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Send us a textWelcome back to Embrace Midlife! In this candid solo episode, I'm opening up about a chapter of my life that many of you have asked me to expand on — my drinking career. If you've listened to the very first episodes of the podcast, you've heard the beginnings of my story. But today, I go deeper — sharing the real, raw timeline of how drinking wove its way into my life, from my 20s through midlife, motherhood, business, breast cancer, and beyond.I reflect on how I didn't drink much as a teen, how my drinking habits evolved during my marriage to a professional sportsman, and the way loneliness, postnatal depression, and life transitions led to more frequent and excessive drinking in my 30s and 40s.I also talk about the rise of mummy wine culture, my battles with mental health (including postnatal depression and hospitalization), the breast cancer diagnosis that changed everything, and how I used alcohol to numb, cope, and escape. I reveal the moments that became turning points — the scary symptoms, the heartfelt text to my family, the visit to my long-time GP — and how those steps eventually led me toward sobriety and sober curiosity.This episode is Part 1 of a two-part series that leads into next season's focus: The Sober Curious Season.If you're a woman in midlife navigating your own relationship with alcohol, this episode may feel like looking in a mirror. You're not alone, and this space is here for you.What You'll Hear in This Episode:My early drinking habits (or lack thereof) and how they evolvedCoping with loneliness, divorce, and motherhood through alcoholMy journey with postnatal depression and psychiatric hospitalizationBreast cancer diagnosis and alcohol use during treatmentThe reality of mummy wine culture and its influencePhysical signs my body couldn't keep up with my drinkingThe moment I reached out for support and chose changeWhy admitting I had a problem was the most freeing decision of allThe connection between alcohol and breast cancer that's not talked about enoughHow my sober curiosity journey truly beganResources Mentioned:The Sober Diaries by Clare PooleyIf this episode resonated with you, I'd love for you to leave a review and share it with a friend. You never know who might need to hear it.

In this episode of Be Brilliant with Jing Lang, we sit downwith Antonio Ienco, co-founder of the Vaughan International Film Festival (VFF), to unpack what it really means to live a creative life. From filming in abandoned warehouses with shoestring budget to running a global short film festival, Antonio shares his candid, hilarious, and heartfelt journey of building something from nothing—literally while covered in mud and bring rolled over by All-Terrain Vehicles.We talk about:How short films open doors for emerging creativesWhy building a creative career equals running nakedAnd how to spot the people worth building withWhether you're a student filmmaker, a corporate escapee, orsomewhere in between, this episode will hit home. It's part pep talk, part film school, and all heart.

Talking about work-life balance myth, midlife burnout, high-performing women, asking for help, midlife coaching.✨ In This Episode:Host Laurie Reynoldson gets candid about the myth of work-life balance and why it's time for midlife women to stop striving for something that doesn't exist. In this replay of an early fan-favorite episode, Laurie breaks down:Why traditional “balance” is an impossible standard (and why it's not your fault)The cultural conditioning that leads women to believe they should be able to do it allThe hidden shame of asking for help—and how to overcome itA liberating metaphor (the seesaw!) that reframes how we think about balanceWhy chasing productivity won't fix your burnout—and what to do insteadWhether you're juggling a career, caregiving, parenting, or all of the above, this episode is your permission slip to drop the guilt and reclaim your energy.

By some minor miracle (even on April Fools) the R Weekly Highlights podcast has made it to episode 200! We go "virtual" shopping for LLM-powered text analysis and prediction using the mall package, and how recent advancements in the grid and ggplot2 packages empower you to make use of highly-customized gradients. Plus listener feedback!Episode LinksThis week's curator: Jon Calder - @jonmcalder@fosstodon.org (Mastodon) & @jonmcalder (X/Twitter)Text Summarization, Translation, and Classification using LLMs: mall does it allThe guide to gradients in R and ggplot2Entire issue available at rweekly.org/2025-W14Supplement ResourcesMall: Run multiple LLM predictions against a data frame with R and Python https://mlverse.github.io/mall/Announcing rixpress https://brodrigues.co/posts/2025-03-20-announcing_rixpress.htmlHack your way to scientific glory https://stats.andrewheiss.com/hack-your-way/538Supporting the showUse the contact page at https://serve.podhome.fm/custompage/r-weekly-highlights/contact to send us your feedbackR-Weekly Highlights on the Podcastindex.org - You can send a boost into the show directly in the Podcast Index. First, top-up with Alby, and then head over to the R-Weekly Highlights podcast entry on the index.A new way to think about value: https://value4value.infoGet in touch with us on social mediaEric Nantz: @rpodcast@podcastindex.social (Mastodon), @rpodcast.bsky.social (BlueSky) and @theRcast (X/TwitterMike Thomas: @mike_thomas@fosstodon.org (Mastodon), @mike-thomas.bsky.social (BlueSky), and @mike_ketchbrook (X/Twitter) Music credits powered by OCRemixDark World Jazz - The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past - Gux - https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR00156

