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If you've ever attended a Christian church, you know that place might be led by men — but it's run by women. Women making the coffee hour cookies. Women making the felt banners that hang at Easter. Women showing up, tithing, and singing in the choir. Women are the core constituency of the Christian church — and for the first time in history, young women are leaving the church at higher rates than men.

Journalist Sarah Stankorb has spent years talking to women about all the reasons they've left the church. Some left because of how their leaders handled the pandemic. Others left because of Trump, or the refusal to grapple with sexual abuse in the church, or Black Lives Matter — or a dozen reasons that come together into a loss of faith, either in God or the institution of which they'd been a part. For this episode, we explore those reasons for leaving, but also ask: what's the future of the Christian church in America? What becomes of these spaces when and if women are no longer there to organize and keep them running? And if these women are leaving their churches... where, exactly, are they going?

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• The Pew study that Sarah repeatedly references can be found here
• Sarah's recent Slate piece on trad wives leaving the church (including the original 'stay-at-home daughters')

• SIMPLE COOKING WITH YOTAM OTTOLENGHI! We're talking about his new cookbook, Simple Too, and want to talk about the entire concept of "simple cooking" — but you can also ask for tips, specific recipes for specific situations that hew to "simple," or any other questions you have for one of the most renowned cookbook authors of our time.
• FANCY JOURNAL / PLANNER CULTURE with Alex Sujong Laughlin — what fantasy of self are we chasing? What works, what pisses you off, what feels like pandering?
• WTF IS GOING ON WITH TELEVISION RIGHT NOW with Phil Maciak and Kathryn VanArendonk — podcasts-as-television, Netflix's Second Season Problem, what the networks aren't learning from Widow's Bay, ask us more!
• VENMO CULTURE: People who won't let you treat, people who say they're gonna Venmo you after you put a big dinner on your card and then don't, the utility (and annoyance) of Splitwise, Venmo-ing for a $4 coffee... convince Melody that there's an episode here
• LOW KEY SUPER RICH PEOPLE — ever since I read this piece on 'American Gentry' I've wanted to do a big episode about how the real (diffuse) wealth in this country is people who own car dealerships, HVAC companies, and other "pass-through" S-Corps. How does that wealth persist, what power does it wield, why do they vote the way they do, WHO ARE THEY, REALLY? (We're talking with some economists who've really crunched the numbers on this, so it's gonna be fascinating)
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Across the West, there's a contentious debate playing out over how to adapt homes and neighborhoods to this era of increasingly extreme wildfire risk. In Berkeley, California, it's become a particularly emotional fight because of a very specific architectural history that began all the way back in the 1890s. Emmett Fitzgerald reports on the new rules about what plants you can grow around your house.

Check out our previous episode on defensible space: Built to Burn

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Max Richter is one of the most successful classical composers alive. His catalog has had more than 4 billion streams and his works range from an eight-hour album based on the science of sleep to the Oscar-nominated score for the film Hamnet.

Richter’s work often responds to political upheavals and current events. His new album, ‘While The Flood Rages’, derives from his score for a ballet inspired by Margaret Atwood‘s MaddAddam trilogy of books.

In this conversation with Mishal Husain, he discusses his influences, his creative process and how music is his refuge from the world.

This episode features the tracks:

‘On The Nature of Daylight’, by Max Richter, from the album ‘The Blue Notebooks’. Courtesy of Deutsche Grammophon.

‘While The Flood Rages’, by Max Richter, from the album While The Flood Rages. Courtesy of Decca Records, part of Universal Music Group.

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Visit https://www.bloomberg.com/mishal to read Mishal’s notes and reflections on this conversation.

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Drawn from the depths of time in the Egyptian desert, the scarab – a symbol of eternity and reincarnation – is an enduring talisman. It made a remarkable comeback in Rome in the mid-19th century, when a certain Baroness crossed the threshold of the Castellani brothers’ workshop.

Voice of Jewels, a podcast from L’ÉCOLE, School of Jewelry Arts supported by Van Cleef & Arpels. Unveiling the stories and secrets behind History’s most fascinating jewels.

