Horses

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Horses episodes

November 04 The Slow, Hot, and Mean Death of Elvis Presley
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Sources:
Last Train to Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley (Guralnick)
Careless Love: The Unmaking of Elvis Presley (Guralnick)

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28 min
September 30 The Diamond Paradox
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Sources:

Tim Kasser - The High Price of Materialism
Matthew Hart - Diamond
Falls - Clarity, Cut, Culture
MIHALY CSIKSZENTMIHALYI and EUGENE ROCHBERG-HALTON - The meaning of things: Domestic symbols and the self
Kopytoff - The Cultural Biography of Things
James - Suffocation
Belk - Possessions and the Extended Self

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27 min
August 06 The Young and the End
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14 min
August 05 The Land that God Forgot
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SOURCES:

Lugard and the Creation of Provincial Administration Northern Nigeria - Z.O. APATA
Cobalt Red - KARA
The Resource Curse Revised: Conflict and Coltan in the Congo - NADIRA LALJI
Amalgamation and the Crisis of Governance: The Nigeria Experience - OLUWATOBI, O. ADEYEMI (PH.D)
How Europe Underdeveloped Africa - WALTER RODNEY
Nigeria's Amalgamation, Social (In)Justice and Security Implications - TEMIDAYO DAVID OLADIPO & DAVID OLUWAFEMI BODUNDE
Nigeria, 1914-2014: From Creation to Cremation? - EMMANUEL OLADIPO OJO
Coltan, Congo & Conflict - ARTUR USANOV, MARJOLEIN DE RIDDER, WILLEM AUPING, STEPHANIE LINGEMANN, LUIS TERCERO ESPINOZA, MAGNUS ERICSSON, MASUMA FAROOKI, HENRIKE SIEVERS AND MAREN LIEDTKE
Africa Is Not a Country - DIPO FALOYIN
The Impact of Colonialism and Postcolonialism on the Democratic Republic of Congo - BITA BICUNDO
The Lingering Legacy of Colonialism: The Case of Angola and its Post-Colonial Struggles - SURAJUDEEN OLUDOTUN OLADELE
Geography and development in Africa: Overview and implications for regional cooperation - WIM NAUDE
Stereotypes about Africa in Britain and the United States - ADAM HAHN, ILERI AKINNOLA, FAITH ADEYEMI, MARLEEN STELTER, INIOBONG ESSIEN, TAL MORAN, COLIN SMITH

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48 min
July 07 Dogs and Their Masters
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27 min
May 01 Magnolia
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26 min
April 02 A.I.
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59 min
February 26 FLORIDA
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sources:
Land of Sunshine... Mormino
Cracker: Spanish Florida Style, Lewis
Do It Yourself Deathscape, Steinberg
A Concise History of Florida, Clark
The Swamp, Grunwald

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1 hr 28 min
January 07 Dog Food
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24 min
December 09, 2025 The Death of Hope
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Sources, recommended reading, and influences:

Man's Search for Meaning - Frankl
The Spirit of Hope - Byung Chul Han
The Human Condition - Hannah Arendt
A Philosophy of Hope - Lars Svendsen
The Principle of Hope - Ernst Bloch

music:

Autumn Skies - Roots and Recognition
Before You Wake Up - Erik Fernholm

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27 min

About Horses

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HORSES is a series of artfully crafted visual & audio essays by Michael Sorensen. Episodes cover a fascinating range of topics rooted in History, Philosophy, and Culture. Captivating and distinctively paced, HORSES offers an oasis of thoughtful storytelling in a chaotic media landscape.