Podcasts about Bancroft

Eric Bancroft talks with Brandon Langley and Bryan Sloan about church membership, including the biblical basis for membership in a local church, membership classes, requirements for new members, and more. Bryan is a member of our network and the Preaching Pastor of The Fields Church in Mansfield, Texas.

On the Shelf for February 2026 The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 335 with Heather Rose Jones Your monthly roundup of history, news, and the field of sapphic historical fiction. In this episode we talk about: The 2026 fiction line-up: “Between One Word and the Next” by L.J. Lee “Love for Love's Sake” by Shannon Lippert “Salt for the Unmarried” by Khayelihle Benghu The Sultan's Vetala by Priya Sridhar The Tale of Gudrun Sigurdsdóttir by Daniel Stride Recent and upcoming publications covered on the blog Reay, Barry. 2009. “Writing the Modern Histories of Homosexual England” in The Historical Journal, 52, 1. pp.213-233 Crannell, Marissa. 2015. Utterly Confused Categories: Gender Non-Conformity in Late Medieval and Early Modern Western Europe. Dissertation. Mara-McKay, Nico. 2018. “Becoming Gendered: Two Medieval Approaches to Intersex Gender Assignment” in Prandium: The Journal of Historical Studies vol. 7, no. 1. Roelens, Jonas. 2017. “A Woman Like Any Other: Female Sodomy, Hermaphroditism, and Witchcraft in Seventeenth-Century Bruges” in Journal of Women's History, vol. 29 no. 4, Winter 2017. pp.11-34 Loveday, Kiki. “Sister Acts: Victorian Porn, Lesbian Drag, and Queer Reproduction” in Framework: The Journal of Cinema and Media, vol. 60, no. 2, 2019, pp. 201–26. Larson, Ruth. 1997. “Sex and Civility in a 17th-Century Dialogue: L'Escole des filles” in Papers on French Seventeenth-Century Literature, no. 47: 497-514. Rivers, Christopher. 1995. “Safe Sex: The Prophylactic Walls of the Cloister in the French Libertine Convent Novel of the Eighteenth Century” in Journal of the History of Sexuality, Vol. 5, No. 3: 381-402 Book Shopping Wurzelbacher, Karli. 2025. Emma Stebbins: Carving Out History. Huntington: The Heckscher Museum of Art. ISBN 979-8-9925162-1-0 Lodge, Sara. 2024. The Mysterious Case of the Victorian Female Detective. New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-28660-1 Boyd, Rebecca. 2024. Exploring Ireland's Viking-Age Towns. New York: Routledge. ISBN 978-1-03-259109-4 Recent Lesbian/Sapphic Historical Fiction Hawthorn & Bitter by Shannon K. Kelly Cut on the Bias by Susanna Bonaretti Before the Swallow Dares by Hannah Perrin-Haynes The Stillness Between Us (Voices of the Hive Trilogy) by Clara Bellweather The Language of Bees (Voices of the Hive Trilogy) by Clara Bellweather The Keeper of Tides (Voices of the Hive Trilogy) by Clara Bellweather The Language of Leaves (The Silent Companions) by Clara Bellweather The Marginal Truth (The Silent Companions) by Clara Bellweather The Stitched Confession (The Silent Companions) by Clara Bellweather Fire Sword and Sea by Vanessa Riley Sword and Silk: The Legend of Julie d'Aubigny by Maeve Campbell La Maupin : The Scandalous Story of Julie d'Aubigny by C.C. Parke The Black Lark's Oath by Tess Wilder Embers on the Moor by Giada Moretti Unfinished Story by Jade Winters The Midnight Daughters by Aeressa The Hidden Petition (Beacon Hill Mysteries #1) by Maeve McQueen The House of Hidden Hearts by Matus Zelenay E.V. Bancroft by E.V. Bancroft A Very Hamble Christmas by E.V. Bancroft Star & Thea at Court by A V Kakkad The Hidden Flower in the Palace: A Queer Court Tragedy by Shin Hwayoon She-Wolf: A Sapphic Beowulf Retelling by E.K. O'Connor The Fifth Day of Her Heart by Richard Cicay The Found Family Victory (Salvation's Edge #1) by Lady K Belonging to the Air by Avery Irons Joe the Pirate by Hubert A Slow and Secret Poison by Carmella Lowkis What I've been consuming Dead Dead Girls by Nekesa Afia A transcript of this podcast is available here. (Interview transcripts added when available.) Links to the Lesbian Historic Motif Project Online Website: http://alpennia.com/lhmp Blog: http://alpennia.com/blog RSS: http://alpennia.com/blog/feed/ Twitter: @LesbianMotif Discord: Contact Heather for an invitation to the Alpennia/LHMP Discord server The Lesbian Historic Motif Project Patreon Links to Heather Online Website: http://alpennia.com Email: Heather Rose Jones Mastodon: @heatherrosejones@Wandering.Shop Bluesky: @heatherrosejones Facebook: Heather Rose Jones (author page)

Send us a textThis week we chat to Co-creators Jack Manning Bancroft and TysonYunkaporta for film, Imagine. We explore Indigenous identity being now and always, mosaic storytelling style and being brave and embracing unity. Imagine is in AUS cinemas January 26.For info on more screenings head to their website: https://imaginefilm.orgAs suggested by Tyson, double feature watching of The Midnight Gospel.Note: this interview is audio only. For other video interviews check out our YouTube playlist. Talk to your workplace about launching a RAP and work with Supply Nation for procurement. Links to orgs and causes you can donate to:Aboriginal Embassy:https://aboriginalembassy.com/donatePay The Rent:https://paytherent.net.au/Dhadjowa Foundation:https://dhadjowa.com.au/pages/donateOur Islands Our Home:https://ourislandsourhome.com.au/First Nations Futures:https://www.firstnationsfutures.com/co-investCommon Ground:https://www.commonground.org.au/donateChange The Record:https://www.changetherecord.org.au/donateSeed Mob:https://seed-mobs-eoy-giving.raisely.com/Uprising Of The People:https://uprisingofthepeople.org/pages/donate-help-us-grow-and-thriveIndigenous X:https://indigenousx.com.au/donate/Magabala Books:https://magabala.com/pages/support-usDjirra:https://www.givenow.com.au/fvplsAwesome Black Media:https://awesomeblack.org/awesome-black-media/ab-club/Mental Health for Mob:https://www.gofundme.com/f/nj2my-mental-health-for-mob?utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet&utm_medium=copy_link_all&utm_source=customerWebsite | Rotten Tomatoes | Linktree | Youtube | Twitter | Instagram

Send us a textThink you can camp anywhere for free on Ontario's Crown land? We dig into the real rules, the best regions, and the prep that turns a risky guess into a confident adventure. After a quick year-five milestone shoutout, we map out what Crown land actually is, why so much of it sits north of the French River, and how local restrictions shape where you can pitch a tent, light a fire, and stay legally.We walk through the Crown Land Use Policy Atlas and the 21-day rule, including the must-move 100 metres requirement. Then we tour standout regions with very different vibes: Temagami's classic canoe routes and remote islands, Algoma's quieter lakes and fewer crowds, Killarney-adjacent granite shores like Philip Edward Island when reservations vanish, cottage-country pockets near Bancroft that demand careful boundary checks, and the wild northwestern stretch around Dryden and Vermilion Bay where water access and fly-ins raise the stakes. Along the way, we call out the no-services reality—no toilets, no bins, often no cell service—and what that means for wag bags, food storage, navigation skills, and first aid readiness.This conversation is for campers who crave solitude and can handle self-reliance. We're honest about who should embrace Crown land now—experienced paddlers, anglers, and backcountry travellers—and who should build skills in managed parks first. Expect practical, respectful advice on fire bans, Leave No Trace, logging roads, and why good etiquette keeps spots open for everyone. If you love freedom, pair it with responsibility and you'll find the wild corners of Ontario that feel like your own. Subscribe, share with a camping friend, and tell us: which region are you planning to explore next?Support the showCONNECT WITH US AT SUPER GOOD CAMPING:Support the podcast & buy super cool SWAG: https://store.skgroupinc.com/super_good_camping/shop/homeEMAIL: hi@supergoodcamping.comWEBSITE: www.supergoodcamping.comYOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqFDJbFJyJ5Y-NHhFseENsQINSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/super_good_camping/TWITTER: https://twitter.com/SuperGoodCampinFACEBOOK GROUP: https://www.facebook.com/groups/SuperGoodCamping/TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@supergoodcamping Support the show

On the phone-in: Wildlife biologist Bob Bancroft takes your questions about wild animals you're seeing in your community. But first, Fresh Start Services in Saint John, NB are mourning the 38 clients who were unhoused and lost their lives in the past 12 months.

