Podcasts about Balkans

An assassination in Marseilles plunges the Balkans into turmoil. The Europe-wide battles of Black versus Red make their way onto the streets of Yugoslavia. Pegged as a trouble-maker and pursued by the authorities, the shape-shifting Josip Broz flees to Russia. There he will be re-tooled as a Soviet agent. Dispatched by Moscow, he'll return with a new mission and a new name… A Noiser podcast production. Narrated by Paul McGann. Featuring Neil Barnett, Christopher Catherwood, Richard Mills, Nicholas O'Shaughnessy, Geoffrey Swain, Susan L Woodward. This is Part 2 of 5. Written by Jeff Dawson | Assistant Producer: Luke Lonergan | Exec produced by Joel Duddell | Sound supervisor: Tom Pink | Sound design & audio editing by George Tapp | Assembly editing by Dorry Macaulay, Rob Plummer | Compositions by Oliver Baines, Dorry Macaulay, Tom Pink | Mix & mastering: Cian Ryan-Morgan | Recording engineer: Joseph McGann. You can listen to the next two episodes of the Tito story straight away, without waiting and without ads, by joining Noiser+. Just click the subscription banner at the top of the feed or go to noiser.com/subscriptions Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Atletizm Dünyası ve Serbest Atış'ın birlikte hazırladığı atletizm podcasti Pistten İlhamlar'ın yeni bölümünde Şevket Furkan Erbay, Anıl Kantemir ve Yavuz Yavuz, Yunanistan'ın Volos kentinde düzenlenen 2026 Balkan Atletizm Şampiyonası'nı konuşuyor.

Two weeks in a car, driving through Croatia, Slovenia, Italy, back into Croatia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, and Montenegro. An amazing trip, some stress-inducing driving experiences (narrow roads, manual transmission and left hand drive... a great combination!), and scenery that was simply beyond expectations. Followed up with a 7 night island-hopping cruise from Dubrovnik to Trogir.

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Nederland maakt tot nu toe tevergeefs jacht op Jos Leijdekkers, beter bekend als ‘Bolle Jos'. De veroordeelde drugsbaron houdt zich schuil in Sierra Leone, ontdekten FTM en het AD vorig jaar. Sindsdien is zijn invloed in het Afrikaanse land alleen maar gegroeid, zegt drugshandel- en West-Afrika-expert Kars de Bruijne. Dat maakt arrestatie of uitlevering steeds lastiger. In deze aflevering van ‘Follow the Money interviewt' bespreekt Annette van Soest met De Bruijne hoe de meest gezochte crimineel van Nederland kon doordringen tot de hoogste politieke kringen van Sierra Leone. Leijdekkers heeft nauwe banden met president Julius Maada Bio en zijn familie. De Bruijne, programmaleider West-Afrika en de Sahel bij instituut Clingendael, komt al jaren in het land. Hij deed er onderzoek naar het gebruik van geweld tijdens de burgeroorlog, de relatie tussen politiek en gewelddadige milities en de opkomst van gangs. Sierra Leone is van oudsher geen doorvoerland voor cocaïne. Dat veranderde rond 2019, toen groepen drugscriminelen uit de Balkan begonnen te opereren vanuit het West-Afrikaanse land. Nu maakt Bolle Jos er de dienst uit, aldus De Bruijne. ‘Mijn indruk is dat er één zon is in dit hele spel waar alles omheen draait en dat is Jos Leijdekkers. Iedereen richt zich op hem.'

Long before Putin's invasion of Ukraine, conflict was simmering on Europe's borders. In overlooked territories in eastern Europe, the eastern Mediterranean and the Caucasus –from the Balkans and Cyprus to Abkhazia on the fringes of Georgia – local disputes spiral into regional crises, global alliances are forged and broken, and power is brokered while the West looks elsewhere. In this episode, acclaimed correspondent Hannah Lucinda Smith joins Adam McCauley to discuss her new book Hinterlands: Journeys through Europe's Unfinished Frontiers. She draws on vivid first-hand experience to paint a gripping portrait of Europe at its edges - and the struggles that will define its future. Hannah Lucinda Smith is a journalist known for reporting across the Middle East and Europe for The Times of London, The Atlantic, WIRED, and others. She is the author of Erdogan Rising, an account of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's rise to power, and Zarifa, the memoir of Afghan human rights activist Zarifa Ghafari. Adam McCauley is a journalist, academic, and policy analyst currently based in Ottawa, Canada. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Listen to Felina's first appearance on UnF*ck Your Money here:The Best Money Convo in the WorldRegister with Felina's workshop with Somatic Experiencing International, The Somatic Side of Money Trauma on her website: https://www.felinadanalis.com/When it comes to money, most people think about money mindset, budgeting, or financial literacy... But very few understand what happens in the body around money and how this is actually what drives most of our financial decisions and behaviors. In this episode, Felina and I chat about:What Somatic Experiencing is and how it's different to traditional talk therapy.Why high-achieving people can understand money intellectually but still struggle with their money behaviors and habits. What happens in the nervous system when someone feels stressed, anxious, or overwhelmed about money.And what financial trauma looks like, and how to begin healing. Keywords: financial trauma, money, budgets, spending, saving; financial healing, money healing: Connect with Felina:Felina Danalis, M.A., S.E.P. (she/her) helps individuals and mission-driven organizations master resilience to stress, anxiety and trauma in order to have a more meaningful impact in the world. After witnessing a traumatic car bombing while working as a diplomat in the Balkans, she had a breaking open moment which caused her to radically change direction and course. A bi-cultural and multi-lingual daughter of working class immigrants, for more than a decade she has stewarded a global coaching practice (www.felinadanalis.com) that helps individuals and organizations deal with the impacts of stress in a culturally-sensitive, trauma-informed, body-based way. She has worked with institutions ranging from the World Bank to Planned Parenthood, the Betty Ford Center to the Omega Institute for Holistic Studies, Google to The Golden Door. She holds degrees from Georgetown and Johns Hopkins University, is a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner and assistant teaching faculty and once upon a time co-wrote a book on socially responsible investing. www.felinadanalis.comhttps://www.instagram.com/fdanalis/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/felinadanalis/ ⭐️ Book Your Introductory SessionMoney isn't just math. It's behavior.If you're struggling with overspending, avoidance, financial anxiety, overgiving, or simply feeling overwhelmed by money, let's talk.As a Behavioral Finance Coach and Somatic Practitioner, I help people understand the behavior behind their money so they can bridge the gap between knowing what to do and actually doing it.Book your introductory sessionBook your session here. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ If this episode made you think, gave you a new perspective, or helped you feel a little less alone, would you do me a favor?Leave a 5-star review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts and email me a screenshot. Reviews help this little podcast reach more humans who need it. And because I appreciate you, I'll send you a special thank-you gift in return ♥️~Podcast theme song by The Jilted Irony

Hey ya! It's been a while… After the radio day job - existing, a bit tired of micromanaging - I needed to take a break from media, just to fall in love again with what I do. So here we are again.A special episode with Yvan Rodic - Facehunter.I first met Yvan in Skopje back in 2010, when my close friend Danijela Simonovska brought him here for an exhibition. Facehunter was really important for us - showing that wearing different clothes, thinking different, feeling different… is something beautiful.Yvan came to Skopje at the peak of his career - globally recognized, traveling the world, meeting amazing people and collecting stories. In the era of 2000's he was huge at that point, really huge. It was genuine culture, no algorithms, no instagram, no influencers just real energy. MySpace and Blogspot and a bit different internet. We celebrated every time he entered a new part of the globe. And now, 16 years later, he's back in Skopje (after traveling across the Balkans). We walked the streets of Skopje together, sharing the parts of the city I love. Yes - I still love my city. And I'm still working on making it better. (It would probably be easier somewhere else, maybe London… but it is what it is - life is more life this way.)In this 109 episode, we talk about Yvan's journey through photography and travel. We're walking through the streets of the world with someone who has spent years observing people - not just what they wear, but who they are. About his new documentary.This is not a conversation about fashion.It's a conversation about curiosity. Presence. Those small, passing moments that somehow stay with us. We also talk about being creative in the AI era, the sound of cities, and how to have a good time in every situation. Maybe that's what it's really about.Life isn't always in the big moments. Sometimes it's in a face you see for a second, a short conversation, or a feeling you can't fully explain.Until the next episode - stay curious, slow down a little, and don't forget to celebrate life as it comes.Follow us and don't forget to subscribe:https://open.spotify.com/show/53FRH6dP5g4VD48mwSHD1c?si=lirq87ZYQxKHgWTS1xx20Qwww.instagram.com/indogwww.instagram.com/facehunterwww.indog.info

Vladimir Onokoy returns to Behind the Gun to discuss his new book From Balkans to Babylon: Zastava AKs of Yugoslavia, Serbia, and Iraq — and more importantly, the personal story behind writing it. From his extensive field experience to the inspirations that drove him to document this rich Kalashnikov lineage, Vlad encourages others to act on their own instincts to share hard-won knowledge like he intends to do in his new book coming out soon. Vladimir Onokoy on The Firearm Blog: https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/author/vladmir-o/ Safar Publishing (pre-order the book): https://www.safar-publishing.com/product-page/from-balkans-to-babylon-zastava-aks-of-yugoslavia-serbia-and-iraq Vladimir Onokoy YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/machaksilver Vladimir Onokoy on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vladonokoy/ Contact Vladimir: vonokoybooks@proton.me

 John V Palaiologos finally returned to Constantinople after being rescued from Venetian detention by his loyal son Manuel, who raised money in Thessalonica, sold his own possessions, and even offered himself as a hostage when the funds proved insufficient. Meanwhile, John's eldest son Andronikos IV had enjoyed ruling in his father's absence and openly refused to help secure his release, leading John to elevate Manuel as his new heir and co-emperor. As this dynastic crisis unfolded, a far greater threat emerged in the Balkans. Believing Sultan Murad was distracted by war in Anatolia, the Serbian princes Vukašin and Jovan Uglješa assembled a large coalition army and marched toward Adrianople to drive the Ottomans from Europe. Near the Maritsa River in 1371, however, their overconfident force was caught completely off guard when a vastly smaller Ottoman army launched a surprise night attack, setting the Serbian camp ablaze and throwing the army into panic. Thousands were killed, drowned, captured, or scattered, while both Serbian leaders perished in the disaster. The Battle of the Maritsa shattered Serbian power, spread terror throughout the Balkans, and convinced many that the Ottomans were an unstoppable force. When news reached Constantinople, John V realized that if even the strongest army in Eastern Europe could be destroyed so completely, the Byzantine Empire had little hope of surviving. The battle also revealed the strategic dilemma facing Murad: while expanding into Europe, he was constantly forced to defend Anatolia against the Karamanids, a powerful Turkish rival angered by Ottoman expansion and determined to challenge Ottoman dominance of the Turkish world. The History of Modern Greece Podcast covers the events from Ancient Greece, the Roman Empire, and the fall of Constantinople in 1453, to the years under the Ottoman Empire, and 1821 when the Greeks fought for independence... all the way to the modern-day.EMAIL US: historyofmoderngreece@gmail.comWebsite: www.moderngreecepodcast.comSOCIAL MEDIA: Go here to chat with us. https://www.instagram.com/historyofmodern%20greece/https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61578023316172Music by Mark Jungerman: www.marcjungermann.com

