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About The GuestDavid V. Hicks retired in 2015 as Chief Academic Officer for Meritas LLC, a company based in Chicago that owned and operated K-12 college preparatory schools worldwide.  The day after his retirement, Meritas was sold to Nord Anglia Education.   Before joining Meritas, Hicks spent thirty years in independent education, heading St. Andrew's Episcopal School in Jackson, Mississippi; St. Mark's School of Texas in Dallas; St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire; and the Darlington School in Rome, Georgia.  After graduating from The Stony Brook School (New York) in 1966, Hicks studied at Princeton where he majored in English and graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa in 1970. He then read for a master's degree in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE) at Jesus College, Oxford as a Rhodes scholar. He later studied at the University of Moscow. Hicks served as an officer in the U.S. Navy and is the youngest man ever to teach on the faculty of the Naval War College. In 1976, he ran for Congress in New York's Westchester County in a race he narrowly lost to long-time incumbent Richard Ottinger. In 1981 his book, NORMS & NOBILITY: A TREATISE ON EDUCATION, won the Outstanding Book Award for Education from the American Library Association. In 1996, Hicks created a stir in boarding school communities around the United States when he published his essay, “The Strange Fate of the American Boarding School,” in The American Scholar. His and his brother Scot's translation of Marcus Aurelius' Meditations was published by Scribner as THE EMPEROR'S HANDBOOK in 2002.   Since then Scot and Davd have produced a series of annotated translations of Plutarch's Lives for CiRCE: The Lawgivers; The Statesmen; and The Tyrant. Forthcoming books by Hicks: The Stones Cry Out: Reflections on the Myths We Live By (CAP) and with Father Anthony Gilbert, Orthodox Christianity and Classical Education (SVP). Hicks has served on numerous boards throughout the world, most recently including the TASIS Foundation (Switzerland), the Campion School (Greece), St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary (New York), TASIS Dorado School (Puerto Rico), San Roberto International School  (Mexico), and St. Peter's Monastery Foundation (Montana).  Hicks and his wife Mary Elizabeth have four grown children and live on a ranch (West of the Moon) off the grid near Harrison, Montana.  They are members of St. Anthony the Great Orthodox Church In Bozeman.Show NotesDavid shares about his education as a child into his early career and how it lead him towards writing Norms and Nobility. Adrienne and David dive into what it means to create a spirit of inquiry rooted in dialects. David delves into the thesis of Norms and Nobility and expands on the quote on page 18 of his book. David discusses what early Christian education looked like.  David details about all his newer writing projectsDavid V. Hicks ResourcesREISSUE of Norms and Nobility releases August 6, 2024 (look for the blue book with the introduction by Andrew Kern)Orthodox Christianity and Classical Education: An Anthology edited by David V. Hicks (published by St. Vladimir's Press. Release date is not yet available)The Stones Cry Out by David V. Hicks (CAP publishing- Preorder form is available here)The Emporer's Handbook : A New Translation of the Meditations Trans. by David and Scot Hicks (the new paperback version is Marcus Arelius's Meditations also translated by Hicks)The Plutarch books (all 3: The Lawgiver, The Statesman, The Tyrant) can be found on Circe Institute's website here.Resources MentionedThucydides (He did not mention what book, but this is the version that Dr. Matthew Post used for his classes at UD)Crime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Book of Lost Tales by J.R.R. TolkienThe Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane JabobsThe Unsettling of America: Culture & Agriculture by Wendell Berry (audiobook is free on audible)Plutarch's LivesSingapore MathThe PsalterFilm: Seven Brides for Seven BrothersNotes from Underground by Fyodor DostoevskyChristianity and Classical Culture by Charles Norris Cochrane (free pdf here) Past Guests on the Podcast who are Mentioned in this Episode:RightStart MathTeaching Math Like Socrates with Number LabTending The Heart of Virtue: Vigen GuroianDr. Christopher Perrin on What is Classical Education?Bryan Smith: A Sage in the Liberal Arts Tradition______________________________Beautiful Teaching is hosting an online classical education conference (Karen Glass is one of the keynote speakers). https://www.beautifulteaching.com/conference$20 off Discount Code:IDEAS20note: copy/paste exactly without any spaces before or after.It is good through June 20.DETAILED PROGRAM GUIDEConference Recordings: All sessions will be recorded. Live attendance is greatly encouraged, but come and go as needed. The recording will be av...

Today I speak with IFBB Bikini Pro Amanda Lam, from Hong Kong. She and her partner Isaac, are the first Chinese IFBB pro couple. She is the director of PUMP Personal Training Gym in Hong Kong and is also a transformation and Prep Coach. She is also an occupational therapist with 2 years working experience in the psychiatric department working with adolescents with autism, depression, and eating disorders. Amanda is currently studying functional medicine and integrative nutrition. She earned her Pro card in Hong Kong 2020 and has since placed second call outs at the 2023 San Antonio Pro and first call outs in Korea Pro and Japan Pro.   TOPICS COVERED -growing trend of bodybuilding in Asia -relationships in bodybuilding -working on feedback & building glutes -balancing all aspects of life -from occupational therapy to coaching -taking a break from bodybuilding -having a heathy pregnancy & postpartum -stress management  -pursuing your passion   CONNECT WITH CELESTE: Website: http://www.celestial.fit Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/celestial_fit/ All Links: http://www.celestial.fit/links.html CONNECT WITH AMANDA: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amandajayden_ifbbpro/   TIME STAMPS 1:00 introduction 4:27 competing in Asia versus USA 8:30 how her family views bodybuilding 14:10 having an IFBB Pro boyfriend 19:05 working towards the Olympia 26:00 balancing bodybuilding and her career 29:43 being a prep coach 30:59 leaving her hospital job to coach 36:44 taking time to start a family 43:50 studying functional medicine 48:30 lessons from bodybuilding 51:31 goals outside of competing 55:20 Amanda's approach to prep 60:38 advice for competitors   CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE FOOD RELATIONSHIP COACHING SERIES   CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE POST SHOW BLUES COACHING SERIES   LEARN MORE AND APPLY FOR MY 5 WEEK FOOD RELATIONSHIP HEALING & DISCOVERY COACHING PROGRAM   FOR OTHER FREE RESOURCES, LIVE EVENTS, AND WAYS TO WORK WITH CELESTE CLICK HERE

Guests: Miles Smith, Paul Tice, & Jason Peters Host Scot Bertram talks with Miles Smith, assistant professor of history at Hillsdale College, about America's steady loss of confidence and his article “Decline is a Choice.” Paul Tice, Wall Street veteran and cultural commentator, explains the long-term dangers of ESG investing and his new book The Race to Zero: How ESG Investing will Crater the Global Financial System. And Jason Peters, associate professor of English at Hillsdale College, introduces us to the Kentuckian poet and essayist Wendell Berry and discusses one of his most well-known works, The Unsettling of America: Culture and Agriculture.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When Jorge Blanco met @davinesofficial's Davide Bollati some 20 years ago, little did he know how much it would change the trajectory of his life. At the time, Jorge was flexing his editorial and entrepreneurial muscles as co-founder of a lifestyle magazine. But a meeting of the minds found Jorge quickly accepting a six-month contract to work at Davines. In this episode, Jorge shares the story of his evolving role at Davines and how his storytelling abilities have transcended all aspects of the brand, from sustainability to education to product manufacturing, all while remaining true to Davines' core ethos of culture and sustainability.

