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Host Evie Stokes sits down with Arlo Parks to talk about the music that’s moving her. First up, she talks about her admiration for Chanel Beads’ Shane Lavers and how she first fell in love with his music after seeing him live. She shares how much she particularly adores his song, “The Coward Forgets His Nightmare.”“There’s something magical about the way he combines organic and synthetic instruments,” Parks says of the song. “It feels really rich and alive and unique.”The song comes from Chanel Beads’ latest album, Your Day Will Come, out now via Jagjaguwar.Produced by Dusty HenryMastered by: William MyersProduction support: Serafima HealyListen to the full songs on KEXP's "In Our Headphones" playlist on Spotify or the “What's In Our Headphones” playlist on YouTube.Support the podcast: kexp.org/headphonesContact us at headphones@kexp.org.Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Take your tops off on a yacht… and DIVE INTO this All-New episode! Jessi is back from Costa Rica where she was defeated by a Braid & Bead. Brooks Nader took her top off on a yacht… with her dad- is that weird or are WE the prudes? The internet hates Tate McRae again…but is Jessi Tate Down? Plus- Jessi teaches Internet Etiquette- from A$AP Rocky's public feud with a content creator, to Jools Lebron's controversial Go Fund Me request and Drake's very public act of charity… who was in the right and who was in the wrong? We'll decide. Heated Rivalry is heating up the city of Toronto and Jason's local Grocery Store? The Connor Storrie story (see what we did there?) that will BLOW YOUR MIND -head exploding emoji! All that, and the newlywed that has left Jessi heartbroken.As always, ask Jessi Anything, Anytime HERE: 323-448-0068 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Relebogile Mabotja speaks to Zandile Mfumo Mabilisa a Spiritual Medium exploring the significance and meaning behind the beads worn by traditional healers, and what they communicate within traditional African healing practices. From colourful necklaces to intricate bracelets and waist beads, the beads worn by traditional healers can carry far more meaning than meets the eye. 702 Afternoons with Relebogile Mabotja is broadcast live on Johannesburg based talk radio station 702 every weekday afternoon. Relebogile brings a lighter touch to some of the issues of the day as well as a mix of lifestyle topics and a peak into the worlds of entertainment and leisure. Thank you for listening to a 702 Afternoons with Relebogile Mabotja podcast. Listen live on Primedia+ weekdays from 13:00 to 15:00 (SA Time) to Afternoons with Relebogile Mabotja broadcast on 702 https://buff.ly/gk3y0Kj For more from the show go to https://buff.ly/2qKsEfu or find all the catch-up podcasts here https://buff.ly/DTykncj Subscribe to the 702 Daily and Weekly Newsletters https://buff.ly/v5mfetc Follow us on social media: 702 on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/TalkRadio702 702 on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@talkradio702 702 on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/talkradio702/ 702 on X: https://x.com/Radio702 702 on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@radio702 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
从南京紫金山天文台回来，我就惦记着要再去看看北京的古观象台，因为我实在好奇明清时期的古代天文仪器到底是怎么观测的！与此同时，紫金山天文台上有一块复刻版的苏州石刻天文图，俗称「天文碑」，那是中国南宋淳祐七年（1247年）刻制的天文文物，根据北宋元丰年间（1078-1085年）恒星观测结果绘制。然而，我当时并没看懂这张星空图。但很巧的是，回到北京，我读到了北京古观象台台长齐锐老师的新书《抬头看见5000年》，于是终于第一次系统地开始理解，中国古人如何与天空对话、向天发问，同时又把对星空的追问和观测，落在了我们的大地上，通过建筑、通过城市、通过文化艺术、通过建立制度……这就是最奇妙的机缘，从南京到北京，从一张我根本没读懂的宋代星图到一本《抬头看见5000年》的书，我们又拥有了一把打开好奇心的钥匙。本期节目，我们邀请到了北京古观象台的台长、北京天文馆的副馆长齐锐老师！我相信这可能是你目前能够听到的，最权威、最有趣的古观象台导览，导览结束之后，我们还会和齐老师开始一场从西周到今天，甚至通向未来的城市漫游，换一个视角聊聊这样一些问题：你有没有想过，北京的中轴线到底是怎么确定的？到底多「中」算中呢？你可能从来没想过，北京二环里的地图，其实基本可以说是按照天上的星空图复刻的？「立杆侧影」这个我们小学的时候就学过的基本原理，竟然是中国5000年历史中历朝历代选定国都的基础，所谓大道至简，竟然如此神奇？！⭐ 欢迎你在本期节目评论区分享你与天文、星空或者古观象台的故事，也可以聊聊你收听本期节目的感受，我们会 pick 三位听友，各送出一本由湛庐文化提供的《抬头看见5000年》！本期节目你将听到：04:56 和齐锐老师一起登上古观象台，开始一场最特别的导览07:02 赤道经纬仪08:25 纪限仪器10:30 地平经纬仪、地平经仪、象限仪12:09 黄道经纬仪：黄道坐标系统13:24 占据C位的重要仪器：天体仪16:24 名字最特别的仪器：玑衡抚辰仪20:59 360度 VS 365又1/425:38 古观象台东展厅：看看中西方天文学研究的交汇点，第谷的观测仪器设计图 VS 中国古代天文仪器30:11 紫薇殿展厅：观象授时的内涵32:31 宋代天文星图与古代都城的规划逻辑之间如何一一对应40:09 北京的都城营建与天象的对应关系：紫微垣→紫禁城；太微垣→太和殿、中和殿、保和殿；前朝后市→万宁桥43:28 《周礼》记载的古代都城营建规制“前朝后市，左祖右社”，就是今天的劳动人民文化宫（明清太庙）和中山公园（明清社稷坛）50:33 天空中的星官，竟然和冬至当天皇帝的祭天仪式全流程能一一对应上？绝了！58:37 古代都城的「中轴线」到底怎么测定的？立竿测影！01:05:11「寻中建国」的「中」到底啥意思？哪里才是天地之中？「宅兹中国」背后又有什么天文学秘密？01:15:22 齐锐老师用了 8 年时间对比研究中国古代星图，并结合实地观测完成中国古代星空的绘制01:21:11 我们抬头仰望的这片星空，从古至今，趣味无穷01:25:58「天人合一」的理念下贯穿古今01:28:12 为什么说「天文是科学之祖，文化之母」01:37:58 彩蛋环节：进一步详细拆解苏州石刻天文图（下次去苏州一定要去看原件！【节目制作】主播/制作：VC ( 微博：@VividCrystal / 小红书：@午夜飞行VC )运营：Amber视觉：李马克【节目互动】微博：@午夜飞行Official 公众号：午夜飞行【商务合作】添加微信：hellomarcast或联系邮箱：hello@marcastmedia.com【欢迎加入听友群】入群方式 A：微信添加小助手 Amber (ID: hellomarcast)，拉你入群入群方式 B：关注公众号「午夜飞行」 ，回复「听友群」三个字，即可获取入群通道【本集音乐】Universe Sandbox 2 Official Soundtrack - Various Artists【封面图片】Photo by VC【节目出品】由播客厂牌 Marcast® 制作出品，也欢迎你订阅收听 Marcast 旗下的其他播客节目。你可以通过以下方式找到我们：- 小红书：@Marcast - 公众号：Marcast - 微博：@Marcast - 进听友群请添加微信：hellomarcast- 一键订阅 Marcast 制作出品的节目：https://www.xiaoyuzhoufm.com/collection/podcast/69e8996f7c9a3ea695fec9e8- 欢迎订阅「Beads 英文播客洞察」：每周为你从国外优质播客中提取、总结、延伸那些 90% 的人听不到的、隐藏在声音里的一手信息、经验、知识、工具、趣味和审美，和你一起拓展认知视野。订阅地址：https://wx.zsxq.com/group/48885158452488© 2026 Marcast Media
Show Notes: Basselian Elements — Eclipse Chasers & Citizen ScientistsHost Leticia Ferrer talks with Luca Quaglia and Alessandro Pezzi of BasilianElements.com, a team of eclipse chasers known for their detailed mountain-shadow and lunar-limb mapping ahead of major solar eclipses.Topics covered:1:04 — How the international team came together (university friends from Italy, joined by collaborators in England, Greece, and Romania after their first eclipse in 1999)7:44 — Measuring the solar radius using total solar eclipses, and why the century-old reference value needed revisiting13:07 — Why they camp out at the edge of the path of totality for maximum measurement sensitivity19:04 — The 2024 Texas eclipse story — a fellow observer expecting a minute of totality got 12.8 seconds instead51:49 — Annular eclipses and Baily's Beads — how they extract solar-radius data even without full totality46:53 — Avoiding classic eclipse-chasing mistakes (like forgetting to remove the solar filter) through rigorous preparation46:24 — Their free Eclipse Countdown app for precise contact times58:46 — Plans for the 2027 Spain eclipse, chasing the edge near Zaragoza/TeruelBesselian Elements:https://www.besselianelements.com/Leticia's video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zR6wVyBLhdELeticia Ferrer's site: https://texassolareclipses.com/Host Chris Chotas Alexander's Sitehttps://www.chotachrome.com/IG: @chotachromeTotality Talks is created by Leticia Ferrer and Chris Chotas Alexander. Totality Talks is produced by Chris Chotas Alexander.
Will and Jon discuss the latest releases by She's Green, Swapmeet, and Chanel Beads, plus a stadium rock live report and bonus songs.
This week on Science Faction, summer is in full swing as the hosts swap stories about kids, water parks, drama camp, and surviving the relentless heat. From AI writing Firefox extensions and Apple's latest legal battle with OpenAI to why horror suddenly clicks for one of the hosts, the conversation bounces between technology, entertainment, and the strange ways artificial intelligence can make us more confident while making us less correct. Real Life Steven's household traded the Renaissance Faire for a visit from his nephew, which led to the realization that "boy energy" really is its own force of nature. While the kids spent the week at drama camp, thoughts turned to Shakespeare, with the conclusion that Romeo + Juliet would be vastly improved if Dream Theater handled the soundtrack. Book club is also gearing up for Macbeth, because apparently there's never a bad time for a little murder and prophecy. Ben has been embracing peak summer with trips to the water park, while Devon is trying to survive the brutal Texas heat. His family's solution? Buying an old-school lawn sprinkler so the kids could cool off the classic way. Once again, the phrase "boy energy" proves to be an unexpectedly recurring theme. Technology also found its way into everyday life. Ben explained how AI helped him build a Firefox extension that converts webcomics into CBZ files, explored locally running language models with OpenCode, and used AI to determine which models would best fit his hardware. In one particularly fitting moment, he asked an AI how to repair some aging Python code, only for it to recommend an existing Firefox extension that solved the problem entirely. The hosts also wondered who keeps naming Google's AI products after notebooks before discussing https://notebooklm.google.com/. The conversation then shifted to Apple's lawsuit against OpenAI over allegations of trade secret theft involving former employees. You can read more about the case here: https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/apple-sues-openai-alleging-misappropriation-trade-secrets-court-records-show-2026-07-10/ Entertainment wrapped up the segment with Steven declaring that all five episodes of X-Men '97 Season 2 are absolute bangers, along with praise for Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced and a reminder that Assassin's Creed Origins includes one of gaming's coolest educational features: an interactive museum tour through ancient Egypt. Ben also celebrated the release of Heave Ho 2, while everyone wondered whether it's destined to become a terrible influence on Devon's kids. https://store.steampowered.com/app/2802740/Heave_Ho_2/ Future or Now The hosts somehow found themselves discussing more Game Changer chaos before moving into horror. Devon admitted that he may finally be developing a taste for the genre after watching Backrooms and Obsession, both of which started life as YouTube shorts before becoming full productions. He praised Backrooms for its eerie liminal-space atmosphere, while describing Obsession as a more traditional "be careful what you wish for" horror story. If you've been horror-curious but never quite crossed over, these might be good starting points. Ben then highlighted a fascinating study showing one of AI's biggest hidden dangers. Researchers found that people using AI assistance became three times less accurate while also becoming twice as confident in their answers. Even more striking, the willingness to simply admit "I don't know" dropped from 44% to just 3% when AI was available. It's a reminder that AI works best when treated as a helpful assistant—not an unquestionable authority. https://thenextweb.com/news/ai-advice-suppresses-critical-thinking-wrong-answers-study Finally, the crew couldn't resist talking about the newly revealed Star Trek crossover sets coming to Magic: The Gathering. Whether you're a Trek fan, a Magic player, or just someone whose wallet is already crying, the crossover looks like another ambitious mashup worth checking out. https://trekmovie.com/2026/07/18/magic-the-gathering-star-trek-sets-revealed-preorders-open-now/ Steven rounded out the week by admitting that, for once, he didn't have a specific science story to bring—which may have been the most surprising revelation of the episode.
又来逛南京啦！依然只有大概 10 小时。这一次，我想去看看南京这座城里那些更隽永的东西，那些或许曾经沉默，可能如今依旧没有那么热门，但绝对值得一再回望、一再探访的人和地方。你可以把本期节目看做是《春日限定：南京 10 小时的城市漫游》第二季，我们一起用 10 小时，去发现 4 个完全不同，但都异常精彩的南京！本次 10 小时漫游路线：南京南站 → 紫金山天文台 → 竺桥兄弟烤鸭店（竺桥总店）→ 童寯故居 → 江苏紫金大剧院本期节目你将听到：01:47 感谢高铁让我早上 10 点就从北京抵达南京02:50 第一站为什么是紫金山天文台05:20 为什么要去寻找「健雄」06:34 紫金山这个名字到底是怎么来的08:57 天文台后门的碉堡遗存不要错过12:05 变星仪室建筑墙壁上的两块石碑15:47 高鲁与第一座中国人自己的现代天文台的诞生20:02 余青松，一个值得好好记得的名字26:40 余青松和杨廷宝，究竟谁是紫金山天文台的设计者和建造者32:50 去看看曾经远东最大的回光望远镜34:12 张钰哲和 1941 年那次日军轰炸下的甘肃临洮日全食观测38:08 紫金山天文台的西迁和凤凰山天文台的建立44:42 紫金山天文台发现的那颗「吴健雄星」46:33 「健雄」的研究之路：题目再难也还是要回到桌前53:35 下山，去竺桥兄弟斩只鸭子57:24 南京烤鸭的卤汁实在是太好吃了！59:23 下午3点，童寯故居，50个晴天建好的房子01:06:34 一本西餐烹饪书背后的关蔚然和童寯01:10:37 童寯故居的图房和他与建筑学的故事01:16:02 担任东北大学建筑系教师和系主任的时光01:17:03 九一八事变之后的童寯：上海，林肯公寓，华盖建筑师事务所01:22:36 1949 年梁思成写给童寯的信01:26:13 阁楼上的《随园平面图》和《江南园林志》01:33:54 「长夜里的独行者们」：从吴健雄到童寯01:36:41 傍晚时分，走进紫金山大剧院听龚隐雷的《牡丹亭》▲ 紫金山天文台后门附近的碉堡▲ 变星仪室▲ 图片出处：余青松《紫金山天文台设计图案及天文台路沿路风景》《本院天文研究所紫金山天文台第一期建设各图》▲ 紫金山天文台本部▲ 当时远东地区最大的 600 毫米反射望远镜▲ 张钰哲前往甘肃观测日全食的旅行护照▲ 学习一些南京人买鸭子的规矩▲ 童寯先生在法兰克福▲童寯故居▲ 「图房」和《江南园林志》的手稿▲ 梁思成写给童寯的信▲ 《随园平面图》和《江南园林志》▲龚隐雷版杜丽娘【节目制作】主播/制作：VC ( 微博：@VividCrystal / 小红书：@午夜飞行VC )运营：Amber视觉：李马克【节目互动】微博：@午夜飞行Official 公众号：午夜飞行【商务合作】添加微信：hellomarcast或联系邮箱：hello@marcastmedia.com【欢迎加入听友群】入群方式 A：微信添加小助手 Amber (ID: hellomarcast)，拉你入群入群方式 B：关注公众号「午夜飞行」 ，回复「听友群」三个字，即可获取入群通道【本集音乐】1. 隔河相抱 - 陈其钢2. No.17 渔光曲改编 1 - 陈其钢,郎朗,朱亦兵3. 情境(钢琴版) - 陈志远4. 如果(口琴版) - 陈志远5. A Story in Macau - 金培达6. Blue Sky - Fredji7. Dans la maison (Thème) - Philippe Rombi8. 西西里舞曲 - 马新桦,冯丹,瑞鸣音乐9. 恒星 - 孙术乔10. 健雄的信I - 孙术乔11. 宇称不守恒 - 孙术乔12. 写真·普天带过倾杯序 - 龚隐雷13. 游园·步步娇 醉扶归 - 龚隐雷【可参考资料】书籍：长夜的独行者：童寯(1963-1983) (张琴)烽火中的华盖建筑师 (张琴)论文：中国现代天文台述源_林清中国近代天文学家——余青松_郭红锋中国近代天文学家——高鲁_郭红锋余青松_一个会建房子的天文学家_何书彬南京紫金山天文台建筑历史研究_李楠国立紫金山天文台旧址_吴含萍对中央研究院天文研究所的筹建及建设紫金山天文台的回忆_陈遵妫【封面图片】Photo by VC【节目出品】由播客厂牌 Marcast® 制作出品，也欢迎你订阅收听 Marcast 旗下的其他播客节目。你可以通过以下方式找到我们：小红书：@Marcast公众号：Marcast微博：@Marcast进听友群请添加微信：hellomarcast一键订阅 Marcast 制作出品的节目：https://www.xiaoyuzhoufm.com/collection/podcast/69e8996f7c9a3ea695fec9e8欢迎订阅「Beads 英文播客洞察」：每周为你从国外优质播客中提取、总结、延伸那些 90% 的人听不到的、隐藏在声音里的一手信息、经验、知识、工具、趣味和审美，和你一起拓展认知视野。订阅地址：https://wx.zsxq.com/group/48885158452488© 2026 Marcast Media
Listen Now to 018 WTFuture Watch 018 WTFuture Welcome to a future where your next surgeon might be a 4’ tall humanoid robot operated by a doctor who is exceptionally good with chopsticks! Meet Surgey, a highly mobile humanoid robot that can remove a gall bladder or kidney via a remote operator, proving that these easily transportable machines can soon be dropped anywhere on the planet and perform delicate operations. We then explore a groundbreaking procedure called Genicular Artery Embolization, which uses tiny beads to block blood flow to inflamed knee vessels, offering a successful and relatively painless alternative to total knee replacements. And then there is a real “sweet cloud” near the center of the Milky Way containing Erythrulose, a sugar molecule that suggests the fundamental building blocks of life might have been sprinkled onto a young Earth from deep space billions of years ago, during what is now known as the “Early Bombardment” period. Speaking of space-grown miracles, researchers have also discovered that 3D-printing human organs like livers and kidneys in microgravity prevents the bio-ink cells from sinking and clumping together—a problem we compare to blueberries sinking to the bottom of muffin batter on Earth. We wrap up with a quick peek at the Pentagon’s latest UFO photo dump—featuring a flying anomaly that looks suspiciously like the Star Wars Imperial probe droid looking for members of the Rebel Alliance on the ice planet Hoth. We had a lot of fun this week, enjoy!