A few years ago, John Haffner was digging in his White River Junction backyard when his shovel hit a glass bottle buried underground. Then he found another, and another — all with words like “remedy,” “tonic” and “quick cure” embossed on them. John wants to know why there are so many of these old bottles around and, more importantly, what was in them? Local historian and independent reporter Kelby Greene is on the case, unraveling the snake oil sensation that swept the Green Mountain State. You can find the web version of this story here.Reporting for this story was supported by a grant from Vermont Humanities, in partnership with the Vermont 250 Commission and JAM, Junction Arts and Media. For more, check out the podcast series Roadside Vermont.This episode was reported by Kelby Greene and produced by Josh Crane. Editing and additional production from the rest of the BLS team: Sabine Poux and Burgess Brown. Our executive producer is Angela Evancie. Theme music by Ty Gibbons; other music by Blue Dot Sessions.Special thanks to Catherine Hurley, Shirley Duso and Creighton Hall.As always, our journalism is better when you're a part of it: Ask a question about Vermont Sign up for the BLS newsletter Say hi on Instagram and Reddit @bravestatevt Drop us an email: hello@bravelittlestate.org Make a gift to support people-powered journalism Tell your friends about the show! Brave Little State is a production of Vermont Public and a proud member of the NPR Network.

Storytelling can inspire us to take action on the ever-worsening climate crisis. Ali Horriyat and Cathryn Bancroft join forces in writing a new cli-fi book, The Hollow Age, which dares to ask the question: if our planet burns, do we run to another planet or risk everything to save it? Together with Corinna Bellizzi, they discuss how they use fiction to shed light on the alarming realities of the earth right now. Ali and Cathryn also break down the best ways to address the immigration problem in the United States and what it truly takes to begin a social revolution that leads to a real difference. COMPLETE BLOG & TRANSCRIPT: https://caremorebebetter.com/into-the-hollow-age-with-ali-horriyat-cathryn-bancroft/ About Guests: Ali and Cathryn are the co-authors of new cli-fi dystopian novel "The Hollow Age," from Compassiviste Publishing. When Ali contacted Cathryn about a collaboration with Compassiviste, she was excited to work on a novel that doesn't try to sugarcoat the trouble our world is in, but doesn't try to convince us it's hopeless, either. No matter how bad things get, helping each other is the best and only way to make them better again. Guest Website: https://authorclaire.com/as-cathryn-bankroft/ Guest Social: https://www.instagram.com/compassiviste https://www.youtube.com/@CompassivisteDialogues Additional Resources Mentioned: https://compassiviste.com/product/the-hollow-age/ Buy "The Hollow Age" on Amazon: https://amzn.to/4o2UtXv Show Notes:  02:17 - How Ali And Cathryn Worked Together 06:51 - How To Break The Wheel Of History 12:21 - The Collaborative Process Of Writing “The Hollow Age” 19:32 - Combining Different Writing Styles To Create A Powerful Message 28:17 - Did We Planet Skip In The Past (And Could We Do It In The Future) 33:16 - The Best Way To Address And Solve The Immigration Problem 37:07 - What It Takes To Start A Game-Changing Revolution 51:39 - Most Memorable Parts Of “The Hollow Age” 55:45 - Biggest Lessons In Collaborating With Another Person 01:04:54 - Get In Touch With Ali And Cathryn 01:06:46 - Episode Wrap-up And Closing Words BUILD A GREENER FUTURE with CARE MORE BE BETTER Together, we planted 36,044 trees in 2025 through our partnership with ForestPlanet. We screamed past our goal of planting 20,000 trees thanks to subscribers like you! NEW CAUSE PARTNER FOR 2025-2026 SELECTED! If you value open dialogue, sustainability, and social equity, I invite you to support our new cause partner — Prescott College. To learn more about this effort and to support the show, visit: https://caremorebebetter.com/support/ Follow us on social media: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/caremorebebetter TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@caremorebebetter Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/caremorebebetter Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CareMoreBeBetter LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/care-more-be-better Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

En 1777, Benjamin Franklin, ambassadeur des États-Unis, arrive à Paris avec un objectif en tête : convaincre la France de soutenir les colonies américaines insurgées contre les colonies anglaises. La tâche devrait être facile. C'est l'occasion rêvée pour ce pays de prendre sa revanche sur son ennemi historique. Pourtant, il se heurte à un Louis XVI hésitant. Franklin met alors en place un réseau d'informateurs et de diplomates chargés de suivre les rumeurs et décisions venues de Londres. Ces informations lui permettent d'affiner ses discours et de préparer sa stratégie de négociation. Mais ce qu'il ne sait pas, c'est qu'un traître se cache parmi ses collaborateurs : Edward B. Bancroft.Secrets d'agents • Histoires Vraies est une production Minuit.

En 1777, Benjamin Franklin, ambassadeur des États-Unis, arrive à Paris avec un objectif en tête : convaincre la France de soutenir les colonies américaines insurgées contre les colonies anglaises. La tâche devrait être facile. C'est l'occasion rêvée pour ce pays de prendre sa revanche sur son ennemi historique. Pourtant, il se heurte à un Louis XVI hésitant. Franklin met alors en place un réseau d'informateurs et de diplomates chargés de suivre les rumeurs et décisions venues de Londres. Ces informations lui permettent d'affiner ses discours et de préparer sa stratégie de négociation. Mais ce qu'il ne sait pas, c'est qu'un traître se cache parmi ses collaborateurs : Edward B. Bancroft.Edward Bancroft fait son choix, en toute discrétion, et trahit Franklin. Comme ce dernier le lui a demandé, il lui transmettra des nouvelles de Londres via un canal de correspondance secret, tout en dévoilant aux services secrets britanniques les intentions des colonies américaines. Pour cela, il peut compter sur la protection de Paul Wentworth, un admirateur qui lui avait demandé d'inspecter ses plantations au Suriname après la lecture de son livre.Secrets d'agents • Histoires Vraies est une production Minuit.

[SPONSORISÉ] En 1777, Benjamin Franklin, ambassadeur des États-Unis, arrive à Paris avec un objectif en tête : convaincre la France de soutenir les colonies américaines insurgées contre les colonies anglaises. La tâche devrait être facile. C'est l'occasion rêvée pour ce pays de prendre sa revanche sur son ennemi historique. Pourtant, il se heurte à un Louis XVI hésitant. Franklin met alors en place un réseau d'informateurs et de diplomates chargés de suivre les rumeurs et décisions venues de Londres. Ces informations lui permettent d'affiner ses discours et de préparer sa stratégie de négociation. Mais ce qu'il ne sait pas, c'est qu'un traître se cache parmi ses collaborateurs : Edward B. Bancroft.Edward Bancroft n'a pas de convictions politiques particulières. En revanche, il ne peut se résoudre à l'idée de voir l'Angleterre s'engluer dans un conflit qui lui causerait de lourdes pertes. Il ne s'était jamais prédestiné à l'espionnage, mais le contexte politique de son époque en a décidé autrement. Le voilà désormais agent double. Informateur pour Benjamin Franklin du mercredi au dimanche et agent du renseignement britannique les mardis soirs. Un emploi du temps bien particulier pour celui qui se prédestinait à être scientifique.Secrets d'agents • Histoires Vraies est une production Minuit.

En 1777, Benjamin Franklin, ambassadeur des États-Unis, arrive à Paris avec un objectif en tête : convaincre la France de soutenir les colonies américaines insurgées contre les colonies anglaises. La tâche devrait être facile. C'est l'occasion rêvée pour ce pays de prendre sa revanche sur son ennemi historique. Pourtant, il se heurte à un Louis XVI hésitant. Franklin met alors en place un réseau d'informateurs et de diplomates chargés de suivre les rumeurs et décisions venues de Londres. Ces informations lui permettent d'affiner ses discours et de préparer sa stratégie de négociation. Mais ce qu'il ne sait pas, c'est qu'un traître se cache parmi ses collaborateurs : Edward B. Bancroft.Edward Bancroft n'a pas de convictions politiques particulières. En revanche, il ne peut se résoudre à l'idée de voir l'Angleterre s'engluer dans un conflit qui lui causerait de lourdes pertes. Il ne s'était jamais prédestiné à l'espionnage, mais le contexte politique de son époque en a décidé autrement. Le voilà désormais agent double. Informateur pour Benjamin Franklin du mercredi au dimanche et agent du renseignement britannique les mardis soirs. Un emploi du temps bien particulier pour celui qui se prédestinait à être scientifique.Secrets d'agents • Histoires Vraies est une production Minuit.

Dave Kiehn talks with Daniel Gillespie, Kurt Gebhards, & Eric Bancroft about the importance of building deep and meaningful Christian friendships among men, including the contrast with modern male friendships that lack depth, friendships that go beyond superficial interests, encouraging spiritual growth, and more. 

