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The 48 Laws of Power
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Episode: Oscar Winning Writer: The Brutal Truth About "Making It" in Hollywood
The Dead Zone
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Episode: Scott Galloway: "Modern work culture is producing lonely, awkward men"
Het Achterhuis
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Episode: Yuval Noah Harari: This election has already set a dangerous precedent.
The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy
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Episode: Yuval Noah Harari: This election has already set a dangerous precedent.
Good Inside
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Episode: The Discipline Expert: How to Fix Your Life with Stoicism | Ryan Holiday
On Bullshit
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Episode: Disinformation Expert: Political Influencers Are Becoming Extremists | Renee DiResta
Invisible Rulers
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Episode: Disinformation Expert: Political Influencers Are Becoming Extremists | Renee DiResta
Rich dad's guide to investing
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Episode: The Special Forces Rōnin: Hostage Rescues, Underground Fights & PTSD | Tu Lam
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Episode: The Special Forces Rōnin: Hostage Rescues, Underground Fights & PTSD | Tu Lam
The Art of War
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Episode: The Special Forces Rōnin: Hostage Rescues, Underground Fights & PTSD | Tu Lam
10% Happier
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Episode: Happiness Expert: "This happiness study is the longest in scientific history." | Dan Harris
The Andromeda Strain
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Episode: Top Astrophysicist: "Aliens may have contacted us, but we don't know how to call back."
Who Killed Epstein? Prince Andrew or Bill Clinton
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Episode: Shaun Attwood: What Actually Happens to P*dophiles in Prison
Hard time
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Episode: Shaun Attwood: What Actually Happens to P*dophiles in Prison
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Episode: Shaun Attwood: What Actually Happens to P*dophiles in Prison
Lying
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Episode: Who Makes an Easy Target for Brainwashing? | Andrew Gold
Lying
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Episode: Who Makes an Easy Target for Brainwashing? | Andrew Gold
A book about birth control
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Episode: The Birth Control Expert: "Never marry a woman on the pill, unless you've seen her without it."
Atomic Habits
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Episode: Dr. K: "They're LYING to you about the fix to anxiety, depression & loneliness." | @HealthyGamerGG
The Woman in White
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Episode: CIA Spy WARNING: "We're positioned for complete nuclear destruction." | Andrew Bustamante
Thank You for Smoking
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Episode: Fake News Creator on Manipulating Media for the World's Worst Humans | Phil Elwood
Thank You for Smoking
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Episode: Fake News Creator on Manipulating Media for the World's Worst Humans | Phil Elwood
Hacking Darwin
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Episode: China's Next Generation Will Completely Outclass the West | Jamie Metzl
Atomic Habits
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Episode: Divorce Lawyer on Signs of a Doomed Relationship | James Sexton
Mémoires
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Episode: How Close is the Next Pandemic? | Dr. Anthony Fauci Interview
The Silmarillion
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Episode: When a Narcissist Starts Losing Control of You, They Resort to THIS Trick | Dr. Ramani Durvasula
The Art of War
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Episode: How to Turn Your Passion Into a Million Dollars | Comic Artist Todd McFarlane
The Anxious Generation
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Episode: The Biggest Problem For Men's Mental Health in Modern Society | Jonathan Haidt
Voices in the ocean
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Episode: The Seafood You Eat Is Probably Killing You | Susan Casey
The Secret
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Episode: HAMAS Is About to Become Massive | Counterterrorism Op Adam Gamal
A World Without Email
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Episode: How Your Coworkers "Quiet Quitting" Can Make You More Money | Cal Newport
Deep Work
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Episode: How Your Coworkers "Quiet Quitting" Can Make You More Money | Cal Newport
Betrayal
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Episode: How Undercover Money Laundering Actually Works | Special Agent Robert Mazur
Containment Is Not Possible
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Episode: The AI Arms Race Could Enslave All of Us | Google DeepMind Co-Founder Mustafa Suleyman
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Episode: The AI Arms Race Could Enslave All of Us | Google DeepMind Co-Founder Mustafa Suleyman
Nuclear War