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Welcome back to another episode of the unSeminary podcast. Today we're joined by Dave Ferguson, co-founder of Exponential, co-founder of Community Christian Church, and author of Multiplier: How Healthy Leaders Create Lasting Impact. For decades, Dave has championed one central conviction: the Church will never fulfill its mission through addition alone. In this conversation, he challenges church leaders to rethink success, embrace multiplication, and cultivate the kind of personal health that sustains lasting kingdom impact. Are you building a church that grows, or a movement that multiplies? Wondering how your leadership today shapes generations of ministry tomorrow? Dave offers a compelling vision for creating influence that extends far beyond your own church. Multiplication changes everything. // Dave believes many church leaders are asking the wrong question. Instead of waking up each day asking, “How can I grow my church?” he challenges leaders to ask, “How can we multiply God's Kingdom?” That subtle shift transforms every leadership decision, from staffing and budgeting to leadership development and church planting. Growth focuses on adding people to one church. Multiplication focuses on reproducing disciples, leaders, churches, and networks that reach beyond one church long after the original leader steps away. The Church needs a new scorecard. // Only a small percentage of churches in the United States are actively reproducing new churches. Through Exponential’s “16% Mission,” the goal is to move enough churches toward multiplication that reproducing churches become the cultural norm rather than the exception. Reaching this tipping point would fundamentally reshape how churches think about mission and influence. Culture beats strategy every time. // Multiplication doesn’t begin with a sermon series or a strategic initiative—it begins with culture. Dave encourages leaders to model multiplication long before they publicly announce it. Whether leading a small group, mentoring an apprentice, or developing future leaders, pastors must demonstrate the behaviors they hope to reproduce. People adopt what leaders consistently practice far more readily than what they merely promote. Health fuels multiplication—not hustle. // While multiplication requires intentional effort, Dave warns against building ministry on relentless hustle. Instead, healthy multiplication grows out of healthy leaders. Churches don’t simply reproduce strategies. They reproduce the character, priorities, and habits of their leaders. If leaders neglect their own well-being, they will unintentionally reproduce that same dysfunction throughout the organization. Watch the four gauges. // At the heart of Dave’s new book, Multiplier: How Healthy Leaders Create Lasting Impact, is a simple daily framework for preventing leadership drift. He encourages leaders to evaluate four areas every day: relational health, physical health, mental health, and spiritual health. By honestly assessing these four “gauges,” leaders can recognize unhealthy patterns before they become major failures. Rather than waking up years later wondering how they drifted so far, leaders make small course corrections every day. Even better, Dave encourages processing these areas with trusted community, since accountability helps combat self-deception. Think beyond your lifetime. // Ultimately, Dave invites leaders to adopt a longer horizon for ministry. Buildings, attendance, and personal accomplishments eventually fade, but investing in people creates lasting kingdom influence. When leaders intentionally multiply healthy disciples and healthy leaders, their ministry continues bearing fruit long after they’re gone. That, Dave believes, is the kind of legacy worth pursuing. To learn more about Dave Ferguson, Exponential, and his new book Multiplier: How Healthy Leaders Create Lasting Impact, visit exponential.org/multiplier or daveferguson.org. Email Dave directly to get bulk copies of his book. Thank You for Tuning In! There are a lot of podcasts you could be tuning into today, but you chose unSeminary, and I'm grateful for that. If you enjoyed today's show, please share it by using the social media buttons you see at the left hand side of this page. Also, kindly consider taking the 60-seconds it takes to leave an honest review and rating for the podcast on iTunes, they're extremely helpful when it comes to the ranking of the show and you can bet that I read every single one of them personally! Episode Transcript Rich Birch — Hey friends, welcome to the unSeminary podcast. So glad that you have decided to tune in. You’re in for a real treat today. Today is a leader, you know, you have those leaders in your life. You’re like, man, I wish everybody could be exposed to this person and would follow along. And you feel like you’re introducing a friend to friends. That’s what today’s conversation is. And I hope at the same time, it’ll challenge you and encourage you as we think about the future. Rich Birch — Excited to have Dave Ferguson back on the podcast from Exponential. It is a growing community of leaders committed to accelerating multiplication of healthy, reproducing faith communities. They equip multipliers through a variety of resources. You might know their big event, Exponential, but that’s not all they do. They do a lot of other stuff as well.Rich Birch — Dave also was the co-founder of Community Christian in Chicagoland and New Thing. We actually had Ted on recently for a follow-up episode, which is fantastic. So these will this will come out at a similar time. Dave also wrote a book recently that I want you to pick up. It’s called Multiplier: How Healthy Leaders Create Lasting Impact. Dave, welcome to the show.Dave Ferguson — Hey, thanks, Rich. Good to be with you. Rich Birch — Yeah, so glad you’re you’re here. Why don’t you fill in the story for folks that don’t know or maybe aren’t following along. Maybe give us fill out the bio a little bit. Tell us a little bit about your background.Dave Ferguson — Long story short yeah, in my early mid-20s I planted a church in Chicago with a whole bunch of friends. God was very very kind to it; it grew had pretty large, and we had locations across the city and the suburbs. Out of that, then we started planting churches. Our first one was in Denver, then Southern California, and then Detroit, then New York, then Boston. And pretty soon we made a shift that we went from not only reproducing new churches, but helping reproduce networks of new churches. And that turned out to be a bigger deal than and we realized.Dave Ferguson — And we got opportunities then to do that in Europe and then in Africa. And next thing you know, fast forward 15, 20 years, and we were in 69 countries. And this will sound better than it is, but we got to help plant over 35,000 churches. Rich Birch — Yeah, it’s incredible. Dave Ferguson — And at the same time, we also started Exponential. And so all three of those things had seemed to have God’s favor on it, grew. And in the last year, I apprenticed a new lead pastor, Ted Coniaris, that you referenced, who is, I guess, recently on the podcast… Rich Birch — Yes, yes. Dave Ferguson — …and who’s doing a great job at Community.Dave Ferguson — And then then on top of that, we moved New Thing underneath Exponential. So Exponential actually acquired New Thing. And for us, that feels really good. It was pretty, pretty easy transition, but feels really good because we have something we call the 16% mission that we’re going after. And it’s starting to feel actually achievable now. Rich Birch — Yeah, it’s so cool. Dave Ferguson — So I think I think that’s all that’s all the things.Rich Birch — Yeah, that’s that’s it. Just that’s it. Yeah, that’s amazing. It’s so good. And, you know, there’s a lot I respect about you and your leadership. But one of the core things I love is you’ve really given your life to multiplication. You’re focused on this idea, helping us think about and then really in the best sort of way, poking and prodding and pushing us to come back to this idea. Rich Birch — I think for many of us, the word multiplication is the kind of thing we can hear it so many times. We can kind of tune it out or it like, what does that actually mean? Aren’t we all committed to multiplication? Isn’t it, isn’t that just what it means? So why does it still matter to the church today? Really lay it on thick here. Why is multiplication such a big deal?Dave Ferguson — Yeah. I mean, two things real quick. I mean, one for every one of your listeners, if they’re involved in ministry, I mean, they want, they they’re trading their life and they want to make the greatest impact they can. And I’m telling you, when you don’t invest in multiplication, you’re short selling yourself. You’re not going to, you’re not going to get to make the kind of impact that God intended for you to, or you possibly could.Dave Ferguson — So, I mean, Let me give you a quick example, so it becomes real tangible.Dave Ferguson — So two weeks ago, I was in Long Beach, California, and I ran into Matt Larson. Matt’s a guy who did a leadership residency with us probably, man, it’s been a long time ago now, 15 years ago. So he basically came, spent a year with us at Community, really sharp leader, but he didn’t really understand how to multiply. And we kind of helped him understand how to do that. Dave Ferguson — So he does that, goes back to Ventura, California, plants Anthem Church, and they’ve planted 15 churches. Rich Birch — Wow. Wow. Dave Ferguson — So think about this and this this. And I don’t know how you keep score, but this is how I keep score with my own, how am I making a difference?Rich Birch — Yes.Dave Ferguson — So like even like if I’m taking a day off in Chicago… Rich Birch — Right. Dave Ferguson — …Matt’s still working in Ventura, California, and he’s planting churches. Rich Birch — Right. Amazing.Dave Ferguson — And I, you know, you’ve heard me probably say like my favorite quote from Bob Buford, my fruit grows in other people’s trees.Dave Ferguson — That’s what multiplication does. Rich Birch — So good.Dave Ferguson — Instead of just having one tree, you get a whole orchard. Dave Ferguson — Or Troy McMahon, who’s one of my best friends.Dave Ferguson — My wife’s getting ready to go to Kansas City to see his wife in just a few hours here.Dave Ferguson — And I mean, again, probably 15 years ago, they took 25 people who moved from Chicago to Kansas City. We blessed them and sent them with some money. They’ve gone to multiple locations.Dave Ferguson — They’ve started four networks there in Kansas City and have probably planted somewhere between 60 and 70 churches.Rich Birch — Yeah, it’s amazing.Dave Ferguson — I mean, again, if I can say it this way, like I count that.Rich Birch — Yes, yes.Dave Ferguson — I’m just telling people. So if you just want to kind of focus on just your thing, you will never, ever make the kind of impact you can if you invest in multiplication of multiplying other leaders.Rich Birch — Yeah. Dave Ferguson — And the other thing, so one, it’s in your best interest because you got this game not to make money. None of us are making any money, right?Rich Birch — Right. Sure. Yes, yes.Dave Ferguson — You got this game because you’re like, this is the best way I can make a difference. And if you’re not doing multiplication, you’re short selling yourself.Dave Ferguson — But let me add one more thing.Rich Birch — Yep.Dave Ferguson — It’s also how the mission gets accomplished. I mean, if you went into Acts 1:8, Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, ends of the earth, and Jesus said, okay, here four more guys.Dave Ferguson — Last time, before I leave, i want to shoot here’s here’s the mission, Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, ends of the earth. The only way that that’s going to happen is if there’s a movement, and movement does not happen unless there’s multiplication.Rich Birch — Yeah, that’s so good. Yeah, and there’s, ah you know, one of the things I appreciate about kind of the the you and the broader exponential movement, I think you’ve helped really sharpen this conversation, tighten this up and get clarity for us, which I think is is positive.Rich Birch — And, you know, I bump into a lot of churches that are struggling, a lot of teams that are struggling with getting their their staff to be Ephesians 4 type people, people that are equipping others, that are multiplying others, that they, and there’s an interesting connection between these two, right? Somewhere we thought, oh, you could reach a bunch of people, but not actually equip anyone, which is so strange, right? It’s a strange, and actually there’s only a tiny fraction of churches that are actually multiplying today.Rich Birch — Most are only doing addition. I think this this thinking is one of the ways I think you’ve helped us sharpen this up. Why do you think that math is so stuck and kind of unpack that, help us understand, you know, the kind of the problem we’re trying to attack here.Dave Ferguson — Yeah. I think one of the things you’re referencing, so I casually talked about the 16% mission. Let me back up.Dave Ferguson — We want to see 16%, and I know your audience is bigger than the United States, but in the U.S., that’s where our exponential U.S.’s focus is. We want to see 16% of all churches in the U.S. become reproducing or multiplying churches. And that means that they’ve ever planted a church in the last three years.Dave Ferguson — When we first did the homework on this, it’s only about 4%. Now we’ve moved the needle in the last 10 years to 7%. Rich Birch — Amazing.Dave Ferguson — We think in the next five years, we can get to 10%. In the next 10 years, we can get to 16%. And 16% is kind of that tipping point. Where the of that tipping point, you get the right innovators and early adopters. They will convince the whole that this should be normative.Dave Ferguson — And that’s what we’re trying to do. So with that in mind, you’re right. So we’re still only at 7%. And I think the biggest… we’re stuck we’re stuck in an existing paradigm. We’re like fish swimming in water that um we think the best that we can do is grow a church. And I And I think candidly, here’s how I’d frame it up. I think most leaders wake up every morning asking the question, how can can grow my church?Rich Birch — Right.Dave Ferguson — How can I grow my church? And that’s a good question, but it’s not a great question. It’s not an Acts 1:8 question.Rich Birch — Right. Right.Dave Ferguson — It’s not the kind of question going allow you to maximize your impact, you know, where you’re sleeping in on a Saturday you’ve got a guy in Kansas City and you’ve got a guy in Southern California who’s planting churches. Okay.Rich Birch — Yeah, that’s good.Dave Ferguson — A better question is how do we multiply God’s kingdom? Rich Birch — So good.Dave Ferguson — And if and if we could get if we could get leaders to wake up every morning asking that question. Okay, and again, I and versus we, because it’s going to take us working together, not just grow, like addition, but actually multiply, multiplication, and not just my church, but actually God’s kingdom.Dave Ferguson — I mean, it’s going to make a huge difference in the kingdom. And I think, so when you get stuck in that kind of addition, like how do I grow my church, it impacts decisions you make about money… Rich Birch — Yep. Dave Ferguson — …because you’re going to go, oh, I need to keep that here. So we can you know add another you know and add another wing to our building versus like, oh, guess what? Maybe if I so if i sent that money to you know this church plant, it’s going to result in 70 churches in Kansas City.Dave Ferguson — I mean, it’s highly leveraged like venture spiritual venture capital is what it is. Rich Birch — Yeah. Dave Ferguson — It implements the decisions we make about staff. You know, we want to hold on to our best staff instead of developing them. And then some of them who actually have the capability of starting other churches and even networks, blessing