Harriet Logan is a multi-award winning photographer who spent the first half of her career working on international assignments in places such as Sudan, Angola, Chechnya, Afghanistan, Iraq, Kosovo and Somalia for a range of international newspapers and magazines. She subsequently turned her attention to working commercially on advertising campaigns for various big brand clients, including The Pictet Group and Canon, alongside some of the worlds largest advertising agencies. Today she curates the Incite Project, an issue driven collection of photographs broadly based around the subject of world events and conflict. Harriet is also the executive director of The Ian Parry Photojournalism Grant which has run for over 30 years and which she won in 1992. The grant has a mission to support young and emerging Photojournalists. She co-parents 4 boys with her husband Mark, an owl, a peregrine falcon, three dogs, a dressage horse, and a bunch of sheep, cows, chickens and pigs. On episode 284, Harriet discusses, among other things: Her journey into photojournalism from art college in the USA Her early project on an Aids patient, with whom she became close Beginners luck at the Poll tax riots in London in 1990 Ending up in southern Sudan…and then Somalia Winning the The Ian Parry Photojournalism Grant and how it changed everything The reality of being a female photojournalist in the 90's An example of the danger of inadvertantly fucking over your subject He story about victims of rape in Kosovo during the Balkans conflict Being sent to Afghanistan for the first time by The Sunday Times… …And returning four years later to find the women and girls she had photographed there A close call on the road from Kabul to Jalalabad Motherhood, falling out of love with being a photographer, and the decision to quit photojournalism Becoming the Executive Director of the The Ian Parry Photojournalism Grant The new Tom Stoddart Award for Excellence How The Incite Project came about and how she defines what it is The fundamental strangeness of having graphic and disturbing photojounalism framed on your walls Referenced: Eugene Richards, Exploding Into Life Don McCullin Les Wilson Len Greener Josef Koudelka Cartier Bresson Robert Capa W. Eugene Smith Colorific Aidan Sullivan Tom Stoddart Michael Rand Jillian Edelstein Simon Norfolk Jenny Matthews Jeremy Clarkson AA Gill Mark Hix Tristran Lund Giles Duley, Legacy of War Foundation Laura Pannack Omar Ashtawey Trevor Paglen Richard Mosse Ed Burtynsky Luke Delahey Ed Clarke Network Photographers Simon Roberts Matt Black Lorenzo Meloni Chris Donovan Become a A Small Voice podcast member here to access exclusive additional subscriber-only content and the full archive of 200+ previous episodes for £4 per month. Subscribe to my weekly newsletter here for everything A Small Voice related and much more besides. Follow me on Instagram here. Need a new website? I will build you one with Squarespace. Details here.

One month after Loryn and Edo Nalic opened Balkan Treatbox in 2019, I had the privilege of sitting down with Loryn and getting her take on the success of the restaurant. Now Loryn is a culinary superstar being recently crowned the James Beard Best Chef Midwest. She takes us on a delightful journey through her culinary roots and the evolution of her restaurant, Balkan Treatbox. From her childhood memories of cooking with family to the whirlwind of opening a food truck and now a full-fledged restaurant, Loryn shares the ups and downs of her culinary career. She recounts the transformative moments that shaped her passion for food, like her early days busing tables and her leap into pastry chef roles. We get into the intricacies of running a food truck, the challenges of sourcing ingredients, and the creativity that fuels her menu, which is inspired by the rich flavors of the Balkan region.As we celebrate her recent accolades, we also reflect on how community support and a team effort has been vital to her success, emphasizing the collaborative spirit among local chefs in St. Louis. Loryn and Arnold explore the vibrant food scene in St. Louis, highlighting how the city is gaining recognition on a national scale. They discuss the camaraderie among local chefs and how this interconnectedness strengthens the culinary landscape.Loryn's anecdotes about her experiences, from baking bread in a food truck to managing the demands of a bustling restaurant are engaging and give us a behind the scenes view. Listeners get a taste of the mouthwatering dishes served at Balkan Treatbox, like the beloved wood-fired bread and the unique flavors of cevapi, and how every dish tells a story. This conversation is not just about food; it's about passion, perseverance, and the joy of bringing people together through delicious meals.[00:00] Meet Loryn Nalic[00:13] Early Food Roots[00:55] Pastry Breakthrough[01:46] From Sysco to Pappy's[03:21] Launching the Truck[04:49] Food Truck Reality[08:35] From Truck to Restaurant[09:16] Balkan Menu Tour[12:19] Design and Identity[15:12] Opening Challenges[18:47] Lunch Only Growth[23:03] Precision and Pastry[24:10] St Louis Food Community[27:37] How to Visit and Follow[28:47] What is Next and FarewellTakeaways:Loryn Nalic's journey from culinary dreams to James Beard Best Chef accolade is truly inspiring!Building a food truck is not just grilling and cash registers, it's a complex culinary adventure!The St. Louis food scene is thriving, with chefs supporting each other like one big happy family!Every dish served is crafted with love, using fresh ingredients and traditional Balkan recipes!Transitioning from a food truck to a full-fledged restaurant has its challenges, but the rewards are worth it!Social media is the lifeblood of food trucks – it's how they keep their hungry fans in the loop!Balkan Treat Box - St. LouisInstagram - Balkan TreatboxFacebook - Balkan TreatboxThis is Season 9! For more episodes, go to stlintune.com#balkantreatbox #jamesbeardaward #stlouisfood #foodtrucks #balkanfood #streetfood #balkancuisine #woodfiredcooking #handmadebread

Josip Broz was the wartime resistance leader who became Tito, the strongman ruler of Yugoslavia. He defeated both Hitler and Mussolini. He stared down Stalin. He consolidated much of the Balkans as a single state, helping it to punch above its weight. But beyond his undoubted political skill and avuncular demeanour there was also a darkness… and an iron fist. So who really was the man behind the name? How did he chart a third way through the Cold War? And how is he remembered today? A Noiser podcast production. Narrated by Paul McGann. Featuring Neil Barnett, Branko Brkic, Christopher Catherwood, Richard Mills, Nicholas O'Shaughnessy, Geoffrey Swain, Susan L Woodward. This is Part 1 of 5. Written by Jeff Dawson | Assistant Producer: Luke Lonergan | Exec produced by Joel Duddell | Sound supervisor: Tom Pink | Sound design & audio editing by George Tapp | Assembly editing by Dorry Macaulay, Rob Plummer, Josh Latham | Compositions by Oliver Baines, Dorry Macaulay, Tom Pink | Mix & mastering: Cian Ryan-Morgan | Recording engineer: Joseph McGann. You can listen to the next two episodes of the Tito story straight away, without waiting and without ads, by joining Noiser+. Just click the subscription banner at the top of the feed or go to noiser.com/subscriptions Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Recorded at the Battle of Ideas festival 2025 on Saturday 18 October at Church House and the Abbey Centre, Westminster. ORIGINAL INTRODUCTION The past year has seen a flurry of announcements about military investment in Western countries. Following Trump's re-election, and his blunt demand that European countries invest more in their militaries, the EU announced €800 million of funds for defence in a package called ReArm Europe (later renamed Readiness 2030 after backlash that the package sounded too militaristic). NATO members then agreed to bump defence spending to five per cent of GDP – although some, like Spain, secured opt-outs, and members will be able to count certain infrastructure spending towards the target. Aside from Trump, the calalyst has been Russia's invasion of Ukraine and a more uncertain and dangerous geopolitical situation around the world. From clashes between India and Pakistan to continuing war in Gaza, threats from China about Taiwan, instability in the Balkans and rising tensions in South America – few deny the world is a more unstable place than it was a decade ago. The question is how Western countries should respond. Many suggest that the new period of rearmament is a necessary corrective to a longstanding vacation from geopolitical realities. In recent decades, weapons stockpiles have shrunk, armed forces have been reduced and industrial capacity has declined – to the point where few Western countries except America or Poland could sustain a serious conflict, or even a minor one. While Western states have let military spending fall down the list of priorities, newly emboldened countries like China, Turkey, the Gulf States and India have grown their armed forces. But others worry this new talk of militarism risks fanning the embers it is supposed to contain. Some joke that it could be dangerous for Germany, which has spent the postwar years being told to constrain its military, to now be encouraged to spend hundreds of billions of euros on its armed forces. Newly furnished militaries could be like Chekov's Gun – just waiting to go off. Others point to the loss of progress on arms-reduction treaties, or the dangerous rhetoric of civilisational competition. Burgeoning social-welfare commitments, skyrocketing energy prices, decades of infrastructure decay, and a lack of critical raw materials make rearmament more difficult than simply declaring a new target. But perhaps the most biting criticism is the gap between these new military ambitions and the reality at home. Western countries cannot defend their borders against illegal migration, let alone foreign adversaries. Young people profess less and less desire to identify with their country, let alone fight for it. And whatever the talk of strategic adversaries, Western countries are still dependent on Russia, China and other competitors for basic and crucial goods, from oil to batteries. Should the new talk of military rearmament be welcomed, feared or perhaps even ridiculed? When the countries comprising the West seems to be in constant tension over Ukraine, free speech or attitudes to Chinese investment, is there even a West to speak of? Is it high time to get serious about the military and prepare for war? Or do we need to cool off? SPEAKERS Dr Tim Black books and essays editor, spiked Mary Dejevsky former foreign correspondent in Moscow, Paris and Washington; special correspondent in China; writer and broadcaster Virginie Joron French member of the European Parliament, Patriots for Europe Group Tim Scott executive director, The Freedom Association Charlie Winstanley author, Bricking it: The UK Housing Crisis and the Failure of Policy; public affairs & social policy development professional CHAIR Jacob Reynolds head of policy, MCC Brussels; associate fellow, Academy of Ideas

