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The guys make a stop in the AFC and NFC North for their annual division previews. How good can the Packers REALLY be? Will Joe Burrow be a Bengal next year? NFL preseason, WNBA playoffs, NBA, and more! 0:00-Intro/Fantasy Chatter 36:50 - Around the NFL 57:08 - AFC/NFC North Preview 1:13:40 - Hoops 1:23:10 - Sign-off Don't forget to submit your questions to the guys at speakonitpod14@gmail.com so they can answer them during the next show!  Follow the squad!! @losdeemix @dannyocean41 @goingfor2live  @speakonit_pod (Twitter, TikTok, and Instagram)

At twelve, Julie stared at a clawed arm at the end of her bed for seven seconds and then went back to reading, and the two decades that followed are why a UFO investigator spent weeks taking her statement.DEEP-DIVE ARTICLE about Archer Avenue & Resurrection Mary: https://weirddarkness.com/resurrection-mary/EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources): https://weirddarkness.com/EncountersOfJulieREAD or DOWNLOAD the full transcript of this episode: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/mtepz5jcFEATURED STORIES IN THIS EPISODE: If you've listened to Weird Darkness for any length of time, you know that I will often suggest someone who has had a paranormal disturbance in their home or life, reach out to a pastor or priest for guidance. But what exactly happens when the Catholic Church starts investigating the paranormal? (When The Catholic Church Goes Ghost Hunting) *** Many states around America say they have the most haunted road in the country. And while the words “most haunted” are somewhat subjective, it's hard not to see why people outside of Chicago consider Archer Avenue not only the top spooky street in America, but the most haunted on the planet. (The Anguish Of Archer Avenue) *** After allegedly murdering her husband in 1960, Sharon Kinne shot her lover's pregnant wife. Then, she evaded justice and escaped to Mexico only to kill again — before vanishing without a trace. (The American Murderess Who Disappeared in 1969) *** Modern courtrooms aren't equipped or knowledgable enough to determine whether or not ghosts are real, but that hasn't stopped ghosts from appearing in several court cases! (Court Cases Involving Ghosts) *** When you hear of a two-headed creature you typically think of two heads side-by-side growing from the neck and shoulders area. But have you ever heard of a creature growing another head on the very top of it's other head? It happened… and not to just any creature. It was a human boy who lived much longer than anyone expected. (The Bengal Boy With Two Heads) *** Buried alive inside the castle walls, the Finnish Maiden immured still haunts the medieval building of Olavinlinna Castle. (The Maiden of Olavinlinna Castle) *** The case of “Julie” from Carlisle in the United Kingdom is an intriguing one not only because it unfolded over many years, but because it appears to straddle the line between apparent reptilian entities and paranormal activity. (The Encounters of Julie)CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00.00.000 = The Foreboding00:01:03.125 = Show Open00:03:46.357 = The Encounters of Julie00:21:34.557 = The Bengal Boy With Two Heads ***00:26:40.964 = When The Catholic Church Goes Ghost Hunting00:38:00.163 = The Anguish of Archer Avenue ***00:50:12.310 = The Maiden Of Olavinlinna Castle00:55:15.646 = The American Murderess Who Disappeared In 1969 ***00:1:03:06.483 = Court Cases Involving Ghosts01:13:33.193 = Show Close01:14:40.612 = SONG: “Archer Avenue” by Dark Weirdness01:18:51.465 = Bloopers*** = Begins immediately after inserted ad breakLISTEN ON PODCAST APPS: Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here: https://weirddarkness.com/wdapps*No AI Voices Are Used In The Narration Of This Podcast*SOURCES and RESOURCES:SONG: “Archer Avenue” by Dark Weirdness: https://weirddarkness.com/music“When The Catholic Church Goes Ghost Hunting” by Mariel Loveland for Ranker: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/5b5y7fyc“The Anguish Of Archer Avenue” by Sabrina Ithal for Graveyard Shift: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/x6sy6fxa“The American Murderess Who Disappeared in 1969” by Neil Patmore for All That's Interesting:https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/429crjvz“The Bengal Boy With Two Heads” by Kaushik Patowary for Amusing Planet (includes photos):https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/3s3dpwme“Court Cases Involving Ghosts” by Jim Rowley for Graveyard Shift: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/mtpfhf5v“The Maiden of Olavinlinna Castle” posted at Moon Mausoleum: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/ybfsypnj“The Encounters of Julie” by Marcus Lowth for UFO Insight: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/4696c2yx(Over time links may become invalid, disappear, or have different content. I always make sure to give authors credit for the material I use whenever possible. If I somehow overlooked doing so for a story, or if a credit is incorrect, please let me know and I will rectify it in these show notes immediately. Some links included above may benefit me financially through qualifying purchases.)WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness.Originally aired: March, 2022LIKE WHAT YOU'RE HEARING? WEIRD DARKNESS posts episodes 7 DAYS A WEEK! Listen FREE wherever you get podcasts or visit https://weirddarkness.com/listen. • Paranormal • True Crime • Ghosts • UFOs • Cryptids • Unexplained • Want even more? Become an OFFICIAL WEIRDO for commercial-free episodes, bonus episodes, weeknight live chats, audiobooks & more at https://weirddarkness.com/OFFICIALWeird Darkness looks at a clawed arm at the foot of a child's bed in Carlisle, a boy born in Bengal in 1783 with a second head growing atop his own, the Vatican office that vets miracles and demonic possession, the Chicago road that produced Resurrection Mary, a Finnish maiden entombed alive in a castle wall, a Missouri housewife who killed at least three people and vanished, and the court cases where ghosts turned up as evidence.It opens with the woman investigators call Julie, twelve years old and reading in bed in Carlisle, England, in 2000 when a black arm ending in white talons came over the foot of her mattress. Dave Hodrien of the Birmingham UFO Group interviewed her in early 2022 about twenty years of reptilian sightings, poltergeist activity, and shadow figures that followed her from that bedroom into the hospital wards where she later worked as a senior nurse.From there comes the boy born in the Bengali village of Mundul Gaut in May 1783 with a second head sitting inverted on top of the first, an upper head that wept and tried to nurse while its expressions ran independent of the child's. A cobra killed him at four, a salt agent for the East India Company robbed his grave, and his skull still sits in the Hunterian Museum in London as a specimen of craniopagus parasiticus, a parasitic twinning that occurs in two or three births out of five million.The Vatican's paranormal caseload runs through the Congregation for the Causes of Saints and the Consulta Medica, a board of Italian Catholic physicians who rule on whether a healing has any natural explanation, with Michael O'Neill of MiracleHunter.com estimating that 99.9 percent of investigated miracles are medical. Father Lampert puts genuine demonic possession at one case in five thousand, and the Vatican's revised 1999 guidelines require priests to consult mental health professionals before any exorcism is approved.Archer Avenue follows, the old Native American trail southwest of Chicago where Resurrection Mary has hitchhiked between the O'Henry Ballroom and Resurrection Cemetery since the 1930s, and where police answering a call on August 10th, 1976 found the cemetery bars bent apart and scorched with handprints. The same stretch carries phantom monks at St. James of the Sag, a cloven hoofprint outside Kaiser Hall, a driverless hearse, the Maple Lake ghost light, and Red Gate Woods, where the world's first nuclear reactor lies buried from the Manhattan Project.Olavinlinna Castle, built on a lake island in southeastern Finland in 1475, holds the legend of the lord's daughter who opened the gate for her Russian lover and was condemned for treason and immured alive in the courtyard wall, with a rowan tree of white flowers and red berries said to have grown where she died.Sharon Kinne told police in March 1960 that her toddler had shot her husband, collected $230,000, and was acquitted of killing her lover's pregnant wife before fleeing to Mexico City, where she shot a man in a motel room and earned the nickname La Pistolera; she walked out of Iztapalapa prison during a blackout on December 7th, 1969 and has never been found.The episode closes on hauntings that reached a courtroom, from the 1917 Ouija-board novel Jap Herron credited to Mark Twain's ghost to Stambovsky v. Ackley, the 1991 Ghostbusters ruling that made a Nyack house legally haunted, and Gerald Brittle's $900 million suit daring Warner Bros. to prove the events behind The Conjuring actually happened.

