Podcasts about Baku

Are Armenia and Azerbaijan on a path to peace, or is the latest deal signed at the White House a rushed agreement that lets Baku off the hook for its aggression - from the ethnic cleansing of Nagorno Karabakh to its unlawful detention of Armenian POWs? Thanos Davelis digs into this question with Aram Hamparian, the executive director of the Armenian National Committee of America, as we look at what this deal means for peace and stability in the region.You can read the articles we discuss on our podcast here:You can read the articles we discuss on our podcast here:Leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan Sign Peace Pledge at White HouseIf Azerbaijan Breaks its Agreements, Are Armenians Prepared to Resist?Donald Trump brokers a peace plan in the CaucasusWildfires sweep Greece, trigger mass evacuationsBrussels wants to ditch Russian gas. Turkey could keep it flowing undetected.

In this episode of The MMAnomaly Show: No Filter we will be going over our Reactions and what we think should be next for the biggest winner off UFC Baku: Hill vs Rountree Jr!Let us know your bets and picks in the comments below!Join in on the commentary in the comment section below! We might even throw your comment up in the video during the live stream! For the latest episodes of The MMAnomaly Show, subscribe on Youtube, Spotify, or iTunes.Subscribe to MMAnomaly on YouTube: https://bit.ly/MMAnomalyYoutubeSubscribe to The MMAnomaly Show: on iTunes: https://apple.co/3AQuoVlSubscribe to The MMAnomaly Show on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3HBMC0GLike MMAnomaly on Facebook: https://bit.ly/MMAnomalyFBFollow Olin/MMAnomaly on Twitter: https://bit.ly/MMAnomalyTweetsFollow Jive Turkey Nano on Twitter: https://bit.ly/JiveTurkeyTweetsTimestamps: 00:00 Intro 2:45 Mohammed Usman gets the win! 8:18 Tagir defeats tough opponent Azamat15:18 Klaudia wins19:05 Daria gets the win over Melissa 21:28 Jungyong Park weathers the storm and secures big WIN 29:27 Seokhyen KO with a dominant win35:44 Muhammad wins and we hit our bets! 46:18 Nazim is HIM with a big KO win57:27 Orolbai submission win 1:03:23 Curtis Blaydes gets another CB win 1:07:34 Rafael Fiziev with a statement win! 1:15:24 Khalil Rountree JR dominates and makes case for title contention All the videos, songs, images, and graphics used in the video belong to their respective owners and I or this channel does not claim any right over them.Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing.#ufc #mma #boxing #bjj #kickboxing #muaythai #jiujitsu #fight #wrestling #fitness #conormcgregor #martialarts #ufcfightnight #PFL #UFCBaku #AlexPerriera #UFCVegas106 #sport #gym #karate #danawhite #khabibnurmagomedov #mixedmartialarts #DDP #champion #motivation #workout #wwe #knockout #FantasyFootball #OneChampionship #SeanStrickland #MMAnomaly #Demmaboyz #NoFilter #MMApodcast #Parlay

Wir wünschen viel Spaß bei der neuen Folge zum Grand Prix von Ungarn 2025. Dazu gibts eine kleine Analyse bei den Teams zum Abshcneiden bis zur aktuellen Sillyseason und eine Ankündgung für das Zandvoort Wochenende, wo wir als Podcast live vor Ort sein werden. Wir sind auch auf Instagram erreichbar: https://www.instagram.com/formulanerdpodcast Wir freuen uns über Kritik, Ideen und weitere Anregungen, um unser kleines Projekt für euch immer Besser zu machen. Viel Spaß wünschen Marc und Manu. E-Mail: formulanerdpodcast@web.de Dieser Podcast wird vermarktet von der Podcastbude.www.podcastbu.de - Full-Service-Podcast-Agentur - Konzeption, Produktion, Vermarktung, Distribution und Hosting.Du möchtest deinen Podcast auch kostenlos hosten und damit Geld verdienen?Dann schaue auf www.kostenlos-hosten.de und informiere dich.Dort erhältst du alle Informationen zu unseren kostenlosen Podcast-Hosting-Angeboten. kostenlos-hosten.de ist ein Produkt der Podcastbude.MagentaSport Nur bei MagentaSport: Alle 380 Spiele der 3. Liga live und in bester HD-Qualität sowie alle Highlights und Wiederholungen nach Abpfiff auch auf Abruf - an jedem Spieltag auch in der Konferenz. Kein Tor und keine Entscheidung mehr verpassen. Außerdem die Top10 der Woche, Dokumentationen, exklusive Interviews und vieles mehr. Zusätzlich Spiele der PENNY DEL, Google Pixel Frauen-Bundesliga, EuroLeague und vieles mehr! Mehr Infos unter: https://www.magentasport.de/aktion/3liga Führung beginnt mit Gefühl: Im Podcast Führungsgefühle erfährst du, wie emotionale Intelligenz, Selbstreflexion und neue Leadership-Ansätze echte Veränderung bewirken können. Jetzt entdecken auf www.fuehrungsgefuehle.de.

Wir wünschen viel Spaß bei der neuen Folge zum Grand Prix von Ungarn 2025. Dazu gibts eine kleine Analyse bei den Teams zum Abshcneiden bis zur aktuellen Sillyseason und eine Ankündgung für das Zandvoort Wochenende, wo wir als Podcast live vor Ort sein werden. Wir sind auch auf Instagram erreichbar: https://www.instagram.com/formulanerdpodcast Wir freuen uns über Kritik, Ideen und weitere Anregungen, um unser kleines Projekt für euch immer Besser zu machen. Viel Spaß wünschen Marc und Manu. E-Mail: formulanerdpodcast@web.de Dieser Podcast wird vermarktet von der Podcastbude.www.podcastbu.de - Full-Service-Podcast-Agentur - Konzeption, Produktion, Vermarktung, Distribution und Hosting.Du möchtest deinen Podcast auch kostenlos hosten und damit Geld verdienen?Dann schaue auf www.kostenlos-hosten.de und informiere dich.Dort erhältst du alle Informationen zu unseren kostenlosen Podcast-Hosting-Angeboten. kostenlos-hosten.de ist ein Produkt der Podcastbude.MagentaSport Nur bei MagentaSport: Alle 380 Spiele der 3. Liga live und in bester HD-Qualität sowie alle Highlights und Wiederholungen nach Abpfiff auch auf Abruf - an jedem Spieltag auch in der Konferenz. Kein Tor und keine Entscheidung mehr verpassen. Außerdem die Top10 der Woche, Dokumentationen, exklusive Interviews und vieles mehr. Zusätzlich Spiele der PENNY DEL, Google Pixel Frauen-Bundesliga, EuroLeague und vieles mehr! Mehr Infos unter: https://www.magentasport.de/aktion/3liga Führung beginnt mit Gefühl: Im Podcast Führungsgefühle erfährst du, wie emotionale Intelligenz, Selbstreflexion und neue Leadership-Ansätze echte Veränderung bewirken können. Jetzt entdecken auf www.fuehrungsgefuehle.de.

On this week's Defense & Aerospace Report Washington Roundtable, Dr. Patrick Cronin of the Hudson Institute think tank, former Pentagon Europe chief Jim Townsend of the Center for a New American Security, and former Pentagon comptroller Dr. Dov Zakheim of the Center for Strategic and International Studies join Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian to discuss the geopolitical implications of President Trump's tariff war escalation on trading partners; use of US economic might to force Russia to make a peace deal ending the Ukraine war; prospect of talks between Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin and what to expect if the two leaders meet; Washington's heavy sanctions on New Delhi with a heavy sanctions for violating US and EU sanctions on Russian oil as furious Indian leaders consider ending US weapons purchases; Ukraine's long-range attacks on Russia's refineries as existing sanctions continue to weaken the Russian economy; Australia's decision to pick Japan's Mogami-class frigate as its next major surface warship in a $6.5 billion deal that would be the biggest Japanese export contract since World War II; Armenian and Azerbaijani leaders agree to a US-brokered deal that gives Baku the transit corridor through southern tip of Armenia it has long sought but with 99-year US economic development zone in Armenia's Zangezur region; developments in Lebanon and Iran; and analysis of Israel's plan to occupy all of Gaza starting with Gaza City to defeat Hamas before handing it to Arab forces and Germany's decision to block export of German arms to Israel that could be used in Gaza.

The George Janko Interview

“Planeti Kəşf edək” rubrikasında bu dəfə səyahətçi Leyla Kitayeva ilə İspaniya səyahətindən danışdıq. Barselonanın gözəlliklərindən, tarixi küçələrindən, rəngarəng mətbəxindən danışdıq. İspaniyanın görülməli kəndlərindən söhbət açdıq.

“Planeti Kəşf edək” rubrikamızın bugünkü qonağı səyahətçi Türkan Qurbanova oldu. Onunla Şri-Lankanın füsunkar təbiətindən tutmuş qədim budda məbədlərinə, unikal mətbəxindən çay plantasiyalarına qədər bir çox maraqlı mövzulardan danışdıq. Səyahət planlaşdıranlar və yeni mədəniyyətlərə marağı olanlar üçün faydalı məlumatlar var. 

"Planeti Kəşf Edək" rubrikasının növbəti buraxılışında qonağımız səyahətçi Fəxri Məmmədli oldu. Onunla Kanadaya səyahət üçün viza alma prosesinin necə baş tutduğundan, Torontonun turistləri cəlb edən məkanları və dünya möcüzələrindən biri sayılan Niaqara şəlaləsi haqqında ətraflı müzakirə etdik. Verilişimiz Kanada səyahəti planlaşdıranlar üçün həm motivasiyaverici, həm də praktik məlumatlarla doludur. 