What separates a dog that nails every target in training from one that actually finds truffles in the wild? In this episode I'm joined by Paul Bunker, founder of Chiron K9 and one of the most experienced scent detection trainers in the world, with over 40 years working dogs across the military, research and conservation.Paul served 22 years in the British Army's Royal Army Veterinary Corps, led specialist detection programmes internationally, and now pioneers detection work on everything from buried explosives and oil spills to endangered species and invasive plants. We get deep into the science and the art of training dogs to find buried targets, and exactly where most truffle dog handlers go wrong.What we cover:- Why your dog finds everything in training but freezes in real woodland- The coffee cup principle: why surface area, not quantity, drives odour- "The ground is productive": venting, footprints and buried odour- The passive response vs the dig, and how to get the best of both- Liberal vs pedantic dogs, and what yours is- Why truffle hunting being an "odour-messy" sport is doing your dog a disservice- The all-clear: rewarding your dog for finding nothing- Reading subtle changes of behaviour instead of chasing the perfect sit and stare- Training on a neutral odour before you ever introduce truffleTimestamps:00:00 Intro and Paul's background02:10 From farm dogs to the Royal Army Veterinary Corps07:11 Old school: rope leads, leather collars and reading dogs09:56 The subtle signals most handlers miss12:51 Passive response vs the dig, and why nose-at-source matters16:40 The dream indication: paw scratch, passive, then dig on cue20:05 Cracking buried odour (the Balkans, 1999)22:55 Training buried targets: jars, solutions and soil pucks24:38 Venting vs footprint: why the ground is productive27:54 Liberal dogs vs pedantic dogs30:38 Why your dog finds it at home but not in the woods33:27 The coffee cup: surface area, not quantity37:22 The transition phase: just three real-life exposures40:07 Why "click on the sniff" beats the trained final response43:23 "Don't trust your dog, trust your training"46:34 "It's not the dog, it's your training plan"48:45 Is truffle hunting really an "odour-messy" sport?53:38 The all-clear: rewarding the "nothing here" choice1:00:05 Mistakes are learning, not punishment1:01:44 The criteria before you try the real thing1:04:28 Paul's parting advice: enjoy your dog1:09:35 What Paul trains now, and starting on a neutral odour1:16:25 Where to find PaulFind Paul Bunker at Chiron K9: https://chiron-k9.comI'm Ben Sweet, founder of Truffle Forager. I help dog owners train their dogs to hunt truffles using the BSH Truffle Dog Training System.www.truffleforager.com

LELEK — Croatia's Eurovision 2026 act — joined us for an on-stage interview at our Eurofan House x Wiwibloggs interview series in Vienna. The band, formed in 2024, consists of members Inka Večerina Perušić, Judita Štorga, Korina Olivia Rogić, Lara Brtan, and Marina Ramljak. They discuss their song "Andromeda" and its powerful message, which relates to the subjugation of women in the Balkans. They also detail their tattoos, which women wore to escape slavery. How did the group form? Who is the most emotional? And what's it been like meeting their Eurovision idols? We find out all of this and more. Interviewer: William Lee Adams  

Dans les reliefs et forêts de Macédoine du Nord et d'Albanie, se niche ce grand félin à la fourrure tachetée et aux oreilles pointues, un des mammifères les plus rares au monde. Voyage à pas lents et pistage ​attentif...  Au début des années 2000, alors qu'on le croyait disparu, le lynx des Balkans a été redécouvert, entre les massifs du parc national de Mavrovo au nord-ouest de la Macédoine et les monts de Munella au nord de l'Albanie. Aujourd'hui, une quarantaine de ces animaux seraient présents à l'état sauvage, dans des contrées retirées quoique de plus en plus anthropisées, altérées par l'homme. Classé par l'Union Internationale pour la Conservation de la Nature (UICN) comme une espèce en danger critique d'extinction, ce lynx hante depuis longtemps l'imaginaire et les récits populaires dans les Balkans. En Macédoine du Nord, il est un emblème national qui orne les pièces de 5 denars, et en Albanie, on raconte que ceux qui croisent ses yeux en amande deviennent aveugles.  « Lynx lynx balcanicus », c'est le nom de cette sous-espèce du lynx boréal, prédateur solitaire qui avance la nuit ou le soir et que l'on dit insaisissable, fantomatique même. On le surnomme d'ailleurs « le fantôme de la forêt ». Mais au-delà de la fascination qu'il suscite, ce lynx des Balkans fait désormais l'objet d'une surveillance et d'une protection bien spécifiques, dans le cadre d'un programme transnational de rétablissement du lynx des Balkans.  Survivant discret d'un monde en recul, le lynx rôde entre les arbres, franchit les cols, traverse les frontières. Car son territoire, lui, ne connaît pas les lignes sur les cartes. Et dans une région longtemps marquée par les frontières et les tensions, le combat pour cet animal emblématique oblige alors les humains à coopérer et veiller sur le sauvage, ou du moins ce qu'il en reste.  Un voyage sonore entre la Macédoine du Nord et l'Albanie de Sibylle d'Orgeval.    En savoir plus : - Sur le programme transnational de rétablissement du lynx des Balkans - Sur l'ONG Macedonian Ecological Society impliquée dans ce programme côté Macédoine du Nord. En macédonien.  - Sur l'association PPNEA: Protection and Preservation of Natural Environment in Albania, engagée dans ce programme côté albanais - Sur le parc national de Mavrovo en Macédoine du Nord. En anglais.   - Sur l'UICN et le classement du lynx des Balkans. En anglais.

