Podcasts about Amsterdam

Jane Hedengren blew her NCAA debut out of the park? Could she be the favorite at NCAA cross country? Joshua Cheptegei's improved in marahton #3 in Amsterdam, but is he even better than Conner Mantz? What about Mo Farah?marathon performances and questions whether he's cut out for the distance, comparing him to other marathoners like Connor Mantz and Mo Farah. Parker Valby and Katelyn Tuohy are entered in the NYRR 5k. Does that mean they'll do US cross? What about Nico Young, Grant Fisher, and Cole Hocker? Plus, should they debate Keely Hodgkinson's instagram post? Show notes below: Want a 2nd podcast every week? And savings on running shoes? Join the LetsRun.com Supporters Club today for exclusive content, a bonus weekly podcast, shoe savings, and more. Cancel anytime .https://www.letsrun.com/subscribe Show notes: 00:00 Jane Hedengren debut, Parker Valby & Katelyn Tuohy return, Joshua Cheptegei vs Conner Mantz + Keely Hodgkinson 00:22 Welcome to Track Talk: Introduction and Hosts 02:36 Jonathan Gault's Soccer Pilgrimage 05:26 Jane Hedengren's Collegiate Debut 09:13 Is she the favorite for NCAAs? 14:38 History isn't kind to top hs 5000m runners 16:09 Joshua Cheptegei marathon #3 2:04:52 in Amsterdam 29:09 Conner Mantz vs Joshua Cheptegei 32:42 Cole Hocker at US Cross? 40:24 Who will be ready in December? 41:06 Debate on Cross Country Team Selection 44:54 Katelyn Tuohy and Parker Valby for NYRR 5k 49:28 Who are favorites? 56:01 Supporters Club and upcoming news tease 59:01 Keely Hodgkinson's instagram post 01:07:47 Final Thoughts and Sign-Off Links: Weekt That Was: Hedengren and Cheptegei Hedengren's debut Keely's outfit Contact us: Email podcast@letsrun.com or call/text 1-844-LETSRUN podcast voicemail/text line. Want a 2nd podcast every week? And savings on running shoes? Join the LetsRun.com Supporters Club today for exclusive content, a bonus weekly podcast, shoe savings, and more. Cancel anytime .https://www.letsrun.com/subscribe Check out the LetsRun.com store. https://shop.letsrun.com/ We've got the softest running shirts in the business. Thanks for listening. Please rate us on your podcast app and spread the word to friend. Find out more at http://podcast.letsrun.com Send us your feedback online: https://pinecast.com/feedback/letsrun/d2c4be54-32ae-4020-9256-819703331c7d

Top 5 Cities for LGBTQ Expats Retiring Abroad in the NetherlandsLooking for a country that practically wrote the handbook on LGBTQ acceptance and tops global happiness charts?

In this powerful episode of Immigration Nerds, host Lauren Clarke speaks with Hendrika de Vries, author of the new book "Open Turns," about her remarkable journey from surviving World War II in occupied Amsterdam to becoming a champion swimmer and finding her identity as a 13-year-old immigrant in 1950s Australia.At 87, Henny shares how her family's decision to immigrate was driven by post-war economic hardship in the Netherlands, and how she initially experienced immigration as a loss of freedom and identity—arriving at an immigrant camp where new arrivals were told they would only ever be "new Australians," never simply Australians.Swimming became Henny's pathway to belonging, offering both athletic achievement and a space where she could transcend the immigrant label. She discusses the complex family dynamics that emerged when she learned English while her mother did not, suddenly becoming her mother's interpreter despite their traditional roles. Throughout, Henny emphasizes themes of resilience, gratitude, and the importance of sharing immigrant stories as acts of resistance against both victimization and demonization.Drawing on her later career as a family therapist, Henny reflects on how major life turning points—what she calls "open turns"—reveal our true character and strength, making immigrant experiences valuable lessons for navigating all of life's challenges.Resource Links: Open Turns: From Dutch Girl to New AustralianGuest: Hendrika de Vries, Author of "Open Turns: From Dutch Girl to New Australian"Host: Lauren ClarkeNews Nerd: Rob TaylorProducer: Adam BelmarInterview Record: Wednesday, 9/17/25 @ 3:00 PM ETNEWS NERD Record: 10/13/25 @ 10 AM ET

416: Ed Marks | Amsterdam Marathon | NSW 10000m Championships This weeks episode is sponsored by The Running Warehouse Ballarat Marathon The Running Warehouse Ballarat Marathon is back in April next year with flat and fast courses … an amazing atmosphere and heaps of fun.  Sign up today at ballaratmarathon.com.au before this very popular event sells out.  Brad manages his calf by prioritising cross training over running. Julian rediscovers the fire for racing. Brady keeps his spirits up as Sweat Vs Steam gets closer. IRP Partner Offer: Saily have teamed up with Inside Running Podcast to offer an exclusive 15% discount on Saily data plans! It's an eSIM service app that lets you choose from a huge range of affordable data plans in over 190 countries and 8 regions Visit: https://saily.com/insiderunning  Ed Marks joins to chat to catch up where he's been, why he had to take time off at National Cross Championships, lining up for National Road Championships Burnie 10. This week's running news is presented by Axil Coffee. Geoffrey Kipchumba of Kenya won the Amsterdam Marathon in 2:03:30, with Joshua Cheptegei fifth in 2:04:52. Aynalem Desta of Ethiopia won in 2:17:37 ahead of compatriot Bertukan Welde. Official Results World Majors candidate race Cape Town Marathon cancelled hours before start due to severe winds overnight. Official Press Release Cicely Brown and Ed Goddard win 10000m Championships at The Crest, Bankstown. Results Enjoy 20% off your first Axil Coffee order! Use code IRP20 at checkout. Shop now at axilcoffee.com.au Moose goes on the Loose with parents burdened with travel and shoes not designed for running, while Brady goes loose on kids growing up too quick on bicarb and ultras.  The Whispers talk about a rising star set for a sponsorship deal, more news around the Melbourne Marathon course and a little info on a Melbourne Half podium winner. This episode's Listener Q's/Training Talk segment is proudly brought to you by Precision Fuel & Hydration. This week we go deep on how to keep the balance between home life and chasing high mileage. Visit precisionhydration.com for more info on hydration and fuelling products and research, and use the discount code given in the episode. Patreon Link: https://www.patreon.com/insiderunningpodcast   Opening and Closing Music is Undercover of my Skin by Benny Walker. www.bennywalkermusic.com Join the conversation at: https://www.facebook.com/insiderunningpodcast/

This week we sparked up Salt Lake City Fumes by September Solventless, a cured rosin batter that came in smooth but left us wondering if the flavor took the day off. It's a sativa-leaning hybrid clocking around 63% THC, with top terps like Limonene, β-Caryophyllene, β-Pinene, and β-Myrcene. On paper, it sounds like a citrus-spiced dream. In practice? More like parsley met mint and decided to start a lawn-care business.The high hits fast and focused — pressure behind the eyes, light tension across the forehead — then mellows into an easy, functional calm. Not bad for a wake-and-bake or a mid-day creative boost, but it definitely lacks that terp-punch we expect from a solventless. We'd call it “fine, not fire.”While the strain didn't wow our taste buds, the episode did turn into an impromptu joint-rolling masterclass. Brandon dove into his tenth-joint learning curve, Jesse compared it to an art class, and somehow we ended up breaking down Amsterdam rolling techniques while trying not to tear the papers. By the end, we actually pulled off some decent Js — proof that persistence (and sticky fingers) pay off.Flavor aside, Salt Lake City Fumes did its job — chill enough to keep the vibes steady while we learned, talked technique, and philosophized about the art of the perfect roll.Overall vibe: calm, clear, slightly grassy.Flavor score: 4/10.High: 6.5/10.Joint-rolling experience: 10/10.How to roll a Joint?Save on Dr Dabber with Code: Cannabisschool10Save on Storz & Bickel with Code : CannabisschoolSave on Santa Cruz Shredder with Code: CSP10Save on Bomb Erigs with Code: CSPScore 100 on your test

Think Dutch is only for Amsterdam? We open the map with David Durham to show how far Dutch actually travels—across the Netherlands, Flanders in Belgium, Aruba and Sint Maarten, and Suriname—and why a few phrases can turn strangers into allies. We start with the essentials you'll say every day: dag for hello and goodbye, formal and informal thank‑yous, and the subtle shift from u to jij that earns instant respect. Then we build your toolkit for trains, airports, hotels, and restaurants so you can ask clearly, pay gracefully, and leave on a warm note.We get practical fast. You'll learn how to ask Waar is… for the WC, het station, de bushalte, and het restaurant, how to order koffie met melk and thee like a local, and how to request de rekening alstublieft without fumbling. We cover apologies and honesty with Het spijt me and Ik spreek geen Nederlands, plus the simple I don't understand: Ik versta het niet. Numbers one to ten click into place, and you'll know when to use tot ziens versus a friendly doei. Along the way, David breaks down de vs het articles, sheds light on Flemish and Afrikaans connections, and shares cultural cues—like always greeting staff on entry and exit—that open doors.For language nerds and nervous first‑timers alike, we tuck in an eye‑opening detour on English history that explains why Dutch often feels familiar to our ears. This mix of clarity, culture, and ready‑to‑use phrases is designed for real travel: short lines, quick wins, and better moments with people you meet. If your next trip includes bikes, canals, or stroopwafels, this guide will help you move with confidence and kindness.Loved the lesson? Subscribe, share with a friend who's headed to the Low Countries, and leave a quick review so more travelers can find the show.Thanks for your ongoing support!http://paypal.me/TheROAMiesAlexa and RoryThe ROAMiesPlease subscribe, rate and share our podcast! Follow us at:http://www.TheROAMies.comThe ROAMies: Facebook and Instagram YouTube and X.

GO ON VACATION WITH ME! Because this trip is a humdinger. We are starting off in my FAVORITE country, which is Switzerland, and then sailing the Rhine river to Amsterdam on the Emerald Dawn. My friend Doug from Cruise and Tour is joining me today at 1 to tell you all about it, and you can find out more and get the number to sign up by clicking here. This trip is ALREADY HALF SOLD to previous travelers so don't delay on this one.

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Hear how the characters of Nordic mythology can help you better understand the past, and how they influence the epic tales that entertain us today. Discover Dutch towns to explore beyond Amsterdam where you can view technological marvels as well as medieval charm. Also, find out how tourism in Nicaragua is trying to rebound from multiple setbacks, one rural homestay at a time. For more information on Travel with Rick Steves - including episode descriptions, program archives and related details - visit www.ricksteves.com.

Every Saturday, we revisit a story from the archives. This originally aired on November 12, 2024. None of the dates, titles, or other references from that time have been changed. Was the violence surrounding a football match in Amsterdam anti-Semtic or more evidence of impunity from Israelis? In this episode: Tony Karon (@TonyKaron), Managing Editor, AJ+ Episode credits: This episode was updated by Tracie Hunte. The original production team was David Enders, Chloe K. Li , Tamara Khandaker, Hagir Saleh, Duha Mosaad, Cole van Miltenburg, and our host, Kevin Hirten. It was edited by Alexandra Locke. Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our video editor is Hisham Abu Salah. Alexandra Locke is the Take’s executive producer. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera’s head of audio. Connect with us: @AJEPodcasts on X, Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube

Half of working dads feel nervous asking for time off to care for their children, more than 20% have been asked ‘where's your wife/partner?' when requesting flexibility and 44% say employers treat mothers more favourably in terms of flexible working. These are the findings of a new study ‘Barriers to Equal Parenting' by the charity Working Families. Nuala McGovern is joined by Elliott Rae founder of Parenting Out Loud and Penny East, chief executive of the Fawcett Society.Tilda Swinton is one of the UK's most singular and celebrated performers. Over four decades she has delivered unforgettable and varied screen performances, notably Orlando, The Chronicles of Narnia, Michael Clayton and Asteroid City and collaborated with artists and filmmakers. She joins Anita Rani to talk about a new exhibition in Amsterdam celebrating her work and the enduring relationships that have inspired her.There is a new film out now in cinemas called I Swear. It is inspired by the life and experiences of John Davidson, and charts his journey from a misunderstood teenager in 1980s Britain to a present-day advocate for greater understanding of Tourette syndrome. John was also featured in a BBC documentary back in 1989 called John's Not Mad. There is more recognition of the syndrome now, singers Lewis Capaldi and Billie Eilish have both openly talked about living with Tourette's and it's estimated over 300,000 children and adults in the UK have it. The key features are tics which cause people to make sudden, involuntary sounds and movements. To hear more about the condition and how it impacts women and girls Nuala talks to Wilamena Dyer, musician and Tourette syndrome advocate and Dr Tara Murphy, Consultant psychologist in the NHS, and Trustee of the support and research charity Tourettes Action.Karen Carney is one of the most capped female footballers for England. The former Lioness joins Anita to talk about how she is using Strictly to help her 'rebuild confidence' after being 'crushed' by the sexist abuse she faced as a football pundit and her vision to improve women's sport.Bobbi Brown is a make-up artist turned entrepreneur who created her now famous eponymous line in 1990. Her fresh-faced approach went against 80s and 90s trends at the time for bright colour and contouring and instead aimed to celebrate and enhance women's natural beauty. She made millions selling her brand to Estée Lauder and has gone on to create a new multimillion brand. On the release of her memoir, she joins Nuala to talk about her life and work.Presenter: Anita Rani Producer: Simon Richardson

Raffaele Imperiale, once one of Europe's most powerful narco-bosses and a key figure in the so-called “super cartel,” has officially turned state witness — becoming one of the highest-ranking Camorra figures to flip in decades. Arrested in Dubai in 2021 and extradited to Italy, Imperiale began cooperating with prosecutors in late 2022, offering to reveal the inner workings of his transnational drug empire and its connections to other major syndicates, including the Kinahan cartel. His cooperation reportedly includes extensive details on smuggling routes from South America through Dutch ports, European laundering channels, and the involvement of corrupt customs officials. Italian investigators have described his testimony as “devastating” to multiple networks operating between Italy, Ireland, Spain, and the UAE.In exchange for leniency, Imperiale surrendered millions in assets — including an artificial island in Dubai known as “Taiwan,” multiple villas, and artwork including two stolen Van Gogh paintings recovered from his possession. His cooperation has already led to new indictments and cross-border intelligence sharing between Europol, Italian authorities, and the Dutch National Police. In 2024, he received a 15-year sentence, dramatically reduced from the life term he once faced. Prosecutors believe Imperiale's turn as a pentito could unravel a generation of organized crime alliances that linked the Camorra to global cartels and money-laundering networks stretching from Dubai to Amsterdam.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.com

