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According to the renowned social critic and historian Paul Fussell, we are what we wear, and it doesn't look good. Uniforms, parses the hidden meanings of our apparel, from brass buttons to blue jeans, badges to feather flourishes, revealing what our clothing says about class, sex, and our desire to belong. With keen insight and considerable curmudgeonly flair, Fussell unfolds the history and cultural significance of all manner of attire, fondly analyzing the roles that uniforms play in a number of communities, the military, the church, health care, food service, sports and everyday civilian life.

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0:00 Introduction

3:45 About the Author

5:45 Ch1: Military Uniforms

17:15 Ch2: Blue Jeans

24:00 Ch3: Postal Police

31:40 Ch4: Clash of Klans

37:00 Ch5: Sports

43:20 Ch6: Academia

46:00 Ch7: Chefs

48:00 Ch8: Nurses

51:05 Ch9: Brides

54:00 Next Time & Goodbye!

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Someday soon (if it has not happened already in secret), the first cloned human being will be born and mankind will embark on a scientific and moral journey whose destination cannot be foretold. In a lucid and engaging narrative, Judith Klotzko explains that the technology to create clones of living beings already exists, inaugurated in 1996 by Dolly, the sheep, the first mammal clone formed from a single adult cell. The human fascination with cloning goes beyond science and its extraordinary medical implications. In riveting prose full of allusions to art, music, and theatre, Klotzko explains why the prospect of human cloning triggers our deepest hopes and our darkest fears and forces us to ponder what it would mean to have a "clone of our own."

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0:00 Introduction

5:15 About the Author

6:55 Ch1: Creating Life in the Lab

16:40 Ch2: The Science of Cloning

28:00 Ch3: Cloning Applications

38:35 Ch4: Cell Therapies

49:00 Ch5: Cloning and Reproduction

1:01:00 Ch6: Double Trouble

1:06:10 Next Time & Goodbye!

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When it was first published in 1781, The Confessions scandalized Europe with its emotional honesty and frank treatment of the author's sexual and intellectual development. Since then, it has had an increasing impact on European thought and industrialization over all. Rousseau left posterity for solidarity, becoming a voice for the unheard, including the disenfranchised and mother nature, much like our Americanized version Henry David Thoreau.The Confessions recreates the world in which Jaque progressed from incompetent engraver to grand success; his enthusiasm for experience, his love of nature, and his uncompromising character make him an ideal guide to eighteenth-century Europe. Picking up where Hobbes left off, Rousseau authored some of the most profound work ever written on the relation between the individual and the state.

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0:00 Introduction

5:30 Ch1: 0-16

12:10 Ch2: 16-20

19:30 Ch3: 21-25

28:10 Ch4: 26-32

31:00 Ch5: 33-40

39:00 Ch6: 41-50

46:20 Ch7: 51-53

51:50 Next Time & Goodbye!

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In Hell’s Angels, Hunter S. Thompson vividly accounts his experiences with California’s most notorious motorcycle gang. In the mid-1960s, Thompson spent almost two years living with the controversial Angels, cycling up and down the coast, reveling in the anarchic spirit of their clan, and, as befits their name, raising hell. His book successfully captures a singular moment in American history, when the biker lifestyle was first defined, and when such countercultural movements were electrifying and horrifying America

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0:00 Introduction

4:05 About the Author

7:05 Ch1: Roll Em Boys

13:20 Ch2: Making the Menace

22:30 Ch3: Accomplice/Outlaw

29:00 Ch4: Harley vs. Honda

37:00 Ch5: Hoodlum Circus

42:20 Ch6: Motorcycle Mutts

49:20 Ch7: Dope Cabal

55:40 Ch8: Wall of Fire

1:02:00 Next Time & Goodbye!

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Written by survivalist expert, tv host and army sniper, Dave Canterbury, Bushcraft 101 gets you ready for your next backcountry trip with advice on making the most of your time outdoors. Based on the 5Cs of Survivability--cutting, covering, combustion, containers, and cordage--this valuable guide offers only the most important survival skills to help you craft resources from your surroundings and truly experience the beauty and thrill of the wilderness. With Canterbury's guidance you'll learn how to use the art of bushcraft to reconnect with nature in ways you've never imagined.

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0:00 Introduction

4:30 About the Author

7:05 Ch1:Your Pack

12:45 Ch2: Tools

21:20 Ch3: Cordage

25:40 Ch4: Containers

33:00 Ch5: Coverage

37:40 Ch6: Combustion

40:40 Ch7: Setting Up Camp

44:20 Ch8: Navigation

50:10 Ch9: Trees

54:10 Ch10: Game

1:00:30 Next Time & Goodbye!

