Podcasts about Amsterdam

Waarin we een überburgerlijk dagje in het laatnegentiende-eeuwse Wenen doorbrengen en, tussen een opera en enkele koffietjes door, proberen door te dringen tot het mens- en wereldbeeld van de bourgeoisie.WIJ ZIJN: Jonas Goossenaerts (inhoud en vertelstem), Filip Vekemans (montage), Benjamin Goyvaerts (inhoud) en Laurent Poschet (inhoud). MET BIJDRAGEN VAN: Prof. Kaat Wils (geschiedenis humane en biomedische wetenschappen, onderwijsgeschiedenis, religiegeschiedenis, cultuurgeschiedenis 19de eeuw - KULeuven), Prof. Henk De Smaele (cultuurgeschiedenis 19de eeuw, politieke geschiedenis, geschiedenis van gender en lichamelijkheid - UAntwerpen), Alejandra Theus (etiquetteregels), Robbie Cleiren (documentairestem opera) en Michiel Clerckx (literaire bronfragmenten). 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:Historische werken en bronnen:Altena, D. (2003). Vrijheid en rede. Geschiedenis van de westerse samenlevingen (1750-1989). Uitgeverij Verloren. Hilversum.Armstrong, G. (red.) (2010). The Pocket Enquire Within. A Guide to the Niceties and Necessities of Victorian Domestic Life. Random House Books. Londen.Evans, R. J. (2016). De eeuw van de macht: Europa 1815–1914. Hollands diep. Amsterdam.Draye, G. (e.a.) (2009). De negentiende eeuw. 1815-1914. Uitgeverij Averbode. Averbode. Kalifa, D. (2021). The Belle Époque: A Cultural History, Paris and Beyond. Columbia University Press. New York, NY. Palmer, R. R., Colton, J., & Kramer, L. (2013). A History of Europe in the Modern World. McGraw Hill Higher Education. Columbus, Ohio. Literaire en filosofische bronnen:Flaubert, G. Editions de la correspondance - 21 augustus 1853 à Louise Collet. Gustave Flaubert Université de Rouen. 21 août 1853 – de Gustave Flaubert à Louise Colet · Centre Gustave Flaubert Schnitzler, A. (1981–2000). Tagebuch 1879–1931. Austrian Academy of Sciences Press. Wenen. Om het standpunt van Herbert Spencer weer te geven, hebben we geparafraseerd uit volgende werken: Spencer, H. (1884). The Man versus the State. Online Library of Liberty. The Man versus the State (1885 ed.) | Online Library of Liberty Spencer, H. (1887). The Principles of Ethics. Online Library of Liberty. The Principles of Ethics, vol. 2 (LF ed.) | Online Library of LibertyZweig, S. (vert. Van Toorn, W.) (2022). De wereld van gisteren. Herinneringen van een Europeaan.(Oorspr. titel: Die Welt von Gestern. Erinnerungen eines Europäers. 1942.) De Arbeiderspers. Amsterdam.Aanvulling. Het verschil tussen agnosticisme en atheïsme is in onze bespreking niet duidelijk uitgewerkt. Een agnost meent dat het niet met zekerheid te weten is of God al dan niet bestaat. De realiteit geeft alleszins geen aanleiding om het bestaan van God aan te nemen. Misschien bestaat God, maar z'n bestaan kan je uit feitelijkheden niet afleiden. Een atheïst ontkent resoluut het bestaan van God. Kort samengevat: Het agnosticisme gaat over de onzekerheid van kennis over God, en het atheïsme over ongeloof in het bestaan van God.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In deze aflevering ontvangt Nathan de Vries (http://www.minnekersten.com/) kunstenaar Minne Kersten. Momenteel is haar installatie There's Always Another Twist (https://www.oudekerk.nl/nu-te-zien/tentoonstellingen/minne-kersten-theres-always-another-twist/40357)te zien in de Oude Kerk in Amsterdam. Ze deelt haar cultuurtips met Nathan en de luisteraar.  De tips van Minne: Boek: The Silver Book (https://www.olivialaing.com/the-silver-book), The Four Spent the Day together (https://libris.nl/remortel-hulst/a/chris-kraus/the-four-spent-the-day-together/9781917189255), LA Polaroids (https://www.stanleybarker.co.uk/products/la-polaroids), the Houseguest (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/239547764-the-house-guest), Autobiography of red (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61049.Autobiography_of_Red) Podcast: Weird Studies (https://www.weirdstudies.com/), Rough Version (https://www.nts.live/shows/rough-version), Desert Island Dics (https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/5qhJd1byxhTBYbSCFmw580y/desert-island-discs-podcasts), David Zwirner Dialogues (https://www.davidzwirner.com/podcast) Toneel: Robert Wilson (https://www.trouw.nl/cultuur-media/regisseur-robert-wilson-1941-2025-was-de-meester-van-de-theatrale-traagheid~b6f80bc9/?referrer=https://www.google.com/), Calla Henkel en Max Pitegoff (https://www.contemporaryartlibrary.org/artist/calla-henkel-and-max-pitegoff-14104) Tentoonstelling: Make Some Noise: Desire, Internship, Change, (https://artfacts.net/exhibition/make-some-noise-desire-internship-change-stedelijk-van-abbemuseum-eindhoven-2026) Otto Meyer-Amden (https://artfacts.net/exhibition/otto-meyer-amden-herderstrasse-berlin-2025-galerie-buchholz-new-york-new-york-city-2025), Georges De La Tour, (https://www.musee-jacquemart-andre.com/en/georges-tour?srsltid=AfmBOoouek8V82YSoCgPpQ3iwwnMwqWHGf_-vSeuzh10K3o83ydKumqh)Surrealisme Boijmans (https://www.boijmans.nl/collectie/verdieping/surrealisme), Kai Althoff (https://www.contemporaryartlibrary.org/artist/kai-althoff-3858), Steve McQueen (https://depont.nl/tentoonstelling/steve-mcqueen) Opera: Garnier (https://www.operadeparis.fr/en) Museum: De Pont (https://depont.nl/home), Kasteel Wijlre, (https://kasteelwijlre.nl/nl/) Oude Kerk (https://www.oudekerk.nl/) Muziek: Chris & Cosey (http://www.chrisandcosey.com/) Album: Life Without Buildings (https://open.spotify.com/artist/16tbi6bWXBzJ9pOMZ5gIC7?si=w3_QIrKSR1W52b0u7AVM7g) Nu in de bioscoop: Derek Jarman (https://www.eyefilm.nl/whats-on/remembering-derek-jarman/1499731) Film op streaming: Short Cuts (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108122/), Suspiria (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1034415/), The Mirror (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072443/) Serie: Twin Peaks (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098936/) Documentaire: Peter Hujar's day (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt34250044/) Club/uitgaansavond: Jeffreys Underground Cinema (https://www.marionettentheater.nl/cinema/), Sauna Deco (https://saunadeco.nl/) Kindercultuur: Planetarium Eise Eisinga (https://www.eisinga-planetarium.nl/) Gratis: Radio Kootwijk (https://hierradiokootwijk.nl/), San Serrife  (https://san-serriffe.com/) Heb je cultuurtips die we niet mogen missen? Mail de redactie: eenuurcultuur@vpro.nl (mailto:eenuurcultuur@vpro.nl)

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Het jaar eindigt, de winterkou slaat toe. Alle reden voor de jaarlijkse Winterboekenspecial! Jaap Jansen en PG Kroeger nemen je mee naar het jaar 750 in Aken en Bagdad, naar Londen in 1940, het jacht van Onassis in 1958, het Wenen van 1740, Nederland in het Europa van 1920, Oberstdorf in Beieren in 1933 en decennia van dissonanten in het Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. *** Deze aflevering is mede mogelijk gemaakt met donaties van luisteraars die we hiervoor hartelijk danken. Word ook vriend van de show! Heb je belangstelling om in onze podcast te adverteren of ons te sponsoren? Zend ons een mailtje en wij zoeken contact. *** Eerste boek: 'Hoe de wereld veranderde rond het jaar 750' van Herman Kaptein (Walburg Pers, 293 p.) Een fascinerende vergelijkende historie van mondiale veranderingen in economie, cultuur, governance en technologie in de periode die wij in Europa 'de Karolingische renaissance' noemen. Maar de schrijver ziet analoge ontwikkelingen elders in de wereld, van het Midden-Oosten tot India, de Zijderoute en China. Cruciaal was het opbloeien van een schriftcultuur die grote invloed uitoefende op de wijze waarop de heersers van de toen opkomende imperia konden regeren. Wetgeving, documentatie van besluiten en regels, communicatie, rechtspraak en sociale en religieuze ordening werden rationele gemaakt door deze vast te leggen in formele geschriften. Het feit dat met de katholieke kerk en de Islam grote, gemeenschappelijke normenstelsels over de nieuwe imperia werden gespreid versterkte deze ontwikkeling nadrukkelijk. Karel de Grote beschikte door zijn steun aan de kloosterordes over een grote groep geletterde, multinationale adviseurs en bewindslieden die bovendien in heel zijn rijk in dezelfde taal met elkaar konden communiceren en discussiëren: het Latijn. In Bagdad gebeurde hetzelfde, maar vanuit de gemeenschappelijkheid van de Islam en de rol van de wetenschappers die daar bijeen kwamen uit heel de Levant, maar in het bijzonder ook vanuit Perzïë en India. Door hen werden wiskunde en astronomie op het hoogste niveau beoefend. Onze 'Arabische getallen' hebben via Bagdad hun oorsprong in het India van die jaren. Tweede boek: 'When Lions Roar' van Thomas Maier (Crown, 784 p.) Ook dit boek gaat over dynastieën op meerdere continenten. De families Churchill en Kennedy konden nauwelijks meer van elkaar verschillen in achtergrond, politieke opvattingen en familiegeschiedenis, maar werden als magneten tot elkaar aangetrokken. Conflicten, politieke heibel, spionage, zakelijke deals, vriendschappen en liefdesaffaires vullen dit boek over die 'brullende leeuwen'. En als derde hoofdpersoon op de achtergrond speelt president Franklin D. Roosevelt een cruciale rol. Verrassende figuren komen in het boek naar voren, zoals Pamela Digby die van geliefde schoondochter van Churchill uiteindelijk via allerlei affaires en huwelijken een van de invloedrijkste politieke fundraisers werd voor de Democraten in Amerika. Haar 'ontdekking' was Bill Clinton. En de Griekse reder Aristoteles Onassis was een vriend en reisgenoot van de oude Winston Churchill en op zijn jacht reisde niet alleen Maria Callas mee, maar ook het jonge echtpaar JFK en Jackie. Later zou zij hem trouwen. Derde boek: 'Maria Theresa - Empress' van Richard Bassett (Yale University Press, 520 p.) Nog een dynastie en persoonlijkheid van de buitencategorie. De Habsburgse keizerin Maria Theresa - zij regeerde van 1740 tot 1780 - was een van de machtigste en boeiendste vrouwen van haar tijd. Zij moest als 23-jarige letterlijk vechten om haar vader te kunnen opvolgen en zijn erflanden te regeren. Daartoe behoorden Oostenrijk, Hongarije, grote delen van de Balkan, Bohemen, Moravië en Silezië, grote delen van Noord-Italië en het huidige België. Maria Theresa overleefde die strijd met panache en werd een belangrijk hervormer van het bestuur, de wetgeving, economie en financiën en zeer in het bijzonder het onderwijs aan haar onderdanen. Een van haar opvallendste eigenschappen was haar bijna onfeilbaar oog voor talent. En daarbij was zij allesbehalve eenkennig. Zelfs een Hongaarse wees die haar als roeier opviel, protegeerde zij en liet hem zijn talenten ontdekken, waardoor hij een van haar belangrijkste raadsheren werd. Haar politieke gevoel deed haar aan het eind van haar leven grote zorgen hebben over de Amerikaanse revolutie tegen koning George III. Indringend waarschuwde zij haar dochter Marie Antoinette voor wat zij in Frankrijk zag opdoemen. Had zij maar beter naar haar moeder geluisterd. Vierde boek: 'De Groote Vrede' van Wim de Wagt (Boom, 446 p.) Na de val van dynastieën als de Habsburgers en Romanovs werd Europa in Versailles geheel heringedeeld. Dit leidde tot grote onrust over de toekomst van die nieuwe staten en hun oudere buren. Dat werd de bron van een golf van idealisme om in die toekomst een verenigd Europa te laten ontstaan. Juist vanuit het neutrale Nederland werden vele impulsen daaraan gegeven. Opmerkelijk was de rol van captains of industry die zo'n eenwording als de oplossing zagen voor de economische ravage die Versailles had veroorzaakt. Hendrik Colijn was de meest gezaghebbende vanuit die kringen en werd nimmer moe wereldwijd te pleiten voor een douane-unie, afschaffing van handelstarieven en de belemmeringen van de nieuwe grenzen op het Europese continent. Een hoofdpersoon in dit boek is de Franse staatsman Aristide Briand, die vurig werkte aan verzoening met de Duitsers en een soort Interne Markt probeerde te vormen als een Jacques Delors avant la lettre. Het idealisme en de inzet werden niet beloond. Autoritaire heersers en wraakgevoelens zouden Europa nog een tweede keer verwoesten, maar na 1945 werden de lessen uit dat eerdere ideaal concreet gemaakt. Vijfde boek: 'A Village in the Third Reich' van Julia Boyd (Pegasus, 412 p.) Dat stadje is Oberstdorf in het zuiden van Beieren. Klassiek Alpendorp van boeren en burgers, behoudend, rooms en gehecht aan tradities. Maar dankzij de wintersport ook economisch, cultureel en menselijk verbonden met heel Europa, vooral de rijke toeristen. Hoe het nationaalsocialisme in die gemeenschap doordrong, de dictatuur ging overheersen en angst en wegkijken domineerden wordt in menselijke lotgevallen zichtbaar. De mensen leerden bidden "Lieber Gott, mach mich stumm, daß ich nicht in Dachau kumm.' Het stadje was niettemin ook trots op de overwinningen van zijn bergjagers in de Wehrmacht, al kostte hun alpinistische stunt in de Kaukasus hen bijna het leven, omdat Hitler woedend was. In Oberstdorf poogde men de dictatuur te overleven door elkaar waar mogelijk te beschermen, ook de joodse dorpsgenoten. Een unieke rol speelde daarbij een Nederlandse gravin, die verbonden was aan Koningin Wilhelmina. Haar kindersanatorium werd een schuilplaats voor vervolgden. Zesde boek: 'Dissonanten in het Concertgebouw' van Albert van der Schoot (Noordboek, 560 p.) Politiek en Klassieke Muziek, de luisteraars van Betrouwbare Bronnen zijn wel vertrouwd geraakt aan de innige relaties tussen die twee. Dit boek zit vol fascinerend verhalen, momenten, figuren en incidenten in die kunsttempel van onze hoofdstad. Want het gebouw wordt vaak benut voor alle mogelijke manifestaties, die ook recent nog tot heftig gedoe aanleiding gaven. Een paar voorbeelden slechts: de communistische herdenking in 1924 van Lenin bij zijn dood of het 25-jarig jubileumfeest om paus Leo XIII, de man van Rerum Novarum, in 1903 te vieren. De manifestatie voor de 70e verjaardag van Domela Nieuwenhuis in 1916 en die van de NSB in zomer 1944 om ‘trouwbetuiging aan den Führer’ te tonen na de bomaanslag op zijn leven. Ook de muziek zelf kon politieke heftige controverses opleveren. Zo weigerde het rode koor Stem des Volks in 1934 het Wilhelmus te zingen en was er een epische ruzie met Cosima Wagner die de opera 'Parsifal' van haar echtgenoot weigerde te laten uitvoeren in Amsterdam. Stalin had het niet van een vreemde toen Dmitri Sjostakovitsj' opera hem in 1936 niet beviel! *** Verder luisteren Bij boek 1 203 - Karel de Grote. https://art19.com/shows/betrouwbare-bronnen/episodes/1f66b01c-d62a-44f3-98ba-5ef8684a81da 363 - Zomerboeken met Dan Jones over de globalisering in de Middeleeuwen https://art19.com/shows/betrouwbare-bronnen/episodes/d834c464-00ed-45f6-9018-6ab7f8536e29 262 - India in de geschiedenis https://art19.com/shows/betrouwbare-bronnen/episodes/8e738070-a079-4411-ab30-8546d29083fc 311 - De wereld volgens Simon Sebag Montefiore https://art19.com/shows/betrouwbare-bronnen/episodes/caaa9aac-ea36-4633-9460-74da8adf4c2f Bij boek 2 479 - Winston Churchill. Staatsman. Redenaar. Excentriekeling. https://art19.com/shows/betrouwbare-bronnen/episodes/e3d96569-9b20-4af8-8246-410bd9e121ae 32 - Churchill en Europa: biografen Andrew Roberts en Felix Klos https://art19.com/shows/betrouwbare-bronnen/episodes/72fbfe90-463b-4d38-bb87-fd0f25d8116d 303 - Bijzondere Britse premiers https://art19.com/shows/betrouwbare-bronnen/episodes/569c9e3d-2f7b-44cf-ae38-bd323c2ddafc Bij boek 3 437 - Hongarije mag een half jaar Europa voorzitten. Gaat dat wel goed? https://art19.com/shows/betrouwbare-bronnen/episodes/83ac74f7-1576-455b-9204-e79aa027291f 38 - Oostenrijk, Maria Theresa en Poetin https://art19.com/shows/betrouwbare-bronnen/episodes/29723a6e-6ec4-49ce-9354-07fdc118b9cb Bij boek 4 100 - Nederland in Europa: lusten en lasten door de eeuwen heen https://art19.com/shows/betrouwbare-bronnen/episodes/94ea4076-3118-4fe9-97e5-13b12f7a0355 34 - 140 jaar Anti-Revolutionaire Partij en Colijn https://art19.com/shows/betrouwbare-bronnen/episodes/2e71b88f-0513-4c5b-8726-3a231d47d6a7 107 - Jean Monnet, de vader van Europa https://art19.com/shows/betrouwbare-bronnen/episodes/cdf85c74-37e0-48a5-813f-aeda4b129e64 Bij boek 5 99 – Zomerboeken – oa Julia Boyd – Travellers in the Third Reich https://art19.com/shows/betrouwbare-bronnen/episodes/4ec7b064-5157-47d9-ad74-9edc7e92ed48 105 - Dagelijks leven in Nazi-Duitsland https://art19.com/shows/betrouwbare-bronnen/episodes/ad301f73-376f-4d97-b8c2-fb74f084db5e 322 - 30 januari 1933, een fatale dag voor Duitsland en de wereld https://art19.com/shows/betrouwbare-bronnen/episodes/943245ed-8640-4714-b3b1-d048e6e63ce5 113 - De Jaren '20 als wenkend perspectief https://art19.com/shows/betrouwbare-bronnen/episodes/8940f5b0-e098-4dbb-96f7-4a3f125b8017 Bij boek 6 387 - Niets is zó politiek als opera - 100 jaar Maria Callas https://art19.com/shows/betrouwbare-bronnen/episodes/cdff059b-3e0c-4a27-b04e-e1093b8250b2 394 – Honderd jaar na zijn dood: de schrijnende actualiteit van Lenin https://art19.com/shows/betrouwbare-bronnen/episodes/27f967ab-d2e5-496f-83bd-d5d3c1e26413 43 - Mozart op het Binnenhof https://art19.com/shows/betrouwbare-bronnen/episodes/2f944a46-f9bf-46cc-bba8-9f0edabde41c 346 - Alle Menschen werden Brüder! https://art19.com/shows/betrouwbare-bronnen/episodes/1c369825-dd76-463a-abd9-8d522f58e759 498 - Gustav Mahler en zijn tweede stad Amsterdam https://art19.com/shows/betrouwbare-bronnen/episodes/e7f7fa4f-c2db-484b-b3a3-c4a751034c23 531 - Muziek en tirannie: de schrijnende actualiteit van Dmitri Sjostakovitsj https://omny.fm/shows/betrouwbare-bronnen/531-muziek-en-tirannie-de-schrijnende-actualiteit-van-dmitri-sjostakovitsj *** Tijdlijn 00:00:00 – Deel 1 00:40:58 – Deel 2 01:13:16 – Deel 3 01:59:54 – EindeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dankbaarheidsdagboekjes, dankbaarheidslijstjes. De 'wereld' heeft het Bijbelse principe van dankbaarheid volledig omarmd. De Vlaamse Jezuïet Nikolaas Sintobin geeft vandaag antwoord op de vraag; Wat levert dankbaarheid mij op?  Kloosterling; Nikolaas Sintobin Nikolaas Sintobin was advocaat voor hij in 1989 intrad als Jezuïet. Hij woont en werkt in Amsterdam en heeft diverse boeken over de Ignatiaanse spiritualiteit geschreven.  Lees hier (https://platform-ignatiaanse-spiritualiteit.org/person/nikolaas-sintobin-sj/) meer over Nikolaas Sintobin. * Laat een beoordeling of review achter (dit helpt ons enorm!). * Abonneer je op de podcast via NPO Luister of je favoriete  podcast-app. * Volg ons op Instagram of Facebook. * Meer info of feedback? Mail naar kloostercast@kro-ncrv.nl.

