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    S2 Underground
    The Wire - January 5, 2026

    S2 Underground

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2026 6:17


    //The Wire//2300Z January 5, 2026////ROUTINE////BLUF: USA TAKES CONTROL OF VENEZUELA, EFFORTS TO EMPLACE TRANSITIONAL GOVERNMENT CONTINUE. SOMALI FRAUD SCANDAL SPREADS NATIONWIDE. ECOTERRORISTS SET FIRE TO BRIDGE IN BERLIN RESULTING IN ELECTRICAL BLACKOUTS.// -----BEGIN TEARLINE------International Events-Germany: Over the weekend insurgents conducted a sabotage operation in Berlin, which targeted electrical infrastructure. The far-left terrorist group Vulkangruppe claimed credit for the attack that took the form of arson attacks on electrical pylons carrying power to much of southwest Berlin. The main attack took the form of arsonists setting fire to a bridge carrying electrical cables across the canal to the west of the power plant in Lichterfelde.Analyst Comment: This attack was coordinated and timed to coincide with a cold snap that brought extremely cold weather throughout the region. The insurgents were trying to cause as much harm as possible, so they conducted the attack at a time when they knew that cold-weather casualties would be maximized. Local officials have stated that it might be as late as Thursday before repairs can be fully completed, due to the severity of the attack.-HomeFront-Minnesota: The Somali Fraud saga continues as dozens of independent investigations and lines of analytical effort result in even more fraud coming to light by the hour. This afternoon, Governor Tim Walz made the announcement that he is dropping out of the gubernatorial race due to the scandal.Analyst Comment: Minnesota is no longer the only state in which major investigative efforts are underway. After the initial story broke in Minneapolis, others started looking around in their areas, only to find exactly the same kind of fraud...wholesale theft of taxpayer money, laundered through nonexistent daycares and other welfare programs. There are currently reports of widespread Somali fraud in Washington, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Idaho, Ohio, and Maine. Additional fraud activities are also being investigated in most other states, not just within the Somali community.Ohio: Overnight a security incident was reported at the home of VP Vance. One assailant, who has been identified as William DeFoor, was able to get close enough to Vance's residence to break one of the exterior windows with a hammer, before being detained and arrested.Analyst Comment: Considering the extreme threats to key leaders within in the US at this time, this reaction was probably expected. However, this incident was too close for comfort. One lunatic with a hammer getting this close proves that a terrorist with an S-Vest could get just as close, and the outcome would be very different.-----END TEARLINE-----Analyst Comments: In Venezuela, the situation right now is still very dynamic. Though the American operation to capture Maduro was a one-time mission, the situation has not over yet. Maduro is out of the fight, but right now the United States has, in effect, taken control of Venezuela.Maduro's allies, Generals, and decades of infrastructure (and criminal enterprise) does not simply evaporate overnight, and the removal of the head of the snake doesn't mean that the body doesn't also exist. In many ways it's business as usual in Venezuela, and in other ways significant changes are underway. President Trump has stated that the short term goal is to run Venezuela for a time, installing a puppet government until a transition to a more stable government can take place. Whether or not this will happen can be debated, but this is the plan for now.Regarding Petroleum, Oil, and Lubricant (POL) facilities, President Trump stated that American oil companies will be running Venezuela's oil industry (and exporting that oil back to the United States).Concerning additional strikes, President Trump stated that a wider conflict may be nec

    SPIEGEL Update – Die Nachrichten
    Sicherheitsrat zu Venezuela, Berliner im Dunkeln, Angst vorm Aktiencrash

    SPIEGEL Update – Die Nachrichten

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2026 6:06


    Der Uno-Sicherheitsrat tagt zur Lage in Venezuela. In Berlin haben weiterhin Tausende Haushalte keinen Strom. Und 2026 droht das Aktien-Armageddon. Das ist die Lage am Montagmorgen. Hier die Artikel zum Nachlesen: Die ganze Geschichte hier: Merz und das Maduro-Dilemma Mehr Hintergründe: Was die Reparatur so kompliziert macht Die ganze Geschichte hier: 2026 droht die Mutter aller Krisen+++ Alle Infos zu unseren Werbepartnern finden Sie hier. Die SPIEGEL-Gruppe ist nicht für den Inhalt dieser Seite verantwortlich. +++ Den SPIEGEL-WhatsApp-Kanal finden Sie hier. Alle SPIEGEL Podcasts finden Sie hier. Mehr Hintergründe zum Thema erhalten Sie mit SPIEGEL+. Entdecken Sie die digitale Welt des SPIEGEL, unter spiegel.de/abonnieren finden Sie das passende Angebot. Informationen zu unserer Datenschutzerklärung.

    RA Podcast
    RA.1020 Crimeboys

    RA Podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2026 136:52


    Stumble into 2026 with the 3XL favourites' uncanny vision of ambient. It's become a tradition that the first RA Mix of every year eases listeners into January with soft, gentle and unhurried tones. For RA.1020, though, crimeboys take a different approach. Made up of Ben Bondy, Special Guest DJ and Pontiac Sterator, the US trio are all loosely associated with 3XL. Over the past decade, the Berlin-based label, run by Special Guest DJ, has helped define a strain of ambient that foregrounds strangeness, texture and eccentric detail. This energy comes through immediately on RA.1020. Listen to the first ten minutes and you might not quite feel soothed. Stick with it, though, and a different logic begins to emerge, as church bells, corroded electronics and industrial abrasion give way to long passages of dub pressure, shadowy rhythm and low-lit propulsion. Across two hours, the trio draw a map of influences both internal and external to the 3XL universe, from foundational reference points like Skinny Puppy, M.E.S.H. and DJ Krush to artists embedded within the label's wider orbit, such as Perila, james K and Critical Amnesia. Together, these selections trace a throughline from '90s industrial and jungle into dub techno, experimental club and contemporary ambient's more unsettled edges. RA.1020 isn't comfort listening in the conventional sense, but it does offer its own form of recalibration and release. Stay put, and you'll be rewarded. Find the tracklist and interview at ra.co/podcast/1039 @triplexlarge @benbondy @pontiacstreator @specialguest-dj

    Tagesschau (Audio-Podcast)
    tagesschau 20:00 Uhr, 04.01.2026

    Tagesschau (Audio-Podcast)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2026 15:47


    US-Angriff auf Venezuela war nicht mit dem US-Kongress abgesprochen, Maduros Stellvertreterin Rodriguez übernimmt Staatsgeschäfte, Nach Anschlag auf eine Kabelbrücke in Berlin sind 45.000 Haushalte ohne Strom, Auswirkungen des erhöhten Mindestlohns, Streit um Lose bei spanischem Gewinnspiel El Gordo, Drittes Springen bei der Vierschanzentournee, Das Wetter

    ETDPODCAST
    Wie Rekord-Staatsschulden auf Ihr Vermögen wirken – und was dagegen hilft | Zweifel & Zuversicht – Folg1

    ETDPODCAST

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2026 83:27


    Der Haushalt 2026 beinhaltet neue Rekordschulden am verfassungsmäßigen Limit. Was bedeutet das für das Portemonnaie jedes Einzelnen? Wie kann man die Volkswirtschaft und auch sich persönlich absichern? Benjamin Mudlack ist zur Schuldenproblematik zu Gast. In „Zweifel & Zuversicht – der Podcast für Macher-Mentalität“ begrüßt Hängen höhere Schulden, geringere Produktivität und Inflation zusammen? Und was kann jeder Einzelne tun, um sich vor Kaufkraftverlust zu schützen? Hierüber spricht Banker, Autor und Unternehmer Benjamin Mudlack mit Alexander Zwieschowski, Geschäftsführer und Chefredakteur der deutschen Ausgabe von Epoch Times. In dieser ersten Sendung des neuen Formats "Zweifel & Zuversicht" werden Probleme benannt und darüber hinaus Lösungsansätze diskutiert. Geschäftsführer und Chefredakteur Alexander Zwieschowski lädt in diesem Format spannende Gäste zu den drängenden Fragen unserer Zeit in das Epoch-Times-Studio in Berlin ein. Das Besondere: Als Jahresabonnent von Epoch Times haben Sie exklusiv die Möglichkeit, im Vorfeld der Sendungen Fragen einzureichen. Einige Tage vor der Aufzeichnung teilen wir Ihnen mit, welche Gäste und Themen als Nächstes anstehen. Natürlich können Sie als aktiver Teil der Community auch Vorschläge zu Gästen und Themen einsenden. In Kürze wird zudem monatlich eine Sendung mit Publikum im EpochTV-Studio in Berlin stattfinden. Die Teilnahme hieran ist exklusiv für Epoch-Times-Jahresabonnenten möglich, die Anzahl der Plätze ist begrenzt.

    Tagesschau (512x288)
    tagesschau 20:00 Uhr, 04.01.2026

    Tagesschau (512x288)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2026 15:48


    US-Angriff auf Venezuela war nicht mit dem US-Kongress abgesprochen, Maduros Stellvertreterin Rodriguez übernimmt Staatsgeschäfte, Nach Anschlag auf eine Kabelbrücke in Berlin sind 45.000 Haushalte ohne Strom, Auswirkungen des erhöhten Mindestlohns, Streit um Lose bei spanischem Gewinnspiel El Gordo, Drittes Springen bei der Vierschanzentournee, Das Wetter

    New Books in Critical Theory
    Megha Anwer and Anupama Arora, "Screening Precarity: Hindi Cinema and Neoliberal Crisis in Twenty-first Century India" (U Michigan Press, 2025)

    New Books in Critical Theory

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2026 53:53


    Screening Precarity integrates a cultural analysis of film texts and history, industry transformations, and the violence and crises of political economy infrastructures, to study post-liberalization shifts in the Hindi film industry in India. The book investigates Bollywood as a media system that has moved away from the glee and gusto of liberalization in the 1990s to an industry contending with the failures and inadequacies of neoliberalism's promises, and the ascendency of the material-affective redressals offered by religious ethnonationalism. The monograph examines 19 Hindi-language films released post-2010 to study contemporary India's precarious public sphere which has been characterized by a pervasive sense of professional-personal insecurity experienced by the vast majority. This is a book about the role of cinema, or cultural texts more generally, in a period marked by incredible insecurity, violence, and the absence of collective political alternatives. Screening Precarity is an intervention in the politics of representation, particularly, of how marginal identities are shaped, scripted, and screened in precarious times. It is also a cultural analysis of how the biggest film industry in the world is embedded in global media networks, and marshals state power and star power, national histories and transnational fantasies, structural impossibilities and individual agency. Megha Anwer is a theorist of literature and visual culture. Her research areas include contemporary postcolonial literature, global cinema, Victorian literature and visual culture. Anupama Arora is a professor of English and Communication, and Women's and Gender Studies, at the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth. Dr Priyam Sinha is an Alexander Von Humboldt Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Institute for Asian and African Studies, Humboldt University in Berlin. Her research interests lie at the intersection of critical media industry studies, disability studies, gender studies, affect studies, production culture studies, and anthropology of the body. So far, her articles have been published in the European Journal of Cultural Studies, Media, Culture and Society; Communication, Culture and Critique; South Asian Diaspora, among others. She is also a regular podcast host at NewBooksNetwork and has been published in public writing forums like the Economic and Political Weekly, FemAsia, Asian Film Archive, among others. More information on her ongoing projects can be found on her website www.priyamsinha.com and you can follow her on https://x.com/PriyamSinha Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/critical-theory

    Das Gespräch | rbbKultur
    Visionen für Berlin - der Architekt Thomas Willemeit

    Das Gespräch | rbbKultur

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2026 52:10


    Als einer der drei Gründer des renommierten Architekturbüros GRAFT setzt sich Thomas Willemeit für große Projekte ein. Er möchte das Internationale Congress Centrum ICC zur größten Elektro-Ladestation Berlins weiterentwickeln und die Weltausstellung EXPO 2035 nach Berlin holen. Sein architektonisches Denken sei musikalisch geprägt, sagt er. Willemeit spielt Geige, singt im Chor und hat selbst Chöre gegründet. Über seine Visionen für Berlin und die Verbindung von Musik und Architektur hat Britta Bürger mit ihm gesprochen.