Chapal Rani was one of India's most famous performers of jatra, Bengal's popular theater. Traditionally, all the roles, including female roles, were played by men—and Chapal Rani was perhaps the most prominent performer of women on the stage. He's also the subject of a new book from Sandip Roy, titled Chapal Rani, the Last Queen of Bengal. Roy, who joins us the show today, tells the story of Chapal Rani's life, from stardom to obscurity and later rediscovery; how Chapal Rani would transform himself every night onstage; and how jatra changes how we talk about gender and performance. Sandip Roy is a writer, columnist, and podcaster currently living in Kolkata. He is a columnist for Mint Lounge, The Hindu, and the host of the Sandip Roy Show on Indian Express. His work has appeared in The New York Times, BBC, The San Francisco Chronicle, NPR, Huffington Post, Conde Nast Traveller, among other publications. For over a decade, Roy was editor of Trikone, the world's oldest magazine on LGBTQ+ South Asian issues. He is the author of the novel Don't Let Him Know. You can find more reviews, excerpts, interviews, and essays at The Asian Review of Books, including its review of Chapal Rani, the Last Queen of Bengal. Follow on Twitter at @BookReviewsAsia. Nicholas Gordon is an editor for a global magazine, and a reviewer for the Asian Review of Books. He can be found on Twitter at @nickrigordon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/asian-review

Joe Burrow is a Bengal for the long term, no matter how much people like the PFT host try to change that. This might be the best roster the star QB's had since he was drafted by Cincinnati, and it's making rivals jealous. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Ganja is the popular name in Hindustani, Bengali, and other South Asian languages for intoxicating substances produced from the plant species Cannabis sativa L. Starting in the eighteenth century, British India's colonial administrators sought ways to systematically tax and govern how ganja circulated from the farms of peasant families in rural Bengal to pipes, plates, and cups elsewhere in the subcontinent. Ganja Matters: Empire and the Pursuits of Cannabis in British India (University of California Press, 2026) is an open-access book that follows the perpetual incongruity between regulatory efforts to pursue the plant through botanical observation, colonial reportage, and excise statistics and the leisurely, devotional, and creative ganja pursuits among people. Dr. Utathya Chattopadhyaya offers a social history of ganja in a multispecies framework that reveals how the cannabis plant co-constituted histories of empire, gender, subalternity, and labor under British rule. Against the weight of the criminalization and "drug-ness" of cannabis, Dr. Chattopadhyaya puts the multidirectional and polysemic history of ganja as plant matter at the center of analysis. This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose book focuses on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. You can find Miranda's interviews on New Books with Miranda Melcher, wherever you get your podcasts.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of The Winston Marshall Show, I sit down with Abhijit Iyer-Mitra for a conversation on British rule in India, colonialism, partition, Islam, and the rewriting of Indian history. We discuss whether the British Empire was ultimately good or bad for India, Churchill and the Bengal famine, the Mughal Empire, India and Pakistan, Kashmir, free speech, and what Britain can learn from India about national identity and integration.WATCH THE EXTENDED CONVERSATION HERE: https://www.winstonmarshall.co.uk/LIVE EVENT: Is Islam compatible with the West? Get your discounted first release tickets now before they sell out: https://winstonmarshall.eventbrite.co.uk I can't wait for you to join us in London for one of the most important debates of our timeChapters00:00 Was British Rule Good or Bad for India?02:24 Did Britain Deindustrialise India?11:49 What Britain Gave India16:15 The Benefits of British Rule28:13 British Rule, Famines & Churchill40:44 Partition: Was It Good for India?43:45 Kashmir & the India-Pakistan Conflict45:45 How India Became an Economic Success50:55 Islam, Integration & British Identity57:22 What Went Wrong With Multicultural Britain?01:03:29 Free Speech & Hate Crime Laws01:08:02 Final Thoughts

Episode #588: Historian Douglas Ober began questioning the standard history of Indian Buddhism while traveling to Bodh Gaya, Sarnath, and other sacred sites in his twenties. The dates he found on buildings and inscriptions did not fit the familiar sequence in which Buddhism vanished, European scholars rediscovered it, Anagarika Dharmapala revived it, and B.R. Ambedkar restored it in 1956. His research led him to argue that “this idea around Buddhism's disappearance from India is kind of a modern myth, and I call it a kind of useful fiction.” Ober does not deny the collapse of monasteries, patronage, and literary production after the thirteenth century. He instead recovers evidence that extinction language excludes: Buddhist images produced into the seventeenth century, manuscripts copied by devotees near Bodh Gaya, and continuing pilgrimage networks linking India with Nepal, Tibet, Sri Lanka, Chittagong, Arakan, and Burma. Colonial scholarship further narrowed the record by recognizing textual, monastic forms while treating yogis, borderland communities, and mixed traditions as doubtful or irrelevant. The Bay of Bengal becomes central to this longer history. Rakhine monks and patrons moved through Bengal and northern India; U Chandramani studied with Mahavir, helped establish a Buddhist rest house at Kushinagar, and later officiated Ambedkar's mass conversion of Dalits at Nagpur. Ambedkar's movement therefore emerged from a century of anti-caste Buddhist organizing and transregional monastic connections, even as his rationalist Navayana Buddhism transformed inherited doctrines around karma and rebirth. After independence, Nehru placed Buddhist symbols at the center of Indian statecraft through the dharma wheel on the flag, the Ashokan lion capital, and relic missions across Asia, including Burma. These objects carried genuine devotion and political purpose at once. Ober's history leaves both forces intact: Buddhism survives not outside politics, but through people and institutions repeatedly deciding what it means, who may claim it, and what power can do in its name.

The Unofficial Bengals Podcast reviews some things to look for in the upcoming preseason game vs. the Lions - position by position, scheme-wise, playing time, and more. Then, a dive into the current Bengals headlines, transactions, injuries, and their experiments in scheme and personnel. The show finishes up with analysis of the last few Bengal practices - who is standing out, who is not, the plays that have been made, and the roster as a whole. No one talks Bengals quite like The Unofficial Bengals Podcast!! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Queer histories often seem to exist in a vacuum. As if it all started with Stonewall in New York or Harvey Milk in San Francisco. But queer people existed long before then, trying to carve out their space in the world.

It's a second issue spotlight with your two second favorite hosts talking about Absolute Catwoman by Scott Snyder & Che Grayson, Bengal, and Giovanna Niro; Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso's 100 Bullets: the US of Anger; Junk Punch from Mad Cave and Paul Tobin, Carlos Javier Olivares, Francesca Vivaldi, and Lin Visel; Bizarro: Year None; and Paul Chadwick's Concrete: Stars Over Sand! We also mix things up with Feral; The Foundry by Mike Mignola & Chris Roberson, Christopher Mitten, and Michelle Madsen; Odin by James Tynion IV & Marguerite Bennett, Letizia Cadonici, and Jordie Bellaire; M.A.S.K.; Usagi Yojimbo: Kaito '84; and Chachu by Iman Vellani, Marianna Ignazzi, and Jordie Bellaire! Plus, we check in on DAP's Battlestar Galactica journey!

What role do microbes play in aquaponic farming and cultivated meat production, and how might such novel food technologies impact microbiomes? In this episode, Ishita Dey of Gastronomica hosts Lukáš Senft, Tereza Stöckelová, and Varvara Borisova in a conversation about their new article, “The Microbiopolitics of Novel Foods: The Pro- and Antibiotic Implications of Cultivated Meat and Aquaponic Farming.” In a discussion that connects food futures with environment, sustainability, health, and technology, the research team shares insights from their multisited ethnography of indoor vertical farms, bioreactors, and alternative food production in Czechia. They illuminate the emergence of new food technologies and the regulatory landscape, discuss the demand for protein and alternative protein sources, and reflect on the broader implications for microbial diversity and resilience-building in food systems. “The Microbiopolitics of Novel Foods: The Pro- and Antibiotic Implications of Cultivated Meat and Aquaponic Farming” by Lukáš Senft, Tereza Stöckelová, and Varvara Borisova, appears in issue 26.1 of Gastronomica. Their article is one of eleven in a newly published special section on microbes in food and food systems. Learn more about the two-part special section and access the articles in the Spring 2026 and Summer 2026 issues of the journal. Lukáš Senft has a PhD in sociology from Charles University and is currently a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Sociology of the Czech Academy of Sciences. His work on food systems has explored topics related to small-scale farming, mushroom foraging, precision agriculture, and the use of medicinal plants through multispecies ethnography and public scholarship. Tereza Stöckelová is a senior researcher at the Institute of Sociology of the Czech Academy of Sciences and also an associate professor in the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology at Charles University. An expert in social studies of science, her current research on food and health focuses on extended metabolism in relation to bodies, ecologies, and technologies. Varvara Borisova recently completed her PhD in anthropology at Charles University and is now a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Sociology of the Czech Academy of Sciences where she is pursuing research on science and technology, obesity, metabolism, and alternative proteins. Ishita Dey is an assistant professor of sociology at South Asian University and a member of Gastronomica's Editorial Collective. Her new book, a multisited ethnography of sweet-making titled Sweet Excess: Crafting Mishti in Bengal, was published by Routledge in 2025. Gastronomica: The Journal for Food Studies is published by the University of California Press. Quarterly issues are available in print and online. Listeners can now find the Gastronomica podcast on the New Books Network. Subscribe to Gastronomica's podcast feed to stay updated on the newest episodes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Che Grayson joins Jace from the floor of San Diego Comic-Con 2026 to discuss the breakout reception to Absolute Catwoman and the creative freedom that came with reinventing Selina Kyle without the restrictions of traditional continuity. Grayson explains the collaborative process with Scott Snyder, how Bengal's artwork helped establish the book's slick and cinematic identity, and why every gadget, trap and globetrotting set piece is connected to Selina's emotional journey. They also discuss Absolute Cassandra Cain, the deeper history connecting the book's characters and the still-unrevealed "original wound" at the center of Selina's story. Che also shares an update on Exquisite Corpses and the upcoming Fox Mask Killer spin-off. Follow The Comic Source: https://linktr.ee/thecomicsource Chapters 00:00 Selina's Original Wound 00:21 Introduction and *Dark Spaces: Good Deeds* 01:10 The Reception to *Absolute Catwoman* 02:36 Reinventing Selina Without Continuity 03:25 Working with Scott Snyder 05:46 Building a Character-Driven Globetrotting Story 06:15 Absolute Catwoman Versus Absolute Batman 06:51 Working with Bengal 07:35 Bringing a Cinematic Style to Comics 08:33 Cassandra Cain and More Surprises 09:01 Selina Kyle's Unrevealed Original Wound 09:38 *Exquisite Corpses* and *Fox Mask Killer* 10:19 Final Thoughts

