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Welcome to Schauer Thoughts, this week we'll be dissecting the “MAHA Report” as well as it's strategy and “MAHA ELEVATE” proposal. Please know that there will be several more parts to this series so if there's anything you think I didn't get to or is worth emphasizing, I will absolutely be doing follow-ups and want you to hang tight - I very much hear and mirror your concern. Researching this episode has been heartbreaking like none other and I just appreciate you all taking the time to listen. Please review the sources below for all information, it is of the utmost importance right now that we all stay informed. Download Hily Dating App from the App Store or Google Play, or visit ⁠https://hily.go.link/jRMKW I do also plan on searching for actionable items and ways to recognize front groups, but I do need some time to collect and format that information. Please know that hope is never lost.  Nuance: I do apologize for my poor pronunciation of some medical conditions and other words, I am someone who loves to research outside of a school context so I don't get to hear most of these words spoken out loud by others. I foresee some red-hat-supporters running with this point for “evidence” of me being unintelligent and I'm covering my bases for when that eventually happens. My main reason for pointing this out is not to prevent people making fun of my pronunciation but more of a demonstration on how predictable some people are. Reminder: I love answering questions, if you have an assumption on any of my political stances, please just ask. *Spoiler* I am not a fan of the United States military and have very strong, informed opinions. Edit for 31:50 - I accidentally referred to RFK Jr. as “JFK” - this was a mistake lol. Books: Expecting Inequity: How the Maternal Health Crisis Affects Even the Wealthiest Black Americans - Khiara M. Bridges Sweet and Deadly: How Coca-Cola Spreads Disinformation and Makes Us Sick - Murray Carpenter A History of Transgender Medicine in the United States: From Margins to Mainstream - Carolyn Wolf-Gould, Dallas Denny, Jamison Green, Kyan Lynch, Editors Enshitification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It - Cory Doctorow Astroturfing: Manufacturing Fake Grassroots Campaigns - S Williams Gifted Books: Queer Expressions: Expressive Art and Somatic Therapy Practices for Healing Body Trauma - Wednesdae Reim Ifrach REAT, ATR-BC, CLAT Healing the Land Teaches Us Who We Are: How Indigenous Cultural Resistance Can Restore the Earth, Recover Community, and Create Sustainable Futures - Maceo Carrillo Martinet, PhD Sleep and Its Meanings: Sociocultural Investigations from Critical Sleep Studies - Edited by Diletta De Cristofaro Mad Eden - Morgan Thomas MAHA Information: The MAHA Report - https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/MAHA-Report-The-White-House.pdf The MAHA Strategy - https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/The-MAHA-Strategy-WH.pdf  MAHA ELEVATE Model - https://www.cms.gov/priorities/innovation/innovation-models/maha-elevate  Resources: US Science After a Year of Trump  https://www.nature.com/immersive/d41586-026-00088-9/index.html  Senior NIH official pushes MAHA strategy to skeptical ADA audience https://www.statnews.com/2026/06/05/ada-conference-new-orleans-richard-woychik-synergy-nih-maha/ List of Wars Involving the United States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_wars_involving_the_United_States  Poisoning the Well: How Astroturfing Harms Trust in Advocacy Organizations https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/23294965221123808 Psychiatrists say RFK Jr's take on SSRIs is an ‘oversimplification' of the problem https://www.kpbs.org/news/health/2026/05/07/psychiatrists-say-rfk-jr-s-take-on-ssris-is-an-oversimplification-of-the-problem S&T Digital Forgeries Report https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/23_0630_st_digital_forgeries_report_signed.pdf Example of why we really need  Scientific American (2013) - Natural versus Synthetic Chemicals Is a Gray Matter  https://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/guest-blog/natural-vs-synthetic-chemicals-is-a-gray-matter/ RFK Jr. Parrots Pete Hegseth, Says America is Too Fat for War https://newrepublic.com/post/205033/rfk-jr-parrots-pete-hegseth-says-america-fat-war-dietary-guidelines-hhs  White House asks for $16B in cuts to HHS, more money for war https://healthexec.com/topics/healthcare-management/healthcare-economics/white-house-asks-16b-cuts-hhs-more-money-war World Ward Wednesday: Farm Cadets https://www.thefoodhistorian.com/blog/world-war-wednesday-farm-cadets RFK Jr. talked about ‘reparenting' kids on wellness farms. We visit one that inspired him. https://www.npr.org/2026/04/29/nx-s1-5798733/rfk-jr-addiction-treatment-centers Up to 70% of Farmworkers Not Returning to California Farms following ICE Raids https://www.thepacker.com/70-farmworkers-not-returning-california-farms-following-ice-raids  ICE raids have deterred foreign farm workers, but farmers hope to make hiring easier https://www.npr.org/2025/12/02/nx-s1-5604903/ice-raids-have-deterred-foreign-farm-workers-but-farmers-hope-to-make-hiring-easier Automatic military draft registration takes effect in December. Here's how it would work https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/09/politics/us-military-draft-registration-2026 Selective Service - Who Must Register https://www.sss.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/WhoMustRegisterChart_1-28-25-2.pdf   Military Medical Information Nuance Reminder: I am well aware that there are people in the US military that currently have these disorders/ diseases/ conditions, my *quite specific* emphasis is on the formal documentation and/or diagnosis (it's been medically charted by a physician) of these conditions PRIOR to entering the United States military. Apologies for the aggressive nuance, as someone raised around the military, I just know ~ deep in my soul ~ that someone is going to be so tempted to say “my boyfriends in the Army and he has ADHD!!” I'm very happy for y'all, but again, documented and/or diagnosed before entering the United States military.  Circular No. 100, War Department, Provost Marshal General's Office, Washington, November 9, 1863 - Annual Report of the Secretary of War, Washington: Government Printing Office, 1856 https://www.google.com/books/edition/Report_of_the_Secretary_of_War_which_Acc/EMVOAQAAMAAJ?gbpv=1 To find the information I was discussing go to page 74. Defects Found in Drafted Men (1919) https://collections.nlm.nih.gov/bookviewer?PID=nlm:nlmuid-9502639-bk To find the information I was discussing, go to page 49. Unfit for Service: Physical Fitness and Civic Obligation in World War II https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/unfit-for-service-physical-fitness-and-civic-obligation-in-world-war-ii.htm  Iraq War and Afghanistan  https://dmna.ny.gov/hro/agr/army/files/1557332720--AR%2040-501%20Standard%20of%20Medical%20Fitness.pdf  Current (2026) Disqualifying Conditions https://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/DD/issuances/dodi/613003_vol1.PDF?ver=8i9QED7mH4XAA4zoSSIwZA%3D%3D  Military Command Exception https://www.health.mil/Military-Health-Topics/Privacy-and-Civil-Liberties/HIPAA-Compliance-within-the-MHS/Military-Command-Exception  Can You Join the Military with ADHD? https://www.additudemag.com/can-you-join-the-military-with-adhd/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode I explore the key findings from the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel Annual Report 2024–25 and what the latest national learning tells us about the risks facing children across England. Whilst many of the themes will feel familiar, the report highlights the increasing complexity of children's lives and the importance of understanding cumulative harm, family adversity and children's lived experiences.  In this episode you will hear: • The vulnerability of babies under one year of age demosntrated within safeguarding reviews • How neglect, domestic abuse, parental mental ill-health, substance misuse and poverty often interact to create significant risks for children • How practitioners must move beyond individual presenting concerns  • The growing role of mental health concerns and online harms within serious safeguarding incidents • What the 21% reduction in serious incident notifications may mean for safeguarding partnerships and national learning   This episode also reflects on the enduring importance of professional curiosity, effective information sharing, multi-agency collaboration and maintaining a relentless focus on the child's daily lived experience.   I announced last week that there will be two SILP School scholarships available for the October 2026 intake. The SILP School mission is deeply intertwined with my decision to launch this scholarship scheme. It is important to me that we promote diversity and inclusion in this profession I'm proud to be part of.  This year we will award 1 full needs-based SILP School scholarships & 1 part scholarship. One place will attract zero payment & the other will be charged at 50% to begin SILP School with the October 2026 intake. The SILP mission is to create a "tidal wave of positive impact." Would you like to part of this movement? How to Apply All you need to do is answer 3 questions. The closing date for application is Friday 12th June at midday. You can find out more information here.   About Donna:   Donna has 16 years public sector experience, including her last role as Head of Law for a leading metropolitan authority. Now a safeguarding adviser & trainer, Donna is involved in serious case reviews in both children's and adults' safeguarding, domestic homicide and is a SILP Reviewer and Mentor. Donna offers 'SILP School' her university accredited training course, Momentum her space for reviewers & a free online network for leaders in review practice.   Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/donna-ohdedar-review-consulting-ltd/ Join my free Facebook group Blue Light Professionals here   Engagement + proportionality + strengths = SILP

TikTok, Meta and YouTube are facing a growing wave of appeals under Europe's Digital Services Act, with the independent body responsible for whether some posts should be taken down or left up, based now in Ireland. The Appeals Centre Europe has published its latest annual report which found a 9 fold jump in the number of people complaining about moderation decisions. Speaking to Joe was Thomas Hughes the Chief Executive of the Appeals Centre Europe.

The Ars Magica roleplaying game is currently complete, but the community is still mining great gaming material out of medieval history as part of a Share Alike License. The Games From Folktales podcast gives you new, odd, useful material each week, for roleplaying games set in European-styled fantasy settings. A range of Ars Magica materials based on the Games From Folktales podcast are available on Drivethru, Itch, and Patreon. Your support allows the podcast to continue and to makes advertisments unnecessary. If you're unable to support the podcast financially, please enjoy the Pay What You Want titles for free.

Petersfield will have a new Mayor tonight and outgoing mayor, Councillor Chris Paige tells us why he’s enjoyed his 300 hours community engagement in his year of office and feeling the weight of the second oldest mayoralty in Hampshire. Over the year he also raised £1,600 for his two chosen charities - Petersfield Scouts and Winton House. Councillor Jamie Mathews is the current Deputy Mayor. Agenda + docs Full Council 28.05.26 – the Mayor’s Annual Report is in the meeting papers from pages 6. Over the last year Chris has reported monthly to Shine Radio’s Julie Butler and Mike Waddington about his work, his life and his health.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Fiosrú, the office of the police ombudsman, is the statutory body which deals with complaints from members of the public and the Gardai about the Gardaí. Police Ombudsman Emily Logan joined Paul ahead of the publishing of the body's first annual report next week.

