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T. Coraghessan Boyle reads his story “The End Is Only a Beginning,” which appears in the August 21, 2023, issue of the magazine. Boyle has published more than two dozen books of fiction, including the story collection, “I Walk Between the Raindrops,” and the novel “Blue Skies,” which came out earlier this year.

Prose

The New Yorker: The Writer's Voice - New Fiction from The New Yorker

T. Coraghessan Boyle Reads “The End Is Only a Beginning”

Here to guide us toward an evidence-based, rational model for nutritional health and teach us how to distinguish good nutrition science is one of the world’s leading and most innovative researchers, Christopher Gardner, Ph.D.
Dr. Gardner is the Director of Nutrition Studies at the Stanford Prevention Research Center and a Rehnborg Farquhar Professor of Medicine at Stanford University. He's been researching the health effects of a plant-based diet for 20 years, and his research has provided significant and practical health insights to better inform our everyday dietary decisions.
Today we dive into the following topics:

What we know and don’t know about diet, weight loss, obesity, diabetes, heart & metabolic health;

the diet wars: plant-based vs. carnivore vs. Mediterranean & low-fat vs. low carb;

common misconceptions about protein requirements;

the importance of personalized nutrition and finding a sustainable diet for long-term success;

what makes a rigorous scientific study and why knowing a study’s funding source is important;

what defines a healthy microbiome; and

why diet is the most under-appreciated, underutilized factor in preventing disease.


Dr. Gardner is an absolute delight. It was an honor to spend time with him. I hope you find his insights clarifying, informative, actionable—and perhaps even life-saving.

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The Rich Roll Podcast

Food Is Medicine: Christopher Gardner, PHD On Using Diet To Prevent Disease

I talk to historian <a href="http://www.adriangoldsworthy.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Adrian Goldsworthy</a> about his new book. It covers the 700 year rivalry between the two great powers of the ancient world. Everything from Crassus having gold poured down his throat to Heraclius returning the True Cross to Jerusalem. Dr Goldsworthy is an award winning historian of the classical world. He has written a dozen books on Greco-Roman topics including biographies of Julius Caesar and Augustus. As well as studies of the Roman army and the Empire’s rise and fall. So if you like what you hear today there is a small library of Goldsworthy goodness waiting for you to <a href="http://www.adriangoldsworthy.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">read</a>. <hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

History

The History of Byzantium

Episode 273 - Rome and Persia: The 700 Year Rivalry with Adrian Goldsworthy

Introduction 'I was sold a story about the modern world. I was told that I could connect with friends for free and that I could have everything conveniently tailored to my tastes. I was also promised I’d be kept safe from those who wished to attack me and my values. All in all, I was told I would be empowered to live my life as I saw fit. In time, I began to hear another story. I started to hear that what I had shared with friends was actually a product that social media sold to others. I was told that some of my wants and desires were, in reality, the wants and desires of people whom I had never met. I was made aware that the promise of safety came at a cost which appears never to have been proven worthwhile. The power, as it turns out, was not really with me – it was with those who sold me the original story. The choices I made when I knew no better helped them understand me and others like me better. They could do this because they were watching. When I wanted them to stop watching, they told me that if I had nothing to hide, then I had nothing to fear.' <div id="block-30c4a71964617fbd3201" class= "sqs-block horizontalrule-block sqs-block-horizontalrule" data-block-type="47"> <div class="sqs-block-content"> <hr /></div> </div> <div id="block-0359d58452989beb414f" class= "sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2"> <div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class="sqs-html-content"> Contents Part I. Privacy is Power Part II. Privacy in Peril Part III. Further Analysis and Discussion </div> </div> </div> <div id="block-30c4a71964617fbd3201" class= "sqs-block horizontalrule-block sqs-block-horizontalrule" data-block-type="47"> <div class="sqs-block-content"> <hr /></div> </div> <div id="block-63f72377c41d32e58fa5" class= "sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2"> <div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class="sqs-html-content"> Links <a href= "https://www.routledge.com/Routledge-Handbook-of-Surveillance-Studies/Ball-Haggerty-Lyon/p/book/9781138026025" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kirstie Ball, Kevin Haggerty, and David Lyon, Routledge Handbook of Surveillance Studies (book).</a> <a href= "https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/446475/the-fight-for-privacy-by-citron-danielle-keats/9781784744847" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Danielle Keats Citron, The Fight for Privacy: Protecting Dignity, Identity and Love in the Digital Age (book).</a> <a href= "https://global.oup.com/academic/product/we-know-all-about-you-9780198749660?cc=gb&lang=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones, We Know All About You: The Story of Surveillance in Britain and America (book).</a> <a href= "https://global.oup.com/academic/product/why-privacy-matters-9780190939045?cc=gb&lang=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Neil Richards, Why Privacy Matters (book).</a> <a href= "https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250237231/permanentrecord" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Edward Snowden, Permanent Record: A Memoir of a Reluctant Whistleblower (book).</a> <a href= "https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/442343/privacy-is-power-by-carissa-veliz/9780552177719" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Carissa Véliz, Privacy is Power: Why and How You Should Take Back Control of Your Data (book).</a> <a href= "https://global.oup.com/academic/product/privacy-a-very-short-introduction-9780198725947?cc=gb&lang=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Raymond Wacks, Privacy: A Very Short Introduction (book).</a> </div> </div> </div>