Syrische veiligheidsdiensten en medische instanties werkten onder het Assad-regime jarenlang samen in een geoliede moordmachine. In deze speciale, laatste uitzending van het jaar duiken we - een jaar na de val van het regime - dieper in het Damascus Dossier. Tienduizenden geheime documenten en foto's, die het land zijn uit gesmokkeld, getuigen van systematische martelpraktijken en massamoord.  In de uitzending: Uğur Ümit Üngör, hoogleraar Holocaust- en Genocidestudies verbonden aan de Universiteit van Amsterdam en NIOD en onderzoeksjournalisten bij Pointer Peter Keizer en Robbert ter Weijden. 

Syrische veiligheidsdiensten en medische instanties werkten onder het Assad-regime jarenlang samen in een geoliede moordmachine. In deze speciale, laatste uitzending van het jaar duiken we - een jaar na de val van het regime - dieper in het Damascus Dossier. Tienduizenden geheime documenten en foto's, die het land zijn uit gesmokkeld, getuigen van systematische martelpraktijken en massamoord.  In de uitzending: Uğur Ümit Üngör, hoogleraar Holocaust- en Genocidestudies verbonden aan de Universiteit van Amsterdam en NIOD en onderzoeksjournalisten bij Pointer Peter Keizer en Robbert ter Weijden. 

This week, Brian Gracely joins to dissect strategic choices made by Broadcom, Docker, Netflix and Intel. Plus: The AI Bifurcation—are models commodities or product pillars? Rundown Licensing in VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 (https://blogs.vmware.com/cloud-foundation/2025/06/24/licensing-in-vmware-cloud-foundation-9-0/) Hardened Images for Everyone (https://www.docker.com/blog/docker-hardened-images-for-every-developer/) Introducing Chainguard EmeritOSS (https://www.chainguard.dev/unchained/introducing-chainguard-emeritoss) Netflix to Acquire Warner Bros. (https://about.netflix.com/en/news/netflix-to-acquire-warner-bros) Anthropic reportedly preparing for one of the largest IPOs (https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/03/anthropic-claude-reportedly-preparing-ipo-race-openai-chatgpt-ft-wilson-sonsini-goodrich-rosati.html) Conferences cfgmgmtcamp 2026 (https://cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2026/), February 2nd to 4th, Ghent, BE. Coté speaking and doing live SDI (https://www.softwaredefinedinterviews.com) with John Willis. DevOpsDayLA at SCALE23x (https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/23x), March 6th, Pasadena, CA Use code: DEVOP for 50% off. Devnexus 2026 (https://devnexus.com), March 4th to 6th, Atlanta, GA. Whole bunch of VMUGs, mostly in the US. The CFPs are open (https://app.sessionboard.com/submit/vmug-call-for-content-2026/ae1c7013-8b85-427c-9c21-7d35f8701bbe?utm_campaign=5766542-VMUG%20Voice&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_YREN7dr6p3KSQPYkFSN5K85A-pIVYZ03ZhKZOV0O3t3h0XHdDHethhx5O8gBFguyT5mZ3n3q-ZnPKvjllFXYfWV3thg&_hsmi=393690000&utm_content=393685389&utm_source=hs_email), go speak at them! Coté speaking in Amsterdam. Amsterdam (March 17-19, 2026), Minneapolis (April 7-9, 2026), Toronto (May 12-14, 2026), Dallas (June 9-11, 2026), Orlando (October 20-22, 2026) SDT News & Community Join our Slack community (https://softwaredefinedtalk.slack.com/join/shared_invite/zt-1hn55iv5d-UTfN7mVX1D9D5ExRt3ZJYQ#/shared-invite/email) Email the show: questions@softwaredefinedtalk.com (mailto:questions@softwaredefinedtalk.com) Free stickers: Email your address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com (mailto:stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com) Follow us on social media: Twitter (https://twitter.com/softwaredeftalk), Threads (https://www.threads.net/@softwaredefinedtalk), Mastodon (https://hachyderm.io/@softwaredefinedtalk), LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/software-defined-talk/), BlueSky (https://bsky.app/profile/softwaredefinedtalk.com) Watch us on: Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/sdtpodcast), YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi3OJPV6h9tp-hbsGBLGsDQ/featured), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/softwaredefinedtalk/), TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@softwaredefinedtalk) Book offer: Use code SDT for $20 off "Digital WTF" by Coté (https://leanpub.com/digitalwtf/c/sdt) Sponsor the show (https://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/ads): ads@softwaredefinedtalk.com (mailto:ads@softwaredefinedtalk.com) Photo Credits Header (https://unsplash.com/photos/university-of-alabama-football-game-tuscaloosa-alabama-YcVe7gL9A0s) Special Guest: Brian Gracely.

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Thomas Becker von Meerglas übernimmt den Antritt und feiert mit Gerolf eine Weihnachtsfeier im detektor.fm-Studio. (00:00:00) Begrüßung (00:06:25) Was hast du außer dem Antritt gemacht? (00:21:47) Reaktionen auf das Interview mit Tom (00:25:13) Was macht Meerglas in fünf Jahren? (00:36:54) Ein echtes Geschenk und Props (00:49:52) Das Fenderfest entwickeln (01:03:32) Ein schöner Moment in diesem Jahr (01:06:08) Ein schwieriger Moment in diesem Jahr (01:11:42) Was würdest du ohne den Antritt machen? (01:20:57) Verabschiedung (01:23:22) MUSIK: Team Scheisse – Lok Hier geht’s zum Gespräch mit Tom über die Untiefen des Rahmenbaus aus dem Januar 2025: https://detektor.fm/gesellschaft/antritt-rahmenbauer-thomas-becker-von-meerglas Hier geht's zum Gespräch mit Peter Weigle auf dem Fenderfest 2025: https://detektor.fm/gesellschaft/antritt-peter-weigle-ueber-rahmenbau-und-randonneure-beim-fenderfest Hier geht’s zu „Ankunftshalle“ von Kettcar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9y3w7SiEucs Hier könnt ihr uns bei Steady unterstützen: https://steadyhq.com/de/antritt/about Hier entlang geht's zu den Links unserer Werbepartner: https://detektor.fm/werbepartner/antritt >> Artikel zum Nachlesen: https://detektor.fm/gesellschaft/antritt-spezial-tom-von-meerglas-uebernimmt-den-antritt

Een kerstcolumn van Esther Molenwijk, geschreven voor de Vredesdienst voor Dieren op 21 december in Amsterdam. Bedankt dat je luisterde naar Studio Plantaardig dit jaar!En dank aan het hele team dat dit jaar meewerkte aan de podcast : Stef, Marlon, Pablo, Joey, Mara, Tessa, Wendy, Jenny, Diana, Jennifer en Kathy. Op naar een gelukkig, gezond en plantaardig 2026. Help ons het plantaardige nieuws te verspreiden: deel deze podcast.Ga naar studioplantaardig.nl en volg ons via BlueSky, Mastodon, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, TikTok & #StudioPlantaardigGeef onze podcast ook een rating en schrijf een mooie recensie. Alvast enorm bedankt!

2-hours of live improvised experimental radio sound-art broadcast live from the Chakra Chimp Research Kitchens of Northern California-land.  Netcast on DFM Radio TV International (www.dfm.nu)  DFM RTV INT  14 DEC 2025....This item belongs to: audio/ubradio_salon.This item has files of the following types: AIFF, Archive BitTorrent, Columbia Peaks, Item Tile, JPEG, JPEG Thumb, Metadata, PNG, Spectrogram, VBR MP3

2-hours of live improvised experimental radio sound-art broadcast live from the Chakra Chimp Research Kitchens of Northern California-land.  Netcast on DFM Radio TV International (www.dfm.nu)  DFM RTV INT  21 DECEMBER 2025....This item belongs to: audio/ubradio_salon.This item has files of the following types: AIFF, Archive BitTorrent, Columbia Peaks, Item Tile, JPEG, JPEG Thumb, Metadata, PNG, Spectrogram, VBR MP3

Het was een bewogen economisch jaar met aangekondigde importheffingen, een akkoord over de NAVO-norm en de val van het kabinet. Wat zijn de gevolgen van deze gebeurtenissen en hoe gaat het komende jaar eruit zien? Martijn de Greve vraagt het aan Arnoud Boot, hoogleraar financiële markten aan de Universiteit van Amsterdam. Sven op 1 is een programma van Omroep WNL. Meer van WNL vind je op onze website en sociale media: ► Website: https://www.wnl.tv  ► Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/omroepwnl  ► Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/omroepwnl ► Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/wnlvandaag ► Steun WNL, word lid: https://www.steunwnl.tv ► Gratis Nieuwsbrief: https://www.wnl.tv/nieuwsbrief 

In de kerstvakantie kijken we terug én vooruit. De huwelijksproblemen tussen lokaal en landelijk bestuur zijn slecht voor burger én overheid, stelde Femke Halsema, burgemeester van Amsterdam, in haar Binnenhoflezing afgelopen september. Ze was na die lezing bij ons te gast, en haar woorden ringen nog lang na. Woorden die voor de formerende partijen nog belangrijk kunnen zijn.Support the show: http://www.trouw.nlSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Health psychologist Dr. Kari Leibowitz traveled to some of the coldest, darkest places on earth to learn how people there don't just survive, but thrive in winter. She says that one of the key ingredients is adopting a positive wintertime mindset by focusing on and celebrating the good parts of winter.In a conversation from last January, Flora Lichtman talks with Dr. Kari Leibowitz, author of How to Winter: Harness Your Mindset to Thrive on Cold, Dark, or Difficult Days, about saunas, cold plunges, candles, and other small ways to make winter a season to look forward to rather than dread. Plus, she responds to some of our audience's own tips to make the season enjoyable.Guest: Dr. Kari Leibowitz is a health psychologist and author of How to Winter: Harness Your Mindset to Thrive on Cold, Dark, or Difficult Days. She's based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.Transcript is available at sciencefriday.com. Subscribe to this podcast. Plus, to stay updated on all things science, sign up for Science Friday's newsletters.

