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In late February in DC, I attended the US premiere of the Bertelsmann Foundation of North America produced documentary “Lithium Rising”, a movie about the extraction of essential rare minerals like lithium, nickel and cobalt. Afterwards, I moderated a panel featuring the movie's director Samuel George, the Biden US Department of Energy Director Giulia Siccardo and Environmental Lawyer JingJing Zhang (the "Erin Brockovich of China"). In post Liberation Day America, of course, the issues addressed in both “Lithium Rising” and our panel discussion - particularly US-Chinese economic rivalry over these essential rare minerals - are even more relevant. Tariffs or not, George's important new movie uncovers the essential economic and moral rules of today's rechargeable battery age. FIVE TAKEAWAYS* China dominates the critical minerals supply chain, particularly in refining lithium, cobalt, and nickel - creating a significant vulnerability for the United States and Western countries who rely on these minerals for everything from consumer electronics to military equipment.* Resource extraction creates complex moral dilemmas in communities like those in Nevada, Bolivia, Congo, and Chile, where mining offers economic opportunities but also threatens environment and sacred lands, often dividing local populations.* History appears to be repeating itself with China's approach in Africa mirroring aspects of 19th century European colonialism, building infrastructure that primarily serves to extract resources while local communities remain impoverished.* Battery recycling offers a potential "silver lining" but faces two major challenges: making the process cost-effective compared to new mining, and accumulating enough recycled materials to create a closed-loop system, which could take decades.* The geopolitical competition for these minerals is intensifying, with tariffs and trade wars affecting global supply chains and the livelihoods of workers throughout the system, from miners to manufacturers. FULL TRANSCRIPTAndrew Keen: Hello, everybody. Last year, we did a show on a new book. It was a new book back then called Cobalt Red about the role of cobalt, the mineral in the Congo. We also did a show. The author of the Cobalt Red book is Siddharth Kara, and it won a number of awards. It's the finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. We also did a show with Ernest Scheyder, who authored a book, The War Below, Lithium, Copper, and the Global Battle to Power Our Lives. Lithium and cobalt are indeed becoming the critical minerals of our networked age. We've done two books on it, and a couple of months ago, I went to the premiere, a wonderful new film, a nonfiction documentary by my guest Samuel George. He has a new movie out called Lithium Rising and I moderated a panel in Washington DC and I'm thrilled that Samuel George is joining us now. He works with the Bertelsmann Foundation of North America and it's a Bertelsman funded enterprise. Sam, congratulations on the movie. It's quite an achievement. I know you traveled all over the world. You went to Europe, Latin America, a lot of remarkable footage also from Africa. How would you compare the business of writing a book like Cobalt read or the war below about lithium and cobalt and the challenges and opportunities of doing a movie like lithium rising what are the particular challenges for a movie director like yourself.Samuel George: Yeah, Andrew. Well, first of all, I just want to thank you for having me on the program. I appreciate that. And you're right. It is a very different skill set that's required. It's a different set of challenges and also a different set of opportunities. I mean, the beauty of writing, which is something I get a chance to do as well. And I should say we actually do have a long paper coming out of this process that I wrote that will probably be coming out in the next couple months. But the beauty of writing is you need to kind of understand your topic, and if you can really understand your topics, you have the opportunity to explain it. When it comes to filming, if the camera doesn't have it, you don't have it. You might have a sense of something, people might explain things to you in a certain way, but if you don't have it on your camera in a way that's digestible and easy for audience to grasp, it doesn't matter whether you personally understand it or not. So the challenge is really, okay, maybe you understand the issue, but how do you show it? How do you bring your audience to that front line? Because that's the opportunity that you have that you don't necessarily have when you write. And that's to take an audience literally to these remote locations that they've never been and plant their feet right in the ground, whether that be the Atacama in Northern Chile, whether that'd be the red earth of Colwaisy in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. And that's the beauty of it, but it takes more of making sure you get something not just whether you understand it is almost irrelevant. I mean I guess you do need to understand it but you need to be able to draw it out of a place. It's easier when you're writing to get to some of these difficult places because you don't have to bring 900 pounds of equipment and you can kind of move easier and you're much more discreet. You can get places much easier as you can imagine, where with this, you're carrying all this equipment down. You're obvious from miles away. So you really have to build relationships and get people to get comfortable with you and be willing to speak out. So it's different arts, but it's also different rewards. And the beauty of being able to combine analysis with these visuals is really the draw of what makes documentary so magic because you're really kind of hitting different senses at the same time, visual, audio, and combining it to hopefully make some sort of bigger story.Andrew Keen: Well, speaking, Sam, of audio and visuals, we've got a one minute clip or introduction to the movie. People just listening on this podcast won't get to see your excellent film work, but everybody else will. So let's just have a minute to see what lithium rising is all about. We'll be back in a minute.[Clip plays]Andrew Keen: Here's a saying that says that the natural resources are today's bread and tomorrow's hunger. Great stuff, Sam. That last quote was in Spanish. Maybe you want to translate that to English, because I think, in a sense, it summarizes what lithium rising is about.Samuel George: Right. Well, that's this idea that natural resources in a lot of these places, I mean, you have to take a step back that a lot of these resources, you mentioned the lithium, the cobalt, you can throw nickel into that conversation. And then some of the more traditional ones like copper and silver, a lot are in poor countries. And for centuries, the opportunity to access this has been like a mirage, dangled in front of many of these poor countries as an opportunity to become more wealthy. Yet what we continue to see is the wealth, the mineral wealth of these countries is sustaining growth around the world while places like Potosí and Bolivia remain remarkably poor. So the question on their minds is, is this time gonna be any different? We know that Bolivia has perhaps the largest lithium deposits in the world. They're struggling to get to it because they're fighting amongst each other politically about what's the best way to do it, and is there any way to it that, hey, for once, maybe some of this resource wealth can stay here so that we don't end up, as the quote said, starving. So that's where their perspective is. And then on the other side, you have the great powers of the world who are engaged in a massive competition for access to these minerals.Andrew Keen: And let's be specific, Sam, we're not talking about 19th century Europe and great powers where there were four or five, they're really only two great powers when it comes to these resources, aren't they?Samuel George: I mean, I think that's fair to say. I think some people might like to lump in Western Europe and the EU with the United States to the extent that we used to traditionally conceive of them as being on the same team. But certainly, yes, this is a competition between the United States and China. And it's one that, frankly, China is winning and winning handily. And we can debate what that means, but it's true. I showed this film in London. And a student, who I believe was Chinese, commented, is it really fair to even call this a race? Because it seems to be over.Andrew Keen: Yeah, it's over. You showed it at King's College in London. I heard it was an excellent event.Samuel George: Yeah, it really was. But the point here is, to the extent that it's a competition between the United States and China, which it is, China is winning. And that's of grave concern to Washington. So there's the sense that the United States needs to catch up and need to catch up quickly. So that's the perspective that these two great powers are going at it from. Whereas if you're the Democratic Republic of Congo, if you are Bolivia, if your Chile, you're saying, what can we do to try to make the most of this opportunity and not just get steamrolled?Andrew Keen: Right. And you talk about a grave concern. Of course, there is grave concern both in Washington, D.C. and Beijing in terms of who's winning this race for these natural resources that are driving our networked age, our battery powered age. Some people might think the race has ended. Some people may even argue that it hasn't even really begun. But of course, one of the biggest issues, and particularly when it comes to the Chinese, is this neocolonial element. This was certainly brought out in Cobalt Red, which is quite a controversial book about the way in which China has essentially colonized the Congo by mining Cobalt in Congo, using local labor and then shipping out these valuable resources back to China. And of course, it's part of a broader project in Africa of the Chinese, which for some critics actually not that different from European 19th century colonialism. That's why we entitled our show with Siddharth Kara, The New Heart of Darkness. Of course, the original Heart of darkness was Joseph Conrad's great novel that got turned into Apocalypse Now. Is history repeating itself, Sam, when it comes to these natural resources in terms of the 19th-century history of colonialism, particularly in Africa?Samuel George: Yeah, I mean, I think it's so one thing that's fair to say is you hear a lot of complaining from the West that says, well, look, standards are not being respected, labor is being taken advantage of, environment is not being taken care of, and this is unfair. And this is true, but your point is equally true that this should not be a foreign concept to the West because it's something that previously the West was clearly engaged in. And so yes, there is echoes of history repeating itself. I don't think there's any other way to look at it. I think it's a complicated dynamic because sometimes people say, well, why is the West not? Why is it not the United States that's in the DRC and getting the cobalt? And I think that's because it's been tough for the United states to find its footing. What China has done is increasingly, and then we did another documentary about this. It's online. It's called Tinder Box Belt and Road, China and the Balkans. And what we increasingly see is in these non-democracies or faulty democracies that has something that China's interested in. China's willing to show up and basically put a lot of money on the table and not ask a whole lot of questions. And if the West, doesn't wanna play that game, whatever they're offering isn't necessarily as attractive. And that's a complication that we see again and again around the world and one, the United States and Europe and the World Bank and Western institutions that often require a lot of background study and open tenders for contracts and democracy caveats and transparency. China's not asking for any of that, as David Dollar, a scholar, said in the prior film, if the World Bank says they're going to build you a road, it's going to be a 10-year process, and we'll see what happens. If China says they'll build you a road a year later, you'll have a road.Andrew Keen: But then the question sound becomes, who owns the road?Samuel George: So let's