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Episode: We Could Be on the Brink of Nuclear Annihilation | Annie Jacobsen
Nuclear War
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Episode: We Could Be on the Brink of Nuclear Annihilation | Annie Jacobsen
Nuclear War
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Episode: We Could Be on the Brink of Nuclear Annihilation | Annie Jacobsen
Nuclear War
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Episode: We Could Be on the Brink of Nuclear Annihilation | Annie Jacobsen
Nuclear War
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Episode: We Could Be on the Brink of Nuclear Annihilation | Annie Jacobsen
Nuclear War
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Episode: We Could Be on the Brink of Nuclear Annihilation | Annie Jacobsen
Nuclear War
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Episode: We Could Be on the Brink of Nuclear Annihilation | Annie Jacobsen
Nuclear War
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Episode: We Could Be on the Brink of Nuclear Annihilation | Annie Jacobsen
Nuclear War
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Episode: We Could Be on the Brink of Nuclear Annihilation | Annie Jacobsen
Nuclear War
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Episode: We Could Be on the Brink of Nuclear Annihilation | Annie Jacobsen
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Episode: We Could Be on the Brink of Nuclear Annihilation | Annie Jacobsen
Nuclear War
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Episode: We Could Be on the Brink of Nuclear Annihilation | Annie Jacobsen
Nuclear War
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Episode: We Could Be on the Brink of Nuclear Annihilation | Annie Jacobsen
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Episode: We Could Be on the Brink of Nuclear Annihilation | Annie Jacobsen
Nuclear War
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Episode: We Could Be on the Brink of Nuclear Annihilation | Annie Jacobsen
Nuclear War
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Episode: We Could Be on the Brink of Nuclear Annihilation | Annie Jacobsen
Nuclear War
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Episode: We Could Be on the Brink of Nuclear Annihilation | Annie Jacobsen
Nuclear War
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Episode: We Could Be on the Brink of Nuclear Annihilation | Annie Jacobsen
Nuclear War
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Episode: We Could Be on the Brink of Nuclear Annihilation | Annie Jacobsen
Nuclear War
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Episode: We Could Be on the Brink of Nuclear Annihilation | Annie Jacobsen
Nuclear War
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Episode: We Could Be on the Brink of Nuclear Annihilation | Annie Jacobsen
Nuclear War
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Episode: We Could Be on the Brink of Nuclear Annihilation | Annie Jacobsen
Nuclear War
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Episode: We Could Be on the Brink of Nuclear Annihilation | Annie Jacobsen
Nuclear War
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Episode: We Could Be on the Brink of Nuclear Annihilation | Annie Jacobsen
Nuclear War
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Episode: We Could Be on the Brink of Nuclear Annihilation | Annie Jacobsen
Nuclear War
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Episode: We Could Be on the Brink of Nuclear Annihilation | Annie Jacobsen
Nuclear War
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Episode: We Could Be on the Brink of Nuclear Annihilation | Annie Jacobsen
Nuclear War
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Episode: We Could Be on the Brink of Nuclear Annihilation | Annie Jacobsen
Nuclear War
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Episode: We Could Be on the Brink of Nuclear Annihilation | Annie Jacobsen
Nuclear War
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Episode: We Could Be on the Brink of Nuclear Annihilation | Annie Jacobsen
Nuclear War
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Episode: We Could Be on the Brink of Nuclear Annihilation | Annie Jacobsen
Nuclear War
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Episode: We Could Be on the Brink of Nuclear Annihilation | Annie Jacobsen
Nuclear War
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Episode: We Could Be on the Brink of Nuclear Annihilation | Annie Jacobsen
Nuclear War
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Episode: We Could Be on the Brink of Nuclear Annihilation | Annie Jacobsen
The Night Before Christmas
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Episode: Hostage Negotiator on Winning Life or Death Deals | Scott Walker
Faerie queene
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Episode: Hostage Negotiator on Winning Life or Death Deals | Scott Walker
Faerie queene
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Episode: Hostage Negotiator on Winning Life or Death Deals | Scott Walker
My Ántonia
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Episode: China's Secret Opium Empire in Myanmar | Patrick Winn
Paradise Lost
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Episode: Money Laundering in The Shadow Economy | Miles Johnson
Study Guide
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Episode: Money Laundering in The Shadow Economy | Miles Johnson
