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The Loneliness at the End of Manifestation Culture (Part 1)

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Your Existential Dread is a Completely Rational Response

If you feel like you’re starving in front of a feast of infinite choices while breathing the stale air of a life that doesn't belong to you, you know what it feels like to be suffocated by the digital bell jar.Sylvia Plath’s 1963 masterpiece, The Bell Jar, serves as a map for the ...  Afficher plus

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#548 | The Salem Witch Trials
English Learning for Curious Minds | A More Interesting Way To Learn English

In this episode, we'll explore the eerie events of the Salem Witch Trials, a chilling tale of suspicion, fear, and injustice in 17th-century Massachusetts. Discover how a village turned against itself, leading to the execution of innocent people amidst accusations of witchcraft, ...  Afficher plus

Inside the Witch Trials: Salem | Fear In A New World
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We often think of the witch trials as something in the deep and distant past.


But, as we'll hear in today's episode, the attitudes and behaviour that led to witch trials is as present today as it was then.


In this third and final episode of our limited seri ...

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Salem Witch Trials: Hysteria & Accusations
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First of two episodes on the Salem Witch Trials. We begin the story as accusations are made throughout the town of Salem and a climate of fear is palpable. Maddy Pelling takes Anthony Delaney into the most famous witch trials of all time.


Written by Maddy Pelling. E ...

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Episode #188- What Bewitched Salem? (Part II)
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Can a psychological illness become contagious? Many experts believe that in rare cases a phenomenon known as a "mass psychogenic illness" can break out in a population. Can this strange quirk of group psychology help us understand the Salem Witch Crisis of 1692? The community had ...  Afficher plus