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The Wireless World sets out a new research agenda for the history of international broadcasting, and for radio history more generally. It examines global and transnational histories of long-distance wireless broadcasting, combining perspectives from international history, media and cultural history, the history of technology, and sound studies. Bringing together their knowledge of a wide range of different countries, languages, and archives, the coauthors show how broadcasters and states deployed international broadcasting as a tool of international communication and persuasion.

One Show at a Time is a storytelling podcast where people in recovery share raw, honest accounts of addiction, transformation, and what life looks like on the other side. Born from the Yellow Balloon community—a network of sober music fans from groups like Wharf Rats (Grateful Dead), The Phellowship (Phish), and Much Obliged (Umphrey’s McGee)—this show began as a project to spotlight voices from inside the scene. But today, it’s grown into something bigger. Each episode features a new speaker from any walk of life—jam fans or not—offering a deeply personal window into their journey...

A retired boxer sets out in search of her daughter, Shyloh, an addict living with mental illness on the streets of San Diego. In Fort Unicorn and the Duchess of Knothing, Nelson tries desperately to find—and save—her first-born, delving into the roots of mental illness, addiction, and the meaning of unconditional love. This memoir is an unflinching witness of what it means to be homeless, mentally ill, and addicted in America.