What role do microbes play in aquaponic farming and cultivated meat production, and how might such novel food technologies impact microbiomes? In this episode, Ishita Dey of Gastronomica hosts Lukáš Senft, Tereza Stöckelová, and Varvara Borisova in a conversation about their new article, “The Microbiopolitics of Novel Foods: The Pro- and Antibiotic Implications of Cultivated Meat and Aquaponic Farming.” In a discussion that connects food futures with environment, sustainability, health, and technology, the research team shares insights from their multisited ethnography of indoor vertical farms, bioreactors, and alternative food production in Czechia. They illuminate the emergence of new food technologies and the regulatory landscape, discuss the demand for protein and alternative protein sources, and reflect on the broader implications for microbial diversity and resilience-building in food systems. “The Microbiopolitics of Novel Foods: The Pro- and Antibiotic Implications of Cultivated Meat and Aquaponic Farming” by Lukáš Senft, Tereza Stöckelová, and Varvara Borisova, appears in issue 26.1 of Gastronomica. Their article is one of eleven in a newly published special section on microbes in food and food systems. Learn more about the two-part special section and access the articles in the Spring 2026 and Summer 2026 issues of the journal. Lukáš Senft has a PhD in sociology from Charles University and is currently a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Sociology of the Czech Academy of Sciences. His work on food systems has explored topics related to small-scale farming, mushroom foraging, precision agriculture, and the use of medicinal plants through multispecies ethnography and public scholarship. Tereza Stöckelová is a senior researcher at the Institute of Sociology of the Czech Academy of Sciences and also an associate professor in the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology at Charles University. An expert in social studies of science, her current research on food and health focuses on extended metabolism in relation to bodies, ecologies, and technologies. Varvara Borisova recently completed her PhD in anthropology at Charles University and is now a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Sociology of the Czech Academy of Sciences where she is pursuing research on science and technology, obesity, metabolism, and alternative proteins. Ishita Dey is an assistant professor of sociology at South Asian University and a member of Gastronomica's Editorial Collective. Her new book, a multisited ethnography of sweet-making titled Sweet Excess: Crafting Mishti in Bengal, was published by Routledge in 2025. Gastronomica: The Journal for Food Studies is published by the University of California Press. Quarterly issues are available in print and online. Listeners can now find the Gastronomica podcast on the New Books Network. Subscribe to Gastronomica's podcast feed to stay updated on the newest episodes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/anthropology

What role do microbes play in aquaponic farming and cultivated meat production, and how might such novel food technologies impact microbiomes? In this episode, Ishita Dey of Gastronomica hosts Lukáš Senft, Tereza Stöckelová, and Varvara Borisova in a conversation about their new article, “The Microbiopolitics of Novel Foods: The Pro- and Antibiotic Implications of Cultivated Meat and Aquaponic Farming.” In a discussion that connects food futures with environment, sustainability, health, and technology, the research team shares insights from their multisited ethnography of indoor vertical farms, bioreactors, and alternative food production in Czechia. They illuminate the emergence of new food technologies and the regulatory landscape, discuss the demand for protein and alternative protein sources, and reflect on the broader implications for microbial diversity and resilience-building in food systems. “The Microbiopolitics of Novel Foods: The Pro- and Antibiotic Implications of Cultivated Meat and Aquaponic Farming” by Lukáš Senft, Tereza Stöckelová, and Varvara Borisova, appears in issue 26.1 of Gastronomica. Their article is one of eleven in a newly published special section on microbes in food and food systems. Learn more about the two-part special section and access the articles in the Spring 2026 and Summer 2026 issues of the journal. Lukáš Senft has a PhD in sociology from Charles University and is currently a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Sociology of the Czech Academy of Sciences. His work on food systems has explored topics related to small-scale farming, mushroom foraging, precision agriculture, and the use of medicinal plants through multispecies ethnography and public scholarship. Tereza Stöckelová is a senior researcher at the Institute of Sociology of the Czech Academy of Sciences and also an associate professor in the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology at Charles University. An expert in social studies of science, her current research on food and health focuses on extended metabolism in relation to bodies, ecologies, and technologies. Varvara Borisova recently completed her PhD in anthropology at Charles University and is now a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Sociology of the Czech Academy of Sciences where she is pursuing research on science and technology, obesity, metabolism, and alternative proteins. Ishita Dey is an assistant professor of sociology at South Asian University and a member of Gastronomica's Editorial Collective. Her new book, a multisited ethnography of sweet-making titled Sweet Excess: Crafting Mishti in Bengal, was published by Routledge in 2025. Gastronomica: The Journal for Food Studies is published by the University of California Press. Quarterly issues are available in print and online. Listeners can now find the Gastronomica podcast on the New Books Network. Subscribe to Gastronomica's podcast feed to stay updated on the newest episodes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/food

What role do microbes play in aquaponic farming and cultivated meat production, and how might such novel food technologies impact microbiomes? In this episode, Ishita Dey of Gastronomica hosts Lukáš Senft, Tereza Stöckelová, and Varvara Borisova in a conversation about their new article, “The Microbiopolitics of Novel Foods: The Pro- and Antibiotic Implications of Cultivated Meat and Aquaponic Farming.” In a discussion that connects food futures with environment, sustainability, health, and technology, the research team shares insights from their multisited ethnography of indoor vertical farms, bioreactors, and alternative food production in Czechia. They illuminate the emergence of new food technologies and the regulatory landscape, discuss the demand for protein and alternative protein sources, and reflect on the broader implications for microbial diversity and resilience-building in food systems. “The Microbiopolitics of Novel Foods: The Pro- and Antibiotic Implications of Cultivated Meat and Aquaponic Farming” by Lukáš Senft, Tereza Stöckelová, and Varvara Borisova, appears in issue 26.1 of Gastronomica. Their article is one of eleven in a newly published special section on microbes in food and food systems. Learn more about the two-part special section and access the articles in the Spring 2026 and Summer 2026 issues of the journal. Lukáš Senft has a PhD in sociology from Charles University and is currently a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Sociology of the Czech Academy of Sciences. His work on food systems has explored topics related to small-scale farming, mushroom foraging, precision agriculture, and the use of medicinal plants through multispecies ethnography and public scholarship. Tereza Stöckelová is a senior researcher at the Institute of Sociology of the Czech Academy of Sciences and also an associate professor in the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology at Charles University. An expert in social studies of science, her current research on food and health focuses on extended metabolism in relation to bodies, ecologies, and technologies. Varvara Borisova recently completed her PhD in anthropology at Charles University and is now a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Sociology of the Czech Academy of Sciences where she is pursuing research on science and technology, obesity, metabolism, and alternative proteins. Ishita Dey is an assistant professor of sociology at South Asian University and a member of Gastronomica's Editorial Collective. Her new book, a multisited ethnography of sweet-making titled Sweet Excess: Crafting Mishti in Bengal, was published by Routledge in 2025. Gastronomica: The Journal for Food Studies is published by the University of California Press. Quarterly issues are available in print and online. Listeners can now find the Gastronomica podcast on the New Books Network. Subscribe to Gastronomica's podcast feed to stay updated on the newest episodes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/sociology

What role do microbes play in aquaponic farming and cultivated meat production, and how might such novel food technologies impact microbiomes? In this episode, Ishita Dey of Gastronomica hosts Lukáš Senft, Tereza Stöckelová, and Varvara Borisova in a conversation about their new article, “The Microbiopolitics of Novel Foods: The Pro- and Antibiotic Implications of Cultivated Meat and Aquaponic Farming.” In a discussion that connects food futures with environment, sustainability, health, and technology, the research team shares insights from their multisited ethnography of indoor vertical farms, bioreactors, and alternative food production in Czechia. They illuminate the emergence of new food technologies and the regulatory landscape, discuss the demand for protein and alternative protein sources, and reflect on the broader implications for microbial diversity and resilience-building in food systems. “The Microbiopolitics of Novel Foods: The Pro- and Antibiotic Implications of Cultivated Meat and Aquaponic Farming” by Lukáš Senft, Tereza Stöckelová, and Varvara Borisova, appears in issue 26.1 of Gastronomica. Their article is one of eleven in a newly published special section on microbes in food and food systems. Learn more about the two-part special section and access the articles in the Spring 2026 and Summer 2026 issues of the journal. Lukáš Senft has a PhD in sociology from Charles University and is currently a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Sociology of the Czech Academy of Sciences. His work on food systems has explored topics related to small-scale farming, mushroom foraging, precision agriculture, and the use of medicinal plants through multispecies ethnography and public scholarship. Tereza Stöckelová is a senior researcher at the Institute of Sociology of the Czech Academy of Sciences and also an associate professor in the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology at Charles University. An expert in social studies of science, her current research on food and health focuses on extended metabolism in relation to bodies, ecologies, and technologies. Varvara Borisova recently completed her PhD in anthropology at Charles University and is now a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Sociology of the Czech Academy of Sciences where she is pursuing research on science and technology, obesity, metabolism, and alternative proteins. Ishita Dey is an assistant professor of sociology at South Asian University and a member of Gastronomica's Editorial Collective. Her new book, a multisited ethnography of sweet-making titled Sweet Excess: Crafting Mishti in Bengal, was published by Routledge in 2025. Gastronomica: The Journal for Food Studies is published by the University of California Press. Quarterly issues are available in print and online. Listeners can now find the Gastronomica podcast on the New Books Network. Subscribe to Gastronomica's podcast feed to stay updated on the newest episodes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/science-technology-and-society

There's a current trend in Bengal called "Deem therapy," but while it's a great pleasure for the public at the moment, Sandip wonders when the yolk will run out.

