The Fantasy Couriers is a fun Podcast created by two childhood friends with an unhealthy addiction to fantasy football.
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It's That Simple is a weekly podcast talking about Christian living, how we make it too hard, and being a Christian and life in general are really very simple. The three key focuses of the podcast will be Faith, Love, and Family! God Bless!
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Influential House Recordings is an independent UK House Music label, home to artists including Futuristic Polar Bears, Dean Newton, Angel Stoxx, Organic DJs, Danny Quattro, Michael Paterson, Warner Powers, Danny Dove, Nathan C and more. Each month or so, the label brings you an hours mix FREE to your iTunes
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Converging Dialogues is a podcast that is designed to have honest and authentic conversations with a diversity of thoughts and opinions. Wide-ranging topics include philosophy, psychology, politics, and social commentary. A spirit of civility, respect, and open-mindedness is the guiding compass. convergingdialogues.substack.com
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Pro Beauty Talks is a weekly podcast series that delivers information, education, and inspiration from leaders in the professional beauty industry. Whether someone is already in the beauty business or has a passion for beauty and is simply interested in learning more, this is the podcast series for them. Our listening audience will hear from some of the most successful leaders, gurus, and influencers in the profession, including interviews with leading hairdressers, executives from successfu ...
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#365 - The Language Puzzle: A Dialogue with Steven Mithen
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In this episode, Xavier Bonilla has a dialogue with Steven Mithen about the evolutionary history of language. They discuss the language puzzle, provide an overview of human evolution, importance of bipedalism, and fossil record gaps. They discuss different human species, how language works, origins and spread of different languages, and the physiol…
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Join The Fantasy Couriers for the start of their fan-favorite series of rankings episodes! This week: Wide Receiver and Tight End RANKINGS!! Listen and share what you think of their rankings! (Rankings are located in the video of the podcast and the website.) NEW WEBSITE: https://www.thefantasycouriers.com/ Fantasy Turf War: https://www.fantasyturf…
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#364 - The Many Lives of the Soviet Dissident Movement: A Dialogue with Benjamin Nathans
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In this episode, Xavier Bonilla has a dialogue with Benjamin Nathans about the Soviet dissident movement. They discuss how he complied all of the narratives together, why the Soviet dissident movement matters and how the Soviet legal system was used. They discuss civil disobedience vs. civil obedience, Alexander Volpin, Sinyavsky-Daniel affair, and…
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Join The Fantasy Couriers for the start of their fan-favorite series of rankings episodes! This week: RUNNING BACK RANKINGS!! Listen and share what you think of their rankings! (Rankings are located in the video of the podcast and the website.) NEW WEBSITE: https://www.thefantasycouriers.com/ Fantasy Turf War: https://www.fantasyturfwar.com/ Spotif…
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Walk down the streets of America in most major areas and what do you see? You see people looking down. You see people on their phones. People generally avoiding eye contact with anyone around. Now, imagine walking down a street where each person was looking up and greeting those they met on the street. That would be pretty amazing! You would be sho…
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#363 - Understanding Political Polling: A Dialogue with Brett Loyd
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In this episode, Xavier Bonilla has a dialogue with Brett Loyd on political polling. They discuss what polls can and cannot tell us, sample size, random sampling, flex quotas, weighting variables, and sample characteristics. They talk about question order and wording on polling surveys, phone and online polling, internal vs. external polling and na…
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Join The Fantasy Couriers for the start of their fan-favorite series of rankings episodes! This week: QUARTERBACK RANKINGS!! Listen and share what you think of their rankings! (Rankings are located in the video of the podcast and the website.) NEW WEBSITE: https://www.thefantasycouriers.com/ Fantasy Turf War: https://www.fantasyturfwar.com/ Spotify…
