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We are live with WBR correspondent Wayne Peters in Canada to discuss the REAL story America isn't getting about Justin Trudeau's resignation. How will the move affect Canada's 25% US tariffs and the America-Canada plan to secure the border? A monster new study of 9 million people shows the Covid vaccine does devastating damage to the brain. With the FDA finding the cancer virus in the jabs - why haven't all of these shots been forever banned and destroyed?

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“That Feeling You Can Only Say What It Is In French” By Stephen King Audioplay Adapted by Eric R. Hill “That Feeling, You Can Only Say What It Is in French” is a horror short story by Stephen King. It was published in The New Yorker magazine on June 22, 1998 and was later included in King's short story collection Everything's Eventual... The story is about a married woman who is on a trip to Florida with her husband to celebrate their 25th anniversary, but no matter how many times she feels deja vu in the car, she keeps waking up in the plane and experiencing the same events over and over again… Stephen King suggests that Hell is not "other people" but rather repetition, enduring the same pain over and over again without end. *** STARRING CAROL SHELTON Diane Jennings BILL SHELTON, PILOT, NARRATOR Eric R. Hill *** ABOUT THE CAST DIANE JENNINGS is an Irish Girl who often travels to the USA and offers a unique perspective comparing how everyday things are in Europe vs America & Canada. The channel appeals to those interested in a bit of craic & connecting with their Irish heritage in a fun upbeat way. Diane posts 2-3 times EVERY week. Usually on Mondays,Wednesdays & Fridays & is always available to interact during the First Hour of upload, so turn those notifications on. For bonus content check out Diane's Patreon where you will also get early release music reactions https://www.patreon.com/dianejennings You can also become a member to view these personal videos and unlock custom emojis and badges https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCep4XCEgpz2TZJkbk-rf5Pw/join Diane Jennings Patreon patreon.com/DianeJennings Diane Jennings Channel Membership youtube.com/channel/UCep4XCEgpz2TZJkbk-rf5Pw/join Diane Jennings Tik Tok tiktok.com/@dianodrama Diane Jennings Instagram instagram.com/dianodrama Diane Jennings Merch diane-jennings-shop.fourthwall.com/en-eur ERIC R HILL is an actor, director, playwright, composer, and lyricist from Vermont, USA. He holds degrees in Musical Theater Playwriting, and in Acting & Directing. He is also the Technical Director and Playwright-in-Residence for FSMAC-QuarryWorks Theater, a non-profit arts organization in Central Vermont. Eric is the founder and Creative Director of SEEING REDD Productions and STS Media, and the frontman of the alt-rock band “MUD SEASON.” When he is not busy creating, he is either driving to or from work or trying to find a fleeting moment to sleep. You can catch him on Twitch Tuesdays/Fridays at twitch.tv/ericthereddvt *** You can support STORIES TELLING STORIES on Patreon or by joining YouTube Memberships for as little as $1 a month. You can unlock episodes at least 24hrs in advance as well as gain access to BTS content, musings from the production desk, and more. SOCIALS Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StoriesTellingStories/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/storiestellingstories/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/StoriesTellingStories

PREVIEW: NATIVE AMERICANS: INDIGENOUS PEOPLES: Conversation with Professor Alan Taylor of the University of Virginia on the policy toward the North American Indians (Native Americans) in the frontier of 19th Century America, Canada and Mexico  -- brutality and/or containment. More next week. 1878 Canada

Several have asked if God can fix America/Canada. It's not a question of what God can do! The next most often asked question is: Where do we begin? We begin by absolutely believing He can and then we go back to where the train jumped off the track.

Sulla bocca di tutti, il Canada si prepara per essere la vera sorpresa della Copa America 2024 al suo esordio assoluto nella competizione. La velocità e il talento di Alphonso Davies, la fame di gol di Jonathan David e l'esperienza maturata dal CT Marsch. A Potrero Simone Indovino e Giuseppe Broggini provano a pronosticare il cammino della debuttante.Potrero, dove tutto ha inizio. Un podcast sul calcio internazionale.Su Mola (www.mola.tv) nel 2024 potrete seguire in diretta ed in esclusiva le partite della Copa America, Copa Libertadores, Copa Sudamericana, Recopa, Liga Profesional Argentina, Copa de la Liga Profesional Argentina, Brasileirao ed Eredivisie. Diventa un supporter di questo podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/potrero--5761582/support.

American icon Noah Kulwin (@nkulw) joins the pod to talk about one of the most obnoxious Twitter personalities of the past several months, Joe Roberts. Roberts, co-founder of the Democratic Socialists of America - Canada and former co-host of New Left Radio, has gone full neocon since Oct. 7. So much so that he wrote a column for the National Post, where he's now a regular contributor, waxing nostalgic about George W. Bush, the guy everyone famously loves. Oh, and Sarah Palin too, because he's trying that hard. Plugs & Recs (The Rinse)Anatomy of a Moral Panic - Jewish CurrentsPol Pot: Anatomy of a Nightmare - Phillip ShortThe Artist's Way - Julia CameronBound (1996), dir. WachowskisUniversity Of Toronto Encampment Organizers Call For Community Support Thursday Eve: "We Will Not Leave" - The HoserCheck out UnriggedThe Hoser's Grocery TrackerBuy Jeremy's bookIf you enjoyed this episode make sure to leave us a five star review on Apple Podcasts, and give us a follow on Twitter and Instagram. For more Big Shiny Takes, sign up to our bonus feed here.If you enjoyed this episode make sure to leave us a five star review on Apple Podcasts, and give us a follow on Twitter and Instagram. For more Big Shiny Takes, sign up to our bonus feed here.

Join me in conversation with Dr. Marc Gafni, one of the most inspiring, honest, and powerful spiritual teachers I know. We dive deep into the nature of our humanity and the crisis we are in, with the risk to Humanity as a whole and the risk to Our Humanity. Sit with us as we contemplate what we must do to cross over to the Right side, the One side. The side of Love. To the side of the Goddess. The side of She. Official Bio: Dr. Marc Gafni is a visionary thinker, social activist and passionate philosopher.  He is known for his “source code teachings”, including Unique Self theory and the Five Selves, the Amorous Cosmos, A Politics of Evolutionary Love, A Return to Eros and Digital Intimacy. Learn more about Dr. Marc Gafni's work at ⁠⁠https://www.marcgafni.com/⁠⁠.  Center for Integral Wisdom http://www.centerforintegralwisdom.org Office for the Future https://www.officeforthefuture.com/en "First Principles and First Values. Forty-Two Propositions on CosmoErotic Humanism, the Meta-Crisis, and the World to Come," is available world wide this week: Order your copy in America/Canada: https://amplifypublishinggroup.com/product/nonfiction/politics-and-current-affairs/first-principles-and-first-values/ Order your copy worldwide: https://www.amazon.com/First-Principles-Values-Propositions-Cosmoerotic/dp/B0CS85WYVX Follow and connect with Dr. Gafni: Instagram ⁠⁠YouTube ⁠⁠Facebook TikTok⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Join the 'Planetary Awakening in Love Through Unique Self Symphonies.' Register here for FREE: http://www.onemountainmanypaths.org A Return to Eros (Book) Weekly Broadcast with Dr. Marc Gafni: ⁠⁠https://www.onemountainmanypaths.org/⁠⁠ A podcast with Dr. Gafni, his partner Dr. Kristina Kincaid and Aubrey Marcus entitled Healing the Wounds of Culture. https://youtu.be/1LKnwzJzwEg ... Get my free "Sacred Union: The Dark Goddess & The Divine Masculine Desire Masterclass" here: www.sashalipskaia.com/divine-feminine-desire Are you called to Sacred Union with the Divine inside yourself in your healing and awakening journey? For 1:1 and custom support inquiries, Book a Clarity Call with me: Bit.ly/Deepshift   If you are a woman on a mission to embody your destiny, check out my upcoming "Sacred Union, Love, and Desire" group immersion program: www.sashalipskaia.com/darkgoddessdesire     Thank you for being part of this sacred space with me.   For 1:1 and custom support inquiries, Book a Clarity Call with me: Bit.ly/Deepshift   Free resources: Get your free embodied sexual and intuitive energy manifestation practice: www.sashalipskaia.com/manifest Get your free heart-opening meditations and sign up for more spiritual, intuitive mindset guidance from me at www.sashalipskaia.com/getclear If you are a woman on a mission to Release your chains, Recover your truth, Love yourself in the light + the dark of your heart's desires, and unleash your Divine Feminine power, check out my upcoming "Sacred Union, Love, and Desire" group immersion program: www.sashalipskaia.com/darkgoddessdesire For 1:1 and custom support inquiries, Book a Clarity Call with me: Bit.ly/Deepshift ---------------  Connect with me: www.sashalipskaia.com   YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/sashalipskaia   FB: https://www.facebook.com/sashalipskaiacoach   IG: https://www.instagram.com/sashalipskaia   LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sashalipskaia About your host: Sasha Lipskaia, MA, is an intuitive, tantric embodiment guide, spiritual coach, and sacred intimacy mentor to those on the awakening path, spiritual entrepreneurs, light workers, and devotional leaders who want to embody their higher purpose and serve God by living and creating a life from the truth of their hearts.    ***Disclaimer*** This episode is meant for informational and entertainment purposes only and is not to be taken or used as medical advice. As a certified mindset coach and intuitive guide, I do not offer professional psychotherapeutic or medical advice or treatment. If you need mental or physical health support, please seek the help of a trained psychotherapist and physician.