Send us a textE.V. Bancroft joins me to chat about her upcoming release, On the Edge of Uncertainty, available on December 1st, Warm Pearls and Paper Cranes, her Goldie winning debut, living in England, flying, and much more! Link to On The Edge Of Uncertainty: Amazon.com : on the edge of uncertainty by e.v. bancroftTo support this podcast, you can buy me a coffee @ sapphiclaura is Bringing you fun chats with the best authors in sapphic fiction.Support the show

What happens when leadership is shared, not centralised? Impact at scale requires collaboration across governments, business, philanthropy, and communities. This episode explores real-world stories of distributed leadership, including Indigenous and citizen-led approaches that demonstrate how collective leadership can create more just and sustainable outcomes. Listeners will hear practical lessons on building trust, sharing power, and mobilising diverse groups towards common goals. Key Themes & Talking Points: The value of distributed leadership across sectors. Indigenous and citizen-led models as exemplars of collective leadership. Building trust and partnerships to drive systemic change. What collective leadership teaches us about the future of leadership development. With Toby P. Newstead from University of Tasmania and Jack Manning from AIME and Liz Gillies from Menzies Leadership Foundation

Pregnancy after infertility is supposed to feel like relief… but for so many, it feels like fear. In this episode, clinical and counselling psychologist Liz Bancroft helps us unravel the messy, unspoken truth that comes after “good news.” We talk about the terror that replaces joy, the constant checking and overthinking, the grief that travels with you into every scan, and the guilt of not feeling as happy as everyone expects you to be. Liz dives into the identity crisis of moving from patient to pregnant, the heartbreak of leaving the safety of your clinic, the loneliness of trying to stay hopeful, and the way trauma can colour every milestone. If you've ever felt overwhelmed, disconnected, or too afraid to believe this might finally be your moment; this conversation will make you feel seen, understood, and far less alone.

1. The OSS Origins and the "Get the Food, Mary" Moment Liza Mundy Book: The Sisterhood: The Secret History of Women at the CIA Liza Mundy's book explores the history of women in US intelligence, beginning with Mary Bancroft during World War II, a time when the US needed to rapidly build intelligence capabilities (in 1941, the US had no spy agencies). Bancroft, a college-educated woman who spoke German and French, was recruited by the Office of Strategic Services (OSS). She began by writing vital open-source reports from neutral Switzerland. She was later recruited by Allen Dulles to be his right-hand woman, assisting with intelligence analysis and collection. Bancroft also handled a key German double agent plotting Hitler's assassination. Despite her critical role, she often faced dismissive treatment; in one meeting, Dulles famously ordered her, "get the food, Mary." This exemplified the common experience where OSS women—who were often highly educated and high-earning—were relegated to secretarial work and denied credit for their substantial contributions. 1894

On the phone-in: Wildlife biologist Bob Bancroft provides information and answers questions about animals, birds and amphibians in the Maritimes. And off the top of the show, we speak with Jana Ray who's the COO of CanAge, an advocacy group for seniors in Canada. A report out today from CanAge finds the Maritimes provinces rate the best in the country for seniors who need access to vaccines.

Brett and Thomas have William Ramsey on to discuss The Manchurian Candidate, one of the most iconic cinematic depictions of mind control. We analyze the movie's abundant revelation of the method and misdirection. Other topics of discussion include the deep political context behind this film and similar movies and the strangeness surrounding the JFK assassination and other key events from that time period.NOTE: To spell out the family and social connections from one portion of our discussion, Ruth Paine (born Ruth Hyde) was married to Michael Paine, whose mother was Ruth Forbes Young. Ruth Forbes Young's first marriage was to Michael's father, Lyman Paine, before her second marriage to Arthur M. Young, an inventor and proto-New Age process philosopher. It was Ruth Forbes Young who was a close friend of Mary Bancroft. Ruth Forbes Young was a world federalist and also a great-granddaughter of Ralph Waldo Emerson. Aside from the Bancroft connection, the most interesting thing about Ruth Paine's mother-in-law and her second husband is that Ruth Forbes Young and Arthur Young participated in the Council of Nine channeling seances held by military/intelligence-connected parapsychologist Andrija Puharich.https://www.williamramseyinvestigates.com/https://decoding-culture.com/magazine-home/https://twitter.com/CinemaPsyophttps://www.patreon.com/PsyopCinemahttp://psyop-cinema.com/https://linktr.ee/psyopcinemathomas-psyopcinema@protonmail.combrett-psyopcinema@protonmail.com   

A lively solo episode from Menners recorded on a quiet Sydney Sunday night, packed with breaking cricket news and analysis. He begins by correcting his earlier take on Ravichandran Ashwin's Big Bash availability, reacts to Harjas Singh's record-shattering 314 in NSW Premier Cricket, and updates the Sheffield Shield batting race — weighing up contenders like Conway, Renshaw, Weatherald, and Khawaja. Menners also celebrates Mitch Marsh's rare all-formats milestone, recaps Australia's T20 and Women's World Cup performances, and signs off with merch and Patreon updates as summer cricket heats up. (0:50) – Correction: Ashwin cleared to play the full BBL season for Sydney Thunder (3:30) – Harjas Singh's 314 (141): a once-in-a-generation innings and why he deserves a BBL contract (6:40) – The Sheffield Shield batting race: early movers, emails from listeners, and selection talk (12:55) – Renshaw's century, Khawaja's form, Labuschagne's 50 *, and the selectors' headaches (16:30) – Green's return, Bancroft's start, and the WA vs NSW green-top (18:40) – International wrap: Mitch Marsh joins the all-formats century club (19:40) – Women's World Cup: Ash Gardner's heroics and Australia's strong start (20:00) – Wrap-up: merch, Patreon, and a look ahead to a full episode with Damien Cricket Unfiltered Merchandise is Here! We've launched our official Cricket Unfiltered merch store thanks to a brilliant partnership with Exactamundo, a longtime supporter of the show.

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The assassination of American Charlie Kirk has led much of our society to examine what a civilization is and to ask what creates a civilized society. Charlie Kirk was a strong and determined advocate for Judeo-Christian values, committed marriage, and the well-being of children and families. One of the most destructive moral influences upon American civilization was, and continues to be, Alfred Kinsey. In the span of his lifetime, Kinsey managed (with the aid of Deep State forces through the Intelligence services) to extensively upend the ethical forces that held in check baser human instincts. Civilization is in many ways the management of human appetites to maximize freedom for all members of the community. The mores of American culture in the 1940s, rooted in Judeo-Christian values, emphasized the respect and even sacredness of marriage, as well as the encouragement and affirmation of marital fidelity. Kinsey tore through these traditional values with a chainsaw—promoting promiscuity and declaring that if a sexual act could be physically performed, it was acceptable and natural. He included both adult sex with children, as well as sex with animals, in this definition. Kinsey's books: Sexual Behavior in the Human Male(1948), followed by Sexual Behavior in the Human Female (1953), included chapters purporting to prove the sexuality of infants and prepubescent children with charts documenting what he called children's orgasms. His sources for large portions of his data were predatory pedophiles, from whom Kinsey collected data for his hypotheses rather than reporting them to the authorities. These pedophiles, in turn, have been protected by the Kinsey Institute, a nonprofit affiliated with Indiana University. The data he collected from the sources he protected has continued to be locked away, supposedly to protect the privacy of the reporters who were abusing children. What an irony! That Kinsey, who advocates the removal of all boundaries upon sexuality, has one ironclad boundary of privacy protecting his research against the independent examination of the foundational sources of his data, including child abusers. Kinsey's work inspired Hugh Hefner and spawned the entire Playboy empire, leading to the explosion of pornography, pedophilia, and the hook-up culture so prevalent in America today, and shaking the civilizational foundation of marriage and family to its core. The unraveling of the American family has, in turn, fractured the foundations of our very civilization. Even worse, Kinsey encouraged sexual acts and engagement between adults and children, including infants. As we reported in our earlier column on Alfred Kinsey: The [Kinsey] institute contains, in its archives, the stories of hundreds, if not thousands, of acts of sexual abuse against children. Many of these accounts involve the physical rape of very small children. These reports include precise details of the children crying, resisting, and making other efforts to fend off their assailants. These details are included because Dr. Alfred Kinsey, the Father of the Sexual Revolution, believed in collecting detailed “scientific” accounts of every kind of sexual act between human beings, including violent sexual acts committed upon children by adults. On their official website, the Kinsey Institute denies that Kinsey and his colleagues hired, collaborated with, or persuaded people to carry out experiments on children. But Dr. Reisman's research and evidence, along with the evidence of others, prove otherwise. Furthermore, a 1995 Washington Post article reported: Yesterday, the director of the Kinsey Institute revealed that Kinsey's conclusions on the sexuality of young children were based not on scientific study but on the secret history of a single pedophile who kept a diary of his experiences with 317 pre-adolescent boys. The Kinsey Institute director in 1995 was John Bancroft, who “clarified” Kinsey's research approach at a press conference in Washington, DC, called by a Representative of Congress investigating Kinsey's methods of research, their legality, conclusions, and effects upon school curricula and American culture. Bancroft went on to declare that no one will ever know what happened to the children whose orgasms are reported in the Kinsey Tables in the Sexual Behavior of the Human Male. The Post article continued quoting Bancroft: “There was no contact with any of the boys by anyone at the institute, only with the man's notes,” he said. The institute “has never carried out sexual experiments on children.” As for the pedophile — who was not paid — he is catalogued at the Kinsey Institute under a pseudonym, which could be decoded but will not be if Bancroft has anything to do with it. “The man is long dead. He died around 1955,” the director said. The 50th Anniversary edition of the Sexual Behavior in the Human Female includes eighteen closely typed pages in justification and defense of Kinsey's work, written by the Director of the Institute at that time, John Bancroft. Kinsey believed in a concept he termed ‘total sexual outlet.' Bancroft declared: The fact that he [Kinsey] combined orgasms from six principal sources, masturbation, nocturnal emissions, heterosexual petting, heterosexual intercourse, homosexual relations, and intercourse with animals, to derive his ‘total sexual outlet,' in no way means that he regarded each of these sources of orgasm as of equal value in social or interpersonal or emotional terms, for either men or women. His lack of comment on the moral value of any form of sexual behavior was central to his non-judgmental approach, without which his long-running project, which he envisioned as continuing for many years longer than it did, would not have been viable. We regret that he made no such moral comparisons, because without them he describes sexual behavior in something of a moral vacuum which others have been quick to fill with their own interpretations of Kinsey's moral standpoint… Bancroft goes on to discuss critics of Kinsey's work. What he fails to observe is that in this vacuum, which he describes, many new liberties and assumptions were indeed taken, and many moral protections, however imperfect, which had been in place for generations for women and for all children (and for that matter, animals) were gravely weakened. Most egregiously, Kinsey declared in 1953 in Sexual Behavior in the Human Female: There are, of course, instances of adults who have done physical damage to children with whom they have attempted sexual contact… But these cases are in the minority, and the public should learn to distinguish such serious contacts from other adult contacts that are not likely to do the child any appreciable harm if the child's parents do not become disturbed. Our radio guest, Rhonda Miller, is CEO of Purple for Parents, a nonprofit dedicated to protecting children from the harmful agendas in government schools, from indoctrination to sexual grooming. She is leading members of her organization along with other international groups with shared goals to lobby in Washington, DC in order to finally have the Kinsey Institute and the institute's foundational sex research locked away within the institute fully investigated. Listeners who wish to support and follow her work can go to purple4parents.org.     ______   Learn more about Dr. Peter Breggin's work: https://breggin.com/   See more from Dr. Breggin's long history of being a reformer in psychiatry: https://breggin.com/Psychiatry-as-an-Instrument-of-Social-and-Political-Control   Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal, the how-to manual @ https://breggin.com/a-guide-for-prescribers-therapists-patients-and-their-families/   Get a copy of Dr. Breggin's latest book: WHO ARE THE “THEY” - THESE GLOBAL PREDATORS? WHAT ARE THEIR MOTIVES AND THEIR PLANS FOR US? HOW CAN WE DEFEND AGAINST THEM? Covid-19 and the Global Predators: We are the Prey Get a copy: https://www.wearetheprey.com/   “No other book so comprehensively covers the details of COVID-19 criminal conduct as well as its origins in a network of global predators seeking wealth and power at the expense of human freedom and prosperity, under cover of false public health policies.”   ~ Robert F Kennedy, Jr Author of #1 bestseller The Real Anthony Fauci and Founder, Chairman and Chief Legal Counsel for Children's Health Defense.

