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Welcome to CSS Breakdown: Book by Book — your go-to podcast for mastering Pakistan’s Central Superior Services (CSS) exam, one book at a time. Each season focuses on a single CSS-recommended book, unpacking chapters, key theories, historical context, and exam-focused insights. Whether you're reviewing Political Science, Criminology, Gender Studies, or Pakistan Affairs, this podcast simplifies the complex and helps you prepare smarter.
Perfect for busy aspirants, revision on the go, or deep conceptual learning.
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How America Rose — and Fell — Before WWII | S09 E22
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Aug 07, 2025 |
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Asia’s Communist Legacy | Korea, Vietnam, Cambodia & Laos – Norman Lowe S09 E21
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Aug 04, 2025 |
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S09 E20: China Under Communism | Mao’s Experiments, Deng’s Reforms & Tiananmen
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Aug 02, 2025 |
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S09 E19 -China’s Road to Revolution | From Warlords to Mao’s Victory (1900–1949)
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Aug 02, 2025 |
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S09 E18: Russia’s Transformation | From Stalin’s Shadow to Putin’s Power – Norman Lowe
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Aug 02, 2025 |
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S09 E17: Stalin’s Iron Fist | Power, Purges & The Soviet Experiment – Norman Lowe
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Aug 02, 2025 |
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S09 E16: Russia’s Revolutions | From Tsarist Empire to Bolshevik Rule – Norman Lowe
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Aug 02, 2025 |
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S09 E15: Japan & Spain’s Road to Authoritarianism | Norman Lowe’s Modern World History
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Aug 02, 2025 |
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S09 E14 - How Democracy Died in Germany: From Weimar to Hitler Explained
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Aug 01, 2025 |
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S09 E13 - How Italy Fell to Fascism: Mussolini’s Rise & Collapse Explained
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Aug 01, 2025 |
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S09 E12 - Why the ‘New World Order’ Collapsed | War on Terror & Arab Spring
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Aug 01, 2025 |
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S09 E11 - Middle East Turmoil: Wars, Oil, and the Struggle for Sovereignty
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Aug 01, 2025 |
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S09 E10 Europe Divided & United: Norman Lowe's Post-1945 Journey
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Aug 01, 2025 |
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S09 E09 Norman Lowe's UN: Global Ambitions, Real-World Challenges
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Aug 01, 2025 |
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S09 E08: Norman Lowe: Communism's Global Footprint & Cold War Shadows
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Aug 01, 2025 |
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S09 E07 - Cold War Unpacked: From Yalta to Cuban Missiles with Norman Lowe
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Aug 01, 2025 |
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S09 E06 - World War II: Global Conflict & The Holocaust
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Jul 31, 2025 |
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S09 E05 Norman Lowe: The Road to War – Aggression, Appeasement, and WWII's Brink
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Jul 30, 2025 |
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S09 E04 - Norman Lowe's Interwar Era: The Illusion of Peace (1919-1933)
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Jul 30, 2025 |
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S09 E03 - League of Nations: A Bold Step or a Complete Failure? (Norman Lowe)
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Jul 30, 2025 |
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S09 E02 Mastering Modern World History: From Trenches to Treaties
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Jul 30, 2025 |
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S09 E01: 1914's Powder Keg: Unpacking WWI's Origins with Norman Lowe
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Jul 30, 2025 |
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S08 E07 - Identity: Unpacking the Self in International History and Relations (Williams, Hadfield, Rofe)
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Jul 22, 2025 |
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S08 E06 - International History and International Relations: The Enduring Quest for Global Order
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Jul 22, 2025 |
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S08 E05: Dominion Without End – Deconstructing Empire with Williams, Hadfield, and Rofe
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Jul 22, 2025 |
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S08 E04 - Sovereignty Unveiled: Power, Law, and the State in Williams, Hadfield, and Rofe's 'International History and International Relations'
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Jul 22, 2025 |
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S08 E03 - The Ultimate Profession? Navigating the Intertwined Worlds of War and Peace (Andrew J. Williams, Amelia Hadfield, J. Simon Rofe)
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Jul 22, 2025 |
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S08 E02 International History and International Relations – War: An Enduring Paradox
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Jul 22, 2025 |
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S08 E01: International History and International Relations – Bridging IR's Historical Divide
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Jul 22, 2025 |
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S07 E18 - Atkinson & Hilgard's "Getting Inside Their Heads": The Psychology of Social Cognition
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Jul 20, 2025 |
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S07 E17: Unmasking Human Behavior – The Power of Social Influence in Atkinson & Hilgard's Psychology
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Jul 20, 2025 |
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S07 E16 From Asylums to Antidepressants: Treatment of Mental Health Problems by Atkinson & Hilgard
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Jul 20, 2025 |
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S07 E15 - Atkinson & Hilgard: Unpacking Psychological Disorders
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Jul 20, 2025 |
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S07 E14 CSS Breakdown: Atkinson & Hilgard - Navigating Stress, Health, and Coping
