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Doorzetters | met Ruud Hendriks en Richard Bross
Het Geheim Achter 344 Jaar Bavaria: Alles Kapotmaken Om Te Overleven

Doorzetters | met Ruud Hendriks en Richard Bross

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2026 65:40


Negen maanden CEO. Toen brak de zwaarste crisis sinds de Tweede Wereldoorlog uit — in het hart van de brandhaard van Nederland. Honderd mensen ontslaan in een familiebedrijf waar iedereen elkaar kent. Dat is Peer Swinkels, zevende generatie aan het roer van een van de oudste familiebedrijven van Nederland: €1,2 miljard omzet, een brouwerij in een Ethiopische burgeroorlog, en het geheim achter 344 jaar overleven. Met de code 'Doorzetters' krijg je 10% korting op McGregor kleding

Conversations with Tyler
Katja Hoyer on Weimar, the GDR, and the German Character

Conversations with Tyler

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2026 61:20


Katja Hoyer is a German-British historian who has made a career out of explaining Germany to the world—and, just as importantly, to Germans themselves. Born in East Germany in 1985 and now based in Britain, she has written acclaimed histories of the German Empire, the GDR, and most recently the Weimar Republic. Tyler and Katja discuss why communism made East Germans more loyal to the system while it bred dissidents in Poland and Hungary, how happy or unhappy life in the GDR actually was, Tyler's own bleak day-trip to East Berlin in 1984, the underrated literature of the GDR (Christa Wolf, Brigitte Reimann), whether Good Bye, Lenin! got the era right, why it's no coincidence that Richter and Polke came from the East, the strange coexistence of communist prudishness and Germany's nudist culture, what Merkel's East German background did and didn't give her as a chancellor, why East Germans remain dramatically underrepresented in leadership positions today, what makes Weimar the cultural and spiritual heart of Germany, why relatively few Jews ever settled there, how much the citizens of Weimar knew about Buchenwald, what actually killed the Weimar Constitution, how she'd rewrite the Treaty of Versailles, Hitler's citizenship problem, underrated German thinkers, the complacency behind Germany's current economic decline, which side of the Weißwurstäquator she'd choose to live on, and much more. Read a full transcript enhanced with helpful links, or watch the full video on the new dedicated Conversations with Tyler channel. Recorded March 30th, 2026. Other ways to connect Follow us on X and Instagram Follow Tyler on X Follow Katja on X Sign up for our newsletter Join our Discord Email us: cowenconvos@mercatus.gmu.edu Learn more about Conversations with Tyler and other Mercatus Center podcasts here. Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:05:34 - East German Artistic Creations  00:10:55 - Angela Merkel's East German Background 00:14:08 - East German Underrepresentation Today 00:17:02 - East Germans vs. West Germans 00:20:32 - Goethe and Weimar's Cultural Heritage 00:27:09 - What Weimar Knew About Buchenwald 00:31:10 - Why the Weimar Constitution Failed 00:35:21 - Prussia, Bavaria, and Where Nazism Took Root 00:38:23 - Rewriting the Treaty of Versailles 00:39:59 - Historical Antisemitism in Germany 00:42:27 - Hitler's Citizenship problem 00:45:14 - Weimar's Best Cultural Creations 00:47:02 - The Most Underrated German Thinker 00:49:07 - Improving Weimar 00:52:58 - Germany's Economic Malaise 00:55:38 - Living in Britain as a German Historian 01:00:49 - Outro

random Wiki of the Day

rWotD Episode 3306: Idomeneo Welcome to random Wiki of the Day, your journey through Wikipedia's vast and varied content, one random article at a time.The random article for Saturday, 23 May 2026, is Idomeneo.Idomeneo, re di Creta ossia Ilia e Idamante (Italian for Idomeneus, King of Crete, or, Ilia and Idamante; usually referred to simply as Idomeneo, K. 366) is an Italian-language opera seria by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The libretto was adapted by Giambattista Varesco from a French text by Antoine Danchet, based on a 1705 play by Crébillion père, which had been set to music by André Campra as Idoménée in 1712. Mozart and Varesco were commissioned in 1780 by Karl Theodor, Elector of Bavaria for a court carnival. He probably chose the subject, though it may have been Mozart. The work premiered on 29 January 1781 at the Cuvilliés Theatre in Munich, Germany.This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 00:59 UTC on Saturday, 23 May 2026.For the full current version of the article, see Idomeneo on Wikipedia.This podcast uses content from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.Visit our archives at wikioftheday.com and subscribe to stay updated on new episodes.Follow us on Bluesky at @wikioftheday.com.Also check out Curmudgeon's Corner, a current events podcast.Until next time, I'm generative Matthew.

I Can’t Sleep Podcast
Neuschwanstein Castle | Can't Sleep? Learn About Bavaria's Fairy Tale Castle

I Can’t Sleep Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2026 34:15


Neuschwanstein Castle is what happens when a king builds his medieval fantasy in the Bavarian mountains. This episode explores the castle's history, its connection to King Ludwig II, its theatrical design, and why this unfinished palace became one of the most recognizable castles in the world. It's grand, impractical, and honestly a little extra, which makes it perfect material for your tired brain to follow. It's steady and consistent, with no whispering and no sudden changes, just enough to give your mind something to follow as you wind down. Happy sleeping! — Ad-free episodes: https://icantsleep.supportingcast.fm/Have a topic in mind? https://www.icantsleeppodcast.com/request-a-topic Read with permission from Neuschwanstein Castle, Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuschwanstein_Castle), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tatum Talks Speedway Podcast
Tatum Talks: With Kelvin Tatum & Ian Brannan - Speedway GP Landshut Review & Prague Preview

Tatum Talks Speedway Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2026 55:55


The Speedway Grand Prix season is underway, and Kelvin Tatum is back from Bavaria for a de brief with Ian Brannan after round 1 in Landshut saw Kacper Woryna top the podium! For the Brits Dan Bewley had an almost faultless night, and Robert Lambert saw a return to form. Whilst World Champion Bartosz Zmarzlik fought his way to a podium finish despite a less than perfect night. We also take a look at the Speedway World Cup Semi Final the previous night as GB were convincing winners in Germany, and now look forward to a big night at the PGE Narodowy Stadium in Warsaw in August. Next up for the SGP is Prague, and more beer tents for Kelv to navigate. Plus we have a look at what's gone on so far in British Speedway too. Don't forget to like / subscribe!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Over Here, Over There
The World Is Falling Apart. Here's Why You Should Still Be Optimistic

Over Here, Over There

Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2026 28:54 Transcription Available


Be honest — when did you last feel genuinely optimistic about the future? With Trump, Putin, climate chaos, wars, inflation and a media machine built on doom — it's never been harder to stay hopeful. But what if optimism isn't just a feeling? What if it's a science-backed survival skill — and the single most important force keeping democracy alive?In this live episode, recorded at the beautiful Hotel Klostermaier in Icking, Bavaria, we sit down with two of Germany's most respected science journalists and documentary filmmakers — Dirk and Sabine Steffens — to talk about optimism, the negativity bias, doomscrolling, climate solutions, and why the facts about our world are far better than the headlines suggest.Dirk has just published his new book "Hoffnungslos Optimistisch" (Hopelessly Optimistic) — a must-read for anyone who wants to stop feeling paralysed and starting to feel empowered again.

Wirtschaft kompakt
Stark im Export - für Firmen in Bayern auch ein Problem

Wirtschaft kompakt

Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2026 3:59


Made in Bavaria - über Jahre hinweg ließen sich Produkte aus bayerischen Firmen weltweit gut verkaufen. Die Firmen verdienten, die Arbeitsplätze waren sicher. Doch der globalisierte Handel wird von einigen Staaten seit einiger Zeit nun schon in Frage gestellt. Zölle und Flaute bedeuten zudem weniger Aufträge. Was die auf den Export setzende bayerische Wirtschaft mehr noch als andere Regionen trifft. Das zeigt eine neue Prognos-Studie des bayerischen Industrie- und Handelskammertages. Außerdem in den Wirtschaftsnews aus Bayern: Ministerin Reiche sieht keinen Engpass bei Kerosin und die Statistik zeigt, dass immer mehr Menschen auf knappen Wohnraum leben.

Cities and Memory - remixing the sounds of the world

"This is an eco-poetic/mythic piece, a kind of swan song. Named after a line in the film IO, where, in a toxic environment, in a post apocalyptic time, you can no longer see swans. I was particularly inspired by the quietness of this segment of the river, and the description for segment 15 by the person who recorded it, that it was as if they had come upon a secret and secluded place, hiding in a dense stretch of forest, where one man pushes off on a boat, barely rippling the tranquil waters. "You can hear mute swans taking off. I re-imagine this lone man as the Swan Knight, or Knight of the apocalypse. I wanted to convey this feeling, of a separate mystical and magical place, as both real and not real. A place of myth but also as place of illusions and deceptive tranquility. I wanted to sonically disrupt that magical flow, of time and the sound of a lone rower, with the reality of climate catastrophe, water and sound pollution. Especially contrasting the clean waters of Germany with the sewage filled water in UK. "Fragments can be heard of news commentators speaking about global water bankruptcy. You can hear sounds of me filling bottles of water from my large metal water filter, as it is now no longer advisable to drink tap water in the UK. I wanted to also disrupt the notion of isolation, or that this lone man was really only barely disrupting the surface, when in reality we are all connected, cross-culturally entangled, and everything we do has consequences, often catastrophic, for all humans and creatures of the planet globally, beyond this seemingly peaceful stretch of a river in Bavaria. "I researched Bavarian and European mythology about swans and rivers, as well as swan and river mythology in other cultures. I looked for fragments of old recordings of European/German swan music, swan songs and swan poems (for example - extracts from poems by Orlando Gibbons, Jules Renard, and extracts from a poem by Friedrich Leopold zu Stolberg-Stolberg used by Schubert for his piece Auf dem Wasser zu singen, , and Mein Lieber Schwan by Wagner, sung in 1930s in English by Walter Midgley ). I looked up scientific research about the river Lech, reservoirs and mute swans, local plant life, and infrasound. I was also very interested in the wider context of the area of segment 15 - the paper mill of Schongau, a Turkish cafe, and history of the executions of 'witches' and the creation of a memorial garden/ the role of gardens / plants, in healing trauma and the planet. Old photographs of the area and how the area had changed through time also influenced how I felt about this stretch of the river Lech. "A feeling of irreversible flow toward the end of everything, as we try to reverse the flow, we flow into silence. Through out the piece you can hear the flow of my voice reading extracts from my research and thoughts, the underlying constant sound of the lone man rowing, and sonic interludes and disruptions to unsettle us from our reverie." Section of the river Lech reimagined by  Salma Ahmad Caller. -------Flow is a creative exploration telling the story of a river through the power of sound. The project is a collaboration between the University of Padova and the University of Würzburg, with support from Cities and Memory. Explore the full project at https://citiesandmemory.com/flow.