Ralph talks to journalist and M.Div. Chris Hedges about Pope Leo XIV's encyclical on artificial intelligence. Then, Ralph speaks with Rick Engler (former member of the US Chemical Safety and Hazards Investigation Board) about Trump's proposed closing of that agency. Finally, Ralph pays tribute to some recently departed friends.Chris Hedges is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, who spent nearly two decades as a foreign correspondent in Central America, the Middle East, Africa and the Balkans. He is the host of The Chris Hedges Report, and he is a prolific author— his latest book is A Genocide Foretold: Reporting on Survival and Resistance in Occupied Palestine.I think that Pope Leo kind of missed the point of AI. In that he describes that it could be a positive force for Catholic education (these are his words), compassionate health care, creative platforms that tell the Christian story with truth and beauty. I think those were all indications to me that he didn't quite understand what AI is about. It's not about education, it's not about compassion, it's not about truth, and it's not about beauty. It is a very pernicious force that will go beyond, of course, replacing all sorts of labor, but creating a world where fact and fiction are blurred together.Chris HedgesI think that mass organization is kind of all we have left as we barrel towards an authoritarian state. Congress doesn't function, certainly doesn't function as Congress was designed to function. They have surrendered their traditional constitutional authority, including, of course, the call for Congress to declare war. And this kind of unitary executive branch—this was put into place, by the way, before Trump. He's just taken advantage of it…And I think that it's absolutely fundamental that we recapture that kind of militancy, that kind of organized workforce that has traditionally throughout our history been such an important corrective to democracy—along with, of course, journalism.Chris HedgesRick Engler is a former U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board member and labor advocate who founded the New Jersey Work Environment Council. He has advocated for successful landmark state and national public policies that ensure workers and the public's “right to know” about potential chemical dangers, and that promote safer processes, chemical incident prevention, and whistleblower protection.The CSB is unique. I mean, nobody would think of abolishing the National Transportation Safety Board. And no one should think about abolishing the Chemical Safety Board, which does the same thing. It's not about issuing, in this case, fines or violations. It's about trying to understand the underlying causes of what led to these incidents.Rick Engler[Trump's allies] have a certain religious fervor about this. When I talk to plant managers, the plant managers of the corporations are much more careful and nuanced in most cases. They don't want their own plants to explode. But somewhere at the higher corporate levels, I think they're just willing to take the risks that the tradeoff for them is: Trump is supporting them in so many ways, why interfere? Why become part of some nuanced opposition to the most extreme EPA attacks? But I do think the elimination of the CSB is driven by the Trump administration in a way that wouldn't be happening if it was just left to the chemical industry trade associations alone. I'm not sure that's an adequate answer. I'm actually kind of puzzled by it. Because it's also really clear that if there was any one major incident, it would cost so much money—not only in the human tragedy of the lives lost and neighbors harmed and evacuations and shelter-in-place and property damage, but these incidents destroy facilities.Rick EnglerNews 6/12/26* Our top stories this week come to us from California, where, after an excruciatingly protracted wait, authorities have finally called some of the most high-profile races. In Los Angeles, Democratic Socialist City Councilwoman Nithya Raman has secured the second slot in the mayoral race, beating out reactionary former reality television star Spencer Pratt, PBS reports. Pratt garnered significant attention from conservative media for his slick AI-generated ads and his false claims about living in an airstream trailer after his LA home burned down in the recent fires. In actuality, he was living in the posh Bel Air hotel, billed as a campaign expense, per TMZ. Now the question becomes whether or not Raman will be able to expand her coalition to unseat incumbent Mayor Karen Bass in November.* If Raman's victory is the good news however, the bad news is that Trump-endorsed Republican Steve Hilton will advance in the gubernatorial race. He will face off against former California Attorney General and Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra, who has accepted large campaign contributions from the California Association of Realtors, the California Medical Association and even Chevron, per CalMatters. This outcome means progressive billionaire Tom Steyer will not advance. Many are placing the blame for this on former Congresswoman Katie Porter, who remained in the race despite clearly failing to achieve any real viability throughout the race. This has drawn comparisons to Elizabeth Warren's perceived role as a spoiler candidate vis-a-vis Bernie Sanders in the 2020 Democratic Primary, particularly since Porter is a highly visible protégé of Senator Warren. In his concession speech, Steyer closed by telling his supporters “Pay attention. Know what you deserve, and know who is on your side. Understand who the villains are, and say their names out loud. Continue to demand more from your leaders and your government, until they give you the California – and the country – you know you deserve. I will be with you all the way.”* Elsewhere in California however, progressives scored major victories. In California's 22nd congressional district, Bernie Sanders-backed Randy Villegas secured a spot in the top two, beating out his opponent Jasmine Bains, who enjoyed the backing of AIPAC and 53 corporate donors, according to the American Prospect. He will face Republican incumbent Congressman David Valadao in November. Even more impressive is the victory of progressive challenger Mai Vang in California's 7th district primary, where she actually emerged as the top vote getter, beating out longtime incumbent Congresswoman Doris Matsui. However, because Matsui, who is 81 years old, won the second-most votes, she will still advance to the general election.* Another much-anticipated primary was held this week on the exact other end of the country. In Maine, Graham Platner trounced his opponents in the Democratic Senate race, winning over 70% of the vote despite a concerted campaign against him in the national press. In his victory speech, CNN reports Platner wrote off the smears, saying “They don't know Maine.” Furthermore, he said “If you believe, as I do, that we can change our politics, and change our country, then you must also believe that people can change…To all those who feel let down, disappointed, or disillusioned. It is my job to earn your trust, your faith, and your support. And I will spend every day of this campaign, and if I have the privilege, every day in the United States Senate, doing exactly that.” Platner will face off against five-term incumbent Senator Susan Collins in a race that will be decisive if Democrats are to have any chance of retaking the Senate in the 2026 midterms.* Turning towards the plains, two candidates are starting to show a surprising level of viability in heavily Republican, rural states. First, in Idaho, Todd Achilles is running as an independent against Republican incumbent Senator Jim Risch. Achilles served as a tank commander and armor officer in the Army before a varied career in the corporate world, education and now politics, according to Independent Voter News. The most striking development in this race is a new poll showing that while “Achilles starts out…behind by 14 points at 48-34…once voters hear biographical information about him and negative messaging about Senator Risch, he gains a full 17 points…[leading] Risch, 41% to 38%.” If accurate, this would be a stunningly close race in a state where registered Republicans outnumber registered Democrats by a margin greater than 5-to-1.* In South Dakota, Brian Bengs, another veteran turned educator – turned, in this case, National Park Ranger – is running shockingly close to incumbent Republican Senator Mike Rounds in a head-to-head matchup. According to the South Dakota Standard, the latest polling shows Rounds leading Bengs 44% to 40%, with 16% undecided. Moreover, like the Achilles poll, when voters are given biographical information about Bengs and negative messaging about Senator Rounds, that margin flips to 44% in favor of Bengs, compared to just 42% for Rounds. If these polls are accurate and independent candidates – not just Achilles and Bengs but also Dan Osborn in Nebraska and Seth Bodnar in Montana – prove viable, perhaps even victorious, in states long seen as out of reach for non-Republicans, there will have to be a serious reckoning with the toxicity of the Democratic Party brand in the American heartland.* In Michigan, progressive candidate Abdul El-Sayed has picked up perhaps the most critical possible endorsement in the state: that of the United Auto Workers. In a statement, the union wrote that “UAW members in Michigan want a fighter in Washington, D.C. who isn't afraid to push forward a strong working-class agenda with moral clarity…From Medicare for All to banning stock buybacks, Dr. Abdul El-Sayed is ready, eager, and well-equipped to move our core issues in the U.S. Senate.” Whether because of this endorsement or not, El-Sayed now seems to be in the driver's seat in this primary. This endorsement dovetails with UAW President Shawn Fain's rumored frustration with the mainstream labor movement for not doing more to back labor candidates, such as Clare Valdez in New York, who was a UAW organizer before entering the State Assembly.* On the House floor meanwhile, lame-duck dissident Republican Congressman Thomas Massie delivered a barn-burner of a speech this week, demanding that the government reopen the investigation into the 1967 Israeli attack on the USS Liberty, Al Jazeera reports. The attack on the Liberty, a US Navy vessel, killed 34 service members and injured 171 others. For decades, Israel has claimed that this was nothing more than an accidental incident of friendly fire, but the surviving veterans have long disputed this explanation, contending that it was a deliberate attack, either as a “false flag operation or because they simply didn't want anybody observing what they were doing that day.” Massie called on the House to “give them closure…It's long overdue. And then they can have their justice.”* Looking to Latin America, the presidential election in Peru is, predictably, coming down to a razor thin margin, WLRN reports. This race, between left-wing Senator Roberto Sánchez and Keiko Fujimori, perennial presidential candidate and daughter of former dictator Alberto Fujimori, currently stands at 50.004% for Fujimori and 49.996% for Sánchez, with 98.258% of the votes tabulated. Sánchez was favored to win after the in-country votes were counted, then Fujimori pulled ahead when the votes from Miami came in, other absentee votes eroded that margin and gave Sánchez the edge once again but Fujimori has yet again pulled ahead by a hair. This is Fujimori's fourth presidential campaign, making it to the runoff each time but ultimately losing by the narrowest of margins.* Finally, in Colombia, Progressive International reports that while Colombian President Gustavo Petro presides at the United Nations Security Council, “conservative forces in the country's legislature have conspired against the constitution to ‘SUSPEND' his presidency — just 11 days from the run-off presidential election.” While Reuters adds that the proposal must be “debated and approved by all ‌16 ⁠members of the [legislative Commission of Investigation and ​Accusation] and subsequently by the Senate before it can take effect,” it is hard to see this as anything besides an opportunistic grab for power while the proverbial cat is away. Petro's four-year term ends in August; the runoff in the presidential election, between leftist Ivan Cepeda and right-wing lawyer Abelardo ​De La Espriella, will be held on ​June 21st.This has been Francesco DeSantis, with In Case You Haven't Heard. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe

Guido van Hengel is schrijver, essayist en historicus. Hij is gespecialiseerd in Europa als idee en constructie, de cultuur van de Balkan, en de Eerste Wereldoorlog. Ook is hij redacteur bij de Nederlandse Boekengids en de tijdschriften Donau en Drawing the Times. Hij schreef de boeken ‘De dagen van Gavrilo Princip. hoe een jonge rebel de Eerste Wereldoorlog ontketende', ‘De zieners' en ‘Roedel'. Nu verschijnt ‘Dageraad. Geschiedenis in ochtendlicht'. Met verhalen, mysteriën, nachtmerries, marsen, oorlogen, zuiveringen en gezangen vertelt hij, aan de hand van uiteenlopende historische figuren, over het verlangen naar een nieuw begin. Ellen Deckwitz gaat met Guido van Hengel in gesprek.

Ivanka and Jared Kushner's plans for a billion dollar luxury resort in an environmentally-protected part of Albania is causing major protests in the Balkan country.Joining Seán to discuss is Helena Smith, the Guardian's Correspondent in Greece, Turkey and Cyprus...

(00:47) Mit dieser Frage beschäftigt sich der Dokumentarfilm «Girls and Gods», der ab jetzt in den Schweizer Kinos zu sehen ist. Darin spricht die ehemalige ukrainische Femen-Aktivistin Inna Schewtschenko mit unterschiedlichen Frauen über ihren Blick auf den Glauben. Weitere Themen: (06:50) Balkan- und Romamusik in der Schweiz – beim BaRo-Musikprojekt musizieren und singen derzeit 130 Menschen aus fünf Städten miteinander. (11:14) Nominiert für den «European Museum of the Year Award» – was das Museum Henry Dunant in Heiden so besonders macht. (16:08) Feier zum 125-jährigen Bestehen – in der Zürcher Citykirche St. Jakob zeigt die Berliner Opernkompanie «Novoflot» ihr Stück «No Name God».

3 Hours and 13 MinutesPG-13Thomas777 is a revisionist historian and a fiction writer.Here, in one file, are the 3 episodes Thomas777 did with Pete covering the 1990's Balkans Wars.Episode 1: The 1990's Balkan Wars - Part 1 - 'The Homeland War' w/ Thomas777Episode 2: The 1990's Balkan Wars - Part 2 - WW2 Context - w/ Thomas777Episode 3: The 1990's Balkan Wars - Part 3 - The Hostilities - w/ Thomas777Thomas' SubstackThomas777 MerchandiseThomas' Book "Steelstorm Pt. 1"Thomas' Book "Steelstorm Pt. 2"Thomas on TwitterThomas' CashApp - $7homas777Pete and Thomas777 'At the Movies'Support Pete on His WebsitePete's PatreonPete's SubstackPete's SubscribestarPete's GUMROADPete's VenmoPete's Buy Me a CoffeePete on FacebookPete on TwitterBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-pete-quinones-show--6071361/support.