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Jul 20, 2025 |
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S07 E13 Unpacking Personality: From Traits to the Unconscious with Atkinson & Hilgard
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Jul 20, 2025 |
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S07 E12 The Intelligence Enigma: A CSS Breakdown of Atkinson & Hilgard's Insights
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Jul 20, 2025 |
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S07 E11: Unmasking Emotion – From Psychopaths to Positive Feelings in Atkinson & Hilgard’s Psychology
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Jul 20, 2025 |
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S07 E10 – Atkinson & Hilgard's Motivation: The Science Behind Your Deepest Desires
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Jul 20, 2025 |
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S07 E9 - Atkinson & Hilgard's 'Language and Thought': Unraveling the Mind's Inner Workings
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Jul 20, 2025 |
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S07 E08 - Beyond the Videotape: Exploring Memory in Atkinson & Hilgard
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Jul 20, 2025 |
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S07 E07 Atkinson & Hilgard's Unpacking Learning: From Pavlov's Dogs to Human Cognition
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Jul 20, 2025 |
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S07 E06 Atkinson & Hilgard's Consciousness: A Journey Through Mind States
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Jul 20, 2025 |
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S07 E05 Atkinson & Hilgard's Perception: When a Tent Becomes a Bear
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Jul 20, 2025 |
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S07 E04: Atkinson & Hilgard – Decoding Your Sensory World
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Jul 20, 2025 |
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S07 E03 The Human Journey: From Newborn Wonders to Adolescent Identity – A Deep Dive into Atkinson & Hilgard
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Jul 20, 2025 |
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S07 E02: The Brain's Blueprint – Exploring Biological Foundations with Atkinson & Hilgard
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Jul 20, 2025 |
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S07 E01: Unpacking the Human Mind in Atkinson & Hilgard's Introduction to Psychology, Chapter 1
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Jul 20, 2025 |
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S06 E36: Norman Lowe's 'The Blair Years' – New Labour's Rise, Rule, and Reckoning
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Jul 17, 2025 |
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S06 E35 - Mastering the Iron Lady's Era: Norman Lowe's Modern British History
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Jul 17, 2025 |
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S06 E34 The Sun Sets: Decolonization in Norman Lowe's Mastering Modern British History
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Jul 17, 2025 |
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S06 E33 - Norman Lowe's Mastering Modern British History: The Retreat from Grandeur and the Search for a New Role
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Jul 17, 2025 |
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S06 E32 - Mastering Modern British History: Unpacking the UK's Nationalist Movements
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Jul 17, 2025 |
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S06 E31: Mastering Modern British History: Britain's Post-War Social Revolution
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Jul 17, 2025 |
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S06 E30 – Norman Lowe: The Rise and Fall of British Consensus (1951-1979)
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Jul 17, 2025 |
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S06 E29: Attlee's "Hyper-Achieving" Era: Labour's Reshaping of Post-War Britain (Mastering Modern British History)
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Jul 17, 2025 |
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S06 E28: Norman Lowe's Britain at War – A Nation Transformed
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Jul 17, 2025 |
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S06 E27 - The Road to War: Appeasement in Norman Lowe's Mastering Modern British History
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Jul 17, 2025 |
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S06 E26 - Imperial Crossroads: Britain's Empire Between the Wars (Norman Lowe)
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Jul 17, 2025 |
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S06 E25: The Decade of Disruption – Britain's 1930s Crises & Contradictions with Norman Lowe
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Jul 17, 2025 |
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S06 E24: Baldwin's Britain: The General Strike and Conservative Power (Mastering Modern British History by Norman Lowe)
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Jul 17, 2025 |
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S06 E23 - Norman Lowe's Tumultuous Twenties: Britain's Political Whirlwind
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Jul 17, 2025 |
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S06 E22 - Mastering Modern British History: The War That Changed Everything
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Jul 17, 2025 |
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S06 E21: Lowe's Liberal Era: Crises, Reforms, and the Road to War
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Jul 17, 2025 |
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S06 E20 - Mastering Modern British History: From Self-Help to State-Help
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Jul 17, 2025 |
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S06 E19 Mastering Modern British History: The Ascent of Labour and the Power of Unions (Norman Lowe)
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Jul 17, 2025 |
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S06 E18: The Rise of the Dominions: Canada, Australia, and New Zealand (Mastering Modern British History by Norman Lowe)
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Jul 17, 2025 |
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S06 E17: Conservative Rule, Imperialism, and the End of Isolation (Norman Lowe's Mastering Modern British History)
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Jul 17, 2025 |
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S06 E16 - Gladstone's Irish Quagmire and Salisbury's Imperial Balancing Act: Mastering Modern British History by Norman Lowe
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Jul 17, 2025 |
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S06 E15 - Norman Lowe's Mastering Modern British History: Was the 'Great Depression' a Myth?
