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Compulsive Reader's author interviews, book chat, literary discussions, readings and more. It's an audio haven for book lovers! Recent and upcoming guests include Terry Denton, Marion Halligan, Sir Ken Robinson, Emily Ballou, Sofie Laguna, Matthew Riley, John Banville, Felicity Plunkett, Mark Coker, Peter Bowerman, Eric Maisel, Ramona Koval, Tim Flannery, Carl Zimmer, Gail Jones, Jane Smiley, Frank Delaney, Ben Okri, and many more.
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What Is Life?

Carl Zimmer

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A series of live conversations between writer Carl Zimmer and eight leading thinkers on the question of what it means to be alive. What Is Life? was recorded in front of a live audience at Caveat in New York and is supported by a grant from Science Sandbox, a Simons Foundation initiative.
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Indian Genes

Joaquim Gonsalves

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Indian Genes is committed to bringing in ideas and thoughts from Global leaders in their field to every listener and home, with the intention of providing free and easy access to this information to all that would want to continue their quest for continuous learning. We also are very focused on our young talent that would benefit from this exposure as they plan and move ahead in the careers and life path, hopefully inspiring them to greater heights and clarity in thought that builds both cha ...
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BookLab

Dan Falk and Amanda Gefter

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From neurons to nanotech and from quarks to the cosmos, BookLab is the podcast that puts science books under the microscope! Join hosts Dan Falk and Amanda Gefter for a look at the latest in popular science writing: what’s new, what’s hot, and what you ought to be reading right now.
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The world's top musicians, composers, & producers tell trumpeter-composer-vocalist Knox Summerour how they've made it in the world of music for TV, Film, Games, Stage, & Studio. Go behind the scenes of Film Music, TV bands, Game music, Jazz, Pop, Classical, and more for tips, advice, and timeless stories from the professionals who've been there, who are there, who will be there. If you're a musician, a student, a freelancer in any field, or simply a fan of great music and musicians, this pod ...
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Nikol Koleva is the Executive Director of Space Generation Advisory Council SGAC under United Nations, She also represented the organization in international forums, including the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UN COPUOS), the International Astronautical Congress (IAC), and the International Astronautical Federation (…
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John Bucher is a renowned mythologist and story expert who has been featured on the BBC, the History Channel, the LA Times, The Hollywood Reporter and on numerous other international outlets . He serves as Executive Director for the Joseph Campbell Foundation and is a writer, podcaster, storyteller, and speaker. He has worked with government and cu…
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Indian Genes speaks to Michael about the brain basis of consciousness. Brains arrive at the conclusion that they have an internal, subjective experience of things — an experience that is non-physical and inexplicable. How can such a thing be studied scientifically? When an information-processing device such as the brain introspects, or accesses int…
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John Kinsella reads from and talks about his new short story collection Beam of Light. We talk about the use of furniture in this book, the connective themes, its malevolent undercurrent, the importance and beauty of a sentient landscape, his characters and their struggles against the colonial mindset, what poetry and fiction can do and why he migh…
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This was a special zoom session of poetry to mark the 10th anniversary of Girls on Key featuring Sophia Wilson, Mikaela Nyman, Kiri Piahana-Wong, Patricia Sykes, Nancy Holland-Shroder, and open mic readings from Anna Forsyth (GoK founder), Lou Steer, and Magdalena Ball (host) Video link: https://www.facebook.com/830439988/videos/1307289250655911/ G…
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BRIDGERTON: Welcome to Mostly Harmless Cutaway One Eight Two featuring Carl, Cat, Sean, Josh, and Eric. Join us as we dive into a NEW Doctor Who story, discussing the seventh episode of Ncuti Gatwa's first season as the 15th Doctor, in Rogue! Let the banter begin! LINKS: @SciFiPartyLine: scifipartyline.com @ProgNeg: prognosisnegative.libsyn.com @St…
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Aliens! Ghosts! Paranormal Activity....lets take a Skeptical look as all this and then make informed decisions ! Indian Genes speaks to Professor Chris French who is the Head of the Anomalistic Psychology Research Unit in the Psychology Department at Goldsmiths, University of London. He is a Fellow of the British Psychological Society and of the Co…