In this episode, James Marriott and I discuss who we think are the best twenty English poets. This is not the best poets who wrote in English, but the best British poets (though James snuck Sylvia Plath onto his list…). We did it like that to make it easier, not least so we could base a lot of our discussion on extracts in The Oxford Book of English Verse (Ricks edition). Most of what we read out is from there. We read Wordsworth, Keats, Hardy, Milton, and Pope. We both love Pope! (He should be regarded as one of the very best English poets, like Milton.) There are also readings of Herrick, Bronte, Cowper, and MacNiece. I plan to record the whole of ‘The Eve of St. Agnes' at some point soon.Here are our lists and below is the transcript (which may have more errors than usual, sorry!)HOGod Tier* Shakespeare“if not first, in the very first line”* Chaucer* Spenser* Milton* Wordsworth* Eliot—argue for Pope here, not usually includedSecond Tier* Donne* Herbert* Keats* Dryden* Gawain poet* Tom O'Bedlam poetThird Tier* Yeats* Tennyson* Hopkins* Coleridge* Auden* Shelley* MarvellJMShakespeareTier* ShakespeareTier 1* Chaucer* Milton* WordsworthTier 2* Donne* Eliot* Keats* Tennyson* Spencer* Marvell* PopeTier 3* Yeats* Hopkins* Blake* Coleridge* Auden* Shelley* Thomas Hardy* Larkin* PlathHenry: Today I'm talking to James Marriott, Times columnist, and more importantly, the writer of the Substack Cultural Capital. And we are going to argue about who are the best poets in the English language. James, welcome.James: Thanks very much for having me. I feel I should preface my appearance so that I don't bring your podcast and disrepute saying that I'm maybe here less as an expert of poetry and more as somebody who's willing to have strong and potentially species opinions. I'm more of a lover of poetry than I would claim to be any kind of academic expert, just in case anybody thinks that I'm trying to produce any definitive answer to the question that we're tackling.Henry: Yeah, no, I mean that's the same for me. We're not professors, we're just very opinionated boys. So we have lists.James: We do.Henry: And we're going to debate our lists, but what we do agree is that if we're having a top 20 English poets, Shakespeare is automatically in the God Tier and there's nothing to discuss.James: Yeah, he's in a category of his own. I think the way of, because I guess the plan we've gone for is to rather than to rank them 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 into sort of, what is it, three or four broad categories that we're competing over.Henry: Yes, yes. TiersJames: I think is a more kind of reasonable way to approach it rather than trying to argue exactly why it should be one place above Shelly or I don't know, whatever.Henry: It's also just an excuse to talk about poets.James: Yes.Henry: Good. So then we have a sort of top tier, if not the first, in the very first line as it were, and you've got different people. To me, you've got Chaucer, Milton, and Wordsworth. I would also add Spenser and T.S. Eliot. So what's your problem with Spenser?James: Well, my problem is ignorance in that it's a while since I've read the Fairy Queen, which I did at university. Partly is just that looking back through it now and from what I remember of university, I mean it is not so much that I have anything against Spenser. It's quite how much I have in favour of Milton and Wordsworth and Chaucer, and I'm totally willing to be argued against on this, but I just can't think that Spenser is in quite the same league as lovely as many passages of the Fairy Queen are.Henry: So my case for Spenser is firstly, if you go through something like the Oxford Book of English Verse or some other comparable anthology, he's getting a similar page count to Shakespeare and Milton, he is important in that way. Second, it's not just the fairy queen, there's the Shepherd's Calendar, the sonnets, the wedding poems, and they're all highly accomplished. The Shepherd's Calendar particularly is really, really brilliant work. I think I enjoyed that more as an undergraduate, actually, much as I love the Fairy Queen. And the third thing is that the Fairy Queen is a very, very great epic. I mean, it's a tremendous accomplishment. There were lots of other epics knocking around in the 16th century that nobody wants to read now or I mean, obviously specialists want to read, but if we could persuade a few more people, a few more ordinary readers to pick up the fairy queen, they would love it.James: Yes, and I was rereading before he came on air, the Bower of Bliss episode, which I think is from the second book, which is just a beautifully lush passage, passage of writing. It was really, I mean, you can see why Keats was so much influenced by it. The point about Spenser's breadth is an interesting one because Milton is in my top category below Shakespeare, but I think I'm placing him there pretty much only on the basis of Paradise Lost. I think if we didn't have Paradise Lost, Milton may not even be in this competition at all for me, very little. I know. I don't know if this is a heresy, I've got much less time for Milton's minor works. There's Samuel Johnson pretty much summed up my feelings on Lycidas when he said there was nothing new. Whatever images it can supply are long ago, exhausted, and I do feel there's a certain sort of dryness to Milton's minor stuff. I mean, I can find things like Il Penseroso and L'Allegro pretty enough, but I mean, I think really the central achievement is Paradise Lost, whereas Spenser might be in contention, as you say, from if you didn't have the Fairy Queen, you've got Shepherd's Calendar, and all this other sort of other stuff, but Paradise Lost is just so massive for me.Henry: But if someone just tomorrow came out and said, oh, we found a whole book of minor poetry by Virgil and it's all pretty average, you wouldn't say, oh, well Virgil's less of a great poet.James: No, absolutely, and that's why I've stuck Milton right at the top. It's just sort of interesting how unbelievably good Paradise Lost is and how, in my opinion, how much less inspiring the stuff that comes after it is Samson Agonistes and Paradise Regained I really much pleasure out of at all and how, I mean the early I think slightly dry Milton is unbelievably accomplished, but Samuel Johnson seems to say in that quote is a very accomplished use of ancient slightly worn out tropes, and he's of putting together these old ideas in a brilliant manner and he has this sort of, I mean I guess he's one of your late bloomers. I can't quite remember how old he is when he publishes Paradise Lost.Henry: Oh, he is. Oh, writing it in his fifties. Yeah.James: Yeah, this just extraordinary thing that's totally unlike anything else in English literature and of all the poems that we're going to talk about, I think is the one that has probably given me most pleasure in my life and the one that I probably return to most often if not to read all the way through then to just go over my favourite bits and pieces of it.Henry: A lot of people will think Milton is heavy and full of weird references to the ancient world and learned and biblical and not very readable for want of a better word. Can you talk us out of that? To be one of the great poets, they do have to have some readability, right?James: Yeah, I think so, and it's certainly how I felt. I mean I think it's not a trivial objection to have to Milton. It's certainly how I found him. He was my special author paper at university and I totally didn't get on with him. There was something about his massive brilliance that I felt. I remember feeling like trying to write about Paradise Lost was trying to kind of scratch a huge block of marble with your nails. There's no way to get a handle on it. I just couldn't work out what to get ahold of, and it's only I think later in adulthood maybe reading him under a little less pressure that I've come to really love him. I mean, the thing I would always say to people to look out for in Milton, but it's his most immediate pleasure and the thing that still is what sends shivers done my spine about him is the kind of cosmic scale of Paradise Lost, and it's almost got this sort of sci-fi massiveness to it. One of my very favourite passages, which I may inflict on you, we did agree that we could inflict poetry on one another.Henry: Please, pleaseJames: It's a detail from the first book of Paradise Lost. Milton's talking about Satan's architect in hell Mulciber, and this is a little explanation of who or part of his explanation of who Mulciber is, and he says, Nor was his name unheard or unadoredIn ancient Greece; and in Ausonian landMen called him Mulciber; and how he fellFrom Heaven they fabled, thrown by angry JoveSheer o'er the crystal battlements: from mornTo noon he fell, from noon to dewy eve,A summer's day, and with the setting sunDropt from the zenith, like a falling star,On Lemnos, th' Aegaean isle. Thus they relate,ErringI just think it's the sort of total massiveness of that universe that “from the zenith to like a falling star”. I just can't think of any other poet in English or that I've ever read in any language, frankly, even in translation, who has that sort of scale about it, and I think that's what can most give immediate pleasure. The other thing I love about that passage is this is part of the kind of grandeur of Milton is that you get this extraordinary passage about an angel falling from heaven down to th' Aegean Isle who's then going to go to hell and the little parenthetic remark at the end, the perm just rolls on, thus they relate erring and paradise lost is such this massive grand thing that it can contain this enormous cosmic tragedy as a kind of little parenthetical thing. I also think the crystal battlements are lovely, so wonderful kind of sci-fi detail.Henry: Yes, I think that's right, and I think it's under appreciated that Milton was a hugely important influence on Charles Darwin who was a bit like you always rereading it when he was young, especially on the beagle voyage. He took it with him and quotes it in his letters sometimes, and it is not insignificant the way that paradise loss affects him in terms of when he writes his own epic thinking at this level, thinking at this scale, thinking at the level of the whole universe, how does the whole thing fit together? What's the order behind the little movements of everything? So Milton's reach I think is actually quite far into the culture even beyond the poets.James: That's fascinating. Do you have a particular favourite bit of Paradise Lost?Henry: I do, but I don't have it with me because I disorganised and couldn't find my copy.James: That's fair.Henry: What I want to do is to read one of the sonnets because I do think he's a very, very good sonnet writer, even if I'm going to let the Lycidas thing go, because I'm not going to publicly argue against Samuel Johnson.When I consider how my light is spent,Ere half my days, in this dark world and wide,And that one Talent which is death to hideLodged with me useless, though my Soul more bentTo serve therewith my Maker, and presentMy true account, lest he returning chide;“Doth God exact day-labour, light denied?”I fondly ask. But patience, to preventThat murmur, soon replies, “God doth not needEither man's work or his own gifts; who bestBear his mild yoke, they serve him best. His stateIs Kingly. Thousands at his bidding speedAnd post o'er Land and Ocean without rest:They also serve who only stand and wait.”I think that's great.James: Yeah. Okay. It is good.Henry: Yeah. I think the minor poems are very uneven, but there are lots of gems.James: Yeah, I mean he is a genius. It would be very weird if all the minor poems were s**t, which is not really what I'm trying… I guess I have a sort of slightly austere category too. I just do Chaucer, Milton, Wordsworth, but we are agreed on Wordsworth, aren't we? That he belongs here.Henry: So my feeling is that the story of English poetry is something like Chaucer Spenser, Shakespeare, Milton, Wordsworth, T.S. Eliot create a kind of spine. These are the great innovators. They're writing the major works, they're the most influential. All the cliches are true. Chaucer invented iambic pentameter. Shakespeare didn't single handedly invent modern English, but he did more than all the rest of them put together. Milton is the English Homer. Wordsworth is the English Homer, but of the speech of the ordinary man. All these old things, these are all true and these are all colossal achievements and I don't really feel that we should be picking between them. I think Spenser wrote an epic that stands alongside the works of Shakespeare and Milton in words with T.S. Eliot whose poetry, frankly I do not love in the way that I love some of the other great English writers cannot be denied his position as one of the great inventors.James: Yeah, I completely agree. It's funny, I think, I mean I really do love T.S. Eliot. Someone else had spent a lot of time rereading. I'm not quite sure why he hasn't gone into quite my top category, but I think I had this—Henry: Is it because he didn't like Milton and you're not having it?James: Maybe that's part of it. I think my thought something went more along the lines of if I cut, I don't quite feel like I'm going to put John Donne in the same league as Milton, but then it seems weird to put Eliot above Donne and then I don't know that, I mean there's not a very particularly fleshed out thought, but on Wordsworth, why is Wordsworth there for you? What do you think, what do you think are the perms that make the argument for Wordsworth having his place at the very top?Henry: Well, I think the Lyrical Ballads, Poems in Two Volumes and the Prelude are all of it, aren't they? I'm not a lover of the rest, and I think the preface to the Lyrical Ballads is one of the great works of literary criticism, which is another coin in his jar if you like, but in a funny way, he's much more revolutionary than T.S. Eliot. We think of modernism as the great revolution and the great sort of bringing of all the newness, but modernism relies on Wordsworth so much, relies on the idea that tradition can be subsumed into ordinary voice, ordinary speech, the passage in the Wasteland where he has all of them talking in the bar. Closing time please, closing time please. You can't have that without Wordsworth and—James: I think I completely agree with what you're saying.Henry: Yeah, so I think that's for me is the basis of it that he might be the great innovator of English poetry.James: Yeah, I think you're right because I've got, I mean again, waiting someone out of my depth here, but I can't think of anybody else who had sort of specifically and perhaps even ideologically set out to write a kind of high poetry that sounded like ordinary speech, I guess. I mean, Wordsworth again is somebody who I didn't particularly like at university and I think it's precisely about plainness that can make him initially off-putting. There's a Matthew Arnold quote where he says of Wordsworth something like He has no style. Henry: Such a Matthew Arnold thing to say.James: I mean think it's the beginning of an appreciation, but there's a real blankness to words with I think again can almost mislead you into thinking there's nothing there when you first encounter him. But yeah, I think for me, Tintern Abbey is maybe the best poem in the English language.Henry: Tintern Abbey is great. The Intimations of Immortality Ode is superb. Again, I don't have it with me, but the Poems in Two Volumes. There are so many wonderful things in there. I had a real, when I was an undergraduate, I had read some Wordsworth, but I hadn't really read a lot and I thought of I as you do as the daffodils poet, and so I read Lyrical Ballads and Poems in Two Volumes, and I had one of these electrical conversion moments like, oh, the daffodils, that is nothing. The worst possible thing for Wordsworth is that he's remembered as this daffodils poet. When you read the Intimations of Immortality, do you just think of all the things he could have been remembered for? It's diminishing.James: It's so easy to get into him wrong because the other slightly wrong way in is through, I mean maybe this is a prejudice that isn't widely shared, but the stuff that I've never particularly managed to really enjoy is all the slightly worthy stuff about beggars and deformed people and maimed soldiers. Wandering around on roads in the lake district has always been less appealing to me, and that was maybe why I didn't totally get on with 'em at first, and I mean, there's some bad words with poetry. I was looking up the infamous lines from the form that were mocked even at the time where you know the lines that go, You see a little muddy pond Of water never dry. I've measured it from side to side, 'Tis three feet long and two feet wide, and the sort of plainness condescend into banality at Wordsworth's worst moments, which come more frequently later in his career.Henry: Yes, yes. I'm going to read a little bit of the Intimations ode because I want to share some of this so-called plainness at its best. This is the third section. They're all very short Now, while the birds thus sing a joyous song,And while the young lambs boundAs to the tabor's sound,To me alone there came a thought of grief:A timely utterance gave that thought relief,And I again am strong:The cataracts blow their trumpets from the steep;No more shall grief of mine the season wrong;I hear the Echoes through the mountains throng,The Winds come to me from the fields of sleep,And all the earth is gay;Land and seaGive themselves up to jollity,And with the heart of MayDoth every Beast keep holiday;—Thou Child of Joy,Shout round me, let me hear thy shouts, thou happy Shepherd-boy.And I think it's unthinkable that someone would write like this today. It would be cringe, but we're going to have a new sincerity. It's coming. It's in some ways it's already here and I think Wordsworth will maybe get a different sort of attention when that happens because that's a really high level of writing to be able to do that without it descending into what you just read. In the late Wordsworth there's a lot of that really bad stuff.James: Yeah, I mean the fact that he wrote some of that bad stuff I guess is a sign of quite how carefully the early stuff is treading that knife edge of tripping into banality. Can I read you my favourite bit of Tintern Abbey?Henry: Oh yes. That is one of the great poems.James: Yeah, I just think one of mean I, the most profound poem ever, probably for me. So this is him looking out over the landscape of Tinton Abbey. I mean these are unbelievably famous lines, so I'm sure everybody listening will know them, but they are so good And I have feltA presence that disturbs me with the joyOf elevated thoughts; a sense sublimeOf something far more deeply interfused,Whose dwelling is the light of setting suns,And the round ocean and the living air,And the blue sky, and in the mind of man:A motion and a spirit, that impelsAll thinking things, all objects of all thought,And rolls through all things. Therefore am I stillA lover of the meadows and the woodsAnd mountains; and of all that we beholdFrom this green earth; of all the mighty worldOf eye, and ear,—both what they half create,And what perceive; well pleased to recogniseIn nature and the language of the senseThe anchor of my purest thoughts, the nurse,The guide, the guardian of my heart, and soulOf all my moral being.I mean in a poem, it's just that is mind blowingly good to me?Henry: Yeah. I'm going to look up another section from the Prelude, which used to be in the Oxford Book, but it isn't in the Ricks edition and I don't really know whyJames: He doesn't have much of the Prelude does he?Henry: I don't think he has any…James: Yeah.Henry: So this is from an early section when the young Wordsworth is a young boy and he's going off, I think he's sneaking out at night to row on the lake as you do when you with Wordsworth, and the initial description is of a mountain. She was an elfin pinnace; lustilyI dipped my oars into the silent lake,And, as I rose upon the stroke, my boatWent heaving through the water like a swan;When, from behind that craggy steep till thenThe horizon's bound, a huge peak, black and huge,As if with voluntary power instinct,Upreared its head. I struck and struck again,And growing still in stature the grim shapeTowered up between me and the stars, and still,For so it seemed, with purpose of its ownAnd measured motion like a living thing,Strode after me. With trembling oars I turned,And through the silent water stole my wayBack to the covert of the willow tree;It's so much like that in Wordsworth. It's just,James: Yeah, I mean, yeah, the Prelude is full of things like that. I think that is probably one of the best moments, possibly the best moments of the prelude. But yeah, I mean it's just total genius isn't it?Henry: I think he's very, very important and yeah, much more important than T.S. Eliot who is, I put him in the same category, but I can see why you didn't.James: You do have a little note saying Pope, question mark or something I think, don't you, in the document.Henry: So the six I gave as the spine of English literature and everything, that's an uncontroversial view. I think Pope should be one of those people. I think we should see Pope as being on a level with Milton and Wordsworth, and I think he's got a very mixed reputation, but I think he was just as inventive, just as important. I think you are a Pope fan, just as clever, just as moving, and it baffles me that he's not more commonly regarded as part of this great spine running through the history of English literature and between Milton and Wordsworth. If you don't have Pope, I think it's a missing link if you like.James: I mean, I wouldn't maybe go as far as you, I love Pope. Pope was really the first perch I ever loved. I remember finding a little volume of Pope in a box of books. My school library was chucking out, and that was the first book of poetry I read and took seriously. I guess he sort of suffers by the fact that we are seeing all of this through the lens of the romantics. All our taste about Shakespeare and Milton and Spenser has been formed by the romantics and hope's way of writing the Satires. This sort of society poetry I think is just totally doesn't conform to our idea of what poetry should be doing or what poetry is. Is there absolutely or virtually nobody reads Dryden nowadays. It's just not what we think poetry is for that whole Augustine 18th century idea that poetry is for writing epistles to people to explain philosophical concepts to them or to diss your enemies and rivals or to write a kind of Duncia explaining why everyone you know is a moron. That's just really, I guess Byron is the last major, is the only of figure who is in that tradition who would be a popular figure nowadays with things like English bards and scotch reviewers. But that whole idea of poetry I think was really alien to us. And I mean I'm probably formed by that prejudice because I really do love Pope, but I don't love him as much as the other people we've discussed.Henry: I think part of his problem is that he's clever and rational and we want our poems always to be about moods, which may be, I think why George Herbert, who we've both got reasonably high is also quite underrated. He's very clever. He's always think George Herbert's always thinking, and when someone like Shakespeare or Milton is thinking, they do it in such a way that you might not notice and that you might just carry on with the story. And if you do see that they're thinking you can enjoy that as well. Whereas Pope is just explicitly always thinking and maybe lecturing, hectoring, being very grand with you and as you say, calling you an idiot. But there are so many excellent bits of Pope and I just think technically he can sustain a thought or an argument over half a dozen or a dozen lines and keep the rhyme scheme moving and it's never forced, and he never has to do that thing where he puts the words in a stupid order just to make the rhyme work. He's got such an elegance and a balance of composition, which again, as you say, we live under romantic ideals, not classical ones. But that doesn't mean we should be blind to the level of his accomplishment, which is really, really very high. I mean, Samuel Johnson basically thought that Alexander Pope had finished English poetry. We have the end of history. He had the end of English poetry. Pope, he's brought us to the mightiest of the heroic couplers and he's done it. It's all over.James: The other thing about Pope that I think makes us underrate him is that he's very charming. And I think charm is a quality we're not big on is that sort of, but I think some of Pope's charm is so moving. One of my favourite poems of his is, do you know the Epistle to Miss Blount on going into the country? The poem to the young girl who's been having a fashionable season in London then is sent to the boring countryside to stay with an aunt. And it's this, it's not like a romantic love poem, it's not distraught or hectic. It's just a sort of wonderful act of sympathy with this potentially slightly airheaded young girl who's been sent to the countryside, which you'd rather go to operas and plays and flirt with people. And there's a real sort of delicate in it that isn't overblown and isn't dramatic, but is extremely charming. And I think that's again, another quality that perhaps we're prone not to totally appreciate in the 21st century. It's almost the kind of highest form of politeness and sympathyHenry: And the prevailing quality in Pope is wit: “True wit is nature to advantage dressed/ What often was thought, but ne'er so well expressed”. And I think wit can be quite alienating for an audience because it is a kind of superior form of literary art. This is why people don't read as much Swift as he deserves because he's so witty and so scornful that a lot of people will read him and think, well, I don't like you.James: And that point about what oft was thought and ne'er so well expressed again, is a very classical idea. The poet who puts not quite conventional wisdom, but something that's been thought before in the best possible words, really suffers with the romantic idea of originality. The poet has to say something utterly new. Whereas for Pope, the sort of ideas that he express, some of the philosophical ideas are not as profound in original perhaps as words with, but he's very elegant proponent of them.Henry: And we love b******g people in our culture, and I feel like the Dunciad should be more popular because it is just, I can't remember who said this, but someone said it's probably the most under appreciated great poem in English, and that's got to be true. It's full of absolute zingers. There's one moment where he's described the whole crowd of them or all these poets who he considers to be deeply inferior, and it turns out he was right because no one reads them anymore. And you need footnotes to know who they are. I mean, no one cares. And he says, “equal your merits, equal is your din”. This kind of abuse is a really high art, and we ought to love that. We love that on Twitter. And I think things like the Rape of the Lock also could be more popular.James: I love the Rape of the Lock . I mean, I think anybody is not reading Pope and is looking for a way in, I think the Rape of the Lock is the way in, isn't it? Because it's just such a charming, lovely, funny poem.Henry: It is. And probably it suffers because the whole idea of mock heroic now is lost to us. But it's a bit like it's the literary equivalent of people writing a sort of mini epic about someone like Elon Musk or some other very prominent figure in the culture and using lots of heroic imagery from the great epics of Homer and Virgil and from the Bible and all these things, but putting them into a very diminished state. So instead of being grand, it becomes comic. It's like turning a God into a cartoon. And Pope is easily the best writer that we have for that kind of thing. Dryden, but he's the genius on it.James: Yeah, no, he totally is. I guess it's another reason he's under appreciated is that our culture is just much less worshipful of epic than the 18th century culture was. The 18th century was obsessed with trying to write epics and trying to imitate epics. I mean, I think to a lot of Pope's contemporaries, the achievement they might've been expecting people to talk about in 300 years time would be his translations of the Iliad and the Odyssey and the other stuff might've seen more minor in comparison, whereas it's the mock epic that we're remembering him for, which again is perhaps another symptom of our sort of post romantic perspective.Henry: I think this is why Spenser suffers as well, because everything in Spenser is magical. The knights are fairies, not the little fairies that live in buttercups, but big human sized fairies or even bigger than that. And there are magical women and saucers and the whole thing is a sort of hodgepodge of romance and fairy tale and legend and all this stuff. And it's often said, oh, he was old fashioned in his own time. But those things still had a lot of currency in the 16th century. And a lot of those things are in Shakespeare, for example.But to us, that's like a fantasy novel. Now, I love fantasy and I read fantasy, and I think some of it's a very high accomplishment, but to a lot of people, fantasy just means kind of trash. Why am I going to read something with fairies and a wizard? And I think a lot of people just see Spenser and they're like, what is this? This is so weird. They don't realise how Protestant they're being, but they're like, this is so weird.James: And Pope has a little, I mean, the Rape of the Lock even has a little of the same because the rape of the lock has this attendant army of good spirits called selfs and evil spirits called gnomes. I mean, I find that just totally funny and charming. I really love it.Henry: I'm going to read, there's an extract from the Rape of the Lock in the Oxford Book, and I'm going to read a few lines to give people an idea of how he can be at once mocking something but also quite charming about it. It's quite a difficult line to draw. The Rape of the Lock is all about a scandalous incident where a young man took a lock of a lady's hair. Rape doesn't mean what we think it means. It means an offence. And so because he stole a lock of her hair, it'd become obviously this huge problem and everyone's in a flurry. And to sort of calm everyone down, Pope took it so seriously that he made it into a tremendous joke. So here he is describing the sort of dressing table if you like.And now, unveil'd, the Toilet stands display'd,Each silver Vase in mystic order laid.First, rob'd in white, the Nymph intent adores,With head uncover'd, the Cosmetic pow'rs.A heav'nly image in the glass appears,To that she bends, to that her eyes she rears;Th' inferior Priestess, at her altar's side,Trembling begins the sacred rites of Pride.What a way to describe someone putting on their makeup. It's fantastic.James: It's funny. I can continue that because the little passage of Pope I picked to read begins exactly where yours ended. It only gets better as it goes on, I think. So after trembling begins the sacred rites of pride, Unnumber'd treasures ope at once, and hereThe various off'rings of the world appear;From each she nicely culls with curious toil,And decks the Goddess with the glitt'ring spoil.This casket India's glowing gems unlocks,And all Arabia breathes from yonder box.The Tortoise here and Elephant unite,Transformed to combs, the speckled, and the white.Here files of pins extend their shining rows,Puffs, Powders, Patches, Bibles, Billet-doux.It's just so lovely. I love a thing about the tortoise and the elephant unite because you've got a tortoise shell and an ivory comb. And the stuff about India's glowing gems and Arabia breathing from yonder box, I mean that's a, realistic is not quite the word, but that's a reference to Milton because Milton is continually having all the stones of Arabia and India's pearls and things all screwed through paradise lost. Yeah, it's just so lovely, isn't it?Henry: And for someone who's so classical and composed and elegant, there's something very Dickensian about things like the toilet, the tortoise and the elephant here unite, transform to combs. There's something a little bit surreal and the puffs, powders, patches, bibles, it has that sort of slightly