In EVN Report's news roundup for the week of August 1: The Prime Minister's speaker clarifies Armenia's position on the Syunik route; Armenia to temporarily host Palestine's endangered cultural heritage at the Matenadaran; ICRC's final visit to Armenian detainees in Baku as office faces forced closure by Azerbaijan and more.

Cop29 a quella di Cop30, in Brasile. Nel mentre, i dati di Enea sulle emissioni italiane mostrano un aumento rispetto al 2024 – in direzione opposta ai target climatici al 2030.Anche il Canada e il Portogallo si aggiungono a Francia e Regno Unito nel voler riconoscere lo stato di Palestina alle Nazioni Unite a settembre. Nel frattempo, prosegue il genocidio a Gaza con sempre più persone che muoiono di fame ogni giorno. I canyon sottomarini dell'Antartide potrebbero dirci molto del clima terrestre e di come cambierà, dice una ricerca appena pubblicata dopo l'esplorazione di 332 canyon marini.Dario Falcini, direttore di Rockit, ci racconta della versione in piano solo di Urban Impressions, l'ultimo album di Dardust – eclettico compositore e musicista italiano che si ispira al brutalismo architettonico e lo converte in pianoforte. Puoi scriverci a podcast@lifegate.it e trovare tutte le notizie su www.lifegate.it.  Rassegna stampa: Da settembre i nuovi incentivi all'acquisto di auto elettriche: cosa sapere (e come prepararsi in anticipo)   

"Arzu etdiyiniz hər şey Monteneqroda var""Qənaət etmək üçün "apartman tipli" hotellərdə qalmaq olar""Onlayn taksi xidməti olmayan ölkələrdə qiymətlə bağlı çətinliyim olub""Əgər dənizə getmək istəyirsinizsə, seçiminiz Budva olsun""Monteneqronun yolları çox qəlizdir"Qonağımız səyahətçi Hökümə Abbasova oldu.

In EVN Report's news roundup for the week of August 1: The Prime Minister's speaker clarifies Armenia's position on the Syunik route; Armenia to temporarily host Palestine's endangered cultural heritage at the Matenadaran; ICRC's final visit to Armenian detainees in Baku as office faces forced closure by Azerbaijan and more. The post Armenia to Temporarily Host Palestine's Endangered Heritage appeared first on EVN Report.

Keith Treacy is in studio to keep an eye on Shels in Baku; Aoife Murray and Damian Lawlor on the All-Ireland camogie semi-finals and GAA news stories, plus Donn McClean is live from the Galway Races. Game On.

Justin Timberlake BioSnap a weekly updated Biography.Justin Timberlake has dominated headlines this week for all the wrong reasons—and plenty of social buzz proves it. The pop superstar, still riding off his Forget Tomorrow World Tour which wrapped in February, has been back on festival stages across Europe, and the fan reaction has gone viral for its overwhelmingly negative tone. After his July 17 performance at Electric Castle in Romania—his first-ever show in the country—angry concertgoers complained en masse, posting on TikTok and Instagram that Timberlake barely sang, coming on stage 45 minutes late, letting his backing track handle most of the vocals, and repeatedly shoving the mic out to the crowd instead of performing his hits himself. “When you pay for a concert but get a mute singer” became the running joke. Fox News reports that clips from the set were flooded with comments like "This performance could've been an email" and "I want my money back and I didn't even go," with a few even calling for refunds. The backlash only intensified after similar footage emerged from his Lollapalooza Paris set, with Cosmopolitan highlighting fans' disappointment and noting untamed complaints littering his Instagram posts.Timberlake has not publicly addressed the controversy. Instead, his touring machine rolled on. On July 27, he played the Olympic Stadium in Baku, Azerbaijan, as part of his JT Live 2025 global tour, with another stop upcoming at ITU Stadium in Istanbul, Turkey, on July 30, according to posts from his official channels and corroborating coverage from the concert circuit. However, his Baku appearance drew further scrutiny, with Zartonk Media critiquing the show as part of a celebrity wave whitewashing Azerbaijan's ongoing human rights record—a reminder of how international bookings can come with loaded political baggage. Fans and commentators alike are closely watching to see if this spate of festival appearances is damaging his reputation in a lasting way.Beyond the stage, Timberlake is reportedly facing a business crunch. A widely shared Instagram reel alleged several of his side ventures are posting significant losses, specifically calling out his beverage brand, though direct financial figures have not been independently confirmed. The long shadow of his 2024 DWI arrest lingers too: Fox News reminds readers that his tour nearly derailed after the incident, in which Timberlake pleaded guilty to a lesser charge and made a court-mandated public apology and drunk-driving PSA.Social media, meanwhile, continues to roast him with memes and disappointment, making this week perhaps his toughest stretch of publicity in recent years. While Timberlake's next steps—both business and musical—are uncertain, the current wave of negative headlines seems likely to have some biographical significance if fan sentiment and professional setbacks persist.Get the best deals https://amzn.to/3ODvOta

Azerbaijan is increasingly engaging in tit-for-tat actions towards powerful neighbour Russia amid escalating tensions in the South Caucasus region. This comes as Baku deepens its military cooperation with long-standing ally Turkey. In a highly publicised move, Azerbaijani security forces in Baku recently paraded seven arrested Russian journalists – working for the Russian state-funded Sputnik news agency – in front of the media. Their detentions followed the deaths last month of two Azerbaijani nationals in Russian custody, which sparked public outrage in Baku. "That was quite shocking for Baku, for Azerbaijani society – the cruelty of the behaviour and the large-scale violence," Zaur Gasimov of the German Academic Exchange Service, a professor and expert on Azerbaijani-Russian relations told RFI. "And the Russian-wide persecution of the leaders of Azerbaijani diasporic organisations took place (this month)," he added. Tit-for-tat tactics Tensions between Russia and Azerbaijan have been simmering since December, when Russian air defences accidentally downed an Azerbaijani passenger aircraft. Baku strongly condemned Moscow's lack of an official apology. The deaths in custody, which Moscow insisted were from natural causes, and the broader crackdown on Azerbaijan's diaspora are being interpreted in Baku as deliberate signals. "This kind of news had to frighten Azerbaijani society, which is aware of the fact that around two million ethnic Azeris with Azerbaijani and Russian passports are living in the Russian Federation," explained Gasimov. "So the signal is that we can oust them, and they would come to Azerbaijan. That should be an economic threat." Gasimov noted that while Baku may have previously backed down in the face of Russian pressure, this time appears different. "The reaction of Azerbaijan was just to react, with tit-for-tat tactics," he said. Shifting power in Caucasus Baku's self-confidence is partly attributed to its military success in 2020, when it regained control over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region and adjacent territories from Armenian forces after a six-week war. "The South Caucasus is changing," noted Farid Shafiyev, Chairman of the Baku-based Centre for Analysis of International Relations. Shafiyev argues that the era of Moscow treating the region as its backyard is over. "Russia cannot just grasp and accept this change because of its imperial arrogance; it demands subordination, and that has changed for a number of reasons. First of all, due to the Russian-Ukrainian war, and second, due to the trajectory of events following the collapse of the Soviet Union. The third very important factor is Turkey," added Shafiyev. Turkey, a long-standing ally of Azerbaijan, has significantly increased military cooperation and arms sales in recent years. Turkish-made drones played a key role in Azerbaijan's 2020 military campaign. In 2021, the Shusha Declaration was signed, committing both nations to mutual military support in the event of aggression. Turkey also plans to establish one of its largest overseas military bases in Azerbaijan. "A very strong relationship with Ankara, marked by strong cooperation in the economic and military fields for decades, as also outlined in the Shusha Declaration several years ago, is an asset and one of the elements of Azerbaijan's growing self-confidence," said Gasimov. Azerbaijan and Turkey build bridges amid declining influence of Iran Strategic rivalries  Turkey's expanding influence in the South Caucasus – at Russia's expense – is the latest in a series of regional rivalries between the two powers. Turkish-backed forces countered a Russian-aligned warlord in Libya, and Turkey-supported factions have contested Russian influence in Syria. These confrontations have strained the once-close ties between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Russian President Vladimir Putin. "No doubt that the Putin-Erdogan relationship is not as good as it used to be because we've either instigated or become participants in events in the South Caucasus and Syria," said analyst Atilla Yeşilada of Global Source Partners. Growing military buildup in Azerbaijan and Armenia a concern for peace talks Nevertheless, Yesilada believes pragmatism will prevail – for now – given Turkey's dependence on Russian energy and trade. "The economic interests are so huge, there is a huge chasm between not being too friendly and being antagonistic. I don't think we've got to that point. If we did, there would be serious provocations in Turkey," he warned. Until now, Turkish and Russian leaders have largely managed to compartmentalise their differences. However, that approach may soon face its toughest test yet, as Azerbaijan remains a strategic priority for Turkey, while Russia has long considered the Caucasus to be within its traditional sphere of influence. "We don't know what will be Russia's next target. We cannot exclude that Russia might be quite assertive in the South Caucasus in the future," warned Shafiyev. "I think the easiest way is to build friendly relationships and economic partnerships with the countries of the South Caucasus. Unfortunately, Moscow looks like it's not ready for a partnership. But if it's ready, we would welcome it," he added.