This is part 1 of a 2-parterThe Real Housewives of Orange County head to Amsterdam to eat space cakes and paint phallic objects. Is it the calm before the storm? You can watch this recap on video, listen to our bonus episodes, and participate in live episode threads at patreon.com/watchwhatcrappens. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This is part 2 of 2The Real Housewives of Orange County head to Amsterdam to eat space cakes and paint phallic objects. Is it the calm before the storm? You can watch this recap on video, listen to our bonus episodes, and participate in live episode threads at patreon.com/watchwhatcrappens. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Danny recaps this week's episode of The Real Housewives of Orange County, which saw the women getting ready for and (finally) getting to Amsterdam for their cast trip!ORDER DANNY'S BOOK: https://linktr.ee/jolliestbunchDANNY'S (OTHER) BOOK: Smarturl.it/unrememberTwitter: @DannyPellegrinoInstagram: @DannyPellegrinoYouTube: www.YouTube.com/DannyPellegrino1TikTok: @DannyPellegrinoPatreon: www.Patreon.com/EverythingIconic Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Shannon hosts a non-bridal shower for Jenn but are there ulterior motives? The cast heads to Amsterdam as they decorate weiners and eat space cakes, but not before Shannon basically loses a toe. Is Shannon a See You Next Tuesday or is she just high? Come judge with us!You can find us:Instagram & Threads: @twojudgeygirlsTikTok: @marytwojudgeygirls & @courtneytjgFacebook: www.facebook.com/twojudgeygirlsPodcast: ACast, iTunes, Spotify, wherever you listen!Merch: www.etsy.com/shop/twojudgeygirls Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode of RHOC, the ladies head to Amsterdam, Heather reminisces about her father, Emily keeps trolling Shannon and more!Follow me on social media, find links to merch, Patreon and more here! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Lucy joins Abby to discuss RHOC's trip to Amsterdam including:  -The Love Hotel anecdotes  -Daytime fashion choices  -The hilarious high dinner  -And more  When you're done listening, please don't forget to check out our ad sponsors. Article is offering our listeners $50 off your first purchase of a hundred dollars or more to claim visit article.com/realmoms and the discount will be automatically applied at checkout. So if you are looking for that perfect gift, or want to impress your friends and family with an epic meal the next time you host, go to GOLDBELLY.com and get 20% off your first order with promo code REALMOMS To explore coverage, visit ASPCApetinsurance.com/REALMOMS Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dates, AmsterDAM, d**ks, and DRAMA! We’re diving into The Real Housewives of Orange County recap with our lovely, Alexis Bellino! The ladies are living it up in Amsterdam - space cakes have been eaten, penises painted, and ultimatums delivered. Plus, Alexis’ wedding invite with John has become the talk of the group, and she’s got plenty to say. Tune in to hear where she really stands with some of her so-called “friends.”See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We are excited to see Peacock has announced Vanderpump Rules Season 12 will premiere November 1st! We discuss this, the new cast (we'll be re-releasing our new cast review),, what Scheana was offered on The Valley, NYC Breakups, McBee Season 3 is coming, Steve McBee's sentence, Schwartz Updates and a full RHOC breakdown of Amsterdam. Head to www.Wayfair.com right now to shop allthing. Wayfair. Every style. Every home.For safer, real dating, download Hily on the App Store or Google Play, or check out www.hily.comDate as you are, safely — with Hily This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Magellan AI - https://docsend.com/view/5vdvbdx7cr4tikmyClaritas - https://claritas.com/privacy-legalPodscribe - https://podscribe.com/privacy

Shannon's Amsterdam Antics and OC Wedding Drama! Join us on this episode of Drama Darling as Amy and Emily dive into the latest Real Housewives of Orange County adventures! We're chatting all about the cast trip to Amsterdam, including that unforgettable moment when Shannon she got stoned. Plus, we cover Jen's bridal shower, Gretchen's longstanding grievances with Tamra, and more. Get comfy and laugh along with us as we break down all the drama, hilarity, and heartfelt moments. Don't forget to check out our Patreon for exclusive recaps – see you there!TICKETS to CabarAMY @ The Hard Rock Vegas:https://www.ticketweb.com/search?q=%22CabarAmy%22+Live+Comedy+Show For more Drama, Darling, and exclusive content, subscribe to Patreon:http://Patreon.com/dramadarlingFollow Drama, Darling on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/dramadarlingshow/  Email Drama, Darling with YOUR comments, questions and drama: DramaDarlingz@gmail.com Follow Amy Phillips on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/dramadarlingshow/  Eat smart with Factor Meals and get 50% off your first box, plus free breakfast for 1 year.Factorials.com/Drama50of Code: Drama50off Live Better Longer with BUBS Naturals.  For A limited time get 20% Off your entire order with:https://www.bubsnaturals.com/ Code DRAMA Don't let OCD write the drama—you deserve to be the director of your own life with NOCD. https://learn.nocd.com/DRAMALumi Gummies are available nationwide! For 30% off your order go to:https://lumigummies.com/ Code: DRAMA

Rachel and Callie are back to recap all of your favorite Bravo shows! First, they get into the latest episode of ‘The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City,' which takes place over one lunch where Lisa and Angie get into a fight (00:37). They get into a tangent about the allegedly terrible breath of Stacey from 'The Real Housewives of Potomac' and her 'WWHL' appearance before getting into ‘The Real Housewives of Orange County.' They discuss Tamra and Eddie's relationship, how great Travis seems to be as a father, and the state of the hotel where they stayed in Amsterdam (17:18). Finally, they discuss the last part of the ‘Real Housewives of Miami' reunion; Stephanie somewhat redeems herself, Adriana explains her use of the word “ratchet,” Guerdy reveals that she is writing a book, and much more (37:03) Host: Rachel Lindsay Guest: Callie Curry Producers: Belle Roman and Olivia Crerie Theme Song: Devon Renaldo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tilda Swinton is one of the UK's most singular and celebrated performers. Over four decades she has delivered unforgettable and varied screen performances, notably Orlando, The Chronicles of Narnia, Michael Clayton and Asteroid City and collaborated with artists and filmmakers. She joins Anita Rani to talk about a new exhibition in Amsterdam celebrating her work and the enduring relationships that have inspired her.According to the latest data, homelessness is rising. Over 130,000 households were in temporary accommodation in June, up 7.6% from last year. Charities warn that women are underrepresented in the data, as they often face different challenges to men. The Women's Rough Sleeping Census, now in its fourth year, aims to address this. Rebecca Goshawk, Director of Business Development at Solace Women's Aid, joins Anita to discuss it. Named after pioneering racing driver Gwenda Stewart, Gwenda's Garage was a real place: where three female mechanics defied the odds by setting up their own garage in Sheffield in the 1980s. Their inspiring story is now a musical on stage in Sheffield which is based on these true events, of women fighting everyday sexism, homophobia and Section 28. Anita is joined by Roz Wollen, one of the co-founders of the original Gwenda's Garage and Val Regan, the production's composer and musical director.The FCA has called on banks and payment firms to bring in stricter controls protecting customers from romance fraud after a study showed a number of missed “red flags” that led to people losing huge sums of money to people creating fake online profiles. They found that women tended to sustain these relationships for longer which could mean a bigger scam. Anita speaks to Beth Harris, Head of Financial Crime at the Financial Conduct Authority to ask how we can be aware of these scams and avoid them, and what banks should be doing to assist.Presenter: Anita Rani Producer: Corinna Jones

ONE HOT FEST – ADELAIDE FILM FESTIVAL is a special mini-series from One Heat Minute Productions, diving into Australia's most charismatic celebration of cinema. Host Blake Howard takes you inside the Adelaide Film Festival — from filmmaker interviews and festival dispatches to reviews and discussions with guests and critics — relaying the energy, stories, and spirit that make it one of Australia's most electric film events.Synopsis:Hannah and her non-binary teenager Frances visits her gay grandfather Jimpa at Amsterdam . Frances expresses a desire to stay with their grandfather for a year, challenging Hannah's parenting beliefs and forcing her to confront past issues.Stephen A. Russell is a Scotstralian and an Award-winning film critic, arts journo and political dork.Rotten Tomatoes One Heat Minute ProductionsWEBSITE: oneheatminute.comTWITTER: @OneBlakeMinute & @OHMPodsMERCH: https://www.teepublic.com/en-au/stores/one-heat-minute-productionsSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/one-heat-minute-productions/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Fluent Fiction - Dutch: Unlocking Voices: Art & Healing at Amsterdam's Mental Health Unit Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.com/nl/episode/2025-10-17-07-38-20-nl Story Transcript:Nl: De wind blies zachtjes door de bomen langs de oude bakstenen muren van het Amsterdamse Psychiatrisch Ziekenhuis.En: The wind gently blew through the trees along the old brick walls of the Amsterdamse Psychiatrisch Ziekenhuis.Nl: Herfstbladeren dwarrelden rond de ingang, waar Sander zijn jas goed dichtknoopte.En: Autumn leaves swirled around the entrance, where Sander buttoned up his coat tightly.Nl: Het was bijna Halloween en binnen was het een drukte van belang met patiënten en studenten die zich voorbereidden op het evenement.En: It was nearly Halloween, and inside, there was a hive of activity with patients and students preparing for the event.Nl: Sander was een toegewijde psychologie student, vastbesloten om indruk te maken op zijn professoren met zijn project.En: Sander was a dedicated psychology student, determined to impress his professors with his project.Nl: Hij stond onder druk van zijn familie om een stabiele carrière na te streven, maar zijn hart lag bij het diepere begrip van geestelijke gezondheid.En: He was under pressure from his family to pursue a stable career, but his heart lay in a deeper understanding of mental health.Nl: Deze opdracht was zijn kans om iets bijzonders te doen.En: This assignment was his chance to do something special.Nl: Binnen ontmoette hij Anouk, ook een student, die net als hij twijfels had over haar toekomst.En: Inside, he met Anouk, also a student, who like him, had doubts about her future.Nl: Ze werkte samen aan het project en zochten naar een innovatieve invalshoek.En: They were working together on the project and were looking for an innovative angle.Nl: Tijdens hun rondleidingen door de afdeling ontmoetten ze Bram, een patiënt die met zijn kunst zijn innerlijke wereld uitdrukte.En: During their tours of the department, they met Bram, a patient who expressed his inner world through his art.Nl: Bram's schilderijen vertelden verhalen van zijn worstelingen en overwinningen met mentale ziekte.En: Bram's paintings told stories of his struggles and triumphs with mental illness.Nl: Sander was diep geraakt door de kracht en emotie in Bram's werk.En: Sander was deeply moved by the strength and emotion in Bram's work.Nl: Hij besefte dat zijn project niet alleen innovatief moest zijn, maar ook een stem moest geven aan degenen die vaak ongehoord blijven.En: He realized that his project not only needed to be innovative but also needed to give a voice to those who are often unheard.Nl: "Dit is het," zei Sander tegen Anouk.En: "This is it," said Sander to Anouk.Nl: "We moeten Bram's kunst opnemen in ons project.En: "We need to include Bram's art in our project.Nl: Het zal niet alleen indruk maken, maar het kan echt iets betekenen voor mensen."En: It will not only impress, but it can truly mean something to people."Nl: Ze werkten samen om een presentatie te maken waarin Bram's kunst centraal stond.En: They worked together to create a presentation where Bram's art took center stage.Nl: Elke schilderij werd vergezeld door een verhaal, verteld door Bram zelf.En: Each painting was accompanied by a story, told by Bram himself.Nl: De avond van het Halloween evenement, was het ziekenhuis omgetoverd met pompoenen en versieringen.En: On the evening of the Halloween event, the hospital was transformed with pumpkins and decorations.Nl: Maar het was Bram's tentoonstelling die de aandacht trok.En: However, it was Bram's exhibition that drew the attention.Nl: Zijn kunst vulde de zaal met diepe kleuren en emoties.En: His art filled the hall with deep colors and emotions.Nl: Bezoekers stonden stil, geraakt door de verhalen achter elk werk.En: Visitors paused, touched by the stories behind each work.Nl: Sander keek toe, zenuwachtig maar opgewonden.En: Sander watched, nervous but excited.Nl: De reacties waren overweldigend positief.En: The reactions were overwhelmingly positive.Nl: Zijn professoren prezen niet alleen zijn academische inzicht, maar ook zijn medemenselijkheid en moed om een authentieke stem te presenteren.En: His professors praised not only his academic insight but also his humanity and courage to present an authentic voice.Nl: Na afloop, terwijl de bladeren fluisterend rond zijn voeten dansten, voelde Sander iets wat hij lang niet had gevoeld: zelfvertrouwen en opluchting.En: Afterwards, as the leaves whispered around his feet, Sander felt something he hadn't felt in a long time: confidence and relief.Nl: Hij wist nu dat zijn toekomst in de psychologie meer was dan alleen het voldoen aan verwachtingen.En: He now knew that his future in psychology was more than just meeting expectations.Nl: Het was zijn eigen keuze, ingegeven door passie en begrip.En: It was his own choice, driven by passion and understanding.Nl: Met een glimlach op zijn gezicht, en een toekomst die op hem wachtte, liep Sander het gebouw uit, klaar om zijn eigen pad te volgen, een pad dat hij zelf had gekozen.En: With a smile on his face, and a future waiting for him, Sander walked out of the building, ready to follow his own path, a path that he had chosen himself. Vocabulary Words:gently: zachtjesswirled: dwarreldenentrance: ingangbuttoned up: dichtknooptehive of activity: drukte van belangdedicated: toegewijdepressure: drukpursue: nastrevenstable: stabieleinnovative: innovatieveangle: invalshoekstruggles: worstelingentriumphs: overwinningenmental illness: mentale ziekteemotion: emotieinclude: opnemenpresentation: presentatieaccompanied: vergezeldtransformed: omgetoverdpumpkins: pompoenendecorations: versieringenexhibition: tentoonstellingauthentic: authentiekeoverwhelmingly: overweldigendpraise: prezeninsight: inzichthumanity: medemenselijkheidcourage: moedconfidence: zelfvertrouwenrelief: opluchting

