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Fern Podcast is about living intentionally — exploring culture, creativity, and the moments that make life meaningful.

A powerful new cultural history of sex written by one of the UK's most prominent historians. Sex, for the entirety of human history, has never been about reproduction. Statistically speaking, only one out of every one thousand sexual acts between a man and a woman will result in a pregnancy. And...

The never before told story of radical suffragette Kitty Marion. Historian Fern Riddell finds a hidden diary and uses Kitty's own words to tell the story of her sensational life and explosive actions. Kitty Marion was sent across the country by the Pankhurst family to carry out a nationwide...

Wahre Kriegsgeschichte: Ein deutsch-österreichisches Paar beginnt aus der Ferne die Ukraine in ihrem Kampf zu unterstützen. Aus ursprünglichen kleinen Hilfsprojekten werden immer größere, am Ende retten sie damit Leben, gründen eine NGO und arbeiten an der Gründung eines Traumatherapiezentrums. Das Werk erzählt nicht nur die packende Hilfsgeschichte des Paares, es werden auch viele interessante Details der ukrainischen Kultur, Mentalität und der Kriegsereignisse beschrieben, vermischt mit persönlichen und spannenden autobiographischen Einflüssen aus dem Leben des Autors.

Consider the American bumblebee, once the most common bee species in the United States. Its numbers have declined by 90 percent in the last two decades. We’re talking about more than just the loss of an iconic species. Three-fourths of the food crops humans grow depend on pollinators – bees, butterflies, hummingbirds, and more. Industrial monocultures sap the soil. Rampant chemical use poisons our water and our bodies. Reckless stewardship of the land wastes our precious resources. Buzzkill asks why we raise food this way – and how we can change things for the better.

Dispatches from the frontlines of food, farming, and the environment. From the Food & Environment Reporting Network, the producers of Hot Farm, REAP/SOW brings you narrative and investigative reporting that examines the consequences of what we choose to eat and why. Currently featuring BUZZKILL, a six-part series on the pollinator crisis

Experience the dramatic life of Julius Caesar and the fall of the Roman Republic in this gripping biographical history podcast hosted by Trevor Fernes.Step into the heart of Ancient Rome and witness the rise and fall of one of history’s most iconic figures, Julius Caesar. This deep-dive podcast takes listeners on a meticulously researched journey through the Roman Republic’s most pivotal era—an age of political intrigue, military conquest, and the ambitions of powerful men who reshaped history.Follow Julius Caesar’s extraordinary ascent from impoverished noble, navigating the ...

Global tales from the unexamined history of women and money.