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Embark on a mesmerising journey with our intrepid traveller as they traverse the globe, uncovering the hidden facts and untold mysteries that lie beneath the surface of the world's most intriguing destinations. From ancient legends and bizarre phenomena to unexplained events and forgotten histories, "Strange but True" delves into the extraordinary and the uncanny. Each episode offers a captivating exploration of a different locale, revealing secrets that challenge our understanding of the world. Join us for an adventure where the line between reality and the unknown is always blurred.Keep ...

One of our greatest philosophers and scientists of the mind asks, where does the self come from -- and how our selves can exist in the minds of others. Can thought arise out of matter? Can self, soul, consciousness, "I" arise out of mere matter? If it cannot, then how can you or I be here? I Am...

A rich and varied collection of contemporary short stories, extracts from novels, and poetry that will go a long way toward informing the English-speaking world of the latest developments in Iranian literature. This sampling - or to use the Farsi term golchine, a bouquet - provides a window onto an important but sorely neglected segment of world culture. We hope it will also serve to awaken further interest in the work and in translations of Iranian novelists and poets.

Strange Burdens is not a biography but a book of political commentary. It examines and analyses Rahul Gandhi's ideas and leadership since he officially entered politics in March 2004. It journeys all the way to the conclusion of the Bharat Jodo Yatra in Srinagar on 30 January 2023 and captures...

The Strange Death of Europe is a highly personal account of a continent and culture caught in the act of suicide. Declining birth rates, mass immigration, and cultivated self-distrust and self-hatred have come together to make Europeans unable to argue for themselves and incapable of resisting their own comprehensive alteration as a society and an eventual end.

How did the world arrive at its current, disorienting state of identity politics, and how should the church respond? Historian Carl R. Trueman discusses how influences ranging from traditional institutions to technology and pornography moved modern culture toward an era of "expressive individualism." Investigating philosophies from the Romantics, Nietzsche, Marx, Wilde, Freud, and the New Left, he outlines the history of Western thought to the distinctly sexual direction of present-day identity politics and explains the modern implications of these ideas.

In Strange Tools: Art and Human Nature, philosopher and cognitive scientist Alva Noë raises a number of profound questions: What is art? Why do we value art as we do? What does art reveal about our nature? Drawing on philosophy, art history, and cognitive science, and making provocative use of examples from all three of these fields, Noë offers new answers to such questions. He also shows why recent efforts to frame questions about art in terms of neuroscience and evolutionary biology alone have been and will continue to be unsuccessful.

This series explores the most bizarre and unbelievable true stories from history. From eerie coincidences and miraculous survival tales to unsolved mysteries and strange scientific phenomena, these real-life events challenge logic and defy explanation. Discover the stories of people who vanished without a trace, wars fought against animals, and mysterious sounds that science can’t explain. Packed with jaw-dropping facts and strange-but-true accounts, this series proves that reality is often stranger than fiction

The Persian Gulf Pro League is the highest level of Iranian soccer. The Iran Pro League, or IPL, as it is often called, dates back to 1970, but has been around since 2001 in its current form. The sixteen teams in the IPL play 30 games over the course of a season; each team plays a home game and an away game against the other fifteen squads. Teams earn 3 points for a win and 1 point for a tie, and the team with the most points at the end of the season is the league champion.

The podcast by YouTubers Colorado Martini that finds strange and curious subjects you want to know more about. On The Strange Podcast, Colorado Martini brings subject matter experts to the table to discuss and find unusual and obscure destinations and subjects.

What's the strangest thing that's ever happened to you? An indie podcast from journalist Christopher Wynn. Often creepy, sometimes funny, always thought-provoking. Tell your story: christopher@strangepod.com

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Taking his lead from his subject, Gershom Scholem - the 20th-century thinker who cracked open Jewish theology and history with a radical reading of Kabbalah - Prochnik combines biography and memoir to counter our contemporary political crisis with an original and urgent reimagining of the future of Israel.

Join us as artificial intelligence unravels Earth's greatest mysteries. From vanishing civilizations to UFO encounters, each episode of AI SPEAKS explores the extraordinary and unexplained. Experience storytelling evolved—where technology illuminates the unknown.

Amidst the evolving disclosure landscape, Strange Intercept™ explores theories, history, and credible reports through conversations with experts, experiencers, and curious minds. Hosted by ET/UAP researcher, actor, and filmmaker Trevor Doyle Nelson (#AlienGuyTrevor™), the show is born from a lifelong fascination that grew into obsession, and is driven by a compulsion to keep searching for answers about all things strange and unknown.

A podcast exploring modern relationships, intimacy, loneliness and love.In an era of hyper connectivity, why does it feel like we've never been further apart?In an intimate exploration of the invisible threads that pull us together and the forces that drive us into isolation. Each month we dive deep into the messy, wonderful, and often complex landscape of raw human connection.CC licenced music - Podcast loop 001 90 bpm - freesound.org/people/josefpres/sounds/581757/

Dive into the intriguing and often macabre tales of local history and superstition in Strange Pages from Family Papers. From the chilling story of the infamous dead hand once kept at Bryn Hall in Lancashire—rumored to possess medicinal powers—to the curious case of a woman using it to combat smallpox, these narratives are sure to both amuse and fascinate modern listeners. Each chapter explores a unique blend of folklore and historical anecdotes that will captivate your imagination. (Summary by David Barnes). Read by an ensemble of talented narrators including Annika Feilbach, Carl ...

In the summer of 1977, Terri Jentz and her Yale roommate, Shayna Weiss, make a cross-country bike trip. They pitch a tent in the desert of central Oregon. As they are sleeping, a man in a pickup truck deliberately runs over the tent. He then attacks them with an ax. The horrific crime is...

A short-form, humorous, unpredictable podcast hosted by Boar’s Blade. Strange stories, weird facts, sarcastic commentary, and a whole lot of “what the hell did I just listen to?” Each episode is quick, punchy, and perfect for people with short attention spans or questionable life choices.

Delve into the enchanting world of Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, also known as Strange Tales of Liaozhai, a mesmerizing collection of nearly five hundred supernatural narratives penned by the talented Pu Songling during the early Qing Dynasty. Written in Classical Chinese, these tales blur the lines between the ordinary and the extraordinary, drawing on a rich tradition of oral storytelling. Pu, believed to have completed most of these stories around 1679, offers readers a captivating glimpse into a realm populated by vixen spirits, ghosts, scholars, court officials, Taoist exorcists, ...