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Welcome to Hotel Kerobokan, or Hotel K, the tongue-in-cheek nickname for Kerobokan Jail, Bali's most notorious prison. It is a dark, bizarre and truly frightening underworld of sex, drugs, violence and squalor.

From modern literature to menopause, from utopian thought to rodeos - in this classic collection of essays, Ursula K. Le Guin roves with her customary audacity over the intersecting arenas of literature, feminism, and social responsibility, exploding any received notions she comes across and revealing visionary possibilities in their stead.

In Presidents in Crisis, a former director of the Situation Room takes the listener inside the White House during 17 grave international emergencies handled by the presidents from Truman to Obama: from North Korea's invasion of South Korea to the revolutions of the Arab Spring, and from the 13 days of the Cuban Missile Crisis to the taking of American diplomats hostage in Iran and George W. Bush's response to the attacks of September 11, 2001.

This selection of essays from K-Punk: The Collected and Unpublished Writings of Mark Fisher (2004-2016) brings together the best of Fisher's political writing. K-Punk: Politics shows Fisher at his most combative and incendiary, wrangling with the contradictions and complexities of capitalism and setting out the way forward into a more just, fair, and equal future for all.

In this remarkable collection exploring the state of the United Kingdom and the future of its union, five presenters examine the identities, history and struggles of the nations, and ask what keeps them together as a united country. 

Kristen R. Ghodsee reads and discusses 47 selections from the works of Alexandra Kollontai (1872-1952), a socialist women's activist who had radical ideas about the intersections of socialism and women's emancipation. Born into aristocratic privilege, the Ukrainian-Finnish Kollontai was initially a member of the Mensheviks before she joined Lenin and the Bolsheviks and became an important revolutionary figure during the 1917 Russian Revolution. Kollontai was a socialist theorist of women’s emancipation and a strident proponent of sexual relations freed from all economic considerations. After...

Strategic Voices brings together DKI APCSS scholars for candid, faculty-driven debate on today’s most pressing security issues. Each episode spotlights a key article or report shaping Indo-Pacific strategy. The hosts unpack its strengths, weaknesses, and blind spots before connecting the discussion to broader themes such as deterrence, multipolarity, and the gray zone. Episodes close with Wins & Woes, where the hosts spotlight what deserves recognition and call out what demands concern.

In a surreal twist set in turn-of-the-century London, poet Gabriel Syme is unexpectedly recruited into a secret anti-anarchist task force at Scotland Yard. He encounters Lucian Gregory, an anarchist poet who initially stands alone in Saffron Park. After a heated debate on the essence of poetry, Gregory attempts to prove his anarchist credentials by dragging Syme to a local meeting. To everyones surprise, instead of Gregory being elected, the cunning Syme uses his intellect to secure a position as the local representative to the enigmatic Central Council of Anarchists, a group of seven men each...

Now is an extraordinary time. Across the country, people are losing their loved ones, their livelihoods, their homes, and even their own lives to COVID-19. Despite the pandemic, countless protests erupted this summer over the recurring loss of Black lives. Reverberations of shock and outrage remain with us all. There's a Revolution Outside, My Love captures and articulates all of these roiling sentiments unleashed by a profound national reckoning.

From a leading voice among young conservatives, an impassioned argument that to stay relevant the Republican Party must look beyond short-term electoral gains and re-commit to historic conservative values. In 1963 Richard Hofstadter published his landmark book Anti-Intellectualism in American...

Traveling across India, interviewing Hindu zealots, armed insurgents, jailed dissidents, and politicians and thinkers from across the political spectrum, Siddhartha Deb reveals a country in which forces old and new have aligned to endanger democracy. The result is an absorbing—and disturbing—portrait. India has become a religious fundamentalist dystopia, one depicted here with a novelist's precise language and eye for detail.

