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Bloomberg's Joe Weisenthal and Tracy Alloway explore the most interesting topics in finance, markets and economics. Join the conversation every Monday and Thursday.

Robert Lustig’s 90-minute YouTube video “Sugar: The Bitter Truth”, has been viewed more than two million times. Now, in this much anticipated book, he documents the science and the politics that has led to the pandemic of chronic disease over the last 30 years. In the late 1970s when the...

Is zero odd or even? Find out how India drove around the problem on this episode of Now I Know. Zero is an even number. Let’s get that out of the way. But if that gave you pause, you’re not alone – it can be a little hard to internalize. That’s why Wikipedia has a surprisingly long entry discussing the subject and why, according to a study from the 1990s (as explained by the BBC), “people are 10% slower at deciding whether zero is odd or even than other numbers.”

Ordinary is not as ordinary as you think. History is written by the loudest and most charismatic victors, but are silent about the true movers and shakers: the rebels, the honest servants, the quiet doers, the square pegs in a round hole, and the ordinary believers who kept showing up.Through...

Against All Odds is the extraordinary personal story of the man who rose up to meet the challenge of terrific opposition and become one of America's most promising new political figures—Senator Scott Brown. Brown is famous for succeeding popular Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy after...

George Gissing’s 1893 gripping novel The Odd Women explores themes like the role of women in society, marriage, morals, and the nascent feminist movement. Set in London, Gissing's women range from the independent free-thinker Rhoda Nunn and the idealistic Mary Barfoot to the Madden sisters who struggle to make a living. The characters make their choices - some traditional and some bravely non-traditional, in two main plot lines. A remarkable late Victorian narrative, The Odd Women chronicles the shifting roles of women in a changing society in a most arresting way.

There are few people Gyles Brandreth doesn't know or hasn't met. Now a grandparent, he traces his steps back to being a three-year-old tearing around 1950s London on his tricycle, to boarding school where he had an appendix removed simply to get out of football, to Bedales, where he met Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, to balancing his growing love of theatre with his love for educating, the 'woolly jumper years', the stint as an MP, the years of close friendship with the queen, to becoming a septuagenarian Twitter star and stalwart fixture in British entertainment.

While we joke that men are from Mars and women are from Venus, our gender differences can't compare to those of other animals. For instance: the male garden spider spontaneously dies after mating with a female more than fifty times his size. Female cichlids must guard their eggs and larvae--even from the hungry appetites of their own partners. And male blanket octopuses employ a copulatory arm longer than their own bodies to mate with females that outweigh them by four orders of magnitude. Why do these gender gulfs exist?

Join writer Dave Hendrick and artist Ben Hennessy as they ask guests from the world of comic books and beyond “What’s your favorite apocalypse?”Be it the destruction of Pompeii, the cancellation of a beloved tv show, or just your common or garden asteroid, Dave and Ben find out that everyone’s world ends a little differently.Ben’s Twitter https://twitter.com/BennessyBen’s site https://bennessy.comDave’s Twitter https://twitter.com/DaveHendrickDave’s site is https://davehendrick.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Welcome to the Odd Fellow Podcast! Get your weekly dose of weird with me, Dean Pavel, the crazy voice in your head that you've been trying to ignore. Here I'll be talking about any and all odd things - ranging from the existence of extraterrestrial life to the shadow government. Buckle up - things are gonna get odd. Reach out to me at oddfellowpodcast@outlook.com - let's talk!

The odd topic, odd or not? Your not so average hosts with your not so average topics. The odd topic is an interactive platform where we talk about the various topics you would want to hear but don't want to talk about, as well as a free space for young people to air out their views with your hosts Twavwa Sichali, Chipupu Kay Kandeke, Glenda Lubuto and Ngenda Kakubo. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When boys act out, get into fights, or become physically aggressive, we can't avoid noticing their bad behavior. But it is easy to miss the subtle signs of aggression in girls: the dirty looks, the taunting notes, or the exclusion from the group, that send girls home crying.

A sports podcast diving into the lesser known sides of sports. In Season 1, we will be exploring some of the world's most unconventional and overlooked sports, as well as the people who play, watch and love them. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Against the Odds chronicles Thomas R. Berger's significant contributions to Indigenous rights advocacy in Canada and the United States. Mid-career, Berger led the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Inquiry, conducting over thirty community hearings in the Northwest Territories to ensure that First Nations' voices were heard. Later, he also led public hearings on the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act.

When Beating the Odds: Raising Academically Successful African American Males appeared in 1998, it was hailed as "a crucial book" (Baltimore Sun) and "undoubtedly one of the most important tools the African American parent can possess" (Kweisi Mfume, President NAACP). Now, in response to enormous demand, the authors turn their attention to African American young women. Statistics indicate that African American females, as a group, fare poorly in the United States.

Now What? is a podcast for single mothers, solo mums by choice and women navigating separation, co-parenting, dating again and blended families. Formerly Mothering On My Own, the show has evolved to reflect how single motherhood keeps shifting and reshaping over time. Hosted by Rachel Maksimovic, it’s a space for honest conversations, expert insights and real stories that help you feel less alone as you navigate each new chapter and ask yourself… now what? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Come along with Mark this Autumn as he discusses some of the most controversial and fringe topics on and off the planet! Subscribe to enjoy new episodes each Tuesday and Thursday A discussion of everything from real hauntings, aliens encounters, the unexplained, strange creatures, spirituality, true crime, conspiracies, ancient history, mysterious disappearances, the occult and much more!

The football star made famous in the hit film The Blind Side reflects on how far he has come from the circumstances of his youth. Michael Oher is the young man at the center of the true story depicted in The Blind Side movie (and book) that swept up awards and accolades. Though the odds were...

A story-telling podcast hosted by three curious, nerdy, and dark-humored weirdos investigating and discussing a variety of other-than-normal topics. Each episode will center around a Learned, Lore, or Conspiracy theme, ranging from unusual history, to haunted places and cryptids, to the most bizarre conspiracies you've never heard before. Tune in each week for a new storytelling episode and a shorter episode recapping of the weirdest news of the week, and monthly for guest and special episodes. Join the Conspiracy!