<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:blogger="http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008" xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" version="2.0"><channel><atom:id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373917873600249593</atom:id><lastBuildDate>Sat, 28 Sep 2024 00:38:18 +0000</lastBuildDate><title>Beyond Our World</title><description>Exploring the life, science, mystery, comedy, and absurdity of our journey here and Beyond Our World</description><link>https://beyondourworldpodcast.blogspot.com/</link><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (Beyond Our World)</managingEditor><generator>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>7</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><language>en-us</language><itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit><copyright>A DNLK Creations Production</copyright><itunes:image href="https://i.imgur.com/ddqETLi.jpg"/><itunes:keywords>Educational,Science,Technology,Astrophysics,Physics,Politics,Research,Comedy,Health,Social,Issues,and,our,favorite,recipes</itunes:keywords><itunes:summary>Exploring the life, science, mystery, comedy, and absurdity of our journey here and Beyond Our World</itunes:summary><itunes:subtitle>Beyond Our World</itunes:subtitle><itunes:category text="Education"/><itunes:author>John Merlino, Paul Davidson and Brea Everton</itunes:author><itunes:owner><itunes:email>jmerlino88@gmail.com</itunes:email><itunes:name>John Merlino, Paul Davidson and Brea Everton</itunes:name></itunes:owner><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373917873600249593.post-4584711450225330827</guid><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jul 2019 17:54:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2019-07-09T11:24:38.539-07:00</atom:updated><title>Abortions - Social Sciences and the Risks of Terminating Womens Rights </title><description>This week, John and Paul explore the tense and complicated issues of Social Sciences and Politics. 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