Cities and Memory - remixing the sounds of the world

"I selected an area of the River Lech within the city of Augsburg, Bavaria. I was intrigued by the changing relationship between humans and river, and the different uses of the natural flowing water in this place. I discovered Augsburg is one of the oldest settled places in Germany (around 2000 years). This fuelled my imagination in considering the scale and scope of change- within both humanity, and the natural environment, that the river has borne witness to over time. I was really struck by the impact of human activity on the river, not least the disruption of its natural flow and use of the Lech for multiple hydro-power plants along its course. "I took a walk along several stretches of the water in and around Augsburg and my overwhelming sense was that it needed our care and attention and that we have a responsibility to the guardianship of its course. Within the composition I wanted to depict contrasting sensations that I felt portrayed something of the complexities of this stretch of river, its history, its present and its future, including flux, chaos, beauty, dischord/disharmony and solidarity. "Working with my long-standing collaborator and dear friend, we shared ideas and musical parts back and forth, and spoke about different aspects of the piece, and slowly over quite some time, the elements that seeemed to belong, began to emerge. We were both interested in the sense of all the different layers that comprise a river and its environment, thinking vertically as well as horizontally along its course."Section of the river Lech reimagined by Suzi Lamb and Nicky Rushton. -------Flow is a creative exploration telling the story of a river through the power of sound. The project is a collaboration between the University of Padova and the University of Würzburg, with support from Cities and Memory. Explore the full project at https://citiesandmemory.com/flow.

Thoughtful Money with Adam Taggart
Bonanza Of Bargains For Income Investors? | Steven Bavaria

Thoughtful Money with Adam Taggart

Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2026 68:22


LEARN MORE ABOUT STEVEN'S INCOME FACTORY at https://www.thoughtfulmoney.com/incomefactoryWorries about default risk in private credit may be overblown.But they've served to drive prices down of a number of assets, potentially creating a bonanza of bargains for income investors says Steven Bavaria, developer of the Income Factory.To learn where he sees quality income-generating assets trading at deep discounts, watch this video.#incomeinvesting #privatecredit #bdc _____________________________________________ Thoughtful Money LLC is a Registered Investment Advisor Promoter.We produce educational content geared for the individual investor. It's important to note that this content is NOT investment advice, individual or otherwise, nor should be construed as such.We recommend that most investors, especially if inexperienced, should consider benefiting from the direction and guidance of a qualified financial advisor registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) or state securities regulators who can develop & implement a personalized financial plan based on a customer's unique goals, needs & risk tolerance.

Castles & Cryptids
212: Beltane and Walpurgisnacht Fire Festivals

Castles & Cryptids

Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2026 109:29


It's gonna be May! Okay, okay, we shall cease and desist with the boy band GIFs and on to the show! All over Europe and other areas we celebrate May Day, Beltane, Walpurgis night, whatever you call it it's all about fire, coming together, and making babies! Or new life, shall we say, new beginnings. First spring has sprung. So we dive into some celebrations and traditions from Bavaria, Germany, Scandinavia, which mostly call it Walpurgis night or some variation, and celebrate a Saint, a She-saint in fact! Then we get into Beltane, the Celtic pagan holy day, and have some fun, fire and feasts with Goddesses and Green Men. Put on your flower crowns and grab a maypole for this festive, fertile, fire-filled episode! No Fire Fest Fiasco here my friends, just good times and good intentions! Happy May-ing!Sorry for the late posting, we are doing our best and putting up a new Patreon ep as well so watch out for that! Happy Listening!

Savor
The Original Pilsner Episode

Savor

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2026 44:30 Transcription Available


This style of beer – the most popular in the world today – represents the cutting edge of brewing technology from the 1840s. Anney and Lauren hop into the science and history of pilsners.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

featured Wiki of the Day
Bombing of Obersalzberg

featured Wiki of the Day

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2026 2:32


fWotD Episode 3277: Bombing of Obersalzberg Welcome to featured Wiki of the Day, your daily dose of knowledge from Wikipedia's finest articles.The featured article for Saturday, 25 April 2026, is Bombing of Obersalzberg.The bombing of Obersalzberg was an air raid carried out by the Royal Air Force's Bomber Command on 25 April 1945 during the last days of World War II in Europe. The operation targeted Obersalzberg, a complex of residences and bunkers in Bavaria which had been built for Adolf Hitler and other key members of Nazi Germany's leadership. Many buildings in the complex were destroyed, though Hitler's residence and the bunker network were only slightly damaged. Two Allied bombers were shot down with the loss of four airmen, and 31 Germans were killed.Historians have identified several motives for the attack on Obersalzberg. These include supporting Allied ground forces, demonstrating the effectiveness of the British heavy bomber force, convincing die-hard Germans that the war was lost and obscuring the memory of pre-war appeasement policies. The attack was conducted by a large force of 359 heavy bombers in an attempt to destroy the bunkers located below Obersalzberg, from which the Allies feared that senior members of the German government would command an Alpine Fortress. After difficulties locating and marking the targets were overcome, the bombers attacked in two waves. The approximately 3,000 people at Obersalzberg sheltered in bunkers, and the nearby town of Berchtesgaden was undamaged. Hitler was in Berlin at the time of the attack and Hermann Göring, the only senior Nazi at Obersalzberg, survived.While the raid on Obersalzberg was celebrated at the time, it is little remembered today. Most of the Allied personnel involved in the operation took satisfaction from attacking Hitler's residence, and it received extensive media coverage. As the Alpine Fortress proved to be a myth, most post-war histories made little mention of the operation.This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 01:14 UTC on Saturday, 25 April 2026.For the full current version of the article, see Bombing of Obersalzberg on Wikipedia.This podcast uses content from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.Visit our archives at wikioftheday.com and subscribe to stay updated on new episodes.Follow us on Bluesky at @wikioftheday.com.Also check out Curmudgeon's Corner, a current events podcast.Until next time, I'm neural Ivy.

Travelers In The Night
896-Sneaky But Potentially Dangerous

Travelers In The Night

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2026 2:01


My Catalina Sky Survey teammate Greg Leonard was asteroid hunting with our 60 inch telescope on Mt. Lemmon, Arizona when he came across an unknown moving point of light in the night sky. After Greg reported his observations to the Minor Planet Center his discovery was tracked by telescopes in California, Romania, Germany, New Mexico, Arizona, Bavaria, and Japan. Astronomers used these data to calculate that Greg's discovery orbits the sun between Venus and Earth , estimate its size to be approximately twice the length of a football field, and give it the name 2026 BX4. NASA classifies it to be a Potentially Hazardous Asteroid, however, since it doesn't cross the Earth's orbit it is not an immediate impact threat. In fact it will not come as close to us as it can on its current path until February 17, 2075 when it will pass less than 6 times the moon's distance from us. Because 2026 BX4's orbit is entirely within the Earth's path about the Sun it is classified to be an Atira asteroid. These space rocks are difficult to discover and track because they are always near the Sun in the sky. 2026 BX4 could become an impact threat by gravitational interactions with Earth, Venus or another asteroid. There are also Aten asteroids which spend most of their time inside the Earth's orbit but cross it and are more of a threat than an Atira asteroid like 2026 BX4. Currently the most dangerous Aten asteroid is Apophis which will safely pass closer to us than the communication satellites on Friday February 13, 2029. Asteroid hunters will continue to discover and track both Atira and Aten asteroids to make sure none of them sneak up on our home planet from the direction of the Sun.

BAOS: Beer & Other Shhh Podcast
Episode #239: Loyalty To Beer with Christian Klaus Riemerschmid von der Heide of The Paris Beer Co. | Adjunct Series

BAOS: Beer & Other Shhh Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2026 243:27


It's not every day we get to speak to someone as accomplished as Christian Klaus Riemerschmid von der Heide. Co-Founder of The Paris Beer Co. in Paris, ON, Christian joined Cee to chat about his upbringing in a small town in Bavaria and how the local brewery is a key part of life, why most German breweries had their own malting facility, his unique beer journey from his first apprenticeship to his Head Brewer position at the esteemed Augustiner-Bräu, his work with Labatt, Diageo and even Guinness, what brought him back to Canada, why they choose to grow and control as many of the ingredients as possible, their hop farms, what their sub-brand Tagwerk represents and how the Tagwerk Farm contributes, how he met the legendary Chuck Hahn in Australia, why he'd rather lose a hand than put marshmallow in a beer, and why he's so dedicated to beer. We got into a bunch of incredible Paris and Tagwerk beers - Tagwerk Tafelbier Bière de Table, Paris Salty Stinger Blue Raspberry Gose, Paris Head Gate Helles Lager, Paris Lazy Dog Helles Bock Festbier, Paris Bumble Mint Honey Weissbier, Tagwerk Smoked Oat Porter, Paris Barnyard Bully Double English IPA, and Hop't Sparkling Hop Water (Tutti Fruitti). Absolute legendary episode - get it in ya! BAOS Podcast Subscribe to the podcast on YouTube | Website | Theme tune: Cee - BrewHeads

Today's Catholic Mass Readings
Today's Catholic Mass Readings Monday, April 20, 2026

Today's Catholic Mass Readings

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2026 Transcription Available