This week we're joined by second-round edge rusher Cashius Howell. Cashius talks us through his first few months as a Bengal, including his "Welcome to the NFL" moment, adapting to the speed and physicality of the league, learning from the veterans in the defensive room, and what fans can realistically expect from him in Year 1. We also discuss his transition from college football, how he's settling into life in Cincinnati, and the mindset that's helped him hit the ground running. Plus: Salty or Sweet Popcorn? Top 10 Current Bengals?

Writer and Filmmaker Che Grayson joins Dave to discuss Absolute Catwoman, the DC project they're co-writing with Scott Snyder and artist Bengal. Grayson shares how their indie roots and pandemic-era Zoom calls with Snyder led to the collaboration, and the creative energy that has allowed the Absolute line to resonate. The two discuss Easter eggs hidden in the first two issues, the essential role of horror films in shaping their creative voice, and why great art should always have something to say.Plus, Bagels.Follow Che on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/chehaunts/?hl=enhttps://directeditionpodcast.com/Join my Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/DavengersDirectEdition

In this inspiring episode of The Brand Called You, host Mark Sadovnick speaks with Indrani Pal-Chaudhuri, Founder & Chief Vision Officer of Open Origin. From her distinguished family heritage in Bengal to founding a school for women and underprivileged children in India at the age of 18, Indrani's journey brings together global citizenship, creative innovation, and an unwavering commitment to social and environmental change.Discover how her collaborations with icons such as David Bowie, Beyoncé, and Lady Gaga, combined with her work in climate action, filmmaking, and social justice, have shaped her mission to build a more regenerative future. As the visionary behind Open Origin, Indrani shares how AI, green energy, and sustainable innovation can help solve some of humanity's greatest challenges.In this conversation, she explores the mindset shifts leaders must embrace for a regenerative future, the evolving relationship between AI and community well-being, and what it truly means to become a "good ancestor" for generations to come.Join us for an engaging discussion on leadership, purpose, innovation, sustainability, and creating lasting impact in a rapidly changing world.

Sign up for PrizePicks with code: HMA and get $150 if you win your first $5+ lineup! https://link.prizepicks.com/LME0/FRANCHISEGUY Today we take a DEEP DIVE into the Cincinnati Bengals, the 17th Ranked Team in my Pre-Season Power Rankings. We'll go through all of their offseason changes, how I feel about EVERY PLAYER on the roster, and then get into some predictions for how the season will go. Be sure to Follow Joe's work at the Locked on Podcast, Bengal on the Brain YT, and (@)JoeGoodberry on Twitter Get EXCLUSIVE Content AND Support My Channel @ https://www.patreon.com/thatfranchiseguy Fan Made Deep Dive Spreadsheet From "123 Fives" https://drive.google.com/open?id=1V15bZ-LCny1n8UogtQgCVWRTlRUuzKfU6ccJFeGfU3o Join my Community Discord Server! https://discord.gg/D9cp7yY Chapters 0:00 Intro 2:28 Coaching Staff 17:05 Quarterback 26:16 Runningback 30:41  Weaponry 45:02 Offensive Line 58:30 Offensive Summary 1:00:43 Defensive Intro 1:01:19 Defensive-Line 1:24:47 Linebackers 1:31:18 Secondary   1:45:50  Defensive Summary 1:47:19 Special Teams 1:48:55 Recapping Strengths, Weaknesses, and Pivotal Factors 1:51:04 Interview With Joe Goodberry 2:25:11 My Final Bengals Predictions!

#kali #bengal #rakshasiIn today's story, a king and queen want kids, but haven't had any. A beggar offers them some medicine in exchange for one of their future kids. But what does he want him for?Source: Folk-Tales of Bengal by Lal Behari DayNarrator: Dustin SteichmannMusic: বাড়ির কাছে আরশিনগর | Lalon Geeti | Barir Kache Arshinagar | Saurav Moni Folk SongSound Effects: Ambience, Night Wildlife, A.wav by InspectorJ -- https://freesound.org/s/352514/ -- License: Attribution 4.0; campsite quiet hut night crickets with crackling fire and people sleeping.flac by kyles -- https://freesound.org/s/450574/ -- License: Creative Commons 0The podcast shoutout is to the British History podcast. Hosted by Jamie and Z, this show covers everything you want to know about British History. They are currently covering some post 1066 shenanigans. Go give them a listen.And the listener shoutout is to Nitra Slovakia. It is the capital of the Nitra region. It looks to be a very pretty city. And if I am lucky enough to go there, I would love to see Nitra Castle and Nitra Synagogue. Both look very pretty. And so to my listener in Nitra I say Ďakujem a dobrú noc. Thank you and goodnight.

Because the vast majority of longevity research is based on white people, Mangesh asks the question, what about HIS body? He talks with a Yale researcher from Delhi who explains how centuries of colonialism have shaped South Asian epigenetics, leading to stark inequalities—and more big questions. And then, Mangesh heads to India, where he subjects himself to high-tech services at a biohacking lab and visits a traditional ayurvedic clinic. Back home in New York, his mom reflects on life after loss, and how much longer she really wants to live. Plus: Mangesh’s teenage son explains looksmaxxing and rates his dad’s face. Learn more about Raghav Sehgal’s longevity research Check out Reverse Infinity and Shree Shanti Wellness in Goa Try a recipe for pani puri Listen to the BBC audio documentary 3 Million, about the Bengal famine Special thanks to Azadi Records and Bliss Samsa for their beautiful tracks, and Botany for the score. Episode collage art by Vahini Shori.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Weekly Reviews: DC Clayface: Celebrity Dirt 1 by Jude Ellison S. Doyle, Fran Galan, Patricio Delpeche Marvel Fantastic Four: First Foes – Shalla-Bal 1 by Charles Soule, Mark Buckingham, Alex Sinclair Ryan North, Phil Noto It's Symbie 1 by Jacob Chabot, Rachelle Rosenberg, MacKenzie Cadenhead, Enid Balam, Andrew Dalhouse Jeff the Land Shark: Superstar 1 by Kelly Thompson, Tokitokoro, Jim Campbell Marvel Unlimited Infinity Comics: Alien: The Friendliest Facehugger 11 by Jason Loo, Goodman Yamada Redwing: Independence Day 6 by Juan Ponce, Pablo Collar Alien Zorro's Legacy 1 by Dan Abnett, Aaron Lopresti, Matt Ryan, Walter Pereyra Archie Archie Comics 85th Anniversary Presents: Betty & Veronica Swimsuit Special 1 Boom Vampyrates 1 by Fred Van Lente, Luca Pizzari, Adam Guzowski Dark Horse Star-Crossed 1 by Mark Millar, Corrado Mastantuono, Niso Mastantuono Witness Point 1 by Heath Corson, Soo Lee Dynamite Aladdin 1 by James III, Agnese Eterno Fire and Ice: Darkwolf 1 by Dan Panosian, Andrey Lunatik, Jorge Fares Maese Ramirez IDW Operation: Iron Coffin 1 by Kenny Porter, Tyrell Cannon Rocketeer: Infiltrator 1 by Gabriel Hardman, Dean Kotz, K.J. Diaz Sonic the Hedgehog 35th Anniversary Special 1 by Iasmin Omar Ata, Mauro Fonseca, Min Ho Kimn, Thomas Rothlisberger, Matt Froese, Reggie Graham Image Exquisite Corpses: Rascal Randy 1 by Tyler Boss, Dylan Burnett, Jordie Bellaire OGN Countdown Superman's Good Guy Gang: Follow the Leader by Rob Justus Offside by Christine Gonzalez, Mari Costa Xanar and Mr. Tuxedo by Sean Ryan, Giulia Giacomino, Valerio Alloro Lex Luthor: Diabolical Genius by Christof Bogacs, Valerio Chiola Heaven by Katie Skelly I Survived Vol 14: The Bombing of Pearl Harbor, 1941 by Lauren Tarshis, Peter Wartman My Tokyo Summer by Abby Denson, Utomaru Coming Out Perfect by Richard Mercado Unico Vol 3: Lost by Osamu Tezuka, Samuel Sattin, Gurihiru Spider-Man: Mighty Mayhem! by Mike Maihack Orion by Ngozi Ukazu Kloud 9: Star Soldier by AJ O Mason, Dominic Bustamante Ladies of the Knight by Fiona Marchbank TV Helluva Boss short My Adventures With Superman 3.5 X-Men '97 2.4 Movies Moana Enola Holmes 3 Additional Reviews: Apple, Cider, Vinegar Adolescence Cuckoo Next Friday: Magical Meow Meow News: Sam Neill, Omninews, Lara Croft crossover with GI Joe, Jimmy Tatro of American Vandal to voice Gorilla Grodd in Jimmy Olsen spinoff, Phantom Road update, Dark Horse antisemitism controversy, Kim Joy announces new graphic novel "Quiet" Trailers: Aang the Last Airbender, Soulm8te, Dune Part 3, Buddy, Digger Comics Countdown (08 July 2026): DIE Loaded 7 by Kieron Gillen, Stephanie Hans Absolute Batman 22 by Scott Snyder, Nick Dragotta, Werther Dell'Edera, Frank Martin White Boat 3 by Scott Snyder, Francesco Francavilla Exquisite Corpses: Rascal Randy 1 by Tyler Boss, Dylan Burnett, Jordie Bellaire Seasons 11 by Rick Remender, Paul Azaceta, Mat Lopes Absolute Catwoman 2 by Che Grayson, Scott Snyder, Bengal, Giovanna Niro Supergirl 15 by Sophie Campbell, Tamra Bonvillain Bleeding Hearts 6 by Deniz Camp, Stipan Morian, Matt Hollingsworth w0rldtr33 21 by James Tynion IV, Fernando Blanco, Jordie Bellaire Jeff the Landshark: Superstar 1 by Kelly Thompson, Tokitokoro, Jim Campbell  

