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In this episode, Abe sits down with Terry Gurno & Derrik Schweppe, two of our coaches here at Business MAPS Training & Coaching.  In their candid conversation, they discuss five principles that leaders should know and understand as stewards of today's workforce.https://www.mymapscoach.com

  TDAgiantslayer@gmail.com    97X     PODBEAN   Apple Podcast    webstix.com Tony Herman - the coolest cat on the net     Code: wellbuilttda 15% off   Here's a sharable link: https://wellbuiltsupplements.com/discount/wellbuilttda   Daily Greens probiotic, vegan protein, whey protein, Digestive enzymes, Omega 3's, Performance energy, Performance BCCA's, Vitamins for men, Vitamins for women and a whole lot more.  Right now I am pumping the greens and Pre-workout and loving them both… Heres a secret “I'm on them right now as I do my podcast”.    revolution4fathers.com Jesus t-shirt!  Giant slayer water bottles, hoodies, t shirts Man up shirts… on a cross changed my life   Starting this week the TDA will also be on youtube… check it out. Not every episode, but we will start with at least one a week… hey who doesn't want to see my kitchen right?   The Israeli minister of defense said 3 days ago that they are preparing for war. and then said if they go to war with Iran that most likely Russia and Turkey will counter attack on the side of Iran. This is spoken about in Ezekiel as the battle of Gog and Magog. Very striking that this is so closely tied into the end times. Prophetically spoken a few thousand years ago and now taking place before our eyes.    Genesis 18:12 So Sarah laughed to herself as she thought, “After I am worn out and my lord is old, will I now have this pleasure?” 13 Then the Lord said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Will I really have a child, now that I am old?' 14 Is anything too hard for the Lord? I will return to you at the appointed time next year, and Sarah will have a son.”   Sarah laughs… at Gods promise and then again at the angels that speak of this miraculous child… Why does she laugh? Does she laugh because of Abrahams lifestyle… he has handed her over to rulers in the past 25 years a few times saying she was his sister… So maybe she is thinking my Husband who would rather toss me out to the sharks is going to get me pregnant? OR Is is because she is past child bearing age… she no longer has her menstrual cycle and it seems absurd. OR She laughs because she knows that Abraham is enamored by Hagar and the son she has bore for him. OR She laughs thinking that her husband who is even older than her could now perform in bed and maybe even  the thought of any type of passion is simply silly. OR Maybe she laughs simply because a child at this point is absolutely ridiculous  OR  She laughs at the thought of her womb which has been closed for years… could possibly be fertile ground   But why ask why? Sarah laughed… and I guess I can't really blame her given the circumstances… but what about Abraham- NOW HERE IS THE REAL STORY!    Romans 4:20-21 He did not waver at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God, and being fully convinced that what He had promised He was also able to perform.   Abraham never doubted… you say but he had sex with his servant to get a son… but that was because Sarah pestered him to do it. She knew Abraham wanted a son, she knew time was ticking away and Abe was probably not going to be having to many more high fives in the bedroom. She asked him to do it. He did it not because he did not believe God was not going to come through, but rather to shut up Sarah.   How did he continue to believe after all these years? I guess the same way he believed when God told him to take his only son Isaac up on the Mountain and sacrifice him… believing well God will either bring him back to life or again get Sarah pregnant again. HE HAD FAITH BECAUSE IT WAS A PROMISE FROM GOD. His faith in Gods promise strengthened him.  And he gave God the glory before it ever came to pass. Lets dumb it down in case you missed the point. While Sarah was laughing Abe was believing in Gods word Trusted his word and was strengthened by trusting Bragged to God about God and what would happen to God - and then gave him praise before it ever happened.   Thats the formula for faithful living! 

For Jewish communities around the world, there is no name more synonymous with the fight against antisemitism than Abe Foxman. Born in Poland in 1940, Abe survived the Holocaust when his parents entrusted him to their Catholic nanny. He would go on to spend three decades as the National Director of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), speaking out against antisemitism and bringing it to the forefront of American minds. Throughout his career, Abe has written four books and made the ADL a household name through his relationships with prominent figures like President George W. Bush, Pope John Paul II, President Obama, and many more.  Please join us for Part II of a special series on antisemitism. Listen as Jay and Abe discuss his personal Holocaust story, his unparalleled career, and his take on antisemitism in America today. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

For Jewish communities around the world, there is no name more synonymous with the fight against antisemitism than Abe Foxman. Born in Poland in 1940, Abe survived the Holocaust when his parents entrusted him to their Catholic nanny. He would go on to spend three decades as the National Director of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), speaking out against antisemitism and bringing it to the forefront of American minds. Throughout his career, Abe has written four books and made the ADL a household name through his relationships with prominent figures like President George W. Bush, Pope John Paul II, President Obama, and many more. Please join us for Part II of a special series on antisemitism. Listen as Jay and Abe discuss his personal Holocaust story, his unparalleled career, and his take on antisemitism in America today.

