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Before the nineteenth century, the term normal was rarely ever associated with human behaviour. Normal was a term used in maths, for right angles. People weren't normal; triangles were. But from the 1830s, this branch of science really took off across Europe and North America, with a proliferation of IQ tests, sex studies, a census of hallucinations—even a UK beauty map. This audiobook tells the surprising history how the very notion of the normal came about, how it shaped us all, often while entrenching oppressive values.

“I think you guys should start a podcast with Jake.” The podcast started with a group text from Maggie, Jake’s wife. A few months later, Holdeman and Fin sat down with Jake to find out what was behind Maggie’s text (besides her usual motivations of starting a wildly successful business that would allow us all to retire at 40). Jake shared that he just had a nagging desire to ‘do something’. Life was good, work was good, but still, something creative and generative seemed untapped within him. He needed a passion project and had a hunch that a podcast might be that. Holdeman proposed...

hola, soy SNUFF. desde hace más de 5 años narro creepypastas como ficción sonora y luego los comento, intentando ir más allá del simple "esto me gusta". cada episodio se divide en dos partes: 👻 Primero, la lectura dramatizada del creepypasta (por ejemplo: 003_PALE_LUNA.wav) ☝️🤓 Luego, un episodio de análisis y reflexión (003_comentario_PALE_LUNA.wav) ¿qué tienen de real estas historias? ¿de dónde surgieron? ¿por qué nos dan miedo? ¿qué significan realmente? Los creepypastas, hermanos menores de las leyendas urbanas, a veces nacen en foros olvidados, pero casi siempre ...

What if justice were normal? What and who will it take to imagine new habits, processes, and structures that default to loving care, anti-bias, pro-Earth, and solidarity? Across the globe, people — from activists and entrepreneurs, to impact investors and artists — are asking these questions and practicing change in their organizations, communities, and homes. We’ll hear from leaders Dr. Gillian Marcelle, Sikowis Nobiss, Rodney Foxworth and Mitra Kalita. To write these leader’s stories into the record, Make Justice Normal co-founder, Monique Aiken, takes us on their journeys of ...