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In this month's episode we are speaking with the Ombudsman for the Department of National Defence and Canadian Armed Forces, Mario Baril.In our conversation we talk about the scope of his role, how the Ombudsman's office can support Military family members, and some of the tools and resources that have been created by his team. Mr. Baril also tells us what he has learned about - and from - Military families since taking on this role in July 2025.About our Guest:Mario Baril is a seasoned public service executive and accredited mediator with nearly two decades of leadership experience in advancing organizational health and strategic governance across the Government of Canada.Mario Baril has served in the executive ranks of the federal public service, holding a variety of senior leadership roles as a member of Senior Executive Management tables. His experience includes providing strategic counsel to Deputy Ministers as Chief of Staff at the Treasury Board Secretariat, advising Ministers' Offices on strategic and business communications at Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC), and delivering his leadership vision at the Association of Professional Executives of the Public Service of Canada. More recently, in 2018, Mario established the first organizational Ombudsman Office at Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), and pursued his passion for healthy workplaces through the delivery of Ombudsman confidential services at Public Services and Procurement Canada from 2022 to 2025.In March 2025, Mario was appointed by the Governor General in Council—on the recommendation of the Minister of National Defence—as Special Advisor to the Minister and Ombudsman for the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces, effective July 2, 2025.Mario is an Accredited Mediator (IMAQ) and a Certified Leadership Coach (Destination Leadership, 2024). Throughout his career, Mario led numerous departmental and national initiatives aimed at promoting organizational health. He played a key role in establishing a new role and mandate of the Canadian Innovation Centre for Mental Health in the Workplace—a national initiative recognized and highlighted as a success in the 29th Annual Report to the Prime Minister on the Public Service of Canada. He served on the Advisory Board for the Centre of Expertise on Mental Health in the Workplace and contributed to the Interdepartmental Committee on Mental Health Performance Measurement at the Treasury Board Secretariat.Mario holds a master's degree in public administration from ÉNAP, a bachelor's degree in social sciences (Economics, Public Policy, and Management) from the University of Ottawa, and a college diploma in journalism.Outside of his professional life, Mario is an avid outdoor enthusiast who enjoys sailing, swimming, canoeing, cycling, downhill skiing, and trekking in Mont-Tremblant. A passionate traveler, he has explored numerous countries with his wife, Danielle, and their two sons—embracing diverse cultures and forging meaningful connections around the world.Links:Military Benefits Browser https://www.canada.ca/en/ombudsman-national-defence-forces/education-information/caf-members/compensation-benefits/mbb.htmlABCs of Military Postings https://www.canada.ca/en/ombudsman-national-defence-forces/education-information/caf-members/career/postings/abc-military-postings.htmlEnglish homepage https://www.canada.ca/en/ombudsman-national-defence-forces.htmlFrench homepage https://www.canada.ca/fr/ombudsman-defense-nationale-forces.html

This week on The GovNavigators Show, Robert and Adam are joined by Robbie Holmes, founder and CEO of Holmes Consulting Group and member of the GovNavigators Network, for a wide-ranging and deeply personal conversation on technology, government modernization, and what it really takes to build systems that serve people. Robbie traces a remarkable career arc, from the New York City welfare system and Sony Music to Zagat Survey, Google, USDS, and local government, and draws from each stop to make the case for pragmatic, constituent-centered technology. He reflects on his evolution from AI skeptic to cautious optimist, explains why so many well-intentioned government systems have created more friction than they've solved, and makes a compelling argument for why identity infrastructure and unified case management should be the government's next big bets. Show Notes:CMS: Nationwide Moratorium on Hospice and Home Health Agency EnrollmentGAO: 2026 Annual Report on Fragmentation, Overlap, and DuplicationHouse Oversight Committee: Markup on Legislation to Stop Fraud in Federal ProgramsFederal News Network: House Committee Advances 9 Anti-Fraud BillsNPR: Senate Votes to Kickstart Reconciliation to Fund ICE and CBPEvents on the GovNavigators' Radar:May 20th: GovCIO Federal IT Efficiency Summit at Carahsoft May 21st: PSC FedHealth Conference

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New figures from Threshold highlight the ongoing pressure in the rental sector, with more than 10,000 households supported last year and hundreds prevented from falling into homelessness in just the first few months of 2026. The report shows rising concerns around security of tenure, with many renters facing eviction or living in fear of losing their homes. To discuss what's driving these trends and what it means for renters—particularly here in Clare—Alan Morrissey was joined by Threshold Campaigns Officer, Cat Clark. Image © shisuka via Canva

www.marktreichel.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-treichel/Mark Treichel is joined by Mike Macchiarola, Partner and CEO of Olden Lane, for a structured deep-dive into the most recent NCUA Annual Report. Mike organizes his analysis into seven interlocking themes — what he calls the Magnificent Seven — and the conversation walks through each one with quantitative detail and practical implications for credit union leadership.In this episode:•        The system is strong but the tone of the report is cautious — and why that is the right posture•        Consolidation math: credit union count down roughly 3.7% year over year, with losses concentrated on the small end of the barbell•        Average age of a credit union member (53) versus the average U.S. resident (38.5), and what the widening gap implies•        Member acquisition cost approaching $900, roughly double the level of two to three years ago•        The median credit union has posted negative member growth for six consecutive quarters•        Why return on assets and net worth are stronger than they look — and the one-time factors propping them up•        Regulatory philosophy pendulum: elimination of reputational risk, rejection of regulation by enforcement, extended exam cycles, and ten-plus deregulation announcements•        Innovation is now central to the agenda: stablecoin rulemaking, NCUA's historical pattern of being ahead on derivatives and non-member shares•        FinTech competitive picture: SoFi, Robinhood, Wealthfront, and Coinbase deposits and growth rates against the credit union industry•        The bigness question: 73% of credit unions hold 13% of assets; the top 21 credit unions hold 25%•        How NCUA itself is changing — roughly 25% of staff exited through the departure plan, single-member board, and what that means for industry timing•        The announcement that Olden Lane is joining Stifel NicolausMike's analysis at Olden Lane is built on quarterly tier-by-tier data on the credit union industry. This conversation is a concentrated version of the themes his team tracks and the practical conclusions they draw from them.

Welcome to Omni Talk's Retail Daily Minute, sponsored by Duvo and Mirakl.In today's Retail Daily Minute, Omni Talk's Chris Walton discusses:Walmart's 2026 Annual Report reveals $713 billion in revenue and 24% global e-commerce growth to $150.4 billion, as new CEO John Furner leans hard into AI and Supercenters make a meaningful comeback.Lowe's expands its partnership with Relex Solutions to unify forecasting, replenishment, and allocation under a single AI-driven platform, with full implementation targeted for early 2027.Instacart and Uber Eats join Anthropic's Claude as two of the first 15 integrated apps, as the race to own agentic commerce channels accelerates across every major AI platform.The Retail Daily Minute has been rocketing up the Feedspot charts, so stay informed with Omni Talk's Retail Daily Minute, your source for the latest and most important retail insights.