As the Trump administration blocks a referee from entering the US, is this the most political world cup of all time, and just how messy will it get? Can the Democrats flip the Senate, and would it actually stop Trump? Is Jared Kushner turning the Balkans into his personal property portfolio? Join Rory and Alastair as they answer all these questions and more in this week's edition of Question Time. __________ Enjoy Rory and Alastair's interview with Odd Arne Westad by searching ‘Leading' on Spotify, Apple, or YouTube. Go deeper into the world of The Rest Is Politics by signing up for our free newsletter HERE, featuring exclusive interviews, analysis and weekend reads from Alastair and Rory. Join The Rest Is Politics Plus. Start your free trial at therestispolitics.com to unlock exclusive bonus content – including Rory and Alastair's miniseries – plus ad-free listening, early access to episodes and live show tickets, exclusive newsletters, discounted book prices, and a private chatroom on Discord. The Rest Is Politics is powered by Fuse Energy. Stop overpaying for energy. Switch at fuseenergy.com/politics and get a free TRIP+ subscription. Get our exclusive NordVPN deal here ➼ nordvpn.com/restispolitics It's risk-free with Nord's 30 day money back guarantee ✅ __________ Instagram: @restispolitics Twitter: @restispolitics Email: therestispolitics@goalhanger.com __________ Social Producer: Celine Charles Video Editor: Adam Thorton, James Clayden Assistant Producer: Daisy Alston-Horne Producer: Evan Green Exec Producer: Chris Sawyer General Manager: Tom Whiter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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In 1977, a calm, otherworldly voice broke into the British evening news across five transmitters at once, identified itself as an alien envoy, and warned humanity to abandon nuclear weapons before time ran out. Was it a hoax, or first contact?EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources): https://weirddarkness.com/AlienVoicesOnTVAndRadioREAD or DOWNLOAD the full transcript of this episode: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/mrxcfak4FEATURED STORIES IN THIS EPISODE: While scientists at SETI are continually monitoring for extraterrestrial contact from the cosmos, ordinary people are already hearing from them – via radio and television. (Aliens Voices Over Radio and Television) *** 
The death of a Hollywood movie producer is still unsolved – and his spirit on the lot is still at unrest. (The Mysterious Death of Thomas Ince) *** A family moves into a new home, and it's not long before they begin hearing strange sounds coming from the home bar in their living room. (Something In That Part of the House) *** In years past, baby boys were dressed in pink. So why the change to the color blue for boys? The answer is a dark one. (Baby Blues) *** In just 30 seconds, 30 rounds were fired when the tension between a crew of thieving cowboys and vigilante lawmen came to an explosive head in the frontier town of Tombstone, Arizona. (The True Story Behind the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral)CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Klaatu's speech from “The Day The Earth Stood Still” (1951)00:02:45.959 = Show Open00:04:39.005 = Alien Voices Over Radio And Television00:16:13.874 = The Mysterious Death of Thomas Ince and the Haunting of Culver Studios00:33:04.222 = Something in That Part of the House ***00:39:31.873 = Baby Blues00:45:22.653 = The True Story Behind the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral ***00:54:32.710 = Show Close*** = Begins immediately after inserted ad breakLISTEN ON PODCAST APPS: Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here: https://weirddarkness.com/wdapps*No AI Voices Are Used In The Narration Of This Podcast*SOURCES and RESOURCES:“The True Story Behind the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral” by Mark Oliver: http://ow.ly/RmAm30oaHWt“The Mysterious Death of Thomas Ince” by Troy Taylor: http://ow.ly/WVUu30oaHvS“Something In That Part of the House” by Haven: http://ow.ly/qMeU30oaHxn“Baby Blues” by Conny Waters: http://ow.ly/zcGj30oaI32“Alien Voices Over Radio and Television” posted at the Conspiracy Journal: https://tinyurl.com/y2ht47pt“Klaatu's Speech From ‘The Day The Earth Stood Still'”: (link no longer available)(Over time links may become invalid, disappear, or have different content. I always make sure to give authors credit for the material I use whenever possible. If I somehow overlooked doing so for a story, or if a credit is incorrect, please let me know and I will rectify it in these show notes immediately. Some links included above may benefit me financially through qualifying purchases.)WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness.Originally aired: November, 2021Weird Darkness moves across five unsettling true tales — alleged alien voices breaking into broadcast signals, the unexplained death of a Hollywood pioneer, a possessed home bar in Mexico, the superstitious roots of dressing infant boys in blue, and the bloody thirty seconds behind the O.K. Corral.It opens with the alleged extraterrestrial transmissions that have arrived through ordinary radios and televisions rather than from deep space. On November 26, 1977, at 5:12 PM, a deep, water-logged voice overrode five Southern Television transmitters across southern England, speaking over news reader Ivor Mills for five and a half minutes; the voice named itself Gramaha — also transcribed as Vrillon, Gillon, or Glon — a representative of the Ashtar Galactic Command, and warned humanity to abandon nuclear energy before the dawning New Age of Aquarius. The Independent Broadcasting Authority never logged the interruption and could not explain how its instant switch-off monitoring was bypassed. Years earlier, in July 1961, an eighteen-year-old ham radio operator named Robert P. Renaud had picked up a soft feminine voice high in the 25-meter band claiming to broadcast from a planet called Korendor, eventually trading images on his television's vidicon tube with a contact named Lin-Erri, an episode investigator Allen Griese found oddly free of showmanship or profit. A decade after Renaud, in January 1971, British UFO researcher Rex Dutta took a call on a radio talk show from a voice that registered no echo, no feedback, and no movement on the station's VU meter.From there the episode crosses to November 1924 and the death of Thomas Ince, the producer who founded Culver Studios in 1918 and earned the title Father of the Western. Ince died days after celebrating his birthday aboard William Randolph Hearst's yacht, the Oneida, on a weekend cruise to San Diego that also carried actress Marion Davies and, by rumor, Charlie Chaplin. The official account blamed acute indigestion, but Hollywood whispered that Hearst, jealous over Davies, fired a diamond-studded revolver in the dark and put a bullet meant for Chaplin into Ince's head instead. The body was cremated, no inquest was held, San Diego district attorney Chester Kemply closed the case after a single session, and gossip columnist Louella Parsons soon received a lifetime Hearst contract. Decades later, workers at Culver Studios reported a man in a bowler-type hat watching them from the catwalks during 1988 renovations, frowning, declaring that he disliked what they were doing to his studio, and walking through a wall.Next comes a listener's account of a house in Mexico, bought by the family about twenty years earlier, where a heavy tavern-style wooden bar in the living room became the source of growling, clinking glassware, and slamming cabinet doors that sounded like two animals fighting inside an empty cupboard. The housekeeper, Letty, threw the cabinet open to find nothing disturbed. Weeks later the mother and Letty dug up jars in the front yard containing rag dolls pierced with pins, buried directly on the other side of the wall behind the bar. A framed mirror reading BAR shattered at three in the morning during a housewarming party, a barred window slid open on its own after being latched, and a photograph of a single bar stool showed a clear horned, devil-like face the family begged to have deleted. Letty, it turned out, was a bruja — a witch.Color superstition drives the next story: infant boys, dressed in blue today, were once dressed in pink, and a June 1918 article in the trade journal Earnshaw's Infants' Department called pink the stronger, more decided color suited to boys and blue the daintier choice for girls. The return to blue revived a far older practice, since the ancient Egyptians and Greeks regarded blue as divine and used it to repel evil spirits, dressing pharaohs in it and, as author Douglas B. Smith recounts, painting nurseries to keep satanic spirits from slipping into young children's bodies. Boys received that protection because they were valued above girls, who were thought too unimportant for evil spirits to trouble. The same fear survives in the Evil Eye and in protective amulets like the Hamsa and the Turkish Nazar, hung in homes and cars and worked into jewelry across the Balkans and the Middle East.The episode closes behind the O.K. Corral on October 26, 1881, where thirty rounds were fired in roughly thirty seconds. Tombstone, Arizona had been founded in 1877 by prospector Ed Schieffelin, who struck a silver vein worth more than thirty-seven million dollars after being warned that all he would find out there was his own tombstone. Wyatt, Virgil, Morgan, and James Earp, joined by the gun-slinging ex-dentist Doc Holliday, clashed with the Cochise County Cowboys, a feud that hardened after Curly Bill Brocius accidentally killed city marshal Fred White in 1880 and Virgil took the post. The gunfight left Frank McLaury, Tom McLaury, and nineteen-year-old Billy Clanton dead while Ike Clanton and Billy Claiborne fled, and Judge Wells Spicer afterward released the Earps as having committed an unwise but not criminal act. The reckoning continued past the verdict, with Virgil shotgunned in the back, Morgan assassinated over a game of pool in a plot tied to Ike Clanton, and Wyatt Earp drifting west until his death in California in 1929 at the age of eighty.

Join our next FASO Show Live!https://artists.boldbrush.com/p/the-faso-showLearn the magic of marketing  with us here at BoldBrush!boldbrushshow.com--For today's episode we sat down with Jennifer Balkan, a contemporary representational oil painter and art instructor based in Austin, with an academic background in behavioral neuroscience and sociology. She describes how a lifelong love of drawing crystallized into a serious painting practice after a transformative, self-gifted trip to Paris, which led her to take her first painting class in Austin in 2001. Despite completing a PhD and following a more “rational” career path, she felt an irresistible pull toward painting, ultimately choosing to pursue art full time even amid concern and confusion from friends and family. Jennifer explains that her scientific and sociological studies deeply inform her figurative work, especially her focus on the emotional, cerebral life beneath a subject's expression and her love of optical color mixing and visible mark-making. She discusses how her inspiration has evolved from narrative series into a stronger emphasis on shapes, light, and color relationships, and how experimenting with different media during the pandemic revitalized her practice and fed back into her oil painting. Jennifer also highlights the central role of Atelier Dojo in her life—as both a co-created figurative hub and an atelier program that nurtures students' individual voices. Jennifer also shares practical, grounded advice for aspiring full-time artists about embracing multiple income streams, loving the process, and committing to sustained, disciplined practice. Finally, she tells us all about her upcoming shows and workshops!Jennifer's FASO site:jenniferbalkan.com/Jennifer's Social Media:instagram.com/jenniferbalkan/Atelier Dojo!atelierdojo.com/

Guest: Shenk, DonMinistry: The TidePosition: Executive DirectorTopic: a report on how God is working through The Tide in the Balkan regionWebsite: thetide.org

On this episode of Unsupervised Learning Razib talks to geneticist Leonidas-Romanos Davranoglou about two papers, Ancient DNA evidence for the history of the Albanians and Uniparental analysis of Deep Maniot Greeks reveals genetic continuity from the pre-Medieval era. He is an entomologist and evolutionary biologist specializing in insect morphology, biomechanics, bioacoustics, systematics, and taxonomy. Born in Greece, Davranoglou earned a B.Sc. (Hons) in Zoology from Imperial College London (2012–2015) before completing a DPhil (2015–2020) in insect morphology and biomechanics at the University of Oxford under supervisors Graham Taylor and Beth Mortimer. He is currently a Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellow at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History (with support from the John Fell OUP Fund), where he investigates the evolutionary origins of sound production in hemipteran insects. He also serves as Curator of Hemiptera and a senior researcher at the Steinhardt Museum of Natural History in Tel Aviv. Over the course of the episode Razib and Davranoglou cover the intersection of history, archaeology and genetics. Who are the Greeks of the Mani peninsula, south of Sparta? Are they particularly "genetically pure" compared to other Greeks, and what is their connection to the ancient Greeks? How do Albanians differ from other Balkan populations and what are their deep origins? The podcast explores genetic results that demystify the demographic history of the southern Balkans, and two of the deeply indigenous peoples to the region.

Emmanuel Macron s'est rendu le jeudi 4 juin 2026 au Monténégro, petit pays d'à peine 700.000 habitants, à l'occasion du sommet entre l'Union européenne et les Balkans. Le rêve le plus cher de ce pays est de rejoindre l'UE. Écoutez RTL autour du monde du 05 juin 2026.Hébergé par Audiomeans. Visitez audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

durée : 00:37:21 - Cultures monde - par : Mélanie Chalandon, Julie Gacon - Ce vendredi 5 juin 2026 s'ouvre le sommet Union européenne - Balkans occidentaux au Monténégro. Alors que ce pays semble le plus proche de l'adhésion, où en sont les perspectives d'intégration des Balkans occidentaux à l'Union européenne ? - réalisation : Margot Page, Fanny Richez, Sacha Mattei, Barthélémy Gaillard, Pénélope Le Mauguen - invités : Amaël Cattaruzza Géographe, professeur des universités à l'Institut Français de Géopolitique (IFG) de Paris 8, Benjamin Couteau Chercheur au centre Grande Europe de l'Institut Jacques Delors Vous aimez ce podcast ? Pour écouter tous les épisodes sans limite, rendez-vous sur Radio France

durée : 00:05:10 - Entendez-vous l'éco ? - par : Anne-Laure Chouin - C'est aujourd'hui que se tient au Monténégro un sommet Union européenne – Balkans occidentaux (Albanie, Bosnie-Herzégovine, Kosovo, Monténégro, Macédoine du Nord et Serbie). À l'ordre du jour : l'approfondissement des liens économiques, avant de futures adhésions auxquelles ces pays sont candidats. - réalisation : Caroline Bennetot, Éric Chaverou Vous aimez ce podcast ? Pour écouter tous les épisodes sans limite, rendez-vous sur Radio France

Ce vendredi 5 juin, la nouvelle voie vers l'adhésion à l'Union européenne pour les pays des Balkans a été abordée par Annalisa Cappellini dans sa chronique, dans l'émission Good Morning Business, présentée par Laure Closier, sur BFM Business. Retrouvez l'émission du lundi au vendredi et réécoutez la en podcast.