take the Democratic Republic of the Congo, another great option. China has been building a lot of roads there, and this is obviously beneficial to a country that has very limited infrastructure. It's not just to say everything that China is doing is bad. China is a very large and economically powerful country. It should be contributing to global infrastructure. If it has the ability to finance that, wonderful. We all know Africa, certain African countries can really benefit from improved infrastructure. But where do those roads go? Well, those roads just happen to conveniently connect to these key mineral deposits where China overwhelmingly owns the interest and the minerals.Andrew Keen: That's a bit of a coincidence, isn't it?Samuel George: Well, exactly. And I mean, that's the way it's going. So that's what they'll come to the table. They'll put money on the table, they'll say, we'll get you a road. And, you know, what a coincidence that roads going right by the cobalt mine run by China. That's debatable. If you're from the African perspective, you could say, look, we got a road, and we needed that road. And it could also be that there's a lot of money disappearing in other places. But, you know that that's a different question.Andrew Keen: One of the things I liked about Lithium Rising, the race for critical minerals, your new documentary, is it doesn't pull its punches. Certainly not when it comes to the Chinese. You have some remarkable footage from Africa, but also it doesn't pull its punches in Latin America, or indeed in the United States itself, where cobalt has been discovered and it's the indigenous peoples of some of the regions where cobalt, sorry, where lithium has been discovered, where the African versus Chinese scenario is being played out. So whether it's Bolivia or the western parts of the United States or Congo, the script is pretty similar, isn't it?Samuel George: Yeah, you certainly see themes in the film echoed repeatedly. You mentioned what was the Thacker Pass lithium mine that's being built in northern Nevada. So people say, look, we need lithium. The United States needs lithium. Here's the interesting thing about critical minerals. These are not rare earth minerals. They're actually not that rare. They're in a lot of places and it turns out there's a massive lithium deposit in Nevada. Unfortunately, it's right next to a Native American reservation. This is an area that this tribe has been kind of herded onto after years, centuries of oppression. But the way the documentary tries to investigate it, it is not a clear-cut story of good guy and bad guy, rather it's a very complicated situation, and in that specific case what you have is a tribe that's divided, because there's some people that say, look, this is our land, this is a sacred site, and this is going to be pollution, but then you have a whole other section of the tribe that says we are very poor and this is an opportunity for jobs such that we won't have to leave our area, that we can stay here and work. And these kind of entangled complications we see repeated over and over again. Cobalt is another great example. So there's some people out there that are saying, well, we can make a battery without cobalt. And that's not because they can make a better battery. It's because they want to avoid the Democratic Republic of the Congo. But that cobalt is providing a rare job opportunity. And we can debate the quality of the job, but for the people that are working it, as they say in my film, they say, look, if we could do something else, we would do it. But this is all there is. So if you deprive them of that, the situation gets even worse. And that something we see in Northern Chile. We see it in Nevada. We see in Africa. We see it in Indonesia. What the film does is it raises these moral questions that are incredibly important to talk about. And it sort of begs the question of, not only what's the answer, but who has the right to answer this? I mean, who has right to speak on behalf of the 10 communities that are being destroyed in Northern Chile?Andrew Keen: I have to admit, I thought you did a very good job in the film giving everybody a voice, but my sympathy when it came to the Nevada case was with the younger people who wanted to bring wealth and development into the community rather than some of the more elderly members who were somehow anti-development, anti-investment, anti mining in every sense. I don't see how that benefits, but certainly not their children or the children of their children.Samuel George: I guess the fundamental question there is how bad is that mine going to be for the local environment? And I think that's something that remains to be seen. And one of the major challenges with this broader idea of are we going to greener by transitioning to EVs? And please understand I don't have an opinion of that. I do think anywhere you're doing mining, you're going to have immediate consequences. The transition would have to get big enough that the external the externalities, the positive benefits outweigh that kind of local negativity. And we could get there, but it's also very difficult to imagine massive mining projects anywhere in the world that don't impact the local population. And again, when we pick up our iPhone or when we get in our electric vehicle, we're not necessarily thinking of those 10 villages in the Atacama Desert in Chile.Andrew Keen: Yeah, and I've been up to the Atacama's, perhaps the most beautiful part in the world I've ever seen. It's nice. I saw the tourist side of it, so I didn't see the mining. But I take your point. There is one, perhaps, the most positive section of the film. You went to France. I think it was Calais, you took your camera. And it seems as if the French are pioneering a more innovative development of batteries which benefit the local community but also protect them environmentally. What did you see in northern France?Samuel George: Point, and that gets back to this extractive cycle that we've seen before. Okay, so northern France, this is a story a lot of us will know well because it's similar to what we've see in the Rust Belt in the United States. This is an industrial zone, historically, that faced significant deindustrialization in recent decades and now has massive problems with unemployment and lack of job opportunities, as one of the guys says in the film. Nothing's open here anymore except for that cafe over there and that's just because it has gambling guy. I couldn't have said it any better. This EV transition is offering an opportunity to bring back industrial jobs to whether it's Northern France or the United States of America. So that is an opportunity for people to have these more advanced battery-oriented jobs. So that could be building the battery itself. That could be an auto manufacturing plant where you're making EV electric vehicles. So there is job creation that's happening. And that's further along the development stage and kind of higher level jobs. And we meet students in France that are saying, look, this is an opportunity for a career. We see a long-term opportunity for work here. So we're really studying batteries and that's for university students. That's for people maybe 10, 15 years older to kind of go back to school and learn some skills related to batteries. So there is job creation to that. And you might, you may be getting ready to get to this, but where the real silver lining I think comes after that, where we go back to Georgia in the United States and visit a battery recycling plant.Andrew Keen: Right, yeah, those two sections in the movie kind of go together in a sense.Samuel George: Right, they do. And that is, I think, the silver lining here is that these batteries that we use in all of these appliances and devices and gadgets can be recycled in such a way that the cobalt, the lithium, the nickel can be extracted. And it itself hasn't degraded. It's sort of funny for us to think about, because we buy a phone. And three years later, the battery is half as good as it used to be and we figure well, materials in it must be degrading. They're not. The battery is degrading, the materials are fine. So then the idea is if we can get enough of this in the United States, if we can get old phones and old car batteries and old laptops that we can pull those minerals out, maybe we can have a closed loop, which is sort of a way of saying we won't need those mines anymore. We won't have to dig it up. We don't need to compete with China for access to from Bolivia or Chile because we'll have that lithium here. And yes, that's a silver lining, but there's challenges there. The two key challenges your viewers should be aware of is one, it's all about costs and they've proven that they can recycle these materials, but can they do it in a way that's cheaper than importing new lithium? And that's what these different companies are racing to find a way to say, look, we can do this at a way that's cost effective. Then even if you get through that challenge, a second one is just to have the sheer amount of the materials to close that loop, to have enough in the United States already, they estimate we're decades away from that. So those are the two key challenges to the silver lining of recycling, but it is possible. It can be done and they're doing it.Andrew Keen: We haven't talked about the T word, Sam. It's on everyone's lips these days, tariffs. How does this play out? I mean, especially given this growing explicit, aggressive trade war between the United States and China, particularly when it comes to production of iPhones and other battery-driven products. Right. Is tariffs, I mean, you film this really before Trump 2-0, in which tariffs were less central, but is tariffs going to change everything?Samuel George: I mean, this is just like so many other things, an incredibly globalized ecosystem and tariffs. And who even knows by the time this comes out, whatever we think we understand about the new tariff scenario could be completely outdated.Andrew Keen: Guaranteed. I mean, we are talking on Wednesday, April the 9th. This will go out in a few days time. But no doubt by that time, tariffs will have changed dramatically. They already have as we speak.Samuel George: Here's the bottom line, and this is part of the reason the story is so important and so timely, and we haven't even talked about this yet, but it's so critical. Okay, just like oil, you can't just dig oil out of the ground and put it in the car. It's got to be refined. Lithium, nickel, cobalt, it's got be refined as well. And the overwhelming majority of that refining occurs in China. So even your success story like France, where they're building batteries, they still need to import the refined critical minerals from China. So that is a massive vulnerability. And that's part of where this real fear that you see in Washington or Brussels is coming from. You know, and they got their first little taste of it during the COVID supply chain meltdown, but say in the event where China decided that they weren't gonna export any more of this refined material it would be disastrous for people relying on lithium devices, which by the way, is also the military. Increasingly, the military is using lithium battery powered devices. So that's why there's this urgency that we need to get this on shore. We need to this supply chain here. The problem is that's not happening yet. And okay, so you can slap these tariffs on and that's going to make this stuff much more expensive, but that's not going to automatically create a critical mineral refining capacity in the United States of America. So that needs to be built. So you can understand the desire to get this back here. And by the way, the only reason we're not all driving Chinese made electric vehicles is because of tariffs. The Chinese have really, really caught up in terms of high quality electric vehicles at excellent prices. Now, the prices were always good. What's surprising people recently is the quality is there, but they've basically been tariffed out of the United States. And actually the Biden administration was in part behind that. And it was sort of this tension because on the one hand, they were saying, we want a green revolution, we want to green revolution. But on the other hand, they were seeing these quality Chinese electric vehicles. We're not gonna let you bring them in. But yeah, so I mean, I think the ultimate goal, you