hectic, frantic,James: That's sort of Victorian materialism, wealth of material objects,Henry: But also that famous thing that was said of Dickens, that the people are furniture and the furniture's like people. He can bring to life all the little bits and bobs of the ordinary day and turn it into something not quite ridiculous, not quite charming.James: And there is a kind of charm in the fact that it wasn't the sort of thing that poets would necessarily expect to pay attention to the 18th century. I don't think the sort of powders and ointments on a woman's dressing table. And there's something very sort of charming in his condescension to notice or what might've once seemed his condescension to notice those things, to find a new thing to take seriously, which is what poetry or not quite to take seriously, but to pay attention to, which I guess is one of the things that great perch should always be doing.Henry: When Swift, who was Pope's great friend, wrote about this, he wrote a poem called A Beautiful Young Lady Going to Bed, which is not as good, and I would love to claim Swift on our list, but I really can't.James: It's quite a horrible perm as well, that one, isn't it?Henry: It is. But it shows you how other people would treat the idea of the woman in front of her toilet, her mirror. And Swift uses an opportunity, as he said, to “lash the vice” because he hated all this adornment and what he would think of as the fakery of a woman painting herself. And so he talks about Corina pride of Drury Lane, which is obviously an ironic reference to her being a Lady of the Night, coming back and there's no drunken rake with her. Returning at the midnight hour;Four stories climbing to her bow'r;Then, seated on a three-legged chair,Takes off her artificial hair:Now, picking out a crystal eye,She wipes it clean, and lays it by.Her eye-brows from a mouse's hide,Stuck on with art on either side,Pulls off with care, and first displays 'em,Then in a play-book smoothly lays 'em.Now dexterously her plumpers draws,That serve to fill her hollow jaws.And it goes on like this. I mean, line after this is sort of raw doll quality to it, Pope, I think in contrast, it only illuminates him more to see where others are taking this kind of crude, very, very funny and witty, but very crude approach. He's able to really have the classical art of balance.James: Yes. And it's precisely his charm that he can mock it and sympathise and love it at the same time, which I think is just a more sort of complex suite of poetic emotions to have about that thing.Henry: So we want more people to read Pope and to love Pope.James: Yes. Even if I'm not letting him into my top.Henry: You are locking him out of the garden. Now, for the second tier, I want to argue for two anonymous poets. One of the things we did when we were talking about this was we asked chatGPT to see if it could give us a good answer. And if you use o1 or o1 Pro, it gives you a pretty good answer as to who the best poets in English are. But it has to be told that it's forgotten about the anonymous poets. And then it says, oh, that was stupid. There are quite a lot of good anonymous poets in English, but I suspect a lot of us, a lot of non artificial intelligence when thinking about this question overlook the anonymous poets. But I would think the Gawain poet and the Tom O' Bedlam poet deserve to be in here. I don't know what you think about that.James: I'm not competent to provide an opinion. I'm purely here to be educated on the subject of these anonymous poets. Henry: The Gawain poet, he's a mediaeval, assume it's a he, a mediaeval writer, obviously may well not be a man, a mediaeval writer. And he wrote Sir Gawain and The Green Knight, which is, if you haven't read it, you should really read it in translation first, I think because it's written at the same time as Chaucer. But Chaucer was written in a kind of London dialect, which is what became the English we speak. And so you can read quite a lot of Chaucer and the words look pretty similar and sometimes you need the footnotes, but when you read Gawain and The Green Knight, it's in a Northwestern dialect, which very much did not become modern day English. And so it's a bit more baffling, but it is a poem of tremendous imaginative power and weirdness. It's a very compelling story. We have a children's version here written by Selena Hastings who's a very accomplished biographer. And every now and then my son remembers it and he just reads it again and again and again. It's one of the best tales of King Arthur in his knights. And there's a wonderful book by John Burrow. It's a very short book, but that is such a loving piece of criticism that explicates the way in which that poem promotes virtue and all the nightly goodness that you would expect, but also is a very strange and unreal piece of work. And I think it has all the qualities of great poetry, but because it's written in this weird dialect, I remember as an undergraduate thinking, why is this so bloody difficult to read? But it is just marvellous. And I see people on Twitter, the few people who've read it, they read it again and they just say, God, it's so good. And I think there was a film of it a couple of years ago, but we will gloss lightly over that and not encourage you to do the film instead of the book.James: Yeah, you're now triggering a memory that I was at least set to read and perhaps did at least read part of Gawain and the Green Knight at University, but has not stuck to any brain cells at all.Henry: Well, you must try it again and tell me what you think. I mean, I find it easily to be one of the best poems in English.James: Yeah, no, I should. I had a little Chaucer kick recently actually, so maybe I'm prepared to rediscover mediaeval per after years of neglect since my degree,Henry: And it's quite short, which I always think is worth knowing. And then the Tom Bedlam is an anonymous poem from I think the 17th century, and it's one of the mad songs, so it's a bit like the Fool from King Lear. And again, it is a very mysterious, very strange and weird piece of work. Try and find it in and read the first few lines. And I think because it's anonymous, it's got slightly less of a reputation because it can't get picked up with some big name, but it is full of tremendous power. And again, I think it would be sad if it wasn't more well known.From the hag and hungry goblinThat into rags would rend ye,The spirit that stands by the naked manIn the Book of Moons defend ye,That of your five sound sensesYou never be forsaken,Nor wander from your selves with TomAbroad to beg your bacon,While I do sing, Any food, any feeding,Feeding, drink, or clothing;Come dame or maid, be not afraid,Poor Tom will injure nothing.Anyway, so you get the sense of it and it's got many stanzas and it's full of this kind of energy and it's again, very accomplished. It can carry the thought across these long lines and these long stanzas.James: When was it written? I'm aware of only if there's a name in the back of my mind.Henry: Oh, it's from the 17th century. So it's not from such a different time as King Lear, but it's written in the voice of a madman. And again, you think of that as the sort of thing a romantic poet would do. And it's strange to find it almost strange to find it displaced. There were these other mad songs. But I think because it's anonymous, it gets less well known, it gets less attention. It's not part of a bigger body of work, but it's absolutely, I think it's wonderful.James: I shall read it.Henry: So who have you got? Who else? Who are you putting in instead of these two?James: Hang on. So we're down to tier two now.Henry: Tier two.James: Yeah. So my tier two is: Donne, Elliot, Keats, Tennyson. I've put Spenser in tier two, Marvell and Pope, who we've already discussed. I mean, I think Eliot, we've talked about, I mean Donne just speaks for himself and there's probably a case that some people would make to bump him up a tier. Henry: Anybody can read that case in Katherine Rudell's book. We don't need to…James: Yes, exactly. If anybody's punching perhaps in tier two, it's Tennyson who I wasn't totally sure belonged there. Putting Tenon in the same tier as Donne and Spenser and Keets. I wonder if that's a little ambitious. I think that might raise eyebrows because there is a school of thought, which I'm not totally unsympathetic to this. What's the Auden quote about Tennyson? I really like it. I expressed very harshly, but I sort of get what he means. Auden said that Tennyson “had the finest ear perhaps of any English poet who was also undoubtedly the stupidest. There was little that he didn't know. There was little else that he did.” Which is far too harsh. But I mentioned to you earlier that I think was earlier this year, a friend and I had a project where we were going to memorise a perva week was a plan. We ended up basically getting, I think three quarters of the way through.And if there's a criticism of Tennyson that you could make, it's that the word music and the sheer lushness of phrases sometimes becomes its own momentum. And you can end up with these extremely lovely but sometimes slightly empty beautiful phrases, which is what I ended up feeling about Tithonus. And I sort of slightly felt I was memorising this unbelievably beautiful but ever so slightly hollow thing. And that was slightly why the project fell apart, I should say. Of course, they absolutely love Tennyson. He's one of my all time favourite poets, which is why my personal favouritism has bumped him up into that category. But I can see there's a case, and I think to a lot of people, he's just the kind of Victorian establishment gloom man, which is totally unfair, but there's not no case against Tennyson.Henry: Yeah, the common thing is that he has no ideas. I don't know if that's true or not. I'm also, I'm not sure how desperately important it is. It should be possible to be a great poet without ideas being at the centre of your work. If you accept the idea that the essence of poetry is invention, i.e. to say old things in a fantastically new way, then I think he qualifies very well as a great poet.James: Yes..Henry: Well, very well. I think Auden said what he said because he was anxious that it was true of himself.James: Yeah, I mean there's a strong argument that Auden had far too many ideas and the sorts of mad schemes and fantastical theories about history that Auden spent his spare time chasing after is certainly a kind of argument that poets maybe shouldn't have as many ideas, although it's just reading. Seamus Perry's got a very good little book on Tennyson, and the opening chapter is all about arguments about people who have tended to dislike Tennyson. And there are all kinds of embarrassing anecdotes about the elderly Tennyson trying to sort of go around dinner parties saying profound and sage-like things and totally putting his foot in it and saying things are completely banal. I should have made a note that this was sort of slightly, again, intensifying my alarm about is there occasionally a tinsely hollowness about Tennyson. I'm now being way too harsh about one of my favourite poets—Henry: I think it depends what you mean by ideas. He is more than just a poet of moods. He gives great expression, deep and strongly felt expression to a whole way of being and a whole way of conceiving of things. And it really was a huge part of why people became interested in the middle ages in the 19th century. I think there's Walter Scott and there's Tennyson who are really leading that work, and that became a dominant cultural force and it became something that meant a lot to people. And whether or not, I don't know whether it's the sort of idea that we're talking about, but I think that sort of thing, I think that qualifies as having ideas and think again, I think he's one of the best writers about the Arthurian legend. Now that work doesn't get into the Oxford Book of English Verse, maybe that's fair. But I think it was very important and I love it. I love it. And I find Tennyson easy to memorise, which is another point in his favour.James: Yeah.Henry: I'm going to read a little bit of Ulysses, which everyone knows the last five or six lines of that poem because it gets put into James Bond films and other such things. I'm going to read it from a little bit from earlier on. I am become a name;For always roaming with a hungry heartMuch have I seen and known; cities of menAnd manners, climates, councils, governments,Myself not least, but honour'd of them all;And drunk delight of battle with my peers,Far on the ringing plains of windy Troy.I am a part of all that I have met;Yet all experience is an arch wherethro'Gleams that untravell'd world, whose margin fadesFor ever and for ever when I move.I think that's amazing. And he can do that. He can do lots and lots and lots of that.James: Yeah, he really can. It's stunning. “Far on the ringing planes of windy Troy” is such an unbelievably evocative phrase.Henry: And that's what I mean. He's got this ability to bring back a sort of a whole mood of history. It's not just personal mood poetry. He can take you into these places and that is in the space of a line. In the space of a line. I think Matthew Arnold said of the last bit of what I just read is that he had this ability in Ulysses to make the lines seem very long and slow and to give them this kind of epic quality that far goes far beyond the actual length of that poem. Ulysses feels like this huge poem that's capturing so much of Homer and it's a few dozen lines.James: Yeah, no, I completely agree. Can I read a little bit of slightly more domestic Tennyson, from In Memoriam, I think his best poem and one of my all time favourite poems and it's got, there are many sort of famous lines on grief and things, but there's little sort of passage of natural description I think quite near the beginning that I've always really loved and I've always just thought was a stunning piece of poetry in terms of its sound and the way that the sound has patented and an unbelievably attentive description natural world, which is kind of the reason that even though I think Keats is a better poet, I do prefer reading Tennyson to Keats, so this is from the beginning of In Memoriam. Calm is the morn without a sound,Calm as to suit a calmer grief,And only thro' the faded leafThe chesnut pattering to the ground:Calm and deep peace on this high wold,And on these dews that drench the furze,And all the silvery gossamersThat twinkle into green and gold:Calm and still light on yon great plainThat sweeps with all its autumn bowers,And crowded farms and lessening towers,To mingle with the bounding main:And I just think that's an amazing piece of writing that takes you from that very close up image that it begins with of the “chestnut patterning to the ground” through the faded leaves of the tree, which is again, a really attentive little bit of natural description. I think anyone can picture the way that a chestnut might fall through the leaves of a chestnut tree, and it's just an amazing thing to notice. And I think the chestnut pattern to the ground does all the kind of wonderful, slightly onomatopoeic, Tennyson stuff so well, but by the end, you're kind of looking out over the English countryside, you've seen dew on the firs, and then you're just looking out across the plane to the sea, and it's this sort of, I just think it's one of those bits of poetry that anybody who stood in a slightly wet and romantic day in the English countryside knows exactly the feeling that he's evoking. And I mean there's no bit of—all of In Memoriam is pretty much that good. That's not a particularly celebrated passage I don't think. It's just wonderful everywhere.Henry: Yes. In Memoriam a bit like the Dunciad—under appreciated relative to its huge merits.James: Yeah, I think it sounds, I mean guess by the end of his life, Tennyson had that reputation as the establishment sage of Victorian England, queen of Victoria's favourite poet, which is a pretty off-putting reputation for to have. And I think In Memoriam is supposed to be this slightly cobwebby, musty masterpiece of Victorian grief. But there was just so much, I mean, gorgeous, beautiful sensuous poetry in it.Henry: Yeah, lots of very intense feelings. No, I agree. I have Tennyson my third tier because I had to have the Gawain poet, but I agree that he's very, very great.James: Yeah, I think the case for third tier is I'm very open to that case for the reasons that I said.Henry: Keats, we both have Keats much higher than Shelly. I think Byron's not on anyone's list because who cares about Byron. Overrated, badly behaved. Terrible jokes. Terrible jokes.James: I think people often think Byron's a better pert without having read an awful lot of the poetry of Byron. But I think anybody who's tried to wade through long swathes of Don Juan or—Henry: My God,James: Childe Harold, has amazing, amazing, beautiful moments. But yeah, there's an awful lot of stuff that you don't enjoy. I think.Henry: So to make the case for Keats, I want to talk about The Eve of St. Agnes, which I don't know about you, but I love The Eve of St. Agnes. I go back to it all the time. I find it absolutely electric.James: I'm going to say that Keats is a poet, which is kind of weird for somebody is sent to us and obviously beautiful as Keats. I sort of feel like I admire more than I love. I get why he's brilliant. It's very hard not to see why he's brilliant, but he's someone I would very rarely sit down and read for fun and somebody got an awful lot of feeling or excitement out of, but that's clearly a me problem, not a Keats problem.Henry: When I was a teenager, I knew so much Keats by heart. I knew the whole of the Ode to a Nightingale. I mean, I was absolutely steeped in it morning, noon and night. I couldn't get over it. And now I don't know if I could get back to that point. He was a very young poet and he writes in a very young way. But I'm going to read—The Eve of St. Agnes is great. It's a narrative poem, which I think is a good way to get into this stuff because the story is fantastic. And he had read Spenser, he was part of this kind of the beginning of this mediaeval revival. And he's very interested in going back to those old images, those old stories. And this is the bit, I think everything we're reading is from the Oxford Book of English Verse, so that if people at home want to read along they can.This is when the heroine of the poem is Madeline is making her escape basically. And I think this is very, very exciting. Her falt'ring hand upon the balustrade,Old Angela was feeling for the stair,When Madeline, St. Agnes' charmed maid,Rose, like a mission'd spirit, unaware:With silver taper's light, and pious care,She turn'd, and down the aged gossip ledTo a safe level matting. Now prepare,Young Porphyro, for gazing on that bed;She comes, she comes again, like ring-dove fray'd and fled.Out went the taper as she hurried in;Its little smoke, in pallid moonshine, died:She clos'd the door, she panted, all akinTo spirits of the air, and visions wide:No uttered syllable, or, woe betide!But to her heart, her heart was voluble,Paining with eloquence her balmy side;As though a tongueless nightingale should swellHer throat in vain, and die, heart-stifled, in her dell.A casement high and triple-arch'd there was,All garlanded with carven imag'riesOf fruits, and flowers, and bunches of knot-grass,And diamonded with panes of quaint device,Innumerable of stains and splendid dyes,As are the tiger-moth's deep-damask'd wings;And in the midst, 'mong thousand heraldries,And twilight saints, and dim emblazonings,A shielded scutcheon blush'd with blood of queens and kings.I mean, so much atmosphere, so much tension, so many wonderful images just coming one after the other. The rapidity of it, the tumbling nature of it. And people often quote the Ode to autumn, which has a lot of that.James: I have to say, I found that totally enchanting. And perhaps my problem is that I need you to read it all to me. You can make an audio book that I can listen to.Henry: I honestly, I actually might read the whole of the E and put it out as audio on Substack becauseJames: I would actually listen to that.Henry: I love it so much. And I feel like it gets, when we talk about Keats, we talk about, On First Looking into Chapman's Homer and Bright Star and La Belle Dame Sans Merci, and these are great, great poems and they're poems that we do at school Ode to a Nightingale because I think The Great Gatsby has a big debt to Ode to a Nightingale, doesn't it? And obviously everyone quotes the Ode to Autumn. I mean, as far as I can tell, the 1st of October every year is the whole world sharing the first stands of the Ode to Autumn.James: Yeah. He may be one of the people who suffers from over familiarity perhaps. And I think also because it sounds so much what poetry is supposed to sound like, because so much of our idea of poetry derives from Keats. Maybe that's something I've slightly need to get past a little bit.Henry: But if you can get into the complete works, there are many, the bit I just read is I think quite representative.James: I loved it. I thought it was completely beautiful and I would never have thought to ever, I probably can't have read that poem for years. I wouldn't have thought to read it. Since university, I don't thinkHenry: He's one of those people. All of my copies of him are sort of frayed and the spines are breaking, but the book is wearing out. I should just commit it to memory and be done. But somehow I love going back to it. So Keats is very high in my estimation, and we've both put him higher than Shelly and Coleridge.James: Yeah.Henry: Tell me why. Because those would typically, I think, be considered the superior poets.James: Do you think Shelly? I think Keats would be considered the superior poetHenry: To Shelly?James: Certainly, yes. I think to Shelly and Coleridge, that's where current fashion would place them. I mean, I have to say Coleridge is one of my all time favourite poets. In terms of people who had just every so often think, I'd love to read a poem, I'd love to read Frost at Midnight. I'd love to read the Aeolian Harp. I'd love to read This Lime Tree Bower, My Prison. I'd love to read Kubla Khan. Outside Milton, Coleridge is probably the person that I read most, but I think, I guess there's a case that Coleridge's output is pretty slight. What his reputation rest on is The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Kubla Khan, the conversation poems, which a lot of people think are kind of plagiarised Wordsworth, at least in their style and tone, and then maybe not much else. Does anybody particularly read Cristabel and get much out of it nowadays? Dejection an Ode people like: it's never done an awful lot for me, so I sort of, in my personal Pantheon Coleridge is at the top and he's such an immensely sympathetic personality as well and such a curious person. But I think he's a little slight, and there's probably nothing in Coleridge that can match that gorgeous passage of Keats that you read. I think.Henry: Yeah, that's probably true. He's got more ideas, I guess. I don't think it matters that he's slight. Robert Frost said something about his ambition had been to lodge five or six poems in the English language, and if he'd done that, he would've achieved greatness. And obviously Frost very much did do that and is probably the most quotable and well-known poet. But I think Coleridge easily meets those criteria with the poems you described. And if all we had was the Rime of the Ancient Mariner, I would think it to be like Tom O' Bedlam, like the Elegy in a Country Churchyard, one of those great, great, great poems that on its own terms, deserves to be on this list.James: Yeah, and I guess another point in his favour is a great poet is they're all pretty unalike. I think if given Rime of the Ancient Mariner, a conversation poem and Kubla Khan and said, guess whether these are three separate poets or the same guy, you would say, oh, there's a totally different poems. They're three different people. One's a kind of creepy gothic horror ballad. Another one is a philosophical reflection. Another is the sort of Mad Opium dream. I mean, Kubla Khan is just without a doubt, one of the top handful of purposes in English language, I think.Henry: Oh yeah, yeah. And it has that quality of the Elegy in a Country Churchyard that so many of the lines are so quotable in the sense that they could be, in the case of the Elegy in a Country Churchyard, a lot of novels did get their titles from it. I think it was James Lees Milne. Every volume of his diaries, which there are obviously quite a few, had its title from Kubla Khan. Ancient as the Hills and so on. It's one of those poems. It just provides us with so much wonderful language in the space of what a page.James: Sort of goes all over the place. Romantic chasms, Abyssinian made with dulcimer, icy pleasure dome with caves of ice. It just such a—it's so mysterious. I mean, there's nothing else remotely like it at all in English literature that I can think of, and its kind strangeness and virtuosity. I really love that poem.Henry: Now, should we say a word for Shelly? Because everyone knows Ozymandias, which is one of those internet poems that goes around a lot, but I don't know how well known the rest of his body of work is beyond that. I fell in love with him when I read a very short lyric called “To—” Music, when soft voices die,Vibrates in the memory—Odours, when sweet violets sicken,Live within the sense they quicken.Rose leaves, when the rose is dead,Are heaped for the belovèd's bed;And so thy thoughts, when thou art gone,Love itself shall slumber on.I found that to be one of those poems that was once read and immediately memorised. But he has this very, again, broad body of work. He can write about philosophical ideas, he can write about moods, he can write narrative. He wrote Julian and Maddalo, which is a dialogue poem about visiting a madman and taking sympathy with him and asking the question, who's really mad here? Very Swiftian question. He can write about the sublime in Mont Blanc. I mean, he has got huge intellectual power along with the beauty. He's what people want Tennyson to be, I guess.James: Yeah. Or what people think Byron might be. I think Shelly is great. I don't quite get that Byron is so much more famous. Shelly has just a dramatic and, well, maybe not quite just as, but an incredibly dramatic and exciting life to go along with it,Henry: I think some of the short lyrics from Byron have got much more purchase in day-to-day life, like She Walks in Beauty.James: Yeah. I think you have to maybe get Shelly a little more length, don't you? I mean, even there's something like Ode to the West Wind is you have to take the whole thing to love it, perhaps.Henry: Yes. And again, I think he's a bit like George Herbert. He's always thinking you really have to pay attention and think with him. Whereas Byron has got lots of lines you can copy out and give to a girl that you like on the bus or something.James: Yes. No, that's true.Henry: I don't mean that in quite as rude a way as it sounds. I do think that's a good thing. But Shelly's, I think, much more of a thinker, and I agree with you Childe Harold and so forth. It's all crashing bore. I might to try it again, but awful.James: I don't want move past Coledridge without inflicting little Coledridge on you. Can I?Henry: Oh, yes. No, sorry. We didn't read Coledridge, right?James: Are just, I mean, what to read from Coledridge? I mean, I could read the whole of Kubla Khan, but that would be maybe a bit boring. I mean, again, these are pretty famous and obvious lines from Frost at Midnight, which is Coledridge sitting up late at night in his cottage with his baby in its cradle, and he sort of addressing it and thinking about it. And I just think these lines are so, well, everything we've said about Coledridge, philosophical, thoughtful, beautiful, in a sort of totally knockout, undeniable way. So it goes, he's talking to his young son, I think. My babe so beautiful! it thrills my heartWith tender gladness, thus to look at thee,And think that thou shalt learn far other lore,And in far other scenes! For I was rearedIn the great city, pent 'mid cloisters dim,And saw nought lovely but the sky and stars.But thou, my babe! shalt wander like a breezeBy lakes and sandy shores, beneath the cragsOf ancient mountain, and beneath the clouds,Which image in their bulk both lakes and shoresAnd mountain crags: so shalt thou see and hearThe lovely shapes and sounds intelligibleOf that eternal language, which thy GodUtters, who from eternity doth teachHimself in all, and all things in himself.Which is just—what aren't those lines of poetry doing? And with such kind of confidence, the way you get from talking to your baby and its cradle about what kind of upbringing you hope it will have to those flashes of, I mean quite Wordsworthian beauty, and then the sort of philosophical tone at the end. It's just such a stunning, lovely poem. Yeah, I love it.Henry: Now we both got Yeats and Hopkins. And Hopkins I think is really, really a tremendous poet, but neither of us has put Browning, which a lot of other people maybe would. Can we have a go at Browning for a minute? Can we leave him in shreds? James: Oh God. I mean, you're going to be a better advocate of Browning than I am. I've never—Henry: Don't advocate for him. No, no, no.James: We we're sticking him out.Henry: We're sticking him.James: I wonder if I even feel qualified to do that. I mean, I read quite a bit of Browning at university, found it hard to get on with sometimes. I think I found a little affected and pretentious about him and a little kind of needlessly difficult in a sort of off-puttingly Victorian way. But then I was reading, I reviewed a couple of years ago, John Carey has an excellent introduction to English poetry. I think it's called A Little History of Poetry in which he described Browning's incredibly long poem, The Ring in the Book as one of the all time wonders of verbal art. This thing is, I think it's like 700 or 800 pages long poem in the Penguin edition, which has always given me pause for thought and made me think that I've dismissed Browning out of hand because if John Carey's telling me that, then I must be wrong.But I think I have had very little pleasure out of Browning, and I mean by the end of the 19th century, there was a bit of a sort of Victorian cult of Browning, which I think was influential. And people liked him because he was a living celebrity who'd been anointed as a great poet, and people liked to go and worship at his feet and stuff. I do kind of wonder whether he's lasted, I don't think many people read him for pleasure, and I wonder if that maybe tells its own story. What's your case against Browning?Henry: No, much the same. I think he's very accomplished and very, he probably, he deserves a place on the list, but I can't enjoy him and I don't really know why. But to me, he's very clever and very good, but as you say, a bit dull.James: Yeah, I totally agree. I'm willing. It must be our failing, I'm sure. Yeah, no, I'm sure. I'm willing to believe they're all, if this podcast is listened to by scholars of Victorian poetry, they're cringing and holding their head in their hands at this—Henry: They've turned off already. Well, if you read The Ring and the Book, you can come back on and tell us about it.James: Oh God, yeah. I mean, in about 20 years time.Henry: I think we both have Auden, but you said something you said, “does Auden have an edge of fraudulence?”James: Yeah, I mean, again, I feel like I'm being really rude about a lot of poets that I really love. I don't really know why doesn't think, realising that people consider to be a little bit weak makes you appreciate their best stuff even more I guess. I mean, it's hard to make that argument without reading a bit of Auden. I wonder what bit gets it across. I haven't gotten any ready. What would you say about Auden?Henry: I love Auden. I think he was the best poet of the 20th century maybe. I mean, I have to sort of begrudgingly accept T.S. Eliot beside, I think he can do everything from, he can do songs, light lyrics, comic verse, he can do occasional poetry, obituaries. He was a political poet. He wrote in every form, I think almost literally that might be true. Every type of stanza, different lines. He was just structurally remarkable. I suspect he'll end up a bit like Pope once the culture has tur