Dan Miller is the founder and CEO of Steward, a crowdfunding platform for investing in regenerative agriculture projects. He discusses how it all works with Dr. Anthony Gustin.   After Dan pioneered crowdfunding for real estate investing with his company Fundrise, he decided to move into something he was more passionate about: fixing the food system.    Steward empowers everyday investors to vote with their dollar and support regenerative farms beyond simply buying their goods.    Since launching in 2020, they've crowdsourced and provided over $30 million in short-term loans to fund more than 90 regenerative projects across the US.   Tune into the episode to hear Dan and Dr. Gustin chat about: How Dan used what he learned scaling Fundrise to launch and grow Steward Why financing is the biggest challenge for regenerative to become the norm and what's wrong with the current system The surprising new generation entering the regenerative agriculture space  How Steward vets and supports borrowers to drive returns for investors Success stories and community impacts What happens if there's a default, the average portfolio yield, the minimum investors need to start, and more!   Resources mentioned in this episode: Dan Miller's company, Steward The Unsettling of America: Culture and Agriculture by Wendell Berry

Poet, novelist, and environmentalist Wendell Berry lives in Port Royal, Kentucky near his birthplace, where he has maintained a farm for over 40 years. Mistrustful of technology, he holds deep reverence for the land and is a staunch defender of agrarian values. He is the author of over 50 books of poetry, fiction, and essays. His poetry celebrates the holiness of life and everyday miracles often taken for granted. In 2016, Berry was awarded the Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award by the National Books Critics Circle. In 2010, Barack Obama awarded him with the National Humanities Medal. Berry's other honors include the T.S. Eliot Prize, the Aiken Taylor Award for poetry, the John Hay Award of the Orion Society, and the Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award of the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. Berry's poetry collections include This Day: Collected & New Sabbath Poems (2014), Given (2005), A Timbered Choir: The Sabbath Poems 1979-1997, Entries: Poems (1994), Traveling at Home (1989), The Selected Poems of Wendell Berry (1988), Collected Poems 1957-1982 (1985), Clearing (1977), There Is Singing Around Me (1976), and The Broken Ground (1964).Critics and scholars have acknowledged Wendell Berry as a master of many literary genres, but whether he is writing poetry, fiction, or essays, his message is essentially the same: humans must learn to live in harmony with the natural rhythms of the earth or perish. His book The Unsettling of America: Culture and Agriculture (1977), which analyzes the many failures of modern, mechanized life, is one of the key texts of the environmental movement. Berry has criticized environmentalists as well as those involved with big businesses and land development. In his opinion, many environmentalists place too much emphasis on wild lands without acknowledging the importance of agriculture to our society. Berry strongly believes that small-scale farming is essential to healthy local economies, and that strong local economies are essential to the survival of the species and the wellbeing of the planet. In an interview with New Perspectives Quarterly editor Marilyn Berlin Snell, Berry explained: “Today, local economies are being destroyed by the ‘pluralistic,' displaced, global economy, which has no respect for what works in a locality. The global economy is built on the principle that one place can be exploited, even destroyed, for the sake of another place.”Berry further believes that traditional values, such as marital fidelity and strong community ties, are essential for the survival of humankind. In his view, the disintegration of communities can be traced to the rise of agribusiness: large-scale farming under the control of giant corporations. Besides relying on chemical pesticides and fertilizers, promoting soil erosion, and causing depletion of ancient aquifers, agribusiness has driven countless small farms out of existence and destroyed local communities in the process. In a New Perspectives Quarterly interview Berry commented that such large-scale agriculture is morally as well as environmentally unacceptable: “We must support what supports local life, which means community, family, household life—the moral capital our larger institutions have to come to rest upon. If the larger institutions undermine the local life, they destroy that moral capital just exactly as the industrial economy has destroyed the natural capital of localities—soil fertility and so on. Essential wisdom accumulates in the community much as fertility builds in the soil.” Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe

When David's time to die drew near, he commanded Solomon his son, saying,   “I am about to go the way of all the earth. Be strong, and show yourself a man, and keep the charge of Yahweh your God, walking in his ways and keeping his statutes, his commandments, his rules, and his testimonies, as it is written in the Law of Moses, that you may prosper in all that you do and wherever you turn, that Yahweh may establish his word that he spoke concerning me, saying, ‘If your sons pay close attention to their way, to walk before me in faithfulness with all their heart and with all their soul, you shall not lack1 a man on the throne of Israel.' - 1 Kings 2:1-4   This Episode's Links and Timestamps: 00:24 – 1 Kings 2 08:39  - Thoughts on the Reading 38:40 - House Votes To Formally Authorize Biden Impeachment Inquiry – Daniel Chaitin, DW 55:33 - Hunter Biden's Lawyer Asks New Speaker To Back Off – Daniel Chaitin, DW 1:05:58 - Life After Television: The Coming Transformation of Media and American Life by George Gilder - Goodreads 1:25:05 - Just Thinking about the State by Darrell Harrison, Virgil Walker – Goodreads 1:35:15 - The Unsettling of America: Culture and Agriculture by Wendell Berry - Goodreads --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/garrett-ashley-mullet/message

American Culture Shock, Howl's Moving Castle, Kale Problems, Aliens and more! アメリカのカルチャーショック、ハウルの動く城、ケール問題、宇宙人など!' Main channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-8_djC5_aV4Mi3o3fuLPLA/featured Send us questions at: lazyfluency@gmail.com  