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Jul 17, 2025 |
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S06 E14 - Mastering Disraeli: Tory Democracy, Imperial Ambitions, and the Eastern Question | Norman Lowe
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Jul 17, 2025 |
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S06 E13 - Norman Lowe: Gladstone's First Ministry – Reforms, Rivalry, and Reckoning
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Jul 17, 2025 |
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S06 E12: Factories, Faith, and Victorian Life – Norman Lowe's Mastering Modern British History
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Jul 17, 2025 |
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S06 E11 - Norman Lowe: Unpacking the Indian Mutiny of 1857
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Jul 17, 2025 |
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S06 E10: Mastering Modern British History - The Crimean War: Blunders, Battles, and Unseen Impacts
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Jul 17, 2025 |
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S06 E09: Norman Lowe on Palmerston's Enduring Foreign Policy Paradox
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Jul 17, 2025 |
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S06 E08: Mastering Modern British History – Gladstone, Disraeli, and the "Leap in the Dark" of 1867
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Jul 17, 2025 |
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S06 E07: Robert Peel: Architect of Early Victorian Britain and the Corn Law Repeal
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Jul 17, 2025 |
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S06 E06: Chartism: The People's Fight for Power from Norman Lowe's Mastering Modern British History
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Jul 17, 2025 |
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S06 E05 - Whig Reforms & Failures: Norman Lowe's Mastering Modern British History
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Jul 17, 2025 |
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S06 E04 – The Great Reform Act: Norman Lowe's Mastering Modern British History
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Jul 17, 2025 |
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S06 E03: Norman Lowe's Diplomatic Tightrope: Castlereagh, Canning, and British Foreign Policy (1815-1830)
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Jul 17, 2025 |
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S06 E02: Britain's Post-War Turmoil & Tory Transformation (1815-1830) from Norman Lowe's Mastering Modern British History
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Jul 17, 2025 |
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S06 E01: Norman Lowe's Mastering Modern British History: Beyond Waterloo – Unpacking the Seeds of Change
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Jul 17, 2025 |
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S05 E12: Heywood's 'Political Theory' – Unpacking Tradition, Progress, and Utopia
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Jul 09, 2025 |
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S05 E11: Heywood's "Property, the Market, and Planning": The Economic Battleground of Political Theory
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Jul 09, 2025 |
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S05 E10 Beyond Sameness: Exploring Equality, Social Justice, and Welfare in Andrew Heywood's Political Theory
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Jul 09, 2025 |
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S05 E09: Unpacking Freedom, Toleration, and Identity with Andrew Heywood
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Jul 09, 2025 |
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S05 E08: The Individual & The State – Unpacking Rights, Obligations, and Citizenship with Andrew Heywood
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Jul 09, 2025 |
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S05 E07 – Political Theory: An Introduction: Law, Order, Justice, and Multiculturalism
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Jul 09, 2025 |
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S05 E06: Heywood's Political Theory – Navigating Democracy, Representation, and the Public Interest
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Jul 09, 2025 |
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S05 E05: Unpacking Power, Authority & Legitimacy with Andrew Heywood
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Jul 09, 2025 |
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S05 E04: Heywood's Unraveling of Sovereignty, Nation, and Transnationalism
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Jul 09, 2025 |
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S05 E03 – Political Theory: An Introduction: Politics, Government, and the State
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Jul 09, 2025 |
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S05 E02 – Political Theory: An Introduction: Human Nature, the Individual, and Society
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Jul 09, 2025 |
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S05 E01 – Political Theory: An Introduction by Andrew Heywood – A Comprehensive Overview
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Jul 09, 2025 |
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S04 E22: Will Durant's Fallen Leaves: The Efficacy of Consciousness and the Soul of Civilization
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Jul 08, 2025 |
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S04 E21 Fallen Leaves: What Education Is Of Most Worth? A Journey with Will Durant S04 E21
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Jul 08, 2025 |
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S04 E20 - Will Durant's "On Science": Miracles, Doubts, and the Quest for Wisdom
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Jul 08, 2025 |
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S04 E19: Fallen Leaves: Will Durant's Unvarnished Views On Art and Beauty