I'm Christy Shriver and we're here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us.  And I am Garry Shriver.  This is the How to Love Lit Podcast. This is our second episode discussing the bard of democracy, the great Walt Whitman.  Today we will feature one of his four poems honoring President Abraham Lincoln, but in order to understand why Whitman and many of us admire this great man, we want to revisit the  original 1855 edition of Leaves of Grass and listen to some of Whitman's observations of African Americans and slavery.  Christy, let's start this episode by reading and discussing two extracts from “I sing the Body Electric” , the ones where Whitman describes an African man and then an African woman at auction.    A man's body at auction,  (For before the war I often go to the slave-mart and watch the sale,)  I help the auctioneer, the sloven does not half know his business.    Gentlemen look on this wonder,  Whatever the bids of the bidders they cannot be high enough for it,  For it the globe lay preparing quintillions of years without one animal or plant,  For it the revolving cycles truly and steadily roll'd.  In this head the all-baffling brain,  In it and below it the makings of heroes.  Examine these limbs, red, black, or white, they are cunning in tendon and nerve,  They shall be stript that you may see them.  Exquisite senses, life-lit eyes, pluck, volition,  Flakes of breast-muscle, pliant backbone and neck, flesh not flabby, good-sized arms and legs,  And wonders within there yet.  Within there runs blood,  The same old blood! the same red-running blood!  There swells and jets a heart, there all passions, desires, reachings, aspirations,  (Do you think they are not there because they are not express'd in parlors and lecture-rooms?)  This is not only one man, this the father of those who shall be fathers in their turns,  In him the start of populous states and rich republics,  Of him countless immortal lives with countless embodiments and enjoyments.  How do you know who shall come from the offspring of his offspring through the centuries?  (Who might you find you have come from yourself, if you could trace back through the centuries?)    8    A woman's body at auction,  She too is not only herself, she is the teeming mother of mothers,  She is the bearer of them that shall grow and be mates to the mothers.  Have you ever loved the body of a woman?  Have you ever loved the body of a man?  Do you not see that these are exactly the same to all in all nations and times all over the earth?  If any thing is sacred the human body is sacred,  And the glory and sweet of a man is the token of manhood untainted,  And in man or woman a clean, strong, firm-fibred body, is more beautiful than the most beautiful face.  Have you seen the fool that corrupted his own live body? or the fool that corrupted her own live body?  For they do not conceal themselves, and cannot conceal themselves.  Whitman was raised a New York democrat, but his sympathies were with the Free Soil party that condemned the extension of slavery as a sin against God and a crime against man.  The Republican party would not exist until 1854, and Lincoln would be their presidential candidate in the election of 1860.  Of course, bear in mind, that the issues of those days are different than the issues of today, so the party names shouldn't be taken to represent modern day politics.      For Whitman it was undeniable for anyone with eyeballs that all men are born human and that implies certain things regardless if they are born  free or slave- of any race, creed or gender.  It is obvious to a man so aware of the physical body, that we are of the same atom-  the magnificence of the body proclaims our humanity- and ironically where on earth could this magnificence be most easily seen than at a slave auction like what he witnessed during his New Orleans days. In all of its ruthless degradation it ironically showcased the magnificence of the human body.  It's why Whitman could say, almost sarcastically- I am a better salesman of slaves than the auctioneer-I know and understand the beauty and value of what you are selling and you don't- you fool.   Whitman was the poet of the democratic soul- we are after all leaves of grass, but he was also the poet of the body- that physical form we are all chained to.  For Whitman, to be a human was to understand and be okay with one's physical body- and it is a holy thing. Our souls inhabit a sanctified space on earth- that of the body- be it man or woman- the pigmentation of flesh was just one of many individual and unique features- for Whitman our bodies is the starting point for equality- we are all wedded to one.      It doesn't seem radical to us now, but at that time in history- even talking about the body like that was revolutionary- almost vulgar- Whitman democratically equates the man with the woman with the black with the white.  In 1855, this was not self-evident anywhere else in the United States of America or really anywhere on planet earth.      By 1855, Walt Whitman knew his country was falling apart.  He understood that the ideals on which the great American experiment were founded were being overwhelmed by all kinds of forces, not least of which was plain ordinary corruption.  In his mind, what the world needed was repentance- a total course correction- a return to the original ideals and this was going to happen through conversion to a different set of moral ideals- he wanted to convince America to revisit and embrace all these original self-evident democratic ideals by reading and absorbing Leaves of Grass.  He really truly believed if people would just read his book, they would stop hating each other.    Well, it's a nice thought, however slightly unrealistic…especially in light of the single digit sales of that first edition.  But even if he had gotten everyone to read his book, it was a tall order.  By 1860, any kind of peaceful coming together seemed unrealistic.  America was on the brink of war and violence was springing up.  John Brown is one notable example; in an attempt to free slaves through violence he and a small gang stormed Harper's Ferry.  They were captured, tried and condemned to death, but this event inflamed the country and raised the stakes for the upcoming presidential election.  A few months after Brown was executed, the democratic party, split between pro and- anti- slavery factions, was to confront a new political party- one that had never existed before, the Republican party. It had nominated a Southern born anti-slavery man from Illinois, a lawyer who had never attended school but who was known as honest Abe.  A newspaper in South Carolina put it this way “the irrepressible conflict is about to be vised upon us through the Black Republican nominee and his fanatical diabolical Republican party.”    Walt Whitman did not see Lincoln as an instigator of a conflict.  Whitman saw him almost as an extension of himself- a mediator.  He really believed Lincoln was going to bring healing  and unity through politics something he had tried and failed to do through poetry.      I'm not sure which is the greater challenge= trying to unify  a group of people through poetry or politics!!      Ha! True but Whitman was paying attention to what Lincoln was saying and he identified with him.  He saw himself in Lincoln.  They both came from poor families. Neither had formal education.  One thing that is interesting, Lincoln was from the West, and Whitman believed the hope of America was in the West.  Both men believed in democracy to the core, but also- both believed in unity.  Whitman saw Lincoln as America's hope.    Although, he was likely the most hated man of his age in some corners, but the only hope of America in others.  Lincoln wanted first and foremost to be a unifier.  He had been elected with only around 40% of the popular vote, although he did get a majority of the electoral college votes.  There was no question America was deeply divided.  He wanted not just to save the physical boundaries of America, but he wanted to heal the wounds that were making people hate each other.  Lincoln's father was anti-slavery and raised in an anti-slavery Baptist congregation.   Lincoln But his mother was from a Kentucky slaveholding family.  Lincoln later recalled that the reason his father left Kentucky and the South because of his strong feelings about slavery. Lincoln himself saw many cruel things while visiting his grandparents, not the least of these being once when an African-American family was separated on a boat and sold to different owners.  He later recalled that ‘the sight was a continual torment to me…having the power of making me miserable.”  However, Lincoln's mother's family were people he knew intimately, and somehow he understood how someone could support slavery and not be an evil person.  This sounds crazy to us and difficult to understand, but Lincoln expressed on more than one occasion to men across the North that if they had been born in those circumstances in that place and in that world, they likely would have had those same views.  This way of seeing one's fellow man is more radical than most of us can even comprehend.  It's a strange idea to assert that a person could believe something is morally wrong so strongly that he would be willing to lead a nation to war to end it, but simultaneously judge the perpetrators of this evil redeemable human beings.  95% of humans today can't think like that-       Well, it's something Whitman could do as well.  Whitman didn't fight in the Civil War, but his brother George did.  His brother fought for the Union.  Whitman's significant other fought for the Confederacy at one point.     The first shots of the Civil War were fired by the South on Fort Sumter in Charleston, SC, in April of 1861.  Lincoln had been president for just a few weeks.       In December of 1862, Whitman saw his brother's name on a list of casualities.  He got on a train and headed South to look for him. He ended up in Fredericksburg.  The good news was his brother had only suffered a flesh wound.  But outside the hospital Whitman saw something that struck horror and terror into his being.  Let me read his words after he came to the building being used as a hospital, he saw, “a heap of amputated feet, legs, arms, hands, etc….a full load for a one-horse cart…human fragments, cut bloody, black and blue, swelled and sickening…nearby were several dead bodes each covered with its brown woolen blanket.”  Now you have to remember, think about Leaves of Grass and “I sing the Body Electric”.  This is a man who had been trying to convince America to celebrate our bodies- all of our bodies- we read just the excert about African-Americans, but he celebrated all bodies and wanted us to see ourselves in other people's bodies- to recognize the sanctity in all bodies- and here he's staring at these body parts scattered around, cut off and thrown into piles.  I can't even imagine how things would smell.      Whitman's reaction to what he saw on the battlefields and field hospitals of Frederickburg, led him to a decision that altered the course of his life.  It would lead him to move to Washington DC and honestly, his war actions to me make him something of a saint.  Just in Frederickburg, he stuck around to visit and help bury the dead of the over 18,000 dead soldiers that were just lying on the ground.  But, then he started visiting hospitals.  These visits deeply affected him.  He had planned on going back to New York after he found his brother, but he couldn't do that anymore.  Instead he changed courses and went to Washington DC.  He got a job as a clerk where he would work during the day, but then he would spend the rest of his time in the hospitals.  And he would just sit with soldiers.  He didn't care if they were union of confederate.  He brought  with him bags of candy.  He wrote letters to their parents.  He played twenty questions.  If they wanted him to read the Bible, he read the Bible.  If they wanted a cigarette, he'd scrounge up a cigarette. Many of them were teenagers.  He kissed  and hugged them; he parented them in their final moments of life.  For many, he was the last tender face they would see on this earth.  The numbers range, but documentation reveals he visited and helped anywhere from 80-100,000 soldiers.      Let me interrupt you for a second to highlight how bad it was to be in a hospital during this time period.  No one at this time understood the importance of anticeptics or the need to be clean.  The Union Army lost 300,000 lives in combat.  But, they experienced an estimated 6,400,000 cases of illnesses, wound and injuries.  Hospitals were filthy and dangerous places.      For many of those young men, Whitman was the last touch of kindness they would ever experience on this earth.  He said later that those years of hospital service were and I quote, “the greatest privilege and satisfaction..and, of course, the most profound lesson of my life.”  He usually left the hospital at night and slept in a room he rented but if a soldier needed him or asked him to stay, he would often stay up all night with wounded and dying men and then head from the hospital to the office.  Here are his words "While I was with wounded and sick in thousands of cases from the New England States, and from New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, and from Michigan, Wisconsin, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and all the Western States, I was with more or less from all the States, North and South, without exception… "I was with many rebel officers and men among our wounded, and gave them always what I had, and tried to cheer them the same as any. . . . Among the black soldiers, wounded or sick, and in the contraband camps, I also took my way whenever in their neighborhood, and did what I could for them.”        Well, let me also say that Washington DC was a nasty place to be living at that time.  Physically, it was a construction zone, nothing like the beautiful collection of buildings and streets designed by the French architect Pierre L Enfant that we see today.   It was muddy; it noisy; it was full of the noises of building and killing.  It was political.  Abraham Lincoln stated that during those days, “If there is a worse place than Hell, I am in it.”      Dang, because DC, the city, was so bad?    Because being president in the Civil War was so bad.  Lincoln had a different view of his role of leadership than most people today understand.  And we need to go back to when he was elected in 1860.  The country was divided- and even if you didn't believe in slavery, the question of how to get rid of it wasn't something people agreed on.  Many thought it should just be abolished. Others thought you should just keep it from expanding and let it die slowly.   Lincoln was surrounded by people on all sides who all wanted him to have “bold leadership”- do radical things- whatever those were to them- but Lincoln liked to respond to his critics by referencing an entertainer who was known for tight walking over water.  Sometimes, he even would push a wheelbarrow across these ropes; one time he stopped in the middle of the river to eat an omelete on his tightrope, sometimes he'd carry someone on his back- all crazy stunts that didn't seem survivable.  Lincoln had seen him perform walking a tight rope across Niagara falls and he thought it was a perfect metaphor for how he saw himself.  Let me quote Lincoln here- the artist went by the name Blondin. Suppose,” Lincoln said, “that all the material values in this great country of ours, from the Atlantic to the Pacific—its wealth, its prosperity, its achievements in the present and its hopes for the future—could all have been concentrated and given to Blondin to carry over that awful crossing.” Suppose “you had been standing upon the shore as he was going over, as he was carefully feeling his way along and balancing his pole with all his most delicate skill over the thundering cataract. Would you have shouted at him, ‘Blondin, a step to the right!' ‘Blondin, a step to the left!' or would you have stood there speechless and held your breath and prayed to the Almighty to guide and help him safely through the trial?”    Lincoln saw himself on a tight rope and going too far one way or the other would make the entire thing collapse.  