them and sending them out and going like, yeah, I’m a spiritual father and these are my kids. I’m cheering them on. Dave Ferguson — So I think that’s that’s, we’re kind of stuck in this paradigm and it’s not a biblical one, but it is a paradigm that we’re stuck in.Rich Birch — Yeah. I love that. And, you know, I’ve similarly been with a lot of leadership teams where we’re in the kind of growth conversation. And I’ll come at that from ah kind of the almost the opposite end, but you end in the same place, which you end up saying, like, this box is not big enough to contain the number of people that your church is hoping to reach.Rich Birch — Like we can’t build a box big enough to do that.Rich Birch — I don’t care how much money, I don’t care how good you are at fundraising, you can’t do that. So we have to multiply. If you really think that we are trying to reach and make an impact in our community, if there’s so many churches say, we’re for whatever city we’re in, we’re for Chicago, we’re for whatever.Rich Birch — If you’re really for that, then you have to be by definition for multiplication and for other churches and for seeing, you know, this thing multiplying out. We can’t, we can’t get them all to come here. That’s never going to work. That’s just, it doesn’t work at all.Dave Ferguson — And here’s thing you can, though, do. I mean, you’re right. If it’s just about their butts in your seats, whatever. But if it’s about you bringing them and equipping them and then sending them out, oh, that’s highly leveraged. And that could be a really good use of a building or facility.Rich Birch — Right, right. Yeah, absolutely. That’s good. So, so much of this conversation, you know, I want to tap in your expertise. We’ve got a lot of lot of executive pastors listening in. You know, you have been in the one of the multiple seats you’ve sat in has been the kind of lead pastor seat. And let’s talk to some XPs from your perspective as as a you know a lead pastor around this area.Dave Ferguson — Oh, good. Those are the people actually the stuff done. They’re not just the top. These are the executors.Rich Birch — But let’s let’s think that through. So vision isn’t just about getting up on Sunday and preaching about it. You’ve actually led organizations that have done this stuff. And you know you’ve you’ve cast a compelling vision, but then have seen the organizations actually go out and make this stuff happen. So we think about it from our seat as an executive pastor. What is the executive pastor? Where do we actually come into play in this thing? What’s our piece of the puzzle? How can we help kind of move this thing forward at an operational level? You you named a couple of things, money, staffing. Help us think through that.Dave Ferguson — and And the assumption here is, okay, so the lead pastor is pro-multiplication, and now you have to execute the vision.Rich Birch — Yeah.Dave Ferguson — I I think one of the things, grab a hold of how do we create ah a multiplication culture? Because if you can create a multiplication in culture, you will literally become, people in your church will become unconsciously competent.Dave Ferguson — I’m thinking of a real quick story. A friend of mine named Doug. Doug was a guy who was nominally involved at Community. All right. Long story short, only because his wife insisted he joined a small group that Sue and I were leading. Now I didn’t have an apprentice leader in that small group, which is which is not good, okay? That’s how you don’t create a culture.Dave Ferguson — But we went through six weeks and I went up to Doug and I said, I told him, I said, hey… And actually said in front of the whole group because he’s the kind of guy I could do this to. I said, hey, I know this group would like to continue, but we can’t continue unless we have an apprentice leader.Rich Birch — Nice.Dave Ferguson — And I said, Doug, will you be my apprentice leader?Rich Birch — That’s great. Dave Ferguson — He’s kind of like you. Rich Birch — Yeah. Dave Ferguson — Big guy with a bald head. Beads his sweat or popping on top of his head. He says, all right, I’ll do it, I’ll do it, I’ll do it. Rich Birch — Right. Dave Ferguson — So he he agrees to be my apprentice leader. So I start meeting with him because the group was on Wednesdays. I’d meet with him on Tuesdays at Starbucks around 4 o’clock as he’d finish up work. And we’d kind of…And I remember his first question to me was like, hey, so if I’m going to be an apprentice leader, I should read the Bible, I guess, right?Dave Ferguson — I’m like, yeah, you probably should.Rich Birch — Yes, it’s a good starting point.Dave Ferguson — And so I told him how I how I do it. But over the course of the next 14 months or so, um you know, I basically apprenticed him through what we call the the five steps.Dave Ferguson — And here’s here’s the fun part of this story. OK, so Doug didn’t have much of a church background.Dave Ferguson — So he gets to the place where he thinks he’s ready to lead a group. And I think he’s ready, which people ask me a lot. how do you know when a leader is ready? I think it’s really that it’s that simple when they think they’re ready and you think they’re ready, they’re ready. And so I said, okay, why don’t you take over this group? It’ll be easy for me to go start a new group. You take… And he he said, okay. Dave Ferguson — I come back, like two or three weeks later, to Starbucks on Tuesday at 4 o’clock, sitting at the exact same table where we would always sit was Doug and his brand new apprentice, Tim.Rich Birch — Love it.Dave Ferguson — And so Doug was like unconsciously competent. He was like, oh, I thought I thought every church in America did that. I thought that’s how it works. I didn’t know I had a choice.Rich Birch — Yes, yes.Dave Ferguson — And if you create a culture of multiplication, that’s what will happen over and over and over again.Rich Birch — Yeah, I love that. Well, and and yeah, what a vivid picture. And, you know, we’ve got to move our our people and our systems towards, you know, continuing to multiply at every level. When you think about a church that’s stuck and it maybe is is just focusing on addition. They’re really in that, but they they have a desire to want to multiply.Rich Birch — Is your recommendation, or maybe what you’ve seen happen, the churches that have actually made that pivot towards multiplication, is it like a ground up thing? Like we start with, man, we’ve got to get all of our, you know, all of our team leaders get an apprentice, let’s go there. And then we’ll trickle up through the organization, which then leads to the conclusion. Oh, by the way, we’re going to have to, we’re going to multiply because we’ve kind of built this culture.Rich Birch — Or, is it better to go or or maybe there’s advantages to go one way or the other from the kind of the, hey, we’re going to declare this and that’s going to kind of pull us towards multiplication. Do you understand what I’m saying? Ground up or we cast a vision to pull towards it.Dave Ferguson — Yeah. And creating the culture.Rich Birch — Yeah, yeah. In creating the culture, yeah.Dave Ferguson — If you haven’t, if you, if you don’t currently have that kind of culture, here’s what I would encourage leaders to do. I do think it does start at the top with like the lead pastor and the executive pastor.Dave Ferguson — And I encourage leaders at every level. I said, lead at the smallest level of your organization and lead at the largest level and you train and trust everybody in between.Rich Birch — Oh, that’s good. That’s good.Dave Ferguson — You want, and so for, I mean, all, whatever it was, 30 some years at Community, I always led a small group and I tried to always have an apprentice leader. So you need to do that.Rich Birch — Right.Dave Ferguson — And if you can get, okay. And I think there was a moment where you declare, Hey, this is who we are. And you need to decide if you want to buy in or not. You’re firm, but kind about that. Rich Birch — Yep.Dave Ferguson — And if you can get all of your staff, plus all the people that you consider as leaders and key influencers, which is probably somewhere around 16 to 20% of your total church. You get them bought into it.Dave Ferguson — Once you get them bought into it, and it’ll probably take you a year and they’re actually doing this stuff. Then you preach a sermon on it. Then you start casting vision on it. Then you declare it for the whole, because what will happen is that, again, kind of back to that innovators and early adopters. When they’re in the lobby and somebody comes them and goes like, hey, what do you think about this idea of apprenticeship? And we’re all going to have apprentices or multiply. They’ll already have been done it. They’ll have done it for a year.Dave Ferguson — And they’ll be like, oh, yeah, I think this is awesome. And that’s exactly what you want.Rich Birch — Right.Dave Ferguson — Does that make sense? Rich Birch — Yeah, it makes total sense. Yeah. And even what you’re doing.Dave Ferguson — I guess I’m questioning if you’re ready to make that shift, I wouldn’t preach a sermon on it first, because what they’re going to do is if you’re preaching a sermon on it and you’re not doing this stuff, what happens is you implicitly and almost accidentally create a culture that says, oh, I don’t actually have to do this stuff because the guy who’s casting the vision only talks about it and doesn’t actually do it. And so you create that culture, which is what we have a lot of.Rich Birch — Yeah, yeah, I for sure I’ve seen a lot of that in, you know, in the churches I’ve been a part of, even with stuff like ah the fact that you, you know, were leading in a group, you know, I’ve I’ve seen a number, not necessarily the lead pastors I’ve worked for, but in churches where there’s like the lead pastor, they like elevate themselves out of that kind of thing. And they’re like Oh, I don’t need to interact with normal people. And, and that comes out, you know, I’ve, cause I’ve said it all the time to lead pastors. I’m like, even simply like, I would way rather you that just leak out of you that you’re, that you’re apprenticing a leader in a small group.Rich Birch — Then, then we have some big thing on why apprenticing is important because people will catch the the small little things, the little breadcrumbs here and there. They’ll catch that at a more powerful level than the big, let’s put a, let’s get a brand name, stick it on a wall, you know, kind of thing. That’s cool. That’s great.Dave Ferguson — It’ll but end up in your sermons, it’ll end sidebars, hallway conversations. Here’s one of my favorite examples. You know, Nicky Gumbel, right?Rich Birch — Yeah, absolutely. Yeah.Dave Ferguson — So Nicky’s the guy who previously was the vicar at Holy Trinity Brompton. He was really the guy who kind of really brought out Alpha… Rich Birch — Yeah. Dave Ferguson — …which you might say is, I mean, right there with Billy Graham and the Apostle Paul… Rich Birch — Yeah, Oh, absolutely. 100%. Dave Ferguson — …greatest evangelistic tools that we’ve ever had.Rich Birch — Yes. 100%.Dave Ferguson — One of the things I love about Nicky is I don’t know how exactly how many years, it’s probably been 40 years. Every semester for 40 years, he always leads an Alpha course.Rich Birch — Yes. Yes.Dave Ferguson — There’s a reason they have such a strong culture and so powerful. Rich Birch — Yes.Dave Ferguson — And that’s a big mistake. I mean, I think as, you know, we’ve planted church and starts to grow. And we’re trying to figure out, what can I do and what shouldn’t I do? And one of the first things that goes, oh well, I just won’t lead a small group anymore. I won’t lead a missional community anymore. Whatever is that smallest organizing principle is, you want to hold on to that. Train and trust everybody else to do everything in between. Rich Birch — That’s very good.Dave Ferguson — And as you continue to grow and scale, yeah, influence way out there. But but Ii’ll hold on to this too.Rich Birch — Yeah, continuing to shout out Nikki, I just think the world of Alpha… Dave Ferguson — I do too. Rich Birch — …and it’s been so effective for our our church. And I had an opportunity to interact with him right in the teeth of COVID. I was doing an interview with him. And he, we were talking about some stuff and i it really marked, it was one of those like you lean forward and you’re like, okay, that’s interesting.Rich Birch — He was talking about how he’s like, you know, for years, the meal is a big deal for for Alpha and like, you know, hospitality is a big deal for that. And he said, I was always critical of people that did Alpha online. He’s like, I was always critical of people doing it over Zoom and was like, I would say you can’t do it over Zoom. You can’t do it over Zoom.Rich Birch — And he said, obviously people did it over Zoom and I wasn’t stopping them, but I was, I poo-pooed it. Well, then well then COVID came. And he said exactly what you said. I’m still leading alpha courses and our Apha groups. And so I’m in an Alpha group. And what do you know? This is amazing. God works through this. Rich Birch — And so I was really struck by that, that he as a leader would have the humility to say, hey, I was wrong, but I’m enough in the weeds of this thing to understand, okay, what are the actual implications for our ministry? I think that’s a huge lesson for us to pull away.Dave Ferguson — Well, I mean, two things…Rich Birch — And yeah, I think it’s 35 million people they put through that. Yeah.Dave Ferguson — My thought is two things. One, is I remember that podcast. So thank you very much. I remember going, listening to him. And and and excuse me. And it shaped a lot of the ways I even thought about COVID from hearing from him on that.Dave Ferguson — But I think I think this the second thing is, I think what you were kind of replying to, you have to be in the weeds… Rich Birch — Yes. Dave Ferguson — …in order to know how the next innovation is going to happen. I mean, if if he wasn’t doing that, he would have kept with his assumption, no, it’s not going to work and maybe made a lot of bad choices.Rich Birch — Right, right. And we would end up in ah yeah and a very tough spot today. In a lot of ways, that that ministry continues to accelerate… Dave Ferguson — Oh, yeah. Rich Birch — …or that movement really continues to accelerate ah you know in these years, which is amazing.Rich Birch — So one of the things let’s talk about, so one of the things I’ve heard you say is that you really build the case that multiplication has to be built on health, not on hustle. And you know there was a previous generation that was really valued like we wanted leaders. We didn’t want leaders that were burnt out, but we wanted them one step back from being burnt out. We wanted them like right there, right at the line. But what, you know, but I know that’s not what you’re advocating for. But it but I think sometimes our teams, our people, our cultures can look at this and say, this feels like one more thing to do.Rich Birch — So what why does this distinction of health, not hustle, how does that factor in when we’re thinking about actually trying to become a multiplying organization when we’re, you know, we’ve got lots of other stuff to carry as we’re thinking about it. Help us understand that.Dave Ferguson — My experience, particularly working with church planters and other leaders, is they aren’t afraid to hustle. Rich Birch — Right.Dave Ferguson — And in fact, that’s our default position, that I that I will I can maybe outwork the next person. And they’re willing to do it for it for a good cause. But even though we are willing to that, it actually gives us the wrong result. Because if we only hustle more, if only work more, you’re not going to make the impact you could, like I’ve already described, if you’re multiplying more. So I am constantly encouraging leaders, don’t work more, multiply more. Don’t work more, multiply more. And that’s how you make the biggest impact. Dave Ferguson — The other part of that, which is really important, I kind of have a conviction. We