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Andrew Heaton and an army of nerds plunge deep, deep into films, books, and TV shows to ask: what's science fiction really about? What is The Twilight Zone really exploring? What are the underlying themes of Star Trek? What is the worldview of Star Wars? Also sometimes Heaton performs comedy on other planets.
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We're Not Wrong

Andrew Heaton, Jen Briney, Justin Robert Young

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Jen Briney, Andrew Heaton and Justin Robert Young discuss the world of politics, government and media. They have never, and will never, be incorrect about anything. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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EconPop Podcast

EconStories.tv

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EconPop is the show that sifts through the haystack of popular culture to find the needle of economics within... and then stabs you with it! Hosted by comedian Andrew Heaton, with economist Steven Horwitz and professor of literature Paul Cantor. From EconStories.tv. Also available at http://youtube.com/econstories in shorter form with moving pictures!
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The Eastern Border

Kristaps Andrejsons

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A podcast about the politics and the history of the eastern Europe - including, but not limited to the current state of Russia, politics of the EU, history of the USSR and the region in general. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Superlative

Ariel Adams

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This is Superlative: A Podcast about watches, the people behind them, and the worlds that inspire them. Spending time with great minds and interesting personalities from the watch community, while talking about things that matter for timepiece enthusiasts. Superlative is a talk show inspired podcast with weekly guests hosted by Ariel Adams, the Founder of aBlogtoWatch.com.
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The gang discuss AOC's criticism of Jill Stein and the Green Party. They debate the effectiveness of third parties and the strategies they employ. Jen argues that AOC's criticism is factually inaccurate and stems from bitterness, while Heaton suggests that AOC's approach of working within the Democratic Party has been more effective in achieving ch…
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What’s the difference between effective, ethical taxes vs. stupid stuff with a bunch of loop holes for rich people? Scott Hodge is President Emeritus & Senior Policy Advisor at the Tax Foundation. He is the author of “Taxocracy: What You Don’t Know Abou Taxes And How They Rule Your Daily Life.” Book at: www.mightyheaton.com/featured…
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Drew Magary’s book “The Postmortal” explores a scenario in which a vaccine is made for aging. Whatever age you take it at, you are paused there indefinitely. How does that effect marriage, retirement, and society as a whole? Josh Jennings and Ashland Viscosi return to discuss.Autor: Andrew Heaton, Josh Jennings, Ashland Viscosi
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This is Superlative: A Podcast about watches, the people behind them, and the worlds that inspire them. This week on the Superlative Podcast, host and aBlogtoWatch Founder Ariel Adams is joined by Alan Tsao, the Founder of Tsao Baltimore. To start the show Alan shares with us how and why he started his own watch brand after his wife suggested he st…
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Russian TV netvork TNT, their HBO equivalent, has just presented a new, state sponsored, "comedy" series about Joe Biden, visiting Russia, because the sanctions are not working and all the Russians are too happy. I am reading the leaked pilot script. There are no jokes. And the propaganda part is...baffling. Imagine the usual ultra fascism, USA bad…
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The gang discusses Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s decision to suspend his campaign and endorse Donald Trump and the arrest of Telegram founder Pavel Durov in France over the weekend surrounding criminal activity by users of his messaging app. Chapters 00:02:45 Jen and Heaton's DNC Experience 00:20:03 RFK Jr. Drops Out and Endorses Donald Trump 00:43:34 Te…
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This is Superlative: A Podcast about watches, the people behind them, and the worlds that inspire them. This week on the Superlative Podcast, host and aBlogtoWatch Founder Ariel Adams is joined by Perri Dash, the Co-Founder of the Wrist Check Podcast. Ariel and Perri explore the success and popularity of watch podcasts, despite the non-visual natur…
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Arrest of Pavel Durov has caused panic and shock among the Russian troops and the Z community - as all of their military comms rely on Telegram. That, and other problems in the orc horde - as they've started to embrace being orcs themselves. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mo…
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You’ll laugh, of course, but there has been another ISIS related terror incident in Russia. Also, the unbelievable has happened, and a small bit of truth has been said on Russian state TV. Oh, and Z channels react (badly) to Ukrainian recent successes. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pri…
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The gang discuss a range of topics including Heaton's experience working with dolphins, their attendance at a media party, price gouging in the food industry, and the recent changes to Patreon's billing system. Chapters 00:00 Dolphin Stories and Lazy Dolphins 01:37 The Extravagant Media Party 10:03 Price Gouging in the Food Industry 34:00 Patreon's…
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We’re back – this time, with fresh news about the events in Kursk. Putin’s visiting candy factory in Azerbaijan and lying about Beslan, failing to be a leader of any sort whatsoever, meanwhile Russian propagandists have received new instructions about the new normal and internet’s getting properly blocked within Russia. Support this show http://sup…
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This is Superlative: A Podcast about watches, the people behind them, and the worlds that inspire them. This week on the Superlative Podcast, host and aBlogtoWatch Founder Ariel Adams is joined by Ben Cook, content creator and founder of Ben’s Watches. To start the show Ariel dive right into the challenges that appear when trying to create engaging…
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Alfalfa Bill Murray declared martial law over thirty times, and wrote an autobiography so embarassing that his family would steal it out of libraries. After a political defeat, he tried to start a colony in Bolivia, and failed at that, too. And was SUPER racist.Autor: Andrew Heaton, Andrew Young
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TICKETS TO OUR AUGUST 18th CHICAGO LIVE SHOW AVAILABLE NOW: https://ci.ovationtix.com/36644/production/1210915 The gang discusses the decision by journalistic outlets to not publish hacked information from the Trump campaign, with the Trump campaign suggesting Iranian involvement. Also, should sports betting be legalized nationwide? Chapters 13:51 …
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El Salvador used to be the murder capital of the world. Now it’s arguably as safe as Canada. In 2019 Nayib Bukele became president, and initiated a draconian crackdown on drug cartels, suspending the Constitution and civil liberties. It knocked gangs out of neighborhoods, but flirted with tyranny to do so. Was the trade worth it? Peter Gietl of Fro…
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This is Superlative: A Podcast about watches, the people behind them, and the worlds that inspire them. This week on the Superlative Podcast, host and aBlogtoWatch Founder Ariel Adams is joined by Jason Heaton, an author, podcaster, and timepiece enthusiast who reviews dive watches and much more. To start the show Ariel and Jason talk about how the…
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What's happening in Kursk region, what are the perspectives for the Ukrainian side, what are the goals of the operation and what can be reallistically achieved. Also, how the Z - vatniks react to all of this. The events that happened during the past few days have forced me to enter full journalism mode. I've worked with both primary sources and ana…
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Episode about events in Kursk oblast is coming very soon – it’s just that in my case, I literally am waiting until some people call me back and confirm concrete facts that I could talk about, instead of a surpirises and rumours that you’ve probaby heard everywhere else. However, I also recorded a very lengthy discussion about Russian economy with m…
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A federal judge has ruled that Google illegally maintained a monopoly in online search by abusing its dominant market position, the gang discuss! They also chat about the selection of Tim Walz as the Democratic nominee for vice president and the reasons behind the decision. They analyze the electoral implications and policy positions of Walz, parti…
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