    Solomonster Sounds Off
    WWE Smackdown 1/2/26 Review | Randy Orton RETURNS With Lots of NEW FACES On The Show!

    Solomonster Sounds Off

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2026 138:19 Transcription Available


    Solomonster reviews the first WWE Smackdown of 2026 with a return to THREE hours, as well as the return of Randy Orton and arrival of new faces like Matt Cardona, Trick Williams and Jordynne Grace. Drew McIntyre also names his stipulations for Three Stages of Hell with Cody Rhodes next week in Berlin, Giulia regains the Women's US title and Damian Priest ends his rivalry with Aleister Black in an Amublance Match.  Certainly a newsworthy show, but was it a good one?***Follow Solomonster on X (formerly Twitter) for news and opinion:http://x.com/solomonsterSubscribe to the Solomonster Sounds Off on YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/user/TheSolomonster?sub_confirmation=1Become a Solomonster Sounds Off Channel Member:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9jcg7mk93fGNqWPMfl_Aig/join

    New Books in History
    Baijayanti Roy, "The Nazi Study of India and Indian Anti-Colonialism" (Oxford UP, 2024)

    New Books in History

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2026 46:34


    The Nazi Study of India and Indian Anti-Colonialism (2024) is the first detailed and critical study of the intellectual and political connections that existed between some German scholars specializing on India, non-academic ‘India experts,' Indian anti-colonialists and various organs of the Nazi state published by the Oxford University Press. It explores the ways in which different knowledge discourses pertaining to India, particularly its colonization and the anti-colonial movement, were used by these individuals for a number of German organisations to fulfil the demands of Nazi politics. This monograph also inspects the links between the knowledge providers and embodiments of National Socialist politics like the Nazi party and its affiliates. In this study, Baijayanti Roy aims to ascertain whether such political engagements were actually more rewarding for the scholars than their 'practical services' to the state in the form of strategic deployment of their knowledge of India. The Nazi Study of India and Indian Anti-Colonialism offers case studies of four organisations which incorporated such complicated entanglements of knowledge and power: the India Institute of the Deutsche Akademie in Munich, the Special Department India of the German Foreign Ministry, the Seminar for Oriental languages and its successor institutions at the University of Berlin, and the Indian Legion of the German Army. The knowledge networks underlying these organisations were dominated by German Indologists, but non-specialist knowledge providers, both German and Indian were also included. The Nazi regime expected all scholars and intellectuals to engage in Kulturpolitik (cultural politics), which entailed propagating the glories of the 'Reich' and its supreme leader as well as collecting 'politically valuable' knowledge within and outside Germany. For the four organizations concerned, this meant conducting pro-German and from around 1938, anti-British propaganda aimed at Indians. Loosely following an analogy provided by Herbert Mehrtens in the context of natural sciences, this monograph posits that there were ‘patterns of collaboration' between the knowledge providers and the representatives of the Nazi regime. At the core of these 'patterns' was, to borrow Mitchell Ash's theory, an exchange of resources and capital in which scholars and experts offered their knowledge of Indian languages, history and culture to authorities like the Foreign Ministry, the SS and the Army. In return, they received increased professional opportunities, financial remuneration or in some cases, increased power and influence. Deep Acharya is a PhD student and a George L. Mosse fellow of Modern European Cultural History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison working on the history of fatherhood in 20th century Germany. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history

    Anthony Plog on Music
    Michelle DiBucci: Deep insights from a cross-genre composer, artistic innovator, and professor of music and drama at the Juilliard School

    Anthony Plog on Music

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2026 37:20


    Composer Michelle DiBucci is a versatile artist whose work spans theater, opera, dance, and film. Michelle has made significant contributions to contemporary music, having collaborated with renowned ensembles like the Kronos Quartet and created works performed at prestigious venues such as Alice Tully Hall and the Komische Oper in Berlin. Her rich background includes studying under esteemed composers like Louis Andriessen and teaching at Juilliard since 1992, where she shares her passion for music and theater with aspiring artists.In this first part of our conversation, we explore Michelle's early influences, from her childhood experiences with television soundtracks to her pivotal moment of discovering the relationship between music and visual storytelling. She shares her journey from acting to composing, detailing how mentorship shaped her path and the lessons learned along the way. Michelle's insights into music composition reveal the intricate balance between creativity and the realities of the industry.[Subscriber Content] In the second part, we delve deeper into her composition approach and the collaborative process behind her compositions. Michelle discusses memorable projects, including her opera based on Charlotte Solomon's life, and highlights her thoughts on the changing landscape of music education and the impact of technology on future generations of musicians. This section offers valuable perspectives on navigating a career in music, alongside a reflection on the importance of live performances in an increasingly digital world.Would you like more inspirational stories, suggestions, insights, and a place to continue the conversations with other listeners? Visit anthonyplog-on-music.supercast.com to learn more! As a Contributing Listener of "Anthony Plog on Music," you'll have access to extra premium content and benefits including: Extra Audio Content: Only available to Contributing Listeners. Podcast Reflections: Tony's written recaps and thoughts on past interviews, including valuable tips and suggestions for students. Ask Me Anything: Both as written messages and occasional member-only Zoom sessions. The Show's Discord Server: Where conversations about interviews, show suggestions, and questions happen. It's a great place to meet other listeners and chat about all things music! Can I just donate instead of subscribing? Absolutely! Cancel at anytime and easily resubscribe when you want all that extra content again. Learn more about becoming a Contributing Listener @ anthonyplog-on-music.supercast.com!

    Zum Scheitern Verurteilt
    Außenreporterin für Kiwi

    Zum Scheitern Verurteilt

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2026 64:51 Transcription Available


    Da haben wir es wohl alle falsch gemacht. Oder richtig? Oder eh überall unterschiedlich? Kommt mehr als Käse in ein Pfännchen? – Und wo wir schon beim Essen sind: Die „picky-Eaterin“ von den beiden ist das gar nicht absichtlich. Und hat einen Namen, quasi eine Diagnose, in der sie sich wiederfindet. Außerdem wird Silvester Revue passieren gelassen. Vom Görli über das Ferienhaus in den Bergen und Raclette bis zur ZDF-Show und der Frage, wann und wie man für Letzteres aufgebaut werden kann. Das Ferienhaus in den Bergen war von innen übrigens ein Chalet mit Tücken. Außen aber „hui“, mit einer Sicht, die sich gewaschen hat. Schreibt doch mal wieder: hallo@zsvpodcast.de Unseren Instagram-Account findet ihr hier: https://www.instagram.com/zsvpodcast Und hier geht's direkt zu TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@zumscheiternverurteilt Du möchtest mehr über unsere Werbepartner erfahren? Hier findest du alle Infos & Rabatte: https://linktr.ee/zumscheiternverurteilt Du möchtest Werbung in diesem Podcast schalten? Dann erfahre hier mehr über die Werbemöglichkeiten bei Seven.One Audio: https://www.seven.one/portfolio/sevenone-audio

    Speaking of Writers
    Prit Buttar- Into the Reich

    Speaking of Writers

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2026 20:24


    Enriched by extraordinary first-hand accounts, this is a fascinating history of the dying days of the Third Reich as Stalin sought to consolidate his own empire.In January 1945, the Red Army launched a powerful offensive across the Vistula River to drive the Wehrmacht out of Poland, with the intention of securing a start line for an operation that would ultimately result in the capture of Berlin and the end of the war. But, as Prit Buttar expertly reveals, there were other issues at play. Stalin was determined to push the boundaries of the Soviet Union further west, restoring land lost by the tsars and securing vast industrial and mineral wealth. While negotiations took place between the Allied powers regarding the fate of Poland, the Red Army burst through the German lines, liberating Auschwitz even as the SS drove concentration camp inmates onto frozen roads in a series of death marches.The Wehrmacht staged a desperate fight back with their last major armoured offensive on the Eastern Front. Launched in February 1945 from the German-Polish border, it forced a halt to the Soviet forces on the banks of the Oder before the rush to Berlin. Written by an acknowledged expert on the Eastern Front and packed with first-hand accounts, this is the definitive account of the strategic goals, both military and political, of Stalin, his generals, and their armies as they raced into the Reich, and of the German forces who stood in the way.Prit Buttar studied medicine at Oxford and London before joining the British Army as a doctor. After leaving the army, he worked as a GP. He is extensively involved in medical politics, both at local and national level. An established expert on the Eastern Front in 20th-century military history, his previous books include the critically acclaimed two-volume series on the siege of Leningrad: To Besiege A City (Osprey 2023) and Hero City (Osprey 2024). He now lives in Kirkcudbright in Scotland.#speakingofwriterspodcast #authorpodcast #worldwar2 #germany #thirdreich

    Wisdom of the Sages
    1716: Bhakti Changed My Life: The 6-Year Anniversary Show

    Wisdom of the Sages

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2026 63:21


    Six years ago we hit "record" with shaky internet and big dreams—then a lucky break, and a global lockdown helped turn Wisdom of the Sages into a daily lifeline for thousands of listeners.   In this special 6-Year Anniversary episode—recorded live from Govardhan Ecovillage, India—listeners step up to share how daily Śrīmad Bhāgavatam, bhakti-yoga, kirtan, and satsang pulled them out of anxiety, addiction, trauma, and spiritual confusion—and into something steady, practical, and strangely joyful. From Berlin to Manhattan to Asheville, you'll hear how the "sages in the pages" become real when the teachings move from information to transformation.

    Tagesschau (Audio-Podcast)
    tagesschau 20:00 Uhr, 02.01.2026

    Tagesschau (Audio-Podcast)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2026 17:33


    Trauer nach verheerendem Brand in Schweizer Skiort Crans-Montana, US-Präsident Trump droht iranischem Regime mit Eingreifen wegen Vorgehen gegen Protestierende, CSU-Gruppe im Bundestag fordert Verschärfung von Migrationsregeln, Verdächtiger im Zusammenhang mit angezündeten Kältebussen in Berlin festgenommen, 20 Jahre nach Einsturz einer Eissporthalle in Bad Reichenhall, Schneefall und Eis sorgen teilweise für erhebliche Verkehrsbehinderungen, Das Wetter

    Such FFun
    CALIFORNIA

    Such FFun

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2026 60:54


    We're back with part 2 of our Sixth series!

    New Books Network
    Megha Anwer and Anupama Arora, "Screening Precarity: Hindi Cinema and Neoliberal Crisis in Twenty-first Century India" (U Michigan Press, 2025)

    New Books Network

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2026 53:53


    Screening Precarity integrates a cultural analysis of film texts and history, industry transformations, and the violence and crises of political economy infrastructures, to study post-liberalization shifts in the Hindi film industry in India. The book investigates Bollywood as a media system that has moved away from the glee and gusto of liberalization in the 1990s to an industry contending with the failures and inadequacies of neoliberalism's promises, and the ascendency of the material-affective redressals offered by religious ethnonationalism. The monograph examines 19 Hindi-language films released post-2010 to study contemporary India's precarious public sphere which has been characterized by a pervasive sense of professional-personal insecurity experienced by the vast majority. This is a book about the role of cinema, or cultural texts more generally, in a period marked by incredible insecurity, violence, and the absence of collective political alternatives. Screening Precarity is an intervention in the politics of representation, particularly, of how marginal identities are shaped, scripted, and screened in precarious times. It is also a cultural analysis of how the biggest film industry in the world is embedded in global media networks, and marshals state power and star power, national histories and transnational fantasies, structural impossibilities and individual agency. Megha Anwer is a theorist of literature and visual culture. Her research areas include contemporary postcolonial literature, global cinema, Victorian literature and visual culture. Anupama Arora is a professor of English and Communication, and Women's and Gender Studies, at the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth. Dr Priyam Sinha is an Alexander Von Humboldt Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Institute for Asian and African Studies, Humboldt University in Berlin. Her research interests lie at the intersection of critical media industry studies, disability studies, gender studies, affect studies, production culture studies, and anthropology of the body. So far, her articles have been published in the European Journal of Cultural Studies, Media, Culture and Society; Communication, Culture and Critique; South Asian Diaspora, among others. She is also a regular podcast host at NewBooksNetwork and has been published in public writing forums like the Economic and Political Weekly, FemAsia, Asian Film Archive, among others. More information on her ongoing projects can be found on her website www.priyamsinha.com and you can follow her on https://x.com/PriyamSinha Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