Roz defends a mysterious cut over his eye, Maurie chats with UFC legend Georges St-Pierre & Vince Vaughn at TIFF! The Damnits were a drunken mess at the Lady Gaga concert. Plus, listeners share love from Bancroft and New Brunswick, and the crew debates whether they could recite 90% of a movie for $100K.

To celebrate today's release of the 2d animated film “Light of the World”- a film the Bancroft's worked on- they discuss the ins and outs of creating a 2d independent animated feature film. They are joined by directing partner John J Schafer and producer Pam Darley. Let's get into it! 

    Today on the podcast, we're joined by John Schafer, producer of the upcoming animated film The Light of the World, and Tom Bancroft, veteran Disney animator behind classics like Mulan and The Lion King. Together, they're bringing a powerful, faith-filled story to life through stunning 2D animation. Let's dive into the heart and vision behind the film. John Schfer is an innovative storyteller, director, producer, and brand manager. John has produced for television and film productions for over 33 years. His work on the Daytime EMMY® nominated CG series, Superbook (65 episodes), has been seen by millions of people in over 123 countries and is translated in over 56 languages.  Tom Bancroft has almost 25 years of experience in the animation industry, most of which was for Walt Disney Feature Animation where he was an animator for 11 years. He has been nominated for Annie and Rueben awards, spoken at the Kennedy Center and awarded an entry into the Chicago Children's Film Festival. While at Disney, Bancroft had the opportunity to contribute his talents to 10 animated feature films, five animated shorts, and numerous special projects and commercials. Among the classic films on which he worked are, "Beauty and the Beast," "The Lion King," "Aladdin," "Mulan" and "Brother Bear." He was also a character designer and director for Big Idea Productions, makers of the family-friendly "Veggietales" video series.

The Bancroft's sit down with Julia McIntyre, also known as @thebookishanimator_   After losing her dream job in 2d animation, she gained popularity on her social media by creating animated scenes based on  books she was reading. Publishers now come to her to create custom content for new book releases!  

The possible contenders for the title of inventor of spray paint were actually working across decades. And really, all those people contributed pieces of the story. Research: Abplanalp, R.H. “Valve mechanism for dispensing gases and liquids under pressure.” U.S. Patent Office. March 17, 1953. https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/e2/65/be/710e864cf870d8/US2631814.pdf “About Binks.” https://binks.com/about-us/ Andreassen, Dag. “The world's first spray can?” Teknismuseum. Nov. 6, 2024. https://www.tekniskmuseum.no/en/stories/spray-can “Atomizer.” Smithsonian National Museum of American History. https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/object/nmah_721925 Baisya, Pramila. “A Brief History of Spray Paint.” UP Magazine. https://upmag.com/a-brief-history-of-spray-paint/ Bancroft, Hubert Howe. “The book of the fair; an historical and descriptive presentation of the world's science, art, and industry, as viewed through the Columbian Exposition at Chicago in 1893.” The Bancroft Co. 1893. https://archive.org/details/bookfair1banca/page/68/mode/2up Bellis, Mary. "The History of Aerosol Spray Cans." ThoughtCo, May. 11, 2025, thoughtco.com/history-of-aerosol-spray-cans-1991231 “Boss of the Year Secretary Speaker in Sycamore.” The Sycamore Tribune. April 29, 1960. https://www.newspapers.com/image/898198730/?match=1&terms=Edward%20H.%20Seymour “Definitions of “Aerosol Product” and Related Terms in Various Federal and State Regulations, Standards and Codes.” National Institute od Standards and Technology. February 2012. https://www.nist.gov/system/files/documents/pml/wmd/Definitions-of-Aerosol-Product.pdf “DeVilbiss Atomizers.” Wood Library Museum of Anesthesiology. https://www.woodlibrarymuseum.org/museum/devilbiss-atomizers/ “Francis Davis Millet and Millet family papers, 1858-1984, bulk 1858-1955.” Smithsonian. https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/francis-davis-millet-and-millet-family-papers-9048/biographical-note Greenbaum, Hillary and Dana Rubinstein. “The Origin of Spray Paint.” New York Times magazine. Nov. 4, 2011. https://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/06/magazine/who-made-spray-paint.html Haberkorn, Stephen. “Seymour of Sycamore: Aerosol Paint Inventor Still Mass Producing.” The Daily Chronicle. May 31, 2014. https://www.newspapers.com/image/183344909/?match=1&terms=%22Nancy%20Seymour%20Heatley%22 Linden, Chris. “The 1893 Columbian Exposition: Remembering Chicago’s White City.” Northwest Quarterly. Dec. 10, 2012. https://northwestchicagoland.northwestquarterly.com/2012/12/10/the-1893-columbian-exposition-remembering-chicagos-white-city/ “Oslo, Home of the Spray Can.” Oslo Science Park. Sept. 24, 2024. https://www.forskningsparken.no/en/news/2024-oslo-home-of-the-spray-can “A Patent on a Rattle in a Can.” The Lemont Herald. May 22, 1952. https://www.newspapers.com/image/700713398/?match=1&terms=%22Edward%20H.%20Seymour%22 Rotheim, Erik. “METHOD AND MEANS FOR THE ATOMIZING OR IDISTRIBUTION OF LIQUID OR SEMI-LIQUID MATERIALS.” United States Patent Office. April 7, 1931. https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/f5/fb/c3/05208e6542c01c/US1800156.pdf Seymour, E.H. “HERMETICALLY SEALED PACKAGE FOR MIXING AND DISCHARGING ” Dec. 25, 1951. https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/c0/4b/45/2677a2b12e2430/US2580132.pdf “Seymour Man Develops New Spray Device.” The Daily Chronicle. May 27, 1952. https://www.newspapers.com/image/126585367/?match=1&terms=%22Edward%20H.%20Seymour%22 “Summary of the Clean Air Act.” EPA. https://www.epa.gov/laws-regulations/summary-clean-air-act See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

