Each week, wine media veteran Katherine Cole serves up and breaks down the four biggest stories in the vinous world with help from The Four Top team, including our contributing cohost, Martín Reyes, MW. Come for the headlines, stick around for the occasional bad pun, and savor the conversation. The Four Top is winner of both the James Beard and IACP awards for Best Culinary Podcast.
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Speaking of the Arts is a podcast for individuals and organizations who work in the arts industry. Each episode features key industry personnel including artists, agents, managers, and presenters. By offering these unique perspectives, the series provides strategies and tips for many of the challenges facing the arts community. Speaking of the Arts was founded by Mike Epstein, president of Mike Epstein & Company (www.epsteinco.com)
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Welcome to Vermont Artists and Authors! Where we interview great storytellers and artists from the amazing Green Mountain State.
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Simplify is a podcast for anyone who’s taken a close look at their habits, their happiness, their relationships, or their health and thought, “There’s got to be a better way to do this.” Hear ideas that get you to better from Gretchen Rubin, David Allen, Rebecca Traister, Dan Savage, Seth Godin and many more. Hosted by Caitlin Schiller and Ben Schuman-Stoler. Brought to you by Blinkist.
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Ben Schuman-Stoler. Making big ideas personal. Get personal growth and business lessons from thought leaders and entrepreneurs.
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Ever wonder what happens to the nonfiction writer after the book is published? The book might end, but the writer's story usually doesn't. Join Heather Down for intriguing conversations with your favourite authors.
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Our goal in this podcast is to support natural product brands, dietary supplement companies, functional food and beverage companies, and nutraceutical industry professionals by offering interviews with top industry experts. These interviews will contain best practices, trends, recent news, and other insights as they relate to business ops, supply chain, quality, science and regulatory, manufacturing, marketing, strategy, branding and more.
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Life on an Indian Reservation can be placid if you don't involve yourself with the people that surround you. Everyday life in one of America's poorest places has it's difficulties but there are stories to be told and I'm here to find them. Updated weekly.
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We do not have a full episode for you this week! We were all traveling for the past 7-10 days and could not get an episode together for you. But that's mostly a good thing, because we were at the 67 Pall Mall Global Wine Communicator Awards in London! We were able to speak to some very talented wine communicators to get their thoughts and insights,…
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Ep. 169: New Grapes, Same Bullshit
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South African wineries are fans of wasps and bullshit. Napa Valley’s tourist stats are good news. You may RSVP to your next wedding invite via Resy. France welcomes new grape varieties. These are the four wine news stories were following this week on The Four Top.The Four Top
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Ep. 168: Cabernet Cocoons and Aged Grapes
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Prehistoric pips point to possible birthplace of grapes. You can now walk from St. Helena to Calistoga. An unrealized real estate empire implodes. Cocoons are for caterpillars and cabernet. These are the four wine news stories we're following this week on The Four Top.The Four Top
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Ep. 167: Rubles, Roundup, and Rapa Nui
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Chile designates new D.O.s. Mysterious brain diseases in Canada are cause for concern. Vine saboteurs are horrible, terrible, no good, very bad people. Vladimir Putin forks out rubles for rosés and reds. These are the four stories we're following this week on The Four Top.The Four Top
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Episode 82: Stella Cole
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Welcome to Speaking of the Arts. I am your host, Mike Epstein and I am excited to share today's episode with you. We are featuring the amazing singer, Stella Cole. Stella is getting ready to release her debut album on August 30 and I had the opportunity to speak with her earlier this year where she shared more about the recording process and creati…
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Ep. 166: Walking Off the Wine
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Wine is not allowed to be fun or festive. California wants to chuck out self-checkout. Champagne lightens up. Walkathons are all the rage in Prosecco country. These are the news stories we're following this week on The Four Top.The Four Top
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Ep. 165: Chillable Reds and Friends
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Katherine, Ruby, and Nick met in person for the first time...this week. That's pretty wild. Instead of bringing you a regular episode, we celebrated by talking about the rising popularity of chillable red wines (or is it chilled red wines?) and drinking rosé (a bit ironic). Sure, the audio quality isn't quite up to snuff, but we learned that we can…