Justin Timberlake BioSnap a weekly updated Biography.Justin Timberlake has dominated recent headlines for all the wrong reasons as fan backlash erupted across social media following several noticeably low-energy performances on the European festival circuit. According to Cosmopolitan and Parade, Timberlake's much-anticipated appearance at the Electric Castle Festival in Romania on July 17 turned sour when he arrived nearly an hour late, bundled under a parka in the rain, and proceeded to let backing tracks and the audience carry most of his set. Viral TikTok videos show Justin repeatedly pointing his mic at the crowd during hits like CAN'T STOP THE FEELING and Cry Me a River, giving more hype man than headliner, sparking a wave of disappointment and memes suggesting fans got karaoke night instead of a pop superstar. The complaints echoed on Timberlake's own Instagram, where concertgoers described the performance as soulless and even disrespectful to fans who waited hours in the rain. These issues weren't limited to Romania. At Lollapalooza Paris on July 20, footage again showed Timberlake sharing sparse vocals and minimal engagement with songs that once defined millennial pop. Hot97 and Consequence noted similar scenes at prior stops in Dublin and London, crucifying him for visibly frustrated moments and what many described as a low-effort end to his Everything I Thought I Was tour. Despite the swirl of negative press, Timberlake hasn't directly addressed the criticism, instead focusing on wrapping up his final shows in Baku, Azerbaijan on July 27 and Istanbul, Turkey on July 30.Away from the stage, Timberlake's business activity provided a rare spot of positive news. CNBC's World's Top Fintech Companies 2025 featured Step, a Gen Z-focused banking startup Timberlake backs alongside names like Steph Curry and Will Smith. Step's selection signals Timberlake's ongoing clout as an investor with an eye for youth culture and modern money trends.Meanwhile, reminders of his June 2024 DWI charge resurfaced, as Fox News highlighted how his world tour almost derailed after that arrest. Following a guilty plea and community service, Timberlake made a public apology and urged fans not to drive drunk, a blemish that still lingers in the public memory.There have been no new acting projects or red-carpet appearances reported in the last few days, and Timberlake's social media is awash with both supportive fans and vocal critics dissecting every moment of his current festival appearances. As Timberlake nears the end of this tour, the question looming over his legacy is whether these struggles mark a mere bump in the road, or a more profound turning point for the former boy band dynamo and pop icon.Get the best deals https://amzn.to/3ODvOta

Fresh off Chelsea's Club World Cup triumph, Chelsea Against The World is back with a massive post-season squad audit. Simon and Manny go player by player through the entire squad, delivering honest verdicts on who should stay, who should go, and who needs a loan move to develop or make way.They also reflect on where the dominant 3-0 win over PSG in the CWC Final ranks among Chelsea's greatest-ever victories. Does it stand alongside Munich, Porto, and Baku? The hosts debate its legacy and emotional impact for fans and the future of the club.Plus, there's an update on potential new arrivals at Stamford Bridge, with the latest transfer rumors and insights into which positions Chelsea are prioritizing as they look to build on this momentum.

In this episode of The MMAnomaly Show: No Filter we will be going over our Best Bets and Predictions for UFC Baku: Hill vs Rountree Jr!Let us know your bets and picks in the comments below!Join in on the commentary in the comment section below! We might even throw your comment up in the video during the live stream! For the latest episodes of The MMAnomaly Show, subscribe on Youtube, Spotify, or iTunes.Subscribe to MMAnomaly on YouTube: https://bit.ly/MMAnomalyYoutubeSubscribe to The MMAnomaly Show: on iTunes: https://apple.co/3AQuoVlSubscribe to The MMAnomaly Show on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3HBMC0GLike MMAnomaly on Facebook: https://bit.ly/MMAnomalyFBFollow Olin/MMAnomaly on Twitter: https://bit.ly/MMAnomalyTweetsFollow Jive Turkey Nano on Twitter: https://bit.ly/JiveTurkeyTweetsTimestamps: 00:00 Intro 2:35 Mohammed Usman vs Hamdy Abdelwahab 6:50 Tagir Ulanbekov vs Azat Maksum 10:12 Irina Alekseeva vs Klaudia Sygula 15:08 Darya Zheleznyakova vs Melissa Mullins 19:17 Ismail Naurdiev vs Jun Yong Park23:45 Seokhyeon Ko vs Oban Elliott28:08 Muhammad Naimov vs Bogdan Grad 33:13 Nazim Sadykhov vs Nikolas Motta 41:44 Myktybek Orolbai vs Tofiq Musayev 47:17 Curtis Blaydes vs Rizvan Kuniev 52:10 Rafael Fiziev vs Ignacio Bahamondes 59:40 Jamahal Hill vs Khalil Rountree JrAll the videos, songs, images, and graphics used in the video belong to their respective owners and I or this channel does not claim any right over them.Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing.#ufc #mma #boxing #bjj #kickboxing #muaythai #jiujitsu #fight #wrestling #fitness #conormcgregor #martialarts #ufcfightnight #PFL #UFCAtlanta #AlexPerriera #UFCVegas106 #sport #gym #karate #danawhite #khabibnurmagomedov #mixedmartialarts #DDP #champion #motivation #workout #wwe #knockout #FantasyFootball #OneChampionship #SeanStrickland #MMAnomaly #Demmaboyz #NoFilter #MMApodcast #Parlay

Today's episode is brought to you in partnership with The Observer and Tortoise, who just released a brand new investigative podcast series, called “The Lab Detective”. “The Lab Detective" deals with the story of Kathleen Folbigg, who experienced unimaginable loss. All four of her infant children died suddenly, over a 10-year period. Their deaths were unexplained. Until a police detective turned up at her door, and arrested Kathleen on suspicion of murder.Kathleen was labelled ‘Australia's worst female serial killer', convicted, and was destined to spend most of the rest of her life in jail.Until a different type of detective entered her life. A scientist working in a lab who uncovered the truth behind the deaths.This is the story of a shocking miscarriage of justice, but as journalist Rachel Sylvester starts to investigate how this happened, she learns that Kathleen is not alone – other mothers have endured the same fate, and may also be in prison.The Lab Detective is a story about the power of science, and the determination of those searching for the truth.Follow the link to listen to the full series: https://lnk.to/thelabdetectiveFD!europod.About today's episode on Long Story ShortOn 25 December last year, Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243 took off from Baku, headed for Grozny in Russia but it never made it. The plane crashed near Aktau, in Kazakhstan, killing 38 of the 67 people on board. Seven months later, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has gone public with an accusation: that the plane was shot down by Russian air defences, specifically, a Pantsir-S missile system. But why is this crisis between the two countries escalating just now?Join us on our journey through the events that shape the European continent and the European Union.Production: By Europod, in co production with Sphera Network.Follow us on:LinkedInInstagram Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Justin Timberlake BioSnap a weekly updated Biography.Justin Timberlake has made plenty of headlines in just the past few days, mixing tour drama, family tension, a tough business loss, and international politics into the latest chapter of his story. Timberlake's European summer tour is winding down, with high-profile concerts across venues like Bánffy Castle in Transylvania on July 17 and upcoming dates in Paris, Tbilisi, Baku, and Istanbul through the end of July. His recent set at England's Lytham Festival turned chaotic when audio issues forced a halt mid-performance, prompting him to publicly lose his temper with his crew. Video clips of Timberlake animatedly dressing down staff made the rounds on social media, dividing fans between those criticizing him for being unprofessional and others defending his frustration as understandable under the circumstances, given the technical meltdown in front of thousands of paying fans. According to TMZ and Kiss 95.1, this incident was particularly embarrassing as the sound cut out during Cry Me a River, a song famously linked to his split with Britney Spears, leading to further chatter online about karma and showmanship.Offstage, Timberlake is facing scrutiny over the state of his marriage to actress Jessica Biel. Star Magazine is reporting that the couple's energy is “really bad” after a year of competing ambitions and the strains of their nearly 13-year marriage. Biel, coming off a snub for an Emmy nomination despite a high-visibility campaign for her role in The Better Sister, has reportedly not gotten much support from Timberlake, who himself is said to be weighed down by recent personal baggage. This runs from the much-publicized DWI arrest in 2024, to lingering fallout from allegations in Britney Spears' memoir, and even dating rumors from the set of Palmer. Insiders suggest Biel is well-positioned for her next act—with or without him—while Timberlake “needs the structure of family life,” hinting that a major reckoning could be ahead for their relationship when his tour winds down and he returns home.On the business front, it's a rough week for Timberlake as well: GolfWRX confirms he took a multimillion-dollar loss selling his beloved Mirimichi Golf Course in Memphis for just $500,000, after investing over $16 million into its renovation and restoration. Once a passion project and award-winning destination, the deal represents a significant financial blow for the pop star, though his net worth remains impressively high.Adding to the international attention, his planned July 23 show in Tbilisi has sparked a petition among Georgian fans urging him to speak out against their country's authoritarian tilt before performing as part of a government-funded initiative. According to OCCRP, organizers insist they don't want Timberlake to cancel but hope he'll use his platform to publicly support democracy—a high-profile political request that puts Timberlake in a potentially sensitive international spotlight. Altogether, this week has been classic Timberlake: sold-out shows, tabloid scrutiny, social media viral moments, and the persistent balancing act between global stardom and complicated personal realities.Get the best deals https://amzn.to/3ODvOta

