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		<description>The Babblery features conversations about who we are and how we got this way. Modern humans can seem like the ancients building the Biblical Tower of Babel, cursed by God/nature never to understand each other. As Visiting Translators at the Tower of Babel, our guests delve into their work, their research, and their own experiences to try to explain the bits they&#039;ve learned about Earth&#039;s most perplexing species. Though we all speak different languages, here at The Babblery we aim to promote understanding, one conversation at a time.</description>
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	<title>Stepping through the Door with LaDoris Cordell</title>
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	<title>Minibabble: The Signs of No Kings</title>
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	<title>Minibabble: She Called to Apologize: A story of exclusion and grace</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[What leads radical feminists to exclude transgender women from their gatherings? What happens whentrauma and expectations meet the need for community and acceptance? Every woman has a story. Listen to....]]></description>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[What leads radical feminists to exclude transgender women from their gatherings? What happens whentrauma and expectations meet the need for community and acceptance? Every woman has a story. Listen to....]]></itunes:summary>
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	<title>An Amazing Time to be Alive with Sandy Stone</title>
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	<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 20:39:08 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[BABBLERY.com: Transgender icon Sandy Stone on TERF hatred, from the 1970s women's communities to today.]]></description>
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	<title>Two Strange Moments with Writer Joan Gelfand</title>
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	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
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	<title>Minibabble: On the Set with Filmmaker Alexandrine Benjamin</title>
	<link>https://babblery.com/2026/01/minibabble-on-the-set-with-filmmaker-alexandrine-benjamin/</link>
	<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2026 18:16:57 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[BABBLERY.com: What does it take for an independent filmmaker to shoot a film in a country that lacks a functional government? Haitian filmmaker Alexandrine Benjamin speaks about the difficulty of shooting her short film, N Ap Boule, which is a fictional exploration of the crisis of maternity care in Haiti.]]></description>
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	<title>Taking Care of Ourselves with Filmmaker Alexandrine Benjamin</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[BABBLERY.com: Haitian filmmaker Alexandrine Benjamin is on a mission to make films that tell important stories for her people. But how can she help a country where she can no longer live?]]></description>
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	<title>The Chicago Connection: Black composers of the early 20th century</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[Early in the 20th century, in which has been named the Great Migration, millions of Black southerners moved North, looking for opportunity and an escape from Jim Crow. The vibrant....]]></description>
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