He wasn't trying to crush and destroy his fellow man, even his Southern brother,  although he was trying to win the war and emancipate the slaves, which he did do.  He was trying to heal a nation- to bring brother back to brother.  And we must never forget that brothers WERE literally killing their brothers.  Uniting and building a country that was this morally divided was a seemingly impossible task- and he could see from his perch in Washington that this was hell.    Whitman would stop to see him going in and out of the White House.  This was in the days when you could do that.  They didn't even have secret service for the president. Whitman looked at Lincoln and saw sadness in his eyes.  But Whitman always believed Lincoln was the right man.  If anyone could bring America together, it was Lincoln. Lincoln didn't hate his enemy.  He loved his enemy.  Just like Whitman.  This was the attitude where Whitman saw hope and a future as he sat with both confederate and Union soldier, black soldiers and white soldiers, mending their wounds, writing their final farewells.      But make no mistake, Lincoln was committed to emancipation and as the war came to the end and reconstruction was in sight, he was preparing America to grant full citizenship that included voting rights to All American males- including African-American ones.  In one letter he said, “I am naturally anti-slavery.  If slavery is not wrong; nothing is wrong.  I cannot remember when I did not think so, and feel so”.     And yet this is the same man who could say during his second inaugural address, one month before General Lee will surrender at Appomatox and 41 days before he will be murdered…     With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation's wounds; to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan -- to achieve and cherish a lasting peace among ourselves and with the world. to do all which may achieve and cherish a just, and a lasting peace, among ourselves, and with the world. all nations.    There was one man in the crowd that day, who was actually so close to Lincoln he shows up in the inauguaration picture.  This man heard those words and was committed to stopping Lincoln from fulfilling this pledge.  John Wilkes Booth was standing not far from Lincoln that day.  On April 11, what we now know was to be his last speech, Lincoln called for black suffrage.  Booth was in the audience that day as well, after hearing Lincoln make that statement Booth is known to have said, “that is the last speech he will ever make.”    On that fateful day, April 15, 1865 Whitman was visiting his family.  However, his significant other, Peter Doyle was in Washington DC and heard that the president was going to Ford's theater to see a performance of the comedy “My American Cousin.”  It was Good Friday, the sacred day where Christians celebrate the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.  This is what Peter Doyle  said later about what happened that evening.     I heard that the President and his wife would be present and made up my mind to go. There was a great crowd in the building. I got into the second gallery. There was nothing extraordinary in the performance. I saw everything on the stage and was in a good position to see the President's box. I heard the pistol shot. I had no idea what it was, what it meant—it was sort of muffled. I really knew nothing of what had occurred until Mrs. Lincoln leaned out of the box and cried, "The President is shot!" I needn't tell you what I felt then, or saw. It is all put down in Walt's piece—that piece is exactly right. I saw Booth on the cushion of the box, saw him jump over, saw him catch his foot, which turned, saw him fall on the stage. He got up on his feet, cried out something which I could not hear for the hub-hub and disappeared. I suppose I lingered almost the last person. A soldier came into the gallery, saw me still there, called to me: "Get out of here! we're going to burn this damned building down!" I said: "If that is so I'll get out!"     Whitman used Doyle's account to help pen the only poem that I know of where Whitman  used traditional poetic forms.  It is an Elegy for the death of Abraham Lincoln, titled “O Captain My Captain”.  He actually wrote two elegies- one speaking for the nation- in the voice of a common sailor- it he wrote in a formal style of poetry acceptable to the people of his day.  The second, in some ways more personal because it is in a style similar to what we see in the rest of Leaves of Grass.  The second poem, When Lilacs …”is often thought be be written after O Captain” Although I'm not sure it is.  It is more epic in its feeling- it uses symbols that are more archetypal and timeless- although that term wasn't invented in his day.  In O Captain my Captain, Whitman takes on the persona of a soldier, a sailor.  In the second, he uses his own voice- that universal “I” like we see in Song of Myself.  We don't have time to read the entirely of “O Lilacs When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom' , it has over 200 lines, but we can Read a little bit of it.  Instead we will focus on the only poem anthologized during Whitman's lifetime- O Captain my Captain.    The one I know from that famous scene in Dead Poet's Society where the students stand for their fallen teacher, John Keating, immortalized by Robin Williams.     Agreed- I can't read this poem without thinking of Robin Williams, but we should probably try since we spent quite a bit of time setting up the image of Lincoln.       O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done,  The ship has weather'd every rack, the prize we sought is won,  The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting,  While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring;                           But O heart! heart! heart!                              O the bleeding drops of red,                                 Where on the deck my Captain lies,                                    Fallen cold and dead.    O Captain! my Captain! rise up and hear the bells;  Rise up—for you the flag is flung—for you the bugle trills,  For you bouquets and ribbon'd wreaths—for you the shores a-crowding,  For you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turning;                           Here Captain! dear father!                              This arm beneath your head!                                 It is some dream that on the deck,                                   You've fallen cold and dead.    My Captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still,  My father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse nor will,  The ship is anchor'd safe and sound, its voyage closed and done,  From fearful trip the victor ship comes in with object won;                           Exult O shores, and ring O bells!                              But I with mournful tread,                                 Walk the deck my Captain lies,                                    Fallen cold and dead.    As we have clearly expressed, Whitman the defender of the common man, does not usually elevate one person over another- but For Lincoln he makes a notable exception.  O Captain my Captain is written from the point of view of an insider. We can imagine a young soldier, a sailor.   He's on the ship- Of course, the captain is President Lincoln- the ship is the country.  The tone is one of exultation then distress.  We had finished- the fearful trip was done!!!  We had made it then….    Christy, and it's important to note that it WAS done.  Lincoln did bring that ship to harbor.  On April 2, right before he died on the 11th The confederacy vacated Richmond.  On April 4, President Lincoln together with his ten year old son Tad walked through the streets and into Jefferson Davis' office.  “Admiral Porter who was with him had this to say, “No electric wire could have carried the news of the President's arrival sooner than it was circulated through Richmond.  As far as the eye could see the streets were alive with negroes and poor whites rushing in our direction, and the crowd increased so fast that I had to surround the President with sailors with fixed bayonets to keep them off.  They all wanted to shake hand with Mr. Lincoln or his coat tail or even to kneel and kiss his boots.”  Later on Admiral Porter said this, “I should have preferred to see the President of the United States entering the subjugated stronghold of the rebel with an escort more befitting his high station, yet that would have looked as if he came as a conqueror to exult over a brave but fallen enemy.  He came instead as a peacemaker, his hand extended to all who desired to take it.”  Christy, at one point, it is said that an older African American gentleman bowed before Lincoln and Lincoln went to the man, took him by the hand and raised him up and told him he didn't need to kneel to anyone, he was a free man.  I cannot imagine the emotion.    And so we try to imagine the emotion – after so much carnage, who could walk the tightright and heal the utter hatred still inherent in the heart of both victor and defeated.  Notice there is meter, each stanza is composed of iambs which may or may not mean anything to you.  It just means there's a beat- like a drum beat, like a heart beat- “The ship has wethered every rack, the prize we sought is won.  The people are exalting.    But then he dies…in the first two stanzas, the boy addresses the captain as someone still alive, but by the third stanza he has accepted the reality.  And of course, this is exactly has grief strikes.  We never accept it initially, at least I have that problem.  I'll share my personal experiences in a different episode, but it's natural.  He says, “Rise up, Father.”  We feel a sense of desperation- the idea- of = no,  no, no, this can't be happening.  It's not possible.  Not now. Not after all of this.   But by the third stanza, the sailor unwillingly switches to the third person.  My captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still.”   There is a sense of intimacy, “MY father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse nor will”.  We also see that that formality of the meter breaks down in that last line, “Fallen cold and dead”.  The sailor has broken down.   America is not just devastated because their leader is dead, but they are now vulnerable- what's going to happen to us.  Who can lead us?  Who can walk the tightrope?    And that of course, is the ultimate tragedy.   We will never know what might have been had he lived to complete his second term, but one statesman grasped fully the tragedy when he predicted that “the development of things will teach us to mourn him doubly.”  And of course he was right, even Jefferson Davis, the leader of the conferederacy, although I point out that Lincoln never one time acknowledged him as preside,  bemoaned Lincoln's death after losing the war and for good reason.  After Lincoln''s death, profiteers, corruption and all kinds of chaos descended on America.  Grant, who was a sincere and an incredible advocate for African Americans, was able to defeat the confederate armies but not able to contain the host of corruption that plagued our nation during reconstruction.    And so we end with Whitman's final poem- his most personal tribute to Lincoln and the one that many consider the better if less famous work, “When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom”.  In this poem, Whitman reverts to his usual style of free verse and strong metaphors.  It's beautiful and for me, it's where we see the universal truth of lost moral leadership and grief emerge- he expresses loss well beyond the moment of Lincoln.  Let's read just the first little bit.  It's long, and references the journey of Lincoln's casket to its final resting place without ever mentioning Lincoln's name.     When lilacs last in the dooryard bloom'd,  And the great star early droop'd in the western sky in the night,  I mourn'd, and yet shall mourn with ever-returning spring.    Ever-returning spring, trinity sure to me you bring,  Lilac blooming perennial and drooping star in the west,  And thought of him I love.    2  O powerful western fallen star!  O shades of night—O moody, tearful night!  O great star disappear'd—O the black murk that hides the star!  O cruel hands that hold me powerless—O helpless soul of me!  O harsh surrounding cloud that will not free my soul.    There are three big symbols in this poem= the lilacs, the sun and then a bird.  But since we read only the first two stanzas, I want to focus on those.  Lilacs are flowers that have a strong smell and were blooming at the time of Lincoln's death.  They are beautiful, but they also return every spring.  The star is an obvious symbol for Lincoln.  I want to point out that Whitman never really used stars as positive images for leaders because he didn't like the idea of a ruler just hoarding over us- but again, in this case, he made an exception.  Lincoln was the powerful star- and of course, we are left to answer, why would a man, so bent on equality of humans, elevate this one man- the only man he would elevate- it wasn't just because he was the president.  It was because he embodied what a great leader truly was- and this is the nice idea that I think resonates through the ages.      Agreed, average leaders and I will say most leaders give lip service to serving all people, but we can see by their actions, that a lot of that is propaganda.  Most are in it to win it.  It's easy to get to the top and view oneself as better than the rest of us.  It's just natural to do what's best for me or my team, so to speak.  It's natural to want to put enemies in submission- prove own own power and greatness.  But Lincoln was different- his compassion for his enemy, his unwavering commitment to integrity, his ability to see beyond his current moment, is a star- something that outlasts us all.  The South as well as the North mourned deeply Lincoln's loss.  The procession described in this poem where the casket was taken from Washington DC back to Illinois was something that had never happened in the history of the United States and has not happened since.      It is a legacy of leadership that Whitman not only admired but also immortalized.  It's also a legacy that I find inspiring no matter how great or small our little ships are, if we are ever called to be a captain.  It's something to think about when we smell lilacs in the Spring.  For Whitman every time we smelled those flowers, we grieve, but also we remember- because just as lilacs return every Spring, so does a new opportunity- the end of the Lilac poem looks to the future.  In another of Whitman's great poems, “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry” he says this, “We use you, and do not cast you aside-we plant you          permanently within us,       We fathom you not-we love you-there is perfection in          you also,       You furnish your parts toward eternity,       Great or small, you furnish your parts toward the soul.”  It's a nice idea, Lincoln was a man, but for Whitman he embodied an ideal we can all aspire to: integrity, humility, compassion and grace- in defeat and death but also in victory.  Whitman believed in those ideals in leadership- leadership that embraces those things can lead a ship to harbor in scary waters.  Perhaps, when we smell the lilacs, we can be reminded that those ideals are also planted in us.     Thanks for listening.  We hope you enjoyed our discussions of Walt Whitman.  Next episode, we will look farther into the American past to even deeper roots of democracy on the American continent, the Iroquois constitution.  So, thanks for listening, as always please share a link to our podcast to a friend or friends.  Push it out on your social media platforms via twitter, Instagram, facebook or linked in.  Text an episode to a friend, and if 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This week's episode is about trust issues! Tony thought we were doing a completely different topic. Abe and Ash visited a cult on a quest for khakis. And Bret found out about venomous sharks. It's a fun ride. Enjoy! For other amazing podcasts check out thePFPN.com! Follow us and tell us about your own bat facts! Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/BretandTony Instagram: https://www.Instagram.com/BretandTony Facebook: https://www.Facebook.com/BretandTony YouTube https://youtube.com/channel/UCmIqlaxzArFLOWJo4ttq80A