Dutch Golden Age painter Maria van Oosterwijck and her assistant, Gerta Pieters, lived side by side in 17th century Amsterdam, Pieters having started out as van Oosterwijck's maid. Victoria Redel's new historical novel I Am You fictionalizes their story, exploring their personal and working relationships. In today's episode, Redel tells Here & Now's Robin Young about expanding on what we know about the women – and whether it's plausible they were lovers.To listen to Book of the Day sponsor-free and support NPR's book coverage, sign up for Book of the Day+ at plus.npr.org/bookofthedayLearn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

In the space where sound is stripped to its essential form, new worlds emerge. For our latest podcast, we welcome Hitam, an artist who operates as a true sonic architect, sculpting sound from its most granular elements. His work masterfully bridges the worlds of deep techno and avant-garde experimentalism, finding profound power not in overwhelming force, but in restrained intensity. The Amsterdam based producer's ultra finessed sounds have been released on the likes of Hayes, Somov, SYXT as well a string of exceptional recent releases on his own Rhiza Semar label. As a DJ he serves as a resident at the infamous Eerste Communie parties, as well as playing legendary institutions like Tresor, Bassiani, De School and more. “For this mix I wanted to trace a descent through shifting temporal layers; beginning in a state of suspension, slowly moving into trance-inducing motion before dissolving again into the subterranean. It travels from fluid, hypnotic rhythm into zones of disorientation and release; a process of acceleration, collapse, and renewal. Recorded as a continuous narrative rather than a set, it mirrors my current pull toward a landscape where ancient ritual and submerged hypnosis blend into an organic accelerated pulse where momentum and meditation intertwine beneath the surface.” Forget relentless peaks, this is techno that demands deep immersion, challenging yet deeply rewarding, a deep trip of tension and release on a microscopic level. A tale of masterfully executed cerebral hypnosis, told across two chapters of disintegration through terrains that feel simultaneously ancient and futuristic. A dialogue between soil and circuitry, pulse and void. Follow https://soundcloud.com/hitam-electronix https://www.instagram.com/hitam.ec https://soundcloud.com/rhiza-semar https://www.instagram.com/rhizasemar.audio/ https://rhizasemar.bandcamp.com/music

Fluent Fiction - Dutch: A Discovery at Anne Frank Huis: Balancing Curiosity & Ethics Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.com/nl/episode/2025-10-16-22-34-02-nl Story Transcript:Nl: De wind waaide zachtjes door de grachten van Amsterdam.En: The wind gently blew through the grachten of Amsterdam.Nl: Bladeren dwarrelden langs het water, terwijl een rij toeristen geduldig wachtte om het Anne Frank Huis binnen te gaan.En: Leaves swirled along the water, while a line of tourists patiently waited to enter the Anne Frank Huis.Nl: Binnen in het museum rammelden de houten vloeren zachtjes onder de voetstappen van de bezoekers.En: Inside the museum, the wooden floors gently creaked under the footsteps of visitors.Nl: Jeroen, een jonge geschiedenisstudent, stond op de tweede verdieping en keek rond.En: Jeroen, a young history student, stood on the second floor and looked around.Nl: Zijn ogen glinsterden bij de gedachte aan de schatten die hier verborgen lagen.En: His eyes sparkled at the thought of the treasures hidden here.Nl: Hij hoopte op een ontdekking.En: He hoped for a discovery.Nl: Iets dat zijn studies en carrière een impuls zou geven.En: Something that would give his studies and career a boost.Nl: Sanne, de conservator van het museum, liep met een zorgelijke blik door de gangen.En: Sanne, the museum conservator, walked through the halls with a worried expression.Nl: Ze had telkens vragen over het onderhoud en de bescherming van de tentoonstellingen.En: She had constant questions about the maintenance and the protection of the exhibits.Nl: Ze moest ervoor zorgen dat alles vlekkeloos verliep.En: She had to ensure that everything ran smoothly.Nl: Vooral nu er renovaties gaande waren.En: Especially now that renovations were underway.Nl: Daan, de journalist, stond ondertussen in de hoek van de kamer te observeren.En: Daan, the journalist, was meanwhile observing from the corner of the room.Nl: Hij wilde een goed verhaal en voelde dat er iets broeide.En: He wanted a good story and felt that something was brewing.Nl: Zijn journalistieke nieuwsgierigheid was gewekt tijdens de renovatie die per ongeluk een gat in een van de vloerplanken had blootgelegd.En: His journalistic curiosity had been piqued during the renovation which had accidentally uncovered a hole in one of the floorboards.Nl: "Wat heb je daar gevonden?"En: "What did you find there?"Nl: vroeg Jeroen, zijn nieuwsgierigheid leidde hem naar de houten planken waar bouwvakkers druk bezig waren.En: Jeroen asked, his curiosity leading him to the wooden planks where construction workers were busy.Nl: Een van de arbeiders trok iets uit een spleet.En: One of the workers pulled something from a crack.Nl: Het was een stoffige, oude envelop.En: It was a dusty, old envelope.Nl: Jeroen, Sanne en Daan verzamelden zich er snel omheen.En: Jeroen, Sanne, and Daan quickly gathered around it.Nl: "Dit moeten we onderzoeken," zei Jeroen, zijn ogen oplichtend van opwinding.En: "We need to investigate this," Jeroen said, his eyes lighting up with excitement.Nl: Sanne fronste.En: Sanne frowned.Nl: "We moeten voorzichtig zijn.En: "We have to be careful.Nl: Stel je voor wat het met de reputatie van het museum kan doen."En: Imagine what it could do to the museum's reputation."Nl: "Of stel je voor hoeveel impact een nieuw verhaal kan hebben," voegde Daan gehaast toe.En: "Or imagine the impact a new story could have," Daan hastily added.Nl: De drie stonden te debatteren over de beste aanpak.En: The three stood debating the best approach.Nl: Jeroen voelde de druk om snel te handelen, maar Sanne hamerde op voorzichtigheid en protocol.En: Jeroen felt the pressure to act quickly, but Sanne insisted on caution and protocol.Nl: Daan wilde ondertussen het nieuws als eerste naar buiten brengen.En: Meanwhile, Daan wanted to be the first to break the news.Nl: Die nacht besloot Jeroen een gewaagde stap te nemen.En: That night, Jeroen decided to take a bold step.Nl: Hij keerde terug naar het museum, bewust van het risico.En: He returned to the museum, conscious of the risk.Nl: Hij sloop naar de ruimte, maar niet veel later verschenen Sanne en Daan ook, zoekend naar hem.En: He snuck into the area, but not long after, Sanne and Daan appeared as well, searching for him.Nl: De spanning was te snijden.En: The tension was palpable.Nl: Ze vonden een oude, verfrommelde brief tussen de planken.En: They found an old, crumpled letter between the planks.Nl: Precies toen Jeroen de brief wilde lezen, ging het alarm af.En: Just as Jeroen was about to read the letter, the alarm went off.Nl: De schelle sirene weerklonk door het museum.En: The shrill siren echoed through the museum.Nl: "Wat hebben jullie gedaan?"En: "What have you done?"Nl: vroeg Sanne paniekerig terwijl ze naar de uitgang rende, achtervolgd door Daan.En: Sanne asked in panic as she ran to the exit, followed by Daan.Nl: De politie arriveerde snel.En: The police arrived quickly.Nl: Het museum was al snel gevuld met felle lichten en bezorgde stemmen.En: The museum was soon filled with bright lights and concerned voices.Nl: Tussen de chaos door wist Sanne de situatie te kalmeren.En: Amidst the chaos, Sanne managed to calm the situation.Nl: Ze legde aan de autoriteiten uit dat de brief veilig onderzocht moest worden.En: She explained to the authorities that the letter needed to be examined safely.Nl: Jeroen stond stil, nadenkend.En: Jeroen stood still, reflecting.Nl: Hij besefte de gevolgen van zijn daden.En: He realized the consequences of his actions.Nl: Sanne's aandacht voor voorzichtigheid leek hem nu wijzer dan zijn onbezonnen drang naar ontdekking.En: Sanne's emphasis on caution now seemed wiser than his reckless urge for discovery.Nl: De volgende dag, terwijl de herfstzon over de grachten gleed, zaten Jeroen, Sanne en Daan in het museumkantoor.En: The next day, as the autumn sun glided over the grachten, Jeroen, Sanne, and Daan sat in the museum office.Nl: De politie had de brief overgedragen voor onderzoek.En: The police had handed over the letter for investigation.Nl: Jeroen glimlachte zwak.En: Jeroen smiled weakly.Nl: "Dank je, Sanne.En: "Thank you, Sanne.Nl: Ik had niet zo impulsief moeten zijn."En: I shouldn't have been so impulsive."Nl: Sanne knikte.En: Sanne nodded.Nl: "Balans is belangrijk.En: "Balance is important.Nl: Nieuwsgierigheid is goed, maar respect ook."En: Curiosity is good, but so is respect."Nl: Daan maakte aantekeningen in zijn notitieboekje.En: Daan took notes in his notebook.Nl: Hij had zijn verhaal.En: He had his story.Nl: Niet het drama dat hij had verwacht, maar iets veel waardevollers: een les over verantwoordelijkheid.En: Not the drama he had expected, but something much more valuable: a lesson in responsibility.Nl: Het Anne Frank Huis kreunde en piepte zoals altijd.En: The Anne Frank Huis creaked and groaned as always.Nl: Maar nu, in de stilte van de ochtend na alle hectiek, voelde het museum ineens nog magischer.En: But now, in the morning silence after all the commotion, the museum felt even more magical.Nl: Er was iets meer ontdekt dan alleen een brief.En: Something more than just a letter had been discovered.Nl: Er was een nieuw begrip ontstaan tussen nieuwsgierigheid en ethiek.En: There was a new understanding between curiosity and ethics. Vocabulary Words:gently: zachtjescreaked: rammeldensparkled: glinsterdenconservator: conservatorworried: zorgelijkemaintenance: onderhoudbrewing: broeidepuzzled: gewamuncovered: blootlegdcuriosity: nieuwsgierigheidcrack: spleetdusty: stoffigeurgent: dringendprotocol: protocolbold: gewaagdetension: spanningpalpable: snijdencrumpled: verfrommeldesirene: sireneechoed: weerklonkcalmed: kalmerenheed: aandachtconsequences: gevolgenimpulsive: impulsiefunseen: onbezonnenhesitation: speculoudehustle: hectiekhectic: hectiekethics: ethiekbalance: balans

