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Happy Monday!This week we are covering Tower of Dawn by Sarah J Maas. Chaol Westfall and Nesryn Faliq have arrived to forge an alliance with the Khagan of the Southern Continent. They have also come to Antica for another purpose: to seek healing at the famed Torre Cesme for the wounds Chaol received in Rifthold. Yrene Towers has no desire to help the young lord from Adarlan, let alone heal him. Yet she has sworn an oath to assist those in need—and will honor it. Triggers:ViolenceDeathInjury/Injury detailSexual contentAbleismPregnancyVomitSuicideWarAs always, our episodes contain spoilers in our podcast is intended for those 18+ as it does contain mention of mature content. Please listen, like, rate, review and share our episode! Check out our website at www.booktrospective.com. And follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Tiktok, and YouTube @ Booktrospective.

Puntata a cura di UntimoteoMangaka eclettica e viaggiatrice appassionata, Mari Yamazaki fa della curiosità e dell'amore per le culture di tutto il mondo la propria ragione di vita. In particolare quest'autrice ama l'Italia, paese in cui ha studiato e vissuto sin da quando aveva 17 anni.Thermae Romae Novae è il suo fumetto più celebre, ambientato tra la Roma Imperiale del secondo secolo dopo Cristo e il Giappone Moderno (ma c'è anche una capatina nel periodo Edo). Già adattato in film live action e anime, nel 2022 ne è uscita anche una serie animata. 11 divertenti puntate per la produzione di Netflix.“Animazione” è il format del podcast di Mondoserie dedicato alle diverse scuole ed espressioni del genere, dall'Oriente alla scena europea e americana.Parte del progetto: https://www.mondoserie.it/  Iscriviti al podcast sulla tua piattaforma preferita o su: https://www.spreaker.com/show/mondoserie-podcast  Collegati a MONDOSERIE sui social:https://www.facebook.com/mondoserie https://www.instagram.com/mondoserie.it/   https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwXpMjWOcPbFwdit0QJNnXQ  https://www.linkedin.com/in/mondoserie/ 

Elisabetta Galeotti"Convivere, la sfida più antica"Biennale Democraziawww.biennaledemocrazia.itGiovedì 27 marzo 2025, ore 14:00Circolo dei Lettori, TorinoBiennale DemocraziaConvivere, la sfida più anticaElisabetta Galeotti, Gabriele Segre.www.circololettori.itOgni volta che entriamo in contatto con un estraneo – e a maggior ragione con una comunità – notiamo anzitutto le differenze: aspetto fisico, modo di porsi, cucina, idee. Il pregiudizio cognitivo (che fa parte dell'istinto di sopravvivenza) è un tratto tipico di noi sapiens. Ma abbiamo, da sempre, anche caratteristiche opposte: socialità, condivisione, apertura. Conoscere l'altro è una necessità e una risorsa. Ma può avvenire senza che nessuno dei due debba rinunciare ai caratteri che lo definiscono? Una sfida millenaria, resa ancora più urgente da un mondo al contempo bellicoso e iperconnesso: coniugare convivenza e identità.Elisabetta Galeotti è professore ordinario di Filosofia politica all'Università del Piemonte Orientale.  Ha studiato a Pavia come alunna del Collegio Ghislieri. Ha avuto fellowships a Cambridge, all'EUI, a Princeton, St.Andrews, Harvard, Boston College, Columbia. Tra i suoi libri: Individuale e collettivo (Angeli 1988), La tolleranza. Una proposta pluralista, Liguori 1994: Multiculturalismo, Liguori 1999; Toleration as Recognition, Cambridge University Press 2002; Eguale Rispetto, con Ian Carter e Valeria Ottonelli (Bruno Mondatori 2008), La politica del rispetto (Laterza 2010), con Emanuela Ceva, Lo spazio del rispetto (Bruno Mondadori 2012),  e Political Self-Deception (Cambridge University Press 2018).IL POSTO DELLE PAROLEascoltare fa pensarewww.ilpostodelleparole.itDiventa un supporter di questo podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/il-posto-delle-parole--1487855/support.

Nei vecchi si trova la sapienza e la lunghezza di giorni dà intelligenza.Giobbe 12:12