Story of the Week (DR):Apple names John Ternus as CEO to replace Tim Cook, who will become chairmanApple CEO Tim Cook is stepping downMeet John Ternus, the 51-year-old former swimming champ who will succeed Tim Cook as Apple CEOTim Cook to step down as Apple CEO. In letter, describes 15 years of emailsTim Cook's exit is part of a CEO reckoning sweeping Corporate AmericaAre internal CEOs the way to go?Best Buy taps insider Jason Bonfig as new CEO, Corie Barry steps downShe's actually leaving the boardLululemon names former Nike exec Heidi O'Neill as CEO MMLululemon CEO Pick Heidi O'Neill Faces Skeptical Wall Street AND Lululemon shares dive on new CEO pick — as investors fear she may not have chops to save struggling companyO'Neill brings more than 30 years of experience in performance apparel, footwear, and sports, including over 25 years at Nike, where she was credited with transforming their women's business from a side-project into a global juggernaut. Her leadership spanned product creation, brand strategy, marketing, and global operations, making her one of the most influential executives in the company's modern era. Most recently, she served as President, Consumer, Product & Brand, overseeing Nike's global consumer and product engineGolden hello: $7M equity, $2M cashRoughly 75% of Lululemon's customers are womenLululemon board: 7 of 11 FChair Martha MorfittCommittees:Audit: 2 of 3 F, including chairNomination: 3 of 5Pay: 3 of 5 F, including chairAlso: CFO, Chief Merchandising Officer, Chief People & Culture Officer, Chief Legal and Compliance Officer, Chief Brand & Product Activation OfficerNow we get why Chip is so mad: Chip Wilson, Lululemon's founder, largest shareholder and chief agitator, has not weighed in on the pick yet, although he previously advocated for waiting to name a new CEO until the board could be resetBest Buy taps insider Jason Bonfig as new CEO, Corie Barry steps downBest Buy taps insider Bonfig to succeed veteran Barry as CEO amid demand slowdownOil giant BP suffers shareholder revolt over climate transparency at tense AGM“BP suffered a shareholder revolt at its AGM over the election of a new chair and resolutions that included dropping some climate disclosure obligations”BP failed to get majority shareholder approval on two highly anticipated motions, which would have permitted online-only AGMs and retired two company-specific climate disclosure obligations. Each resolution received around 47% support, far short of the required 75% required to pass.Ahead of the AGM, BP's board blocked a motion tabled by Follow This that would have required the company to share plans on creating value for shareholders under future scenarios of falling oil and gas demand.Resolution 1: Annual Report and Accounts – 98% For / 2% AgainstResolution 2: Directors' remuneration report – 95% For / 5% AgainstResolution 3: Directors' remuneration policy – 95% For / 5% AgainstResolution 4: To elect Albert Manifold as a director – 82% For / 18% AgainstSome activist investors had said even a 5% vote against Manifold, who has only been in post as chair since October, would represent a severe reprimand, particularly after a historic 24% vote against outgoing chair Helge Lund last year.Resolution 5: To elect Meg O'Neill as a director – 97% For / 3% AgainstResolution 6: To re-elect Kate Thomson as a director – 96% For / 4% AgainstResolution 7: To re-elect Dame Amanda Blanc as a director – 95% For / 5% AgainstResolution 8: To re-elect Tushar Morzaria as a director – 96% For / 4% AgainstResolution 9: To re-elect Ian Tyler as a director – 96% For / 4% AgainstResolution 10: To re-elect Satish Pai as a director – 92% For / 8% AgainstResolution 11: To re-elect Dr Johannes Teyssen as a director – 89% For / 11% AgainstResolution 12: To re-elect Hina Nagarajan as a director – 96% For / 4% AgainstResolution 13: To elect Dave Hager as a director – 97% For / 3% AgainstResolution 14: Reappointment of auditor – 100% For / 0% AgainstResolution 15: Remuneration of auditor – 100% For / 0% AgainstResolution 16: Political donations and political expenditure – 98% For / 2% AgainstResolution 17: Directors' authority to allot shares – 96% For / 4% AgainstResolution 18: Special resolution: Authority for disapplication of pre-emption rights – 99% For / 1% AgainstResolution 19: Special resolution: Additional authority for disapplication of pre-emption rights – 99% For / 1% AgainstResolution 20: Special resolution: Share buyback – 100% For / 0% AgainstResolution 21: Special resolution: Notice of general meetings – 94% For / 6% AgainstResolution 22: Special resolution: New Articles of Association – 47% For / 53% AgainstResolution 23: Special resolution: Revocation of previous 2015 and 2019 resolutions – 47% For / 53% AgainstResolution 24: Special resolution: ACCR shareholder resolution – 26% For / 74% AgainstNetflix authorizes $25 billion share buyback after stock dropPopulist Math Time:Employees: As of 2026, Netflix employs roughly 16,000 people. If you took that $25 billion and distributed it directly to the workforce = $1,562,500 per employeeAlternatively: They could fund a $100,000 annual salary for 250,000 new people for an entire year.Customers: Netflix has roughly 325 million subscribers globally. If they decided to use that money to subsidize the service instead of buying back stock: $77 per person.Netflix could give every subscriber on the planet roughly 4 to 5 months of service for free.Or, they could lower the price of every subscription by about $6.40 per month for a full year.Social impact:Various estimates (including from HUD) suggest that ending homelessness in the US would cost roughly $20 billion to $30 billion.It could provide a full four-year scholarship (at an average cost of $100k total) to 250,000 students.It could fund the eradication of several neglected tropical diseases or provide clean water infrastructure for tens of millions of people globally.For perspective, the entire annual budget for NASA in 2025 was around $25 billion. Netflix is essentially spending one "National Space Program" worth of cash just to tweak its stock price.Shareholders:If Netflix successfully retires that 6.4% of shares and the market maintains its current valuation, the stock price should mathematically rise by about 7% to compensate for the reduced supply.If the price jumps 7% (from $93 to roughly $99.50), here is the wealth jump:Vanguard: $2.5BBlackRock: $2.1BFidelity: $1.4BReed Hastings: $138MGoodliest of the Week (MM/DR):DR: Lufthansa Cuts 20,000 Flights to Save Fuel Amid Iran War Price SurgeMM: The Onion Says It Has Again Struck a Deal to Take Over InfowarsMM: Texas Capital stays incorporated in Delaware after shareholders reject 'Dexit' voteAre investors waking up??? They rejected TEXAS CAPITAL redomestication to TEXAS!Assholiest of the Week (MM):White guy victimhood DR‘The disfavored groups, No. 1, obviously, would be white males': Ron DeSantis is still signing anti-DEI legislationWhite males are…70% of governors70% of congress60% of US corporate boards31% of US populationWhat percentage of DEI programs for companies were designed by white male CEOs? 90% of CEOs in Fortune 500 are white guys - so ALL OF THEMSo when we read: White House study says DEI policies cost US economy by promoting unqualified managers…Even if the premise and math and methodology and concepts are literally all make believe, we SHOULD take away that “white men pretending to do DEI are bad for the economy” right?Federal Job Cuts Hit Black Women Hard—a Year Later, Unemployment Is UpDonald Trump 'Honours' UGA Women's Tennis Champions With Bizarre Photo Featuring Only Men In The ForegroundThe anti DEI, white male victimhood movement should entirely OWN DEI itself - this is the great blame transfer - somehow manage to blame black women and gays for the fact that white men running the world instituted shitty policies not meant to distribute equal opportunity, just meant for press releases - anti DEI is actually anti white male leaders. Make every company CEO a black woman and then see what DEI looks likeWhite guy manifestosPalantir published a mini manifesto calling some cultures ‘harmful' and ‘middling' and said Silicon Valley has ‘a moral debt' to the U.S.Why are tech bros so insistent we listen to everything they think? Were you not listened to as a child? Did no one ever validate you? Is this just about sex? Could you not get laid, and now because you have money you need to get everything you ever thought off your chest?Here are snippets of what Alex Karp, man who couldn't get laid, thought so important that we know:The postwar neutering of Germany and Japan must be undone.The culture almost snickers at Musk's interest in grand narrative, as if billionaires ought to simply stay in their lane of enriching themselves . . . . Any curiosity or genuine interest in the value of what he has created is essentially dismissed, or perhaps lurks from beneath a thinly veiled scorn.The ruthless exposure of the private lives of public figures drives far too much talent away from government service.Man who exposes private lives as a business model says it's badWe, in America and more broadly the West, have for the past half century resisted defining national cultures in the name of inclusivity.All very important points from a man we should clearly listen to about everything - the lane I want you to stay in is “shut the fuck up” lane where, BECAUSE you have billions, I'm not forced to listen to you as if you matterWhite guy philanthropyJeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez Bezos Donate $34 Million in Fashion GrantsMacKenzie Scott's latest donation takes her HBCU giving to well over $1 billionMacKenzie Scott has donated more than $26 billion—but it's barely made a dent in her net worth because of the power of Amazon sharesHeadliniest of the WeekDR: The blowhards:Sam Altman opens up about the Molotov cocktail attack on his home: 'The way Anthropic talks about OpenAI doesn't help'Nvidia CEO says that AI agents will make workers busier than ever—they'll ‘harass' and ‘micromanage' you, instead of take your jobMcDonald's boss on abuse claims: 'I don't want to talk about the past'Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says you won't lose your job to AI—you'll lose it to your coworker who uses it‘I think it's a mistake': Delta CEO Ed Bastian refuses to call it ‘artificial intelligence' because it scares peopleAI will boost productivity so ServiceNow won't have to backfill open jobs, CEO saysDR: The Nutter Chutter Butter Double: Morgan Stanley biotech banker Jessica Chutter joins Tectonic board AND Tectonic Therapeutic Appoints Jessica Chutter to Board of DirectorsI screwed up: blanked and thought that was two different companies. But then I did 3 seconds of research and found that she had joined a second board: PTC Therapeutics on March 24, 2026.MM: Apple's New CEO Needs to Be a ‘Cowboy' — But Can He With Tim Cook Still There?MM: SEC Imposes Strict Nine-Year Cap on Independent DirectorsPhillipinesWho Won the Week?DR: Jessica ChutterMM: The Philippines, whose corporate boards will no longer be allowed to have Edward Sylvester of WestAmerica Bancorp, born in 1938 and on the board for 47 yearsPredictionsDR: Nobody ever talks about Jason BonfigMM: Edward Sylvester steps down as Lead Independent Director of WestAmerica Bancorp to take the role of Non Executive Advisor to the Lead Independent Director Emeritus of WestAmerica Bancorp, says the rise of AI calls fresh blood on the board

Welcome to the Fraudian Slip, a podcast by the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC), where we peel back the layers of the latest scams, fraud and identity threats. This month, in honor of National Crime Victims' Rights Week and the release of our 2025 Annual Report, we speak with an identity theft victim to gain insights into victimization in the foster care system. Follow on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/ Follow on Instagram: instagram.com/idtheftcenter/ Follow on Facebook: facebook.com/IDTheftResourceCenter/ Follow on X: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter Follow on TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@idtheftcenter_

Today's episode goes behind the scenes of pulse crop disease diagnostics with Dr. Uta McKelvy, Dr. Raissa Moura and Erin Gunnink Troth. They explain how Montana State University's Regional Pulse Crop Diagnostic Laboratory provides post-harvest seed testing for replanting and export phytosanitary needs (including an Ascochyta-plus fungal screen and regulated nematode tests). Dr. McKelvy contrasts this with the Schutter Lab's in-season plant health diagnostics for crops and other plant-related services, outlining how samples are evaluated and how environmental conditions influence what diseases are seen. "Think of the diagnostic labs: Schutter and the Regional Pulse Diagnostic Lab as just resources that are available to you that you should take advantage of. Why guessing and wondering if you could know, right? I want to point out from the Schutter side of view, we're not just sending you a report that says you have this - good luck. Every report includes information on the disease and the pathogen, and emphasizes management recommendations.” - Uta McKelvy, Ph.D. Resources: Schutter Diagnostic Lab: https://www.montana.edu/extension/diagnostics/ Regional Pulse Crop Diagnostic Lab: https://plantsciences.montana.edu/pulsecropdiagnosticlab/ Annual Report: https://www.montana.edu/extension/diagnostics/annual-report.html MSU Ag and Urban Alerts: https://www.montana.edu/extension/ipm/alerts/ Extension Plant Pathology website: https://www.montana.edu/extension/plantpath/resources/ This Week on Growing Pulse Crops:00:00 Why Guess When You Can Know01:46 Meet the Pulse Lab Team02:38 How the Pulse Lab Started06:39 Funding and Lab Support07:42 Seed Tests and Export Nematodes12:15 Sampling and Disease Trends16:40 What to Do With Results17:55 Schutter Lab Overview22:36 How Plant Diagnosis Works29:09 Trends and What They See33:45 Final Takeaways and Resources38:13 Wrap Up and Next Episode TeaserGrowing Pulse Crops is produced by Dr. Audrey Kalil and hosted by Tim Hammerich of the Future of Agriculture Podcast.

Newt talks with Wayne Crews, the Fred L. Smith Fellow in Regulatory Studies at the Competitive Enterprise Institute. His work explores the impact of government regulation of free enterprise. They discuss CEI’s annual report “Ten Thousand Commandments: An Annual Snapshot of the Federal Regulatory State.” Crews argues that rising federal spending and regulation move together, citing post-COVID laws such as the CARES Act, CHIPS and Science Act, and Inflation Reduction Act as examples of “hyper-regulatory” spending that expands the administrative state even before agencies write rules. Crews contends that government is ill-suited to pick market winners, set prices, or manage sectors like energy and finance, and that market forces—suppliers, customers, investors, media, and civil society—already discipline firms without heavy-handed regulation. He stresses that rejecting overregulation does not mean “no regulation,” but rather preferring competitive over political discipline. Crews warns that massive federal spending has weakened the coalition for regulatory reform by aligning businesses, governors, and mayors with Washington through funded mandates and programmatic strings tied to priorities like DEI, climate, and the “care economy.”See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode of Defence Deconstructed, David Perry sits down with Hon. Randall Schriver and Mike Kuiken to discuss their 2025 Annual Report to Congress by the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission. We look at the work the Commission has done, updates on the link between China and Iran, and how this fits in the U.S. national security defence ecosystem. // Guest bios: Hon. Randall Schriver is the Chair at the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission Mike Kuiken is the Vice-Chair at the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission // Host bio: David Perry, President & CEO, Canadian Global Affairs Institute // Recommended Readings: - "Island at the Center of The World" by Russell Shorto - "Wide Wide Sea" by Hampton Sides // Defence Deconstructed was brought to you by Irving Shipbuilding. // Music Credit: Drew Phillips | Producer: Jordyn Carroll Release date: 17 April 2026

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Barry Feaker talks with La Manda Cunningham and Miriam Krehbiel from the Topeka Rescue Mission about their 2025 annual report and what it reveals about homelessness in Topeka. They break down key numbers, like over 1,200 guests, over 81,000 shelter nights, and more than 600,000 meals served, while exploring the human stories behind them. The conversation highlights longer shelter stays, rising disability rates, and the challenges of supporting families and children with dignity.They also discuss food insecurity, Topeka Rescue Mission's RESTORE rehousing approach, and what it takes to help people move toward stability. The episode wraps with reflections on community support, volunteer impact, and a forward-looking focus on compassion in action.Send us a Message!