This week's Out Now with Aaron and Abe wants to know if bustin' still makes you feel good. Aaron and Abe are joined by Luke Thompson and Prof. Mike Dillon to discuss the legacy sequel Ghostbusters: Afterlife. Tune in to hear what this crowd has to say about the latest attempt to bring Ghostbusters into a new generation. Also enjoy some trailer discussion, games, and more. Tune in for Out Now Quickies™ (4:48), Trailer Talk for Uncharted(24:05), the main review (33:15), Games (1:36:00), and Out Now Feedback (1:44:07). So now, if you've got an hour or so to kill… Get yourself a free audiobook and help out the show at AudibleTrial.com/OutNowPodcast! Follow all of us on Twitter: @Outnow_Podcast, @AaronsPS4, @WalrusMoose, @LYTRules Check out all of our sites and blogs:  TheCodeIsZeek.com, Why So Blu?, We Live Entertainment, Superhero Hype Read Aaron's review for Ghostbusters: Afterlife Read Luke's review for Ghostbusters: Afterlife Trailer: Uncharted Next Week: House of Gucci #Ghostbusters #GhostbustersAfterlife #PaulRudd #JasonReitman #CarrieCoon #MckennaGrace #FinnWolfhard #LoganKim #film #movie #entertainment #outnowpodcast #outnowwithaaronandabe #Uncharted