Skip the Queue is brought to you by Rubber Cheese, a digital agency that builds remarkable systems and websites for attractions that helps them increase their visitor numbers. Your host is Paul Marden.If you like what you hear, you can subscribe on iTunes, Spotify, and all the usual channels by searching Skip the Queue or visit our website SkiptheQueue.fm.If you've enjoyed this podcast, please leave us a five star review, it really helps others find us. And remember to follow us on Twitter  or Bluesky for your chance to win the books that have been mentioned in this podcast.Competition ends on 19th March 2025. The winner will be contacted via Bluesky. Show references: https://www.ajah.ae/https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-griffiths-63432763/Kelly's final episodeThe transformation of Painshill Park, with Paul Griffiths, Director of PainshillWhat it really takes to launch a podcast. With Kelly Molson and Paul GriffithsPaul Griffiths has worked in the Heritage, Museums and Tourism world now for nearly 30 years.After spending 16 years working in various role for English Heritage, in 2012 he moved to the Mary Rose Museum as Head of Operations to oversee the opening and operations of the multi award winning museum, welcoming over one million visitors before in 2018 taking on moving to the Painshill Park Trust in the role of Director of Painshill. Paul spent 6 years there before his move in December 2024 to Ras Al Khaimah one of the seven Emirates that make up the UAE. In this exciting brand new role Paul is Chief Executive Officer of the Al Hamra Heritage Village, part of the Al Qasimi Foundation. Transcriptions: Paul Marden: Welcome to Skip the Queue, a podcast for people working in and working with Visitor Attractions. I'm your host, Paul Marden.Longtime listeners will remember my guest today, Paul Griffiths, when he was CEO at Painshill Park, from when he was interviewed back in season one by Kelly. In today's episode, Paul comes back to talk about his new role as CEO of Al Jazeera Al Hamrah Heritage Village in Ras Al Khaimah in the UAE. Now, I'm always interested in the first 90 days of people's experience in a job, so we'll be talking more about that and his for the future. Paul Marden: Paul, welcome back to Skip the Queue. Paul Griffiths: Hello. Thanks for having me, Paul. Great to be here. Paul Marden:  Long time. Listeners will know that we always start with an icebreaker question and our guests don't get to know that one in advance. I think this one's a pretty kind one. I was pretty mean to Paul Sapwell from Hampshire Cultural Trust a couple of weeks ago because I asked him whether it was Pompey or Saints and for political reasons, he felt that he had to abstain from that.Paul Griffiths: Testing his interest. I'd have gone Pompey at the time because that's where we live. Well, did live. Paul Marden: Oh, there you go. There you go. So you've moved over from Portsmouth. You're now in the UAE. Tell listeners, what is that one? Home comfort that after three months away from Blighty, you're missing? Is it proper English marmalade? Paul Griffiths: Do you know what? I've been able to get hold of most things, but I've not been able to get. I know people who cook properly, so I should be able to do this myself, but I haven't. Cauliflower cheese, one thing I'm missing from home, that doesn't sell it anywhere in a sort of pre pack or frozen form. I can even get hold of Yorkshire puddings in Spinny's supermarket, but I can't get hold of cauliflower cheese. Paul Marden: Can you get cauliflowers? Paul Griffiths: Can get cauliflowers. I'm sure I can make cheese sauce if I knew what it was doing. But you normally. I'm so used to normally buying a pack of cheese, cauliflower cheese to have in my Sunday roast. Paul Marden: Okay. So if I ever get to come out, I need to bring out a plastic wrapped, properly sealed so that it doesn't leak on the plane. Cauliflower cheese? Paul Griffiths: Yes, please. Yeah, absolutely. Paul Marden: So your last episode was actually. Or your last full episode was back in season one, episode 22. So five years ago and the world has changed a lot in five years, but most recently it's changed a lot for you, hasn't it? So why don't you tell listeners a little bit about what's happened to you since you were with us in season one? Paul Griffiths: Wow. Yeah, well, season one seems an age away, doesn't it, now with all the wonderful guests youu've had since on Skip the Queue, it's been a different program completely. But, yeah, no, well, back then I was at Painshill, were coming out of a pandemic and I remember, you know, Kelly and I were chatting over all the different avenues that everyone had gone and what we've done at Painshill and that continued brilliantly. And however, my life has taken a change in. In sense of where I am, but I'm still doing the same sort of work, so. Which is, you know, when our industry, and it's such a fabulous industry, it's great to stay in it. Paul Griffiths: So I am now over in the United Army Emirates in the Emirate of Ras Alhaima, which is the third biggest of the seven emirates that make up the UAE, behind Abu Dhabi and, of course, Dubai. So I was approached, God, nearly always, this time last year, about a call over here. Yes. My recruitment company got in touch and went through, you know, had a good look at the job description and thought, well, actually, we'll throw my hat into the ring. And applied, went for a series of online interviews with the recruitment company, then an online interview with the people over here at various departments within the Al Kassimme Foundation and the Department of Museums and Antiquities. Paul Griffiths: So, yeah, looking at this brand new job, which I'm now lucky enough to be in, I then was flown out in August for a round of interviews, met all the team. You know, one of those things that you later discover, the whole real four days was one big interview, although there was. There was a central one. But of course, everyone you were meeting along the way was being asked to feedback, And I love chatting to people and enjoying people's company. So actually went for dinners and lunches and all sorts, which was just a lovely four days and almost felt like a free hit in many ways, Paul. Well, this is going to be a brilliant experience. Paul Griffiths: If I don't get the job, I'm going to have a great four days in Rasta Taima, seeing it, meeting everyone, enjoying the time here. And, you know, the more time I spent here, the more time with the team, the more time, you know, going and visiting sites. I just became more and more that this would be an amazing job. Obviously gave my absolute everything, did loads of research, gave everything in the interview. The interview took a rather unusual turn. After the sort of hour and a half of questions and my questions, I was asked to leave the room for a short period. Not unusual in that sense because I was, you know, I wasn't just going to leave and go because obviously I was in their hands for four days. Paul Griffiths: But the doctor, Natasha Ridge, the executive director of the foundation, came out the interview and said, “Right, that's all gone really well. We're really pleased. We're now off to the palace for you to meet His Highness Sheikh Saud, who is the ruler of Ras Al Khaimah and on the Supreme Council of the UAE.” So I was sort of, I went to one of the small meeting rooms you. Now I know that. Now I know where I was, where I went. But at that point I had no idea. One of the lovely. There's a very much a service thing here. Paul Griffiths: So, you know, we have in the Heritage Village as well later we have a wonderful member of our team, Geraldine, who does lots of cooking, prepares stuff and just had a wonderful fish taco lunch because we're four hours ahead of you, of course, here in Alaihi. So, yeah, so one of the guys came in with, gave me an English breakfast tea and sort of, you know, sat there reviewing what, thinking what on earth was I going to be asked by His Highness. And then was put into one of the drivers and we drove up through Rat Sahma City, through into the palace, up the long driveway and there I was sort of eventually, after about 20 minutes, presented with. Presented to Sheikh Sword who asked me, chatted, asked various questions. Paul Griffiths: I don't think there could be many interviews that you end up with His Highness in the second half of it. You know, it's sometimes a presentation. Yeah. So that was. I was there for about half an hour and that's your time over and off he goes. And off I went back to then go and have dinner with some of the team. So it was a very surreal afternoon. Paul Marden: Being interviewed by royalty. But when you're not expecting that as part of the interview process, that must be quite unnerving. Paul Griffiths: I had a heads up that at some point in my trip I might meet him, but there was no formal arrangements. I had me had to get in a diary. So it hadn't even crossed my mind that's what was about to happen. When I was asked to leave the meeting room, I just thought maybe they wanted to come back with more questions or, you know, say I hadn't gone well, whatever. But, yeah, no, that was the. I took that as a good sign. I thought, well, actually, if I'm being whisked up there, the interview must have gone relatively well because I'm sure they would present me to shake sword if it hadn't gone so well. Paul Marden: Yeah. You'd hope that he would be towards the end of the cycle of the interview round. Paul Griffiths: Yeah. Paul Marden: Not doing the early sifting of CVs. Paul Griffiths: No. He certainly had seen who I was because he asked me some questions about where I'd worked and. Okay, things like that. So he'd obviously seen a CV. He's a very. I mean, I've met him subsequently a few times. I've been fortunate to be a dinner hosted by him a couple of weeks ago. But he is a very, very intelligent man. Works really hard. I mean, work. He, you know, for him, he spends every minute working on the emirate. He ruled, he. He's the ruler. But he's almost a. It's a sort of combo, I guess he's all Prime Minister at the same time as being the ruler. So he is constantly working. You know, I'm really committed and I'm lucky in many ways that where I am working at the Heritage Village is his real. Paul Griffiths: One of his real pet projects that he's really driving forward. So, yes, we come with sort of royal. Royal approval, if you like. So. Yeah. Paul Marden: Excellent. So I. I've not been to the Emirates before, so for those of us that have not been, tell us a little bit about Ras Al Khaimah, of course. Paul Griffiths: Well, Ras Al Khaimah is one of the quieter Emirates mentioned. Sheikh Saud there, he's really driving a sort of, you know, a sort of agenda of bringing in more tourists. But he wants to use culture and territory as part of that. So, you know, it's a more relaxed, low level, if that makes sense. It's not Dubai, it's not full on, it's more relaxed Emirate. It's relaxed in cultural and many of the ways it's not, as you know, some of the other Emirates are, for example, completely dry. Ras Al Khaimah has given licenses to hotels and big restaurants in hotels for serving drinks. And there are a number of sellers where you can purchase for your consumption your own home, whereas Sharjah, you can't purchase any alcohol, for example, so it's a bit more chilled like that. It's a lovely place. Paul Griffiths: We're very fortunate to have the heavier mountains go through the far side of Ras Al Khaimah. So where I'm based is more on the seafront but then not, you know, I can see the mountains behind and there's a number of drives up into the mountains which are absolutely fabulous. Up to the Jebel Jais, which is the highest point in the UAE, we have the world's longest and fastest zip wire. I have not gone anywhere near that yet. Goes up to 100km an hour and is the longest over from the top of the mountain, whisking you off to the other side. I think it looks terrifying. But my. Paul Marden: I'm more interested in cables that take you to the top of the mountain. Maybe with some skis on my feet than I am attaching myself to a cable and going down the mountain. Doesn't sound like fun to me. Paul Griffiths: There's a toboggan ride as well up there as well.Paul Marden: Oh, I'd love that. Paul Griffiths: So that's the toboggan ride's on my to do list when the family get off, I'll save it for then and take my son Barney on that. But you know, there's all this sort of venture sports up on the top of the mountain and driving up there is remarkable. They put a proper road in. It's not the scary driving up the Alps, terrified what's going to come around the other corner. It's very like driving up a road, you know, normal sort of dual carriageway, two lanes each way and then right going through the mountains to the other side to one of the other Emirates for Jazeera , for example. So you're over on the Indian Ocean side Gulf Vermont. That road is just beautiful. There's no traffic on it, you know. Paul Griffiths: So Ras Al Khaimah is only about an hour and hour to an hour and a half from Dubai airport. And Dubai is a sort of people go to Dubai in the same way that we, you know, you'd go to London, I'd go to London when I was in Port Soviet, we would. It's now, you know, it's not considered a. There's always someone from work who's in Dubai every day almost for some reason. So nipping up to Dubai, I was like, I went to a dinner there last week and you know, it just seemed very normal that he jumped in a car and drove up to Dubai and came back that evening. Whereas. Seems remarkable actually to be doing that. But yeah, so because of where we are, Abu Dhabi is about two and a half hours away.Paul Griffiths: And we are the northern point of the Emirate, So we border on to Oman, split into a number of areas. Again, I didn't know any of this till I got here, but there's a part of Oman that's at the top of Ras Al Khaimah. And so, yeah, so it's a beautiful Emirate with nature, with mountain areas, which does get a bit chillier when you go up the mountains. I looked quite silly in my T shirt and shorts when I went up there on a Sunday afternoon. People were going past me like they were going skiing. You know, people wore coats and hats and looking at me as if I'm really daft. But I was still. It's interesting that because it's winter obviously everywhere here at the moment and at home, but it's. Paul Griffiths: People here are often telling me it's a cold day when I'm still standing. I still feel really quite warm. But yeah, finding that sort ofPaul Marden: Talking 30s at the moment for you, aren't we? Paul Griffiths: Yeah, it's a little bit. The last couple days have been down in the lower 20s, really comfortable. But when we last weekend, people were getting a bit nervous that summer had come very early because it was hitting the early 30s last week. So I don't know how for me, when we get to August, when it's in the mid, late 40s with real high humidity, I think I'm just going to go from aircon building to aircon building to aircon building.Paul Marden: I am such a Goldilocks when it comes to that sort of thing. Not too hot, not too cold, it needs to be just right. So I would definitely struggle in that kind of heat. Look, let's talk a little bit about where you are in the new job. So you've taken on the role of CEO of Al Jazeera Al Hamra Heritage Village. So tell me a little bit about the village. Why is this village so historic? Paul Griffiths: Well, it's a really interesting one, Paul, because it is very important, but it's not that old. And that's why what coming to me about making it more alive is something that's going to be crucial to us. So the village has been lived in for many years. It was a pearl farming village. So most of the people who worked here were doing pearl farming, which is pretty horrible job to do. You were, again, learning about this. You were jumping off boats, going to the ocean depths for up to three to four minutes. No protection really, apart from a very light shirt and some little bits on your fingers. But actually you're nothing on your eyes. Paul Griffiths: So you're having to look through the salt water, find the pearls come up and they were going up and down sometime 15, 16 times or more a day. And there's a fascinating exhibition in Dubai at the Al Shindagha Museum which really does focus on how this worked and how these guys were living. So, so it's a real. So that was the village. So the village had that, it obviously had then had fishing men, merchants making boats, merchants selling, trading wares. And Ras Al Khaimah has been quite a strategic part as all of the UAE really for the sort of trades coming from the Middle east and out into the Gulf. So the villages was being lived in up until the very early 70s. Paul Griffiths: Up in the 1970s the Al Za'abi tribe who were based here were offered I guess a new life is the only way to look at it in Abu Dhabi with new jobs, with land, with housing and it's just a better way like pearl farming was now being done so much cheaper and easier in the Orient in Japan mainly. So that was, that dropped away. There wasn't the other merchant trading going on. So actually the oil boom basically led the tribe to almost one up sticks and head to Abu Dhabi. And in many ways good story because we're still in touch with quite considerable amounts of the tribes people who were here. Lots of the elders have done wonderful oral histories, videos talking about their lives here. But this village survived as just fell into ruins, but actually wasn't developed. Paul Griffiths: And where it becomes important is this would have been what all of the Gulf would have looked like before the oil boom. The UAE wasn't a wealthy nation before then. You know, when I went up to Dubai and spent some time at the Etihad Museum, which is based around which Etihad Union is the not Around Man City Stadium should point out very much around about how the UAE had come together and how, you know, so it wasn't the wealthiest nation, but actually they discovered oil. They then brought seven Emirates together. It then has flourished in the ways that we now know what Dabi and ifwe looks like and even Ras Al Khaimah in some parts and really quite glamorous. But this village survived. Paul Griffiths: So although it fell into ruin, all the other fishing, farmhome fishing, pearl farming villages across the Gulf had become, just got destroyed, knocked down, you know, turned into hotels and high rises. And actually when you visit the other Emirates, lots of them are now recreating their historic areas or re purposing some of the historic buildings and they're doing it very well. In Dubai, Sharjah has actually completely rebuilt. It's what it calls the Harp Sharjah, which is. Which was its historic sort of areas, but. Paul Marden: Right. Paul Griffiths: But this survived. Many of the buildings had fallen into disrepair. And what we've been doing for the last few years, as the Al Qasimi Foundation and the Department of Antiquities and Museums is restoring a number of these buildings, we've then sort of gone into a sort of activation so you can walk around. So we've got, you know, carving now. Only a year ago it was mostly sand. We've now got a path going through it, so you can walk in. And the job that I've really been asked to do initially on arrival here is to really push that activation forward and really look at my sort of. What I've done in the past and what we've seen other places do and