 About Lorna BancroftLorna Bancroft is a seasoned radio presenter and event host with over two decades of experience in the UK and UAE media industries. Known for her vibrant voice and authentic hosting style, Lorna has graced both the airwaves and red carpets, working on high-profile events such as the National Television Awards and Soccer Aid at Old Trafford. As the founder of GenX, a unique youth events brand for 9 to 14-year-olds, she has created a space where tweens can connect, build confidence, and enjoy screen-free fun. With a heart for community and an eye for innovation, Lorna continues to inspire both kids and adults with her passion, creativity, and fearless entrepreneurial spirit.About this EpisodeIn this lively and inspiring episode of The Matrix Green Pill Podcast, host Hilmarie Hutchison speaks with Lorna Bancroft about her journey from UK breakfast radio to becoming a powerhouse in the UAE's youth entertainment scene.Lorna shares the story of how she “fell into” radio, the magic of hosting live events, and her passion for giving kids a voice and a vibrant space through GenX. From helping build a hospital helipad through charity events to launching an initiative that keeps tweens off their screens and engaged in teamwork and creativity, her mission is all about meaningful impact.She also discusses the challenges and rewards of entrepreneurship, the importance of imagination in today's digital age, and her future plans—including expansion to Abu Dhabi, Ras Al Khaimah, and the launch of a new teen-focused venue, The Base.Whether you're an aspiring entrepreneur, parent, educator, or fan of inspiring personal stories, this episode is a must-listen. Lorna's candid advice and contagious energy remind us that with a little bravery and a lot of heart, you can turn an idea into a movement.Quotes2:30 - I actually wanted to be a vet, but I realized that wasn't going to be possible because I can't blood or anything like that. So I thought well, I'm not going to be a vet then am I? I literally fell into radio.4:34 - I would say some of the most memorable for me are the ones where we've raised serious, serious money for charities.9:25 - You know, with what we do at Gen X again going back to my childhood, I'm not reinventing the wheel here these are all very simple games and challenges that me and my sister made up when we were kids.9:54 - We're not bringing in all these high tech games to keep the kids occupied. We're doing back to basic team games that will build them as a team, give them confidence, win them prizes.10:19 - I do think we're losing that sense of imagination these days because we don't really have to use it anymore.10:30 – You can have really simple fun with simple things.11:01 - One thing that we never do at Gen X, we would never berate a child for having mobiles.11:46 - I think, because what we have at Gen X isn't screen focused, so they are encouraged to go back to the old school way of doing it, to interact with kids, to interact with each other.12:07 - They are structured in a way that include you need a team. You know you've got to work as a team to win. So, if you want to win, you're going to have to speak to your peers, get involved.12:43 - It's all about socializing with each other, and you know we don't just concentrate on the ones with the loudest voice or the ones that are more outgoing.15:44 - I always say to the parents you'll be surprised, because they don't have the opportunity to get bored here. They very rarely misbehave.23:45 - Do not heThe Matrix Green Pill Podcast: https://thematrixgreenpill.com/Please review us: https://g.page/r/CS8IW35GvlraEAI/review

How do social movements arise, wield power, and bring about meaningful change? Renowned scholar Linda Gordon investigates these and other salient questions in this “visionary, cautionary, timely, and utterly necessary book” (Nicole Eustace), narrating how some of America's most influential twentieth-century social movements transformed the nation.Beginning with the turn-of-the century settlement house movement, the book compares Chicago's celebrated Hull-House, begun by privileged women, to a much less well known African American project, Cleveland's Phillis Wheatley House, begun by a former sharecropper. Expanding her highly praised book The Second Coming of the KKK, the second chapter shows how a northern Klan became a mass movement in the 1920s. Contrary to what many Klan opponents thought, this KKK was a middle-class organization, its members primarily urban and well educated. In the 1930s, the KKK gave birth to dozens of American fascist groups—small but extremely violent. Profiles of two other 1930s movements follow: the Townsend campaign for old-age insurance, named for its charismatic leader, Dr. Francis Townsend. It created the public pressure that brought us Social Security, which was considered radical at the time, as was the movement to bring about federal unemployment aid for millions.Proceeding to the 1955–1956 Montgomery bus boycott—which jump-started the career of Martin Luther King, Jr.—the narrative shows how the city's entire Black population refused to ride segregated buses; initiated by Black women, their years-long, hard-fought victory inspired the civil rights movement. Gordon then examines the 1970s farmworkers struggle, led by Cesar Chavez and made possible by the work of tens of thousands of the primarily Mexican American farmworkers. Together they built the United Farm Workers Union, winning better wages and working conditions for some of the country's poorest workers. The book concludes with the dramatic stories of two Boston socialist feminist groups, Bread and Roses and the Combahee River Collective, which influenced the whole women's liberation movement. Linda Gordon is professor emerita of history and University Professor of the Humanities at New York University. She is the winner of two Bancroft prizes for best book in American History.  Her previous work includes The Second Coming of the KKK and a biography of the photographer Dorothea Lange. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history

Brandon Langley, Dave Kiehn, and Eric Bancroft discuss regional strategies for kingdom work, including Pillar's regional strategy and purpose, how a Pillar region is formed, the role of regional leaders, and more. 

How do social movements arise, wield power, and bring about meaningful change? Renowned scholar Linda Gordon investigates these and other salient questions in this “visionary, cautionary, timely, and utterly necessary book” (Nicole Eustace), narrating how some of America's most influential twentieth-century social movements transformed the nation.Beginning with the turn-of-the century settlement house movement, the book compares Chicago's celebrated Hull-House, begun by privileged women, to a much less well known African American project, Cleveland's Phillis Wheatley House, begun by a former sharecropper. Expanding her highly praised book The Second Coming of the KKK, the second chapter shows how a northern Klan became a mass movement in the 1920s. Contrary to what many Klan opponents thought, this KKK was a middle-class organization, its members primarily urban and well educated. In the 1930s, the KKK gave birth to dozens of American fascist groups—small but extremely violent. Profiles of two other 1930s movements follow: the Townsend campaign for old-age insurance, named for its charismatic leader, Dr. Francis Townsend. It created the public pressure that brought us Social Security, which was considered radical at the time, as was the movement to bring about federal unemployment aid for millions.Proceeding to the 1955–1956 Montgomery bus boycott—which jump-started the career of Martin Luther King, Jr.—the narrative shows how the city's entire Black population refused to ride segregated buses; initiated by Black women, their years-long, hard-fought victory inspired the civil rights movement. Gordon then examines the 1970s farmworkers struggle, led by Cesar Chavez and made possible by the work of tens of thousands of the primarily Mexican American farmworkers. Together they built the United Farm Workers Union, winning better wages and working conditions for some of the country's poorest workers. The book concludes with the dramatic stories of two Boston socialist feminist groups, Bread and Roses and the Combahee River Collective, which influenced the whole women's liberation movement. Linda Gordon is professor emerita of history and University Professor of the Humanities at New York University. She is the winner of two Bancroft prizes for best book in American History.  Her previous work includes The Second Coming of the KKK and a biography of the photographer Dorothea Lange. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

How do social movements arise, wield power, and bring about meaningful change? Renowned scholar Linda Gordon investigates these and other salient questions in this “visionary, cautionary, timely, and utterly necessary book” (Nicole Eustace), narrating how some of America's most influential twentieth-century social movements transformed the nation.Beginning with the turn-of-the century settlement house movement, the book compares Chicago's celebrated Hull-House, begun by privileged women, to a much less well known African American project, Cleveland's Phillis Wheatley House, begun by a former sharecropper. Expanding her highly praised book The Second Coming of the KKK, the second chapter shows how a northern Klan became a mass movement in the 1920s. Contrary to what many Klan opponents thought, this KKK was a middle-class organization, its members primarily urban and well educated. In the 1930s, the KKK gave birth to dozens of American fascist groups—small but extremely violent. Profiles of two other 1930s movements follow: the Townsend campaign for old-age insurance, named for its charismatic leader, Dr. Francis Townsend. It created the public pressure that brought us Social Security, which was considered radical at the time, as was the movement to bring about federal unemployment aid for millions.Proceeding to the 1955–1956 Montgomery bus boycott—which jump-started the career of Martin Luther King, Jr.—the narrative shows how the city's entire Black population refused to ride segregated buses; initiated by Black women, their years-long, hard-fought victory inspired the civil rights movement. Gordon then examines the 1970s farmworkers struggle, led by Cesar Chavez and made possible by the work of tens of thousands of the primarily Mexican American farmworkers. Together they built the United Farm Workers Union, winning better wages and working conditions for some of the country's poorest workers. The book concludes with the dramatic stories of two Boston socialist feminist groups, Bread and Roses and the Combahee River Collective, which influenced the whole women's liberation movement. Linda Gordon is professor emerita of history and University Professor of the Humanities at New York University. She is the winner of two Bancroft prizes for best book in American History.  Her previous work includes The Second Coming of the KKK and a biography of the photographer Dorothea Lange. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/american-studies