Full Text of Readings Monday of the Third Week of Easter Lectionary: 273 The Saint of the day is Saint Conrad of Parzham Saint Conrad of Parzham's Story Conrad spent most of his life as porter in Altoetting, Bavaria, letting people into the friary and indirectly encouraging them to let God into their lives. His parents, Bartholomew and Gertrude Birndorfer, lived near Parzham, Bavaria. In those days, this region was recovering from the Napoleonic wars. A lover of solitary prayer and a peacemaker as a young man, Conrad joined the Capuchins as a brother. He made his profession in 1852 and was assigned to the friary in Altoetting. That city's shrine to Mary was very popular; at the nearby Capuchin friary there was a lot of work for the porter, a job Conrad held for 41 years. At first, some of the other friars were jealous that such a young friar held this important job. Conrad's patience and holy life overcame their doubts. As porter, he dealt with many people, obtaining many of the friary supplies and generously providing for the poor who came to the door. He treated them all with the courtesy Francis expected of his followers. Conrad's helpfulness was sometimes unnerving. Once Father Vincent, seeking quiet to prepare a sermon, went up the belltower of the church. Conrad tracked him down when someone wanting to go to confession specifically requested Father Vincent. Saint Conrad of Parzham also developed a special rapport with the children of the area. He enthusiastically promoted the Seraphic Work of Charity, which aided neglected children. Saint Conrad of Parzham spent hours in prayer before the Blessed Sacrament. He regularly asked the Blessed Mother to intercede for him and for the many people he included in his prayers. The ever-patient Conrad was canonized in 1934. His liturgical feast is celebrated on April 21. Reflection As we can see from his life as well as his words, Conrad of Parzham lived a life that attracted others because of a special quality, something Chesterton alluded to when he wrote, “The moment we have a fixed heart we have a free hand.” If we want to understand Conrad, we have to know where he fixed his heart. Because he was united to God in prayer, everyone felt at ease in Conrad's presence.Saint of the Day, Copyright Franciscan Media

VERITAS w/ Mel Fabregas | [Non-Member Feed] | Subscribe at http://www.VeritasRadio.com/subscribe.html to listen to all parts.
Mark Burr | Earth Creates Water: The Science They Buried and the Man Who Dug It Up | Part 1 of 2

VERITAS w/ Mel Fabregas | [Non-Member Feed] | Subscribe at http://www.VeritasRadio.com/subscribe.html to listen to all parts.

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2026


What if the water crisis is a lie. Not a misunderstanding. Not a policy failure. A lie. What if the planet you are standing on is generating water right now, deep in the rock beneath your feet, rising through fractures that crack open every single day from the gravitational pull of the sun and the moon, and the reason you do not know about it is that someone decided a long time ago that you should not. Mark Burr is the CEO of Primary Water Technologies. A man who served four years in the United States Marine Corps, earned a degree in Middle East Studies with Phi Beta Kappa honors, worked for the World Bank, spent years as a State Department diplomat at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad during the war in Iraq, and then one day discovered a paradigm so old and so thoroughly buried that the people who tried to advance it were dragged into court and defeated not by science but by bond measures and political machines. The paradigm is this. In 1934, a German mining engineer named Stephan Riess hand-dug a well in El Dorado Canyon, Nevada. He had watched water pour out of mine walls his entire career, water that could not be pumped out, water that came from somewhere no rainfall could reach. When they struck the well, the crew had to scramble out of the hole to avoid drowning. The water came up free-flowing and has never stopped. Riess looked at what he had done and said four words. The Earth creates water. He spent the next 51 years proving it. He located over 750 documented wells around the world. He went to Israel and struck flows sufficient for 100,000 people in a valley where geologists said there was nothing. He saved the Sparklets water company in California in 1953 by telling them to drill deeper, and those wells are still producing today under the Danone Group, more than 70 years later. He testified before the United States Senate. He offered to locate primary water wells along the entire future route of the California Aqueduct. He was thrown into court. The bond passed. The aqueduct was built. And Riess spent the rest of his life in Escondido being called a crank by the people who built a multi-billion-dollar water delivery system that is now failing. Mark Burr found Riess's story on the internet and spent six months in due diligence before concluding it was real. What he found was not just a theory. It was a suppression. A peer-reviewed 2006 collection of geophysical studies describes a 400-mile-deep hydro zone inside the earth where hydrogen and oxygen combine under extreme pressure to produce water. Geophysicist Steven Jacobsen at Northwestern University has said the potential exists for more water inside the earth than in all the oceans. NASA found that the largest asteroid in the solar system is 50 percent water by volume. A moon of Saturn produced a hydrothermal fountain three times its own diameter. The earth is a water-generating planet, and the technology to find that water now exists. Burr uses a gamma ray scintillation counter developed in Bavaria, tracing its lineage to a NASA scientist brought to America under Operation Paperclip, and a passive seismic profiling device built by a Russian engineer from the Leningrad School of Mines, patented in the United States in 2002. Together, those two instruments can pinpoint a water-bearing fracture zone before a single drill bit touches the ground. And when they both confirm the same spot, the equation is simple. One plus one equals H2O. Tonight we are going to talk about the science that was buried, the politics that buried it, the technology that may finally dig it back up, and the man who crossed battlefields and boardrooms to get here.

Clare FM - Podcasts
Clare Connections In New Book 'Paving The Way'

Clare FM - Podcasts

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2026 14:08


A fascinating new book tracing generations of family history, migration, and identity is set to launch next month as part of the South Australian History Festival. Paving the Way: Pioneer Ancestors from England, Ireland, Prussia and Bavaria to South Australia and New Zealand explores stories of early settlers, personal discovery, and the complex legacy of the past. Alan Morrissey was joined live from Australia by its author, Dr Samantha Battams. Image © Samantha Battams via Facebook

El Clásico Podcastico: a Barcelona and Real Madrid podcast
CRUCIAL Champions League 2nd Leg Previews! / Barca Thrash Espanyol + Madrid Drop Points Again

El Clásico Podcastico: a Barcelona and Real Madrid podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2026 63:40


In this pivotal episode of ECP, the boys are here to bring you the latest La Liga weekend reviews, and present the previews for the biggest matches of the year, as both sides hope to pull off unlikely upsets in the 2nd leg of the UCL quarterfinals. We start with Barca's trouncing of cross-town rivals Espanyol in the derby match (4:51). Then we move onto Real's poor performance against Girona, as they dropped a crucial 2 points in the La Liga title race (27:16). Then, it's time for the main event. As Barca attempt a huge remontada against the hated Atletico Madrid side in the Metropolitano (42:22) and Real Madrid travel to Bavaria to try and do the same against the German juggernauts, Bayern Munich (52:45). Don't miss it!!

The Final Straw Radio
The Life & Ideas of Johann Most (with Tom Goyens)

The Final Straw Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2026 80:59


This week, an interview with Tom Goyens, professor of history at Salisbury University and author of Johann Most: Life of a Radical, out last year from University of Illinois Press speaking about the life and times of the atheist and propagandist and his development from social democrat parliamentarian to socialist revolutionary to anarchist. For the chat we talk about Mosts's life, development and legacy, from the mid-1800's in Bavaria up to his death in 1906. Other links: Tom's prior book on radical German immigrants in the US, Beer and Revolution: The German Anarchist Movement in New York City, 1880-1914 Tom's compilation of the memoir of Helene Minkin, Storm in My Heart: Memories from the Widow of Johann Most Tom's wixsite: https://txgoyens.wixsite.com/tomgoyens Tom on facebook, instagram and bluesky

SBS German - SBS Deutsch
A Bavarian beer and a nearly thousand-year-old tradition - Ein bayerisches Bier- und eine fast tausend Jahre alte Tradition

SBS German - SBS Deutsch

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2026 19:26


Just as wine from Tuscany embodies the Italian Dolce Vita, beer from Bavaria is considered Germany's cultural landmark. The roots of Bavarian beer brewing can be traced back to the Middle Ages, when monks played an important role in the art of brewing beer. The Bayerische Staatsbrauerei Weihenstephan is the oldest still existing brewery in the world and is fully owned by the State of Bavaria. Marcus Englet is Head of Export at Weihenstephan and tol SBS German how the Bavarian Purity Law has written history and why wheat beer goes well with Asian dishes. - Wie der Wein aus der Toskana die italienische Dolce Vita verkörpert, so ähnlich gilt das Bier aus Bayern als kulturelles Wahrzeichen Deutschlands. Die Wurzeln des bayerischen Bierbrauens lassen sich bis ins Mittelalter zurückverfolgen, als Mönche eine bedeutende Rolle in der Kunst des Bierbrauens spielten. Die Bayerische Staatsbrauerei Weihenstephan ist die älteste noch bestehende Brauerei der Welt und befindet sich im Besitz des Freistaates Bayern. Marcus Englet ist Head of Export bei Weihenstephan und hat SBS German unter anderem verraten, wie das bayerische Reinheitsgebot Geschichte geschrieben hat, und warum sich ein Hefeweißbier ausgerechnet mit asiatischen Gerichten gut kombinieren lässt.

Voca Vacay
Very Bavaria!

Voca Vacay

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2026 71:14


You say "Wiener", we say "Schnitzel"! Romp into Bavaria with us! Drink in Munich's Hofbrauhaus, check out the Marienplatz, visit a gorgeous castle in Prien, and even dash through Liechtenstein! 

The Ron Show
TSA's "Ken & Barbie dolls" useless to lessen ATL lines | Is Burt 'sorry, Mrs. Jackson?'