can understand why a country that's convinced that it's in a long term competition with China would say we can't rely on Chinese refined materials. Slapping a tariff on it isn't any sort of comprehensive strategy and to me it almost seems like you're putting the horse before the cart because we're not really in a place yet where we can say we no longer need China to power our iPhone.Andrew Keen: And one of the nice things about your movie is it features miners, ordinary people living on the land whose lives are dramatically impacted by this. So one would imagine that some of the people you interviewed in Bolivia or Atacama or in Africa or even in Georgia and certainly in Nevada, they're going to be dramatically impacted by the tariffs. These are not just abstract ideas that have a real impact on people's lives.Samuel George: Absolutely. I mean, for decades now, we've built an economic system that's based on globalization. And it's certainly true that that's cost a lot of jobs in the United States. It's also true that there's a lot jobs and companies that have been built around global trade. And this is one of them. And you're talking about significant disruption if your global supply chains, as we've seen before, again, in the COVID crisis when the supply chains fall apart or when the margins, which are already pretty slim to begin with, start to degrade, yeah, it's a major problem.Andrew Keen: Poorly paid in the first place, so...Samuel George: For the most part, yeah.Andrew Keen: Well, we're not talking about dinging Elon Musk. Tell us a little bit, Sam, about how you made this movie. You are a defiantly independent filmmaker, one of the more impressive that I know. You literally carry two large cameras around the world. You don't have a team, you don't have an audio guy, you don't ever sound guy. You do it all on your own. It's quite impressive. Been you shlep these cameras to Latin America, to Southeast Asia, obviously all around America. You commissioned work in Africa. How did you make this film? It's quite an impressive endeavor.Samuel George: Well, first of all, I really appreciate your kind words, but I can't completely accept this idea that I do it all alone. You know, I'm speaking to you now from the Bertelsmann Foundation. I'm the director of Bertelsman Foundation documentaries. And we've just had this fantastic support here and this idea that we can go to the front line and get these stories. And I would encourage people to check out Bertelsmen Foundation documentation.Andrew Keen: And we should have a special shout out to your boss, my friend, Irene Brahm, who runs the BuzzFeed Foundation of North America, who's been right from the beginning, a champion of video making.Samuel George: Oh, absolutely. I mean, Irene Brahm has been a visionary in terms of, you know, something I think that we align on is you take these incredibly interesting issues and somehow analysts manage to make them extraordinarily boring. And Irene had this vision that maybe it doesn't have to be that way.Andrew Keen: She's blushing now as she's watching this, but I don't mean to make you blush, Sam, but these are pretty independent movies. You went around the world, you've done it before, you did it in the Serbian movie too. You're carrying these cameras around, you're doing all your own work, it's quite an achievement.Samuel George: Well, again, I'm very, very thankful for the Bertelsmann Foundation. I think a lot of times, sometimes people, when they hear a foundation or something is behind something, they assume that somebody's got an ax to grind, and that's really not the case here. The Bertelsman Foundation is very supportive of just investigating these key issues, and let's have an honest conversation about it. And maybe it's a cop-out, but in my work, I often don't try to provide a solution.Andrew Keen: Have you had, when we did our event in D.C., you had a woman, a Chinese-born woman who's an expert on this. I don't think she's particularly welcome back on the mainland now. Has there been a Chinese response? Because I would say it's an anti-Chinese movie, but it's not particularly sympathetic or friendly towards China.Samuel George: And I can answer that question because it was the exact same issue we ran into when we filmed Tinder Box Belt and Road, which was again about Chinese investment in the Balkans. And your answer is has there been a Chinese reaction and no sort of official reaction. We always have people sort of from the embassy or various affiliated organizations that like to come to the events when we screen it. And they're very welcome to. But here's a point that I want to get across. Chinese officials and people related to China on these issues are generally uniformly unwilling to participate. And I think that's a poor decision on their part because I think there's a lot they could say to defend themselves. They could say, hey, you guys do this too. They could say, we're providing infrastructure to critical parts of the world. They could said, hey we're way ahead of you guys, but it's not because we did anything wrong. We just saw this was important before you did and built the network. There are many ways they could defend themselves. But rather than do that, they're extremely tight-lipped about what they're doing. And that can, if you're not, and we try our best, you know, we have certain experts from China that when they'll talk, we'll interview them. But that kind of tight-lip approach almost makes it seem like something even more suspicious is happening. Cause you just have to guess what the mindset must be cause they won't explain themselves. And I think Chinese representatives could do far more and it's not just about you know my documentary I understand they have bigger fish to fry but I feel like they fry the fish the same way when they're dealing with bigger entities I think it's to their detriment that they're not more open in engaging a global conversation because look China is gonna be an incredibly impactful part of world dynamics moving forward and they need to be, they need to engage on what they're doing. I think, and I do think they have a story they can tell to defend themselves, and it's unfortunate that they very much don't do it.Andrew Keen: In our DC event, you also had a woman who'd worked within the Biden administration. Has there been a big shift between Biden policy on recycling, recyclable energy and Trump 2.0? It's still the early days of the new administration.Samuel George: Right. And we're trying to get a grip on that of what the difference is going to be. I can tell you this, the Biden approach was very much the historic approach of the United States of America, which is to try to go to a country like Congo and say, look, we're not going to give you money without transparency. We're not gonna give you this big, you know, beautiful deal. We're going to the cheapest to build this or the cheapest build that. But what we can compete with you is on quality and sustainability and improved work conditions. This used to be the United States pitch. And as we've seen in places like Serbia, that's not always the greatest pitch in the world. Oftentimes these countries are more interested in the money without questions being asked. But the United states under the Biden administration tried to compete on quality. Now we will have to see if that continues with the Trump administration, if that continuous to be their pitch. What we've see in the early days is this sort of hardball tactic. I mean, what else can you refer to what's happening with Ukraine, where they say, look, if you want continued military support, we want those minerals. And other countries say, well, maybe that could work for us too. I mean that's sort of, as I understand it, the DRC, which is under, you know, there's new competition there for power that the existing government is saying, hey, United States, if you could please help us, we'll be sure to give you this heaping of minerals. We can say this, the new administration does seem to be taking the need for critical minerals seriously, which I think was an open question because we see so much of the kind of green environmentalism being rolled back. It does still seem to be a priority with the new administration and there does seem to be clarity that the United States is going to have to improve its position regarding these minerals.Andrew Keen: Yeah, I'm guessing Elon Musk sees this as well as anyone, and I'm sure he's quite influential. Finally, Sam, in contrast with a book, which gets distributed and put in bookstores, doing a movie is much more challenging. What's the goal with the movie? You've done a number of launches around the world, screenings in Berlin, Munich, London, Washington D.C. you did run in San Francisco last week. What's the business model, so to speak here? Are you trying to get distribution or do you wanna work with schools or other authorities to show the film?Samuel George: Right, I mean, I appreciate that question. The business model is simple. We just want you to watch. You know, our content is always free. Our films are always free, you can go to bfnadox.org for our catalog. This film is not online yet. You don't need a password, you don't a username, you can just watch our movies, that's what we want. And of course, we're always on the lookout for increased opportunities to spread these. And so we worked on a number of films. We've got PBS to syndicate them nationally. We got one you can check your local listings about a four-month steel workers strike in western Pennsylvania. It's called Local 1196. That just started its national syndication on PBS. So check out for that one. But look, our goal is for folks to watch these. We're looking for the most exposure as we can and we're giving it away for free.Andrew Keen: Just to repeat, if people are interested, that's bfna.docs.org to find more movies. And finally, Sam, for people who are interested perhaps in doing a showing of the film, I know you've worked with a number of universities and interest groups. What would be the best way to approach you.Samuel George: Well, like you say, we're a small team here. You can always feel free to reach out to me. And I don't know if I should pitch my email.Andrew Keen: Yeah, picture email. Give it out. The Chinese will be getting it too. You'll be getting lots of invitations from China probably to show the film.Samuel George: We'd love to come talk about it. That's all we want to do. And we try, but we'd love to talk about it. I think it's fundamental to have that conversation. So the email is just Samuel.George, just as you see it written there, at BFN as in boy, F as in Frank, N as in Nancy, A. Let's make it clearer - Samuel.George@bfna.org. We work with all sorts of organizations on screenings.Andrew Keen: And what about the aspiring filmmakers, as you're the head of documentaries there? Do you work with aspiring documentary filmmakers?Samuel George: Yes, yes, we do often on projects. So if I'm working on a project. So you mentioned that I work by myself, and that is how I learned this industry, you know, is doing it by myself. But increasingly, we're bringing in other skilled people on projects that we're working on. So we don't necessarily outsource entire projects. But we're always looking for opportunities to collaborate. We're looking to bring in talent. And we're looking to make the best products we can on issues that we think are fundamental importance to the Atlantic community. So we love being in touch with filmmakers. We have internship programs. We're open for nonprofit business, I guess you could say.Andrew Keen: Well, that's good stuff. The new movie is called Lithium Rising, The Race for Critical Minerals. I moderated a panel after the North American premiere at the end of February. It's a really interesting, beautifully made film, very compelling. It is only 60 minutes. I strongly advise anyone who has the opportunity to watch it and to contact Sam if they want to put it on their school, a university or other institution. Congratulations Sam on the movie. What's the next project?Samuel George: Next project, we've started working on a project about Southern Louisiana. And in there, we're really looking at the impact of land loss on the bayous and the local shrimpers and crabbers and Cajun community, as well as of course This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit keenon.substack.com/subscribe

