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Peabody and Emmy Award–winning journalist Jane Marie expands on her popular podcast The Dream to expose the scourge of multilevel marketing schemes and how they have profited off the evisceration of the American working class.

From the age of steam and the heirs of Dr. Frankenstein to the asteroid belt to the halls of Miskatonic University, the writers at Book View Café have concocted a beakerful of quaint, dangerous, sexy, clueless, genius, insane scientists, their assistants (sometimes equally if not even more deranged, not to mention bizarre), friends, test subjects, and adversaries.

The Infinite Desire for Growth spotlights the obsession with wanting more, and the global tensions that have arisen as a result. Amid finite resources, increasing populations, environmental degradation, and political unrest, the quest for new social and individual goals has never been so critical. Leading economist Daniel Cohen provides a whirlwind tour of the history of economic growth, from the early days of civilization to modern times, underscoring what is so unsettling today.

There was once a little girl who was very obstinate and disobedient. Her name was Amy. One day, she said to her parents, "I have heard so much about an old witch that lives in the jungle. I want to go to her house and see what she actually looks like. People say that she is a wonderful old woman. She knows all kinds of magic tricks and has many marvelous and exciting things in her house. I am very curious to see them. I want to learn magic tricks from her. I even heard that she could fly in the sky."

In the revolutionary excitement of the 1960s, young people around the world called for a radical shift away from the old industrial order, imagining a future of technological liberation and unfettered prosperity. Industrial society did collapse, and a digital economy has risen to take its place, yet many are left feeling marginalized and deprived of the possibility of a better life. The Inglorious Years explores the many ways we have been let down by the rising tide of technology, showing how our new interconnectivity is not fulfilling its promise.

The Wine and Politics podcast has something for everyone. Our current political climate has caused more division than ever, and our country relies on the ability to debate topics and arguments from different points of view. What better way to reintroduce political debate than with a podcast and a glass of wine on the side? Jane Marie and her guests walk through political issues at the forefront of the national conversation and find common ground on even some of the most controversial debates. Be one of the first to listen!

I am a victim of my own lies, and the doctors didn’t stop me. I’m not the only one. I’ve seen my peers face suicide, overdose, transition, and live their social lives on screens. Gen Z suffers disintegration of the nuclear family, hypersexualization, and emasculation. We are lost. We float in the internet.

In dieser Sammlung wird es romantisch. Die sechs Top-Autorinnen Hanna Caspian, Dany Atkins, Lilly Lucas, Laura Jane Williams, Gabriella Engelmann und Iny Lorentz haben mitreißende Kurzromane geschrieben, die das Herz erwärmen, jede auf ihre Weise. Sprecherinnen wie Christina Puciata, Uta Simone und Hannah Baus sorgen mit ihren Lesungen für Frühlingsgefühle zu jeder Jahreszeit. Inhalt: "Das Parfum der Liebe", "Heller als alle Sterne", "Find me in Green Valley", "The Mix-Up", "Inselsommerstürme", "Für das Glück der Freundin".