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Raven Thorne uncovers the truth behind crop circles, revealing how ordinary people with simple tools created elaborate field formations that fooled the world. Each episode explores the artists, techniques, and enduring mythology of history's most beautiful hoax. For more content like this, visit QuietPlease.aiThis show includes AI-generated content.

This podcast shares stories of fugitives that have been caught and those still on the run. Includes interviews with law enforcement and even some fugitives

When two English pranksters confessed to creating hundreds of crop circles with rope and boards, it sparked both relief and outrage — but their revelation only deepened the mystery. Join Lucien Graves as he explores the ingenious hoaxers, the believers who refuse evidence, and the lingering question of whether every formation has a human fingerprint. For more content like this, visit QuietPlease.aiThis show includes AI-generated content.

With Princess Sultana's Circle, the extraordinary story of Princess Sultana continues. The forced marriage of Sultana's niece to a cruel and depraved older man, and Sultana's discovery of the harem of sex slaves kept by a royal cousin, makes this brave royal princess more determined than ever to fight the oppression of women in Saudi Arabia. Princess Sultana's cause is given an extra sense of urgency against the background of increased dissent against the Al Sa'uds, and the looming specter of Islamic fundamentalism.

The third and most ambitious of Michael Palin's adventures is a voyage of epic proportions - the circumnavigation of the Pacific Rim. He travels for almost a year through the 18 countries that border the world's largest ocean, and is forced to negotiate mountains, plunging gorges, cross glaciers and dodge icebergs. Volcanoes also mark Palin's journey. He climbs one which has freshly erupted and follows great rivers like the Yangtze and the Amazon to some of the most remote places on earth.

On a misty Monday - 21st June 1948 - the MV Empire Windrush sailed up the Thames and anchored at Tilbury Dock, London. There were a total of 1,027 passengers on board with 802 passengers from British Colonies in the West Indies. The infamous images of the passengers walking down the gangplank the next morning would be the moment the Windrush Generation was born. A Circle of Five reflects on the stories of the 300,000 or so making the same journey between 1948 and 1971 by showcasing the voices of five Jamaican women, Evelyn, Emma, Irene, Ivy and Melissa.

I stumble across a photo of me, aged ten. My immediate thought is: 'Who is that girl?' I remember her but I don't recognise myself in her. She was so determined. Once she knew what she wanted, she'd just head straight for it. From a childhood in rural Piopio, Jenny-May Coffin grew up to achieve...

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I sit by your bed and watch you, as I sometimes do. There are days when you are so beautiful and vivacious and alive, we cannot believe that you are going to die. Other days, we are convinced you are at death's door and that this, this is the day that we will lose you … Now I bear witness to...

The bestselling author of The Sellout tells the explosive story of the government’s crackdown on insider-trading networks—an investigation that has already racked up more than 60 convictions. In Circle of Friends, award-winning journalist Charles Gasparino—one of Wall Street's most...

A NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER THE SUNDAY TIMES LITERARY AWARD WINNER AN LA TIMES BOOK PRIZE FINALIST A WASHINGTON POST AND NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR A deeply researched, shattering new account of Nelson Mandela’s relationship with Winnie...

Before the Soviet invasion of 1980, Enjeela Ahmadi remembers her home - Kabul, Afghanistan - as peaceful, prosperous, and filled with people from all walks of life. But after her mother, unsettled by growing political unrest, leaves for medical treatment in India, the civil war intensifies, changing young Enjeela’s life forever. Amid the rumble of invading Soviet tanks, Enjeela and her family are thrust into chaos and fear when it becomes clear that her mother will not be coming home.

Circle of Treason is the first account written by CIA agents who were key members of the CIA team that conducted the intense "Ames Mole Hunt." Sandra Grimes and Jeanne Vertefeuille were two of the five principals of the CIA team tasked with hunting one of their own and were directly responsible for identifying Ames as the mole, leading to his arrest and conviction.

Set against the lush backdrop of Crosswicks, her family's farmhouse in rural Connecticut, this deeply personal memoir details Madeleine L'Engle's journey to find balance between her career as a Newbery Medal-winning author and her responsibilities as a wife, mother, teacher, and Christian.

🎙️ It’s A Circle — A Comedy Podcast with a Twist of Mystery! 🔍👽👻 Join Miller, Damion, Tony, and Brandon as they dive headfirst into the weird, wild, and unexplained! From cryptids and conspiracies to hauntings and horror stories, It’s A Circle blends humor with the mysterious to keep you laughing—and maybe even questioning reality. 🛸 Bigfoot? Aliens? Government cover-ups? No topic is too strange for this crew. 👻 Expect laughs, debates, and the occasional chill down your spine. 🔄 New episodes drop every Tuesday, so circle up and let’s get weird!

The Honest Circle es un espacio de conversaciones reales y experiencias sin filtro. Aquí hablamos de relaciones, crecimiento personal, dudas que normalmente no se dicen en voz alta y momentos cotidianos que también forman parte del proceso. No es un podcast de “tener todas las respuestas”, es un espacio para cuestionar, reflexionar y compartir desde la honestidad. También exploramos experiencias fuera del estudio — viajes, planes, citas y situaciones reales — siempre desde una mirada auténtica y sin exageraciones.

Former soldier Rob Langdon was working as a security contractor in Afghanistan when he was found guilty of murder and sentenced to death in a case that would have been ruled a clear miscarriage of justice in the British legal system. His sentence was commuted to 20 years in jail, and he served his time in Kabul's most notorious prison, Pul-e-Charkhi, described as the world's worst place to be a Westerner.

From celebrated storyteller "Sean of the South" comes an unforgettable memoir of love, loss, the friction of family memories, and the unlikely hope that you're gonna be alright. Sean Dietrich was twelve years old when he scattered his father's ashes from the mountain range. His father was a man...

Young cast and writers of the drama series Circle North talk about the health and social issues that are affecting young people in the UK. A great resource for teachers, youth workers and anyone working with young people to get a real insight from young people on current trends and what matters most to them.

On this show, the Circle Of Light members discuss all manner of things to do with their music, interests, pursuits and more. Hosted by Fred Glenister and Husna Khalid.This podcast series is supported by funding from The Lottery Community Fund and the People's Health Trust. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.