Circle Internet Group (CRCL) just dropped its first annual report — and this "crypto stock" operates more like a bank than most investors realize.We dig into reserve income, USDC in circulation, the Circle Reserve Fund managed by BlackRock, and exactly what the Federal Reserve's rate moves mean for this business.We also break down Arc Blockchain, the Circle Payments Network, and run a Reverse DCF to show what growth rate is already baked into the stock at 80x forward earnings.We still hold a small position — we'll tell you why, and what would change our mind.Data powered by Fiscal.ai — 15% off at fiscal.ai/csi.More research at chipstockinvestor.comNick and Kasey own shares of CRCL.Content is for general information and entertainment only — not individual investment advice. All investing involves risk.

Episode 107 They were looking for a serial arsonist. What they found… was a love story gone completely off the rails. After five months and more than 80 fires, investigators finally catch the person responsible—but the truth behind the Accomack County fires is far stranger than anyone expected. A former firefighter. A controlling relationship. A motive that makes less sense the deeper you look. And in the end? It wasn't just one crime spree. It was two. This is the unhinged conclusion of Lit by Love: The Accomack County, Virginia Serial Arson Case. Buy Monica Hesse's amazing book on this case: American Fire: Love, Arson and Life in a Vanishing Land here: https://a.co/d/0609yUqG The Crime to Burn Patreon - The Cult of Steve - is LIVE NOW! Go join and get all the unhinged you can handle. Click here to be sanctified.  Inner Sanctum Acknowledgments: Eternal gratitude to our Inner Sanctum patrons, Melanie Curtis, Jenny Mercer and Laura Pisciotta, for helping us bring light to the stories others would rather leave in the ashes. Listener discretion is advised. Background music by Not Notoriously Coordinated  Get your Crime to Burn Merch! https://crimetoburn.myspreadshop.com Please follow us on Instagram, X, Facebook, TikTok and Youtube for the latest news on this case. You can email us at crimetoburn@gmail.com We welcome any constructive feedback and would greatly appreciate a 5 star rating and review.  If you need a way to keep your canine contained, you can also support the show by purchasing a Pawious wireless dog fence using our affiliate link and use the code "crimetoburn" at checkout to receive 10% off. Pawious, because our dog Winston needed a radius, not a rap sheet.  SOURCES: Hesse, Monica. American Fire: Love, Arson, and Life in a Vanishing Land. Liveright Publishing, 2017. Johnson, R. Scott, M.D., J.D., LL.M., and Elisabeth Netherton, M.D. “Fire Setting and the Impulse-Control Disorder of Pyromania.” American Journal of Psychiatry Residents' Journal, Vol. 11, No. 7, April 2017. https://psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/appi.ajp-rj.2016.110707 Eastern Shore of Virginia 9-1-1 Commission. 2022 Annual Report. “Burning Down Accomack – 10 Years Later.” WBOC Delmarva's News Leader. https://www.wboc.com/news/watch-burning-down-accomack---10-years-later/video_0aa43587-4fdc-5678-96d2-ce9eb85d62e2.html “Second Accomack Arsonist Tonya Bundick's Prison Sentence Ends.” Curtis, Sean. WBOC Delmarva's News Leader, September 24, 2025. https://www.wboc.com/news/second-accomack-arsonist-tonya-bundick-s-prison-sentence-ends/article_62e90020-318e-475a-9ae9-a3e8d90557c6.html “Accomack Arsonist Charles Smith to Be Released from Prison Tuesday.” WBOC Delmarva's News Leader, October 31, 2023. https://www.wboc.com/news/accomack-arsonist-charles-smith-to-be-released-from-prison-tuesday/article_3f047cee-7825-11ee-8c0b-b3dda31728b0.html Cohen, Stefanie. “How a Man's Sexual Performance Led to a Massive Arson Spree.” New York Post, August 5, 2017. https://nypost.com/2017/08/05/how-a-mans-sexual-performance-led-to-a-massive-arson-spree/ Vaughn, Carol. “Serial Arsonist Told Cops Fires an Act of Love.” The Salisbury Daily Times, via Delaware Online. https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/crime/1/01/01/serial-arsonist-told-cops-fires-an-act-of-love/3476357/ “The Arsonist Was Like a Ghost.” Longreads, August 2, 2017. https://longreads.com/2017/08/02/the-arsonist-was-like-a-ghost/ “Were There Any Copycats During the Eastern Shore Arson Spree?” WTVR News 3, April 11, 2014. https://www.wtkr.com/2014/04/11/were-there-any-copycats-during-eastern-shore-arson-spree Delmarva Public Media (Don Rush) “Charles Smith Gets 15 Years for Accomack County Fires.” April 24, 2015. “Bundick Enters Alford Plea to Virginia Eastern Shore Fires.” April 21, 2015. “Bundick Faces Third Trial for Accomack County Fires.” December 4, 2014. “Tonya Bundick Gets Over 10 Years in Prison for Arson.” September 4, 2014. “Bundick to Be Sentenced in Eastern Shore Arson Spree.” September 4, 2014. “No New Court-Appointed Attorney for Tonya Bundick.” August 22, 2014. “Tonya Bundick Convicted of Arson in Second Trial.” July 16, 2014. “Bundick Trial Begins, Has New Relationship.” July 15, 2014. “Arson Trial for Bundick Begins Today.” July 14, 2014. “Other Fires Could Be Mentioned in Bundick Arson Trial.” June 17, 2014. “Bundick Could Get 62 Separate Arson Trials.” April 29, 2014. “Arson Trial for Tonya Bundick Will Be Moved to Virginia Beach.” April 11, 2014. “Tonya Bundick Trial Delayed.” February 21, 2014. “Tonya Bundick Pleads Guilty in Accomack Arson Trial.” January 14, 2014. “Bundick's Fiancé Testifies at Arson Trial.” January 14, 2014. “New Details from Indictment in Accomack County Arsons.” December 5, 2013.

As AI adoption accelerates across multifamily, operators are being forced to rethink how their businesses are structured, staffed, and scaled.In this episode, Dom Beveridge, Principal of 20for20 and Multifamily PropTech Expert, shares insights from his latest Annual Report research, highlighting how leading organizations are approaching AI—not just as a tool, but as a shift in operating philosophy.Reid and Dom cover:The evolution from point solutions to AI-first platformsOperational implications of automation and centralizationData, governance, and the risks of “black box” AIThe true impact of AI on financial performanceA must-listen for leaders navigating the next phase of technology in multifamily.

In this episode of *PICU Doc on Call*, Drs. Monica Gray, Pradip Kamat, and Rahul Damania chat about a 17-year-old girl who ended up with acute liver failure after she intentionally took 22.5 grams of acetaminophen. She came in 48 hours later with really high transaminases and an INR of 5.5, so she was admitted to the PICU. The hosts break down how acetaminophen affects the body, walk through its four clinical stages, and discuss how to manage it—focusing on N-acetylcysteine as the primary antidote. They also touch on other treatments, like fomepizole. Thankfully, this patient recovered without needing a liver transplant, which really shows how important it is to have a team approach with intensivists, hepatologists, toxicologists, and psychiatry all working together.Show Highlights:Clinical case presentation of a 17-year-old girl with acetaminophen ingestion leading to acute liver failureMechanism of acetaminophen toxicity and its metabolic pathwaysEpidemiology of acetaminophen toxicity in pediatric populationsPathophysiology of acetaminophen overdose and its effects on liver functionClinical manifestations and progression of acetaminophen toxicity through various stagesEvaluation and diagnostic criteria for assessing acetaminophen toxicityManagement strategies for acetaminophen overdose, including the use of N-acetylcysteine (NAC).Discussion of adjunctive therapies such as fomepizole in severe cases.Importance of supportive care in managing complications of acute liver failureAn interdisciplinary approach to treatment involving various medical specialtiesReferences:Fuhrman & Zimmerman - Textbook of Pediatric Critical Care Chapter ***.Reference 1: 2019 Annual Report of the American Association of Poison Control Centers' National Poison Data System (NPDS): 37th Annual Report. Gummin DD, Mowry JB, Beuhler MC, Spyker DA, Brooks DE, Dibert KW, Rivers LJ, Pham NPT, Ryan ML. Clin Toxicol (Phila). 2020;58(12):1360.Reference 2: Pepin L, Matsler N, Fontes A, Heard K, Flaherty BF, Monte AA. Fomepizole Therapy for Acetaminophen-Induced Liver Failure in an Infant. Pediatrics. 2023 Oct 1;152(4):e2022061033. doi:10.1542/peds. 2022-061033. PMID: 37681263.Reference 3. Chiew AL, Buckley NA. Acetaminophen Poisoning. Crit Care Clin. 2021 Jul;37(3):543-561.Reference 4. Squires JE, Alonso EM, Ibrahim SH, Kasper V, Kehar M, Martinez M, Squires RH. North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition Position Paper on the Diagnosis and Management of Pediatric Acute Liver Failure. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2022 Jan 1;74(1):138-158. doi: 10.1097/MPG.0000000000003268. PMID: 34347674.