Tim and Willie take the Time Machine a few months back to hop on board the Corbelan IV to travel to a space station where they are mostly confused by Bishop.TIMESTAMPS:10 IntroCheck out the Midwest Game Nerds Most Anticipated Games of 2025 episode out now!5:45 The Time Machine August 16th, 2024Do we know any of the top songs from this week?12:45 Alien Romulus DiscussionWe liked a lot. We also didn't like a lot.The Fedeness of it allThe interesting themes present and how it undermines them at timesBishopWhere it ranks in the franchise Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join us for an engaging and insightful conversation with DeJunne' Clark Jackson, president of The Center for Literacy & Learning and a renowned literacy advocate. Clark Jackson will share strategies to break down barriers in delivering accessible instruction and interventions to students. She will delve into the complexities of dyslexia and other challenges that can impact a student's journey in learning to read.Clark Jackson will inspire listeners to recognize and address biases within and beyond the classroom, fostering better outcomes for both educators and students. In this session, she connects the science of reading to dyslexia, explains the foundations of equitable instruction, and offers evidence-based strategies that can be implemented immediately to help every child overcome reading challenges and thrive.This conversation is a must for administrators and classroom teachers looking to make a difference. Don't miss the opportunity to learn from Clark Jackson as she shares:Cooperative strategies and accessible instruction for allThe importance of the science of reading as the bedrock for dyslexia supportEvidence-based practices that engage students and families