Fluent Fiction - Dutch: Business Sealed with Stroopwafels: An Amsterdam Christmas Tale Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.com/nl/episode/2025-12-25-08-38-19-nl Story Transcript:Nl: De maan scheen helder boven de grachten van Amsterdam.En: The moon shone brightly over the canals of Amsterdam.Nl: De lucht was koud, maar niet guur.En: The air was cold, but not harsh.Nl: Overal hingen lichtjes, als dansende sterren aan de bomen en bruggen.En: Lights hung everywhere, like dancing stars on the trees and bridges.Nl: De geur van versgebakken oliebollen vulde de lucht.En: The scent of freshly baked oliebollen filled the air.Nl: Het was de avond voor Kerst, en de stad was gehuld in een feestelijke gloed.En: It was the evening before Christmas, and the city was wrapped in a festive glow.Nl: Pieter stond op de kade bij de Prinsengracht.En: Pieter stood on the quay by the Prinsengracht.Nl: Hij wreef zijn handen warm terwijl hij wachtte.En: He rubbed his hands warm while he waited.Nl: Nog tien dagen en dan zou het jaar eindigen.En: Just ten days and the year would end.Nl: Het was zijn moment om te schitteren.En: This was his moment to shine.Nl: Als hij deze deal kon sluiten, zou de promotie naar hem gaan.En: If he could close this deal, the promotion would be his.Nl: Naast hem stond Marijke, zijn collega en stille kracht.En: Beside him stood Marijke, his colleague and silent support.Nl: "Denk je dat Sven komt?En: "Do you think Sven will come?"Nl: " vroeg ze zacht.En: she asked softly.Nl: "Hij zei dat hij er zou zijn," antwoordde Pieter met een knik, al dwaalden zijn gedachten af.En: "He said he would be here," answered Pieter with a nod, though his thoughts wandered.Nl: Sven was een belangrijke klant, maar ook een man die van gemak en feestelijkheden hield.En: Sven was an important client, but also a man who loved comfort and festivities.Nl: Kerstmis was niet de ideale tijd voor harde onderhandelingen.En: Christmas was not the ideal time for hard negotiations.Nl: Plotseling kwam Sven eraan, zijn lange jas wapperend in de wind.En: Suddenly, Sven arrived, his long coat flapping in the wind.Nl: "Ah, wat een prachtige avond!En: "Ah, what a beautiful evening!"Nl: " riep hij uit, zijn ogen glinsterend door het kaarslicht dat weerspiegelde in de grachten.En: he exclaimed, his eyes sparkling in the candlelight reflected in the canals.Nl: "Zullen we genieten van de stad?En: "Shall we enjoy the city?"Nl: "Pieter glimlachte moeizaam.En: Pieter smiled wryly.Nl: "Natuurlijk, Sven," begon hij.En: "Of course, Sven," he began.Nl: "Maar laten we ook even.En: "But let's also discuss...Nl: zaken bespreken?En: business?"Nl: "Sven veegde het voorstel van tafel met een grijns.En: Sven brushed the proposal aside with a grin.Nl: "Pieter, kijk eens om je heen.En: "Pieter, look around you.Nl: De wereld is zo mooi.En: The world is so beautiful.Nl: Laten we dat niet vergeten te vieren.En: Let's not forget to celebrate that."Nl: "Pieter keek naar Marijke, die hem een veelbetekenende blik gaf.En: Pieter looked at Marijke, who gave him a meaningful glance.Nl: Dit was zijn kans om Sven te imponeren, maar niet met cijfers en contracten.En: This was his chance to impress Sven, but not with numbers and contracts.Nl: Met een zucht, deed Pieter zijn jasje dicht.En: With a sigh, Pieter buttoned his jacket.Nl: "Je hebt gelijk, Sven.En: "You're right, Sven.Nl: Maar misschien kunnen we zaken doen op een andere manier.En: But maybe we can do business in another way."Nl: "Nieuwsgierig draaide Sven zich naar Pieter.En: Curiously, Sven turned to Pieter.Nl: "Hoe bedoel je?En: "What do you mean?"Nl: ""Kom met ons mee," zei Pieter, wijzend naar een kleine rondvaartboot die klaar lag.En: "Come with us," said Pieter, pointing to a small tour boat that was ready.Nl: Samen met Marijke en Sven stapte hij in.En: Together with Marijke and Sven, he stepped in.Nl: Het bootje glipte geluidloos door de grachten, terwijl kerstliederen zachtjes klonken uit een nabijgelegen café.En: The boat glided silently through the canals, while Christmas carols softly played from a nearby café.Nl: Pieter reikte onder zijn stoel en haalde een doosje tevoorschijn.En: Pieter reached under his seat and pulled out a small box.Nl: "Een vroege kerstcadeau," zei hij glimlachend.En: "An early Christmas gift," he said, smiling.Nl: Hij overhandigde Sven een doos met handgemaakte stroopwafels, elk opgedrukt met een kleine boodschap over de samenwerking en vriendschap.En: He handed Sven a box of handmade stroopwafels, each imprinted with a small message about collaboration and friendship.Nl: Sven was ontroerd.En: Sven was touched.Nl: "Dit is precies waar Kerstmis om draait," zei hij zacht.En: "This is exactly what Christmas is all about," he said softly.Nl: "Pieter, laten we hierop proosten.En: "Pieter, let's toast to this.Nl: De deal is rond.En: The deal is closed."Nl: "Marijke gaf Pieter een duwtje en lachte.En: Marijke gave Pieter a nudge and laughed.Nl: "Wie had gedacht dat stroopwafels de sleutel tot succes waren?En: "Who would have thought that stroopwafels were the key to success?"Nl: "Terugkijkend op de avond realiseerde Pieter zich dat hij meer had bereikt met oprechte aandacht dan met pure zakelijkheid.En: Looking back on the evening, Pieter realized that he achieved more with genuine attention than with pure business acumen.Nl: Hij glimlachte terwijl de boot hen terugbracht.En: He smiled as the boat brought them back.Nl: Soms was het de kunst van het geven die uiteindelijk het meeste bracht, vooral in de warme gloed van de feestdagen.En: Sometimes it was the art of giving that ultimately brought the most, especially in the warm glow of the holidays. Vocabulary Words:shone: scheenharsh: guurscents: geurquay: kadewryly: moeizaamcandlelight: kaarslichtreflected: weerspiegeldebuttoned: deed...dichtcuriously: nieuwsgierigglided: gliptetouched: ontroerdsalient: veelbetekenendenudge: duwtjeimprinted: opgedruktfestivities: feestelijkhedengenuine: oprechtebusiness acumen: zakelijkheidultimate: uiteindelijkwrapped: gehuldcollaboration: samenwerkingsparkling: glinsterendcontracts: contractenproposal: voorstelbridge: bruggennearby: nabijgelegencelebrate: vierengrin: grijnscheerfully: glimlachendsilent support: stille krachtcafé: café

Maureen Teeuwen is actrice. Ze studeerde in 1985 af aan de Toneelschool in Amsterdam en speelde daarna voor verschillende gezelschappen. Eerst als vaste actrice bij Mug met de Gouden Tand en Maatschappij Discordia, later als freelancer bij onder andere Oostpool en het Nationale Toneel. Teeuwen was te zien in de televisieseries ‘Hertenkamp', ‘TV7' en ‘Koppensnellers', maar ook in voorstellingen als ‘Het Vlot', waarin ze haar eigen jeugdherinneringen naar het toneel bracht. In 2018 won ze een Colombina voor haar rol in ‘Dumas/La Dame/DeSade'. Nu is Teeuwen te zien in ‘Family', een voorstelling die vanuit een queer-perspectief een verhaal vertelt over het hebben van en het zoeken naar een familie. Femke van der Laan gaat met Maureen Teeuwen in gesprek.      

In de laatste dagen van het jaar blikken we in de AD Voetbalpodcast terug op het voetbaljaar 2025. In deze aflevering staat Ajax centraal. De chaos in Amsterdam de laatste maanden is een van de onderwerpen in deze podcast. Maar ook hoe Ajax de landstitel in de laatste weken van het seizoen 2024/2025 nog verspeelde aan PSV, na een voorsprong van negen punten eind maart. Hoe trainer Francesco Farioli, de man met het plan, veranderde in de man zonder plan in die weken.Support the show: https://krant.nl/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mike and Doug are joined by Adam as they wrap up the year with a loose, live Best of 2025 episode. They trade Top 10 lists covering standout movies and TV (Knives Out, Severance, Sinners), music and concerts, sports highs, travel moments, and the creative thrill of recording original songs together.The conversation drifts into art vs. commerce, why TV feels dumber, travel in Europe, pride in Amsterdam, the awe of the Sistine Chapel, grief, friendship, dogs, beards, and accidental celebrity run-ins.A relaxed, end-of-year reflection on what stood out, what mattered, and what they're carrying into the next year.Want more? Our full archive of 200+ Mormons on Mushrooms episodes — past conversations, stories, and musical adventures — now lives in on Supercast.

In Food, Heresies, and Magical Boundaries in the Middle Ages (Amsterdam UP, 2024) by Dr. Andrea Maraschi & Dr. Francesca Tasca, readers will find stories about medieval heresies and “magic” from an unusual perspective: that of food studies. The time span ranges from Late Antiquity to the Late Middle Ages, while the geographical scope includes regions as different as North Africa, Spain, Ireland, continental Europe, the Holy land, and Central Asia. Food, heresies, and magical boundaries in the Middle Ages explores the power of food in creating and breaking down boundaries between different groups, or in establishing a contact with other worlds, be they the occult sides of nature, or the supernatural. The book emphasizes the role of food in crafting and carrying identity, and in transferring virtues and powers of natural elements into the eater's body. Which foods and drinks made someone a heretic? Could they be purified? Which food offerings forged a connection with the otherworld? Which recipes allowed gaining access to the hidden powers within nature? This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose book focuses on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. You can find Miranda's interviews on New Books with Miranda Melcher, wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

In Pt. 1 of the Underground Lounge Holiday Special, the Plastic Cup Boyz pull up and immediately turn the Lounge into a full-blown holiday family reunion. Wayne, Na'im, Joey & Harry join the show and from the very first minute, it's nonstop jokes, reckless storytelling, and classic Plastic Cup Boyz energy, no script, no filter, just pure chemistry and chaos the way fans expect it.The crew dives into the real origin story of the Plastic Cup Boyz, breaking down how late nights, after-parties, Vegas runs, green room madness, and brotherhood turned into a movement. They reflect on years of touring, traveling the world, unforgettable moments on the road, and the wild situations that only happen when this group is together.The conversation takes a more honest turn as they discuss the ending of their 6-year radio show, Straight From the Hart, what really led to it, how the transition unfolded, and the behind-the-scenes moments fans never got to hear while the microphones were live. It's reflective, funny, and real, showing how much growth came from that chapter.Holiday vibes stay high with gift exchanges, memory tests, and debates over who's really the cheapest, who always picks up the tab, and who has the wildest travel stories, from Dubai and Amsterdam to quarantine mishaps and international chaos. Aging, loyalty, friendship, and perspective all come into play, proving the party might evolve, but the bond stays solid.And just when it feels like everything's been laid out, the energy shifts. Old stories start circling back, the jokes get sharper, and the conversations drift into territory that can't stay holiday-friendly for long…Pt. 1 sets the stage.Pt. 2 turns up the volume and officially becomes an AFTER HOURS episode.Tap in to Holiday Special Pt. 1 for big laughs, real stories, Plastic Cup Boyz style, only on the Underground Lounge.

The Amazon Basin is the most biodiverse region on Earth, being the home of one in five of all bird species, one in five of all fish species, and over 40,000 plant species.  In the podcast Carina Hoorn explains how the rise of the Andes and marine incursions drove an increase in biodiversity in the Early Miocene. This involved the arrival of fresh river-borne sediments from the eroding mountains and the diversification of aqueous environments caused by influxes of salt water during the marine incursions.Hoorn is an Associate Professor in the Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics at the University of Amsterdam and Research Associate at the Negaunee Integrative Research Center, Earth Science Section, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago.

In Food, Heresies, and Magical Boundaries in the Middle Ages (Amsterdam UP, 2024) by Dr. Andrea Maraschi & Dr. Francesca Tasca, readers will find stories about medieval heresies and “magic” from an unusual perspective: that of food studies. The time span ranges from Late Antiquity to the Late Middle Ages, while the geographical scope includes regions as different as North Africa, Spain, Ireland, continental Europe, the Holy land, and Central Asia. Food, heresies, and magical boundaries in the Middle Ages explores the power of food in creating and breaking down boundaries between different groups, or in establishing a contact with other worlds, be they the occult sides of nature, or the supernatural. The book emphasizes the role of food in crafting and carrying identity, and in transferring virtues and powers of natural elements into the eater's body. Which foods and drinks made someone a heretic? Could they be purified? Which food offerings forged a connection with the otherworld? Which recipes allowed gaining access to the hidden powers within nature? This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose book focuses on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. You can find Miranda's interviews on New Books with Miranda Melcher, wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/food

In Food, Heresies, and Magical Boundaries in the Middle Ages (Amsterdam UP, 2024) by Dr. Andrea Maraschi & Dr. Francesca Tasca, readers will find stories about medieval heresies and “magic” from an unusual perspective: that of food studies. The time span ranges from Late Antiquity to the Late Middle Ages, while the geographical scope includes regions as different as North Africa, Spain, Ireland, continental Europe, the Holy land, and Central Asia. Food, heresies, and magical boundaries in the Middle Ages explores the power of food in creating and breaking down boundaries between different groups, or in establishing a contact with other worlds, be they the occult sides of nature, or the supernatural. The book emphasizes the role of food in crafting and carrying identity, and in transferring virtues and powers of natural elements into the eater's body. Which foods and drinks made someone a heretic? Could they be purified? Which food offerings forged a connection with the otherworld? Which recipes allowed gaining access to the hidden powers within nature? This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose book focuses on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. You can find Miranda's interviews on New Books with Miranda Melcher, wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/european-studies