    New Books in Film
    Megha Anwer and Anupama Arora, "Screening Precarity: Hindi Cinema and Neoliberal Crisis in Twenty-first Century India" (U Michigan Press, 2025)

    New Books in Film

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2026 53:53


    Screening Precarity integrates a cultural analysis of film texts and history, industry transformations, and the violence and crises of political economy infrastructures, to study post-liberalization shifts in the Hindi film industry in India. The book investigates Bollywood as a media system that has moved away from the glee and gusto of liberalization in the 1990s to an industry contending with the failures and inadequacies of neoliberalism's promises, and the ascendency of the material-affective redressals offered by religious ethnonationalism. The monograph examines 19 Hindi-language films released post-2010 to study contemporary India's precarious public sphere which has been characterized by a pervasive sense of professional-personal insecurity experienced by the vast majority. This is a book about the role of cinema, or cultural texts more generally, in a period marked by incredible insecurity, violence, and the absence of collective political alternatives. Screening Precarity is an intervention in the politics of representation, particularly, of how marginal identities are shaped, scripted, and screened in precarious times. It is also a cultural analysis of how the biggest film industry in the world is embedded in global media networks, and marshals state power and star power, national histories and transnational fantasies, structural impossibilities and individual agency. Megha Anwer is a theorist of literature and visual culture. Her research areas include contemporary postcolonial literature, global cinema, Victorian literature and visual culture. Anupama Arora is a professor of English and Communication, and Women's and Gender Studies, at the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth. Dr Priyam Sinha is an Alexander Von Humboldt Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Institute for Asian and African Studies, Humboldt University in Berlin. Her research interests lie at the intersection of critical media industry studies, disability studies, gender studies, affect studies, production culture studies, and anthropology of the body. So far, her articles have been published in the European Journal of Cultural Studies, Media, Culture and Society; Communication, Culture and Critique; South Asian Diaspora, among others. She is also a regular podcast host at NewBooksNetwork and has been published in public writing forums like the Economic and Political Weekly, FemAsia, Asian Film Archive, among others. More information on her ongoing projects can be found on her website www.priyamsinha.com and you can follow her on https://x.com/PriyamSinha Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/film

    Tagesschau (512x288)
    tagesschau 20:00 Uhr, 02.01.2026

    Tagesschau (512x288)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2026 17:34


    Trauer nach verheerendem Brand in Schweizer Skiort Crans-Montana, US-Präsident Trump droht iranischem Regime mit Eingreifen wegen Vorgehen gegen Protestierende, CSU-Gruppe im Bundestag fordert Verschärfung von Migrationsregeln, Verdächtiger im Zusammenhang mit angezündeten Kältebussen in Berlin festgenommen, 20 Jahre nach Einsturz einer Eissporthalle in Bad Reichenhall, Schneefall und Eis sorgen teilweise für erhebliche Verkehrsbehinderungen, Das Wetter

    Wisdom of the Sages
    1716: Bhakti Changed My Life: The 6-Year Anniversary Show

    Wisdom of the Sages

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2026 62:29


    Six years ago we hit "record" with shaky internet and big dreams—then a lucky break, and a global lockdown helped turn Wisdom of the Sages into a daily lifeline for thousands of listeners.   In this special 6-Year Anniversary episode—recorded live from Govardhan Ecovillage, India—listeners step up to share how daily Śrīmad Bhāgavatam, bhakti-yoga, kirtan, and satsang pulled them out of anxiety, addiction, trauma, and spiritual confusion—and into something steady, practical, and strangely joyful. From Berlin to Manhattan to Asheville, you'll hear how the "sages in the pages" become real when the teachings move from information to transformation.

    das ARD radiofeature
    Ausbeutung mit System – Indische Fahrradkuriere in Deutschland

    das ARD radiofeature

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2026 51:44


    Man sieht sie in vielen deutschen Städten: junge Inder, die für verschiedene Lieferdienste fahren. Allein in Berlin sollen inzwischen Tausende als „Rider“ arbeiten - und dabei teils von kriminellen Mittelsmännern ausgebeutet werden. Von Alfred Breuer.

    New Books in South Asian Studies
    Megha Anwer and Anupama Arora, "Screening Precarity: Hindi Cinema and Neoliberal Crisis in Twenty-first Century India" (U Michigan Press, 2025)

    New Books in South Asian Studies

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2026 53:53


    Screening Precarity integrates a cultural analysis of film texts and history, industry transformations, and the violence and crises of political economy infrastructures, to study post-liberalization shifts in the Hindi film industry in India. The book investigates Bollywood as a media system that has moved away from the glee and gusto of liberalization in the 1990s to an industry contending with the failures and inadequacies of neoliberalism's promises, and the ascendency of the material-affective redressals offered by religious ethnonationalism. The monograph examines 19 Hindi-language films released post-2010 to study contemporary India's precarious public sphere which has been characterized by a pervasive sense of professional-personal insecurity experienced by the vast majority. This is a book about the role of cinema, or cultural texts more generally, in a period marked by incredible insecurity, violence, and the absence of collective political alternatives. Screening Precarity is an intervention in the politics of representation, particularly, of how marginal identities are shaped, scripted, and screened in precarious times. It is also a cultural analysis of how the biggest film industry in the world is embedded in global media networks, and marshals state power and star power, national histories and transnational fantasies, structural impossibilities and individual agency. Megha Anwer is a theorist of literature and visual culture. Her research areas include contemporary postcolonial literature, global cinema, Victorian literature and visual culture. Anupama Arora is a professor of English and Communication, and Women's and Gender Studies, at the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth. Dr Priyam Sinha is an Alexander Von Humboldt Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Institute for Asian and African Studies, Humboldt University in Berlin. Her research interests lie at the intersection of critical media industry studies, disability studies, gender studies, affect studies, production culture studies, and anthropology of the body. So far, her articles have been published in the European Journal of Cultural Studies, Media, Culture and Society; Communication, Culture and Critique; South Asian Diaspora, among others. She is also a regular podcast host at NewBooksNetwork and has been published in public writing forums like the Economic and Political Weekly, FemAsia, Asian Film Archive, among others. More information on her ongoing projects can be found on her website www.priyamsinha.com and you can follow her on https://x.com/PriyamSinha Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/south-asian-studies

    Deutschland heute - Deutschlandfunk
    Neujahrsputz - Muslimische Jugendliche beseitigen Silvestermüll in Berlin

    Deutschland heute - Deutschlandfunk

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2026 7:04


    Sammann, Luise www.deutschlandfunk.de, Deutschland heute

    RONZHEIMER.
    Plötzlich Massenproteste im Iran! Mit Düzen Tekkal

    RONZHEIMER.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2026 46:22


    Zum Jahresstart 2026 eskaliert die Lage in der Islamischen Republik - und plötzlich sind wieder zehntausende Menschen auf den Straßen.Paul spricht mit der Journalistin und Menschenrechtsaktivistin Düzen Tekkal, die seit Beginn der Protestbewegung 2022 eng mit Betroffenen und Quellen vor Ort arbeitet. Sie erklärt, warum diese Proteste eine neue Qualität haben: Ausgelöst durch den Absturz der Landeswährung, begannen ausgerechnet konservative Basar-Händler mit einem Streik - und daraus wurden innerhalb weniger Stunden landesweite Demonstrationen mit klaren Systemparolen gegen das Regime. Tekkal berichtet von ersten Toten, massiver Gewalt durch Revolutionsgarden und dem Gefühl vieler Iraner, dass „diesmal etwas in der Luft liegt“.Es geht um die Frage, ob wirtschaftliche Not jetzt zum gefährlichsten Treiber einer Revolution wird, warum Frauen und Studierende erneut eine Schlüsselrolle spielen - und weshalb Berlin und Brüssel aus Sicht der Protestierenden viel zu lange wegschauen. Welche Druckmittel hat Europa wirklich? Und könnte 2026 das Jahr werden, in dem die Islamische Republik ernsthaft ins Wanken gerät?Düzens Menschenrechtsorganisation HÁWAR.helpWenn euch der Podcast gefällt, dann lasst gerne Like & Abo da! Ihr habt Fragen, Kritik oder Themenvorschläge? Schreibt an ronzheimer@axelspringer.comPaul auf Instagram | Paul auf XUnd ganz neu: Paul jetzt auch auf YouTube!Redaktion: Filipp Piatov & Lieven JenrichExecutive Producer: Daniel van Moll Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    The John Batchelor Show
    S8 Ep274: THE AMATEUR SPIES AND THE 1934 DINNER Colleague Charles Spicer. In December 1934, Ernest Tennant, a British banker deeply scarred by the loss of friends and family in the First World War, attended a pivotal dinner in Berlin with Adolf Hitler and

    The John Batchelor Show

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2026 11:55


    THE AMATEUR SPIES AND THE 1934 DINNER Colleague Charles Spicer. In December 1934, Ernest Tennant, a British banker deeply scarred by the loss of friends and family in the First World War, attended a pivotal dinner in Berlin with Adolf Hitler and Joachim von Ribbentrop. Tennant, along with fellow protagonist Philip Conwell-Evans, sought to prevent another continental war by fostering closer ties between British and German society through organizations like the Anglo-German Fellowship. Ribbentrop, an Anglophile who had lived in London, used these social connections to move decision-makers closer to the Nazi leadership, exploiting the fact that the British government initially viewed Hitler with disdain and had not engaged him diplomatically. The narrative introduces the Travelers Clubin London as a hub for these internationalists and intelligence figures, setting the stage for a story of amateur espionage aimed at civilizing a regime that would eventually launch a predatory war. NUMBER 1 1945 NUREMBERG PROSECUTION

    The John Batchelor Show
    S8 Ep274: COMMERCE AND THE ORIGINS OF THE FELLOWSHIP Colleague Charles Spicer. The Anglo-German Fellowship was headquartered at the Metropole Hotel in London in 1935, immediately attracting major business interests, including Unilever, which had vast asse

    The John Batchelor Show

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2026 5:55


    COMMERCE AND THE ORIGINS OF THE FELLOWSHIP Colleague Charles Spicer. The Anglo-German Fellowship was headquartered at the Metropole Hotel in London in 1935, immediately attracting major business interests, including Unilever, which had vast assets in Germany and sought to avoid war to protect its commercial empire. While business leaders were initially anxious about the brutality of the Nazi regime, the stabilization following the Night of the Long Knives led optimists to believe the regime could be civilized. Ribbentrop took credit in Berlin for the Fellowship's success, which gave members extraordinary access to Hitler. The organization also attracted Germanindustrialists like Robert Bosch, who despised the Nazis but joined the Berlin counterpart, the Deutsch-Englische Gesellschaft, hoping to maintain international ties and prevent conflict. NUMBER 2 1945-46. TWO GERMAN ADMIRALS ACCUSED  N THE NUREMBERG TRISL

    The John Batchelor Show
    S8 Ep274: RIBBENTROP'S ARRIVAL AND SOCIAL DISASTERS Colleague Charles Spicer. Joachim von Ribbentrop arrived at Victoria Station as the new German ambassador with a cynical mission from Hitler to forge an alliance that would neutralize Britain while Germ

    The John Batchelor Show

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2026 6:05


    RIBBENTROP'S ARRIVAL AND SOCIAL DISASTERS Colleague Charles Spicer. Joachim von Ribbentroparrived at Victoria Station as the new German ambassador with a cynical mission from Hitler to forge an alliance that would neutralize Britain while Germany conquered the continent. His tenure was immediately marred by clumsiness and a lack of humor; he gave ill-advised press remarks and famously delivered a Nazi salute to King George VI, nearly causing the monarch to fall backward. His wife, Anneliese, was equally thin-skinned and offended by the British press's mockery, which only intensified the ridicule. Meanwhile, the British appointed Neville Henderson as their ambassador to Berlin, a man whose fatalism and desire not to antagonize Hitler led him to pursue a disastrous policy of appeasement. NUMBER 6 1946 NUREMBERG TRIAL ATTENDANCE.