Fluent Fiction - Dutch: The Sticker That Cracked the Case: Halloween in Amsterdam Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.com/nl/episode/2025-10-16-07-38-20-nl Story Transcript:Nl: De regen tikte zachtjes op het raam van het politiebureau.En: The rain gently tapped against the window of the politiebureau.Nl: Binnen klonk de constante zoem van telefoons en het tikken van toetsenborden.En: Inside, the constant hum of phones and the clicking of keyboards filled the air.Nl: Het was een gewone herfstavond in Amsterdam, de lucht gevuld met de geur van natte bladeren en de stad bedekt onder een deken van vroege duisternis.En: It was an ordinary autumn evening in Amsterdam, the air filled with the smell of wet leaves and the city draped under a blanket of early darkness.Nl: Halloween was net om de hoek, en de straten waren versierd met uitgeholde pompoenen en spinnenwebben.En: Halloween was just around the corner, and the streets were decorated with carved pumpkins and spider webs.Nl: Bram stapte het bureau binnen, zijn hart klopte in zijn borstkas.En: Bram stepped into the station, his heart pounding in his chest.Nl: Hij had een ongeluk gezien de avond ervoor, een snelle auto die een oudere man raakte en zonder te stoppen doorreed.En: He had witnessed an accident the night before, a speeding car hitting an elderly man and driving off without stopping.Nl: Het was donker geweest en Bram wist niet zeker of hij alles goed onthouden had, maar iets zei hem dat dit belangrijk was.En: It had been dark, and Bram wasn't sure if he remembered everything correctly, but something told him this was important.Nl: Naast hem stond Sanne.En: Next to him stood Sanne.Nl: Ze was naar het bureau gekomen om Bram te steunen, maar ze voelde zich onzeker.En: She had come to the station to support Bram, but she felt unsure.Nl: Wat als Bram het bij het verkeerde eind had?En: What if Bram was mistaken?Nl: Wat als zijn herinnering hem in de steek liet?En: What if his memory failed him?Nl: Detective Pieter zat achter zijn bureau, zijn blik scherp en sceptisch.En: Detective Pieter sat behind his desk, his gaze sharp and skeptical.Nl: Zijn grijzende haar en rimpels op zijn voorhoofd vertelden verhalen van jarenlange ervaring.En: His graying hair and the wrinkles on his forehead told stories of years of experience.Nl: "Vertel het me nog eens, Bram," vroeg Pieter, zijn stem kalm maar onverbiddelijk.En: "Tell me again, Bram," Pieter asked, his voice calm yet relentless.Nl: Bram zuchtte en probeerde zich te concentreren.En: Bram sighed and tried to concentrate.Nl: "Ik zag een zwarte auto, een sedan.En: "I saw a black car, a sedan.Nl: Het was erg snel.En: It was very fast.Nl: De lichten verblindden me bijna.En: The lights nearly blinded me.Nl: En toen... was er een schreeuw."En: And then... there was a scream."Nl: Pieter knikte langzaam.En: Pieter nodded slowly.Nl: "En verder?En: "And further?Nl: Iets bijzonders?"En: Anything special?"Nl: Lang was er stilte in de kamer.En: There was a long silence in the room.Nl: Sanne legde haar hand op Bram's arm, haar aanwezigheid een zachte herinnering aan dat hij niet alleen was.En: Sanne placed her hand on Bram's arm, her presence a gentle reminder that he wasn't alone.Nl: Uiterst voorzichtig, als het opraken van een lont, kroop een detail terug in Bram's geheugen.En: Extremely cautiously, like the fizz of a dwindling fuse, a detail crept back into Bram's memory.Nl: "Ja!En: "Yes!Nl: Wacht, er was een sticker op de bumper.En: Wait, there was a sticker on the bumper.Nl: Een rare, ronde sticker.En: A strange, round sticker.Nl: Met een kat erop."En: With a cat on it."Nl: Pieter leunde naar voren, zijn ogen glinsterden van interesse.En: Pieter leaned forward, his eyes gleaming with interest.Nl: "Een kat, zeg je?En: "A cat, you say?Nl: Dat klinkt als iets dat ik eerder heb gehoord."En: That sounds like something I've heard before."Nl: Met deze nieuwe informatie begon de zaak te rollen.En: With this new information, the case began to move.Nl: Pieter had deze sticker al gezien op de lijst van voertuigen die gezocht werden in verband met eerdere hit-and-runs in de stad.En: Pieter had seen this sticker before on the list of vehicles being sought in connection to previous hit-and-runs in the city.Nl: Door Bram's verslag vonden ze dat de auto toebehoorde aan een bekende verdachte.En: Through Bram's report, they found that the car belonged to a known suspect.Nl: Binnen een paar dagen arresteerde de politie de bestuurder.En: Within a few days, the police arrested the driver.Nl: Hij werd verhoord en bekende uiteindelijk de reeks van ongelukken.En: He was interrogated and eventually confessed to the string of accidents.Nl: Bram verliet het bureau met een nieuw gevoel van zelfvertrouwen.En: Bram left the station with a new sense of confidence.Nl: Hij had de juiste beslissing genomen, ondanks zijn twijfels.En: He had made the right decision, despite his doubts.Nl: Sanne keek naar hem, een nieuwe bewondering in haar ogen.En: Sanne looked at him, a newfound admiration in her eyes.Nl: Ze had gezien hoe vastbesloten en dapper hij was.En: She had seen how determined and brave he was.Nl: Buiten waaien de herfstbladeren over de stoep en het leven in Amsterdam keerde terug naar zijn ritme.En: Outside, the autumn leaves blew across the sidewalk, and life in Amsterdam returned to its rhythm.Nl: Halloween kwam en ging, maar de herinnering aan die avond zou Bram bijblijven als de dag dat hij besloot te handelen, ondanks zijn onzekerheden.En: Halloween came and went, but the memory of that evening would stay with Bram as the day he chose to act, despite his uncertainties.Nl: En dat kleine stukje informatie, die sticker, had een groot verschil gemaakt.En: And that small piece of information, that sticker, had made a big difference. Vocabulary Words:gently: zachtjesconstant: constantehum: zoemordinary: gewonedraped: bedektblanket: dekencarved: uitgeholdewitnessed: gezienspeaked: snelleelderly: ouderepounding: klopterelentless: onverbiddelijksigh: zuchtteblinded: verblinddenfizz: oprakendedwindling: afnemendcrept: kroopbumper: bumperleaned: leundegleaming: glinsterdensought: gezochtconfessed: bekendestring: reeksadmiration: bewonderingdetermined: vastbeslotenautumn: herfstrhythm: ritmeuncertainties: onzekerhedenremained: bijblijvendifference: verschil

Today's guest is Maartje Hensen (they/she) — an Amsterdam-based queer traveler, photographer, and author of The Pride Atlas. Soon-to-be coach and full-time storyteller, Maartje is known for their vibrant, fairytale-like imagery that captures the magic of queer joy and exploration. They're embracing a new era, retiring the “girl boss” and leaning into “girl moss” — because, at the end of the day, we're BEings, not doings.In this episode, Maartje opens up about:✅ Nonbinary identity and queerness beyond the binary✅ Queer fluidity and resisting societal constructs✅ Exploring kink culture and destigmatizing BDSM✅ Self-expression, joy, and living authentically as a queer creator

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Planning a European cruise and overwhelmed by shore excursion choices? Travel advisors Ryan and Julie break down the must-do tours and activities at Europe's most popular cruise ports. From Norwegian fjords to Greek islands, discover how to maximize your limited time in each destination and choose experiences that match your travel style.Northern Europe Ports:Edinburgh, Scotland - Royal Mile walking tour with National Gallery visit featuring Da Vinci and RembrandtLisbon, Portugal - Historic neighborhood exploration including 10th-century cathedral and cobblestone cafesOslo, Norway - Traditional wooden boat fjord cruise with Akershus Fortress visit (dating to 1299)Amsterdam, Netherlands - GPS-guided tour to Volendam and Marken windmills with Dutch cheese-making demonstrationCopenhagen, Denmark - Segway waterfront tour past Gefion Fountain and Royal Opera House with Danish pastry tastingMediterranean & Central Europe Ports:Barcelona, Spain - Montserrat Monastery combined with Sagrada Familia and Park Güell tourAthens, Greece - Acropolis visit with Temple of Zeus, Tomb of Unknown Soldier, and Plaka free timeNaples, Italy - Amalfi Coast day trip to Positano, Amalfi, and SorrentoCivitavecchia (Rome), Italy - Full-day Rome tour including Colosseum, Vatican City, and Trevi FountainDubrovnik, Croatia - Old Town walking tour with panoramic views and Game of Thrones filming locationsMykonos, Greece - Coastal panoramas, Oia village, windmills, and Little Venice explorationExpert TipsLearn why European cruise ports make perfect "sampler trips" for planning future extended vacations. Discover which ports require longer transit times and how to balance guided tours with free exploration time. Plus, hear why some excursions work better for families versus couples.Perfect for first-time European cruisers and seasoned travelers looking to optimize their port days on Northern Europe or Mediterranean itineraries.Next Episode: Walt Disney World's Four Park ChallengeSupport the showLove the podcast? Help us continue to create great travel content by supporting the show. You can do that here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1197029/supporters/new Ready to plan your vacation? Most families are confused and overwhelmed when planning a vacation. We work with you to plan a trip perfect for your family. Saving you time, money, and stress! Visit our website www.allthingstravelpodcast.com and click on "Plan Your Next Vacation" Join the travel conversations and the fun in our Facebook Page and Instagram Page! Please share the show with your travel buddies!! Click this link and share the show! Never miss an episode and help us take you to the top with us by following and leaving a 5-Star review on your favorite podcasting app!

