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It originated in Asia, moved to Europe, and is now consumed worldwide — a slightly-fermented tea that is purported to cure everything from indigestion to cancer. We’re talking about kombucha, which has exploded in popularity in the last quarter century. While the exact health benefits of kombucha remain unproven, it’s quite certain that the effervescent elixir provides its worldwide fans with a spiritual lift unlike any other drink.

Although we usually think of technology as something unique to modern times, our ancestors began to create the first technologies millions of years ago in the form of prehistoric tools and weapons. Over time, eight key technologies gradually freed us from the limitations of our animal origins.

India was the jewel in the crown of the British Empire. There were vast riches to be exploited and vast numbers of people to be subjugated. How better to achieve these aims than by building a rail network that facilitated the export of raw material and made it easier for troops to travel around the country to tackle uprisings? India joined the railway age late: the first line was not completed until 1853, but, by 1929, 41,000 miles of track served the country.

Transformed by Birth is a podcast that goes far beyond due dates and diaper bags. Hosted by Britta Bushnell, PhD, mythologist, award-winning childbirth educator, and author of Transformed by Birth, this show explores the profound rite of passage that is pregnancy, birth, and early parenthood.

Today it's routine to take photos from an airplane window, use a camera underwater, watch a movie, or view an X-ray. But the photographic innovations more than a century ago that made such things possible were experimental, revelatory, and sometimes dangerous—and many of the innovators, entrepreneurs, and inventors behind them were memorable eccentrics. In Flashes of Brilliance, writer and photo editor Anika Burgess engagingly blends art, science, and social history to reveal the most dramatic developments in photography from its birth in the 1830s to the early twentieth century.

""Definitive...Not just for Talking Heads fans—it’s a masterful dive into downtown New York in the 70s, and the changing face of rock music.”—Town & Country ""Riveting""—New York Post ""A masterful achievement."" —Booklist (starred review) On the 50th anniversary of Talking Heads...

During the 1970s, American foreign policy faced a predicament of clashing imperatives - US decision makers, already struggling to maintain stability and devise strategic frameworks to guide the exercise of American power during the Cold War, found themselves hampered by the emergence of dilemmas that would come to a head in the post-Cold War era. Their choices proved to be of enormous consequence for the development of American foreign policy in the final decades of the twentieth century and beyond.

In such a culturally charged time many in the church want to shy away from difficult questions. At Saint Johns & Renewal Church we want to tackle these issues head on with kindness, grace and understanding. Please join us for each episode where we will deal with issues ranging from abortion to relationship advice.

When Moya Bailey first coined the term misogynoir, she defined it as the ways anti-Black and misogynistic representation shape broader ideas about Black women, particularly in visual culture and digital spaces. She had no idea that the term would go viral, touching a cultural nerve and quickly entering into the lexicon. Misogynoir now has its own Wikipedia page and hashtag, and has been featured on Comedy Central’s The Daily Show and CNN’s Cuomo Prime Time.

A kaleidoscopic narrative history of 1963, the pivotal moment in America’s long civil rights movement—the year of the March on Washington, Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” and the assassinations of Medgar Evers and John F. Kennedy In Freedom Season, acclaimed...

Join Matt and Niki as they explore the inspiring stories, ideas and practices that lead to positive change. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tech Transforms has a new home, visit us here https://techtransforms.fireside.fm/

Expert-driven insights and practical strategies for navigating the future of AI and emerging technologies in business. Led by an ensemble cast of expert interviewers offering in-depth analysis and practical advice to make informed decisions for your enterprise.

An arts, culture & politics festival building power to transform Bristol and the world!

A four day festival of music, art & politics building power to Transform the World. Debates, discussion & other sounds from Liverpool & Brighton. If you have audio from previous festivals please get in touch so we can share it here.

Welcome to Transformed by Grief with Ellie Thomas.This podcast is for the spiritually-inclined human feeling challenged and shaken to their core by grief, loss, and circumstances they did not choose, wondering what will become of them, their life, and the big dreams and vision they have in their heart.Listen along as Ellie explores how the multi-dimensional moments of life that break you down (grief, loss, and lows of all kinds) can be your biggest catalyst to creating a deeply loving relationship with yourSelf and life, and to creating a truly vibrant life you love.Transformed by Grief is a ...

The Transformed Collective - Moment of Change podcast is a focused empowerment session. The result of this moment will be self-discovery, teaching, affirmation, and transformation. Tune In. Subscribe. Transform.

Blood, Iron, and Gold reveals the huge impact of the railways as they spread rapidly across the world, linking cities that had hitherto been isolated, stimulating both economic growth and social change on an unprecedented scale. From Panama to the Punjab, Christian Wolmar describes the vision and determination of the pioneers who developed railways that would one day span continents, as well as the labour of the navvies who built this global network.

Using dozens of vivid examples to show how society overprescribed competition as a solution and when unbridled rivalry hurts consumers, kills entrepreneurship, and increases economic inequality, two free-market thinkers diagnose the sickness caused by competition overdose and provide remedies...

David Lynch's advocacy for Transcendental Meditation (TM) has catalyzed a fundamental shift in Hollywood's approach to creativity and wellness. This comprehensive analysis explores how Lynch's influence through the David Lynch Foundation has transformed the entertainment industry's creative culture, from major studios incorporating meditation spaces to film schools including mindfulness in their curricula. The article examines the scientific research supporting TM's benefits for creativity, the economic impacts of wellness programs in production, and how meditation practices are helping ...