    The John Batchelor Show
    S8 Ep274: DIPLOMATIC FAILURES AND SOVIET INFILTRATION IN 1939 Colleague Charles Spicer. By early 1939, British efforts to maintain peace were hampered by disastrous appointments, specifically the pro-appeasement ambassador Neville Henderson in Berlin and

    The John Batchelor Show

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2026 10:15


    DIPLOMATIC FAILURES AND SOVIET INFILTRATION IN 1939 Colleague Charles Spicer. By early 1939, British efforts to maintain peace were hampered by disastrous appointments, specifically the pro-appeasement ambassador Neville Henderson in Berlin and the increasingly irrational and Anglophobic Ribbentrop in London. Intelligence provided by Philip Conwell-Evans and Graham Christie reached Foreign Secretary Halifax, who began to doubt Chamberlain's appeasement policy as he moved closer to Churchill's position. Meanwhile, the Anglo-German Fellowship faced internal contradictions, such as a controversial dinner for a Nazi women's leader, which Halifaxadvised against cancelling to keep communication channels open. The narrative also reveals that left-wing opposition to these efforts was manipulated by Soviet intelligence, as exemplified by "Simon Haxey," the author of Tory MP, who was later exposed as a recruiter for Soviet spies. NUMBER 11 1946 NUREMBERG ACCUSED AND THE GUARDS

    History of the Germans
    Where To Go in Germany - Part 2

    History of the Germans

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2026 37:32 Transcription Available


    One of the legacies of the Holy roman empire is that Germany does not have just one place where everything happens, where politicians, entrepreneurs, bankers, artists, and actors travel on the same underground trains and eat at the same restaurants. Berlin is the capital with its political class of members of the Bundestag, journalists and lobbyist and at the same time a major gathering place for artists, musicians and thespians of all stripes and home to many tech startups. But the bankers are in Frankfurt, the headquarters of the major companies are in Stuttgart, Munich, Düsseldorf and spread around everywhere. Several of the major publishing houses are in Hamburg, the private TV stations in Munich, but none of these places have a monopoly on any of these activities. There are banks headquartered in Munich and major corporates in Frankfurt, there is great theater in Düsseldorf, Dresden and Schwerin, there are world leading companies headquartered in tiny towns like Künzelsau.And that cuts through to the major cultural sites. Though the quip that there were 365 states in the Holy Roman empire is vastly exaggerated, there were once a hundred capital cities, from splendid Dresden to tiny Hohenzollern-Hechingen, each with its princely residence, cathedral, grand monastery and theater. The great artists either travelled from court to court, leaving behind their works here or there, or stayed in one of the free imperial cities, operating large workshops.Therefore what you cannot do in Germany is to go to one city and see all the major treasures the country has “collected” over the centuries, as you can do in the Louvre or the British Museum and the National Gallery. In Germany you have to move around, see one thing at the time, always in the knowledge that its significant counterpart is a few hundred miles north, south, east or west of you. This is one of the legacies of the medieval empire that Germany has in common with Italy.And hence we are going through each of the Bundesländer trying to pick out one absolute must-see and one place where you are likely to encounter fewer people. And as we have covered 9 Bundesländer up to Mecklenburg-Vorpommern already, the next location we will have to get to is Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany's most populous state.

    Langsam gesprochene Nachrichten | Deutsch lernen | Deutsche Welle
    01.01.2026 – Langsam Gesprochene Nachrichten

    Langsam gesprochene Nachrichten | Deutsch lernen | Deutsche Welle

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2026 8:50


    01.01.2026 – Langsam Gesprochene Nachrichten – Trainiere dein Hörverstehen mit den Nachrichten der DW von Donnerstag – als Text und als verständlich gesprochene Audio-Datei.

    P3 Dokumentär
    Ny: Århundradets konstförfalskare

    P3 Dokumentär

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2026 77:34


    2011 utbryter panik i den internationella konstvärlden. Wolfgang Beltracchi har under fyra decennier målat och sålt förfalskningar för hundratals miljoner kronor. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radios app. På 90-talet dyker det upp försvunna tavlor av de världsberömda konstnärerna Max Ernst och Heinrich Campendonk. Verk som ska ha funnits, men som ingen har sett på 100 år. I själva verket är det konstnären Wolfgang Beltracchi som målat tavlorna. Han har hittat ett slags blind fläck på konstmarknaden genom att gå igenom mängder av konstkataloger. Adolf Hitler gillade inte modern konst och under naziregimen försvann tusentals verk. Och det är dom här verken som Wolfgang Beltracchi målar, som om de vore de äkta tavlorna. I nära 40 år kan Wolfgang tjäna mångmiljonbelopp på sina förfalskningar. Men en dag tar det stopp. Moderna museet lurades år 2008Wolfgang Beltracchis förfalskningar visas upp världen över – till och med i Sverige. För första gången kommenterar Moderna museet i Stockholm det faktum att de ovetandes ställde ut en av Wolfgang Beltracchi målad Max Ernst-tavla. Medverkande:Wolfgang Beltracchi, konstnären som målat förfalskningarna.Helena Beltracchi, Wolfgangs hustru och medhjälpare i förfalskningarna. Iris Müller Westermann, senior curator på Moderna Museet i Stockholm.Thomas Seydoux, tidigare senior konstexpert på auktionshuset Christie's i London.Sofia Komarova, driver galleriet Artvera's i Geneve i Schweiz.René Allonge, poliskommissarie som leder specialenheten för konstbrottslighet i Berlin.Nicolas Eastaugh, konstanalytiker och grundare av det globala konstananalyscentret VersariK.En dokumentär av Alexandra SannemalmProducent: Hannah EngbergExekutiv producent på Sveriges radio: Tove PalénDokumentären är producerad 2025.

    Choice Classic Radio Mystery, Suspense, Drama and Horror | Old Time Radio

    Choice Classic Radio presents Escape, which aired from 1947 to 1954. Today we bring to you the episode titled “Pass to Berlin.” Please consider supporting our show by becoming a patron at http://choiceclassicradio.com We hope you enjoy the show!

    New Books Network
    Baijayanti Roy, "The Nazi Study of India and Indian Anti-Colonialism" (Oxford UP, 2024)

    New Books Network

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2026 46:34


    The Nazi Study of India and Indian Anti-Colonialism (2024) is the first detailed and critical study of the intellectual and political connections that existed between some German scholars specializing on India, non-academic ‘India experts,' Indian anti-colonialists and various organs of the Nazi state published by the Oxford University Press. It explores the ways in which different knowledge discourses pertaining to India, particularly its colonization and the anti-colonial movement, were used by these individuals for a number of German organisations to fulfil the demands of Nazi politics. This monograph also inspects the links between the knowledge providers and embodiments of National Socialist politics like the Nazi party and its affiliates. In this study, Baijayanti Roy aims to ascertain whether such political engagements were actually more rewarding for the scholars than their 'practical services' to the state in the form of strategic deployment of their knowledge of India. The Nazi Study of India and Indian Anti-Colonialism offers case studies of four organisations which incorporated such complicated entanglements of knowledge and power: the India Institute of the Deutsche Akademie in Munich, the Special Department India of the German Foreign Ministry, the Seminar for Oriental languages and its successor institutions at the University of Berlin, and the Indian Legion of the German Army. The knowledge networks underlying these organisations were dominated by German Indologists, but non-specialist knowledge providers, both German and Indian were also included. The Nazi regime expected all scholars and intellectuals to engage in Kulturpolitik (cultural politics), which entailed propagating the glories of the 'Reich' and its supreme leader as well as collecting 'politically valuable' knowledge within and outside Germany. For the four organizations concerned, this meant conducting pro-German and from around 1938, anti-British propaganda aimed at Indians. Loosely following an analogy provided by Herbert Mehrtens in the context of natural sciences, this monograph posits that there were ‘patterns of collaboration' between the knowledge providers and the representatives of the Nazi regime. At the core of these 'patterns' was, to borrow Mitchell Ash's theory, an exchange of resources and capital in which scholars and experts offered their knowledge of Indian languages, history and culture to authorities like the Foreign Ministry, the SS and the Army. In return, they received increased professional opportunities, financial remuneration or in some cases, increased power and influence. Deep Acharya is a PhD student and a George L. Mosse fellow of Modern European Cultural History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison working on the history of fatherhood in 20th century Germany. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

    Apostolic Mentoring
    Embracing Apostles And Prophets Unlocks The End-Time Harvest ... English & Portuguese

    Apostolic Mentoring

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2026 72:02 Transcription Available


    A river can look full and still refuse to move. That's the honest picture we draw as we pray over the global church and unpack a vivid dream on a bridge in Berlin: the waters of revival rush where honor flows, and they stall where apostles and prophets are sidelined. We carry a bold conviction—God is ready to add billions—yet many congregations stay busy without breakthrough because we mislabel gifts, resist biblical roles, and treat apostolic offices with suspicion instead of faith.We walk through scripture with clarity and courage. Paul identified as an apostle without flinching, not to boast, but to name his assignment. Ephesians outlines the fivefold ministry—apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors, and teachers—not as a hierarchy, but as a complete ecosystem for the perfecting of the saints and the work of ministry. Evangelists gather, pastors guard, teachers ground, prophets guide, and apostles govern and pioneer. When we honor all five functions, grace flows in proportion to our reception. When we refuse or relabel, we limit the measure we can receive.This conversation names the obstacles—indifference, jealousy, competition—and offers a path forward: repent, realign language with function, make structural room for apostolic and prophetic voices, and cultivate a culture where accountability and honor coexist. We pray together for leaders, networks, and churches by name, not to condemn, but to position the body for maturity, unity, and measurable fruit. The goal is simple and urgent: restore the flow so communities transform, regions awaken, and the end-time harvest becomes more than a slogan.If this resonates, share it with your team, invite honest dialogue, and take one actionable step to recognize and activate the gifts in your house. Subscribe for future sessions, leave a review to help others find the message, and tell us: where do you see honor unlocking movement right now?We love to hear from our listeners! Thank you! https://www.amazon.com/dp/1639030158?ref_=cm_sw_r_cp_ud_dp_VZBSV9T4GT4AMRWEWXJE&skipTwisterOG=1 Support the show https://www.youtube.com/@charlesgrobinette https://www.instagram.com/charles.g.robinette/ https://author.amazon.com/books https://charlesgrobinette.com/

    Running--State of the Sport
    2025 Year In Review

    Running--State of the Sport

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2026 63:13


    Who won? In global marathons 2025, several of the biggest races ended in near photo finishes. Here Benson Kipruto edges out Alexander Mutiso in the NYC Marathon. Kipruto became the first male marathoner to have won Boston, Chicago, and New York in his career. (Ingrid Kristiansen has achieved the Triple for females.)Other male marathon highlights: Sebastian Sawe won his second and third big marathons (London; Berlin) in three marathon starts, all with times in the low 2:02s. His 2:02:16 in Berlin, after extensive pre-race drug testing, was the fastest time of the year. And American Conner Mantz took a big chunk off the American Record for the marathon when he ran 2:04:43 at Chicago. On the women's side, Peres Jepchirchir won a thrilling World Championships Marathon in Tokyo, but then couldn't hold off Joyciline Jepkosgei in Valencia in December. Jepkosgei won there in 2:14:00, the fastest time of the year.The World Championships produced a surprising result in the men's 5000 and 10,000 when seven of the top ten finishers (including both winners) were NOT from East Africa. Cole Hocker picked up his second gold medal in two years, winning the 5000 in Tokyo after taking the 1500 in the Paris Olympics.In the women's springs, Melissa Jefferson Wooden was the standout of the year, winning almost everything she entered by a wide margin. For some reason we can't fathom, World Athletics didn't name her the top female speedster of the year, giving the nod to Sydney McLaughlin Levrone, who was sensational as always. But ...???And those high schoolers, OMG! A 16 year old high school sophomore from Texas, Cooper Lutkenhaus, finished second in the USATF National Champs 800 with a time of 1:42.27. That approaches the unimaginable. Jane Hedengren posted record performance after record performance in 2025, first as a high school runner in Utah, then as a first year student at BYU. Lutkenhaus and Hedengren are already being termed "generational talents" and they might hit that lofty peak in another year or two.Possibly the biggest story of the year, and a depressing one, was the implosion of Michael Johnson's Grand Slam Track league. It didn't draw big fan crowds, and turned out not to have sufficient funds to pay all creditors. Now in bankruptcy court but claiming it hopes to continue, GST will continue as a big story in 2026.WHERE TO FIND "RUNNING: STATE OF THE SPORT"Use your smartphone to download our podcast from Apple, Spotify, Pandora, or YouTube Podcasts. Once you've selected your favorite app, search for "running state of the sport."With your computer, tablet, or smartphone, you can also listen direct to “Running: State of the Sport” at the below internet links.AppleSpotifyAudiblePandoraI Heart RadioYouTube"Running: State of the Sport" is brought to you by MarathonHandbook.com and RunLongRunHealthy.com. Marathon Handbook is the world's leading marathon website, with a special focus on trustworthy running information and free, runner-tested training plans for all ability levels."Run Long, Run Healthy" is a weekly newsletter focused on the newest, most scientific, and most useful training advice for runners. It was launched by Amby in 2021, and is now edited by Brady Holmer, exercise physiologist and 2:24 marathon runner.

