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Learn about the life of John F Kennedy with iMinds insightful audio knowledge series.

On November 22, 1963, America was stunned. The events of that day would reverberate around the world and throughout history. The 35th president of the United States, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, had been killed. He was the fourth American president to be assassinated in office, but in the 1960s it was different - there was television.

Barely educated and valued since childhood strictly for his labor, Ernaux's father had grown into a hard, practical man who showed his family little affection. Narrating his slow ascent towards material comfort, Ernaux's cold observation reveals the shame that haunted her father throughout his life. She scrutinizes the importance he attributed to manners and language that came so unnaturally to him as he struggled to provide for his family with a grocery store and cafe in rural France.

Beneath the wide skies of Orkney, Linda Gask recalls her career as a consultant psychiatrist an her lifelong struggle with her own mental health. After the favelas of Brazil, the glittering cities of the Middle East and the forests of Haida Gwaii. Will she find perspective, spiritual relief and healing in her own home?

In seventeen intimate essays, poet Molly McCully Brown explores living within and beyond the limits of a body--in her case, one shaped since birth by cerebral palsy, a permanent and often painful movement disorder.

Binyavanga Wainaina tumbled through his middle-class Kenyan childhood out of kilter with the world around him. Here he takes us through his chaotic school days, his attempt to study in South Africa, a moving family reunion in Uganda, and his travels around Kenya. The landscape in front of him always claims his main attention, but he also evokes the shifting political scene that unsettles his views on family, tribe, and nationhood.

Martin Doyle, Books Editor of The Irish Times, offers a personal, intimate history of the Troubles seen through the microcosm of a single rural parish, his own, part of both the Linen Triangle–heartland of the North's defining industry–and the Murder Triangle–the Badlands roamed by the Glenanne gang of security forces colluding with loyalist paramilarites. He lifts the veil of silence drawn over the horrors of the past, recording in heartrending detail the terrible toll the conflict took–more than 20 violent deaths in a few square miles–and the long tail of trauma it has left behind.

Host Ryan Patey talks with vegans around the world about their personal experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic in an effort to find common connections while also educating listeners about the differences too.

Mysteries Across the World is your passport to the world’s most baffling and unexplained cases—delivered in quick, compelling episodes that get straight to the mystery. Each bite-sized story takes you across continents, uncovering chilling disappearances, eerie legends, and unsolved crimes that have confounded investigators for decades.From the shadowy backstreets of Europe to the remote wilderness of South America, every episode packs a mystery into just minutes—perfect for those who love a dose of the unexplained but don’t have time for a deep dive. Whether it’s a ghostly ...

Podcast done like a news magazine, about small town life and faith in central Texas. Segments include profiles of CCM/Gospel artists from Texas or with Texas ties, community news covering communites of Rosebud, Lott, and Chilton Texas, and recap of services from where I go to church.Episodes drop every Sunday morining around nine.Recorded by host in home.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/highways-and-byways--5767025/support.