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British Foreign Secretary David Cameron just completed an official trip to all five Central Asian states. For Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan, this was the first time a British foreign secretary had ever visited. In this episode of the Majlis podcast, we look at Cameron's Central Asia tour, what he was offering to his hosts, and what he was able to accomplish during the trip. Joining host Bruce Pannier are guests Aijan Sharshenova, a research fellow at the Bishkek-based think tank Crossroads Central Asia; Ben Godwin, the head of analysis at PRISM Political Risk Management, who lived and worked in Kazakhstan for seven years and continues to monitor events there; and Luca Anceschi, professor of Central Asian studies at Glasgow University and author of several books on Central Asia.
Incumbent Qasym-Zhomart Toqaev is sure to win Kazakhstan's early presidential election on November 20. But this has been a tumultuous year for the country, starting with the largest outbreak of violence in its brief history and an array of problems linked to Kazakhstan's ties with giant neighbor Russia amid the latter's war on Ukraine. Will Toqaev's decision to have an early vote help resolve any of these and other issues? Joining host Bruce Pannier to discuss the topic are Ben Godwin, the head of analysis at PRISM Political Risk Management who lived and worked in Kazakhstan for seven years and continues to track events there, and Darkhan Umirbekov, digital editor at RFE/RL's Kazakh service in Astana.
The Beacon is now a podcast!This newsletter will now have an audio component to it. I'll be interviewing some of the most interesting people working in and around the world of politics, business, and political risk.Episodes will be posted in this feed and also wherever you get your podcasts.In the first episode, I talk with Ben Godwin, Head of Analysis at PRISM Political Risk Management (http://prismlondon.co.uk/) about what is and is not political risk, and what goes into the industry that explains it.Thanks very much for listening. Let me know if there are topics you'd like to hear covered. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit twolanterns.substack.com
Meet English born Chef Ben Godwin of RN 74 Seattle and Washington winemaker Kevin Cedergreen. proprietor of Cedergreen Cellars.
Serverless is the new hot buzzword - but what does it really mean? Carl and Richard talk to Ben Godwin about his work building serverless applications - no servers, but lots of services! Ben talks about Amazon Lambda, which is similar to Azure Functions. Both these environments allow individual bits of code to run within them, written in a variety of languages, but often that language is Javascript in the Node style. The advantage of this approach is eliminating a lot of the ceremony around your services set, but at the price of some new working patterns and organization. Ben also mentions the Serverless Framework as a great free tool for getting started!Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations
Serverless is the new hot buzzword - but what does it really mean? Carl and Richard talk to Ben Godwin about his work building serverless applications - no servers, but lots of services! Ben talks about Amazon Lambda, which is similar to Azure Functions. Both these environments allow individual bits of code to run within them, written in a variety of languages, but often that language is Javascript in the Node style. The advantage of this approach is eliminating a lot of the ceremony around your services set, but at the price of some new working patterns and organization. Ben also mentions the Serverless Framework as a great free tool for getting started!Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations
This week on Discovering the Truth with Dan Duval we will be discussing the blood of Jesus. Why is blood something important from a Christian perspective? Couldn't God pick something less messy? What kind of benefits does the blood of Jesus extend to the Christian anyway? These questions and more will be addressed. In the second hour we will be join by Pastor Ben Godwin, the recipient of a creative miracle which resulted in the regeneration of bone in his leg. His website is www.bengodwin.org. This episode is sure to be powerful!
