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Jon Justice on Twin Cities News Talk is the Twin Cities #1 Morning News/Talk Show - featuring the latest news, information, and interviews every weekday morning on Twin Cities News Talk AM1130 and 103.5 FM!

A beautiful pagan. A ruler searching for a wife. Can a marriage of expedience change the course of an empire? Constantinople, AD 419. Athenais holds faint hope for her future. When the impoverished orphan’s male relatives offer her up as a consort for the emperor, she reluctantly agrees to study the philosophical arguments for the required conversion to Christianity. But while the accomplished scholar quickly falls for her imperial husband, she struggles with the court’s cutthroat political maneuvering and stubborn religious fanaticism.

Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer delivers an impassioned argument for the proper role of America’s highest judicial body. Examining historic and contemporary decisions by the Court, Breyer highlights the rulings that have bolstered public confidence as well as the missteps that have triggered distrust. What emerges is a unique approach - certain to be admired for years to come - to interpreting the Constitution.

Throughout fiction, there have always been heroes who have fallen from grace. Champions of honor, decency, and order who have become villains through some traumatic event or a deep personal flaw. Blackest Knights is a collection of 19 tales by some of independent fantasy's best authors that follow a collection of those heroes who fell to temptation. From tales of bloody-handed hypocrites to space pirates, you'll find some truly fascinating works within.

A “gripping and important” (The Guardian) account of nine tumultuous days, as the assassination of Nelson Mandela’s protégé by a white supremacist threatens to derail South Africa’s democratic transition and plunge the nation into civil war. Johannesburg, Easter weekend, 1993. Nelson...

Gahan Corbijn, former musician turned intergalactic messenger, used to tour the world in his beloved ship, the ZERONINE. That was before the Great Evacuation of Earth sent countless humans into deep space to find a new home. With nowhere left to rock, Gahan traveled between the populated planets with his sarcastic AI companion "Alex", sending out communication drones for a price. During the Vanishing War, Gahan and Alex, onboard the ZERONINE, are struck by the enemy, sending them hurtling uncontrollably through space.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions. What should've been a simple fact-finding visit changed in the blink of an eye. I'm a patriot. A CIA officer. A master at manipulating the double agent schemes. The straight and narrow path I set out on turned into a hundred winding roads, all leading to the same destination: I'm now aiding and abetting a foreign spy. Kira Petrova stole something from me the moment we met - my breath, my heart, my allegiance. If I'm caught, I'll be tried as a traitor. But there's more to her story than anyone knows, and time is not on our side.

Divisive and politicized, modern feminism and the call to rewrite traditional gender roles has only left women more confused. Author Justice Kuehl is exploring a new biblical femininity and discovering who our Father created women to really be. She shares her personal journey from defending feminist messages to finding the hypocrisy of modern feminism.

Speaking directly to sick, queer, trans, disabled, and BIPOC listeners, Deconstructing the Fitness Industrial Complex is part urgent inquiry, part radical deconstruction, and part call to action: to build spaces that welcome and work for all; to reclaim movement as a vital and liberatory practice; and to embody a model of joy and community care outside the mainstream fitness culture.

Langston Brown is running out of time and options for clearing his name and escaping death row. Wrongfully convicted of the gruesome Mother's Day Massacre, he prepares to face his death. His final hope for salvation lies with his daughter, Liza, an artist who dreamed of a life of music and song but left the prestigious Juilliard School to pursue a law degree with the intention of clearing her father's name.

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Two women. Two swords. One victor. An action-packed tale that exposes the brutal underside of Imperial Rome, Sword of the Gladiatrix brings to life unforgettable characters and exotic settings. From the far edges of the Empire, two women come to battle on the hot sands of the arena in Nero's Rome. Enslaved, forced to fight for their lives and the Romans' pleasure; they seek to replace lost friendship, love, and family in each other's arms. But the Roman arena offers only two futures: The Gate of Life for the victors or the Gate of Death for the losers.

The Cross Weight podcast, A Jesus podcast with a racing problem... Where speed meets soul. We sit down, every week with fellow racers and discuss stories of racing and faith. Each week, we bring you heart-pounding stories from racers who don't just chase checkered flags, but also carry a deeper race within them: the race of faith.

When Alicia gave Maggie a book on healthy eating that she truly thought she would enjoy, Maggie turned on Alicia and never wanted to see or speak to her again. Although Alicia tried asking her what happened, Maggie was adamant on having no contact with Alicia, except for the one time she sent her a letter asking her for money owed to her for accompanying her on her trip and assisting her with office work, although that was never the agreement, and which Alicia ignored.

The planet Proxima B is vulnerable as division grips the colonized worlds. When a new arrival informs pilot Taft Gaurdia of a massive armada assembling near Mars, armed with advanced technology, Taft is desperate to protect the home of Earth's evacuees.

After their daughter Luna gambled with the enemy, Taft, Kaytha, and a hobbled together resistance find themselves at a loss to fight back against the growing threat from the planet Kentaurus. With the former DeCorp factions now in league with the Kentauri military, there is seemingly nothing standing in their way of taking complete control of the colonized worlds.

Fear returns when a trio of skilled assassins attacks the peaceful colonized world, conducting a sinister heist. No matter the cost, pilots Taft Gaurdia and Kaytha Morrow vow to track down those responsible and get back what they've taken.. Is this the return of DeCorp seeking revenge or an emerging new threat? Taft and Kaytha must unravel the mystery and stop the coming darkness before it's too late.

One woman battles the coming Dark Ages. "Twilight Empress" tells the little-known story of a remarkable woman: Placidia, sister to one of the last Roman Emperors. Roman Empress and Gothic Queen, Placidia does the unthinkable: she rules the failing Western Roman Empire. A life of ambition, power, and intrigue she doesn't seek, but can't refuse, her actions shape the face of Western Europe for centuries. A woman as well as an empress, Placidia suffers love, loss, and betrayal. Can her intelligence, tenacity, and ambition help her survive and triumph over scheming generals, rebellious children, and Attila the Hun?

Lock the doors and switch the power off! Tales of deadly machinery have long fascinated us, from Edgar Allan Poe’s classic pendulum to the Terminator films. Murder and Machinery pays homage to this tradition, offering you gripping tales following this theme but set in different times and places, from colonial America and London during the First World War to dystopian futures on this planet and beyond. Never before has an anthology brought tales of science fiction and suspense together in such a terrifying way, showcasing the nightmarish imagination of authors who know how to play on the ...

Sentimental Garbage is a podcast hosted by Caroline O'Donoghue about the culture we love that society can sometimes make us feel ashamed of. Formerly a chick-lit podcast, sometimes a Sex and the City podcast. We don't know the most, we feel the most. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.