Headline: The Great Divergence and Geopolitical Climate Shocks Guest: Professor Peter Frankopan Book Title:The Earth Transformed: An Untold History The "Great Divergence" explains why Europe accelerated in science and technology over Asia despite the latter's long history of learning. Frankopan suggests that geography played a crucial role; for example, England's coal fields were located near its capital and waterways, whereas China's were far from its population centers, making exploitation expensive. Additionally, while China's efficient bureaucracy stifled new ideas, European competition and the exploitation of colonial resources provided a "kickstart" for industrialization. Climate shocks also played a role; the Bengal famine in the 1770s shattered state revenues and destroyed families. A specific instance of climate impacting geopolitics occurred after the 1783 Laki eruption. As the Ottoman Empire struggled with internal disorder and crop failure in Egypt, Catherine the Great seized the opportunity to annex Crimea. This highlights how ecological pressures can distract major powers, allowing rivals to redraw global maps. (6)1900 JULIAETTA IDAHO

Episode #570: The AAS Conference in Vancouver brought together thousands of scholars and practitioners from around the world, creating a dense, fast-moving environment of panels, conversations, and informal exchange across the full breadth of Asian studies. Within that wider landscape, Burma surfaced as one of several pressing areas of focus, shaped by the realities of its ongoing crisis. Insight Myanmar Podcast was invited by the organizers to work from within the conference itself, setting up an on-site recording space and speaking with participants as they moved between sessions. The result is a series of short, real-time conversations—captured in the midst of the event rather than in hindsight—now shared with a wider global audience. This is the first of a four-part series. Gita reconstructs the return of Buddhism to modern India not as a simple story of rediscovery, but as a struggle over ownership, identity, and political meaning. Beginning with Anagarika Dharmapala's late nineteenth-century campaign to reclaim the Mahabodhi Temple at Bodh Gaya, she follows the networks that linked India to Sri Lanka, Burma, Japan, and other Buddhist worlds across the Bay of Bengal. The result is a far wider picture than the familiar colonial tale of British archaeologists unearthing lost Buddhist sites. Her argument is that modern Indian Buddhism emerged through mobility as much as excavation through pilgrims, monks, courts, relics, shipping lines, railways, and reform movements. Burma is especially important in that story. Burmese courts recognized and patronized Bodh Gaya long before Buddhism became newly legible to colonial scholarship, and later Burmese monks and pilgrims helped restore visible Buddhist practice at key sites in India. That revival unfolded alongside a competing effort to absorb Buddhism into a Hindu civilizational frame. As Hindutva thinkers tried to define India as fundamentally Hindu, Buddhism became both useful and inconvenient: useful as proof of India's past influence across Asia, inconvenient when Buddhists insisted on separateness or when Ambedkar turned to Buddhism as a rejection of caste Hinduism. And then, “Nehru chooses Buddhism,” Gita says, describing how the Indian state later used Buddhist symbols, relics, and diplomacy to project a different moral and geopolitical language after independence. What remains unresolved in her account is the question of what kind of Buddhism has reemerged in South Asia. It is now highly visible, but that visibility can serve very different ends. Her interest finally is less in Buddhism as state identity than in whether an older ethical and transnational imagination can still be recovered.

VOV1 - Ít nhất 51 người đã thiệt mạng tại khu vực đông nam Bangladesh sau nhiều ngày hứng chịu mưa gió mùa dữ dội kết hợp với ảnh hưởng của một áp thấp nhiệt đới trên Vịnh Bengal, khiến tình trạng lũ lụt và sạt lở đất trở nên nghiêm trọng.

Welcome to Comics From The Multiverse, our DC comics podcast! Discussed this week: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:09:24 - ComiXology Top 10 0:12:35 - News 0:14:49 - Absolute Batman #22 (Scott Snyder and Werther Dell'Edera)  0:33:15 - Absolute Catwoman #2 (Scott Snyder & Che Grayson and Bengal)  0:49:26 - Barbara Gordon: Breakout #3 (Mariko Tamaki and Amancay Nahuelpan)  1:02:02 - Green Lantern Corps #18 (LGY #121) (Morgan Hampton and Will Conrad, Ig Guara, Juan José Ryp, Fernando Passarin)  1:12:23 - Supergirl #15 (Sophie Campbell)  1:24:47 - Clayface: Celebrity Dirt #1 (Jude Ellison S. Doyle and Fran Galan)  1:38:11 - The Fury of Firestorm #4 (Jeff Lemire and Rafael de Latorre) 1:51:26 - Picks of the Week patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mildfuzztv twitter: @DCComicsPodcast discord: https://discord.gg/8fbyCehMTy Audio: https://comicsfromthemultiverse.podbean.com/ Other Links: https://linktr.ee/mildfuzz