With the participation of Emmanuelle Amiot, PhD in Art History, and Senior Research project manager at L’ÉCOLE, School of Jewelry Arts.

This episode is loosely based on historical events.

Written by Martin Quenehen and Aram Kebabdjian, performed by Edoardo Ballerini, and produced by Bababam.

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In 1698, a 6’8” Russian giant went on a bender through an English gentleman’s estate. He trashed portraits, burned furniture and drunkenly rammed wheelbarrows through a prize-winning holly hedge. The giant in question was Peter the Great, and this wasn’t just a royal lads' holiday; it was - ostensibly - statecraft.

In this episode, Dan Snow is joined by historian Daniel Beer to unpack the life of Russia’s most ruthless moderniser - from dodging Kremlin bloodbaths to building a brand new capital atop a mountain of human bones.

Produced by James Hickmann and edited by Dougal Patmore.

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Cozy songs for fall, handpicked by two jazz pianists who take sweater weather very seriously. From Shirley Horn and Norah Jones to D’Angelo, Nick Drake and a surprisingly cozy cut from Michael Jackson’s Thriller. 

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About You'll Hear It:

Jazz pianists Adam Maness and Peter Martin unpack popular albums track-by-track in this weekly listening party. They talk about what their trained ears hear in the music, offering audiences a new window into the records they love. 

00:00 The coziest tunes we know
01:33 Peter starts strong
03:11 Sweater weather in a song
04:49 A new voice, an old favorite
06:38 Can the open road be cozy?
09:14 Saxophone and drums… cozy?
10:44 Better than the original?
12:55 A little quiet storm
14:36 The coziest jazz trio?
16:14 A voice like no other
19:19 Cozy isn’t just for Christmas
20:55 Modern jazz gets cozy
22:40 Heartbreak in a cabin
25:57 Peter bets it all on this one
28:57 What cozy songs did we miss?

Episode 1: Before the Tibetan Freedom Concerts became one of the biggest shows of the 1990s, teenage Erin Potts dreamt of a concert for Tibet featuring her favorite band. Meanwhile, imprisoned Tibetan nun Nawang Sangdrol reveals what it meant to resist from inside Tibet. Their stories meet in the same place: the power of music.

Note: This episode includes discussion of political imprisonment and torture, and a cuss word or two.

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This series is a Rangzen production produced by Adonde Media and distributed in partnership with KALW Public Media in San Francisco.

Heard a dead loved one on an open channel? Maybe contact from the stars? What have you heard in the static between stations on the dial? The lines are open to anyone with a tale about strange transmissions.

Through a long night of calls, our host listens to stories of mysterious NASA transmissions surrounding the myth of the Phantom Cosmonauts. Until another call gets through—from a man who claims to know the transmission is fake.

Because he was there.

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MIDNIGHT RADIO is a production of Crooked Highway and Under the Influence

Created and written by Scott Derrickson & C. Robert Cargill

Produced by Jimmy Bie, Mickey Schiff . Executive Produced by C. Robert Cargill, Scott Derrickson, & Ryan Hawke

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Episode 1: Phantom Cosmonauts - Cast

RADIO MAN - Ethan Hawke

CLYDE LANG -  Austin Pendleton

JEB - Ben Dickey

KATHY - Maggie Crane

DAVID - Mickey Schiff

DENNIS - Jimmy Bie

RUSSIAN COSMONAUT - Vladislav Belkin

KIT, ANNOUNCER - C. Robert Cargill

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This is a work of fiction. While it is inspired by or incorporates elements from real historical events and actual places, the characters, incidents, and dialogue are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or specific real-world events outside of public record is entirely coincidental.

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In this first episode of the new podcast “METRO with Sarah Koenig,” Sarah goes on a whirlwind tour of New York City to find out what New Yorkers are worrying about. Crime? Sure. The new mayor? Yes. Their weak, little handshakes? All the time.

To learn more about upcoming episodes of METRO and get a look behind the scenes, find us on Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook by searching “Serial Productions”.

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