As always it has been a busy week and Trending Now Podcast host Louie Butko is here to break it all down for you. On today's show, host Matt Ingram recaps Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's North American tour, reporter Manesa Dhanabalan stops by to discuss Rupert Murdoch stepping down at Fox News and Laura Sebben recaps the protests and counter protests that took place across the country. 

In this episode, we ask: “What does the organization of the future look like?” Joining guest host Pauline James on the show is Michael H. McInerney, President at Executive and Board Services Consulting Group and a recent speaker at the Agility Reimagined Summit.Michael has over 35 years of executive and consulting experience, including positions with companies like IBM, Xerox, Gulf Oil, and Nortel.  He's worked as President and CEO of Avyd Leadership Performance, Sibson Canada, and Navantis, and as a Board member of MBNA Bank and Bank of America (Canada) for 15 years. As a consultant, Michael has worked with over 250 boards of directors and senior executive teams on matters of strategy, governance, human capital, and executive compensation. Michael has co-authored many articles and research including the McKinsey War for Talent and The Return on Leadership (Harvard). Michael holds an MBA from the Ivey School of Business and an Honours BA (English) from York University. Tune in to hear Michael's insights on navigating a marketplace and workplace that's in a state of constant innovation and designing the organization of the future!We do our best to ensure editorial objectivity. The views and ideas shared by our guests and sponsors are entirely independent of The HR Gazette, HRchat Podcast and Iceni Media Inc.   

In this episode of Owning It, I'm talking about the various contributing factors that can give rise to anxiety at Christmas time (or 'the holidays' if you're in America/Canada). Why do we feel more pressure at Christmas? How can we shift our mindset to make Christmas more enjoyable? And looking ahead to the new year, when the self care machine goes into overdrive, I'm talking about how I'm approaching January with a goal of self maintenance over constant self improvement. Follow me on @OwningItPodcast for more. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/owningittheanxietypodcast. Own your anxiety as and when it happens with Owning It: Real Time. The situation specific series of audio guides that helps you move through your most anxious moments. Available now on Acast+ https://plus.acast.com/s/owningittheanxietypodcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Israel's incoming prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, will announce the country's cabinet ministers. It's all but certain that this will comprise his coalition partners, including Bezalel Smotrich, an extreme right-wing politician who wants to take control of the entire West Bank and Gaza and opposes rights for LGBTQ people; Itamar Ben-Gvir, infamous for his anti-Arab political stances; and Aryeh Deri, who's been convicted on separate counts of tax evasion and bribery—and spent almost two years in jail. Netanyahu insists these men will have to walk back some of their more extreme plans. But one law that could change is the Law of Return, restricting aliyah to only those born to a Jewish mother, in accordance with the Orthodox viewpoint. And how they handle the ongoing crisis with Palestinians is also up for debate—whether new laws will incite more violence and terror. To discuss all these issues and more, The CJN Daily assembled a panel of three Canadian Jewish leaders to share their concerns and make some predictions about what Israel will look like in the near future. Ben Murane is the executive director of the New Israel Fund of Canada; Miriam Pearlman is a past president of the Association of Reform Zionists of America Canada; and Shimon Koffler Fogel is the CEO of the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs. What we talked about: Read the NIFC's open letter warning about Israel new government See the reaction from the Reform Jewish Community of Canada Credits The CJN Daily is written and hosted by Ellin Bessner (@ebessner on Twitter). Zachary Kauffman is the producer. Michael Fraiman is the executive producer. Our theme music is by Dov Beck-Levine. Our title sponsor is Metropia. We're a member of The CJN Podcast Network. To learn how to support the show by subscribing to this podcast, please watch this video.

I'm joined by a woman from Canada who shares the story of the LDR she was in during COVID while the America/Canada border was semi-closed. We discuss meeting someone who restores your hope in dating, the added pressure that comes with texting someone for a while before meeting, keeping communication strong when you aren't seeing each other for a while, whether or not it means something when the cadence of texting changes, how the stakes are raised when you're traveling for dates, and the stress of not knowing when you'll see them again next, and more. Overcome your dating anxiety just like I did by taking Mindset Wellness CBD's Happy gummy before a date and Calm gummy after! Grab yours today at mindsetwellness.com and use code SeeingOtherPeople for 20% off and free shipping. Schedule a 1:1 with me at direct.me/ilanadunn Support the show by buying me a coffee at buymeacoffee.com/ilana.dunn Get 25% off all Liquid IV products at liquidiv.com with code seeingotherpeople.

Discussion about advancing news in the NBA as the Phoenix Suns hire Morgan Cato as Assistant General Manager & VP of Basketball Operations. She is the first woman of color to be hired by an NBA team as an assistant general manager. Update on the Brittney Griner situation and the error that was made as Griner was scheduled to have a phone call with her wife. Discussion on Naomi Osaka teaming up with LeBron James' company, SpringHill to launch her new media company called Hana Kuma. Hana Kuma will produce documentaries as well as scripted and unscripted series.Tunisha Singleton, Ph.D. - President of the Board, Black Girl Hockey ClubJoins the show to discuss the Club partnering with the Colorado Avalanche in a campaign to disrupt racism, and make hockey more inclusive. Tunisha tells how the BGHC came about and what the club's goals are. The club is very diverse. During the pandemic, the club utilized the ability to meet up virtually to reach more people. The club continues to grow & this season has been able to have its meetups in person again. The club has had meetups all over America & Canada. The Avalanche are one of many teams in the NHL that work with the club in a variety of ways.  Hockey is a sport that requires a lot of resources so to offset the costs the club offers scholarships. The club is 100% donor-funded and has given out scholarships to many young girls for up to $5,000. Hundreds of thousands of dollars have been given out thus far. The club is very proud of its scholarship, leadership, and development programs to help get girls involved in hockey in any way they'd like. Austin Matthews winning the Hart Trophy (2022 NHL MVP Award) really resonated with the club as he is the first player of Mexican descent to win the award.

Join me for an in-depth discussion surrounding the abortion debate, from America, Canada & a Worldwide view. In the USA, where the personal has again become political with recent leaked documents from the Supreme Court stating Roe vs Wade is that to be overturned. In Canada where abortion is legal at any stage of pregnancy and free through provincial healthcare. I discuss the history of how abortion and contraception came to be illegal, what is in the womb?, the pro life agenda in America and the intersections of patriarchy, power, classist & colonizing ideologies and the ongoing devastating impact this will have on poor, marginalized, Black, Indigenous and people of colour. It's a discussion about accessing positive sexual health education, free contraception & life saving healthcare to millions of women— specifically BIPOC women. If you enjoyed this podcast - Please consider donating to my Patreon account at http://patreon.com/TheSexPositivePodcast

Educator, salon owner, creator of SUNLIGHTS balayage, and Master of the French Technique. Celebrity stylist Candy Shaw is the head of the Jamison Shaw organizations, and also serves on the Board of Directors for Inter-coiffure America/Canada, the world's most prestigious beauty organization. In this episode we talk about fear of failure, maintaining success in your business and the importance of leading with example. To take your salon business to the NEXT LEVEL, go to https://linktr.ee/nlsleadership and sign up for the course! Follow @NLSalonLeadership on Facebook and Instagram, and be sure to check out the full interview on our YouTube channel!

In this episode we talk about the things we miss from our home countries, America and Canada. Check us out on YouTube for video episodes. https://www.mjandadamshow.com/ Our website has some great stuff like: • Become a "Next Step Community" member for video and audio downloads, live streams & Zoom chats! • Or sign up for 1 on 1 English lessons with MJ. • We also have some cool goods.

Benjamin Dichter is a Canadian trucker and spokesperson for the freedom convoy. He joins the show to discuss the relationship between America & Canada, similarities between Biden & Trudeau, why his bank accounts were recently frozen & the dangers of authoritarianism reaching the West. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Rumors of wars is what Jesus prophesied in the end times. With the economy being lopsided as it is. War and a recession goes hand in hand. My heart goes out to all those people in different parts of the world suffering. Stay strong and prayed up. Peace.

After six months in service, we get a review of Virgin Voyages' newly launched Scarlet Lady. This was a five-night cruise from PortMiami to Costa Maya, Mexico, and Bimini Island.    Richard has cruise news on:  Multiple cruise lines drop mask mandates  The world's largest cruise ship makes it to America  Canada ports prepare for a 2022 cruise season Carnival Sensation reportedly sold for scrap  Carnival Celebration gets a new atrium  111 cruise lines participate in the new CDC agency cruise rules  Listener Question: What is the best way to bid for an upgrade on Norwegian Cruise Line?    -- Thoughts or questions? doug@cruiseradio.net  Want daily cruise news? Subscribe to the Cruise Radio News podcast feed.  Get in-depth cruise news and industry insight at www.cruiseradio.net.  

We discuss the Olympics, Canada, trucker protests across America/Canada, and more.  Our guests are: Jack Posobiec, Ben Harnwell, Cindy Chafian, Maureen Steele, Nathaniel Pawlowski, Bradley Thayer Stay ahead of the censors - Join us warroom.org/join Aired On: 2/21/2022 Watch: On the Web: http://www.warroom.org On Podcast: http://warroom.ctcin.bio On TV: PlutoTV Channel 240, Dish Channel 219, Roku, Apple TV, FireTV or on https://AmericasVoice.news. #news #politics #realnews 

We discuss the Olympics, Canada, trucker protests across America/Canada, and more.  Our guests are: Jack Posobiec, Ben Harnwell, Cindy Chafian, Maureen Steele, Nathaniel Pawlowski, Bradley Thayer Stay ahead of the censors - Join us warroom.org/join Aired On: 2/21/2022 Watch: On the Web: http://www.warroom.org On Podcast: http://warroom.ctcin.bio On TV: PlutoTV Channel 240, Dish Channel 219, Roku, Apple TV, FireTV or on https://AmericasVoice.news. #news #politics #realnews 

Remember, we welcome comments, questions and suggested topics at thewonderpodcastQs@gmail.com   S3E5 TRANSCRIPT: ----more---- Yucca: Welcome back to the Wonder Science-based Paganism. I'm one of your hosts, Yucca.  Mark: And I'm the other one, Mark.  Yucca: And today we're talking about imagination, fantasy and Richard. Mark: Right?  Yucca: And we thought this was a, a lovely time to talk about it because for many people we're just coming out of are still really in a season of that, that we associate with new beginnings, with planning, with with planting those seeds for the, for the year to come. Mark: Right. Because in many places like yours, Yucca the ground is frozen and there's not a whole lot that you can be doing towards making something new, grow for the rest for the coming year, other than to think about it and imagine the future.  Yucca: And play on it and. Mark: And plan, you know, based on your imagined picture of that future, then you can plan the steps to get there. Right. And that is really the human special trick of all of all. I mean, we talk about our thumbs and they're great. Of all the things that humans are particularly capable of and adept at it's our ability to envision the imagined. And that includes the imagined future. and. what that means is that we have become creatures who are built around storytelling. There was an anthropologist, I don't remember his name, who, who actually called us homo something. I don't remember what it was, which meant the storytelling ape. Yeah.  Yucca: Yeah. I mean, that makes sense. 'cause that's what we do. Whatever, whatever culture you look at, wherever in the world, we're all telling stories. And we start that at a very, very young age, even before we're, we've really figured out the grammar of our mother language. We're telling stories we're playing. And that's, you know, when you look at at mammals mammals, And they play at whatever it is that they need to learn to succeed and survive as an adult. So you look at the low line Cubs and they're wrestling with each other and chasing each other and grabbing each other's tails. Well, humans, yeah, we run around and rough and tumble, but we play make-believe. From very, very early on, you know, we're picking up the sock and, you know, the feather and their characters in our minds, and they have incredible stories and personalities and interactions and, and all of that. And, and so that's what we really do. And that's, that's what that's part of what makes us successful. As a species and as individuals in our species is our ability to tell those stories, imagine, and to share those stories. Mark: Yes, exactly. And what this tells us of course is because this is happening at such an early age, is that this really is baked into us. This is, you know, something that comes in at a very low level of our development. And it's essential to us, you know, our ability to understand the idea of causality of action and consequence is, you know, and that things happen along a timeline, right? That there are, there are actors and those actors do things and those things have consequences. And so there's a result. And that that's the order that things happen. All of those are things that we have to learn, but we get them really early. And one of the things about our capacity for imagination is that our brains are not really built to distinguish the imagined from the. And this is the great paradox with memory, of course, because memories get edited all the time. You know, they, they, every time we retell a story to ourselves things get a little fuzzy around the edges and we just touch them up.  Yucca: Just fill that in.  Mark: Yeah. Just, you know, because we want the memory to be complete. It is not a volitional activity. There's nothing wrong with it. It's not about being dishonest. It's the way our brains work.  Yucca: Yeah. And it's, it's not really a conscious thing that we're doing. That's it's not like you're choosing, usually you're usually not choosing to modify that memory, but. And you're just filling in the details then  Mark: Right, right.  Yucca: it's like with our vision, you, you can actually see this. If you take your finger out, put it all the way to the edge of your vision, your peripheral vision, and slowly move your finger into the, in the front of your vision. You're going to find that you've got some blind spots. But we don't notice those blind spots. Our brain just fills it in for us, unless you're really, really looking for that blind spot. Mark: Right. Yeah. And that of course is caused by the place where the optic nerve connects with the retina. It doesn't have any light sensing cells over it. There's an actual hole in our vision, in our brains. Well, they do two things they fill in that hole to start with. And then they flip the whole thing upside down because our eyes actually project the lens in our eyes projects, an upside down image onto the retina at the back of the eye.  Yucca: Right. Just like a telescope, right? It works the same way. Is there a refractor? Yeah. Mark: Yeah. So. You know, our brains are doing a lot of stuff to massage our experience. Right. And this is something that we talk about a lot in non theists, paganism in terms of understanding supposedly supernatural experiences. Right. Because in every case with every experience we have, there is the, the perception. And then there's the story we developed to explain the perception  Yucca: Right. Mark: and the story. We actually have some choices about the perception. Our brain just does what it does and frequently it's trying to fill in very poor data. So we hear things that. That sound didn't actually come into our ears to create, or we see things that aren't created. My favorite example, I've used this before is when you're driving on the highway and there's a sign for an exit far, far down the road, and you could read it barely. You can see, you know, what road it is that that is the exit for, and as you get about halfway closer, those letters all rearrange themselves into what it actually said. Because your brain was trying to make sense out of the sign and it gave you one determination and the truth is it was something else.  Yucca: Yeah. Mark: So the, our, our minds are incredibly powerful in how they can develop imagination in order to fill in the holes of what we perceive.  Yucca: Right. Another example is when you, somebody says something to you and you didn't really quite catch it and you hear something that's completely different than what they said. And you know, you have to say, wait, what did you say? Because what I heard.  Mark: Okay.  Yucca: Definitely was not what you said, and then they say it again and he couldn't. Oh, then it makes sense. Right. But we just fill it in. We hear something that's not really there.  Mark: Right. And that, in my opinion is where a lot of experiences of the supernatural come from. It's a. Femoral data that the brain fills in, and then it develops a story that this isn't a supernatural experience. Other people have different opinions about that, but it seems to me given what we know about the brain and about the universe, it's a lot more likely than the supernatural explanations that are often presented by people.  Yucca: Okay. That's what I suspect as well. Yeah.  Mark: So  Yucca: this is, oh.  Mark: Oh, go ahead.  Yucca: I was going to say, this is a little bit about the, so some of the why's we have this powerful imagination. But once we, we know and acknowledge that about ourselves, we can do so much with it and it can be a really empowering and just fun and delightful thing. Mark: Right. Which is why we love to read fiction. It's why we love to watch movies and television presentations and all  Yucca: Play games and yeah. Mark: yeah, we love our stories and we, we love, you know, Waiting to find out what happens at the end because we know that something will happen at the end and we're, we're, we're interested in what that is. So yes, playing with our imaginations become something that we do from a very, very early age. And the only reason. The only real bucket that we have in our minds that helps us to see what is likely not likely to be a fantasy rather than an a reality is that category of things that we see as happening in the future,  Yucca: Hm. Mark: because we know we're not there yet. We know that we can't see the future. Right. Most of us know that we can't see the future. So, There are those imagined outcomes. And then we can plan for those or plan against them depending on what we're imagining.  Yucca: Although, I'm just going to say, when you're driving on the road, And you see something on the side of the road and you don't want to hit it. Don't keep focusing on it because you will drive into it.  Mark: yes.  Yucca: So focus on what he, where you want to go instead of where you don't. And with my experience, you can apply that to planning as well. Instead of trying to plan against something it's often much more effective to plan towards something. Mark: Yes. Yes. When I was first learning to drive the guy who was teaching me said, okay, now look where you want to go and go there.  Yucca: Yeah. Mark: That was, it was very simple instruction and it taught me to steer.  Yucca: Yeah.  Mark: Look where you want to go and go there.  Yucca: Yep.  Do not look at the pedestrian to not look at the pedestrian. Yes. Mark: Yeah. So we have this powerful imagination and it's so powerful that it can blur the distinction between what our real experiences are, which as we've said, can be heavily massaged and, and changed by our brains. Right.  Yucca: And just filling in that lack of lack of data. Mark: even, even that is somewhat questionable, which is why the scientific method is so powerful because it works to take that subjectivity out of our conclusions about what's real. And then we have the imagined experiences and those can be super vivid and wonderful. And that's why we, once again, like movies and, you know, reading and all that great kind of stuff. We can use this and we're going to talk about this later on. We can use this in our pig and practice in our ritual practice because a ritual can be informed by a story. Right. I'm going to do this and that symbolizes this and I'm going to do that. And it symbolizes that, and then this transformation will take place and it will lead to this result at the end. And either I will be changed or the world will be changed depending on what you believe. And. You can even create rituals that are built around mythological stories, right. I'm going to do the fool's journey I'm going to do per Stephanie's descent or, or a non as descent. Right. And I've, I've been to some rituals that are like that and they can be incredibly powerful. The problem that we get into is where I talked about how we can blur the imagined and the real. Yucca: Right. Mark: And that can lead to lots of problems. I mean, I believe that that's the fundamental issue with theism.  Yucca: Yeah. Mark: It involves the, the blurring of reality with imagination in a way that draws erroneous conclusions. That's what I think.  Yucca: Yeah, well, and there's so many different directions to go with this, but one of the places where it can be really harmful as we start to create these narratives about groups, about my group and that group, and you know, everything there. You know, your escape group, scapegoat group where, you know, where you can start demonizing people just through the stories and imagination, you come up with whatever the group is, right? It's the other political party, or it's the, you know, whatever religion or the opposite of your particular food dogma group or that, you know, and you start to, to. Blur between, you know, what, what maybe is real. And what's kind of imagined and, and what may have some seeds of truth that have been been exaggerated. And, and and it's hard for us to know. To peel that back and try and distinguish between them, especially when we start wrapping our own identity and our stories about ourselves and our own worth and to all of that. Mark: right, exactly. So, and that brings us to the wonderful term confirmation bias. Because all of us have a prejudice in favor of our own stories. We, whether they're imaginary or whether they're based in some pretty solid factual information, we still, as we look out into the world, we will look for pieces of data that will reinforce what we already want to believe. And that is. Another piece of fee ism. I believe once you've decided that you're an atheist and you have this idea, you know, I'm a Christian, I'm a Muslim, I'm a, I'm a follower of Zeus. Then you, you start filtering your experience of the world in order to be consistent with what that tells you with what that. is supposed to look like. Right. And it's very tricky. It's subtle stuff because. So much of what happens with our sensorium happens underneath the surface. It's the processing that the mind does And, then shows you something on the screen. Yucca: Right. Mark: Very challenging.  Yucca: and we need to be really clear that this is, this is a human thing, right? This is something that we all do, and we can become more aware of. And be able to make choices about it, but it's, it's completely natural. This is just part of how we work, how we're wired. Mark: Right, right. This, this. What's this concretion of different evolved systems. That is our brain. You know, it wasn't engineered from the bottom up. It's a, it's a series of evolutionary steps that are all glommed onto one another. And this is part of the result is that, you know, we, we are really not very good at subjective. As a single individual person detecting what's likely to be true and what's likely not to be true. We teach ourselves critical thinking in order to try to do a better job of that. But the best system that we've found so far for determining what really is likely to be true is the scientific method with peer review and Ockham's razor Yucca: Yeah. Mark: and oh, go ahead.  Yucca: I was gonna say, I'm, you know, I'm not someone who thinks that we really should be dictating, you know, what peoples, what classes people should take. But you know, if I had one that I could say everybody has to take it would be logic, right? I think that it would make sense. It would help people so much. As long as the. You know, it was a good instructor and understood it just to be aware of the different kinds of fallacies there are. And how do you actually think through, and, and challenge your own beliefs and also how to argue, how to argue on a position that's not yours.  Mark: yeah. Yes. Well, that's why the, the first atheopagan principle is skepticism and critical thinking.  Yucca: Yeah. Mark: It's, you know, you start from there that, that, that will help you to understand the world as Well, as a person can. Yucca: Yeah. Mark: So we have this imagination. And we have this perceptual system, which gets monkeyed with, by the brain a lot and may not be telling you exactly the truth. And then what you base. Then you base a story on the experience that this brain process delivers you. So, so it's possible for things that are completely imagined to seem very, very real. Whether it's just that you're watching a movie and you're, you know, you're suspended, you're, you're completely submerged into the world of the film. Or it can be something like  Yucca: Your anxiety at two in the morning. Mark: Yes about terrible things that are likely to happen or a memory that I have of flying naked over the golden gate bridge. It was a perfect day. It was sunset. Beautiful. And for some reason, I had no clothes on and I was standing at the bus stop at the golden gate bridge and then rose into the air and flew over the towers, did kind of a back flip. The air was perfectly warm. It was so comfortable. It was a beautiful experience. And it was a lucid dream that I had. But I remember it as absolutely clearly as if it was a real experience. And I have no, there's no context within that. Memory, except for the fact that impossible things happened to tell me that I didn't really have that experience.  Yucca: Yeah. Mark: So we have this. And that leads me to some of the ways that the pagan community has developed in relation to imagination and fantasy starting really from Gerald Gardner, know, from the 1930s. Because Gardner posited a fantasy story. And the fantasy story was that the witchcraft that he was presenting in his books was part of an unbroken lineage of lore handed down from time and Memorial, at least from the middle ages. And this created a sort of conflation of paganism, middle ages, middle ages, paganism. And in the late 1960s, at least in the United States, what ended up happening was that Renaissance fairs got invented. And a lot of people that were performers and participants in Renaissance fairs were also pagans. And so this sort of aesthetic, and this idea of this golden old age began to arise.  Yucca: Right. And the, the John era of fantasy was really taking off as well.  Mark: we, we have to name, check Lord of the  Yucca: out. Yep. I'm a huge fan here,  Mark: Me too.  Yucca: named from it even, you know, but and, and other, you know, many, many other names and it, it really became. I think not just within the pagan community, but just in the, in the larger community, really a cultural force. Mark: Yes. Very much. So in certainly from an aesthetic standpoint, it took, it really took over in many ways, certainly in the eighties and nineties pigging, where was medieval flash Renaissance, where,  Yucca: yeah, Mark: you know, what, what people wore were, you know, flowing velvets and  Yucca: the long sleeves.  Mark: the, with the long, you know, bill like sleeves  Yucca: And the open V shirts with the little ties across them. And yeah,  Mark: Yeah, exactly. So, and,  Yucca: I adore all of this, you  Mark: well, I do  Yucca: yeah, this is not, don't take this as us being like, oh, this is all terrible. No, we're just talking about it though and saying, you know, where's this from? Yeah. Mark: And so this, this aesthetic of ye all the England D became something that  Yucca: don't mention all the other places, sorry. Mark: Right. Yeah, That's another topic that we could talk about, which is paganism outside of the sphere of England and English speaking countries. Right. Because of. You know, not, not everything is going to be practiced in a Wiccan kind of way.  Yucca: yeah.  Mark: but  Yucca: Anyways, that's another Mark: it's a, it's another topic. either that, or it's going to be the mother of all tangents and we're going to spend the rest of our time on it. So this, this, you know, jolly old England kind of. Idea, which has so much overlap with talking for example, except that talking mixed in habits and elves and dwarves and wizards and all that kind of stuff became very, very popular. And to my mind, unfortunately, what some of what that has done is it has turned, it has turned the imagination into what people want to make re. their paganism, they want to be wizards. They, they want to be elves. In some cases they and you know, aspiration towards a fantasy of something that's imaginary is inherently dissociated from the real world. And what are. Naturalistic paganism is about is the real world. You know, one. of the quibbles that I've always had with the sort of mainstream pagan community in the United States, at least where I'm familiar with it is that it's got this weird kind of dual loyalty. It's like we Revere the earth and then we have these gods  Yucca: Yes, but these higher beings, you know, higher than what you're talking about higher than the earth, you know, they're not. Mark: the gods come from the earth? No. Did the gods create the earth? Maybe? There are all kinds of different stories, which I believe are imagined stories, but the, the question of exactly where does the earth fit into all of that is a real one. I think I'm glad that people are saying that they Revere the earth, whatever that means to them. To me, the earth is central. There's nothing more central because we are it. We are the earth standing up on legs and talking to itself.  Yucca: Right.  Really? I mean, think about that for a moment. We are little pieces of earth that your whole body think about. Where's the carbon in your hands, the oxygen, the nitrogen. Where's all of that from, and where's it going back? Mark: Right. And it's not like there's some amazing border where it's like, you, you know, the carbon presents its passport and says, I'm going to be human. Now it's just carbon. It's just carbon, like any other carbon on earth, right. At least of that ice.  Yucca: Yeah. Mark: So. This is something that I think is, is problematic in the pagan community. And it's interesting because some different there've been a series of sort of aesthetic layers that have gone along with the pagan community. I saw the, the golf sort of BDSM aesthetic enter the community in the mid nineties. And it's kind of gotten folded into all. well,  Yucca: Yeah. The boundaries between them really blurred between, you know, what is, and even if you go to like a Ren fair that it's all there too,  Mark: right.  Yucca: Even within folks that, that are into that, that aren't pagan, you know, that there's a lot of mixing there. Mark: Yes. And yes, there's a lot of the, the dress-up is still. Reminiscent of some other age. Right. And so, you know, I, I think this is problematic because it pulls us away from earth. I love playing dress up and I'm, I'm happy to play dress up and I have done it in many, I mean, literally dozens of different kinds of ways, because we used to do all these theme parties and blah, blah, blah. And I was a performer at Renaissance fairs for many years as well, and Dickens fairs as well. So I don't have any problem with, you know, playing let's pretend the challenge, I think is when we lose track of the fact that we're playing, let's pretend.  Yucca: Right because there are, I think there are ways that we'll talk about this too, to do it in a way that it is inspiring. It speaks to us in this very you know, deep level, the Indian symbols. But what you're talking about is the, is the losing sight of is this really, really. This is what's really happening versus what are we imagining? And we can, I think that we can definitely w one of the purposes of imagination is that can work towards making that a reality. So we can, some of our imagined things can, can become reality, but there's also a difference between imagining things about other people and about. Past stories, you know, as much as we want. We could, we referenced sort of the rings. So as much as, as Gollum wants to believe that it was his birthday present it, he can believe that. And imagine that as long as he wants, it's not, that's not what happened.  Mark: Right.  Yucca: Right. And. With the old ways, as much as we want to imagine, and really want to believe that there's some unbroken path there. That's very unlikely that that's what happened. And you know, we probably aren't star children put here from aliens and,  Mark: Right.  Yucca: the TAF ELLs and all of that stuff. Mark: Right. And the w where was I going to go with this?  Yucca: The connection between what is real and what is not, and the earth being central. That's where you were at before. Mark: Well, yeah, this is a little different it's about suspension of disbelief. And one of the things that adults learn to do when their brains are developed enough is to try to make a differentiation between the imagined and the. Right. And some people think that's a tragedy, right. That they lose their childish sense of playfulness and imagination and everything can be just super magical. Right. I don't feel that way. I, I think that our brains develop in the way they do for a reason. And when we start having to imagine futures that we need to plan for being able to distinguish between the imaginary that we suspend our disbelief for and the real that we're working towards, even in the ineffectual way that we do because of the way our brains work. It's very important. Yucca: Right. Mark: That way we don't set a goal of becoming an elf,  Yucca: Yeah. Mark: right. Because that's not possible.  Yucca: Yeah.  Now we could think about what are the characteristics that, that embodies that we value and how can we work towards, you know, that sort of thing. But, but you're not actually going to be right.  Mark: right. Or You maybe maybe more, a better example is you're not going to be a wizard. Right. Because in the, in the fantasy sense, what a wizard is, is something that doesn't exist on planet earth. Now You can be buried in the aesthetics of wizardry. You can con you know, Yucca: can be an incredible scholar, right? They're often, you know, very learned individuals and. Mark: And you can make yourself look like a wizard and make all of your environs look like what you imagine a wizard's environs would look like, but you're still not going to snap your fingers and have flame appear, you know? And. To kid ourselves that those kinds of outcomes, the sort of Harry Potter magic, right. That that those outcomes are actually possible in some way is to become further away from engagement with the world. The actual world that we're in here and the kind of paganism that Yucca and I talk about here is really about immersion in this world. Getting to know it better and better, you know, becoming familiar with what our local ecosystems are and really being in love with it because there's so much there to love. Giving getting sidetracked on fantasies. It eats up bandwidth that could be applied to the love for the world. and. that I think is. Critique that I have of a lot of mainstream paganism in the United States is that, and maybe in England too, I don't know. But certainly, or, you know, in other English speaking countries, but certainly in north America Canada and Mexico in the us that's, that seems to be what I'm seeing.  Yucca: Yeah. Mark: So let's talk a second about. About using our imagination to create those story arcs where we begin as naturalist pagans is with a healthy suspension of disbelief. Right.  Yucca: And with a, with an awareness that that's what word.  Mark: Right,  Yucca: Right, because what you're talking about about the difference between what the children and adult brain and people talking about, oh, the, the what a, a shame it is. I think that some of what they might be talking about is the ability to let go the way kids can let go. Right. And I think that's something that we don't need to leave. Is being able to let go and go into that playful place, but we also have the ability to step back and be very critical and, and see the differences. But when we want to, we can suspend that belief  Mark: Right,  Yucca: disbelief, right? Mark: that's very well said. Because the. The playfulness that you're describing that that is something that our over culture really stomps on for adults. We've got all this conformity expectation around how we dress around how we behave. That's why I love flashmob. I love. I love, you know, people suddenly behave me behaving in really unexpected ways that are delightful and creative and artistic. They're just super fun. Ritual is a way for adults to play well or children to children can be involved in rituals, but but adults, unless it's some formal sport or game. They don't get permission much to just go and play, you know, you take the afternoon off, go and play.  Yucca: Yeah. Mark: And and rituals enable us to do that around fee Matic storylines, you know, whether it's. Whether it's something from, from a myth, whether it's a story that, or, or simply a story of, I am powerful. Now I am, I am, I am filled with my power. I have created a space where magic can occur and I'm going to go and do this thing. And it's going to help me to be much more effective at X, whatever X.  Yucca: Yeah, well, and even our our, our stories and narratives of the season. Right. That that is a story as well. And we understand it in with the narrative structure. Mark: Yes, it's true because the reality is every year.  Yucca: Yeah. Mark: Yeah. every year is different. The weather on any given day is not the same as it was last year. Weather is a chaotic system and it's never going to be predictable. And all we can talk about is broad stroke generalizations about what is likely to happen in the month of February, as opposed to the month of August. And we understand some of the drivers of that in terms of the axial tilt and. Climate change and all of those things, but that doesn't make it predictable. So we have a story, a narrative about it instead that kind of guides us through well it's may, so we should be doing this. Yucca: Yeah.  Mark: Yeah.  Yucca: And that's, again, as we were talking about in the beginning, that's just sort of how our, our, our minds are built is to understand things as story as, as a narrative. And then the imagination piece is, well, we get to build that story.  Mark: Right.  Yucca: So in our ritual, we're building those stories and, and it's very convenient in ritual that we do have the blur between what our, what our minds understand as true and not. Mark: Right Because we can invoke an imagined scenario and effect real profound change in ourselves as people. I  Yucca: believe it. And it's okay that we know that we made it up and we're believing it, but then it really makes that change. Mark: I did a ritual at Penn FIA con God, it's gotta be eight years ago now, something like that. And it was, it was specifically in atheopagan ritual that happened after a presentation about atheopagan ism and. What the whole point of this, we, you know, we invoked a circle and we we called qualities that we wanted to be with us of openness and a willingness to change and kindness and compassion. And the, the whole working of the root of the ritual was simply, I had a little. Vial of oil. And I went from person to person anointing their forehead. But what I told them before I did that was now, what I want you to do is to call up that most cringe-worthy a shame, shame, filling moment of your life. You know what it is. We all know  Yucca: Yeah. Mark: right? You, you don't have to say anything about it, but we know what it is. The thing that you really wish you had never done. Right. And hold that forward in your mind. And so all I did was I went from person to person and said, it's forgotten it's over. It's gone  With each person. And people cried  Yucca: right. Yeah.  Mark: story that they had been telling themselves about the bad thing that they done, or the embarrassing thing that they'd done or whatever it was, the story had a new ending, right? The story was given a new ending that absolves them of the feelings of shame or embarrassment or whatever it was. And I mean, I, I didn't realize it was going to be as powerful as it was. But I wanted, I wanted to do something that was very personal work to really illustrate the power of doing ritual like that without invoking God's, without believing in magic. right. And. That's the kind of thing that we can do with rituals and story narratives. People, people are filled with stories. They're filled with stories about themselves and about the world and about humanity and about their families and all that kind of stuff. And we can change those stories in ways that empower people and help them to be happier and help them to be kinder in the world. That's what I'm in this for. Yucca: Yeah  Mark: and so imagination becomes, you know, the primary tool, the, the cloth that you lay down before setting out anything for a focus or an alter imagination is the foundation.  Yucca: I like that even rhymes. Yeah. And again, just to really, really be very clear on this, neither of us are being down on the fantasy genre or B we're both huge fans and bring a D and D nerds and all of that stuff. But we're, we're talking about the, the ways that, you know, what's the purpose of each and where the. Where we can use imagination in a really constructive way and where it's maybe more harmful, right? Mark: Right or just where we may be stuck.  Yucca: Yeah. Mark: And you know, people do get stuck. That's in cultures get stuck. I think it's a lot easier for a culture that's based in a holy text to get stuck than it is for kind of a fluid subculture, like a pagan. Is to get stuck. But there's nothing shameful about that, except that if you become aware of it, then you can start to evolve again.  Yucca: Yeah. Mark: And I think that, you know, moving away from the good old days, a lineage of ancient ways. Kind of model and, and sort of Renaissance see sort of aesthetic of paganism. We'll do a couple of things that would be good for the pagan community. One of them is that I think it would make it less of a challenge to bridge the gap to other people that are not pagans because it won't seem quite so fantasied. Right. It, it won't seem. Quite so, frivolous in that way.  Yucca: Well, and, and also more welcoming to the people who don't particularly connect with that aesthetic,  Mark: right, right?  Yucca: Where the, the ideas are interesting, but the aesthetic is is just difficult to get past, right. Mark: For sure. So that's a good thing. And then the other way that I think that it can really benefit the pagan community is that it, it enables it, it would create kind of a vacuum that would enable new stuff to arise. There, and, and I think that some of this is happening because you know, the, the sixties and seventies, generation of pagans is leaving us. Most of, most of them came to it in adulthood. And so by now they're, they're getting elderly. And there there's enough conversation and enough pagan thought happening now that I think that people are starting to reconsider some of those. Good old days, unbroken lineage kind of models. Certainly with Ronald Hutton's book, the triumph of the moon, he pretty well-documented that modern paganism was a modern creation. I think it would be a wonderful thing for modern paganism to stand up and say, yes, we're a modern creation. were informed by modern values, which means we don't have. Holy book that's full of slavery and abuse and misogyny. We, we stand for, for the good stuff that humans have learned about how the dignity of the individual and the ecosystem. And we think that those are value and that good enough,  Yucca: Yeah. And we don't need some, some distant past authority to make it valid. Right. Mark: As as Tim mentioned said I don't believe that just because I ideas are tenacious that they're worthy.  Yucca: Yeah. Mark: So going back to talking about rituals again one thing that can be helpful when you're planning a ritual is to write out the story. Right. you know, or, or at least speak it out loud, we're going to do this and this and this and this and this, and the result is going to be that. Because what that does is it creates expectation in people's minds. In your own mind if you're working alone or in the group's mind. Oh, okay. Well that's, what's going to happen. And then it's going to result in that cool, magical new thing. That's going to transform us. Great. Sign me up. I'm I'm I'm here  Yucca: can follow that path and follow that. And there you go.  Mark: Yeah.  Yucca: Yeah. So I think this is a, I mean, like so many things that we talk about on this podcast, it, it takes a little bit of awareness, but takes some reflection and just paying attention to. How things work, how you work, how you respond and, and going from there, going, okay, well, how do I get, how do I make this work for me? What's the story that I want. What's the story that I want to live. What's the story that I can tell and imagination is that's what connects the pieces. Mark: Yes. Yes. So I think, I don't know. I could go on and on, but I think, I think we should stop here.  Yucca: I think this is a wonderful  Mark: I think it's a good place to stop.  Yucca: assist the app and to just invite some dreams for the future. Right.  Mark: Right. And this is, as you say, a great time of year to be doing that you know, as, as spring either, you know, is happening with the light, but not with the weather or or maybe it is happening starting to happen as it is where I live. Then you know, imagine a little, imagine. Who do I want to be? What's, what's my highest vision for myself.  Yucca: Yeah. Mark: some of that can be circumstantial. Like, you know, what kind of work I want to be doing, or, you know, whatever that is. But some of it is, well, what kind of person do I want to be?  Yucca: Yeah.  Mark: You know? Am I impatient? Well, can I work on that? Am I irritable? Can I work on that? Yucca: And that's ultimately the stuff that you really do have control over. Right? The, what. You know what job you have or what kind of world you want to live in. Those are all wonderful things, but ultimately you don't actually have control over that. Right. But you do have control over what kind of person you're going to be and how you're going to respond when certain types of things happen. Mark: Right. Not to say that activism isn't important  Yucca: Right. Exactly. You can definitely.  Mark: You can definitely. advocate and work to bring about improvements to the world that we live in. And it's essential. That is many of us as possible. Do that. So not, not to say that your highest vision of yourself should Trump your vision for the world. But.  Yucca: But you aren't a personal failure. If you aren't the chosen one from the stories that saves the world from global warming and on all of that, you can, you can be part of that solution, but don't, but don't beat yourself up that like, That are that real life doesn't work the same way. Fantasy novelists work. Yeah.  Mark: Yeah. I mean, one of the things, one of the most pernicious things, I think about the children's stories that we tell people is, and they lived happily ever after. I mean, that's a terrible thing to tell people, because the expectation then is okay, you get married and then you lived happily ever after until you have a knock-down, drag-out fight over something super trivial that neither one of you is willing to get off of until a day later, when you finally got all the quarters all out of your system, and you're ready to start actually having a conversation. This is the way the world really works.  Yucca: Yes. Oh, on the poor. Yeah. And when, and when you've been raised on those stories and think that that's how it works, then you suddenly, is this not true? Love  Mark: Right.  Yucca: This is not meant to be. Relationships take work anyways. Now we're going on a tangent.  Mark: we are. Yes.  Yucca: That's a, well, maybe that'll be something to talk about as we get closer to Valentines. Mark: Yeah, That's a good idea of, although we actually have. Next week we have Sarah Lindsay coming. We're going to do an interview with the YouTuber known as the, the skeptical, which and if you haven't seen her channel, I really encourage you to take a look at some of her stuff. She's a PhD candidate in religious studies, and she's very, very interesting to talk with and listen to. So we're going to be doing that interview Next week. I am too. It's going to be great. So. In the meantime, we hope you all have a wonderful week, enjoy the season and be sure to contact us at the email address. We always tell you thewonderpodcastQs@gmail.com. If you have comments or suggested topics or any of that. Thanks So much, everybody.  Yucca: Thanks everyone. 

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Have you ever wondered what happened to your favourite discontinued snacks? Which ones were they? What made them so good? Do you think they'll be brought back? In this episode of the Reddit Asks Us Podcast I sat down with my sister Alena to answer the question, “what are the best discontinued snacks?” We shared our favourite snacks with each other and we also talked about snacks that are unique to both Canada and The United States New episodes every Tuesday @7 CST Follow @redditasksuspodcast on instagram and Tik Tok to watch clips, receive updates on guests and new episodes! Hope everyone enjoys! Sources: Foods You Can Only Get In Canada - Forkly www.saveur.comWeb resultsThe 11 Best Canadian Treats You Can't Get in America Canada's most popular ...

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Survivor Jeremy Indika details his experience of ongoing child sexual abuse from an adult known to his family. In this episode we discuss the assault and the delayed effects the abuse had on Jeremy and his mental health.Jeremy and I discuss consent and sexual education as powerful measures to prevent child sexual abuse into the future. By arming children with the capability and skils to articulate to their loved ones what is happening to them.We discuss many more items including how Jeremy stepped into the advocacy space, what his goals of advocacy look like and some strategies we can all implement to help keep children safe.This was an incredible podcast to record. Thankful for Jeremy coming on and sharing his story, and for all he is doing as an advocate in this space.Connect with Jeremy IndikaYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeM5j3x68j8gq3MHPSLzjmQFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/jeremyindika1/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jeremyindika/Tiktok: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMeGSkDcu/Twitter: https://twitter.com/jeremyindikaConnect with Reclaim Me / MadeleineReclaim Me LinktreeRESOURCES:For advice and support in England / UK please reach out to:Rape crisis UKhttps://rapecrisis.org.uk/The Gladehttps://www.theglade.org.uk/SurvivorsUK - https://www.survivorsuk.org/This a uk, London based men's/male survivors support group, which does include trans and non-binaryFor advice and support in America / Canada please reach out to:RAINN- https://www.rainn.org/US based Rape, Abuse, Incest National Network for survivorsNational Sexual Violence Resource Center - https://www.nsvrc.org/The National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC) is the leading nonprofit in providing information and tools to prevent and respond to sexual violence.National Hotlines - 855-484-2846 - Live chat option available on the websiteNational hotlines can help connect victims, survivors, and their support networks connect with local resources.For advice and support in Australia please reach out to: For crisis support please reach out to Lifeline 13 11 14www.lifeline.org.au/ For sexual assault and domestic abuse support services please reach out to 1800 RESPECTwww.1800respect.org.au National Debt Helpline: 1800 007 007www.ndh.org.au WIRE: 1300 134 130www.wire.org.au Women's Legal Services Australia: www.wlsa.org.au See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The struggle continues in the third episode of OS as we attempt to bridge the America/Canada cultural divide in a conversation as wide-ranging as the breadth of the interior between Vancouver and St. Johns! Our guest is our new friend John Cullen, a Canadian, comedian and co-host of the Blocked Party podcast, which is by some metrics actually a more famous podcast than Our Struggle. John has done his homework for this episode and raises the salient question: Is Karl Ove Knausgaard actually just a tedious asshole? We talk about that for a while but also get into some cool discussions about Newfy culture, employee discounts at sporting goods stores, and soliciting Knausgaard on Cameo. Thank you to John for guesting and no thank you to Drew as usual! The article discussed is "My Saga," a travelogue KOK wrote for the New York Times magazine in 2015. Lauren messed up and lost the last part of the recording where John plugs his new album. For those interested, the name of his album is LONG STORIES FOR NO REASON and you can find it on iTunes and Spotify. You can also follow John on Twitter @cullenthecomic. Do it!!

