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NBN Episodes hosted by Jasun:

Psychology February 9, 2017

Healing the Unimaginable

Treating Ritual Abuse and Mind Control

Alison Miller

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Healing the Unimaginable: Treating Ritual Abuse and Mind Control (Karnac, 2011) is a practical, task-oriented, instructional manual designed to help therapists provide effective treatment for survivors of these most extreme …
Film January 24, 2017

Hal Ashby and the Making of Harold and Maude

James A. Davidson

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The original script was sold to a major Hollywood studio virtually overnight; the screenwriter was working as a pool boy and driver for the producer; the director was considered an …
Literature October 21, 2016

A Gambler's Anatomy

Jonathan Lethem

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Jonathan Lethem's latest novel, A Gambler's Anatomy (Doubleday, 2016), traces the existential crisis of an international backgammon hustler who thinks he's psychic and who, while plying his trade in Berlin …
Jewish Studies August 3, 2016

Sexual Abuse, Shonda and Concealment in Orthodox Jewish Communities

Michael Lesher

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Sexual Abuse, Shonda and Concealment in Orthodox Jewish Communities (McFarland, 2014) analyzes how and why cases of child sexual abuse have been systematically concealed in Orthodox Jewish communities. The book …
American Studies July 12, 2016

America's Deadliest Export

Democracy - The Truth About US Foreign Policy and Everything Else

William Blum

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Since World War II, the United States has repeatedly posited itself as a defender of democracy, using its military might to promote freedom abroad even as it ascended to the …
American Studies July 1, 2016

Conspiracy Theory in America

Lance deHaven-Smith

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Lance deHaven-Smith's Conspiracy Theory in America (University of Texas Press, 2014) investigates how the Founders' hard-nosed realism about the likelihood of elite political misconduct articulated in the Declaration of Independence …