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Jul 08, 2025 |
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S04 E18: Will Durant's Fallen Leaves: The Evolving Dance of Capitalism and Communism
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Jul 02, 2025 |
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S04 E17: Fallen Leaves: Beyond 'Failure' – Durant's American Journey
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Jul 02, 2025 |
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S04 E16 Fallen Leaves: On Vietnam – Empire, Morality, and the Price of War with Will Durant
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Jul 02, 2025 |
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S04 E15 - Will Durant's Fallen Leaves: Unpacking the Roots of War
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Jun 27, 2025 |
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S04 E14: Fallen Leaves: Will Durant on Sex, Evolution, and Intelligence
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Jun 27, 2025 |
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S04 E13: Fallen Leaves: A Philosopher's Hymn to Womanhood
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Jun 27, 2025 |
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S04 E12 — Declaration of Interdependence: A Call for Unity (Will Durant’s Fallen Leaves)
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Jun 27, 2025 |
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S04 E11 — On Morality: A Generational Perspective (Will Durant’s Fallen Leaves)
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Jun 23, 2025 |
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S04 E10 — Morality, Religion, and the Industrial Age (Will Durant’s Fallen Leaves)
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Jun 23, 2025 |
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S04 E09 — Christ’s Second Advent: A Call for Unified Faith (Will Durant)
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Jun 22, 2025 |
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S04 E08 — Reflections on Faith: A Personal Journey (Will Durant)
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Jun 22, 2025 |
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S04 E07 — A Skeptic’s Worship of Life (Will Durant)
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Jun 22, 2025 |
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S04 E06 — On the Nature of Soul, Self, and Reality (Will Durant)
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Jun 22, 2025 |
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S04 E05 — Life’s Triumph Over Death (Will Durant)
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Jun 22, 2025 |
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S04 E04 — On Old Age, Life, and War (Will Durant)
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Jun 22, 2025 |
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S04 E03 — The Ages of Human Life (Will Durant)
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Jun 22, 2025 |
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S04 E02 — The Nature and Journey of Youth (Will Durant)
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Jun 22, 2025 |
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S04 E01 – Fallen Leaves: Reflections on Life, Love, War, and God (by Will Durant)
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Jun 22, 2025 |
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S03 E15 – The Gendered Society: A Comprehensive Summary of Michael Kimmel’s Groundbreaking Book
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Jun 19, 2025 |
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S03 E14 – The Gendered Society: Towards a Degendered Society and Human Equality
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Jun 19, 2025 |
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S03 E13 – The Gendered Society: The Gender of Violence – Unpacking the Roots of Aggression
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Jun 19, 2025 |
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S03 E12 – The Gendered Society: The Gendered Body and Sexual Dynamics
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Jun 19, 2025 |
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S03 E11 – The Gendered Society: Gendered Intimacies – Friendship, Love, and Sexuality
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Jun 19, 2025 |
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S03 E10 – The Gendered Society: The Gendered Media – A Sociological Analysis
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Jun 19, 2025 |
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S03 E09 – The Gendered Society: Gender, Work, and the Persistence of Inequality
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Jun 19, 2025 |
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S03 E08 – The Gendered Society: Gender, Power, and the Sacred – A Historical Perspective
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Jun 19, 2025 |
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S03 E07 – The Gendered Society: The Gendered Classroom and Beyond
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Jun 19, 2025 |
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S03 E06 – The Gendered Society: The Gendered Family – Identities, Institutions, and Modern Realities
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Jun 19, 2025 |
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S03 E05 – The Gendered Society: The Social Construction of Gender
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Jun 19, 2025 |
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S03 E04 – The Gendered Society: Unraveling Gender – Psychoanalysis, Development, and Social Roles
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Jun 19, 2025 |
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S03 E03 – The Gendered Society: Cultural Fabric of Gender and Global Variations
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Jun 19, 2025 |
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S03 E02 – The Gendered Society: Nature, Nurture, and the Myth of Biological Destiny