De Grote Tech Show en BNR Beurs slaan de handen ineen. Samen met Joe van Burik kijken we wat je als belegger zeker moet onthouden van het jaar 2025. Dat zat natuurlijk weer vol met de woorden 'Artificial' en 'Intelligence'. Je hoort dan ook van Joe of de piek al bereikt is bij bedrijven als Nvidia, hun klanten, én de klanten van hún klanten. Wie is er nu het beste gepositioneerd om de winsten te gaan pakken, en ook écht geld te gaan verdienen aan al die AI-modellen? En als al die bedrijven datacenters uit de grond stampen, hebben we dan straks ook leegstaande datacenterhallen á la Chinese vastgoedcrisis? Daarnaast hebben we het ook nog over twee techbedrijven die geen AI nodig hebben om de liefde van beleggers te winnen. Netflix doet dat gewoon met een smeuïge overnamedeal. En Nintendo heeft een harde kern met fans die genieten van hun nieuwe spelcomputer. We kijken hoe die twee bedrijven het jaar uit gaan. En Joe denkt dat elektrische autobouwer Rivian nog wel eens voor verbazing kan gaan zorgen.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Director Sophie Hyde and Aud Mason Hyde talk about their film Jimpa with Emmy Winner Charlotte Robinson host of OUTTAKE VOICES™.  Jimpa premiered at the 2025 Sundance Film stars Olivia Colman and John Lithgow and is about when filmmaker Hannah (Colman) and her nonbinary teen, Frances (Aud Mason Hyde) journey to Amsterdam to reconnect with their estranged father and grandfather Jimpa (Lithgow) things unravel in unexpected ways. Frances' desire to stay with Jimpa for a full year tests Hannah's beliefs about parenting, identity and family. As tensions surface Jimpa weaves a tender, emotionally charged portrait of queer kinship, legacy and the fragile bonds between parents and children. Directed by Sophie Hyde Jumpa is a semi-autobiographical work from Hyde who stated, “Casting a version of yourself is not an easy task. It's very tricky to do and so there's a part of the story that's incredibly sort of drawing on our real lives and then there's a whole lot of fiction as well. Obviously there's Jim and there's also Aud who is my child and they're a bit older than Frances, but there's elements of the relationship between Hannah and Frances that definitely are in us.” Like Hyde Hannah's a married film artist from Adelaide, the mother of a transgender, nonbinary teenager and the daughter of a father who came out gay when she was a child. We talked to Sophie Hyde and Aud Mason Hyde about their film Jimpa at the Provincetown International Film Festival & their spin on our LGBTQ issues. Sophie Hyde is an acclaimed Australian film director, writer and producer known for intimate character-driven films like 52 Tuesdays, Animals and Good Luck to You, Leo Grande often exploring gender, identity and relationships with unique perspectives. Co-founder of Closer Productions she's celebrated for her Sundance-winning debut 52 Tuesdays her Emma Thompson-led comedy Leo Grande and impactful documentaries, consistently bringing authentic and personal stories to screen. LISTEN: 600+ LGBTQ Chats @OUTTAKE VOICES

In Food, Heresies, and Magical Boundaries in the Middle Ages (Amsterdam UP, 2024) by Dr. Andrea Maraschi & Dr. Francesca Tasca, readers will find stories about medieval heresies and “magic” from an unusual perspective: that of food studies. The time span ranges from Late Antiquity to the Late Middle Ages, while the geographical scope includes regions as different as North Africa, Spain, Ireland, continental Europe, the Holy land, and Central Asia. Food, heresies, and magical boundaries in the Middle Ages explores the power of food in creating and breaking down boundaries between different groups, or in establishing a contact with other worlds, be they the occult sides of nature, or the supernatural. The book emphasizes the role of food in crafting and carrying identity, and in transferring virtues and powers of natural elements into the eater's body. Which foods and drinks made someone a heretic? Could they be purified? Which food offerings forged a connection with the otherworld? Which recipes allowed gaining access to the hidden powers within nature? This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose book focuses on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. You can find Miranda's interviews on New Books with Miranda Melcher, wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Food, Heresies, and Magical Boundaries in the Middle Ages (Amsterdam UP, 2024) by Dr. Andrea Maraschi & Dr. Francesca Tasca, readers will find stories about medieval heresies and “magic” from an unusual perspective: that of food studies. The time span ranges from Late Antiquity to the Late Middle Ages, while the geographical scope includes regions as different as North Africa, Spain, Ireland, continental Europe, the Holy land, and Central Asia. Food, heresies, and magical boundaries in the Middle Ages explores the power of food in creating and breaking down boundaries between different groups, or in establishing a contact with other worlds, be they the occult sides of nature, or the supernatural. The book emphasizes the role of food in crafting and carrying identity, and in transferring virtues and powers of natural elements into the eater's body. Which foods and drinks made someone a heretic? Could they be purified? Which food offerings forged a connection with the otherworld? Which recipes allowed gaining access to the hidden powers within nature? This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose book focuses on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. You can find Miranda's interviews on New Books with Miranda Melcher, wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/christian-studies

Duik in de wereld van mystiek, hermetica en vrije denkers met Jozef Ritman, oprichter van The Embassy of the Free Mind. Ontdek hoe eeuwenoude wijsheid van Böhme, Alexandrië en alchemisten vandaag nog inspireert en hoe boeken een levende bron van kennis kunnen zijn.--------------------eindejaarsactie ---------------------Maak het geluid van de Nieuwe Wereld volgend jaar ook mogelijk. Zonder uw steun geen DNW! Word lid of doneer:

This Christmas, we did something completely different. Instead of planning our usual year-end reflection, we handed control to AI—specifically ChatGPT—and asked it to curate 15 topics based on who we are, what we've experienced this year, and what needs to be said. The result? Well, you're just gonna have to give it a listen! Join Harmony Slater and Russell Case as they explore the intersection of ancient wisdom and cutting-edge technology through discussions that span quantum consciousness, psychedelic healing, the Ashtanga yoga world's reckoning, and the art of finding beauty in life's broken moments. This isn't your typical year-in-review episode—it's a deep dive into what happens when you let "Gaia Earth Consciousness" (as Russell calls AI) guide a conversation about transformation. What We Explore:

MARTEN HØRGER brought his signature high energy house music to the 1001Tracklists x DJ Lovers Club Amsterdam Waterways! Turn it up to hear big bass and tech house cuts with signature MARTEN HØRGER IDs alongside music from David Guetta, Dr. Fresch, Empra, Ship Wrek, and more!

Elisabeth en Marco trekken deze week het land in om mensen te spreken die in 2025 iets bijzonders maakten of meemaakten. Vandaag: het jaar van cabaretier, mediapersoon van het jaar en hoofdpiet Niels van der Laan. We ontmoeten Niels in het DeLaMar-theater in Amsterdam waar hij komend jaar met zijn kompaan Jeroen Woe op de planken staat. Hij blikt in deze podcast terug op een druk en soms ‘grimmig' jaar, mede door de doodsbedreigingen aan zijn adres rondom zijn werk als hoofdpiet in het Sinterklaasjournaal.  Ook het interview dreigt even grimmig te worden als Elisabeth doorvraagt op de ambities van Niels van der Laan.  ‘Ik hoor dat jij graag wil dat ik stop met mijn werk.' Welk cijfer geeft hij zijn jaar dan? Na een ingewikkelde rekenkundige exercitie komt er een specifiek getal uit dat veel zegt over hoe hij in het leven staat. Reageren? Mail dedag@nos.nl Presentatie, montage, redactie: Elisabeth Steinz en Marco Geijtenbeek

De Amerikapodcast én BNR Beurs slaan deze laatste dagen van het jaar de handen ineen. Met Bernard Hammelburg blikken we terug op een krankzinnig jaar aan Amerikaanse nieuws. Het gaat over de gevolgen van Trumps Liberation Day. Wat merkt de gewone Amerikaan daar van? Je hoort van Bernard meer over de inflatie (de prijs van eieren komt weer voorbij) en of de president de strijd tegen de hoge prijzen wint. En waarom hij vindt dat de Amerikaanse economie stil staat. Verder hebben we het over de impact van de moord op Charlie Kirk, de bizarre relatie tussen de VS en Europa én Bernard gaat voorspellen. Twee jaar op rij komen z’n voorspelling uit, dat belooft dus wat. Dit keer doet ‘ie een voorspelling over de macht in het Huis van Afgevaardigden.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

De allerlaatste, allerlangste en vooral: allergezelligste aflevering van dit jaar! Live vanuit Amsterdam is dit: Bureau Sport met 100 vrouwen! Over het sportweekend én het sportjaar. Namens heel team Bureau Sport: Fijne Kerst!

Welcome back to another episode of the TravelPulse Podcast! In the final episode of 2025, I welcome two special guests from the 40 Under 40 Class of 2025. Ryan Corrigan of Corrigan Luxury Travel Outfitters and Steven Gould, owner of Goulds Travel, co-founder of Luxera Travel, and creator of Travel Advisor Resource Center, join me to discuss the top travel stories from the year and some early thoughts for 2026. Tune in to hear Corrigan and Gould share insights into how things like the government shutdown, plane crashes, mergers and more impacted their business in 2025. Additionally, the two provide advice to fellow travel advisors on growing their business in 2026. Today's episode sponsor: Air France KLM KLM Royal Dutch Airlines serves more than 160 destinations worldwide, including over 50 in Europe, Africa and India, that are a convenient one stop via our convenient Amsterdam hub from Portland, Oregon or 14 other U.S. gateways. Your customers can choose from World Business Class flat-beds, a dedicated Premium Comfort Class or Economy with on-demand entertainment, in-seat power, and complimentary wine and Beer. Visit the Air France KLM Business Solutions trade portal at AFKL.biz to find everything you need and sign up to get our news right to your inbox. Have any feedback or questions? Want to sponsor the show? Contact us at Podcast@TravelPulse.com and follow us on social media @TravelPulse.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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OpenAI blijft maar in waarde exploderen. Maar de Japanse investeringsbank Softbank gelooft in nog veel meer groei voor de maker van ChatGPT. Ze beloofde in april al 22 miljard dollar te investeren, maar dat geld moet nu voor het einde van het jaar bij elkaar zijn. Dus trekt het bedrijf geld uit alle hoeken: personeel moet de deur uit, investeringen worden uitgesteld en zelfs Softbanks belang in Nvidia moest ervoor wijken. Nogal een gok. Of het de gok ook waard kan zijn, bespreken we deze aflevering. Daarin krijg je ook de nieuwste aflevering uit de overnamesoap tussen Netflix en Paramount. Voor iedereen die nog twijfelde of Paramount die 108 miljard wel bij elkaar krijgt, is daar vandaag: Larry Ellison. De baas van Oracle en papa van David Ellison, de ceo van Paramount, staat garant voor ruim 40 miljard dollar. Daarmee probeert het de Warner Bros-aandeelhouders duidelijk te maken: ons bod is veilig. Of dat genoeg gaat zijn om ze te overtuigen, zoeken we voor je uit. Kijken we ook nog naar China, waar het ene na het andere AI-bedrijf naar de beurs wil. We vertellen je over weer een miljardenmeevaller voor Elon Musk. En je hoort waarom Triodos de mist in gaat in Duitsland. En dat komt het aandeel duur te staan. Te gast: Stan Westerterp van Bond Capital Partners.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

To close out 2025, I'd like to revisit a critical aspect that's being ignored – the economy itself. Ken Webster is a leading thinker in the circular economy field, and one of his many roles is with Earth4All, where he has been exploring the benefits of a Universal Basic Dividend. Ken and Catherine discussed this, and more aspects of circularity at an economic level back in 2023, and it's highly relevant today, as the challenges we face loom larger. Catherine says: Ken Webster is one of my circular economy heroes, and is widely acknowledged as one of the foremost thinkers in the field. From 2010 – 2018, Ken was Head of Innovation for the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, shaping current concepts of a ‘circular economy'.. Ken also co-wrote the book that first opened my eyes to the circular economy back in 2011 – Sense and Sustainability, co-written with Craig Johnson. One of Ken's best-known books, The Circular Economy: A Wealth of Flows, relates the connections between systems thinking, economic and business opportunity and the transition to a circular economy. I'm very keen to read one of Ken's most recent books, co-written with Alex Duff. Ken and Alex use a storytelling approach based on the The Wonderful Wizard of Oz to offer a new and compelling narrative about the future direction of our economy, calling for macro-economic system redesign. It's called The Wonderful Circles of Oz: A Circular Economy Story – you'll find links in the shownotes. Ken's written several more thought-provoking works on the circular economy, including ABC+D: Creating a Regenerative Circular Economy for All – also co-written with Craig Johnson, and we mention some of these as we go along. This was a wide-ranging conversation about system-scale issues and concepts. I tried my best to keep up with Ken's thinking as we explored some of the big ideas he has been working on, including: A Universal Basic Dividend – not to be confused with UBI, or Universal Basic Income. We discuss why a Universal Basic Dividend would be a good thing, how it would be funded and where the money would flow to. We move onto The Commons – what that really means, and how it could be better accommodated in our modern economies, in a meaningful and sustainable way. Ken talks about the rentier economy, and rentiers. If you're not familiar with that term, it's someone who earns income from capital without working – for example by owning property or land that is rented out to tenants; by owning shares or bonds that pay dividends or interest, and so on. We discuss why the economy isn't working for the vast majority of people around the world, and what's getting in the way of an ‘economy for all'. We talk about some of the signals for change, with people are starting to see the potential of a future with community, connection and caring – caring for each other, and for our Mother Earth. The potential of a future that's not all about ‘Work, Buy, Consume, Die'. I've split our conversation into two parts – the 2nd part is available here: 119 Bonus Ken Webster: the circular ECONOMY! Part 2 International speaker, author and strategic advisor, Catherine Weetman helps people discover why circular, regenerative and fair solutions are better for people, planet – and prosperity. Catherine’s award-winning book: A Circular Economy Handbook: How to Build a More Resilient, Competitive and Sustainable Business includes lots of practical examples and tips on getting started.  Apple Podcasts Spotify Stay in touch for free insights and updates…  Read on for more on our guest and links to the people, organisations and other resources we mention. Links for our guest: LinkedIn linkedin.com/in/ken-webster-28825110 Email: ken@circulareconomy.co.uk Books, people and organisations we mentioned Some of Ken’s books: The Wonderful Circles of Oz: A Circular Economy Story, by Ken Webster and Alex Duff – a new and compelling narrative about the future direction of our economy, calling for macro-economic system design. https://www.routledge.com/The-Wonderful-Circles-of-Oz-A-Circular-Economy-Story/Webster-Duff/p/book/9781032109107 and https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-wonderful-circles-of-oz-a-circular-economy-story-ken-webster/18110152?ean=9781032109107 The Circular Economy: A Wealth of Flows by Ken Webster (2nd edition) https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-circular-economy-a-wealth-of-flows-2nd-edition-revised-preface-and-conclusion-plus-additional-chapter-ken-webster/6577289?ean=9780992778460 ABC&D by Craig Johnson and Ken Webster https://bookshop.org/p/books/abc-d-creating-a-regenerative-circular-economy-for-all-craig-johnson/17863262 People and organisations Earth4all – a vibrant collective of leading economic thinkers, scientists, and advocates, convened by The Club of Rome, the BI Norwegian Business School, the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and the Stockholm Resilience Centre. Building on the legacies of The Limits to Growth and the Planetary Boundaries frameworks, science is at the heart of our work. Leading scientists have developed state of the art systems dynamic models and run different scenarios for possible plausible futures. https://earth4all.life/ Michel Bauwens and the Peer to Peer Foundation – http://p2pfoundation.net David Bollier – news and perspectives on the commons – https://www.bollier.org/ Christian Felber’s book Change Everything: Creating an Economy for the Common Good https://christian-felber.at/en/books/ Guy Standing – https://www.guystanding.com/ and a short YouTube video on rentier capitalism – The Wealth Paradox https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJ5gAiY5-ZY Massimo de Angelis, author of The Beginning of History: Value Struggles and Global Capital, and editor of The Commoner web journal, at http://commoner.org.uk. Elinor Ostrom – awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 2009 for her “analysis of economic governance, especially the commons”, which she shared with Oliver E. Williamson. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elinor_Ostrom 119 Bonus Ken Webster: the circular ECONOMY! Part 2  in Part 2 we explore concepts for a critical element – the economy itself! Guest bio Ken Webster is a Visiting Professor at Cranfield University and a Fellow of CISL (Cambridge University Institute for Sustainability Leadership). From 2010 – end 2018 he was Head of Innovation for the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, a circular economy pioneer organization, where he helped shape current notions of a ‘circular economy'. More recently he has worked at Univ of Exeter Business School (2019-2021). Ken was awarded a DSc from Univ. of Brighton in 2023. His book The Circular Economy: A Wealth of Flows (2nd Edition 2017) relates the connections between systems thinking, economic and business opportunity and the transition to a circular economy. He makes regular contributions to conferences and seminars around the world. His current interests include; open vs closed circular economy approaches, construction and the built environment, extended producer ownership and materials data management. Ken is on the supervisory board of the Madaster Foundation in Amsterdam – a materials passport organisation. He contributed to the new Handbook of the Circular Economy (Eds. Alexander, Pascucci and Charnley (2023) and was a contributor and editor on Earth for All from the Club of Rome. He is a lead author on circular economy for UNEP’s GEO-7 report (in development). A recent book with an emphasis on exploring different scales, especially in food and agriculture is ABC&D Creating a Regenerative Circular Economy for All (with Craig Johnson) (2022) Please let us know what you think of the podcast – and we'd love it if you could leave us a review on iTunes, or wherever you find your podcasts.  Or send us an email… Click here to search for previous episodes