Philosophy

The Panpsycast Philosophy Podcast

Episode 121, The Philosophy of Privacy (Part I - Privacy is Power)

This 2018 episode covers Buddy Bolden, often referred to as the first jazz performer. But his life story, cluttered by lack of documentation and misinformation, played out tragically after his ascension to the apex of the New Orleans music scene.See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

Stuff You Missed in History Class

SYMHC Classics: Buddy Bolden and the Birth of Jazz

In this classic episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe discuss the nature and history of human whistling – including the subject of whistled languages. (originally published 08/02/2022)See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

Stuff To Blow Your Mind

From the Vault: The Whistling, Part 1

The grandson of Alfred the Great, Æthelstan the Glorious was the first King of England, reigning from 924 to 939. Æthelstan inherited the title King of Mercia from his father Edward the Elder, but was not immediately accepted as King of England. Shortly after his crowning he married one of his sisters to the Viking King of Northumbria, Sithric. When Sithric died only a year later, Æthelstan seized Northumbria making him king of more land than any other before him, roughly the same as modern England. In this explainer episode of Gone Medieval, Matt Lewis tells the story of a reign that is sometimes overlooked but which was of great importance to political developments in the 10th century. This episode was edited by Joseph Knight and produced by Elena Guthrie. Discover the past on History Hit with ad-free original podcasts and documentaries released weekly presented by world renowned historians including Dan Snow, Suzannah Lipscomb, Lucy Worsley, Matt Lewis, Tristan Hughes and more. Get 50% off your first 3 months with code <a href="http://access.historyhit.com/checkout?code=medieval&plan=monthly" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">MEDIEVAL</a>. Download the app on your smart TV or in the app store or sign up <a href="http://access.historyhit.com/checkout?code=medieval&plan=monthly" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here ></a> You can take part in our listener survey <a href="https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/6FFT7MK" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>. If you’re enjoying this podcast and are looking for more fascinating Medieval content then subscribe to our Medieval Monday newsletter here: <a href="https://insights.historyhit.com/signup-form" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://insights.historyhit.com/signup-form</a>

Gone Medieval

Æthelstan: First King of the English

Host Meg Wolitzer presents two stories featuring mothers and children, and entertains a special guest—her own mother, Hilma Wolitzer.  In Annette Sanford’s “Trip in a Summer Dress,” a young woman is setting out to get married, but leaving her real life—and a hard choice—behind.  The reader is Mia Dillon.  “Palaver,” by Bryan Washington, offers a playful—but also serious—battle of wits between a strong-willed mother and her grown son, each wanting to know more about the other without giving away too much of themselves.  The alternating narratives are performed by Petronia Paley and Michael Potts.  And host Wolitzer quizzes her own mother about her writing life, the impact of feminism, and raising a novelist to be.

Selected Shorts

Mothers Know Best

One day in late April 1958, a young economist named Madeleine Tress was approached by two men in suits at her office at the U.S. Department of Commerce. They took her to a private room, turned on a tape recorder, and demanded she respond to allegations that she was an "admitted homosexual." Two weeks later, she resigned. Madeleine was one of thousands of victims of a purge of gay and lesbian people ordered at the highest levels of the U.S. government: a program spurred by a panic that destroyed careers and lives and lasted more than forty years. Today, it's known as the "Lavender Scare." In a moment when LGBTQ+ rights are again in the public crosshairs, we tell the story of the Lavender Scare: its victims, its proponents, and a man who fought for decades to end it.

Throughline

The Lavender Scare

Science is just realizing the extent of the tiny pollutants that have entered ecosystems across Earth and inside all humans. We call them xenobiotics – substances foreign to our bodies – and what effects they have on us we’re only starting to learn.See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

Science

Stuff You Should Know

Xenobiotics

Following the Napoleonic Wars, a tidal wave of independence movements hit the Western Hemisphere. The United States was afraid that expansionist powers—namely Britain, France, Germany, and Japan—might extend their empires into these regions, threatening the growth of fledgling republics in the Americas. This kicked off a century of American launching well-intentioned but bloody imperialism in Latin America, the Caribbean, and the Pacific, with the annexation of Hawaii, the Spanish-American War, and military occupations of Cuba, Haiti, Panama, and other countries as a firewall against European expansion. Only after making these preemptive incursions to restore order and support democracy in its “mortal combat” against imperialism, as Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan put it, did the U.S. get bogged down in interventionist quagmires. Today’s guest is Sean Mirski, author of “We May Dominate the World: Anxiety, and the Rise of the American Colossus.” Mirski examines a lost chapter of American foreign policy, the century following the Civil War in which the United States carved out a sphere of influence and became the only great power in modern history to achieve regional hegemony. By understanding what drove the United States’ behavior, it offers a window into the trajectory that other regional powers—including China, Russia, and Iran—may take in the coming decades. This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/show/3101278/advertisement">https://www.spreaker.com/show/3101278/advertisement</a>