Being Jewish podcast host Jonah Platt—best known for playing Fiyero in Broadway's Wicked—joins People of the Pod to discuss his journey into Jewish advocacy after October 7. He reflects on his Jewish upbringing, challenges media misrepresentations of Israel, and shares how his podcast fosters inclusive and honest conversations about Jewish identity. Platt also previews The Mensch, an upcoming film he's producing to tell Jewish stories with heart and nuance. Recorded live at AJC Global Forum 2025. *The views and opinions expressed by guests do not necessarily reflect the views or position of AJC. Listen – AJC Podcasts: The Forgotten Exodus: Untold stories of Jews who left or were driven from Arab nations and Iran People of the Pod:  Latest Episodes:  Sexual Violence as a Weapon of War: The Dinah Project's Quest to Hold Hamas Accountable Journalist Matti Friedman Exposes Media Bias Against Israel John Spencer's Key Takeaways After the 12-Day War: Air Supremacy, Intelligence, and Deterrence Follow People of the Pod on your favorite podcast app, and learn more at AJC.org/PeopleofthePod You can reach us at: peopleofthepod@ajc.org If you've appreciated this episode, please be sure to tell your friends, and rate and review us on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Transcript of the Interview: Manya Brachear Pashman:   Jonah Platt: is an award winning director of theater and improv comedy, an accomplished musician, singer and award winning vocal arranger. He has been on the Broadway stage, including one year as the heartthrob Fiyero in Wicked and he's producing his first feature film, a comedy called The Mensch. He also hosts his own podcast, Being Jewish with Jonah Platt:, a series of candid conversations and reflections that explore the many facets of Jewish identity.  Jonah is with us now on the sidelines of AJC Global Forum 2025. Jonah, welcome to People of the Pod. Jonah Platt:   Thank you so much for having me, happy to be here.  Manya Brachear Pashman:   So tell us about your podcast. How is being Jewish with Jonah Platt: different from Jewish with anyone else? Jonah Platt:   That's a great question. I think it's different for a number of ways. I think one key difference is that I'm really trying to appeal to everybody, not just Jews and not just one type of Jews. I really wanted it to be a very inclusive show and, thank God, the feedback I've gotten, my audience is very diverse. It appeals to, you know, I hear from the ultra orthodox. I hear from people who found out they were Jewish a month ago. I hear from Republicans, I hear from Democrats. I hear from non Jews, Muslims, Christians, people all over the world. So I think that's special and different, especially in these echo-chambery, polarized times online, I'm trying to really reach out of that and create a space where the one thing we all have in common, everybody who listens, is that we're all well-meaning, good-hearted, curious people who want to understand more about our fellow man and each other.  I also try to really call balls and strikes as I see them, regardless of where they're coming from. So if I see, let's call it bad behavior, on the left, I'll call it out. If I see bad behavior on the right, I'll call it out. If I see bad behavior from Israel, I'll call it out. In the same breath that I'll say, I love Israel, it's the greatest place.  I think that's really unfortunately rare. I think people have a very hard time remembering that we are very capable of holding two truths at once, and it doesn't diminish your position by acknowledging fault where you see it. In fact, I feel it strengthens your position, because it makes you more trustworthy. And it's sort of like an iron sharpens iron thing, where, because I'm considering things from all angles, either I'm going to change my mind because I found something I didn't consider. That's going to be better for me and put me on firmer ground.  Or it's going to reinforce what I thought, because now I have another thing I can even speak to about it and say, Well, I was right, because even this I checked out, and that was wrong. So either way, you're in a stronger position. And I feel that that level of sort of, you know, equanimity is sorely lacking online, for sure.  Manya Brachear Pashman:   Our podcasts have had some guests in common. We've had Dara Horn, Sarah Hurwitz, you said you're getting ready to have Bruce Pearl. We've had Coach Pearl on our show. You've also had conversations with Stuart Weitzman, a legendary shoe designer, in an episode titled Jews and Shoes. I love that. Can you share some other memorable nuggets from the conversations you've had over the last six months? Jonah Platt:   I had my dad on the show, and I learned things about him that I had never heard about his childhood, growing up, the way his parents raised him. The way that social justice and understanding the conflict and sort of brokenness in the world was something that my grandparents really tried to teach them very actively, and some of it I had been aware of, but not every little specific story he told. And that was really special for me. And my siblings, after hearing it, were like, We're so glad you did this so that we could see Dad and learn about him in this way. So that was really special.  There have been so many. Isaac Saul is a guy I had early on. He runs a newsletter, a news newsletter called Tangle Media that shows what the left is saying about an issue with the right is saying about an issue, and then his take. And a nugget that I took away from him is that on Shabbat, his way of keeping Shabbat is that he doesn't go on social media or read the news on Shabbat. And I took that from him, so now I do that too.  I thought that was genius. It's hard for me. I'm trying to even start using my phone period less on Shabbat, but definitely I hold myself to it, except when I'm on the road, like I am right now. When I'm at home, no social media from Friday night to Saturday night, and it's fantastic.  Manya Brachear Pashman:   It sounds delightful. Jonah Platt:   It is delightful. I highly recommend it to everybody. It's an easy one.  Manya Brachear Pashman:   So what about your upbringing? You said you learned a lot about your father's upbringing. What was your Jewish upbringing? Jonah Platt:   Yeah, I have been very blessed to have a really strong, warm, lovely, Jewish upbringing. It's something that was always intrinsic to my family. It's not something that I sort of learned at Hebrew school. And no knock on people whose experience that is, but it's, you know, I never remember a time not feeling Jewish. Because it was so important to my parents and important to their families. And you know, part of the reason they're a good match for each other is because their values are the same.  I went to Jewish Day School, the same one my kids now go to, which is pretty cool. Manya Brachear Pashman:  Oh, that's lovely. Jonah Platt:   Yeah. And I went to Jewish sleepaway camp at Camp Ramah  in California. But for me, really, you know, when I get asked this question, like, my key Jewish word is family. And growing up, every holiday we spent with some part of my very large, amazing family. What's interesting is, in my city where I grew up, Los Angeles, I didn't have any grandparents, I didn't have any aunts or uncles or any first cousins. But I feel like I was with them all the time, because every holiday, someone was traveling to somebody, and we were being together. And all of my childhood memories of Jewish holidays are with my cousins and my aunts and my uncles and my grandparents. Because it was just so important to our family. And that's just an amazing foundation for being Jewish or anything else, if that's your foundation, that's really gonna stay with you. And my upbringing, like we kept kosher in my house, meat and milk plates. We would eat meat out but no pork, no shellfish, no milk and meat, any of that. And while I don't ascribe to all those things now, I'm grateful that I got sort of the literacy in that.  In my Jewish Day School we had to wrap tefillin every morning. And while I don't do that now, I'm glad that I know how to do that, and I know what that looks like, and I know what that means, even if I resisted it very strongly at the time as a 13 year old, being like what I gotta wrap this up every day. But I'm grateful now to have that literacy. And I've always been very surprised to see in my life that often when I'm in a room with people, I'm the most observant in the room or the most Jewish literate in the room, which was never the case in my life.  I have family members who are much more observant than me, orthodox. I know plenty of Orthodox people, whatever. But in today's world, I'm very grateful for the upbringing I had where, I'll be on an experience. I actually just got back from one in Poland. I went on a trip with all moderate Muslims from around the North Africa, Middle East, and Asia, with an organization called Sharaka. We had Shabbat dinner just this past Friday at the JCC in Krakow, and I did the Shabbat kiddush for everybody, which is so meaningful and, like, I'm so grateful that I know it, that I can play that role in that, in special situations like that.  Manya Brachear Pashman:   So you've been doing a lot of traveling. Jonah Platt:  Yes. Manya Brachear Pashman:   I saw your reflection on your visit to Baku, Azerbaijan. The largest Jewish community in the Muslim world. And you went with the Jewish Federation's National Young leadership cabinet. Jonah Platt:   Shout out to my chevre. Manya Brachear Pashman:   And you posted this reflection based on your experience there, asking the question, how much freedom is too much? So can you walk our listeners through that and how you answered that question? Jonah Platt:   Yes. So to be fair, I make very clear I don't have the answer to that question definitively, I just wanted to give people food for thought, and what I hoped would happen has happened where I've been getting a lot of people who disagree with me and have other angles at which they want to look and answer this question, which I welcome and have given me a lot to think about.  But basically, what I observed in Azerbaijan was a place that's a little bit authoritative. You know, they don't have full freedom of the press. Political opposition is, you know, quieted, but there's no crime anywhere. They have a strong police presence on the streets. There are security cameras everywhere, and people like their lives there and don't want to mess with it.  And so it just got me thinking, you know, they're an extremely tolerant society. It's sort of something they pride themselves on, and always have. It's a Muslim majority country, but it is secular. They are not a Muslim official country. They're one of only really two countries in the world that are like that, the other being Albania. And they live together in beautiful peace and harmony with a sense of goodwill, with a sense of national pride, and it got me thinking, you know, look at any scenario in our lives. Look at the place you work, look at the preschool classroom that your kid is in.  There are certain rules and restrictions that allow for more freedom, in a sense, because you feel safe and taken care of and our worst instincts are not given space to be expressed. So that is what brought the question of, how much freedom is too much. And really, the other way of putting that is, how much freedom would you be willing to give up if it meant you lived in a place with no crime, where people get along with their neighbors, where there's a sense of being a part of something bigger than yourself. I think all three of which are heavily lacking in America right now that is so polarized, where hateful rhetoric is not only, pervasive, but almost welcomed, and gets more clicks and more likes and more watches. It's an interesting thing to think about.  And I heard from people being like, I haven't been able to stop thinking about this question. I don't know the answer, but it's really interesting. I have people say, you're out of your mind. It's a slippery slope. The second you give an inch, like it's all going downhill. And there are arguments to be made there.  But I can't help but feel like, if we did the due diligence, I'm sure there is something, if we keep the focus really narrow, even if it's like, a specific sentence that can't be said, like, you can't say: the Holocaust was a great thing. Let's say we make that illegal to say, like, how does that hurt anybody? If that's you're not allowed to say those exact words in that exact sequence, you know. So I think if it's gonna be a slippery slope, to me, is not quite a good enough argument for Well, let's go down the road and see if we can come up with something. And then if we decide it's a slippery slope and we get there, maybe we don't do it, but maybe there is something we can come to that if we eliminate that one little thing you're not allowed to say, maybe that will benefit us. Maybe if we make certain things a little bit more restrictive, it'll benefit us. And I likened it to Shabbat saying, you know, on Shabbat, we have all these restrictions. If you're keeping Shabbat, that's what makes Shabbat special, is all the things you're not allowed to do, and because you're not given the quote, unquote, freedom to do those things, you actually give yourself more freedom to be as you are, and to enjoy what's really good about life, which is, you know, the people around you and and having gratitude. So it's just something interesting to think about.  Manya Brachear Pashman:   It's an interesting perspective. I am a big fan of free speech. Jonah Platt:   As are most people. It's the hill many people will die on. Manya Brachear Pashman:   Educated free speech, though, right? That's where the tension is, right? And in a democracy you have to push for education and try to make sure that, you know, people are well informed, so that they don't say stupid things, but they are going to say stupid things and I like that freedom. Did you ever foresee becoming a Jewish advocate? Jonah Platt:   No. I . . . well, that's a little disingenuous. I would say, you know, in 2021 when there was violence between Israel and Gaza in the spring over this Sheik Jarrah neighborhood. That's when I first started using what little platform I had through my entertainment career to start speaking very, you know, small things, but about Israel and about Jewish life, just organically, because I am, at the time, certainly much more well educated, even now, than I was then.  But I was more tuned in than the average person, let's say, and I felt like I could provide some value. I could help bring some clarity to what was a really confusing situation at that time, like, very hard to decipher. And I could just sense what people were thinking and feeling. I'm well, tapped into the Jewish world. I speak to Jews all over the place. My, as I said, my family's everywhere. So already I know Jews all over the country, and I felt like I could bring some value. And so it started very slowly. It was a trickle, and then it started to turn up a little bit, a little bit more, a little bit more. I went on a trip to Israel in April of 2023. It's actually the two year anniversary today of that trip, with the Tel Aviv Institute, run by a guy named Hen Mazzig, who I'm sure, you know, well, I'm sure he's been on the show, yeah.  And that was, like, sort of the next step for me, where I was surrounded by other people speaking about things online, some about Jewish stuff, some not. Just seeing these young, diverse people using their platforms in whatever way, that was inspiring to me. I was like, I'm gonna go home, I'm gonna start using this more.  And then October 7 happened, and I couldn't pull myself away from it. It's just where I wanted to be. It's what I wanted to be spending my time and energy doing. It felt way too important. The stakes felt way too high, to be doing anything else. It's crazy to me that anybody could do anything else but be focusing on that. And now here we are. So I mean, in a way, could I have seen it? No. But have I sort of, looking back on it, been leaning this way? Kinda. Manya Brachear Pashman:   Do you think it would've you would've turned toward advocacy if people hadn't been misinformed or confused about Israel? Or do you think that you would've really been more focused on entertainment.  Jonah Platt:   Yeah, I think probably. I mean, if we lived in some upside down, amazing world where everybody was getting everything right, and, you know, there'd be not so much for me to do. The only hesitation is, like, as I said, a lot of my content tries to be, you know, celebratory about Jewish identity. I think actually, I would still be talking because I've observed, you know, divisions and misunderstandings within the Jewish community that have bothered me, and so some of the things I've talked about have been about that, about like, hey, Jews, cut it out. Like, be nice to each other. You're getting this wrong.  