How do social movements arise, wield power, and bring about meaningful change? Renowned scholar Linda Gordon investigates these and other salient questions in this “visionary, cautionary, timely, and utterly necessary book” (Nicole Eustace), narrating how some of America's most influential twentieth-century social movements transformed the nation.Beginning with the turn-of-the century settlement house movement, the book compares Chicago's celebrated Hull-House, begun by privileged women, to a much less well known African American project, Cleveland's Phillis Wheatley House, begun by a former sharecropper. Expanding her highly praised book The Second Coming of the KKK, the second chapter shows how a northern Klan became a mass movement in the 1920s. Contrary to what many Klan opponents thought, this KKK was a middle-class organization, its members primarily urban and well educated. In the 1930s, the KKK gave birth to dozens of American fascist groups—small but extremely violent. Profiles of two other 1930s movements follow: the Townsend campaign for old-age insurance, named for its charismatic leader, Dr. Francis Townsend. It created the public pressure that brought us Social Security, which was considered radical at the time, as was the movement to bring about federal unemployment aid for millions.Proceeding to the 1955–1956 Montgomery bus boycott—which jump-started the career of Martin Luther King, Jr.—the narrative shows how the city's entire Black population refused to ride segregated buses; initiated by Black women, their years-long, hard-fought victory inspired the civil rights movement. Gordon then examines the 1970s farmworkers struggle, led by Cesar Chavez and made possible by the work of tens of thousands of the primarily Mexican American farmworkers. Together they built the United Farm Workers Union, winning better wages and working conditions for some of the country's poorest workers. The book concludes with the dramatic stories of two Boston socialist feminist groups, Bread and Roses and the Combahee River Collective, which influenced the whole women's liberation movement. Linda Gordon is professor emerita of history and University Professor of the Humanities at New York University. She is the winner of two Bancroft prizes for best book in American History.  Her previous work includes The Second Coming of the KKK and a biography of the photographer Dorothea Lange. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/politics-and-polemics

For decades the Bancroft brothers have animated classic characters across many realms, including this fall's new movie about our greatest Hero.

In today's episode we're talking with Natalie Bancroft and Laura Fifield, two amazing women who are linked with a quite famous recent birth story. You see Natalie, a birth photographer and doula as well as a mama of 3, gave birth to her third baby earlier this year at home. And baby Simon weighed 11 lbs. 2 oz!!! And Laura, Natalie's friend, birth photographer and mama of 2, was there to document the experience. Some of the amazing photos from the birth, namely one that features Natalie holding her newly birthed bundle of adorable squish with this elated, shocked, goddess-like expression of “wow!” has been featured far and wide. Publications like Today Show, Hello Giggles and even People have featured the image on their sites.  We were so grateful and excited to speak with these awesome women. They share insights from the birth photography community, which is small in their city of Spokane, WA. We get to hear about some of the memorable births they've been able to document. Natalie talks about her journey to home birth, having her first in a hospital, and deciding that she wanted a different experience for future births. Her second was a beautiful home birth, and she knew she'd have another one for her third. It wasn't long into the pregnancy that she realized baby number 3 was going to be larger than the others. Natalie's belly was so much larger, in fact, that they went for an ultrasound towards the end of the pregnancy to find out if she was having twins! Turns out, she wasn't. This baby was just that big. When birthing time came around, everyone was prepared and peaceful. And the whole experience was only about 4 hours! Both these women are total rockstars and inspiration for the birthing community. We're honored to have them join the DIAH podcast and share a story that has reached so many. Enjoy! Links From The Episode: ⁠Natalie's birth photography website⁠ ⁠Natalie's Instagram⁠ ⁠Laura's birth photography website⁠ ⁠Laura's Instagram⁠ ⁠Spokane River Midwifes⁠ ⁠Childbirth Without Fear⁠ ⁠Ina May's Guide To Childbirth⁠ ⁠Natalie & Laura in Today⁠ ⁠Natalie & Laura in Hello Giggles⁠ ⁠Natalie & Laura in People⁠ Offers From Our Awesome Partners: Needed: https://needed.sjv.io/XY3903 - use code DIAH to get 20% off your order More From Doing It At Home: Doing It At Home book on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3vJcPmU DIAH YouTube: https://bit.ly/3pzuzQC DIAH Merch: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/doingitathome Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Show Highlights: Learn about Michigan-based AgroLiquid 40+ years strong in crop fertility. [03:15] Why AgroLiquid chose M&A for growth after decades of organic expansion. [05:55] The five-key disciplined framework that led to acquiring Monty's Plant Food. [06:47] Understand the post-deal realities of integration. [15:28] Is your agribusiness sellable, though you may never sell? [21:07] Explore the seller's vision and legacy concerns in M&A. [25:15] Advice for M&A target sourcing and first meetings. [27:40] What made Monty's Plant Food a strategic fit for AgroLiquid? [32:46] Achieving smart growth through adjacent innovation. [37:22] Learn more about AgroLiquid at https://www.agroliquid.com/. Visit https://www.linkedin.com/in/nick-bancroft-73811488/ to connect with Nick Bancroft on LinkedIn. If you are interested in connecting with Joe, go to LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joemosher/, or schedule a call at www.moshercg.com.

Joel Bancroft-Connors: The No-Scroll Bar Rule—Empowering PO's Through Constraints Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast website: http://bit.ly/SMTP_ShowNotes. The Great Product Owner: The Collaborative Innovator Joel describes an exceptional Product Owner scenario at a large insurance organization where complementary skills created magic. Working with two different people - a business expert who understood insurance but lacked development knowledge, and a designer with user experience expertise - Joel suggested the designer take on the Product Owner role while collaborating closely with the business person.  This collaboration between complementary skills produced outstanding results. The great Product Owner understood that their role wasn't to control every detail but to unleash developer creativity by providing problems and context rather than prescriptive solutions. Joel's approach of "give the developers a problem and a canvas" allowed the team to innovate while staying focused on customer needs. This Product Owner fostered innovation rather than preventing it, demonstrating how effective collaboration can transform product development. The Bad Product Owner: The Business Analyst That Couldn't Let Go Joel identifies a problematic anti-pattern: the Business Analyst who transitions to Product Owner but can't abandon their documentation-heavy approach. While Business Analysts can make excellent Product Owners with proper support, those who insist on documenting everything create communication bottlenecks and slow down delivery. This creates a "telephone game" effect between the BA/PO and developers. Joel encountered one such individual who would declare "the developers can't do that" without giving them the opportunity to explore solutions. Following his "no-scroll bar rule" for documentation, Joel emphasizes that Product Owners should provide just enough information to enable developer creativity, not overwhelming detail that stifles innovation. When the problematic BA was replaced with someone who understood customers and trusted developers, the team's innovation flourished. In this segment, we refer to the book Liftoff, by Larsen and Nies. Self-reflection Question: Are you enabling developer innovation by providing problems and context, or are you stifling creativity with excessive documentation and control? [Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast Recommends]

Joel Bancroft-Connors: Sustainable Value—Redefining Success Beyond Profit Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast website: http://bit.ly/SMTP_ShowNotes. Joel has evolved his definition of Scrum Master success over time, moving beyond traditional metrics to focus on what truly matters: sustainable value delivery. While Agile principles clearly state the goal of delivering value continuously, Joel emphasizes that success isn't just about making profit - it's about creating sustainable profit through sustainable processes and people practices. He challenges Scrum Masters to consider their "people sustainability metric" and asks whether their approach supports long-term team health and organizational resilience. Joel's definition encompasses three pillars: delivering sustainable value, maintaining sustainable processes, and ensuring sustainability for people. This holistic view of success requires Scrum Masters to think beyond immediate outcomes and consider the long-term impact of their practices. In this segment, we refer to the book Turn the ship around! by David Marquet.  Self-reflection Question: What is your people sustainability metric, and how are you measuring whether your Scrum practices support long-term team and organizational health? Featured Retrospective Format for the Week: Back to Basics Joel advocates for returning to the foundational retrospective format outlined in "Agile Retrospectives" by Derby and Larsen. Rather than getting caught up in complex or creative retrospective techniques, he emphasizes the power of following the basic steps: set the stage, gather data, generate insights, decide what to do, and close the retrospective. Joel stresses that there's an important arc to retrospectives that shouldn't be overlooked. By taking time to properly gather data and following the structured approach from the agile retrospectives book, teams can achieve more meaningful and actionable outcomes. Sometimes the most effective approach is simply executing the fundamentals exceptionally well. In this segment, we refer to the book Agile retrospectives, by Derby and Larsen.  [Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast Recommends]