think about what can we do to bring this bit more to life? Paul Griffiths: Because it's the sort of storage village is around the 1970s. Well, it was abandoned in the 1970s. Well, you know, for us from the UK, from lots of other nationalities, actually, something in the 70s isn't very old. It's in our lifespan. You know, we are looking at this going well, actually. So when I was talking to a lot of. So RAK TDA's basically visit RAK tourism authority. So they are really supportive in wanting to push Al Jazeera Al Hamra Heritage Village, which will from now on abbreviate to AJAH to save me. Keep saying that. Long tanned. So they are really keen that we're doing more stuff. So why would a tourist want to come? What is there to see once you're here? Paul Griffiths: On top of some abandoned and now beautifully restored houses, mosques, you know, things that you would have expected in a village of, you know, a thousand or so population, 500 houses, you know, so more than a thousand people, really. So that's the sort of plan in that way. So in many ways I've got a sort of blank canvas to play with. But, you know, money's not unlimited, so it's about. So working closely with local communities, working with, you know, local traders, looking at what could we bring into the village on the back of the art fair. I know we'll talk about later, but it's, you know, this has been a. This is a real challenge for me to. How do I take this sort of place forwards.Paul Marden: In my mind's eye, we go to the Weald & Downland Living Museum so open air museum, lots of houses recreating life through the ages. Is that the sort of experience that I'm going to get if I come to the village of I'm going to see the properties and I'm going to see this previous way of life come to life in front of me?Paul Griffiths: Well at the moment you'll see you just see in the houses and the buildings but you're walking around looking at historic buildings but we have got a number of the houses we've put in. Each video is at the moment showing the audio visuals so you can walk around and listen to members of the tribes chatting about their youth and what's happening and you can see the buildings in real life. I guess what I'm looking for this is telling the story a little bit of the village which we don't initially do that well at the moment that's no criteria. Yes, this is what we need to do going forward. There's been several stages of activation When I came last August part not many the paths weren't all finished. We didn't have anywhere for visitor services to be at the front.Paul Griffiths: We only had a very small sort officey area which has now been built up to where I'm. Where I'm sat today. So I think what you're going to get is a multi as a blend of traders who will be in our suitcase. The Souk is fully restored sooke and shopping market area so that's my first point is to move some people in there. So I've already got a goldsmith and move to her studio in got some handicrafts we've got some textile people moving in the. Paul Griffiths: The main gallery of Nassau Heyman Design Gallery which is the one big gallery where artists can go is going to have a sort of satellite shop if you like not shop a satellite so there will be pieces of work there are in here with their little souvenir store which they sell because they get people a lot of what the design gallery does is making souvenirs of Ras Al Khaimah that are all handmade so quite special gifts. So what we're hoping is tying up with our local hoteliers who many of which have not been so it's bringing them in and they need something more to see to send their guests here. Paul Griffiths: So you know talking to some of them over lunch when I hosted some of them on Saturday it was a case of you know actually, can they send their clients and say, you can do all your holiday shopping because at the moment they're sending people to the shopping malls which are just, you know, nice, but actually merchandise them to go to a heritage village, get that experience of what the golf would have been like and bags of shopping at the same time. Paul Marden: So who doesn't love a. A museum gift shop at the end? So, you know. Paul Griffiths: Exactly. And we don't really have that here at the moment from an Al Jazeera perspective. So on my plan for this year is to put in. We've got an info booth, as it's called at the moment. It's not a world. It's not the best customer service friendly. It's like a caravan but with some windows. And yeah, it's probably a better. Now it's got air conditioning. Yes. But it doesn't work very well for customers. You're trying to talk through little windows because you can only have small windows to keep the air con working, not have too much open to. It's just passing out. Paul Griffiths: So, yeah, so I'm looking at building this summer, hopefully. Fingers crossed, touch wood, a visitor welcome centre, which is something we're really pushing along with, which will be lovely because that will be that proper visitor welcome with a shop with an induction into an introduction. Sorry, into the Al Jazeera story. And then let people go. And then when they get to the far end, they'll be the souk full of. He says again, hopefully slowly filling them out, but full of traders and local craftspeople and people who are. Even if they're not originally local, they're based in rack, so they are considered local. The UAE is built up of a lot of expat population. When I say expats, I mean just English people from around the world. It's a really accepting, welcoming community. I've been really. Everyone says hello to you as you're walking into the supermarket shops. There's no. Whoever they are where you're from. Paul Griffiths: Everyone's talking to each other because the local population know they've had to bring people in because there's thousands more jobs than there are Emirati population in Ras Al Khaimah. So, you know, it's always been. And when you look at the foundation of the UAE, it was about, we will need to bring people in to bring this. To build this nation with us. So, you know, it's been always a sort of welcome and melting pot of different people. Paul Marden: Yeah, amazing. Look, you mentioned when we had our initial chat. You've been there now three months, you've been doing lots of visiting of other attractions. Because I think you said to me, which I thought was quite interesting, that you were. There's lots that you bring with you from the UK in your experience, but there's lots of best practice and good practice happening within the Emirates already. So you've been kind of going out and visiting a lot of cultural venues and attractions in the Emirates. Tell me a little bit about those. Paul Griffiths: Yeah, so it's been a minute of a manic last month in February, because we've had the art festival. I know we're going to keep hinting at it, we'll get to it at some point, but when I've had some time away, what's been fabulous, it's just sort of. And I think as well, because the family aren't here in my own at the moment, said, “All right, I've got some time off, let's go and explore.” Yeah. So I've sort of driven across to Fajera, spent time in Sharjah and took myself up for a weekend in Dubai, which was fantastic. Booked a very reasonably priced hotel and just spent a weekend flowering around everywhere and just really immersed in my. So and only scratch the surface. There's so much more to see. So, yeah, so I've been going and looking at. Paul Griffiths: Well, you know, I don't want to do something that's not. There'll be alien to, obviously, the culture here. And that's been really. What's been great fun in the last few months is it's not just going into a new job, you know, and learning that. It's actually been a terrifying, at some points, fabulous experience. I was learning new cultures, new working lives. You know, things are working. It's done very differently here. You know, there's a different hierarchical process we have in the UK and permissions are needed in different places. And that's not. I'm not saying any of this is a bad thing, it's just learning those different things. So I've been learning all these different cultures. You know, we're just coming into Ramadan, which I've had no real experience with before. And that is. That is a massive thing here. You know, it's the month. Paul Griffiths: Every billboard you go past is someone trying to sell something for Ramadan, whether it be a new chest of drawers, you know, your family needs this new dining table for Ramadan. It's a bit like, you know, you will see at Christmas at home, everyone catching on, you know, IKEA will be saying, new table and chairs for Christmas. You know, it's. It's not. It's a sort of different repeating itself. You know, those sort of signs you have around the supermarket. Christmas back home. They're all up now in supermarkets here for Ramadan. Paul Marden: Right. Paul Griffiths: Encouraging what people are going to buy for when they break the fast at sunset Iftar. So, you know, so it's all sort of promoting. You need this for. So it's a real. We're going to a massive thing. And that's been a real sort of learning, cultural thing for me, which has been great because actually I've always enjoyed, when I'm traveling, learning about other cultures, you know, it's always been for me, I always try and visit museums, galleries, learn about the place I'm at. And so actually living somewhere and learn about someone who's been. I think it's added to the fun of the experience. But back to your question. Paul Griffiths: Yes, I've been traveling wherever the possibility to start to look at other historic venues, looking at where they've, you know, restored historic markets and souk areas and what sort of things are going in there, what are people doing there. Up in Dubai, there is a place called Al Shindagar Museum, which is where they've. Some of the historic buildings that have been saved by the creek of Dubai have been turned into the most amazing series of museums, is the only way I can describe it, because each house is a different gallery or different theme. So you have the story of the creek being built up, the story of Dubai seafarers. There was a faith and. Faith and religion room, talking about Islam and different cultures, how that's worked around Dubai. Paul Griffiths: Dubai being built up as a city, lots about the rulers and families, but every house you went to is a different place. What was so impressive there from a visitor experience perspective was the training that Stafford had was sensational. You know, you go into someone, you think they're obviously being managed really well because obviously this is. You don't just train. So obviously someone oversees this really well. But clearly the training, everywhere you went, the customer service was exceptional. People coming out from behind counters, giving you introductions, making sure you had everything needed, you know, as you were leaving. Have you got any questions? All those things we try and all have tried to teach over the years, and in many ways we've all been different levels of success of that. Paul Griffiths: But what was amazing was they also got the security guards in on the act as well, because there's a real culture here that there's a separate, they're secure, they're very different. You know, there's, we've got them here, they're in very much brown security, clearly marked, you know, protecting places. But what they've done there is they had clearly trained those security guards as well, because every security guard you came across was getting in the act of chatting to visitors, even if their English wasn't brilliant, they were really keen to direct you to the next. Come this way. So the next place, oh, you finished that room, you must go upstairs. And you know, that sort of. Paul Griffiths: And whether they, you know, really just said, look, you can have a much more interesting day than just standing, staring at people walking around. You can actually chat to visitors from around the world and get talkative. And I just had the most amazing. I ended up in this museum for over five and a half hours or something silly like that. And I thought I was going to be there an hour because it was priced very reasonably. You know, when you judge a museum on, well, actually I paid this, I'm probably going to be here for that amount of time. And actually it was just, you know, I found myself stopping for a coffee, stopping for lunch. But I was so impressed by the way the staff interacted. Paul Griffiths: They also had a number of cultural local guides as well, who really were, you know, in the full sort of Emirati national dress, but wanted to press on. This is where. This is what I'm doing. So I've some, you know, I traveled across to Fujairah every week and was in a, an old, what was the ruler's summer house. And the guy, and the guy who ran it just took me on a tour. I didn't ask for a tour. He just said, would you. Well, he said, should I take you around? Yes, please. And we had this great hours experience as he was just chatting about all the rooms. And I think people here are very keen to share their culture and their heritage and very welcoming. Paul Griffiths: So, yeah, so I've done quite a bit traveling around the other parts of the UAE. I can't go out of the UAE because I've only got a hire car at the moment, so I can't go out to Omar, that's on my list. You get yourself a car. I can travel north of the border into Oman and explore that. But for now, seven emirates to. So no shortage of places. And I've not been up to Abu Dhabi yet, so still with that on my list. So yeah, Paul Marden: Wowzers. Okay. So I guess, and this is completely, what would I feel like if I was in your position of going to this new country, immersing myself in this relatively new place that you're leading? How do I say this without flattering you? You were a well connected guy. If I went to events, everybody knew you. You had this wide network of people having worked in the UK in the attraction sector for a long time and you've now jumped over to the UAE. What's happened to the network? How does that feel? I mean it must feel slightly kind of worrying or nerve wracking. What have you done to build the network in this new place? Paul Griffiths: There's a number of points to that. Right, so let's answer in a few minutes. So the world's a smaller place so I'm still occasionally having teams call zoom calls with really close ex colleagues, friends, you know, I'm sure, I mean I always say I'm sure but everyone keeps saying, “Oh I'm really loving the journey so please keep posting. So I am going to keep posting and probably going to start to annoy people after a while”, but the feedback so far is everyone saying we're loving the journey and following you with it and feel like we're on the journey. So I will carry on. I'm sort of keeping writing stuff up and sharing it and also I don't know how long I'll be here for. You know, probation is massive over here. I have to keep my fingers crossed. Paul Griffiths: I pass probation which is a six month period because it's a real right the UAE all not just off and across the UAE. It's a real big, you know, much more than at home, much more structured. On day one was given a series and this isn't a bad thing at all, a series of probation tasks, you know, around reports that are around other historic parts because the job that I've come over will eventually evolve into a wider heritage role. But at the moment the real focus is on Al Jazeera Al Hamra, which is great. Get one site, get it going, then see where we go next. So I think I'm still connected to lots of people back home. I'm still looking, seeing everyone's posts and enjoy. Paul Griffiths: I mean my usual jealousy of not being part of the ALVA network anymore as they're all having that great time in Belfast in the last couple of days and seeing everyone's post, not just one or two, but everyone you know, Bernard down with you know everyone's post. I wish I was there with them.Paul Marden: The FOMO was real. So I had Andy Povey in the office with me yesterday and we're both saying the FOMO about that ALVAe vent was very real for both of us having. Paul Griffiths: Having spent. You know I was at the Mary Rose few years where we joined ALVA and go experiencing those council weeks and knowing just hey how much they are great for networking A. You get very spoiled because every host wants to really show off what they can do and I think the Titanic always do that because we go there before for a council meeting but it's. Yeah. So you still see this stuff. So it's still sit home and there's still people I can reach out to.Paul Marden: Of course.Paul Griffiths: If we need to and I'm still calling on people things, you know, different projects we're doing here. But then again it's about slowly building up that network here and I think there's a slightly. You know, there's a. Within Ras Al Khaimah I've started making connections with lots of other people in the Heritage world and. And outside that. So we're already, you know, connecting up with different people from different parts of Ras Al Khaimah, the work we're going to do moving forward and for me I think it's been just a. I'm sort of still pinching myself I'm here and that sort of. So many things keep happening and you know. The weather's been gorgeous because I've come out of a grim English weather to this quite nice winter here where it's mostly been late mid-20s. Paul Griffiths: You're in she and shorts when you're off duty. You know, there's other things. The thing that really surprised me is how smart actually the dress code is for business over here. Paul Marden: Okay. Paul Griffiths: So I had to sort of all the usual brands that from home Mount Marks is next everything here so you could order online and get it delivered quite quickly. So I had sort of came out of one wardrobe thinking I was going to be far more in polo shirt and linen trousers are sort of very sort of summer at Painshill look, you know outdoor. But actually yeah my colleagues are still. Because of the aircon atmosphere. Lots of colleagues particularly in the head office are in suits. A bit like where I would have been when back in my London days. When we're in the office you were in a shirt tie. So yes, I had to sort of buy A back home wardrobe almost once I got traveled out with very lightweight clothing. So yes, it's a bit different in that sense. Paul Marden:  Yeah, absolutely. Let's talk a little bit about life as an expat. How have you found the transition? Paul Griffiths: Fine so far. I say there's lots of bits around work and practice and you know, no amount of inductions will be able to help you on some little faux pas you can make about not realising where you need approvals for staff. And obviously coming from the. For the last six years of being director of Painshill and only from feeding into a board of directors, board of trustees who we'd see quarterly and you know, I chat to the chairman every week. There was a lot of me sort of making those sort of decisions instantly was here, you know, particularly as were part of the foundation and we are representing Sheikh Saud as his name's in the title of the organization now, making sure we're going through those tick sheets. Paul Griffiths: You know, if I want to do anything that needs to spend more money, that's out budget, that is going to his Highness to be signed off. So any projects we're doing, we're needing to make cases to the highest man in the country to