    New Books in German Studies
    Baijayanti Roy, "The Nazi Study of India and Indian Anti-Colonialism" (Oxford UP, 2024)

    New Books in German Studies

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2026 46:34


    The Nazi Study of India and Indian Anti-Colonialism (2024) is the first detailed and critical study of the intellectual and political connections that existed between some German scholars specializing on India, non-academic ‘India experts,' Indian anti-colonialists and various organs of the Nazi state published by the Oxford University Press. It explores the ways in which different knowledge discourses pertaining to India, particularly its colonization and the anti-colonial movement, were used by these individuals for a number of German organisations to fulfil the demands of Nazi politics. This monograph also inspects the links between the knowledge providers and embodiments of National Socialist politics like the Nazi party and its affiliates. In this study, Baijayanti Roy aims to ascertain whether such political engagements were actually more rewarding for the scholars than their 'practical services' to the state in the form of strategic deployment of their knowledge of India. The Nazi Study of India and Indian Anti-Colonialism offers case studies of four organisations which incorporated such complicated entanglements of knowledge and power: the India Institute of the Deutsche Akademie in Munich, the Special Department India of the German Foreign Ministry, the Seminar for Oriental languages and its successor institutions at the University of Berlin, and the Indian Legion of the German Army. The knowledge networks underlying these organisations were dominated by German Indologists, but non-specialist knowledge providers, both German and Indian were also included. The Nazi regime expected all scholars and intellectuals to engage in Kulturpolitik (cultural politics), which entailed propagating the glories of the 'Reich' and its supreme leader as well as collecting 'politically valuable' knowledge within and outside Germany. For the four organizations concerned, this meant conducting pro-German and from around 1938, anti-British propaganda aimed at Indians. Loosely following an analogy provided by Herbert Mehrtens in the context of natural sciences, this monograph posits that there were ‘patterns of collaboration' between the knowledge providers and the representatives of the Nazi regime. At the core of these 'patterns' was, to borrow Mitchell Ash's theory, an exchange of resources and capital in which scholars and experts offered their knowledge of Indian languages, history and culture to authorities like the Foreign Ministry, the SS and the Army. In return, they received increased professional opportunities, financial remuneration or in some cases, increased power and influence. Deep Acharya is a PhD student and a George L. Mosse fellow of Modern European Cultural History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison working on the history of fatherhood in 20th century Germany. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/german-studies

    Insight Myanmar
    Towards Confederation

    Insight Myanmar

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2026 56:33


    Episode #460: “This is not only my interest—it is also my duty,” says Khay, a research fellow in Berlin, describing his work to better understand Myanmar's crises. Raised in Karen State during an era of conflict, Khay became inspired by a sense of ethnic pride and a responsibility as a university student, causing him to shift his interest from engineering to political research, a path that eventually brought him to Germany. After the 2021 coup, he returned temporarily to Karen State to document displacement, refugee flows, and the rise of grassroots governance in resistance-held areas. This firsthand experience deepened his understanding of how ethnic organizations adapt to state collapse. His research focuses on the Karen National Union (KNU), which has moved from peace negotiations to a strategy combining armed resistance, diplomacy, alliances, and training for local administrators to advance “bottom-up federalism.” He also notes a generational divide, with younger Karen and diaspora activists demanding greater autonomy, and describes how the coup has reduced religious divisions, while fostering unity against the military. In the end, Khay stresses that the only road to real, stable, democratic future in Myanmar is through genuinely addressing the country's long-standing ethnic grievances. Yet despite the immense challenges facing the country, Khay remains hopeful. He cites not only a new interethnic solidarity, but also a significant change in majority Bamar attitudes towards ethnic communities. He also has a great deal of faith in the country's youth, who have shown their dedication to overcoming the military, and creating a free and united nation.