Elizabeth Bancroft went to England with her husband, historian George Bancroft, for three of the most dynamic years in European history. As Ambassador to England from the United States, George moved in the highest circles. In his wife's letters to their sons, her uncle, her brother, and Mrs. Polk (the President's wife), we see glimpses not only of early Victorian English life, but also of Queen Victoria herself! Mrs. Bancroft speaks of dinners with Benjamin Disraeli, visits to Wordsworth, weekends in the country with Louis Napoleon and Sir Robert Peel with such matter of fact aplomb that one cannot help being impressed.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Elizabeth Bancroft went to England with her husband, historian George Bancroft, for three of the most dynamic years in European history. As Ambassador to England from the United States, George moved in the highest circles. In his wife's letters to their sons, her uncle, her brother, and Mrs. Polk (the President's wife), we see glimpses not only of early Victorian English life, but also of Queen Victoria herself! Mrs. Bancroft speaks of dinners with Benjamin Disraeli, visits to Wordsworth, weekends in the country with Louis Napoleon and Sir Robert Peel with such matter of fact aplomb that one cannot help being impressed.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Joel Bancroft-Connors: The 90-Day Rule—Building Trust Before Disrupting the Status Quo Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast website: http://bit.ly/SMTP_ShowNotes. Joel shares his first experience as a CSM at a traditional hard drive manufacturing company, where he learned the art of patient change management. Tasked with bridging the gap between a rigid mothership company and their agile startup division, Joel discovered the power of focusing on principles rather than processes. For six months, he concentrated on creating transparency and shifting focus from status reporting to "getting to done" without ever mentioning Scrum or Agile.  His approach followed what he calls the 90-day rule: "In the first 90 days - do no harm, but then have a plan to do something." By listening first and building trust, Joel helped the team deliver a product in just three months. He emphasizes the importance of making people feel valued and using "future perfect thinking" to envision desired outcomes before introducing change. In this episode we refer to Luke Hohmann's Innovation Games, the website and resource Manager-Tools.com, and Daniel Pink's book Drive. Self-reflection Question: Are you rushing to implement changes, or are you taking time to build trust and understand the current state before introducing new practices? [Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast Recommends]

Joel Bancroft-Connors: How Performance Reviews Killed a Great Agile Team Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast website: http://bit.ly/SMTP_ShowNotes. Joel tells the story of a team caught in the crossfire of a poorly executed large-scale agile transformation. While the CTO championed going agile, they quickly checked out, leaving the organization without clear direction or understanding of why they were adopting agile practices. The company measured success through output metrics like "number of teams trained" rather than meaningful outcomes. Joel worked with an exceptional team that had built their own collaborative workspace and was performing well, but external forces kept pulling them out of flow. Performance reviews created internal conflict, leading team members to focus on individual success rather than collective achievement. The team ultimately fell into their own traps, with everyone "focusing on themselves and throwing others under the bus." Joel recommends balancing performance evaluations with 50% team-based and 50% individual metrics to prevent this destructive pattern. Self-reflection Question: Does your team truly understand why they are using Scrum, or are they just going through the motions of the framework? Featured Book of the Week: Start with Why by Simon Sinek Joel credits Simon Sinek's "Start with Why" as a transformational influence on his coaching approach. The book's central principle that "people don't buy what you do, they buy why you do it" fundamentally changed how Joel teaches Scrum. He realized he had been teaching Scrum incorrectly by focusing on the mechanics rather than the purpose. Now Joel listens to this book annually and has shifted his focus to helping teams and organizations understand why Scrum matters and why it's important. This shift from teaching the "what" to emphasizing the "why" has made his coaching significantly more effective and meaningful. Joel also mentions the book Coaching Agile Teams by Lyssa Adkins. [Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast Recommends]

Here is a recap of Day 03 of the 2025 Route Inspection – Our day started in Estherville, from there we visited Armstrong, Swea City, Bancroft, Titonka, Woden, Crystal Lake, and then into Forest City for the night. Be sure to tune in to the JustGoBike Podcast for daily reports on each day's ride! Co-hosts AP and Murph will fill you in on the ups and downs of the route, news and highlights from the RAGBRAI LII communities, interviews with fellow Route Inspectors, and more! Registration for RAGBRAI LII: www.ragbrai.com Watch, or listen on our Just Go Bike YouTube channel. https://www.youtube.com/@JustGoBikePodcast Have a topic for a future episode? Message us at justgobikepodcast@gmail.com.

Joel Bancroft-Connors: When Great Scrum Masters Fail—The Hidden Cost of Poor Value Communication Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast website: http://bit.ly/SMTP_ShowNotes. Joel shares a powerful lesson about the critical importance of communicating value beyond team performance. Despite achieving remarkable success with multiple teams as an agile coach, Joel and his colleagues ultimately failed because they couldn't effectively demonstrate their value to leadership. The teams were thriving, but when budget cuts came, the coaching support was eliminated first. Without ongoing support, these successful teams began to deteriorate. Joel emphasizes that as Scrum Masters and agile coaches, we must actively communicate our impact and connect team success to business outcomes. Simply assuming that good team performance speaks for itself is not enough - we need to interact more with stakeholders and clearly articulate the value we create. In this episode, we refer to the TV series Ted Lasso, and the books Start with Why by Simon Sinek, and Coaching Agile Teams by Lyssa Adkins.  Self-reflection Question: How effectively are you communicating the business value of your Scrum Master activities to leadership, and what specific metrics or stories could better demonstrate your impact? [Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast Recommends]

Do you have a story you'd like to share on TWTDNH or are you a subject matter expert who would like to shed light on any of the topics I cover? Shoot me a message! In part one of this gripping episode, we unravel the shocking case of Jordan Henning, who murdered his wife, Ashley Henning. Tressa uncovers how an anonymous source handed her explosive evidence that the trial and media did not expose—revealing Jordan's dark secrets and double life.Ashley, a devoted mother and beloved woman, endured years of deception and abuse at the hands of her husband. But on June 26, 2023—her 37th birthday celebration—everything came to a devastating end. As Jordan's aggression escalated, Ashley desperately tried to calm him and protect her children. Instead, his need for control led to her brutal murder, captured on the family's Nest camera system.Jordan fled the scene, weaving a web of lies to conceal the truth. At trial, his defense team pushed outrageous claims while the prosecution struggled, failing to secure the justice Ashley deserved. This raises a troubling question: Was this merely a failure of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, or was something more insidious—like an underlying bias—at play?Sources for today's episode: Court TV – Covers the trial, sentencing, and key evidence, including Nest camera footage and witness testimony.Daily Mail – Details Jordan's defense, his claims of abuse, and the shocking security footage capturing the murder.Book discussed: Bancroft, L. (2002). Why does he do that? Inside the minds of angry and controlling men. Berkley Books. Available on platforms like Amazon and Goodreads. 

Giuseppe Castellano talks to The Bancroft Brothers about how they approach character design; which lesser-known animation greats deserve more love; what it means to animate from the heart; and more.Listen to The Bancroft Brothers Animation Podcast at bancroftbros.libsyn.com, or wherever you listen to podcasts.Artists mentioned in this episode include: Alex Hirsch, Peter de Sève, Carter Goodrich, Glen Keane, Gustaf Tenggren, Retta Scott, Floyd Norman, Hayao Miyazaki, Jin Kim, Bill Peet, Gene Deitch, Randy Haycock, Mark Henn, Eric Goldberg, and Stephen Silver If you find value in this podcast, you can support it by subscribing to our best-selling publication, Notes On Illustration, on Substack. Among other benefits, you will gain access to bonus episodes we call “Extra Credit”. | Visit illustrationdept.com for offerings like mentorships and portfolio reviews, testimonials, our alumni showcase, and more. | Music for the podcast was created by Oatmello.

