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Women's Leadership | Healing & Ancestral Wisdom | Mental Health & Burnout RecoveryBlack women have always known how to transform what's in front of them—even when no one was watching, even when it wasn't called leadership.Return to Presence is a podcast for women leading in high-stakes environments—whether you're running an organization, raising a family, building a business, shepherding a faith community, teaching, healing, creating, or holding your community together. If you're carrying the weight of other people's survival and your own, this is for you.Hosted by Dr. Shawna Murray-Browne...

20 août 1919. Alors que la présence française au Levant cherche encore à s'imposer, le poste de commissaire central de Beyrouth, port principal du mandat français, est comblé par un simple gendarme marseillais. Poussé par ses supérieurs à accepter cette promotion, Antoine Fourcade se retrouve au milieu d'une lutte de pouvoir entre les différents services responsables du maintien de l'ordre dans le mandat. Écroué quelques mois après la fin de son service militaire, l'histoire de sa captivité, recensée dans un impressionnant dossier de défense réalisé par le gendarme durant sa ...

Écoutez l'Histoire et découvrez des anecdotes sur les grandes dates, les objets et les lieux qui ont marqué le passé.Pour obtenir une référence, me partager vos idées ou remarques, vous pouvez écrire à l'adresse mail de ce podcast.Merci pour votre écoute 💫Ombeline de Ternay 🎙 Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

From Nazi marches to celebrity sex tapes to modern-day Satanists, Amended! unpacks the true stories that have shaped our modern understanding of the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. Professor, political commentator, and TV chef Liberty Vittert guides you through this deeply researched and thoroughly entertaining blend of interviews, narration, and archival audio that will leave you sharper and ready to win your next dinner table debate. This educational and irreverent six-part series was produced by Voxtopica with the generous support of a grant from the Frick Initiative at ...

In the latter years of his life, Hudson settled in southern England, becoming an early advocate for the RSPB (Royal Society for the Protection of Birds). In his reflective work, Birds and Man, he shares his profound love for birds and passionately argues for their protection. Join Hudson as he explores the intricate relationship between humanity and nature, urging us to cherish and safeguard our feathered friends. - Summary by clarinetcarrot

Der Podcast zur Erinnerungskultur in Norddeutschland und Süddänemark. Hope and Despair ist ein deutsch-dänisches Kooperationsprojekt, das insgesamt sieben Museen und Gedenkstätten des Zweiten Weltkriegs in Norddeutschland und Dänemark miteinander vernetzt. Ziel ist es, gemeinsame historische Zusammenhänge sichtbar zu machen, grenzüberschreitende Zusammenarbeit zu fördern und neue Formen der Geschichtsvermittlung zu entwickeln. Der Podcast verbindet mediale Kommunikation mit historischer Reflexion und leistet einen Beitrag zur Weiterentwicklung moderner Erinnerungskultur im ...

All of us are faced countless times with the challenge of persuading others, whether we're trying to win a trivial argument with a friend or convince our coworkers about an important decision. Instead of relying on untrained instinct - and often failing as a result - we'd win more arguments if we learned the timeless art of verbal persuasion, or rhetoric.

In 1837, the Danish Royal Society of Sciences offered a prize to any essayist who could satisfactorily answer the question, "Is the fountain and basis of Morals to be sought for in an idea of morality which lies directly in the consciousness (or conscience), and in the analysis of the other leading ethical conceptions which arise from it? Or is it to be found in some other source of knowledge?" The Basis of Morality is the essay submitted in 1840 by German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer. In it, he first mercilessly deconstructs the prevailing Western theory of morality as championed by ...

Untangling history’s greatest controversies. Every month, we take a hard look at the historical conflicts that raise difficult questions, stoke controversy, and send our moral compasses spinning.

Afua Hirsch and Peter Frankopan tell the wild stories of some of the most extraordinary men and women ever to have lived – and ask whether they have the rep they deserve. Should Nina Simone’s role in the civil rights movement be more celebrated than it is? When you find out what Picasso got up to in his studio, can you still admire his art? Was Napoleon a hero or a tyrant - or both? (And, while we’re at it, was he even short?) Legacy is the show that looks at big lives from the perspective of now – and doesn’t always like what it sees. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more ...

Want to get a taste of the entirety of human history in a single book? With World History for Dummies, you'll get an overview of the history of, well, everything, from the Neanderthal experience to the latest historical developments of the twenty-first century. Re-live history from your armchair as you ride into battle alongside Roman generals, prepare Egyptian pharaohs for the afterlife, and learn from the great Greek poets and philosophers. It's the perfect gift for the lifelong learner who wants to brush up on their world history knowledge.

In 2010, the BBC and the British Museum embarked on an ambitious project: to tell the story of 2,000,000 years of human history using 100 objects selected from the museum's vast and renowned collection. Presented by the British Museum's then director Neil MacGregor, each episode focuses on a single object - from a Stone Age tool to a solar-powered lamp - and explains its significance in human history.

One of the most remarkable historical works of the 19th century came from the pen of French historian Numa Denis Fustel de Coulanges, a native of Paris. This amazing analysis of family and religious life among the ancient Greeks and Romans is the key to understanding ancient Mediterranean civilizations. The story begins in the misty period of the Bronze Age as the Indo-Europeans began to filter down into the Italian and Greek peninsulas. They brought with them a patriarchy that was based on ancestor worship and the veneration of hearth gods.

These 24 dramatic lectures examine key events from ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome to medieval Europe and Asia. Spanning thousands of years and three continents, this course illuminates fascinating historical dramas on the individual scale.

Many yoga practitioners explore the benefits of yoga through its poses, but did you know that the magic and mystery of yoga lie within the power of yogic mythology? Myths of the Asanas was the first book to collect and retell the ancient tales of yogic myth to a modern audience, and has since become a beloved resource for yoga practitioners and instructors the world over. This expanded edition contains nine unheard stories about some of the yoga world's most beloved poses.

Uncover the riveting history of a legendary figure in "The Great Khan." Journey through the captivating life of Genghis Khan, a man born as Temujin to a clan leader father, only to face the cruel fate of his father's poisoning, leaving his family vulnerable and powerless on the expansive Eurasian Steppe. Yet, against all odds, Genghis emerged as a force to be reckoned with, ascending to power and forging the colossal Mongol Empire—a historical marvel of unprecedented proportions. Despite his monumental accomplishments and fearsome reputation, the enigma surrounding him prevails, shrouding ...

Books preserve ideas, yes, but they also provoke new ones— they are true tools for thinking. In The Idea Machine, Joel J. Miller shows that books are one of the most important but overlooked factors in the making of our contemporary world.

Bushido: The Soul of Japan is a seminal study on the way of the samurai by the Japanese educator Inazo Nitobe. From 1868, the beginning of the Meiji Era, Japan rapidly transformed itself from an isolated feudal society into a modern, industrialised nation state, influenced by Western philosophical and scientific ideas. Nitobe wrote Bushido in English to explain the samurai way to a western audience; it was later translated into Japanese.

Brought to you by Penguin. In very recent times humanity has learnt a vast amount about the universe, the past, and itself. But through our remarkable successes in acquiring knowledge we have learned how much we have yet to learn: the science we have, for example, addresses just 5% of the...

Charlie Wilson's War is the untold story behind the last battle of the Cold War and how it fueled the rise of militant Islam. George Crile tells how Charlie Wilson, a maverick congressman from east Texas, conspired with a rogue CIA operative to launch the biggest, meanest, and most successful covert operation in the agency's history.