So I think that would still have been there, and something that I would have been passionate about speaking out on. Inclusivity is just so important to me, but definitely would be a lot lower stakes and a little more relaxed if everybody was on the same universe in regards to Israel. Manya Brachear Pashman:   You were relatively recently in Washington, DC. Jonah Platt:   Yeah. Manya Brachear Pashman:   For the White House Correspondents Dinner. I was confused, because he just said he was in Krakow, so maybe I was wrong. Jonah Platt:   I flew direct from Krakow to DC, got off the plane, went to the hotel where the dinner was, changed it to my tux, and went downstairs for the dinner.  Manya Brachear Pashman:   Wow. Jonah Platt:   Yeah. Manya Brachear Pashman:   Are you tired? Jonah Platt:   No, actually, it's amazing. I'll give a shout out. There's a Jewish businessman, a guy named Andrew Herr, who I was in a program with through Federation called CLI in LA, has started a company called Fly Kit. This is a major shout out to Fly Kit that you download the app, you plug in your trip, they send you supplements, and the app tells you when to take them, when to eat, when to nap, when to have coffee, in an attempt to help orient yourself towards the time zone you need to be on. And I have found it very useful on my international trips, and I'm not going to travel without it again. Yeah. Manya Brachear Pashman:   Wow. White House Correspondents dinner. You posted some really thoughtful words about the work of journalists, which I truly appreciated. But what do American journalists get wrong about Israel and the Jewish connection to Israel?  Jonah Platt:   The same thing that everybody who gets things wrong are getting wrong. I mean, we're human beings, so we're fallible, and just because you're a journalist doesn't make you immune to propaganda, because propaganda is a powerful tool. If it didn't work, people wouldn't be using it. I mean, I was just looking at a post today from our friend Hen Mazzig about all the different ways the BBC is getting things horribly, horribly wrong. I think part of it is there's ill intent. I mean, there is malice. For certain people, where they have an agenda. And unfortunately, you know, however much integrity journalists have, there is a news media environment where we've made it okay to have agenda-driven news where it's just not objective. And somehow it's okay for these publications that we've long trusted to have a story they want to tell. I don't know why that's acceptable. It's a business, and I guess maybe if that, if the dollars are there, it's reinforcing itself. But reporters get wrong so much. I'd say the fundamental misunderstanding that journalists as human beings get wrong, that everybody gets wrong, is that Jews are not a group of rich, white Europeans with a common religion. That's like the number one misunderstanding about Jews. Because most people either don't know Jews at all on planet Earth. They've never met one. They know nothing about it except what they see on the news or in a film, or the Jews that they know happen to maybe be white, rich, European ancestry people, and so they assume that's everybody. When, of course, that's completely false, and erases the majority of Jews from planet Earth. So I think we're missing that, and then we're also missing what Israel means to the Jewish people is deeply misunderstood and very purposefully erased.  Part of what's tricky about all of this is that the people way behind the curtain, the terrorists, the real I hate Israel people agenda. They're the ones who plant these seeds. But they're like 5% of the noise. They're secret. They're in the back. And then everybody else, without realizing it, is picking up these things. And so the vast majority of people are, let's say, erasing Jewish connection to Israel without almost even realizing they're doing it because they have been fed this, because propaganda is a powerful tool, and they believe it to be true what they've been told.  And literally, don't realize what they're doing. And if they were in a calm environment and somebody was able to explain to them, Hey, here's what you're doing, here's what you're missing, I think, I don't know, 75% of people would be like, holy crap. I've been getting this wrong. I had no idea. Maybe even higher than 75% they really don't know. And that's super dangerous. And I think the media and journalism is playing a major role in that. Sometimes things get, you know, retracted and apologized for. But the damage is done, especially when it comes to social media. If you put out, Israel just bombed this hospital and killed a bunch of doctors, and then the next day you're like, Oops, sorry, that was wrong. Nobody cares. All they saw was Israel bombed a bunch of doctors and that seed's already been planted. So it's been a major issue the info war, while you know, obviously not the same stakes as a real life and death physical war has been as important a piece of this overall war as anything. And I wouldn't say it's going great. Manya Brachear Pashman:   Did it come up at all at the Correspondent's Dinner, or more of a celebration? Jonah Platt:   No, thank God. Yeah. It was more of a celebration. It was more of just sort of it was cool, because there was no host this year, there was no comedian, there was no president, he didn't come. So it was really like being in the clubhouse with the journalists, and you could sense they were sort of happy about it. Was like, just like a family reunion, kind of a vibe, like, it's just our people. We're all on the same page. We're the people who care about getting it right. We care about journalistic integrity. We're here to support each other. It was really nice. I mean, I liked being sort of a fly on the wall of this other group that I had not really been amongst before, and seeing them in their element in this like industry party, which was cool.  Manya Brachear Pashman:   Okay, so we talked about journalists. What about your colleagues in the entertainment industry? Are you facing backlash from them, either out of malice or ignorance?  Jonah Platt:   I'm not facing any backlash from anybody of importance if I'm not getting an opportunity, or someone's written me off or something. I don't know that, you know, I have no idea if I'm now on somebody's list of I'm never gonna work with that guy. I don't know. I don't imagine I am. If I am, it says way more about that person than it does about me, because my approach, as we've discussed, is to try to be really inclusive and honest and, like, objective. And if I get something wrong, I'll delete it, or I'll say I got it wrong. I try to be very transparent and really open that, like I'm trying my best to get things right and to be fair.  And if you have a problem with that. You know, you've got a problem. I don't have a problem. So I wouldn't say any backlash. In fact, I mean, I get a lot of support, and a lot of, you know, appreciation from people in the industry who either are also speaking out or maybe too afraid to, and are glad that other people are doing it, which I have thoughts about too, but you know, when people are afraid to speak out about the stuff because of the things they're going to lose. Like, to a person, maybe you lose stuff, but like, you gain so many more other people and opportunities, people who were just sort of had no idea that you were on the same team and were waiting for you to say something, and they're like, Oh my God, you're in this with me too. Great, let's do something together, or whatever it is. So I've gotten, it's been much more positive than negative in terms of people I actually care about. I mean, I've gotten fans of entertainment who have nasty things to say about me, but not colleagues or industry peers.  Manya Brachear Pashman:   So you would declare yourself a proud Zionist. Jonah Platt:   Yes. Manya Brachear Pashman:   But you wrote a column in The Forward recently over Passover saying, let's retire the word Zionist. Why?  Jonah Platt:   Yes. I recently wrote an op-ed and actually talked about on my pod as well about why I feel we should retire the word Zionism. Not that I think we actually are. It's pretty well in use. But my main reasoning was, that the way we all understand Zionism, those of us who actually know what it is, unlike a lot of people –is the belief that Jews should have self determination, sovereignty in some piece of the land to which they are indigenous. We have that. We've had it for almost 80 years. I don't know why we need to keep using a word that frames it as aspirational, that like, I believe we should have this thing. We already have it.  And I feel by sort of leaving that sentence without a period, we're sort of suggesting that non-existence is somehow on the table. Like, if I just protest enough, Israel's going to stop existing. I want to slam that door closed. I don't think we need to be the, I believe that Israel should exist people anymore. I think we should be the I love Israel people, or I support Israel people. I'm an Israel patriot. I'm a lover of Israel, whatever the phrase may be. To me, the idea that we should continue to sort of play by their framework of leaving that situation on the table, is it only hurts us, and I just don't think we need it. Manya Brachear Pashman:   It lets others define it, in their own terms.  Jonah Platt:   Yeah, we're playing, sort of by the rules of the other people's game. And I know, you know, I heard when I put that out, especially from Israelis, who it to them, it sort of means patriot, and they feel a lot of great pride with it, which I totally understand. But the sort of more universal understanding of what that word is, and certainly of what the Movement was, was about that aspirational creation of a land, that a land's been created. Not only has it been created, it's, you know, survived through numerous wars, it's stronger than ever. You know, third-most NASDAQ companies in the world. We need to just start talking about it from like, yeah, we're here. We're not going anywhere, kind of a place. And not, a we should exist, kind of a place. Manya Brachear Pashman:   So it's funny, you said, we all know what Zionism is. And I grinned a little bit, because there are so many different definitions of Zionism. I mean, also, Zionism was a very inclusive progressive ideology packaged in there, right, that nobody talks about because it's just kind of not, we just don't talk about it anymore.  So what else about the conversation needs to change? How do we move forward in a productive, constructive way when it comes to teaching about Jewish identity and securing the existence of Israel? Jonah Platt:   In a way, those two things are related, and in a way they're not. You can have a conversation about Jewish identity without necessarily going deep down the Israel hole. But it is critical that people understand how central a connection to Israel is, to Jewish identity. And people are allowed to believe whatever they want. And you can be someone who says, Well, you know, Israel is not important to me, and that's okay, that's you, but you have to at least be clear eyed that that is an extreme and fringe position. That is not a mainstream thing. And you're going to be met with mistrust and confusion and anger and a sense of betrayal, if that's your position.  So I think we need to be clear eyed about that and be able to have that conversation. And I think if we can get to the place where we can acknowledge that in each other. Like, dude, have your belief. I don't agree with it. I think it's crazy. Like, you gotta at least know that we all think you're crazy having that idea. And if they can get to the base, we're like, yeah, I understand that, but I'm gonna believe what I'm gonna believe, then we can have conversations and, like, then we can talk. I think the, I need to change your mind conversation, it doesn't usually work. It has to be really gently done. And I'm speaking this as much from failure as I am from success. As much as we try, sometimes our emotions come to the fore of these conversations, and that's–it's not gonna happen. You know, on my pod, I've talked about something called, I call the four C's of difficult conversation. And I recently, like, tried to have a conversation. I did not adhere to my four C's, and it did not go well. And so I didn't take my own advice. You have to come, like, legitimately ready to be curious to the other person's point of view, wanting to hear what they have to say. You know, honoring their truth, even if it is something that hurts you deeply or that you abhor. You can say that, but you have to say it from a place of respect and honoring. If you want it to go somewhere. If you just want to like, let somebody have it, go ahead, let somebody have it, but you're definitely not going to be building towards anything that. Manya Brachear Pashman:   So before I let you go, can you tell us a little bit about The Mensch? Jonah Platt:   Yeah, sure. So the Mensch is one of a couple of Jewish entertainment projects I'm now involved with in the last year, which, you know, I went from sort of zero to now three. The Mensch is a really unique film that's in development now. We're gonna be shooting this summer that I'm a producer on. And it's the story of a 30 something female rabbi in New Mexico who, life just isn't where she thought it would be. She's not connecting with her congregation. She's not as far along as she thought things would be. Her synagogue is failing, and there's an antisemitic event at her synagogue, and the synagogue gets shut down. And she's at the center of it. Two weeks later, the synagogue's reopening. She's coming back to work, and as part of this reopening to try to bring some some life and some juzz to the proceedings, one of the congregants from the synagogue, the most eccentric one, who's sort of a pariah, who's being played by Jennifer Goodwin, who's a fantastic actress and Jewish advocate, donates her family's priceless Holocaust-era Torah to the synagogue, and the rabbi gets tasked with going to pick it up and bring it. As things often happen for this rabbi, like a bunch of stuff goes wrong. Long story short, she ends up on a bus with the Torah in a bag, like a sports duffel bag, and gets into an altercation with somebody who has the same tattoo as the perpetrator of the event at her synagogue, and unbeknownst to the two of them, they have the same sports duffel bag, and they accidentally swap them. So she shows up at the synagogue with Jennifer Goodwin, they're opening it up, expecting to see a Torah, and it's full of bricks of cocaine. And the ceremony is the next day, and they have less than 24 hours to track down this torah through the seedy, drug-dealing, white nationalist underbelly of the city. And, you know, drama and hilarity ensue. And there's lots of sort of fun, a magic realism to some of the proceedings that give it like a biblical tableau, kind of sense. There's wandering in the desert and a burning cactus and things of that nature.  So it's just, it's really unique, and what drew me to it is what I'm looking for in any sort of Jewish project that I'm supporting, whether as a viewer or behind the scenes, is a contemporary story that's not about Jews dying in the Holocaust. That is a story of people just being people, and those people are Jewish. And so the things that they think about, the way they live, maybe their jobs, even in this case, are Jewish ones. But it's not like a story of the Jews in that sense. The only touch point the majority of the world has for Jews is the news and TV and film. And so if that's how people are gonna learn about us, we need to take that seriously and make sure they're learning who we really are, which is regular people, just like you, dealing with the same kind of problems, the same relationships, and just doing that through a little bit of a Jewish lens. So the movie is entertaining and unique and totally fun, but it also just happens to be about Jews and rabbis. Manya Brachear Pashman:   And so possible, spoiler alert, does the White Nationalist end up being the Mensch in the end? Jonah Platt:   No, no, the white nationalist is not the mensch. They're the villain.  Manya Brachear Pashman:   I thought maybe there was a conversion moment in this film. Jonah Platt:   No conversion. But sort of, one of the themes you take away is, anybody can be a mensch. You don't necessarily need to be the best rabbi in the world to be a mensch. We're all fallible, flawed human beings. And what's important is that we try to do good and we try to do the right thing, and usually that's enough. Manya Brachear Pashman:   Well, I thought that kind of twist would be… Jonah Platt:   I'll take it up with the writer.  Manya Brachear Pashman:   Well, Jonah, you are truly a mensch for joining us on the sidelines here today. Jonah Platt:   Thank you. Manya Brachear Pashman:   Safe travels, wherever you're headed next.  Jonah Platt:   Thank you very much. Happy to be with you.   