Abe Choi is a prolific angel investor and CEO of Simple Dealer. Abe has partnered with another high-profile angel investor named Olumide Soyombo to create Voltron Capital - a Pan African venture capital firm. This is our first pure VC episode in awhile and it was refreshing to hear about some of the dynamics on the venture side as opposed to the founder side.Africa is massive. One of our first questions that we ask Abe was about how his firm expects to develop a consistent thesis for the continent, given that Africa is so large, diverse, and spread out. He helps us learn how to think about the industries primed for growth and the regions that have developed innovative hubs throughout the region. We discuss different private & public sector partnership models that are emerging and why fin-tech startups are especially booming.Abe also contrasts investment from his firm with investment from Chinese firms or firms from Europe.This was a live episode recording and we had other angel investors in our live audience that were supplying questions in the chat. If you would like to be notified about future live episodes, be sure to sign up for our newsletter at thedeepend.substack.com

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This week on Dishin Days....Tony Moore, Michael Mattes and Justin Herald discuss the jaw dropping events at Paulina and Abe's wedding as MarDevil wrecks havoc on the citizens of Salem. Things heat up with EJ and Nicole and Belle takes on a new client Julie who plans to sue Marlena. Sal Stowers (Lani) and Raven Bowens (Chanel) pop in to give more insight into their storyline. Be sure to follow us on all social media platforms: Facebook: DishinDaysShowInstagram: @dishindaysTwitter: _dishindays Buy Our Merch: www.dishindays.threadless.com

Join The Diva of DOOL as we discuss this past weeks's show. Kaman fans were excited to see Kate and Roman reunited and going to Abe's wedding together. Roman looked great and well Kate was gorgeous as always. Mardevil told Chanel the truth about Lani and Paulina, but told her she couldn't tell. At the wedding Mardevil used her powers to get Chanel to tell Paulina's secret. Abe stopped the wedding and left with Paulina following. Paulina tried to explain what she did and why she didn't tell them. Abe couldn't accept it and went to the pub to pour his heart out to Roman. Lani confronted Paulina and learned the truth about her father. Eli and Theo had a talk about family and Theo went to comfort his dad. Big Mama got a bad feeling about Marlena. Chanel told Johnny what she did and they headed to the bedroom. Susan tried to pick the lock to escape but Mardevil appeared. Susan got away but Mardevil brought her back as a cat again. The devil chained up real Marlena and came back as the first Kristen to seduce John. Marlena retrieved her phone and got a call from Sami who looks like she is being held somewhere. Julie is determined to see Doug. She hires Belle to sue Marlena. Ava and Rafe discuss what she did to Gabi. Kristen has a talk with Gwen about Sarah. More spoilers and rumors. Comings and goings. Two days of Tony and Anna next week. Day of Days moved to Monday Nov 22nd. 

This month's Out Now with Aaron and Abe commentary track is diving into the Wizarding World. Aaron is joined by Brandon Peters, Yancy Berns, and Scott Mendelson to discuss Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (or Philosopher's Stone), the first chapter of the hugely popular book-turned-movie franchise. Being the 20th anniversary of Year 1's release, this was the perfect time to look back at how it all began. Listen in to hear the group talk about the series, the impeccable casting, director Chris Columbus, and all the wonder. There's plenty more discussion about the nature of the production, what makes this film stand out among other YA novel adaptations, and lots of fun tangents as well. So now, if you've got a couple of hours to kill… Follow all of us on Twitter: @Outnow_Podcast, @AaronsPS4, @WalrusMoose, @ScottMendelson, @Brandon4KUHD, @YancyJack Check out all of our sites and blogs:  TheCodeIsZeek.com, Why So Blu?, The Brandon Peters Show, Forbes, The Milky Way Blues Read Scott's ranking of the series Watch the Trailer for Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone #HarryPotter #SorcerersStone #PhilosophersStone #Commentary #ChrisColumbus #DanielRadcliffe #RuperGrint #EmmaWatson #AlanRickman #RichardHarris #MaggieSmith #RobbieColtrane #WizardingWorld #outnowpodcast #outnowwithaaronandabe #film #movie #entertainment

3D printed meat hitting the market soon, Franco makes an elderly women cry, Abe from Que Suave Barbershop pops up and spits game, and talks to us abut his foundation that helps the homeless community here in Phoenix, masturbating in front of your friends, the ongoing plague of clout chasers, Canelo Alvarez goes up to cruiser weight class to challenge for the title, wrong covid vaccine given to children, Memphis Rapper Young Dolph shot and killed. Have a dandy day and enjoy this outing! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/roachclippodcast/support

Abe is joined by Clare (Clare Austen-Smith) from Tim's acting class to stage his latest production: his own intervention.

This week Spencer takes the week off while Mason and Abe dive into modern before #MTG Vegas. Follow us on

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Abe Shreve works with over 250 business owners around the world to help them operate their businesses effectively. Host of the Choose Difficult podcast, Abe is passionate about coaching entrepreneurs to high levels of success through MAPS Business Coaching. Video replay of my interview with... The post Abe Shreve Discusses What All Successful People Have in Common | Operate Your Business More Effective appeared first on Real Estate Disruptors.

Do you or your spouse live apart for part of the time? How do you keep your marriage strong when you may not see each other every day? And can distance really make the heart grow fonder? If you're wondering these things too, you're going to love this episode. Roughly 4 million American couples live apart for some of the time, whether for military, pilots, artists, traveling salespeople, medical professionals, or for other reasons. Elaine, a licensed marriage & family therapist, and her husband Abe, found themselves in a commuter marriage through some unique circumstances. They help other couples in similar situations maintain a strong relationship while apart. They are the co-host of the “Love Is In The Air” podcast (featuring an airplane as their logo -- get it?). Together they have 5 children.

This week's Out Now with Aaron and Abe is taking on the United Kingdom. Aaron and Abe are joined by Fast Film Review's Mark Hobin and Movies Markus' Markus Robinson to discuss Spencer, starring Kristen Stewart, and Belfast, from writer/director Kenneth Branagh. Tune in to hear what this group has to say about both award contenders. Also enjoy some trailer discussion, games, and more. Tune in for Out Now Quickies™ (4:28), Trailer Talk for Being the Ricardos (20:50), the main reviews (29:26) and (1:02:09), Games (1:36:41), and Out Now Feedback (1:45:24). So now, if you've got an hour or so to kill…

Abe, grew up in Steamboat Springs, CO where he excelled at a young age within the Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club, ultimately placing 2nd in the 2007 Junior Olympics, 3rd in Men's Dual Moguls, and 9th in the 2007 US Nationals barely missing the cut for the US Ski Team. With a natural love for training in the off-season, Abe was able to receive individualized programming from former olympians and olympic-level strength coaches alike. This experience of training on a program designed for his unique needs changed how he viewed physical fitness, strength, and conditioning. Ultimately this passion pushed Abe to quit his job at Enterprise Rent-A-Car in 2014 and pursue a career as a personal trainer at Equinox in Santa Monica, California. Abe moved up quickly within Equinox where he soaked up every continuing education opportunity including FMS Level I and II, Kettlebell Athletics Level I, Precision Nutrition Level I, and USAW Level I Coach, ultimately landing him a position as a Tier X Coach. In 2019 he helped launch the Tier X Program at Equinox Santa Monica following his nomination as Equinox Personal Trainer of the Year. When the pandemic struck, Abe moved his clientele virtual to accommodate the closure of gyms and lack of in-person training. Through his exposure to the digital medium, and realization that training could be equally effective in a remote setting, Abe developed The Ski System and got to work immediately formulating the programs you'll find on www.getskisystem.com Abe now resides in San Diego, California where he trains and competes in jiu jitsu, operates The Ski System, and trains clients individually from his home gym as well as online via his business Abe Maynard Coaching. Exclusive to WODcast listeners: * EIGHTSLEEP: Sleep fitness products that boost your recovery through personalized bed temperature, health monitoring, and digital sleep coaching. Go to eightsleep.com/wodcast to check out the Pod Pro Cover and save $150 at checkout. * cbdMD is a trusted leader in the CBD industry. Thanks to superior products and partnerships with top tier professional athletes, cbdMD rises above the competition. Start here, stay well. Visit cbdmd.com and use promo code WOD for 30% off your order of superior CBD oil products from cbdMD

Marge can't remember anything, Abe is real sharp-dressed matador, and we have we finally reached the bottom of the barrel for anthology episode concepts? Tune in and find out! Season 17, Episodes 16-20

Tim brings his friend John from acting class (Brian Rodriguez-McGovern) on the podcast to meet Abe.