    The Redscroll Podcast
    RSR PC 097 Favorites of 2025

    The Redscroll Podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2026 44:23


    Redscroll & Friends Favorites of 2025 We have our favorites of the year as usual. And we have once again asked some friends to contribute lists (a couple bonus voices on the podcast even!). Give the lists a view, check out the podcast with clips of all the bands/songs and check out the playlist with all the favorites below.   Happy New Year! Let's get into the lists!  Redscroll Records Label Releases for 2025 Theoden's Reign Citadel Of The Stars LP, CD & Cassette [02/06/2025]Chop Chop Chop Chop Chop Chop Chop Become Nothing / We Live As Ghosts LP (Brand new A-Side with B-Side previously released on cassette)[04/18/2025]Killer Kin Killer Kin CD (reissued with added bonus track "Point Blank")[07/01/2025]Disfigure New Age Of Judgement CD [07/25/2025]Chained to the Bottom of the Ocean Sisyphean Cruelty CD Reissue[08/01/2025]Chained to the Bottom of the Ocean Obsession | Destruction CD & LP Reissue[08/01/2025]Chained to the Bottom of the Ocean The Vestige CD (First Time on CD)[08/01/2025]Chained to the Bottom of the Ocean Consumed by the Vitriol of Life / I Tried Catching You But You Fell Through Me LP (Released Separately Before – Now on a single 12" Record)[08/01/2025] Meetinghouse You've Seen Heaven CD & Cassette [09/05/2025]   Joe's 10 Favorite Tracks Listened To In 2025: 1. John Martyn "Over the Hill" Solid Air (Island, 1973) 2. Derek and the Dominoes "Thorn Tree In the Garden" Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs (ATCO, 1970) 3.Blaze Foley "Clay Pigeons" Clay Pigeons (Secret Seven, 2011) 4.Hiromasa Suzuki "Romance" Cat (Columbia, 1976) 5.Red Garland Trio "Tis Autumn" All Kinds Of Weather (Prestige, 1959) 6. Nina Simone "Tell It Like It Is" Isn't It A Pity / Tell It Like It Is (RCA Acetate, 1971 Probably) 7. Marvin Gaye "Distant Lover" Let's Get It On (Tamla, 1973) 8. Herbie Hancock "Speak Like A Child" Speak Like A Child (Blue Note, 1968) 9. Terry Reid "Season of the Witch" Bang, Bang You're Terry Reid (Epic, 1968) 10.Terry Reid "Mayfly" Terry Reid (Columbia, 1969) LEXI'S FAVORITES OF 2025: Oklou Choke Enough (True Panther Sounds, Because Music) Addison Rae Addison (Columbia) Ethel Cain Perverts (Daughters Of Cain) Ethel Cain Willoughby Tucker, I'll Always Love You (Daughters Of Cain) Meetinghouse You've Seen Heaven (Redscroll) Model/Actriz Pirouette (Dirty Hit, True Panther Sounds) All The Pretty Horses hammersmashedface (Self-Released) EsDeeKid Rebel (XV, Lizzy) Crippling Alcoholism Camgirl (Portrayal Of Guilt) Chat Pile / Hayden Pedigo In The Earth Again (Computer Students, Flenser) Intercourse How I Fell In Love With The Void (Brutal Panda) John Maus Later Than You Think (Young) Holy Taker Heaven Is A Place I Can't Stay (Crossover Media) Shallowater God's Gonna Give You A Million Dollars (Sans Soleil) Deafheaven Lonely People With Power (Roadrunner) Holder Holder (Daze) Playboi Carti MUSIC (AWGE, Interscope) Alex G Headlights (RCA) Old Saw The Wringing Cloth (Lobby Art) Erica's Favorites: Pile Sunshine and Balance Beams (Sooper) Viagra Boys Viagr Aboys (Shrimptech) Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Death Hilarious (Rocket, Missing Piece) Just Mustard We Were Just Here (Partisan) AFI Silver Bleeds The Black (Run For Cover) Bootblacks Paradise (Artoffact) Witchcraft Idag (Heavy Psych Sounds) Pelican Flickering Resonance (Run For Cover) Model/Actriz Pirouette (Dirty Hit, True Panther Sounds) Theoden's Reign Citadel Of The Stars (Redscroll) Faetooth Labyrinthine (Flenser) Scorpion Milk Slime of the Times (Peaceville) EPs: Youth Code Yours, With Malice (Sumerian) Floating Hesitating Lights (Transcending Obscurity) Matt's Favorites: Viagra Boys Viagr Aboys (Shrimptech) Intercourse How I Fell In Love With The Void (Brutal Panda) Hives Hives Forever Forever The Hives (Play It Again Sam) AFI Silver Bleeds The Black (Run For Cover) WestsideGunn  Heels Have Eyes 1+2 (Griselda) Ghostwoman Welcome To The Civilized World (Full Time Hobby) Darts Nightmare Queens (Adrenaline Fix) Ron Gallo Checkmate (Kill Rock Stars) El Michels Affair 24 Hr Sports (Big Crown) Caren's Favorites: Annie Achron Never Paradise (Siltbreeze) James K Friend (AD 93) Now Always Fades Into The Doldrums (Northern Underground Records) Acopia Blush Response (Scenic Route) Raisa K Affectionately (15 Love) Sharp Pins Balloon Balloon Balloon & Radio DDR (K Records / Perennial) Prolapse I Wonder When They're Going To Destroy Your Face (Tapete) Rest Symbol Rest Symbol (FO) K-Lone Sorry I Thought You Were Someone Else (Incienso) Bill Fox Resonance (Eleventh Hour) Caren's Reissue / Archival Favorites: Various The Way U Make Me Feel: UK Boogie & Street Soul 1984-1994 (Freestyle Records) Ali Omar Hashish Hits (Efficient Space) Pale Saints Slow Buildings (4AD) L'Empire Des Sons L'Empire Des Sons (Glossy Mistakes) Lijadu Sisters Danger (Numero Group) The Lo Yo Yo The Lo Yo Yo (Concentric Circles) Rick's Favorites: Abosahar Raasny (Heat Crimes, Hizz) Any Mega Mercy (Sferic) Deadguy Near-Death Travel Services (Relapse) Elkotsh rhlt jdi (Heat Crimes, Hizz) Kathryn Mohr Waiting Room (Flenser) Only Now Timeslave III (Self-Released) Sandwell District End Beginnings (The Point of Departure Recording Company) Slikback Attrition (Planet Mu) Billy Woods Golliwog (Backwoodz Studioz) Nuovo Testamento Trouble (DIscoteca Italia) Josh's Favorites: Viagra Boys Viagr Aboys (Shrimptech) Hives Hives Forever Forever The Hives (Play It Again Sam) Skinhead It's A Beautiful Day, What A Beautiful Day (Closed Casket Activities) Homefront Watch It Die (La Vida Es En Mus) Internal Bleeding Settle All Scores (Maggot Stomp) Warlock Corpse Eternal Prisoner (Out of Season) Sandwell District End Beginnings (The Point of Departure Recording Company) Quest Master Obscure Power (Out of Season) Lust for Youth & Croatian Amor All Worlds (Sacred Bones) Vatican Shadow 20th Hijacker (20 Buck Spin) Friends of Redscroll Lists! Chop Chop Chop Chop Chop Chop Chop Favorites "Learn to Suffer" by Mangled State "Don't Tap the Glass" by Tyler the Creator "Killing Spree" by Sulfuric Cautery "Adapting // Crawling" by Iron Lung "Golliwog" by Billy Woods "The Body Hammer" by Endless Swarm "///" by Secret Cutter "Watch it Die" by Home Front "Lonely People With Power" by Deafheaven "Let God Sort Em Out" by Clipse Honorable mentions to R. Missing, Lana Del Rabies, De La Soul, Suppression, Black Iron Prison, and Haunt Me. Tarek of Intercourse Favorites: Crippling Alcoholism Camgirl (Portrayal Of Guilt) My Wife's An Angel Yeah, I Bet (Knife Hits, Broken Cycle Records, GRIMGRIMGRIM) In Lieu Hooligan (Learning Curve) Knub Crub (Hex) Chat Pile / Hayden Pedigo In The Earth Again (Computer Students, Flenser) |Deadguy Near-Death Travel Services (Relapse) Stefan of C/Site Recordings Favorites: Alexander "Untitled" 7" (Carbon Records) Juho Toivonen "Lapsikuninkaan Fanfaari" (Discreet Music) Lander / Unkindness split LP (Ixiol Productions) Nowhere Flower "Heat Dome" LP (Digital Regress) Shirese "Fog Bound Laughter" 7" (Stoned to Death) Lau Nau & Joshua Burkett LP (Mystra Records) Cheb Drissi "Rai Sidi Bel Abbes Volume 2" LP (Nashazphone) Los Doroncos "Sun and Fireworks" LP (An'archives)   Sarah (Manic Presents/Premier Concerts) Favorites: Hayden Pedigo - I'll Be Waving As You Drive Away World's Worst - American Muscle Friendship - Caveman Wakes Up Shallowater - God's Gonna Give You a Million Dollars Alex G - Headlights Pile - Sunshine and Balance Beams All The Pretty Horses - hammersmashedface Dean Blunt / Elias Rønnenfelt - lucre Momma - Welcome to My Blue Sky Addison Rae - Addison caroline - caroline 2 Playboi Carti - MUSIC Oklou - choke enough TAGABOW - LOTTO Cameron Winter - Heavy Metal (end of 2024 album that I think is being considered on end of year lists so it's on mine too)   Chris (Manic Presents/Premier Concerts) Favorites: Soul Blind - Red Sky Mourning Hayley Williams - Ego Death At A Bacholorette Party Restraining Order - Future Fortune The Infinity Ring - Ataraxia Carey - Stunted Bleed - S/T Cloakroom - Last Leg of the Human Table Superheaven - S/T Keep - Almost Static Oversize - Vital Signs Clipse - Let God Sort Em Out Sanguisugabogg - Hedeous Aftermath Sainthood Reps - Dull Bliss Home Front - Watch It Die Bad Beat - LP 2025 Aesop Rock - I Heard it's A Mess There Too Henry Birdsey's Favorites: Various Artists - The World Is But a Place of Survival: Begena Songs from Ethiopia + Elders of the Begena: The Harp of David in Ethiopia (Death Is Not The End) https://deathisnot.bandcamp.com/album/the-world-is-but-a-place-of-survival-begena-songs-from-ethiopia https://deathisnot.bandcamp.com/album/elders-of-the-begena-the-harp-of-david-in-ethiopia Teppana Jänis & Arja Kastinen - Teppana Jänis (Death Is Not The End) https://deathisnot.bandcamp.com/album/teppana-j-nis Various Artists - Unaccompanied Norwegian Folk String Virtuosi (Canary Records) https://canary-records.bandcamp.com/album/unaccompanied-norwegian-folk-string-virtuosi-ca-1953-65 Various Artists - Her Mother's Only Child: From the 2nd & 3rd Bulgarian National Folklore Festivals, 1971 & 1976 (Canary Records) https://canary-records.bandcamp.com/album/her-mothers-only-child-from-the-2nd-3rd-bulgarian-national-folklore-festivals-1971-1976 Dr. Abdel Latif Gohar - Egyptian Buzuq Solos ca. 1950s (Canary Records) https://canary-records.bandcamp.com/album/egyptian-buzuq-solos-ca-1950s Various Artists - A Collection of Slow Airs by Some Very Fine Fiddlers (Nyahh Records) https://nyahhrecords.bandcamp.com/album/a-collection-of-slow-airs-by-some-very-fine-fiddlers Peter Garland - Love Comes Quietly (After Robert Creeley) (Cold Blue) https://peteergarland-coldbluemusic.bandcamp.com/album/plain-songs-love-comes-quietly-after-robert-creeley Various Artists - Miao Mouthorgans & Other Rare Instruments in Guizhou, Sichuan, China (Sub Rosa) https://subrosalabel.bandcamp.com/album/miao-mouthorgans-other-rare-instruments-in-guizhou-sichuan-china Alberto Juscamaita Gastelú - Reminiscences of Raktako: Huayno Guitar from Cuzco and Ayacucho, 1930-1940 (Death Is Not The End) https://deathisnot.bandcamp.com/album/reminiscences-of-raktako-huayno-guitar-from-cuzco-and-ayacucho-1930-1940 Rowland Taylor - Absolute Control Can Be The Death of Good Work (S/R) https://rowlandtaylor.bandcamp.com/album/absolute-control-can-be-the-death-of-good-work Hypnosmord - The Thurneman Improvisations (Hypnosmord Förlag / Styggelse Tapes / The AJNA Offensive) https://styggelsetapes.bandcamp.com/album/thurnemanimprovisationerna-the-thurneman-improvisations-dmc1411 David A. Shapiro (Alexander) Favorites: sally ann morgan - second circle the horizon wednesday knudsen - atrium grace rogers - mad dogs shutaro noguchi & the roadhouse band - on the run alulu paranhos - põe epsperança nisso zé ibarra - afim ry jennings - whisperin' ry michael hurley - broken homes and gardens willie lane - bobcat turnaround derya yıldırım and grup şimşek - yarın yoksa Paul (Dissolve) Favorites: Swiz Box Set (Dischord/Sammich/Hellfire) and the Swiz book (Akashic books) Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius) movie by Questlove (Onyx collective/Sony) The Real Me by Kyle M (Stones Throw) One Battle After Another movie by Paul Thomas Anderson (Warner Bros.) Willoughby Tucker, I'll Always Love You by Ethel Cain (Daughters of Cain) Near-death Travel Services by Deadguy (Relapse) Birthing by Swans Pink Floyd At Pompeii MCMLXXII movie (Sony Music Vision) Live Laugh Love by Earl Sweatshirt (Tan Cressida Inc./Warner Bros.) Future Fortune by Restraining Order (Blue Grape Music) Ben (Manic Presents/Premier Concerts) Favorites: Home Front - Watch it Die Safe Mind - Cutting the Stone Miltown - Tales of Never Letting Go Béton Arme - Renaissance Scarab - Burn After Listening Cadaver Dog - Bred to Fight Vatican Shadow - 20th Hijacker C4 - payback's a bitch Mil-Spec - Mil-Spec The Tubs - Cotton Crown Antoni Maiovvi Favorites: 10 Arnaud Rebotini - Winter Sequences - Skylax Records A surprise EP from French legend Arnaud Rebotini on the infamous Skylax Records. Great moody, almost electroclash esque analog gems. It's been interesting to see Rebotini's music come back around from the rave days through film scores to now without really changing much. No one does the nexus point of French House and EBM quite like him. 9 DJ Plant Texture - Life - Tresor RecordsThe first of two Tresor releases in my top 10, not sure what has been happening over there lately, but I'm here for it. A great weirdo techno 12 inch where opening track Repetitivo (Stretch Mix) sounding like Jeff Mills having eaten too many haribo, before mutating into scattered hats across the dancefloor, perhaps to trip up Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern who have broken into your house for some reason. 8 Autechre - Untilted - Warp Records Now to the first of two reissues in my list, and despite my somewhat negative thoughts as to their quote unquote live show I saw this year, I still love the music and this one in particular stuck out. Approachable but still properly mad. Proof that extreme computer music can be fun. 7 Clark - Steep Stims - Throttle Records I remember when Chris Clark came out with his first record and thinking that it too warp for warp records. I'm pretty sure we never met when I was in Berlin, unless I got him confused with Kid 606, in which case I apologize to you both. Anyway, Steep Stims is great, playful, emotional, one foot in the past and another in the future, really great work that I think will age really well. Solid work Mr Clark. 6 Emptyset - Dissever - Thrill Jockey Records Amazing new record from Emptyset, feels like they took all the lessons from all the later records and applied it to the earlier ones. Beautiful intense grinding drones, like someone built an installation of Sheer Hellish Miasma and I'm somehow in the room with it. 5 Merzbow, Iggor Cavalera, Eraldo Bernocchi - Nocturnal Rainforest - PAN Full disclosure, Iggor sent this to me, but it's been on my repeated listens ever since. Zen-like terror but incredibly dynamic. One of the best noise releases of the year and I'd go as far as to say a career highlight for each of the members. 4 Various Artists - 30 Years Sonic Groove - Sonic Groove Has it really been 30 years of Sonic Groove? Adam X compiles a collection of outstanding producers for this excellent collection of tracks. Highlights include the mutant acid of Bryan Zentz, the incomparable genius of Mike Parker and the industrial brutality of Statiqbloom. 3 Dopplereffekt - Metasymmetry - Tresor The second Tresor release on my list is the mighty Dopplereffekt. Beautiful, futuristic and unmistakably Detroit. Top 3 don't disagree! 2 Maria Somerville - Luster - 4AD Genuinely shocking to hear an artist on 4AD in 2025 that sounds like what an artist on 4AD sounds like in my head and it's great. Melancholic Ambient shoegaze for a new generation. 1 Coil - Black Antlers - Dais Records Black Antlers is not my favorite Coil album, but it is the one I least expected to be reissued as it was originally a tour only CDR that then got expanded. You could argue that it might not count as a proper Coil album, but who has time for these discussions. Some of the best music ever created. Nick (Disfigure; the one on the right in the pic) Favorites: Kommodus - A Foetal Wolf in Stained Glass - Probably my favorite release from Kommodus. Really awesome auxiliary instruments incorporated here and I like the unhinged melodic leads thrown in on a lot of the songs. It has a punkier tinge to it with the guitar tones and the vocals are equally as heavy Fellwinter - Dark Mediaeval Art - Pure riff-centric Judas Iscariot worship Magus Lord - In The Company of Champions - Epic in every way. I liked this better than the Lamp record this year but M has been writing fantastic black metal for a while and this side project is really refreshing to follow Ultimate Disaster - For Progress . . . - Perfectly written D-Beat in my opinion. Very tight songwriting and the riffs and solos are so well executed Valen - Viarum - I'm a huge Thangorodrim fan and this project has reminded me most of that. This was my go-to Dungeon Synth for some epic game nights this year Enceladus - Demo II - Another great release from this project. I love the half time parts, the more death metal sounding vocals, and just the ferocity of the songs while still being melodic Iron Firmament - Arcane Overspill - Amazing black metal from Washington, a state known for churning out amazing black metal for over two decades. I really love the production on this release, especially the interludes. This band writes amazing riffs and this has been a standout for me in their already exceptional discography Sharp Pins - Balloon Balloon Balloon - I love Power pop, I love Guided By Voices and Sharp Pins delivers on all fronts Occult Blood/Carrion Bloom - Battle Cries of Endless Night - Both sides of this split are fantastic. Put out by Wergild who can't miss lately with their bands/releases Utility - S/T - The hometown heroes! The whole release but especially the first song reminds me so much of Fired Up, one of my favorite CT hardcore bands of all time. Great songwriting and also absolutely on point with the energy and vocals. The demo before this is fantastic as well     The Redscroll Podcast is a monthly show (first of the month going forward) that works as a companion to what we do at Redscroll Records in Wallingford, CT USA. We are a record store that has a heavy emphasis on the left of center / underground music of the world. Whether it be underappreciated or just has a niche audience, marginalized or just off the radar it's all of interest to us. With the show we'll generally have a localized focus. We'll discuss upcoming releases and what is in our personal rotation at the moment. We'll talk about upcoming area musical activities. We'll talk to guests who have to do with all of the above. And we'll talk about specific dealings with the store. If you have input you're welcome to contact us through email (redscroll@gmail.com).