Behind closed doors, no one sees, no one hears because we hide behind masks, afraid to be vulnerable, but it's okay because God sees deep.But God, I'm desperate I'm behind on this or that and the lists continues, again God sees, God hears, and wants you to surrender, not half-heartedly but everything to him.Desperate dependence is where you surrender, not to the circumstances or to loss, but to God. Author Max Davis says, "Desperate dependence is the place where we can stop living by our own power." It's where we discover God's strength in and through us.So, make haste and remember to - Come to the FatherThough your gift is smallBroken hearts broken livesHe will take them allThe power of the WordThe power of His bloodEverything was doneSo, you would comeJoin Elder Audrey, as she encourages us not to give up neither be weary but to fully rely on God. Keep the faith no matter the storm, to turn to God through our heartfelt prayers especially when we become desperate. Discover how God's power can transform even the darkest moments and provide hope and strength to carry on.He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.

Tap to send us a text! What do you do when life is standing between you and your creative dream? In this powerful interview, we sit down with Melissa Vargas, a multi-talented communicator, strategist, writer, and poet, who shares her inspiring journey of faith, resilience, and creative growth. Melissa is a repeat guest, who opens up about her recent move to Colombia, the loss of her father, and the unexpected twists in her career path. Through her candid reflections, we explore:How embracing our God-given identity can lead to fewer bumps in the roadThe power of honesty in our emotions and relationship with GodWhy pain isn't the teacher, but Jesus is the constant mentor through it allThe importance of learning to lead ourselves before leading othersKey Takeaways:Trust God's timing and purpose, even when the path seems unclearEmbrace both joy and sorrow as part of the creative journeyFocus on your relationship with God rather than seeking specific outcomesRecognize your unique gifts and use them to serve othersBuild a supportive community to navigate the ups and downs of creative lifeMelissa's story reminds us that our creative calling is not just about producing art, but about allowing God to work through us in unexpected ways. Whether you're facing a career transition, personal loss, or creative block, this conversation will inspire you to trust the process and keep moving forward.Free Resource for Artists Considering Going ProIf you are thinking about becoming a full-time artist, you've got to ask the right questions. So we've created a workbook to help you figure out what you need to know before making the leap. Go to GodandGigs.com/questions to get your free download of this powerful and practical resource, and take the next step toward your creative dreams! Funny news, Real Talk & Spiritual Growth - Faith that's honest, Deep & Intentional Breaking down faith, culture & big questions - a mix of humor with real spiritual growth. Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the show PODCAST MERCHGet God and Gigs themed gear, clothing and accessories HERE! GOT VALUE FROM THIS PODCAST? Exchange VALUE 4 VALUE! You can share: TIME: Send this episode to someone who you know would enjoy itTALENT: Email your art or music to add to our community to allen@godandgigs.comTREASURE: Tap HERE to pick an amount to support the podcast monthly, OR:Get a modern podcast app that allows you support us IN REAL TIME by sending us value digitally! Get a new podcast app that supports these new features HERE.

Send us a textEver wish you could go back in time and give your younger self a cheat sheet for life? As I celebrate my 45th birthday, I'm sharing 45 invaluable lessons I've learned - things I wish I knew at 25 that could have saved me years of trial and error.In this eye-opening episode, I dive deep into the wisdom that comes with age, offering a treasure trove of insights that can help you level up in every aspect of your life. From mindset shifts to practical strategies, these cheat codes are designed to set you on a path to success, happiness, and fulfillment.Key Insights You'll Discover:Why morning routines are less about structure and more about stacking small winsHow to program your brain for success using music and environmental cuesThe hidden dangers of TV, gaming, and social media - and how they can steal your lifeWhy discipline, humility, and work ethic are the ultimate superpowersThe three skill sets that, when combined, can set you up for lifeLife-Changing Perspectives:The profound truth about who really cares about your struggles (hint: it's fewer people than you think)Why marrying well might be the biggest life hack of allThe secret to health that's absolutely free (and why the health industry doesn't want you to know it)How to create a community that elevates youThe surprising reason you should sometimes lose arguments on purposeBut what truly sets this episode apart is its raw honesty and practicality. I'm not just sharing feel-good platitudes; I'm offering hard-earned wisdom that you can start applying to your life today. Whether you're in your 20s, 30s, or beyond, these insights will help you navigate life's challenges with more clarity and purpose.Ready to unlock the cheat codes for a more fulfilling life? Tune in and discover how to leverage decades of experience to fast-track your personal and professional growth. It's time to stop learning everything the hard way and start living your best life now.To Download the Companion Asset for this episode for free go to: https://www.thefallibleman.com/podcastextras Your Next EpisodeStop Thinking, Start Doing: A Man's Guide to Overcoming Procrastinationhttps://www.thefalliblemanpodcast.com/stop-thinking-start-doing-a-mans-guide-to-overcoming-procrastination/  Join our Bi-Weekly Mailing List and Receive our "Take Out the Garbage" Ebook https://mailchi.mp/thefallibleman/take-out-the-garbage Sponsors:My PillowFree MyPillow Promo Code "TFM" for up to 80% off your entire order at MyPillow!  https://www.mypillow.com/tfmMusic Credit:Composition/Master: Man on a Mission Artist(s): Oh The LarcenyDuration: 3:32 Licensed UseOther Music by CreatorMix.comS05E100 of The Fallible Man Podcast DISCLAIMER: Links included in this description might be affiliate links. If you purchase a product or service with the links that I provide I may receive a small commission. There is no additional charge to you, and I appreciate your support!Support the show

Questions, suggestions, or feedback? Send us a message!Our guest this week is Guy Standing, who is a British labour economist. He is professor of Development Studies at SOAS and co-founder of BIEN, the Basic Income Earth Network.He is best known as a long-standing and prominent advocate of Basic Income, but he is also responsible for redefining and revitalizing the term ‘precariat'.Guy has written extensively about capitalism and labour market policy. Among his many books are Basic income: and how we can make it happen, A plunder of the commons, a manifesto for sharing public wealth, The Corruption of Capitalism: Why Rentiers Thrive and Work Does Not Pay, The Blue Commons: Rescuing the Economy of the Sea.We talk about:A brief history of capitalismRentier capitalismThe emergence of a precariatPlutocracy and TrumpWill AI liberate us after allThe dignity of a basic income for everyoneRealisation and execution of basic income pilotsLet's debate!Web: www.whereshallwemeet.xyzTwitter: @whrshallwemeetInstagram: @whrshallwemeet

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Are you having fun in your business, or has your business become just another chore? In today's episode, I'm sharing the lessons I've learned (and relearned) in the last five plus years of running my private practice and coaching business. Together, we'll explore the often overlooked, yet very important, element of having fun in your business.Drawing from my own journey of managing both a therapy and a coaching business, I share candid stories about the ups and downs of building a successful business. You'll hear about the importance of trying new things, overcoming marketing challenges as your business evolves, and the power of mindset work. I'll also share personal experiences, including pivotal moments that reshaped my approach to business. Ready to find out how embracing fun can not only enhance your business but also enrich your life? Tune in to learn how to inject more joy into your professional journey and make your business a place of excitement and growth!Topics covered in this episode:Balancing the dual roles of running a therapy private practice and a coaching business for therapistsThe reason why having fun in your business is crucial for sustaining long-term successThe lessons I've learned about marketing and mindset that have changed my business approach once and for allThe personal challenges I've faced in the last two years and how they've shaped my business journeyThe delicate balance between having fun in your business, creativity, and implementing business strategiesConnect with Felicia:Get my freebie & join the email list: The Magic SheetsInstagram: @the_bad_therapistWebsite: www.thebadtherapist.coachFacebook group: Healing MoneyResources from this episode:FlowDeskConvertKitTherapieSEORelated episodes:How to Market Your Therapy Practice Online [Ep 48]Quote:“Having fun in your business is crucial—without it, you risk blowing your business up.” - Felicia

In Episode 252, we talk about how our “Culture of Empowerment” at D2C came about; our PASSION for PARTNERS finding their EMPOWERMENT . . . (and addicts of course, but this episode is about partners)The seeming BLARING CONTRADICTION of a betrayed partner “owning her side of the street”!—Betrayed partners find themselves in a variety of situations—The addict partner is not engaged in recovery at allThe addict partner is kind of half-in-half outThe addict partner is working it hard and consistent, but the betrayed partner feels like she's “lagging behind” (which is a “misnomer,” VERY common and a natural, normal part of healing and increasing safetyWhat does it mean to “LIVE IN EMPOWERMENT”?First, what does it NOT mean? It in NO way means that:The addict's behaviors are in ANY way the fault of the betrayed partner—she did not cause this; she does not deserve it; she is NOT responsible to “fix it” and indeed CANNOTALL of the betrayed partner's feelings are LEGITIMATE and MUST be heard, acknowledged, validated and addressed.The addict partner absolutely MUST face, own and actively pursue HIS SIDE OF THE STREET.What IS empowerment for a Betrayed Partner—Here is the definition we use in the “D2C Culture of Empowerment”—Here at D2C, our goal is to help you claim your right & power to create and collaborate in your own change, growth & serenity—to EMPOWER YOU! What are the essential elements for a Betrayed Partner to move into and consistently live in a place of empowerment?Have a healthy, safe, supportive space to express your FULL feelings WHATEVER they may be and WHY you are feeling them (“What is under this?”) NOTE: this support, at least for a good while,  is nearly NEVER your addict partner!) Examples include—Support Group; Therapist; trusted/safe family member/friend; Dare to Connect . . . Response–ability & Account–abitilty: we cannot change what we cannot own. Recognizing “my next right thing” in ANY situation is critical to staying in a place of empowerment. Refusing to be pigeon-holed into a victim role means recognizing my options, whatever they may be, in ANY situation. There are ALWAYS choices, even if those choices are uncomfortable.Become VERY clear and specific about your Authentic Wants & Needs in your individual life and in the relationship. Learn the skills to express these in a healthy way.Surround your wants and needs with clear, specific BOUNDARIES and couple these with VERY clear, specific outcomes/consequences—NOT to control his side of the street, but to keep your authentic self, wants and needs protected.KEY—a betrayed partner living in empowerment does NOT in ANY way release the addict from ANY level of responsibility and accountability—in fact, it actually places those things MORE on his shoulders and STRICTLY on his side of the street.Also—what an addict chooses to do or not do, does NOT control whether or not the betrayed partner can or will live an EMPOWERED LIFE. What it DOES directly impact is whether or not the couple can COLLABORATE, be a team, have each other's backs and BE COMPATIBLE.  For a summary article from the transcript of this podcast, go to:  "As a Betrayed Partner, How do I Live "Empowered" Regardless of what my Addict Partner Does or Does Not Do?"Find out more about Steve Moore at:  Ascension CounselingLearn more about Mark Kastleman at:  Reclaim Counseling Services 

Women have to tread cautiously online - even on LinkedIn, a space that in theory should be safe for everyone to make genuine, professional connections. But allegations against prominent tech founder Richard White - aka “LinkedIn Lecher” - that have emerged this week demonstrate the risk women face on the social media platform.Elsewhere in this week's episode, Angela Priestley and Tarla Lambert-Patel also discuss the incredible bravery of Gisèle Pélicot, after her recent testimony in court. (A warning to our listeners - this story contains some distressing content, including references to rape and sexual assault. Skip from 10 mins 44 secs to 17 mins 1 sec to avoid this content.)Plus - male journalists are writing more front page news articles than women. But are we surprised?Finally, thank you to everyone who attended the Women's Agenda Leadership Awards this week! We share some of our highlights here. Thank you for listening!Stories discussed this week:Jen Robinson hates the phrase ‘imposter syndrome': the reason why is a lesson for allThe exceptional winners of the 2024 Women's Agenda Leadership Awards‘LinkedIn Lechers' and why women tread cautiously on LinkedIn ‘A determination to change things': Gisèle Pélicot testifies in court for the first timeMale journalists continue to author majority of front page news The Women's Agenda Podcast is produced by Agenda Media, the 100% women-founded and owned media business, publishing the daily news publication Women's Agenda. Producers: Olivia Cleal and Allison Ho Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

KeywordsResilience - Philanthropy – Creating change – Compassion - LeadershipIn this episode of Resilience Unravelled, businessman turned charity founder Ali Horriyat, talks about the limitations of traditional philanthropy and the importance of compassion and community-driven solutions. Ali is the founder of social activism non-profit Compassiviste, and he shares his personal journey from the profit driven world of finance to the realisation of the emptiness of his pursuit of wealth and power. He describes how he had a breakdown and decided to take a break from work to travel to Ecuador, where he experienced a different way of life that inspired him to shift his focus towards making a meaningful impact on the world. Main topicsThe limitations and challenges of philanthropy and the inability of individuals to create significant global changeThe moral conflict and inequality within society and the importance of compassion towards those in needThe concept of CompassivisteThe importance of a unified system where the whole ecosystem works togetherThe need for artists to connect with their audience and use their platform for a greater causeThe concept of capacities which aims to bring communities together globally for the betterment of allThe importance of political involvement and lobbying to enact change, with a focus on creating a critical mass to effect changeThe need for leadership in movements to effectively address issuesThe concept of leadership and its role in societyShould a leader command ans control or guide and facilitate?The role of money in society and its potential to divide people due to differing beliefs and valuesThe possibility of a future system where people trade based on their compassionate needsCommunity-driven solutions to address societal issuesAction itemsYou can find out more about Ali and Compassiviste at https://compassiviste.com/

A conversation is a delicate dance between two people. From one to the other, stories slowly unravel, surprises are met, ideas come to life, and life is learnt as words flow freely between us. But to make a conversation great, we must relish the silences, the questions, and the spaces in between - because it is only with curiosity and presence that we can take the conversation to places we never imagined.This week, I am in conversation with me, myself, and I for a special solo episode on the lost art of conversation. As a facilitator, podcast host and experienced conversation partner, I share my wisdoms, tips, non-negotiables, and ingredients for a great conversation.I hope the irony is not lost on you!Find out about:My 3 rules for effective question askingWhy the follow-up question is the most important question of allThe beautiful importance of silence in conversationsThe power of the word ‘and' to open the door to a new perspectiveWhy do we stop having great conversations with our loved ones?Don't miss the next episode: subscribe to the show with your favourite podcast player.And download the free 1-page summary, so you can always have the key points of this episode to hand.Links:Watch the video recording of this episode on YouTube.Connect to Myriam Hadnes:LinkedInWebsiteSupport the show**Click here to navigate through all episodes via this interactive podcast map.**If you're inspired by our podcast and crave similar conversations, consider joining Dr Myriam Hadnes' NeverDoneBefore Facilitation Community. **If you're keen to master the art of facilitation, discover our expert-led live, online Facilitation Courses at the NDB Academy. **If you enjoy the show, consider a one-off donation and contribute to the ongoing costs of running the podcast.