knew that we need to try to do the Jesus mission the Jesus way.Rich Birch — Yeah, that’s good.Dave Ferguson — We want to do the Jesus mission, the Jesus way. And I think that has to do with, no, I’m going to try to i’m gonna try to be a great dad. I want to try to be a great husband. I want to try to be a good steward of this body that I have. I want to pay attention to what my thought life, I want to pay attention to my anxiety and and and and levels and and am I feeling depressed? I want to make sure I’m okay spiritually.Dave Ferguson — And I think if we’re doing those kinds of things, we’re checking what I call these four gauges, I think will be healthy leaders.Dave Ferguson — And here’s the axiom that I have kind of led by, especially over the last couple decades, is that you will reproduce who you are and what you do.Rich Birch — Yes. Right.Dave Ferguson — So if if if you want to reproduce unhealth, then be unhealthy. But like if you really want, if you want the, if you want the, the guys in your church to be really good dads. You don’t have to be a perfect dad, but just put in the effort and let them know that you’re also putting in the effort.Rich Birch — Right.Dave Ferguson — If you want to be a you want people to be you know really good spouses, then try to be that yourself. Because you’re going to reproduce who you are and what you do.Rich Birch — Yeah, that’s so good. I really appreciate that you’re you know that you’re pressing on these issues. I think this is a a critical thing you know for us, and particularly as we, you know I’m in a phase of my ministry where looking on to like, okay, how am I handing this stuff off?Rich Birch — What am I doing to try to help the next generation? And man, I would love the next generation to, I think one of the things that particularly Gen Z leaders are attuned to is they seem to be naturally attuned to like, we’re not going to like drive over a cliff for this thing. We want to do this in a healthy manner. Rich Birch — And and you’re not obviously, you know, you’re highly productive. You get a lot done and Exponential is a highly productive organization. You do a lot. But we want to do it—I like that—you were saying, you know, the Jesus mission, in the Jesus way. That’s actually at the heart of your most recent book Multiplier. Rich Birch — You talk, you kind of referenced these four gauges. Can you unpack that a little bit more at a high level? Help us understand what are the four gauges? And what were you hoping with this book? Why, why another book? Why is this one? What are you hoping this accomplishes for churches?Dave Ferguson — I think there’s a lot of great content out there about personal health, emotional health, how to have a rule of life, that kind of stuff. And we and we need to avail ourselves to it. I think there’s also a lot of great stuff and some of it that I’ve helped contribute to around how do you multiply? How do you you know develop leaders? How do you hero making? All that kind of stuff.Dave Ferguson — What I tried to do in this book though is show how those are so interconnected. Rich Birch — Yeah, that’s good. Dave Ferguson — That if you really want to do this for a long time, and that’s how you make the biggest impact, it’s only going to come if you’re a healthy leader, because again, you reproduce who you are.Rich Birch — Yeah, that’s good.Dave Ferguson — And so what we do is we kind of, we, we, we talk about the problem and the problem that all of us face, in the first couple of chapters, is what I call drift.Dave Ferguson — And we drift because…maybe frame it this way. I’ve never had a conversation with a young leader who tells me, hey, 15 years from now, here’s my dream: I hope I’m 50 pounds overweight and divorced and compromising my core convictions.Rich Birch — That’s so true.Dave Ferguson — I’ve never had that conversation. Rich Birch — Right.Dave Ferguson — But we read about it almost every week. And I sometimes share the story. I mean, I was in a small group with some of the most influential pastors, maybe in the world, but definitely in Chicago for about eight or nine years. If I tried to reassemble that group today, half the seats would be empty.Dave Ferguson — And I don’t think it’s, and I think it’s because they, they drifted and they unintentionally ended up someplace they never intended to be.Rich Birch — Right. Right.Rich Birch — Dave Ferguson — They didn’t intend to end up, you know, in a hotel room with a woman that wasn’t plan A, when they planted a church. Rich Birch — Right. Dave Ferguson — Or to create a toxic culture, which really benefited them more than other people i don’t think that was like the, the goal from the very beginning. Does that make sense? Rich Birch — Yeah, absolutely.Dave Ferguson — And I think what happens is we incrementally, we drift a little bit of time until, you know, in a variety of ways, we end up someplace we never intended to be. So one of the things that I do, I’ll I'll just, maybe I’ll show you here too. I know, this is, this is, I’ll just show you. And I don’t, I know we’re not doing anything on video. I don’t think, but this is, this is kind of, this is my journal.Rich Birch — Yeah.Dave Ferguson — Oh, that’s one from like December. Wow. That’s old. There we go. There we go. That’s actually yesterday. And so like, I just write these four letters, RPMS in my journal almost every day.Dave Ferguson — And R stands for relational. How are things with Sue, the kids, my friends?Dave Ferguson — P stands for physical. How am I doing stewarding this body? For me, it’s a trip the fitness center or out running on the prairie path. Dave Ferguson — How am I doing mentally, which has to do with kind of stress or anxiety or thought life?Dave Ferguson — And then how am I doing spiritually? What’s going on between me and God? Dave Ferguson — And then so I just make a little gauge here and I kind of just, where am I? Where am I? And then I actually go ahead and give myself, I like to keep score. If we got executive pastors, they’ll like this. You should keep score.Rich Birch — Yeah, they like numbers. Stuff that ends up on spreadsheets. It’s good.Dave Ferguson — So you can see, like, so I gave myself a score for each of those on a scale of 1 to 10, then a composite, which was 5, which was actually down from 5.25 the day before. And I think that’s because, as you can kind of hear, I got a little bit of a cold, so I’m not feeling well.Dave Ferguson — And, but I, I try to do this every day. And I encourage leaders, those four gauges, relational, physical, mental, spiritual. If you’ll just spend four minutes every day…Rich Birch — That’s so good.Dave Ferguson — …reflecting on those four areas prayerfully, how am I doing relationally? How am I doing physically? How am I doing mentally? How doing spiritually? You’re going to drift. We all drift, but here’s the thing. You’re not going to go a whole month or a whole year or a decade and and suddenly wake up, you know, and someone’s dragging you into court and you’re going like, how in the world did I end up here?Rich Birch — Yeah, I think this is…Dave Ferguson — And so… Rich Birch — Yeah, I would just want to… Dave Ferguson — …it’s hopefully it’s a very, very practical tool for here’s how you can do this every day. And and let me throw this in Rich too, because I want to make sure I hit this. And then if you can do it in community… Rich Birch — Yes. Dave Ferguson — …that’ll way mitigate how much you lie to yourself.Rich Birch — Yes.Dave Ferguson — t’s like if a small group or a missional community every week, just checking in or once a month with another group that you’re you’re working with, I think that if you do that, it’s not foolproof, but it’ll be a big, big, big help.Rich Birch — Yeah. Yeah. The human, uh, human propensity for self-delusion is incredible, right? Like our ability to like become, to lie to ourselves, let alone other people is amazing. You know, I, I want to just honor you for, I think, you know, I, obviously I saw it Exponential this year where you’ve been rolling it out. I’ve, I’ve, I haven’t read the entire book yet, but I’ve read a bunch of it. And I really appreciate that at this phase in your, journey, you’re raising this flag, I think, and connecting it so, you know, integrally to the multiplier, the multiplication mission. I think that is so critically important because we, you know, we’ve seen those leaders who make a series of foolish, unwise decisions that ultimately end up in a tragic spot.Rich Birch — And oftentimes it’s like, I don’t know what to say to people. How do you avoid that? And I like that you have, you’ve put together a framework here to help us think that. Now, as you’ve rolled the book out to folks…Dave Ferguson — How old you how old are you, Rich?Rich Birch — 52.Dave Ferguson — 52. Rich Birch — Yes. Dave Ferguson — Okay. Like, I’m convinced God’s probably got at least another 20 years… Rich Birch — Sure. Dave Ferguson — …you know, and ah and in some ways it’ll probably be your highest impact years.Rich Birch — Yep. Yep.Dave Ferguson — But if one of these gauges goes way south and takes you out, like there’s 20 of the best years of difference-making that we don’t get from Rich Birch. And it’s not just Rich Birch. Every one of the people listening to the podcast. I mean, I think there’s a whole bunch of people that God goes like, no, I got 75 years or 80 years of difference making. And let’s do the whole run.Rich Birch — Yeah. No, I appreciate that. That’s why I think it’s, it’s I'm not doing a good way I’m not doing a good job articulating. I think it’s a gift that you’ve given to the church because you’re helping us actually attack this problem in a really super practical, good way that that I can see it making a huge difference.Rich Birch — And I would agree with you. I think what I realized after being however many decades in ministry, there’s like a real cumulative effect here that it’s like, you know, each decade, I thought things were great in my thirties and then I hit my forties and now I’m in my fifties.Rich Birch — I’m like, oh my goodness, there’s and and sometimes people will say, they’ll they’ll ask you know kind of questions like, you know hey, how do you basically, you know how do you do what you do or whatever? And a part of I’m like, well, you just stay in it. Like you just keep doing it, right? And stay in the game and stay plugged in and yeah.Dave Ferguson — And the and the longer your influence continues to grow, I mean, like, in the kindest, humble way, if Rich Birch emails somebody, you respond. Rich Birch — Right. Yeah, that’s kind.Dave Ferguson — Because I mean, you’ve put in so much time you mean now that you you’re able to get things done that quicker than you couldn’t before because people know who you are, they’re interested in what you’re doing, right?Rich Birch — Yeah. Yeah, it’s true.Dave Ferguson — And I think that’s true with all of us. Our influence will just continue to grow if we stay faithful to this.Rich Birch — Yeah, it’s great. So I want to, I’m going to, we’re going to talk about where you can get the book in a minute, but just before we get there, of the four, this book’s been out now for a while and it’s out in the world. It’s, you know, as an author, I know that’s a very different experience. You go from writing and then it goes out there and then people react to it.Rich Birch — Are there any of those four gauges that you’ve been surprised by the reaction or you’ve noted the reaction? Like, oh, that’s interesting. I’m hearing from people or I’ve seen, you know, maybe it’s a conversation or that sort of thing that any four of those have kind of bubbled up in in discussion.Dave Ferguson — I think the one, I think that’s what surprised me so far in the conversation is how important the physical gauge, how, how underestimated it is and how important it is.Rich Birch — Oh, interesting. Tell me more.Dave Ferguson — I was just, I was just in a conversation this morning with somebody who’s telling me that he’s really been working on these four gauges and for him in the last year’s dropped 40 pounds. And he’s like, it has, it has really shifted my influence, my, my leadership.Dave Ferguson — He said, I just, I feel more confident walking into a room. And I, yeah, I think probably as Christian leaders, we probably downplay that one the most. And I'm I am surprised.Rich Birch — Right.Dave Ferguson — I’m not saying it’s the most important of the four… Rich Birch — No. Yeah. Dave Ferguson — …but I am surprised how important it is and the feedback I’m getting on it.Rich Birch — Yeah, that’s good. I can see that. I can see that for sure.Dave Ferguson — Yeah, I mean we’re whole people.Rich Birch — Yeah, absolutely. And I, you know, the, the days I ride that Peloton in the morning, I’m better at, I’m a better husband those days. I’m a better, you know, it’s, it just works out, which is, yeah, that’s really cool.Rich Birch — All right. So we want to, so when I, as I’ve been going through this, what I’ve been struck by is, man, I think this could be a real gift for our team’s to go through together. i think this could be a great tool for our staff teams. Maybe if I’m an executive pastor, it’s like, Hey, what if we went through this with our senior leaders first? And then maybe we roll it out to our teams or something like that. Where can people pick up copies of this book? Where do we want to send them online to get them? I’m assuming Amazon. Is there anywhere else we want to send them?Dave Ferguson — You know what? Let me give you two things that comes to mind. One is if they’re ready to make a commitment, say, hey, I want to be a multiplier. If you go exponential.org/multiplier, exponential.org/multiplier, there’s a place there where you can say, hey, I want to be a multiplier.Dave Ferguson — We’ll explain how you can be involved in meetups and cohorts and resource. We actually have a multiplier digital check-in. So you can actually do this online every day, that kind of stuff. So that’s one place that would be, I think, really fun.Dave Ferguson — But you’re right, um a lot of people are using it as a book to go over with their with their staff or with their teams or even their networks. And if they’re going to get, I think it’s like six or seven or more, maybe it’s a dozen, somewhere in that neighborhood, you’re going to get more than few, go ahead and email me and I’ll tell you you get a bulk discount. And that’s dave@exponential.orgRich Birch — Great.Dave Ferguson — dave@exponential.org – Say, hey, I’m going to do this with my team. How can I get a bulk discount? And my assistant, Sarah or me, will get back to you and let you know how you can do that.Rich Birch — Yes, that’s fantastic. Friends, I don’t say this with every author that comes on, but I really, I would highly endorse, would recommend that you do that. I think this could be the book you should pick up maybe this summer, read it by yourself, read it with a small group of people. I do think this could be, I think it’s a critical resource. I think it’s, I think this is more than just like, hey, it’s another book. You know, I think there’s a real potential here for this to shift the conversation in a really positive way in the broader church. So I would love more people to pick it up. Well, Dave, this has been incredible. I really appreciate you being here today. Any final words as we kind of land today’s episode?Dave Ferguson — I would probably come back to, if I was going leave people with one thought, is just just remember that you’re going to reproduce who you are and what you do.Rich Birch — So good. Appreciate you, Dave. Thanks so much. We want to send people to exponential.org. Is there anywhere else online we want them to go if they want to track with you or with the movement or anything like that?Dave Ferguson — I mean um I’m on most of the socials, so you can follow me there. DaveFerguson.org, DaveFerguson.org, if, you know, for some reason you want me to speak or do something or find other books that I’ve written.Rich Birch — Yeah, that’s great. Thanks for being here today, sir. Appreciate that.Dave Ferguson — Hey, my pleasure.