Garnet and Steiner continue their journey from the South Gate all the way to Dark City Treno. Tot, Baku and Marcus are all feature prominently in this one, as well as the beautiful backgrounds and environments. These sequences of the game are masterfully crafted. Enjoy the podcast, and don't forget to become a part of our Patreon community if you have the means. Thanks for watching! Time Codes: 1. Intro (0:00) 2. **Listen On Spotify**: https://open.spotify.com/show/4gIzzvT3AfRHjGlfF8kFW3 **Listen On Soundcloud**: https://soundcloud.com/resonantarc **Listen On iTunes**: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/state-of-the-arc-podcast/id1121795837 **Listen On Pocket Cast**: http://pca.st/NJsJ Patreon Page: https://www.patreon.com/resonantarc Subscribe Star: https://www.subscribestar.com/resonant-arc Twitter: https://twitter.com/resonantarc Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/resonantarc Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/resonantarc TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@resonantarc

What happened at the 4th International Conference on Financing for Development (FFD4) and what does it mean for climate action? What are ‘solidarity levies' and how might they help close the climate finance gap? What is needed to ensure someone actually reads the ‘Baku to Belém Roadmap to 1.3T' after COP30? To find answers to these and other burning climate finance-related questions, Anna speaks to Joe Thwaites (Senior Advocate, International Climate Finance, Natural Resources Defense Council) and Tom Evans (Senior Associate, Global Solidarity Levies Task Force).   To learn more about climate finance, please see these Chatham House outputs: ‘Closing the climate finance gap: How to raise the money the world needs to support climate action' (research paper, available here) ‘Taxing high-emitting sectors could help pay for climate-induced loss and damage' (expert comment, available here).

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La crisi tra Baku e Mosca è cominciata il 27 giugno, quando decine di cittadini azeri sono stati arrestati in Russia e due di loro sono morti mentre erano in custodia della polizia. Con Andrea Pipino, editor di Europa di Internazionale. Alla fine di giugno il tribunale di Vicenza ha condannato in primo grado undici ex dirigenti dell'azienda chimica Miteni, ritenuti responsabili di aver inquinato la seconda falda acquifera più grande d'Europa con i pfas. Con Laura Fazzini, giornalista.Oggi parliamo anche di: Serie tv • Dept. Q su NetflixCi piacerebbe sapere cosa pensi di questo episodio. Scrivici a podcast@internazionale.it Se ascolti questo podcast e ti piace, abbonati a Internazionale. È un modo concreto per sostenerci e per aiutarci a garantire ogni giorno un'informazione di qualità. Vai su internazionale.it/abbonatiConsulenza editoriale di Chiara NielsenProduzione di Claudio Balboni e Vincenzo De SimoneMusiche di Tommaso Colliva e Raffaele ScognaDirezione creativa di Jonathan Zenti

In one corner, Azerbaijan's Ilhan Aliev, in the other, Russia's Vladimir Putin, two autocrats locked in an increasingly acrimonious political conflict sparked by, of all things, the arrest of some gangsters in Ekaterinburg. But it's bigger than that, and I locate the conflict in the context of Russia's receding role as regional hegemon, the politics of personalised authoritarianisms, and the agency and agendas of low-level political actors.The podcast's corporate partner and sponsor is Conducttr, which provides software for innovative and immersive crisis exercises in hybrid warfare, counter-terrorism, civil affairs and similar situations.You can also follow my blog, In Moscow's Shadows, and become one of the podcast's supporting Patrons and gain question-asking rights and access to exclusive extra materials including the (almost-) weekly Govorit Moskva news briefing right here. Support the show