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We live in a world that tells us that we need to get to the top…often times, encouraging us to do it on our own. If you manage to get there, you will notice you will struggle. You will have challenges. You will eventually fall down. But, if we depend on our family in Christ to support us, we will be stronger, we will be unbreakable and able to acco…
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#362 - Liberalism and The Holy Alliance: A Dialogue with Isaac Nakhimovsky
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In this episode, Xavier Bonilla has a dialogue with Isaac Nakhimovsky about the holy alliance. They discuss understanding current events through historical events, what is the holy alliance, “friend of mankind,” debates around the holy alliance, La Harpe and Czartoryski, Krug, Kant, and history of religion, league of nations, and the holy alliance …
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#361 - Hawks and Doves: Elites on Foreign Policy: A Dialogue with Elizabeth Saunders
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In this episode, Xavier Bonilla has a dialogue with Elizabeth Saunders on elites dictating foreign policy. They discuss negative public opinion, the elites comprised of military, administration, and legislators, and the differences with hawks and doves. They talk about McNamara and LBJ in Vietnam, Truman, Korea, and Taiwan, and Bush in Afghanistan …
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Join The Fantasy Couriers for an episode simple called, “NFL FUN!” DJ Dove and JJ Wang discuss various players, injuries, and teams as they head into the season. Things get testy when they discuss the New England Patriots and the Denver Broncos…but, all in good fun! NEW WEBSITE: https://www.thefantasycouriers.com/ Fantasy Turf War: https://www.fant…
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Rain is powerful. It can cause the land to flourish, but it can also cause changes in people’s demeanor. When that happens, we have an important choice to make. Do we lean on THE LIGHT or do we give in and live with and in the darkness? I don’t think the choice is too hard. The question really is, will we do it? Will we have the faith needed? Join …
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#360 - Why Animals Talk?: A Dialogue with Arik Kershenbaum
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In this episode, Xavier Bonilla has a dialogue with Arik Kershenbaum about why and how animals communicate with each other. They discuss the differences between language and communication in animals, respectfully communicating with animals, and the six animals he studied for communication. They talk about howling in wolves, clicks in dolphins, comp…
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Injuries, Dj Dove's Articles, & Running Back Sleepers with special guest Susan Curran, The Gridiron Goddess
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This week The Fantasy Couriers have a great time with returning special guest Susan Curran, The Gridiron Goddess! First, DJ Dove & JJ Wang talk about training camp injuries and DJ Dove’s recent Fantasy Pros articles. Then, DJ Dove and The Gridiron Goddess share their sleeper running backs for the 2024 NFL season! The Gridiron Goddess: Instagram – g…
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How often have we tried and tried, but failed in creating on starting something in our lives? Most people have probably lost count. That is because we so often do things the way of man, not the way of God: putting man first when we should do it for God. Because… “If focus is on God, great things happen. Man can try, but he can't stop God. God alway…
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#359 - Alternative Economies: A Dialogue with Nick Romeo
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In this episode, Xavier Bonilla has a dialogue with Nick Romeo on different and alternative economies. They talked about reimagining capitalism, improving economic pedagogy in academia, True Price, a living wage, and Job Guarantee program. They discuss the gig economy, purpose economy, scaling alternative economies, and many more topics. Nick Romeo…
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#358 - Observing Evolutionary Change: A Dialogue with B. Rosemary Grant
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In this episode, Xavier Bonilla has a dialogue with B. Rosemary Grant on her life and work on genetics and evolutionary change. They discuss an overview of her life and research, her childhood and being raised in England in WWII, her interest in genetics, and moving to Canada and meeting her husband. They discuss how she balanced raising a family a…
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Over/Under Expectations & Quarterback Sleepers with special guest Susan Curran, The Gridiron Goddess
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This week The Fantasy Couriers have a great time with special guest Susan Curran, The Gridiron Goddess! They discuss some expectations for a few RB2s and QBs. Then, DJ Dove and The Gridiron Goddess share their sleeper quarterbacks for the 2024 NFL season! The Gridiron Goddess: Instagram – gridiron_goddess (https://www.instagram.com/gridiron_goddess…
