Episode summary: Recently, professors at elite colleges told Atlantic writer Rose Horowitch that their students don’t read whole books anymore. They blamed cell phones, standardized tests, and extracurriculars, and they mostly agreed that the shift began in high school. In this episode of Radio Atla...

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Strange goings on, possibly because I listened to a bunch of podcasts with the phone in Airplane Mode, a few epsidoes were marked as completed within the same minute, which my daggy Python program was not equipped to deal with. So, rather than mess about, here they are.

• 🎧 173. Olives! I'm willi...

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Episode summary: Should our fanbase be known as “The Overrated”?

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Episode summary: Forbidden A 3,000-Year History of Jews and the Pig

Episode summary: Ho ho ho, five years of Reimagining the Internet holiday specials! For this year’s edition we’re spreading holiday cheer by showering our dear listeners with gifts. From good Wikipedia rabbit holes to the gift of network effects, everyone here at iDPI is offering something from the...

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Episode summary: Feeding the birds, sharing meals and chaotic menus - Josie Long presents short documentaries and audio adventures about eating together.Bird Feeder Produced by Stella SimsAnd to Start… Produced by Mae-Li EvansFoodhall Produced by Nadia MehdiCurated by Axel Kacoutié, Eleanor McDowall...

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Episode summary: During the first Trump presidency I produced a radio drama with Jonathan Mitchell at The Truth Podcast about camp MAGA. In 2017 the idea of Trump locking up Americans in camps was a bit silly… that could never happen here? But in 2024, as private prison stocks soar to new heights, t...

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Episode summary: Song 172, “Hickory Wind” by the Byrds: Part Two, Of Submarines and Second Generations

Episode summary: Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 2000-year-old device which transformed our understanding of astronomy in ancient Greece. In 1900 a group of sponge divers found the wreck of a ship off the coast of the Greek island of Antikythera. Among the items salvaged was a corroded bronze ob...

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Episode summary: Are most Americans barely holding their head above water when it comes to personal finances? That’s what various US politicians and news outlets keep suggesting. They can’t stop using a statistic about people living “paycheck to paycheck”. But what does this really mean? We go behin...

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