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Ever feel like you had to start over from zero? I sit down with writer and teacher Peter William Murphy, an Irish expat who rebuilt after a family business collapse, a serious injury, and a move to Reunion Island that reset his path. I wanted to understand what it really takes to choose growth when life gets loud, and Peter shows us how clear decisions, steady practice, and honest support can open new doors. We talk about the power of owning your choices, moving through anxiety, and asking for help before pride gets in the way. Peter explains how he built Peak English to help students raise their IELTS scores and change their futures. We get into how online teaching actually works when you design it with care, why in-person connection still matters, and how writing became a tool for clarity, confidence, and service. What I love most in this conversation is Peter's calm style of resilience. It is not flashy. It is daily. If you are starting over, switching careers, or simply trying to make your next decision with intention, you will hear practical steps you can use right away. I think you will walk away encouraged, with a clearer view of what steady progress looks like and how to keep going when the ground shifts under your feet.   Highlights:   00:10 – Meet the guest and set the theme of choosing growth over comfort. 01:12 – Hear how a family hospitality legacy shaped early values and work ethic. 02:25 – Learn how the 2008 crash ended the bar and pushed a search for a new path. 07:37 – See why a one-way ticket to Reunion Island became a turning point. 10:11 – Follow the move into teaching without a degree and the first classroom wins. 14:20 – Pick up online teaching tactics like gamification and lesson design. 15:56 – Understand imposter syndrome and the pivot into writing and Peak English. 21:16 – Get a clear take on when online learning works and when it does not. 28:38 – Compare virtual vs. in-person speaking for connection and impact. 32:41 – Learn Peak English's mission to make IELTS success more accessible. 46:32 – Try a simple decision tool: write pros and cons and choose with intent. 54:55 – Hear the advice to younger self: talk to someone sooner and keep going   About the Guest:   Peter William Murphy is an Irish writer, educator, and host whose path has been anything but conventional. Raised in a small family-run hotel on Ireland's west coast, Peter immigrated to America following the hotel's closure, attending school there before returning home to rediscover his Irish roots—and a deep love for sport. But beneath the rugby and soccer fields, a creative instinct stirred.   When the 2008 crash brought down his family's business for a second time, Peter booked a one-way ticket to an island off the coast of Madagascar with just €20 and no job prospects. After a brief period of sleeping rough, he was helped by strangers who offered support without judgment—a lesson in quiet empathy that never left him.   Peter made his name on Medium, where he was curated 39 times for his memoir-style essays on travel and the lessons learned along the way, before pivoting to sharp, comedic takes on current affairs. Notable among his growing body of work are original characters like Jack Hennessy, a wry Irish journalist with a nose for trouble, and the Rick and Morty-inspired duo, Peta and Freeman—two chaotic, absurdist voices that serve as both satire and self-reflection. He now splits his creative focus between personal essays, humor writing, and his new livestream comedy podcast, The Peter and Philip Show, which he co-hosts with author Philip Ogley and which is gaining a mini-cult following on Substack. Peter is currently working on a book loosely inspired by his global misadventures, missteps, and the redemptive power of human connection.   Some of Peter's creative and personal heroes include Hunter S. Thompson, Ernest Hemingway, Matt Stone and Trey Parker, as well as his mother, father, and brother—who continue to inspire his voice, values, and pursuit of honest storytelling.   Peter is currently developing the Peta and Freeman series into a comic and is halfway through writing his first novel, The Red Beach in Paradise, which tells the story of his time on Réunion Island through the fictional lens of Jack Hennessy. While Peter still teaches full-time with his own private students, he is also working on opening an online school to help students prepare for exams and gain university admission across Europe. Every cent he earns from his writing goes directly toward making that school a reality.   Ways to connect with Peter:   My GoFundMe to fund the school: Link here Peak English Instagram account: Link here Peak English TikTok: Link here My substack that contains writing and podcasts: Link here My Medium Account: Link here     About the Host:   Michael Hingson is a New York Times best-selling author, international lecturer, and Chief Vision Officer for accessiBe. Michael, blind since birth, survived the 9/11 attacks with the help of his guide dog Roselle. This story is the subject of his best-selling book, Thunder Dog.   Michael gives over 100 presentations around the world each year speaking to influential groups such as Exxon Mobile, AT&T, Federal Express, Scripps College, Rutgers University, Children's Hospital, and the American Red Cross just to name a few. 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Hi, I'm Michael Hingson, Chief Vision Officer for accessiBe and the author of the number one New York Times bestselling book, Thunder dog, the story of a blind man, his guide dog and the triumph of trust. Thanks for joining me on my podcast as we explore our own blinding fears of inclusion unacceptance and our resistance to change. We will discover the idea that no matter the situation, or the people we encounter, our own fears, and prejudices often are our strongest barriers to moving forward. The unstoppable mindset podcast is sponsored by accessiBe, that's a c c e s s i capital B e. Visit www.accessibe.com to learn how you can make your website accessible for persons with disabilities. And to help make the internet fully inclusive by the year 2025. Glad you dropped by we're happy to meet you and to have you here with us.   Michael Hingson ** 01:20 Hi, everyone. Welcome wherever you happen to be to unstoppable mindset where inclusion, diversity and the unexpected meet. And today, I think we're mostly going to get to do the unexpected, which is anything that doesn't have to do with inclusion or diversity. Peter Murphy, or Peter William Murphy, as he refers to himself in all the emails that he sends to me, is a writer. He has been a teacher, has an interesting story, I think, all the way around, and I'm not going to tell it, because it's more fun to listen to him tell it, and we'll see what we can learn from it and how we progress. So anyway, Peter, I want to welcome you to unstoppable mindset. We're really glad you're here.   Peter William Murphy ** 02:00 Thank you so much for having me. I really appreciate it.   Michael Hingson ** 02:03 And although Peter is Irish, he's in Turkey today, or he's he's over there, so he does move around, as you're going to learn in the course of this next hour or so. So why don't we start, why don't you tell us, kind of about the early Peter, growing up and so on.   Peter William Murphy ** 02:19 Um, well, I'm from truly, county Terry in Ireland, beautiful small town in the west coast, the Southwest we I come from a family of Hoteliers and publicans. My great grand Well, yeah, my great grandfather had the Meadowlands hotel in Chile, and then passed to my grandfather. But then after that, my father decided to open up his own bar. And that's kind of where after growing up, you know, around the hotel and, you know, seeing all the customers talking to people, very social kind of atmosphere, but unfortunately, it closed down. We had to move to America, back to Ireland. I attended Glendale Abbey school in County Limerick and yeah, I had a great upbringing, great family, but unfortunately, I never really liked school, if I'm be honest with you, which is a strange thing for a teacher today, I did not do well in school. I did just okay. But after the economic crash in 2008 Unfortunately, our family business closed down, so I had to try and find my own path. It was a little bit different than Ireland and I took off, got myself a teaching cert, and went to Reunion Island. And from there, my story kind of took off, and it's kind of where I learned a lot of my lessons. And after that, I just kept on going and didn't stop.   Michael Hingson ** 03:59 So why did the family business closed down the first time.   Peter William Murphy ** 04:04 The first time was because my grandfather basically needed a retirement, and he sold the hotel. And then my father then decided to open up his own bar, and just rising then 10 years later, that closed down during in 2011 I think there is a big economic crash in Ireland, rents went up. People weren't eating or socializing like they were, and through no fault of RL, it was just time to close the doors, which was a pity, because name of the bar was wooly Darcy's. It was a fantastic bar, very social, no televisions, very traditional, and yeah, so we all kind of had to go off and find other ways. And, you know, figure out who we are without, say, bars or. Hells or general hospitality and so kind of, yeah, right.   Michael Hingson ** 05:06 Well, so what? What was the reason for commuting or immigrating all the way to America after that?   Peter William Murphy ** 05:14 Well, we immigrated to America after   Michael Hingson ** 05:17 the hotel, yeah, after the hotel closed, right?   Peter William Murphy ** 05:21 Yeah, that was in 1998 and we were there for maybe two years, I believe, I'm not sure, and went to school there. My father worked in summers pubs, which is owned by my uncle in Boston, and then he made enough money to come back to Ireland in 2000 and open up his own bar. But yeah, it's just,   Michael Hingson ** 05:49 why America? Why America? When the hotel closed, half   Peter William Murphy ** 05:53 our family live over there, so my mom's side of the family live in America. Yeah, okay,   Michael Hingson ** 05:59 well, that makes it a little bit more logical that you would you would consider doing that.   Peter William Murphy ** 06:05 Oh, I loved it, Michael. I After, after two weeks, I was no longer Irish. I was playing baseball, eating pizza. I good American accent. I loved America, I   Michael Hingson ** 06:17 must say now, so are you in the Boston area?   Peter William Murphy ** 06:21 Yeah, we lived in West Roxbury, okay, just outside the city.   Michael Hingson ** 06:26 I lived in Winthrop Massachusetts, which is by East Boston, for three years. Very nice. So I never really got a Boston accent, but I do know how to say things like, pack your kind of have a yacht, you know? I can, I can still do it. Great accent, actually, but that's lovely. But I enjoyed being in Boston and just being around all the history. It's pretty, pretty amazing. But then you move back to Ireland, so that worked out, and he started a bar, and then you did that. So when, when that closed, and then you left again? Why did you leave again?   Peter William Murphy ** 07:06 Uh, basically, um, it feels difficult, kind of speaking about publicly, but I, I was kind of Joe there's, and I say that because there are people out there with bigger problems than me like I was a rugby player and the son of a publican. So for my formative years, my identity, for me at least, was kind of set. I was either going to be a rugby player or I was going to work in a bar or go into hotel management or something like that, but I had a pretty horrific leg injury during rugby training, and I suffered a few blows to the head, and then the bar closed down, so it was like one year you kind of had it all figured out. And then going into university as a young man, I had nothing. I could barely really walk I my family identity was gone. We're in the midst of a economic crash, a depression, and then I kind of developed my own sort of depression, but I, at the time, I didn't know it was depression. It's only Lacher that, when I spoke about it to professional that I kind of, we kind of spoke through and just said, Yeah, that's what it was. So I kind of, I wouldn't say, lied to my parents, but I told my mom, who's listening? Hi, Mom, I love you that I got a job in France, and I'd gotten an English certificate, and I didn't want to do University. I wanted to take a year out because I just couldn't handle it. Um, so, you know, I thought solving my problems would, you know, going away would solve my problems. So I there was no job in France. In fact, I wasn't going to France. I booked a one way ticket to Reunion Island, which is an island often called to the Madagascar in the Indian Ocean.   Michael Hingson ** 09:22 So why there? Why there? Because my friend   Peter William Murphy ** 09:26 was there, and he was there getting University credits for his degree. And, you know, back then, I wasn't a very good listener. I was a bit silly. I'm sure he told me all the details, but I just, I just heard son see maybe a job, and it's not and it's not Ireland, you know, it's not gray, it's not depressed. People aren't on social welfare. Let's, let's go. So I booked a one way ticket with what remained in my savings. And blew over there. And Michael, I'm going to be honest with you, when I landed at the airport in fentanyl, and I was hit with the hot Island air, and I could see it the volcano and, you know, the blue ocean surrounding me, I immediately regretted my decision. I want to go home, but I couldn't, because I had no money to buy a return ticket. So then the kind of Island Adventure kind of started, and yeah, I was stuck there for two years trying to get home.   Michael Hingson ** 10:34 Did you ever kind of make peace with all that and decide that maybe it wasn't such a bad place?   Peter William Murphy ** 10:40 Yeah, I, I, I kind of, because I'm a storyteller. I love writing, so I'm good at, kind of, you know, I wouldn't say I think all writers are good at, you know, giving dramatic effect. You know, maybe there, there's instead of one shark, there's five sharks. Instead of a storm, it's a cyclone. But when I would tell people about it, I would say it was difficult, but looking back at it now, it was probably the best thing I ever did, just taking that leap and going for it.   Michael Hingson ** 11:19 Did you ever finish in going to university? Or did you ever   Peter William Murphy ** 11:23 No, I just kept going. Kept going, kept going. I I got a job teaching English at a course. A lady by the name of Daniela from Angola gave me my first ever job, and you know, we hit it off. And this is back in 2011 or 12. I After about six or seven months working with her, so all the kids love me, the students love me. I learned a lot about her kind of holistic approach to education and teaching, and we were speaking in her kitchen one day, and she says, okay, when all this is over, what are you going to do? And I said, Well, I'm going to try and open up my own school. And she seemed surprised, but yeah, over 1310, or 11 years later, I'm not sure that's exactly what I'm trying to do now, is open up my own school.   Michael Hingson ** 12:21 Tell   Peter William Murphy ** 12:22 me about the school. Well, my wife, well, I'll go back a little bit. When I finally built up enough money to fly home, I got a job working with a man from America, actually teaching students in Cork. And I said I wasn't ready to go back to university just yet. I'd been in university for three years before I left, and it just something wasn't clicking with me. I'm an intelligent enough person, but in university just something, it just wasn't clicking. So I've decided to, you know, go to Turkey, simply because it was, you know, the closest. It wasn't like France, which is familiar, and it wasn't like, you know, far away, like China or somewhere like that. So I went there and got a job. But within six months, I think I landed a very, very good job at the top private school there, and they knew that I didn't have a degree. They just knew that I had selfless certificates and TEFL and other English certificates. But they have about 60 campuses in Turkey, and they gave me, and one of them is a university in Istanbul. So I was given a lot of education. By then, I was kind of a teacher for 15th. I observed, if I was doing a lesson, I'd be observed lots of seminars, getting more certificates, learning more and more. And you know that as time went on, I just kind of became Mr. Murphy, you know what I mean? I became a teacher, kind of, I proved myself, and just my students started getting good results. The parents were very fond of me. My colleagues were fond of me, my boss, my principal was fond of me. So I went from kind of not really having any identity, not knowing what I was doing, to kind of having it. So I stayed working in this big school for eight years, and to get back to kind of your question on the degree and the school i i was chosen by them to give a talk in Istanbul to all my peers on online methodology and how I help kids. Do you know? With gamifications, using the right websites for them, things like this, I slowly became very adept at, and they asked me to do it the second year. And then I got offered by Pierce in Turkey, which is an educational publishing company, and to do seminars on their behalf. And then this is, it was the first time since I left Ireland. This was in 2002 or three where I began to have imposter syndrome, where I was like, Okay, I know I'm good, but am I better than the people who I'm, who I'm speaking to, you know, and I raised this with the person who gave me the opportunity, and he said, Everyone feels, feels this way, you know. But I couldn't shake it, so I decided to in 2023 to step back from teaching, and I told my principal that I'm going to take some time away from it, and I became a writer on medium, and my writing on medium then took off. I started making a lot of money, and I found myself in this little hole where everything I was I was trying, was working for me, but it still didn't feel like something that I could 100% stick with well, which is why I started writing the book, and then it's why my wife and I decided to open up our own course, which will be a methodology, kind of created by the two of us, a curriculum, curriculum created by the two of us, which will have third party eyes who will sign off on it, and it's called Peak English, and we'll take it from there. So that's kind of my long answer to your very simple question.   Michael Hingson ** 17:05 Sorry, Kay, that's fine. Going back to when you went to Reunion Island. Do you think there was something deeper than just escaping from Ireland and the life you had, or you think it was just that simple?   Peter William Murphy ** 17:24 Um, yeah, it's strange, because I have a great relationship. My brother, my father and my mother were all very close. But I, I think, I think I became afraid of life, you know, because, you know, my father's my hero, of course, and he's a well respected man in the community. He He was awarded, I can't remember the name of the award, but basically, best host of the Year, Best host in Ireland last year by the hospitality board in the country. And when I saw what the economic crash did to him, it didn't break him, but when I saw that what it did to him, I was like, my god, if life can do that to my dad, take away his bar, you know, make him sad, or whatever it's like, what's it going to do to someone like me, you know, so I became very afraid of life, and I suppose I just wanted to go somewhere that felt other worldly, and that just felt so different, you know, that just so different, Yeah,   Michael Hingson ** 18:38 well, and, and now you say that you really feel that it was the best decision that you could make.   Peter William Murphy ** 18:48 Yeah, I wouldn't change it for the world. I mean, I've got some great stories. Yeah, halfway through a book about it now. So hopefully in the next year, that book will hopefully get published, and if not, I'll put it out there myself.   Michael Hingson ** 19:06 So when the pandemic hit, how did that affect or deal with your teaching and so on? Because you were teaching all that time since you you stepped back from that in 2023 so you must have had to deal with a lot of stuff with the pandemic, I would think,   Peter William Murphy ** 19:25 yeah, I know a lot of people suffered during the pandemic, but if I'm going to speak, it was difficult for everyone, but if I'm going to just for me in my apartment in Turkey, it was a good pandemic for me, you know, I took the opportunity to learn the guitar, get better at my job, did a lot of study, got more certificates, and also. Uh, I was familiar with Zoom before the big zoom thing happened. So I kind of knew before our first online lesson. You know, I spent about maybe three weeks because we went into lockdown in Turkey, I think March 2020, I believe we were a bit Lacher than most, but we, we stopped school in February, I think, and there was about a two or three week time where they were trying to figure it out. And, you know, you you know, everyone's going to go. If America and England are go and China are locked down. We're going to be locked down too. So I started doing tutorials on Zoom Near Pod, other online teaching websites, and started learning about them. So when the first lesson started on Zoom, I was really good at it, and all the students loved it. I wasn't the only teacher who did that. Lots of my colleagues I did that. But, you know, the pandemic was definitely a time where a lot of us who were lucky enough not to get ill were able to, you know, put more strings to our boat, right?   Michael Hingson ** 21:24 What do you think about all the discussions and all the arguments and all the conversations that go on now about online teaching as opposed to doing it live, and where, where all of it fits in. Can people really do it, you know, kind of what are your thoughts   Peter William Murphy ** 21:47 for children? I do not recommend this as the primary source of their education. I believe that socializing is very important for them, even having a teacher. You know, one of the biggest things you can do as a teacher with your classroom management is where you stand in the classroom. You know, being able to observe the students, then knowing that you're there as a present all the materials that you would have in the classroom. These are all things that actually, they need something small, but they do help kids that kind of five minute break every 14 minutes where they can run outside, keep a ball around and talk to each other. That's really important, yeah. But if you're talking about maybe between the 18 and up age group, I think it depends on the person. I've had students who who are prepared for IELTS, and they have needed a top score, and only have three months, and we've been face to face, working, helping them with their writing, doing everything, and it just doesn't work. There's something about the school environment where it just doesn't rub off on them. But then the minute you get them online and you start introducing games, you gamify it, just do lots of different things with them, for some reason they feel more comfortable. It could be an anxiety thing could be where they just feel more relaxed. At home, everyone's different, but for children, from my experience, definitely face to face learning is the best. Zoom is okay in an emergency. I do not recommend hybrid learning whatsoever.   Michael Hingson ** 23:40 Yeah, it's a it's a challenge. I know, for me personally, I can do online and, or and, or I can do things in person, in terms of learning and so on. I'm used to doing a lot of things outside of the typical corporate or office environment. So I can do that, but I also value and appreciate the social interaction when you go into an office and you have an opportunity to to meet with people. The only thing I would would say is way too often, unfortunately, people socialize so much that they forget in a work environment, you're really there to work and really need to figure out how to focus more on getting the job done. But I think there are a lot of aspects to that as well, because it isn't necessarily that people are lazy, but by the same token, if they don't really recognize what the job is about and what they're doing and that they have to put the appropriate time into it, or figure out a way to put in the appropriate time, then that's, you know, an issue too.   Peter William Murphy ** 24:58 Yeah, I would, you percent people. Be With You.   Michael Hingson ** 25:01 I think that, yeah, it's interesting. I've had a few people on the podcast here where we've talked about time management. We've talked about how people work in Europe, as opposed to in the United States, and some of the statistics that show that, in reality, if people put in longer days, but don't spend as many days at work, like if you put in 410, hour days, as opposed to five, eight hour days or something like that, you tend to get more work done, which I think is very interesting.   Peter William Murphy ** 25:36 Yeah, I've noticed that too, since I started working at home more and more. That I had a discussion with my wife the other day, and I said, you know, I think I need to rent an office, you know, because whilst I do like having, you know, low overheads and not paying rent. There is something about getting up in the morning, putting on a nice shirt, black coffee, and walk to the office. And you know, have your work day. One thing that I'm noticing is working online, with writing and helping students, is I'll wake up at 5am and I'll shower and I'll I'll work from 6am until midnight, and I am looking at my looking at myself in the mirror the next day and saying, Joe, this is unsustainable, like we It's you can say to yourself, oh, sure, just, you know, make your own routine. But it's very hard to stick to a routine if you are, you know, writing articles, if you have meetings at various times throughout the day, if you're dealing with multiple time zones. So there's, there is something attractive of going back and renting an office, you know, having a base where work is work and home is home. Yeah,   Michael Hingson ** 27:10 and I, and I appreciate that. I, I personally am able to work at home and separate that out. But I do know what you're what you're saying. And not everyone can do that. I've just done that a lot in my life because I've worked for companies where I worked remotely anyway, so I'm used to that, but I also appreciate your discipline. I'm sorry   Peter William Murphy ** 27:35 you've got discipline. It's something I need to work   Michael Hingson ** 27:38 on. Well, I guess that's probably it, yeah, I guess that's that's probably it. And I have enough other things during the day that demand time. So for example, at five o'clock, that's the time to feed the guide dog, and he wants to eat. And if I don't do that, I'm going to hear about it. So what's your dog's name? His name is Alamo. Like the Alamo? Yeah. So, you know, the issue is that I do have some things to help keep me honest, but, yeah, I can be fairly well disciplined with it, and I can make that work, and I understand that a lot of people can't. The other thing for me being a public speaker is I'm not as great a fan of speaking virtually, speaking online, as I am speaking in person. And the reason is, and it took me a while to kind of figure out why I didn't really like it as much as as probably some people that I don't have nearly the same kind of connection with the audience to whom I'm speaking if I'm doing it online, and I don't get to hear their reactions to things that I say. And for me, having that audio interaction, those auditory signals are part of what tells me if I'm doing a good job or not. On the other hand, I've done this long enough that I can pretty well tell what's probably going to work and what's not. So I'm perfectly happy to do virtual presentations, but if I have a choice, I like to do it in person, right?   Peter William Murphy ** 29:09 Yeah, I agree with you there. There is something very cool about being up on stage, yeah, and talking to a lot of people, but my favorite part has to be afterwards, when you're having the teas and the coffees and you're talking to everybody in the lobby. I really do love that part.   Michael Hingson ** 29:29 Oh, yeah. Well, and I try to integrate some of that even into the talks that I give, so that I have audiences participating. And sometimes the participation may be that I ask them something to answer, and sometimes it's how I tell a story to draw them in. And I've had any number of people tell me we were just following you down the stairs in the World Trade Center as you were telling the story. You were just so. Vivid with what you were saying. We were right there with you. And that's the thing that I think is a lot harder to do in a virtual environment than it is in a in an environment where you're actually speaking to people.   Peter William Murphy ** 30:13 Yeah, that's I told you when we had a chat before I came on, that it's really great honor to speak to you. And you know, I really do love your story and the way that you tell it, and of course, about your guide dog that led you out. It's really like an amazing story   Michael Hingson ** 30:36 well, and you know, it's it, it's a team effort. Both of us had jobs to do, and it was a matter of me being the team leader and keeping the team on course and doing the things that we needed to do. But it did work out well, and I'm glad about that. So it's that's important, but tell me more about the school that you're trying to start as you're working toward it, what will it be? Well, we   Peter William Murphy ** 31:07 are deadline to open it up was in three weeks ago, we found three buildings. I can't go into the detail, but it's, let's just say that, you know, someone said one price in the advertisements, and then when we got face to face, there was a new price. There was a lot of that kind of carry on. So my wife and I had a discussion, and we said, let's put peak English online first and get a base in because we do plan to either maybe perhaps move to Ireland in the future. So it is going to have to be a business that can, you know, move anywhere. We are going to have to have a online base. We've started working with the school in Brazil, and we've got some clients in Saudi Arabia and Qatar. So it's a nice space to get online at the moment, as we head into September, when all the kids are back to school, and then we will start small. We on sub stack. I started a small GoFundMe to help me reach my goal before the deadline, and people were very, very supportive. They gained a lot of traction. And then I spoke with my subscribers, and I said I gave them the plan because I like to tell them to know what's going to happen if they're paid subscribers, because everything I make from my writing goes directly back into education. So everything I make from medium top back, everything it goes towards building the school. And we are now going to go into September on a good footing, but we're going to have to downsize our expectations and perhaps buy some or smaller but our methodology and our mission will remain the same, to make education affordable, to help students pass their IELTS exams, to give them an opportunity to go work in Canada, America, the UK, Ireland.   Michael Hingson ** 33:15 So yes, that's peak English. Well, there you go. Which is, which is pretty cool. Well, what does your wife work? Or does she just help you with the school? Or what does she do?   Peter William Murphy ** 33:26 My wife? What does she do? My wife is an artist. She's a gamer, she's a teacher and she's a website designer. She's everything. She's the Peter whisperer. She's definitely good at when I'm in a whirlwind writing or, you know, I'll do too many things at once. She's, she's like a tablet for ADHD. I think she just, she's good at, kind of directing me calm down. So she she knows everything. Michael, she's a teacher, English language teacher. Graduated from Palm college, university, and she worked in an ink, in a in a college, and she's just about to embark on her Master's. So one of us will get that degree.   Michael Hingson ** 34:18 Yeah, one way or another, you'll have one in the family. Yeah,   Peter William Murphy ** 34:22 exactly. Well, she has one, but she'll get a master's. Yeah,   Michael Hingson ** 34:26 you'll have a master's in the family. Do you have any children? No, no, no, we're children. No children yet? Well, that's another thing to look forward to in in the future, which is, which is,   Peter William Murphy ** 34:38 where we don't know what to do. We love turkey, but also we want them to have a, you know, a Turkish. We want them to, you know, have an appreciation for Turkey and for Ireland. So we're trying to figure out where would be the best place to to raise kids in the in. You know, current global environment. And you know, despite all the trouble that Ireland has in 2008 every time I go home, it's still solid ground. And you know, it's the older I get, the more I'm kind of, I think we will end up there eventually, but we'll see. Yeah, well,   Michael Hingson ** 35:28 it'll all work out in time. I suspect you strike me as individuals. Yeah, you strike me as a person that will, will make things work out. And you're, you're willing to step back and and do it in a methodical and in very positive way, which is, which is pretty cool. Well, tell me about some of your writing. What kind of what have you written?   Peter William Murphy ** 35:54 Well, I told you about the book. I'm halfway through. It's the working title is becoming useful. Then on medium, I started writing about mental health, and I got imposter syndrome again. Of course, there's nothing wrong with writing anecdotally about your experience, but sometimes on the internet, it's probably better not to talk about kind of medical kind of things, you know what I mean. So I said, well, what could I pivot to? And I started writing travel memoirs about my time on the island, and I ended up getting curated about 40 times by medium selected for curation is basically where they choose the staff choose your story, and they give it a boost into the algorithm, and basically it just gets sent all over the internet. So that happened 40 times. Then I wrote for your tango, which is a New York based website. And then after a year and a half on medium, I pivoted to sub stack, where I continued to do my writing. And about three months ago, sub stack began doing live streams, kind of like on YouTube or Instagram, they have these live streams on sub stack. So I didn't feel comfortable talking about my teaching on sub stack, because I felt like my my writing persona, not that it's controversial, had its own space in my life, so I kept it separate from my teaching, and I spoke with a friend, and we saw everyone on Sub stack was doing these live one hour streams. So we thought we would do a comedy show. So we started doing these 1015, minute comedy shows live on substack, and they became very popular. And a lot of you know big authors like Walter Reed, Robin wilding, who would be very popular on that website came on as guest, and it's kind of this new outlet where everything leads back to teaching, where I'm learning about video editing now and how to reach an audience, and then straight away, with peak English, I said, Okay, so that's that. Now I know more about how the internet works, so now open up a Tiktok and an Instagram and, you know, focus that into peak English. So our Instagram account now is growing. It's got close to 1000 followers, and our Tiktok is just open. So, yeah, going to use what I learned from sub stack to reach more students give more tips on how to pass exams on other social platforms.   Michael Hingson ** 39:12 Okay, and you've, you've created some fictional characters along the way, haven't you?   Peter William Murphy ** 39:20 Yeah, I have Peter and Freeman, who have a small little cult following on on substack, kind of based on a relationship I have with a friend of mine and my brother and I. My brother has done the Olympics. He's done the not as an athlete, but he's worked for Warner Brothers and other companies, doing the filming of it, and we're both very much in the film. We're working on a script, and we're trying to develop something at the moment together. Of course, our day jobs are our main focus, but it's very nice to have a similar interest with your brother, that you can just work. Worked on together, you know,   Michael Hingson ** 40:01 yeah, well, you know, back in the days of old radio, there was a ven Troy lacherist, Edgar Bergen, who had his creature, Charlie McCarthy. And it was interesting that a lot of times Charlie spoke for Edgar. Edgar would, would would communicate through Charlie, as opposed to just communicating himself, and it was a way that he felt comfortable doing, which was interesting.   Peter William Murphy ** 40:32 Yeah, that's interesting with Murphy's Law, which is my medium pending, after about a year and a half, I, you know, I said I can't keep writing about the island or this or that, or memoirs. I have to try grow as a writer. So I started trying different styles. I started writing a satire. I started writing a political satire or just pure comedy pieces. And lo and behold, I was okay at it, and they gained traction, and they were funny. And this is strange, so then Murphy's law went to kind of satire. And then I started writing about politics, say what's happening in the USA, the friction over there, some other world events. And I enjoyed it. The editors liked it, and it was published in some very good publications. And it was great. I found many voices, you know, but as time went on, and I love medium, and I love substack, it's, it's my passion, and it has helped me grow, not just as a writer, but as I mentioned earlier, helped me hone all the skills I use that become, you know, big enough on it into how I can create this business that my wife and I try to open up, and it has really helped. But you are always chasing the algorithm, you know, and I would rather have a product out there that helps people, you know, pass their exams, give them guidance with these as, you know, do volunteer work, things like that, that will actually help people. And people will remember it as peak English, as a brand that will help them, because Murphy's Law and the exile files online, I love them, and they are my babies, but they are very much passion projects that, like Reunion Island, have helped me figure out what I want to do. You know?   Michael Hingson ** 42:58 Yeah, well now you talk about Murphy's Law. And of course, we all know Murphy's Law is, if anything can go wrong at will. But there was a book written years ago that was called Murphy's Law and other reasons why things go wrong. And the first, I think I've heard of that, and the first thing in the book after Murphy's Law was o'toole's commentary on Murphy's Law, which was, Murphy was an optimist. I always thought was cute. I like that. Murphy was an optimist.   Peter William Murphy ** 43:30 Well, it's, you know, I think in life, like you said yourself, when, when that terrible day happens in the World Trade Center, it was like you could either lose your mind or you stay calm, you know. And no, I think, I think everybody, kind of you know, can learn from that, from learn from your book, that you just have to keep going moving forward. People react differently to different you know, setbacks like I mentioned, with the leg break and the bar closing another young man, it might, it might not have affected them at all. They would have said, It's okay. I just kept going. But it just so happened that it affected me that way. And you my brother, for example, he stuck it out. He stayed in Ireland, and he he did it so it's it really does depend on the person and how they how one can deal with what life throws at you. Some people think it was like it was the best thing I ever did, but looking back on it, like I wouldn't change it, but looking back on it, I would have liked to have done it, maybe in a calmer way.   Michael Hingson ** 44:56 The other the other side of that though, is that. So there are a lot of things that happen around us, and we don't have any control over the fact that they happen as such, but we absolutely have control over how we deal with what happened, and I think that's what so many people miss and don't, don't deal with and the reality is that we can always make choices based on what goes on around us, and we can do that and and that can be a positive thing, or it can be a negative thing, and that's a choice that we have To make.   Peter William Murphy ** 45:37 Yeah, you're dead, right? Yeah, I, when I first came to Turkey, I was only supposed to be here for three months, you know, but there was something intoxicating about the country. There just the smell, the food people and I about six months into my stay here, back in 2013, or 14, like I did, have that decision where I had to kind of look at myself saying, Am I staying here because I'm running away, or am I staying here because I feel this is where I can achieve what I want to achieve. And I stayed because I felt this was like the environment where I could kind of deal with myself and kind of deal with life, and, you know, just be who I wanted to be, not that I couldn't do that in Ireland, but just the 24 year old version of myself. That's what like he was thinking, you know? And I got to respect that,   Michael Hingson ** 46:46 sure. And the other part about it, though, is that you you at least ask yourself the question, and you really took the responsibility to try to make a decision and come up with an answer, which is what a lot of people avoid doing.   Peter William Murphy ** 47:01 I wrote out the pros and cons on a piece of paper. I still have that piece of paper under your bed, and went up to the top of the mountain. There's, there's a huge mountain next to the city here. I'd go up there every day, but I just sat down and I just stared at the piece of paper. And there was just something where I said, you know, I have to try and become something here, you know, because if I can become something, even if it's something small, like something, you know, as humble, as just being a language teacher or helping one person or two people, it doesn't matter if I can do that here, then it would have been worth it. Yeah, of course. If time goes on, you learn more, you become stronger, you become more educated, you become trained. And then if you just keep going, no matter how you know down the dumps you were in the past, if you just keep going, one day, you will wake up and you will know exactly who you are and what you're supposed to do, and that's kind of what Turkey and Reunion Island gave to me.   Michael Hingson ** 48:10 Do you think that as you were growing up and so on, that the system failed you?   Peter William Murphy ** 48:18 I do remember one time. And I have to preface this for saying that I hold nothing against this person, but I remember I went to the psychologist or counselor in, I won't name the university, and the university I went to and and I didn't know them at all, and I sat down and I told them I was struggling with mental health. And, you know, there was, I'm not saying anything now like but there was a lot of young men taking their own lives in Ireland around this time, a lot and women, and I wasn't like that at all, but I was feeling down, and I wanted to see what the university could do for me. And I remember just being turned away saying, Come back next Tuesday, you know, at 405 and I did find it very hard to kind of like communicate and get help in university through Washington, like I didn't need directions on how to get to the Lacher hall or anything like that. I knew all that, but there was something else going on that I needed help with, and there, it wasn't there at all. Since then, of course, in the last 1516, years, Ireland is, you know, I suggest mental health capital of the world. But when, when I was there, maybe, maybe I just caught them on a bad day.   Michael Hingson ** 49:58 Yeah, hard to say. But the. Other part about it is look at what you've done since then, and look how you talk about it today, which really illustrates a lot of resilience on your part. And I'm sure that that's something that had to develop over time, but you still did it, and you became a more resilient individual because of all of that.   Peter William Murphy ** 50:22 Yeah, I'd say I've got that for my mom and dad. They're very resilient. But also that resilience has changed from, you know, booking a one way ticket to reunion and, you know, just doing all that crazy stuff, then go ahead and stand ball bus rides around Turkey, not knowing where I'm going, not having money, not enough for rent, all this kind of stuff. But it's changed because I remember I got a job partnering with a recruitment company that's based in Amsterdam, and I remember just willy nilly booking the flight over to Amsterdam, and just kind of, I just gotten married, and I Michael. I was not resilient at all. I did not want to go, I did not want to travel, I wanted to be at home with my wife, you know what I mean? And so I definitely got softer in other ways. So your resilience does change. It becomes more kind of a mental toughness than, say, that kind of young book physical resilience that you had when you were younger. It completely switches.   Michael Hingson ** 51:32 Yeah, well, and I think resilience is, is really, to a large degree about the whole concept of, well, mental toughness, or maybe the ability to look at what you're doing and going through and being able to make a decision about how to proceed, I think that's really kind of more of it than anything else, right, right? And so resilience, I think, as oftentimes, it's a term that's overused, but the reality is, I think what resilience really is is your ability to keep things whoever you are, keep things in perspective, and be able to step back and ask the tough questions of yourself and listen to your inner self and get the answers that you need. Yes.   Peter William Murphy ** 52:25 If that makes sense. It does. It makes perfect sense. Just gotta keep going. Yeah, yeah, yeah.   Michael Hingson ** 52:35 You do have to keep going, and it's kind of important to do that, but you've had a lot of different things that you've done. You know, you've been, you're an author, by the way. Do you still make drinks anywhere?   Peter William Murphy ** 52:51 No, I just at home, right away home. Good for you. Yeah? Yeah, we it's a drinking God. Drinking is such a funny one. It's something that just, I don't know, dissolved from my life. When I aged 30, I didn't become a teetotaler or anything like that. Like I'll still have red wine and I'll be here with friends, but I rarely touch the stuff. And I think it's mostly due to the fact that I start work so early in the morning, you know, and I just cannot wake up with any sort of grogginess. I leave black coffee, you know, look at the news for 20 minutes, pet my cat, take a shower and then start, yeah.   Michael Hingson ** 53:42 Well, my wife and I used to have a drink on Friday night. I mean, we're capable. We were capable of going to restaurants and parties and occasionally have something. But I know since she passed in 2022 we were married 40 years. I part of honoring her is that I have a drink on Friday night. One drink. I don't because I've never nice. I've never really felt that I need to have alcohol or anything like that. I've never been a great fan of the taste, but I have a drink to honor her on Friday night. So that's kind of fun.   Peter William Murphy ** 54:21 Yeah, that's very nice. I mean, we it's my wife's birthday in two days, actually, so I'm very lucky. She's very she's like me in a way. I want to take her to a nice, fancy restaurant, or to do this and do that, but she just wants a chicken burger. And hello, yeah, so we just go out to our favorite restaurant. And you know, they're good burgers. They're pretty gourmet, but yeah, she's pretty down to earth with me. And yeah, we have a lot of fun together. And yeah. But I'm currently planning her birthday presents as as I'm speaking to you.   Michael Hingson ** 55:07 If you could go back and talk to a younger Peter, what would you what would you tell them? What would you want them to learn?   Peter William Murphy ** 55:15 Oh, I would tell him to go straight to a to talk to somebody, yeah, just to go straight to talk to somebody, that's the biggest thing. I had an interview where I was the host yesterday with a man who does Astro photography, and one of his, you know, other projects he does. He's a recovering alcoholic. Where he's he really talks about, you know, men talking to other men too, like, if your friend call, pick up, always speak. Tell people what's going on. Of course, don't nag people and to tell them every problem you have, but if you're down into dumps, you should talk to somebody. So anybody who's like young, you know, late, late teens coming up, should definitely talk to someone straight away, because I think a few simple sentences from a professional could have saved me a lot of let's call them headaches in the future, all   Michael Hingson ** 56:28 too often we the way we're taught. We just don't get encouraged to do that, do we?   Peter William Murphy ** 56:34 No, no. People listen. People are good. People will do what they can. But I think sometimes, I think the way it's framed maybe scares men. I think we're a lot better now, but maybe 1015, years ago, and even before that, trying to get a kid to, you know, talk to professional, nobody wants to be different in that way. You know, back then anyway and but it's so healthy. It's so good to have someone who can regurgitate back what you've just told them, but in a clear, calm fashion that you know makes sense. It does the world of good. It's, it's, it's better than medicine   Michael Hingson ** 57:27 for most. Puts a lot of things in perspective, doesn't it? It does, yeah, which, which makes a lot of sense. Well, yeah, I think this has been great. I've very much enjoyed having the opportunity to talk with you and and and hear a lot of great life lessons. I hope everyone who is out there listening to us appreciates all the things that you had to say as well. If anybody wants to reach out to you, how do they do that?   Peter William Murphy ** 57:57 Well, we're on Instagram as peak English. We're also on Tiktok as peak English,   Michael Hingson ** 58:04 peak as in P, E, A, K, that's right   Peter William Murphy ** 58:07 behind me here. So if anybody can see it's there's the spelling on my wallpaper.   Michael Hingson ** 58:14 And, yeah, a lot of people probably aren't watching videos, so that's why I asked you to spell   Peter William Murphy ** 58:19 it. Yeah? Well, actually, I'm blocking it, so I moved out of the way. There   Michael Hingson ** 58:23 you go. Well, I won't see it,   Peter William Murphy ** 58:27 yeah, so I Yeah. So that's the best way to get in contact with me. You can Google me. Peter William Murphy, medium writer, I pretty much on the top of the lid, if you're interested in writing, also the exile files. And we're also on YouTube with the exile files, so there's lots of stuff going on. This is an English speaking audience, so I'm assuming nobody's going to want lessons from me. So if you're interested in my writing, check out medium and sub stack. And if you know anybody of friends who needs English, tell them about peak English, and I will help you.   Michael Hingson ** 59:11 There you go. Well, I don't know, there may be people who aren't the greatest English speakers listening who, who might reach out. Well, I hope that they do, and I hope they appreciate all that you've offered today. I really appreciate you coming on and spending an hour with us. I hope that all it's an honor. Oh, it's been fun. And I would say to all of you out there, I'd love to hear what your thoughts are. Feel free to email me at Michael H i@accessibe.com that's m, I, C, H, A, E, L, H, I, at accessibe, A, C, C, E, S, S, i, b, e.com, love to hear from you. I'd love to hear your thoughts wherever you're listening. I hope that you'll give us a five star rating. We really appreciate your ratings and your reviews and Peter for you and for all of you, if you know anyone who ought to be a. Guest on the podcast. We're always looking for people to come on and tell their stories, so don't hesitate to provide introductions. We love it. We really appreciate you all doing that. And again, Peter, I just want to thank you for for coming on. This has been a lot of fun today.   1:00:14 Thank you so much. It's pleasure to speak with you.   **Michael Hingson ** 1:00:23 You have been listening to the Unstoppable Mindset podcast. Thanks for dropping by. I hope that you'll join us again next week, and in future weeks for upcoming episodes. To subscribe to our podcast and to learn about upcoming episodes, please visit www dot Michael hingson.com slash podcast. Michael Hingson is spelled m i c h a e l h i n g s o n. While you're on the site., please use the form there to recommend people who we ought to interview in upcoming editions of the show. And also, we ask you and urge you to invite your friends to join us in the future. 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Can any physician pivot to open a ketamine clinic, and what does it take to do it safely?In this Echo Episode, Dr. Andrea Austin continues her conversation with Dr. Kim Chan Ko, about common questions on ketamine infusions for mood disorders and chronic pain. As an ophthalmologist turned creative director for her emergency physician husband's clinic, Kim shares insights on transitioning careers, required training, and ethical considerations. She discusses building a patient-centered practice, managing risks like emergencies and addiction, and navigating business challenges while prioritizing family and values.You'll hear how they:Clarify licensing and training needs for ketamine clinics, emphasizing specialties like emergency medicine, anesthesia, and psychiatry  Address safety protocols, including emergency preparedness, patient monitoring, and addiction risk management Explore staffing requirements, from nurses to administrative roles, and marketing strategies for attracting patients Inspire physician entrepreneurs with tips on balancing business with personal life, values alignment, and avoiding burnout through intentional pivotsIf you're a physician considering ketamine therapy or entrepreneurial ventures, this episode provides honest FAQs and strategies for ethical, sustainable change.About the Guest“Action brings clarity.” – Dr. Kim Chan koDr. Kim Chan Ko is a board-certified ophthalmologist, diplomat of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine, and co-founder of Ketamine Startup, an online course teaching physicians to open ketamine infusion clinics. After years as creative director of Reset Ketamine in Palm Springs, CA, alongside her emergency physician husband, Kim stepped away from academic ophthalmology to pursue a path aligned with her passions for patient education, mentorship, and innovative healthcare. Her journey through burnout and coaching has shaped her mission to help physicians find clarity and build fulfilling careers.