We're discussing the ongoing labor disputes with the United States Postal Service with Tyler Vasseur, a shop steward with the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC). We discuss the BFN rank and file movement to transform the postal unions, fighting for transparency in bargaining on the long-stalled new contract for letter carriers, what an equitable contract would look like, how the letter carriers fight fits in the broader labor movement, cost of living adjustments in an era of high inflation, changes in work environments post-COVID, and ongoing efforts to privatize the Post Office. More on BFN here: https://www.fightingnalc.com/about-bfn

In this episode, Ernest Gonzales, a passionate advocate, Chief Shop Steward, and BFN Coordinating Committee member from San Antonio, TX, joins us to discuss his work with the Build a Fighting NALC (BFN) Movement. We explore the struggles of toxic work environments, BFN's agenda and key points (including an in-depth discussion about if USPS workers should have the right to strike), the recent tentative agreement, election fraud concerns, and how BFN and the CLC can collaborate for a stronger craft. Tune in for a thought-provoking discussion about unity, leadership, and empowerment within the NALC.   * To contact or learn more about BFN, please check out the following links: Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61567020456381&mibextid=LQQJ4d YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/@buildafightingnalc Website:  https://www.fightingnalc.com/

Justin Michael gives some takeaways from Wednesday night's exhibition win over Adams State and a big night from Nique Clifford. He gives a few thoughts on some of the new additions and shows Niko Medved's postgame press conference. He then sets the scene for the return to Reno for Jay Norvell & Co. — this time with a chance to clinch a spot in the postseason. He plays an interview with quarterbacks coach Matt Mumme on the growth from ‘BFN' and his thoughts on the change in offensive philosophy. He also gives some keys to the game. JOIN THE DIEHARDS FOR JUST $4 A MONTH! https://www.thednvr.com/intro-offer-youtubeAn ALLCITY Network ProductionPARTY WITH US: https://thednvr.com/eventsALL THINGS DNVR: https://linktr.ee/dnvrsportsMERCH: https://store.allcitynetwork.com/collections/dnvr-lockerSUBSCRIBE: https://www.youtube.com/c/DNVR_SportsEmpire Today: Schedule a free in-home estimate today! All listeners can receive a $350 OFF discount when they use the promo code DNVR. Restrictions apply. See https://empiretoday.com/dnvr for detailsIf you want to learn more about inspiring patient stories from UCHealth, you can head to https://uchealth.org/tomorrow to learn what it means to live like there is a tomorrow.Visit Your Front Range Toyota Stores at a location near you - Toyota is the official vehicle of DNVR.UCHealth wants to help you and other Coloradans be your healthiest selves in the Ready. Set. CO challenge. If you want to join the challenge, go to https://www.uchealth.org/readysetcoGet Coors Light delivered straight to your door with Instacart by going to https://coorslight.com/DNVR. Celebrate Responsibly. Coors Brewing Company, Golden, Colorado. Download the Circle K app and join the Inner Circle or visit https://www.circlek.com/inner-circle! Exclusively for our listeners, Shady Rays is giving out their best deal of the season. Head to https://shadyrays.com and use code: DNVR for 35% off polarized sunglasses. Try for yourself the shades rated 5 stars by over 300,000 people.Download the Gametime app, create an account, and use code DNVR for $20 off your first purchase. Terms apply.Check out FOCO merch and collectibles here https://foco.vegb.net/DNVR and use promo code “DNVR10” for 10% off your order.Rugged Road: Gear up for your next adventure with Rugged Road Coolers - Your ultimate outdoor companion! Head to http://ruggedroadoutdoors.pxf.io/ALLCITY and use code DNVR for 10% off!When you shop through links in the description, we may earn affiliate commissions.Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing.