This is the follow up to my recent podcast on Lincoln's favorite poem, "Oh why should the mortals by proud" by William Knox. Zachary Taylor, our Nation's 11th president, died on July 9, 1850, only one year and four months into his presidency. I came across this eulogy while reading Lincoln's Speeches and Writings. I learned that Lincoln absolutely adored Zachary Taylor and strongly supported him, campaigning vigorously for him in Taylor's run for president. My mancrush, US Grant, also loved Taylor too. This got me interested in Taylor and the following paradox: why did two men most responsible for the destruction of slavery, Abe and US, embrace a slaving holding Southern president? Whoa, I don't know whether I answered that question in this podcast, but I tried to exploring what made Taylor so compelling to both Grant and Lincoln. In his encomium to Taylor, Lincoln's admiration of Taylor's leadership qualities demonstrates what he liked, what drove him, and what made him great. So if nothing else, regardless of whether I rescued Taylor from the ignominy of slavery, I hope you share my view that we must not ignore, but explore the dark side to our human character, and our infinite capacity to be renewed through the eternal waters of forgiveness. Taylor, the slaver holder, inspired the two men who crushed slavery, perhaps, equivalent to Saul becoming Paul. Creation and history work in mysterious ways. This was a fun one. Keep living inspired and productive lives. Be you. Do you. Live your life's purpose. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Abe thinks that the Navy Seals are a part of the Marines. It leads to hilarity.

Episode 2 of our new deep-dive podcast that chronicles the films of Paul Thomas Anderson and Wes Anderson! This time the sons take a look at Wes Anderson's buddy comedy debut Bottle Rocket which follows two bumbling criminals as they make their way through a “70 year plan” of heists. Our hosts look at the story structure, character archetypes, visual aesthetic of the film as well as compare it to Paul Thomas Anderson's debut, Hard Eight. Abe doesn't like it, surprising no one! Features: Michael Swaim: https://twitter.com/SWAIM_CORP Abe Epperson: https://twitter.com/AbeTheMighty Support Small Beans and access Additional Content: https://www.patreon.com/SmallBeans Check our store to buy Small Beans merch! https://www.teepublic.com/stores/the-small-beans-store?ref_id=22691

This week's Out Now with Aaron and Abe is striking back against the Deviants. Aaron and Abe are joined by That's It LA's Michael Lee and Off The Rails' Maxwell Haddad to discuss Marvel's Eternals. Tune in to hear what this group has to say about this MCU film from director Chloe Zhao. Also enjoy some trailer discussion, games, and more. Tune in for Out Now Quickies™ (4:47), Trailer Talk for Moonfall(14:10), the main review (20:25), Games (1:09:48), and Out Now Feedback (1:18:00). So now, if you've got an hour or so to kill… Get yourself a free audiobook and help out the show at AudibleTrial.com/OutNowPodcast! Follow all of us on Twitter: @Outnow_Podcast, @AaronsPS4, @WalrusMoose, @Cinemaxwell, @IamMichaelJLee Check out all of our sites and blogs:  TheCodeIsZeek.com, Why So Blu?, We Live Entertainment, That's It LA, Maxwell's Remarks Read Aaron's review for Eternals. Read Michael's review for Eternals. Trailer: Moonfall Next Week: Belfast & Spencer #Eternals #Marvel #MCU #ChloeZhao #Superhero #GemmaChan #RichardMadden #KumailNanjiani #KitHarrington #SalmaHayek #AngelinaJolie #BrianTyreeHenry #LaurenRidloff #BarryKeoghan #film #entertainment #movie #outnowpodcast #outnowwithaaronandabe #moonfall

This week the “The Sandwich Crew” is back together again! This time we are absolutely just talking shit. And we are joined by one of the homies Abe. Till he disappears lol. We hope you have your drink, or smoke and a sandwich cause we straight up kick the shit. Also if you want to know where Cat gets his rings from go check out undauntedjewelry.com and use promo code CAT20 at your checkout to save 20% off of your purchase. Catch us on SocialMedia: - [ ] Twitter: @Imnotasthinkasyoudrunkiampod - [ ] FaceBook: @Imnotasthinkasyoudrunkiampod - [ ] IG: @Imnotasthinkasyoudrunkiampod - [ ] Cat @Papo_Gato - [ ] Kobe @Nat_King_Kobe - [ ] BIG Mo @Bigmo_BITW - [ ] VooDoo @VooDoo_0962 - [ ] ClubHouse: - [ ] @LatinCat - [ ] @Kob3_delaghetto --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/imnotasthinkasyoudrunkiam/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/imnotasthinkasyoudrunkiam/support

"I have complete control over my own thoughts." Abe goes on to specify more details but this is our #1 Superpower! We have the control, with self awareness, practice and follow through we can manage this super power to change our lives radically. Why wait?! Dive in right now, it's a quick podcast but it's powerful! Enjoy and let me know what you think. Thinking Better Feeling Thoughts,Matt.PS - I am starting a new LOWER priced group coaching opportunity to raise us up HIGHER if you are interested email me here: matt@mattogradycoaching.com and just put HIGHER in the subject line.

Join hosts Tony Moore, Michael Mattes, Justin Hareld, and Araceli Aviles, as they recap episodes of Days of Our Lives from the week of October 25-29, 2021. This week on Dishin' Days, Kristen fell into Victor's trap, Ben and Ciara got good news, and Abe was the victim of ‘wrong place, wrong time'. And the Devil began to have his fun just as the year's most haunted holiday began. Plus, we honor some of our favorite DAYS characters with a costume tribute! In honor of James Reynolds's (Abe Carver) 40th anniversary with the show, the man himself joins us to discuss his most memorable moments, what fan support has meant to him, and what he looks forward to in his days ahead on the show. Be sure to follow us on all social media platforms: Facebook: DishinDaysShowInstagram: @dishindaysTwitter: _dishindays Buy Our Merch: www.dishindays.threadless.com

Tonight's guest is Abe from Texas, sharing his Dogman and Shadow people encounters. his experiences over the years has taken him on a spiritual journey.Show Sponsor:www.getquip.com/ufoMore information on this episode on the podcast website:https://ufochroniclespodcast.com/ep-137-dogman-encounters/High Strangeness coffeehttps://redactedcoffee.com/ufo20% off first OrderWant to share your encounter on the show? Email: UFOChronicles@gmail.comPodcast Merchandise:https://www.teepublic.com/user/ufo-chronicles-podcast Help Support UFO CHRONICLES Podcast www.patreon.com/UFOChroniclespodcastDonations via PayPalhttps://www.paypal.com/paypalme/UFOChroniclesPodor tip and support by buying me a coffeehttps://ko-fi.com/ufochroniclespodcastWe have partnered with Advertise Cast to handle our advertising/sponsorship requests. They're great to work with and will help you advertise on our show. Please click the link below to get started.https://www.advertisecast.com/UFOChroniclesPodcastThank you for listening!Please leave a review if you enjoy the show, and everyone that leaves a five-star rating and review on Apple Podcasts will get a shout-out on the following show.

Marriage is a big step, especially in an LDR. Listen to Elaine and Abe discuss all the things you need to consider before marriage. Oh, and please excuse Abe for his inappropriate behavior. He likes to shock me during these podcasts. Haha. Enjoy!

For this Out Now Nights, Aaron and Abe took a trip to Ennui to discuss Wes Anderson's ode to The New Yorker magazine in his layered farce, The French Dispatch. With nothing but an expression of thoughts on the film, the guys discuss the anthology film by breaking down the different vignettes, along with how Anderson has evolved as a filmmaker, what the cast brings to each of these stories, and more. Plenty to go over in such a rich feature, so enjoy what this Nights (nights) episode has to offer. Get yourself a free audiobook and help out the show at AudibleTrial.com/OutNowPodcast! Follow all of us on Twitter: @Outnow_Podcast, @AaronsPS4, @WalrusMoose Check out all of our sites and blogs:  TheCodeIsZeek.com, Why So Blu?, We Live Entertainment Check out Aaron's review for The French Dispatch. #TheFrenchDispatch #WesAnderson #BillMurray #OwenWilson #TildaSwinton #FrancesMcDormand #JeffreyWright #BenicioDelToro #AdrianBrody #TimotheeChalamet #EdwardNorton #LievSchreiber #film #movie #entertainment