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Never trust anyone who tries to be ethically pure. This is the message of Albert Camus's short novel La Chute (The Fall), in which a retired French lawyer tells a stranger in a bar in Amsterdam about a series of incidents that led to a profound personal crisis. The self-described ‘judge-penitent' had once thought himself to be morally irreproachable, but an encounter with a woman on a bridge and a mysterious laugh left him tormented by a sense of hypocrisy. In this episode, Jonathan and James follow Camus's slippery hero as he tries and fails to undergo a moral revolution, and look at the ways in which the novel's lightness of style allows for twisted inversions of conventional morality. They also consider the similarities between Camus's novels and those of Simone de Beauvoir, and his fractious relationship with Jean-Paul Sartre. Non-subscribers will only hear an extract from this episode. To listen to the full episode, and to all our other Close Readings series, subscribe: Directly in Apple Podcasts: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://lrb.me/applecrcip⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ In other podcast apps: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://lrb.me/closereadingscip⁠⁠ Further reading in the LRB: Jeremy Harding: Algeria's Camus: ⁠⁠https://lrb.me/cip11camus1⁠⁠ Jacqueline Rose: 'The Plague': ⁠⁠https://lrb.me/cip11camus3⁠⁠ Adam Shatz: Camus in the New World: ⁠⁠https://lrb.me/cip11camus2⁠⁠ Audiobooks from the LRB Including Jonathan Rée's 'Becoming a Philosopher: Spinoza to Sartre': ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://lrb.me/audiobookscip⁠