John Hope Bryant is the founder and CEO of Operation HOPE, Inc. the largest not-for-profit and best-in-class provider of financial literacy, financial inclusion and economic empowerment tools and services in the United States for youth and adults. Operation HOPE is working to level the opportunity playing field, connecting communities to the private sector, through inclusive capitalism, at scale.Bryant is also Chairman and CEO of John Hope Bryant Holdings, Bryant Group Ventures and Executive Chairman of The Promise Homes Company (Promise Homes), the largest for-profit minority-controlled owner of institutional-quality, single-family residential rental homes in the U.S. Bryant's financial empowerment work has been recognized by five U.S. presidents, and he has served as an advisor to three sitting U.S. presidents representing both parties.Bryant's latest initiative is encapsulated in his new bestselling book: Financial Literacy for All—an easy-to-read first step toward a fulfilling financial future, helping you understand your relationship to work and money, and a key component to untangling the surprisingly simple puzzle of personal finance.During the interview, we discuss…why financial literacy is the civil rights issue of this generationwhy the future of the US economy relies upon a diverse workforcefive way to get involved with Financial Literacy for Allthe utility of new financial inventions like cryptocurrencyexchanging your time for moneythe conditions under which you should agree to workprinciples of responsible long-term investinghow long-term investing differs from speculationchallenges facing Black entrepreneurs and business ownersGet in touch after the interview…Website: https://operationhope.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/johnhopebryantliveInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/johnhopebryantLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnhopebryantGet involved with John's “Financial Literacy for All” campaign: https://operationhope.org/initiatives/financial-literacy-for-allClaim your free gift!We're giving away a one-year membership to the world's #1 business book summary service for leaders! Our gift will help you stay on top of the latest ideas, decide which books to read next, and engage your teams.To get your gift:Leave a rating or review on your favorite listening channel.Take a screenshot of your review. Share the screenshot on LinkedIn, and mention either “Allison Dunn” or “Deliberate Directions” and the “Deliberate Leaders Podcast”.=============Allison DunnExecutive Business CoachDeliberate Directions + Executive Business Coaching + Training Center3003 W Main Street, Suite 110, Boise ID 83702(208) 350-6551Website https://www.deliberatedirections.comLinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/allisondunnPodcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/deliberate-leaders-podcast-with-allison-dunn/id1500464675

Attention ladies who believe in quality over quantity. You may be craving more in life right now or different things for you. In this episode, our host, Diane Rolston, explains why we're doing this and why it's excellent for you.Don't miss: How many women are craving quality over quantity in different areas of lifeHow getting older is a good thing for our tasteDiane's own experiences in craving the best of it allThe different benefits of focusing on a quality over quantity lifestyle The importance of strategic and more profound and richer connections You're invited! Join “taste” - an exclusive dinner party experience for successful female business owners in or near North Vancouver. Go to this link to apply: https://dinnereventparty.dynamicwomen.biz/Join our FREE session called “Collaborative Author 101: How to Explode Your Audience, Establish Your Authority, and Leave a Legacy by Entering the World of Co-Writing” happening on September 10th: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwrceqqqzgjHNxlFmwBlmn_46-yw9xiBN7r#/registrationDo you prefer reading blogs or watching videos? Watch Diane's YouTube videos here https://www.youtube.com/@CoachDianeRolston or read her blogs here https://www.dianerolston.com/blogThis show's host, Diane Rolston, is called THE Expert on Being Dynamic and living a Dynamic Life. After leading hundreds of events and programs in her two businesses, speaking on international stages, being a published author while raising two young children, Diane Rolston knows all about work/life balance and getting things done! As an Award-Winning Coach and the CEO and founder of Dynamic Women®, a global community of women, her purpose is to unlock the greatness in others. Diane works with professionals all over the world to provide clarity, confidence, and action.Visit my website and Sign Up for my WEEKLY NEWSLETTER and you'll get FREE tips on how to live a dynamic life:www.dianerolston.comConnect with me on your favourite social platform:https://www.facebook.com/LifeCoachDianehttps://www.linkedin.com/in/dianercoaching/https://twitter.com/DianeRCoachinghttps://www.instagram.com/coachdianerolston/

Looking for clients? Try these strategies! In every designer's journey, there are times when you're crazy busy, and times when you're wondering where the next client will come from. If you're currently experiencing the latter, don't panic. It happens to us all and you will come out the other side of it. To help you speed that process along, I'm sharing five designer marketing strategies that will get you out of a lull. Topics covered in this episode include:How to figure out your target audience once and for allThe only surefire way to get referrals A script to follow next time you need to give an elevator pitch Tune in to this episode of the Interior Design Business podcast to find out how a designer of over 30 years finds new clients. I would love to connect on Facebook: facebook.com/InteriorDesignBusinessAcademy or Instagram: instagram.com/interiordesignbusinessacademy!Show notes are available at https://interiordesignbusinessacademy.com.

Have you ever considered the environmental impact of the non-solar components we deploy in the solar industry? It's good that we generate clean energy, and even better that we quantify the embodied energy of things like the solar panels we use. But, it takes a relatively “dirty” and old-fashioned industry to actually deliver those solar modules - logistics. And, one of the lowest-common-denominator, least-thought-about products in the logistics toolkit is a century-old ‘technology' made of wood…the pallet. While essential for transporting solar panels (among millions of other products), these pallets contribute to significant waste (over 6,000 pounds of wood waste per megawatt); they also emit on average about 8kg of CO2 per unit! Millions of wooden pallets end up in landfills each year. Worse still, the breakage of solar panels during transport costs the industry billions. This overlooked issue impacts both profitability and sustainability, reducing the overall positive impact of the clean energy sector's green footprint.During his 15 years in the solar industry, Philip Schwarz has witnessed the waste, costs, inefficiencies, and safety issues associated with using wooden pallets. Inspired by a napkin sketch from his original co-founder, Philip went all-in on the potential for reusable packaging in the solar industry. The resulting company, PVpallet, has grown to become the industry's leading provider of reusable packaging solutions.There are numerous lessons to be learned throughout this conversation:The novel engineering behind their reusable pallet designHow PVpallet uses reverse logistics and recycled materials to improve customers' ESG scoresWhy product innovation is a costly endeavor, and how they almost lost it allThe underlying economics that make this product make sense (and why people are still resistant to change)Queue up this innovator's story if you're looking for inspiration to help you build your dream. By the way, Philip has also built a great culture and is Always looking for good people. ;-)If you want to connect with today's guest, you'll find links to his contact info in the show notes on the blog at https://mysuncast.com/suncast-episodes/.Our Platinum Presenting Sponsor for SunCast is CPS America!SunCast is proudly supported by Trina Solar.You can learn more about all the sponsors who help make this show free for you at www.mysuncast.com/sponsors.Remember, you can always find resources, learn more about today's guest and explore recommendations, book links, and more than 650 other founder stories and startup advice at www.mysuncast.com.Subscribe to Valence, our weekly LinkedIn Newsletter, and learn the elements of compelling storytelling: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/valence-content-that-connects-7145928995363049472/You can connect with me, Nico Johnson, on:Twitter - https://www.twitter.com/nicomeo

Do you ever feel like you're constantly revamping your business? You're not alone! In today's episode we are reflecting on our entrepreneurial journeys, the multiple relaunches, and the stress of maintaining consistency. We also discuss the importance of setting boundaries with clients, maintaining personal space, and shared our experiences with constantly revamping our business. Plus, we explore our big dreams for our VA school and ways we are staying relevant in the ever-changing social media landscape. So if you are looking for survival tips to make it through this crazy and exciting ride of entrepreneurship - this episode is for you! Today we cover: Valuing yourself and setting boundaries to protect your time and energyHow we've managed the challenges of constantly revamping and evolving our business offerings, and the gratitude we feel for clients who stick with us through it allThe mental challenges of entrepreneurship and how focusing on your own goals (instead of being distracted by industry noise) can lead to greater successOvercoming the "midlife label" and how to push past societal labels to stay relevant and empowered in your career DM Emily or Bri on IG to learn more about VA School: Emily: https://www.instagram.com/emilyvdw/ Bri: https://www.instagram.com/brigalloway_/ Free 4 Steps to Becoming a VA E-Book: https://letsgetsocialagency.com/4-steps-ebook-bumpWebsite: https://letsgetsocialagency.com/

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Hi, I'm Sophie!  I wrote this song for my friends - Pudding, Chloe, and Kimmy - as well as all my friends in this community.  Thank you all for everything you've done for me, and I only hope to repay your love in kind.The chords for this song are simply: G, D, Am, C.  It ends on a single G.  It's incredibly easy to learn, if you want to get into ukulele.Lyrics:There was a time when I was nineteenI spent every waking moment at my computer screenI thought I was alone Too proud or scared to show itYou came to save a damselAnd you didn't even know itNow I'm safer than I've ever beenI'm safer, yes it's trueYou've written me a fairy taleWith words I never knewAnd you might ask me why I botherDoing what I doWell you've built a better meSo I'll build a better world For youThere was a time when I was twenty-fourI spent hours writing essays and shutting every doorI thought I found myselfWithin a vision of the futureYou came and made a friendBefore you ever even knew herNow I'm surer than I've ever beenI'm surer, yes it's trueYou've held my hand through thunder stormsAnd led me to the blue And you might ask me why I botherDoing what I doWell you've built a better meSo I'll build a better worldFor youThere was a time when I was twenty-eightI wrapped up everything I'm worth into the things that I createI thought I was importantWith my love of rhyme and writingYou came in need of nothing moreThan a girl who's too invitingNow I'm kinder than I've ever beenI'm kinder, yes it's trueYou've shown me authenticityWasn't something I outgrewAnd you might ask me why I botherDoing what I doWell you've built a better meSo I'll build a better worldFor youThere was a time when I was thirty-twoI sang a song that I made up last week in front of all youI don't know what I'm doingI sometimes think I'm worthlessBut you all gave me a platformYou all gave me a purposeNow I'm trying more than I've ever triedI'm trying, yes it's trueTo reconnect the ends of allThe love that's gone askewAnd you might ask me why I botherDoing what I doWell you've built a better meSo I'll build a better worldFor you ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

This week we take a look through the iridescent, rainbow lens of leadership, with Dr Steve Yacovelli, aka ‘The Gay Leadership Dude™', to ask the question: what does it mean to be a truly inclusive leader?Well beyond the DEI acronym and its all too often tick-box allyship mentality, we explore the essence of inclusive leadership and what every impactful leader can learn from the six competencies that naturally show up in the LGBTQ+ community: being authentic, leading with courage, having empathy, effective communication, building relationships, and influencing organisational culture.We talk all things pronouns, bringing your full self to work, managing your unconscious bias, and finally, we pull at the seams of diversity, to reveal a single beautiful truth: every single human on this planet is diverse!Find out about:Learnings from Steve's 25 years in the leadership, development, change management, and diversity and inclusion consulting spaceWhat it means to lead with a Pride Leadership mindsetWhy inclusive leadership must go beyond the superficial celebration of the DEI acronym to foster belonging for allThe five dimensions of diversity and what it means for leadershipWhy a feedback-rich culture is critical to creating belonging in the workplaceWhy learning in a group of 3 can have greater success than learning in pairsDon't miss the next episode: subscribe to the show with your favourite podcast player.And download the free 1-page summary, so you can always have the key points of this episode to hand.Put the episode's best takeaways into practice with Skillding. Visit skillding.com/workshop to begin your journey from learning to doing. Track your progress as you hone your new skills. Start now!Links:Watch the video recording of this episode on YouTube.Connect to Steve Yacovelli:LinkedInWebsiteSupport the show: Make a one-off donation and contribute to the ongoing costs of running the podcast.Support the showCheck out the podcast map to see the overview of all podcast episodes: https://workshops.work/podcast-map

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Let's explore the enchanting realm of success through the art of manifestation, mystical practices, and ancestral connections. Despite the challenges of being a solo entrepreneur with a physical store, April Eckwielen shares her journey of achieving success in Florida with her metaphysical shop, "The Still Room." It's crucial to acknowledge and celebrate our achievements while also prioritizing personal growth. Tuning into our inner selves can reveal our authentic ‘witchy' selves. Starting as a doula and evolving into a prosperous business owner, April is actively shaping the life of her dreams through determination, self-confidence, and nurturing her authentic path to success.In this episode:Creating a safe space for allThe metaphysical world - witchcraft, tarot, ancestral connectionsAn Entrepreneurs' highs, lows, and their commitmentWhere to find April: Website: https://www.thestillroomfl.com/Podcast: The Stillroom's Grimoire: https://pod.link/1468576483 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thestillroomfl/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thestillroomfl Take Action Now!*Learn more about The Kindling Project at our website ...and join our Facebook group for women looking for that extra kindling to start their next big fire! *Keep your passion ignited! Subscribe to our YouTube for full uncut video versions of each episode & more! Contact us via email, podcast@thekindlingproject.com for further inquiries or discussions.