In this 170th in a series of live discussions with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying (both PhDs in Biology), we discuss the state of the world through an evolutionary lens. This week we discuss the sun and the Earth. Near Infrared Radiation (NIR) from the sun penetrates deep inside our bodies, where it stimulates our mitochondria to produce subcellular melatonin, a potent antioxidant. Spend time outside to reap the health benefits. And: It is Earth Day! Let us reject reductionism, specialization, and dependence, and remember our roots on the land, making and growing and producing things with our own hands: let us be producers, not merely consumers. Always, we can learn from Wendell Berry. Also: how could the Biden administration be making such a foolish mistake with mortgage rates, why did it take so long for MIT to drop their Covid vax mandates, and how awesome is that spike protein? ***** Our sponsors: Mindbloom: at-home ketamine therapy. Use code DARKHORSE at www.Mindbloom.com to receive $100 off your first six session program. Sundays: Dog food so tasty and healthy, even husbands swear by it. Go to www.sundaysfordogs.com/DARKHORSE to receive 35% off your first order. Vivo Barefoot: Shoes for healthy feet—comfortable and regenerative, enhances stability and tactile feedback. Go to www.vivobarefoot.com/us/darkhorse15 to get 15% off, and a 100-day free trial. ***** Our book, A Hunter-Gatherer's Guide to the 21st Century, is available everywhere books are sold, including from Amazon: https://a.co/d/dunx3at Check out our store! Epic tabby, digital book burning, saddle up the dire wolves, and more: https://darkhorsestore.org Heather's newsletter, Natural Selections (subscribe to get free weekly essays in your inbox): https://naturalselections.substack.com Find more from us on Bret's website (https://bretweinstein.net) or Heather's website (http://heatherheying.com). Become a member of the DarkHorse LiveStreams, and get access to an additional Q&A livestream every month. Join at Heather's Patreon. Like this content? Subscribe to the channel, like this video, follow us on twitter (@BretWeinstein, @HeatherEHeying), and consider helping us out by contributing to either of our Patreons or Bret's Paypal. Looking for clips from #DarkHorseLivestreams? Check out our other channel:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAWCKUrmvK5F_ynBY_CMlIA Theme Music: Thank you to Martin Molin of Wintergatan for providing us the rights to use their excellent music. ***** Q&A Link: https://youtube.com/live/eXaGDO-tpjI?feature=share Mentioned in this episode: It is dark inside your head: https://open.substack.com/pub/naturalselections/p/it-is-dark-inside-your-head History of Earth Day: https://www.earthday.org/history/ The Unsettling of America: Culture and Agriculture (Wendell Berry, 1977): https://www.amazon.com/Unsettling-America-Culture-Agriculture/dp/161902599X Biden Raises Costs for Homebuyers With Good Credit to Help Risky Borrowers: https://www.newsweek.com/biden-raises-costs-homebuyers-good-credit-help-risky-borrowers-1795700 The Spike, by Clayton Fox, in Tablet: https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/science/articles/the-spikeSupport the show

Dr. Vandana Shiva bringing light to the challenges of our New World Order: Bill Gates, The Great Reset, Patented Seeds & our agriculture crisis, Corporatocracies, Globalists & the 1%, and all things captured industries and institutions alike. Dr.Shiva is a scientist, environmental & anti-GMO activist, eco-feminist, and anti-globalisation author is here to spread some truth. She has written over 20 books, and is the founder of the Navdanya Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology: a movement in defence of biodiversity & small farmers. In this episode of Stars & Destruct, Juliana Spicoluk and Mark Spicoluk tune in with Dr. Vandana Shiva to ask questions about the globalist agenda, the environmental crisis & our broken system, and to shed light on how to grow from here. In an illusion-shattering conversation on the poison cartels, GMOs, Nazi-Germany Monsanto, Silicon Valley, fake food, the social credit system, disconnection, Impossible Burger, the unemployment crisis, farmers committing suicide in India, food-related diseases, synthetic fertilizers, the digitalisation of money and much more, Vandana awakens us to the roots of The Great Reset and plants seeds for a sovereign future for all of life. Show Notes: BOOKS: » Vandana Shiva - Terra Viva: My Life in a Biodiversity of Movement - https://chelseagreen.biz/product/terra-viva/ » Vandana Shiva - Soil Not Oil - https://www.soilassociation.org/media/4964/policy_report_2008_soil_not_oil.pdf » Vandana Shiva - Oneness vs. the 1%: Shattering Illusions, Seeding Freedom - https://www.chelseagreen.com/product/oneness-vs-the-1/ » Vandana Shiva - The Vandana Shiva Reader (Culture Of The Land) - https://www.kentuckypress.com/9780813153292/the-vandana-shiva-reader/ » Vandana Shiva - Philanthrocapitalism and the Erosion of Democracy: A Global Citizens Report on the Corporate Control of Technology, Health, and Agriculture - https://www.amazon.com/Philanthrocapitalism-Erosion-Democracy-Technology-Agriculture/dp/0907791913 » Larissa Zimberoff - Technically Food: Inside Silicon Valley's Mission to Change What We Eat - https://larissazimberoff.com/book » Shoshana Zuboff - The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power -https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Age_of_Surveillance_Capitalism » Wendell Berry - The Unsettling of America: Culture and Agriculture - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/146191.The_Unsettling_of_America **** Guest Links: DR. VANDANA SHIVA: NAVDANYA INTERNATIONAL: https://navdanyainternational.org TWITTER: https://twitter.com/drvandanashiva The Seeds Of Vandana Shiva The Movie : https://vandanashivamovie.com Team Stardust: Juliana Spicoluk: https://www.julianaspicoluk.com/ https://www.instagram.com/juliana.spicoluk/ Mark Spicoluk: https://www.markspicoluk.com/ https://www.instagram.com/mark.spicoluk/ Heidi Souffriau -producer : https://www.heidisouffriau.com/ https://www.instagram.com/unfold.yoursoul/ stars+destruct. https://www.starsanddestruct.com/ https://www.instagram.com/starsanddestruct/ JOIN THE STARWALKER MOVEMENT: Get news, updates, offers, insight, and more dirrect to your email box from stars+destruct. https://www.starsanddestruct.com/starwalkers

In this episode we talked about American culture and the police mentality. We sprinkled some black economics in the Convo as well. Is this way of living sustainable? We sure hope you enjoy

In the final three episodes of our limited series podcast, our host Ron Kroese moderates a discussion. Each individual played an important role in the work of National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) and its predecessor efforts. This week, we focus on the formation, development, and accomplishments of NSAC over the past three decades, through 5 farm bills and 27 appropriation bills. Next week, we'll focus on successes, challenges, and take a deeper look at the organization. In the final week, we'll talk about the 1980s farm crisis and share stories about those who made an impact on sustainable agriculture policy along the way. Discussion participants and their positions and locations at the time of the interview include: Fred Kirschenmann: affiliated with the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture at Iowa State University, and also the Stone Barn Center for Food and Agriculture in New York. Lives in Ames, Iowa. Ann Robinson: Midwest regional office director for the National Center for Appropriate Technology. Located in Des Moines, Iowa. Michael Sligh: with the Rural Advancement Foundation International in Pittsboro, North Carolina. Chuck Hassebrook: Formerly with the Center for Rural Affairs in Nebraska. Mary Fund: with the Kansas Rural Center and also a certified organic farmer. Ferd Hoefner: policy director for the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition in Washington, D.C. Margaret Krome: policy director for the Michael Fields Agricultural Institute in East Troy, Wisconsin. Frances Thicke: farmer from southeast Iowa. Owns and operates an organic dairy farm, processes milk on the farm and markets it all locally. Amy Little: policy director for the Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Working Group. Duane Sand: on the staff of Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation, Des Moines, Iowa. Teresa Opheim: with Practical Farmers of Iowa. Located in Ames, Iowa. Duane Havorka: executive director of the Nebraska Wildlife Federation. Lives near Elmwood, Nebraska. The roundtable was conducted on Aug. 2, 2015. Links this episode: National Sustainable Agriculture Oral History Archive (video link) “A Time to Choose: Summary Report on the Structure of Agriculture” "Report and Recommendations on Organic Farming" “The Unsettling of America: Culture and Agriculture” by Wendell Berry “Who Will Sit Up With the Corporate Sow?” -------- Liked this show? SUBSCRIBE to this podcast on Spotify, Audible, Apple, Google, and more. Catch past episodes, a transcript, and show notes at cfra.org/SustainbleAgPodcast.