The Ron Show

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2026 88:57


Likened to useless "Ken and Barbie dolls" by TSA union representation, TSA agents in Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport aren't able to do much to lessen the long, winding lines of passengers trying to clear security to make their flights on-time. CBS News Congressional correspondent Taurean Small tells me if there's any chance a deal to fund DHS gets done before the 'No Kings' weekend. Local Atlanta TV station WANF provided a look in at the overflowing airport, too: a madhouse before 8am. ------We can at least be grateful no one has died (yet) at Atlanta's airport; not the case at NYC's LaGuardia, thanks in large part to understaffing and missing safety equipment. Uhm, where's the scrutiny on DOT Secretary Sean Duffy? That crash got Josh Doss (a great follow on Instagram) to thinking about how our government prioritizes its spending on bombs and not the health & well-being (and actually safety!) of us here at home. Sheer brilliance. Also, did you know that it's 3x harder for 'blue' states to get needed federal aid from this President? Of course you knew. ------Trump took yet another opportunity to tell the media how many dangerous criminal and mentally unwell immigrants "sleepy Joe" Biden let in, but did you know his grandfather was an undocumented immigrant who skipped Germany to avoid military service (you can't make this stuff up) and wound up being deported from Bavaria?----- 45:00 ------A pro-Burt Jones mailer pointed to a "Jackson" op/ed that railed on Jones' intent to eliminate the state's income tax. Problem is, it wasn't Rick Jackson that wrote the piece; it was Senator Kim Jackson, Democrat of Stone Mountain. Her op/ed actually deserves its time to shine. ------Lastly, a little on the Meta/YouTube New Mexico decision and did Trump throw Stephen Miller and his white nationalist tendencies under the bus to pivot on immigration tactics to try and win back midterm voters?

The Marc Cox Morning Show
Haley Davis on Exclusive Switzerland, Austria & Bavaria Tour with Colette Worldwide

The Marc Cox Morning Show

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2026 7:17


Haley Davis of Colette Worldwide Tours joins Marc Cox to highlight an exclusive September trip through Switzerland, Austria, and Bavaria. She details the luxurious itinerary, including stays in UNESCO World Heritage sites, guided excursions, alpine scenery, historic castles like Linderhof Palace, and cultural experiences such as yodeling demonstrations. The segment emphasizes the all-inclusive nature of the tour, with airfare from St. Louis and premium accommodations, and encourages listeners to secure one of the few remaining spots before the April 1st deadline. Hashtags: #HaleyDavis #ColetteWorldwide #SwitzerlandTour #AustriaTrip #BavariaTravel #LuxuryTravel #MarcCoxShow #TravelExperience

The Marc Cox Morning Show
Hour 4 [03/24/2026]: Haley Davis Switzerland Tour, Maduro Case Update, and Moon Mission Insights

The Marc Cox Morning Show

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2026 30:05


The hour kicks off with Haley Davis from Collette Worldwide Tours outlining the upcoming Switzerland, Austria, and Bavaria trip, highlighting UNESCO sites, alpine experiences, and limited availability. Ryan Wiggins provides a detailed update on the Maduro case, discussing trial delays, U.S. strategy, and potential election-related connections. The hour closes with a discussion on NASA's lunar flyby mission, Joe Kent's claims on Charlie Kirk's assassination, and possible foreign influences, blending travel, international news, and investigative commentary. Hashtags: #HaleyDavis #SwitzerlandTour #MaduroCase #Venezuela #MoonMission #CharlieKirk #JoeKent #MarcCoxShow

The Rouleur Podcast
Epic rides: Antonia Niedermaier on Bavaria, big wins and ski mountaineering

The Rouleur Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2026 30:39


Canyon//SRAM-zondacrypto rider Antonia Niedermaier didn't have the usual entry into cycling. In this episode, she talks about an accidental discovery of her talent on two wheels after growing up skiing in the mountains, plus how she went on to win a stage of the Giro d'Italia Donne and two rainbow jerseys as an under-23 rider. This podcast is sponsored by Hammerhead, a technology company with a mission to inspire and empower all people to unlock their athletic potential through cycling. Visit hammerhead.io to find out more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Grey History: The French Revolution
Two New 2026 Tours: Christmas Markets & Revolutionary Paris

Grey History: The French Revolution

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2026 6:58


I'm thrilled to announce two new small-group tours for 2026! The first is a 6-day French Revolution & Napoleon tour in Paris this October. The second is a 10-day Christmas Markets & History tour across France, Germany, and Austria this December. JOIN THE WAITLIST They are two very different journeys, but both are built around the same idea: thoughtful, history-led travel for people who want more than a quick overview and a checklist of sights. The Paris tour is the more focused of the two. It is centred on the Revolutionary and Napoleonic eras, exploring the key places where those histories actually unfolded. The Christmas Markets tour is broader in scope and combines history, festive traditions, and beautiful winter towns. Stops in places such as Strasbourg, Nuremberg, Munich, and Salzburg, along with iconic towns in Alsace and Bavaria.  If one or both sound like your kind of journey, join the waitlist and I'll make sure you hear first when places open. JOIN THE WAITLIST Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Truth Be Told
The Illuminati: Secret Society or Hidden Power Controlling Our Future?

Truth Be Told

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2026 13:41 Transcription Available


What if one of the most famous conspiracy theories in history actually started with a real secret society?In this solo episode of Truth Be Told Paranormal, host Tony Sweet explores the mysterious origins of the Illuminati — a secret order founded in 1776 by Adam Weishaupt in Bavaria. Originally created during the Age of Enlightenment to promote knowledge and reason, the group quickly attracted suspicion from governments and was officially banned in the late 1700s.But the story didn't end there.Over the centuries, the Illuminati has evolved into one of the most powerful and controversial legends in modern culture. Many believe the group still exists today as a hidden network of elites influencing global politics, financial systems, media, and technology.So what is the truth?Was the Illuminati simply a short-lived intellectual society… or did it evolve into something far more powerful behind the scenes?In this episode we explore:• The real history of the Bavarian Illuminati• How the legend spread across Europe and America• The symbolism behind the All-Seeing Eye and secret societies• Modern theories about global elites and hidden power structures• And whether the future of humanity could be shaped by forces most people never seeJoin Tony Sweet for a fascinating deep dive into one of the most enduring mysteries of power, secrecy, and influence. Is the Illuminati a myth… or something hiding in plain sight?Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/truth-be-told-paranormal--3589860/support.

BAOS: Beer & Other Shhh Podcast
Episode #233: Beer By The Law with Scott Shuler of Hofbräuhaus Buffalo | Adjunct Series

BAOS: Beer & Other Shhh Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2026 198:08


One of Cee's major bucket list items is to get out to Europe and experience the rich beer heritage firsthand. In the meantime, the next best thing is to hang out at the satellite brewery for Bavaria's Hofbräuhaus just over the border in Buffalo, New York. During our last visit in December, we connected with Braumeister Scott Shuler for a tour, which of course turned into a podcast. Scott and Cee chatted about their unique 450+ year history, why it's government-owned and Bavarian laws apply to Hofbräu beers anywhere in the world, the arrangement between Munich and the satellite locations to brew their classic beer in very specific ways, the freedom Scott has with other related seasonal beers, why altering the water profile breaches the German Purity Law of 1516, his eclectic beer history from Tampa to Buffalo, the impeccable and authentically German food program at the brewery, and why he'd love a trip out to Bavaria. They got into five crowlers straight from Buffalo: Hofbräu Original Premium Lager, Hofbräu Münchner Weisse, Dunkel, Hofbräu Schwarzbier, and Hofbräu Doppelbock. This was a fascinating convo - cheers! BAOS Podcast Subscribe to the podcast on YouTube | Website | Theme tune: Cee - BrewHeads

Foul Play
Balham: The Fatal Night at The Priory

Foul Play

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2026 27:18 Transcription Available


Content WarningThis episode contains discussions of poisoning and death. Support resources are listed at the end of these notes.This EpisodeSeason 39: The Balham Mystery. April 1876—a young barrister collapses in agony minutes after retiring to bed. For three days, Charles Bravo suffers while doctors, family, and suspects gather. He names no one. The poison is antimony—enough to kill ten men.Behind the gaslit elegance of The Priory, a household harbors dangerous secrets. A wife with a scandalous past. A companion facing dismissal. A former lover humiliated by her marriage. And a husband who knew everything—and paid the ultimate price.The VictimCharles Delauney Bravo was thirty years old when he died on 21 April 1876. A barrister called to the bar only recently, he had married Florence Campbell just four months earlier, on 7 December 1875. The marriage brought him access to Florence's considerable fortune—approximately £40,000, inherited from her first husband Alexander Ricardo.Charles was ambitious. His chambers at Essex Court in the Temple represented the foundation of a legal career he hoped would match his new social position. But colleagues described a man preoccupied with money—Florence's money—and control over the household he had married into.On that final Tuesday, Charles argued with Florence in their carriage, his horse bolted during an afternoon ride, and by nightfall he had consumed enough antimony to "kill a horse," according to the doctors who watched him die.The CrimeThe evening of 18 April 1876 began unremarkably. Charles, Florence, and her companion Jane Cox dined together at The Priory on Bedford Hill. Charles ate well—whiting, lamb, eggs on toast—and drank several glasses of burgundy. Neither woman touched the wine.After dinner, they retired to the morning room. Around nine o'clock, Charles suggested Florence retire to bed. She had been unwell. Jane accompanied her upstairs.Charles remained alone.Approximately fifteen minutes later, he climbed the stairs to his bedroom. The housemaid Mary Ann Keeber passed him on the staircase. She would later tell police that he looked at her strangely—pale, silent, studying her face.In his room, Charles undressed and reached for the water jug that servants prepared fresh each evening. He drank. Within minutes, his bedroom door flew open and he staggered onto the landing, screaming for Florence, for hot water, vomiting violently.The post-mortem revealed thirty to forty grains of tartar emetic—a derivative of antimony—ten times the lethal dose. The poison had been in the water.The InvestigationThe first inquest convened on 25 and 28 April 1876. Coroner William Carter sought to spare the family's feelings, keeping the inquiry private. The jury returned an open verdict.But Charles's stepfather, Joseph Bravo, was not satisfied. He demanded a second investigation.The second inquest ran for an unprecedented twenty-three days, from 11 July through 11 August 1876, at the Bedford Hotel in Balham. It became a Victorian sensation. Crowds gathered in the streets. Newspapers printed every salacious detail—Florence's affair with Dr James Manby Gully, the abortion in Bavaria, the household tensions, Charles's jealousy.Our Sponsors:* Check out BetterHelp: https://www.betterhelp.com* Check out Kensington Publishing: https://www.kensingtonbooks.comSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/foulplay/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Messi Ronaldo Neymar and Mbappe
The Wall of Bavaria: Jonathan Tah's Rise to Defensive Royalty