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Ep. 164: Taxing the Air
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VWE declares bankruptcy. Politicians and producers want to blow up the bubble tax. Winemakers are fretful thanks to the French far right. The man behind the American winery aesthetic has passed away. These are the four wine news stories we're discussing this week on your favorite wine news podcast, The Four Top.…
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Ep. 163: Wine Bots and Unpaid Bills
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A former employee has spilled the tea about Visit Napa Valley. A deadbeat winery owner gets sued for shirking his bills. Treasury Wine Estates has gone full robot mode. Pete Wells quit his job before his job quit him. These are the wine news stories we're discussing on The Four Top.The Four Top
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Ep. 162: Swiftonomics and the Supreme Court
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Swiftonomics comes to the wine world. The Supreme Court creates chaos for alcohol producers. A big tech exec wants to expand access to wine. Fires force evacuations in Central Coast wine country. These are the wine stories we're following on episode 162 of The Four Top.The Four Top
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(Episode 64): Finding Hope on the Porch: A Conversation with Thomas Christopher Greene
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#vermontauthors #ThomasChristopherGreene #NotesFromThePorch #Covid19Reflections #LiteraryHope #VermontStories #CommunitySpirit #FamilyBonds #PandemicDiaries #LoveOverAdversity #HumanResilience #AuthorInterviews #BookLovers #StorytellingMagic #VermontCollegeOfFineArts In Vermont Artists & Authors, host Barney Smith is honored to feature Thomas Chris…
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Ep. 161: Booze, Hold the Alcohol
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Anchor Brewing is raised once again. Wine pain is beer pain. Hops, water, and that's it. And the hottest thing in alcohol is no alcohol. These are the four topics we're covering this week on the beer takeover of The Four Top.The Four Top
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Ep. 160: Garden Party
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This week we are taking a break from the news, and oh man was this ever the week to take a break from the news… We have the pleasure of bringing you this fun, insightful, and, honestly, relaxing conversation Katherine recently had with occasional co-host Martín Reyes, MW, and our friend Wendy Phillips, aka the Garden Somm. Hopefully it will inspire…
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Ep. 159: (Chilled) Red Wine Supernova
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Bordeaux bets big on Virginia wine. Very old vino is found near Sevilla. Wineries dodge a wildfire bullet. Olfactory stimulation is the new health craze. These are the top wine news stories we’re following on Ep. 159 of The Four Top.The Four Top
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(Episode 63): C.O. Moed on Capturing New York’s Heart in ‘It Was Her New York'
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#StorycomicPresents #COMoed #ItWasHerNewYork #NewYorkMemoir #TrueStories #DementiaAwareness #OldNewYork #MothersAndDaughters #LGBTQ #Gentrification #HiddenSexuality #PersonalEssays #Photography #Memoir #AgingParents #citytransformation In this thought-provoking episode of Storycomic Presents, host Barney Smith from storycomic.com proudly features C…
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Ep. 158: Pests, Pricing, and Pinot Noir
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Spotted species stopped short of soaring into Sonoma. A price pullback by Château Figeac. The Bay Area celebrates Pinot Noir from afar. Are the World’s 50 Best Restaurants too avant-garde for their own good? These are the top wine news stories we’re following on Ep. 158 of The Four Top.The Four Top
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Ep. 157: Dolly Parton Giveth
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Sweden loosens its hold on hooch. The FTC aims its phasers at Southern Glazer's. The future of wine growing may be from the 1990s. The fight over foil necks continues. These are the top wine news stories we're following this week.The Four Top
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Ep. 156: Smoke and Sulfur
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Nightly wine and cheese parties may just stave off dementia. Canned wine stink is sunk. Smokey the Bear says power companies must pay for smoke tainted wines. And was 2023 the vintage of the century? These are the wine news stories we're following this week.The Four Top
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Rhaina Cohen: Center Friendship and Thrive
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You know a magical connection when you feel it—that undeniable magnetism that pulls you together for a fit that's as much like home as it is an adventure. We see these sorts of connections in romcoms all the time, but they're not just relegated to the romcom realm. Magical connections happen in friendships, too, and Rhaina Cohen wants to dignify th…
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Ep. 155: Weed > Wine?