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Dr Karyn Eilber is board certified in urology and female pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgery, as well as an associate professor teaching, training and working in administration at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. She's a mom of three, co-founder of the clean, luxury intimacy company Glissant, founding medical partner at Doctorpedia and co-author on the awesomely title book A Woman's Guide to Her Pelvic Floor: What the F#*@ is Going On Down There?”Over her years of practice, she's also become open to alternative approaches to medicine and all the new – and old – things that can help. “No pun intended,” she says. “You gotta think outside the box.” Highlights: Why vibrators are important in perimenopauseHow to choose a vibratorWhy kegal exercises are not one sized fits allThe very important role of a pelvic floor physical therapist The intersection between our urinary tracts, pelvic floors and overall vaginal health Vaginal estrogen is safe! (Even if the packaging makes you think otherwise)Why systemic estrogen may not be enough for your vagina The latest tech: lasers, sound waves and O Shots Bioidentical hormones and testosterone pelletsOur rapidly advancing understanding of the vaginal microbiomeWhat's going on with all the infections? (Hint: It's about the lactobacillus)Boric acid for BV: the doctor's Rx (and what you have to watch out for)Goop, vaginal (vulvar) steaming and jade eggsFalling bladder: what it is and how to treat itGlissant and the importance of using clean lube (and some CBD)What young women are doing differently at the gynecologist Is vaginal estrogen mandatory? Where to find Dr Eilber:Web: Glissantlove.comLinkedIn: @KarynEilberInstagram: @dreilberJoin the Hotflash Inc perimenoposse: Web: hotflashinc.comTikTok: @hotflashincInstagram: @hotflashincX: @hotflashinc Episode website: Hotflashinc See hotflashinc.com/privacy-policy for privacy information

**DISCLAIMER: All of our opinions are our own. They do not represent, nor are they affiliated with the interests and beliefs of the companies we work for. **Welcome to The Cyber Queens Podcast! The Cyber Queens are here to close the cyber gender ad diversity gap!In this episode, The Cyber Queens are joined by Catilin Sarian to discuss the importance of Cyber Security Awareness training, and how to make it more interesting and accessible for those outside the industry. The Queens and Caitlin discuss the importance of bringing easy to digest content to platforms like Tiktok to help reach larger audiences with bite sized and relatable videos to help make Cybersecurity more approachable. Caitlin also discusses the importance of diversity in cyber, the entry level hiring crisis, and how humans are the weakest link in Cybersecurity! Tune in for some discussion on the scary places you might find someone's “hidden” passwords and much more!!Key Topics:Cailtin Sarian's Story Purpose of “Cybersecurity Girl”CyberSecurity meets TikTokAdvocacy and Education in Cybersecurity The most pressing threats and role of education in preventing threats such as phishingImportance and benefits of diverse perspectives Cybersecurity Girl LLC - plans for influencing and empowering cybersecurity for allThe weakest link in Cybersecurity - What is the real problem?LinksWhat is Phishing? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PhishingWhat is Social Engineering? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_engineering_(security)What Is VPN? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_private_network Connect w/ Caitlin!Caitlin Sarian LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/caitlin-sarian/ Cybersecuritygirl Insta – @Cybersecurity_girl Cybersecuritygirl TikTok – @CybersecuritygirlGet in Touch: Maril Vernon - @SheWhoHacks Erika Eakins - @ErikaEakins Amber DeVilbiss - @EngineerAmber Queens Twitter - @TheCyberQueens Queens LinkedIn Calls to Action: Subscribe to our newsletter for exclusive insight and new episodes! If you love us- share us!

One year ago, I started a podcast. (It'll be FUN, they said!”)Initially attracted by the thought leadership and speaking aspects offered by this medium, what really appealed to me was finding a viable way to build a community and grow my business without relying on tons of social media support.And...it worked! That being said -- I could have done some things better. So, I'm using the occasion of our 1-year anniversary to pass along what I've learned along the way!Whether you have a podcast (or might be thinking about starting one), these are the 9 most important things hindsight has granted me full view of from 1 year in. A little mini-podcast masterclass, if you will, and a GIANT expression of my gratitude to everyone who has come, and stayed (and subscribed!). Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.  Quick overview of what we cover: Why learning the tech is the least of it allThe three ways I went wrong with my launch strategyWhy ‘clear is always better than clever' when it comes to choosing show names and episode titlesAll the small details that make or break an episode's (and really the show's) successHow to choose what kind of help you need to keep recording (and publishing!) consistentlyHow to prepare for the slow growth that podcasts tend to track onHow to use your audience behavior to shape your episodesWhy guests are not going to help you the way that you think they mightHow to reverse engineer your episode CTAsHow to know if it's all worth it, on a personal level (and professionally, because data!)Why building a podcast has felt like building a meeting house in all the best ways, and why knowledge sharing is my own personal theologyRESOURCES: Click here to join Sustainable Growth LabClick here to work with Adriane and the Soulpreneur AgencyLET'S CONNECT: Book a call to work with Soulpreneur to grow your businessFollow Soulpreneur: @soulpreneur_coFollow Adriane @adrianegaleaVisit the website: soulpreneur.co- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Loved this episode? If you leave a review or share it with your friends on social, my team will send you a copy of one of our favorite business resources! Take a screenshot and email it over to us at support@soulpreneur.co or DM it to @soulpreneur_coThis episode was first published at soulpreneur.co/087

Do you ever feel like the pressure to run your business, take care of the house and domestic work, take care of your family, and take care of your health is just… impossible? You're not alone! In this episode of ill communication, I'm sharing 3 simple ways to create more ease in your business today so that you can reduce the overwhelm and find more peace. Topics covered in this episode include:The impossible pressure on women to juggle it allThe easy hack for reducing decision fatigue when it comes to writingHow you can take the thinking out of writingSome of my favorite episodes with writing prompts that can make writing so much easierWhy perfectionism is out, and B- work is inIt's time to ditch the overwhelm in your business. Tune in to learn how! Show notes are always available at https://www.kimkiel.com/podcast!!Resources Mentioned:Listen to episode 32 - How to write a killer About Page using the HELLO framework: https://www.kimkiel.com/podcast-1/how-to-write-a-killer-about-page-with-the-hello-frameworkListen to episode 13 - How to write a compelling sales message without being cheesy or sleazy: https://www.kimkiel.com/podcast-1/how-to-write-a-compelling-sales-message-without-being-cheesy-or-sleazyListen to episode 60 - Caution! May cause side effects: https://www.kimkiel.com/podcast-1/writing-prompt-caution-may-cause-side-effectsFollow Whitney Alexandra on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whitney.alexandra/ I would love to connect on Facebook: www.facebook.com/KimKielCopy, Instagram: www.instagram.com/kim_kiel_copy, and Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/kimkiel

Today's FlipSister guest is Kimberly who lives in the Atlanta area. She's a stay-at-home mom turned successful house flipper, gives us an inside look at her journey. From working in customer service at Marriott Hotels to staying home with her kids for the last 8 years to venturing into the world of house flipping, her story is inspiring. She walks us through her first house flip, a project that generated a profit of $55,000 within just four months. She shares:How she found the dealHow she financed itThe surprises and challenges that came upHer fears and things she was avoiding doingHer thoughts on "mindset work" that may have you rethink it allThe 2 biggest takeaways she wants you to walk away withHow she's seeking an identity that is separate from her kids, and the importance of that...and so much more! This conversation is incredibly valuable! Listen now!GOODIES 1. THE book on women flipping houses is here! Click here to grab the digital download of my new book for just $4.99! Just as everything else we do is different, so is FLIPPED: Lessons and Stories of Women Flipping Houses and Facing Their Fears. 2. Sick of sitting on the sideline watching other people do the thing you want to be doing? Are you FINALLY ready to do what it takes to flip your first house and want incredible step-by-step training and support to get you there faster? Click here to see if we may be a fit to work together.3. Follow That Flip! Follow this 8-part video series as we flip a house! 4. Our goal is to inspire 1,000 new women each month and we've been achieving it with help from loyal listeners like you! If you are getting value out of this podcast will you kindly leave us a rating and review and help us spread our message?5. Are you a real estate agent tired of chasing the same potential clients as everyone else? Sick of the roller coaster commission? Get the REI Agent Pro Certification! Click here for info and to join the waitlist.Debbie DeBerry | The Flipstress®Leaving people and places better than we find them.

In this episode of the podcast, I speak with Patrick Marr, Owner & Director at Leading Edge.Join us as we delve into the four different types of leaders and how each of them contribute to a team's performance. Patrick shares why you need all four types if you want your team to be successful. We also discuss how it can be really hard at times to truly see yourself and find out why something doesn't feel congruent as a leader. Patrick shares the power of having someone be your mirror and how it can help you improve and further develop your skills. Key takeaways include:The importance of character building and having an opinion as a leaderThe four different types of leaders in a team, and why you need them allThe power of having someone be your mirror, to increase your awareness and developHow to bring teams together for higher performancePatrick Marr is the founder of Leading Edge - a successful global development business specializing in Leadership, Highly Effective Teams and Change. They work with brands such as Mars, Levis, Whitbread and Jaguar Land Rover and elite sport teams such as England Rugby, the FA and the British Olympic Association.Follow Joanna Howes and The Change Creators:website: https://www.thechangecreators.com        linkedin:https://www.linkedin.com/in/joannahowes/For Leadership and team coaching and training, you can message me at joanna.howes@thechangecreators.com and we can book a call. website: https://www.thechangecreators.com linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joannahowes/youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2kZ-x8fDHKEVb222qpQ_NQ

Brian Christensen, Founder of AllThe.AI, brings to light the incredible evolution of AI. This speaker from the AI Revenue Summit breaks out what AI is and how it can be used efficiently. To stay current on our latest events, follow us on Linkedin. Useful Timestamps: 1:15 - AI has the ability to innovate and evolve every other industry vertical1:31 - Where we're at2:19 - Difference in quality regarding prompts3:31 - Surveillance, propaganda, control4:31 - Personalized tutoring through AI5:20 - Burst of productivity enhancement6:18 - Use of Autonomous agents to streamline workflow processes7:59 - Closing Remarks

Matthew 16:13-20; Romans 12:1-8; Exodus 1:8-2:10“It's like everyone tells a story about themselves inside their own head. Always. Allthe time. That story makes you what you are. We build ourselves out of that story.”-Patrick Rothfuss

Showing up as a yoga teacher, whether or not there are students showing up in return, is something Dr. Chelsea Jackson Roberts knows well. From elementary educator to internationally-celebrated Peloton yoga teacher and scholar, Dr. Chelsea is passionate about making yoga and meditation accessible to everybody. In this honest conversation, Chelsea shares the hard work that led to her successfull career, how she balances new motherhood with teaching, and how her personal yoga practice has changed over the years.In this episode we discuss...Chelsea's midwestern roots and how she never gave up on teaching yogaHer passion for making yoga and meditation accessible to allThe newness of become a first time motherReturning to familiarity for comfort, security and self careThe evolution of her yoga practiceWhat's it actually like like to be a Peloton Yoga TeacherLearn More About Our Guest...Learn more about Dr. Chelsea: www.chelsealovesyoga.comFollow Dr. Chelsea on Instagram: @chelsesalovesyoga

What is the most important thing in your life?  What is the most important thing in your life?  For most of us the answer is a no-brainer - it's our health and the wellbeing of our loved ones. It is a philosophy that Simone Gibertoni carries with him every day, in his role running Clinique La Prairie (CLP) in Montreux, Switzerland.  The medical spa has been nurturing the longevity of its clients and patients for more than ninety years, with science-based interventions to extend healthspan. This episode is brought to you in association with Clinique La Prairie, with whom we share a common goal of helping people pursue a long healthspan.  The award-winning spa clinic and pioneering health and wellness destination, nestled on the shores of Lake Geneva in Montreux, Switzerland,  combines preventative medicine with bespoke lifestyle and nutrition plans, and offers a holistic approach to living fuller, healthier, and longer lives.LLAMA host Peter Bowes recently visited the clinic to learn more about its methods, and the mission of its CEO to promote healthy living opportunities around the world. In this interview we cover: Clinique La Prairie's 92-year historyCLP's mission to change lives based on evolving science, new technology and educationFour pillars to build a better life: Medical, nutrition, movement and well-beingMovement rather than exercise Understanding genetics and epigenetics.Creating a routine to incorporate movementWhat it means to live a holistic lifestyleLiving a life that revolves around good health, beyond the confines of the medical spa Developing longevity hubs around the worldThe daily regime, built around diagnostic testing, including genetic screening, at CLPThe role of a personalized diet Questioning why some of the world's most successful business people overlook their own personal health?Lifespan is falling in the western world.  Why? How Covid has changed attitudes towards everyday healthWhat the phrase 'health is your wealth' means to us allThe longevity economy and the booming interest in healthspanTelling stories around human longevity that resonate with everyoneThe future and Vision 2040DISCOUNTS▸ The aging process affects our cells much earlier than you might think - it leads to a slower metabolism, lower energy and weaker muscles.  The Swiss longevity brand Time-line is offering LLAMA podcast listeners a 10% discount on its Mitopure products - Mitopure Powder, Softgels, Mitopure + Protein and skin creams - which support improvements in mitochondrial function and muscle strength. Use the code LLAMA at checkoutSupport the showThe Live Long and Master Aging (LLAMA) podcast, a HealthSpan Media LLC production, shares ideas but does not offer medical advice. If you have health concerns of any kind, or you are considering adopting a new diet or exercise regime, you should consult your doctor.