Fluent Fiction - Hindi: From Raindrops to Roars: A Tiger Tale at Ranthambore Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.com/hi/episode/2026-07-09-22-34-01-hi Story Transcript:Hi: गहराते बादल और बारिश की बौछारें, रणथंभौर नेशनल पार्क को हरा-भरा और जीवंत बना रही थीं।En: The deepening clouds and bursts of rain were making Ranthambore National Park lush and vibrant.Hi: छोटे-छोटे जंगली रास्तों पर चलते हुए, स्कूल के छात्रों का ग्रुप जंगल की जीवन्तता का आनंद ले रहा था।En: Walking along the narrow jungle paths, a group of school students was enjoying the vitality of the forest.Hi: इस समूह का हिस्सा राज, प्रिया और करण भी थे।En: Raj, Priya, and Karan were also part of this group.Hi: इस यात्रा का उद्देश्य बाघ संरक्षण और वन्यजीवों की सुरक्षा के बारे में सीखना था।En: The purpose of this trip was to learn about tiger conservation and the protection of wildlife.Hi: राज, जो वन्यजीवों और प्रकृति संरक्षण के प्रति बहुत उत्साहित था, अपने साथियों के बीच कुछ खास पाने की चाहत से भरा था।En: Raj, who was very enthusiastic about wildlife and nature conservation, was eager to find something special among his peers.Hi: उसके भीतर की जिज्ञासा उसे हर ओर देखने और खोजने के लिए प्रेरित कर रही थी।En: His curiosity was propelling him to look and explore everywhere.Hi: लेकिन मानसून की बारिश से पगडंडियां फिसलन भरी हो गई थीं, जिससे यात्रा थोड़ी चुनौतीपूर्ण हो गई।En: But the monsoon rains had made the trails slippery, making the journey a bit challenging.Hi: जब कभी बारिश थोड़ी थमती, राज अपने कैमरे को तैयार रखता, उम्मीद करता कि उसे कुछ चमकदार पल अपने साथ ले जाने को मिलेंगे।En: Whenever the rain let up a bit, Raj kept his camera ready, hoping to capture some brilliant moments.Hi: समय बीत रहा था, और राज को इस बात का दबाव था कि वह कुछ खास ढूंढ सकें, जिसे उसके साथी और शिक्षक भी सराह सकें।En: Time was passing, and Raj felt pressured to find something special that his friends and teacher would appreciate.Hi: फिर, एक मोड़ पर, राज ने देखा कि रास्ते से थोड़ा हट कर एक दिलचस्प झाड़ का गुच्छा दिख रहा है।En: Then, at a turn, Raj noticed an interesting cluster of shrubs a little off the path.Hi: वह झिझका, लेकिन उसके अन्तरआत्मा ने उसे वहाँ से बुलाया।En: He hesitated, but his inner voice called him there.Hi: "हम बहुत देर तक यहाँ रुके नहीं रह सकते," उस आवाज ने उसे प्रोत्साहित किया, "यह मौका गंवाने जैसा होगा।En: "We can't stay here for too long," the voice encouraged him, "It would be like missing an opportunity."Hi: " राज ने निर्णय लिया कि वह थोड़ी दूरी पर जाकर अपनी उत्सुकता शांत करेगा।En: Raj decided to go a little distance and satisfy his curiosity.Hi: कीचड़ और बारिश से डरते बिना, उसने अपना कदम झाड़ियों की ओर बढ़ाया, ध्यान रखते हुए कि वह समूह की नजरों से दूर न हो जाए।En: Unafraid of mud and rain, he stepped towards the bushes, careful not to stray too far from the group's sight.Hi: तभी, वहां से कुछ दूर राज की नजरें गुलाबी आकाश में छुपे धीमे चलने वाले हल्के चीख की तरफ गईं।En: Just then, Raj's eyes caught sight of faint cries hidden in the pink sky.Hi: थोड़ी धुंधली धूप में उसने देखा, दूर एक परिवार के रूप में बंगाल के बाघ का झुंड।En: In the slightly hazy sunlight, he saw, in the distance, a group of Bengal tigers as a family.Hi: उसकी आँखें चमक उठीं, ऐसे दुर्लभ दृश्य को देखने की प्रसन्नता से वह गदगद था।En: His eyes lit up, thrilled at witnessing such a rare sight.Hi: जल्दी से उसने कैमरा पकड़कर उस पल को कैद कर लिया।En: Quickly, he grabbed his camera and captured the moment.Hi: "देखो, बाघ," उसने अपने साथियों और शिक्षकों को पुकारा।En: "Look, tigers," he called out to his companions and teachers.Hi: सब उत्सुकता में उसकी तरफ दौड़ पड़े और ये दृश्य देखकर सबका मन खुशी से भर गया।En: Everyone ran towards him in excitement, and witnessing this scene filled everyone's hearts with joy.Hi: वापसी की यात्रा में सबका हौसला बढ़ा हुआ था।En: On the return journey, everyone's spirits were uplifted.Hi: राज की खोज ने सबको नया जोश दिया।En: Raj's discovery had infused new energy into everyone.Hi: उसके शिक्षक ने उसकी जिज्ञासा और साहस की सराहना की और उसके सहपाठियों ने भी उसकी तारीफ की।En: His teacher appreciated his curiosity and courage, and his classmates praised him too.Hi: राज के चेहरे पर आत्मविश्वास की मुस्कान खिल उठी।En: A confident smile bloomed on Raj's face.Hi: इस यात्रा के अंत में राज ने पाया कि अपने अंतर्ज्ञान का पालन करना कितना फलदायी हो सकता है।En: At the end of this journey, Raj realized how rewarding it can be to follow one's intuition.Hi: अब उसे दूसरों की सोच की परवाह कम थी।En: Now he cared less about what others thought.Hi: उसने महसूस किया कि कभी-कभी खुद पर विश्वास ही आपको सबसे खास बना देता है।En: He realized that sometimes having faith in yourself is what makes you truly special.Hi: रणथंभौर की हरीतिमा से लबालब होकर, वे सब स्कूल बस में लौट गए, एक अविस्मरणीय अनुभव के साथ।En: Replenished by the greenery of Ranthambore, they all returned to the school bus with an unforgettable experience. Vocabulary Words:deepening: गहरातेvibrant: जीवंतnarrow: छोटे-छोटेenthusiastic: उत्साहितcuriosity: जिज्ञासाpropelling: प्रेरित कर रही थीslippery: फिसलनchallenging: चुनौतीपूर्णhesitated: झिझकाintuition: अन्तर्ज्ञानrewarding: फलदायीunforgettable: अविस्मरणीयcapture: कैदlit up: चमक उठीbrilliant: चमकदारshrub: झाड़cluster: गुच्छाpeers: साथियोंthrilled: गदगदinner voice: अन्तरआत्माuplifted: बढ़ा हुआreplenished: लबालबdistant: दूरhesitated: झिझकाhazy: धुंधलीconstellation: झुंडmonsoon: मानसूनappreciate: सराहनाcompanion: साथियोंfaith: विश्वास

In an exclusive interview with The Quint, Mahua Moitra questioned the media's silence on the Ram Mandir donations "theft" and other allegations against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), even as she dismissed speculation of the TMC's “collapse”. “The RSS claimed to be the custodian of Hindu faith. And now, Hindu faith is being looted,” the firebrand TMC MP said. She added that the “real TMC” will never leave Mamata Banerjee and that Mamata Banerjee will never leave West Bengal. In the wake of the crushing defeat in the 2026 Assembly elections, the TMC has seen a flurry of desertions with the party staring at a deep political fracture, both in the Assembly and Parliament. The "rebels" struck at the speed of lightning, leaving a string of questions in their trail. How did the party unravel so quickly? Can Mamata Banerjee, known for her street-fighting style, claw her way back into the heart of Bengal's politics? And perhaps most importantly, can Mamata Banerjee's TMC still put up a fight against her now familiar foe, the BJP? She answers all these questions and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

First, we speak to The Indian Express' Varinder Bhatia about the controversy surrounding Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann after the Akal Takht's verdict on an alleged video, the subsequent police investigation into forged forensic reports, and where the case goes from here.Next, we talk to The Indian Express' Maulshree Seth about the widening investigation into the alleged theft of donations at the Ram Temple in Ayodhya, which has now expanded beyond missing cash to questions about recruitment, security, financial oversight, and the functioning of the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust. (12:50) And in the end, we look at what is driving the intense spell of rain across western and central India after the season's first low-pressure system formed over the Bay of Bengal, triggering landslides, flooding, and multiple deaths. (24:30) Hosted by Ichha SharmaProduced and written by Shashank Bhargava, Niharika Nanda and Ichha SharmaEdited and mixed by Suresh Pawar

A summer replay compilation of five real-world islands where paradise turns deadly — from a Brazilian island crawling with venomous snakes, to a forbidden Bay of Bengal shore guarded by an uncontacted tribe, to a crumbling NYC asylum, a canal haunted by hundreds of decaying dolls, and a South Carolina barrier island where the dead try to save the living. https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/destination-terror #MostDangerousIslands #ForbiddenIslands #IslandsToAvoid #DeadlyParadise #SnakeIsland #NorthSentinelIsland #BlackwellIsland #IslandOfTheDolls #PawleysIsland #DestinationTerror #TrueScaryStories #SummerTravelHorror #HauntedIslands #NoEscape #DoNotVisit EXPLORE MORE SPINE-CHILLING CONTENT: Freaky Folklore: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/freaky-folklore Carman's Crypt (Original Horror): https://www.carman-carrion.com/ Deadly Intent (True Crime): https://www.carman-carrion.com/ Destination Terror: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/destination-terror SUPPORT THE SHOW: Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/carmancarrion CONNECT WITH CARMAN: Website: https://www.carman-carrion.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CarmanCarrion Twitter/X: https://x.com/CarmanCarrion Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carmancarrion/ SUBSCRIBE & REVIEW: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0uiX155WEJnN7QVRfo3aQY iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/freaky-folklore/id1550361184 Your support helps bring you more terrifying tales. DISCOVER MORE HORROR: http://eeriecast.com/ https://www.carman-carrion.com/ MUSIC CREDITS: Music and sound effects provided by: CO.AG, Myuu, Jinglepunks, Epidemic Sound, Kevin MacLeod, Dark Music, and Soundstripe.       Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Weaving in Scotland In this episode of 'Unique Scotland', John Harbour explores the history and cultural significance of weaving in Scotland, inspired by his previous interview with Clare Campbell of the Highland tartan mill, Prickly Thistle. The podcast traces Scotland's textile heritage from its earliest beginnings through industrialisation and into the modern era. He talks about the survival of hand looms in the Outer Hebrides, especially in the Isle of Harris where the woven material is legally protected. And how did one man, with a loom in his garden shed satisfy NIKE's demand for 20,000 metres of cloth. You will hear an interview with Donald John Mackay who satisfied that order. Although ancient textiles rarely survive in Scotland's climate, archaeological evidence shows that Scots were working with fibres and woven fabrics thousands of years ago. Over centuries, weaving became an essential part of rural life, with families producing cloth in homes, crofts, and villages. This domestic industry laid the foundations for Scotland's later textile evolution. Scottish weaving developed around four key fibres, each shaping different regions and communities. Wool, Scotland's most iconic fibre, was produced from sheep in the Highlands, Islands, Borders, and upland regions, leading to famous products such as tweed and tartan. Flax, used to make linen, was cultivated mainly in eastern Scotland and supported important industries in Fife, Angus, and Perthshire. Cotton, imported through Atlantic trade, fuelled the growth of textile mills in Paisley, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, and New Lanark, transforming clothing and fashion. Jute, imported from Bengal, turned Dundee into one of the world's leading industrial textile centres, producing sacks, canvas, and other durable materials. The Industrial Revolution transformed Scottish weaving by moving production from homes into mechanised mills. While industrialisation brought growth, employment, and international trade, it also disrupted traditional ways of life, reducing the role of hand spinners and weavers and creating new factory-based working conditions. Two of Scotland's most famous textiles are Tartan and Tweed. Tartan became closely associated with Highland culture, clan identity, and ceremonial dress. Tweed developed as a practical woollen cloth suited to Scotland's rugged climate before becoming internationally recognised for its quality and connection to country life. Royal patronage, particularly from Queen Victoria and Prince Albert at Balmoral, helped elevate tweed's prestige. The pinnacle of Scottish weaving tradition is Harris Tweed, produced in the Outer Hebrides. Protected by law, Harris Tweed must be made from pure virgin wool, dyed and spun in the islands, and handwoven by islanders in their homes. Its unique colours, durability, and craftsmanship have made it one of the world's most respected fabrics, demonstrating how traditional skills can thrive in modern markets. John's interview with Donald John Mackay, a Harris Weaver for 70 years, brings to life this cottage industry where Harris Tweed is protected by law. Today, Scotland's textile industry combines large-scale luxury manufacturers with smaller craft businesses and independent weavers. Companies in the Scottish Borders, Elgin, Dundee, and the Outer Hebrides continue to produce world-class fabrics, while businesses such as Prickly Thistle emphasise sustainability, local identity, and traditional craftsmanship. Ultimately, Scotland's weaving story is one of adaptation, resilience, and cultural continuity. From prehistoric fibres and cottage industries to global fashion and luxury textiles, weaving remains deeply connected to Scotland's landscape, communities, history, and identity. You will also hear an interview with Dan, an army veteran whose cancer diagnosis brought him to Scotland to make memories for his family. John, a Navy veteren himself, organised the tour and a special visit to the prestigious Army club in Edinburgh, the Royal Scots Club.