History Unplugged Podcast

How the Monroe Doctrine Led to America Occupying Cuba, Panama, Hawaii, and Haiti

In this podcast, Eckhart talks about an inspiring trip he took to Alaska. He describes the awe he felt on a tour through a majestic forest. Eckhart explains, at one point, he lagged behind his guided tour group so he could feel the sacredness of nature all around him. He says we have lost touch with a form of knowing which transcends conceptual learning. He believes beyond our five senses, there is a more profound form of knowing that we must revive. Eckhart explains ancient people sensed the aliveness of the world around them. He says when we define our existence only through mental concepts, sacredness is lost. Eckhart believes for the sake of the planet and ourselves we need to realize that everything is alive… everything has a soul.

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Spirituality

Eckhart Tolle: Essential Teachings

Everything Has A Soul

As well as being one of the largest protest marches ever staged, the 1963 March on Washington also made history as the setting for Martin Luther King Jr’s iconic “I Have a Dream” speech. In the third episode of our series charting the US Civil Rights movement, Rhiannon Davies speaks to biographer Jonathan Eig and historian Clayborne Carson to consider King’s seismic contribution to the movement and reflect on the march. For Clayborne, such reflections are personal, as he attended the protest as a 19-year-old student. 
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History Extra podcast

US Civil Rights: the March on Washington

Who spoke English first and what was it like? Nothing like it is today. Listen in to learn all about it. See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

Short Stuff: History of English

Genghis Khan roughly translates to 'Universal Ruler', a fitting name for the most famous nomadic conqueror to have ever lived. He was born as Temüjin, outcast by his tribe as a young child and left to fend for his family in the wild. But the determined young man would go on to unite the Mongolian clans and through warfare, trade and diplomacy, carve out the largest contiguous land empire to have ever existed. So what did the world that he was born into look like? How did he unite the rival clans, and go on to dominate the 13th century world? In the second episode of this two-part series on nomadic conquerors, Professor Kenneth W. Harl of Tulane University takes us through this remarkable story, and compares Genghis' life with that of Attila. Produced by James Hickmann and edited by Dougal Patmore. PLEASE VOTE NOW! for Dan Snow's History Hit in the British Podcast Awards Listener's Choice category <a href="https://www.britishpodcastawards.com/voting" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>. Every vote counts, thank you! Discover the past on History Hit with ad-free original podcasts and documentaries released weekly presented by world renowned historians like Dan Snow, Suzannah Lipscomb, Lucy Worsley, Matt Lewis, Tristan Hughes and more. Get 50% off your first 3 months with code DANSNOW. Download the app or sign up <a href="https://historyhit.com/subscribe" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here.</a> If you want to get in touch with the podcast, you can email us at <a href="mailto:ds.hh@historyhit.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">ds.hh@historyhit.com</a>, we'd love to hear from you!

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Genghis Khan

Despite the name, Vatican City is an independent, sovereign nation -- and its history may surprise you. In today's episode, Ben, Noel and Max explore the story of the Vatican from its origins all the way to the modern day.See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

Ridiculous History

Micronations: The Amazing Story of Vatican City

Today, you can find a huge variety of breads on supermarket shelves, only a few of which are called "sourdough." For most of human history, though, any bread that wasn't flat was sourdough—that is, it was leavened with a wild community of microbes. And yet we know surprisingly little about the microbes responsible for raising sourdough bread, not to mention making it more nutritious and delicious than bread made with commercial yeast. For starters, where do the fungi and bacteria in a sourdough starter come from? Are they in the water or the flour? Do they come from the baker's hands? Or perhaps they're just floating around in the foggy air, as the bakers of San Francisco firmly believe? This episode, Cynthia and Nicky go to Belgium with two researchers, fifteen bakers, and quite a few microbes for a three-day science experiment designed to answer this question once and for all. Listen in for our exclusive scoop on the secrets of sourdough. (encore presentation)
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Gastropod

Secrets of Sourdough (encore)

Much of the business world has bought into the idea of stakeholder capitalism. But Freada Kapor Klein and Mitch Kapor say that doing some good by doing well isn’t enough when the business impact still creates negative effects and broader disparities overall. Freada, with a background in social justice and empirical research, and Mitch, an entrepreneur and investor who got his start making early spreadsheet software, strive to invest in ventures that close the distance between those with wealth and privilege and those without. The founders explain their metrics and decision-making process at Kapor Capital. The profitable firm explicitly invests in tech startups serving low-income and underrepresented communities. Freada and Mitch wrote the book Closing the Equity Gap: Creating Wealth and Fostering Justice in Startup Investing.

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