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Fluent Fiction - Dutch: Rediscovering Life's Colors at the Rijksmuseum Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.com/nl/episode/2025-10-13-22-34-02-nl Story Transcript:Nl: Het was een koele herfstdag in Amsterdam.En: It was a cool autumn day in Amsterdam.Nl: De bladeren vielen langzaam van de bomen, terwijl Bram de grote trap van het Rijksmuseum op liep.En: The leaves were slowly falling from the trees as Bram walked up the grand steps of the Rijksmuseum.Nl: Hij had de rol van de rugzak over zijn schouder geslagen en zijn gedachten dwaalden af naar de kunst die hij hoopte te zien.En: He had slung the roll of his backpack over his shoulder, and his thoughts drifted to the art he hoped to see.Nl: Hij verlangde naar troost en inspiratie.En: He longed for comfort and inspiration.Nl: Sinds zijn recente breuk voelde zijn hart zwaar aan.En: Since his recent breakup, his heart felt heavy.Nl: Binnen in het museum was het warm en uitnodigend.En: Inside the museum, it was warm and inviting.Nl: De grote ramen lieten het zachte herfstlicht naar binnen.En: The large windows let in the soft autumn light.Nl: Het licht viel op de schilderijen en maakte de kleuren nog levendiger.En: The light fell on the paintings and made the colors even more vibrant.Nl: Bram wandelde door de zalen vol oude meesters en voelde zich klein te midden van zoveel schoonheid.En: Bram wandered through the halls full of old masters and felt small amidst so much beauty.Nl: Plotseling hoorde hij een vertrouwde stem.En: Suddenly, he heard a familiar voice.Nl: Het was Sanne, een vriendin uit zijn kindertijd.En: It was Sanne, a friend from his childhood.Nl: Ze was inmiddels curator en leek druk in gesprek met een groep bezoekers.En: She was now a curator and seemed busy talking with a group of visitors.Nl: Bram aarzelde.En: Bram hesitated.Nl: Hij wilde haar graag spreken, maar was ook bang dat zijn verdriet zichtbaar zou zijn.En: He wanted to speak to her but was also afraid that his sadness would be visible.Nl: Sanne zag hem staan en riep blij: "Bram!En: Sanne saw him standing there and called out happily, "Bram!Nl: Wat leuk om je hier te zien!"En: How nice to see you here!"Nl: Haar ogen straalden, en Bram voelde iets warms in zijn borst.En: Her eyes sparkled, and Bram felt something warm in his chest.Nl: Even vergat hij al zijn zorgen.En: For a moment, he forgot all his worries.Nl: Ze dronken koffie in het museumcafé.En: They drank coffee in the museum café.Nl: Sanne vertelde hoe ze soms de passie voor kunst verloor in haar werk.En: Sanne told him how she sometimes lost her passion for art in her work.Nl: Maar als ze weer verbinding vond met iets dat haar raakte, kwam het altijd weer terug.En: But when she reconnected with something that touched her, it always came back.Nl: "Kunst is als een oude vriend," zei ze glimlachend.En: "Art is like an old friend," she said, smiling.Nl: Later op de dag volgde Bram haar naar een privébezichtiging van het werk van Daan, een vriend uit hun verleden.En: Later in the day, Bram followed her to a private viewing of Daan's work, a friend from their past.Nl: Daan had nu een eigen expositie in het museum.En: Daan now had his own exhibition in the museum.Nl: Bram voelde een steek van jaloezie.En: Bram felt a pang of jealousy.Nl: Daan was zo succesvol.En: Daan was so successful.Nl: Bram besefte dat zijn gevoelens dieper gingen.En: Bram realized that his feelings ran deeper.Nl: Hij miste niet alleen zijn ex, maar ook de simpele vreugde die hij vroeger vond in kunst en vriendschap.En: He missed not only his ex but also the simple joy he used to find in art and friendship.Nl: Daan zag hen en kwam erbij staan.En: Daan saw them and came over.Nl: "Bram!En: "Bram!Nl: Het is lang geleden," zei hij en sloeg hem op zijn schouder.En: It's been a long time," he said, patting him on the shoulder.Nl: "Hoe gaat het met je, vriend?"En: "How are you, my friend?"Nl: Bram voelde zich klein, maar ook opgelucht dat Daan nog steeds dezelfde vriendelijke lach had.En: Bram felt small but also relieved that Daan still had the same friendly smile.Nl: Tijdens de bezichtiging kon Bram zijn ogen niet afhouden van de schilderijen.En: During the viewing, Bram couldn't take his eyes off the paintings.Nl: Ze vertelden verhalen van hoop, liefde en verlies.En: They told stories of hope, love, and loss.Nl: Het raakte iets in hem.En: They touched something in him.Nl: De beelden gaven hem de moed om zijn emoties te delen met Sanne.En: The images gave him the courage to share his emotions with Sanne.Nl: Hij vertelde haar over zijn breuk en het gevoel van verlorenheid.En: He told her about his breakup and his feeling of being lost.Nl: Sanne luisterde geduldig, haar ogen zacht.En: Sanne listened patiently, her eyes soft.Nl: "Iedereen voelt zich wel eens verloren.En: "Everyone feels lost sometimes.Nl: Maar kunst helpt ons om onszelf terug te vinden," zei ze.En: But art helps us find ourselves," she said.Nl: Ze nodigde Bram uit om mee te doen aan een nieuw project dat ze aan het ontwikkelen was.En: She invited Bram to join a new project she was developing.Nl: Toen Bram het museum verliet, voelde hij zich lichter.En: When Bram left the museum, he felt lighter.Nl: Hij had niet alleen de kracht gevonden om zijn pijn te confronteren, maar ook nieuwe mogelijkheden gezien.En: He had not only found the strength to confront his pain but also seen new possibilities.Nl: Hij had hoop en inspiratie gevonden in de kunst en de vriendschappen die het leven speciaal maakten.En: He had found hope and inspiration in the art and friendships that made life special.Nl: Dat was, dacht hij, de echte kracht van het Rijksmuseum en de mensen die hij daar liefdevol herontdekte.En: That was, he thought, the true power of the Rijksmuseum and the people he lovingly rediscovered there. 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Send us a textMy guest today is Tea Gudek Šnajdar, author of Following Van Gogh listed in the Visual Arts category on Art In Fiction. Here's a summary of the podcast:Inspiration for the novel that combines travel writing with a thriller.Fascination with the paintings of Vincent Van Gogh and how his color palette changed as he moved from the Netherlands to Paris to Arles.The "what if" that inspired Tea to make a forged painting central to her novel.What is it about the paintings of Van Gogh that Tea and millions more find so compelling.The role that Van Gogh's letters to his brother Theo has played in cementing his legacy.Tea's experience as a guide at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam.Reading from Following Van Gogh.One thing that Tea learned from writing this novel that she didn't realize before.What's next?Read more about Tea Gudek Šnajdar on her website: https://culturetourist.com/Are you enjoying The Art In Fiction Podcast? Consider giving us a small donation so we can continue bringing you interviews with your favorite arts-inspired novelists. Click this link to donate: https://ko-fi.com/artinfiction.Also, check out Art In Fiction at https://www.artinfiction.com and explore 2300+ novels inspired by the arts in 11 categories: Architecture, Dance, Decorative Arts, Film, Literature, Music, Textile Arts, Theater, Visual Arts, & Other.Want to learn more about Carol Cram, the host of The Art In Fiction Podcast? She's the author of several award-winning novels, including The Towers of Tuscany and Love Among the Recipes. Find out more on her website.