Bob Bergland's vision and leadership led to the government's first initiative in organic and sustainable agriculture. This week, our host Ron talks with Bob about his several decades of public service, with the interview focusing primarily on four studies. This was recorded in 2017, one year before Bob passed away. Robert (Bob) Bergland was born on July 22, 1928, on a farm near Roseau, Minnesota. He lived in the community until he passed away in December 2018 at the age of 90. In 1963, he went to work for the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service, first at the state level in Minnesota, and later in Washington, D.C. In 1970, he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, serving three terms from 1971 to 1977 as a member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party. In Congress, he served on the House Committee on Agriculture's subcommittees for Conservation and Credit, and Livestock, Grains, Dairy, and Poultry. In 1977, shortly after beginning a fourth term in the House, he was appointed Secretary of Agriculture by President Jimmy Carter and served in that role from Jan. 23, 1977, to Jan. 20, 1981. During his tenure, he commissioned a major report examining the structure of American agriculture, "A Time to Choose," and the first USDA study on organic farming, "Report and Recommendations on Organic Farming." At the end of President Carter's administration, he was named vice president and general manager of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association. After retiring in 1994, he was elected by the Minnesota State Legislature to a term on the University of Minnesota Board of Regents. The interview was conducted on March 7, 2017. Links this episode: National Sustainable Agriculture Oral History Archive (video link) “A Time to Choose: Summary Report on the Structure of Agriculture” "Report and Recommendations on Organic Farming" “The Unsettling of America: Culture and Agriculture” by Wendell Berry -------- Liked this show? SUBSCRIBE to this podcast on Spotify, Audible, Apple, Google, and more. Catch past episodes, a transcript, and show notes at cfra.org/SustainbleAgPodcast.

Join us as we dive into the magical world of soil! We've become huge fans – did you know there are more microorganisms in a teaspoon of healthy soil than there are people on the Earth? We explore what soil is, how it sustains life, and why it's important for physical and mental health, and the climate. We draw on our own connections to soil, living in the country and city, and discuss what we can learn from soil about time, dormancy, patience, place, meaning, community, connection, communication, healing, complexity, and letting go. We look at the threats to soil, and so to the world's health at large, and signpost efforts to protect and restore soil, from the individual level, to farming, to policy. Whether you're new to this topic, or are an avid gardener or farmer, we hope you take something from the episode. To explore this and other subjects, join our Facebook group, 'Unfurling Podcast' or get in touch via our website.References: ~1: Charles E. Kellogg, “USDA Yearbook of Agriculture”, 1938: “Essentially, all life depends upon the soil. There can be no life without soil and no soil without life; they have evolved together.” ~1: Chief Seattle, 1852: “We are part of the earth and it is part of us. What befalls the earth befalls all the sons of the earth.” ~2: Wendell Berry quote from “The Unsettling of America: Culture and Agriculture”~3: Definition of soil in Rainforest Alliance's “7 Fascinating Facts About Soil”~7: Bedrock “weathering can take up to tens of thousands of years to form a mature soil”.~7: “Soil and Soul: People versus Corporate Power” by Alastair McIntosh ~10: Info on soil microbiome, & soil antidepressants in Rainforest Alliance link above~12: Soil carbon stocks, EEA~13: The South West Peatland Project~15: Soil degradation, Conscious Planet~16: Soil Association~16: Nature Friendly Farming Network~17: Soils for the Future~18: Conscious Planet~18: Article on Conscious Planet in The CSR Journal~20: Open Farm Sunday~21: “Bloom” by Nicola Skinner~28: “Let Them Eat Dirt: Saving Our Children from an Oversanitized World” by B. Brett Finlay & Marie-Claire Arrieta ~29: Aldo Leopold, “A Sand County Almanac” See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Last week's episode was about giving a holistic experience on what it takes to be a successful international student in the US and diaspora as a whole. In this episode, we dive deeper into resources that are available to prospective students in Africa to use if planning to apply to schools in the US. Our guest Richard Ewane, founder of The Student Advisor, explains the entire process of applying to college as an international student successfully with an emphasis on making it through the complex process of the F-1 visa interview at the US Embassy. If you are a student or parent of a prospective student who is confused and/or overwhelmed by the complex process of applying to college in the diaspora, then this episode is for you. Meet Our Guest Born in Cameroon, Richard Ewane attended primary school in Yaoundé and secondary school at Sacred Heart College Mankon, Bamenda. He then went to college in America, studying International Business and Economics at Ohio Northern University (ONU). Upon graduation, Mr. Ewane was hired by his alma mater, ONU, as an Admissions Counselor. After working at ONU, Mr. Ewane decided to return to Cameroon. He worked at the S. T. Muna Foundation for a few years and then he was recruited by the U.S. Embassy in Yaoundé as the EducationUSA Advisor, working with prospective students, their families, and other stakeholders to gain admission to U.S. institutions. During his tenure at the U.S. Embassy, Mr. Ewane recorded a seventeen percent (17%) increase in the number of successful applications from the country, the largest increase in over a decade! Driven by his desire to improve the lives of his fellow Cameroonian youth, Richard left his position at the US Embassy and went to work as the Chief of Staff to the international lawyer and anti-corruption champion, Akere "Mr. Clean'' Muna, a candidate in Cameroon's 2018 presidential election. Simultaneously, he launched The Student Advisor to continue the work he has been doing for a decade – effecting change by providing educational opportunities to Cameroonians. Today, he continues to work with the then-presidential candidate on matters of good governance and anti-corruption across the globe, as well as run The Student Advisor. All with the goal of bringing positive change to his community. Contact Richard:  Website: www.thestudentadvisor.com Phone [whatsapp]: +1 614 697 4455 Phone: +237 680 230 570 Social media platforms: The Student Advisor   Things you will learn in this episode: [00:01 – 07:54] Introduction Introducing the guests The guest summarize his journey [07:54 – 20:05] Coming to America to Study The application process Arriving in America Culture shock experiences Richard's first experience with American students Adapting to the America system [20:05 – 23:00] Working in America after Graduation Working as an Admissions Counselor Setting up orientation for foreign students [23:00 – 30:00] Coming back to Cameroon Finding a job I regretted my decision when things got difficult Working in an orphanage & starting a record label Working at the United States Embassy [54:35 – 46:26] How The Student Advisor helps Students Guiding students through the entire F-1 visa application process Advising students on how to select schools Launching a bootcamp to help students  How The Student Advisor was started The abundant scholarships available [46:36 – 48:04] Get in Touch with The Student Advisor Contact us through our website Getting in touch through Whatsapp & Social Media [48:04 – 55:13] Lessons & Final Words Two important things to note  Anyoh's  final words   Tweetable Quotes: “After doing this several times, I can today look at a kid's document and ask them how the interview went and know exactly what happened. So what we do is consulting for students who have been denied visas or about to go for an interview and steer them in the right direction.” - Richard Ewane [Founder, The Student Advisor] “A lot of students will stand in their own way. This is because they work with- and receive advice from people who have no idea what they are talking about.” - Richard Ewane [Founder, The Student Advisor] “There could be way more [international students studying in America]. We have so many more qualified students who just fall through the cracks because they don't have information. When I started working at the US Embassy, I did a full media bliss and we ended up having a 17% increase in the number of Cameroonian students studying in the US.” -  Richard Ewane [Founder, The Student Advisor] “Disseminating correct information is really important for our students because they don't know. You have all these kids who got 5As in Advanced Level, they should be going to MIT and Stanford and Berkeley, but they don't know they can. And even when they've seen other people do it, they don't know how to go about it.” - Richard Ewane [Founder, The Student Advisor] “Life would have been way easier and better if I had this kind of opportunity [with The Student Advisor] prior to coming to the United States as an international student. It is really amazing how much we just try to figure it out by ourselves because we don't have any guidance.” - Anyoh Fombad LEAVE A REVIEW and tell us what you think about the episode so we can continue putting out the best content just for you! You can connect with us on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Twitter, or send us an email at hello@livingafricanpodcast.com. Check out our website www.livingafricanpodcast.com for more resources and to learn more. 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Apologies for the bad audio to start, I correct it about 5-10 minutes inCulture villains beware! Your nefarious deeds will no longer go unpunished! The good people of the world have suffered your wrath for too long and now you must pay for your crimes. Cower before the might of Foulball Productions and Vigilante Williamson! We come for JUSTICE and will settle for nothing less. So transgress if ye be so bold, but just know, one day you will have to answer to.....The Culture Crime Fighters.Subscribe to Vigilante Williamson: https://www.youtube.com/c/Vigilantewilliamson Subscribe to Foulball Productions: https://www.youtube.com/c/FoulballProductions