Show Notes:  https://wetflyswing.com/666  Presented By: TroutRoutes, Waters West, Togens Fly Shop, Stonefly Nets Sponsors: https://wetflyswing.com/sponsors      In this episode, Joe Rist and I will journey to fly fishing the Catskills, often hailed as the birthplace of American fly fishing. Join us as we uncover the rich history of this iconic region, explore the streams of the Beaver Kill and the Delaware branches, and discover why this area holds such a special place in the hearts of anglers. With Joe's expert insights, you'll learn valuable tips on dry fly fishing and perfecting your casting techniques. Whether you're a seasoned angler or a curious novice, this episode promises to deepen your appreciation for fly fishing in one of the most storied landscapes in the U.S. Episode Chapters with Joe Rist on Fly Fishing the Catskills 1:54 - We explore Joe's journey into fly fishing, sparked by his father's introduction with basic fishing gear. His passion solidified after catching his first brook trout in Maine and starting "Fish Camp" with friends. Joe transitioned to guiding professionally after retiring from the post office at 55. Following the passing of the shop's owner, Joe, with no retail experience but support from his family, successfully opened Trout Town Flies, now in its fifth year. 7:48 - We talk about the history of fly fishing in the Catskill region. Joe highlights its significance as "holy waters," noting contributions from pioneers like Theodore Gordon and George La Branche. The Catskill Fly Fishing Center & Museum, covering 50 acres, showcases important figures and artifacts in fly fishing, including the resurgence of interest among younger people during the Covid pandemic. 11:12 - Joe offers advice on the best fishing times in the Catskills, recommending May for dry fly fishing due to ideal temperatures. He suggests novice-friendly rivers like Beaver Kill and Willow, while recommending the East and West Branches of the Delaware River for experienced anglers. 16:22 - For lodging and camping, Joe explains that while there is ample lodging, prime time (late April to early June) requires early reservations starting in December or January. The area has modest accommodations catering to fishermen, including notable places like Roscoe Motel, Riverside Cafe & Lodge, Red Rose, and Rockland House. For DIY camping, there are several state campgrounds, including Butternut Grove, Roscoe Campsite Park, and Peaceful Valley on the Delaware. 18:50 - Joe reveals that his shop makes 60-70% of its flies in-house. He highlights the significance of tying flies like cripples and emergers, as well as traditional Catskill flies. He also recounts creating the brown floating nymph (BFN) after noticing fish feeding on a specific insect on the West Branch of the Delaware. 25:29 - We get into the other flies he uses in the Catskills. Joe uses the gray fox, cahill, and red quill, effectively on their rivers. He provides a tip for modifying a red quill to mimic a rusty spinner. 28:35 - We focus on fishing the Beaver Kill. Joe notes that the Beaver Kill is more accessible for novice fly fishermen due to its high gradient, which helps correct casting errors. He also mentions that it is stocked with brown trout by the New York State. 32:06 - Our conversation shifts to fishing techniques, where Joe explains the importance of positioning above the fish and allowing the current to deliver the fly naturally. He mentions that in the east, anglers need to feed a lot of line—sometimes 70 to 80 feet—to achieve this, which can be challenging but necessary for successful fishing. 33:24 - Joe elaborates on fishing in the Delaware system, highlighting the commonality of catching large fish, including 21-27 inch fish. He explains the strength and resilience of these fish, particularly due to the cold, fast-moving waters. He also mentions migratory fish like shad and stripers that enter the Delaware system, and the presence of smallmouth bass in areas like the Beaver Kill. He notes that while there are various fish species, anglers predominantly seek large rainbows and browns. 38:05 - We talk about the fishing regulations and conditions in New York. Joe explains that the fishing season runs year-round, with specific rules: from April 1st to October 15th, regular fishing with size and catch limits is allowed; from October 16th to March 31st, it's catch and release only, with no live bait. 39:33 - Joe mentions temperature inversions in the Delaware River's tail waters, which affect fishing conditions. Milder winters have led to earlier fishing and hatches, with some species appearing sooner. He highlights that the tail waters offer consistent fishing opportunities, even in warmer months, and details the fishable waters: 17 miles on the west branch and variable conditions on the east branch. 42:03 - Joe describes their guiding and fishing techniques in the Catskills. 46:16 - For new anglers fishing the west branch of a large river, Joe emphasizes the importance of patience and observation when approaching the water. He advises beginners to look for foam lines, which indicate where food and fish might be. He also suggests breaking the river down into smaller sections, treating it first as a brook, then a stream, to make it less intimidating. He also highlights the need to adjust fishing techniques based on the time of day and hatches. Joe mentions that his shop can help plan trips and tailor them to the angler's schedule, whether it involves fishing in the morning or evening. 51:19 - We ask about his essential fishing gear. Joe highlights the use of fish-friendly ghost nets, wading staff for stability, quality wading boots for ankle support, and wading belt for safety. He also favors traditional vests for storage and versatility. 53:19 - As we approach late September and early October, he mentions the pre-spawn period when aggressive male trout favor streamers in orange or yellow. He mentions the essential flies during this period. 57:42 - Joe shares his travel bucket list, including a planned trip to Chile with his daughter to potentially represent a lodge there. He also expresses interest in fishing in Alaska and Montana's grayling, despite past trips to Colorado, Michigan, and Pennsylvania. 59:18 - We discuss various boats and flotation devices for the Delaware River, including traditional boats, rafts, kayaks, and paddleboards. Joe warns against belly boats due to safety concerns and praises drift boats for their ability to navigate shallow waters. 1:00:38 - We ask him a couple of random questions on his music preference and go-to bar and restaurants in their area. For music, he likes the Allman Brothers, Coldplay, and Marshall Tucker. Show Notes:  https://wetflyswing.com/666  

On today's Thee DNVR Pregame Show, the guys share their thoughts on Shedeur Sanders and Braden Fowler-Nicolosi's meeting after Colorado beat Colorado State 28-9. Did Shedeur have to shake hands with BFN? Uncle Neely shares his thoughts from Colorado's victory over CSU and all the unnecessary talk from the Rams in the lead up to the Rocky Mountain Showdown. Film takeaways from Colorado's win over Colorado State, looking ahead to Baylor and much more. Intro: 0:00Thoughts on the game: 1:30Handshaking: 13:00What went well on defense: 30:00The offense improved: 37:07Freshmen getting opportunities: 46:10Time to change the kicker?: 49:55Super Chats: 53:06 An ALLCITY Network Production PARTY WITH US: https://thednvr.com/events ALL THINGS DNVR: https://linktr.ee/dnvrsports MERCH: https://store.allcitynetwork.com/collections/dnvr-locker SUBSCRIBE: https://www.youtube.com/c/DNVR_Sports Sleeper: Download the Sleeper app and use the code BUFFS to get up to a $100 match on your first deposit! Terms and conditions apply. See Sleeper's Terms of Use for details. Currently operational in over 25 states. Check out Sleeper today! Empire Today: Schedule a free in-home estimate today! All listeners can receive a $350 OFF discount when they use the promo code DNVR. Restrictions apply. See https://empiretoday.com/dnvr for details Zbiotics: Go to https://zbiotics.com/dnvrbuffs to get 15% off your first order when you use DNVRBUFFS at checkout. Pre-Alcohol is backed with 100% money back guarantee so if you're unsatisfied for any reason, they'll refund your money, no questions asked.   Coach Prime wants to help you and other Coloradans be your healthiest selves as the Chief Motivation Officer of UCHealth's Ready. Set. CO challenge. If you want to join the challenge, go to https://www.uchealth.org/readysetco Mint Mobile: To get your new 3-month unlimited wireless plan for just 15 bucks a month, go to https://mintmobile.com/buffs.  $45 upfront payment required (equivalent to $15/mo.). New customers on first 3 month plan only. Speeds slower above 40GB on Unlimited plan. Additional taxes, fees, & restrictions apply. See MINT MOBILE for details. Visit Your Front Range Toyota Stores at a location near you - Toyota is the official vehicle of DNVR. Get Coors Light delivered straight to your door with Instacart by going to https://coorslight.com/DNVR. Celebrate Responsibly. Coors Brewing Company, Golden, Colorado.   Download the Gametime app, create an account, and use code BUFFS for $20 off your first purchase. Terms apply.Head over to https://chinookseedery.com and use code BUFFS for 20% off your order! Best seeds ever.Check out FOCO merch and collectibles here https://foco.vegb.net/DNVR and use promo code “DNVR10” for 10% off your order. Download the Circle K app and join the Inner Circle or visit https://www.circlek.com/inner-circle!   Rugged Road: Gear up for your next adventure with Rugged Road Coolers - Your ultimate outdoor companion! Head to http://ruggedroadoutdoors.pxf.io/ALLCITYand use code DNVR for 10% off! When you shop through links in the description, we may earn affiliate commissions. Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing.

0:00 - It's like deja vu all over again with the Broncos offense! 10 years off pain rolls along.15:27 - CSU talked all the smack and didn't back it up. That was a tough look against CU in the Showdown.33:11 - Deion Sanders took exception with BFN hitting Travis Hunter with the "too small" taunt. But aren't CU notorious taunters? What's Shedeur's watch dance thing if not a taunt?