Messi Ronaldo Neymar and Mbappe

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2026 4:54


From the gritty youth pitches of Hamburg to the glowing heights of the Allianz Arena, Jonathan Tah has transformed from a raw talent into the "quiet authority" anchoring both Bayern Munich and the German national team. In this episode, we break down the evolution of a modern defensive titan. We explore his historic captaincy at Leverkusen, his seamless integration into Bayern's elite backline alongside Upamecano and De Ligt, and how he is using his platform to lead the charge against racism in the sport. Tune in for an in-depth look at the man who reads the game three moves ahead and is currently building a legacy—one tackle at a time. Jonathan Tah highlights, Bayern Munich defense, Bundesliga transfer news, German national team football, best center-backs 2026

StarTalk Radio
Cosmic Queries – Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking with Charles Liu

StarTalk Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2026 61:49


Does the universe need observers to exist? Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-hosts Chuck Nice and Gary O'Reilly explore questions about entropy, spontaneous symmetry breaking, spectroscopy and more with astrophysicist Charles Liu.  NOTE: StarTalk+ Patrons can listen to this entire episode commercial-free here:  https://startalkmedia.com/show/cosmic-queries-spontaneous-symmetry-breaking-with-charles-liu/ Thanks to our Patrons Avery Ellis, Markus Riegler, Linda Tullberg, Gami Lannin, Arief Aziz, Ron Lawhon, Corie Prater, Patrick McNaught, FracturedEquality, Spengler, Peter Harbeson, Oddron86, Hudson Lowe, Drew Romaniak, V2022, Kyle Ferchen, Branko Denčić, Patrick Borgquist, DJ Sipe, Andy Blair, Alan Keizer, SR, Nihat Cubukcu, Greg Lance, Diwas Pandit, Anik Kasumi, Alexander Albert, Kodai, Dyonne Peters Lewoc AKA DPTaterTot, Adrian, Ben Goff, Jose Barreiro, Saurabh Chaudhari, Wimberley Children's House, Jean Arthur Deda, Jerrel Thomas, Serkan Ergenc, Douglas Kennedy, Lee Browner, Manuel Palmer, Dans Jansons, Russell Harvey, BladiX, Lars-Ove Torstensson, Norman Weizer, Arian Farkhoy, S. Madge, Pavel Seraphimov, Amanda Wolfe, Heisenberg, Mattchew Phillips, Caleb Berumen, Sretooh, Gary Tabbert, Oscar Abreu Lamas, Kevin Attebury, Volker Haberlandt, SeaGolly, B. Shoemaker, Ruben Ferrer, Steven Adams, Daniel Hintz, Nathaniel Richardson, Nick Griffiths, Adam Schmidt, Scott Plummer, Northernlight, JoMama, Beth, Frank Cottone, Yinj, Betty Anderson, Paul Smith, John Little, Emad Uddin, Brian O'Brien, Jayden Moffatt, Kevin Mace, Zara DeBresoc, Rain Bresee, Mara (Farmstrong), Rose, Stiven, Demethius Jackson, Alejandro Rodriguez, J Davis, Chris Buhler, Nathan Davieau, Sourav Prakash Patra, Wayne Rasmussen, John from Bavaria, Stephanie Phillips, Yohojones, Josh Farrell, John, Oo-De-Lally, Millie Richter, Montague Films, Lawrey Goodrick, and John Giovannettone for supporting us this week. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of StarTalk Radio ad-free and a whole week early.Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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Smart Talk Podcast
180. Economy 2.0 - A Conversation with Christian Gelleri

Smart Talk Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2026 121:51


For today's episode, host Josh Sidman sat down with Christian Gelleri to discuss Chiemgauer, a regional currency in Bavaria, Germany.Christian Gelleri is a PhD candidate in economics at the University of Siegen in Germany and a leading innovator in the complementary currency space. He is the creator of the Chiemgauer, a regional currency in Bavaria, Germany which is intended to increase local employment, support local culture and make the local food supply more resilient. The currency incorporates Silvio Gesell's proposal of demurrage, or carrying costs, to incentivize steady circulation of money. Christian is a former Waldorf School teacher, and he created the Chiemgauer in 2003 as a project with his students. Now, over 20 years later, it is one of the most successful and sustained complementary currency projects in the world, with an annual turnover of over 7 million Euros.To check out more of our content, including our research and policy tools, visit our website: ⁠⁠https://www.hgsss.org/⁠⁠ 

Offshore Sailing and Cruising with Paul Trammell
Amy and MJ of Motherload Sailing, moving onto a Catamaran

Offshore Sailing and Cruising with Paul Trammell

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2026 82:46


Amy Cobb and MJ Sizemore of Motherload Sailing are back in Bocas del Toro after sailing their Bavaria 50 back to Florida to sell. They replaced her with a Lagoon 410 catamaran, on which they live with their 5 sons.  We talk about their new catamaran and compare her to their monohull - both living aboard and sailing, upgrades, lithium batteries, sailing from Florida to The Bahamas, clearing in at Great Harbor in the Berry Islands, the Exumas Land and Sea Park, the Bight of Acklins, Long Island, Great Inagua, Navasse Island, sargassum seaweed, sailing from The Bahamas to Panama, jacklines, safety, tips for raising kids on a boat, provisioning for a family of seven, tips for getting along as a couple on a boat, catamaran escape hatches, bucket-list destinations, dream boats, and more. photos and linka are on the podcast shownotes page support the show through Patreon list or browse sailboats for sale at sailboatsforsale.com get electrical-system help from Meridian Marine Electrical

The Lawfare Podcast
Rational Security: The “Sects, Lies, and Twin Peaks” Edition

The Lawfare Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2026 77:12


This week, Scott sat down with his foreign-policy-minded colleagues Daniel Byman, Michael Feinberg, and Ari Tabatabai to talk through some recent big news stories around the world, including:“Beer Hall Push-back.” Over the weekend, a raft of bipartisan U.S. and European officials headed to Bavaria for the annual Munich Security Conference. Last year, Vice President J.D. Vance gave a barnburner of a speech, accusing European allies of restraining free speech and giving succor to the European far right. This year, Secretary of State Marco Rubio gave a more conciliatory set of remarks that nonetheless signaled that there were some fundamental changes happening in the relationship. For their part, European leaders mostly seemed to be on board with that as they increasingly leaned into the public stance that it was time for the continent to stand on its own, independent of the United States, although how feasible that will be and on what timeline remain the big questions. What should we make of the different remarks we heard from the conference and the broader messages the two sides are sending to each other? And is this a sign of an impending divorce or a different sort of shift in the U.S.-European transatlantic relationship? “Rial Talk.” American and Iranian officials met again this week in Geneva to negotiate an end to the Islamic Republic's nuclear weapons program in exchange for an easing or elimination of U.S. sanctions on Iran. The negotiations took place amidst continued saber rattling by both President Trump and Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, who threatened in a speech ahead of the talks to sink U.S. warships in the region if Iran came under attack. Nonetheless, some participants in the negotiations—particularly the mediators from Oman—seemed optimistic that the two sides were getting closer to some sort of common understanding about how they might move forward. But U.S. military assets are continuing to accumulate in the region, leading some to conclude that a military operation may yet be on the horizon. Is there space for a deal? Or iare we going to see another war in Iran?“Xi Who Must Not Be Named.” A year in, the second Trump administration has not proven to be the China hawk that many expected. Far from drawing a hard line on all things China as the first Trump administration often seemed to do, U.S. officials have instead been surprisingly quiet and conciliatory in regard to China, at least outside the trade context. This has remained true even as reports have emerged of Xi Jinping purging his military of non-loyalists, modernizing China's nuclear arsenal, and building more submarines—all steps with the potential to significantly upset the balance of power in Asia and beyond. What is the real logic underlying the Trump administration's seemingly quixotic approach to China, and where might it lead the broader relationship between the two major powers? In object lessons, Dan is delighting in John Company, a social-climbing, backroom-dealing, hostile-bargaining board game to, you know, escape the harsh realities of the real world. Ari enthusiastically recommends the Broadway adaptation of Death Becomes Her, which somehow manages to be even quirkier than the original film. Scott has been sucked into the social media abyss by Jess and Quinn's corny, absurdist, and pun-oriented humor. And Mike offers an anti-object-lesson warning: the “Poetry for Kids” series is not, in fact, reliably for kids.To receive ad-free podcasts, become a Lawfare Material Supporter at www.patreon.com/lawfare. You can also support Lawfare by making a one-time donation at https://givebutter.com/lawfare-institute.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/lawfare. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rational Security
The “Sects, Lies, and Twin Peaks” Edition

Rational Security

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2026 77:12


This week, Scott sat down with his foreign-policy-minded colleagues Daniel Byman, Michael Feinberg, and Ari Tabatabai to talk through some recent big news stories around the world, including:“Beer Hall Push-back.” Over the weekend, a raft of bipartisan U.S. and European officials headed to Bavaria for the annual Munich Security Conference. Last year, Vice President J.D. Vance gave a barnburner of a speech, accusing European allies of restraining free speech and giving succor to the European far right. This year, Secretary of State Marco Rubio gave a more conciliatory set of remarks that nonetheless signaled that there were some fundamental changes happening in the relationship. For their part, European leaders mostly seemed to be on board with that as they increasingly leaned into the public stance that it was time for the continent to stand on its own, independent of the United States, although how feasible that will be and on what timeline remain the big questions. What should we make of the different remarks we heard from the conference and the broader messages the two sides are sending to each other? And is this a sign of an impending divorce or a different sort of shift in the U.S.-European transatlantic relationship? “Rial Talk.” American and Iranian officials met again this week in Geneva to negotiate an end to the Islamic Republic's nuclear weapons program in exchange for an easing or elimination of U.S. sanctions on Iran. The negotiations took place amidst continued saber rattling by both President Trump and Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, who threatened in a speech ahead of the talks to sink U.S. warships in the region if Iran came under attack. Nonetheless, some participants in the negotiations—particularly the mediators from Oman—seemed optimistic that the two sides were getting closer to some sort of common understanding about how they might move forward. But U.S. military assets are continuing to accumulate in the region, leading some to conclude that a military operation may yet be on the horizon. Is there space for a deal? Or iare we going to see another war in Iran?“Xi Who Must Not Be Named.” A year in, the second Trump administration has not proven to be the China hawk that many expected. Far from drawing a hard line on all things China as the first Trump administration often seemed to do, U.S. officials have instead been surprisingly quiet and conciliatory in regard to China, at least outside the trade context. This has remained true even as reports have emerged of Xi Jinping purging his military of non-loyalists, modernizing China's nuclear arsenal, and building more submarines—all steps with the potential to significantly upset the balance of power in Asia and beyond. What is the real logic underlying the Trump administration's seemingly quixotic approach to China, and where might it lead the broader relationship between the two major powers? In object lessons, Dan is delighting in John Company, a social-climbing, backroom-dealing, hostile-bargaining board game to, you know, escape the harsh realities of the real world. Ari enthusiastically recommends the Broadway adaptation of Death Becomes Her, which somehow manages to be even quirkier than the original film. Scott has been sucked into the social media abyss by Jess and Quinn's corny, absurdist, and pun-oriented humor. And Mike offers an anti-object-lesson warning: the “Poetry for Kids” series is not, in fact, reliably for kids.To receive ad-free podcasts, become a Lawfare Material Supporter at www.patreon.com/lawfare. You can also support Lawfare by making a one-time donation at https://givebutter.com/lawfare-institute. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Fact Hunter
Episode 394: Propaganda In America - Part 1

