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With growing academic responsibilities, family commitments, and inboxes, scholars are struggling to fulfill their writing goals. A finished book - or even steady journal articles - may seem like an impossible dream. But, as Joli Jensen proves, it really is possible to write happily and productively in academe. Jensen begins by busting the myth that universities are supportive writing environments. She points out that academia, an arena dedicated to scholarship, offers pressures that actually prevent scholarly writing.

Join professional comedy writer Joel Morris on a hilarious journey into the hidden world of shared laughter, where he reveals the mechanisms that make jokes work and what comedy can teach us about ourselves. Offering astute analysis of everything from stand-up to slapstick and sitcom to spoof, Morris examines comedic patterns, rhythms, and dynamics to uncover the algorithms that secretly underpin comedy.

As Mark Zuckerberg once put it, "the Age of Privacy is over." But Zuckerberg and others who say "privacy is dead" are wrong. In Why Privacy Matters, Neil Richards explains that privacy isn't dead, but rather up for grabs. Richards shows how the fight for privacy is a fight for power. If we want to preserve our commitments to these precious yet fragile values, we will need privacy rules. Pithy and forceful, this is a must-listen for anyone interested in a topic that sits at the center of so many current problems.

We are all familiar with the image of the immensely clever judge who discerns the best rule of common law for the case at hand. But is this common-law mindset, which is appropriate in its place, suitable also in statutory and constitutional interpretation? In a witty and trenchant essay, Justice Scalia answers this question with a resounding negative.

Fully updated chapters continue to address how technology and increasing levels of education have exposed people to more information than ever before. These societal gains, however, have also helped fuel a surge in narcissistic and misguided intellectual egalitarianism that has crippled informed debates on any number of issues. Over the past several years, the rise of populism and conspiracy theories have taken this to new levels. All voices, even the most ridiculous, demand to be taken with equal seriousness, and any claim to the contrary is dismissed as undemocratic elitism.

How Media Ownership Matters provides a fresh approach to understanding news media power, moving beyond the typical emphasis on market concentration or media moguls. Through a comparative analysis of the US, Sweden, and France, as well as interviews of news executives and editors and an original collection of industry data, this book maps and analyzes four ownership models: market, private, civil society, and public.

Energy Matters offers a compelling look at New Jersey’s energy future—from affordability to innovation, infrastructure, and policy. Each 30 minute episode features in depth interviews with industry leaders, state officials, and community stakeholders. The series is hosted by veteran public affairs strategist Jeanette Hoffman, a familiar voice on NJ and national media outlets.

In Vibrant Matter, the political theorist Jane Bennett, renowned for her work on nature, ethics, and affect, shifts her focus from the human experience of things to things themselves. Bennett argues that political theory needs to do a better job of recognizing the active participation of nonhuman forces in events.

Love and Life Matters is the unfiltered podcast where real conversations happen about tech in relationships, online dating, relationship psychology, AI in love, and healthy communication hacks. Broadcasting from Nigeria, where real conversations meet raw emotions, we keep it raw and relatable—turning heartbreak from online dating into healing, pleasure, and self-improvement. Join us for weekly videos on tech in relationships, dating apps, relationship psychology, AI in love, and healthy communication hacks. Subscribe to Love and Life Matters channels and platforms to build smarter ...

Welcome to MiMMatters, a podcast series dedicated to exploring the fascinating world of marketing in the maritime industry. Hosted by the founders or partners of marketing in maritime, this podcast series delves into the latest trends, strategies, and insights that matter most to maritime marketers. Whether you're a seasoned professional, starting your career in maritime marketing or a business owner, MiMMatters provides valuable knowledge and practical advice to help you navigate the dynamic waters of marketing in the maritime sector. Join us along the series as we dive deep into topics such ...

Welcome to MarketingMatters, the podcast series that dives deep into the world of maritime marketing from an agency/ client perspective. In this insightful podcast, we touch base with maritime company marketing representatives to hear the voice that matters on how agencies can support and empower their marketing teams within the maritime industry.Hosted by us at Wake Media, MarketingMatters engages in candid conversations with maritime companies, discussing their specific pain points, experiences, and successes in marketing. From digital strategies and lead generation to brand positioning and ...

Think you know your rights? Think again. What You Think Doesn’t Matter is an unapologetic, no-BS podcast that exposes the myths, misconceptions, and flat-out lies surrounding law enforcement, justice, and the Constitution. Hosted by Chris Thorn—a 20-year veteran of military and law enforcement with a solid academic foundation—this show delivers raw truth, grounded in fact. If you're easily offended, grab your coloring book and go to your safe space. This one’s not for you. This show is for informational and entertainment purposes only and does not constitute legal advice.

Welcome to The Gray Matters, where we discuss more than just the hot topics and headlines of the day from a Black man’s perspective. We appreciate that we are not a monolith and every subject deserves to be explored with nuance giving a view from all sides of the culture. So, we’re here to hopefully bring that to you every week with a little bit of nuance, class, and fun. Our panel consist of 3 guys that are absolutely nothing alike and you’ll soon come to find out just how much we love each other in spite of our sometimes very big differences.

Houston Matters is a radio program airing weekdays at 9 am on Houston Public Media News 88.7 FM in Houston. During each hour, we’ll investigate the issues and ideas, people and places that make Houston…well…Houston! We’ll talk about current events, politics, education, health care, the environment, business, transportation, arts and culture, literature, sports and leisure. But we also hope that what we do each day on Houston Matters serves as the beginning of a conversation — one we hope you’ll continue here, at home, at work, with family, with friends and neighbors. We hope to ...

E. D. Hirsch, author of The Knowledge Deficit, draws on recent findings in neuroscience and data from France to provide new evidence for the argument that a carefully planned, knowledge-based elementary curriculum is essential to providing the foundations for children's life success and ensuring equal opportunity for students of all backgrounds. In the absence of a clear, common curriculum, Hirsch contends that tests are reduced to measuring skills rather than content, and that students from disadvantaged backgrounds cannot develop the knowledge base to support high achievement.

The Mid Michigan matters podcast has an ultra local focus of what’s happening in our Mid Michigan community; from local happenings, charity events, to how you can give back to our community. If it matters in Mid Michigan we want to talk about it on the Mid Michigan Matters podcast

In Why the Nineties Matter, Terry Anderson provides a broad-ranging history of America in that decade. Not simply a chronological account, the book focuses on key trends that either began or gained steam then and which have had lasting effects until this day. Threading together politics, economic transformations, and sociocultural trends, he focuses on what mattered most in retrospect.

In Making All Black Lives Matter, award-winning historian and longtime activist Barbara Ransby outlines the scope and genealogy of this movement, documenting its roots in Black feminist politics and situating it squarely in a Black radical tradition, one that is anti-capitalist, internationalist, and focused on some of the most marginalized members of the Black community.

The legal home to over a million companies, Delaware has more registered businesses than residents. Why do virtually all of the biggest corporations in the United States register there? This book reveals how a systematic enterprise lies behind the business-friendly corporate veneer, one that has kept the state afloat financially by diverting public funds away from some of the poorest people in the United States and supporting dictators and criminals across the world.

Africa Matters is a youth-led organization changing the African narrative through leadership skills, capacity building, and community impact projects. Building on the organization's existing empowerment pathways—THE AFRICA MATTERS PODCAST will provide yet another pathway for African youth and diaspora to build their knowledge by listening to the stories of other Africans actively working to empower and uplift our continent. Season 2 is hosted by Aluwani Ramarumo