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祝弗里达·卡罗生日快乐！弗里达·卡罗 (Frida Kahlo)，墨西哥甚至全世界最著名的画家之一。她的一字眉，她的传奇人生，她极具辨识度的那个头戴花环的形象，即便有人可能叫不出她的名字，也一定在很多个地方见过她的图片。今年春天，弗里达日记的中文版出版，边读这本日记，边回顾过往这些年，我一次又一次在她的身上、在她的作品里、在她的日记里，尽管读到灾难、疾病、痛苦、背叛、死亡，但更多的时候还是会被那些极其耀眼的色彩、跳动的生命力、炽热的爱意，甚至一种几乎不曾熄灭的革命浪漫主义点燃。我甚至找不出第二个人更符合加缪的那句话：我的身上有一个不可战胜的夏天。因此在 7 月 7 日，弗里达为自己选定的生日，我们用这期弗里达特辑，为她庆生，也正好在小暑节气到来的这一天，一起庆祝夏天，感受夏天，创造一个与众不同的夏天。但今天这期节目，我不想再按照时间线索重述弗里达的苦难编年史，我想用另一个关键词来讲她——创造。一个身体被打碎的人，是怎样在画布上一遍遍把自己重新缝合起来的？一个被命运反复挑战的人，是怎样把这一切灾难都变成对自己的重新发明的？那个不可战胜的夏天里，究竟有什么？本期节目你将听到：05:06 她创造自己的时间，修改自己的出生日期08:41 做自己的造物主：《我的出生》重新创造了自己诞生的神话13:51 自我叙事的起点 —— 6 岁的疾病16:39 她创造自己的形象：从一场车祸开始19:05 每一张自画像，都是对自己的重新塑造24:42 《两个弗里达》：从 6 岁开始与自己对话32:40 《断裂的脊柱》：一位女战士的诞生34:53 她创造自己的语言41:37 亲手撕掉「超现实主义」的标签45:30 一个永远无法被归类的艺术家：我只创造我自己的世界46:34 她创造自己的时尚：真正的时尚从来不是追随，是创造53:21 她创造自己的情感叙事：弗里达到底是不是「恋爱脑」？58:37 她创造自己的「革命时代」01:04:59 弗里达的一生都与革命紧密相连01:09:20 生命的最后，依然要表达01:10:59 一个永远在扩散的女性icon，激励全世界的女人01:14:03 她创造自己的死亡▲ 弗里达日记中文版▲ 弗里达人生的第一幅自画像和《我的出生》▲ 弗里达和《两个弗里达》▲ 弗里达的自画像▲ 弗里达与迭戈▲ 弗里达与托洛茨基及他的妻子▲ 弗里达在人生最后依然在表达▲ 一个永远不可战胜的夏天【节目制作】主播/制作：VC ( 微博：@VividCrystal / 小红书：@午夜飞行VC )运营：Amber视觉：李马克【节目互动】微博：@午夜飞行Official公众号：午夜飞行【商务合作】添加微信：hellomarcast或联系邮箱：hello@marcastmedia.com【欢迎加入听友群】入群方式 A：微信添加小助手 Amber (ID: hellomarcast)，拉你入群入群方式 B：关注公众号「午夜飞行」 ，回复「听友群」三个字，即可获取入群通道【本集音乐】Diego Rivera - Danzonera ChiapasFrida - Danzonera ChiapasCarabina 3030 - Corrido Tradicional - El Poder del NorteBurning Bed - Elliot GoldenthalCoyacan and Variations - Elliot GoldenthalSolo tu - Elliot GoldenthalPortrait of Lupe - Elliot GoldenthalStill Life - Elliot GoldenthalThe Floating Bed - Elliot GoldenthalThe Journey - Elliot GoldenthalRue des trois frères - Fabrizio PaterliniBenediction and Dream - Lila DownsEl Conejo - Los CojolitesViva la vida - Trio Marimberos【封面图片】Photo by【节目出品】由播客厂牌 Marcast® 制作出品，也欢迎你订阅收听 Marcast 旗下的其他播客节目。你可以通过以下方式找到我们：小红书：@Marcast公众号：Marcast微博：@Marcast进听友群请添加微信：hellomarcast一键订阅 Marcast 制作出品的节目：https://www.xiaoyuzhoufm.com/collection/podcast/69e8996f7c9a3ea695fec9e8欢迎订阅「Beads 英文播客洞察」：每周为你从国外优质播客中提取、总结、延伸那些 90% 的人听不到的、隐藏在声音里的一手信息、经验、知识、工具、趣味和审美，和你一起拓展认知视野。订阅地址：https://wx.zsxq.com/group/48885158452488© 2026 Marcast Media
*** 本期节目由太原万象城 × 午夜飞行共同呈现 *** 这期节目非常特别，是在山西太原录制的。作为精神山西人的 VC 邀请到了土生土长的太原人、文博专业出身、同时也是知名红楼解读者的张志浩老师，一起聊了聊山西的古建筑、古老的中国文化，以及那些「血脉觉醒」的瞬间。我们从北齐壁画博物馆、张志浩老师学生时代下古墓的经历、山西村子里那些还在使用的古戏台，聊到了山西这片土地上的人气、人情和从未中断过的朴素民间信仰，也聊到了苏轼在庐山找不到「真面目」的故事，聊到古建筑如何缓解现代人的时间焦虑，以及《红楼梦》和古建筑在「构建精神空间」上的共通之处。中国大地上那些迷人古建筑不是用来打卡的，是用来感受的。站在千年建筑面前，你会发现，我们拥有独属于中国人的一份浪漫！厚土无疆，我们可以在这片土地上，发现和讲述新的故事。▲ 太原万象城「厚土新风」VC 对话张志浩现场本期节目你将听到：01:36 张志浩：文博专业出身，下过古墓，讲过红楼06:02 新书封面设计灵感之一，就来自「妇人启门图」08:43 第一次进云冈石窟音乐窟：震撼到说不出话10:43 善化寺门口的叔叔阿姨：古建融入日常，全国独一份14:26 山西广大农村里的古建筑：不需要刻意保存，它就在那活着20:34 开化寺：从小以为叫「开化市」，直到在郊县遇到另一个开化寺23:22 太原双塔寺：太原小学生扫墓、郊游的地方，后来才知道那是古迹26:38 芮城连三舞台：三个戏台连一起，给不同神明唱戏27:41 山西古建保存完好的最重要原因之一，其实是「人情味」30:01 晋祠水母娘娘的故事：姥姥和奶奶讲的同一个传说33:08 研究生时收集水利碑，发现民间信仰和「人变成神」的传统35:47 传统戏曲和山西紧密相连：从元代杂剧到苏三起解40:21 浊漳河谷的午后：大爷大妈绕庙坐着聊天，古建有灵魂41:30 苏轼在庐山：一直找不到「真面目」，直到在寺庙聊了一晚「无情话」45:38 做访古的播客节目，最终希望大家带着耳朵去现场，亲自感受47:46 访古如何缓解了我的时间焦虑？52:20 苏轼的困惑也是我们的：景观化和网红化，让我们离真实更近还是更远？56:02 贾樟柯电影里的古建：文峰塔、城墙，另一种风味58:03 推荐 1949-1966 年的老电影：古建没有被景观化之前的真实样子59:27 胡金铨、张彻的武侠片：斗拱和风铃外化了侠客的心境01:01:33 红楼和古建的共通之处：它们构建了一个独特的属于中国人的精神空间01:08:59 我们这代人，终于走到了能认出它们的时候本期提及作品与地点：书籍： 《红楼时代》（张志浩 著）纪录片： 《大同市长》影视作品： 《主角》《站台》《山河故人》《早春二月》人物： 苏轼、曹雪芹、常总禅师、胡金铨、张彻地点：- 山西太原：北齐壁画博物馆、开化寺、永祚寺（双塔寺）、晋祠- 山西大同：云冈石窟、善化寺- 山西芮城：连三舞台、永乐宫、广仁王庙- 山西平顺：龙门寺- 山西汾阳：文峰塔- 山西忻州：九原岗北朝壁画墓- 山西晋东南地区的二仙庙▲ 太原万象城「厚土新风」系列展览现场【节目制作】主播/制作：VC ( 微博：@VividCrystal / 小红书：@午夜飞行VC )运营：Amber视觉：李马克【节目互动】微博：@午夜飞行Official 公众号：午夜飞行【商务合作】添加微信：hellomarcast或联系邮箱：hello@marcastmedia.com【欢迎加入听友群】入群方式 A：微信添加小助手 Amber (ID: hellomarcast)，拉你入群入群方式 B：关注公众号「午夜飞行」 ，回复「听友群」三个字，即可获取入群通道【本集音乐】1. 遠古秦琴~续 - 许明 2. Sonata for Piano and Violin in F K.3761. Allegro - Hilary Hahn,Natalie Zhu 【封面图片】Photos by 太原万象城【节目出品】由播客厂牌 Marcast® 制作出品，也欢迎你订阅收听 Marcast 旗下的其他播客节目。你可以通过以下方式找到我们：- 小红书：@Marcast - 公众号：Marcast - 微博：@Marcast - 进听友群请添加微信：hellomarcast- 一键订阅 Marcast 制作出品的节目：https://www.xiaoyuzhoufm.com/collection/podcast/69e8996f7c9a3ea695fec9e8- 欢迎订阅「Beads 英文播客洞察」：每周为你从国外优质播客中提取、总结、延伸那些 90% 的人听不到的、隐藏在声音里的一手信息、经验、知识、工具、趣味和审美，和你一起拓展认知视野。订阅地址：https://t.zsxq.com/uEiXJ © 2026 Marcast Media
In this episode, Caroline and Liz talk with artist and product designer Susan Hable. Susan is the co-founder of the Athens, Georgia-based design studio Hable Construction, which she runs with her sister, Katherine. Celebrating 27 years in business, Susan's work spans lighting, furniture, fine art, textiles, and jewelry, all rooted in her bold, hand-painted patterns and joyful sense of color. Susan joins the show to discuss her 20-plus-year partnership with lifestyle brand Garnet Hill, her artistic origins, her approach to building an intentional art collection, and the story behind her historic 1905 home. Key Takeaways from the Episode The Power of Small Patterns: While large expressions are artistic, small, tightly repeated patterns—like Hable Construction's iconic, best-selling "Beads" print—have a unique, calming effect that anchors a space. Small patterns add excellent grounding texture on everything from seat cushions to linens. Trust the Emotional Value of Art: When collecting art, buy pieces that speak directly to your heart and make you feel a specific emotion, rather than shopping for what is trendy. If original art is out of your budget, high-quality prints, art books, and local school or community art auctions are excellent alternatives. Design with Out-of-Print Inspiration: Rather than relying exclusively on the internet, Susan builds a personal library of physical books, estate sale finds, and historical reference materials to inform her custom textile patterns and landscape aesthetics. Building a Historical Garden: For her 1905 home, Susan designed a garden mirroring traditional Victorian landscapes, prioritizing an organic mix of loose, "floppy" movements (like anemones and Gaura) bordered by clean, tight lines. Episode Timeline 00:34 – Introduction to Susan Hable and Hable Construction. 01:54 – Susan's artistic childhood, early mentors, and grandmother's influence on her style. 06:17 – The accidental textile breakthrough after a trip to India that led to their first major retail order with Barneys. 09:35 – How a dream inspired the sisters to pivot to screen printing and scale production. 12:12 – The history of the signature "Beads" print and how it functions as design's "white shirt and jeans". 18:12 – Sourcing creative inspiration from physical books, libraries, and out-of-print collections. 34:56 – Moving from New York to Athens, Georgia, and renovating a historic 1905 home through the 2008 market shift. 42:13 – Susan's philosophy on collecting art, avoiding trends, and shopping without friend interference. 52:13 – Artists Susan loves, including Rose Wiley, David Shrigley, Leanne Shapton, and Martha Rich. 59:36 – Tips for collecting local art through local auctions and charity events. 01:02:24 – Designing the latest Garnet Hill collection: Portuguese linens, deconstructed tossed florals, and custom rickrack details. Mentioned in This Episode The "Beads" Print: Susan's number-one-selling organic linear-circular pattern utilized across multiple product categories. Garnet Hill Latest Collection: Features an apparel debut, high-drape Portuguese linen duvets, shams, and pajama sets trimmed with custom pale yellow rickrack. Susan's Art Show: Currently on display at the Spalding Nix Gallery in Atlanta, Georgia. Susan's House Tour: Available to watch on the Ballard Designs YouTube channel. Artists Mentioned: Rose Wiley, David Shrigley, Leanne Shapton, Martha Rich, Louise Belcourt, Christie Bush, and Otis Jones. Where to Find Susan Hable Instagram: @HableLand Website: Hable Construction Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Joyce Holm, a rosary repair volunteer from Crystal Lake, shares how she fixes and makes rosaries, gives them away, and supports parish ministries. Through small repairs and custom creations, Joyce restores cherished prayer tools, comforts families, and inspires community service. This episode explores her story, the spiritual meaning behind ladder rosaries, and how a simple craft became a ministry that connects prayers, memories, and faith.
UH computer scientist Kim Binsted talks about the HI-SEAS program; Hawaiʻi-based playwright Diane Aoki talks about “Memory Beads,” her upcoming play about family and memory.
The carnelian beads unearthed at the Sanxingdui sacrificial pits, together with other valuable sacrificial objects, indicated that the elite class of the ancient Shu Kingdom was able to obtain high-value items from faraway regions.
2015 年，贾樟柯的《山河故人》记录了被时代洪流冲散的离散与漂泊。十年后「山河」依旧在，却涌现出一批「山河新人」—— 他们或扎根异乡，或重新发明生活，用行动书写着属于自己的城市叙事。本期节目，「午夜飞行」全新专题 《山河新人》 正式启程！第一站，主播 VC 将跟随一位写作者的脚步，离开城市，走向荒野。她带着一个困扰已久的「天问」出发：这个世界上，到底有没有确凿无疑的东西？她就是作家依蔓（小红书：@依蔓蔓蔓�）2025 年 6 月，依蔓的非虚构作品《荒野寻马》出版，在这本书里，她记录下了自己去内蒙古自治区呼伦贝尔的恩和、宝格德乌拉、英格兰东南部的埃平森林、西班牙西北部小镇萨布塞多以及蒙古国的辽阔草原和查坦人一起寻马、放马、和马一起生活、一起游牧的故事。那依蔓究竟为什么出发，她想要寻找些什么，又在世界不同地方遇见了关于小马的哪些不一样的故事和感受，我们一起和依蔓，去荒野、去她的作品里看一看。本期节目你将听到：00:15 从「山河故人」到「山河新人」02:10 依蔓和她的「小马」——《荒野寻马》03:22 出发不是因为勇敢，而是实在是非做不可！05:35 VC 在新疆读「小马」，第一遍是旅行，第二遍是人生11:41 为什么要去「寻马」？为什么是「马」？14:14 在恩和，吃肉的「正义」与直视死亡的勇气21:33 冷并快乐着：一个冬天出生的人对极寒的「爽感」体验34:13 在西班牙：当手机没电，我看到了野马的恐惧40:34 在西班牙野马节，我们该如何理解眼前的一切？47:53 被问题不断驱动的旅程：从一个地方通向另一个地方48:34 在宝格德乌拉，看到一种超越性的「确凿」50:55 在查坦人的荒原，找到对「动荡」的另一种理解：山就是山，河流就是河流。55:49 把焦虑与挣扎写进书里，需要多大勇气？01:00:32 「天问」找到答案了吗？有确定的东西吗？01:08:58 宇宙早有安排：一次「被迫取消」的旅行，如何成为了最好的安排？01:17:37 旅行的后劲儿：当荒野的体验成为身体的一部分01:21:15 新的好奇心：为了知道「鱼是什么感觉」，开始学习自由潜水▲ 在恩和▲ 内蒙古宝格德乌拉圣山▲ 西班牙萨布塞多「野马节」现场▲ 在蒙古过一种真正游牧的生活【节目制作】主播/制作：VC ( 微博：@VividCrystal / 小红书：@午夜飞行VC )运营：Amber视觉：李马克【节目互动】微博：@午夜飞行Official 公众号：午夜飞行【商务合作】添加微信：hellomarcast或联系邮箱：hello@marcastmedia.com【欢迎加入听友群】入群方式 A：微信添加小助手 Amber (ID: hellomarcast)，拉你入群入群方式 B：关注公众号「午夜飞行」 ，回复「听友群」三个字，即可获取入群通道【本集音乐】1. Go West - Pet Shop Boys 2. Piano Sonata No.30 in E, Op.1093. Gesangvoll, mit innigster Empfindung (Andante molto cantabile ed espressivo) - 内田光子 【封面图片】Photos by 依蔓【节目出品】本节目由 Marcast®️ 播客厂牌荣誉出品，也欢迎你订阅收听 Marcast 旗下的其他播客节目，你可以通过以下方式找到我们：- 小红书：@Marcast - 公众号：Marcast - 微博：@Marcast - 进听友群请添加微信：hellomarcast- 一键订阅 Marcast 制作出品的节目：https://www.xiaoyuzhoufm.com/collection/podcast/68775bfa2524d1e7dc6fc41d- 欢迎订阅「Beads 英文播客洞察」：每周为你从国外优质播客中提取、总结、延伸那些 90% 的人听不到的、隐藏在声音里的一手信息、经验、知识、工具、趣味和审美，和你一起拓展认知视野。订阅地址：https://t.zsxq.com/uEiXJ © 2026 Marcast Media
In this episode of Takeaway Chinese, Niuniu and Steve continue to discuss some of the most common hobbies shared by young people in China. From improv comedy and mystery role-playing party games, to playing with colorful plastic beads, tune in and discover these fun new trends with us! (04:25) Niuniu and Steve had their first improv show? (15:51) What is an "输出型爱好" (output-based hobby)?