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While the government response to the coronavirus may serve as a catalyst for the next crisis, it is the irresponsible actions of central bankers and globalist institutions that will make the pain so much more intense. Worse still, the response will be led by individuals who are only versed in the same failed ideologies that brought us to where we are now. Although questions of underlying ideology may be dismissed by “practical” individuals who pride themselves on being “independent thinkers,” Austrian economics accounts for the degree to which our intellectual environment directly guides policy and institutional frameworks. In the aftermath of the challenging times that may be ahead, the only way to build a stronger, more prosperous, and more stable future will be with an ideological revolution.

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00:50 Introduction

04:35 About the Anthology

06:45 Ch1: Are Central Banks Nationalizing the Economy?

21:30 Ch2: Not So Modern Monetary Theory

29:00 Ch3: Central Banks Are Propping Up Stock Prices

35:30 Ch4: Why the Government Hates Cash

43:00 Ch5: Liberalism & Neoliberalism

49:05 Ch6: What Would Mises Do?

53:50 Next Time & Goodbye!

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Exerting its influence on the relationship of art and obscenity, Naked Lunch is one of the books that redefined not just literature but American culture. For the Burroughs enthusiasts and neophytes, this adaptation contains numerous unpublished contemporaneous writings by William, including essays on psychoactive drugs. This look into organic American culture is a valuable and fresh experience from a novel that has lost none of its relevance or satirical bite.

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0:00 Introduction

4:00 About the Author

7:05 Ch1: And Head West

13:15 Ch2 Annexia

17:30 Ch3: The Rumpus Room

24:20 Ch4: Interzone University

31:40 Ch5: Interzone City

40:20 Ch6 The Examination

44:15 Ch7: The Sailor and the Boy

46:55 Ch8: The Algebra of Need

52:15 Next Time & Goodbye!

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With an approach that is consistently riveting, Rule Makers, Rule Breakers thrusts many of the puzzling attitudes and actions we observe into sudden and surprising clarity. Why are clocks in Germany so accurate while those in Brazil are frequently wrong? Why do New Zealand’s women have the highest number of sexual partners? In search of a common answer, Gelfand has spent two decades conducting research in more than fifty countries. Across all age groups, family variations, states and nationalities, she’s identified a primal pattern that can trigger cooperation or conflict. Her fascinating conclusion: behavior is highly influenced by the perception of threat.

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00:55 Introduction

03:00 About the Author

05:00 Ch1: Cure for Chaos

09:05 Ch2: Have We Changed

15:10 Ch3: Yin & Yang

22:00 Ch4: Disaster, Disease & Diversity

25:05 Ch5: A War Between States

29:30 Ch6: Classism

34:30 Ch7: Tight vs. Loose Organization

36:30 Ch8: Are You T or L

40:15 Ch9: Goldiilocks

44:10 Ch10: Cultural Disorders

47:30 Ch11: The Power of Norms

52:00 Next Time & Goodbye!

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Drawing on groundbreaking brain and behavioral research, Daniel Goleman shows the factors at work when people of high IQ flounder and those of modest IQ do surprisingly well. These factors, which include self-awareness, self-discipline, and empathy, add up to a different way of being smart—and they aren’t fixed at birth. Although shaped by childhood experiences, emotional intelligence can be nurtured and strengthened throughout our adulthood with immediate benefits to our health, relationships and work.

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0:00:50 Introduction

0:03:30 About the Author

0:05:30 Ch1: Emotional Hijacking

0:15:50 Ch2: When Smart is Dumb

0:21:45 Ch3: Passions Slaves

0:31:00 Ch4: The Roots of Empathy

0:38:00 Ch5: Managing with Heart

0:45:25 Ch6: Mind and Medicine

0:53:55 Ch7: Trauma and Relearning

0:59:20 Ch8: Schooling the Emotions

1:06:00 Next Time & Goodbye!

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Welcome back for another episode of Nick’s Non-fiction with your host Nick Muniz!

It is assumed that every inch of the world has been explored and charted; that there is nowhere new to go. But perhaps it is the everyday places around us, the cities we live in, that need to be rediscovered. What does it feel like to find the city’s edge, to explore its forgotten tunnels and scale unfinished skyscrapers high above the metropolis? Explore Everything reclaims the city, recasting it as a place for endless adventure.

Plotting expeditions from London, Paris, Berlin, Detroit, Chicago, Las Vegas and Los Angeles, Bradley L. Garrett has evaded urban security in order to experience the city in ways beyond the boundaries of conventional life. He calls it ‘place hacking’: the recoding of closed, secret, hidden and forgotten urban space to make them realms of opportunity. The book combines philosophy, politics and adventure, on our rights to the city and how to understand the twenty-first century metropolis.

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0:01:00 Introduction

0:04:10 About the Author

0:06:20 Ch1: The UE Scene

0:14:40 Ch2: The Ruins of History

0:20:40 Ch3: Capturing Transition

0:26:30 Ch4: Rise of an Infiltration Crew

0:39:55 Ch5: Grails of the Underground

0:52:30 Ch6: Hacking the New World

1:01:30 Ch7: Crowds & Cuffs

1:08:20 Next Time & Goodbye!

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