Carmilla
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Episode: How to Seduce Any Date With Psychology | Amir Levine
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
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Episode: Did COVID Actually Come From a Lab Leak? | Alison Young
Dopamine Nation
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Episode: Hidden Addictions and How to Overcome Them | Dr. Anna Lembke
Dopamine Nation
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Episode: Hidden Addictions and How to Overcome Them | Dr. Anna Lembke
Dopamine Nation
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Episode: Hidden Addictions and How to Overcome Them | Dr. Anna Lembke
Dopamine Nation
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Episode: Hidden Addictions and How to Overcome Them | Dr. Anna Lembke
Atomic Habits
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Episode: Why Smart People Aren't Necessarily Successful | Dr. Adam Grant
War at the top of the world
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Episode: The Upcoming Death of Privacy As We Know It | Kashmir Hill
War at the top of the world
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Episode: The Upcoming Death of Privacy As We Know It | Kashmir Hill
War at the top of the world
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Episode: The Upcoming Death of Privacy As We Know It | Kashmir Hill
The Big Sort
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Episode: How to Persuade a Stubborn, Emotional Loved One | Michael McQueen
Vingt mille lieues sous les mers
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Episode: Confronting Elon Musk's Delusional Mars Colony | Zach Weinersmith
The Book of Dragons
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Episode: Could You Escape This Nazi Fortress Prison? | Ben Macintyre
The Great Depression: A Diary
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Episode: Stop Listening to Gurus. Here's How to Actually Make Money. | Morgan Housel
Atomic Habits
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Steve Jobs
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Episode: Stop Listening to Gurus. Here's How to Actually Make Money. | Morgan Housel
Thinking, Fast and Slow
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Episode: Ex-Wall Street Investor on Insider Trading | Tom Hardin (aka Tipper X)
Popular
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Episode: How to Attract Anyone (Even If You're Ugly) | Mitch Prinstein
Livewired
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Episode: Dr. Eagleman's Guide to a Youthful Brain in Old Age | Dr. David Eagleman
The Man in the Brown Suit
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Episode: China's Upcoming War for Chips in Taiwan | Chris Miller
The Man in the Brown Suit
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Episode: China's Upcoming War for Chips in Taiwan | Chris Miller
Jurassic Park
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Episode: Why This Man is Making Jurassic Park a Reality | Ben Lamm
Jurassic Park
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Episode: Why This Man is Making Jurassic Park a Reality | Ben Lamm
Jurassic Park
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Episode: Why This Man is Making Jurassic Park a Reality | Ben Lamm
Jurassic Park
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Episode: Why This Man is Making Jurassic Park a Reality | Ben Lamm
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Episode: Why This Man is Making Jurassic Park a Reality | Ben Lamm
Jurassic Park
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Episode: Why This Man is Making Jurassic Park a Reality | Ben Lamm
Jurassic Park
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Episode: Why This Man is Making Jurassic Park a Reality | Ben Lamm
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Episode: Why This Son of an Israeli General is Pro-Palestine | Miko Peled
Injustice
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Episode: Why This Son of an Israeli General is Pro-Palestine | Miko Peled
Conversations on Love
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Thinking, Fast and Slow
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Episode: How Politicians Control You with Your Instagram | Tobias Rose-Stockwell
The Righteous Mind
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Episode: How Politicians Control You with Your Instagram | Tobias Rose-Stockwell
La Poetica
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Episode: How Sane People Turn Into Insufferable Conspiracy Nuts | Dan Ariely
Scarcity Brain
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Episode: How Instagram Abuses Your Ancient Brain | JHS Ep. 902
Scarcity Brain
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Episode: How Instagram Abuses Your Ancient Brain | JHS Ep. 902
Scarcity Brain
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Episode: How Instagram Abuses Your Ancient Brain | JHS Ep. 902
Scarcity Brain
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Episode: How Instagram Abuses Your Ancient Brain | JHS Ep. 902
Scarcity Brain
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Episode: How Instagram Abuses Your Ancient Brain | JHS Ep. 902
Scarcity Brain
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Episode: How Instagram Abuses Your Ancient Brain | JHS Ep. 902