In this 21WIRE LIVE midweek edition with hostPatrick Henningsentalking to guests, Associate Editor for Global Affairs at 21WIRE,Freddie Ponton, and author and international human rights lawyer, Arnaud Develay, to discuss a new front developing in the ongoing East vs West battle for Eurasia, as the US, UK and Israel begin operationalizing their new client state, Azerbaijan, in a dangerous game of geopolitical brinksmanship, recently triggered by a hostile move against Russian news agency staff working in the former Soviet Republic of Azerbaijan - amid a new flare-up in relations between Moscow and Baku. Are the West trying to shape Azerbaijan into another Ukraine? All this and more. Also, listen to the Sunday Wire every Sunday at 5pm UK Time/12pm EST: https://21stcenturywire.com/category/sunday-wire-radio-show/ *SUBSCRIBE/DONATE TO OUR MEDIA PLATFORM HERE: https://21w.co/support VISIT OUR AFFILIATE SPONSORS: Health Solutions - Shop at Clive de Carle: https://21w.co/shop-clive FOLLOW OUR TELEGRAM CHANNEL: https://t.me/My21wire OUR FEATURED MUSIC ARTISTS: Joseph Arthur: https://josepharthur.bandcamp.com/ Peyoti for President: https://peyoti.com/ Red Rumble: https://www.youtube.com/@RedRumbleBand Peter Conway: https://www.peterconway.net/ Countdown Music: Song: Cartoon, Jéja - On & On (feat. Daniel Levi) [NCS Release] - Music provided by NoCopyrightSounds Free Download/Stream: http://ncs.io/onandon Watch: http://youtu.be/K4DyBUG242c  

In the past few days, Russian callousness and casual racism has led to conflicts with Azerbaijan on an unprecedented scale. Traditionally viewed as one of Kremlin's closest allies, Baku is now fed up with how it's imperialist neighbour is treating Azeri nationals and Aliyev is striking back. A lot of what's happening is amoral, dirty and outright petty - but it hits Kremlin straight into national pride.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Čistá, ale zoufale neefektivní. Hledání prezidenta pomocí průzkumu veřejného mínění. Almužna, nebo aligátor. Trump oslabuje dolar aneb Make Dollar Weak Again. Baku se chce vymanit z ruské sféry vlivu.

Ázerbajdžánské úřady zakázaly všechny kulturní akce, které pořádaly ruské instituce, ať už státní, nebo soukromé. Stejně tak byla zrušena cesta ruského vicepremiéra Alexeje Overčuka do Baku nebo společné zasedání rusko-ázerbajdžánské meziparlamentní komise v Moskvě. V pondělí bezpečnostní složky obsadily kanceláře ruského mediaholdingu Sputnik, zatkly dva jeho pracovníky a obvinily je, že jsou ve skutečnosti agenty ruské tajné služby FSB.

In this sprawling live dig, Ghost uncovers the web of pipelines, intelligence alliances, and hidden players shaping the next phase of global power struggles. He starts by tracing the strategic triangle of Moscow, Tehran, and Beijing, explaining how Central Asia's flat plains and the Trans-Caspian Pipeline became the new battleground for influence. Pivoting to Azerbaijan, Ghost details how Israeli drones and jets allegedly used Azerbaijani territory to attack Iran during the recent conflict, accusations that Baku denies while maintaining tight military cooperation with Tel Aviv. He explores how the BTC pipeline fuels Israel's energy needs and how Azerbaijan's strategic location links the Ukraine war with the Middle East escalation. The episode also dives into Armenia's crackdown on Russian-backed billionaires and Orthodox clerics, suggesting echoes of the old Armenian genocide playbook. Ghost rounds out the show exposing the tangled ties between former Ukrainian officials, Gazprom intermediaries, and the US diplomatic corps dating back to the collapse of the Soviet Union. It's a complex, eye-opening look at how pipeline politics, covert alliances, and energy corridors are merging into a single geopolitical theater.

On today's episode of UFC Unfiltered, Jim Norton and Matt Serra are joined by this past Saturday's biggest winner in Nazim Sadykhov and heavyweight contender Ciryl Gane in the wake of Jon Jones' retirement. Fresh off his acting debut in the new Netflix film K.O., Gane reflects on the surreal experience of being a movie star — and how choreographed fight scenes compare to the real violence of the Octagon. He also weighs in on Jon Jones' legacy and what the future holds for Ciryl now that Tom Aspinall has been elevated to undisputed heavyweight champion. Jim and Matt begin to unpack the action from this past Saturday's UFC Fight Night card before the fighting pride of Azerbaijan himself, Nazim Sadykhov calls in to reflect on the surreal feeling of winning in front of a roaring hometown crowd in Baku.

Dana White shockingly announced that Jon Jones is retired, and Tom Aspinall is the new undisputed UFC heavyweight champion of the world. Following the breaking news, MMA Fighting's Mike Heck and E. Casey Leydon react to the announcement, along with the fallout of UFC Baku. Follow Mike Heck: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@m_heckjr⁠⁠⁠ Follow Jed Meshew: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@JedKMeshew⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow E. Casey Leydon: @ekc ⁠Subscribe:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ http://goo.gl/dYpsgH⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Check out our full video catalog: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://goo.gl/u8VvLi⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Visit our playlists:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ http://goo.gl/eFhsvM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Like MMAF on Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://goo.gl/uhdg7Z⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow on Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://goo.gl/nOATUI⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Read More: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://www.mmafighting.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Khalil Rountree outclassed Jamahal Hill for five rounds in the main event of UFC Baku on Saturday to get back in the win column after getting stopped by Alex Pereira in his first championship opportuntiy. Did the lopsided win over a former champ get Rountree back in a title fight? On an all-new edition of On To the Next One, MMA Fighting's Mike Heck and Alexander K. Lee discuss what's next for Rountree after getting his sixth win in his past seven outings at Saturday's Fight Night event. Additionally, future matchups are discussed for Rafael Fiziev after his decision win against Ignacio Bahamondes in the co-main event, Curtis Blaydes following his split decision win over Rizvan Kuniev, along with fellow main card winners Myktybek Orolbai, Nazim Sadykhov, and Muhammad Naimov, and more. Follow Mike Heck: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@m_heckjr⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow Alexander K. Lee: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@AlexanderKLee⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Subscribe:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ http://goo.gl/dYpsgH⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Check out our full video catalog: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://goo.gl/u8VvLi⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Visit our playlists:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ http://goo.gl/eFhsvM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Like MMAF on Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://goo.gl/uhdg7Z⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow on Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://goo.gl/nOATUI⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Read More: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://www.mmafighting.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Khalil Rountree outclassed Jamahal Hill for five rounds in the main event of UFC Baku on Saturday to get back in the win column after getting stopped by Alex Pereira in his first championship opportuntiy. Did the lopsided win over a former champ get Rountree back in a title fight? On an all-new edition of On To the Next One, MMA Fighting's Mike Heck and Alexander K. Lee discuss what's next for Rountree after getting his sixth win in his past seven outings at Saturday's Fight Night event. Additionally, future matchups are discussed for Rafael Fiziev after his decision win against Ignacio Bahamondes in the co-main event, Curtis Blaydes following his split decision win over Rizvan Kuniev, along with fellow main card winners Myktybek Orolbai, Nazim Sadykhov, and Muhammad Naimov, and more. Follow Mike Heck: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@m_heckjr⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow Alexander K. Lee: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@AlexanderKLee⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Subscribe:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ http://goo.gl/dYpsgH⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Check out our full video catalog: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://goo.gl/u8VvLi⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Visit our playlists:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ http://goo.gl/eFhsvM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Like MMAF on Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://goo.gl/uhdg7Z⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow on Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://goo.gl/nOATUI⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Read More: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://www.mmafighting.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dana White shockingly announced that Jon Jones is retired, and Tom Aspinall is the new undisputed UFC heavyweight champion of the world. Following the breaking news, MMA Fighting's Mike Heck and E. Casey Leydon react to the announcement, along with the fallout of UFC Baku. Follow Mike Heck: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@m_heckjr⁠⁠⁠ Follow Jed Meshew: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@JedKMeshew⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow E. Casey Leydon: @ekc ⁠Subscribe:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ http://goo.gl/dYpsgH⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Check out our full video catalog: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://goo.gl/u8VvLi⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Visit our playlists:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ http://goo.gl/eFhsvM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Like MMAF on Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://goo.gl/uhdg7Z⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow on Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://goo.gl/nOATUI⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Read More: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://www.mmafighting.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Brian Campbell and Luke Thomas are live on a Friday to go over the upcoming card at UFC Baku. Who has the advantage between Khalil Rountree and Jamahal Hill and how do the fellas see this main event playing out. Plus Rafael Fiziev and Ignacio Bahamondes face off in the co-main event. And Curtis Blaydes takes on Rizvan Kuniev. Given what Jon Jones said on the Nelk Boys podcast, is it finally time to consider a fight with Tom Aspinall as never happening? Conor McGregor is in the news again, this time for punching a clubgoer in Ibiza, Spain. What, if anything, is there left to say about the state of him and his career? Happy Friday donks! Control Body Odor ANYWHERE with @shop.mando and get 20% off + free shipping with promo code KOMBAT at http://shopmando.com! #mandopod Get MORNING KOMBAT merchandise now: https://morningkombat.shopSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The UFC octagon heads to Baku for the first time ever, and in the main event, former light heavyweight champion Jamahal Hill faces recent title challenger Khalil Rountree in a high-stakes contest. With the 205-pound division in flux with new champ Magomed Ankalaev at the helm, could the winner get a title shot — and does Hill need a win on Saturday to stay in the title picture? Ahead of Saturday's UFC Baku Fight Night event, MMA Fighting's Mike Heck and Jed Meshew preview the fight card, break down the Hill vs. Rountree main event, and discuss the stakes attached to the scheduled five-round contest. Additionally, they'll discuss the highly anticipated co-main event between Rafael Fiziev and Ignacio Bahamondes, what both fighters gain with a win, the rest of the main card slate, the low-key bangers, answer fan questions, and more! Follow Mike Heck: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@m_heckjr⁠⁠⁠ Follow Jed Meshew: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@JedKMeshew⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Subscribe:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ http://goo.gl/dYpsgH⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Check out our full video catalog: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://goo.gl/u8VvLi⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Visit our playlists:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ http://goo.gl/eFhsvM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Like MMAF on Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://goo.gl/uhdg7Z⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow on Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://goo.gl/nOATUI⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Read More: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://www.mmafighting.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this episode of Good Guy / Bad Guy…Will there be a bludgeoning during the Fight Night in Baku between Jamahal Hill and Khalil Rountree Jr.? One of the guys believe so. Then, Justin Gaethje revealed his dream UFC Main Event would be a 4-way Death Match between Max Holloway, Dustin Poirier, Islam Makhachev and himself. So, who would the Bad Guy choose to be in his Ultimate Death Match? You do NOT want to miss the 4 names on his list! And we're playing “Two Truth's and a Lie.” But can you guess which is a lie? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jeff 'Chalkx' Fox and Daniel 'Gumby' Vreeland are back in your earholes with their UFC Baku prelims betting guide! The UFC makes its first visit to Azerbaijan this weekend for a Fight Night card. On this episode, the boys pick the winners for the six main card fights, and once again don't agree on much. Plus, a two-fight parlay that pays out 10x your money! Listen in and tag along!Time Stamps:0:00 - Intro2:31 - Muhammad Naimov vs Bogdan Grad5:23 - Nazim Sadykhov vs Nikolas Motta10:22 - Myktybek Orolbai vs Tofiq Musayev13:03 - Curtis Blaydes vs Rizvan Kuniev16:17 - Rafael Fiziev vs Ignacio Bahamondes22:40 - Jamahal Hill vs Khalil Rountree Jr. Exclusive SGPN Bonuses And Linkshttp://linktr.ee/sportsgamblingpodcastFollow The Sports Gambling Podcast X/Twitter - https://x.com/GamblingPodcastInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/sportsgamblingpodcastTikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@gamblingpodcastFacebook - http://www.facebook.com/sportsgamblingpodcastFollow The Sports Gambling Podcast HostsSean Green - http://www.twitter.com/seantgreenRyan Kramer - http://www.twitter.com/kramercentricGambling problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER CO, DC, IL, IN, LA, MD, MS, NJ, OH, PA, TN, VA, WV, WY Call 877-8-HOPENY or text HOPENY (467369) (NY) Call 1-800-327-5050 (MA)21+ to wager. Please Gamble Responsibly. Call 1-800-NEXT-STEP (AZ), 1-800-522-4700 (KS, NV), 1-800 BETS-OFF (IA), 1-800-270-7117 for confidential help (MI)

