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Hosted by Pauline Altman and Guests.

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Apr 21, 2022

Pauline shares the steps coffee goes through from harvest to brew (including processing styles), then covers the four waves of the coffee industry. Find ‘The Marvelous Madames’ Podcast at https://linktr.ee/themarvelousmadames

:30 The Coffee Production Process,

13:44 Promo: The Marvelous Madames Podcast,

14:30 The...


Apr 7, 2022

Pauline covers the German term ‘Lebensraum’, its part in the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union, and part of that invasion - The Siege of Leningrad.

0:05 Best Anythings (Ted Lasso, Legends of Tomorrow rewatch),

1:52 Lebensraum,

6:31 The Siege of Leningrad


Mar 11, 2022

Pauline is joined by Art from The Bookshelf Odyssey Podcast, who shares some ways to get into reading classic literature, and gives some recommendations of diverse authors and stories.

Find Art at His website and on YouTube and on Twitter 

0:00 Art’s Intro,

3:14 Best Anythings (Picard, A Flicker In The Dark),

6:12 An...


Mar 4, 2022

Pauline compares the basis of Marxist theory to the origin of the Cultural Marxism conspiracy theory.

0:05 Best Anythings (Killing Eve is back, The Endgame, Learning to play chess),

2:22 Marxism vs. Cultural Marxism


Feb 24, 2022

Pauline covers how Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels’ fight for the working class led to writing the Communist Manifesto.

0:05 Best Anythings (Single Drunk Female, Abbott Elementary),

1:22 The Communist Manifesto