Justin Michael plays an interview with QB Brayden Fowler-Nicolosi following Tuesday's practice. BFN talks about his anticipation for the game, as well as how the run game is helping achieve more balance. Justin then plays a one-on-one with former CSU WR Joe Hansley. Joe talks about what the rivalry means to him and some of his favorite memories from the McElwain era. An ALLCITY Network ProductionPARTY WITH US: https://thednvr.com/eventsALL THINGS DNVR: https://linktr.ee/dnvrsportsMERCH: https://store.allcitynetwork.com/collections/dnvr-lockerSUBSCRIBE: https://www.youtube.com/c/DNVR_SportsEmpire Today: Schedule a free in-home estimate today! All listeners can receive a $350 OFF discount when they use the promo code DNVR. Restrictions apply. See https://empiretoday.com/dnvr for detailsIf you want to learn more about inspiring patient stories from UCHealth, you can head to https://uchealth.org/tomorrow to learn what it means to live like there is a tomorrow.Visit Your Front Range Toyota Stores at a location near you - Toyota is the official vehicle of DNVR.UCHealth wants to help you and other Coloradans be your healthiest selves in the Ready. Set. CO challenge. If you want to join the challenge, go to https://www.uchealth.org/readysetcoGet Coors Light delivered straight to your door with Instacart by going to https://coorslight.com/DNVR. Celebrate Responsibly. Coors Brewing Company, Golden, Colorado. Download the Circle K app and join the Inner Circle or visit https://www.circlek.com/inner-circle! Exclusively for our listeners, Shady Rays is giving out their best deal of the season. Head to https://shadyrays.com and use code: DNVR for 35% off polarized sunglasses. Try for yourself the shades rated 5 stars by over 300,000 people.Download the Gametime app, create an account, and use code DNVR for $20 off your first purchase. Terms apply.Check out FOCO merch and collectibles here https://foco.vegb.net/DNVR and use promo code “DNVR10” for 10% off your order.Rugged Road: Gear up for your next adventure with Rugged Road Coolers - Your ultimate outdoor companion! Head to http://ruggedroadoutdoors.pxf.io/ALLCITY and use code DNVR for 10% off!When you shop through links in the description, we may earn affiliate commissions.Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing.

Justin Michael begins his 2024 position previews with the quarterback room. Justin sets the scene by playing a couple of minutes of his discussion with Jay Norvell from Mountain West Media Days. He then talks about why he has faith in Brayden Fowler-Nicolosi in his second season as the starter, lays out potential records that he could take down and talks about how BFN can cement his status amongst the all-time great QBS in school history. Justin also talks about the rest of the QB room and gives some background information on Jackson Brousseau, Giles Pooler and Darius Curry. An ALLCITY Network Production PARTY WITH US: https://thednvr.com/events ALL THINGS DNVR: https://linktr.ee/dnvrsports SUBSCRIBE: https://www.youtube.com/c/DNVR_Sports If you want to learn more about inspiring patient stories from UCHealth, you can head to https://uchealth.org/tomorrow to learn what it means to live like there is a tomorrow. Visit Your Front Range Toyota Stores at a location near you - Toyota is the official vehicle of DNVR. Get Coors Light delivered straight to your door with Instacart by going to https://coorslight.com/DNVR. Celebrate Responsibly. Coors Brewing Company, Golden, Colorado.  Let's level up your nicotine routine with Lucy. Go to https://lucy.co/rams and use promo code RAMS to get 20% off your first order. Lucy offers FREE SHIPPING and has a 30-day refund policy if you change your mind.  Sign up on the Volo app using code DNVR3 to get Volo Pass for only $10/month for the first 3 months.  Download the Circle K app and join the Inner Circle or visit https://www.circlek.com/inner-circle!  Exclusively for our listeners, Shady Rays is giving out their best deal of the season. Head to https://shadyrays.com and use code: DNVR for 35% off polarized sunglasses. Try for yourself the shades rated 5 stars by over 300,000 people. Download the Gametime app, create an account, and use code DNVR for $20 off your first purchase. Terms apply. Check out FOCO merch and collectibles here https://foco.vegb.net/DNVR and use promo code “DNVR10” for 10% off your order. Rugged Road: Gear up for your next adventure with Rugged Road Coolers - Your ultimate outdoor companion! Head to https://ruggedroadoutdoors.pxf.io/allcity and use code DNVR for 10% off! When you shop through links in the description, we may earn affiliate commissions. Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On today's episode of the DNVR Rams Podcast presented by High Plainz Strains, Justin Michael talks about Dallin Holker's resume and why he deserved the Mackey Award over Georgia's Brock Bowers. Justin then dives into 10 more takeaways for the 2023 football season, including the growth from the O-line, BFN flashing greatness, Mo Kamara's historic year and more. Justin also dives into a red-hot start for CSU Women's Basketball and an insane performance from McKenna Hofschild against Montana. An ALLCITY Network Production PARTY WITH US: http://bit.ly/3D9aqH1  ALL THINGS DNVR: https://linktr.ee/dnvrsports SUBSCRIBE: https://www.youtube.com/c/DNVR_Sports WIN MONEY THROUGH SPLASH SPORTS: https://splashsports.com/dnvr  Pick up your Primo Hoagie here: https://ownaprimo.com/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=testhttps://ownaprimo.com/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=test Visit https://www.breckenridgedistillery.com/bourbon-of-denver-broncos/ for your chance to win Breckenridge Distillery prizes AND Broncos tickets!! Download the Gametime app, create an account, and use code DNVR for $20 off your first purchase. AG1 is going to give you a FREE 1 year supply of immune-supporting Vitamin D AND 5 FREE travel packs with your first purchase. Just visit https://drinkAG1.com/RAMS  Use Code: DNVR for 50% off 2 or more pairs of polarized sunglasses at https://ShadyRays.com  Check out FOCO merch and collectibles here https://foco.vegb.net/DNVR and use promo code “DNVR” for 10% off your order. Download the DROPS by SoleSavy app at https://links.solesavy.com/dnvr Go to https://saturdayneon.com and use code DNVR for 10% off your order today.  Find the nearest Avalanche Amber Ale near you at https://www.breckbrew.com/brew-finder/  Check out https://pinsandaces.com and use code DNVR to receive 15% off your first order and get free shipping. When you shop through links in the description, we may earn affiliate commissions. Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the second episode of the third series of Our Birth Stories Podcast, we meet Katie and hear the story of her first pregnancy birth and beyond. Katie shares her experiences of pregnancy and being a new parent during the covid lockdown regulations. Katie chose to have a cesarean birth due to having a degenerative spine condition and had a positive experience of her birth. She also shares her difficult breastfeeding experiences and how she has come through that.  Topics covered include: pregnancy in covid lockdown, hyperemesis, pregnancy anxiety, gestational diabetes diagnosis, pregnancy with a degenerative spine condition, choosing cesarean due to risks of spinal damage while birthing, experience of cesarean birth, difficulty establishing breastfeeding, having a new baby in covid lockdown, managing wider family expectations and relationships.  If you think an elective cesarean might be the right choice for you for any reason you can read more about your rights and the available support on the Birthrights website. https://www.birthrights.org.uk/factsheets/right-to-a-c-section/ If you're planning to nurse your baby linking up with the available support services during pregnancy is a great way of supporting yourself to do that. Ask your midwife whether there is an infant feeding coordinator at your hospital and what support is available there so you know what or who to ask for if you face any challenges. Check out what local peer support groups are available from the BfN, LLL or ABM and find out who your nearest IBCLC is.  https://www.laleche.org.uk/find-lll-support-group/ https://www.breastfeedingnetwork.org.uk/drop-in-centres-map/ https://abm.me.uk/find-a-local-breastfeeding-support-group/ https://lcgb.org/find-an-ibclc/ If things haven't gone how you wanted them to with your feeding journey your feelings about that are valid and important. You might find it helpful to read Amy Brown's Why Breastfeeding Grief and Trauma Matter. https://professoramybrown.co.uk/books-%26-shop/ols/products/why-breastfeeding-grief-and-trauma-matter-signed-copy 

BFN makes his second appearance on the podcast talking about what it was like to conduct the second-biggest comeback in CSU football history, shard what it meant to him and the team, broke down the series of events that led to the win, discussed how he's been able to bounce back from adversity, and much more. Plus, Joel and Mike go in depth on their personal observations and takeaways from the entire day.