actually get those, you know, sign offs and things. And I'm not, that's not a bad thing. But you know, it's just that from an expat I guess it's getting used to. Everything's available here. Not the big supermarket up the road sells Waitrose and Marxist products and has a room at the back for non Muslims where you push the button, door opens, it's like a little bit of a naughty boys room. Paul Griffiths: You push back door open, slides you walk in and there's the pork heaven, you know, there's bacon, there's pork scratching, patays, you know, all because it's a real, you know, it's not just there's so many expats here, particularly from the Philippines and stuff who obviously pork is a big part of their diet. So yeah, that's available. I said earlier on there's cellars where you can pick up a great beer or a couple of glasses of bottle of wine or whatever you want. So actually it's not that I found myself flying into this really different world and I'm not really. Paul Marden:  It's a melting pot, isn't it? Paul Griffiths: Yeah. And I'm not someone who's ever been since very young, you know, going off to nightclubs or anything like that. But if you wanted that There is that. The hotels. So actually, if you're a younger person coming out and you wanted that nightlife, the hotels, particularly on Margin island and Minnal Arab, the tubing hotels have really nice restaurants, fully licensed clubs and stuff. But, you know, actually I found sort of the work is busy. Everyone's, you know, lots going on, actually, just going back to, you know, I was in a hotel for the first two months, which wasn't a dreadful thing because it was an apartment hotel. So, yeah, I had enough and now we've moved. I've moved into a villa ready for the family. Come out hopefully in about a month's time.Paul Marden:  Oh, that'd be exciting. Paul Griffiths: Yeah. So that's nice. So we've got the back onto the golf course. It's quite, you know, it's a nice place to be. It's going to be nice and, you know. Paul Griffiths: Yeah, so I've not struggled adapting because it's not. It's not that, you know, normally I've got a wonderful team here, Asia, you know, so with one Emirati and some Filipinos and other people from around the. From around the world. So that's been nice. And it's melting pot of learning their cultures as well as the local culture and. Yeah. And then they eat rice with everything. So it's. Yeah. Every lunchtime there's a bowl of rice, big bowl of salad in the main course and there's me pouring on the one on the salad, everyone else on the rice. But, yeah, it's been great, Paul. I mean, I can't. It's been one of those. Every moment you think this is just a great place to be. Paul Marden: Good. Let's go back to Al Jazeera and talk a little bit about some of the events that have been going on. So I know you're coming to the end of the Ras Al Khaimah Art Festival. Tell me a little bit about that and how well that's gone. Paul Griffiths: It's been brilliant. I know. I had no idea what to expect. First time for this. So this is the 13th International Art Fair. It started off back in the small museum back in the city of Central Town, moved to here, I think, five years ago is what I'm saying, and slowly grown every year since then. So this is the biggest one we've done, really. Lots of massive sponsors on board from across the Emirates, actually fully supported by His Highness, who's been here at least four times, if not five, since we've had the vessel. He was here at the opening ceremony for the big launch, you know it was, and it was like a proper opening ceremony. Paul Griffiths: Everyone sat round with a band and speakers and you know like not quite Olympics but you know it was a proper event. This is the opening of it and it felt like a big event. Yeah. All my female members of my team had, were given time off in the day to do hair and makeup. It was proper. Everyone looked, everyone looked the business, it was lovely. You know everyone was scrubbed up from the maintenance team to, you know, our executive director looking fabulous in a brand new dress. You know it was really was. No, I've had a new suit, I got a new suit for the occasion. Paul Griffiths: So yeah, it was a lovely evening and then it's rolled ever since and for me it's been wonderful because I've seen people in this village which has been quite quiet since I'd arrived and it's sort of been okay, how are we going to get this? But actually clearly putting something on has attracted a complete cross spectrum audience. So you know, we have people coming in, absolutely fascinating, obsessed with the art, beautiful and it's artists I should say from around the world. It's all exhibited outside or inside the little houses. So you know lots of the pieces have been blown up quite big and quite impressive. I mean do look at it on the website, you know people, you know if you go to ajah.ae you can then click on from there.Paul Marden: We'll put the links and everything in the show notes so people be able to find that. Paul Griffiths: It's been, but it's been, for me it's been fabulous because we've seen so many people in, you know I was, you know, we've had, we've got pop up restaurants so this won't mean anything to people back home but the restaurant called Puro P U R O has a restaurant at the top of the mountain at Jebel Jais. Really almost impossible to get booking, you know you have to book months advance for lunch or dinner. It's the place that everybody, both locals, internationals and tourists want to see and often frequented by his Highness. They've got a pop up restaurant here which just is fabulous. Paul Griffiths: They we've had a lovely couple, Kelly and Paolo in running a restaurant called Antica which is a sort of the chef's Italian Paolo but he's lived in Australia so it's a fusion of Australian middle Italy, sort of historic villagey type cuisine with an Emirates twist. But you're just served four or five courses without there's not a menu. It's not a restaurant as such, so it's sort of a sharing experience. But you know, the food is amazing. So I was fortunate to have dinner. Well, I've actually been fortunate enough to have dinner in Antica twice and lunch there as well. But one of the dinners I was then wandering around the village about 10 o'clock at night was full of people, you know, families just. Paul Griffiths: There is a different culture over here that people do more stuff in the evenings because of the temperature and a different way of life because the local people aren't obviously, for obvious reasons, down the pub on a Friday night, they're doing stuff with the family and you go past cafes and even outside of the village, you know, 9, 10 o'clock on a Friday night, they're full of people sitting very beautifully dressed in their finest, drinking coffee and eating desserts. That's a big thing. People seem to love coffee and desserts. Paul Marden: Okay. Paul Griffiths: But, but then of course it's because because of the heat most of the year we'll spend more time indoors resting in the day and then ready to go out at night and do some more stuff. So yeah, so we've had this sort of here in the evenings. It's really fun. What was interesting is our hours for the festival were meant to be midweek. So Monday we always close. Tuesday to Thursday we're meant to be open till 6 o'clock and then Friday, Saturday, Sunday open to 11:00. Often struggling to get people out then the first night. So the Tuesday night was the first night. Medusa goes at 6:00. 5:45, I had a queue of at least 40 people trying to get in. So we just had to make an on the hooves decision. Paul Griffiths: We're going to stay open later. And then we just opened till 8:00 in the midweek. We didn't want to push it too much because of obviously from the staff welfare perspective, an hour's work. But actually that first night were just. Myself and Sikrat, who's the director of the festival, Emirati. Wonderful. Emirati has been my cultural bodyguard in many ways because he's been the person, my go to person for what should I do here? What about this person? How should I do this? So Spencer Crouch just stood there. Look at this crowd. We both just said, “Well we can't turf them away. This would be daft.” So yeah, so we've had. And we've had about 40, 000 visitors will have come through the door by the end of the festival in 28 days. Paul Griffiths: The artworks then going to stay up in place for Ramadan. So we'll be working different hours again during Ramadan and this is the first time Al Jazeera will ever do. Has ever done anything special for. Because before now it's just been a come and visit, walk in, do what you like, leave now. We're trying to structure that visitor experience. So we're going to be for Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, because Thursday's the sort of Friday night in many ways. Because a lot of people have Fridays off here. Yes, because of the day of prayers and so a lot of people in Ras Al Hamah go to Dubai and Abu Dhabi for work. So Thursday nights they'll travel back. So actually we're going to be open till midnight on Thursday, Friday, Saturday for Ramadan. Paul Griffiths: So people will break the fast with the families and then they want to do the sort of head top of activity. They've now got food back in them and an energy source. And out they come. So again, first time we've done it, hopefully see numbers with the artwork will still be in place. We're then working on some different options around cuisine, food, coffee and hopefully get some musicians in as well, just to give a bit of an atmosphere. But it is a holy month, so it's not. It's not parties, but it's enjoying the family. Paul Marden: Yeah, absolutely. So what does the future look like for the Heritage Village and for tourism and attractions more generally in RAK? Paul Griffiths: I think for RAK itself, we're trying to bring more tourists in then trying to get the most hotels. Interestingly, as they had a lunch with five of our local big hotels at the weekend using. Using our Antico restaurant, this is excuse to have another lunch there and invite some people in and just take on their views, which is great. So just chatting and getting their thoughts on it. They were saying what. What happens in Iraq a lot at the moment is people are finding the hotels through travel agents, through, you know, searches. I know when were looking before I came out here, I know Ras Al Hamra came up on a Thomas Cumbin telescope. Yeah, similar. What am I thinking of? Probably Tui, I guess, or someone like, you know, someone like that. Paul Griffiths: I was doing a search for when went to Canary, but up came Ras Al Khaimah as a hotel and what they were saying. A lot of people will book that and have no idea really what Ras Al Khaimah is, other than it's part of the UAE. Some people think it's part of Dubai, you know, actually, because it's not, they don't realize it's seven emirates, etc. So a lot of people are booking their sort of tourists, their hotels. Our job is to try and then get them out and attract them to do other stuff. So there's lots of adventure tourism going on at the moment. We talked about the zip wire and lots of hiking, walking, camel rail, camel riding, you know, trips to the desert where you can zoom around in 4x Fours and go karts and stuff. Paul Griffiths: So from my perspective of the Heritage village is about bringing it more alive, bringing more people in, promoting it, more linking up with these sorts of hoteliers, concierges. And this is really early days for us because this has always been sort of slightly done but not really pushed yet. And sort of listening to what their advice is and seeing how we can act upon it, you know, and what sort of stuff we can take forward because, you know, there's a lot to be done. And there's lots of other heritage sites across rat about 90 on the list of actual heritage sites. And some of those are real ruins that you're never going to be able to do anything with. Paul Griffiths: Those sort of English Heritage free sites, you know, the ones you stumble across with a little brown sign and you pull up with a lay by, have a potter around and off you go without seeing anyone. There's a bit like that. But then there's a number of sites that will work well with some activation. You know, we've got Dyer Fort, which is on the World Heritage site tentative list and we're working on projects to slowly take that forward to World Heritage status. Touchwood because it's a really important for, you know, and it's perfect for visits. You climb up to the top, you get the most gorgeous views. You know, really is a gorgeous little site. So more interpretation, more things there is what's needed. But you know, again, this is all early days. Paul Griffiths: So it's all about sort of, you know, each day's excitement. What can we do, what can we push forward, who can we talk to? And what's been great is as the festival's gone on, more people have been coming and chatting to me. Mine have become more, well known. That sounds wrong, goes back to your sort of earlier question about, you know, people are sort of learning about, oh, this person's here now. Paul said, although people can call me sir or Mr. Paul, which is fine. I can deal with that. Keep saying now, people, I keep saying, please don't call me sir. You really don't need to. But it's so culturally great. But Mr. Everyone see everyone externally, she's called Mr. Paul, so I can put up with that. But I was there. Although when we host his. Paul Griffiths: His Highness hosted dinner that I was invited to, I then got even pushed up to His Excellency, which was a title. I want to go. Paul Marden: That's quite nice. Paul Griffiths: Yeah, I love that. Apparently. I always thought that someone else I knew was his title. His Excellency was part of the family, but actually it's. Once you get to a CEO director level in royal that circle, you immediately become His Excellency, so. Paul Marden: Well, there we go. I will correct myself in future communications. Paul Griffiths: Please do. Yeah, but I thought it was wonderful. That's why it's just been lovely, the funny comments coming from people back home saying, oh, well, I've amended my entry in my phone to now shake your he status. But yeah, so. But there's a sort of cultural things. It's just. Okay, right, lovely. That's fun. Paul Marden: It's been a whirlwind for you. It's been really interesting actually, talking about it and understanding more about. About what's happening there, about how exciting it is, this huge opportunity that you've got to make a something out of this beautiful historic village and then that, you know, the remit will grow from there. So I think. I think this has been lovely. We always wrap up our interviews with a book recommendation and you've had this privilege once before. So have you run out of recommendations or do you have something ready for me? Paul Griffiths: Well, I was going to recommend the Red island, an Emirati story, because it's based on Al Jazeera Al Hamra, but I thought that might be a little bit too niche. This guy. So, again, little things have come across. This guy's written a book, Adil, and he's going to be coming to Al Jazeera to do a book reading signing. These little opportunities. I have read the book, I promise. It was actually fascinating because it's all about local culture. It went off in a number of tangents, but actually from a point of view of how the Emirati local culture works and families, it was actually quite a really good induction. But now I've decided to go with a more book for management or book for running. And I don't think anyone's given this before, but if they have, I'm nervous. Paul Griffiths: But this book, Fish!, which is one of my favourite books. I've actually launched this as the Al Jazeera Book Club for the spring. So all the team have a copy. Book clubs are massive over here for work. Every department has one here in the foundation. So this book, Fish, is based around the Seattle fish market. My colleagues who've worked me in the past, both. I can hear them groaning now because they've forced everyone to read this, but it's basically around having fun when you're at work. And it talks about the story of the Seattle fish market, how they were just flogging fish, but actually one day decided, we need to liven this up. We need to want to be here. So introduced, sort of involving the crowd, fish flying through the air. Paul Griffiths: But It's a more of a story about a woman joins, it moves up in a company into a department that no one's been able to manage. She gets to the bottom of using the fish market. And it's just a really fun, easy reading book. And so I recommend it to. To listeners and viewers. Paul Marden: That's brilliant. So listeners, if you would like a copy of Fish,Paul Griffiths: It's quite a cheap book as well, Paul, so please, you have to give one away. So it's not too much money. It's just 9.99 in the non fiction section. So, yeah, cheaper. Paul Marden: Bargain. Bargain. That's the trouble with. So I've been doing a few live events where we have panels, four people with book records, recommendations. That's going to bankrupt me. No, not today. We got a bargain this time. So I like this. Yeah. If you'd like a copy of Fish, if you'd like a copy of Paul's book, head on over to Bluesky and when Wenalyn posts the show note, go over there and repost it and say, I want Paul's book. And the first person to do that will get a copy of the book. Paul, delightful as always. Three times on the podcast, at least. Paul Griffiths: I think this would be number. This would be number four because we had the original episode where Kelly grilled me about life at Painshill. Then we did the Turn the Tables episode when I grilled Kelly on setting up podcasts. And then we did. Then we did the Goodbye to Kelly, whatever it was. 100 episode. And then this. Yeah, four Skip the Queues. Which is always a pleasure and I'm so delighted as you're my favourite podcast, obviously.Paul Marden: It's, oh, you say the nicest things. That must be a record. I need to go back and check that I think four times on the podcast is pretty impressive. Paul Griffiths: I think I should get to add all mine up into one as a total so I can beat Dominic Jones, who's always had the biggest number, isn't he? Paul Marden: So, yeah, so he does and he still does. So, yeah, I think aggregating the number of listens for across all of your episodes, I think that might be within the walls. Let me see what I can do and I'll add everything up and we'll see if you can take Dom's crown. Paul Griffiths: Sorry, Dom. Paul Marden:  Because he's not competitive at all. Paul Griffiths: No, he's not, mate. He's a great guy, though. So, yeah, a friendly rival. Paul Marden: Exactly. Thank you very much, Paul. I would love to keep in touch. Paul Griffiths: Let's keep talking. Paul Marden: I want to hear what happens not just after the first 90 days, but I want to hear what happens in a year's time and two years time. So thank you so much for coming on and telling us about Ras Al-Khaimah and the Heritage Village. It's been lovely. Paul Griffiths: Yeah, thanks for having me. It's great. Been a real pleasure. Paul Marden: Thanks for listening to Skip the Queue. If you've enjoyed this podcast, please leave us a five star review. 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Un percorso interdisciplinare tra la ricerca etica dei filosofi greci (da Aristotele allo stoicimo e all'epicureismo) e le neuroscienze: come essere felici?