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Sarah Temporal is a prize-winning poet, producer, and educator who runs the well-respected regional arts initiative Poets Out Loud. She joins us to read from and talk about her debut book Tight Bindings. Visit Sarah’s website at: https://sarahtemporal.com/ Watch videos of Sarah performing and order Tight Bindings: https://puncherandwattmann.com/pro…
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73 BOOM DOTS? Welcome to Mostly Harmless Cutaway One Eight One.9 featuring Carl, Cat, Sean, Josh and Eric. Join us as we dive into (semi?) NEW Doctor Who stories, catching up with Cat & Sean on the fourth, fifth and sixth episodes of Ncuti Gatwa's first season. Let the banter begin! LINKS: @SciFiPartyLine: scifipartyline.com @ProgNeg: prognosisnega…
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Some researchers believe that the traditional scientific approach, in spite of its impressive 400-year track record, has left something out. Adam Frank, Marcelo Gleiser, and Evan Thompson lay out the argument in The Blind Spot. And on the nightstand: Putting Ourselves Back in the Equation, by George Musser; and The Rigor of Angels, by William Eggin…
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BUBBLES: Welcome to Mostly Harmless Cutaway One Seven Eight featuring Carl, Caleb, Sean, and Eric. Join us as we dive into a NEW Doctor Who story, discussing the sixth episode of Ncuti Gatwa's first season as the 15th Doctor, in Dot and Bubble. Let the banter begin! LINKS: @SciFiPartyLine: scifipartyline.com @ProgNeg: prognosisnegative.libsyn.com @…
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Patti Miller joins us to read from and talk about her book Writing True Stories which has just been extensively updated and extended. She talks about what has changed in the 30+ years since she started teaching Life Writing, the impact of technology, her best tip, her own work in progress, and lots more. Find out more about Patti and Writing True S…
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MAGIC: Welcome to Mostly Harmless Cutaway One Seven Eight featuring Carl, Caleb, Sean, and Eric. Join us as we dive into a NEW Doctor Who story, discussing the fifth episode of Ncuti Gatwa's first season as the 15th Doctor, in 73 Yards. Let the banter begin! LINKS: @SciFiPartyLine: scifipartyline.com @ProgNeg: prognosisnegative.libsyn.com @StarTrek…
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Julia Levitina reads from and talks about her new book The Girl From Moscow including such things as how the book came about, why fiction, how the book follows her own departure from the Soviet Union, the importance of 1983 as her setting, inherited trauma and her protagonists, antisemitism, the theatre, her work-in-progress and lots more. Find out…
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BOOM: Welcome to Mostly Harmless Cutaway One Seven Eight featuring Carl, Caleb, Sean, and Eric. Join us as we dive into a NEW Doctor Who story, discussing the fourth episode of Ncuti Gatwa's first season as the 15th Doctor, in Boom. Let the banter begin! LINKS: @SciFiPartyLine: scifipartyline.com @ProgNeg: prognosisnegative.libsyn.com @StarTrekRBG:…
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MAESTRO BABIES? Welcome to Mostly Harmless Cutaway One Seven Eight.B featuring Carl, Caleb, Sean, and Eric. Join us as we dive into (semi?) NEW Doctor Who stories, catching up with Caleb & Carl on the second and third episodes of Ncuti Gatwa's first season, with Space Babies & The Devil's Chord. Let the banter begin! LINKS: @SciFiPartyLine: scifipa…
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CUTBITS: Welcome to Mostly Harmless Cutaway Question Mark Three Five featuring Sean, Cat, and Eric. Join us as we discuss Han Zimmer's career defining work on Doctor in Distress. WARNING: This discussion contains miscellaneous K-9 and Company, Torchwood, Sarah Jane Adventures, Sherlock, Class, new WHO, and/or classic SPOILERS pertaining to Doctor W…
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MAESTRO: Welcome to Mostly Harmless Cutaway One Seven Eight featuring Cat, Sean, and Eric. Join us as we dive into a NEW Doctor Who story, discussing the third episode of Ncuti Gatwa's first season as the 15th Doctor, in The Devil's Chord. Let the banter begin! LINKS: @SciFiPartyLine: scifipartyline.com @ProgNeg: prognosisnegative.libsyn.com @StarT…
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BABIES? Welcome to Mostly Harmless Cutaway One Seven Seven featuring Cat, Sean, and Eric. Join us as we dive into a NEW Doctor Who story, discussing the first (or apparently second?) episode of Ncuti Gatwa's first season as the 15th Doctor, in Space Babies. Let the banter begin! LINKS: @SciFiPartyLine: scifipartyline.com @ProgNeg: prognosisnegative…
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Omar Musa joins us to perform from and talk about his new album The Fullness. We talk about collaboration and his amazing collaborators, pushing into liminal spaces of multiple identities, leaning into grief and joy ("our lives given shape by shadows"), ego deflation, how some of the songs on The Fullness were created, the percussiveness of rap and…
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CHRISTMAS: Welcome to Mostly Harmless Cutaway One Two Zero featuring Cat, Chris, Josh and Eric. Join us as we dive into our thoughts on the 2014 Christmas Special, Last Christmas. Let the banter begin! This is a Lost MHC recorded in 2015. LINKS: @SciFiPartyLine: scifipartyline.com @ProgNeg: prognosisnegative.libsyn.com @StarTrekRBG: startrekrbg.lib…