First steps nutrition website https://www.firststepsnutrition.org/ Tim Spector https://tim-spector.co.uk/ Emma Pickett's book Breastfeeding Older Children Chris van Tulleken's book - Ultraprocessed people: why do we all eat stuff that isn't food… and why can't we stop Kimberley Wilson book? - Unprocessed: how the food we eat is fueling the mental health crisis? Bf and medication - BfN website https://www.breastfeedingnetwork.org.uk/drugs-factsheets/ https://breastfeeding-and-medication.co.uk/    NCT Feeding line 0300 33 00 700 option 1

In episode five of the second series of Our Birth Stories Podcast, we talk to Elizabeth from the IPBB committee about her first pregnancy, birth and postnatal experiences. This is the first episode we haven't just fully shared as it happened. It is a story that includes some very traumatic experiences. Please be extra careful to only listen if you're not currently pregnant and if you have no chance of finding that hearing about traumatic experiences will re-trigger your own traumatic feelings.  Topics covered in this episode include Hyperemesis, Premature Labour, Episiotomy, Perineal Tearing, Medical assault, Baby in Special Care, Breastfeeding Struggles, Postnatal Depression, and lichen sclerosus an autoimmune condition that affects the vulva.  If you have had any experiences during pregnancy, birth or beyond that have left you feeling sad or anxious or just not really yourself please contact one of the many people who can help you to work through that and allow yourself to heal. makebirthbetter.org traumaticbirthrecovery.com birthtraumaassociation.org.uk birthtraumahampshire.co.uk If someone did something they should not have done during your birth and you want to make a complaint these people may be able to help you with that. birthrights.org.uk/factsheets/making-a-complaint/  aims.org.uk/information/item/obstetric-violence If you experience feeling or being sick constantly during pregnancy Pregnancy Sickness Support have some excellent support options. pregnancysicknesssupport.org.uk For parents of babies born prematurely, Bliss offers lots of support bliss.org.uk For information about breastfeeding when you have a premature baby this is a good start to your reading laleche.org.uk/successfully-breastfeeding-premature-baby/  Breastfeeding support is available from several charities including the LLL laleche.org.uk and the BfN breastfeedingnetwork.org.uk If you're wondering what lichen sclerosus is this is a good place to start reading nhs.uk/conditions/lichen-sclerosus/ LS is a rare condition but it's not the only potential issue with your postnatal perineum. It's always a good idea to know what your vulva normally looks like and to be aware of when and how to ask for support when things are not right. Check out our blog post for some more information informedpregnancybirthandbeyond.org/post/10-things-you-need-to-know-aboutyour-perineum-and-pelvic-floor  If you're feeling very down, anxious, or not yourself in any way please always feel you can talk about it. There are people who will understand and who can help you. Don't be stopped from seeking help by outdated ideas that “people like us” don't get depressed or don't need medication. Medication is very often life-saving and taking it doesn't make you any kind of person except the kind having appropriate medical care.  We have great perinatal mental health services in Hampshire check out what's available here southernhealth.nhs.uk/our-services/a-z-list-of-services/mother-and-baby-unit southernhealth.nhs.uk/our-services/a-z-list-of-services/mother-and-baby-unit  Know you can always talk to your GP, health visitor or midwife and they can signpost you for further support if you need it. If you're breast/chestfeeding your baby you can take medication and continue to do so check out the BfN info sheets for more information. breastfeedingnetwork.org.uk/antidepressants/  Good sources of social and peer support on top of the support of your friends and family include pandasfoundation.org.uk/how-we-can-support-you/ Homestart home-start.org.uk  You can also self-refer for counselling for example in Portsmouth via talkingchange.nhs.uk or find your local service with an internet search for self-referral mental health support in -name of place you live-

Shanna reports on the sibling conflict that has been playing out between her two daughters, and she wonders how to best handle the rivalry. Laura talks about a preschool family event that encouraged her four-year-old to try something completely different. Also, in the special segment "Today I Learned," Laura and Shanna dive into the topics of Tooth Fairy inflation and kids' stamina. Finally, they share their BFPs and BFNs for the week. Shanna's kids are 4 and 7 years old, and Laura's kids are 4 years old and 2 years old.Want to get in touch with Shanna and Laura? Send us an email and follow us on social! Instagram, Facebook or TikTok at @bfppodcast.This episode's show notes can be found here.Join our Facebook community group for support and camaraderie on your parenting journey.Visit our website!Big Fat Positive: A Pregnancy and Parenting Journey is produced by Laura Birek, Shanna Micko and Steve Yager.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Hi! Are you a new listener? We suggest you go back and start from the beginning, so you get to know us properly.BFN is back for a special mini-series, as we follow Gabby on her second jourrrrney! In this episode we're talking about her decision to go again, the process so far and why she's worried about her timing.Enjoying the series? Please rate and review it - it helps others to find the podcast.Swears, as always, throughout. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In Episode Two of the second series of Our Birth Stories Podcast, we talk to Jade who had her first baby by unplanned cesarean birth after a back-to-back labour with a baby who had his head wedged at an angle that made being born difficult. Topics covered in this episode include struggling to get pregnant, infertility community on Instagram, surprise pregnancy just before starting IVF, pelvic girdle pain, vaginal bleeding in third trimester, accessing maternity care when away from home, gbs testing, attending maternity day assessment for reduced movement, growth scan, recommended induction due to ‘big baby', declining induction, sweeps from 38 weeks, labour starting after a sweep at 39+ weeks, planned homebirth no midwives available, baby in back to back position, back pain in labour, labour stopping at 4cm, augmentation of labour, making decisions on the day that were not the one's you thought you would ever make, making a plan A, B and C when birth planning, non-emergency “emergency” cesarean birth, difference between epidural and spinal block, complications of epidural relating to piercing the dural membrane, post epidural severe postural headache, contrast ct scan and breastfeeding, BfN drugs in breastmilk leaflets and helpline, passing on feedback can change policy and procedure. If you're experiencing pain in your pelvic joints during or after pregnancy the Pelvic Partnership is a brilliant source of support and information. https://pelvicpartnership.org.uk/ As is the Let's Talk about Pelvic Girdle Pain Podcast. https://anchor.fm/letstalkaboutpgp If you've not heard about GBS which Jade mentions being tested for when admitted to hospital after a suspected late pregnancy bleed. The reason it is not routinely tested for is that a lot of people carry this and the risk of babies having negative effects/becoming infected is very low. You can find out about it here: nhs.uk/common-health-questions/pregnancy/what-are-the-risks-of-group-b-streptococcus-infection-during-pregnancy If you're concerned about your baby's movements for any reason, if they don't seem normal. It's always a good idea to get checked out, the maternity day assessment unit is there for this reason and open 24 hours a day 7 days a week. For more information about being aware of your baby's movements check out kickscount.org.uk/your-babys-movements Jade experienced a really strong pain in her back during labour that was present between contractions. This really strong back pain seems to be something some people with a baby who is in what's called a posterior position experience. Although some babies in the posterior position don't cause any more than the usual discomfort of contractions and other people will experience back labour when their baby is in the optimal anterior position. It's always important to remember everyone experiences labour differently and your journey is unique and your choices are right for you on the day even if they feel very difficult to make as Jade's did. You can read more here https://www.bellybelly.com.au/birth/back-labour-what-is-it-and-how-to-manage-it You may also want to check out Spinning Babies while you're planning your birth so you can be prepared with some things that may possibly help when you're in labour.