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The results are in from the re-judgment of Paris. Weed wins over wine on days that end in Y. Paper beats rock - sort of - in the spirits world. We bring you the buyout rundown for spring 2024. These are the wine news stories we're following this week on The Four Top.The Four Top
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Ep. 154: Vegan Beef and Sake Futures
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The Pom Wonderful Company is apparently the Not So Wonderful Company. Regenerative ag is coming for vegan cuisine. The future of futures is not wine, but sake. Climate change is fouling up fermentation (so we think). This is the wine news we're watching this week on the Four Top.The Four Top
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(Episode 62): Katherine Paterson’s Journey: Celebrating a Lifetime of Storytelling
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#KatherinePaterson, #StorycomicPresents, #LiteraryLegends, #AwardWinningAuthor, #ChildrensLiterature, #BookLovers, #AuthorInterview, #StorytellingMagic, #ClassicBooks, #ReadersCommunity, #InspiringAuthors, #BookDiscussion, #LiteraryJourney, #FamousAuthors, #BookWorld Welcome to Storycomic Presents! In Episode 324, I, Barney Smith of storycomic.com,…
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Ep. 153: Tomato Wine and the Sideways Guy
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Low spirits in wine and spirits as we lose another great wine publication. Pernod Ricard is getting out of Down Under. Tomato wine is...wait...tomato wine? And wine isn't a democracy, according to the Sideways guy. These are the news stories we're following this week.The Four Top
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Michelle Weise: Be a Skills Translator, AI-proof Your Future
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Here's a chilling thought: experts are saying that we may soon be sustaining 100-year work lives. If that's true, then how many careers might we have? How will we know where to upskill? And how will we keep bagged lunches interesting for so many years? Michelle R. Weise, researcher and author of Long Life Learning: Prepare for Jobs That Don't Even …
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Ep. 152: No Future for Bordeaux Futures?
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Freixenet cuts worker hours due to a force majeure. Champagne is wrapped up over neck wrappers. The future of Bordeaux futures hangs in the balance. Chablis and Cahors have had a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad week. These are the wine stories we're following this week.The Four Top
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(Episode 61): Finding Humor and Truth in Writing with Joni B. Cole
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#JoniBCole #PartyLikeIts2044 #WritingCommunity #WritersLife #EssayCollection #CreativeWriting #LiteraryConsultant #WritingGuide #WritersCenter #WhiteRiverJunction #VermontAuthors #WritingInspiration #BookTalk #AuthorInterview #StorycomicPresents Welcome to Episode 321 of Storycomic Presents, hosted by Barney Smith. In this insightful episode, we ar…
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Ep. 151: Wine: The Superior Sports Drink
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Our taste buds are no match for robot probes. Revino brings reuse to wine bottles. Restaurant reservation rage is at an all time high. The hottest spritz spirit has doubled production. These are the wine news stories we're covering this week.The Four Top
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Episode 81: Chris Mees
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Welcome back to Speaking of the Arts! Today's guest is Chris Mees, founder and director of the B Natural booking agency. I've known Chris for several years now and was really looking forward to our chat. Chris is a driven, smart, successful entrepreneur who has built a respectable agency from the ground up. We were able to cover a wide range of top…
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Ep. 150: Reruns: Sound Off on Roundup
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Katherine is speaking at a wine celebration in Croatia this week, so we've dug a classic episode out of the vault for you. This engrossing, and at times shocking, episode deals with everyone's least-favorite, most-used herbicide: Roundup. It is the perfect pairing for Earth Week, so please enjoy! Here it is, folks; our episode about Roundup…but it’…
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(Episode 60): Drawing Childhood: Ashley Wolff on Illustration and Story
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#AshleyWolff #ChildrensBooks #StorycomicPresents #VermontAuthors #Illustration #MissBindergarten #BabyBear #PictureBooks #ChildrensLiterature #ArtAndStorytelling #RhodeIslandSchoolOfDesign #NatureInBooks #BarneySmith #StorycomicDotCom #BookIndustryEvolution Welcome to Episode 320 of Storycomic Presents, hosted by Barney Smith of storycomic.com! Tod…
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Ep. 149: Enzymes, Endorphins, and Ethanol
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Martín Reyes, MW continues his residency in part two of our exploration of alcohol metabolization. We get into enzymes, dopamine, and orgasms in this occasionally off-kilter discussion of how our bodies deal with alcohol. All aboard our very adult Magic School Bus!The Four Top
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Ep. 148: The One with Science In It
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Martín Reyes, MW is back for a two-episode arc! We've got science, dad jokes, and questionable man-made sound effects on this one. Join us as Katherine and Martín dig in to how alcohol is metabolized in our bodies in part one of this two-parter.The Four Top
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(Episode 59): Nancy Stone: Finding Light and Shadow in ’Indigo Hours’
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#NancyStone, #IndigoHours, #HealingHaiku, #Caregiving, #AlzheimersAwareness, #DementiaCare, #StorycomicPresents, #VermontArtists, #PoetryHeals, #RootstockPublishing, #EmotionalResilience, #CopingWithLoss, #VermontWatercolorSociety, #NorthernVermontArtistsAssociation, #BookArtsGuildOfVermont, #BarneySmith, #StorycomicDotCom Welcome to Episode 319 of…