Find the full interview with Yaakov Shapiro here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/patreon-full-127784040 Rabbi Yaakov Shapiro talks about his protest against Ben Gvir in front of the Israeli Consulate in New York and why he sees Zionism as the enemy of Judaism. Jennifer Koonings shares what she observed attending a Ben Gvir protest where a woman was physically attacked and bloodied by Ben Gvir supporters. But first historian Greg Grandin talks about the Pope, immigration, imperialism and his excellent new book America "America, América: A New History of the New World" Greg Grandin is Professor of History at Yale University. He is the author of a number of prize-winning books, including most recently The End of the Myth: From the Frontier to the Border Wall in the Mind of America, and The Empire of Necessity: Slavery, Freedom, and Deception in the New World, which won the Bancroft and Beveridge prizes in American History and was shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize in the UK. He is also the author of Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in History, as well as for the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award. Yaakov Shapiro is an international speaker, author, and pulpit rabbi for over 30 years, now emeritus. He has attained an enviable place in the arena of anti-Zionist public intellectuals, having constructed a unique oeuvre on the ideology of Zionism and its relationship to Judaism. After graduating high school at age 16, Rabbi Shapiro dedicated himself to full-time study of religion, becoming the protégé of some of the most well-regarded rabbinic scholars in Orthodoxy. Among his areas of research are religious philosophy, analytic theology, Talmud, Halachah, and Biblical exegesis. At age 19 he published his first book, משפטי הבירורים, a collection of original expositions on rabbinic principles of tort adjudication. His most recent work, The Empty Wagon: Zionism's Journey from Identity Crisis to Identity Theft (2018), a 1381-page treatise on the differences between Judaism and Zionism, is the most comprehensive work written on the subject and considered by many to be definitive. Jennifer Koonings is a psychiatric nurse practitioner, New York State certified sexual assault forensic examiner (SAFE) and former ER nurse. She completed graduate studies in global public health. She was fired from her long held held SAFE role for her anti-genocide advocacy after the NY district attorney's office accused her of being a rape apologist as well as the reason why a sexual assault victim she provided care to and testified in court for did not receive justice. She currently works providing mental health services to underserved women in the NYC shelter system. She also runs a social media account focusing on social justice issues. ***Please support The Katie Halper Show *** For bonus content, exclusive interviews, to support independent media & to help make this program possible, please join us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/thekatiehalpershow Get your Katie Halper Show Merch here! https://katiehalper.myspreadshop.com/all Follow Katie on Twitter: https://x.com/kthalps Follow Katie on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/kthalps/

Alison Mitchell, Brett Sprigg and Charu Sharma hear from Australian international and Gloucestershire captain Cameron Bancroft who tells us he is still hoping to play for Australia again, six years on from his last appearance. Bancroft also shares that he has never spoken to current Australia head coach Andrew McDonald and shares why he loves red ball cricket so much.Plus we celebrate two stand out India stars. 14-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi became the youngest player to hit a T20 century so we find out more about his upbringing. We also hear about Pratika Rawal who has become the fastest female batter to reach 500 One Day International runs.Photo: Cameron Bancroft of Australia walks out to bat during day four of the First Test Match of the 2017/18 Ashes Series between Australia and England at The Gabba on November 26, 2017 in Brisbane, Australia. (Credit: Getty Images)

Stand Up is a daily podcast that I book,host,edit, post and promote new episodes with brilliant guests every day. Please subscribe now for as little as 5$ and gain access to a community of over 700 awesome, curious, kind, funny, brilliant, generous souls Check out StandUpwithPete.com to learn more Greg Grandin, who received his doctorate at Yale University under the direction of Emilia Viotti da Costa and Gilbert Joseph, previously taught at New York University for nineteen years.  He is the author of seven books, including The Blood of Guatemala, which won the Latin American Studies Association's Bryce Wood Award for best book published on Latin America in any discipline, The Last Colonial Massacre, Empire's Workshop, Fordlandia, which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, and the National Book Critics Award, The Empire of Necessity, which won the Bancroft and Beveridge awards in American history, Kissinger's Shadow, and The End of the Myth, which won the Pulitzer Prize for general non-fiction and was a finalist in the history category.  Grandin is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Society of American Historians.  He has co-edited, with Gil Joseph, A Century of Revolution, and, with Deborah Levenson and Elizabeth Oglesby, The Guatemala Reader.  Grandin has published widely, in The Nation, where he is a member of the editorial board,the London Review of Books, the New Republic, NACLA's Report on the Americas, and the New York Times, among other venues.  He is a regular guest on Democracy Now!  A revised edition of Empire's Workshop is forthcoming.  Join us Thursday's at 8EST for our Weekly Happy Hour Hangout!  Pete on Blue Sky Pete on Threads Pete on Tik Tok Pete on YouTube  Pete on Twitter Pete On Instagram Pete Personal FB page Stand Up with Pete FB page All things Jon Carroll  Follow and Support Pete Coe Buy Ava's Art  Hire DJ Monzyk to build your website or help you with Marketing

April Worthington is a teacher, mother of five, minister, and author of The Debriefing Workbook: Hope and Healing after Spiritual Abuse. In this conversation, April shares her experience involving a retreat led by Lundy Bancroft, author of Why Does He Do That?, a book many of us have clung to in our darkest moments. April's story isn't just one of personal harm, it's a call to action.  As a survivor of both spiritual abuse and high-conflict divorce, April recounts how her initial fan-girl admiration of Bancroft shifted into something far more troubling after an encounter that left her reeling. She shares what unfolded during and after that retreat, the red flags she noticed, and the courage it took to speak out despite the risks. I'm holding space for April as she brings forward not only her own experience, but those of others who have come to her with eerily similar stories. Her insight challenges us to re-examine what it means to trust "experts," and the danger in handing over our vulnerability to uncredentialed individuals cloaked in guru status.  Here's what else we get into, in this episode: The red flags that emerged during and after the retreat (6:03) The emotional fallout of being targeted by someone seen as a “healing” authority (26:24) How April is building a support network for other survivors (28:35) Why separating the author from their work is no longer an option (36:22) Learn more about April Worthington: April Worthington is a teacher, mother of five, minister, and author of The Debriefing Workbook: Hope and Healing after Spiritual Abuse. Resources & Links: Thank you to today's podcast sponsor: Wild Pastures Unbreakable – the Divorce Recovery Retreat, Sedona, AZ in April 2025Submit your questions here for possible inclusion in future Q&A podcast episodes Focused Strategy Sessions with Kate  Phoenix Rising: A Divorce Empowerment CollectiveApril on FacebookApril's YouTube video: A Warning to Women- RUN GIRL! Lundy Bancroft is not your friend! A Cry for Justice: Lundy Bancroft is a Predator ====== DISCLAIMER:  THE COMMENTARY AND OPINIONS AVAILABLE ON THIS PODCAST ARE FOR INFORMATIONAL AND ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY AND NOT FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING LEGAL OR PSYCHOLOGICAL ADVICE.  YOU SHOULD CONTACT AN ATTORNEY, COACH, OR THERAPIST IN YOUR STATE TO OBTAIN ADVICE WITH RESPECT TO ANY PARTICULAR ISSUE OR PROBLEM. Episode link: https://kateanthony.com/podcast/episode-319-when-the-healer-harms-speaking-out-against-lundy-bancroft/

Historian Greg Grandin, journalist José Luis Granados Ceja & journalist Andalusia Soloff talk about Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela, Cuba, neocolonialism, immigration and deportation. Greg Grandin is Professor of History at Yale University. He is the author of a number of prize-winning books, including most recently The End of the Myth: From the Frontier to the Border Wall in the Mind of America, and The Empire of Necessity: Slavery, Freedom, and Deception in the New World, which won the Bancroft and Beveridge prizes in American History and was shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize in the UK. He is also the author of Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in History, as well as for the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award. His first book, The Blood of Guatemala, won the Latin American Studies Association's Bryce Wood Award for the best book published on Latin America, in any discipline. He has published widely in, among other places, The New York Times, Harper's, The London Review of Books, The Nation, The Boston Review, The Los Angeles Times, The New Republic, The Hispanic American Historical Review, and The American Historical Review. A graduate of Brooklyn College at the City University of New York, Professor Grandin received his doctorate at Yale University, where he studied under Emilia Viotti da Costa. He is also a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. José Luis Granados Ceja (@GranadosCeja https://twitter.com/granadosceja?lang=en) is a writer and photojournalist based in Mexico City. He previously worked as a staff writer for teleSUR and currently works on a freelance basis. He is also the host of the Soberanía podcast co-host of the Soberanía podcast ( / @soberaniapodcast . His stories focus on contemporary political issues, particularly those that involve grassroots efforts to affect social change. He often covers the work of social and labor movements in Latin America. Follow him on Twitter: @GranadosCeja (https://twitter.com/granadosceja?lang=en) Andalusia K. Soloff is an Emmy nominated documentary filmmaker and multimedia journalist in Mexico who seeks to center the voices of those most affected by violence by focusing on their human dignity and resilience. Soloff has produced award-winning documentaries including "A Sense of Community: Iztapalapa," "Frontline Mexico," "Guatemala's Past Unearthed"(Al Jazeera) as well as "Endangered" (HBO), focused on the risks that journalists face. Her new cinematic short, "Poppy Crash," which flips the script on the fentanyl crisis, is part of the official selection of the DOCS MX film festival and IDFA Docs for Sale. She has produced news documentaries and reports for RAI, ZDF, CGTN, Democracy Now!, AJ+, VICE News, TRT World and worked both as a DP, Drone Operator, and Correspondent for numerous other production companies and global news outlets. She is Founder of the journalist organization Frontline Freelance México as well as Co-coordinator of the Fixing Journalism initiative, which seeks to change the unequal relationships that exist between local fixers and foreign correspondents. Andalusia has been a fellow with the Dart Center and the International Women's Media Foundation. ***Please support The Katie Halper Show *** For bonus content, exclusive interviews, to support independent media & to help make this program possible, please join us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/thekatiehalpershow Get your Katie Halper Show Merch here! https://katiehalper.myspreadshop.com/all Follow Katie on Twitter: @kthalps