Zorg om Russisch Delta-systeem | Zelensky pest Poetin in een open brief | FPV-drones Hezbollah steeds groter probleem HET ZIJN DE BOEKESTIJN EN DE WIJK OVERSTAPWEKEN! Word lid van Boekestijn en De Wijk Plus voor reclamevrij luisteren, vele extra's en straks ook voor de zaterdaguitzending (sorry). Ga naar Boekestijnendewijk.nl, met de kortingscode NAVO luistert u voor maar €25 een heel jaar op uw favoriete podcast-app. Poetin overspeelt in Sint-Petersburg de staat van de Russische economie en het front, terwijl Oekraïense aanvallen tot diep in Rusland reiken en Kyiv met een scherpe open brief de druk opvoert. Arend Jan Boekestijn en Rob de Wijk duiden hoe Moskou zijn civiele economie kannibaliseert voor de oorlog en tegelijk droomt van groei, en waarom Zelenski’s uitnodiging tot onderhandelingen in een derde land meer middelvinger dan doorbraak is. Iran koppelt een staakt-het-vuren in Libanon aan de Straat van Hormuz en gijzelt zo de olie‑stroom én de Amerikaanse geloofwaardigheid. De VS, Israël en Libanon publiceren een gezamenlijke verklaring, maar Hezbollah en de Quds-brigade houden de sleutel, terwijl first person view-drones en lessons learned uit Oekraïne de machtsbalans in het Midden-Oosten veranderen. Xi Jinping reist na jaren weer naar Noord-Korea en trekt de economische teugels in China verder aan met veiligheidschecks op export en investeringen, precies terwijl Brussel hogere heffingen richting Peking voorbereidt. In Europa schuiven de Baltische en Balkan‑puzzlestukken, van Luxemburgs visumdebat tot Montenegrose EU‑ambities, richting een geostrategische uitbreiding die onvermijdelijk voelt maar intern spannender wordt. Over de Podcast Arend Jan Boekestijn en Rob de Wijk gaan onder leiding van Hugo Reitsma op zoek naar de nieuwe wereldorde. Wat betekenen oorlog, machtspolitiek en economische verschuivingen voor Europa en Nederland? In elke aflevering duiken zij in de geopolitieke actualiteit. In 2022 werd Boekestijn en De Wijk uitgeroepen tot winnaar in de categorie Nieuws & Politiek tijdens de Dutch Podcast Awards Reageren? Op X: @ajboekestijn en @robdewijk Bluesky: @hugoreitsma.bsky.social Mail: boekestijnendewijk@bnr.nl Over de makers: Arend Jan Boekestijn is een Nederlands historicus en voormalig politicus. Hij studeerde geschiedenis en politieke wetenschappen aan de Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam. Boekestijn is voormalig Tweede Kamerlid (tot 2009). Sinds 1989 is hij verbonden aan de vakgroep geschiedenis van de Universiteit Utrecht en sinds 2016 lid van commissie Vrede en Veiligheid van AIV. Rob de Wijk studeerde eigentijdse geschiedenis en internationale betrekkingen, promoveerde op kernwapenstrategieën, werd hoogleraar in Leiden en richtte in 2007 het Den Haag Centrum voor Strategische Studies op. Hugo Reitsma studeerde rechten en politicologie. Hij werkte eerder als politiek verslaggever en vanuit verschillende conflictgebieden. Hij is auteur van het boek ‘Boekestijn en De Wijk voorspellen de toekomst’ (november 2023).See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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durée : 00:59:26 - Cultures monde - par : Mélanie Chalandon, Julie Gacon - Comme chaque vendredi, une émission d'actualité en deux parties : retour de terrain avec Caroline Celle qui rentre de la frontière entre la République dominicaire et Haïti, puis table-ronde sur les perspectives du processus d'adhésion des États balkaniques à l'Union européenne. - réalisation : Margot Page, Fanny Richez, Sacha Mattei, Barthélémy Gaillard, Pénélope Le Mauguen - invités : Caroline Celle Journaliste au Pèlerin, Amaël Cattaruzza Géographe, professeur des universités à l'Institut Français de Géopolitique (IFG) de Paris 8, Benjamin Couteau Chercheur au centre Grande Europe de l'Institut Jacques Delors Vous aimez ce podcast ? Pour écouter tous les épisodes sans limite, rendez-vous sur Radio France

In this week's episode of the Push Pull Legs Podcast, uncover a major truth bomb for online coaches and personal trainers: Do you actually like making content, or do you feel like you have to? We break down the mindset shift needed for content creation to build long-term authority, examine the trap of going viral with lazy recipe videos, and explain how to use audience data to grow your fitness coaching brand. Plus, we look at advanced lifting metrics, explaining how performance testing protocols (like the counter-movement jump) dictate programming choices for athletes. We also share wild travel stories from the Balkans, debate the aerodynamic merits of tucking your ears into your gym cap, and rank the absolute best sandwich bread casings. 0:00 Podcast Introduction and Technical Setup 1:20 The Great Hat Debate: Ears In or Out? 5:15 Travel Stories: Exploring the Balkans 11:54 Ranking the Best Breads for Sandwiches 23:24 Coaching Insights: Data and Testing Protocols 33:44 The Mindset of Content Creation for Coaches 46:06 Finding Your Niche and Longevity in Coaching If you want to work with me in ANY WAY... 121, Group, Free Stuff The links are below.

Dale and Mike wrap up Eurovision 2026 and some main stories to come out of the contest. Why didn't Delta win, why was Bangaranga so big, are we seeing a Balkan resurgence, what's up with UK and Sweden, should Finland, France and Greece be disappointed, did the juries work, and how does Eurovision 2026 rate overall? Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/aussievision

Ivanka Trump, die Tochter von US-Präsident Donald Trump, und ihr Mann Jared Kushner planen ein Luxusresort auf einer verlassenen Insel in Albanien und an der Küste davor in einem Naturschutzgebiet. Das sorgt in Albanien für Proteste. Tausende Menschen sind in Tirana auf die Strasse gegangen. Sie seien im Boot unterwegs gewesen, dann seien sie im Meer geschwommen und hätten diese Insel vor der albanischen Küste entdeckt, schwärmt Ivanka Trump in einem Podcast. So sei diese Idee des Luxusresorts auf der Insel Sazan entstanden. Gegen dieses Projekt gibt es in Albanien jetzt Proteste und Ermittlungen. Es ist nicht das einzige Bauvorhaben aus dem Trump-Umfeld auf dem Balkan. Mit unserem Balkan-Spezialisten in der Auslandredaktion sprechen wir heute darüber, was sich Trumps Familie, sein Umfeld und die Behörden vor Ort von diesen Bauvorhaben versprechen. ____________________ Habt Ihr Fragen oder Themen-Inputs? Schreibt uns gerne per Mail an newsplus@srf.ch oder sendet uns eine Text-/Sprachnachricht an 076 320 10 37. ____________________ In dieser Episode zu hören: - Janis Fahrländer, SRF-Auslandredaktor ____________________ Team: - Moderation: Raphaël Günther - Produktion: Marc Allemann - Mitarbeit: Silvia Staub ____________________ Links zu «König Gianni - Die Infantino-Story» von News Plus Hintergründe: - Folge 1: https://www.srf.ch/audio/news-plus-hintergruende/koenig-gianni-die-infantino-story-1-4-der-kaempfer?id=AUDI20260601_NR_0009 - Folge 2: https://www.srf.ch/audio/news-plus-hintergruende/koenig-gianni-die-infantino-story-2-4-der-maechtige?id=AUDI20260601_NR_0078 - Folge 3: https://www.srf.ch/audio/news-plus-hintergruende/koenig-gianni-die-infantino-story-3-4-der-gehasste?id=AUDI20260602_NR_0079 ____________________ Das ist «News Plus»: In einer Viertelstunde die Welt besser verstehen – ein Thema, neue Perspektiven und Antworten auf eure Fragen. Unsere Korrespondenten und Expertinnen aus der Schweiz und der Welt erklären, analysieren und erzählen, was sie bewegt. Ihr erreicht uns mit euren Fragen und Inputs per Mail an newsplus@srf.ch oder per Sprachnachricht an 076 320 10 37. News Plus von SRF erscheint jeden Wochentag um 16 Uhr rechtzeitig zum Feierabend.