waarin Hetty en Lieven van Nerdland ons vertellen hoe een revolutie van olie en elektriciteit de wereld verwondert, versnelt, verrijkt en bedreigt. I.s.m. Hetty Helsmoortel en Lieven Scheire (Nerdland Maandoverzicht podcast). WIJ ZIJN: Jonas Goossenaerts (inhoud en vertelstem), Filip Vekemans (montage), Benjamin Goyvaerts (inhoud) en Laurent Poschet (inhoud). MET BIJDRAGEN VAN: Hetty Helsmoortel en Lieven Scheire (Nerdland Maandoverzicht podcast). WIL JE ONS EEN FOOI GEVEN? Fooienpod - Al schenkt u tien cent of tien euro, het duurt tien seconden met een handige QR-code. WIL JE ADVERTEREN IN DEZE PODCAST? Neem dan contact op met adverteren@dagennacht.nl MEER WETEN? Onze geraadpleegde en geciteerde bronnen: Altena, B., Van Lente, D. (2011). Vrijheid en Rede. Geschiedenis van westerse samenlevingen, 1750-1989. Uitgeverij Verloren. Hilversum. Bleyen, J. e.a. (2016). Memoria 5/6. Pelckmans. Kalmthout. Deneckere, G., De Wever, B., De Paepe, T. (2020). Een geschiedenis van België. Lannoo. Tielt. Draye, G. (2009). Passages. De negentiende eeuw. Averbode. Best. De Deygere, R. e.a. (2008). Historia 5. Pelckmans. Kapellen. Evans, R. J. (2016). The pursuit of power: Europe 1815–1914. Viking. New York. Hobsbawm, E. J. (1988). The age of revolution: Europe 1789–1848. Abacus. Londen. Horn, J. (2016). The Industrial Revolution: History, documents, and key questions. ABC-CLIO. New York. Osterhammel, J. (2022). De metamorfose van de wereld. Een mondiale geschiedenis van de 19de eeuw. Atlas Contact. Amsterdam.Podcast In Our Time - BBC: Thomas Edison. BBC Radio 4 - In Our Time, Thomas EdisonPodcast In Our Time - BBC: Nikola Tesla. BBC Radio 4 - In Our Time, Nikola TeslaErratum: Meer dan waarschijnlijk was Edison niet rechtstreeks betrokken bij de elektrocutie van een olifant. In 1903 werd de olifant Topsy gedood op Coney Island (New York), door middel van een elektrische stroomstoot. De executie was groot nieuws, maar gebeurde niet op aansturen van Edison - al werd het feit wel gedocumenteerd door een filmploeg van Edison Manufacturing Company. In latere jaren werd dit voorval geherinterpreteerd als deel van de 'Battle of the Currents'.Bron: Myth Buster-Topsy the ElephantSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Check out Mostly Growth and get episodes early. Available on all platforms.* YouTube* Spotify* AppleConference season is back, and CJ and Kyle are swapping stories from the stage—how to nail a keynote, whether conferences are worth the money, and why your walkout song matters more than you think. From there, they dig into a new a16z report revealing where AI startups are actually spending their dollars, and CJ shares results from his summer survey showing that CFOs talk a big game about measuring AI ROI—but nobody knows how to do it. The crew also unpacks how SaaS companies like Slack are bundling AI into their products and hiking prices, before spiraling into a late-night “potentially reliable” rabbit hole featuring a Soviet pole vaulter, beat-and-raise forecasting, and J. Edgar Hoover. They close with lessons on pricing in the real world (yes, Amsterdam's architecture is involved) and one experiment CJ tried this week.Timestamps:00:00 Preview and Intro02:03 Walkout Songs & Kicking Off Conference Season04:12 Sponsored Segment — Metronome05:16 How To Give a Great Keynote and Not Bore the Room11:16 Are Conferences Worth the Money16:02 What AI Companies Are Actually Paying For — The a16z Report21:56 Summer Survey Results: The Elusive ROI of AI23:56 Why No One Knows How To Measure ROI on AI29:38 SaaS Companies Forcing AI — Bundling, Pricing, and Pushback35:32 A Potentially Reliable Thing I Read at 2 AM36:02 Soviet Pole Vaulter, Beat-and-Raise Forecasting & Hoover's Borders41:02 Pricing in the Real World — Lessons from Amsterdam's Skinny Houses44:37 Something I Tried This Week — FixyerEpisodes Referenced: ⁠Are You Bad at LinkedIn… or Is the Algorithm Lying?⁠⁠Why Founders Are Posting Sad Dinners⁠Links:⁠⁠⁠https://www.getmobly.com/⁠⁠https://a16z.com/the-ai-application-spending-report-where-startup-dollars-really-go/⁠⁠https://www.growthunhinged.com/p/how-to-nail-your-next-big-talk⁠⁠https://www.leahtharin.com/p/113-vincent-pierri-how-to-deal-with⁠⁠https://www.freepik.com/⁠⁠https://cluely.com/⁠⁠https://www.mostlymetrics.com/p/it-was-the-summer-of-25⁠⁠https://www.crescendo.ai/⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/posts/justintropic_slack-just-raised-prices-125-by-forcing-activity-7379132597009870848-XI6N/⁠⁠https://www.mostlymetrics.com/p/what-a-soviet-era-pole-vaulter-can-teach-us-about-beating-and-raising⁠⁠https://www.nytimes.com/1972/05/03/archives/j-edgar-hoover-made-the-fbi-formidable-with-politics-publicity-and.html⁠⁠https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/73vh2j/til_that_the_dutch_government_once_enforced_a_tax/⁠⁠https://www.clearspaceliving.com/blog/why-dutch-stairs-are-so-steep/⁠⁠https://mjwrightnz.wordpress.com/2012/10/28/amsterdams-taxing-narrow-houses/⁠⁠https://www.fyxer.com/Today's podcast is brought to you by MetronomeYou just launched your new AI product. The new pricing page looks great. But behind it? Last-minute glue code, messy spreadsheets, and running ad-hoc queries to figure out what to bill. Customers get invoices they can't understand. Engineers are chasing billing bugs. Finance can't close the books.With Metronome, you hand it all off to the real-time billing infrastructure that just works—reliable, flexible, and built to grow with you. We turn raw usage events into accurate invoices, give customers bills they actually understand, and keep every team in sync in real time.Whether you're launching usage-based pricing, managing enterprise contracts, or rolling out new AI services, Metronome does the heavy lifting so you can focus on your product, not your billing.That's why some of the fastest-growing companies in the world, like OpenAI and Anthropic, run their billing on Metronome.Visit metronome.com to learn more. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cjgustafson.substack.com

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Hello friends of the History of the Germans. I am afraid there will not be an episode this week. I would have preferred to say that I have caught a bug or something, but the truth is, I just could not put something together that lives up to your and my standards. Sorry, this does not happen very often, but it does. The muse was busy somewhere else or missed the entry point for my humble attic. So, rather than wasting your time with something sub-par, I decided to call it off for this week. I will go back to the drawing board and make sure something sensible shows up in your feed next week.If however you need your weekly fix of German history content, you can go to the History Rage Podcast where Paul Bavil allowed me to go on for far too long about my pet hate, which is people endlessly repeating Voltaire's quip that the Holy Roman empire was neither Holy, nor Roman nor an empire. Not only is that joke 200 years old, it isn't even accurate. https://pod.fo/e/3330ceAnd if you are of a gentler disposition and cannot bear me losing my rag, you can always prepare yourself for next week's episode by listening back to some older episodes where we have discussed the mid-15th century in the Hanseatic League, Prussia, Bohemia and Germany. For instance episode 122, where we heard how right around this time the Hanseatic League's stranglehold over the Baltic led to a collapse of the once sprawling herring fair in Scania and the rise of the Dutch herring industry based in Amsterdam. In episode 136 we covered the 13-year long war between the Teutonic Knights and the cities and major aristocrats of Prussia, that started in 1454 and ended up with the loss of Gdansk and Western Prussia. The Mainzer Stiftsfehde and the Furstenkrieg that also fall into this period is so complex, we had to break it down into multiple podcasts. Episode 186 about Mainz and Hessen, 189 about the Count Palatine on the Rhine and his conflict with Friedrich III, 191/192 where we look at the involvement of Baden and Wurttemberg, and 196 and 197 about the internecine warfare in Bavaria that linked into it. Or just think of a number, any number between zero and 209, and listen to that episode. Either that or listen to any of the thousands ad thousands of other great episodes talented podcasters put out every week.See you next week.The music for the show is Flute Sonata in E-flat major, H.545 by Carl Phillip Emmanuel Bach (or some claim it as BWV 1031 Johann Sebastian Bach) performed and arranged by Michel Rondeau under Common Creative Licence 3.0.As always:Homepage with maps, photos, transcripts and blog: www.historyofthegermans.comIf you...

INTRO (00:24): Kathleen opens the show drinking a La Parisienne Blonde Pale Ale from Paris. She reviews her weekend doing shows in Portland and Seattle, and moves on to her birthday vacation in Paris and Amsterdam.    TOUR NEWS: See Kathleen live on her “Day Drinking Tour.”   COURT NEWS (32:16): Kathleen shares news announcing that Chappell Roan invited Nancy Wilson on stage in NYC to perform Heart's Barracuda, and Dolly postponed her 2025 Vegas Residency to Fall 2026.   TASTING MENU (0:29): Kathleen samples Steakhouse Onion Funyuns, Moonstruck Cinnamon Chocolate, and Miss Hannah's Gourmet Pickles & Ranch Popcorn.    UPDATES (40:15): Kathleen shares updates on the fake TikTok Rapture, the sentencing of the woman to attempted to sell Graceland, and Bill Belichick's girlfriend engages the ACC Chief on the UNC sidelines.   HOLY SHIT THEY FOUND IT (1:05:22): Kathleen reveals that the world's first dog-fox hybrid has been discovered in Brazil.    FRONT PAGE PUB NEWS (1:05:35): Kathleen shares articles on a recent change in Tennessee Deer Hunting season parameters, Houston might have a serial killer, Cyndi Lauper announces her first Vegas residency, hundreds are stranded on Everest, Jaden Smith is the new creative director for Christian Louboutin, and Toys R Us rolls out a relaunch campaign for the holiday season.    SAINT OF THE WEEK (1:24:09): Kathleen reads about St. Peregrine, the Patron Saint of people with cancer.    WHAT ARE WE WATCHING (52:19): Kathleen recommends watching “House of Guinness” on Netflix.    FEEL GOOD STORY (1:00:11): Kathleen shares that Francine, a cat that lived in a Richmond VA Lowe's store, takes an accidentally trip on a delivery truck and returns home. 

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