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Casino Royale [James Bond (Original Series) #1]
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Atomic Habits
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The Power of Your Subconscious Mind
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Episode: Harvard Psychiatrist Dr. Waldinger: Why Adulthood Feels Lonely | JHS Ep. 895
Meditations
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Episode: Harvard Psychiatrist Dr. Waldinger: Why Adulthood Feels Lonely | JHS Ep. 895
The Great Gatsby
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Episode: Tim Urban on Dangerous Woke Censorship & Radical Ideologies | JHS Ep. 892
Remaking Planning
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Episode: Tim Urban on Dangerous Woke Censorship & Radical Ideologies | JHS Ep. 892
Remaking Planning
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Episode: Tim Urban on Dangerous Woke Censorship & Radical Ideologies | JHS Ep. 892
The city gardener's handbook
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Episode: Tim Urban on Dangerous Woke Censorship & Radical Ideologies | JHS Ep. 892
The Great Gatsby
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Episode: Tim Urban on Dangerous Woke Censorship & Radical Ideologies | JHS Ep. 892
The city gardener's handbook
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Episode: Tim Urban on Dangerous Woke Censorship & Radical Ideologies | JHS Ep. 892
The Great Gatsby
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Episode: Tim Urban on Dangerous Woke Censorship & Radical Ideologies | JHS Ep. 892
1984
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The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy
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Episode: Why Time Magazine Wants to Risk Nuclear War With China Over AI | JHS Ep. 888
When Reason Goes on Holiday
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The wisdom of psychopaths
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Episode: Do You Have Traits of a Sociopath, Psychopath or Narcissist? | JHS Ep. 879
La Poetica
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Poetics
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Judo
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Episode: 3 POVs on Russia's Demographic Downfall (ft. Peter Zeihan, Ian Bremmer, and Bradley Schurman) | JHS
And Then There Were None
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Episode: Why "Wellness" Influencers Are Easy Targets For Conspiracy Theories | JHS Ep. 871
The Shock Doctrine
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Women's bodies, women's wisdom
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Episode: Why "Wellness" Influencers Are Easy Targets For Conspiracy Theories | JHS Ep. 871
The Outlaw Ocean
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Episode: Confronting The Modern Day Sl*very in Our Oceans | JHS Ep. 856
The Outlaw Ocean
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No escape
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Episode: 4 Different POVs on The Danger of Cheap Labor (ft. Peter Zeihan and More) | JHS
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Barking Up the Wrong Tree
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Episode: 4 POVs on Looking Confident in ANY Situation (ft. Robert Greene, Malcolm Gladwell and more) | JHS
The Rust Programming Language (Covers Rust 2018)
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Episode: The Number 1 Thing Killing You Right Now | JHS Ep. 818
One River
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One River
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Episode: Paul Rosolie's Craziest Stories From The Jungle | Ep. 827
Born Free
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Episode: Paul Rosolie's Craziest Stories From The Jungle | Ep. 827
1984
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Authentic Happiness
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Episode: Netflix's Founder on Laughable Business Ideas | JHS Ep. 786
The wisdom of psychopaths
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Episode: How Psychopaths Outsmart Society & Succeed | JHS Ep. 776
Unrestricted warfare
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Episode: General Spalding on China’s Big Plan for Global Domination | JHS Ep. 751
The Prince
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Episode: General Spalding on China’s Big Plan for Global Domination | JHS Ep. 751
The Kill Chain
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Episode: General Spalding on China’s Big Plan for Global Domination | JHS Ep. 751
Goliath
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The Politics Industry
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Ἰλιάς
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Episode: Confessions of a Serial K*ller Hunter (CONTENT WARNING) | JHS Ep. 725
Undeniable
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Episode: Bill Nye: 6 Disaster Scenarios That Will End Humanity | JHS Ep. 724
Off the Record
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Episode: How Today’s Businesses Failed Their Way To Success | JHS Ep. 721
The Art of Learning
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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
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