  In this episode, I speak with Lucija Glagolic Hora about coaching, shadow work, archetypes, and the role of hardship in human development. We explore how suffering, trauma, and uncertainty can deepen our humanity, why coaches need to engage with darkness as well as growth, and how real transformation often emerges through humility, vulnerability, and connection rather than positivity alone. We discuss the cultural lessons of the Balkans, including the relationship between hardship, humor, community, and resilience. Along the way, we examine shadow work, toxic positivity, archetypes as coaching tools, the psychology of change, and why acknowledging both our strengths and our darker potentials is essential for personal growth. We also explore the role of myth, symbolism, and embodied practice in helping people navigate life's transitions, develop greater self-awareness, and become more fully human. ------------------------------------------- Become a certified embodiment coach. Coach beyond mere words and support clients to transform their lives: https://embodimentunlimited.com/cec/ ----------------------------------------------- Check out our YouTube channel for more coaching tips and our Podcast channel for full episode videos

This week on Unbroken Veterans, we sit down with Ron Hernandez, Army Veteran and Founder of Moving Veterans Forward, to hear his powerful story of service, transition, and finding a new mission after the military. Ron shares his journey from joining the Army, serving in Panama, the Balkans, and Iraq, to being injured during deployment and facing the challenges of transitioning out of the military. After struggling with losing the identity and purpose that came with wearing the uniform, Ron found a new way to continue serving — helping fellow veterans rebuild their lives through Moving Veterans Forward. His story is one of resilience, leadership, overcoming adversity, and a reminder that the mission doesn't have to end when the uniform comes off. Learn more about Ron's mission and Moving Veterans Forward: https://mvfne.org/

Roisin Gallagher has cycled over 17,000 kilometres across two continents. Her adventure started by riding the Baja Divide with her partner before continuing through Mexico and Central America. After seven months on the road together, their relationship ended and instead of flying home, Roisin bought a one-way ticket to Japan and kept riding.Roisin has now arrived in Istanbul to share the story so far. We chat loads about her route, the physical and mental side of bike travel and a whole heap about food!In this episode:The brutal physical reality of bikepacking the Baja DivideCycling the Nicoya Peninsula route in Costa RicaThree months cycling in JapanWildcamping solo as a womanCycling the Transdinarica Route through the BalkansThe Croatian bora wind that trapped her for five days Getting to Istanbul on a sushi delivery truck A night in Bosnia drinking rakia with three war veterans until 3amDurmitor National Park as an unexpected landscape revelationFood - glorious food!  You can follow Roisin's adventure via her instagram - @ontheroadwithro Check out Old Man Mountain's new Manzanita Handlebar Cradle  Support the showBuy me a coffee!I'm an affiliate for a few brands I genuinely use and recommend including:

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Dea est suisse – mais pas seulement. Ses deux parents sont originaires des Balkans et son histoire familiale est intimement liée à celle du Kosovo. Depuis toute petite, elle a appris à gérer les clichés liés à la région et cette terrible image du «mouton noir», comme elle le raconte au micro de Brise Glace. Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

In dieser Folge gibt's wieder zwei Geschichten aus unserem Buch: Daniel liest Richards Geschichte über Ada Blackjack und Richard liest Daniels Geschichte über den Paläontologen und Albanologen Franz Baron Nopcsa von Felső-Szilvas. Außerdem freuen wir uns, dass wir endlich unser nächstes Buch ankündigen können! Es wird heißen: „Mehr Geschichten aus der Geschichte. Auf den Spuren verblüffender Erfindungen und kurioser Tüfteleien“ und erscheint am 4. September. Ein signiertes Exemplar ist ab jetzt bei der Autorenwelt vorbestellbar: https://shop.autorenwelt.de/products/mehr-geschichten-aus-der-geschichte-von-richard-hemmer-und-daniel-messner //Literatur Ada Blackjack – Einsame Heldin der Arktis - Jennifer Niven: Ada Blackjack: A True Story of Survival in the Arctic. New York 2003. Inselverzwergung im Dinosaurierland und albanische Abenteuer - Franz Nopcsa: Reisen in den Balkan. Die Lebenserinnerungen des Franz Baron Nopcsa. Eingeleitet, herausgegeben und mit Anhang versehen von Robert Elsie, 2015. Erwähnte Folgen - GAG494: Der Serumlauf nach Nome – https://gadg.fm/494 - GAG152: Ernest Shackleton und die Endurance-Expedition – https://gadg.fm/152 - GAG475: Eine kleine Geschichte des Anzugs – https://gadg.fm/475 - GAG477: Kleine Geschichte des Artensterbens – https://gadg.fm/477 - GAG230: Die Tendaguru-Expedition und das größte Dinosaurierskelett der Welt – https://gadg.fm/230 //Aus unserer Werbung Du möchtest mehr über unsere Werbepartner erfahren? Hier findest du alle Infos & Rabatte: https://linktr.ee/GeschichtenausderGeschichte //Geschichten aus der Geschichte jetzt auch als Brettspiel! Werkelt mit uns am Flickerlteppich! Gibt es dort, wo es auch Becher, T-Shirts oder Hoodies zu kaufen gibt: https://geschichte.shop // Wir sind jetzt auch bei CampfireFM! Wer direkt in Folgen kommentieren will, Zusatzmaterial und Blicke hinter die Kulissen sehen will: einfach die App installieren und unserer Community beitreten: https://www.joincampfire.fm/podcasts/22 //Wir haben auch ein Buch geschrieben: Wer es erwerben will, es ist überall im Handel, aber auch direkt über den Verlag zu erwerben: https://www.piper.de/buecher/geschichten-aus-der-geschichte-isbn-978-3-492-06363-0 Wer unsere Folgen lieber ohne Werbung anhören will, kann das über eine kleine Unterstützung auf Steady oder ein Abo des GeschichteFM-Plus Kanals auf Apple Podcasts tun. Wir freuen uns, wenn ihr den Podcast bei Apple Podcasts oder wo auch immer dies möglich ist rezensiert oder bewertet. Wir freuen uns auch immer, wenn ihr euren Freundinnen und Freunden, Kolleginnen und Kollegen oder sogar Nachbarinnen und Nachbarn von uns erzählt! Du möchtest Werbung in diesem Podcast schalten? Dann erfahre hier mehr über die Werbemöglichkeiten bei Seven.One Audio: https://www.seven.one/portfolio/sevenone-audio