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Ep. 147: Teetotalers vs. Nebuchadnezzars
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Neo prohibitionists have the ears of health officials. It turns out old vines can travel. We've got a climate change game show for you. Yet another wine brand has been bought by its founder. These are the wine news stories we're following this week.The Four Top
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Jessica DeFino: Beauty Beyond the Bottle
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Today, our guest is an award-winning beauty reporter and critic whom you might have stumbled upon while reading her super popular newsletter, The Unpublishable, which, as HuffPost says, "basically gives the middle finger to the entire beauty industry." Writing about what the beauty industry won’t tell you, Jessica DeFino has built an identity as a …
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Jessica DeFino: Beauty Beyond the Bottle
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Today, our guest is an award-winning beauty reporter and critic whom you might have stumbled upon while reading her super popular newsletter, The Unpublishable, which, as HuffPost says, "basically gives the middle finger to the entire beauty industry." Writing about what the beauty industry won’t tell you, Jessica DeFino has built an identity as a …
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Ep. 146: Import Outrage and Export Heroics
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A winemaker takes back his brand from a big ol' private equity firm. A surprising amount of American wine is not actually American. Organic wine importers are completely freaking out, and we don't blame them. Washington State is throwing British Columbia a lifeline. These are the four wine news stories we're following this week.…
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(Episode 58): The Finish Line of Resilience: Mike Magluilo on His Debut Novel
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#StorycomicPresents #BarneySmithInterviews #VermontAuthors #MikeMagluilo #AReasonToRun #RunningAndWriting #ComingOfAgeNovel #1980sNostalgia #VermontLiterature #OvercomingAdversity #FamilyDynamics #SportsFiction #RootstockPublishing #VTWriters #VermontBookScene Welcome to Episode 314 of Storycomic Presents, where we bring you compelling conversation…
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Ep. 145: The Curse of the Blue Nun
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A winery uses AI to sexy up its team, do backflips, and oh yeah, sell wine. Californians are scrambling for last resort fire insurance. We've definitely identified the economic sweet spots for the wine industry. The curse of the blue nun has been lifted. These are the wine news stories we're following this week.…
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Ep. 144: Sheep and Cheese and Registries
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Sheep counting has gotten out of hand. Cheese is on the chopping block. Wine retailers love registries. Ukrainian wine abides. These are the four wine news stories we're following this week.The Four Top
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(Episode 57): Decoding the Stones: Mike Luoma on New England’s Hidden History
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#MikeLuoma #AncientStoneMysteries #NewEnglandHistory #StorycomicPresents #IndigenousStonework #SacredSites #ScienceFictionAuthor #ComicBookAuthor #GlowInTheDarkRadio #WBKM #HiddenHistory #AncientLandscapes #CeremonialStones #ResearchAndDiscovery #ExploringNewEngland Welcome back to another episode of Storycomic Presents, hosted by Barney Smith. Tod…
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Dhiraj Mukherjee: Optimism Defines the Future
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This week's episode of Simplify brings you a special collaboration: a conversation with Dhiraj Mukherjee, who is not only the entrepreneur behind Shazam (the app we all love and use so much!), but also a devoted impact investor focused on social good.Drawing from his experience at Shazam, Dhiraj learned firsthand that the best way to predict the fu…
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Dhiraj Mukherjee: Optimism Defines the Future
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This week's episode of Simplify brings you a special collaboration: a conversation with Dhiraj Mukherjee, who is not only the entrepreneur behind Shazam (the app we all love and use so much!), but also a devoted impact investor focused on social good. Drawing from his experience at Shazam, Dhiraj learned firsthand that the best way to predict the f…
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Ep. 143: Snow in the Sierras and Saboteurs in Spain
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Snow in the Sierra Nevadas. Saboteurs in Spain. The French court says, "mais non," to predatory negociants, and we have all been speaking Latin all wrong. These are the four wine news stories at our table right now.The Four Top
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Martín Reyes, MW is back, and he’s brought some friends. With their help, we get into misleading claims from the W.H.O, the health effects of wine, and how moderation may just be good for you. Joining us this week are Dr. Laura Catena, a Harvard and Stanford trained biologist and physician, fourth generation vintner, and the managing director of Bo…
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(Episode 56): Alyssa Delabruere: Connecting Art, Education, and the Natural World
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#ArtisticExplorations #TeachingArtist #CreativeJourney #VisualArts #ArtActivism #NaturePreservation #InspiringEducation #GreenMountainArtist #ArtisticOdyssey #VermontArtScene #StorycomicPresents #AlyssaDelabruere #ArtAndEducation #CreativeImpact #NatureInspiration Join us on Storycomic Presents for Episode 299 as host Barney Smith welcomes an excep…
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