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Canada's Immigration History of Need and Fear: The Pendulum

Canada has a flattering national myth: the country that threw its doors open to the world. But the myth skips the head tax, the Komagata Ma…

Society & Politics33 min · Jun 1, 2026
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Karna, Exclusion, and the Price of Belonging: The Charioteer's Son

A magnificent warrior steps into the arena, and before he can compete a voice rings out — not you're not good enough, but we will not accep…

History & Myth27 min · Jun 1, 2026
327

The Oldest Trick

Something goes wrong; the magician points at a group who look a little different; the crowd turns to look — and the other hand keeps workin…

Society & Politics35 min · Jun 1, 2026
328

The Atharvaveda, Healing, Sorcery, and Charms: The Book of Spells

The fourth Veda is the Veda of charms: healing, household protection, fever medicine, counter-sorcery, love-compulsion, curse-defence, and…

History & Myth27 min · Jun 1, 2026
329

The Veda of the Working Hands

The Yajurveda is neither pure poetry nor pure song. It is the Veda that makes a ritual happen: muttered formula, moving hand, and sacred pr…

History & Myth23 min · May 31, 2026
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The Veda That Invented Indian Classical Music

The Samaveda is 95% copied from the Rigveda — and the most radical scripture India ever produced. The words were never the point. The melod…

History & Myth27 min · May 31, 2026
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A Day Inside the Rigveda: The Fire Before Dawn

A day inside the Rigveda — the oldest poetry on Earth, arriving the way it was meant to: spoken aloud, beside a fire, into the dark. Follow…

History & Myth31 min · May 31, 2026
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The Vedas and the World's Oldest Oral Tradition: The Oldest Voice

The real story of the Vedas — the oldest unbroken oral tradition on Earth, carried across three thousand years by nothing but the human voi…

History & Myth37 min · May 31, 2026
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The Shape of the Infinite

The 50 greatest symphonies ever written — ranked, argued for, and told through the scandals, revolutions, griefs, and visions that made a 2…

Music & Arts32 min · May 31, 2026
334

The Endless Trip

The 50 greatest psychedelic bands of all time — from the 1967 acid pioneers to the 2020s revival: who they were, their best songs, and how…

Music & Arts30 min · May 31, 2026
335

The Long Crescendo

A documentary on post-rock — from its 1960s ancestors to the 2020s underground: the bands, the landmark songs, the famous peaks, the buried…

Music & Arts27 min · May 30, 2026
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How to Build Rapport With Body Language: The Open Channel

A field manual for consciously building rapport — using your own body language, ethically, to make people feel safe, seen, and at ease.

Mind & Psychology29 min · May 30, 2026