    Welt der Physik - heute schon geforscht?
    Folge 377 – Quantenteleportation

    Welt der Physik - heute schon geforscht?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2026 18:03


    Mit außergewöhnlichen physikalischen Phänomenen fasziniert die Quantenmechanik: Von Teilchen, die an mehreren Orten gleichzeitig sein können über rätselhafte Verbindungen zwischen Quantenteilchen, die selbst über große Distanzen hinweg bestehen bleiben. Jens Eisert von der Freien Universität Berlin beschäftigt sich tagtäglich mit den speziellen Eigenheiten der Quantenwelt. Für diese Folge unseres Podcasts haben wir mit ihm über ein besonders spannendes Phänomen gesprochen: die Quantenteleportation. *** Ein Beitrag von Kim Hermann, gesprochen von Ulrike Kapfer. Aufnahme: Das Hörspielstudio Kreuzberg, Tonbearbeitung und Schnitt: Daniel Lewy. Redaktion: Welt der Physik https://www.weltderphysik.de/ Welt der Physik wird herausgegeben vom Bundesministerium für Forschung, Technologie und Raumfahrt und von der Deutschen Physikalischen Gesellschaft. *** Die Website zum Podcast: https://www.weltderphysik.de/mediathek/podcast/quantenteleportation/ Bei Fragen, Anmerkungen und Kritik schreibt uns: feedback@weltderphysik.de

    The Lens: A Cinema St. Louis Podcast
    Suspiria (2018) (with Ethan Tarantella)

    The Lens: A Cinema St. Louis Podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2026 81:11


    Wishing everyone a happy New Year, Josh and Andrew purify 2026 with fellow contributor/podcast editor/synopsis writer/ZekeFilm writer Ethan Tarantella's pick, Luca Guadagnino's remake of Suspiria! Prepare to have your head explode with an extended discussion ranging from the remake's unrelenting arthouse madness, sociopolitical talk about 70s Berlin, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, witchcraft and dance, fascism, queer theory, acclaimed actor Lutz Ebersdorf, the way Dakota Johnson says “Ohio”, and much, much more. Give your soul to a movie so powerful, overwhelming, and crammed with ideas no wonder it's one of this writer's favorite movies.Complimenting this episode includes Ethan giving an impromptu Guadagnino ranking (can you guess where After the Hunt is?) and the trio having One More Thing, recommending Kinji Fukasaku's Black Lizard, Hong Kong gangster film Exiled, along with recent shows The Chair Company, Women Wearing Shoulder Pads, and Haha, You Clowns.Next week, friends of the Take-Up join Josh to discuss the best of 2025! Until then, read on at thetake-up.com and follow us @thetakeupstl on Instagram, Twitter, Letterboxd, and Facebook. Special thanks to Social Media Manager Kayla McCulloch and Contributor Ethan Tarantella. Theme music by AMP.

    New Books in Intellectual History
    Baijayanti Roy, "The Nazi Study of India and Indian Anti-Colonialism" (Oxford UP, 2024)

    New Books in Intellectual History

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2026 46:34


    The Nazi Study of India and Indian Anti-Colonialism (2024) is the first detailed and critical study of the intellectual and political connections that existed between some German scholars specializing on India, non-academic ‘India experts,' Indian anti-colonialists and various organs of the Nazi state published by the Oxford University Press. It explores the ways in which different knowledge discourses pertaining to India, particularly its colonization and the anti-colonial movement, were used by these individuals for a number of German organisations to fulfil the demands of Nazi politics. This monograph also inspects the links between the knowledge providers and embodiments of National Socialist politics like the Nazi party and its affiliates. In this study, Baijayanti Roy aims to ascertain whether such political engagements were actually more rewarding for the scholars than their 'practical services' to the state in the form of strategic deployment of their knowledge of India. The Nazi Study of India and Indian Anti-Colonialism offers case studies of four organisations which incorporated such complicated entanglements of knowledge and power: the India Institute of the Deutsche Akademie in Munich, the Special Department India of the German Foreign Ministry, the Seminar for Oriental languages and its successor institutions at the University of Berlin, and the Indian Legion of the German Army. The knowledge networks underlying these organisations were dominated by German Indologists, but non-specialist knowledge providers, both German and Indian were also included. The Nazi regime expected all scholars and intellectuals to engage in Kulturpolitik (cultural politics), which entailed propagating the glories of the 'Reich' and its supreme leader as well as collecting 'politically valuable' knowledge within and outside Germany. For the four organizations concerned, this meant conducting pro-German and from around 1938, anti-British propaganda aimed at Indians. Loosely following an analogy provided by Herbert Mehrtens in the context of natural sciences, this monograph posits that there were ‘patterns of collaboration' between the knowledge providers and the representatives of the Nazi regime. At the core of these 'patterns' was, to borrow Mitchell Ash's theory, an exchange of resources and capital in which scholars and experts offered their knowledge of Indian languages, history and culture to authorities like the Foreign Ministry, the SS and the Army. In return, they received increased professional opportunities, financial remuneration or in some cases, increased power and influence. Deep Acharya is a PhD student and a George L. Mosse fellow of Modern European Cultural History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison working on the history of fatherhood in 20th century Germany. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/intellectual-history

    New Books in South Asian Studies
    Baijayanti Roy, "The Nazi Study of India and Indian Anti-Colonialism" (Oxford UP, 2024)

    New Books in South Asian Studies

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2026 46:34


    The Nazi Study of India and Indian Anti-Colonialism (2024) is the first detailed and critical study of the intellectual and political connections that existed between some German scholars specializing on India, non-academic ‘India experts,' Indian anti-colonialists and various organs of the Nazi state published by the Oxford University Press. It explores the ways in which different knowledge discourses pertaining to India, particularly its colonization and the anti-colonial movement, were used by these individuals for a number of German organisations to fulfil the demands of Nazi politics. This monograph also inspects the links between the knowledge providers and embodiments of National Socialist politics like the Nazi party and its affiliates. In this study, Baijayanti Roy aims to ascertain whether such political engagements were actually more rewarding for the scholars than their 'practical services' to the state in the form of strategic deployment of their knowledge of India. The Nazi Study of India and Indian Anti-Colonialism offers case studies of four organisations which incorporated such complicated entanglements of knowledge and power: the India Institute of the Deutsche Akademie in Munich, the Special Department India of the German Foreign Ministry, the Seminar for Oriental languages and its successor institutions at the University of Berlin, and the Indian Legion of the German Army. The knowledge networks underlying these organisations were dominated by German Indologists, but non-specialist knowledge providers, both German and Indian were also included. The Nazi regime expected all scholars and intellectuals to engage in Kulturpolitik (cultural politics), which entailed propagating the glories of the 'Reich' and its supreme leader as well as collecting 'politically valuable' knowledge within and outside Germany. For the four organizations concerned, this meant conducting pro-German and from around 1938, anti-British propaganda aimed at Indians. Loosely following an analogy provided by Herbert Mehrtens in the context of natural sciences, this monograph posits that there were ‘patterns of collaboration' between the knowledge providers and the representatives of the Nazi regime. At the core of these 'patterns' was, to borrow Mitchell Ash's theory, an exchange of resources and capital in which scholars and experts offered their knowledge of Indian languages, history and culture to authorities like the Foreign Ministry, the SS and the Army. In return, they received increased professional opportunities, financial remuneration or in some cases, increased power and influence. Deep Acharya is a PhD student and a George L. Mosse fellow of Modern European Cultural History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison working on the history of fatherhood in 20th century Germany. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/south-asian-studies

    Sztuka Poza Ramami
    Polscy artyści i Berlin: czyli dlaczego w Neue Nationalgalerie jest tak dużo polskiej sztuki? Gościni: Marta Smolińska

    Sztuka Poza Ramami

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2026 50:33


    Gościnią tego odcinka jest profesor Marta Smolińska – historyczka sztuki, kuratorka, wykładowczyni, autorka jednej z najważniejszych książek ostatnich lat o wielozmysłowym odbiorze dzieł “Haptyczność poszerzona”. Jest kuratorką, która obecnie współtworzy zespół kuratorski Neue Nationalgalerie w Berlinie, gdzie pracuje nad wystawą stałej kolekcji. To właśnie tam – w duchu kuratorstwa horyzontalnego – zestawia polskie artystki i artystów, takie jak Ewa Partum, Natalia LL, Roman Opałka czy Tadeusz Kantor, z twórcami takimi jak Yoko Ono, Bruce Nauman, Louise Nevelson czy Martha Rosler. Moją Gościnię pytam o jej praktykę kuratorską, różnice między sceną artystyczną w Polsce i Niemczech, a przede wszystkim o to jak prace wybitnych polskich artystów znalazły się na stałej wystawie jednego z najważniejszych muzeów sztuki współczesnej w Europie.• kontakt •Instagram:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (@pozaramami )⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Strona: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Home - Poza Ramami⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Newsletter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://bitly.pl/YALmV⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Mail: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠kontakt@pozaramami.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠• montaż •Eugeniusz Karlov#wystawa #kuratorstwo #Berlin #NeueNationalgalerie #malarstwo #podcast #sztuka

    The John Batchelor Show
    S8 Ep270: PREVIEW FOR LATER TONIGHT UNILEVER AND THE ANGLO-GERMAN FELLOWSHIP Colleague Charles Spicer. Corporations like Unilever, fearing war and seeking to protect massive profits, formed the Anglo-German Fellowship to maintain dialogue with Berlin. Spi

    The John Batchelor Show

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2025 3:14


    PREVIEW FOR LATER TONIGHT UNILEVER AND THE ANGLO-GERMAN FELLOWSHIP Colleague Charles Spicer. Corporations like Unilever, fearing war and seeking to protect massive profits, formed the Anglo-German Fellowship to maintain dialogue with Berlin. Spicer explains how business leaders, hoping to "civilize" the Nazis, misinterpreted events like the Night of the Long Knives as signs of a stabilizing, less brutal regime. DECEMBER 1945 WAR CRIMES TRIBUNAL NUREMBERG GERMANY: THE ACCUSED PRIDONERS

    Informed Pregnancy Podcast
    Ep. 492 Introducing Growing with HeHe

    Informed Pregnancy Podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2025 40:10


    We have a brand new addition to the Informed Pregnancy family! This week on the podcast we have a special holiday audio preview of the first 3 episodes of Growing with HeHe. Or check out the full visual series here!Growing with HeHe is an intimate short-form video series following HeHe Stewart's real-time first pregnancy journey. You may know her as a doula, educator, and advocate for trauma-informed birth but this time, she's turning the spotlight inward. From her roots in a small Mississippi town to founding The Birth Lounge, HeHe has spent years empowering others with calm strength and fierce clarity. Now, she invites us to follow her own path, sharing week by week the emotional highs, physical shifts, and vulnerable truths of her first pregnancy. Through honest reflection and intimate storytelling, we meet HeHe, her husband Nick, and the circle of people who shape her journey. Connect with HeHe: @tranquilitybyhehe @the.birth.lounge thebirthlounge.com The Birth Lounge Podcast Keep up with Dr. Berlin and Informed Pregnancy Media online! ⁠⁠⁠informedpregnancy.com⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠@doctorberlin⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠X⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    Stuck in the '80s Podcast
    768: Looking Back at 1985 - A Year-End Review 40 Years Later

    Stuck in the '80s Podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2025 42:23