Episode 106 In Part 2 of Lit by Love, the fires in Accomack County escalate from suspicious to unmistakably intentional—spreading fear through a rural community unaccustomed to this level of destruction. As investigators struggle to keep up with a growing number of blazes, tensions rise among residents, rumors take hold online, and volunteer firefighters are pushed to their limits responding to near-nightly calls. But beneath the surface of this arson spree, a more personal story begins to emerge. This episode dives into the background of Charles Smith—a troubled man shaped by addiction, loss, and a lifelong search for belonging—and his intense relationship with Tonya Bundick. What starts as connection and devotion quickly becomes something more volatile, as financial strain, emotional instability, and deep-seated insecurity collide. As the fires continue to burn across Accomack County, one question looms larger than ever: Is this just arson… or something driven by love, desperation, and a need to prove it? Buy Monica Hesse's amazing book on this case: American Fire: Love, Arson and Life in a Vanishing Land here: https://a.co/d/0609yUqG The Crime to Burn Patreon - The Cult of Steve - is LIVE NOW! Go join and get all the unhinged you can handle. Click here to be sanctified.  Inner Sanctum Acknowledgments: Eternal gratitude to our Inner Sanctum patrons, Melanie Curtis, Jenny Mercer and Laura Pisciotta, for helping us bring light to the stories others would rather leave in the ashes. Listener discretion is advised. Background music by Not Notoriously Coordinated  Get your Crime to Burn Merch! https://crimetoburn.myspreadshop.com Please follow us on Instagram, X, Facebook, TikTok and Youtube for the latest news on this case. You can email us at crimetoburn@gmail.com We welcome any constructive feedback and would greatly appreciate a 5 star rating and review.  If you need a way to keep your canine contained, you can also support the show by purchasing a Pawious wireless dog fence using our affiliate link and use the code "crimetoburn" at checkout to receive 10% off. Pawious, because our dog Winston needed a radius, not a rap sheet.  SOURCES: Hesse, Monica. American Fire: Love, Arson, and Life in a Vanishing Land. Liveright Publishing, 2017. Johnson, R. Scott, M.D., J.D., LL.M., and Elisabeth Netherton, M.D. “Fire Setting and the Impulse-Control Disorder of Pyromania.” American Journal of Psychiatry Residents' Journal, Vol. 11, No. 7, April 2017. https://psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/appi.ajp-rj.2016.110707 Eastern Shore of Virginia 9-1-1 Commission. 2022 Annual Report. “Burning Down Accomack – 10 Years Later.” WBOC Delmarva's News Leader. https://www.wboc.com/news/watch-burning-down-accomack---10-years-later/video_0aa43587-4fdc-5678-96d2-ce9eb85d62e2.html “Second Accomack Arsonist Tonya Bundick's Prison Sentence Ends.” Curtis, Sean. WBOC Delmarva's News Leader, September 24, 2025. https://www.wboc.com/news/second-accomack-arsonist-tonya-bundick-s-prison-sentence-ends/article_62e90020-318e-475a-9ae9-a3e8d90557c6.html “Accomack Arsonist Charles Smith to Be Released from Prison Tuesday.” WBOC Delmarva's News Leader, October 31, 2023. https://www.wboc.com/news/accomack-arsonist-charles-smith-to-be-released-from-prison-tuesday/article_3f047cee-7825-11ee-8c0b-b3dda31728b0.html Cohen, Stefanie. “How a Man's Sexual Performance Led to a Massive Arson Spree.” New York Post, August 5, 2017. https://nypost.com/2017/08/05/how-a-mans-sexual-performance-led-to-a-massive-arson-spree/ Vaughn, Carol. “Serial Arsonist Told Cops Fires an Act of Love.” The Salisbury Daily Times, via Delaware Online. https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/crime/1/01/01/serial-arsonist-told-cops-fires-an-act-of-love/3476357/ “The Arsonist Was Like a Ghost.” Longreads, August 2, 2017. https://longreads.com/2017/08/02/the-arsonist-was-like-a-ghost/ “Were There Any Copycats During the Eastern Shore Arson Spree?” WTVR News 3, April 11, 2014. https://www.wtkr.com/2014/04/11/were-there-any-copycats-during-eastern-shore-arson-spree Delmarva Public Media (Don Rush) “Charles Smith Gets 15 Years for Accomack County Fires.” April 24, 2015. “Bundick Enters Alford Plea to Virginia Eastern Shore Fires.” April 21, 2015. “Bundick Faces Third Trial for Accomack County Fires.” December 4, 2014. “Tonya Bundick Gets Over 10 Years in Prison for Arson.” September 4, 2014. “Bundick to Be Sentenced in Eastern Shore Arson Spree.” September 4, 2014. “No New Court-Appointed Attorney for Tonya Bundick.” August 22, 2014. “Tonya Bundick Convicted of Arson in Second Trial.” July 16, 2014. “Bundick Trial Begins, Has New Relationship.” July 15, 2014. “Arson Trial for Bundick Begins Today.” July 14, 2014. “Other Fires Could Be Mentioned in Bundick Arson Trial.” June 17, 2014. “Bundick Could Get 62 Separate Arson Trials.” April 29, 2014. “Arson Trial for Tonya Bundick Will Be Moved to Virginia Beach.” April 11, 2014. “Tonya Bundick Trial Delayed.” February 21, 2014. “Tonya Bundick Pleads Guilty in Accomack Arson Trial.” January 14, 2014. “Bundick's Fiancé Testifies at Arson Trial.” January 14, 2014. “New Details from Indictment in Accomack County Arsons.” December 5, 2013.

With Ryan Guth, Founder, Goldfin Group Overview Jason Diamond speaks with Ryan Guth, Founder of Goldfin Group, on moving beyond Edward Jones to build a business defined by control, differentiation, and entrepreneurial alignment. It's a thoughtful conversation about independence, and what it really means to build a business that fits your clients, your strengths, and your long-term vision. Listen in… > Download a transcript of this episode… NOTE: The views and opinions expressed by the guests on this podcast are their own and do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of Diamond Consultants. Neither Diamond Consultants nor the guests on this podcast are compensated in any way for their participation. Watch… https://youtu.be/SRQSjRbtRzY About this episode… Advisors usually don't set out seeking change. In fact, the opposite is usually true. They build within a system, take advantage of the opportunities in front of them, and grow something meaningful over time. And for a while, that alignment works. But over time, priorities evolve. What once felt like the right environment can start to feel limiting: whether it's how you serve clients, how you present yourself in the market, or how much control you really have over the direction of your business. And that's where things begin to shift. In this episode, Ryan Guth, Founder of Goldfin Group, talks through that evolution in a very real and practical way. Ryan started his career at Edward Jones – an experience he still speaks very highly of – but ultimately decided to go independent to build a business that better reflected how he wanted to serve his entrepreneurial clients and express his entrepreneurial instincts. What makes Ryan's perspective especially interesting is his background. Before wealth management, he was a musical conductor. And that lens carries through into how he thinks about the advisor's role today—not as someone focused on products or portfolios, but as the person coordinating all the moving parts of a client's financial life. Ryan unpacks it all with Jason Diamond, including: The decision to leave Edward Jones—and what he was looking to gain in independence. The importance of marketing—and how “differentiation” plays a major role in Goldfin's success. The inside view of a transition—and what other advisors can learn both operationally and strategically. The alignment of his values and mindset with those of his clients—and how being an entrepreneur became more important over time. The impact of acquisitions—and Ryan's firsthand perspective on the acquisition of his broker dealer, Atria. It's a thoughtful conversation about independence, but more importantly, it's about what it really means to build a business that fits your clients, your strengths, and your long-term vision. Want to learn more about where, why, and how advisors like you are moving? Click to contact us or call 908-879-1002. Related Resources Player or Coach? Why Every Advisor Eventually Has to Choose As advisory firms grow, founders often face a critical inflection point: double down on being a top producer or evolve into a leader who builds lasting enterprise value. The Annual Report on Recruiting, Deals, and Transitions A companion to our annual Advisor Transition Report, Jason Diamond and Louis Diamond unpack what's driving advisor movement in 2025, and what the data reveals about control, growth, and where the industry is heading. IBD vs. RIA – Which Model Fits Your Future This guide offers a clear, side-by-side view of the two models—including distinctions between the DIY route of building an RIA from scratch and opting for a supportive independence platform to help align your business goals with greater options and opportunities. Diamond Consultants Edward Jones Advisor Transition Report 2025 This “firm-focused report” seeks to look under the hood at movement to and from Edward Jones from January to June of 2025. Have You Outgrown Your IBD or the Model Itself? Spending years inside the independent broker dealer framework can eventually spark a deeper reckoning. Advisors begin to look beyond the logo on the statement and ask a more fundamental question: does this structure still align with the future they're building, or has their business outgrown its foundation? Ryan Guth Founder​ I lead Goldfin Group from Franklin, TN and Albuquerque, NM, where I combine strategic financial guidance with a deep understanding of entrepreneurs' pivotal transitions. My leadership reflects a blend of professional insight and personal commitment, guiding clients toward aligning their financial strategies with their God-given purpose and gifts. I am a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professional. ​I am married to my wife, Amanda, and am the father to three boys. I enjoy all things entrepreneurial and am always on the lookout for new and innovative ways to solve bigger problems for more people, so they can be a greater force for good in the world. I recently became an author in 2024 with my first book Permission to Exit: Prepare to Sell Your Business Without Regret. In my spare time, I enjoy CrossFit, reading/listening to books and podcasts, and finding ways to serve through ministry.

Stephen Grootes talks to Guy Leitch, aviation analyst, about South African Airways’ 2025 annual report which claims profitability but raises serious concerns on closer inspection. Despite reporting a profit, the numbers point to underlying operating losses, conflicting financial disclosures and reliance on once-off gains, including asset sales and inconsistencies across reported numbers. The Money Show is a podcast hosted by well-known journalist and radio presenter, Stephen Grootes. He explores the latest economic trends, business developments, investment opportunities, and personal finance strategies. Each episode features engaging conversations with top newsmakers, industry experts, financial advisors, entrepreneurs, and politicians, offering you thought-provoking insights to navigate the ever-changing financial landscape.    Thank you for listening to a podcast from The Money Show Listen live Primedia+ weekdays from 18:00 and 20:00 (SA Time) to The Money Show with Stephen Grootes broadcast on 702 https://buff.ly/gk3y0Kj and CapeTalk https://buff.ly/NnFM3Nk For more from the show, go to https://buff.ly/7QpH0jY or find all the catch-up podcasts here https://buff.ly/PlhvUVe Subscribe to The Money Show Daily Newsletter and the Weekly Business Wrap here https://buff.ly/v5mfetc The Money Show is brought to you by Absa     Follow us on social media   702 on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TalkRadio702 702 on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@talkradio702 702 on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/talkradio702/ 702 on X: https://x.com/CapeTalk 702 on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@radio702   CapeTalk on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CapeTalk CapeTalk on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@capetalk CapeTalk on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ CapeTalk on X: https://x.com/Radio702 CapeTalk on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CapeTalk567See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On a quiet night in October 1973, two men fishing along the Pascagoula River in Mississippi walked into the sheriff's office with a story that would follow them for the rest of their lives. Charles Hickson and Calvin Parker claimed they were taken aboard a strange craft and examined by beings they could not explain. This episode of Southern Mysteries, explores the Pascagoula Incident, the fear and fallout that shaped both men's lives, and why this Mississippi case still raises questions more than 50 years later. Join the Community on Patreon: Want more Southern Mysteries? You can hear the Southern Mysteries show archive of 60+ episodes along with Patron exclusive podcast, Audacious: Tales of American Crime and more when you become a patron of the show. You can immediately access exclusive content now at patreon.com/southernmysteries