Global moves in elections, COVID restrictions and energy prices are having ripple effects across markets. How should investors think about these dynamics for Asia and EM equities?----- Transcript -----Welcome to Thoughts on the Market. I'm Jonathan Garner, chief Asia and Emerging Markets Equity Strategist for Morgan Stanley Research. Along with my colleagues, bringing you their perspectives, today I'll be talking about our latest view on Asia and EM equities. It's Friday, November the 5th at 2pm in London.Overall, in our coverage, we continue to prefer Japan to Non-Japan Asia and Emerging Markets. Japan has outperformed Emerging Markets by 500 basis points year to date but remains cheaper to its own recent valuation history than Emerging Markets and with stronger upward earnings revisions. New Liberal Democratic Party leader Kishida-san has recently fought and won a snap election in the lower house of the Japanese parliament. The governing Center-Right coalition, which he now leads, did considerably better than polling had suggested prior to the election outcome. Although there may be some changes in policy emphasis compared with the Abe and Suga premierships, the broad contours of market-friendly macro and micro policy in Japan are likely to continue.Elsewhere within Emerging Markets, we're most constructive on Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa and in particular Russia, Saudi Arabia and UAE, which are positively leveraged to rising energy prices. We're also warming up to ASEAN, having upgraded Indonesia to overweight alongside our existing overweight on Singapore. ASEAN economies are finally beginning to reopen post-COVID, which is stimulating domestic consumption.However, we have recommended taking profits on Indian equities after a year of exceptionally strong performance. We remain structurally bullish on a cyclical recovery in earnings growth in India, but with forward price earnings valuations now very high to history and peers, and with rising energy prices a headwind for India, we think it's time to move to the sidelines. Within Latin America, we've also established a clear preference for Chile versus Brazil on relative economic momentum and export price dynamics.Finally, we remain underweight Taiwan and equal weight China. For Taiwan, our contrarian negative view relates to our expectation of a semiconductor downcycle in 2022 and a slowing retail investor boom. Meanwhile, China equities continue to face numerous headwinds, including Delta variant COVID outbreaks, property developer deleveraging and the medium to long term impact on private sector growth stocks from the recent regulatory reset. Although valuations have improved in pockets, we expect further earnings downgrades for China and await a clearer pickup in growth and liquidity before turning more constructive.Thanks for listening. If you enjoy the show, please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and share Thoughts on the Market with a friend or colleague today.

This week on Constructed Criticism Spencer talks with Mason and Abe about what they learned at SCGCON Follow us on

This week on Constructed Criticism Spencer talks with Mason and Abe about what they learned at SCGCON Follow us on

EP 151 - The SWC crew sits down with Nick & Cody from Texas Mud Boats to discuss mud boats, duck hunting and general shenanigans. We swap a few stories and a lot of laughs. Abe pulled up to this podcast shirtless in his truck, if that is any indication as to how this podcast went. Check these guys out on Facebook and Instagram!

In this spooky episode, Abe points out the two types of Final Destination deaths and breaks them down. The hosts discuss the slow decline of sequels and how a franchise's choices try to keep their irrelevance at bay. Also, what's Death's deal? Can it operate machinery or not? Do a Rube Goldberg machine or not, Death, c'mon. Features: Abe Epperson: https://twitter.com/AbeTheMighty Adam Ganser: https://twitter.com/therealganz Support Small Beans and access Additional Content: https://www.patreon.com/SmallBeans Check our store to buy Small Beans merch! https://www.teepublic.com/stores/the-small-beans-store?ref_id=22691

This week's guest is Abe Streep, author of Brothers On Three, a chronicle of the Arlee Warriors boys basketball team's amazing run of state championships and their role in promoting suicide prevention. In our conversation, we discuss the style of immersive journalism Abe pursued this story with, the systemic hurdles and technical fouls that the team and community faced, as well as the unique combination of people and circumstance that led the Warriors to historic success. Transcript here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dE2qMSTezvzxAMl5w9bcx_jw6bPfWef-meDOl_lTewQ/edit?usp=sharing

Nhi Do is the definition of a versatile actress. In recent years, Nhi has kicked ass as a straight-talking, gun-toting spy in the award-winning web series NarcoLeap, sparked heartache and confusion for Mary Galloway's Abe in APTN Lumi's beloved IndigiQueer series Querencia, stirred hearts as a recently arrived refugee from Vietnam who bonds with an Indigenous family in Louisa Phung's Hope and Grace, and sparkled as the lead in Upstairs Amy, a phenomenally funny web comedy from the team at Shaftesbury in which Nhi portrays an accountant turned vlogger obsessed with her mysterious neighbour. Nhi's credits also include wildly different roles in Watchmen, Unspeakable, and Hospital Show, and on Netflix's MAID. Besides her phenomenal acting work, Nhi is also a fierce advocate for diversity and representation. She cares about how BIPOC communities are portrayed on screen, and she's cognizant of her own role in changing the game for marginalized actors. Nhi is currently an ambassador for the 2021 Vancouver Asian Film Festival's VIBE-Asian campaign. In this thought-provoking episode, Nhi speaks about her arsenal of roles, where these roles end and Nhi begins, and what her VAFF Ambassadorship means to her. Episode sponsor: Fish Flight Entertainment

Angi and Abe heard that the Bears coach thinks that the Bears can still make the playoffs. this almost made them die from laughter.

This week's Out Now with Aaron and Abe is on the lookout for deadly nostalgia. Aaron and Abe are joined by Deep Blu Sea the Podcast's Jay Cluitt and Battleship Pretension's Scott Nye to discuss Last Night in Soho, a horror film from director Edgar Wright. Tune in to hear what this group has to say about a film indebted to British and Italian horror, along with the swinging sixties. Also enjoy some trailer discussion, games, and more. Tune in for Out Now Quickies™ (4:30), Trailer Talk for Licorice Pizza(18:47), the main review (25:34), Games (1:23:20), and Out Now Feedback (1:38:17). So now, if you've got an hour or so to kill… Get yourself a free audiobook and help out the show at AudibleTrial.com/OutNowPodcast! Follow all of us on Twitter: @Outnow_Podcast, @AaronsPS4, @WalrusMoose, @LifeVsFilm, @RailOfTomorrow Check out all of our sites and blogs:  TheCodeIsZeek.com, Why So Blu?, We Live Entertainment, Life vs. Film, Deep Blue Sea the Podcast, Battleship Pretension Read Aaron's review for Last Night in Soho Trailer: Licorice Pizza Next Week: Eternals #lastnightinsoho #edgarwright #krystywilsoncairns #thomasinmckenzie #anyataylorjoy #mattsmith #terencestamp #dianarigg #horror #giallo #licoricepizza #thenewmutants #downtown #thetoucan #film #movie #entertainment

Abe wants to fake a 300 game in bowling to get his name on the wall.

To close out season 1, we're doing something a little different for our final two episodes. Writer and producer Rebekah Pahl is interviewing Abe this week, and then Isaac in the episode to follow. We'll be reflecting on what this past season of conversations has meant to our own aliveness—and what we're feeling drawn toward next. Abe and Rebekah discuss the origins of the podcast, what it's felt like for Abe to uncover a new level of confidence, the liminal space before you know what's next, developing sustainable patterns for life as an entrepreneur, and the path back to the heart. Consider this conversation a Polaroid of what Abe's been processing lately— the way he describes the edge of newness that's coming up for him is inspiring and we hope it might ignite your own curiosity of where life is inviting you, too. Full show notes and a downloadable are available at empoweredhumanacademy.com/52—and you can watch the conversation on YouTube here! Keep the conversation going... Table Question: Where are you feeling the edge of newness in your life right now? Journal Prompt: Describe an ideal day that fills up and nourishes your soul... Action Step: Create a personalized self-care plan that keeps you both energized and rested. What components are needed for your refueling? View the printable worksheet on Google Docs This is a production of Lightward, Inc.

Abe almost died at Starved Rock. Where were you dragged by your significant other?