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In questa puntata del Tamburino, prosegue il percorso di Mariasole Garacci attraverso le opere urbanistiche per il Giubileo 2025.Stavolta siamo a Piazza San Giovanni, luogo di scavi archeologici e di memoria politica, dove i rivolgimenti storici di secoli fa, le speranze e fallimenti del XX secolo si mescolano facendoci incontrare, ancora una volta, i molteplici e inattesi livelli semantici di Roma.Sveja è un progetto di comunicazione reso possibile da Periferiacapitale, il programma per Roma della Fondazione Charlemagne.Il materiale sonoro proviene da AAMOD e LapresseSostienici anche tu su sveja.it

Per approfondire gli argomenti della puntata: Pillole dall'Età Antica : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfTbr8ljQE0&list=PLpMrMjMIcOkn0CSs_rSK2GCJrLkiC8-Z_&ab_channel=LaBibliotecadiAlessandria Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guarda il video dal Quirinale: https://youtu.be/oE9Ljwo09pU Scopri come trasformare il tuo 2025 in un anno di vero progresso personale con abitudini pratiche e direzioni chiare. Niente fuffa, solo strategie efficaci per la salute, le relazioni e il benessere interiore. Basta obiettivi irraggiungibili: impara a creare abitudini che trasformano la tua vita! Progresso reale, più serenità e meno distruttori. Entra nel 2025 con il piede giusto. #miglioramentopersonale #abitudini #obiettivi #autostima #progresso #salutementale #crescitasana #biohacking #connessioniprofonde #gestionestress #psicologiapositiva #gratidudine NON vendo nulla e questo canale NON ha nessun tipo di pubblicità Cerco solo di dare contenuti UTILI e soprattutto DIVERTENTI! Se lo sono per te, nel tuo miglior interesse, metti like, seguimi e diffondi!

