Will Beyoncé’s new album help to break down racial barriers in the country music industry? Here she performs during the ‘On The Run’ tour on July 18, 2014 in Houston, Texas.
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Beyoncé’s country-inspired album has caused a stir because the country music scene has a history of racial segregation that has erased its Black roots and gatekept it from Black artists.
Scientists Jan Zalasiewica and Erle Ellis on the recent decision to reject a proposal for a new geological epoch, the Anthropocene. Listen to The Conversation Weekly podcast.
The Russian president’s embrace of conspiracy theories has moved them from the fringe to the mainstream.
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Russian disinformation expert Ilya Yablokov tells The Conversation Weekly podcast about the president’s shifting relationship with conspiracy theories.
Feminist podcasts are having a moment. An expert reflects on 12 of them, from The Guilty Feminist and Feminist Book Club to podcasts that explore women’s lives and stories.
Small shops, many run by women, are a common sight in North Korea.
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Bronwen Dalton and Kyungja Jung explain how North Korean women are driving a new form of grassroots capitalism. Listen to The Conversation Weekly podcast.
Intellectual humility is about being open to changing your mind.
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In The Conversation Weekly podcast, researcher Colin Irwin explains how peace polls can help build consensus in conflict negotiations – but only if all parties are at the table.
New research has opened windows of connections between the waking world and dreamers.
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Dream researcher Başak Türker explains how she was able to communicate with people while they were dreaming. Listen to The Conversation Weekly podcast.
Mpho Molutsi from the Children’s Radio Foundation during a live community broadcast in Johannesburg.
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Michael Varnum explains new research on the role ecological factors play in the differences between cultures. Listen to The Conversation Weekly podcast.
Call them pet peeves, call them petty grievances, one thing is certain – complaining about everyday irritations feels cathartic. It’s also the premise of American comedy podcast I’ve Had It.
Orly Weintraub Gilad bears her grandfather’s Auschwitz number on her right arm.
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Alice Bloch talks about her research with the descendants of Holocaust survivors who have replicated the Auschwitz tattoo. Listen to The Conversation Weekly podcast.
How good are you at listening to the signals of your own body?
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Neuroscientist Sarah Garfinkel on why interoception can help explain the intergration between the body and the brain – and our emotions. Listen to The Conversation Weekly podcast.
Literary podcasts offer comfort, convenience and the ultimate distraction. Here’s a taste – including author interviews, deep dives into classic novels and critiques of self-help blockbusters.
This season, we are sharing a musical playlist created by our podcast guests and producers. Here Mustafa performs during the Juno Awards in Toronto on May 15, 2022.
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Our playlist is a collection of songs on the theme of resilience, reflection and revolution, inspired by the topics we cover on our Don’t Call Me Resilient podcast.
Social media can make us buy products we don’t want, new research shows.
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In this episode, Vinita sits down with two experts to break down the many layers — and Black stereotypes — in the much anticipated new film, ‘American Fiction.’
A police officer walks into a building at University of Massachusetts Amherst to arrest students who staged a sit-in outside of the Chancellor’s office.
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