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12 May 2026
How Rasputin helped doom the Romanovs
Podcast: HistoryExtra podcast (LS 70 · TOP 0.05% what is this?)Episode: How Rasputin helped doom the RomanovsPub date: 2026-03-16Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationThe life of Grigori Rasputin, the Siberian peasant healer who wielded influence over the family of Russia’s last tsar, has fascinated the world for more than a century. Historian Antony...
44 min
11 May 2026
The inner life of the hand
Podcast: Many Minds (LS 42 · TOP 1.5% what is this?)Episode: The inner life of the handPub date: 2026-05-07Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationNewton saw in the human hand proof of the divine; Darwin saw a key to our species' success. Many others, too, have described the hand in hyperbolic terms, as a paragon of design, a cornerstone of human...
1 h 10 min
10 May 2026
Why Did the Industrial Revolution Happen in Britain? ~ Robert Allen
Podcast: On Humans (LS 41 · TOP 1.5% what is this?)Episode: Why Did the Industrial Revolution Happen in Britain? ~ Robert AllenPub date: 2026-04-29Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationWhy was industrial modernity born in Europe and not, say, China? This is one of the most consequential questions about the origins of the modern world. Yet asking “why...
58 min
09 May 2026
Stephen B. Young ed., "Adam Smith and Modern Economics: Reclaiming the Moral High Ground" (de Gruyter, 2026)
Podcast: New Books in Economics (LS 37 · TOP 2.5% what is this?)Episode: Stephen B. Young ed., "Adam Smith and Modern Economics: Reclaiming the Moral High Ground" (de Gruyter, 2026)Pub date: 2026-04-29Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationFor more than two centuries, economists and researchers have struggled with the conundrum of reconciling Adam...
3 min
08 May 2026
Q&A: Historian & Biographer Robert Caro
Podcast: C-SPAN Bookshelf (LS 36 · TOP 2.5% what is this?)Episode: Q&A: Historian & Biographer Robert CaroPub date: 2026-05-04Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationThis week on Q&A, it's a rare interview with one of America's leading historians. We tour the New York City office and home library of Pulitzer Prize-winning bestselling...
1 h 3 min
07 May 2026
The Secret to Out-Innovating the Competition: Inside the Tesla Playbook
Podcast: Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing (LS 67 · TOP 0.05% what is this?)Episode: The Secret to Out-Innovating the Competition: Inside the Tesla PlaybookPub date: 2026-04-05Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationWhat’s the secret to out-innovating the competition? Former Tesla President Jon McNeill joins the show to discuss his new book, The...
26 min
06 May 2026
Saloni Dattani - The Hidden Bottleneck Holding Back the Future of Medicine (Ep. 312)
Podcast: Infinite Loops (LS 48 · TOP 1% what is this?)Episode: Saloni Dattani - The Hidden Bottleneck Holding Back the Future of Medicine (Ep. 312)Pub date: 2026-04-30Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationSaloni Dattani, author of the Scientific Discovery Substack and founding editor of Works in Progress magazine, joins Infinite Loops to discuss why...
1 h 25 min
05 May 2026
Why Too Much Freedom Is the Enemy of Success
Podcast: Plain English with Derek Thompson (LS 62 · TOP 0.1% what is this?)Episode: Why Too Much Freedom Is the Enemy of SuccessPub date: 2026-05-01Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationFreedom is one of the few ideas everyone agrees on. Surely more choice and autonomy is a good thing, right? But what if our endless pursuit of freedom is actually...
49 min
04 May 2026
Peter Diamandis Warns of the Emotional Pandemic — The 5 Forks That Will Split Humanity
Podcast: The James Altucher Show (LS 66 · TOP 0.05% what is this?)Episode: Peter Diamandis Warns of the Emotional Pandemic — The 5 Forks That Will Split HumanityPub date: 2026-04-23Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationA Note from James:People are so afraid of AI, and I get it. They’re afraid of how it will affect jobs. They’re afraid of bias,...
57 min
03 May 2026
America's Turn Against Markets | Samuel Gregg | Ep. 76
Podcast: The Human Progress Podcast (LS 32 · TOP 5% what is this?)Episode: America's Turn Against Markets | Samuel Gregg | Ep. 76Pub date: 2026-04-24Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationSamuel Gregg joins Chelsea Follett to discuss the rise of a more interventionist economic consensus and the case for markets in modern America.Check out his book, The...
58 min