Consiglio di guardare il video fatto con l'AI: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESMnWnHggdk Conosci il #Mindset, l' #atteggiamentomentale della #felicità (e il suo opposto)? In questa accattivante narrazione natalizia puoi approfondire la #psicologiapositiva NON vendo nulla TUTTI i miei canali non hanno pubblicità Cerco solo di dare contenuti UTILI e soprattutto DIVERTENTI! Se lo sono per te, nel tuo miglior interesse, metti like, seguimi e diffondi!

C'è stato un tempo in cui si cercava di estrarre lo spirito dalla materia e lo si faceva appellandosi a principi metafisici, attraverso formule esoteriche intrise di simboli, esalazioni sulfuree e mercuriali, coltivando quell'arte che prendeva il nome di alchimia, inseguendo il segreto della trasmutazione, unica chiave per arrivare all'”oro invisibile”.  Proprio a quell'epoca e a quelle antiche metodologie si è ispirata l'Antica Distilleria Petrone per la sua nuova linea di liquori, “Alchimisti Reali”, un'opportunità per rendere omaggio al fondatore Domenico, speziale alla Corte dei Borbone, che a quanto pare di alchimia ne sapeva qualcosa e probabilmente proprio attratto dalle potenzialità e possibilità della trasformazione degli elementi decise di dar vita all'azienda nel 1858. 

 Quello della formazione delle nuove leve è un tema caldo per la ristorazione, piagato dalla scarsità di risorse qualificate e sempre più propenso a muoversi in una direzione di internalizzazione dell'attività per poter colmare un gap che crea situazioni emergenziali.  Una dimensione che interessa anche il mondo dei lievitati come sa bene il management di Antica Pizzeria Da Michele in the World (MITW) che insieme a Logos Formazione e in partnership con la Regione Campania da nove anni organizza un corso gratuito per pizzaioli professionisti, destinato a 10 allievi di età compresa tra i 18 e i 35 anni, opportunità per acquisire strumenti fondamentali ai fini dell'inserimento nel mondo del lavoro: dalla preparazione dell'impasto e degli ingredienti per la guarnizione all'analisi e studio dei tipi di prodotti e della loro qualità, dalle tecniche per la spianatura alla preparazione e cottura della pizza, dalla cura dell'approvvigionamento e della conservazione di materie prime e semilavorati all'applicazione del sistema di controllo per la sicurezza dei prodotti alimentari, per arrivare al self empowerment, alle dinamiche dei gruppi di lavoro e anche ad aspetti economico/gestionali, in particolare il Food cost nella ristorazione. 

Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber (1644-1704) - Partia VI in re major for two violins and basso continuo [00:05]From "Harmonia Artificioso-Ariosa: diversi mode accordata" (Salzburg, 1696) 1.       Praeludium: Adagio-Allegro. 2.       Aria: Variatio I-XIII. 3.       Finale: Adagio-Allegro.Musica Antiqua KölnReinhard Goebel, conductor *********Georg Muffat (1653-1704) - Concerto n. 1 in re "Bona nova" [17:46]From XII Concerti grossi from "Auserlesener mit Ernst und Lust gemengter Instrumental-Musik Erste Versamblung" (Passau 1701)1.       Sonata. Grave. Allegro2.       Ballo. Allegro3.       Grave4.       Aria5.       GigaMusica AeternaPeter Zajíček, conductor

Questa NON è la "solita meditazione"! Condivido con te quasi 40 anni di esperienza meditativa per guidarti nel riconoscimento della tua già esistente quiete interna, utilizzando il respiro come ancoraggio per una profonda pace interiore. Esploriamo insieme una forma di meditazione innovativa che integra una procedura di mindfulness fondamentale, progettata per offrire un'esperienza di meditazione avanzata. Ti invito a partecipare attivamente a questa pratica, evitando errori comuni, e a riconnetterti con il tuo corpo e il momento presente in modo naturale e senza sforzo. Attraverso l'approccio "anapanasati", imparerai a gestire pensieri e le emozioni con accettazione e serenità. Infine, esploriamo il concetto di spazio consapevole, ampliando la nostra attenzione verso il mondo che ci circonda, e rinforzando l'idea che la meditazione è un atto di rispetto per noi stessi. Preparati a intraprendere questo viaggio verso la vera libertà interiore. NON vendo nulla e questo canale NON ha nessun tipo di sponsorizzazione Cerco solo di dare contenuti UTILI e soprattutto DIVERTENTI! Se lo sono per te, nel tuo miglior interesse, metti like, seguimi e diffondi!

Hai problemi psicologici e non sai come risolverli? Ecco 5 modi con cui ho risolto i MIEI più grossi! Ti piacerebbero dei modi "evidence based" che funzionano davvero e GRATIS? Ascolta questa Masterclass TOTALMENTE GRATUITA e senza secondi fini.

Ep. 804 - I segreti della nuova (e antica) filosofia di mercato dell'Empoli

Oggi vi posto a Roma, sull'antica Via Appia, da poco Patrimonio Unesco! Sostieni il podcast con il tuo abbonamento! Trascrizione ed esercizio su www.podcastquattrostagioni.ch

Rafael and Marco take you on a walk through Verona's historic center, exploring the city's unique charm, rich culture, and why it's such a great spot for visitors and those thinking about buying property in Italy. They chat about what makes Verona so livable, comparing the busy tourist areas with the quieter neighborhoods that make it an attractive choice for anyone considering moving to Italy or living abroad. With a focus on the Italian real estate market, Rafael and Marco share practical tips for anyone interested in buying a home or apartment in Italy, showing what makes Verona a special place to settle down. In this episode of the Italian Real Estate Podcast, hosted by Italian attorney Marco Permunian and dual citizen expat podcaster Rafael Di Furia, you'll get an inside look at life in Italy and the real estate opportunities waiting for you. For help with buying a home in Italy, and more information about Italian Real Estate Lawyers visit IREL's website: https://ItalianRealEstateLawyers.com To contact Italian Attorney Marco Permunian and his team, you can use the contact form on the Italian Real Estate Lawyers website: https://italianrealestatelawyers.com/contact-us/ Also to see more from Rafael Di Furia about life in Italy and life as a dual citizen check out his YouTube channel and website: http://YouTube.com/RafaelDiFuria Http://RafaelDiFuria.com Topics & Timestamps: 0:00 – Intro & Opening Thoughts 0:52 - Thoughts on Verona. 1:54 - Is Verona popular with tourists? 2:43 - Different sides within the same city. 5:55 - Purchasing a property in Verona. 7:38 - Real estate market in Veneto during summer 2024 10:16 - Arena di Verona 12:35 - Closing Thoughts & Outro

durée : 00:05:57 - Un ghjornu, una canzona : I Fratelli Vincenti - Casa antica - "Casa antica" è u sguardu di I Fratelli Vincenti

Gli Etruschi sono stati una civiltà importantissima dell'Italia antica. Impareremo tutto sulla loro lingua, le città, la società, il cibo e tanto altro ancora. The post 128 – Gli Etruschi, i primi architetti dell'Italia antica first appeared on .

Un viaggio nella storia dei Giochi Olimpici, dalle loro origini nell'antica Grecia alle moderne Olimpiadi che conosciamo oggi. Qual è la storia delle Olimpiadi? In questo episodio, esploriamo perché sono state istituite e come si sono evolute nel tempo. Parleremo della nascita dei Giochi Olimpici moderni nel 1896 ad Atene e della creazione del Comitato Internazionale Olimpico (CIO). Approfondiremo le prime edizioni, la progressiva partecipazione femminile, fino ad arrivare agli ultimi anni. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Il tamburino di sabato 3 agosto, la rassegna sulla vita culturale di Roma. Al microfono Leonardo Zaccone, poeta, performer e musicologo. Roma si svuota, anche Sveja va in vacanza e saluta il suo pubblico fino al 25 agosto.Cristiano Petretto ci racconta Ferragostia Antica, perché Roma è una città di mare e a ferragosto si sposta sul lido!A testaccio URBS, il museo delle cartoline, che unisce una ricerca storica sulla tradizione delle cartoline in bianco e nero al design contemporaneo che immagina una Roma colorata.Lungo 10 porte delle mura aureliane, Spazio Taverna espone 20 immagini per una Roma del futuro, realizzate da 10 artisti e 10 studi di architettura italiani.Sveja è un progetto indipendente sostenuto da Periferiacapitale, il programma per Roma della fondazione Charlemagne.

In questa puntata facciamo il punto sulle più importanti e interessanti storie che ci arrivano dalle Olimpiadi di Parigi: dal ritorno di Simon Biles alle prime medaglie italiane, passando poi un controverso atleta olandese, i problemi del dressage e la spy-story del Canada. Ci perdiamo poi tra le onde e il vento dell'America's Cup, la competizione più antica del mondo, la più interessante, ricca e ambita del mondo della vela sportiva. Una regata che raggiunge vette uniche non solo sotto il punto di vista sportivo, ma anche su quello ingegneristico, di desing ed economico. Per vincere l'America's Cup non basta essere un grande velista e avere una barca super veloce, serve saper dominare il mare; per questo, conta solo chi vince e there is no second, come recita il motto ufficiale della regata. Insieme alla velista e skipper italiana Francesca Clapcich, che parteciperà per il New York Yatch club e il team American Magic alla Women's America's Cup. Parliamo anche di Stati Uniti e di come le vicende legate alle elezioni presidenziali possono influire sullo sport USA. Segui Linee anche su Instagram e TikTok! Il LINK per iscriverti alla newsletter è QUESTO  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mancano pochi minuti allo scoccare delle ore 13, è il 18 luglio del 2024 e, per la seconda volta nella storia degli underwater wines, una cassa di bottiglie di liquore affinate nelle profondità marine riemerge dalle acque accolta tra gli applausi di un pubblico curioso ed emozionato. 

"C'è un limite oltre il quale la paura cede il posto alla speranza." In questo episodio, seguiamo Oreste, ancora tormentato dalle Erinni, in una disperata missione comandata da Apollo. La sua unica speranza di salvezza risiede nel trafugare una statua sacra dal tempio di Artemide nel regno barbaro di Tauride. Accompagnato dall'inseparabile Pilade, Oreste affronterà pericoli mortali e inaspettati incontri, tra cui quello con una misteriosa sacerdotessa. Scopriremo come si sviluppa questa drammatica avventura, ricca di colpi di scena, e quali segreti si celano dietro le divinità e i loro riti sanguinari. Non perderti questa puntata emozionante e coinvolgente!.-.-.I supporter magnifici di questa puntata sono: Giacomo, Andrea Dalila, Chiara Atena e Greta. Grazie anche a Gaetano, Daniele, Vanessa, Paola, Jimbo, Andrea Len Gioele e Alessia..-.-.Per avere informazioni su come puoi supportare questo podcast vai qui:Scopri come puoi aiutarmi!Se ti va di dare un'occhiata al libro “Il Re degli Dei”, ecco qui un link (affiliato: a te non costa nulla a me dà un piccolissimo aiuto): Leggi un estratto da "Il Re degli Dei"Se ti va di dare un'occhiata al libro “Eracle, la via dell'eroe”, ecco qui un link: Scarica un estratto da "Eracle, la via dell'eroe"Altri link affiliati: Lista dei libri che consiglio (lista in continuo aggiornamento): Libri consigliatiLista dei film che consiglio (lista in continuo aggiornamento): Film DVD/BR consigliatiLista hardware che consiglio per chi è curioso del mondo per podcast (lista in continuo aggiornamento): Hardware per iniziare a fare podcast!Cerchi momenti di pace e serenità? Ascolta i migliori suoni della natura e la migliore musica per meditare, studiare o semplicemente rilassarti: Suoni della Natura e Musiche rilassantiUso plugin audio da questa Software House: Waves. Se vuoi dare un'occhiata, anche questo è un link affiliato:Waves Software House

SBS Italian esce dagli studi radiofonici per andare alla scoperta delle storie della nostra comunità. Questa volta incontra Gian, barbiere pugliese che da sette anni ha aperto un suo negozio a Sydney.