本期节目是一场相声演员+经济学者+泛文化艺术领域爱好者的奇妙混搭聊天局。组局的契机是 4 月末在上海举办的「第五届狂喜播客节·叁狂」。没想到在我抛出「在全世界的大小街巷溜达」这个主题之后，组到了一个梦幻般的主播阵容！参与本次录制的另外三位主播分别是：《玲珑塔门市部》的主播之一、相声演员星马豪；经济学者、上海财经大学经济学院教授梁捷老师；《你才博士》的主播思煜。我们都是喜欢在世界各地大街小巷溜达的人，更是喜欢在大众景点之外发掘一些奇妙旅行体验的人，但因为每个人的兴趣爱好、熟悉的领域和背景有非常不同，所以我们的聊天就成了一份最特别，也最出乎意料的城市溜达指南，希望这份指南也能帮你打开城市探索的新思路、新角度！祝大家溜达愉快！本期节目你将听到：03:54 一个 i 人的访古 be like：租一辆车然后猛猛打卡，偶尔努力跟当地人聊天07:41 北京最意想不到的溜达地点推荐：马驹桥——真·打工者聚集圣地15:23 在富春江边的孙权故居，竟然发现了羽毛球拍「供应源头」26:00 珠市口南大街附近还是戏曲道具服装聚集地（北京南城还是太好玩儿了！28:50 在一座陌生的城市，如何寻找到它不网红、但最奇妙的「入口」？29:37 从城市过往的老街区入手，比如全国各地的「牛街」30:11 建议放弃新城区，直奔老城区；建议去那些开了10年以上的店尝尝！31:37 一个好玩的尝试：以你家为圆心，以300公里为半径画一个圆，然后投飞镖决定下一个目的地32:53 为了买一张报纸，用脚步跑遍了整个卢森堡35:18 用脚步丈量，是最好的探索方式：看见一个完全不一样的杭州西湖38:05 你能想象「去沙县过春节」有多快乐吗？43:19 以「吃」和「舒服」为标准的城市探索，可以怎么玩儿？从日本白滨温泉到北京牛街卤煮45:50 当一个老上海人想要寻找「老味道」，该去哪儿？52:41 熟悉的地方陌生化：回到童年的故乡去「旅行」56:43 在无人注意的「小城」，发现时间胶囊里的老房子：你看过新疆独山子的老楼吗？01:00:21 可以尝试「主题式」的城市溜达路线，比如《东北一家人》圣地巡礼！01:02:36 拓宽城市探索新思路：大运河沿线（细化到县一级）溜达、普通人的墓地探访【节目主播/制作】主播/制作：VC微博：@VividCrystal 小红书：@午夜飞行VC 【节目互动】微博：@午夜飞行Official 公众号：午夜飞行【商务合作】添加微信：hellomarcast或联系邮箱：hello@marcastmedia.com【欢迎加入听友群】入群方式 A：微信添加小助手 Amber (ID: hellomarcast)，拉你入群入群方式 B：关注公众号「午夜飞行」 ，回复「听友群」三个字，即可获取入群通道 【本集音乐】1. Top Of The World - Carpenters 2. Feeling Good - Soundroll 【封面图片】Photos by 狂喜播客节官方【节目出品】本节目由 Marcast 播客厂牌制作出品，也欢迎你订阅收听 Marcast 旗下的其他播客节目，你可以通过以下方式找到我们：- 小红书：@Marcast - 公众号：Marcast - 微博：@Marcast - 进听友群请添加微信：hellomarcast- 一键订阅 Marcast 制作出品的节目：https://www.xiaoyuzhoufm.com/collection/podcast/68775bfa2524d1e7dc6fc41d- 欢迎订阅「Beads 英文播客洞察」：每周为你从国外优质播客中提取、总结、延伸那些 90% 的人听不到的、隐藏在声音里的一手信息、经验、知识、工具、趣味和审美，和你一起拓展认知视野。订阅地址：https://t.zsxq.com/uEiXJ © 2026 Marcast Media
我们终于飞到泉州了！和来自苏格兰高地的单一麦芽威士忌品牌「苏格登」一起开启一场，时光里的慢游！※友情提示：浏览此内容前，请确认您已年满18周岁自从泉州申遗成功，这座古朴小城的故事和风景已经被太多人关注和讲述，关于它的照片和视频已经数不胜数。但一切隔着屏幕的欣赏都不如亲身前往，直到我们真的飞到了泉州，在这座城市的老街巷里慢慢地走、用心地逛，才发现这座城市极其丰富的韵味，绝对不止于那些出片打卡地，哪怕只有几百米的老街，如果带着好奇心慢慢逛，也完全可以逛上好几个小时。泉州实在是太绝妙了！本期节目，是我们触摸泉州这座城市的起点，我们沿着涂门街散散步，一起感受一下600米的距离可以容纳多少泉州的历史，「文庙-清净寺-锡兰世家-通淮关岳庙」如何串联起泉州百年历史和文化融合！当然我们也去搜寻了泉州城里那些不容错过的美食，惊喜地发现泉州风味的背后，无论是泉州牛排还是姜母鸭，都能帮我们串联起了一整条海上丝绸之路的故事！入夜，我们还有一场远远超出预期的泉州提线木偶戏等待开场。欢迎你戴上耳机，和我们一起飞往泉州，听听时间在这里酿出了多少层次丰富的好故事！� 感谢苏格登和我们一起完成这场关于时间与风味的漫游。苏格登也为午夜飞行听友准备了专属福利！⭐️ 满99-10优惠券链接�� https://pages.tmall.com/wow/a/act/tmall/dailygroup/16355/16802/wupr?wh_pid=daily-465056&disableNav=YES&status_bar_transparent=true&sellerId=2089933620&activityId=5e98513b9e5b411bab31d0ee74d55556&toolName=shopCoupon�️ 一键直达购买链接 �� https://s.tb.cn/c.0x47tM本期节目你将听到：01:25 泉州老城里随便走一段路，都会偶遇一连串的「奇迹」03:41 泉州清净寺：太久没看过这么「风格纯正」的清真寺了！08:48 千万不要错过花园墙壁上明永乐皇帝「谕米里哈只」敕谕石刻12:24 明善堂：多元风格融合的典范13:30 奉天坛：让人恍惚此刻自己到底在哪个国家、哪座城市、哪个时代17:17 涂门街176号「锡兰世家」：发现中国和斯里兰卡的故事19:10 从「世家坑」到「锡兰世家」，再到洛阳桥的蔡襄祠，这就是泉州的美妙25:00 通淮关岳庙里为什么要关公和岳飞放在一起？门口的几幅字不要错过！29:10 在通淮关岳庙里，大家都在求什么？你能听到哪些奇特的声音？32:26 涂门街上短短600米到底还有多少惊喜是我不知道的！35:03 泉州牛排的故事：阿拉伯人、清真寺、咖喱、花生和下南洋的故事44:48 姜母鸭的「番鸭」究竟从哪儿来的？漂洋过海来吃鸭~53:19 泉州的晚上可以去哪儿玩？去看提线木偶戏！01:02:41 泉州的非遗传承里有着最绵长的手艺和深情，是时间的馈赠▲ 泉州清净寺大门▲ 在泉州清净寺里总会恍惚自己此刻究竟身在何处▲ 刻有古兰经文的墙壁▲ 锡兰世家▲ 通淮关岳庙永远热闹非凡▲ 泉州随处可见非常美丽的剪瓷▲ 泉州牛肉，看似普普通通，但每家有每家的好吃▲ 姜母鸭▲ 当威士忌遇见咖啡，一杯特调喝到泉州的风与海▲ 泉州提线木偶戏一定不要错过！▲ 来自苏格登的「鲑鱼」和泉州「鲤鱼」的奇妙呼应【泉州美食推荐】泉州牛排（涂门街附近有很多老店都不错！）姜母鸭（干湿两种风味可以根据自己喜好选择）润饼菜（这次吃的是西街那家亚佛春饼老铺）面线糊（街边随缘吃）炸醋肉花生汤一切芋头制品都好好吃四果汤（走的热了喝一碗太爽了！）※ 特别推荐一家调酒很棒的店：重置咖啡实验室 Reset Coffee【节目主播/制作】主播/制作：VC微博：@VividCrystal 小红书：@午夜飞行VC 【节目互动】微博：@午夜飞行Official 公众号：午夜飞行【商务合作】添加微信：hellomarcast或联系邮箱：hello@marcastmedia.com【欢迎加入听友群】入群方式 A：微信添加小助手 Amber (ID: hellomarcast)，拉你入群入群方式 B：关注公众号「午夜飞行」 ，回复「听友群」三个字，即可获取入群通道 【本集音乐】1. 城与海之间 - 风潮音乐 2. 福地 - 风潮音乐 3. Piano Sonata No.30 in E, Op.1093. Gesangvoll, mit innigster Empfindung (Andante molto cantabile ed espressivo) - 内田光子 4. 走马- 中国唱片 5. Melody of Happiness - Karim Azedia 6. Violin Sonata No. 5 in F Major, Op. 24 SpringI. Allegro - Yehudi Menuhin,Hephzibah Menuhin 7. 梨园戏《吕蒙正·煮靡》选段【封面图片】Photos by VC【节目出品】本节目由 Marcast®️ 播客厂牌荣誉出品，也欢迎你订阅收听 Marcast 旗下的其他播客节目，你可以通过以下方式找到我们：- 小红书：@Marcast - 公众号：Marcast - 微博：@Marcast - 进听友群请添加微信：hellomarcast- 一键订阅 Marcast 制作出品的节目：https://www.xiaoyuzhoufm.com/collection/podcast/68775bfa2524d1e7dc6fc41d- 欢迎订阅「Beads 英文播客洞察」：每周为你从国外优质播客中提取、总结、延伸那些 90% 的人听不到的、隐藏在声音里的一手信息、经验、知识、工具、趣味和审美，和你一起拓展认知视野。订阅地址：https://t.zsxq.com/uEiXJ © 2026 Marcast Media
「李静训和她的时代」特展正在中国国家博物馆展出。这次展览的策展非常用心，它尝试以李静训墓出土文物为切口，去系统地勾勒出隋代政治制度、经济交流、社会文化以及民族融合多方面的图景。但在我的内心，却一直有另一个更大的期待，一个在当下很难落地的期待，就是以这座保存完好的李静训墓为切入点，去梳理那个时代里的女性，从李静训向上追溯，她的母亲宇文娥英，一个被自己亲舅舅赐死的公主；她的外祖母杨丽华，一个尚未成年就嫁入北周做皇后，应付一个残暴的丈夫和君主，王朝的风雨飘摇中，对面走来的「对手」是她的父亲，她拒绝、反抗、独居新宫之中，却愿意倾其所有为早夭的外孙女下葬，护她周全；还有杨丽华的母亲独孤伽罗，一个拥有卓越政治智慧的女性，帮助她的丈夫实现大业，甚至一度被并称「二圣」。这耀眼又命运曲折的四代女性，迷人又让人唏嘘。当没有太多实体展品可以呈现在现实展厅，没有丰富的史料和影像资料可以支撑起一个实体展览的时候，声音媒介的优势就凸显出来。本期节目，我们就一起在听觉世界里，进入历史，离历史里的女性人物更近一点，再近一点，当历史没有给我们留下足够的视觉参考，我们可以用聆听的方式，一起想象那些史书记载里若隐若现的人和她们与时代共沉浮的一生。本期节目你将听到：[05:29] 1957 年一座关于隋代 9 岁女孩的墓葬被发现了[08:45] 李静训：九岁的「小孩」[12:07] 李静训的「闹蛾金钗」和北方游牧民族的「花树状金饰」[17:16] 嵌珍珠宝石金项链[23:11] 谁是杨丽华？「从太后到公主的撕裂人生」[34:43] 宇文娥英：流淌着北周宇文氏和关陇杨氏两大家族血脉的女性[37:57] 杨丽华与李静训的故事：外祖母与她最心爱的外孙女[38:52] 杨丽华的离世和她「最后的庇护」[43:55] 万善尼寺：为什么要把李静训埋葬在这里？一种对北周的「眷恋」[50:28]「无人在意」的宇文娥英和她的结局[52:58] 四代女性中最耀眼的独孤伽罗[56:36]《唐朝诡事录》、独孤信多面体煤精组印、「独孤家族」的政治布局[1:03:03] 极具政治智慧的独孤皇后和「二圣」[1:09:49] 独孤伽罗与李渊：无意中串联起隋唐两朝的家族关系[1:15:03] 四代女性背后笼罩的庞大政治网络：关陇集团[1:21:25] 从独孤伽罗到武则天：女性参政的演变[1:24:53] 一个印章，一个石棺：命运设置的两个历史的注脚▲ 闹蛾金钗侧面图，可以让我们更详细地看它的构造▲ 花树状金饰（图片来源：辽宁省博物馆）▲ 嵌珍珠宝石金项链（侧面细节）▲ 李静训墓志中关于杨丽华的部分▲ 李静训墓志中关于休祥里万善尼寺的内容▲ 独孤信多面体煤精组印 （图片来源：陕西历史博物馆）【延展阅读/参考文献】《西安西郊隋李静训墓发掘简报》《再读隋李静训墓及其葬仪》《中国古代立春与元夕节象生头饰(中)——闹蛾》《重读李静训墓——以其早夭为中心》《万善尼寺中的金枝玉叶——关于隋代李静训墓的几个问题》《唐代女性墓的考古学研究——以纪年材料为中心》《隋代李静训墓研究——兼论唐以前房形石葬具的使用背景》《关于李静训墓出土金器的思考》《北朝隋唐独孤氏家族研究》《六世纪中后期关陇集团形成演变探微》《隋文献独孤皇后与开皇世政治》《初唐时期关陇集团兴衰探析》【节目主播/制作】主播/制作：VC微博：@VividCrystal 小红书：@午夜飞行VC 【节目互动】微博：@午夜飞行Official 公众号：午夜飞行【商务合作】添加微信：hellomarcast或联系邮箱：hello@marcastmedia.com【欢迎加入听友群】入群方式 A：微信添加小助手 Amber (ID: hellomarcast)，拉你入群入群方式 B：关注公众号「午夜飞行」 ，回复「听友群」三个字，即可获取入群通道 【本集音乐】1. 鸿迹 - 变奏的梦想 2. 金陵遗梦 epiano - 君若 3. 李凭箜篌引（国乐版）- 柳青瑶 4. 白纻 - 张渠 5. Between Worlds - Roger Subirana 6. 柔香 - Winky诗 7. 盟友 - 孙术乔 8. 明堂雪 - 孙术乔 9. 水火 - 孙术乔 【封面图片】Photos by VC【节目出品】本节目由 Marcast®️ 播客厂牌荣誉出品，也欢迎你订阅收听 Marcast 旗下的其他播客节目，你可以通过以下方式找到我们：- 小红书：@Marcast - 公众号：Marcast - 微博：@Marcast - 进听友群请添加微信：hellomarcast- 一键订阅 Marcast 制作出品的节目：https://www.xiaoyuzhoufm.com/collection/podcast/68775bfa2524d1e7dc6fc41d- 欢迎订阅「Beads 英文播客洞察」：每周为你从国外优质播客中提取、总结、延伸那些 90% 的人听不到的、隐藏在声音里的一手信息、经验、知识、工具、趣味和审美，和你一起拓展认知视野。订阅地址：https://t.zsxq.com/uEiXJ © 2026 Marcast Media
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4 月的北京播客小集上，我遇到了我的「中文播客界偶像前辈」喵儿姐！在那个中文互联网还没有「播客」这个名字的年代，喵儿姐和她在「糖蒜广播」做的节目是我最快乐的陪伴。后来喵儿姐又去做了中古店的老板，满世界收集各种有趣而古老的宝贝，同时也和她的朋友们做了一档播客节目《花样更年华》。借着播客小集的机会，也借着北京 4 月明媚的春光，我和《花样更年华》的两位主播喵儿姐、丹妮一起在市集上的录音间里，开始了一场关于春游、满世界旅行、旅行中的意外和意义，以及从全世界收集各种宝贝「破烂儿」带回家的聊天。在飞速前行的世界和严重碎片化的网络里，我们似乎找到了老派春游之必要！感谢我们的好朋友「巧力可」品牌对本期节目的支持！感谢大小咖啡播客录制空间和第一届播客小集的场地支持！本期节目你将听到：[03:49] 提到「春天」，你的第一反应是[06:30] 春天的第一大能量来源——大自然！以及栗子花到底什么味？！[13:19] 说到「春游」，无数年少记忆扑面而来：比如卢沟桥野炊把锅烧坏了[18:43] 经历过公共假期出游的「惨烈」之后，再也不想人挤人了，然后……辞职了！[20:07] 「玩」这件事能够给人带来的生命体验实在丰富[21:08] 你们还会出游之前做攻略吗？做计划吗？担心发生意外吗？害怕踩雷吗？[28:54] 不看小红书的「老辈子」，出发前会看什么？[37:28] 其实旅行里记忆最深刻的永远是「事故」，事故都成了故事，意外都成了惊喜[43:43] 最好的旅行体验，往往让人释放了自己最本真的天性[55:58] 旅行带回来的最棒纪念品，大部分都不是用钱买到的「文创」[57:24] 日本朋友为什么会专门买一本世界各地的明信片作为伴手礼？[59:44] 从新疆买个馕戳回来能干啥？从高原背块石头回来能干啥？[01:04:49] 来自德国的一封信、一个铅笔盒，以及来自法国的一个埃及壁画手镯[01:17:16] 把石头、树枝这些「破烂儿」带回家，是一种巨大的幸福[01:20:51] 春游推荐目的地！▲ 播客小集上聊天的我们仨▲ 一个德国小男孩的「铅笔盒」▲ 一封藏在油画背后的父母来信▲ 埃及壁画的手镯、世界各地美丽小叉子以及太美丽的「纸巾杯」【节目主播/制作】主播/制作：VC微博：@VividCrystal 小红书：@午夜飞行VC 【节目互动】微博：@午夜飞行Official 公众号：午夜飞行【商务合作】添加微信：hellomarcast或联系邮箱：hello@marcastmedia.com【欢迎加入听友群】入群方式 A：微信添加小助手 Amber (ID: hellomarcast)，拉你入群入群方式 B：关注公众号「午夜飞行」 ，回复「听友群」三个字，即可获取入群通道 【本集音乐】1. 早上好 - 窦靖童 2. Gracias A La Vida - Mercedes Sosa 【封面图片】Photos by VC【节目出品】本节目由 Marcast 播客厂牌制作出品，也欢迎你订阅收听 Marcast 旗下的其他播客节目，你可以通过以下方式找到我们：- 小红书：@Marcast - 公众号：Marcast - 微博：@Marcast - 进听友群请添加微信：hellomarcast- 一键订阅 Marcast 制作出品的节目：https://www.xiaoyuzhoufm.com/collection/podcast/68775bfa2524d1e7dc6fc41d- 欢迎订阅「Beads 英文播客洞察」：每周为你从国外优质播客中提取、总结、延伸那些 90% 的人听不到的、隐藏在声音里的一手信息、经验、知识、工具、趣味和审美，和你一起拓展认知视野。订阅地址：https://t.zsxq.com/uEiXJ © 2026 Marcast Media
友情提示！本期节目并不是关于冰岛，也不是关于冈仁波齐的旅行节目。而是关于一本名叫《反正竞赛还很长》的书，以及关于旅行、创作的十年故事。读书日前夕，我们收到「Apple 播客」邀约，回顾年少时读过印象深刻的书籍，以及因阅读带来的体验和影响。恰好这个月，我在重新思考旅行、阅读和创作之间的关系，所以接到邀请的当下，我就决定聊一本陪我成长了 10 年的作品 ——《反正竞赛还很长》。很巧，在这本书里，罗英石也把自己对创作的思考和他暂时离开《两天一夜》这个栏目之后的冰岛旅行，进行了一个平行剪辑式的书写。创作和旅行，原本就是异曲同工！当罗英石的冰岛旅行、他的 10 年创作转变，和我的冈仁波齐转山、我的10年创作转变，形成了奇妙的呼应和启发，我们就一起继续往前走吧，「不管啦，反正竞赛还很长」！同时也非常欢迎你在评论区分享，有没有哪一本书，在年少时深深影响过你？如果今天重读，你会有怎样不同的感受？本期节目你将听到：[00:26] 为什么是《反正竞赛还很长》？[04:08] 关于罗英石创作的三个阶段：从 KBS 到 tvN 再到 Egg is coming[12:09] 十年前我的「职业处境」和创作小出口[15:20] 为什么去冰岛？为什么去冈仁波齐？[19:48]《两天一夜》和好的综艺节目必须满足的三个条件[24:41] 是什么真正的「专业」，看看姜虎东[30:59] 创作和旅行的共同点：一切都不确定的情况下就出发了！[32:29] 啥都没准备就去冈仁波齐转山了，然后「意外」一个一个出现[41:52] 十年回望，罗英石的创作从未停止：「沟通之神」[53:24] 当冰岛遇到冈仁波齐，10年过去，竞赛真的拉长[1:03:21] 故事的后续：一直焦虑，一直创造，一直往前走▲ 只有转山绕到另一面才能看到的冈仁波齐▲ Iceland（的帽子）遇见冈仁波齐本期节目提到的节目单集：【李明翰&罗英锡&蛋社】录用之神：送忙内们下班【罗英锡&延世大】沟通之神：母校访问日-与年轻沟通【罗英锡&俞承豪&李恩智&柳炳宰】超级e恩智与i人的散步【罗英锡&李泳知】沟通之神-回KBS | Na所思念的那个初职场,那时节（可在B站搜索相应标题找到观看）【节目主播/制作】主播/制作：VC微博：@VividCrystal 小红书：@午夜飞行VC 【节目互动】微博：@午夜飞行Official 公众号：午夜飞行【商务合作】商务合作联系邮箱：hello@marcastmedia.com或添加微信：hellomarcast 【欢迎加入听友群】入群方式 A：微信添加小助手 Amber (ID: hellomarcast)，拉你入群入群方式 B：关注公众号「午夜飞行」 ，回复「听友群」三个字，即可获取入群通道 【本集音乐】1. Medley All The Things You Are Midnight Mood - Bill Evans 2. Everyday - Buddy Holly 3. Open Season - High Highs 4. Don't Worry Be Happy - Holly Dolly 5. Pat Pat - J-Kay 6. Winning a Battle, Losing the War - Kings of Convenience 7. Let's Roll - The Orange Bird Blues Band 8. Days Of Wine And Roses (Album Version) - Vince Guaraldi,Bola Sete 【封面图片】Photo by VC【节目出品】本节目由 Marcast 播客厂牌制作出品，也欢迎你订阅收听 Marcast 旗下的其他播客节目，你可以通过以下方式找到我们：- 小红书：@Marcast - 公众号：Marcast - 微博：@Marcast - 进听友群请添加微信：hellomarcast- 一键订阅 Marcast 制作出品的节目：https://www.xiaoyuzhoufm.com/collection/podcast/68775bfa2524d1e7dc6fc41d- 欢迎订阅「Beads 英文播客洞察」：每周为你从国外优质播客中提取、总结、延伸那些 90% 的人听不到的、隐藏在声音里的一手信息、经验、知识、工具、趣味和审美，和你一起拓展认知视野。订阅地址：https://t.zsxq.com/uEiXJ © 2026 Marcast Media