Packed auditoriums. Crowds of anxious people. Crowds of scary people. Suffocating sound studios. TV lights cooking my skull and cameras that looked like they were going to bite me in the face. Rooms full of lawyers. Celebrities. Strangers pleading with me to save them. The unbearable pressure of money. The genuine beauty of quiet democracy. If you’re not interested in listening about any of that, fine, but at least listen to chapter Googolplex.

How have our rights to privacy and justice been undermined? What exactly have we lost? Pulitzer Prize-winner David K. Shipler searches for the answers to these questions by examining the historical expansion and contraction of our fundamental rights and, most pointedly, the real-life stories of individual men and women who have suffered.

Welcome to Kin & Capital with Amanda Blocksom and Mark Killian!!Your premiere destination for insightful and reliable financial and retirement planning guidance, presented by Aurion Wealth Advisors. In a world where financial security is paramount understanding the path to independence is not a luxury, but a necessity. Kin & Capital is here to illuminate that path, providing you with trusted strategies and personalized advice essential for making informed decisions about your future. Your host is Certified Financial Planner, Amanda Blocksom.Her extensive background & knowledge is paired up ...

“Heart of Fire is a revelatory, evocative, deeply moving book.” —Washington Post “Amazing . . . a memoir I really loved.” —Secretary Hillary Clinton, “You and Me Both” podcast “A beautiful book.” —Trevor Noah, The Daily Show The intimate and inspiring life story of Mazie...

Terrence K. Williams lives the American Dream having overcome hardships to achieve his ambitions as a comedian and entrepreneur. Kick back and enjoy Terrence's fun journey as he laughs with friends and personalities about the lighter side of culture, politics, business, and life! Watch podcast at www.YouTube.com/c/terrencekwilliams www.TerrenceKwilliams.com

Dr. Augustinos (Dinos) Charalambous Augusti (Ph.D - M.Sc.)Email: av.avgoustinos@gmail.comPhone: 2410-552008 -6977304601Fax: 2410-552008Augustinos (Dinos) Charalambous Augusti was born in Monagri, Limassol. He served 38months of military service in the 33 rd Squadron (Sergeant) based in the currently occupiedPellapais in the Province of Kyrenia. He took part in the military operations to repel theTurkish invasion in the black summer of 1974.He is an Associate Professor at the School of Agricultural Sciences - Department ofAgriculture, Agrotechnology, University of Thessaly.He writes articles on...

Government intrusion into our private lives is at an all-time high: unfettered surveillance, massive entitlement programs to redistribute wealth, unelected activist judges trampling religious freedom. The Founding Fathers said our nation demanded a moral, educated, and principled populace to keep elected officials in check, to keep our government and culture clean and free of degrading forces, and to maintain its foundational core values.

¡Prepárate para sumergirte en un viaje apasionante y lleno de emociones con el podcast "K-9 Legacy"! Descubre el fascinante mundo de los perros de élite y su legado inmortal en el ámbito de la seguridad. Desde las hazañas históricas hasta las innovaciones futuristas, exploraremos cómo estos increíbles caninos han dejado una marca imborrable en la historia. Atrévete a adentrarte en las misiones de rescate más desafiantes, donde los perros K-9 demuestran su valentía y destreza para salvar vidas. Serás testigo de sus habilidades sobrenaturales, desde el olfato agudo que puede detectar...

節目播放時間：美國西岸每星期六 5-6 PM http://www.am1430.net/ [K記冰室Podcast] 節目重溫 生活就是電影，看著一幕幕的情節，不單得到一些人生的領悟，還對現實社會有更多的理解。 我是阿Kay，一位電影迷，政治學者。 [K記冰室]，和你分享我所看到的電影畫面，我所理解的電影政治和社會文化！ IG: KayHo1430 https://www.instagram.com/kayho1430/ Facebook: https://shorturl.at/hoFGX Leave a comment and share your thoughts: https://open.firstory.me/user/clgzk5m1z0gcm01tb2i0a36aa/comments Powered by ...