Jeff 'Chalkx' Fox and Daniel 'Gumby' Vreeland are back in your earholes with their UFC Baku prelims betting guide! The UFC makes its first visit to Azerbaijan this weekend for a Fight Night card. On this episode, the boys preview and share their picks for the prelim portion of the card, but there's little consensus among their picks. Listen in and tag along! Time Stamps:0:00 - Intro4:16 - Mohammed Usman vs Hamdy Abdelwahab8:40 - Tagir Ulanbekov vs Azat Maksum13:30 - Irina Alekseeva vs Klaudia Syguła17:08 - Dariya Zheleznyakova vs Melissa Mullins22:25 - Ismail Naurdiev vs Jun Yong Park25:18 - Seokhyeon Ko vs Oban Elliott Exclusive SGPN Bonuses And Linkshttp://linktr.ee/sportsgamblingpodcastFollow The Sports Gambling Podcast X/Twitter - https://x.com/GamblingPodcastInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/sportsgamblingpodcastTikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@gamblingpodcastFacebook - http://www.facebook.com/sportsgamblingpodcastFollow The Sports Gambling Podcast HostsSean Green - http://www.twitter.com/seantgreenRyan Kramer - http://www.twitter.com/kramercentricGambling problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER CO, DC, IL, IN, LA, MD, MS, NJ, OH, PA, TN, VA, WV, WY Call 877-8-HOPENY or text HOPENY (467369) (NY) Call 1-800-327-5050 (MA)21+ to wager. Please Gamble Responsibly. Call 1-800-NEXT-STEP (AZ), 1-800-522-4700 (KS, NV), 1-800 BETS-OFF (IA), 1-800-270-7117 for confidential help (MI)

The UFC is making its debut in Azerbaijan! This Saturday, UFC Baku goes down from Azerbaijan's capital city, headlined by a light heavyweight banger between former champion Jamahal Hill and recent title challenge Khalil Rountree Jr. The card also features a ripping lightweight contest between Rafael Fiziev and Ignacio Bahamondes, and, of course, No Bets Barred is here to break it all down. This week, host Jed Meshew flies solo to talk about UFC Baku. Topics include whether Hill can stop his current losing streak, just how much Jed loves Bahamondes, Curtis Blaydes vs. Rizvan Kuniev, multiple women's bantamweight bouts, the latest updates on The Climb, and more. Tune in for episode 130 of No Bets Barred. Follow Jed Meshew: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@JedKMeshew⁠ Follow Luke Noseda: ⁠⁠@MainCardMinute⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Subscribe to MMA Fighting⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Check out our full video catalog⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Like MMA Fighting on Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow on Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Read More: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://www.mmafighting.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Michael Bisping and Paul Felder discuss all the action from UFC Atlanta including Kamaru Usman cementing his status as a challenger again, Rodolfo Bellato getting a very questionable no contest against Paul Craig, Malcolm Wellmaker's impressive KO win and more before previewing UFC Baku including Jamahal Hill vs Khalil Rountree, Rafael Fiziev vs Ignacio Bahamondes and more plus a recap of the biggest news in MMA including Justin Gaethje considering retirement if he can't get a title shot, Paddy and Ilia chirping about fighting each other, Darren Till having trouble finding a fight and so much more! #Bisping #UFCAtlanta #Felder #UFCBaku Support Our Sponsors SKIMS - Shop SKIMS Mens at https://www.skims.com/believe #skimspartner Shopify - ⁠https://www.shopify.com/believe⁠ Follow the link (all lower case) for your 1 Dollar per month trial of the No.1 eCommerce platform for all businesses IndaCloud -⁠⁠ If you're 21 or older, get 25% OFF your first order + free shipping @IndaCloud with code BELIEVE at http://inda.shop/BELIEVE! #indacloudpod Follow the show on social media: Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/BYMPod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Subscribe on YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/3drq6ps⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow the hosts on social: Michael Bisping Twitter ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/bisping⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Michael Bisping Instagram ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/mikebisping/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Michael Bisping YouTube ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDrG2_1TcVkXKXXsD6Kjwig⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Paul Felder Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/felderpaul⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Paul Felder Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/felderpaul/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Paul Felder YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@Ironlungfelder⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠ Follow the team on social: Brian MacKay Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/bmackayisright⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Brian MacKay Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/bmackayisright⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Mike Harrington Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/TheMHarrington⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Mike Harrington Instagram ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/themharrington⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Mike Harrington YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@themharrington Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Former #UFC champ Kamaru Usman silenced the doubters with a dominant win over Joaquin Buckley in the main event of UFC Atlanta this past Saturday. While the majority of fans want to see Usman battle rival and former champ Belal Muhammad, Usman is no-selling that idea for a title fight. Is this the right move? On an all-new edition of Between the Links, the panel reacts to Usman's lopsided victory over Buckley, Usman's look at the title picture and how it's rubbing people the wrong way, and Buckley and Israel Adesanya having some words. Additionally, they'll talk Rose Namajunas' future after beating Miranda Maverick, other standout moments, PFL Nashville, and their event this weekend, Francis Ngannou chatter, UFC Baku headlined by Khalil Rountee vs. Jamahal Hill, and more. Join MMA Fighting's Mike Heck and Jed Meshew as they answer your questions all show long. Follow Mike Heck: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@m_heckjr⁠⁠⁠ Follow Jed Meshew: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@JedKMeshew⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Subscribe:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ http://goo.gl/dYpsgH⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Check out our full video catalog: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://goo.gl/u8VvLi⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Visit our playlists:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ http://goo.gl/eFhsvM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Like MMAF on Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://goo.gl/uhdg7Z⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow on Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://goo.gl/nOATUI⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Read More: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://www.mmafighting.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

So, there's still some fight left in this old dog, Kamaru Usman — as Joaquin Buckley found out the hard way in their UFC Fight Night main event on Saturday. The 38-year-old Usman defied the odds and many expectations with a vintage performance that saw him use the ol' wrestling game to take a unanimous decision over the seemingly incredibly ill-prepared up-and-comer. Then Usman got on the mic and hilariously called for a title shot. Yeah … no … that's not going to happen. At least not yet. Usman may have shown he was as good once as he ever was, but can he keep it going long enough to get back in the mix? Plus, was Dom Cruz right? Did Buckley somehow fail to adequately train … for Usman's … wrestling? Because THAT would be an oversight. And did Rodolfo Bellato pull off the biggest flop job in MMA history? This weekend the UFC is off to — pulls out spelling dictionary — Baku, Azerbaijan, which seems like the most obvious cash grab we've seen in some time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices