Showing results for "On the Make" in Social Sciences

In The Stories We Tell: Mythology to Make Sense of Modern Lives, renowned mythologist Devdutt Pattanaik presents 72 tales from India’s rich treasure of myths and legends. These stories, ranging from folk tales in Andhra Pradesh on Lakshmana to Vedic stories on Indra, urge you to reconsider ideas of good, bad, love, faith and culture.

Brought to you by Penguin. **LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2026* Our laws and justice system are vast and ancient: they might touch our lives when we have an accident, a wrong is done to us, or we have a family difficulty. And they cover everything from the personal to the...

Two all-beef patties. Special sauce. Lettuce. Cheese. Pickles. Onions. On a sesame seed bun. Those words were first penned by an advertising agency in the mid-1970s, and then set to music.

It's common knowledge that rubbing alcohol makes cuts burn. But, why? Find out the answer to this burning question on this episode of Now I Know. Get a scrape or a cut and your first step – after the subtle facial expression you make from the pain – may be to grab some rubbing alcohol. Your goal is to clean off the wound before applying a bandage, as you want to shield the scrape from the elements, and prevent trapping bacteria or other stuff within the injured area.

You are the poet of your own life. So why are you still living inside someone else’s script? How to switch from "Managing Logistics" to "Main Character Energy" in 10 minutes a day. A 5-day audio + email experience isn't self-help. It's a remembering, to bring you back into your body, your aliveness, and your unfiltered self…Without trying to be the “good” version of you. For the full experience (emails, bonus experience & deeper integration), sign up at celebrateagain.org/high-on-life. You don’t need to improve yourself. You need to inhabit yourself.

When Colombia's 'King of Cocaine', Pablo Escobar, was killed, the world thought the cocaine industry would crumble. But ten years later the country's production had almost quadrupled, and for the last decade Colombia has produced more than 60 percent of all the cocaine consumed in the world. The drug is both a curse and a salvation for Colombians. Farmers grow coca for cash but fear discovery. Families must co-operate with drug-funded guerrillas or go on the run.

A revelatory account of the misdemeanor machine that unjustly brands millions of Americans as criminals. Punishment Without Crime offers an urgent new interpretation of inequality and injustice in America by examining the paradigmatic American offense: the lowly misdemeanor. Based on extensive...

How do Tiffany Haddish, Tom Hanks, Meryl Streep and Apple’s Tim Cook turn us on, and why do some other public figures drive us crazy and turn us off? And who are the behind-the-scenes gurus who help public figures turn us on or off? Steven Goldstein, a civil rights leader who has worked in...

"Millions on Election Day Make a Different Decision: Not Voting" is from the November 08, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by Campbell Robertson and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"After Bombing on Jersey Shore, Residents Try to Make Sense of Chaos" is from the September 20, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by Vivian Yee and narrated by Caroline Miller.

"Why I Don’t Make Financial Decisions on My Smartphone" is from the March 27, 2016, Business section of The New York Times. It was written by Shlomo Benartzi and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

The War on Cops exposes the truth about officer use of force and explodes the conceit of "mass incarceration". A rigorous analysis of data shows that crime, not race, drives police actions and prison rates. The growth of proactive policing in the 1990s, along with lengthened sentences for violent crime, saved thousands of minority lives. In fact, Mac Donald argues, no government agency is more dedicated to the proposition that "black lives matter" than today's data-driven, accountable police department.

A thoughtful investigation into the incredible true story of a Black man convicted and exiled under the Oregon Exclusion Law in 1851—and a contemporary White woman wrestling with racism and faith after learning she’s a descendant of two men who assisted in the exile. “A beautiful rendering...

Salut c’est Camille et Justine, dans ce podcast on se pose des questions sur la vie avec des artistes engagé.e.s (humoristes, vidéastes, musicien.ne.s, etc).On aborde des thèmes qui nous sont chers comme le féminisme, la diversité, l'environnement, tout ce qui fait bouger les lignes de notre société. On fait aussi des petits jeux, on chante des jingles, on parle de nos parcours, de culture, d'actualité et des petits bonheurs simples de la vie tout en se tapant des barres de rire. Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.