TRU gives us a full breakdown of his recent holiday trip to Europe! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joneshallpodcast/Twitter: https://twitter.com/joneshallpodEmail: JonesHallPodcast@gmail.com

Fluent Fiction - Dutch: The Miracle of the Midwinter Bloem: A Christmas Discovery Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.com/nl/episode/2025-12-20-23-34-02-nl Story Transcript:Nl: In de koude, donkere dagen van december, veranderde de Urban Jungle in een oase van groen en leven.En: In the cold, dark days of December, the Urban Jungle transformed into an oasis of green and life.Nl: De meesten die het glazen gebouw betraden in het hart van Amsterdam, verbaasden zich over de varens die boven hun hoofd uittorenden en de watervallen die zachtjes in plassen kletterden.En: Most who entered the glass building in the heart of Amsterdam were amazed by the ferns towering above their heads and the waterfalls gently clattering into pools.Nl: Dit was vooral magisch tijdens kerst.En: This was especially magical during Christmas.Nl: Boven de echo van voetstappen en geroezemoes hing er een spanning in de lucht.En: Above the echo of footsteps and chatter, there was a tension in the air.Nl: De Midwinter Bloem, een zeldzame schat, stond op het punt te bloeien.En: The Midwinter Bloem, a rare treasure, was about to bloom.Nl: Het zou haar eerste bloei in tien jaar zijn en mensen van heinde en verre kwamen kijken.En: It would be its first bloom in ten years, and people from far and wide came to see it.Nl: Sander bewoog voorzichtig door de tuinen.En: Sander moved cautiously through the gardens.Nl: Hij was nerveus.En: He was nervous.Nl: Deze bloem was zijn verantwoordelijkheid.En: This flower was his responsibility.Nl: Hij voelde druk op zijn schouders en twijfelde soms aan zijn vaardigheden.En: He felt pressure on his shoulders and sometimes doubted his abilities.Nl: Hij hoopte dat alles perfect zou verlopen.En: He hoped everything would go perfectly.Nl: Maar die ochtend had alles veranderd: de Midwinter Bloem was verdwenen.En: But that morning had changed everything: the Midwinter Bloem had disappeared.Nl: Tussen tropisch groen en kerstslingers ontmoette hij Lotte.En: Amid tropical greenery and Christmas garlands, he met Lotte.Nl: Met een notitieblok in de hand en de blik van iemand die altijd iets onthulde, was ze direct aan het speuren naar informatie.En: With a notepad in hand and the look of someone who always uncovered something, she was immediately on the hunt for information.Nl: Als journalist wilde ze een verhaal brengen dat indruk zou maken.En: As a journalist, she wanted to deliver a story that would make an impression.Nl: "Sander," begon ze, "de mensen moeten dit weten.En: "Sander," she began, "people need to know this.Nl: Maar misschien kunnen we samenwerken?"En: But maybe we can work together?"Nl: Sander keek om zich heen.En: Sander looked around.Nl: Hij wist dat Bram ook in de buurt was, zijn handen vol met het rouleren van personeel voor de feestdagen.En: He knew that Bram was also nearby, his hands full with rotating staff for the holidays.Nl: Op Bram kon hij niet volledig rekenen.En: He couldn't fully rely on Bram.Nl: Misschien had hij Lotte wel nodig om dit op te lossen.En: Maybe he did need Lotte to solve this.Nl: Met een zucht stemde Sander in, al vertrouwde hij niet gemakkelijk.En: With a sigh, Sander agreed, though he didn't trust easily.Nl: Samen begonnen ze hun zoektocht door de luchtvochtige paden van de Urban Jungle.En: Together they began their quest through the humid paths of the Urban Jungle.Nl: Ze vroegen de medewerkers en bezoekers of ze iets ongewoons hadden gezien.En: They asked the employees and visitors if they had seen anything unusual.Nl: De dag kroop voorbij, terwijl buiten de vroege duisternis van Amsterdam langzaam neerdaalde.En: The day crawled by as the early darkness of Amsterdam slowly descended outside.Nl: Net toen Sander de hoop begon te verliezen, struikelde Lotte bijna over iets.En: Just when Sander began to lose hope, Lotte almost stumbled over something.Nl: Daar, in een vergeten hoek van de tuin, stond de Midwinter Bloem.En: There, in a forgotten corner of the garden, stood the Midwinter Bloem.Nl: Een tijdelijke medewerkster had haar per ongeluk verplaatst, denkend dat het een andere exotische plant was die beter tot recht zou komen tussen de andere bloemen.En: A temporary employee had accidentally moved it, thinking it was another exotic plant that would look better among the other flowers.Nl: Met een opgelucht hart en een lach op zijn gezicht, liet Sander Bram weten dat alles in orde was.En: With a relieved heart and a smile on his face, Sander let Bram know that everything was in order.Nl: De bloem werd snel naar de juiste plek teruggebracht. Op tijd voor het grote publiek dat al ongeduldig buiten stond te wachten.En: The flower was quickly returned to its rightful place, in time for the large audience already waiting impatiently outside.Nl: In de dagen die volgden, verscheen Lottes artikel in de lokale krant.En: In the days that followed, Lotte's article appeared in the local newspaper.Nl: Geen schandaal of verlies, maar een verhaal van samenwerking en vertrouwen.En: No scandal or loss, but a story of cooperation and trust.Nl: Sander las het met trots.En: Sander read it with pride.Nl: Hij begreep nu dat hij niet alleen stond in zijn taak.En: He now understood that he was not alone in his task.Nl: De crisis had hem geleerd dat vertrouwen soms sterker is dan enige twijfel.En: The crisis had taught him that trust is sometimes stronger than any doubt.Nl: De Urban Jungle bruist van vreugde terwijl kerstliederen zachtjes in de tuinen weerklinken.En: The Urban Jungle buzzed with joy as Christmas carols softly echoed through the gardens.Nl: Sander glimlachte en keek naar de Midwinter Bloem terwijl ze langzaam haar zeldzame pracht onthulde voor een betoverd publiek.En: Sander smiled and watched the Midwinter Bloem as it slowly revealed its rare beauty to an enchanted audience.Nl: Alles was weer op zijn plek, en het was eindelijk kerst.En: Everything was back in place, and it was finally Christmas. Vocabulary Words:oasis: oasefern: varentowering: uittorendenwaterfalls: watervallenclattering: kletterdenchatter: geroezemoestension: spanningrare: zeldzametreasure: schatbloom: bloeiencautiously: voorzichtignervous: nerveusresponsibility: verantwoordelijkheidabilities: vaardighedendoubted: twijfeldequest: zoektochthumid: luchtvochtigeunusual: ongewoonscrawled: kroopdescended: neerdaaldestumbled: struikeldeforgotten: vergetentemporary: tijdelijkeaccidentally: per ongelukenchanted: betoverdcooperation: samenwerkingtrust: vertrouwencrisis: crisisbeauty: prachtpride: trots

Thomas Azier is muzikant. Op zijn negentiende verhuisde hij naar Berlijn, de stad van de elektronische muziek, waarna hij zijn eigen label ‘Hylas Records' opzette. In 2014 bracht hij zijn debuutalbum ‘Hylas' uit. Een aantal jaar later verscheen zijn tweede album ‘Rouge', dat hij in Parijs opnam. Beide albums zijn bekroond met een Edison. In totaal bracht hij zes albums uit. Voor zijn nieuwe album ‘Power To The People Who Don't Want It' ging hij aan de slag met zijn bestaande composities, waaraan hij synthesizers, saxofoon en zijn eigen stem toevoegde. Het resultaat is een atmosferisch muziekstuk dat volledig op zichzelf staat, waarbij de originele versies vrijwel onherkenbaar zijn geworden. De nummers uit het album worden afgewisseld met urgente gedichten. Zijn werk zal live te horen zijn in onder andere Zwolle, Amsterdam en Rotterdam. Femke van der Laan gaat met Thomas Azier in gesprek.

(00:00) Beschermt het bedelverbod vooral de rijken?  Bedelen is in de meeste Nederlandse steden verboden. Dat lijkt logisch: bedelaars kunnen storend zijn en houden dankzij bedelen soms een drank- of drugsverslaving in stand. Bovendien zouden criminele bendes Roma-bedelaars dwingen met een bekertje de straat op te gaan. Een bedelverbod is dus eigenlijk een maatregel tegen verslaving en mensenhandel, stellen gemeentes.    Maar klopt dat wel? Helpen bedelboetes armen niet juist dieper de ellende in? Is er wel bewijs van Roma-uitbuiting? Of rechtvaardigen de argumenten vooral de bescherming van rijke mensen tegen minderbedeelden? Argos ontdekt dat sommige gemeentes de regels wel erg ver oprekken, soms tot voorbij wat wettelijk is toegestaan.    (36:34) Wie bepaalde het frame van de Maccabi-rellen?  Op 7 november 2024 speelde Ajax in Amsterdam een voetbalwedstrijd tegen het Israëlische Maccabi Tel Aviv. Tegen de achtergrond van de oorlog in Gaza zorgde de komst van de Maccabi-supporters voor een gespannen sfeer. Ongeregeldheden die avond werden al snel geframed als ‘jodenjacht' en ‘een pogrom'. Maar klopte dat wel?  Het televisieprogramma Medialogica deed onderzoek naar de berichtgeving over de rellen en stuitte op de belangrijke rol van de Hasbara: de propagandamachine uit Israël. Medialogica maker Anneloor van Heemstra komt langs in ‘de onderzoeksjournalistieke etalage'.  Presentatie: Eric Arends   Research reportage: Jochem van Staalduine en Judith Konijn   Research studiogesprek: Judith Konijn 

(00:00) Beschermt het bedelverbod vooral de rijken?  Bedelen is in de meeste Nederlandse steden verboden. Dat lijkt logisch: bedelaars kunnen storend zijn en houden dankzij bedelen soms een drank- of drugsverslaving in stand. Bovendien zouden criminele bendes Roma-bedelaars dwingen met een bekertje de straat op te gaan. Een bedelverbod is dus eigenlijk een maatregel tegen verslaving en mensenhandel, stellen gemeentes.    Maar klopt dat wel? Helpen bedelboetes armen niet juist dieper de ellende in? Is er wel bewijs van Roma-uitbuiting? Of rechtvaardigen de argumenten vooral de bescherming van rijke mensen tegen minderbedeelden? Argos ontdekt dat sommige gemeentes de regels wel erg ver oprekken, soms tot voorbij wat wettelijk is toegestaan.    (36:34) Wie bepaalde het frame van de Maccabi-rellen?  Op 7 november 2024 speelde Ajax in Amsterdam een voetbalwedstrijd tegen het Israëlische Maccabi Tel Aviv. Tegen de achtergrond van de oorlog in Gaza zorgde de komst van de Maccabi-supporters voor een gespannen sfeer. Ongeregeldheden die avond werden al snel geframed als ‘jodenjacht' en ‘een pogrom'. Maar klopte dat wel?  Het televisieprogramma Medialogica deed onderzoek naar de berichtgeving over de rellen en stuitte op de belangrijke rol van de Hasbara: de propagandamachine uit Israël. Medialogica maker Anneloor van Heemstra komt langs in ‘de onderzoeksjournalistieke etalage'.  Presentatie: Eric Arends   Research reportage: Jochem van Staalduine en Judith Konijn   Research studiogesprek: Judith Konijn 