First, we speak to The Indian Express' Rinku Ghosh and Sweety Kumari about West Bengal's decision to remove eggs from mid-day meals in Kolkata under a new pilot project with ISKCON, the nutritional importance of eggs for children, and the political backlash surrounding the move.Next, we talk to The Indian Express' Akram M about Karnataka's proposed Greater Bengaluru Integrated Township Project, why farmers are divided over it, and why it has emerged as one of Chief Minister D K Shivakumar's biggest political challenges. (22:50)And in the end, we look at the alleged attempt to carry out mass poisoning at a Muharram procession in Mumbai, where police arrested a Pune man accused of distributing capsules allegedly filled with zinc phosphide to participants in the procession. (30:45)Hosted by Ichha SharmaProduced and written by Shashank Bhargava and Ichha SharmaEdited and mixed by Suresh Pawar

This week the the SOL Citizens examine the history and design of the RSI Bengal Carrier Featuring: Captain_Jones fc & GriffinGamingRPG Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCe97JZDK7J2L3H3FUQ3AB4g/join Merchandise: Design by Humans: https://www.designbyhumans.com/shop/SOLCitizens/ Streamlabs: https://streamlabs.com/solcitizens/merch SOL CITIZENS are supporters and backers covering the development of Cloud Imperium Games upcoming games "STAR CITIZEN" and "SQUADRON 42". Patreon: patreon/solcitizens BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/solcitizens.bsky.social Twitch: twitch.tv/solcitizens Twitter: twitter.com/solcitizens

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Communities of Sound: Religion, Displacement, and Caste in the Bay of Bengal (Wesleyan University Press, 2026) brings together insights from religion, anthropology, sound, and migration studies to explore the sonic traces of untouchability and forced migration across the Bay of Bengal. Based on an immersive, multi-sited ethnography with Matua devotees—a low-caste, Bengali-speaking Dalit religious community fragmented by Partition, war, and postcolonial displacement—the book explores how sound sustains identity across fractured geographies. Using richly detailed descriptions, the book follows traveling archives of song, story, and ritual performance through West Bengal, Bangladesh, and the Andaman Islands. These sonic practices—congregational singing, drumming, and itinerant storytelling—forge belonging beyond nation-states, connecting the Matua's fifty million members across borders and seas. In a world dominated by visual culture, Communities of Sound centers listening as a mode of knowledge and care, revealing how sound shapes our sense of self and cosmos. More than scriptures or doctrine, it is sound—entangled with authority and power—that binds this transregional Dalit movement and animates its collective action. The book is generously illustrated and references an online companion with video and audio examples. Author bio: Carola E. Lorea is Professor of Social and Cultural Anthropology University of Tübingen, at the University of Tübingen, Germany, where she leads the ERC-funded project MANTRAMS: Mantras in Religion, Media, and Society in Global Southern Asia. She is the author of Folklore, Religion and the Songs of a Bengali Madman (2016), and editor with Rosalind Hackett of Religious Sounds Beyond the Global North: Senses, Media and Power (2024). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Communities of Sound: Religion, Displacement, and Caste in the Bay of Bengal (Wesleyan University Press, 2026) brings together insights from religion, anthropology, sound, and migration studies to explore the sonic traces of untouchability and forced migration across the Bay of Bengal. Based on an immersive, multi-sited ethnography with Matua devotees—a low-caste, Bengali-speaking Dalit religious community fragmented by Partition, war, and postcolonial displacement—the book explores how sound sustains identity across fractured geographies. Using richly detailed descriptions, the book follows traveling archives of song, story, and ritual performance through West Bengal, Bangladesh, and the Andaman Islands. These sonic practices—congregational singing, drumming, and itinerant storytelling—forge belonging beyond nation-states, connecting the Matua's fifty million members across borders and seas. In a world dominated by visual culture, Communities of Sound centers listening as a mode of knowledge and care, revealing how sound shapes our sense of self and cosmos. More than scriptures or doctrine, it is sound—entangled with authority and power—that binds this transregional Dalit movement and animates its collective action. The book is generously illustrated and references an online companion with video and audio examples. Author bio: Carola E. Lorea is Professor of Social and Cultural Anthropology University of Tübingen, at the University of Tübingen, Germany, where she leads the ERC-funded project MANTRAMS: Mantras in Religion, Media, and Society in Global Southern Asia. She is the author of Folklore, Religion and the Songs of a Bengali Madman (2016), and editor with Rosalind Hackett of Religious Sounds Beyond the Global North: Senses, Media and Power (2024). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/anthropology

From wooing minority Hindus to reaching out to the Dalits and making an outreach to the Sikhs, the BJP is leaving no stone unturned in Punjab. It plans to make misgovernannce, drug menace and conversion the central poll planks. In this episode, ThePrint Political Editor DK Singh explains what makes BJP so optimistic in Punjab.

The maiden BJP budget for West Bengal seeks to balance welfare commitments with industrial ambition, but the numbers reveal where the government's priorities lie. Watch #Economix with ThePrint Consulting Editor (Economics) Bidisha Bhattacharya.   To read full report: https://theprint.in/economy/bengals-fiscal-turn-in-first-bjp-budget-cheaper-debt-bigger-bets/2966971/

Can a phone be a cow? It could in 1990s Bangladesh. This was the insight of a small number of mobile phone market pioneers who helped catalyze the spread of the greatest technological revolution in human history. Listen as George Mason University economist Philip Auerswald speaks to EconTalk's Russ Roberts about how the extension of connectivity to traditionally excluded populations led to wide-scale transformations in productivity. They discuss the role of little-known entrepreneurs such as Iqbal Quadir and innovators like Claude Shannon in bringing the mobile phone to the entire world. Other topics include William Nordhaus's paper on the cost of illumination as a powerful metric of human progress, Schumpeter's notion of innovation as new combinations, and what Auerswald calls the most important question the field of economics can ask: How much of human progress is inevitable, and how much depends on the determination of remarkable individuals?

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We kick this episode off with our always ever-detailed recap of Heroes Con, reminding everyone why this is the best comic convention every year you should not miss. From there we discuss Avengers: Armageddon by Chip Zdarsky, Delio Diaz, Frank Alpizar, and Jesus Aburtov; the absolute banger that is Absolute Catwoman by Scott Snyder & Che Grayson, Bengal, and Giovanna Niro; and M1: Monster Racing League by Lily & Robert Windom, Jae Lee, and June Chung. Plus, Panic Vol. 1 from EC Comics and Dark Horse; The Amazing Spider-Man; Ghost Machine's The Trillion Dollar Kid; and more!!