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Jun 19, 2025 |
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S03 E01 – The Gendered Society by Michael Kimmel: Deconstructing the Myth of Difference
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Jun 18, 2025 |
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S02 E16 — Criminological Theory: A Grand Overview (Roger Hopkins Burke)
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Jun 17, 2025 |
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S02 E15 — Social Control Theories of Crime (Roger Hopkins Burke)
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Jun 17, 2025 |
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S02 E14 — Environmental Theories of Criminology (Roger Hopkins Burke)
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Jun 17, 2025 |
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S02 E13 — Socio-biological Theories of Crime and Deviance (Roger Hopkins Burke)
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Jun 16, 2025 |
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S02 E12 — Critical Criminology and Social Harm (Roger Hopkins Burke)
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Jun 16, 2025 |
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S02 E11 — Gender, Crime, and Justice: A Feminist Perspective (Roger Hopkins Burke)
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Jun 16, 2025 |
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S02 E10 — Conflict and Radical Criminological Theories (Roger Hopkins Burke)
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Jun 14, 2025 |
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S02 E09 — Labelling and Conflict Perspectives in Criminology (Roger Hopkins Burke)
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Jun 14, 2025 |
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S02 E08 : Women and Positivist Criminological Theories (Roger Hopkins Burke)
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Jun 14, 2025 |
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S02 E07 — Sociological Theories of Crime and Deviance (Roger Hopkins Burke)
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Jun 14, 2025 |
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S02 E06 — The Psychology of Criminal Behavior (Roger Hopkins Burke)
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Jun 14, 2025 |
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S02 E05 — Biological Foundations of Criminal Behavior (Roger Hopkins Burke)
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Jun 14, 2025 |
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S02 E04 — Rational Actor Theories of Crime and Deterrence (Roger Hopkins Burke)
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Jun 14, 2025 |
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S02 E03 — Populist Conservative Criminology & Right Realism (Roger Hopkins Burke)
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Jun 13, 2025 |
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S02 E02 — Classical and Populist Criminology (Roger Hopkins Burke)
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Jun 13, 2025 |
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S02 E01 — Criminological Theory: Crime and Modernity (Roger Hopkins Burke)
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Jun 12, 2025 |
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S01 E13 – Public Order Crime: Sex, Drugs, and Morality (Chapter 13 of Larry J. Siegel’s Criminology)
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May 31, 2025 |
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S01 E12 – Enterprise Crime: White-Collar, Cyber, and Organized Offenses
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May 31, 2025 |
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S01 E11 – Forms of Economic Crime: Theft, Burglary, and Arson
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May 31, 2025 |
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S01 E10 – Understanding and Controlling Violent Crime
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May 31, 2025 |
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S01 E09 – Developmental Criminology: Pathways and Turning Points (Chapter 9 of Criminology by Larry J. Siegel)
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May 31, 2025 |
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S01 E08 – Crime, Power & Justice: Conflict Theories and Restorative Approaches (Chapter 8 of Criminology by Larry J. Siegel)
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May 31, 2025 |
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S01 E07 – Foundations and Applications of Criminological Theory: Social Processes and Crime (Chapter 7 of Larry J. Siegel’s Criminology)
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May 30, 2025 |
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S01 E06: Criminological Theories and the Social Structure - Chapter 6 of Larry J. Siegel’s Criminology
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May 30, 2025 |
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S01 E05 : Biological and Psychological Theories of Crime – Chapter 5 of Larry J. Siegel’s Criminology
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May 30, 2025 |
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S01 E04: Rational Choice and Crime Prevention - Chapter 4 of Larry J. Siegel’s Criminology
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May 30, 2025 |
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S01 E03 : Criminology and Victims of Crime - Chapter 3 of Larry J. Siegel’s Criminology
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May 30, 2025 |
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S01 E02 – Synopsis of Criminological Theories and Crime Trends - Chapter 2 of Larry J. Siegel book
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May 30, 2025 |
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S01 E01 – Foundations of Criminology and Criminal Law - Chapter 1 of Larry J. Siegel book
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May 30, 2025 |