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Christianity is the world's largest religion, with almost 32% of or 2 billion people identifying as Christian. The question we have to ask ourselves is, “Am I truly a Christian and living like a follower of Jesus OR am I just wearing a mask and pretending in different places that I am?” That is a question that can change lives…for the better or for…
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#357 - A History of Nomads: A Dialogue of Anthony Sattin
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In this episode, Xavier Bonilla has a dialogue with Anthony Sattin about the history of Nomads on our planet. They discuss humans as naturally nomadic, Göbekli Tepe, Çatalhöyük and early settlements, Uruk and the epic of Gilgamesh, and domestication of horses. They talk about the Persian empire, Scythian empire, and nomadic identity. They discuss t…
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DJ Dove's Article and Old Guy Dynasty Trade Targets
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Join The Fantasy Couriers for another great episode. This week they discuss DJ Dove’s recent articles, with one that hurt him to write, but he knew was the correct response. Then, JJ Wang leads a discussion on older players to target for dynasty teams. INTERVIEW for FANTASY TURF WAR: https://youtu.be/hWMz6ZgZ5Dc?si=vjTaF0xd2un1mqeI NEW WEBSITE: htt…
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These days a lot of people float through life and just let it happen. Being a Christian doesn’t follow that ideal. As Christians, we are to step up and lead for Jesus. As we do that, He will call on us to do even more. The world will see us stepping up and want to know why and how we’re are doing so. We will be able to quite simple say, “It is beca…
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#356 - Ending the Dark Ages of Quantum Theory: A Dialogue with Adam Forrest Kay
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In this episode, Xavier Bonilla has a dialogue with Adam Forrest Kay about the history and current state of quantum mechanics. They discuss the current state of quantum mechanics, overview of modern physics, and the impact of Niels Bohr. They also talk about light and vision, double slit experiment, Fourier analysis, Schrödinger’s equation, Bell’s …
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DJ Dove's Dynasty Wide Receiver Rankings (Pt. 2) with special guest Jeff DeMers from Down Field Read.
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DJ Dove gets the honor of giving rankings to the Fantasy Pros community. Join The Fantasy Couriers and RETURNING special guest, Jeff DeMers from Down Field Read, as they discuss DJ Dove’s #16-50 Dynasty Wide Receiver Rankings in the first part of this exciting collaboration with www.downfieldread.com. Who do they think is wrongly ranked? What do th…
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It is always crazy for me to think and understand that Jesus came to the world to serve. He is God, yet He wanted to be a servant to the people He created and loved. That is amazing love! He does this to serve us, but also to set the example of how we are to lead our lives. Sometimes, that means doing something you don’t want to do. What you will l…
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#355 - Nomadic Empires of the Steppes: A Dialogue with Kenneth Harl
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In this episode, Xavier Bonilla has a dialogue with Kenneth Harl about the various nomadic empires of the steppes. They discuss the origins of nomadic peoples, Tocharian texts, and why language is essential for understanding nomadic peoples. They talk about the Turkish language, nomadic spread over 35 centuries, the Steppe, and nomadic identity. Th…
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DJ Dove's Dynasty Wide Receiver Rankings (Pt. 1) with special guest Jeff DeMers from Down Field Read
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DJ Dove gets the honor of giving rankings to the Fantasy Pros community. Join The Fantasy Couriers and special guest, Jeff DeMers from Down Field Read,as they discuss DJ Dove’s Top 15 Dynasty Wide Receiver Rankings in the first part of this exciting collaboration with www.downfieldread.com. Why is DJ Dove’s #1 WR so strange? What “older” players ar…
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On July 4th we celebrate America’s freedom from England and becoming the greatest nation in the world! As a country, we have had our ups and downs, but we are still a place of great freedom! But….our freedoms in America are nothing compared to the freedom we get thanks to Jesus and his sacrifice on the cross! America’s freedoms are finite, while fr…