God's creation is a direct reflection of God's glory, and Christians are called to be faithful stewards of the earth. While global issues of climate and environment can seem out of reach, our local communities give us space to learn and take action in small and large ways. How can we partner with our creator to build a better, more sustainable living environment? What simple, practical changes can we make to responsibly care for our local communities and our world?Chris and Eddie are joined by Jeff Bilbro, author of Virtues of Renewal: Wendell Berry's Sustainable Forms and Loving God's Wildness: The Christian Roots of Ecological Ethics in American Literature. Bilbro's work on ecology and theology has been heavily influenced by Wendell Berry, an environmental activist and author best known for his book The Unsettling of America: Culture and Agriculture. Bilbro calls his readers to a greater ecological and cultural imagination based in the idea of shalom, a vision of relational and community healing in the context of our environment. This episode explores the deep wisdom of Wendell Berry across his literary forms, the idea of interrelatedness within God's creation, and how to hold onto hope while enacting hope in our communities.Resources:Follow Jeff Bilbro on the web:https://jeffbilbro.com Follow Jeff Bilbro on Twitter:https://twitter.com/jeff_bilbro

Join Rob as he breaks down +50 books in +30 categories that he's read (or is reading) since the age of 40. This is a special show that is a combination of an audience feedback show and an episode that Rob has wanted to put together for quite some time...Many thanks to Andy for the show suggestion!I've got a list of 54 books here, 27 of which I've read in their entirety.1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus Boundaries Updated and Expanded Edition: When to Say Yes, How to Say No To Take Control of Your LifeWake Up Happy: The Dream Big, Win Big Guide to Transforming Your LifeMore Than Two: A Practical Guide to Ethical PolyamoryMating in Captivity: Unlocking Erotic IntelligenceFingerprints of the GodsSeven Skeletons: The Evolution of the World's Most Famous Human FossilsFood of the Gods: The Search for the Original Tree of Knowledge A Radical History of Plants, Drugs, and Human EvolutionGrain Brain: The Surprising Truth about Wheat, Carbs, and Sugar--Your Brain's Silent KillersThe Complete Book of Five Rings12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to ChaosSapiens: A Brief History of HumankindAnimal FarmBrain Maker: The Power of Gut Microbes to Heal and Protect Your Brain for LifeThe Way of the Superior Man: A Spiritual Guide to Mastering the Challenges of Women, Work, and Sexual Desire (20th Anniversary Edition)Everything you need to know about E Collar TrainingHow to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and TranscendenceIshi in Two Worlds, 50th Anniversary Edition: A Biography of the Last Wild Indian in North AmericaJayber Crow::Novel21 Lessons for the 21st CenturyLesser Beasts: A Snout-to-Tail History of the Humble PigGaining Ground: A Story Of Farmers' Markets, Local Food, And Saving The Family FarmNonviolent Communication: Create Your Life, Your Relationships, and Your World in Harmony with Your ValuesThe 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal ChangeThe Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of the Donner PartyAmusing Ourselves to DeathBuilding a Better World in Your Backyard: Instead of Being Angry at Bad GuysThe Unsettling of America: Culture & AgricultureHere's a list of books that I am "in the process of" reading (as of 12/30/2020):IMPACT: Get Rich! Be More Awesome! Change the World! Kindle EditionThe Ecological Landscape Professional...Gaia's Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture299 Days: The 43 Colonels (Volume 10) Quick Keto Meals in 30 Minutes or Less:...Pursue the Cause of Liberty: A Farewell to Congress Quick & Easy Ketogenic Cooking: Meal Plans and Time Saving Paleo Recipes...Mere Christianity The Paleo Solution: The Original Human Diet Sex at Dawn: How We Mate, Why We Stray, and What It Means for Modern RelationshipsPrimal Power Method Change Your Body. Change Your Life. The Modern Caveman LifestyleFor a New Liberty: The Libertarian Manifesto The Ethical Slut: A Practical Guide to Polyamory, Open Relationships & Other Adventures A Seeker's Guide to Inner Peace: Notes to Self Treating Epilepsy Naturally : A Guide to Alternative and Adjunct TherapiesEpilepsy: A Patient and Family Guide Pasture Basics: How to Keep the Grass Green and Your Chickens Happy (Permaculture Chicken Book 2) Japanese Pickles CookbookSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/allaroundgrowth)