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What happens when curiosity, resilience, and storytelling collide over a lifetime of building something meaningful? In this episode, I welcome Nick Francis, founder and CEO of Casual Films, for a thoughtful conversation about leadership, presence, and what it takes to keep going when the work gets heavy. Nick's journey began with a stint at BBC News and a bold 9,000-mile rally from London to Mongolia in a Mini Cooper, a spirit of adventure that still fuels how he approaches business and life today. We talk about how that early experience shaped Casual into a global branded storytelling company with studios across five continents, and what it really means to lead a creative organization at scale. Nick shares insights from growing the company internationally, expanding into Southeast Asia, and staying grounded while producing hundreds of projects each year. Along the way, we explore why emotionally resonant storytelling matters, how trust and preparation beat panic, and why presence with family, health, and purpose keeps leaders steady in uncertain times. This conversation is about building an Unstoppable life by focusing on what matters most, using creativity to connect people, and choosing clarity and resilience in a world full of noise. Highlights: 00:01:30 – Learn how early challenges shape resilience and long-term drive. 00:06:20 – Discover why focusing on your role creates calm under pressure. 00:10:50 – Learn how to protect attention in a nonstop world. 00:18:25 – Understand what global growth teaches about leadership. 00:26:00 – Learn why leading with trust changes relationships. 00:45:55 – Discover how movement and presence restore clarity. About the Guest: Nick Francis is the founder and CEO of Casual, a global production group that blends human storytelling, business know-how, and creativity turbo-charged by AI. Named the UK's number one brand video production company for five years, Casual delivers nearly 1,000 projects annually for world-class brands like Adobe, Amazon, BMW, Hilton, HSBC, and P&G. The adventurous spirit behind its first production – a 9,000-mile journey from London to Mongolia in an old Mini – continues to drive Casual's growth across offices in London, New York, LA, San Francisco, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Sydney, Singapore, Hong Kong and Greater China. Nick previously worked for BBC News and is widely recognised for his expertise in video storytelling, brand building, and corporate communications. He is the founding director of the Casual Films Academy, a charity helping young filmmakers develop skills by producing films for charitable organisations. He is also the author of ‘The New Fire: Harness the Power of Video for Your Business' and a passionate advocate for emotionally resonant, behaviorally grounded storytelling. Nick lives in San Francisco, California, with his family. Ways to connect with Nick**:** Website: https://www.casualfilms.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@casual_global  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/casualglobal/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CasualFilms/  Nick's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nickfrancisfilm/  Casual's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/casual-films-international/  Beyond Casual - LinkedIn Newsletter: https://www.linkedin.com/build-relation/newsletter-follow?entityUrn=6924458968031395840 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. He is Ambassador for the National Braille Literacy Campaign for the National Federation of the Blind and also serves as Ambassador for the American Humane Association's 2012 Hero Dog Awards. https://michaelhingson.com https://www.facebook.com/michael.hingson.author.speaker/ https://twitter.com/mhingson https://www.youtube.com/user/mhingson https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelhingson/ accessiBe Links https://accessibe.com/ https://www.youtube.com/c/accessiBe https://www.linkedin.com/company/accessibe/mycompany/ https://www.facebook.com/accessibe/ Thanks for listening! Thanks so much for listening to our podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and think that others could benefit from listening, please share it using the social media buttons on this page. Do you have some feedback or questions about this episode? Leave a comment in the section below! Subscribe to the podcast If you would like to get automatic updates of new podcast episodes, you can subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts or Stitcher. You can subscribe in your favorite podcast app. You can also support our podcast through our tip jar https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/unstoppable-mindset . Leave us an Apple Podcasts review Ratings and reviews from our listeners are extremely valuable to us and greatly appreciated. They help our podcast rank higher on Apple Podcasts, which exposes our show to more awesome listeners like you. If you have a minute, please leave an honest review on Apple Podcasts. Transcription Notes: Michael Hingson  00:00 Access Cast and accessiBe Initiative presents Unstoppable Mindset. The podcast where inclusion, diversity and the unexpected meet. 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  01:21 Well, hello everyone. I am your host, Mike hingson, that's kind of funny. We'll talk about that in a second, but this is unstoppable mindset. And our guest today is Nick Francis, and what we're going to talk about is the fact that people used to always ask me, well, they would call me Mr. Kingston, and it took me, as I just told Nick a master's degree in physics in 10 years to realize that if I said Mike hingson, that's why they said Mr. Kingston. So was either say Mike hingson or Michael hingson. Well, Michael hingson is a lot easier to say than Mike hingson, but I don't really care Mike or Michael, as long as it's not late for dinner. Whatever works. Yeah. Well, Nick, welcome to unstoppable mindset. We're glad you're Nick Francis  02:04 here. Thanks, Mike. It's great to be here. Michael Hingson  02:08 So Nick is a marketing kind of guy. He's got a company called casual that we'll hear about. Originally from England, I believe, and now lives in San Francisco. We were talking about the weather in San Francisco, as opposed to down here in Victorville. A little bit earlier. We're going to have a heat wave today and and he doesn't have that up there, but you know, well, things, things change over time. But anyway, we're glad you're here. And thanks, Mike. Really looking forward to it. Tell us about the early Nick growing up and all that sort of stuff, just to get us started. Nick Francis  02:43 That's a good question. I grew up in London, in in Richmond, which is southwest London. It's a at the time, it wasn't anything like as kind of, it's become quite kind of shishi, I think back in the day, because it's on the west of London. The pollution from the city used to flow east and so, like all the kind of well to do people, in fact, there used to be a, there used to be a palace in Richmond. It's where Queen Elizabeth died, the first Queen Elizabeth, that is. And, yeah, you know, I grew up it was, you know, there's a lot of rugby played around there. I played rugby for my local rugby club from a very young age, and we went sailing on the south coast. It was, it was great, really. And then, you know, unfortunately, when I was 10 years old, my my dad died. He had had a very powerful job at the BBC, and then he ran the British Council, which is the overseas wing of the Arts Council, so promoting, I guess, British soft power around the world, going and opening art galleries and going to ballet in Moscow and all sorts. So he had an incredible life and worked incredibly hard. And you know, that has brought me all sorts of privileges, I think, when I was a kid. But, you know, unfortunately, age 10 that all ended. And you know, losing a parent at that age is such a sort of fundamental, kind of shaking of your foundations. You know, you when you're a kid, you feel like a, you're going to live forever, and B, the things that are happening around you are going to last forever. And so, you know, you know, my mom was amazing, of course, and, you know, and in time, I got a new stepdad, and all the rest of it. But you know, that kind of shaped a lot of my a lot of my youth, really. And, yeah, I mean, Grief is a funny thing, and it's funny the way it manifests itself as you grow. But yeah. So I grew up there. I went to school in the Midlands, near where my stepdad lived, and then University of Newcastle, which is up in the north of England, where it rains a lot. It's where it's where Newcastle Football Club is based. And you know is that is absolutely at the center of the city. So. So the city really comes alive there. And it was during that time that I discovered photography, and I wanted to be a war photographer, because I believe that was where life was lived at the kind of the real cutting edge. You know, you see the you see humanity in its in its most visceral and vivid color in terrible situations. And I kind of that seemed like an interesting thing to go to go and do. Michael Hingson  05:27 Well, what? So what did you major in in college in Newcastle? So I did Nick Francis  05:31 history and politics, and then I went did a course in television journalism, and ended up working at BBC News as a initially running on the floor. So I used to deliver the papers that you know, when you see people shuffling or not, they do it anymore, actually, because everything, everything's digital now digital, yeah, but when they were worried about the the auto cues going down, they we always had to make sure that they had the up to date script. And so I would be printing in, obviously, the, you know, because it's a three hour news show, the scripts constantly evolving, and so, you know, I was making sure they had the most up to date version in their hands. And it's, I don't know if you have spent any time around live TV Mike, but it's an incredibly humbling experience, like the power of it. You know, there's sort of two or 3 million people watching these two people who are sitting five feet in front of me, and the, you know, the sort of slightly kind of, there was an element of me that just wanted to jump in front of them and kind of go, ah. And, you know, never, ever work in live TV, ever again. But you know, anyway, I did that and ended up working as a producer, writing and developing, developing packets that would go out on the show, producing interviews and things. And, you know, I absolutely loved it. It was, it was a great time. But then I left to go and set up my company. Michael Hingson  06:56 I am amazed, even today, with with watching people on the news, and I've and I've been in a number of studios during live broadcasts and so on. But I'm amazed at how well, mostly, at least, I've been fortunate. Mostly, the people are able to read because they do have to read everything. It isn't like you're doing a lot of bad living in a studio. Obviously, if you are out with a story, out in the field, if you will, there, there may be more where you don't have a printed script to go by, but I'm amazed at the people in the studio, how much they are able to do by by reading it all completely. Nick Francis  07:37 It's, I mean, the whole experience is kind of, it's awe inspiring, really. And you know, when you first go into a Live, a live broadcast studio, and you see the complexity, and you know, they've got feeds coming in from all over the world, and you know, there's upwards of 100 people all working together to make it happen. And I remember talking to one of the directors at the time, and I was like, How on earth does this work? And he said, You know, it's simple. You everyone has a very specific job, and you know that as long as you do your bit of the job when it comes in front of you, then the show will go out. He said, where it falls over is when people start worrying about whether other people are going to are going to deliver on time or, you know, and so if you start worrying about what other people are doing, rather than just focusing on the thing you have to do, that's where it potentially falls over, Michael Hingson  08:29 which is a great object lesson anyway, to worry about and control and don't worry about the rest Nick Francis  08:36 for sure. Yeah, yeah, for sure. You know, it's almost a lesson for life. I mean, sorry, it is a lesson for life, and Michael Hingson  08:43 it's something that I talk a lot about in dealing with the World Trade Center and so on, and because it was a message I received, but I've been really preaching that for a long time. Don't worry about what you can't control, because all you're going to do is create fear and drive yourself Nick Francis  08:58 crazy, completely, completely. You know. You know what is it? Give me the, give me this. Give me the strength to change the things I can. Give me the give me the ability to let the things that I can't change slide but and the wisdom to know the difference. I'm absolutely mangling that, that saying, but, yeah, it's, it's true, you know. And I think, you know, it's so easy for us to in this kind of modern world where everything's so media, and we're constantly served up things that, you know, shock us, sadness, enrage us, you know, just to be able to step back and say, actually, you know what? These are things I can't really change. I'd have to just let them wash over me. Yeah, and just focus on the things that you really can change. Michael Hingson  09:46 It's okay to be aware of things, but you've got to separate the things you can control from the things that you can and we, unfortunately aren't taught that. Our parents don't teach us that because they were never taught it, and it's something. That, just as you say, slides by, and it's so unfortunate, because it helps to create such a level of fear about so many things in our in our psyche and in our world that we really shouldn't have to do Nick Francis  10:13 completely well. I think, you know, obviously, but you know, we've, we've spent hundreds, if not millions of years evolving to become humans, and then, you know, actually being aware of things beyond our own village has only been an evolution of the last, you know what, five, 600 years, yeah. And so we are just absolutely, fundamentally not able to cope with a world of such incredible stimulus that we live in now. Michael Hingson  10:43 Yeah, and it's only getting worse with all the social media, with all the different things that are happening and of course, and we're only working to develop more and more things to inundate us with more and more kinds of inputs. It's really unfortunate we just don't learn to separate ourselves very easily from all of that. Nick Francis  11:04 Yeah, well, you know, it's so interesting when you look at the development of VR headsets, and, you know, are we going to have, like, lenses in our eyes that kind of enable us to see computer screens while we're just walking down the road, you know? And you look at that and you think, well, actually, just a cell phone. I mean, cell phones are going to be gone fairly soon. I would imagine, you know, as a format, it's not something that's going to abide but the idea that we're going to create technology that's going to be more, that's going to take us away from being in the moment more rather than less, is kind of terrifying. Because, I would say already, even with, you know, the most basic technology that we have now, which is, you know, mind bending, compared to where we were even 20 years ago, you know, to think that we're only going to become more immersive is, you know, we really, really as a species, have to work out how we are going to be far better at stepping away from this stuff. And I, you know, I do, I wonder, with AI and technology whether there is, you know, there's a real backlash coming of people who do want to just unplug, yeah, Michael Hingson  12:13 well, it'll be interesting to see, and I hope that people will learn to do it. I know when I started hearing about AI, and one of the first things I heard was how kids would use it to write their papers, and it was a horrible thing, and they were trying to figure out ways so that teachers could tell us something was written by AI, as opposed to a student. And I almost immediately developed this opinion, no, let AI write the papers for students, but when the students turn in their paper, then take a day to in your class where you have every student come up and defend their paper, see who really knows it, you know. And what a great teaching opportunity and teaching moment to to get students also to learn to do public speaking and other things a little bit more than they do, but we haven't. That hasn't caught on, but I continue to preach it. Nick Francis  13:08 I think that's really smart, you know, as like aI exists, and I think to to pretend somehow that, you know, we can work without it is, you know, it's, it's, it's, yeah, I mean, it's like, well, saying, you know, we're just going to go back to Word processors or typewriters, which, you know, in which it weirdly, in their own time, people looked at and said, this is, you know, these, these are going to completely rot our minds. In fact, yeah, I think Plato said that was very against writing, because he believed it would mean no one could remember anything after that, you know. So it's, you know, it's just, it's an endless, endless evolution. But I think, you know, we have to work out how we incorporate into it, into our education system, for sure. Michael Hingson  13:57 Well, I remember being in in college and studying physics and so on. And one of the things that we were constantly told is, on tests, you can't bring calculators in, can't use calculators in class. Well, why not? Well, because you could cheat with that. Well, the reality is that the smart physicists realized that it's all about really learning the concepts more than the numbers. And yeah, that's great to to know how to do the math. But the the real issue is, do you know the physics, not just the math completely? Nick Francis  14:34 Yeah. And then how you know? How are the challenges that are being set such that you know, they really test your ability to use the calculator effectively, right? So how you know? How are you lifting the bar? And in a way, I think that's kind of what we have to do, what we have to do now, Michael Hingson  14:50 agreed, agreed. So you were in the news business and so on, and then, as you said, you left to start your own company. Why did you decide to do that? Nick Francis  14:59 Well, a friend of. Ryan and I from University had always talked about doing this rally from London to Mongolia. So, and you do it in an old car that you sort of look at, and you go, well, that's a bit rubbish. It has to have under a one liter engine. So it's tiny, it's cheap. The idea is it breaks down you have an adventure. And it was something we kind of talked about in passing and decided that would be a good thing to do. And then over time, you know, we started sending off. We you know, we applied, and then we started sending off for visas and things. And then before we knew it, we were like, gosh, so it looks like we're actually going to do this thing. But by then, you know, my job at the BBC was really taking off. And so I said, you know, let's do this, but let's make a documentary of it. So long story short, we ended up making a series of diary films for Expedia, which we uploaded onto their website. It was, you know, we were kind of pitching this around about 2005 we kind of did it in 2006 so it was kind of, you know, nobody had really heard of YouTube. The idea of making videos to go online was kind of unheard of because, you know, broadband was just kind of getting sorry. It wasn't unheard of, but it was, it was very, it was a very nascent industry. And so, yeah, we went and drove 9000 miles over five weeks. We spent a week sitting in various different repair yards and kind of break his yards in everywhere from Turkey to Siberia. And when we came back, it became clear that the internet was opening up as this incredible medium for video, and video is such a powerful way to share emotion with a dispersed audience. You know, not that I would have necessarily talked about it in that in those terms back then, but it really seemed like, you know, every every web page, every piece of corporate content, could have a video aspect to it. And so we came back and had a few fits and starts and did some, I mean, we, you know, we made a series of hotel videos where we were paid 50 quid a day to go and film hotels. And it was hot and it was hard work. And anyway, it was rough. But over time, you know, we started to win some more lucrative work. And, you know, really, the company grew from there. We won some awards, which helped us to kind of make a bit of a name for ourselves. And this was, there's been a real explosion in technology, kind of shortly after when we did this. So digital SLRs, so, you know, old kind of SLR cameras, you know, turned into digital cameras, which could then start to shoot video. And so it, there was a real explosion in high quality video produced by very small teams of people using the