#92: Today we're chatting with Josh and Jeanne Rubin of EastWest Healing aka RealFoodGangstsas. In this episode, we discuss: Why doing less is better than doing more The body budget and how you can balance it once and for allThe role physical and emotional stress plays in our overall healthBuilding awareness in your body The importance of eating frequency for hormone & overall healthRESOURCES:Check out the PurelyYou LibraryGrab your 21-Day FREE Trial of PurelyYouGrab your Seed and use code ALYSIA15 for 15% off your first purchase!To shop all things PurelyPope, Alysia's favorites, eBooks, Amazon, etc., click HERETo connect with Alysia, click HERETo stay up to date with #ThePurelyPodcast, click HERETo schedule a COMPLIMENTARY 1x1 Health Coaching Consultation with Alysia, click HERECONNECT WITH THE GUEST:Instagram:  @realfoodgangstasWebsite: https://www.eastwesthealing.com/For a chance to win a 1 month subscription to PurelyYou, rate, review & subscribe to the podcast + send a screenshot to assistant@purelypope.com. Thanks for being here, tune in every Thursday for new episodes! #ThePurelyPodcast

Do you feel confident about your email marketing automation strategy? In the work we do, we see people make some common mistakes when running email campaigns, which is why inside our membership The League we teach people how to make their email automation simple by using something we call the email engine.Want to find out more about it? SOME EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS: (0:10) Join our FREE Facebook Group.(3:54) Mistake: Not doing email automation at all.(5:56) Mistake: Not testing your emails live before automating them.(7:17) Mistake: Creating email sequences around different products.(9:55) Mistake: Building complicated email marketing automations.(11:55) Mistake: Spending too long building automations.(14:09) Mistake: Not having a Welcome sequence.(15:57) Mistake: Keep doing things that aren't working.(17:48) Mistake: Rushing through the process of building your email engine.(19:17) Mistake: Not checking the performance of your automations.(23:09) Subject line of the week.Not doing email automation at allThe first mistake we see people make is to not use email marketing automation at all and only send live broadcast emails instead. If you do this, you're missing out, because more than 80% of the sales across our entire business come from email automation. So if you don't have a sequence of emails that automatically goes out to present your core offer, you're leaving significant money on the table. You want to make sure you build email campaigns to introduce your product or service. That's so people know what your core product is and you can make the best possible offer to every single person who comes into your email system. But in order to do that, you need to use email marketing automation. Not testing your emails live before automating themThe next thing you need to do is to test your emails live before you automate them. This may sound contradictory, but it's not. Because what you want are automated email marketing campaigns that turn subscribers into customers, turn customers into repeat customers, and bring old clients back. And you want these things to happen fast.But before you take an automated campaign and include it in your email engine (for every single new subscriber to go through it) you want to be sure it works. Because let's face it - not all implementations are going to work for all businesses all the time. So it's important you take the campaigns we have inside The League, run them to ensure they work (with your audience, your offer, and your setup), and only then automate them and add them to your email engine. Creating email sequences about different productsAnother mistake we see is marketers put email campaigns together and keep switching between products, with one campaign about one product, the following one about something else, and so on. But switching between products is the least efficient way of using email automation. What you want instead is to have a series of campaigns that promote the same product. For example, if someone joins our email list, we may launch a campaign called The Overture (which introduces our core product), and if people don't buy, we then run another campaign about the same product....

Recap from last weekFocus on the challenge to become more like Jesus – determination and how? Growing, stretching, and being challenged: Listening to Jesus and doing what he says John 10: 17 – not just our good ideasBeing kind to others, especially those who are not of the faith – Hebrews 10:23-25Not forsaking the gathering together – how do you interpret that?The focus on how the church started in CorinthMeets refugeesDisciples them by working together – real Bible School!When his support team arrives, he dedicates himself to full time ministry (who do we support?) Intercultural church and divisionNot seeking separation but unity in the GospelContinued investment in others, reaching out into the community.The challenge of a growing church.The word of God grows – life begins at conception and continues for the Christian without endThe body of Christ will never dieHealing and life flow from the Father who loves allThe challenge is to be able to incorporate differences: Gentile and JewGod doesn't back down from challengesThe author of the church is Jesus and it is his responsibility: “And I also say to you that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build My church; and the gates of Hades will not overpower it.” Matthew 16:18Growth happens through relationshipsThe goal is encountering Jesus face to face: looking for his coming. This is our hope.How will you grow in Jesus this year? Tune your ears and listen to his words. Trust him and obey him!

No matter the election results from this week, todays MM reminds us of the most important things to human flourishing which is the right order of priorities.The Didache Bible from Ignatius Press helps us along the path.  Key points:Our reading is from The Holy Gospel according to Matthew 22:15-22Civil society is good but not the end all-be-allThe nation's power in our American constitutional republic derives for itself from a "government of the people, by the people, and for the people"  Want to leave a review? Click here and if we earned a five star review from you **high fives and knuckles bumps**, we appreciate it greatly, thank you so much!Other Resources:More goodnessGet our top book recommendations listBe sure to check out our very affordable Academy Review membership program at http:www.teammojoacademy.com/support

The hysterical and violent fits of the young girls in Salem Village spreads from the family of Minister Samuel Parris to that of Thomas Putnam, the head household of one of the most powerful families in the village. When Elizabeth Hubbard, niece of the local doctor, begins to have fits the door is opened for legal action, as the other girls were too young to be witnesses in court. It is widely assumed that malefic witchcraft is taking place. Putnam goes with some supporters to Salem Town to make official accusations against local suspects. The accused are: Tituba, a native-American household slave of minister Parris; Sarah Good, a local beggar woman who is an embarrassment and a nuisance to the village, and Sarah Osborne, a scandalous figure who had gone against the Putnam family in court. The three women, all likely suspects for witchcraft are rounded up and brought into custody. All the while the Puritans of Massachusetts Bay colony live in constant terror of encroaching warfare in Maine and New Hampshire. All music written by Brian O'Connell except:“Long Cold Nights” from the collection of traditional fiddle tunes called “Apollo's Banquet” compiled by Henry Playford, 1690.   “Second Meter – Psalm 119” adapted from the Bay Psalm Book, 1698.Recorded at Studio Vinniechops, 2021-2022Episode IV Parts: Part I - “Long Cold Nights”Part II - Sarah Good, Mary Sibley's witch cake (music – “Long Cold Nights” & “Second Meter”)Part III - “A Perfect Storm” Part IV – “The Accused”Brian O'Connell – nylon and steel string acoustic guitars, electric 12-string guitar, bass guitar, piccolo bass guitar, acoustic and electric upright basses, piano, moog synthesizer, acoustic guitar w/ glass slide & ebow, cymbal, percussion, voiceRachel Koppelman – accordionA Perfect StormLong cold dark nightsGrowing shorter with each dayThe rains of MarchWinter washed awayTempest driving on the fieldsRoads turn into mudTo the west the river has overflowedAnd drowned the cowsFrom London comes a new charterNew government and lawsBlasphemers are welcome now In the land of puritansNew masters come to rule us allThe city on the hill will fallWar is coming from the EastBringing refugeesTelling tales of burning homesAnd mutilationsHow many have already turnedSigned their names into his bookIf we need someone to blameWe can provide a list of namesOur complaint we swore before the courtWe gave the names of the accusedMuch mischief done on our poor girlsThe constables have been sent out To bring them before the MagistratesSources  “The Salem Witch Trials – A Day-By-Day Chronicle of a Community Under Siege” by Marilynne K. Roach, Taylor Trade Publishing, 2002 "A Storm of Witchcraft - The Salem Witch Trials and the American Experience“ by Emerson W. Baker, Oxford University Press, 2015 "In the Devil's Snare - The Salem Witchcraft Crisis" by Mary Beth Norton, Vintage Books, 2002https://www.brianvoconnell.com/Support the show

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The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast.SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 76*The Dark Side of the Universe might not be all that dark after allThe accelerating expansion of the universe due to a mysterious quantity called “dark energy” may not be real, according to ongoing research claiming it might simply be an artefact caused by the physical structure of the cosmos.*CAPSTONE moon probe finally phones home after mysteriously going silentNASA's Capstone mission has re-established contact with mission managers two days after suddenly going silent following its separation from its Rocket Lab Photon Spacecraft.*NASA's second launch at the Arnhem Space Centre blasts offNASA has conducted a second launch from the Arnhem Space Centre sending a sub orbital sounding rocket on a mission to study our nearest neighbouring star system Alpha Centauri.*The Science ReportA new more infectious third COVID Omicron wave on the way.A diet rich in Vitamin K could lower your risk of atherosclerosis-related cardiovascular disease.New study confirms true believers are most likely to be radicalised.Skeptic's guide to junk science in forensicsListen to SpaceTime on your favorite podcast app with our universal listen link: https://spacetimewithstuartgary.com/listen For more SpaceTime and show links: https://linktr.ee/biteszHQ If you love this podcast, please get someone else to listen to. Thank you…To become a SpaceTime supporter and unlock commercial free editions of the show, gain early access and bonus content, please visit https://bitesz.supercast.com/ . Premium version now available via Spotify and Apple Podcasts.For more podcasts visit our HQ at https://bitesz.com Your support is needed...SpaceTime is an independently produced podcast (we are not funded by any government grants, big organisations or companies), and we're working towards becoming a completely listener supported show...meaning we can do away with the commercials and sponsors. We figure the time can be much better spent on researching and producing stories for you, rather than having to chase sponsors to help us pay the bills.That's where you come in....help us reach our first 1,000 subscribers...at that level the show becomes financially viable and bills can be paid without us breaking into a sweat every month. Every little bit helps...even if you could contribute just $1 per month. It all adds up.By signing up and becoming a supporter at the $5 or more level, you get immediate access to over 240 commercial-free, double, and triple episode editions of SpaceTime plus extended interview bonus content. You also receive all new episodes on a Monday rather than having to wait the week out. Subscribe via Patreon or Supercast (you get a month's free trial with Supercast to see if it's really for you or not)....and share in the rewards. Details at Patreon www.patreon.com/spacetimewithstuartgary or Supercast - https://bitesznetwork.supercast.tech/ Details at https://spacetimewithstuartgary.com or www.bitesz.com #space #science #astronomy #news #podcast #spacetime

Versatility is a Troutbitten mantra. It's the way we fish. In fact, it's why we fish a fly rod, because whatever way the trout wish to feed, we can show them flies that represent that food form.And while some anglers hit the river with one thing in mind, with one fly box and one set of tools, it's our ability to adapt, to adjust and modify our approach, that makes a lifetime on the water so interesting. Sure, we focus on our favorite tactics, and we may spend the next half a year just perfecting our dry fly game in tight cover. But once these skills are learned, then knowing that we can throw anything at any time, having a full set of skills at the ready, is a rewarding and enjoyable approach to fly fishing for trout.Pursuing this kind of versatility also keeps us in the game for a lifetime. We are forever working on the next idea, refining new casts and another approach. Eventually, we develop such a facility with these skills that we begin to combine them, breaking free from the common and standard approach and landing on new ways to get a dead drift or move a streamer. Creation becomes the goal. Design becomes our drive. And experimentation leads to more answers that lead to more questions.All of it is our reward for being a versatile angler.But of course, nothing comes easy either. The beginning angler should probably refrain from branching out too much at first. Because too much versatility becomes confusing. It leads to frustration. There are stages. There are tools. There are systems for being versatile on the water. And there's a time for all of it.So that's what we're here to talk about tonight. Here for our season three finale is a full house: Austin Dando, Trevor Smith, Josh Darling, Bill Dell and Matt Grobe.We Cover the FollowingIs versatility the opposite of specialization?Learn it all, then use it allThe fly rod is supremely versatileDo you need a lot of gear to be versatile?What is a versatile fly rodCarrying systemsKnowing when to changeFinding a good reason to changeHave a plan and test itVersatility within one styleHow versatility solves the daily mysteryResourcesREAD Troutbitten | Fly Shop Fluorocarbon Too Expensive? Try InvizxREAD: Troutbitten | Use a Versatile and General Fly RodREAD: Troutbitten | Find Feeding FishREAD: Troutbitten | Look for the Changeout SpotsREAD: Troutbitten | Find Your Rabbit HoleVisit:Troutbitten WebsiteTroutbitten InstagramTroutbitten YouTubeTroutbitten FacebookThank You to Pre-Roll Ad Sponsors:AvidmaxUse code TROUT10 for 10% off your cart at AvidmaxandOrvis

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If we want data and clinical trials that meaningfully represent the population of people who take the drug, we'll need to do more than just issue guides.In this episode, we interview returning guest Kirsten Axelsen,Senior Advisor for Charles River Associates, about making medicine more accessible to lower income people and creating a more equitable health system with better data.Join us as we discuss:The detrimental effects of price controls on early life stages of drug developmentWhy a price control on one is a price control on allThe deep concerns about health disparity and equityHow data can address racism, ageism, and poverty in health systems2022 as the year of the non-COVID vaccineCheck out these resources we mentioned:Report referenced at 1:16 here and here.Build Back Better Act As we continue this journey together, we want to hear from you, the listener. Email John@incubatecoalition.org or Ashlyn@incubatecoalition.org what's top of mind, what story you want to hear, or what you find interesting!To hear more interviews like this one, subscribe to Making Medicine on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your preferred podcast platform.Listening on a desktop & can't see the links? Just search for Making Medicine in your favorite podcast player.

Please note: On this podcast episode, we mention the topic of suicidal ideation, and there are a couple of swears in this episode. I wanted you to be aware of this in case this is hard for you to listen to, or there are younger ears listening. Enjoy the interview!Music is so amazing! There's a good chance you've experienced music changing your mood from being grumpy to feeling full of life. Listening to music has a range of benefits but on this episode, my guest Sophie Garner shared how creating music can be therapeutic too. In this episode we cover a range of topics such as;The power of musicHow music connects us allThe connection between music and mental healthHow singing can improve your healthThe creative songwriting journal Finding your target audience when writing a bookDifferent relaxing techniquesAbout The Guest: Sophie GarnerSophie Garner changes lives through singing and songwriting. She is an accomplished singer, performer, and an educator. She's also an author 'The Creative Songwriting Journal' for children ages 7-12, and has published her 2nd book 'If you can't say it sing it!'. Sophie is a natural educator and full of energy, her passions and goals stem from believing in the true, holistic and deep effects of music, and sharing the gift of music, as a therapy and a life skill, to help others learn to comfortably express themselves, allowing her students to grow in confidence and develop socially.​​Website - www.sophiegarner.comFacebook - SophiegarnerauthorTwitter - Sophiegarner1About The Host - Janine HalloranJanine Halloran is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, an author, a speaker, an entrepreneur and a mom. As a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, Janine has been working primarily with children and adolescents for over 15 years. She loves to create products and resources, so she started two businesses to support families and professionals who work with children and teens. ‘Coping Skills for Kids' provides products and resources to help kids learn to cope with their feelings in safe and healthy ways. It's the home of the popular Coping Cue Cards, decks of cards designed to help kids learn and use coping skills at home or at school. Janine's second business ‘Encourage Play' is dedicated to helping kids learn and practice social skills in the most natural way - through play! Encourage Play has free printables, as well as digital products focused on play and social skills.Coping Skills for Kids - https://copingskillsforkids.comEncourage Play - https://www.encourageplay.comInterested in reading my books? The Coping Skills for Kids Workbook - https://store.copingskillsforkids.com/collections/coping-skills-for-kids-workbook/products/coping-skills-for-kids-workbook-digital-versionSocial Skills for Kids - https://store.copingskillsforkids.com/collections/encourage-play/products/social-skills-for-kids-workbook