Col Valerie Sams, MD is an Air Force trauma surgeon, surgical critical care expert, and the Director of the Center for Sustainment of Trauma and Readiness Skills (C-STARS) at the University of Cincinnati. Her path to the operating room was anything but ordinary.   Before medical school, she served as an Air Force line officer in logistics and fuels, learning how the operational side of the service actually works at the flight line. That bilingual fluency in operations and medicine now shapes how she advocates for resources, leads hospitals, and prepares the military health system for the next fight.    In this conversation, she walks through her two tours as the trauma czar at the Bagram role three hospital straight out of fellowship, where she was responsible not only for clinical excellence but for leading every nurse, emergency medicine physician, and surgeon doing trauma care across the theater. She talks honestly about the weight of that role, especially during her second deployment with junior surgeons on their first downrange experience, the rise in U.S. casualties, the green-on-blue threat, and her work standing up Medic-X as a force multiplier for limited deployed medical crews.     Col Sams makes a powerful case for the strategic importance of military-civilian partnerships like C-STARS, the only Air Force critical care air transport advanced training course, and explains how the Air Force, Army, and Navy are converging through the Joint Trauma System, the Mission Zero Act, and the American College of Surgeons Blue Book to professionalize military-civilian integration. She is direct about the skill sustainment crisis inside military treatment facilities, the shift from 65 percent beneficiary care to 20 percent, the urgency of the Military Unique Curriculum, and the need to train outside-the-tent skills deliberately rather than by accident.   Dr. Sams lays out a clear-eyed vision for large-scale combat operations: faster trauma registry feedback loops, autonomous and decision support tools, closed-loop control ventilation, ECMO projected forward, and a hard end to the wax pencil and TCCC card as battlefield documentation. She closes with what should remain the center of gravity for every military medicine decision — the warfighter — and the conviction that they deserve the best clinical care available anywhere in the country.     Chapters (00:47-05:47) From Fuels Officer to Trauma Surgeon (05:47-12:49) Two Tours as Trauma Czar at Bagram (12:49-24:46) ECMO Forward, C-STARS, and the Skill Sustainment Crisis (24:46-35:42) Joint Military-Civilian Integration and the Military Unique Curriculum (35:42-49:26) LSCO Readiness, Force Multiplication, and Battlefield Technology (49:26-58:30) Female Leadership, Clinical Excellence, and Legacy     Chapter Summaries (00:47-05:47) From Fuels Officer to Trauma Surgeon Col Sams describes her unconventional path from Air Force line officer in logistics and fuels to general surgery and trauma fellowship. She credits her operational background with giving her a bilingual fluency between line and medical worlds that strengthens how she advocates for resources, leads hospital operations, and earns credibility with non-medical commanders.   (05:47-12:49) Two Tours as Trauma Czar at Bagram She unpacks the weight of deploying as the trauma czar at the Bagram Role 3 immediately after her fellowship and the lessons that came from leading mass casualty events, debriefing young teams, and dealing with the green-on-blue threat. She explains the stand-up of Medic-X under Lt Gen Hogg as a deliberate force multiplier for limited deployed medical crews.   (12:49-24:46) ECMO Forward, C-STARS, and the Skill Sustainment Crisis Col Sams details her work projecting ECMO capability into austere environments and around the globe, then explains the mission, history, and structure of the three original C-STARS programs. She is direct about the skill sustainment crisis, with beneficiary care in military treatment facilities dropping from roughly 65 percent to 20 percent over two decades.   (24:46-35:42) Joint Military-Civilian Integration and the Military Unique Curriculum She describes the progress driven by the Mission Zero Act, the Joint Trauma System military-civilian work group, and the American College of Surgeons Blue Book. She makes the case for a robust Military Unique Curriculum that develops both surgical fundamentals and the outside-the-tent skills that today's young military surgeons need before they take their first leadership role downrange.   (35:42-49:26) LSCO Readiness, Force Multiplication, and Battlefield Technology Col Sams turns to large-scale combat operations and the blind spots that the counterinsurgency generation may carry into the next fight. She calls for faster trauma registry feedback, autonomous decision support tools, closed-loop ventilation, ECMO projected forward, and a hard end to the TCCC wax pencil as the primary battlefield documentation tool.   (49:26-58:30) Female Leadership, Clinical Excellence, and Legacy She offers candid advice to young female military surgeons on imposter syndrome, unconscious bias, and the discipline of staying clinically excellent. She closes with the conviction that patient-centered leadership, lifelong learning, and protecting clinical talent are the foundations of how military medicine should remember her work.     Take Home Messages Operational Fluency Strengthens Medical Leadership: Time spent on the line side of the military — understanding logistics, fuels, and how the operational force actually fights — builds credibility with non-medical commanders and sharpens advocacy for resources. Surgeons who speak the operational language sit at the right tables and make better decisions for their teams and their patients.   The Trauma Czar Role Demands Leadership Before Stride: Being responsible for an entire theater of combat casualty care immediately after fellowship is a heavy and unforgiving assignment. Clinical excellence is the floor; the real work is leading nurses, emergency medicine physicians, and surgeons through mass casualty events, debriefs, and the green-on-blue threat with junior teammates who have never deployed before.   Skill Sustainment Requires Military-Civilian Partnership: Military treatment facilities now deliver only a fraction of the beneficiary care they once did, and that volume cannot sustain combat-ready trauma teams. Embedded military-civilian partnerships like C-STARS, supported by the Mission Zero Act and the American College of Surgeons Blue Book, are the realistic path to keep wartime skills sharp.   Outside-the-Tent Skills Must Be Deliberately Trained: Today's young military surgeons need more than technical readiness. They need a deliberate Military Unique Curriculum that develops the non-clinical leadership skills required to run a theater trauma system, manage resources, and lead teams under pressure. Picking those skills up on the fly is no longer good enough.   LSCO Will Not Wait on the Wax Pencil: The next fight will not give the medical force three years to figure out what changed or seven years to update clinical practice guidelines. Force multiplication through MedicX, autonomous decision support tools, closed-loop ventilation, ECMO projected forward, and modern battlefield documentation are non-negotiable investments now, before large-scale combat operations force the lesson.   Col Valerie Sams, MD Biography    Colonel Valerie Sams is the Director of the Center for Sustainment of Trauma and Readiness Skills (CSTARS) Cincinnati and serves as Critical Care Air Transport Team (CCAT) Training cadre. Originally from Georgetown, KY, she was commissioned into the Air Force in 2000, initially serving as a supply and logistics officer, which included a deployment supporting Stabilization Forces in the Balkans.    Transitioning to medicine, she earned her medical degree from St. George's University in 2008. Col Sams completed her General Surgery Residency at the University of Tennessee Medical Center (2013) and a Trauma Critical Care fellowship at Brooke Army Medical Center (2015).    As a trauma surgeon and ECMO physician, Col Sams deployed twice as the Trauma Czar for Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. Her extensive leadership roles include Trauma Medical Director, Assistant Chief of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, Ground Surgical Team Pilot Unit Leader, and director of various military trauma research programs.   Episode Keywords WarDocs, military medicine, military trauma surgery, combat casualty care, trauma czar, Bagram role three, Air Force trauma surgeon, C-STARS Cincinnati, critical care air transport, CCATT, Joint Trauma System, military civilian partnership, Mission Zero Act, military unique curriculum, large scale combat operations, LSCO, prolonged casualty care, MedicX, ECMO in combat, battlefield documentation, TCCC card, closed loop ventilation, military medical leadership   Hashtags #MilitaryMedicine, #WarDocs, #CombatCasualtyCare, #TraumaSurgery, #JointTraumaSystem, #LSCOReadiness, #CSTARS, #MilCivPartnership   Honoring the Legacy and Preserving the History of Military Medicine    WarDocs exists to honor the legacy of Military Medicine, preserve its history, and inspire every generation — across all Services, Corps, and Ranks — to serve with excellence and pride. Through mentorship, coaching, and education, we equip those considering, entering, and serving in military medicine with the knowledge, connections, and community they need to thrive. We celebrate Who we are, What we do, and, most importantly, How we serve Our Patients, the DoW, and Our Nation. Find out more and join Team WarDocs at https://www.wardocspodcast.com/ Check our list of previous guest episodes at https://www.wardocspodcast.com/our-guests Subscribe and Like our Videos on our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@wardocspodcast Listen to the “What We Are For” Episode 47. https://bit.ly/3r87Afm   WarDocs- The Military Medicine Podcast is a Non-Profit, Tax-exempt-501(c)(3) Veteran Run Organization run by volunteers. All donations are tax-deductible and go to honoring and preserving the history, experiences, successes, and lessons learned in Military Medicine. A tax receipt will be sent to you. 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Life has been evolving on our planet for the past 3.8 billion years.  The ecosystems that thrive now have had a lot of practice at getting things right - particularly the complex web of inter-relations that allows us all to flourish. And yet, we're on the edge of the sixth mass extinction largely because we humans have forgotten how to inter-relate and inter-be with the rest of the web of life. At an intellectual level, we know we're integral nodes in the web, but we still behave as if it were other, and out there and not - yet - as if it were a source of wisdom and wonder and wholehearted support: an ancient mentor that has tried and tested enough options to know what works.  So how can we bring the astonishing, creative insights of Biomimicry to the field of human inter-being? How can we shift our sense of self and other, our communities of place, purpose and passion, our businesses, our governance structures…everything that we are and do onto a different trajectory using the web of life as our template?  Biomimicry for Social Innovation asks exactly these questions and in this episode, we're talking to its founder, Toby Herzlich. Toby is a facilitator, trainer, executive coach, and organizational consultant. She is a Certified Biomimicry Specialist and Founder of Biomimicry for Social Innovation, which exists to translate ecosystem intelligence and Life's Principles into leadership and social change strategies.  As you'll hear, she's part of the team that developed The Nature of Trust, and its 8-principle framework for building and maintaining trust, which is so essential in any network of sovereign individuals whether they're bees, or penguins, elks or geese - or people. Living in northern New Mexico, Toby dedicated 20 years as a Senior Trainer with the Rockwood Leadership Institute and continues to support leaders and organizations through coaching and consulting inspired by nature.  Her clients include Executives at National Geographic Society, The Sierra Club, and The Cultural Conservancy. She is passionate about creating innovative approaches to collaboration, building, and guiding diverse networks including the Biomimicry Professional Certification two-year training cohorts, the Volgeneau Climate Initiative, North Carolina's statewide progressive voter network, and the Indigenous Mycelium Gathering of 2025 - there's a link in the show notes and you will definitely want to explore that. Toby is the founding co-facilitator of the Living Systems Leadership Retreats for Women and has supported the capacity-building of women leaders in war-torn countries of the Balkans and the Middle East. There are so many richly inspiring pathways that Toby has opened as a result of bringing a social change and leadership development branch into Biomimicry - collaborating deeply with that larger movement and, at heart and core, with the Web of Life.  This was one of those conversations that could have gone on forever.  It didn't, we stopped at a reasonable time and are definitely planning to cycle back with each other. And the cats visited—Toby's and mine—which always makes a podcast flow with extra energy. Enjoy! BSI Website The Nature of Trust toolkit (free and online)Living Systems Leadership Retreat for Women- in NM Aug 31-Sept 5  - open for registration!Intro to Biomimicry for Social Innovation - virtual 4-week workshop, starts in OctoberNature of Trust Co-Lab - virtual 10-week deep dive training, starts in SeptemberToby on LinkedIn  (funny, when I open this, it asks me to join LinkedIn, rather than taking me to the page)What would Nature Do? Toby's Talk at Festival of Faiths (27 min video)  Indigenous Mycelium Gathering 2025  (8 min video)Other BSI resources:Life's Principles Leadership Cards - a deck of 52 cards for learning and Nature Tarot!Nature Positive Practices - delivering Nature's genius to your inbox twice a week!—About Accidental Gods—We offer three strands all rooted in the same soil, drawing from the same river: Accidental Gods, Dreaming Awake and the Thrutopia Writing Masterclass Our next Open Gathering offered as part of our Accidental Gods Programme is 'WALKING THE PATH OF THE INNER WARRIOR' which will run on Sunday 28th June 2026 from 16:00 - 20:00 GMT - details are here. You don't have to be a member of Accidental Gods to come along - but if you are, all Gatherings are half price.If you'd like to join us at Accidental Gods, this is the membership where we endeavour to help you to connect fully with the living web of life. If you'd like to train more deeply in the contemporary shamanic work at Dreaming Awake, you'll find us here.  The next Foundation Course is in October and currently has spaces. If you'd like to explore the recordings from our last Thrutopia Writing Masterclass, the details are hereManda and Louise both offer one-to-one Mentoring Calls.  Manda is fully booked just now, but if you'd like to contact Louise, details are here.

 Today Justin speaks with Luis Baptistella. Luis is a specialist in intelligence and counterintelligence, and a retired officer of the Brazilian Navy, where he attained the rank of captain during a distinguished 35-year career. He also served on a US Navy ship in the late 1990s during the conflict in the Balkans, studied at the National Defense University in China, and served as a military attaché in West Africa. In November 2020, he founded Bravus Consultoria, a consulting firm focused on business intelligence and corporate counter intelligence for the Brazilian market. He's here to discuss his career in the Navy and his later work as a private intelligence consultant. He has also written about intelligence threats, history, and strategies in his book, which is available now. Connect with Luis: IG:@luisfernandobaptistella LinkedIn: Luis Fernando Baptistella Check out the book, Counter & Intelligence 4.0, here. https://a.co/d/06Pk1jOb Connect with Spycraft 101: Get Justin's latest book, Murder, Intrigue, and Conspiracy: Stories from the Cold War and Beyond, here. spycraft101.com IG: @spycraft101 Shop: shop.spycraft101.com Substack: spycraft101.substack.com Patreon: Spycraft 101 Find Justin's first book, Spyshots: Volume One, here. Check out Justin's second book, Covert Arms, here. Download the free eBook, The Clandestine Operative's Sidearm of Choice, here. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

3 Hours and 13 MinutesPG-13Thomas777 is a revisionist historian and a fiction writer.Here, in one file, are the 3 episodes Thomas777 did with Pete covering the 1990's Balkans Wars.Episode 1: The 1990's Balkan Wars - Part 1 - 'The Homeland War' w/ Thomas777Episode 2: The 1990's Balkan Wars - Part 2 - WW2 Context - w/ Thomas777Episode 3: The 1990's Balkan Wars - Part 3 - The Hostilities - w/ Thomas777Thomas' SubstackThomas777 MerchandiseThomas' Book "Steelstorm Pt. 1"Thomas' Book "Steelstorm Pt. 2"Thomas on TwitterThomas' CashApp - $7homas777Pete and Thomas777 'At the Movies'Support Pete on His WebsitePete's PatreonPete's SubstackPete's SubscribestarPete's GUMROADPete's VenmoPete's Buy Me a CoffeePete on FacebookPete on TwitterBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-pete-quinones-show--6071361/support.

Following Clinton's victory, Pamela was appointed Ambassador to France, a role she took with immense seriousness despite her lack of formal education. She became a highly respected diplomat, earning praise for her work on the 50th anniversary of D-Day and her "invisible but decisive" role in the Bosnia peace negotiations. She used her personal experience of the Blitz to provide a moral compass for ending the Balkan bloodshed, effectively bridging the gap between Washington and Paris. However, her final years were marred by stress from lawsuits filed by Averell Harriman'schildren over his fortune, which threatened her with bankruptcy. Under this pressure, she suffered a fatal brain hemorrhage while swimming at the Ritz in Paris. At her funeral, President Bill Clinton delivered a moving tribute, stating he would not have reached the presidency without her and praising her significant contributions to her adopted country. (8/8)1655