"Now, as then - we see the abstract values of an industrial economy, preying upon the native productivity of land and people. The fur trade was only the first establishment on this continent of a mentality of whose triumph is it's catastrophe. My purposes in beginning with this survey of history are:To show how deeply rooted in our past is the mentality of exploitation.To show how fundamentally revolutionary it is.To show how crucial to our history, hence to our own minds, is the question of how we will relate to our land.This question, now that the corporate revolution has so determinedly invaded the farmland returns us to our oldest crisis. "Wendell Berry - The Unsettling of AmericaWhat the quote meansWhy the quote is relevantHorticulture vs AgriculturePolyculture vs MonocultureAbundance, Diversity, and HealthQuote from "The Unsettling of America: Culture & Agriculture" - Wendell BerrySince its publication in 1977, The Unsettling of America has been recognized as a classic of American letters. In it, Wendell Berry argues that good farming is a cultural and spiritual discipline. Today’s agribusiness, however, takes farming out of its cultural context and away from families. As a result, we as a nation are more estranged from the land―from the intimate knowledge, love, and care of it.Sadly, his arguments and observations are more relevant than ever. Although “this book has not had the happy fate of being proved wrong,” Berry writes, there are people working “to make something comely and enduring of our life on this earth.” Wendell Berry is one of those people, writing and working, as ever, with passion, eloquence, and conviction.This book is as old as I am, yet the arguments and observations are more relevant than ever.What does this mean?Why is this relevant?Because it's important to understand history.While history doesn't rhyme, it sure does sound familiar at times.The show began with a quote by Wendell Berry written over 40 years ago"To show how deeply rooted in our past is the mentality of exploitation.""To show how fundamentally revolutionary it is.""To show how crucial to our history, hence to our own minds, is the question of how we will relate to our land."Horticulture vs AgricultureThe mentality of exploitation appears to be a "newer" thought - a western thought. A thought developed in a culture that rose from the roots of an agricultural society, perhaps.Polyculture vs MonocultureMonoculture of land becomes representative in the thought process of the people. Monoculture of the mind. People change.Abundance, Diversity, and HealthPermaculture is the solution. How do we lead a Permaculture based life? CLICK HERE TO RATE AND REVIEW THE PODCASTHave a Question for Rob? Send your questions to allaroundgrowth@gmail.comSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/allaroundgrowth)

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Why Are Black Hairstyles Controversial? Do Black Parents Discipline Their Children Differently? How Realistic Is The Return To Africa Movement? On Episode 9, We Discuss These Issues And More. Join AllOva Radio As We Cover Some Of The Most Challenging Topics Facing Black Americans.

EPISODE 42 | Diana Rodgers is “real food” dietician and writer living on a working organic farm. She runs a clinical nutrition practice, hosts the Sustainable Dish Podcast, and speaks internationally about human nutrition, sustainability, animal welfare and social justice. Diana's latest book and film are called "Sacred Cow: The Nutritional, Environmental, and Ethical Case for Better Meat." I know you're gonna learn sooooo much from Diana. Enjoy! EPISODE WEBPAGE: thehealthinvestment.com/regenerativeagriculture2 P.S. – If you're liking The Health Investment Podcast, be sure to hit “subscribe/follow” so that you never miss an episode

Scientists worldwide want the World Health Organization to take a stronger stance on airborne transmission of COVID-19. In the US, records were set last week for the highest number of daily cases, with hotspots that led some governors to halt re-openings or begin re-closings.  Trump gave some hall-of-fame dumb speeches this week, stoking division by focusing on “cancel culture”, then adding to the confusion around coronavirus by downplaying the disease’s severity.  And in headlines: new opinions to come from SCOTUS, sports teams consider name changes, and some fish eggs that don’t give a duck.

In our conversation with Daniel, we talk about the interplays between technology and landscape, between the virtual and the analogue world, and we explore what kind of new experiments and institutions that may emerge — and what new constituencies will likely gain a key role in organising at scale — for the re-regionalisation of the economy, which is such an important step of society’s regeneration.How to find and support Daniel’s work:> Medium Blog: https://medium.com/@designforsustainability > Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/DanielChristianWahl?fan_landing=true > Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrDCWahl > LinkedIn, https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-christian-wahl-phd-51a54616/ > Regeneration rising Youtube conversations: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zBxHnVsuus > Facebook groups: https://www.facebook.com/regenerativecultures/, https://www.facebook.com/Ecological-Consciousness-567337650286414/, https://www.facebook.com/groups/920150431523616/about/ Mentions and references:> Daniel Wahl, Midwives of the Regeneration: On the fertile edges of the more beautiful world, https://medium.com/age-of-awareness/midwives-of-the-regeneration-on-the-fertile-edges-of-the-more-beautiful-world-4a28a9c6496f > Daniel Wahl, Salutogenic Cities & Bioregional Regeneration (Part I of II), https://medium.com/age-of-awareness/salutogenic-cities-bioregional-regeneration-part-i-of-ii-2772a13bad9a > Jung’s cognitive functions, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jungian_cognitive_functions > Joanna Macy, https://www.joannamacy.net/main > Janine Benyus: “life creates conditions conducive to life”, https://www.ted.com/talks/janine_benyus_biomimicry_s_surprising_lessons_from_nature_s_engineers/transcript?language=en > Ecolise: https://www.ecolise.eu/ > Planetary Health Alliance, https://www.planetaryhealthalliance.org/mission > Wendell Berry, The Unsettling of America: Culture and Agriculture, https://www.amazon.com/Unsettling-America-Culture-Agriculture/dp/0871568772 > Regenesis Group: https://regenesisgroup.com/ > Bayo Akomolafe: “times are urgent so let’s slow down” http://bayoakomolafe.net/project/the-times-are-urgent-lets-slow-down/ > Rebel Wison, Sense-Making the Coronavirus outbreak, with Jamie Wheal, Diane Musho Hamilton: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKDWmKL7xCk > Yuk Hui, Cosmotechnics as Cosmopolistics, https://www.e-flux.com/journal/86/161887/cosmotechnics-as-cosmopolitics/ > Thích Nhất Hạnh (interbeing): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Th%C3%ADch_Nh%E1%BA%A5t_H%E1%BA%A1nh  Music by liosound.Recorded on April 06th 

In this episode, we have a boundaryless conversation with Tomas Diez, a Venezuelan Urbanist specialized in digital fabrication and its implications on the future of cities and society. He is the co-founder and director of Fab Lab Barcelona at the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC) and is a founding partner of the Fab City Global Initiative.  In our conversation with Tomas, we explore the democratization of the production of goods, mainly through technological progress and open knowledge sharing, and how this might affect the evolution of platform-enabled ecosystem driven production. We ask Tomas - through the lens of this transformation - what new subjectivities and constituents are empowered to organize in ways that are different, whether synergistic or integrated, with current globalization and digitalization trends. Of course, we cannot avoid touching on the changing landscape of risk and policy-making, as we connect with Tomas in the midst of the global pandemic. We also talk about the future of education and the need to reconsider Western-centric values and ways of knowing. Read more on our Medium story https://stories.platformdesigntoolkit.com/ Here are some important links from the conversation: > Fab City: Locally Productive, Globally Connected, https://fab.city/ > Wendell Berry (1977): The Unsettling of America: Culture and Agriculture, https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/146191.The_Unsettling_of_America > Peter Noak (2010): Sex, Bombs and Burgers, https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7829730-sex-bombs-and-burgers > Raj Patel, Jason W. Moore (2017): A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things: A Guide to Capitalism, Nature, and the Future of the Planet, https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34525475-a-history-of-the-world-in-seven-cheap-things Dr. Zachary Stein on education in a changing technology landscape, http://www.zakstein.org/  Music by liosound.Recorded on March 17th 2020

In this episode, we have a boundaryless conversation with Tomas Diez, a Venezuelan Urbanist specialized in digital fabrication and its implications on the future of cities and society. He is the co-founder and director of Fab Lab Barcelona at the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC) and is a founding partner of the Fab City Global Initiative. In our conversation with Tomas, we explore the democratization of the production of goods, mainly through technological progress and open knowledge sharing, and how this might affect the evolution of platform-enabled ecosystem driven production. We ask Tomas - through the lens of this transformation - what new subjectivities and constituents are empowered to organize in ways that are different, whether synergistic or integrated, with current globalization and digitalization trends. Of course, we cannot avoid touching on the changing landscape of risk and policy-making, as we connect with Tomas in the midst of the global pandemic. We also talk about the future of education and the need to reconsider Western-centric values and ways of knowing.Read more on our Medium story https://stories.platformdesigntoolkit.com/Here are some important links from the conversation:> Fab City: Locally Productive, Globally Connected, https://fab.city/> Wendell Berry (1977): The Unsettling of America: Culture and Agriculture, https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/146191.The_Unsettling_of_America> Peter Noak (2010): Sex, Bombs and Burgers, https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7829730-sex-bombs-and-burgers> Raj Patel, Jason W. Moore (2017): A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things: A Guide to Capitalism, Nature, and the Future of the Planet,https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34525475-a-history-of-the-world-in-seven-cheap-thingsDr. Zachary Stein on education in a changing technology landscape, http://www.zakstein.org/ Music by liosound.Recorded on March 17th 2020

Port Royal in Henry County, Kentucky has a population of less than a hundred. And it’s there that farmer, novelist, poet, and cultural critic Wendell Berry—whose family farmed Kentucky land for 7 generations—has been writing for much of his life. With work like The Unsettling of America: Culture and Agriculture, Wendell has functioned as both literary maverick and visionary to Americans for half a century, issuing warnings about industrial farming and the breaking apart of rural communities—concerns that are more immediate than ever. Back in May 2011, Berry appeared at Benaroya Hall for what he, with his trademark humor, terms a “prose sandwich:” the reading of a few poems, followed by his short story “Sold,” and ending with a final poem. After, he is joined by editor and publisher Jack Shoemaker, who talks with him about what “sustainability” really means, how to save our agricultural landscapes, and advising the young (which he calls “a cheap form of entertainment”).

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Christian Modjaiso is Founder and CEO of OBSERVE. He is the Xtreme Stress Coach, helping extremely stressed people to deal with their stress by observing it for themselves. Christian lives in Democratic Republic of the Congo. He speaks six languages, was on a university chess team before he went to high school and attended a top engineering school in the US. He has a bachelor’s degree in pure mathematics. This episode wasn’t all love and praise; however, Christian & I had serious disagreements about important topics, including race, relationships and anxiety. But as students of human nature who love to learn, we enjoyed every minute of it. Other topics we discuss: Dikembe Mutombo vs. Michael Jordan His expectations of America vs. his experience Understanding American jokes Getting spanked vs. caned Adapting to American’s perception of child abuse His favorite African-American comics My friend in Zambia, Bonie Getting an American Education: Coming to America [from Africa] at age 19 Being a minority for the first time “White people-smart” vs. “black people-smart” Racism in America Culture of dependence Victim mentality Incidents of racism he experienced in America American Culture: Attending a top engineering school in the USA Getting a Math degree What Christian thinks of the term “African-American” “Black culture” in America Feelings of inadequacy “Looksism” vs. Racism The African-American comedians he admires Latino culture in America Dealing with Stress & Anxiety: Ending human suffering Having a strong desire not to suffer Catalyst for starting his company Getting kicked out of school Understanding your suffering How he observes emotional states How he became better at handling his own mental stress The difference between stress and anxiety Capacity for emotional intelligence Separating thoughts from emotions Confidence stemming from preparation Coach Christian’s 3-step program Fun questions: If someone dropped a million dollars in your lap, what would you do with it? What’s your favorite book for dealing with stress? What’s your favorite podcast? What are you most grateful for? The solution to a stressful situation isn’t something you control. The effects [to causes] happen on their own . . . Focus on what you can do . . . Observe the facts . . . The solution will take care of itself.  – Christian Modjaiso Connect with Christian Get free coaching

The Tomato Podcast #5 - Cultural Differences In America, Nationality, Is IPhone XS A Flop, The Evolution Of Hip - Hop Music, Venom, Creed II, Black Comedians And White Audiences, Are All YouTubers Sociopaths Connect with us on Twitter: @PodcastTomato Connect with us on Instagram: PodcastTomato #TTPod

It's time for the weekly Culture Translator Podcast - we know you’ve been anxiously awaiting!   This week...3 things to know:   Teens love to be challenged. Not in necessarily in school but rather through social media. See the next internet sensation challenge - The Deodorant Challenge.  This is just the latest hit in the long string of popular challenges (Tide Pod, Kylie Jenner Lip, Ice Bucket, Mannequin, etc.). This challenge involves spraying aerosol deodorant on someone else for as long as they can stand it. Sound weird? Try a bit dangerous. People are walking away from this challenge with severe burns and maybe a bit of pride. What’s at the root of this and why would students want to participate in something that is hurtful? The reason is not all the shocking or uncommon - peer pressure and FOMO. Teens want to be a part of what their friends are involved in. They don’t want to look like they can’t hang and so will do something that to others may look idiotic just to belong. That’s a driving force that will lead all of us to do things that we wouldn’t typically do. It is necessary to acknowledge the reality of peer pressure and the need to belong. Let’s not minimize that but rather call it out for what it is. This is a good starting point for conversation with your student- acknowledge the appeal of the challenge and how real peer pressure is. Topics to dive into from there include consequences of this challenge and where we get our identity and belonging from. Dive into their culture and then dive deep into conversation.   Wanna dive in deeper? Check out the links below: Deodrant Challenge Breakdown   Parents, How You Can Help   Apparently, this is America according to Childish Gambino - if you haven’t heard already, Childish Gambino (aka. Donald Glover) released a new song and music video that overnight became a cultural phenomenon. Celebrities were tweeting about the genius of it, fans were raving about the intentionality of it, and due to the nature of the content there were many others who didn’t feel positively about it. Regardless, there was talk. In the music video, Childish Gambino represents America herself taking a stance on the violent culture that we live in and the ways we utilize media and entertainment and internet fads as rose-colored glasses. Warning...this is a violent and fairly graphic music video. So know that if you watch it, which we encourage you to. Why? We encourage you to because it is a form of art that comments on the world we live in. GenZ is known to be culturally aware and socially sensitive - the issues Childish Gambino addresses (race, gun violence, and other taboo topics) are ones that your teens most likely care about and have opinions about. Here’s a great opportunity to Culture Translate [what we do with every piece of media we encounter]. Ask these questions about the song and music video: 1. What was good? 2. What was missing? 3. What was confusing? When we start with these questions we are acknowledging all sides of the art. First ask these questions to your teen and then you answer! Keep diving: Watch the Music Video Here   This Is America Hidden Meanings Explained!   Hidden Messages You May Have Missed   Why This Is So Popular    All Night is a new Hulu show that is pulling at high schooler’s heart strings. Not because it is so heartwarming though, because it walks with high school seniors as they are about to graduate. The impending end of their high school career drives them to live it up and try everything they always wanted to. They are really buying into that passé phrase, “Yolo.” All Night isn’t all that unique with the storyline but grabs at the experience of many teens - that desire to fully live and the urgency to do so. The characters live as if their lives will end after high school pushing them to do things they would typically never have had the courage to do. Although the show doesn’t offer much depth or substance, the conversation we find stemming from it does! Is this the message being taught to teens? Is there an example be modeled for students that this moment is all that life is about? It is not new for teenagers to be living for the here and now without so much as a nod to the future or consequences. However, where do we move from there? We encourage disciplers to paint a different vision as to what life is about. We rarely find lasting fulfillment from momentary pleasure, from the here and now, from a split second. Help them to identify consequences and to take a longer view than just this moment and just high school. There is a difference between being present and yolo-ing. Watch an episode if your teen is watching it. Then chat about it.   To the depths: All Night Official Trailer   BONUS TRANSLATION   Ninja vs. LeBron is essentially begging the question sports or esports. The virtual world at times seems to be becoming more of a reality to teens than reality itself. There are careers in which teens can play video games. There are scholarships now for gamers to go to university. Thirteen year olds are even being signed to professional esport teams. Yup, this is reality for gamers out there now. Here’s where it breaks down for us. We need to know and learn about the things that our students care about. What an act of love to meet them in the things that they love. This act goes past words and demonstrates care! At the same time, healthy boundaries are still okay and needed. The reality is, too, that if you are meeting them in their space and they know you care - there is a greater chance of them respecting the boundaries.   Last links, we promise: The Argument Heats Up Esports takes the lead   If you want to get this sent directly to your email to get you this info as soon as we do- check out the link below. All we need is your name and email and BOOM. Free. Goodness.   FOLLOW ---> https://axis.org/ct/

This is our special St. Patrick’s Day episode. We recorded this episode a few weeks ago about the meeting happening tomorrow between Enda Kenny and Donald Trump at the White House. We also talk about the changes within the Irish-American community and its relationship with Ireland over the past few decades. Comments, Questions & Complaints go to spoilyourreign@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter & Facebook

Mike Jones joins That Old Pod to discuss technology as it relates to quality of life. Starting our discussion off as it relates to the book The Unsettling of America: Culture and Agriculture by Wendell Berry, we discuss how farming and industrialization have impacted our quality of life. You’ll notice that the pod ends abruptly on a cliff hanger. In a charming encapsulation of the failings of technology, about an hour of our conversation got cut off through a technical error on Lucio’s part. Fortunately, we have noted the course of the missing conversation, and we were getting tired and really had much more to say anyway, so we will be recording part II of this topic in the near future. Show notesThe Unsettling of America: Culture & AgricultureThe decline of the small American family farm in one chart2007 Census of Agriculture: Small Farms10 Things the 2012 Census of Agriculture tells us about family farmers and our food systemNielsen report on Global Consumption of Fresh Foods March 2013Dining Out Just Overtook Grocery Sales for the First Time Ever in 2015Effect of family meals on drug and alcohol use in teensCommunity created through agricultureAmerican divorce rate declining but still highProportion of married adults decreasingYounger American’s divorce much less frequentlyCouples time together through decadesAmerican Leisure Time Increased From 1965-2003Early History of Recreation and LeisurePre-industrial workers had shorter workweek than today’sLabor, Leisure and Time in the Industrial RevolutionBenefits of Industrialization in 6 chartsIf 100 people lived on earthImpacts of a sedentary life styleSorry Mike, minerals come from our diet (both food and liquid):Here’s closest thing I could find to Mike’s 80% of mineral ingested through skinFrom the source: “we have provided various references to many of the studies completed that have found that our bodies absorb directly into the bloodstream close to 60% of the topical products with which the skin - our largest organ - comes into contact.”They use this link for that citation, not very helpfulMost mineral absorption occurs in the small intestineA further analysis of mineral absorptionAnother article in a similar veinWe do absorb minerals through water, proportion compared to percentage absorbed through food difficult to quantifyThe links I’ve provided above highlight that so much research of diet and minerals comes from studies of questionable veracity and speaks to an extreme lack of quality repeatable studies on the subjectNanobots in blood stream as delivery methodNanobots and medicineBubble BobbleGet Off Your SmartphoneIf I Had A Hammer - Ellen Degeneres (Starts at 3:55 mark)

May 26, 2016. Paul Baicich and Margaret Barker discussed their book, "Feeding Wild Birds in America : Culture, Commerce, & Conservation," written with colleague Carrol Henderson. For transcript, captions, and more information, visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=7349

Show Summary We begin season 3 with a deep dive into our health. We’re going on a health adventure with our friend Dr. Marc Wagner in search of what Aristotle called eudaemonia, or “Human Flourishing”. Dr. Wagner puts it like this. “It’s a journey intimately bound up with Food, Movement, Sleep, Stress, and Connectedness.” Do we want to lose weight? Yes. Do we want mental clarity? Yes. Do we want fad diets or “woo woo” solutions? No. Do we want science and a holistic approach to health? Yes. Here we go. We also bring you up to speed on the last 3 weeks of our lives… its been intensive, especially for Leslie. Show Resources 5 Pillars of Human Flourishing Food Movement Sleep Stress Connectedness The Unsettling of America: Culture & Agriculture by Wendell Berry (Amazon) Bioflourish.com Kitchen Voyeur episode 2, Easy Eggs with Tomato and Spinach Show Transcript Download the transcript here. Support Glimmering Podcast

Tim Crews is the Chief Scientist and Director of The Land Institute's International Initiative. The Land Institute is a non-profit agricultural research organization based in Salina, Kansas dedicated to developing agroecosystems that capture key functions of natural ecosystems through the integration of perenniality and diversity. Tim has been fascinated for most of his life with how we can improve our food producing ecosystems—agriculture—by studying how people grew food before the fossil fuel era, and also how natural ecosystems function. Tim studied agroecology at UC Santa Cruz, ecosystem ecology in Graduate Studies at Cornell University and in a post-doc at Stanford. Before coming to The Land Institute, he developed an agroecology program at Prescott College in Arizona.Guest LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tim-crews-2080a015/https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-land-institute/Guest Website: https://landinstitute.org/our-work/new-roots-international/https://kernza.orgGuest Social: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-land-institute/https://www.instagram.com/thelandinstitute/https://www.facebook.com/TheLandInstituteAdditional Resources Mentioned:ARTICLE: Wheat On Repeat: A tantalizing new breed of climate-friendly crops never need replantingEPISODE: Regenerative Agriculture with Tom NewmarkEPISODE: How Regeneration Can Change the Future of Farming & Wine Making with Carlo MondaviEPISODE: How Regenerative Farming Can Solve The Climate Chaos with Mark EasterEPISODE: How Permaculture and Regeneration Can Lead to a Better World with StarhawkEPISODE: How Animal Sanctuaries Can Survive Severe Weather & Flooding with Helbard AlkhassadehBOOK: The Unsettling of America: Culture & Agriculture by Wendell Berry