如果只能推荐一个人的「历史小说」作品，那我一定会选何大草。因为他从不给自己的创作设限，因为他不止写人物故事、历史传说，更写出了「人」的筋骨，写出了城市和时代的一种独特的气魄。这个春天，我们非常有幸与何大草老师进行了一次畅快的聊天！我们从他小时候的阅读、大学读历史系的故事，聊到为什么离开历史研究，转而去做小说创作，在历史的真实和虚构之间，怎么突破心里的那道坎，也围绕着我最感兴趣的两个人——荆轲和吴道子，聊了聊何大草老师到底是怎么把脑洞开这么大？当然那，我们还聊了聊访古的事儿！整个聊天过程，我都像再一次跟着何大草老师在他的历史创作宇宙里尽情遨游了一番，又像他的那本旅行随笔的名字「顺着水走」一样，彻底放下了提前准备好的提纲，顺着水流，慢慢聊，慢慢走。欢迎你在这期节目中，和我们一起去看看历史里那些不彻底、不成功甚至可以说失败的人，也看看人可以活出怎样的自由、长出怎样硬朗的筋骨。本期嘉宾：何大草，1962 年生于成都少城，1979 -1983 年就读于四川大学历史系。曾供职于《成都日报》、四川师范大学中文系。代表作有长篇小说《春山：王维的盛唐与寂灭》《金桃：吴道子的世代与风尚》《如梦令：李清照南渡》《崇祯皇帝·盲春秋》，历史小说集《夜行者：从荆轲到铸剑》，长篇小说《隐武者》《拳》，以及话剧《大慈寺》等。以写作、讲授写作为业，兼事绘画。樱园何大草写作工坊指导老师。录制场地支持：成都-屋顶上的樱园本期节目你将听到：[01:26] 何大草作品中最触动我的人——荆轲，一个和《史记》里完全不同的荆轲[02:47] 在「古典文人三部曲」里，我们会看到三个「颠覆想象」的古人：王维、吴道子、李清照[06:51] 为什么对古人这么感兴趣？为什么总喜欢写古人的故事？[11:48] 大学选择历史学专业，是为了离历史更近？还是为了重写历史？[15:53] 我决定重新写一个自己理想版本的「荆轲刺秦王」[19:14] 历史学专业和新闻从业经历中对「真实」的强调，会不会成为小说创作的障碍？怎么迈过去？[23:51] 当故事的细节足够丰富，你已经不在执着于分辨真假[26:04] 能把「画圣」吴道子和颜真卿、颜季明、《祭侄文稿》、李白、阿倍仲麻吕串联到一起，这脑洞怎么开的？[28:59] 但最初想写吴道子，是因为孔子！[36:37] 创作就是这样的过程：一点点累积，可能完美，可能失败，一定会有煎熬，但终归充满乐趣[41:21] 受到齐白石「衰年变法」的启发，开始转变自己的写作风格和新的探索[46:00] 文学创作其实需要强大的理性，比如《红楼梦》《战争与和平》[51:43] 何大草笔下的「人」为什么总是不彻底的？从王维到李清照[1:03:29] 为什么更偏爱写一些历史上「失败」的人？成功的人都是相似的，但退缩的人却更有况味。[1:09:42] 想要写一个历史人物，一定要去他曾经生活过的地方看看吗？[1:13:05] 创作中要给自己设限吗？可以冒犯大众吗？敢去挑战大众的「常规认知」吗？[1:16:28] 如果在虚构小说中都不能实现自己想要的自由，那又何必选择文学？[1:21:58] 当一个写历史小说的人去访古，他都看些什么？[1:26:00] 站在骊山上眺望秦始皇的墓，一个绿色的三角，引发无限想象[1:33:28] 文学可以给人带来安慰吗？文学可以治愈我们对时间流逝的恐惧吗？ ▲ 何大草最新作品「古典文人三部曲」▲ 何大草和他在成都樱园写作工坊的学生们【节目主播/制作】主播/制作：VC微博：@VividCrystal 小红书：@午夜飞行VC 【节目互动】微博：@午夜飞行Official 公众号：午夜飞行【商务合作】商务合作联系邮箱：hello@marcastmedia.com或添加微信：hellomarcast 【欢迎加入听友群】入群方式 A：微信添加小助手 Amber (ID: hellomarcast)，拉你入群入群方式 B：关注公众号「午夜飞行」 ，回复「听友群」三个字，即可获取入群通道 【本集音乐】1. First Impressions - 马友友 2. Variations on a Theme from Gioacchino Rossini's MosesVariationen ber - 马友友3. Piano Sonata No.30 in E, Op.1093. Gesangvoll, mit innigster Empfindung (Andante molto cantabile ed espressivo) - 内田光子 4. In A Notebook - Goldmund 5. Sonata for Piano and Violin in E minor, K.3042. Tempo di minuetto - 内田光子,Mark Steinberg 【封面图片】何大草最新作品「古典文人三部曲」【节目出品】本节目由 Marcast 播客厂牌制作出品，也欢迎你订阅收听 Marcast 旗下的其他播客节目，你可以通过以下方式找到我们：- 小红书：@Marcast - 公众号：Marcast - 微博：@Marcast - 进听友群请添加微信：hellomarcast- 一键订阅 Marcast 制作出品的节目：https://www.xiaoyuzhoufm.com/collection/podcast/68775bfa2524d1e7dc6fc41d- 欢迎订阅「Beads 英文播客洞察」：每周为你从国外优质播客中提取、总结、延伸那些 90% 的人听不到的、隐藏在声音里的一手信息、经验、知识、工具、趣味和审美，和你一起拓展认知视野。订阅地址：https://t.zsxq.com/uEiXJ © 2026 Marcast Media
Jerry is here for his first update. We heard the sounds of the Mets beating the Giants as Torrens had a big pinch hit. The Yankees had a lead but lost it and the game to the Marlins. Dan Hurley's wife talked about his bracelet of ‘holy beads'. Clyde Frazier compared the Bulls to Iran, being decimated. Cooper Flagg scored 45 yesterday against the Lakers.
Send us Fan MailThis week is a replay of a great episode with Christi Gibson and Dr. Ashley Jamison.Christi is a storyteller who lives her life alongside scripture with humor and gut-wrenching honesty. She is a flawed traveler navigating this life's potholes with humor while keeping a serious eye out for eternal-life appointments along the way....and she currently lives in a van down by the river.Check out Christi's ministry HEREDr. Ashley Jamison is a licensed professional counselor and supervisor. Her clinical experience has included private practice work with couples and individuals with various presenting issues, as well as addiction counseling and working in the community with severe and persistent mental illness. She has served in member care for a mission organization and currently leads her church's mental health team. She also owns Solutions Now Therapy — an online practice focused on short-term counseling. To connect with Ashley click HERE
Support the show:https://www.paypal.me/Truelifepodcast?locale.x=en_USOne on One Video Call W/George https://tidycal.com/georgepmonty/60-minute-meetingAt 3 a.m., Bruce pushes his cart through the casino floor in hypnotic rhythm — hot can, cold can, open, close, move — when a simple string of warm burgundy prayer beads on the floor cracks reality wide open.One touch and he's no longer in the neon-drenched sprawl. He's living someone else's life in vivid, overlapping timelines: Christmas laughter and homemade tortillas, a sacred gift from an elder, a wedding, a funeral, red bills, and crushing loss.In the shadow of machine 41's despair, a quiet miracle erupts. The sacred doesn't ask permission — it simply shows up, even here, where the house always comes first.Consciousness is not linear.We are not separate.Sometimes the ocean remembers it's the ocean. One on One Video call W/George https://tidycal.com/georgepmonty/60-minute-meetingSupport the show:https://www.paypal.me/Truelifepodcast?locale.x=en_US
️ “Wait… where did the liquid go?” That was my reaction about three seconds into a demonstration at a HazMat conference in Edmond, Oklahoma. This was my conversation with John Brinkman, President of Imbibitive Technologies. On the table in front of us was a container with some small white particles in it. They looked like salt or sugar grains. Nothing special. John picked up a bottle of paint thinner and poured it into the container. I expected the liquid to pool at the bottom. Instead…the liquid disappeared. Not evaporated. Not wiped up. The free liquid phase was gone in seconds. John smiled and said: “Once the liquid embibes into the polymer, the liquid phase is eliminated.” Here's what actually happened Those tiny particles were IMBIBER BEADS®. They're oil-sensitive superabsorbent polymers. Most people know superabsorbent polymers from disposable diapers, which absorb water. These beads do the opposite. They are engineered to absorb organic liquids like: • crude oil • gasoline • diesel • solvents …and they ignore water completely. The chemistry is wild Each bead is a solid polymer sphere roughly 150–400 microns in size (about a grain of salt). When hydrocarbons contact the bead: • the liquid diffuses into the polymer matrix • the bead swells several times its original size • the hydrocarbon becomes locked inside the polymer The result: No free liquid phase. Why that matters.. Most spill cleanup materials today are adsorbents — think polypropylene pads. They coat liquids on the surface. Meaning the hydrocarbon can still: • drip • spread • release vapors IMBIBER BEADS® eliminate the liquid phase, which can: • reduce secondary contamination • lower hazardous vapor off-gassing • simplify containment and recovery The craziest part? This chemistry was invented in 1968 by polymer chemist Dr. Richard Hall. More than 50 years ago. Today the technology is being applied to: • oil spill response • refinery containment • stormwater filtration • hazmat cleanup • oil-water separators Even more interesting… Hydrocarbons captured in the beads can be used in energy-from-waste systems producing 15,000+ BTUs per pound. Cleanup material → recoverable energy. This is why I love stepping outside the oil & gas silo. When chemists, engineers, hazmat responders, and energy operators collaborate…you discover technologies that change how problems get solved. Sometimes the most disruptive technology in the room…is a polymer bead smaller than a grain of salt. If you work in: • oil & gas • refining • pipeline response • hazmat • environmental remediation What applications could you see for something like this? Curious to hear your thoughts. www.imbiberbeads.com� #Energy #OilAndGas #HazMat #EnvironmentalTech #SpillResponse #Engineering #PolymerScience #IndustrialSafety
“What if a blood draw didn't have to feel terrifying, Abby Rose is a child life specialist. And if you have never taken advantage of all they have to offer when your child is hospitalized, you're going to want to connect with them after you listen or watch this podcast!The North American Cystic Fibrosis Conference is one of those places you attend to learn—but it's also a place where you meet people who quietly leave a lasting mark. One of those people is Certified Child Life Specialist Abby Rose.Abby works at Seattle Children's Hospital, supporting both the Cystic Fibrosis program and Pediatric Hemodialysis. Originally from Wisconsin, she earned her bachelor's degree in Psychology and Family Studies from the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire, followed by a master's degree in Child Life from Edgewood College.In her role, Abby focuses on outpatient care, working closely with children and families to create individualized coping plans. She supports kids through procedures many of us take for granted—blood draws, throat swabs, vaccinations, while also helping families navigate pill swallowing, treatment tolerance, sibling support, and the everyday challenges that can feel overwhelming in CF care.People like Abby made a profound difference for kids like one of my daughters—children who are frightened by procedures or don't fully understand what's about to happen to them. Child Life Specialists play a critical role in hospital settings, helping children feel safer, more informed, and more in control during some of their most vulnerable moments.Today, I'm excited to talk with Abby about the work she does—and why it matters so deeply.In our conversation, we'll explore:The Beads of Courage program and why it's so meaningful to children and familiesWhy Abby is such a strong advocate for transparency, open communication, and the rights of patients and familiesWhat draws her personally to Child Life work, and why she believes in it so deeplyAnd some of the “tricks of the trade”—the practical tools and techniques she uses to help kids feel calmer and more cooperative during procedures like blood drawsThis is a conversation about care, trust, and the people who help make hard moments just a little bit easier. Please like, subscribe, and comment on our podcasts!Please consider making a donation: https://thebonnellfoundation.org/donate/The Bonnell Foundation website:https://thebonnellfoundation.orgEmail us at: thebonnellfoundation@gmail.com Watch our podcasts on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@laurabonnell1136/featuredThanks to our sponsors:Vertex: https://www.vrtx.comViatris: https://www.viatris.com/enRead us on Substack: https://substack.com/@lstb?utm_campaign=profile&utm_medium=profile-pageWatch our trailer of Embracing Egypt: https://youtu.be/RYjlB25Cr9Y
On today's episode of the Craft Industry Alliance podcast, we're talking about owning a craft store and workshop space with my guest Sarah Ferguson. Sarah is the owner of Craft Habit, a brick-and-mortar retail craft store in Raleigh, North Carolina, which offers adult and youth classes, private parties and events, and youth sewing and craft camps. In 2024, Craft Habit debuted a wholesale line of crochet, embroidery, cross stitch, punch needle, and weaving kits that are all designed by staff and local artists. Our mission for our store, classes, and kits is to bring new crafters into the fold with enthusiasm, encouragement, and a welcoming vibe. When she's not on site at Craft Habit, Sarah lives nearby with her husband and three to four dogs, and sometimes plays tennis. +++++ This episode is sponsored by Fire Mountain Gems & Beads. Fire Mountain Gems and Beads has supported jewelry-making artists for more than 50 years, offering a wide selection of beads, gemstones, findings, tools and creative supplies. Known for quality, consistency and inspiration, Fire Mountain serves designers at every stage—from first projects to established creative businesses. Explore ideas, techniques and trends inside Fire Mountain Gems and Beads' free catalog, filled with project inspiration and practical resources for designers. Get your free catalog today! +++++ To get the full show notes for this episode visit Craft Industry Alliance where you can learn more about becoming a member of our supportive trade association. Strengthen your creative business, stay up to date on industry news, and build connections with forward-thinking craft professionals. Join today.
