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Barons is the story of seven corporate titans, their rise to power, and the consequences for everyone else. Take Mike McCloskey, chairman of Fair Oaks Farms. In a few short decades, he went from managing a modest dairy herd to running the Disneyland of agriculture. Mike benefited from deregulation of the American food industry, a phenomenon that has consolidated wealth in the hands of select tycoons, and along the way, hollowed out the nation's rural towns and local businesses.

The Baron Files Podcast is a raw, comedy-driven Australian show where nothing is off limits. Hosted by The Actual Baron - Nathan Hepburn alongside Funny Man - Brent Jago and All Round Nice Guy - Brynn Petterwood, the podcast dives into viral memes, sport, breaking news, movies, ridiculous internet moments, and everyday life, with sharp opinions, zero retakes, and no polished corporate filter.Built around authentic co-host banter and a loyal community feel, the show resonates strongly with listeners who enjoy sport, mate-ship, humour, and people who speak plainly. While the core audience skews ...

Andrew Wakefield reveals the inside story of desperate parents trying to help their autistic children, only to be labeled as abusers by social workers, medical professionals, and the courts. As the number of children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders grows each year, new discoveries and controversies arise. Andrew Wakefield explores many of these in his thorough investigation of the recent trial case of the “Arizona 5,” which destroyed an Arizona family.

Each episode of One More Question features candid, deep-dive conversations with some of the fascinating icons and cover stars in the GQ universe. Every Tuesday, host Zach Baron, GQ’s Senior Special Projects Editor and a longtime writer for the magazine, sits down with a new subject and figures out what makes them tick. These conversations — with Hollywood stars and directors, elite athletes, comedians, and cultural visionaries — are intimate and unpredictable, whether in New York, Los Angeles, or on location. What really goes on behind the headlines? How do world-class artists navigate ...

'Superb...his pages fizz with character and colour' Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times 'Scholarly and very readable' Andrew Lycett, Spectator 'Energetic and hugely entertaining' A.N.Wilson, TLS The definitive biography of Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe, the first and greatest press...

"The best, the liveliest and most illuminating" account of Rockefeller, Morgan, and the other men who seized American economic power after the Civil War (The New Republic). John D. Rockefeller, J. P. Morgan, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Andrew Carnegie, E. H. Harriman, Jay Gould, Henry Clay Frick...

This is the first volume of The Travels and Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen by Rudolf Erich Raspe. The Baron relates his fantastical experiences and exploits, telling of the many singular incidents such as climbing to the moon on a beanstalk, riding on a cannon ball, being swallowed by a fish and being rescued from its insides, flying on an eagle from Margate to America, and many other incredible adventures, and challenges anyone who doubts him, asserting he is "a traveler of veracity!"

The respected Italian economist and journalist offers a bold and provocative argument that the speed of technological transformation is threatening our future.

Traditionally known as a dirty, congested, and dangerous city, 19th Century Paris was transformed in an extraordinary period from 1848 to 1870, when the government launched a huge campaign to build streets, squares, parks, churches, and public buildings. The Louvre Palace was expanded, Notre-Dame Cathedral was restored and the French masterpiece of the Second Empire, the Opra Garnier, was built.

As World War II approached, the six most powerful media moguls in America and Britain tried to pressure their countries to ignore the fascist threat. The media empires of Robert McCormick, Joseph and Eleanor Patterson, and William Randolph Hearst spanned the United States, reaching tens of millions of Americans in print and over the airwaves with their isolationist views.

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. In 1893, a New York lawyer named Ingersoll Lockwood published a children's adventure novel about a wealthy, precocious boy who lived in a place called Castle Trump and was guided by a mentor known only as "Don." It sold modestly and was forgotten for...

Step into the tumultuous world of medieval England with Sir Philip Harclay, who returns to find his friend Lord Lovels castle and estate seized by treachery. As secrets unfold and dark betrayals come to light, the story builds to an intense showdown between good and evil, culminating in a gripping duel for the rightful claim to the prize.

MicroSillon : Deux voix sur une même voie. Un conducteur et un contrôleur se retrouvent autour d’un micro pour raconter le train au quotidien. Avec humour, pédagogie et bienveillance, ils décryptent les coulisses du rail, expliquent ce qui fonctionne… et ce qui coince, démêlent la technique sans jargon et brossent des portraits vivants du monde ferroviaire. Un rendez-vous curieux et accessible, pour comprendre le train, loin des clichés.

The purpose of The Business of Criminal Law is to help you start wherever you are and create a criminal defense practice you and your clients will love.

Sans Façade explore les coulisses de la fabrique de la ville. Architectes, maîtres d’ouvrage, promoteurs, bureaux de contrôle, entreprises, AMO… Chaque épisode donne la parole à un acteur du bâtiment pour comprendre ce que l’on ne voit pas derrière un projet : les décisions, les contraintes, les arbitrages, la responsabilité et la vision. Ici, on ne parle pas seulement d’architecture comme image. On parle de processus, de transformation, de réalité de terrain. Je suis Dimitri Tsvetkov-Baron, architecte. À travers ces conversations, je cherche à comprendre comment se ...

In the 1966 NCAA basketball championship game, an all-white University of Kentucky team was beaten by a team from Texas Western College (now UTEP) that fielded only black players. The game, played in the middle of the racially turbulent 1960s - part David and Goliath in short pants, part emancipation proclamation of college basketball - helped destroy stereotypes about black athletes.

Estas son las memorias de Martin Baron como director del Washington Post, una mirada profunda y autorizada para comprender el deterioro de la democracia estadounidense en los últimos años, el papel de la prensa y los equilibrios de poder entre el mundo empresarial y político.

L’horreur ne vient pas toujours des enfers… Dans ce podcast qui plaira aux passionné(e)s de TrueCrime, le Baron Sinistre explore les crimes qui ont marqué l’Histoire : tueurs en série, guerres, expériences scientifiques monstrueuses. D’Ed Gein à Dahmer, de Landru à Holmes, en passant par les atrocités des idéologies et des laboratoires, découvrez les ténèbres bien réelles qui ont inspiré la culture de l’horreur. Ici, pas de monstres imaginaires : seulement la cruauté humaine mise en lumière. Car oui… l’horreur est humaine.

🎩 Les Vérités interdites du Baron Sinistre vous plonge dans les histoires vraies que les manuels n’osent pas raconter. Poupées hantées, cercueils impies, anomalies historiques : tout est sourcé, tout est réel. Avec sa voix sinistre, le Baron explore les zones grises entre vérité et légende. Un podcast documentaire pour les curieux… et les téméraires.

Plongez au cœur du narcotrafic, là où violence et corruption forgent d'impitoyables empires criminels internationaux. Cette enquête documentaire haletante dissèque la mécanique des organisations illicites, de leur genèse clandestine jusqu'à leur effondrement sous les redoutables guerres...