to support visit www.ko-fi.com/hindz. ++++ Join the Community & text me @ (917) 540-8903 to stay updated & connected. America/Canada only at the moment.

Join the Community & text me @ (917) 540-8903 to stay updated & connected. America/Canada only at the moment.

Join the Community & text me @ (917) 540-8903 to stay updated & connected. America/Canada only at the moment.

Join the Community & text me @ (917) 540-8903 to stay updated & connected. America/Canada only at the moment.

Join the Community & text me @ (917) 540-8903 to stay updated & connected. America/Canada only at the moment.

Join the Community & text me @ (917) 540-8903 to stay updated & connected. America/Canada only at the moment.

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Is there legitimacy to Immanuel Kant's philosophy of the categorical imperative? We are joined by Bryan from the Infusion Breakdown Show to discuss this. Topics branch out into identity politics, generalizations, Jordan Peterson, rival philosophies and the differences between America/Canada. Find Bryan on Instagram: @Bry_Almighty_ or @InfusionBreakdownShow

Podcast #124 Gilbert ages 50-60 The Years 1924-1934  Chesterton Decade by Decade Series In this decade, Chesterton started GK’s Weekly, the Everlasting Man is published. The Distributist League is born, Frances converts, they hire their last secretary, Dorothy Collins. They travel to Poland and Rome and America/Canada, where Chesterton gives a series of classes at Notre Dame. They travel to Dublin and France. Gilbert becomes a regular on the BBC. He’s starting to spend more time sick than healthy. He writes St. Thomas Aquinas. His mother dies, he becomes a Knight. Hitler rises to power. Sign up for our 60 days with GKC email series, you can get them daily or weekly, and this will help you dive deeper into Chesterton. chesterton.org If you live near Dover New Hampshire, on November 22 and 23 there will be a new play, Gilbert’s Guide to Elfland Excursions: A Fairy Tale Stage Show, here is the description: G.K. Chesterton plays host to three fairy tales: from France, Beauty and the Beast, from Sweden, The Werewolf, a Cinderella Story and from Scotland, Little Daylight. November 22 and 23rd at the Strand Theater, 10:30 am and 6:30 PM on the 22, and 1:30 matinee on the 23rd, tickets in advance or at the door. It will be a family friendly show. Weebsite is chestertonSP.com (Chesterton Stage Productions) by our very own Christopher Oulette, whom you’ve heard on occasion on this very show. anyone interested in Chesterton’s war writing to know that there is a book called Chesterton on War and Peace which culls the war pieces from the ILN from 1905 till his death, so they’re all in one place for your reading pleasure. Unfortunatly Chesterton on War and Peace is currently out of stock on the Chesterton.org website, but my second book site I go to, AbeBooks.com, which usually has a great selection of used books, does have it for only 9 or 10 bucks right now if you’re interested. In addition, Collected Works volume 21 at the back has newspaper reports of some of Chesterton’s speeches, which is interesting reading. If you enjoy these podcasts, know that I am a volunteer, and I donate the cost of storage for these podcasts which I consider a donation to the Society. I podcast because I love doing it and enjoy creating these shows. If you’d like to show your appreciation, please consider making a donation to the Chesterton Society by going to Chesterton.org/donate Thank you

Sheila Wilson is the President of Intercoiffure America Canada and owner of Master Design Salon (located in Memphis, TN). As one of the leading women in beauty, Sheila shares insights on the salon industry and the importance of beauty schools moving forward with the industry. 

Ciara McCormack is a retired international footballer with experience in multiple countries including Canada, Australia, and the United States. She wrote and published a story about an issue happening in Australian soccer that caught my attention. So, I asked if she would be interested in discussing it with me and she said yes. And I […] The post Episode 151: How Would Real Competition Help Women’s Soccer in America, Canada, and Australia? Ciara McCormack Tells Her Side of the Story. appeared first on 3four3.

In this episode, we talk about how relations with the United States and Canada are in terms of trade according to four news sources.

the Darkness of Denial into the Light of Acceptance and RECOVERY! This week we furthered our conversation about INTERVENTIONS, amidst some of the other topics WE Alcoholics go off on various topics unrelated to what we started talking about. This week CHUCK & STEVE-O were back to join in on these discussions. I was asked whether I would be willing and qualified to host an INTERVENTION with a Friend of mine. His family approached me with this request. Now I have never personally participated in an INTERVENTION - so I asked my Friend KEN STOGIS to join me. I was aware that Ken had been involved in a sort of intervention when he was in Treatment - over 25 years ago. Preparing for this event/ocassion - I met with a few of the participants and directed them to write letters to their father/Mate explaining how his drinking impacts them. I felt we had reviewed it fairly good,  We shall see - the selected date is the 20th of November. With this in mind I will continue to prepare by discussing it on the air with whomever may feel the need to share or be heard. Join me/us every Sunday as we discuss & review some of the most difficult yet important topics relating to recovery from various addicitions. We ARE NOT DOCTORS / COUNSELORS / THERAPISTS / PROFESSIONALS IN ANY WAY - HOWEVER WHAT WE ARE IS INDIVIDUALS WORKING PROGRAMS in our Respective Disease/Drug of Choice such as Alcoholism. As this is a LIVE Talk show/Broadcast - we encourage and welcome callers who wish to join the conversation or want to be heard. Our call-in number is 323-580-5755 good on the day/time of the Show which is 7 to 9 PM CST Central Standard Time. We are in our 6th Year of Broadcasting this program and we have met/made many friends all across America & Canada too. Europe? You are next? Recovery is NO ACCIDENT - but a COMMITMENT TO WANTING A BETTER LIFE & doing what ever it takes to get it!

On this episode of America’s #1 music festival podcast & talk show, we preview one of the top festivals in all the Americas; Sasquatch Music Festival which will take place this Memorial Day week(end) from May 26-28 at The Gorge in beautiful Washington. This year's festival boasts an insane lineup featuring top artists from every genre.  Including LCD Soundsystem, Chance The Rapper, Twenty One Pilots, and so many more.  Frank Ocean was originally scheduled to perform but has since backed out due to personal circumstances, but Sasquatch was lucky enough to get one of top acts of 2017, LCD Soundsystem to fill in.  So with out skipping a beat you can still expect Sasquatch to continue it's legacy as one of the top festivals this year. Sasquatch was founded in 2002, and since then has become a leading name in the festival scene.  Establishing itself as the premiere north-western festival for both America & Canada, Sasquatch has grown from a small two day event to a nationally recognized music festival in little over a decade.  Constantly evolving, attendees can expect nothing less than total enjoyment from their festival going experience. Also throughout this episode we feature the work of four lesser known artists who will be performing at Sasquatch Music Festival, and who we feel you NEED to make time in your festival schedule for.  Including: Saint MesaKlangstofMount KimbieRufus Du Sol

HYPHENATED* Episode 2, Part 1: Weekly Discussion- “Do non-native POC benefit as settlers on native lands? In this week’s discussion, the focus will be on the exclusion of Native peoples and erasure of their issues from anti-racism discussions. ferntales sent an amazing submission (and paper!) about our roles, even as POC, in the system of colonial oppression, and we will be discussing our thoughts. DISCLAIMER: in this episode, when we refer to Indigenous/Native peoples, we are referring to those in lands now called America/Canada.