latest technology creatively. And that just felt like a good kind of kick off point for our business. But we just kind of because we got in in kind of 2006 we just sort of beat a wave that kind of started with digital SLRs, and then was kind of absolutely exploded when video cell phones came on the market, video smartphones. And yeah, you know, because we had these awards and we had some kind of fairly blue chip clients from a relatively early, early stage, we were able to grow the company. We then expanded to the US in kind of 2011 20 between 2011 2014 and then we were working with a lot of the big tech companies in California, so it felt like we should maybe kind of really invest in that. And so I moved out here with some of our team in 2018 at the beginning of 2018 and I've been here ever since, wow. Michael Hingson  18:44 So what is it? What was it like starting a business here, or bringing the business here, as opposed to what it was in England? Nick Francis  18:53 It's really interesting, because the creatively the UK is so strong, you know, like so many, you know, from the Beatles to Led Zeppelin to the Rolling Stones to, you know, and then on through, like all the kind of, you know, film and TV, you know, Brits are very good at kind of Creating, like, high level creative, but not necessarily always the best at kind of monetizing it, you know. I mean, some of those obviously have been fantastic successes, right? And so I think in the UK, we we take a lot longer over getting, getting to, like, the perfect creative output, whereas the US is far more focused on, you know, okay, we need this to to perform a task, and frankly, if we get it 80% done, then we're good, right? And so I think a lot of creative businesses in the UK look at the US and they go, gosh. Firstly, the streets are paved with gold. Like the commercial opportunity seems incredible, but actually creating. Tracking it is incredibly difficult, and I think it's because we sort of see the outputs in the wrong way. I think they're just the energy and the dynamism of the US economy is just, it's kind of awe inspiring. But you know, so many businesses try to expand here and kind of fall over themselves. And I think the number one thing is just, you have to have a founder who's willing to move to the US. Because I think Churchill said that we're two two countries divided by the same language. And I never fully understood what that meant until I moved here. I think what it what he really means by that is that we're so culturally different in the US versus the UK. And I think lots of Brits look at America and think, Well, you know, it's just the same. It's just a bit kind of bigger and a bit Brasher, you know, and it and actually, I think if people in the US spoke a completely different language, we would approach it as a different culture, which would then help us to understand it better. Yeah. So, yeah. I mean, it's been, it's been the most fabulous adventure to move here and to, you know, it's, it's hard sometimes, and California is a long way from home, but the energy and the optimism and the entrepreneurialism of it, coupled with just the natural beauty is just staggering. So we've made some of our closest friends in California, it's been absolutely fantastic. And across the US, it's been a fantastic adventure for us and our family. Michael Hingson  21:30 Yeah, I've had the opportunity to travel all over the US, and I hear negative comments about one place or another, like West Virginia, people eat nothing but fried food and all that. But the reality is, if you really take an overall look at it, the country has so much to offer, and I have yet to find a place that I didn't enjoy going to, and people I never enjoyed meeting, I really enjoy all of that, and it's great to meet people, and it's great to experience so much of this country. And I've taken that same posture to other places. I finally got to visit England last October, for the first time. You mentioned rugby earlier, the first time I was exposed to rugby was when I traveled to New Zealand in 2003 and found it pretty fascinating. And then also, I was listening to some rugby, rugby, rugby broadcast, and I tuned across the radio and suddenly found a cricket game that was a little bit slow for me. Yeah, cricket to be it's slow. Nick Francis  22:41 Yeah, fair enough. It's funny. Actually, we know what you're saying about travel. Like one of the amazing things about our Well, I kind of learned two sort of quite fundamentally philosophical things, I think, you know, or things about the about humans and the human condition. Firstly, like, you know, traveling across, you know, we left from London. We, like, drove down. We went through Belgium and France and Poland and Slovenia, Slovakia, Slovenia, like, all the way down Bulgaria, across Turkey into Georgia and Azerbaijan and across the Caspian Sea, and through Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, into Russia, and then down into Mongolia. When we finished, we were due north of Jakarta, right? So we drove, we drove a third of the way around the world. And the two things that taught me were, firstly that human people are good. You know, everywhere we went, people would invite us in to have meals, or they'd like fix our car for not unit for free. I mean, people were so kind everywhere we went. Yeah. And the other thing was, just, when we get on a plane and you fly from here to or you fly from London, say to we, frankly, you fly from London to Turkey, it feels unbelievably different. You know, you fly from London to China, and it's, you know, complete different culture. But what our journey towards us, because we drove, was that, you know, while we might not like to admit it, we're actually quite, you know, Brits are quite similar to the French, and the French actually are quite similar to the Belgians, and Belgians quite similar to the Germans. And, you know, and all the way through, actually, like we just saw a sort of slowly changing gradient of all the different cultures. And it really, you know, we are just one people, you know. So as much as we might feel that, you know, we're all we're all different, actually, when you see it, when you when you do a drive like that, you really, you really get to see how slowly the cultures shift and change. Another thing that's quite funny, actually, was just like, everywhere we went, we would be like, you know, we're driving to Turkey. They'd be like, Oh, God, you just drove through Bulgaria, you know, how is like, everything on your car not been stolen, you know, they're so dodgy that you Bulgarians are so dodgy. And then, you know, we'd get drive through the country, and they'd be like, you know, oh, you're going into Georgia, you know, gosh, what you go. Make, make sure everything's tied down on your car. They're so dodgy. And then you get into Georgia, and they're like, Oh my God, you've just very driven through Turkey this, like, everyone sort of had these, like, weird, yeah, kind of perceptions of their neighbors. And it was all nonsense, yeah, you know. Michael Hingson  25:15 And the reality is that, as you pointed out, people are good, you know, I think, I think politicians are the ones who so often mess it up for everyone, just because they've got agendas. And unfortunately, they teach everyone else to be suspicious of of each other, because, oh, this person clearly has a hidden agenda when it normally isn't necessarily true at all. Nick Francis  25:42 No, no, no, certainly not in my experience, anyway, not in my experience. But, you know, well, oh, go ahead. No, no. It's just, you know, it's, it is. It's, it is weird the way that happens, you know, well, they say, you know, if, if politicians fought wars rather than, rather than our young men and women, then there'd be a lot less of them. Yeah, so Well, Michael Hingson  26:06 there would be, well as I tell people, you know, I I've learned a lot from working with eight guy dogs and my wife's service dog, who we had for, oh, gosh, 14 years almost, and one of the things that I tell people is I absolutely do believe what people say, that dogs love unconditionally, unless they're just totally traumatized by something, but they don't trust unconditionally. The difference between dogs and people is that dogs are more open to trust because we've taught ourselves and have been taught by others, that everyone has their own hidden agenda. So we don't trust. We're not open to trust, which is so unfortunate because it affects the psyche of so many people in such a negative way. We get too suspicious of people, so it's a lot harder to earn trust. Nick Francis  27:02 Yeah, I mean, I've, I don't know, you know, like I've been, I've been very fortunate in my life, and I kind of always try to be, you know, open and trusting. And frankly, you know, I think if you're open and trusting with people, in my experience, you kind of, it comes back to you, you know, and maybe kind of looking for the best in everyone. You know, there are times where that's not ideal, but you know, I think you know, in the overwhelming majority of cases, you know, actually, you know, you treat people right? And you know what goes what goes around, comes around, absolutely. Michael Hingson  27:35 And I think that's so very true. There are some people who just are going to be different than that, but I think for the most part, if you show that you're open to trust people will want to trust you, as long as you're also willing to trust Nick Francis  27:51 them completely. Yeah, completely. Michael Hingson  27:54 So I think that that's the big thing we have to deal with. And I don't know, I hope that we, we will learn it. But I think that politicians are really the most guilty about teaching us. Why not to trust but that too, hopefully, will be something we deal with. Nick Francis  28:12 I think, you know, I think we have to, you know, it's, it's one of the tragedies of our age, I think, is that the, you know, we spent the 20th century, thinking that sex was the kind of ultimate sales tool. And then it took algorithms to for us to realize that actually anger and resentment are the most powerful sales tools, which is, you know, it's a it's something which, in time, we will work out, right? And I think the problem is that, at the minute, these tech businesses are in such insane ascendancy, and they're so wealthy that it's very hard to regulate them. And I think in time, what will happen is, you know, they'll start to lose some of that luster and some of that insane scale and that power, and then, you know, then regulation will come in. But you know whether or not, we'll see maybe, hopefully our civilization will still be around to see that. Michael Hingson  29:04 No, there is that, or maybe the Vulcans will show up and show us a better way. But you know, Nick Francis  29:11 oh, you know, I'm, I'm kind of endlessly optimistic. I think, you know, we are. We're building towards a very positive future. I think so. Yeah, it's just, you know, get always bumps along the way, yeah. Michael Hingson  29:24 So you named your company casual. Why did you do that? Or how did that come about? Nick Francis  29:30 It's a slightly weird name for something, you know, we work with, kind of, you know, global blue chip businesses. And, you know, casual is kind of the last thing that you would want to associate with, a, with a, with any kind of services business that works in that sphere. I think, you know, we, the completely honest answer is that the journalism course I did was television, current affairs journalism, so it's called TV cadge, and so we, when we made a film for a local charity as part of that course. Course, we were asked to name our company, and we just said, well, cash, cash casual, casual films. So we called it casual films. And then when my friend and I set the company up, kind of formally, to do the Mongol Rally, we, you know, we had this name, you know, the company, the film that we'd made for the charity, had gone down really well. It had been played at BAFTA in London. And so we thought, well, you know, we should just, you know, hang on to that name. And it didn't, you know, at the time, it didn't really seem too much of an issue. It was only funny. It was coming to the US, where I think people are a bit more literal, and they were a bit like, well, casual. Like, why casual, you know. And I remember being on a shoot once. And, you know, obviously, kind of some filmmakers can be a little casual themselves, not necessarily in the work, but in the way they present themselves, right? And I remember sitting down, we were interviewing this CEO, and he said, who, you know, who are you? Oh, we're casual films. He's like, Oh, is that why that guy's got ripped jeans? Is it? And I just thought, Damn, you know, we really left ourselves open to that. There was also, there was a time one of our early competitors was called Agile films. And so, you know, I remember talking to one of our clients who said, you know, it's casual, you know, when I have to put together a little document to say, you know, which, which supplier we should choose, and when I lay it on my boss's desk, and one says casual films, and one says agile films, it's like those guys are landing the first punch. But anyway, we, you know, we, what we say now is like, you know, we take a complex process and make it casual. You know, filmmaking, particularly for like, large, complex organizations where you've got lots of different stakeholders, can be very complicated. And so, yeah, we sort of say, you know, we'll take a lot of that stress off, off our clients. So that's kind of the rationale, you know, that we've arrived with, arrived at having spoken to lots of our clients about the role that we play for them. So, you know, there's a kind of positive spin on it, I guess, but I don't know. I don't know whether I'd necessarily call it casual again. I don't know if I'm supposed to say that or not, but, oh, Michael Hingson  32:00 it's unique, you know? So, yeah, I think there's a lot of merit to it. It's a unique name, and it interests people. I know, for me, one of the things that I do is I have a way of doing this. I put all of my business cards in Braille, so the printed business cards have Braille on them, right? Same thing. It's unique completely. Nick Francis  32:22 And you listen, you know what look your name is an empty box that you fill with your identity. They say, right? And casual is actually, it's something we've grown into. And you know it's we've been going for nearly 20 years. In fact, funny enough for the end of this year is the 20th anniversary of that first film we made for the for the charity. And then next summer will be our 20th anniversary, which is, you know, it's, it's both been incredibly short and incredibly long, you know, I think, like any kind of experience in life, and it's been some of the hardest kind of times of my entire life, and some of the best as well. So, you know, it's, it is what it is, but you know, casual is who we are, right? I would never check, you know? I'd never change it. Michael Hingson  33:09 Now, no, of course not, yeah. So is the actual name casual films, or just casual? Nick Francis  33:13 So it was casual films, but then everyone calls us casual anyway, and I think, like as an organization, we probably need to be a bit more agnostic about the outcome. Michael Hingson  33:22 Well, the reason I asked, in part was, is there really any filming going on anymore? Nick Francis  33:28 Well, that's a very that's a very good question. But have we actually ever made a celluloid film? And I think the answer is probably no. We used to, back in the day, we used to make, like, super eight films, which were films, I think, you know, video, you know, ultimately, if you're going to be really pedantic about it, it's like, well, video is a digital, digital delivery. And so basically, every film we make is, is a video. But there is a certain cachet to the you know, because our films are loved and crafted, you know, for good or ill, you know, I think to call them, you know, they are films because, because of the, you know, the care that's put into them. But it's not, it's, it's not celluloid. No, that's okay, yeah, well, Michael Hingson  34:16 and I know that, like with vinyl records, there is a lot of work being done to preserve and capture what's on cellular film. And so there's a lot of work that I'm sure that's being done to digitize a lot of the old films. And when you do that, then you can also go back and remaster and hopefully in a positive way, and I'm not sure if that always happens, but in a positive way, enhance them Nick Francis  34:44 completely, completely and, you know, it's, you know, it's interesting talking about, like, you know, people wanting to step back. You know, obviously vinyl is having an absolute as having a moment right now. In fact, I just, I just bought a new stylist for my for my record. Play yesterday. It sounded incredible as a joy. This gave me the sound quality of this new style. It's fantastic. You know, beyond that, you know, running a company, you know, we're in nine offices all over the world. We produce nearly 1000 projects a year. So, you know, it's a company. It's an incredibly complicated company. It's a very fun and exciting company. I love the fact that we make these beautifully creative films. But, you know, it's a bit, I wouldn't say it's like, I don't know, you don't get many MBAs coming out of business school saying, hey, I want to set up a video production company. But, you know, it's been, it's been wonderful, but it's also been stressful. And so, you know, I've, I've always been interested in pottery and ceramics and making stuff with my hands. When I was a kid, I used to make jewelry, and I used to go and sell it in nightclubs, which is kind of weird, but, you know, it paid for my beers. And then whatever works, I say kid. I was 18. I was, I was of age, but of age in the UK anyway. But now, you know, over the last few 18 months or so, I've started make, doing my own ceramics. So, you know, I make vases and and pictures and kind of all sorts of stuff out of clay. And it's just, it's just to be to unplug and just to go and, you know, make things with mud with your hands. It's just the most unbelievably kind of grounding experience. Michael Hingson  36:26 Yeah, I hear you, yeah. One of the things that I like to do is, and I don't get to do it as much as I would like, but I am involved with organizations like the radio enthusiasts of Puget Sound, which, every year, does recreations of old radio shows. And so we get the scripts we we we have several blind people who are involved in we actually go off and recreate some of the old shows, which is really a lot of fun, Nick Francis  36:54 I bet, yeah, yeah, sort of you know that connection to the past is, is, yeah, it's great radio. Radio is amazing. Michael Hingson  37:03 Anyway, what we have to do is to train some of the people who have not had exposure to old radio. We need to train them as to how to really use their voices to convey like the people who performed in radio, whatever they're doing, because too many people don't really necessarily know how to do that well. And it is, it is something that we're going to work on trying to find ways to get people really trained. And one of the ways, of course, is you got to listen to the old show. So one of the things we're getting more and more people to do when we do recreations is to go back and listen to the original show. Well, they say, Well, but, but that's just the way they did it. That's not necessarily the way it should be done. And the response is, no, that's not really true. The way they did it sounded natural, and the way you are doing it doesn't and there's reality that you need to really learn how to to use your voice to convey well, and the only way to do it is to listen to the experts who did it. Nick Francis  38:06 Yeah, well, it's, you know, it's amazing. The, you know, when the BBC was founded, all the news readers and anyone who appeared on on the radio to to present or perform, had to wear like black tie, like a tuxedo, because it was, you know, they're broadcasting to the nation, so they had to, you know, they had to be dressed appropriately, right, which is kind of amazing. And, you know, it's interesting how you know, when you, when you change your dress, when you change the way you're sitting, it does completely change the way that you project yourself, yeah, Michael Hingson  38:43 it makes sense, yeah, well, and I always enjoyed some of the old BBC radio shows, like the Goon Show, and completely some of those are so much fun. Nick Francis  38:54 Oh, great, yeah, I don't think they were wearing tuxedo. It's tuxedos. They would Michael Hingson  38:59 have been embarrassed. Yeah, right, right. Can you imagine Peter Sellers in a in a tux? It just isn't going to happen. Nick Francis  39:06 No, right, right. But yeah, no, it's so powerful. You know, they say radio is better than TV because the pictures are better. Michael Hingson  39:15 I agree. Yeah, sure, yeah. Well, you know, I I don't think this is quite the way he said it, but Fred Allen, the old radio comedian, once said they call television the new medium, because that's as good as it's ever going Nick Francis  39:28 to get. Yeah, right, right, yeah. Michael