Episode 105 In rural Accomack County, structure fires are rare—maybe a handful a year across an entire district. So when six fires break out in less than 30 hours, investigators know immediately: this isn't coincidence. It's arson. What follows is one of the most baffling serial arson cases to ever hit Virginia's Eastern Shore. Over five months, 87 fires tear through a tight-knit community of just 33,000 people—stretching volunteer fire departments to their limits and leaving investigators with little more than ash to work with. But what makes this case truly unsettling isn't just the scale—it's the motive. There's no money. No revenge. No attempt to cover up another crime. The fires target abandoned buildings, offering no clear benefit to the person setting them. And the suspects? They don't fit the profile. They're not outsiders. Not isolated. Not young thrill-seekers. They're a couple. In this episode, we break down how a quiet rural county became the center of a serial arson spree, what investigators look for when fire scene evidence is all but destroyed, and why cases driven by psychological motives—like pyromania—are some of the hardest to solve. Because when there's no clear reason… there's often no clear path to a suspect. And when someone sets six fires in 30 hours— they're not finished. Buy Monica Hesse's amazing book on this case: American Fire: Love, Arson and Life in a Vanishing Land here: https://a.co/d/0609yUqG The Crime to Burn Patreon - The Cult of Steve - is LIVE NOW! Go join and get all the unhinged you can handle. Click here to be sanctified.  Inner Sanctum Acknowledgments: Eternal gratitude to our Inner Sanctum patrons, Melanie Curtis, Jenny Mercer and Laura Pisciotta, for helping us bring light to the stories others would rather leave in the ashes. Listener discretion is advised. Background music by Not Notoriously Coordinated  Get your Crime to Burn Merch! https://crimetoburn.myspreadshop.com Please follow us on Instagram, X, Facebook, TikTok and Youtube for the latest news on this case. You can email us at crimetoburn@gmail.com We welcome any constructive feedback and would greatly appreciate a 5 star rating and review.  If you need a way to keep your canine contained, you can also support the show by purchasing a Pawious wireless dog fence using our affiliate link and use the code "crimetoburn" at checkout to receive 10% off. Pawious, because our dog Winston needed a radius, not a rap sheet.  SOURCES: Hesse, Monica. American Fire: Love, Arson, and Life in a Vanishing Land. Liveright Publishing, 2017. Johnson, R. Scott, M.D., J.D., LL.M., and Elisabeth Netherton, M.D. “Fire Setting and the Impulse-Control Disorder of Pyromania.” American Journal of Psychiatry Residents' Journal, Vol. 11, No. 7, April 2017. https://psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/appi.ajp-rj.2016.110707 Eastern Shore of Virginia 9-1-1 Commission. 2022 Annual Report. “Burning Down Accomack – 10 Years Later.” WBOC Delmarva's News Leader. https://www.wboc.com/news/watch-burning-down-accomack---10-years-later/video_0aa43587-4fdc-5678-96d2-ce9eb85d62e2.html “Second Accomack Arsonist Tonya Bundick's Prison Sentence Ends.” Curtis, Sean. 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With Jason Diamond and Louis Diamond Overview A companion to our annual Advisor Transition Report, Jason Diamond and Louis Diamond unpack what's driving advisor movement in 2025, and what the data reveals about control, growth, and where the industry is heading. Listen in… > Download a transcript of this episode… NOTE: The views and opinions expressed by the guests on this podcast are their own and do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of Diamond Consultants. Neither Diamond Consultants nor the guests on this podcast are compensated in any way for their participation. Watch… https://youtu.be/JJGz4N0Y4UI About this episode… After thirty years of counseling financial advisors – including many of the most successful in the industry – we started to see patterns emerge. Sure, every advisor's situation is unique. And firms evolve, markets change, and business models shift. But the underlying questions advisors wrestle with around control, growth, and enterprise value tend to repeat themselves. Increasingly, the answers to those questions are revealed in the data—that is, when you know where to look. This is exactly why we go through the yearly process of creating our Advisor Transition Report. And this year's edition doesn't disappoint. (If you haven't downloaded your copy yet, get the latest edition here.) Just from raw numbers alone, here's a spoiler alert: 11,172 experienced advisors changed firms in 2025 compared to 9,615 in 2024. In this companion podcast episode, Jason and Louis take a deeper dive into the data and provide additional color on: What's actually driving that level of movement? Where are advisors going and why? Which firms are the winners? And who's losing the recruiting game? What models have become most attractive to advisors and why? What's the impact of AI on the role of the advisor and movement—and how will it shape the industry at large? How is the balance of power between advisors and firms evolving? Plus, they dive into some real-world transition case studies to further illustrate what's driving change. It's an episode that provides an inside perspective on the trends behind advisor movement and recruiting, and the potential impact on advisors and business owners alike. Want to learn more about where, why, and how advisors like you are moving? Click to contact us or call 908-879-1002. Related Resources The 4th Annual Advisor Transition ReportA data-driven look at where advisors are moving, why they're making changes, and what it means for your business in 2026.

Send us your thoughtsFor this CFO 4.0 Revisited episode, Hannah Munro is joined by Claire Bodanis, Founder and Director of Falcon Windsor and one of the UK's leading authorities on corporate reporting. Claire shares a practical and honest view of what it really takes to produce an annual report that cuts through the noise. What's covered in this episode• The biggest challenges organisations face when producing the annual report today • How to create a report that is engaging, clear and valuable to investors • Balancing regulatory requirements with meaningful communication • How to handle and communicate difficult or negative news • Common mistakes businesses make in their annual reporting • What is changing in the world of corporate reporting and what it means for finance teamsLinks referenced in this episode:Claire's LinkedInFalcon WindsorMonthly Reporting WebinarsBook: Trust Me, I'm ListedSign up for our CFO Briefing and Podcast newslettersExplore other CFO 4.0 Podcast episodes here.Subscribe to our Podcast!

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(March 06, 2026) President Trump removes DHS Secretary Kristi Noem after controversial tenure. Unclaimed Baggage releases annual 'Found Report,' offering a rare glimpse inside America's luggage. The sea is higher than we thought and millions more are at risk, study finds. Anti-vaccine sentiment is spilling over into veterinary care as pet vaccine skepticism grows. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to your weekly UAS News Update. We have five stories for you this week. First, Oregon exposes the real cost of the DJI ban. Second, the FAA reveals DJI makes up 96% of US drones. Third, the Commerce Department updates drone export rules. Fourth, Indiana prosecutes illegal drone deer scouting. And finally, a drone assists in a 900-foot tower rescue. Let's get to it.First up, the Oregon Department of Aviation has released a white paper exposing the real-world cost of the federal DJI ban. They surveyed 25 state transportation departments, and the numbers are staggering. Across those states, at least 467 drones are currently grounded or restricted. The total national exposure is estimated to be anywhere from $50 million to $2 billion! Wisconsin reported that 100% of its fleet is grounded. Colorado lost 90% of its capacity, and Oregon itself has exactly ONE compliant drone still operational out of 22. The white paper is recommending a waiver until September 2027 to give our drone industry time to catch up.New FAA-funded research puts a hard number on DJI's market dominance. The ASSURE A83 2025 Annual Report analyzed Remote ID telemetry data from 64 monitoring locations. DJI platforms make up more than 96% of detected drones in US airspace. Skydio accounted for just over 1%, and all other manufacturers combined made up less than 2.4%. Looking at the specific models, the DJI Mini 4 Pro alone accounts for 19% of all detected platforms. The Air 3 sits at 13%, and the Mavic 3 Pro holds 8%. More than 93.7% of the top 22 detected platforms weigh 3 pounds or less. Heavy-lift models like the Matrice 400, Agras T50, and FlyCart 30 remain a tiny fraction of overall flights. The US Commerce Department is streamlining drone export controls. The Bureau of Industry and Security published an interim final rule that makes two big changes. It removes the license requirement for commercial drones with a maximum endurance under one hour when exported to allied nations. Second, it opens a faster pathway for certain longer-range systems, like heavy-lift 25-liter agricultural sprayers and cargo delivery drones. Previously, these drones were caught up in the Missile Technology Control Regime, which was designed to restrict systems capable of carrying a 500-kilogram payload at least 300 kilometers. The Indiana Department of Natural Resources is bringing its first-ever prosecution for illegal drone deer scouting. Under Indiana law, you can legally use a drone to recover an animal that has already been harvested, but using it to scout or locate game during the season or 14 days prior is strictly illegal. Conservation officers seized a drone and pulled the forensic data. The GPS logs, timestamps, flight paths, and other data reportedly showed hundreds of images systematically tracking a specific trophy buck to a baited area. The suspects are allegedly facing charges for drone scouting.In Texas, two people were trapped in a hot air balloon basket that collided and became snagged on a communications tower 925 feet in the air. Longview Fire and first responders had to execute a highly complex high-angle rescue, assisted by drone. The passengers were safely rescued after a four-hour operation, but the crew still had to remove the tangled balloon using a cage and cable system. That's all we've got this week, we'll see you in the community for Post Flight where we share our opinions that aren't suitable for YouTube. Have a great weekend! https://dronexl.co/2026/03/03/oregon-exposes-real-cost-dji-ban/https://dronexl.co/2026/03/02/indiana-drone-deer-scouting-prosecution/https://dronexl.co/2026/03/02/925-feet-down-one-drone-call/https://dronexl.co/2026/03/01/us-commerce-department-drone-export-controls/https://dronexl.co/2026/03/03/faa-research-dji-us-drone-platforms/

Today’s Peoples Bank Let’s Talk Indianola features Indianola Municipal Utilities General Manager, Chris DesPlanques.

Andy and Tom go over the Browns' report card from the NFL PA and why they think the team received those grades.

In this episode of GREAT POWER PODCAST, host Ilan Berman speaks with Randy Schriver and Mike Kuiken, the Chair and Vice-Chair of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, about the USCC's latest report to Congress, and what they see as the future domains of our unfolding competition with the PRC. MATERIALS REFERENCED:-- The Commission's 2025 Annual Report to Congress (available here: https://www.uscc.gov/annual-report/2025-annual-report-congress)BIOGRAPHIES:Randall Schriver is the Chairman of the Board of the Institute for Indo-Pacific Security (IIPS) and a partner at Pacific Solutions LLC. He is also a lecturer for Stanford University's “Stanford-in-Washington” program, is on the Board of Advisors to the Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA, and is on the Board of Directors of the US-Taiwan Business Council. He served for two years (2018-2019) as the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs, where he led a team of nearly one hundred professionals and was the principal advisor to the Secretary of Defense on matters related to the Indo-Pacific region.Michael Kuiken serves as Vice Chair of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission following nearly 23 years in the U.S. Senate and is a Distinguished Visiting Fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution. In the private sector, Mike is the Managing Member of Silver Valley Strategies, where he advises founders, CEOs, and investors on geopolitical and government strategies.