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Kent MacCarter joins us to read from and talk about his new poetry book Fat Chance. We talk about Kent's process, about having written the "feel bad book of the year”, his journalistic process, the nature of Gossypiboma (retained medical objects), memoir, reverse ekphrasis, and lots more. For more information or to purchase a copy of Fat Chance vis…
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TRACTATORS: Welcome to Mostly Harmless Cutaway One Seven Two featuring Cat, Carl, Sean, Josh and Eric. Join us as we dive into Season 21 Episode 3, Frontios. Let the banter begin! LINKS: @SciFiPartyLine: scifipartyline.com @ProgNeg: prognosisnegative.libsyn.com @StarTrekRBG: startrekrbg.libsyn.com Mostly Harmless Cutaway Patreon: patreon.com/MHC WA…
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Darsh Kodwani works with Data Science at Microsoft and is the UK Lead for AI in Asset industries such as Energy, Manufacturing, Utilities etc. He holds a PHD from the University of Oxford in Astrophysics. In this episode we Unravel the Power of Chat GPT: Dive into the Mind of a Data Scientist! Ready to explore the cutting-edge world of Chat GPT? Jo…
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Robbie Coburn reads from and talks about his new book Ghost Poetry. Topics covered include the many ghosts that haunt the pages of the book, dreams and nightmares, the relationship between horses and people, subject and object, the subconscious, confessional poetry and the creative act/the artifice, horses, gothic country as a genre, and lots more.…
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CREMATE ME: Welcome to Mostly Harmless Cutaway One One Nine featuring Cat, Chris, Josh and Eric. Join us as we dive into our thoughts on Series 8 Episode 12, Death in Heaven. Let the banter begin! This is a Lost MHC recorded in 2014. LINKS: @SciFiPartyLine: scifipartyline.com @ProgNeg: prognosisnegative.libsyn.com @StarTrekRBG: startrekrbg.libsyn.c…
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BUS: Welcome to Mostly Harmless Cutaway One One Eight featuring Josh, Chris and Eric. Join us as we dive into our thoughts on Series 8 Episode 11, Dark Water. Let the banter begin! This is a Lost MHC recorded in 2014. LINKS: @SciFiPartyLine: scifipartyline.com @ProgNeg: prognosisnegative.libsyn.com @StarTrekRBG: startrekrbg.libsyn.com Mostly Harmle…
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The author of Kin: Family in the 21st Century reads from and talks about her new book, about the many permeations of family both nuclear and otherwise, about the book's origins, some of her key themes and challenges including such things as donor privacy versus the rights of a child to know their origins, helping people start families vs the commod…
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Award winning author Eugen Bacon reads from and talks about her latest book Serengotti. We discuss such things as the books themes including notions of privilege, racism, misogyny and the multiplicity of the self, the book's unique narrative voice, the protagonist Ch'anzu and other characters, on working through and beyond binaries and genres, on w…
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GOBLINS? Welcome to Mostly Harmless Cutaway One Seven Six featuring Cat, Carl, Sean, Josh and Eric. Join us as we dive into a NEW Doctor Who story, discussing Ncuti Gatwa's first full appearance as the 15th Doctor, in The Church on Ruby Road. Let the banter begin! LINKS: @SciFiPartyLine: scifipartyline.com @ProgNeg: prognosisnegative.libsyn.com @St…
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GIGGLE: Welcome to Mostly Harmless Cutaway One Seven Five featuring Carl, Josh, Sean, Caleb, and Eric. Join us as we dive into a NEW Doctor Who story, discussing David Tennant's final appearance as the 14th Doctor, The Giggle. Let the banter begin! LINKS: @SciFiPartyLine: scifipartyline.com @ProgNeg: prognosisnegative.libsyn.com @StarTrekRBG: start…
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It’s one of the oldest and most vexing questions in science and philosophy: Do we have free will? In this episode of BookLab, we take a close look at two books by two scientists who have considered the question at length -- and have been led to two very different conclusions.
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MEEP: Welcome to Mostly Harmless Cutaway One Seven Four featuring Carl, Josh, Sean, Caleb, and Eric. Join us as we dive into a NEW Doctor Who story, discussing David Tennant's sophomore appearance as the 14th Doctor, Wild Blue Yonder. Let the banter begin! LINKS: @SciFiPartyLine: scifipartyline.com @ProgNeg: prognosisnegative.libsyn.com @StarTrekRB…
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Valerie Werder reads from and talks about her award-winning debut novel Thieves. In this wide-ranging interview we talk about such things as representation, semantics, spirituality, thievery and its many iterations, cognitive dissonance, the changing subjectivity and tenses, the art and cosmetic industries, connection and lots more. Find out more a…
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