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DJ Dove gets the honor of giving rankings to the Fantasy Pros community. Join The Fantasy Couriers as they discuss (and JJ Wang dissects) DJ Dove’s Dynasty Running Back Rankings! Who is #1? Who is he wrong on? Which choice to JJ Wang think are totally ludicrous? There is only one way to find out! NEW WEBSITE: https://www.thefantasycouriers.com/ Fan…
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#354 - Liberalism As A Way Of Life: A Dialogue with Alexandre Lefebvre
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In this episode, Xavier Bonilla has a dialogue with Alexandre Lefebvre about the many facets of liberalism. They discuss morals and values from liberalism, Christianity’s impact on liberalism and Western society, defining liberalism, and the differences between liberalism and conservatism. They also talk about the philosophy of Rawls, swearing, fai…
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Life is one big, exciting story. Each of us has a story that is unique. All of our stories have ups and downs, happiness and sadness, trials and tribulations…but, all our stories take place in God’s world. If we listen to God and let Him use our stories, we can do great things for the Kingdom. Thing is…we have to tell them for this to happen. Scrip…
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#353 - A History of the Muslim World: A Dialogue with Michael Cook
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In this episode, Xavier Bonilla has a conversation with Michael Cook about the history of the Muslim world. They discuss Islamic civilization from origins to modernity, early antecedents before Islam, genesis of Islam, and the Prophet Muhammad and his creation of a monotheistic religion and state. They discuss succession after the death of Muhammad…
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DJ Dove gets the honor of giving rankings to the Fantasy Pros community. Join The Fantasy Couriers as they discuss (and JJ Wang dissects) DJ Dove’s Dynasty Quarterback Rankings! Who is #1? Who is he wrong on? Which choice to JJ Wang think are totally ludicrous? There is only one way to find out! NEW WEBSITE: https://www.thefantasycouriers.com/ Fant…
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Marriage is a gift from God. Marriage is also hard. Two people together for their lifetime. This week I celebrate 18 years of marriage to my wonderful wife Mallory. This is only by the grace of God and because we made a covenant with him. That covenant and our God is stronger than anything on this earth and is what makes our marriage strong. Join t…
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#352 - Our Bayesian Priors: A Dialogue with Tom Chivers
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In this episode, Xavier Bonilla has a dialogue with Tom Chivers about Bayesian probability and the impact Bayesian priors have on ourselves. They define Bayesian priors, Thomas Bayes, subjective aspects of Bayes theorem, and the problematic elements of statistical figures such as Galton, Pearson, and Fisher. They talk about the replication crisis, …
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#351 - RNA as Catalyst: A Dialogue with Thomas Cech
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In this episode, Xavier Bonilla has a dialogue with Thomas Cech about RNA as a major catalyst in organic systems. They discuss why RNA does not get discussed as much as DNA, basics of DNA, RNA as a catalyst, and the splicing capabilities of RNA. They also talk about transcription, translation, and splicing, RNA as internal catalyst and external cat…
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The fun continues as JJ Wang and DJ Dove share their favorite guys heading into the 2024 Fantasy Football Season! Join The Fantasy Couriers as they wrap their discussion on their personal favorite TOP GUYS for the season and discuss why they are great (or not so great) choices! NEW WEBSITE: https://www.thefantasycouriers.com/ Spotify: https://open.…
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You have heard it said that we live in a dark world. Well, there is darkness…but, there is LIGHT! THE Light that was sent down for us! The world has been illuminated due to Jesus. We have to make sure we don’t retreat into the shadows and stay out of His light. We need to love the Light and live in it. When we do, our lives will be shining examples…
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#350 - Voices From The New Syrian Diaspora: A Dialogue with Wendy Pearlman
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In this episode, Xavier Bonilla has a dialogue with Wendy Pearlman about the voices from the new Syrian Diaspora. They discuss the various reasons for telling Syrian stories, protests around the world, the ongoing Syrian conflict, concept of home and internal displacement. They also talked about leaving Syria and rebuilding elsewhere, maintaining c…
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#349 - A Damascus Massacre: A Dialogue with Eugene Rogan