Hingson  39:32 I think there's truth to it. Whether that's exactly the way he said it or not, there's truth to that, yeah, but there's also a lot of good stuff on TV, so it's okay. Nick Francis  39:41 Well, it's so interesting. Because, you know, when you look at the it's never been more easy to create your own content, yeah, and so, you know, and like, in a way, TV, you know, he's not wrong in that, because it suddenly opened up this, this huge medium for people just to just create. Right? And, you know, and I think, like so many people, create without thinking, and, you know, and certainly in our kind of, in the in the world that we're living in now with AI production, making production so much more accessible, actually taking the time as a human being just to really think about, you know, who are the audience, what are the things that are going to what are going to kind of resonate with them? You know? Actually, I think one of the risks with AI, and not just AI, but just like production being so accessible, is that you can kind of shoot first and kind of think about it afterwards, and, you know, and that's never good. That's always going to be medium. It's medium at best, frankly. Yeah, so yeah, to create really great stuff takes time, you know, yeah, to think about it. Yeah, for sure, yeah. Michael Hingson  40:50 Well, you know, our podcast is called unstoppable mindset. What do you think that unstoppable mindset really means to you as a practical thing and not just a buzzword. Because so many people talk about the kinds of buzzwords I hear all the time are amazing. That's unstoppable, but it's really a lot more than a buzzword. It goes back to what you think, I think. But what do you think? Nick Francis  41:15 I think it's something that is is buried deep inside you. You know, I'd say the simple answer is, is just resilience. You know, it's, it's been rough. I write anyone running a small business or a medium sized business at the minute, you know, there's been some tough times over the last, kind of 1824, months or so. And, you know, I was talking to a friend of mine who she sold out of her business. And she's like, you know, how are things? I was like, you know, it's, it's, it's tough, you know, we're getting through it, you know, we're changing a lot of things, you know, we're like, we're definitely making the business better, but it's hard. And she's like, Listen, you know, when three years before I sold my company, I was at rock bottom. It was, I genuinely thought it was so stressful. I was crushed by it, but I just kept going. And she's just like, just keep going. And the only difference between success and failure is that resilience and just getting up every day and you just keep, keep throwing stuff at the wall, keep trying new things, keep working and trying to be better. I think, you know, it's funny when you look at entrepreneurs, I'm a member of a mentoring group, and I hope I'm not talking out of school here, but you know, there's 15 entrepreneurs, you know, varying sizes of business, doing all sorts, you know, across all sorts of different industries. And if you sat on the wall, if you were fly on the wall, and you sit and look at these people on a kind of week, month to month basis, and they all present on how their businesses are going. You go, this is this being an entrepreneur does not look like a uniformly fun thing, you know, the sort of the stress and just, you know, people crying and stuff, and you're like, gosh, you know, it's so it's, it's, it's hard, and yet, you know, it's people just keep coming back to it. And yet, I think it's because of that struggle that you have to kind of have something in built in you, that you're sort of, you're there to prove something. And I, you know, I've thought a lot about this, and I wonder whether, kind of, the death of my father at such a young age kind of gave me this incredible fire to seek His affirmation, you know. And unfortunately, obviously, the tragedy of that is like, you know, the one person who would never give me affirmation is my dad. And yet, you know, I get up every day, you know, to have early morning calls with the UK or with Singapore or wherever. And you know, you just just keep on, keeping on. And I think that's probably what and knowing I will never quit, you know, like, even from the earliest days of casual, when we were just, like a couple of people, and we were just, you know, kids doing our very best, I always knew the company was going to be a success act. Like, just a core belief that I was like, this is going to work. This is going to be a success. I didn't necessarily know what that success would look like. I just but I did know that, like, whatever it took, we would map, we'd map our way towards that figure it out. We'd figure it out. And I think, you know, there's probably something unstoppable. I don't know, I don't want to sound immodest, but I think there's probably something in that that you're just like, I am just gonna keep keep on, keeping on. Michael Hingson  44:22 Do you think that resilience and unstoppability are things that can be taught, or is it just something that's built into you, and either you have it or you don't? Nick Francis  44:31 I think it's something that probably, it's definitely something that can be learned, for sure, you know. And there are obviously ways that it can there's obviously ways it can be taught. You know, I was, I spent some time in the reserve, like the Army Reserve in the UK, and I just, you know, a lot of that is about teaching you just how much further you can go. I think what it taught me was it was so. So hard. I mean, honestly, some of the stuff we did in our training was, like, you know, it's just raining and raining and raining and, like, because all your kits soaking wet is weighs twice what it did before, and you just, you know, sleeping maybe, you know, an hour or two a night, and, you know, and there wasn't even anyone shooting at us, right? So, you know, like the worst bit wasn't even happening. But like, and like, in a sense, I think, you know, that's what they're trying to do, that, you know, they say, you know, train hard and fight easy. But I remember sort of sitting there, and I was just exhausted, and I just genuinely, I was just thought, you know, what if they tell me to go now, I just, I can't. I literally, I can't, I can't do it. Can't do it. And then they're like, right, lads, put your packs on. Let's go and just put your pack on. Off you go, you know, like, this sort of, the idea of not, like, I was never going to quit, just never, never, ever, you know, and like I'd physically, if I physically, like, literally, my physical being couldn't stand up, you know, I then that was be, that would be, you know, if I was kind of, like literally incapacitated. And I think what that taught me actually, was that, you know, you have what you believe you can do, like you have your sort of, you have your sort of physical envelope, but like that is only a third or a quarter of what you can actually achieve, right, you know. And I think what that, what the that kind of training is about, and you know, you can do it in marathon training. You can do it in all sorts of different, you know, even, frankly, meditate. You know, you train your mind to meditate for, you know, an hour, 90 minutes plus. You know, you're still doing the same. You know, there's a, there's an elasticity within your brain where you can teach yourself that your envelope is so much larger. Yeah. So, yeah, you know, like, is casual going to be a success? Like, I'm good, you know, I'm literally, I won't I won't stop until it is Michael Hingson  46:52 right, and then why stop? Exactly, exactly you continue to progress and move forward. Well, you know, when everything feels uncertain, whether it's the markets or whatever, what do you do or what's your process for finding clarity? Nick Francis  47:10 I think a lot of it is in having structured time away. I say structured. You build it into your calendar, but like, but it's unstructured. So, you know, I take a lot of solace in being physically fit. You know, I think if you're, if you feel physically fit, then you feel mentally far more able to deal with things. I certainly when I'm if I'm unfit and if I've been working too much and I haven't been finding the time to exercise. You know, I feel like the problems we have to face just loom so much larger. So, you know, I, I'll book out. I, you know, I work with a fan. I'm lucky enough to have a fantastic assistant who, you know, we book in my my exercise for each week, and it's almost the first thing that goes in the calendar. I do that because I can't be the business my my I can't be the leader my business requires. And it finally happened. It was a few years ago I kind of, like, the whole thing just got really big on me, and it just, you know, and I'm kind of, like, being crushed by it. And I just thought, you know what? Like, I can't, I can't fit other people's face mask, without my face mask being fit, fitted first. Like, in order to be the business my business, I keep saying that to be the lead in my business requires I have to be physically fit. So I have to look after myself first. And so consequently, like, you know, your exercise shouldn't be something just get squeezed in when you find when you have time, because, you know, if you've got family and you know, other things happening, like, you know, just will be squeezed out. So anyway, that goes in. First, I'll go for a bike ride on a Friday afternoon, you know, I'll often listen to a business book and just kind of process things. And it's amazing how often, you know, I'll just go for a run and, like, these things that have been kind of nagging away in the back of my mind, just suddenly I find clarity in them. So I try to exercise, like, five times a week. I mean, that's obviously more than most people can can manage, but you know that that really helps. And then kind of things, like the ceramics is very useful. And then, you know, I'm lucky. I think it's also just so important just to appreciate the things that you already have. You know, I think one of the most important lessons I learned last year was this idea that, you know, here is the only there. You know, everyone's working towards this kind of, like, big, you know, it's like, oh, you know, when I get to there, then everything's going to be okay, you know. And actually, you know, if you think about like, you know, and what did you want to achieve when you left college? Like, what was the salary band that you want? That you wanted to achieve? Right? A lot of people, you know, by the time you hit 4050, you've blown way through that, right? And yet you're still chasing the receding Summit, yeah, you know. And so actually, like, wherever we're trying to head to, we're already there, because once you get there, there's going to be another there that you're trying to. Head to right? So, so, you know, it's just taking a moment to be like, you know, God, I'm so lucky to have what I have. And, you know, I'm living in, we're living in the good old days, like right now, right? Michael Hingson  50:11 And the reality is that we're doing the same things and having the same discussions, to a large degree, that people did 50, 100 200 years ago. As you pointed out earlier, the fact is that we're, we're just having the same discussions about whether this works, or whether that works, or anything else. But it's all the same, Nick Francis  50:33 right, you know. And you kind of think, oh, you know, if I just, just, like, you know, if we just open up these new offices, or if we can just, you know, I think, like, look, if I, if I'd looked at casual when we started it as it is now, I would have just been like, absolute. My mind would have exploded, right? You know, if you look at what we've achieved, and yet, I kind of, you know, it's quite hard sometimes to look at it and just be like, Oh yeah, but we're only just starting. Like, there's so much more to go. I can see so much further work, that we need so many more things, that we need to do, so many more things that we could do. And actually, you know, they say, you know, I'm lucky enough to have two healthy, wonderful little girls. And you know, I think a lot of bread winners Look at, look at love being provision, and the idea that, you know, you have to be there to provide for them. And actually, the the truest form of love is presence, right? And just being there for them, and like, you know, not being distracted and kind of putting putting things aside, you know, not jumping on your emails or your Slack messages or whatever first thing in the morning, you know. And I, you know, I'm not. I'm guilty, like, I'm not, you know, I'm not one of these people who have this kind of crazy kind of morning routine where, like, you know, I'm incredibly disciplined about that because, you know, and I should be more. But like, you know, this stuff, one of the, one of the things about having a 24 hour business with people working all over the world is there's always things that I need to respond to. There's always kind of interesting things happening. And so just like making sure that I catch myself every so often to be like, I'm just going to be here now and I'm going to be with them, and I'm going to listen to what they're saying, and I'm going to respond appropriately, and, you know, I'm going to play a game with them, or whatever. That's true love. You know? Michael Hingson  52:14 Well, there's a lot of merit to the whole concept of unplugging and taking time and living in the moment. One of the things that we talked about in my book live like a guide dog, that we published last year, and it's all about lessons I've learned about leadership and teamwork and preparedness from eight guide dogs and my wife's service dog. One of the things that I learned along the way is the whole concept of living in the moment when I was in the World Trade Center with my fifth guide dog, Roselle. We got home, and I was going to take her outside to go visit the bathroom, but as soon as I took the harness off, she shot off, grabbed her favorite tug bone and started playing tug of war with my retired guide dog. Asked the veterinarians about him the next day, the people at Guide Dogs for the Blind, and they said, Well, did anything threaten her? And I said, No. And they said, there's your answer. The reality is, dogs live in the moment when it was over. It was over. And yeah, right lesson to learn. Nick Francis  53:15 I mean, amazing, absolutely amazing. You must have taken a lot of strength from that. Michael Hingson  53:20 Oh, I think it was, it was great. It, you know, I can look back at my life and look at so many things that have happened, things that I did. I never thought that I would become a public speaker, but I learned in so many ways the art of speaking and being relaxed at speaking in a in a public setting, that when suddenly I was confronted with the opportunity to do it, it just seemed like the natural thing to do. Nick Francis  53:46 Yeah, it's funny, because I think isn't public speaking the number one fear. It is. It's the most fit. It's the most feared thing for the most people. Michael Hingson  53:57 And the reality is going back to something that we talked about before. The reality is, audiences want you to succeed, unless you're a jerk and you project that, audiences want to hear what you have to say. They want you to be successful. There's really nothing to be afraid of but, but you're right. It is the number one fear, and I've never understood that. I mean, I guess I can intellectually understand it, but internally, I don't. The first time I was asked to speak after the World Trade Center attacks, a pastor called me up and he said, we're going to we're going to have a service outside for all the people who we lost in New Jersey and and that we would like you to come and speak. Take a few minutes. And I said, Sure. And then I asked him, How many people many people were going to be at the service? He said, 6000 that was, that was my first speech. Nick Francis  54:49 Yeah, wow. But it didn't bother me, you know, no, I bet Michael Hingson  54:54 you do the best you can, and you try to improve, and so on. But, but it is true that so many people. Are public speaking, and there's no reason to what Nick Francis  55:03 did that whole experience teach you? Michael Hingson  55:06 Well, one of the things that taught me was, don't worry about the things that you can't control. It also taught me that, in reality, any of us can be confronted with unexpected things at any time, and the question is, how well do we prepare to deal with it? So for me, for example, and it took me years after September 11 to recognize this, but one of the things that that happened when the building was hit, and Neither I, nor anyone on my side of the building really knew what happened. People say all the time, well, you didn't know because you couldn't see it. Well, excuse me, it hit 18 floors above us on the other side of the building. And the last time I checked X ray vision was fictitious, so nobody knew. But did the building shake? Oh, it tipped. Because tall buildings like that are flexible. And if you go to any tall building, in reality, they're made to buffet in wind storms and so on, and in fact, they're made to possibly be struck by an airplane, although no one ever expected that somebody would deliberately take a fully loaded jet aircraft and crash it into a tower, because it wasn't the plane hitting the tower as such that destroyed both of them. It was the exploding jet fuel that destroyed so much more infrastructure caused the buildings to collapse. But in reality, for me, I had done a lot of preparation ahead of time, not even thinking that there would be an emergency, but thinking about I need to really know all I can about the building, because I've got to be the leader of my office, and I should know all of that. I should know what to do in an emergency. I should know how to take people to lunch and where to go and all that. And by learning all of that, as I learned many and discovered many years later, it created a mindset that kicked in when the World Trade Center was struck, and in fact, we didn't know until after both towers had collapsed, and I called my wife. We I talked with her just before we evacuated, and the media hadn't even gotten the story yet, but I never got a chance to talk with her until after both buildings had collapsed, and then I was able to get through and she's the first one that told us how the two buildings had been hit by hijacked aircraft. But the mindset had kicked in that said, You know what to do, do it and that. And again, I didn't really think about that until much later, but that's something that is a lesson we all could learn. We shouldn't rely on just watching signs to know what to do, no to go in an emergency. We should really know it, because the knowledge, rather than just having information, the true intellectual knowledge that we internalize, makes such a big difference. Nick Francis  57:46 Do you think it was the fact that you were blind that made you so much more keen to know the way out that kind of that really helped you to understand that at the time? Michael Hingson  57:56 Well, what I think is being blind and growing up in an environment where so many things could be unexpected, for me, it was important to know so, for example, when I would go somewhere to meet a customer, I would spend time, ahead of time, learning how to get around, learning how to get to where they were and and learning what what the process was, because we didn't have Google Maps and we didn't have all the intellectual and and technological things that we have today. Well intellectual we did with the technology we didn't have. So today it's easier, but still, I want to know what to do. I want to really have the answers, and then I can can more easily and more effectively deal with what I need to deal with and react. So I'm sure that blindness played a part in all of that, because if I hadn't learned how to do the things that I did and know the things that I knew, then it would have been a totally different ball game, and so sure, I'm sure, I'm certain that blindness had something to do with it, but I also know that, that the fact is, what I learned is the same kinds of things that everyone should learn, and we shouldn't rely on just the signs, because what if the building were full of smoke, then what would you do? Right? And I've had examples of that since I was at a safety council meeting once where there was somebody from an electric company in Missouri who said, you know, we've wondered for years, what do we do if there's a fire in the generator room, in the basement, In the generator room, how do people get out? And he and I actually worked on it, and they developed a way where people could have a path that they could follow with their feet to get them out. But the but the reality is that what people first need to learn is eyesight is not the only game in town. Yeah, right. Mean, it's so important to really learn that, but people, people don't, and we take too many things for granted, which is, which is really so unfortunate, because we really should do a li

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