The Fact Hunter

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2026 59:17 Transcription Available


This episode kicks off a deep investigation into propaganda not as a theory but as a historical tool of power, tracing how messaging, symbols, and controlled narratives have shaped public perception from the eighteenth century to the present day. We examine real people, movements, and events, including the rise of secret societies, the Anti-Masonic backlash, and the alignment of political and financial influence during the early formation of the United States, showing how persuasion is engineered rather than accidental. Dry Snow: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1ZyPn6WX85/?mibextid=wwXIfrZello on iPhone https://apps.apple.com/us/app/zello-walkie-talkie/id508231856Website: thefacthunter.comEmail: thefacthunter@mail.com

The Marc Cox Morning Show
Hour 4: Groundhog's Day, Missouri Energy, Police Pay, Sports, and Midterm Forecast

The Marc Cox Morning Show

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2026 33:27


Marc kicks off with Groundhog's Day and the impact of recent cold weather, then dives into Missouri energy rate hikes and how preemptive charges for data centers are affecting residents. He highlights a legal move by the Missouri attorney general to stop counting illegal immigrants in the census and the potential political ramifications for Democrats. Joe Steiger of the St. Louis Police Officers Association breaks down stalled police pay raises, staffing challenges, and recruitment efforts. Sports director Tom Ackerman analyzes college basketball results, SLU's season prospects, coaching news, and NFL updates. The hour closes with a look at midterm election dynamics, Texas state Senate races, economic indicators affecting voter sentiment, and an upcoming Switzerland, Austria, and Bavaria travel opportunity with Mark. Hashtags: #GroundhogsDay #MissouriEnergy #PolicePay #CollegeBasketball #NFL #Midterms #Travel #MarkCoxMorningShow Hour 4 saved to the official lis

Heartbeat: US Biathlon Podcast
Fede Fontana: Making Magic with Skis

Heartbeat: US Biathlon Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2026 36:45


There's a certain mystique around the waxing cabins at biathlon events, where technicians work late into the night and are up before the sun – all to gain precious seconds out of the bases of skis. Races may be won or lost on the track. But it's the technicians who put rockets on the skis. Today on Heartbeat, we join the legendary Fede Fontana of U.S. Biathlon as he takes us inside the magic, sharing stories of his decades of experience in the sport.While he lives today in Bavaria, Fontana hails from the Frassinoro, Italy, in the Modena area. This tiny village has produced more than its share of ski technicians over the years – a source of great pride to the region.Fontana has served the athletes of U.S. Biathlon for over a decade. He and his team of technicians put the magic into the skis, while also serving as the team's general manager.In this episode, we'll learn how turning out fast skis is a year-round job, from springtime and summer ski selection with the factories, to fine-tuning on snow during the season. Listen in to learn just how many pairs of skis for each athlete are packed into vans as the tour heads from race to race.And check out Heartbeat's past episodes with U.S. Biathlon General Manager Fede Fontana. Now let's join Fede coming to us live from Nove Mesto as the team prepares for the upcoming Olympic Winter Games in Antholz.PAST EPISODESFarewell to Fluorocarbons - Nov. 2023https://open.spotify.com/episode/7nFkFX0cLVPytUHLloyYTl?si=5961825689824051Fede Fontana: Inside the Wax Cabin - Jan. 2023https://open.spotify.com/episode/4UP70osdKOxcCp3E889Fn0?si=8984636a13e04eae

Scary Stories for the Soul
Episode 95: The Devil's Footprint

Scary Stories for the Soul

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2026 11:54


The Frauenkirche is a Gothic Catholic Church located in Munich, Bavaria, in southeastern Germany. Although architecturally it is quite beautiful, the mysterious black footprint that forever mars one of the church's tiles is what attracts visitors - a mark known as The Devil's Footprint.

Investing Experts
Investing Experts Live: Steven Bavaria and Samuel Smith's top income picks for 2026

Investing Experts

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2026 49:10


Two of Seeking Alpha's top analysts, Steven Bavaria and Samuel Smith, share their top income picks for the year: (FOF) and (OWL), respectively. This is an excerpt from our live event, Income Investing Strategy For 2026.Show Notes:'Stayin' Alive' In 2026 With The Cohen & Steers Closed-End Opportunity FundMy Ultimate Contrarian Bet For 2026: Blue Owl CapitalInvesting Experts' transcriptsFor full access to analyst ratings, stock and ETF quant scores, and dividend grades, subscribe to Seeking Alpha Premium at seekingalpha.com/subscriptions.

Beer Guys Radio Craft Beer Podcast
Trashed Pandas and Dry January Quitters

Beer Guys Radio Craft Beer Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2026 55:00


Send us a text70% of people doing Dry January are liars.Here's one I find hard to believe. Apparently 70% of people taking part in Dry January so they won't go back to drinking. C'mon, you ain't fooling me. Maybe they asked them like a week into January and they were feeling good and high and mighty and thought they would keep it up, but I just don't see that many people calling it quits. We'll see what the numbers tell us.Some news that didn't shock us this week is that former Rogue employees are suing the company claiming they didn't proper followed proper procedure per the WARN Act that says you have to notify employees of larger companies before a plant closure effecting 50 or more people. (I think it was 50.) Considering the company is going (went) out of business there may be exceptions in play here. Another that we'll see how it develops.The oldest monastic brewery in the world has been sold. Weltenburg Abbey in Bavaria has been brewing for 1,000 years and they're being bought by Munich's Schneider Weisse. Another sign of the times but sad considering all the brewery has been through.In other news, Beer Brulee is trending, Brian gets a new t-shirt, the Most Interesing Man in the World is coming back, and The WHO thinks beer is too cheap. Whatever.Thanks for listening to Beer Guys Radio! Your hosts are Tim Dennis and Brian Hewitt with producer Nate "Mo' Mic Nate" Ellingson and occasional appearances from Becky Smalls.Subscribe to Beer Guys Radio on your favorite app: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | RSSFollow Beer Guys Radio: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | YouTube If you enjoy the show we'd appreciate your support on Patreon. Patrons get cool perks like early, commercial-free episodes, swag, access to our exclusive Discord server, and more!

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History of the Germans
Ep. 221 – Taking Back Control

History of the Germans

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2026 37:20 Transcription Available


After 13 years of fighting in the Low Countries, Maximilian, the newly elected king of the Roman, returns home to a rammed full inbox. There is his cousin, the dissolute count Sigismund of Tyrol who is about to sell out the family fortune to the dukes of Bavaria. The king of Hungary is still occupying Vienna – and there is a new heiress out on the market, Anne of Brittanny.Some of the issues he tackles together with his now seriously elderly father, the emperor Friedrich III, others are very much his own tasks. In the process Friedrich creates a structurally new political entity, the Swabian League, Maximilian builds a relationship with Jakob Fugger, the money man who will grease the cogs of the Habsburg empire, and once again they fight, one battle after another.And despite tremendous success, this period from 1489 to 1493, ends with some epic humiliation, not in war, but in love. “No man on earth has ever been disgraced as I have been at the hands of the French” is how he summarised it.Come along and watch as the plot thickens.The music for the show is Flute Sonata in E-flat major, H.545 by Carl Phillip Emmanuel Bach (or some claim it as BWV 1031 Johann Sebastian Bach) performed and arranged by Michel Rondeau under Common Creative Licence 3.0.As always:Homepage with maps, photos, transcripts and blog: www.historyofthegermans.comIf you wish to support the show go to: Support • History of the Germans PodcastFacebook: @HOTGPod Threads: @history_of_the_germans_podcastBluesky: @hotgpod.bsky.socialInstagram: history_of_the_germansTwitter: @germanshistoryTo make it easier for you to share the podcast, I have created separate playlists for some of the seasons that are set up as individual podcasts. they have the exact same episodes as in the History of the Germans, but they may be a helpful device for those who want to concentrate on only one season. So far I have:The OttoniansSalian Emperors and Investiture ControversyFredrick Barbarossa and Early HohenstaufenFrederick II Stupor MundiSaxony and Eastward ExpansionThe Hanseatic LeagueThe Teutonic Knights