This week on The Heat is On…Big Tech on Trial, the spotlight was on Mark Zuckerberg — but it didn't stay there for long.Nicki Petrossi and Sarah Gardner take you inside a dramatic week in court as Zuckerberg faced questioning about youth safety, platform design, and internal company practices — followed by testimony from a former insider whose statements directly conflicted with his.In this episode:The most revealing exchanges from Zuckerberg's time on the standThe key claims he made — and what evidence challenged themA whistleblower's testimony that told a very different story about how platforms operateEmotional reactions from parents watching it unfold in real timeWhy legal observers say this week could shift momentum in the trialA new Annual Report by Bark connecting Kaley's harm to children todayMillions are watching because what happens here will reshape accountability for the most powerful tech companies in the world.This isn't just a trial. It's a turning point.Thank you to our special guest, Titania Jordan of Bark Technologies. Here's their 2025 Annual Report, referenced in the episode.The Heat is On...Big Tech on Trial is an investigative mini-series by Scrolling 2 Death, in partnership with Heat Initiative.Video Editing expertly provided by Jacob Meade.

Celebrating the fifth anniversary of Flavortone, Alec and Nick take a step back from more intensive topical discussions to look back over the development of the podcast, and beyond, into the preceding years of musical and theoretical projects which have informed it. Tracking the podcast's beginnings as a lit comparative music analysis effort, into political economy, media and cultural theory, raw aesthetics, roasts and foundational questions of music historicity and epistemology, the episode recalls key intellectual motives and contexts for this evolving discourse, and reviews the development of a generational experience and perspective in music. Topics include "putting your piece on the board," inter-generational social dynamics of thought, intellectual participation over time, tensions between pragmatism and analytic theory, John Dewey, and the question of audacity as a dynamic engine in the production of creative work.

It's Wednesday, February 11th, A.D. 2026. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard on 140 radio stations and at www.TheWorldview.com.  I'm Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com) By Jonathan Clark Christians are leaving volatile Middle East The number of Christians in the Middle East is falling as religious freedom deteriorates in the region. Karmella Borashan of the Assyrian International Council addressed the International Religious Freedom Summit in Washington, D.C. last week. She warned, “Christianity is fading from the Middle East and [Christians] are placed in the mercy of the perpetrators. Once we had 1.5 million Christians; now we have only less than 300,000 left.” Assyrian Christians, in particular, face persecution from Muslim Jihadists in Syria and Iraq. Hebrews 13:3 says, “Remember the prisoners as if chained with them—those who are mistreated—since you yourselves are in the body also.” U.S. and Hungary partner to advance religious freedom Speaking of the Middle East, the United States and Hungary  signed an agreement last week to advance religious freedom in the region. The U.S. Department of State noted, “Christians are the most persecuted religious group worldwide, yet atrocities and attacks against them too often go unaddressed. Such persecution presents a threat to American security and undermines the values upon which our nation was built.” Hungary has already been supporting suffering believers for years through its office of Aid for Persecuted Christians. The new agreement is focused on aiding the church in sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East. More Gen Zers attending church in New Zealand Baptist churches in New Zealand are seeing increased interest from young people.  Gen Z has reportedly been leading a rise in church attendance in the West, known as the “quiet revival.” The 2025 Annual Report for the Baptist Churches of New Zealand noted similar findings for its young people. Youth attendance in these churches increased 24% between 2022 and 2024. And people under the age of 25 accounted for nearly 60% of baptisms reported.  Trump tosses Obama's global warming policy In the United States, the Trump administration is expected to repeal an Obama-era climate change policy this week. The policy is known as the Endangerment Finding. It claimed that greenhouse gases, like carbon dioxide, are a danger to public health. The finding has been the legal basis for regulating greenhouse gas emissions.  The Environmental Protection Agency plans to rescind the rule, making it “the largest act of deregulation in the history of the United States.”  Is social media addictive to kids? Major social media companies are facing landmark trials this year for how their platforms affect children.  A case against Google-owned YouTube and Meta-owned Instagram begins this week. The companies face accusations that their platforms were designed to be addictive for kids.  The platforms TikTok and Snap were initially named in the lawsuit, but settled for undisclosed amounts.  Floridian Christian defended for objecting to pro-abort COVID shot Liberty Counsel recently filed an appeal on behalf of a Christian who lost his job for not getting the COVID-19 shot, reports LifeSiteNews.com. Christian Marin worked for Nemours Children's Hospital in Florida. During the COVID-19 pandemic, he refused to get the shot due to his pro-life beliefs. The hospital fired him in 2021. And the Florida Commission on Human Relations sided with the hospital in 2023. Liberty Counsel Founder and Chairman Mat Staver said, “Nemours [Hospital] violated Marin's religious protections and should be held accountable.” RFK partners with Christian recovery programs for addicts & homeless The Trump administration is welcoming faith-based organizations to participate in a new recovery program for drug addiction and homelessness. U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made the announcement last week at Prevention Day. It's the largest government-sponsored gathering dedicated to advancing the prevention of substance use. Listen to comments from Secretary Kennedy.  KENNEDY: “This is a chronic disease. It's a physical disease. It's a mental disease. It's an emotional disease. But, above all, it's a spiritual disease. And we need to recognize that faith-based organizations play a critical role, helping people re-establish their connections to community.” Grandfather recorded entire Bible on audio for grandkids And finally, a grandfather went viral since December for giving his grandchildren a recording of him reading the entire Bible for Christmas. It took the grandfather over a year to complete. A video of him sharing the gift got more than a million views across social media. The video was originally posted by Tiffany Shabazz. She said, “We shared one video of Grandpa giving us such a personal meaningful gift and now everyone wants a copy. I can't believe how many people this has reached. God is definitely in this story. … We are up to needing 118 copies for people all over the world.” Psalm 78:4 says, “We will not hide them from their children, telling to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and His strength and His wonderful works that He has done.” Close And that's The Worldview on this Wednesday, February 11th, in the year of our Lord 2026. Follow us on X or subscribe for free by Spotify, Amazon Music, or by iTunes or email to our unique Christian newscast at www.TheWorldview.com.  I'm Adam McManus (Adam@TheWorldview.com). Seize the day for Jesus Christ.

In this episode, IPA CEO Brian Tate joins host Ben Jackson to break down the association's newly released annual report and explore the major regulatory and industry developments shaping payments in 2026 — the IPA's 20th anniversary year.  From the future of the CFPB to the accelerating shift from checks to electronic payments, to the emerging regulatory frameworks for stablecoins and digital assets, this conversation maps the landscape that payments companies must navigate in the year ahead.  Key Topics Discussed  • The New Administration's Regulatory Posture  • The Ongoing Transition from Checks to Electronic Payments  • Third-Party Relationships & Digitalization  • Key Issues for IPA Members  • Looking Ahead to 2026  • 2026 Innovative Payments Conference Preview  Links & Resources  IPA Annual Report  IPA Membership Information   2026 Innovative Payments Conference (April 29–May 1, Washington, DC)   

In this year's State of Strong Towns address, Chuck Marohn reflects on where the movement stands at the start of 2026 — what's changed, what's growing, and how the work ahead remains grounded in humility, restraint, and bottom-up action. Additional Show Notes ‍Watch on YouTube. Read the 2025 Annual Report. Chuck Marohn (Substack)   This podcast is made possible by Strong Towns members. Thank you!

The Hoover Institution Program on the US, China, and the World hosted, Insights from the 2025 US-China Economic and Security Review Commission Report: Findings and Recommendations, on Thursday, January 29, 2026.  This event features leading experts from the Hoover Institution and the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission for a discussion analyzing the key bilateral economic and security challenges faced by the US and China and their impacts on the broader international landscape. Congress created the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission to monitor, investigate, and report on the national security implications of the bilateral trade and economic relationship between the United States and the People's Republic of China. Its annual reports to Congress address and make recommendations about pressing issues such as trade practices, technological competition, military strategy, and human rights concerns, with far-reaching implications for policymakers and stakeholders around the world. The Commission's 2025 Annual Report was released in November 2025. To view the report, click the following link: https://www.uscc.gov/annual-reports FEATURING Erin Baggott Carter is a Hoover Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. She is also an associate professor in the Department of Political Science and International Relations at the University of Southern California, a faculty affiliate at the Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law (CDDRL) at Stanford University's Freeman Spogli Institute, and a nonresident scholar at the 21st Century China Center at UC San Diego. She has previously held fellowships at the CDDRL and Stanford's Center for International Security and Cooperation. She received a PhD in political science from Harvard University.  Drew Endy is a science fellow and senior fellow (courtesy) at the Hoover Institution. He leads Hoover's Bio-Strategy and Leadership effort, which focuses on keeping increasingly biotic futures secure, flourishing, and democratic. Professor Endy also researches and teaches bioengineering at Stanford University, where he is the Martin Family University Fellow in Undergraduate Education, senior fellow (courtesy) of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, and faculty codirector of degree programs for the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design.  Mike Kuiken is a Distinguished Visiting Fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution and serves as a Commissioner on the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission. He is an advisor to the Special Competitive Studies Project (SCSP) and a member of Anthropic's National Security and Public Sector Advisory Council. He also consults with CEOs, boards, and senior leaders across investment, AI, defense, technology, and multinational firms globally.  The Honorable Randall G. Schriver is Chairman of the Board at The Institute for Indo-Pacific Security. In addition, Mr. Schriver is currently a partner at Pacific Solutions LLC. Most recently, Mr. Schriver served as the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs from 8 January 2018 to 31 December 2019. Prior to his confirmation as Assistant Secretary, Mr. Schriver was a founding partner of Armitage International LLC, a consulting firm that specializes in international business development and strategies. He was also a founder of the Project 2049 Institute and served as President and CEO. Previously, Mr. Schriver served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs.  MODERATOR  Glenn Tiffert is a distinguished research fellow at the Hoover Institution and a historian of modern China. He co-chairs Hoover's program on the  US, China, and the World, and also leads Stanford's participation in the National Science Foundation's SECURE program, a $67 million effort authorized by the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 to enhance the security and integrity of the US research enterprise. He works extensively on the security and integrity of ecosystems of knowledge, particularly academic, corporate, and government research; science and technology policy; and malign foreign interference.  