Ben Maller talks about Joe Burrow saying the Bengals have "no excuses" and that they have everything they need to win a Super Bowl, Brendan Sorsby's agent saying that 26 NFL teams have contacted him in preparation for the supplemental draft, Fact or Fiction, and more!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today we take a DEEP DIVE into the New York Giants, the 27th Ranked Team in my Pre-Season Power Rankings. We'll go through all of their offseason changes, how I feel about EVERY PLAYER on the roster, and then get into some predictions for how the season will go. Follow @Bengal  on YouTube for all of his Sports & Gaming Content! Sign up for PrizePicks with code: HMA and get $50 in lineups instantly when you play your first $5+ lineup! https://link.prizepicks.com/LME0/FRANCHISEGUY Get EXCLUSIVE Content AND Support My Channel @ https://www.patreon.com/thatfranchiseguy Fan Made Deep Dive Spreadsheet From "123 Fives" https://drive.google.com/open?id=1V15bZ-LCny1n8UogtQgCVWRTlRUuzKfU6ccJFeGfU3o Join my Community Discord Server! https://discord.gg/D9cp7yY Timestamps Intro 0:00 Coaching Staff 1:19 Quarterback 34:10 Runningback 44:55 Weaponry 52:54 Offensive Line 1:14:17 Offensive Summary 1:04:31 Defensive-Line 1:33:33 Linebackers 2:01:03 Secondary 2:09:45 Defensive Summary 2:25:38 Special Teams 2:26:34 Team Strengths & Weaknesses 2:28:44 Interview With Bengal 2:31:35 My Final Giants Predictions 3:02:11

Look what the cat dragged in. Absolute Catwoman #1 is out now wherever rad comic books are sold, and we're joined this week by co-writer Che Grayson to discuss the first issue in detail. Yes, this is another full spoilers conversation. So, if you haven't read the comic yet, press pause, go do so, and hit us up when you're done. You've previously heard Grayson's co-writer Scott Snyder say on Comic Book Couples Counseling that Absolute Catwoman is the Batman of this universe. She's got the money. She's got the butler. She's got the gadgets. And, now, with Absolute Catwoman #1, we see she's got the Cat Family. How does that actually work, though? We get into it with Che Grayson. But first, we must discuss Comic-Con season. It's here. HeroesCon is this weekend. Not only can you attend and meet Che Grayson and Scott Snyder (as well as a whole bunch of other Absolute creators), you can also attend our Live Podcast Recording with Kyle Starks and Chris Schweizer. We'll be discussing their unique creative friendship as well as their collaborations (Mars Attacks, The Six Sidekicks of Trigger Keaton). If you're attending HeroesCon, make sure you're in Room 207CD at 3:30 PM on Friday, June 12th. If you can't attend, don't worry, that event will arrive in your podcast feeds next Wednesday. You may have heard that Absolute Catwoman #1 also serves as a springboard for the Absolute Cassandra Cain one-shot, also written by Che Grayson with art by Matias Bergara. Yup, keep your ears peeled to this week's podcast, we talk all about Cain and how she fits into Selina's Cat Family. Absolute Catwoman #1 is in shops as of today. It's written by Che Grayson and Scott Snyder, illustrated by Bengal, colored by Giovanna Niro, and lettered by Lucas Gattoni. Follow Che Grayson on Instagram and their Website. This Week's Sponsors The charming town of Orchard has everything you could ever need: walkable streets, friendly residents, and no escape. But why would you want to leave? The world outside is a nuclear wasteland! It's much better to stay in the warm confines of Orchard and ignore the deep secrets it holds. After all, it's a safe place to live. Free on Webtoon, Winston Gambro's A Safe Place to Live is the dystopian horror comic you've been waiting for. It's Severance meets Archie. Support human-made art!. The Future is Calling! 2000 AD is the Galaxy's Greatest Comic, with new issues published every single week! Every 32-page issue of 2000 AD brings you the best in sci-fi and horror, featuring characters like Judge Dredd, Rogue Trooper, and more. Get a print subscription to 2000 AD and it'll arrive to your mailbox every week - and your first issue is free! Or subscribe digitally, and you can download DRM-free copies of each issue for only $9 a month. That's 128 pages of incredible comics every month for less than $10! Head to 2000AD.com and click on ‘subscribe' now – or download the 2000 AD app and start reading today! This June, Top Shelf Productions is bringing you unforgettable stories from the deeply personal to the absolutely colossal. On June 2nd, discover We Are Pan, the powerful historical graphic novel from writer Andre Frattino and illustrator Yasmin Flores Montanez. Inspired by the true story of Operación Pedro Pan, the secret mission that evacuated over 14,000 Cuban children to the United States during Fidel Castro's rise to power. Then, on June 23rd, buckle up for Minnie Pouches in the MicroRealm! From Caleb Goellner and Eric Lide comes a wildly imaginative all-ages adventure about a super-anxious super-strong girl battling pizza dinosaurs, laser robots, and floating nightmares across bizarre dimensions to rescue her pets and save her family. Other Relevant Links to This Week's Episode: Subscribe to the Comic Book Couples Counseling YouTube Channel Watch The Stacks, Comic Creators Name Their Favorite Comics Previously on CBCC: Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta on Absolute Batman Previously on CBCC: Pornsak Pichetshote and Rafael Albuquerque on Absolute Green Arrow Comic Book Film Club: Supergirl at the Alamo Drafthouse in Winchester, Virginia on 6/27 at 11:00 AM. Co-Sponsored by Four Color Fantasies. Comic Book Club: The Complete Persepolis at Meanwhile...Coffee in Herndon, Virginia, on 7/5 at 3:30 PM Final Round of Plugs (PHEW): Support the Podcast by Joining OUR PATREON COMMUNITY. And, of course, follow Comic Book Couples Counseling on Facebook, on Instagram, and on Bluesky @CBCCPodcast, and you can follow hosts Brad Gullickson @MouthDork & Lisa Gullickson @sidewalksiren. Send us your Words of Affirmation by leaving us a 5-star Review on Apple Podcasts. Continue your conversation with CBCC by hopping over to our website, where we have reviews, essays, and numerous interviews with comic book creators. Podcast logo by Jesse Lonergan and Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou.

Writer Che Grayson joins the show to talk her comic book journey and the soon to debut Absolute Catwoman. Grayson discusses her different brains, Absolute vibes, her love of story, balancing comics and film, finding her way into another medium, her comic origins, learning on the job, the roots of Absolute Catwoman, the development of the character, the type of story that's being told, the nature of the character, Bengal's impact on the book, the value of co-writing, the other characters in the book, her project mix, the power of no, and more.

Further reading: Is the Javan tiger Panthera tigris sondaica extant? DNA analysis of a recent hair sample The Sunda tiger [photo by Alfonsopazphoto – Own workAnimaisFotos, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=16029853]: Show transcript: Welcome to Strange Animals Podcast. I'm your host, Kate Shaw. We're going to learn about a mystery tiger this month, but first we have to learn about the place where it's supposed to live. Java is a large island that was formed by volcanic activity millions of years ago, and it's been home to humans and our ancestors for over a million years. Its soil is rich and the climate is tropical, but the island's ecosystems include tall mountains, savannas, rainforests, and mangrove forests. Naturally, lots and lots of animals live on Java that are found nowhere else in the world. Unfortunately, a whole lot of people live on Java too, which means that many animals and their habitats are threatened by habitat loss and pollution. Many animals have gone extinct in the last few hundred years. That includes the Java tiger. The Java tiger was small compared to tigers in other areas, although even a small tiger is a big animal. A big male tiger can grow about ten feet long, or 3 meters, and the Java tiger could grow about 8 feet long, or almost two and a half meters. The Java tiger was lightly built, though, and rarely weighed much more than 300 pounds, or about 140 kilograms. Despite its relatively small size, it was extremely strong and had paws as big as the much larger Bengal tiger. It also had lots of thin stripes. Originally scientists thought the Java tiger was a separate subspecies of tiger, but in 2017 it was reclassified as a population of Sunda tigers that have only been isolated from other populations for around 12,000 years. That doesn't mean it wasn't important, though. It showed differences from other Sunda tigers that weren't yet significant enough to warrant it being a separate subspecies, but which definitely indicated it was on its way to evolving into a separate subspecies. Unfortunately, the Java tiger's habitat was largely destroyed to make way for farming and logging, and as a result its usual prey animals became rare or went extinct. People would also poison or shoot any tiger they could. It only survived in a few small nature preserves, but the last tiger footprints were spotted in 1989 and since then, no tigers have been officially seen on Java. A 1999 expedition that set up camera traps in hopes of spotting a few tigers mostly got photos of poachers hunting in what was supposed to be a protected area. The Java tiger was declared extinct. Rumors persisted that tigers still lived on Java, though. Sometimes I think people claim to see recently extinct animals as a way to feel less guilty about humans having driven an animal to extinction. But in 2019 someone saw a tiger outside a village in western Java and reported the sighting to some local foresters. The foresters investigated and discovered footprints, claw marks, and a single hair on a fence. The foresters collected the hair carefully and gave it to a team of geologists who were working in the area. The geologists sent it to the West Java Nature Conservation Authority, which sent it for genetic analysis. They also sent some tiger hairs from other types of tigers to compare it to, including hairs from a museum specimen of a tiger killed on Java in 1930. The hair discovered in 2019 was definitely from a tiger, and its genetic signature most closely matched the genetic signature of the 1930 Java tiger specimen. This doesn't 100% mean the Java tiger isn't extinct, but it does mean that there's hope that it's still around. Java is part of Indonesia these days, and a few days ago as this episode goes live, the Indonesian government announced a plan to search for signs of the tiger, with an expedition getting underway soon to place camera traps. Conservationists are hoping that the tiger is discovered, which will allow it to be protected. The Sunda tiger is critically endangered, only surviving in the wild on the island of Sumatra, with possibly fewer than 400 of them left alive. Another population of Sunda tigers, the Bali tiger, was declared extinct in the 1940s. A few hundred captive tigers living in zoos around the world show congenital health issues as a result of inbreeding. If the Java tiger is still alive, it could mean the difference between extinction and survival of the entire Sunda tiger subspecies. Fingers crossed that the camera traps reveal a healthy, safe population of tigers on Java! Thanks for your support, and thanks for listening!