AGE OF VICTORIA PODCAST
EP065 SETTING EUROPE ON FIRE

AGE OF VICTORIA PODCAST

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2026 48:15


The Age of Victoria returns for the 2026 season with a high-energy prologue to our new series, “Hunger and Revolution”. In this episode, we follow the “magnificent, terrible, magnetic” Lola Montez as she transitions from the stage to the high-stakes world of European politics. Lola becomes an “accidental bunch of dynamite,” moving through the bohemian circles of Paris and the royal halls of Munich. Her volatile relationship with the “rockstar” composer Franz Liszt and her scandalous influence over King Ludwig I of Bavaria serve as a sparking point for the unrest that would soon consume the continent. Against the grim backdrop of the “Continental Famine” and rising industrial tensions, we examine how one woman's individual actions could help bring the curtain down on the pre-modern age. Key Topics Covered: Bohemian Paris in the 1840s: A city of romance and industry undergoing a transformation marked by early railway stations, gas streetlights, and artistic experimentation. Lisztomania and the Great Composers: Exploring the electric performances and scandalous love life of Franz Liszt—the “rockstar” of the 19th century—who redefined the status of the artist in society. The Duel of Dujarier: Lola's time in the French literary scene alongside figures like Victor Hugo ended in tragedy when her lover, journalist Alexandre Henri Dujarier, was killed in a reluctant pistol duel. The “Gallery of Beauties”: A look at the 36 oil paintings in King Ludwig's collection, where Lola's portrait eventually sparked a national scandal. The Continental Famine: Examining the “parallel story” of the 1845–1847 potato blight across Europe that fueled the urban discontent leading to the 1848 revolutions. The Fall of Munich: The student riots at the University of Munich involving the “Lolamannen,” the exile of Montez, and King Ludwig I's ultimate abdication. “The Battle of Ballarat”: A summary of Lola's later years, including her infamous whip-fight with a newspaper editor in the Australian goldfields. Works Cited & Sources: Edmund B. d'Auvergne: Lola Montez: An Adventuress of the 'Forties (Project Gutenberg). Dictionary of Irish Biography: “Gilbert, Eliza Rosana (Lola Montez)” by Lawrence William White. Schloss Nymphenburg: “King Ludwig I's Gallery of Beauties (Room 15).” Interlude.hk: “Life of Chopin: The Controversial Chopin Biography by Liszt” by Emily E. Hogstad . Interlude.hk: “The Spy who loved me! Liszt and Agnes Street-Klindworth”. Dance Biographies: “Alexandre Henri Dujarier” & “The Fascinating Lola Montez: The European Years.” State Library Victoria: “Wild times with Lola Montez” (The Battle of Ballarat). Elizabeth Kerri Mahon: “Whatever Lola Wants, Lola Gets: The Racy Life of Lola Montez.” Oktoberfest.de: “The History of Oktoberfest”. Encyclopedia of 1848 Revolutions: “Economic Crisis in the first half of 1847” (Ohio.edu). The post EP065 SETTING EUROPE ON FIRE appeared first on AGE OF VICTORIA PODCAST.

Offshore Sailing and Cruising with Paul Trammell
Sailing Solo to Seven Continents, Harry Anderson

Offshore Sailing and Cruising with Paul Trammell

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2025 58:43


Harry Anderson is the only person to have both flown solo and sailed solo to all seven continents. He is also the author of "Sailing 7 Continents Solo." We talk about his route, his boats (a Bavaria 37 and an Alures 40.9), sailing with a centerboard, heaving-to, HF radio, VHF with wireless remote handset, anchoring, shore lines, generating electricity, Deception Island, getting permits to go to Antarctica, katabatic winds, Puerto Montt, Cocos Keeling, friendly people, favorite places, Namibia, beautiful moments, safety, heaters, the NW passage, his books, and more. photos and links are on the podcast shownotes page  support the show through Patreon browse or list sailboats for sale  get remote electrical help from Meridian Marine Electrical

The Storm Skiing Journal and Podcast
Podcast #221: The Mountaintop at Grand Geneva Director of Golf & Ski Ryan Brown

The Storm Skiing Journal and Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2025 54:32


WhoRyan Brown, Director of Golf & Ski at The Mountaintop at Grand Geneva, WisconsinRecorded onJune 17, 2025About the Mountaintop at Grand GenevaClick here for a mountain stats overviewOwned by: Marcus HotelsLocated in: Lake Geneva, WisconsinYear founded: 1968Pass affiliations: NoneClosest neighboring U.S. ski areas: Alpine Valley (:23), Wilmot Mountain (:29), Crystal Ridge (:48), Alpine Hills Adventure Park (1:04)Base elevation: 847 feetSummit elevation: 962 feetVertical drop: 115 feetSkiable acres: 30Average annual snowfall: 34 inchesTrail count: 21 (41% beginner, 41% intermediate, 18% advanced)Lift count: 6 (3 doubles, 1 ropetow, 2 carpets)Why I interviewed himOf America's various mega-regions, the Midwest is the quietest about its history. It lacks the quaint-town Colonialism and Revolutionary pride of the self-satisfied East, the cowboy wildness and adobe earthiness of the West, the defiant resentment of the Lost Glory South. Our seventh-grade Michigan History class stapled together the state's timeline mostly as a series of French explorers passing through on their way to somewhere more interesting. They were followed by a wave of industrial loggers who mowed the primeval forests into pancakes. Then the factories showed up. And so the state's legacy was framed not as one of political or cultural or military primacy, but of brand, the place that stamped out Chevys and Fords by the tens of millions.To understand the Midwest, then, we must look for what's permanent. The land itself won't do. It's mostly soil, mostly flat. Great for farming, bad for vistas. Dirt doesn't speak to the soul like rock, like mountains. What humans built doesn't tell us a much better story. Everything in the Midwest feels too new to conceal ghosts. The largest cities rose late, were destroyed in turn by fires and freeways, eventually recharged with arenas and glass-walled buildings that fail to echo or honor the past. Nothing lasts: the Detroit Pistons built the Palace of Auburn Hills in 1988 and developers demolished it 32 years later; the Detroit Lions (and, for a time, the Pistons) played at the Pontiac Silverdome, a titanic, 82,600-spectator stadium that opened in 1976 and came down in 2013 (37 years old). History seemed to bypass the region, corralling the major wars to the east and shooing the natural disasters to the west and south. Even shipwrecks lose their doubloons-and-antique-cannons romance in the Midwest: the Great Lakes most famous downed vessel, the SS Edmund Fitzgerald, sank into Lake Superior in 1975. Her cargo was 26,535 tons of taconite ore pellets. A sad story, but not exactly the sinking of the Titanic.Our Midwest ancestors did leave us one legacy that no one has yet demolished: names. Place names are perhaps the best cultural relics of the various peoples who occupied this land since the glaciers retreated 12,000-ish years ago. Thousands of Midwest cities, towns, and counties carry Native American names. “Michigan” is derived from the Algonquin “Mishigamaw,” meaning “big lake”; “Minnesota” from the Sioux word meaning “cloudy water.” The legacies of French explorers and missionaries live on in “Detroit” (French for “strait”), “Marquette” (17th century French missionary Jacques Marquette), and “Eau Claire” (“clear water”).But one global immigration funnel dominated what became the modern Midwest: 50 percent of Wisconsin's population descends from German, Nordic, or Scandinavian countries, who arrived in waves from the Colonial era through the early 1900s. The surnames are everywhere: Schmitz and Meyer and Webber and Schultz and Olson and Hanson. But these Old-Worlders came a bit late to name the cities and towns. So they named what they built instead. And they built a lot of ski areas. Ten of Wisconsin's 34 ski areas carry names evocative of Europe's cold regions, Scandinavia and the Alps:I wonder what it must have been like, in 18-something-or-other, to leave a place where the Alps stood high on the horizon, where your family had lived in the same stone house for centuries, and sail for God knows how many weeks or months across an ocean, and slow roll overland by oxen cart or whatever they moved about in back then, and at the end of this great journey find yourself in… Wisconsin? They would have likely been unprepared for the landscape aesthetic. Tourism is a modern invention. “The elite of ancient Egypt spent their fortunes building pyramids and having their corpses mummified, but none of them thought of going shopping in Babylon or taking a skiing holiday in Phoenicia [partly in present-day Lebanon, which is home to as many as seven ski areas],” Yuval Noah Harari writes in Sapiens his 2015 “brief history of humankind.” Imagine old Friedrich, who had never left Bavaria, reconstituting his world in the hillocks and flats of the Midwest.Nothing against Wisconsin, but fast-forward 200 years, when the robots can give us a side-by-side of the upper Midwest and the European Alps, and it's pretty clear why one is a global tourist destination and the other is known mostly as a place that makes a lot of cheese. And well you can imagine why Friedrich might want to summon a little bit of the old country to the texture of his life in the form of a ski area name. That these two worlds - the glorious Alps and humble Wisconsin skiing - overlap, even in a handful of place names, suggests a yearning for a life abandoned, a natural act of pining by a species that was not built to move their life across timezones.This is not a perfect analysis. Most – perhaps none – of these ski areas was founded by actual immigrants, but by their descendants. The Germanic languages spoken by these immigrant waves did not survive assimilation. But these little cultural tokens did. The aura of ancestral place endured when even language fell away. These little ski areas honor that.And by injecting grandiosity into the everyday, they do something else. In coloring some of the world's most compact ski centers with the aura of some of its most iconic, their founders left us a message: these ski areas, humble as they are, matter. They fuse us to the past and they fuse us to the majesty of the up-high, prove to us that skiing is worth doing anywhere that it can be done, ensure that the ability to move like that and to feel the things that movement makes you feel are not exclusive realms fenced into the clouds, somewhere beyond means and imagination.Which brings us to Grand Geneva, a ski area name that evokes the great Swiss gateway city to the Alps. Too bad reality rarely matches up with the easiest narrative. The resort draws its name from the nearby town of Lake Geneva, which a 19th-century surveyor named not after the Swiss city, but after Geneva, New York, a city (that is apparently named after Geneva, Switzerland), on the shores of Seneca Lake, the largest of the state's 11 finger lakes. Regardless, the lofty name was the fifth choice for a ski area originally called “Indian Knob.” That lasted three years, until the ski area shuttered and re-opened as the venerable Playboy Ski Area in 1968. More regrettable names followed – Americana Resort from 1982 to '93, Hotdog Mountain from 1992 to '94 – before going with the most obvious and least-questionable name, though its official moniker, “The Mountaintop at Grand Geneva” is one of the more awkward names in American skiing.None of which explains the principal question of this sector: why I interviewed Mr. Brown. Well, I skied a bunch of Milwaukee bumps on my drive up to Bohemia from Chicago last year, this was one of them, and I thought it was a cute little place. I also wondered how, with its small-even-for-Wisconsin vertical drop and antique lift collection, the place had endured in a state littered with abandoned ski areas. Consider it another entry into my ongoing investigation into why the ski areas that you would not always expect to make it are often the ones that do.What we talked aboutFighting the backyard effect – “our customer base – they don't really know” that the ski areas are making snow; a Chicago-Milwaukee-Madison bullseye; competing against the Vail-owned mountain to the south and the high-speed-laced ski area to the north; a golf resort with a ski area tacked on; “you don't need a big hill to have a great park”; brutal Midwest winters and the escape of skiing; I attempt to talk about golf again and we're probably done with that for a while; Boyne Resorts as a “top golf destination”; why Grand Geneva moved its terrain park; whether the backside park could re-open; “we've got some major snowmaking in the works”; potential lift upgrades; no bars on the lifts; the ever-tradeoff between terrain parks and beginner terrain; the ski area's history as a Playboy Club and how the ski hill survived into the modern era; how the resort moves skiers to the hill with hundreds of rooms and none of them on the trails; thoughts on Indy Pass; and Lake Geneva lake life.What I got wrongWe recorded this conversation prior to Sunburst's joining Indy Pass, so I didn't mention the resort when discussing Wisconsin ski areas on the product.Podcast NotesOn the worst season in the history of the MidwestI just covered this in the article that accompanied the podcast on Treetops, Michigan, but I'll summarize it this way: the 2023-24 ski season almost broke the Midwest. Fortunately, last winter was better, and this year is off to a banging start.On steep terrain beneath lift AI just thought this was a really unexpected and cool angle for such a little hill. On the Playboy ClubFrom SKI magazine, December 1969:It is always interesting when giants merge. Last winter Playboy magazine (5.5 million readers) and the Playboy Club (19 swinging nightclubs from Hawaii to New York to Jamaica, with 100,000 card-carrying members) in effect joined the sport of skiing, which is also a large, but less formal, structure of 3.5 million lift-ticket-carrying members. The resulting conglomerate was the Lake Geneva Playboy Club-Hotel, Playboy's ski resort on the rolling plains of Wisconsin.The Playboy Club people must have borrowed the idea of their costumed Bunny Waitress from the snow bunny of skiing fame, and since Playboy and skiing both manifestly devote themselves to the pleasures of the body, some sort of merger was inevitable. Out of this union, obviously, issued the Ultimate Ski Bunny – one able to ski as well as sport the scanty Bunny costume to lustrous perfection.That's a bit different from how the resort positions its ski facilities today:Enjoy southern Wisconsin's gem - our skiing and snow resort in the countryside of Lake Geneva, with the best ski hills in Wisconsin. The Mountain Top at Grand Geneva Resort & Spa boasts 20 downhill ski runs and terrain designed for all ages, groups and abilities, making us one of the best ski resorts in Wisconsin. Just an hour from Milwaukee and Chicago, our ski resort in Lake Geneva is close enough to home for convenience, but far enough for you and your family to have an adventure. Our ultimate skier's getaway offers snowmaking abilities that allow our ski resort to stay open even when there is no snow falling.The Mountain Top offers ski and snow accommodations, such as trolley transportation available from guest rooms at Grand Geneva and Timber Ridge Lodge, three chairlifts, two carpet lifts, a six-acre terrain park, excellent group rates, food and drinks at Leinenkugel's Mountain Top Lodge and even night skiing. We have more than just skiing! Enjoy Lake Geneva sledding, snowshoeing and cross-country skiing too. Truly something for everyone at The Mountain Top ski resort in Lake Geneva. No ski equipment? No problem with the Learn to Ride rentals. Come experience The Mountain Top at Grand Geneva and enjoy the best skiing around Lake Geneva, Wisconsin.On lost Wisconsin and Midwest ski areasThe Midwest Lost Ski Areas Project counts 129 lost ski areas in Wisconsin. I've yet to order these Big Dumb Chart-style, but there are lots of cool links in here that can easily devour your day.The Storm explores the world of North American lift-served skiing year-round. Join us. Get full access to The Storm Skiing Journal and Podcast at www.stormskiing.com/subscribe