Conversations on Groong - Jan 31, 2026Topics:  - Foreign intelligence service  - FIS report, strategic gaps  - Azerbaijan risk and deterrence  - Hybrid threats and elections  - TRIPP, AI, and data risksGuest: David DavidianHosts:  - Hovik Manucharyan  - Asbed BedrossianEpisode 511 | Recorded: Jan 28, 2026SHOW NOTES: https://podcasts.groong.org/511VIDEO: https://youtu.be/dMX6GW54Eek#Groong #Armenia #FIS #ForeignIntelligence #NationalSecurity #TRIPPSubscribe and follow us everywhere you are: linktr.ee/groong

You've got a decision you've been putting off. Maybe it's a career move. An investment. A difficult conversation you keep rehearsing in your head but never starting. You tell yourself you need more information. More data. More time to think. But you're not gathering information. You're hiding behind it. What looks like due diligence is actually overthinking in disguise. The certainty you're waiting for doesn't exist. It won't exist until after you decide and see what happens. I call this mindjacking: when something hijacks your ability to think for yourself. Sometimes it's external. Algorithms, experts, crowds thinking for you. But sometimes you're the one doing it. That endless research? It feels like diligence. It functions as delay. You're not being thorough. You're mindjacking yourself. Today, you'll learn a framework for knowing when you have enough information, even when it doesn't feel like enough. Because deciding before you're ready isn't recklessness. It's a skill. And for most people, that skill has completely atrophied. The Real Cost of Waiting At a California supermarket, researchers set up a tasting booth for gourmet jams. Some days, the display showed 24 varieties. Other days, just six. The bigger display attracted more attention. Sixty percent of people stopped to look. But only three percent actually bought jam. When shoppers saw just six options? Thirty percent purchased. Ten times the conversion rate. More options didn't help people choose. More options paralyzed them. The jam study has been replicated across dozens of categories since then. The pattern holds. More choices, more overthinking, fewer decisions. Think about your postponed decision. How many options are you juggling? How many articles have you read? Every expert you consult, every scenario you play out in your head... you're not getting closer to certainty. You're adding jams to the display. And while you're researching, the world keeps moving. Opportunities close. Competitors act. Your own situation shifts. The decision you're avoiding today won't even be the same decision six months from now. Waiting has a cost. Most people dramatically underestimate it. The Two-Door Framework So how do you know when you have enough information? Jeff Bezos uses a mental model that's useful here. Picture every decision as a door you're about to walk through. Some doors are one-way: once you're through, you can't come back. Selling your company. Getting married. Signing a ten-year lease. These deserve serious deliberation. Most decisions, though, are two-way doors. You walk through, look around, and if you don't like what you see, you walk back out. Starting a side project. Trying a new marketing strategy. Having that difficult conversation. The consequences are real, but they're not permanent. The mistake most people make is treating two-way doors like one-way doors. They apply the same level of analysis to choosing project management software as acquiring a company. They're not being thorough. They're overthinking reversible choices. That's how organizations grind to a halt. That's how careers stall. That's how opportunities evaporate while you're still "thinking about it." Before you gather more information, ask yourself: Can I reverse this? If yes, even if reversing would be annoying, you're probably overthinking it. The 40-70 Rule General Colin Powell used a decision framework he called the 40-70 rule. Military leaders and executives have adopted it for decades. The Floor: 40% Never decide with less than forty percent of the information you'd want. Below that threshold, you're not being decisive. You're gambling. The Ceiling: 70% Don't wait for more than seventy percent. By the time you've gathered that much data, the window has usually closed. Someone else acted. The situation changed. The decision got made for you, by default. The Sweet Spot That range between forty and seventy percent is where good decisions actually happen. It feels uncomfortable because you're not certain. That discomfort isn't a warning sign, though. It's the signal that you're doing it right. Most overthinking happens above seventy percent. You already have what you need. You're just not ready to commit. If deciding feels completely comfortable, you've probably waited too long. The Productive Discomfort Test "I genuinely need more information" and "I'm using research as a hiding place" feel identical from the inside. Both feel responsible. Both feel like due diligence. I once watched a friend spend eleven months researching a career change. She read books. Took assessments. Talked to people in the field. Built spreadsheets comparing options. She knew more about the industry than people working in it. And at month eleven, she was no closer to a decision than at month one. The research had become the activity. The feeling of progress without the risk of commitment. She wasn't preparing. She was hiding. And she couldn't tell the difference. So how do you tell productive research apart from overthinking? Four tests: Test 1: The Flip Question Ask yourself: What specifically would change my decision? Not what would make me more comfortable. What would actually flip my choice? If you can't name something concrete, you're not gathering information. You're stalling. Test 2: The Repetition Check Are you learning genuinely new things? Or finding different sources that confirm what you already suspected? The third article about the same topic isn't research. It's reassurance-seeking dressed up as diligence. Test 3: The Timeline Test Have you set a deadline for deciding? "When I have enough information" isn't a deadline. That's an escape hatch that never closes. A real deadline has a date. It's in your calendar. It arrives whether you're ready or not. Test 4: The Broken Record Test If you keep telling the same people "I'm still thinking about it" for the same decision over weeks or months, that's not thinking. That's avoidance on autopilot. You've become a broken record, and everyone can hear it except you. Here's the uncomfortable truth: if you fail more than one of these tests, you probably already have enough information. You're not under-informed. You're over-attached to the comfort of not having decided yet. The goal isn't to eliminate uncertainty. You can't. The goal is to act while uncertainty is still manageable, while you can still correct course, while the opportunity is still breathing. Your Decision Deadline That decision you've been postponing? It has an expiration date. Not one you set. One that's already running. Every week you wait, the context shifts. The opportunity narrows. The person you'd need to have that conversation with forms new assumptions about your silence. You're not preserving your options by waiting. You're watching them quietly disappear. This week, not someday, identify the decision you've been postponing. The one that popped into your head when this video started. You know exactly which one I mean. Set a deadline. Pick a specific date by which you will decide. Not a date by which you'll have complete information. A date by which you'll commit to a direction. Write it down. Put it in your calendar. Make it real. Then ask the two-door question: Is this reversible? If it is, your deadline should be soon. Days, not months. When that deadline arrives, decide. Not perfectly. Not with complete confidence. Deliberately, with the information you have, knowing you can adjust as you learn more. And once you've decided, set a checkpoint. Pick a date, two weeks out, a month out, when you'll evaluate whether to stay the course or walk back through the door. This isn't second-guessing. It's building the feedback loop that makes two-way doors work. Decide now, verify later. That feeling of deciding before you're fully ready? Get used to it. That's what good decision-making actually feels like. Closing Uncertainty isn't going away. Not for this decision, not for any decision that actually matters. The question is whether you'll learn to act within it, or let it become a permanent excuse. Acting under uncertainty requires energy, though. Mental fuel. And when that fuel runs out, everything changes. That's next time: deciding when you're depleted. Because the hardest decisions in your life won't happen when you're rested and sharp. They'll happen at 10 PM after a brutal day, when someone needs an answer and you're running on empty. Before You Go You've got two choices right now. Choice one: scroll to the next video. Let this become another thing you watched but didn't act on. Choice two: pause for thirty seconds. Think about that decision. Set the deadline. Put it in your calendar before you leave this page. Thirty seconds. That's the difference between insight and action. If mindjacking is a new concept for you, I've got a full episode that breaks down how to spot when your thinking has been hijacked, whether by outside forces or by yourself. Link's below. For those who want to support the work and the team behind these episodes, you can become a paid subscriber on Substack. That link is below too. One question for the comments: What decision are you finally going to stop researching and start making? Your deadline begins now. Sources The Jam Study Iyengar, S. S., & Lepper, M. R. (2000). When choice is demotivating: Can one desire too much of a good thing? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 79(6), 995-1006. The study was conducted at Draeger's Market in Menlo Park, California. PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11138768/ Full paper: https://faculty.washington.edu/jdb/345/345%20Articles/Iyengar%20&%20Lepper%20(2000).pdf The 40-70 Rule Attributed to General Colin Powell. The rule appears in "Quotations from Chairman Powell: A Leadership Primer" by Oren Harari (1996), based on Powell's My American Journey (1995). Powell served as a four-star general in the U.S. Army and as the 65th U.S. Secretary of State (2001-2005). The formula "P = 40 to 70" represents the probability of success based on percentage of information acquired. Source: https://govleaders.org/powell.php The Two-Door Framework Bezos, J. (2015). Letter to Shareholders. Amazon.com, Inc. Annual Report. The framework distinguishes between "Type 1" decisions (one-way doors, irreversible) and "Type 2" decisions (two-way doors, reversible). Bezos elaborated on this in his 2016 shareholder letter, noting that organizations often mistakenly apply heavyweight Type 1 processes to reversible Type 2 decisions. Source: https://s2.q4cdn.com/299287126/files/doc_financials/annual/2015-Letter-to-Shareholders.PDF  

Episode 346 kicks off the first This Week in Real Estate show of the year with a hard look at how the industry is entering 2026—and what agents, brokers, buyers, and sellers need to recalibrate fast. From lawsuits against Zillow and leadership changes at Redfin, to shifting MLS rules, buyer leverage, shrinking homes, and federal action targeting Wall Street investors, this episode sets the tone for what actually matters going forward.  If you're still operating with 2024 expectations, this episode is your wake-up call.

Rural Health News is a weekly segment of Rural Health Today, a podcast by Hillsdale Hospital. News sources for this episode: Jared Ortaliza, “ACA Signups are Down, But Still an Incomplete Picture,” January 12, 2026, https://www.kff.org/quick-take/aca-signups-are-down-but-still-an-incomplete-picture/, KFF. Sam Gringlas, “House votes to renew ACA subsidies, as Senate Republicans rebuke Trump on Venezuela,” January 8, 2026, https://www.npr.org/2026/01/08/nx-s1-5662625/house-vote-affordable-care-act-subsidies, National Public Radio. America's Health Rankings, “2025 Annual Report,” 2025, https://assets.americashealthrankings.org/ahr_2025annual_comprehensivereport_final-web.pdf.  Elizabeth Gregerson, “Northwestern takes on its biggest rival in transplants: Time,” January 9, 2026, https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/quality/patient-safety-outcomes/northwestern-takes-on-its-biggest-rival-in-transplants-time/, Becker's Hospital Review. Mackenzie Bean, “Nation's 1st double lung-liver transplant performed at Northwestern,” March 28, 2024, https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/quality/patient-safety-outcomes/nations-1st-double-lung-liver-transplant-performed-at-northwestern/, Becker's Hospital Review. American Lunch Association, “Lung Transplant,” December 10, 2025, https://www.lung.org/lung-health-diseases/lung-procedures-and-tests/lung-transplant. Tanmay S. Panchabhai et al., “Historical perspectives of lung transplantation: connecting the dots,” July 31, 2018, https://jtd.amegroups.org/article/view/22674/html, Journal of Thoracic Disease. Rural Health Today is a production of Hillsdale Hospital in Hillsdale, Michigan and a member of the Health Podcast Network. Our host is JJ Hodshire, our producer is Kyrsten Newlon, and our audio engineer is Kenji Ulmer. Special thanks to our special guests for sharing their expertise on the show, and also to the Hillsdale Hospital marketing team. If you want to submit a question for us to answer on the podcast or learn more about Rural Health Today, visit ruralhealthtoday.com.