On this episode of Random Encounter, we're dipping our toes into some games highly inspired by the 80s and 90s!Abe is here to talk about the surprisingly excellent Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy, waxing rhapsodic about its superb story and incredible 80s soundtrack! Then, Niki dives into the earliest era of the SNES with the surprise remake of the cult-favorite hybrid side-scroller/city-builder title, Actraiser Renaissance. And finally, Jono dips into the spirit of the 90s with Kathy Rain: Director's Cut, a remake/remaster of the 2016 indie point-and-click adventure game. Featuring: Jono Logan, Niki Fakhoori, Abraham Kobylanski; Edited by Jono LoganGet in Touch:RPGFan.comEmail us: podcast@rpgfan.comTwitter: @rpgfancomInstagram: @rpgfancomFacebook: rpgfancomTwitch: rpgfancomThis Episode's Related Links:Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy ReviewActraiser Renaissance ReviewKathy Rain: Director's Cut Review

For this Out Now Nights, Aaron and Abe wanted to place credit where it's due for Ridley Scott's first of two films of 2021, The Last Duel. The guys have set aside some time to talk all about the medieval epic starring Matt Damon, Adam Driver, Jodie Comer, and Ben Affleck. Thanks to the efforts to make a grand-scale film with very relevant themes and a unique story structure, there was enough worthy of discussion in this bonus Nights (nights) episode. Get yourself a free audiobook and help out the show at AudibleTrial.com/OutNowPodcast! Follow all of us on Twitter: @Outnow_Podcast, @AaronsPS4, @WalrusMoose Check out all of our sites and blogs:  TheCodeIsZeek.com, Why So Blu?, We Live Entertainment Check out Aaron's reviews for The Last Duel. #TheLastDuel #RidleyScott #MattDamon #AdamDriver #JodieComer #BenAffleck #film #movie #entertainment #outnowpodcast #outnowwithaaronandabe

This month's Out Now with Aaron and Abe commentary track has waited for this night. Aaron is joined by Brandon Peters, Peter Paras, and Yancy Berns to discuss 2018's Halloween from director David Gordon Green. 40 years following the first film, this sequel has plenty to dig into in regards to the series as a whole, the state of horror now, the Rob Zombie films, and, of course, additional context based on what was seen in Halloween Kills. There's plenty more discussion about the nature of the film, the performers, and lots of fun tangents as well. So now, if you've got an hour to kill… Follow all of us on Twitter: @Outnow_Podcast, @AaronsPS4, @WalrusMoose, @Brandon4KUHD, @Pajamo, @YancyJack Check out all of our sites and blogs:  TheCodeIsZeek.com, Why So Blu?, The Brandon Peters Show, The Milky Way Blues Read Aaron's review for Halloween Enjoy our episodes covering Halloweenand Halloween Kills Enjoy our commentaries for Halloween (1978) and Halloween: H20 Check out all of our Horror Specials Watch the Trailer for Halloween (2018) #Halloween #JamieLeeCurtis #DavidGordonGreen #Horror #MichaelMyers #Commentary #DannyMcBride #JudyGreer #TobyHuss #AndiMatichak #WillPatton #TheShape #OutNowPodcast #OutNowWithAaronAndAbe #film #movie #entertainment

Weren't able to make it to our Live show last Thursday? No worries! We go over our favorite parts including the impromptu marriage proposal, Miguel's fiancé Abe crashing Tampa Bay Secrets, and how we really felt about our first live event EVER!

Clint Eastwood: writer, director, old conservative. Michael and Abe decide to take a film that's been called the best western ever and discuss how it's not as advanced or progressive in the pantheon of westerns as one expects. This episode we dive into the themes, the cowboy ethos, and the concept of the western hero. It's remembered as a big step in updating the western, but is it actually more of the same? How has the western been updated since? One could even argue that we need to severely update the western as a whole. Features: Michael Swaim: https://twitter.com/SWAIM_CORP Abe Epperson: https://twitter.com/AbeTheMighty Support Small Beans and access Additional Content: https://www.patreon.com/SmallBeans Check our store to buy Small Beans merch! https://www.teepublic.com/stores/the-small-beans-store?ref_id=22691

Remember the $1 trillion infrastructure bill, which caused considerable backlash from the crypto community due to the language regarding “brokers?” Abe Sutherland, an adjunct professor at University of Virginia School of Law, believes another provision tucked inside the bill could end up being a far more significant issue for anyone transacting in digital assets. Show highlights: how Abe fell down the crypto rabbit hole what provision 6050I is and how it could affect anyone transacting with digital assets how 6050I works and when it would apply why violating 6050I would be a felony how 6050I discourages digital asset transactions how 6050I would apply to different transaction types, like peer-to-peer trades, NFT sales, and smart contract escrow accounts what information recipients of digital assets must verify from the sender how the government came up with the $10,000 reporting threshold and why Abe believes this number is outdated why Abe thinks proposing 6050I within the infrastructure bill is inappropriate what reasons the government has to want to put such stringent reporting requirements on digital asset transactions  how 6050I fits under the financial laws of the Bank Secrecy Act why Abe believes the amendment should be struck from the infrastructure bill what Abe thinks of the constitutionality of 6050I how Abe views 6050I as less about generating tax revenue and more about tracking people's digital asset transactions what action steps he says the crypto community can take to fix the bill Thank you to our sponsors! Crypto.com: https://crypto.onelink.me/J9Lg/unconfirmedcardearnfeb2021         Nodle: http://nodle.io/unchained     Episode links   Abe Sutherland https://twitter.com/abesutherland   Medium Post: https://medium.com/@laurashin/why-not-reporting-info-on-your-crypto-trading-partner-could-become-a-felony-c6399998f113   Information on 6050I Abe's research report  https://www.proofofstakealliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Research-Report-on-Tax-Code-6050I-and-Digital-Assets-printable.pdf Tweet thread from Abe https://twitter.com/abesutherland/status/1438881314871156736 https://twitter.com/abesutherland/status/1443082205383696384 6050I article Abe wrote for Bitcoin Magazine https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/the-proposal-to-regulate-digital-asset-transactions-should-be-struck  Abe's appearance on What Bitcoin Did to discuss 6050I https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/hidden-danger-in-the-infrastructure-bill Twitter spaces with Congressman Warren Davidson, Peter McCormack, and others regarding the infrastructure bill https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCq6BVLzF44 Miscellaneous 6050I links https://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-crypto-industry-could-take-tax-fight-all-the-way-to-the-supreme-court-11632509009 https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/09/29/infrastructure-bills-crypto-surveillance-criticized-unconstitutional/ https://fortune.com/2021/09/21/crypto-transactions-report-to-government/ https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2021/09/17/crypto-lobbying-group-warns-of-another-tax-provision-in-senate-infrastructure-bill https://www.coincenter.org/an-unworkable-and-arguably-unconstitutional-tax-change-tucked-away-in-the-infrastructure-bill/ https://decrypt.co/81236/overlooked-part-senate-infrastructure-bill-renews-worries-crypto-lobby https://nickanthony.substack.com/p/last-minute-cryptocurrency-taxation https://www.cato.org/blog/infrastructure-bill-hangs-balance-so-does-crypto https://ambcrypto.com/what-is-the-u-s-infra-bill-crypto-amendment-really-all-about   Unchained coverage of the infrastructure bill How Congress Might Pass Laws Bad for Proof-of-Stake and DeFi https://unchainedpodcast.com/how-congress-might-pass-laws-bad-for-proof-of-stake-and-defi/    Coverage on the original amendment regarding “brokers:” https://decrypt.co/77838/rival-amendment-senate-infrastructure-bill-threatens-proof-stake  https://decrypt.co/77859/crypto-industry-mobilizes-to-stop-controversial-tax-plan  https://decrypt.co/77841/biden-crypto-infrastructure-bill-amendments  https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/08/16-civil-society-organizations-call-congress-fix-cryptocurrency-provision    https://decrypt.co/77681/senators-move-exempt-bitcoin-miners-tax-provision-infrastructure-bill  https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonathanponciano/2021/08/04/senators-propose-change-to-new-crypto-rules-for-tax-reporting-heres-whos-affected/  https://twitter.com/BlockchainAssn/status/1422976741715361792  https://twitter.com/jerrybrito/status/1422002228102107142  https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/113196/wyden-crypto-language-in-infrastructure-bill-fails-to-understand-how-the-technology-works  https://www.coindesk.com/new-infrastructure-bill-looks-to-raise-30b-through-crypto-taxes  https://twitter.com/jchervinsky/status/1421150344051048451  https://twitter.com/NeerajKA/status/1421242689148932105  https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/01/politics/bipartisan-infrastructure-bill-collins-manchin-senate-cnntv/index.html  https://www.coindesk.com/gop-lawmaker-janet-yellens-treasury-likely-behind-surprise-crypto-bill