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Step into the lush yet tumultuous world of Rain, one of Maughams most celebrated short stories. Set in a humid tropical paradise, the narrative explores the clash between self-righteous hypocrites and a spirited girl who simply seeks enjoyment in life. At approximately 2 1/2 hours long, this gripping tale transcends the boundaries of a typical short story collection. Join us as we navigate the complexities of morality, freedom, and human desires. (Summary by BellonaTimes)

Born into the Waorani tribe of Ecuador's Amazon rainforest, Nemonte Nenquimo was taught about plant medicines, foraging, oral storytelling, and shamanism by her elders. Age 14, she left the forest for the first time to study with an evangelical missionary group in the city. Eventually, her ancestors began appearing in her dreams, pleading with her to return and embrace her own culture. She listened. Two decades later, Nemonte has emerged as one of the most forceful voices in climate-change activism.

Immerse yourself in the soothing world of "Rain Sounds," a podcast dedicated to bringing the calming and therapeutic effects of natural ambient sounds directly to your ears. This show is an auditory sanctuary designed for those seeking tranquility and peace in their daily lives, whether it's to aid in sleep, enhance meditation practices, improve focus while studying, or simply to relax after a long day. "Rain Sounds" offers a curated selection of nature's most calming symphonies, featuring the gentle patter of raindrops, the rhythmic drumming of a distant thunderstorm, and the serene whispers ...

Why doesn't rain fall all at once? Can technology change the track of a hurricane? What's the weather like on other planets? Meteorologists Simon King and Clare Nasir reveal the captivating ways the weather works, from exploring incredible weather phenomenon (how are rainbows formed?), expertly...

Find serenity with our ASMR Rain Sounds podcast. These gentle rain recordings are perfect for sleep, relaxation, and meditation, helping you to unwind and drift off into a restful slumber. Enjoy the natural, soothing sounds of rain anytime you need to relax.https://www.solgoodmedia.com Listen to hundreds of audiobooks, thousands of short stories, and ambient sounds all ad free!

The changes that Charles Handy foresaw in The Age of Unreason are happening. Endless growth can make for a candy-floss economy, and capitalism must be its own sternest critic. Charles Handy reaches here for a philosophy beyond the mechanics of business organisations, beyond material choices, to try and establish an alternative universe where the work ethic can contain a natural sense of continuity, connections, and a sense of direction.

A profound work of formalized introspection, this nonfiction essay charts a consciousness fixed against a single, chaotic acoustic event: a severe rainstorm on a metal roof. Through the eyes of a self-reflective narrator who remains immobile, observing only the difference between internal rigidity and external torrent the book dissects the small, inescapable failures of precision in a disordered world. It is a meticulous study of sound, memory interference, and the deep discomfort of the untied knot, presented without metaphor, moral lesson, or emotional summary.

Fire and Rain is a compelling, meticulous narrative of the way national security decisions formed at the highest levels of government affect the lives of individuals at home and abroad. By drawing these connections, Carolyn Woods Eisenberg brings to life policy decisions about Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia, conveying their significance to a new generation. She breaks fresh ground in contextualizing Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger's decisions within a wider institutional and societal framework.

Jews and Roma died side by side in the Holocaust, yet the world did not recognize their destruction equally. In the years and decades following the war, the Jewish experience of genocide increasingly occupied the attention of legal experts, scholars, educators, curators, and politicians, while the genocide of Europe's Roma went largely ignored. Rain of Ash is the untold story of how Roma turned to Jewish institutions, funding sources, and professional networks as they sought to gain recognition and compensation for their wartime suffering.

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I will relieve all the pain in my heart if it rains.

Why not make that depth accessible? Tell more stories? Reveal tales that neither knew about the other? Draw on Jef's shamanic/Taoist background. Make the obstacle a Giant Opportunity?

In posing the question, "What was the effect of policy entrepreneurs' use of a scenario on federal efforts to clean up the Gulf of Mexico's dead zone?" I explain the momentum that leads to and sustains the theoretical phenomena of punctuated equilibrium. After establishing that the policy process in this case was measurable as a statistically significant case of punctuated equilibrium, I defined a scenario as an organized form of discourse with a plot with three parts: a beginning, a middle, and an end. To analyze the policy process, I plotted a narrative.

Rain Sound | ASMR | Study | Sleep | Meditation.1 hour episodes of rain white noise.

Smell is the most emotional and evocative of our senses: it can bring back memories faster and with more immediacy than a photograph - so why is it so little understood? Armed with a hungry curiosity and a willingness to self-experiment, author Barney Shaw goes in search of the hidden meanings of smells. Using plain words to describe what he finds, he investigates the chemistry, psychology, history and future of this underappreciated sense.

What is it like to live and work in a remote corner of the world and befriend a courageous midwife who breaks traditional roles? Monique and the Mango Rains: Two Years with a Mali Midwife is the inspiring story of Monique Dembele, an accidental midwife who became a legend, and Kris Holloway, the young Peace Corps volunteer who became her closest confidante. In a small village in Mali, West Africa, Monique saved lives and dispensed hope every day in a place where childbirth is a life-and-death matter and where many children are buried before they cut a tooth.

Sunshine & Rain is a podcast normalizing conversations around the joys and pains of critical life moments while highlighting the good that can come from giving yourself the time and space to heal.

Bring Rain: Helping Humanity in Crisis is an inspiring collection of real-world lessons from over two decades on the front lines of global crisis response. Blending memoir, guide, and moral call to action, author and narrator Sarah Petrin invites listeners to rediscover what it means to be human in a time of global uncertainty. From refugee camps in Africa to disaster zones in the U.S., Petrin has spent her life responding to humanity’s greatest needs. In Bring Rain, she weaves together stories of survival and solidarity with reflections on faith, leadership, and resilience.

A podcast where Yonas Rains takes the rain check on having a conversation and yells into the void to inspire a delayed, out of sync conversation and invites you to participate in finishing unfinished thoughts.

Rain On Your Charade is an investigative podcast offering evidence-based analysis and unaffiliated commentary on modern advocacy, media narratives, and parasocial power. Through documented events and long-form analysis, the show examines how performance, certainty, and narrative control can distort justice, accountability, and public trust.