This week's playlist: • In My Time Of Dying by Ben Godwin, from Lighter Than The Atom / =shinyshiny= (2006) available from CD Baby and the iTunes Music Store. Visit Ben's site PeaceMango.com and his MySpace page for more information. • Get It Back From You by The Sterlinglane Project, from Here We Go Again (2006); available from CD Baby and the iTMS. Visit The Sterlinglane Project page at the Podsafe Music Network for more information,. • Love Bones by Root Doctor and The Sofa King Horns, from Been A Long Time Coming (2006), available from CD Baby and CD Universe. Visit RootDoctorBand.com for more information. • Bogart Bounces Again by JW-Jones, from Bluelisted (2008); Available by mail (and autographed, if you ask) from the store at JW-Jones.com; also from NorthernBlues Music and the iTMS. Visit both JW-Jones.com and this bio page at NorthernBlues Music for more information • Gonna Send Ya Back To Georgia by Moreland & Arbuckle, from 1861 (2008); available from NorthernBlues.com and the iTMS.Visit KingsnakesBlues.com for more information. • Sunrise Blues by Samuel James, from Songs Famed For Sorrow and Joy (2008); available from NorthernBlues Music and the iTMS. Visit Samuel's bio pages at NorthernBlues.com and PiedmontTalent.com, or his MySpace page, for more information. • Golden Fish by Little Pigeons ForHill Blues, from Mr. B (2007); available from CD Baby. Visit Goluban.com for more information. • Deadman Walking by The Max Bent Band. Visit MaxBent.com and his MySpace page for more information. • Pay Me No Mind by The Homemade Jamz Blues Band, from Pay Me No Mind (2008); available for pre-release orders at NorthernBlues.com. Visit HomemadeJamzBand.com and their MySpace page for more information. Visit CBS News to see a great video feature story. • Call My Job by Watermelon Slim and the Workers, from No Paid Holidays (2008); available for pre-release orders at NorthernBlues.com. Visit WatermelonSlim.com for more information. Mentioned during this show: NorthernBlues Music, BluesFestivalGuide.com and Living Blues magazine. Excellent online resources for more information about the blues: The Blues Foundation and the Delta Blues Museum; and be sure to download and listen to the DBM's top-notch (and free) podcast, the Uncensored History of the Blues. Be sure to read Today's Chicago Blues by Karen Hanson, an excellent guide to all things blues in present-day Chicago. (Music on Murphy's Saloon #125 courtesy of the artists, NorthernBlues Music, the Podsafe Music Network, IODA PROMONET, Download.com or Garageband.com)
Hey everyone,On this episode we have the awesome Ben Godwin. You will all be charmed by his British ways and then blasted away with his raw music power. If you can't get enough of Ben you go to his website and download his entire album for FREE!!! What madness is this? Well, if you do that you should also check out his blues band the King's County Blues Band, at the Baggott Inn on March 6th, 10pm.Ben works for a great organization call LifeBeat. Take a look at their website for more information.As always Listen Up! is brought to you by wrecordsbymonkey.com, adhocart.org, and peripheral media projects.com.
Our 52nd show falls on Valentine's Day this year, and we feature an interview with the author of My Sweet Vegan: passionate about dessert, Hannah Kaminsky. Hannah is only 19 years old and attends UMass college in Amherst, making her a local vegan celebrity! Hannah was noticed by a publishing company due to the popularity and quality of her BitterSweet blog. You are guaranteed to be inspired by this young vegan dessert chef! We also feature an interview with Julie Janovsky, Farm Sanctuary's Campaign Director, talking about the FDA's decision allowing cloned meat be sold to the public. We discuss the imminent release of Farm Sanctuary founder Gene Baur's book Farm Sanctuary: Changing Hearts and Minds About Animals and Food.We cover Mark Bittman's NY Times article Rethinking the Meat-Guzzler, and the Wall Street Journal's story about NFL star Tony Gonzalez's conversion to a plant-based diet, The 247 lb. Vegan. Scott gives us a scientific study claiming that fast food being toxic to your liver and busts out his guitar to serenade us. Our featured vegan music is the song Drinking Gasoline by Ben Godwin.
This week's playlist: • Has Anybody Seen My Money? by Dale Jackson, which was downloaded from Dale's page at Garageband.com. • In My Time Of Dying by Ben Godwin, from Lighter Than The Atom / =shinyshiny= (2006) available from CD Baby and the iTunes Music Store. Visit Ben's site PeaceMango.com and his MySpace page for more information. • A Little More Time from the album Lone Star Shootout (1999) by Lonnie Brooks, Long John Hunter and Phillip Walker; this track features Hunter. Lone Star Shootout is available from Alligator Records and the iTMS. If you follow the Alligator Records link, you'll find considerable information about the album as well as about Brooks, Hunter and Walker. • Married to the Blues by Chumslick Nick and the Sharks. Visit ChumslickNickandtheSharks.com or their page at GarageBand.com for more information. • Sweet Talk and Wine by Blue Voodoo, from their CD The Storm (2005), available from CDBaby. Also available from CDBaby is Red Hot Blues (2004). Visit BlueVoodooBlues.com for more information. • Long Cold Train by Kevin Welch and the Danes, from Millionaire (2001), available from Echotunes.com. Visit KevinWelch.com for more information. • Ain't Good Lookin' by Billy Jones, from tha'Blues, available from Black and Tan Records and the iTMS. Visit Billy-Jones.com for more information. • Turn Around and Say Goodbye by C.J. Chenier and the Red Hot Louisiana Band, from Step It Up! (2001), available from Alligator Records and the iTMS. Visit C.J.'s bio page at the Alligator Records site for more information. • Big Shot by Marcia Ball, from Live! Down the Road, available from Alligator Records and the iTMS. Visit MarciaBall.com for more information. • Some Sympathy by Chris Juergensen, from Big Black Sun (2005) available from Magnatune.com and the iTMS. Chris' earlier CD Prospects (2003) is also available from Magnatunes. For more information about the blues: The Blues Foundation and the Delta Blues Museum; and be sure to download and listen to the DBM's top-notch (and free) podcast, the Uncensored History of the Blues. (Music on Murphy's Saloon #61 courtesy of the artists, Garageband.com and the Podsafe Music Network, where I obtained many of these tracks)
This week's playlist: • Catch Me If You Can by Barry McCabe, on Beyond The Tears (2006), available from CD Baby and the iTunes Music Store. BarryMcCabe.com includes a list of other online music distributors that sell Barry's music. • Slidin' by The James Mabry Blues Band, from their CD Blues Plus (1996). For more information or to buy a CD, visit their MySpace page or their site. • Pretty Girls by Robin Sylar, on Tricked Out (2004), available from the TopCat Records catalog, CD Baby and the iTMS. For more information, visit the TopCat Records page about Robin and the album. • Sing your Song by Oscar Jordan & The Mighty Sons Of Hercules, from Eclectic Soul (2004), available from CD Baby and Amazon.com. For more information, visit OscarJordan.com and/or his MySpace page. • One Drink Away From The Blues by Mark Kerr from One Drink Away From The Blues (2005), available from CD Baby, the iTMS and Amazon.com. For more information, visit MarkKerrLtd.com. • Cryin' Won't Help You by The Paul Wood Band, on Blues Is My Business (2001), available from CD Baby or the iTMS. For more information, visit Paul-Wood.com or his MySpace page. • In My Time Of Dying by Ben Godwin, from Lighter Than The Atom / =shinyshiny= (2006) available from CD Baby, the iTunes Music Store and Amazon.com. For more information about Ben, visit his site PeaceMango.com and his MySpace page. • My Baby Don't Wear No Panties by Mean Gene Kelton, from Most Requested (1999), available from Gene's online store, the iTMS and Amazon.com. For more information, visit JamboneRecords.com and GeneKelton.com. • Johnny Nobody by Barry McCabe, also from Beyond The Tears. Mentioned during this show: Kingston Mines and the Association of Music Podcasting. Excellent online resources for more information about the blues: The Blues Foundation and the Delta Blues Museum; and be sure to download and listen to the DBM's top-notch (and free) podcast, the Uncensored History of the Blues. (Music on Murphy's Saloon #47 courtesy of the artists and the Podsafe Music Network, where I obtained many of these tracks)
This week's playlist: • Sweet As Sin by Ruby James from her forthcoming CD Ruby James; this and other tracks can be downloaded free from RubyJames.com. Ruby is touring the United States this fall - some dates are confirmed and others are pending. For more information, visit Ruby's MySpace page or the RubyJamesFans page at MySpace. • In My Time Of Dying by Ben Godwin from the CD Lighter Than The Atom / =shinyshiny= (2006) available from CD Baby, the iTunes Music Store and Amazon.com. For more information about Ben, visit his site PeaceMango.com and his MySpace page. • Mr. Bad Luck by Oscar Jordan & The Mighty Sons Of Hercules from their album Mr. Bad Luck (2001), available from CD Baby and Amazon.com. For more information, visit OscarJordan.com and/or his MySpace page. Oscar's CD Eclectic Soul (2004) is also available from CD Baby. • Superharp by James Cotton from High Compression (1984) available from Alligator Records, the iTMS and Amazon.com. • Some Sympathy by Chris Juergensen from the CD Big Black Sun (2005) available from Magnatune.com, the iTMS and Amazon.com. Chris' earlier CD Prospects (2003) is also available from Magnatunes. • Go Fast by Humdinger. They have a CD and a band website in the works; in the meantime, visit their MySpace page for more information. • Bad Religion by Jimmie Bratcher, from his 2005 CD Red, available from his online store, the iTMS and Amazon.com. For more information, visit JimmieBratcher.com. • Highwayman by Tinsley Ellis from Live - Highwayman (2005) available from Alligator Records, the iTMS and Amazon.com. Mentioned on tonight's Murphy's Saloon: Jambone Records, and Flamenco Chicago, as well as FC's founder, artistic director and choreographer, Rosetta Magdalen. Online resources for more information about the blues: the Blues Foundation, the Delta Blues Museum, and the DBM's top-notch (and free) podcast, Uncensored History of the Blues. Please note: If this is your first visit to Murphy's Saloon, you can skip the first 10-12 episodes with a completely clear conscience. No kidding. (Music on Murphy's Saloon #37 courtesy of the artists and the Podsafe Music Network, where I downloaded some of these tracks)