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In this episode, Xavier Bonilla has a dialogue with Eugene Rogan about the 1860 Damascus massacre. They discuss why the 1860 Damascus massacre is still relevant, relationship between Egypt and the Ottomans, Mishaqa as US Vice-Consulate in Damascus, Ottoman Tanzimat Reforms, Druzes and Maronites with rising tensions in Lebanon and Damascus. They als…
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Time for JJ Wang and DJ Dove to share their favorite guys heading into the 2024 Fantasy Football Season! Join The Fantasy Couriers as they share their first 5 (out of 10) TOP GUYS for the season and discuss why those are great (or not so great) choices! NEW WEBSITE: https://www.thefantasycouriers.com/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3JgcXENP…
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Each day you step out the door people see you. They see the good you do. They see the bad you do. With each step you take, you represent yourself, your family, your profession, and, most importantly, your faith. If you are a follower of Jesus, whenever people see you, they will see Jesus. So, each day, we need to strive to be Jesus to the world in …
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#348 - Parliamentary America: A Dialogue with Maxwell Stearns
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In this episode, Xavier Bonilla has a dialogue with Maxwell Stearns about potential changes to the Constitution. They discuss the general narrative about the US Constitution, overview of his proposed reforms, third parties as spoilers, generational shifting of parties, and history of political parties in the 19th century. They also talked about pos…
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#347 - Failures of the Constitution: A Dialogue with Aziz Rana
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In this episode, Xavier Bonilla has a dialogue with Aziz Rana about the failures of the US Constitution. They discuss the timeframe of 1887-1987, why people resist criticisms of the US Constitution, and creedal constitutionalism. They discuss the positive aspects of the Constitution, empire settlerism and the US state in post-reconstruction era. Th…
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It's JUNE!! Buy/Sell & Keep/Trade/Cut FUN!
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It is already June! Join JJ Wang and DJ Dove in the excitement as we inch closer to the start of the season with some Buy/Sell questions and a little Keep/Trade/Cut! NEW WEBSITE: https://www.thefantasycouriers.com/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3JgcXENPRnlcX5RMgwsNlO?si=5cb6b49ecfc9420a Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast…
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It is hard to navigate this world as a Christian. We are to be in the world not of the world. While in this world we will come across many people who will try to deceive us. Often times we think of deceivers as people who are out to get us, or hate us, when actually they could be right in front of us. We need to be diligent, listen to God when peop…
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#346 - Rethinking the End of Empire: A Dialogue with Lynn Tesser
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In this episode, Xavier Bonilla has a dialogue with Lynn Tesser about the various ways of thinking about empire. They discuss moving from empire to nation states, define nationalism vs. nation states, and sovereignty and modular nationalism. They talk about rebellions in the Americas as being more mixed, the Greek revolution as performed by elites,…
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#345 - How Culture Creates Emotions: A Dialogue with Batja Mesquita
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In this episode, Xavier Bonilla has a dialogue with Batja Mesquita about the impact of culture on emotions. The discuss the distinctions between emotions, feelings, and affect, universalist vs. social constructionist theories, and the expression of emotions. They discuss the MINE vs. OURS framework, emotions in other cultures, shame and how it pres…
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Are you comfortable in life? Are you just going through the motions and doing what you need to do carry on and live life? When we get comfortable, God has a way of getting us out of our comfort zone and into someplace unfamiliar. It can be very scary, but you can guarantee that God will never lead you into something that is intended to do evil. Rem…
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JJ Wang continues his league-wide questioning by focusing on the NFC. Who is the WR1 in Philadelphia? Can Zeke be top 12? Will Puka repeat what he did in his rookie year? These and many more questions are answered this week! NEW WEBSITE: https://www.thefantasycouriers.com/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3JgcXENPRnlcX5RMgwsNlO?si=5cb6b49ecfc…
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