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The World Ahead 2025Tracking new developments in markets, science, technology, politics and more, the annual "The World Ahead" issue from The Economist gives you an unparalleled understanding of the major forces at play across the globe. Open up a Mind Map to quickly visualize the breadth of commentary and reporting in this notebook, or listen to an Audio Overview guiding you through the most interesting predictions for the year ahead from expert forecasters. Or dive into whatever trends you need to understand by asking questions in the chat—you'll have some of the world's most respected...

Johnny Frías has California in his blood. A descendant of the state’s indigenous people and Mexican settlers, he has Southern California’s forgotten towns and canyons in his soul. He spends his days as a highway patrolman pulling over speeders, ignoring their racist insults, and pushing past the trauma of his rookie year, when he killed a man assaulting a young woman named Bunny, who ran from the scene, leaving Johnny without a witness.

In August 2020, a group of nurses are working in the ICU at a hospital in San Bernardino at the height of a Covid surge: Larette Embers, whose husband, Grief, is an animal control officer; Cherrise Martinez, whose husband died years ago in a car crash, and whose daughter Raquel has been sent to a Coachella date farm to live with her great-aunt to avoid the virus; and Marisol Manalang, born in the Philippines but based in Sacramento. To safeguard their families, the nurses are living in a makeshift RV camp close to the hospital; they share food and cigarettes yet keep their work private.

In the Country of Women is a valuable social history and a personal narrative that reads like a love song to America and indomitable women. In inland Southern California, near the desert and the Mexican border, Susan Straight, a self-proclaimed book nerd, and Dwayne Sims, an African-American basketball player, started dating in high school. After college, they married and drove to Amherst, Massachusetts, where Straight met her teacher and mentor, James Baldwin, who encouraged her to write.

Get an unbiased take on the news stories leading the day. Join Straight Arrow News for a few minutes, five days a week, to stay ahead of the never-ending news cycle. Bringing you fact-based news for a balanced view with reporting you can trust.

Facilitating new construction company startups, supporting the building community with new ideas and affirmation, and ushering in the next generation of builders is the mission of The Contracting Handbook podcast. Through sharing information about how we operate our businesses and live our construction lives around the world, we elevate the construction life. Please leave a review on iTunes, your Apple podcast app, or if you’re in the android world, rate it on Spotify and leave a review on Podchaser or directly on the website.

Daughter of an African mother and a white father she never knew, Moinette is a house maid on a plantation south of New Orleans. At fourteen she is sold, separated from her mother without a chance to say goodbye. >Bright, imaginative and well aware of everything she risks, Moinette at once begins to prepare for an opportunity to escape.

A podcast hosted by 2 sisters, RaqC and La Susie….The baby and the oldest. Raised by the same parents, same household, that chose 2 different life paths. They agree to disagree ALOT and if you don't know them you would think they are fighting, but they talk passionately. A show where nothing is off limits. These 2 sisters are talking about it ALL, relationships, sex, marriage, dating, career, health and everything in between. RaqC IG: @raqcsworld Susie IG: @lasusie Email: straightupsistersthepodcast@gmail.com

Are you a real estate investor in Chicago or someone looking to invest in the Chicagoland Market? If so, this podcast is for you! We break down the neighborhoods, different sides of the city, and surrounding suburbs so you can understand the uniqueness of investing in Chicago real estate. The hosts and guests are Chicago investors and Property Managers who are making it happen in and around the Windy City. We share information, winning strategies, obstacles, success stories, and most importantly, lessons learned. If you are looking for ground level information and want to learn what has worked...

Cami and Drake's honeymoon is cut short as they escape attacks by the Council Enforcers and head to South Africa for the meeting of the Centaur Council, which has ordered a death sentence on Cami and all members of the Lost Herd. The Council Chairman is her grandmother, her most dangerous foe. Surrounded by family and friends, Drake and Cami face the Council, Cami's power-hungry uncles, an ambitious twin, taking the battle all the way to Zeus to attempt to win the freedom of the Tak herd.

The Centaur world is rocked as news spreads of the Lost Herd, Camille's existence, and her Centaur protector. A death order against Camille's father and family sends all into hiding. Camille and Drake leave the country pursued by the Lost Herd as well as by Centaur Council enforcers. Camille's twin brother, Cameron, is manipulated by the Council Head and is quickly becoming her newest enemy.

The Forster Products Straight Shooters podcast is an open ended discussion between, reloaders, gunsmiths, precision shooters, and manufactures. We welcome you to come listen to, learn from and provide feedback to the Pros as we discuss challenges, innovations, and history of all things that add to the sport we love of precision shooting. Maybe you shoot PRS, F-Class, or coyotes, our goal is to not only provide some insight through testing we have done but to grow and learn as an industry/community.

Lauren is visited in her dreams for years by a stranger claiming to be her destiny. Destiny becomes reality when paths cross during a failed robbery attempt. Lauren and the stranger experience chemistry like no other and now her doubt over her long-time relationship with her high school sweetheart is not her only secret…someone else knows about her keen intuition and sixth sense.

Fantine Antoine is a travel writer, a profession that keeps her happily away from her Southern California home. When she returns to mark the fifth anniversary of the murder of her closest childhood friend, Glorette, she finds herself pulled into the tumultuous life of Glorette's 22-year-old son - and Fantine's godson - Victor.

Gary Randall speaks from a pastor's perspective in addressing the most critical and important social and political issues each day to inform Christians about Faith, Freedom and Family.

Was Frauen wollen, wissen Felicia Mutterer und Sonja Koppitz ziemlich gut. In ihrem Podcast "Straight" besprechen sie genau das. Denn "Straight" ist ein Podcast für alle, die Frauen lieben. Vor allem für Frauen, die für ihr Lebensglück nicht unbedingt einen Mann brauchen, weder im Bett noch und an ihrer Seite.

Camille and Drake are on the run from the head of the Centaur Council, seeking the mythical pasture of Thessaly and a family heirloom that may keep them safe. As their journey progresses from the rolling hills of Ireland to the snow covered forests of South Dakota, Cami learns more about her mother's secrets, including a twin brother and a Centaur legacy that puts a death warrant on her entire family.

Her whole life it had just been the two of them. Before her mother's last breath, she gave Camille the information she had craved her entire life: the identity of her father. Daring to contact him, Camille was welcomed by an entire family she never knew existed. But nothing comes without a price, as she discovers when her family claims a legendary heritage tracing back to a Centaur touched by Zeus. As she learns the secrets of her Centaur bloodline, she is drawn into a forbidden love with Drake.

America Speaks tracks the nation's pulse and sparks discussions that reveal the sentiments of American voters in real time. Join pollster and political analyst Dr. Frank Luntz as he engages in diverse conversations on the issues that matter most to the American electorate.

The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books began in 1996 with a simple goal: to bring together the people who create books with the people who love to read them. The festival was an immediate success and has become the largest and most prestigious book festival in the country, attracting more than 130,000 book lovers each year.