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The David Ross Show is a free audio and video podcast featuring guests and discussions of current events, cultural trends, politics, and social issues. Pragmatism over ideology, and practicality over identity. Irreverence over all. With in-depth conversation, educational interviews, and entertaining discussions, this show has something for everyone. Find out more at www.TheDavidRossShow.com

Dark Darzet - The podcast of weird Dorset From pixies to poltergeists, witches to woodwose, hear David @Phishtitz & Ross @Revoltingross (General Witchfinders) explore the legends, folklore and outright weirdness in Dorset.Be sure to subscribe and listen to the podcast, available here and on all major pod catchers: https://tr.ee/TnqcmN7Wn5We also sell Dark Darzet T-Shirts: https://tr.ee/58AK3noXCVAlso follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/darkdarzet Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ever since Carl Linnaeus's binomial system of scientific names was adopted in the 18th century, scientists have been eponymously naming organisms in ways that both honor and vilify their namesakes. This charming, informative, and accessible history examines the fascinating stories behind taxonomic nomenclature, from Linnaeus himself naming a small and unpleasant weed after a rival botanist to the recent influx of scientific names based on pop-culture icons-including David Bowie's spider, Frank Zappa's jellyfish, and Beyonce's fly.

On March 11, 2011, an earthquake large enough to knock the earth from its axis sent a massive tsunami speeding toward the Japanese coast and the aging and vulnerable Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power reactors. Over the following weeks, the world watched in horror as a natural disaster became a man-made catastrophe: fail-safes failed, cooling systems shut down, nuclear rods melted.

Not far from Seattle skyscrapers live 150-year-old clams, more than 250 species of fish, and underwater kelp forests as complex as any terrestrial ecosystem. For millennia, vibrant Coast Salish communities have lived beside these waters dense with nutrient-rich foods, with cultures intertwined through exchanges across the waterways. Transformed by settlement and resource extraction, Puget Sound and its future health now depend on a better understanding of the region's ecological complexities.

As intriguing today as when it was first published, Hume's An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding is a fascinating exploration into the nature of human knowledge. Using billiard balls, candles, and other colorful examples, Hume conveys the core of his empiricism - that true knowledge can be gained only through sensory experience.

David Marr has written for the Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and The Monthly, been editor of the National Times, a reporter for Four Corners, presenter of ABC TV's Media Watch and now writes for the Guardian. His books include Patrick White: A Life, The High Price of Heaven, Dark Victory (with Marian Wilkinson) and five Quarterly Essays: 'His Master's Voice', 'Power Trip', 'Political Animal', 'The Prince' and 'Faction Man'.