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For your Ambies Consideration: Face-Off: The U.S. vs China for Best News & Politics Podcast. With Airwave, this is an inside look at the turbulent relationship between the world’s two superpowers, the two men in charge, and the vital issues that affect us all.

The latest two episodes of Search Engine are a great example of a great guest that carries an entire show - Alejandro Velasco is a Venezuelan historian, and takes us through the history of the country in an engaging and fascinating way. Very much worth a listen.

WHERE BRAINS MEET BEAUTY celebrates its 300th episode today; the show is known for its refreshingly candid conversations with beauty founders and executives, pulling back the curtain on how leaders actually build their careers. Hosted by Base Beauty Creative Agency founder Jodi Katz, the show has a live taping of six (!) podcast episodes today.

The State of It: USA is new from The Times of London today. It’s hosted by Katy Balls, the Washington Editor of The Times and The Sunday Times; and Gerry Baker, Editor-at-Large at the Wall Street Journal. The Murdoch-owned podcast promises “no fake news, no flag waving, and no Trump derangement syndrome”.

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Award-winning, educational-comedy podcast Well, I Laughed returns for a new season with a new look, aiming to continue the show’s mission to bring listeners moments of joy through smart and funny deep dives into surprising subjects. Hosted by a public school teacher and an engineer, the show dives into unexpected topics from birth control to pirates.

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Mics to Millions returns for a new season, with a short episode with Sam talking about lessons from 2025 that he’s aiming to apply to 2026. Guests this season include Stefanie Bichara, host of Broke Girl Therapy; Jonathan Levitt, host of For The Long Run; and kicks off next week with Bumper’s Dan Misener.

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Optimist Economy is now partnering with public media organization PRX to bring the podcast to listeners everywhere. The economics podcast from Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi explores how to build a better future one issue and solution at a time, tackling topics such as housing, healthcare, and misunderstandings behind the narrative of Social Security’s impending doom. A new season has just kicked off.

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