S2 Underground
The Wire - December 14, 2025 - Priority

S2 Underground

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2025 3:25


//The Wire//1500Z December 14, 2025////PRIORITY////BLUF: TERROR ATTACK STRIKES AUSTRALIA AS 12X KILLED IN BONDI BEACH MASS SHOOTING. VEHICLE RAMMING ATTACK FOILED IN GERMANY. MASS SHOOTING REPORTED AT BROWN UNIVERSITY IN PROVIDENCE.// -----BEGIN TEARLINE----- -International Events-Australia: A few hours ago, a complex terror attack took place at a Hanukkah event in Bondi Beach. Multiple gunmen approached a gathering of people at a picnic area on the east side of the park, and began engaging those taking part in holiday celebrations. At least two gunmen took up a tactical position on the pedestrian bridge at grid coordinate: 56H LH 40786 48784 // 61.2 ft MSL. From there, the gunmen began firing at event participants in the park below. After a few minutes, these two shooters were eventually neutralized by armed police on this bridge.At least one other gunman was present at the shooting, but was disarmed by a bystander who attacked the shooter with his bare hands and took the weapon from him. This disarmed-shooter was later detained by police on the pedestrian bridge with the others.Analyst Comment: Concerning casualties, right now the number stands at 10x killed during the attack, with a few dozen wounded. At least two of the attackers were wounded/killed by armed police, however their status is not known. The total number of shooters involved in this attack is also not known, but right now the count stands at 3x shooters taking part in the attack. At least one shooter did survive, as indicated by the videos of the incident taken by observers. Regarding the identities of the attackers, official confirmation of their name and status will take some time. However, photos of some of the shooter's drivers licenses have circulated social media in the hours after the attack. At least one of the attackers appears to be Naveed Akram, who had a NSW driver license.Germany: Yesterday a vehicle ramming attack was foiled by police, which involved a local terror cell in lower Bavaria. Local authorities state that 5x suspects have been arrested after they planned to carry out a vehicle ramming attack at a Christmas Market in the Dingolfing-Landau area.Analyst Comment: The suspects have not been identified by name, however their nationalities are: 1x Egyptian, 3x Moroccans, and 1x Syrian. All are currently being held in pre-trial detention, and more documents are expected to be released regarding how this plot was alleged to have been planned. -HomeFront-Rhode Island: Yesterday evening a mass shooting was reported at Brown University after a shooter opened fire during final exams near the Barus and Holley Engineering building on campus. 2x people were killed and 9x were wounded during the attack.Analyst Comment: The assailant egressed from the area after the shooting, which triggered a manhunt for several hours and prevented the scene from being secured for medical personnel to provide aid to the wounded. As of this morning, police state that they have one "person of interest" in custody regarding the case, however they stopped short of calling this person a suspect. Officially, the shooter has not been captured yet. No weapon was recovered from the scene, and the assailant was wearing a mask during the attack.-----END TEARLINE-----Analyst Comments: In Germany, it must be noted that if this terror cell was rolled up by police, there are probably others which have not yet been detected. Five terrorists is NOT a lone-wolf-style attack, and heavily indicates a more hierarchical organization structure. Depending on how well this cell was organized and commanded, this could mean that other terrorists that haven't been detected yet might be motivated to accelerate their attack planning. Considering the success of the horrific attack in Australia, it's possible that other attacks are coming down the pipeline. As such, inc

History Tea Time
Disney Princesses vs. Real History 2/2

History Tea Time

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2025 30:35


Each Disney Princess movie is set in a different time and part of the world. For many they are a first glimpse of history and cultures outside of our own. But have you ever wondered what life was really like for your favorite Disney Princess? Let's take a look at each of Disney's 16 animated Princesses, including the latest addition, Asha, to determine where and when they are most likely set. Then I'll match each iconic princess to a real-life royal woman from the same time and place. So we can get a sense of what life without witches, curses and singing animal sidekicks was really like. In some cases there are interesting similarities; Eugénie de Montijo really did go from rags to riches like Cinderella, Catherine of Valois was a sleeping beauty like Aurora and Mihrimah Sultan was a respected leader like Jasmine. So put on your ballgown and tiara, or strap on your armor and let's compare Disney Princesses to real history! Part 1: Snow White - Maria Anna of Bavaria, Archduchess of Austria Cinderella - Eugénie de Montijo, Empress of the French Aurora (Sleeping Beauty) - Catherine of Valois, Queen of England Ariel (The Little Mermaid) - Louise of Hesse-Kassel, Queen of Denmark Belle (Beauty and the Beast) - Maria Josepha of Saxony, Dauphine of France Jasmine (Aladdin) - Mihrimah Sultan, Ottoman Princess Pocahontas - The historic Pocahontas Mulan - Xiao, Empress of the Sui dynasty Part 2: Tiana (The Princess and the Frog) - Ariana Austin Makonnen, Princess of Ethiopia Rapunzel (Tangled) - Louise of Prussia, Princess of the Netherlands Merida (Brave) - Matilda of Scotland, Queen of England Elsa & Anna (Frozen) - Princess Eugénie of Sweden & Norway Moana - Nafanua, Ali'i of Samoa Raya and the Last Dragon - Trưng Sisters of Vietnam Asha (Wish) - Fatima bint al-Ahmar, Princess of the Emirate of Granada Join me every Tuesday when I'm Spilling the Tea on History! Check out my Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/lindsayholiday Follow me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091781568503 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/historyteatimelindsayholiday/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@historyteatime Please consider supporting me at https://www.patreon.com/LindsayHoliday and help me make more fascinating episodes! Intro Music: Baroque Coffee House by Doug Maxwell Music: Dream Of The Ancestor by Asher Fulero #HistoryTeaTime #LindsayHoliday Please contact ⁠advertising@airwavemedia.com⁠ if you would like to advertise on this podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Stuff You Should Know
SYSK's Fall True Crime Playlist: The Hinterkaifeck Axe Murders

Stuff You Should Know

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2025 46:52 Transcription Available


In 1922, a little farm in the woods of Bavaria became the site of what would become Germany’s most famous unsolved murder, when six people were brutally killed with a pick axe. What led up to it and followed is nothing short of bizarre.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.