Join Melissa and Ellie in this episode of the Lame Book Club Podcast as they dive into the tandem read of "Empire of Storms" chapters 1-11 and "Tower of Dawn" chapters 1-6! Get ready for laughter, drama, and lively commentary as our hosts navigate the thrilling world crafted by Sarah J. Maas. Expect to hear their unique insights and witty observations about key plot points, character dynamics, and unexpected twists. From Aelin's struggle for recognition in Terasen to Chaol's quest for healing in Antica, Melissa and Ellie dissect every suspenseful moment with humor and heart. In this episode, they shine a light on the challenges faced by beloved characters like Manon, Dorian, and Elide, while also introducing new faces that add depth to the ongoing saga. Whether it's the tension-filled encounters with the Lords of Terasen or the mysterious happenings in the southern continent, Melissa and Ellie keep you engaged with their infectious enthusiasm and genuine camaraderie. Get connected with us on social media for more bookish banter and exclusive content! #BookDiscussion #BookPodcast #BookReview #BookishBanter #LiteraryHumor #ChapterAnalysis #ListenerEngagement #WittyReaders #PodcastFun #BookLovers #EmpireOfStormsDiscussion #AelinsBloodOath #AelinAndRowan #BookClubChat #YaFantasyBooks #BookReading #BookDiscussion #CharacterDevelopment #TowerOfDawn #TandemReadGuide CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 1:18 - Melissa's New Reading Nook 4:00 - Welcome Back 5:46 - Powerless Powwow 7:58 - This Week's Reading Schedule 11:19 - Nightfall 17:29 - Chapter 1 23:16 - Manon 27:04 - The Lords of Terrasen 33:03 - Tower of Dawn 35:58 - Empire of Storms 50:37 - The Torre Cesme 53:45 - Elide and Lorcan 55:55 - Yrene 58:00 - Manon and the Matrons 1:02:05 - Review of the Week ---------------------------------- Get Connected with us: https://linktr.ee/lamebookclub

Summary: Welcome to Episode 7 of our special Throne of Glass series, friends! Leaving Aelin and her court behind this time, we follow Chaol and Nesryn as they visit a new part of the world and embark on their own adventures. Today we explore Tower of Dawn, the sixth (or seventh depending on your reading order) book in ToG. Chaol and Nesryn have traveled to Antica to achieve two goals: benefitting from their world-class healers to help Chaol walk again and secure the support of the Khagan in the war. Both become more complicated and more important and sooner than later we realize that no matter the physical distance, everything they do connects to Aelin and her struggle to overthrow the evil in Erilea.  We have both been reading the Throne of Glass series by Sarah J Maas, a mutual favorite author who we celebrated in a previous LoveFest episode. We will be releasing monthly special episodes in which we debrief on each book as we go throughout the series.  We encourage you to read along with us throughout the year–or at whatever point you're jumping into these episodes–and enjoy our reactions, speculations, and gushing as we explore this new fantastical world. As a reminder, each episode will have spoilers for the book being discussed and any of the books we've read previously, but we won't give spoilers beyond that point. Episodes will continue to drop each month until we finish the series. Instagram: @heartsanddaggerspod Website: www.heartsanddaggerspod.com Bookshop.org: https://bookshop.org/shop/heartsanddaggerspod (purchases support our work) If you like what you hear, please tell your friends and rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify so that we can find our perfect audience.  

Com a guerra se aproximando de Dorian e com Aelin lutando por seu trono de direito, Chaol pode ser uma peça-chave para a sobrevivência dos dois jovens monarcas, convencendo outros governantes a se aliarem a eles. O que Chaol e Nesryn descobrem em Antica, no entanto, vai mudar os dois - e será mais vital para salvar Erilea do que eles poderiam ter imaginado.

Com a guerra se aproximando de Dorian e com Aelin lutando por seu trono de direito, Chaol pode ser uma peça-chave para a sobrevivência dos dois jovens monarcas, convencendo outros governantes a se aliarem a eles. O que Chaol e Nesryn descobrem em Antica, no entanto, vai mudar os dois - e será mais vital para salvar Erilea do que eles poderiam ter imaginado.

Oggi, nel podcast del Corriere del Ticino, andremo a visitare un patrimonio culturale unico, un gioiello di sapere che ha attraversato gli oceani del tempo fino ai giorni nostri. Si tratta di Casa Berna, la biblioteca pubblica più antica in Ticino. Casa Berna è una delle più importanti dimore storiche a Prato. Il suo valore si basa sull'architettura, sulla storia e sulla biblioteca che il canonico Giovanni Giulio Girolamo Berna, nato nel 1717 e defunto nel 1804, raccolse e aprì al pubblico, clero e nobiltà locali. La biblioteca, formata dagli originali armadi e libri che sono stati catalogati e conservati, è stata spostata nel 2008 in un edificio a Fusio, per evitare il suo deterioramento. Casa Berna e la sua biblioteca sono stati, dal 1762, un centro culturale di alto livello per la val Lavizzara, insieme al centro politico (pretorio del 16° secolo di Sornico) e al centro religioso (chiesa parrocchiale di San Martino, sempre a Sornico). L'edificio è indicato per la sua rilevanza nel contesto del nucleo anche nell'Inventario degli insediamenti svizzeri da proteggere. Per il Cantone si tratta di un caso unico che merita di essere valorizzato.Il reportage, completo di foto, videointerviste e infografica, è stato pubblicato sul sito internet all'indirizzo cdtlink.ch/casa-berna.

The loom has been an essential tool for humanity for thousands of years. Now two women are returning to the ancient technique of weaving to address a modern issue - Australia's growing textile waste problem. - Il telaio è stato uno strumento essenziale per l'umanità per migliaia di anni. Ora due donne stanno tornando all'antica tecnica della tessitura per affrontare un problema moderno: il crescente problema dei rifiuti tessili in Australia.

The loom has been an essential tool for humanity for thousands of years. Now two women are returning to the ancient technique of weaving to address a modern issue - Australia's growing textile waste problem. - Il telaio è stato uno strumento essenziale per l'umanità per migliaia di anni. Ora due donne stanno tornando all'antica tecnica della tessitura per affrontare un problema moderno: il crescente problema dei rifiuti tessili in Australia.

House of Sky and Breath chapters 61-70.In the penultimate episode of our HOSAB deep dive, we break down Bryce's opposite of a wet dream with Apollion. Could Parthos — now a vast, dusty plain — be the same place the Bone Carver told Feyre about? We also compare the BC to the Sin-Eater and Lunathion — modeled after an ancient coastal city — to Antica.Topics include the possibility of Jesiba being Theia's daughter, Tharion's blood oath (and the Viper Queen being Valg), and the latest Danika bombshell. Plus, Sarah finally answers whether or not Hunt has a foot fetish. Next week: chapters 71-78 + epilogue/bonus chapters.Summon us @DTFaePodcast and DTFaepodcast@gmail.com. We like our coffee icy and our books spicy! Oh, and we're totally Down To Fae. A podcast for fantasy romance readers and fans of authors like Sarah J. Maas, Jennifer L. Armentrout, Rebecca Yarros and Carissa Broadbent. Follow along as your delulu hosts discuss your favorite romantasy books in a chapter-by-chapter read, re-read or refresher.

Parliamo con Adriano Virgili, che ne ha curato una traduzione italiana commentata, del proto-vangelo di Giacomo, un testo molto interessante dal punto di vista storico e teologico.

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Accolto in Cassazione il ricorso dei privati sui confini del demanio marittimo avviato nel '73 dalla Capitaneria di porto di Venezia sul litorale del Cavallino.

Sembra che secondo un'antica leggenda Maya nel mondo esisterebbero 13 antichissimi teschi di cristallo che un giorno si ritroveranno tutti insieme e allora vedrà la luce una nuova Era cosmica. Molti ritengono che questi teschi siano stati scolpiti migliaia o addirittura decine di migliaia di anni fa da un'antica civiltà mesoamericana. Altri pensano che possano essere reliquie della leggendaria isola di Atlantide o la prova che gli extraterrestri avrebbero visitato gli Aztechi prima della conquista spagnola. Ma come stanno veramente le cose?Aderisci alla pagina PATREON e sostieni i miei progetti e il mio lavoro: http://patreon.com/massimopolidoroPartecipa e sostieni su TIPEEE il progetto del mio Tour 2022 in tutta Italia: https://it.tipeee.com/massimopolidoroScopri il mio Corso online di Psicologia dell'insolito:https://www.massimopolidorostudio.comRicevi l'Avviso ai Naviganti, la mia newsletter settimanale: https://mailchi.mp/massimopolidoro/avvisoainavigantie partecipa alle scelte della mia communitySeguimi:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/massimopolidoro/Gruppo FB: https://www.facebook.com/groups/MassimoPolidoroFanClubPagina FB: https://www.facebook.com/Official.Massimo.PolidoroTwitter: https://twitter.com/massimopolidoroSito e blog: http://www.massimopolidoro.comIscriviti al mio canale youtube: https://goo.gl/Xkzh8A

We've come a long way since DNA was first discovered in the mid 19th century. Today's scientists are using powerful engineering techniques to edit genes in human eggs and sperm, curing diseases and repairing defective genes before a child is even born. Some scientists are excited about these therapies, championing them as an exciting opportunity to create immunity to viruses, eliminate serious illnesses like AIDS, Alzheimer's, and cancer, and possibly reverse aging. Like prior innovations in medicine and technology, why wouldn't we embrace a science that allows people to live longer, healthier, and happier lives? Others are alarmed. They are worried that these new techniques raise a host of profound ethical issues. While eliminating genetic diseases is a worthwhile endeavor, many parents might be inclined to use this science to create designer babies: children who are smarter, taller, or have other supposedly desirable traits. And these tools aren't cheap. They will surely be available to the rich first, creating a terrifying new dimension to the growing economic inequality crisis. Scientists also point out that ‘playing god' and editing genes will alter our DNA code forever, and one mistake could inadvertently introduce new diseases into the human gene pool. While the desire to cure genetic diseases is a noble one, the manipulation of our DNA is more likely than not to push humanity towards a dangerous and dystopian future no one wants.  Arguing for the motion is George Church, Professor of Genetics at Harvard Medical School, Professor of Health Sciences and Technology at Harvard and MIT Arguing against the motion is Joyce Harper, Professor of Reproductive Science at the Institute for Women's Health, University College London.   Sources:  ABC News, France24, Today Show, NBC News, VICE, PBS, Gattaca, Critical Past The host of the Munk Debates is Rudyard Griffiths - @rudyardg.   Tweet your comments about this episode to @munkdebate or comment on our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/munkdebates/ To sign up for a weekly email reminder for this podcast, send an email to podcast@munkdebates.com.   To support civil and substantive debate on the big questions of the day, consider becoming a Munk Member at https://munkdebates.com/membership Members receive access to our 10+ year library of great debates in HD video, a free Munk Debates book, newsletter and ticketing privileges at our live events. This podcast is a project of the Munk Debates, a Canadian charitable organization dedicated to fostering civil and substantive public dialogue - https://munkdebates.com/ The Munk Debates podcast is produced by Antica, Canada's largest private audio production company - https://www.anticaproductions.com/ Senior Producer: Ricki Gurwitz Editor: Reza Dahya  

