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Why is every film or tv programme a sequel or a remake? Why are people so f***ing hung up about swearing? Why do the asterisks in that sentence make it okay? Why do so many people want to stop other people doing things, and how can they be stopped from stopping them? These and many other questions trouble David Mitchell. Join him on a tour of the absurdities of modern life - from Ryanair to Richard III, Downton Abbey to phone etiquette, UKIP to hot dogs made of cats.

Every successful person knows that the keys to achievement are conscious effort, careful planning, and good, old-fashioned hard work. But on the road of success, there is one habit that will accelerate you beyond all others. If you want to stay ahead of the pack, you've got to start thinking big.

You might think that you are a rational person who makes good decisions all the time, but this isn’t necessarily true. Our brain uses shortcuts to help us make quick decisions without thinking too much, which can lead to errors in judgment. Thinking critically is essential in making sound decisions and solving problems. We all want to think more effectively and efficiently, right? Lucky for you, critical thinking can be learned! This audiobook will teach you how to overcome cognitive biases and fallacies in your thinking so that you can think more clearly in your everyday life.

Critical thinking is regularly cited as an essential 21st century skill, the key to success in school and work. Given our propensity to believe fake news, draw incorrect conclusions, and make decisions based on emotion rather than reason, it might even be said that critical thinking is vital to the survival of a democratic society. But what, exactly, is critical thinking? Haber describes the term's origins in such disciplines as philosophy, psychology, and science.

At the heart of John C. Maxwell's brilliant and inspiring program is a simple premise: To do well in life, we must first think well. But can we actually learn new mental habits? Thinking for a Change answers that with a resounding "yes" - and shows that your thinking can indeed change your life...

The excitingly phenomenal era in which we live has been called The Golden Age. It’s an apt description. During our lives more changes have occurred, more progress has been made than during any previous millennium in the development of man. It would be almost impossible to select the most important discovery in recent years, what would you choose? The jet engine, atomic energy, the new metal, synthetic fibers, rocket, satellites, transistors, the laser, television, plastics, antibiotics, computers, men on the moon, self-image psychology, mass communications...the list goes on and on.

How does art work? How does it move us, inform us, challenge us? Internationally renowned painter David Salle's incisive essay collection illuminates the work of many of the most influential artists of the 20th century. Engaging with a wide range of Salle's friends and contemporaries - from painters to conceptual artists such as Jeff Koons, John Baldessari, Roy Lichtenstein, and Alex Katz, among others - How to See explores not only the multilayered personalities of the artists themselves but also the distinctive character of their oeuvres.

A podcast which aims to explore and demystify some of the terminology and techniques involved in script writing. This is a show for anyone who is writing or thinking about writing for TV, film, theatre or audio. Hosted by comedy writer and script editor unextraordinaire, Robin Taylor. https://twitter.com/writing_pod

Meine Reihe "Nachdenken über Musik" ist innerhalb des letzten Jahres entstanden. Ohne Manussript überlasse ich mich dem Gedankenstrom über Komponisten und deren Werke. Es sind sehr persönliche Betrachtungen, die keinen Anspruch auf unbedingte Gültigkeit erheben; im Gegenteil, ich würde mich über regen Widerspruch freuen. Dass der Fokus auf der großen abendländischen Musik liegt, hat nichts mit Chauvinismus zu tun, sondern ist ein Eingeständnis: Nur in dieser Musik fühle ich mich vollkommen zu Hause, nur diese Musik geht mich etwas an.

An intimate podcast weaving together the poetry and stories from an online writing group that began during the first lockdown. Warm, funny and profound, sit back and enjoy our musings on 5 golden topics: Dancing, London, The Real Me, Touch and Family.

This is a podcast hosted by Steve Rahn where we think about how the Bible shapes our understanding of the many questions we face today.