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From two-time Pulitzer Prize winner and two-time National Book Award winner Robert A. Caro: a short, penetrating reflection on the evolution and workings of political power - for good and for ill.

Slay In Your Lane’s Yomi Adegoke and Elizabeth Uviebinené present a new podcast designed to help you navigate the world of work and thrive in your career. In each episode, Liz and Yomi take a question from someone struggling with a specific aspect of their career, covering: building and pushing your personal brand; getting valued at work; taking risks; dealing with unexpected changes; and building the relationships that will take you to the next level.

The stuff of conspiracy theories makes for great, entertaining stories in movies, books, and television. And there is no shortage of subjects: from who really killed JFK to the truth behind 9/11. And then, there are subjects from alien invasions to the Moon landing was simulated - theories that are truly out of this world, which according to some, is flat. Many of these crazy concepts have jumped off the pages or screens to become so pervasive in our culture that thousands - even millions - subscribe to them as reality.

Ivan Beckley is about to become a fully-qualified doctor in the UK. But he’s not convinced that healthcare works for everyone equally. In this series he uncovers one of the biggest and most insidious injustices in modern medicine. Fixing it could save thousands of lives every year. And yet it’s invisible, unless it directly affects you. Statistics show that black, indigenous and people of colour have worse health outcomes and die more often than white people, across many fields of medicine and diverse illnesses.

Smartphones, social media, and surveillance tech are sold to us as ways to build a safer, more connected, and convenient world.

Retrouvez chaque mercredi le meilleur des éditions du "Petit Quotidien" de la semaine. 10 minutes pour comprendre et découvrir le monde. 100% faits, 0% opinions. Un podcast Audible Original écrit et présenté par Anne Lamotte.

In 1968, the Democratic Party fractured.

Zum einen galt Angela Merkel als Bewahrerin von Freiheit, Demokratie und Menschenrechten. Zum anderen als visionslose Machtpolitikerin. 16 Jahre lang lenkte sie die Geschicke Deutschlands - und Europas. Ausgerechnet eine Frau, die vom Leben in einer sozialistischen Parteidiktatur geprägt war, sollte die westliche Welt durch schwere Krisen führen: ob Flüchtlings- oder Finanzkrise, Trumps Präsidentschaft oder zuletzt die Corona-Pandemie.

For Levi Roots, food isn't just fuel. It's stories, comfort, love, history, culture, identity... everything.

The slap you in your face, stop you in your tracks, colour run from your face moment that changed everything.

Christmas is the world's biggest festival, yet we barely understand how we got here. Somewhere between Jesus, Dickens and Coke, Christmas became the beloved chaotic present-fest that it currently is. If it's a turkey, we should really stop stuffing it. So let's unwrap it instead....

The world is a complex place. A complex place where answers are sometimes hard to find. But in this podcast the economy professor Micael Dahlen asks the seemingly simple questions that lead you on a winding journey into the core of what it means to be a human being.