In this powerful episode of Game Over: c*ncer, hosts Dana Nichols and Val Solomon sit down with pediatric cancer survivor Tayler Ellison to hear a story of extraordinary resilience.Tayler was first diagnosed with glioblastoma (GBM) at just four years old, later faced osteosarcoma at 13, and then battled a second osteosarcoma during her first year of college. Now 21 years old and currently in remission, Tayler shares how cancer has shaped her life across childhood, adolescence, and early adulthood.Through the powerful visual of her Beads of Courage, Tayler walks us through the realities of pediatric cancer treatment: countless hospital stays, chemotherapy treatments, surgeries, therapies, and the lifelong effects survivors carry.Despite facing cancer three times, Tayler continues to pursue a future in medicine. She is currently studying biology on the pre-med track at the University of South Florida and works as an anesthesiology technician at Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital, the same hospital where she received treatment.This episode explores the realities of survivorship, the long-term impact of pediatric cancer, and the relentless courage it takes to keep moving forward.If you've ever wondered what pediatric cancer survivorship truly looks like, Tayler's story will stay with you.----------------------------------Connect with Dana: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danaknichols/Connect with Val: https://www.linkedin.com/in/valerie-solomon/Upcoming Ckc Events: https://cannonballkidscancer.org/category/make-an-impact/events/----------------------------------Podcast Produced by Hi Hello Labs: Website: https://www.hihellolabs.com/
On today's episode of the Craft Industry Alliance podcast, we're talking about felt with my guest Renae Bradley. Renae is the owner and creative director of Benzie Design, a colorful felt stitchery and craft shop founded as a creative outlet that gave her permission to “rainbow-tize” everything -especially wool felt. In business for over 15 years, Renae values the community that has been formed both online and within Benzie's local brick & mortar. +++++ This episode is sponsored by Fire Mountain Gems & Beads. Fire Mountain Gems and Beads has supported jewelry-making artists for more than 50 years, offering a wide selection of beads, gemstones, findings, tools and creative supplies. Known for quality, consistency and inspiration, Fire Mountain serves designers at every stage—from first projects to established creative businesses. Get a free catalog right here. +++++ To get the full show notes for this episode visit Craft Industry Alliance where you can learn more about becoming a member of our supportive trade association. Strengthen your creative business, stay up to date on industry news, and build connections with forward-thinking craft professionals. Join today. +++++
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Episode Synopsis:Are the holy days we celebrate, like Mardi Gras, simply innocent expressions of cultural traditions, or are they subtle acts of worship carrying great significance in the unseen realm?We talk about this and much more, including:How does Mardi Gras tie together the celebrations of Christmas and Easter?What is Carnival, and does it have pagan roots?Who is the god behind Carnival and Mardi Gras?How have Constantine's syncretic policies led to the celebration of fallen angels?Why do women expose their breasts during Mardi Gras?Original Air DateFebruary 18th, 2026Show HostsJason Spears & Christopher DeanOur PatreonConsider joining our Patreon Squad and becoming a Tier Operator to help support the show and get access to exclusive content like:Links and ResourcesStudio NotesA monthly Zoom call with Jason and Christopher And More…ORP ApparelMerch StoreConnect With UsLetsTalk@ORPpodcast.comFacebookInstagram
AI-assisted programming has moved far beyond autocomplete. Large language models are now capable of editing entire codebases, coordinating long-running tasks, and collaborating across multiple systems. As these capabilities mature, the core challenge in software development is shifting away from writing code and toward orchestrating work, managing context, and maintaining shared understanding across fleets of agents. The post Gas Town, Beads, and the Rise of Agentic Development with Steve Yegge appeared first on Software Engineering Daily.
he podcast dives into the explosive advances in agentic AI, where developers and even Fortune 100 companies are racing to use powerful tools like Gastown, despite their unfinished and sometimes dangerous edges. If you thought ChatGPT was a revolution, wait until you hear how developers are orchestrating armies of AIs with real-world impact. Anthropic's Move Into Legal Is Sinking Data Services Stocks Data centers in space makes no sense The hitchhiker's guide to Musk's SpaceX memo Two kinds of AI users are emerging. The gap between them is astonishing. Does AI already have human-level intelligence? The evidence is clear - Nature OpenAI will retire several models, including GPT-4o, from ChatGPT next month Jensen Huang says Nvidia would love to back an OpenAI IPO, and there's 'no drama' with Sam Altman Firefox will soon let you block all of its generative AI features Salesforce signs $5.6B deal to inject agentic AI into the US Army HHS Is Making an AI Tool to Create Hypotheses About Vaccine Injury Claims French office of Elon Musk's X raided by Paris prosecutor's cybercrime unit An AI Toy Exposed 50K Logs of Its Chats With Kids To Anyone With a Gmail Account Darren Aronofsky's AI Studio Used Artificial Intelligence Tools for Revolutionary War Animated Series — but Hired Human Actors to Voice Founding Fathers Forget Hinge or Bumble. This App Promises a Personal AI Matchmaker Scientists Launch AI DinoTracker App That Identifies Dinosaur Footprints Project Genie: Experimenting with infinite, interactive worlds Anthropic Takes Aim at OpenAI's ChatGPT in Super Bowl Ad Debut Move to Ban Social Media for Kids Gains Traction in Europe The Matrix Resurrections Is a Messy, Imperfect Triumph The Thatcher Effect and other Optical Toys Fascinating Research: AIs are highly inconsistent [i.e., random] when recommending brands or products Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Guest: Steve Yegge Download or subscribe to Intelligent Machines at https://twit.tv/shows/intelligent-machines. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: joindeleteme.com/twit promo code TWIT monarch.com with code IM zscaler.com/security helixsleep.com/machines
he podcast dives into the explosive advances in agentic AI, where developers and even Fortune 100 companies are racing to use powerful tools like Gastown, despite their unfinished and sometimes dangerous edges. If you thought ChatGPT was a revolution, wait until you hear how developers are orchestrating armies of AIs with real-world impact. Anthropic's Move Into Legal Is Sinking Data Services Stocks Data centers in space makes no sense The hitchhiker's guide to Musk's SpaceX memo Two kinds of AI users are emerging. The gap between them is astonishing. Does AI already have human-level intelligence? The evidence is clear - Nature OpenAI will retire several models, including GPT-4o, from ChatGPT next month Jensen Huang says Nvidia would love to back an OpenAI IPO, and there's 'no drama' with Sam Altman Firefox will soon let you block all of its generative AI features Salesforce signs $5.6B deal to inject agentic AI into the US Army HHS Is Making an AI Tool to Create Hypotheses About Vaccine Injury Claims French office of Elon Musk's X raided by Paris prosecutor's cybercrime unit An AI Toy Exposed 50K Logs of Its Chats With Kids To Anyone With a Gmail Account Darren Aronofsky's AI Studio Used Artificial Intelligence Tools for Revolutionary War Animated Series — but Hired Human Actors to Voice Founding Fathers Forget Hinge or Bumble. This App Promises a Personal AI Matchmaker Scientists Launch AI DinoTracker App That Identifies Dinosaur Footprints Project Genie: Experimenting with infinite, interactive worlds Anthropic Takes Aim at OpenAI's ChatGPT in Super Bowl Ad Debut Move to Ban Social Media for Kids Gains Traction in Europe The Matrix Resurrections Is a Messy, Imperfect Triumph The Thatcher Effect and other Optical Toys Fascinating Research: AIs are highly inconsistent [i.e., random] when recommending brands or products Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Guest: Steve Yegge Download or subscribe to Intelligent Machines at https://twit.tv/shows/intelligent-machines. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: joindeleteme.com/twit promo code TWIT monarch.com with code IM zscaler.com/security helixsleep.com/machines
he podcast dives into the explosive advances in agentic AI, where developers and even Fortune 100 companies are racing to use powerful tools like Gastown, despite their unfinished and sometimes dangerous edges. If you thought ChatGPT was a revolution, wait until you hear how developers are orchestrating armies of AIs with real-world impact. Anthropic's Move Into Legal Is Sinking Data Services Stocks Data centers in space makes no sense The hitchhiker's guide to Musk's SpaceX memo Two kinds of AI users are emerging. The gap between them is astonishing. Does AI already have human-level intelligence? The evidence is clear - Nature OpenAI will retire several models, including GPT-4o, from ChatGPT next month Jensen Huang says Nvidia would love to back an OpenAI IPO, and there's 'no drama' with Sam Altman Firefox will soon let you block all of its generative AI features Salesforce signs $5.6B deal to inject agentic AI into the US Army HHS Is Making an AI Tool to Create Hypotheses About Vaccine Injury Claims French office of Elon Musk's X raided by Paris prosecutor's cybercrime unit An AI Toy Exposed 50K Logs of Its Chats With Kids To Anyone With a Gmail Account Darren Aronofsky's AI Studio Used Artificial Intelligence Tools for Revolutionary War Animated Series — but Hired Human Actors to Voice Founding Fathers Forget Hinge or Bumble. This App Promises a Personal AI Matchmaker Scientists Launch AI DinoTracker App That Identifies Dinosaur Footprints Project Genie: Experimenting with infinite, interactive worlds Anthropic Takes Aim at OpenAI's ChatGPT in Super Bowl Ad Debut Move to Ban Social Media for Kids Gains Traction in Europe The Matrix Resurrections Is a Messy, Imperfect Triumph The Thatcher Effect and other Optical Toys Fascinating Research: AIs are highly inconsistent [i.e., random] when recommending brands or products Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Guest: Steve Yegge Download or subscribe to Intelligent Machines at https://twit.tv/shows/intelligent-machines. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: joindeleteme.com/twit promo code TWIT monarch.com with code IM zscaler.com/security helixsleep.com/machines
he podcast dives into the explosive advances in agentic AI, where developers and even Fortune 100 companies are racing to use powerful tools like Gastown, despite their unfinished and sometimes dangerous edges. If you thought ChatGPT was a revolution, wait until you hear how developers are orchestrating armies of AIs with real-world impact. Anthropic's Move Into Legal Is Sinking Data Services Stocks Data centers in space makes no sense The hitchhiker's guide to Musk's SpaceX memo Two kinds of AI users are emerging. The gap between them is astonishing. Does AI already have human-level intelligence? The evidence is clear - Nature OpenAI will retire several models, including GPT-4o, from ChatGPT next month Jensen Huang says Nvidia would love to back an OpenAI IPO, and there's 'no drama' with Sam Altman Firefox will soon let you block all of its generative AI features Salesforce signs $5.6B deal to inject agentic AI into the US Army HHS Is Making an AI Tool to Create Hypotheses About Vaccine Injury Claims French office of Elon Musk's X raided by Paris prosecutor's cybercrime unit An AI Toy Exposed 50K Logs of Its Chats With Kids To Anyone With a Gmail Account Darren Aronofsky's AI Studio Used Artificial Intelligence Tools for Revolutionary War Animated Series — but Hired Human Actors to Voice Founding Fathers Forget Hinge or Bumble. This App Promises a Personal AI Matchmaker Scientists Launch AI DinoTracker App That Identifies Dinosaur Footprints Project Genie: Experimenting with infinite, interactive worlds Anthropic Takes Aim at OpenAI's ChatGPT in Super Bowl Ad Debut Move to Ban Social Media for Kids Gains Traction in Europe The Matrix Resurrections Is a Messy, Imperfect Triumph The Thatcher Effect and other Optical Toys Fascinating Research: AIs are highly inconsistent [i.e., random] when recommending brands or products Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Guest: Steve Yegge Download or subscribe to Intelligent Machines at https://twit.tv/shows/intelligent-machines. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: joindeleteme.com/twit promo code TWIT monarch.com with code IM zscaler.com/security helixsleep.com/machines
Leila Philip visits the Yale Myers Forest with ecologist Dr. Denise Burchsted and learns to view river systems not as single channels but as interconnected veins where beaver ponds act like "beads along a chain." This perspective reveals how beavers restore "paleo rivers," complex systems comprised of flowing water, wetlands, and meadows that effectively manage water tables.
Almost 11 million years ago, a large asteroid slammed into Earth, somewhere around Australia. It could have gouged a crater more than 15 miles wide, and devastated life across tens of thousands of square miles. So far, though, the only traces of it are 14 tiny glass beads. Combined, they weigh just 53 grams – as much as a slice of bread. The beads are known as tektites. They formed from melted rock and sand that was blasted into the sky. Tiny blobs were shaped into balls by their passage through the air. Tektites are found all across the planet. Most of them are associated with a few major impacts. The region where a group of related tektites is found is called a strewn field. Five confirmed fields had been identified. One of them stretches across Australia and Asia. Decades ago, scientists identified eight tektites as members of that field, which was created by an impact about three-quarters of a million years ago. But a recent analysis found otherwise. Scientists conducted extensive studies of those beads, along with six others. They found that the beads were related to each other – but not to the known strewn field. Instead, they formed a new field, which stretches almost 600 miles across Australia. The beads are all the same age. So they formed in the same impact – 11 million years ago. But no one has yet found a crater – only a tiny handful of beads from a possible cosmic impact. Script by Damond Benningfield
The guys talk about their respective holidays, Snoop Dogg's halftime show was the highlight of Thursday's Vikings game, Hawk has an update on last week's shark attackSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The guys talk about their respective holidays, Snoop Dogg's halftime show was the highlight of Thursday's Vikings game, Hawk has an update on last week's shark attack
“What's ruined the kiss and the hug are sexual predators.” Dan admits to an HR violation and accidentally walks himself into a self-comparison to Bill Belichick, so it was that kind of hour. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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