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https://www.buzzsprout.com/2040953/episodes/19100483-grit

In 2013, education reformers tried to help poor students the using the best tool at their disposal: The 16th most popular Ted Talk.Special thanks to Marcus Credé! Where to find us: Our PatreonOur merch!Peter's newsletterPeter's other podcast, 5-4Mike's other podcast, Maintenance PhaseSo...

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The Ruiners, by Ellena Savage

https://www.simonandschuster.com.au/books/The-Ruiners/Ellena-Savage/9781761638817

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I was afraid to make a submission to the antisemitism royal commission. But silence has consequences too | George Newhouse | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/06/australia-antisemitism-royal-commission-submissions-racism-human-rights-ntwnfb

I work in a sector that speaks out on racism and human rights, yet on this issue I have felt the boundaries of acceptable speech narrow around me

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The Age of Extremophiles

https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-it-could-happen-here-30717896/episode/the-age-of-extremophiles-331674257/

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How Britain Became as Poor as Mississippi: A case study in self-sabotage

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/07/uk-productivity-economy-reform-party/687303/

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Part One: Jimmy Savile: Britain's Unending Nightmare

https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-behind-the-bastards-29236323/episode/part-one-jimmy-savile-britains-unending-330154698/

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The stubborn scarcity of female breadwinners

https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/07/13/the-stubborn-scarcity-of-female-breadwinners

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How effective are vaccines at stopping deadly bird flu from spreading? - ABC News

https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2026-06-25/avian-influenza-h5n1-vaccine-effectiveness/106831626

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50-Year Reread of The Lord of the Rings – 4: Pippin and Merry – Prospective Cultures

https://prospectiveculture.wordpress.com/2026/03/19/50-year-reread-of-the-lord-of-the-rings-4-pippin-and-merry/

A blog series in which I reread LOTR 50 years after I first read it, age 10, over the winter of 1975-76. Pippin and Merry come as a double act (not exactly ‘dumb and dumber’, but not a million miles from that either) in the Jackson film version of LOTR, providing both light relief and…

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You Probably Don't Need To Stress About Hantavirus

https://gidmk.substack.com/p/you-probably-dont-need-to-stress

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Part One: Carl Schmitt: The Mind Behind Modern Fascism - Behind the Bastards | iHeart

https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-behind-the-bastards-29236323/episode/part-one-carl-schmitt-the-mind-276486999/

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What if It’s Not the Phones?

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/07/phones-haidt-play-gray/687846/

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The Ability To Play As Bowser Has Made Our Society More Evil – Clickhole

https://www.clickhole.com/2015/01/05/the-ability-to-play-as-bowser-has-made-our-society-more-1825123963/

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Eight Questions About the Maldives Dive Accident

https://www.thehumandiver.com/post/eight-questions-about-maldives-accident

Five Italian divers died in a cave at 55 m. Before anyone delivers a verdict, here are the questions Just Culture demands we ask first — and why their sequence matters.

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The Kaiser and a "Mediocre Man" Theory of History

https://www.deadcarl.com/p/the-kaiser-and-a-mediocre-man-theory

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Terry Pratchett - Charlie's Diary

https://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2015/03/terry-pratchett.html

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Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage, by Belle Burden

https://www.belleburden.com/books