    On New Year's Eve, we look back at the end of 1985 and see how it shaped the rest of the decade. Seggies include Stuck in the Arcade. Coming This Spring Stuck in the '80s: 20 Years of Conversations with Pop Culture Icons Who Defined a Decade, by podcast creator Steve Spears, will finally be published. Featuring more than 60 interviews from the podcast, along with insider stories and other previously unpublished insights, the book will soon be available for pre-order. Our Sponsors The 2026 lineup of The 80s Cruise is now sold out, but you can still join the waiting list and use our promo code. Royal Caribbean's Adventure of the Seas departs Port Canaveral on February 27 with stops in Nassau, Falmouth and Grand Bahamas Island. Artists include: Bret Michaels, Nile Rodgers & Chic, OMD, Billy Ocean, Gary Numan, Berlin, Taylor Dayne, Sugarhill Gang, Quiet Riot, Glass Tiger, Donnie Iris, Los Lobos, Dazz Band, Heaven 17, Men Without Hats, Aldo Nova, Digital Underground and Kool Moe Dee. Former MTV veejays Mark Goodman, Alan Hunter and Downtown Julie Brown will be there too. And now, if you're a first-time guest on the cruise, you can $250 in cabin credit when booking if you use the promo code STUCK. For more information, go to www.the80scruise.com. Our podcast is listener-supported via Patreon. Members get special swag and invitations to patron-only Zoom happy hours with the hosts of the podcast. Find out more at our official Patreon page. Special thanks to our partners at collectibles geniuses Rotella Resale and Wieners & Losers, the ultimate '80s arcade and nostalgic Airbnb. The Stuck in the '80s podcast is hosted by creator Steve Spears and Brad Williams. Find out more about the show, celebrating its 19th year in 2024, at sit80s.com. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    BROADWAY NATION
    Irving Berlin, Bing Crosby and the Story of "White Christmas," America's Most Popular Song, part 2

    BROADWAY NATION

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2025 41:17


    This is the second of two special holiday episodes of Broadway Nation. Just like the first, this is an audio version of a Broadway Nation Live! performance that was given in December of 2019 at the Vashon Center For The Performing Arts on Vashon Island, WA. If you prefer to watch a video of this performance you can stream it on their website at: vashoncenterforthearts.org In Part One we looked at how the Jewish-Russian immigrant songwriter, Irving Berlin — in addition to being one of the prime inventors of the Broadway Musical — also created an entirely new category of popular song: “the Christmas Standard.” In this episode we explore how Berlin was aided and abetted in that endeavor by the son of Irish and German immigrants from Washington State who became one of the most popular performers of all time — Bing Crosby. Along with Judy Garland I call Bing one of Broadway's greatest stars who never appeared on Broadway. But first, we start off with Albert Evans' amazing in-depth analysis of the genius of Irving Berlin, and the inspiration and craft that is behind the most popular song of all time. As you will remember, the last episode ended with me introducing Albert and asking him this question: “Why? Why is White Christmas the most popular song of all time?” You won't want to miss his answer! This live show features musical performances by Cayman Ilika, Eric Ankrim, Chris DiStefano, and Albert Evans.    Happy New Year! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    low light mixes
    Berlin School EM 2025 End Of Year XL Update by Erwin Broers

    low light mixes

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2025 183:43


        Oh man, what a way to end the year! Erwin has been curating excellent Berlin-school mixes for us all year and now he finishes it off with this massive end-of-the-year update. I've been in this headspace for a while now so this perfectly satisfies my craving. Thanks to Erwin for a great year of electronic mixes.   Here what he has to say about this year-ender:   "Another smorgasbord of what the electronic music scene has to offer these days and another invitation for space travelling! It's an extra long mix given my incapacity to choose from the wide offer of sublime tracks and albums that were released in 2025. The diversity in styles within this music category is remarkable; synth pop, retro, contemporary and progressive Berlin School, cosmic sound tapestries, contemplative/meditative/emotional (drone) ambient and a lengthy deep house track. Special mention for two female electronic music artists Andrea Cichecki and Lisa Bella Donna. Unfortunately, women are rare in this line of music, but these ladies more than deserve their place in this mix with thrilling evocative compositions. Check it out & enjoy your trip!"    LINKS TO ALL THE MUSIC USED IN THIS MIX: 01. https://aevanelstprojects.bandcamp.com/album/the-art-of-ae-live-2 02. https://fritzmayr.bandcamp.com/album/eye-of-the-storm 03. https://cosmiccadence.bandcamp.com/album/alien-artifacts 04. https://epigenetics.bandcamp.com/album/tunes-for-the-trip-to-alpha-centauri-2025-album 05. https://cyclicaldreams.bandcamp.com/album/everything-dies-cyd-0139 06. https://cyclicaldreams.bandcamp.com/album/gemstones-vi-cyd-0141 07. https://cyclicaldreams.bandcamp.com/album/a-sequence-of-colours-cyd-0147 08. https://sphericmusic-shop.de/gb/featured/1889-mergener-peter-chip-meditation-2025.html     https://www.groove.nl/shop/peter-mergener-chip-meditation-2025/?v=910955a907e7 09. https://moonsatellite2.bandcamp.com/album/litanie-des-songes 10. https://tronestamjohan.bandcamp.com/album/settlers 11. https://caughtinjoy.bandcamp.com/album/equilibrium-double-album 12. https://matthiaslehmann.bandcamp.com/album/autumn-rhapsody-season-quadrology-part-iv-album 13. https://sequentia-legenda.bandcamp.com/album/timeless     https://cyclicaldreams.bandcamp.com/album/timeless-cyd-0143 14. https://jimottaway.bandcamp.com/album/cosmic-odyssey 15. https://dacker.bandcamp.com/album/saudade     https://www.groove.nl/shop/dacker-skoulaman-saudade/?v=910955a907e7 16. https://lisabelladonna.bandcamp.com/album/dawn-of-a-new-age 17. https://mahorka.bandcamp.com/album/making-things-happen-netlabel-day-10th-anniversary-compilation 18. https://mattgoodluck.bandcamp.com/album/portals 19. https://phelios.bandcamp.com/album/live-at-planetarium-erkrath 20. https://unisphereerikrene.bandcamp.com/album/opus-tria 21. https://drune-music.bandcamp.com/album/beyond 22. https://joerg-dankert.bandcamp.com/album/back-to-berlin 23. https://hellomrklaus.bandcamp.com/album/angels-memento-mori 24. https://mindphaser2.bandcamp.com/album/analogue-birth-of-the-universe 25. https://tectonia.bandcamp.com/album/luna-the-moon 26. https://cyclicaldreams.bandcamp.com/album/the-vanishing-point-cyd-0145 27. https://hrresonance.bandcamp.com/album/dream-mooring 28. https://quietdetails.bandcamp.com/album/yesterday-sky 29. https://tim-stebbing.bandcamp.com/album/spacehopper 30. https://colinrayment.bandcamp.com/album/optical-perceptions 31. https://galacticsoundstation.bandcamp.com/album/music-for-the-mental-health-of-astronauts-volume-1 32. https://astro-sphere.bandcamp.com/album/fading-sun-endless-blue 33. https://jayhosking.bandcamp.com/album/the-world-will-never-survive-without-you-ambient-works Happy New Year to everyone and here's to 2026 being another fantastic year of music. Cheers!   T R A C K L I S T : 01. 00:00:00   AE Van Elst Projects - Take-Off (The Art of AE Live) 02. 00:05:58   Fritz Mayr - Wind & Rain (Eye Of The Storm) 03. 00:07:12   Cosmic Cadence - Alien Artifacts (Alien Artifacts) 04. 00:11:45   Epigenetics - Leaving Everything Behind (Tunes for the Trip to Alpha Centauri) 05. 00:16:04   Rodrigo Passannanti - Blue Skies (Everything Dies) 06. 00:20:08   Andrea Cichecki - Fragmented Reality (Gemstones VI - Cyclical Dreams label compilation) 07. 00:25:00   Michael Brückner - Sequential Blue (A Sequence Of Colours) 08. 00:30:48   Peter Mergener - Julia Quantity (Chip Meditation 2025) 09. 00:35:14   MoonSatellite - Litanie Part 04 (Litanie Des Songes) 10. 00:41:34   Johan Tronestam - Pioneers (Settlers) 11. 00:48:36   Caught In Joy - Cathedrals Of Light (Equilibrium) 12. 00:53:03   Matthias Lehmann - Stubai Fall (Autumn Rhapsody - Season Quadrology Part IV) 13. 00:57:15   Sequentia Legenda - Love Feeds Love II (Timeless) 14. 01:01:03   Jim Ottaway - Cosmic Odyssey (Cosmic Odyssey) 15. 01:07:36   Däcker & Skoulaman - Hiraeth (Saudade) 16. 01:15:56   Lisa Bella Donna - Reach For The Light (Dawn Of A New Age) 17. 01:22:14   Fallen + Philippe Blache - Supplique Au Vent (Making Things Happen: Netlabel Day 10th Anniversary Compilation) 18. 01:26:22   Matt Goodluck - After Hours (Portals) 19. 01:29:35   Martin Stürtzer - Return To Earth (Live at Planetarium Erkrath)                          20. 01:35:56   UNI Sphere - Shifting Your Horizon (Opus Tria)                21. 01:43:10   Drune - Nucleia (Beyond)  22. 01:49:44   Joerg Dankert - Checkpoint Velocity (Back To Berlin) 23. 01:53:12   Hello Mr Klaus - Uriel Angel Of Light (Angels "Memento Mori") 24. 01:58:36   MindPhaser - Mellotron Resonance (Analogue Birth Of The Universe)  25. 02:00:32   Tectonia - Tranquility Base (Luna - The Moon) 26. 02:02:50   Grant Beasley - Zero Point (The Vanishing Point) 27. 02:10:55   Subtle Shift - Dream Mooring (Dream Mooring)              28. 02:29:14   Shawn Rudiman - Psyconnex (Yesterday Sky) 29. 02:35:44   Tim Stebbing - Deep Freeze (Spacehopper) 30. 02:43:23   Colin Rayment - Mysterious Illusion (Optical Perceptions) 31. 02:46:26   Terminus Void - Zero Gravity (Music for the Mental Health of Astronauts Vol. 1) 32. 02:52:01   Astropilot - Fading Sun Endless Blue (Fading Sun Endless Blue) 33. 02:55:34   Jay Hosking - Prince, The Poet (The World Will Never Survive Without You) end 03:03:44  

    Tagesschau (Audio-Podcast)
    tagesschau 20:00 Uhr, 31.12.2025

    Tagesschau (Audio-Podcast)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2025 7:00


    Verschiedene Feierlichkeiten in Berlin für Silvester, NRWs Ministerpräsident Wüst erinnert an Übergriffe in der Silvesternacht 2015 in Köln, Russland veröffentlicht Video zu angeblichem ukrainischen Drohnenangriff auf Putins Residenz, Finnland beschlagnahmt nach Beschädigung von Unterseekabel ein Schiff, Weltweit wird der Jahreswechsel gefeiert, Das Wetter

    New Books Network
    Amit Varshizky, "The Metaphysics of Race: Science and Faith in the Nazi Worldview" (Taylor & Francis, 2024)

    New Books Network

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2025 67:40


    The Metaphysics of Race seeks to reframe debates on the conflicting scientific and spiritual traditions that underpinned the Nazi worldview, showing how despite the multitude of tensions and rivals among its adherents, it provided a coherent conceptual grid and possessed its own philosophical consistency. Drawing on a large variety of works, the volume offers insights into the intellectual climate that allowed the radical ideology of National Socialism to take hold. It examines the emergence of nuanced conceptions of race in interwar Germany and the pursuit of a new ethical and existential fulcrum in biology. Accordingly, the volume calls for a re-examination of the place of genetics in Nazi racial thought, drawing attention to the multi-register voices within the framework of interwar racial theory. Varshizky explores the ways in which these ideas provided new justifications for the Nazi revolutionary enterprise and blurred the distinction between fact and value, knowledge and faith, the secular and the sacred, and how they allowed Nazi thinkers to bounce across these epistemological divisions. This volume will be of interest to scholars of Nazi Germany and World War II, intellectual and cultural history, the history of science, and the philosophy of religion. Amit Varshizky is an Israeli-born, Berlin-based historian, novelist, and essayist. He holds a PhD from the School of Historical Studies at Tel Aviv University and has lectured at academic institutions in both Israel and Germany. His research focuses on the history of racism and antisemitism in modern Europe, the intellectual and cultural history of Nazism, German Romanticism, the philosophy of science, and theories of religion, myth, and secularism. His articles and reviews on these subjects have appeared in leading peer-reviewed journals. His book The Metaphysics of Race: Science and Faith in the Nazi Worldview (Open University of Israel and Yad Vashem, 2021) was awarded the Goldberg Prize of the Open University of Israel for Best Research Book (2019) and the Bartal Am VeOlam Prize of the Israel Historical Society for Outstanding Book of the Year (2022). An English version of the book was published by Routledge in 2024. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network