the Cuban mob in the US from ""America’s top chronicler of organized crime""* and New York Times bestselling author of Havana Nocturne. By the mid 1980s, the criminal underworld in the United States had become an ethnic polyglot; one of...

When Speaker Newt Gingrich greeted Dr. David Lewis in his office overlooking the National Mall, he looked at Dr. Lewis and said: "You know you’re going to be fired for this, don’t you?" "I know," Dr. Lewis replied, "I just hope to stay out of prison." Gingrich had just read Dr. Lewis' commentary in Nature, titled "EPA Science: Casualty of Election Politics".

Dealers of Lightning is the riveting story of the legendary Xerox PARC'a collection of eccentric young inventors brought together by Xerox Corporation at a facility in Palo Alto, California, during the mind-blowing intellectual ferment of the seventies and eighties. Here for the first time is...

Everyone has a story to tell. Stories of heroism, acts of kindness, near death experiences, success, failure, etc. These stories are usually of people from a far , but what about the stories from right here, Down the Bayou? Now is the time for these stories to be shared with the world. Bless Your Heart Nonprofit Corporation presents, The DTB Podcast. Come and join us as we sit down with these interesting people to give them the chance to tell their story.

In his much-anticipated memoir, The Company I Keep: My Life in Beauty, Chairman Emeritus and former CEO of The Estée Lauder Companies Leonard A. Lauder shares the business and life lessons he learned as well as the adventures he had while helping transform the mom-and-pop business his mother...

A stunning investigation and indictment of a segment of the United States' foreign lobbying industry, and the threat to end democracy. For years, one group of Americans has worked as foot-soldiers for the most authoritarian regimes around the planet. In the process, they've not only entrenched...

An expert on ethical leadership analyzes the complicated history of business people who tried to marry the pursuit of profits with virtuous organizational practices—from British industrialist Robert Owen to American retailer John Cash Penney and jeans maker Levi Strauss to such modern-day...

What if the traditional narrative about immigrant women--that those who come to the United States will succeed as long as they work hard, stay focused, and have supportive families--is a lie? Of the 73 million women in the US workforce, 11.5 million are foreign-born. The truth is--even in the...

The astonishing story of America’s airwaves, the two friends—one a media mogul, the other a famous inventor—who made them available to us, and the government which figured out how to put a price on air. This is the origin story of the airwaves—the foundational technology of the...

In his stunning memoir, Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, John Perkins detailed his former role as an "economic hit man" in the international corporate skulduggery of a de facto American Empire. Now Perkins zeroes in on hot spots around the world, drawing on interviews to examine the current...

From an award-winning New York Times investigative reporter comes a gripping account of one of the most captivating and bizarre tales in the history of the FBI and corporate America. It was one of the FBI's biggest secrets: Mark Whitacre, a senior executive at Archer Daniels Midland--America's...

From an award-winning New York Times investigative reporter comes a gripping account of one of the most captivating and bizarre tales in the history of the FBI and corporate America. It was one of the FBI's biggest secrets: Mark Whitacre, a senior executive at Archer Daniels Midland--America's...

Welcome to Born on the Rock: Gibraltar Birth Stories podcast, with host and producer Lucinda Snape.This weekly podcast is a collection of fascinating stories about what it's like to have a baby in Gibraltar - a small British Overseas Territory, with an average of one birth per day.These are ordinary women telling extraordinary events in their own words, capturing the emotional highs and lows involved in starting a family. There's a huge range of topics covered including stories of twins, triplets, fast arrivals, and premature babies requiring care from outside Gibraltar... plus powerful taboos...

Dan and Chris have been best friends for over 35 years. They have gone through many life experiences together. Since 2016, along with a few other friends, they endeavored to start a fan run comic convention in Rochester, NY. There have been many trials and tribulations of that, but they were able to successfully get that convention running, and have ultimately had a lot of fun doing it! We love nerd culture. We love living life. Come and experience life with us, and along the way, maybe we’ll all save the world together!

Ūndūire Witū | Tabarīra ya mwanya īrīa ììmūrīkaga rūthiomi, mītugo, mīikarīre, mitaratara, mīgambo, magai, macuumo, magongona, mawīko ona mīgiro harī Agīkūyū. Tabarīra īno ūrehagīrwo oo Saturday 8pm to midnight nī Martin Ndūng'ū wa Kamande Mūmbūi wa mbarī ya Gīceerū na Mūtonyi/Mūgongoni Cibu Michael Kanyonga wa Mūkono Mūmbūi wa mbarī ya Gakobu

How did Tata transform itself from a family-owned business to one of the most professionally managed enterprises in the world? How did it become a world leader in an array of unrelated businesses-from steel and automobile manufacturing to hotels and IT consulting? What exactly is the 'Tata Way'...

北海道で伝説的な深夜番組を作ってきた男、藤村忠寿。多くの人を惹きつけてやまない「ひげ」が東京虎ノ門でラジオを始める。この番組では日々全国を飛び回る活動の報告や、これからの彼の活動が語られる、筋書きのないラジオである。ここから新たな藤村忠寿の千夜一夜が始まる。