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Christi & Alex are at it once more, with a wine in their glass, a spark in thier eye & a strong desire to share something Amazing! (OH! And her name is Cleo, NOT Olivia!) Join them this week as they work thier way through the "Five S's" where they help you learn to trust your senses, by Seeing the Wine, Smelling the Wine, Sipping, Savoring and finally Swallowing the Wine! It's a journey through the senses with The Somm & The Yoga Mom!All this & more on when you grab a glass, pop in the earbuds and Drink Something AMAZING!..Alex has also added a cool link below the wine description where you can go straight to Wine.com to buy the wine! If you haven't got a local wineshop, just click the link "   Buy This Wine!"!.....Pahlmeyer Jayson Cabernet Sauvignon 2019Napa Valley AVA, California, USA89% Cabernet Sauvignon5% Cabernet Franc4 % Petit Verdot2 % Malbec15.1% ABVJS 95  JD 92  RP 92$99.99 average retail price Buy This Wine!Winemaker NotesThis bold, full-bodied Cabernet Sauvignon delivers classic Napa Valley character and structure. Focused and layered, generous fruit notes of wild blackberry and cassis blend with hints of vanilla bean, black tea and Herbes de Provence. Youthful upon release, the wine's firm, assertive tannins on the mid-palate will soften over time, whether in the cellar or swirled in the glass.Pair this alongside a grilled burger topped with aged gouda or gorgonzola, or herb-crusted roasted lamb.Winemaker is Katie VogtBlend: 89% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Cabernet Franc, 4% Petit Verdot, 2% MalbecPahlmeyer WineryPahlmeyer was founded in 1986, by a desire to be great by its eponymous creator Jayson Pahlmeyer. With a dream to create a California Mouton, Jayson and his partners spared no resource to make this dream a reality. Whether it was finding the perfect piece of land high atop Napa Valley's Atlas Peak or covertly smuggling in Bordeaux cuttings, all pieces of Pahlmeyer's history have led to its place as one of the top brand names from Napa Valley. From the very beginning, Pahlmeyer has been dedicated to crafting fine wines from the best fruit sources possible. In California, this means high elevation mountain sites, where the grapes are afforded more sunlight, cooler temperatures, and less fertile soils, which together create ideal conditions. Pahlmeyer sources the majority of their fruit from four key locations: Pahlmeyer Estate (Atlas Peak), Stagecoach (Atlas Peak / Pritchard Hill), Rancho Chimiles, and Antica.Support the showLike the Show? Every Coffee Helps!https://www.buymeacoffee.com/DrinkSomething

Welcome to our interview with Andrew Riechers, the talented winemaker behind Audent Wines in Oregon's Willamette Valley. In this in-depth conversation, we explore Andrew's remarkable journey from traveling through Burgundy to working at Antica Terra and how Audeant wines came to fruition.Andrew reflects on his experiences traveling through Burgundy, where he gained a deep understanding of the importance of terroir and the impact it has on the flavor and character of a wine. He shares stories of the people and places that inspired him on his journey, and offers valuable insights into the techniques and practices that have helped him achieve such remarkable success.At Audent, Andrew focuses on crafting small-batch wines that showcase the unique terroir of the Willamette Valley. He has a particular affinity for growing grapes at high elevations, where the cooler temperatures and longer growing season result in grapes with exceptional flavor and complexity.Throughout the interview, Andrew shares his passion for winemaking and his deep respect for the land and community that make it possible. He emphasizes the importance of collaboration and community, and how he works closely with other winemakers in the region to share knowledge and resources.Whether you're a wine lover, a budding winemaker, or simply someone who appreciates a good story, this interview with Andrew Riechers is not to be missed. So pour yourself a glass of Audent, sit back, and enjoy this fascinating conversation about the art and science of winemaking in Oregon's Willamette Valley.

We've come a long way since DNA was first discovered in the mid 19th century. Today's scientists are using powerful engineering techniques to edit genes in human eggs and sperm, curing diseases and repairing defective genes before a child is even born. Some scientists are excited about these therapies, championing them as an exciting opportunity to create immunity to viruses, eliminate serious illnesses like AIDS, Alzheimer's, and cancer, and possibly reverse aging. Like prior innovations in medicine and technology, why wouldn't we embrace a science that allows people to live longer, healthier, and happier lives? Others are alarmed. They are worried that these new techniques raise a host of profound ethical issues. While eliminating genetic diseases is a worthwhile endeavor, many parents might be inclined to use this science to create designer babies: children who are smarter, taller, or have other supposedly desirable traits. And these tools aren't cheap. They will surely be available to the rich first, creating a terrifying new dimension to the growing economic inequality crisis. Scientists also point out that ‘playing god' and editing genes will alter our DNA code forever, and one mistake could inadvertently introduce new diseases into the human gene pool. While the desire to cure genetic diseases is a noble one, the manipulation of our DNA is more likely than not to push humanity towards a dangerous and dystopian future no one wants.  Arguing for the motion is George Church, Professor of Genetics at Harvard Medical School, Professor of Health Sciences and Technology at Harvard and MIT Arguing against the motion is Joyce Harper, Professor of Reproductive Science at the Institute for Women's Health, University College London. GEORGE CHURCH “If we bring the cost down, help with education, and make sure there's a dialogue that goes on in both directions, then everybody will have access.” JOYCE HARPER “I worry that these technologies will not be accessible to all and I also worry that people will use them for non-medical reasons. We will have a rich-poor divide that will become bigger and bigger as technology advances.” Sources:  ABC News, France24, Today Show, NBC News, VICE, PBS, Gattaca, Critical Past The host of the Munk Debates is Rudyard Griffiths - @rudyardg.   Tweet your comments about this episode to @munkdebate or comment on our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/munkdebates/ To sign up for a weekly email reminder for this podcast, send an email to podcast@munkdebates.com.   To support civil and substantive debate on the big questions of the day, consider becoming a Munk Member at https://munkdebates.com/membership Members receive access to our 10+ year library of great debates in HD video, a free Munk Debates book, newsletter and ticketing privileges at our live events. This podcast is a project of the Munk Debates, a Canadian charitable organization dedicated to fostering civil and substantive public dialogue - https://munkdebates.com/ The Munk Debates podcast is produced by Antica, Canada's largest private audio production company - https://www.anticaproductions.com/ Senior Producer: Ricki Gurwitz Editor: Reza Dahya  

Oxygen therapy to lengthen our telomeres and prolong the life of our chromosomes. Boosting the functioning of our mitochondria with NAD. Stem cell rejuvenation. These are just some of the exciting therapies that scientists are exploring in their quest to prevent the decline and suffering we experience as we age. But some scientists argue that these are just partial fixes and that the answer to the eternal quest for the fountain of youth lies in pinpointing the upstream driver of these hallmarks of ageing. They claim that thanks to breakthroughs in the science of genetics they have finally discovered the control system that generates the strength and health we associate with youth. It's the “epigenome”, which is the packaging that coils around our DNA and switches on and off the genes that shape the identity of our cells. They say that as we age this packaging unravels, which deregulates the DNA and cell information they have been safeguarding. Fix the packaging and we can completely reset our DNA and cells and regenerate our bodies so they are once again like brand new. Skeptics say that we need to look no farther than evolution to recognize that while ageing can be slowed down it can't be abolished. Despite the formidable powers of natural selection, a species that doesn't age and die has not emerged. This is because ageing is marked not just by cells that are slowing down but also by cells that are rapidly multiplying and becoming cancerous. It is impossible to fix one without the other benefiting, a form of intercell competition where human beings and our hopes of eradicating old age are the losers. Arguing for the motion is David Sinclair, Professor of Genetics at Harvard Medical School and one of TIME Magazine's “Top 50 people in health care”. He is the author of over 200 scientific papers as well as the New York Times bestseller Lifespan: Why We Age—and Why We Don't Have To. Arguing against the motion is Joanna Masel, Professor of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology at the University of Arizona. She is a mathematical modeller who has published over 50 papers in a variety of scientific fields and is the author of Bypass Wall Street: A Biologist's Guide to the Rat Race. Sources: ZNews, Fox News, WKTV Newschannel2, Science Time The host of the Munk Debates is Rudyard Griffiths - @rudyardg.   Tweet your comments about this episode to @munkdebate or comment on our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/munkdebates/ To sign up for a weekly email reminder for this podcast, send an email to podcast@munkdebates.com.   To support civil and substantive debate on the big questions of the day, consider becoming a Munk Member at https://munkdebates.com/membership Members receive access to our 10+ year library of great debates in HD video, a free Munk Debates book, newsletter and ticketing privileges at our live events. This podcast is a project of the Munk Debates, a Canadian charitable organization dedicated to fostering civil and substantive public dialogue - https://munkdebates.com/ The Munk Debates podcast is produced by Antica, Canada's largest private audio production company - https://www.anticaproductions.com/   Executive Producer: Stuart Coxe, CEO Antica Productions Senior Producer: Christina Campbell Editor: Kieran Lynch Producer: Nicole Edwards Associate Producer: Abhi Raheja

Moab is like nothing you've seen on Earth! It's the reason why people from around the world visit every year. In fact, over 50 movies have been filmed in Moab or Arches National Park! Jon and Jenn talk about the two National Parks within Moab: Canyonlands and Arches. If you're planning on going, remember that reservations are now required for Arches. When you get in, head directly to the Delicate Arch. Of the 2000 arches withing the park, Delicate is the big one! There are a lot of great restaurants to choose from as well. For pizza you can have Antica farma, sushi there's Sabaku, Thai is Thai Bella and the Sunset Grill for a nice occasion.  The Moab area has some of the darkest night skies in the US! So stay up late and see the Milky Way with your naked eye.