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Rare eyewitness account of early, chaotic days of WWII - Nazi invasion of Poland, Siege of Warsaw, and first months of Occupation - written by a young working mother. Rulka Langer's eye for detail and lively storytelling bring to life, from her unique vantage point, the opening chapter of the struggle between good and evil which ultimately engulfed the entire globe.

Born into a daring, musical family in 1886, Annette Kellerman was a force of nature and made for the stage – her first love – and encouraged to defy social norms from a young age. But after she was diagnosed with rickets as a child she took up swimming for therapy, and soon she became an Australian champion, beating boys, breaking records and astonishing huge crowds by diving from great heights. By 1905, Kellerman was 18 and on her way to England in an attempt to swim the Channel and challenge endurance records in the Thames.

The Mermaid and the Lion is a scripted audio drama about two imperfect people who are working on perfecting their love for one another. All relationships are not created equal and no one has the right to determine if your situation is toxic but you. Staying married forever is almost an anomaly; and those who make it have a very dirty story to tell. Angel and Gazza believe they are on the right path to making it last; but the key to their success is understanding where they've been, what brought them together, and what keeps them in love. You may or may not agree with their decisions, ...

Home of Metal presents 'At The Mermaid'. The Mermaid was a large, dilapidated pub in Sparkhill, a working-class neighbourhood three miles south of Birmingham city centre. The laid-back landlords welcomed teenage punks, hippies and rockers to play weirdo music in the upstairs room, charging very little money for very bad cider. The Mermaid became a hub of DIY music scene in the 1980s, with £1 gigs, punk all-dayers, 'zine and tape swapping. It was also a site of political education for many, and hunt saboteurs gathered at the Mermaid before taking direct action. In creating this podcast, we ...

Why should we have to imagine the experiences of those who were enslaved in the United States of America? We shouldn’t have to…Matter of fact, we DON’T have to. Mind of a Slave captures the thoughts and experiences of previously enslaved persons who were still living in the 1930s. These little-known interviews with hundreds of men and women will be transported to life episode by episode in this dynamic audio series. Their thoughts on freedom, the current times, and simple conversations will all be brought to your ears. Listen to every episode to truly examine – THE MIND OF A SLAVE.

From a Black philosopher and the author of The Politics of Black Joy, an epic retelling of American history from slavery to Jim Crow from the perspective of the Black women who used magic and spirituality to gain freedom and reshape the culture of the nation. The Conjuring of America tells the...

Prepare yourself for a FORGIVENESS EXPERIENCE. The Forgiven Podcast retells Bible Scandals in a more modern setting focusing on forgiveness in a cancel culture. This series will touch on forgiveness by dramatizing some of the most scandalous stories in the Bible accompanied by Scripture Readings, Sermonettes, Affirmations, Gospel Music, and Personal Stories of Forgiveness. Join us on the journey to remind everyone that we too can be forgiven.

With each week bringing a new theme ranging from mysterious events to shocking sex stories, comedy duo Jenn and Chase compete to see who can find the weirdest and funniest stories on the Internet. Things get a little crazy, but that’s where The Ref comes in, keeping the fight clean and deciding the weekly champ. Winner gets... well, nothing, but it’s still a lot of fun to listen in, laugh along, and find yourself yelling what the f*ck?!

Long before The Brothers Grimm, there was a sisterhood of writers who defied the patriarchy and launched a literary craze with their feminist fairy tales—these are their stories. In 17th century Paris, a group of women who called themselves conteuses (female storytellers) came together to...