Link to bioRxiv paper: http://biorxiv.org/cgi/content/short/2022.11.01.514695v1?rss=1 Authors: Wang, G., Zhang, L., Qiao, L. Abstract: Brain functional network (BFN) analysis has become a popular technique for identifying neurological/mental diseases. Due to the fact that BFN is a graph, graph convolutional network (GCN) can be naturally used in the classification of BFN. Different from traditional methods that directly use the adjacency matrices of BFNs to train a classifier, GCN requires an additional input i.e.,node features. To our best knowledge, however, there is no systematic study to analyze their influence on the performance of GCN-based brain disorder classification. Therefore, in this per, we conduct an empirical study on various node feature measures, including 1) original fMRI signals, 2) one-hot encoding, 3) node statistics, 4) node correlation, and 5) their combination. Experimental results on two benchmark databases show that different node feature inputs to GCN significantly affect the brain disease classification performance, and node correlation usually contributes higher accuracy compared to original signals and manually extracted statistical features. Copy rights belong to original authors. Visit the link for more info Podcast created by Paper Player, LLC

TTC (trying to conceive) is no joke! It's a difficult process that can strain you mentally, physically and emotionally. And when all you want to see are two lines on that pregnancy test, it can be crushing to keep getting a BFN (big fat negative). So how do you keep hope alive when you want to be pregnant but aren't? How do you stop getting your hopes up and feeling disappointed? Want to share your TTC journey? Have feedback for the podcast? Have an episode idea? Leave me a voice memo! Record yours here: https://anchor.fm/anyquestionspregnancy/message Prefer to leave your feedback/episode suggestions in writing? Fill out this form: https://forms.gle/XyBgaf9JwgvcfH5p8 Disclosure: I'm in no way shape or form an expert on anything. None of this is advice. Take it all with a grain of salt and consult your own healthcare provider!

Michael Ofosuhene-Wise is Climate and Nature Lead at Business for Nature (BfN). He leads BfN's efforts to demonstrate and amplify credible business action on nature and activities to simplify and converge high-level nature and climate action from the business. He has extensive experience working with leading global companies to incorporate sustainability into their corporate strategies. Before joining Business for Nature, he worked at the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and helped companies develop and advocate for ambitious climate policy within major international processes. He also has experience in the area of measuring and valuing corporate impacts and dependencies on natural, social and human capital to inform strategic business decision-making. Get in touch with Michael Email: michael.ofosuhene@businessfornature.org Mobile: +234 704 390 3215 Twitter: @mofosuhenewise LinkedIn: Michael Ofosuhene-Wise ---- GLC aims to share knowledge and education with our cherished listeners through this Podcast. It's about time we connect the pieces: sustainability is a sacrifice but are we ready? Congratulations

Brody bravely opens up about his and Holly's journey with infertility and what led them to IVF (In Vitro Fertilization). He talks about what IVF is, the costs, the hormones, the side effects, the mental load of such a journey and what he did and did not expect from this all-consuming time of life. While many routes of IVF exist, we focus on the IVF journey of those who have unexplained infertility: "When infertile couples or individuals have undergone all appropriate tests and no cause for their infertility is found". So while some couples may not have viable sperm or eggs to contribute to IVF, this episode discusses the journey a couple may experience if you do have those two components to contribute but still struggle to conceive. So many couples lives are upended by infertility. It is invasive and emotional and all-consuming of your time, energy and physical and emotional health. So take a listen and see what Brody has to say about staying hopeful through a decade of trying to conceive and how to keep your relationship strong as well. To those trying to conceive...baby dust! We hope you get your rainbow baby!

Laura reports on the ingenious new tactic she used to allay her three-year-old's latest nighttime fears, and Shanna talks about her daughter's hilarious takeaway from a family trip in the mountains (a trip which did NOT go as planned). Also, in the special segment “Loose Ends,” Shanna and Laura provide updates on past topics they left hanging, including whether Laura ever donated her breastmilk to the UC Health Milk Bank, how Shanna's three-year-old is doing in speech therapy, if Laura's son is still obsessed with her cracked heels and more! Finally they share their BFPs and BFNs for the week. Shanna's kids are 3 and 6 years old, and Laura's kids are 3 years old and 14 months old.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Laura and Shanna celebrate their 200th episode by blind reacting to their very first episode of the BFP podcast. They reflect back on their first weeks of pregnancy and discover that they said some surprising, helpful and ridiculously odd things. Also, Shanna reports on the preschool plague that has caught up with her family, and Laura talks about her three-year-old's charming new behavior. Finally they share their BFPs and BFNs for the week. Shanna's kids are 3 and 6 years old, and Laura's kids are 3 years old and 14 months old.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Welcome back and welcome to Season 2. It is o exciting to have you back listening to us. I absolutely loved recording this episode with Emma Pickett IBCLC talking about Room by Emma Donoghue.  We talk about attachment, infant feeding, breastfeeding older children, toddler manners and more. If you want to follow Emma on Twitter find her here: https://twitter.com/makesmilkSOME USEFUL RESOURCESAssociation of Breastfeeding Mothers https://abm.me.uk/GP Infant Feeding Networkhttps://gpifn.org.uk/Breastfeeding for Doctorshttps://www.paediatricfoam.com/2018/09/breastfeeding-for-doctors-101-part-1/Breastfeeding Helplinehttps://www.breastfeedingnetwork.org.uk/We offer breastfeeding support on the phone, every day of the year, 9.30am to 9.30pm. Call Charges to all helplines apply. Calls to 0300 numbers cost no more than calls to UK numbers starting 01 and 02 and will be part of any inclusive minutes that apply to your provider and call package.National Breastfeeding Helpline: 0300 100 0212The National Breastfeeding Helpline is a helpline run in collaboration with the Breastfeeding Network (BfN) and the Association of Breastfeeding Mothers (ABM). All the volunteers answering calls are mums who have breastfed, and all have received extensive training in breastfeeding support. Calls are diverted to the next available ABM or BfN volunteer. The Helpline is funded by the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities and the Scottish Government.Support is also available in Welsh and Polish via the National Breastfeeding Helpline – call 0300 100 0212 and press 1 for Welsh and 2 for Polish.Discount on Emma's new book: Supporting Breastfeeding Past the First Six Months and Beyond  if you use this link direct from the publisher https://uk.jkp.com/products/supporting-breastfeeding-past-the-first-six-months-and-beyond?_pos=1&_sid=26bd70c70&_ss=rand use BSREP15% for 15% off the publisher's price

In today's episode, I help you understand all the TTC (trying to conceive) acronyms because I know when I started learning more about TTC I was clueless as to what some of this stuff meant.2WW/TWW: 2WW or TWW stands for "two week wait." Doctors recommend that you wait two weeks after you ovulate — then take a pregnancy test. BBT: BBT, or your basal body temperature, rises after ovulation — monitoring BBT across your cycle can tell you once ovulation has already happened. BFP/BFN: BFP stands for “big fat positive” and BFN stands for “big fat negative” to describe the positive or negative results of their at home pregnancy tests.CM: CM, or cervical mucus, is a fluid-like substance that your cervix produces to help sperm more easily travel through your cervix and into your uterus. DPO: DPO stands for “days past ovulation.” People often describe the symptoms they experience during their first 15 days past ovulation, or DPO, which is when, if you have conceived, an embryo is starting to develop/attach to your uterus.hCG: HCG, or human chorionic gonadotropin, is often referred to as “the pregnancy hormone.” Since this hormone occurs naturally during pregnancy, it's what pregnancy tests look for to detect early pregnancy. ICSI: ICSI, or intracytoplasmic sperm injection, is a procedure that often accompanies IVF and is meant to overcome issues with male factor infertility. In the lab, a doctor will inject just one sperm directly into an egg collected during an egg retrieval procedure as a direct route to embryo creation. This can be helpful for people with low quantity or quality sperm.IUI: IUI, or intrauterine insemination, is a fertility treatment to help sperm reach an egg immediately post-ovulation. A doctor inserts sperm — either from your partner or a donor — directly into your uterus using a tiny sterile catheter. IUI tries to increase the number of sperm that make it through your cervix and into direct contact with the fertilized egg.IVF: IVF, or in-vitro fertiliztion, is a fertility treatment where your doctor recreates the steps of fertilization outside of your body. Using your retrieved eggs or the eggs of a donor, a doctor will fertilize them with sperm to develop one or more embryos, which they will then transfer back into the uterus.LH: LH, or luteinizing hormone, gets your body ready for a potential pregnancy and can help you track ovulation. Your body's LH rapidly increases 24-48 before you ovulate — this is called an LH surge — which signals to your maturing follicle that it can now release an egg in hopes of being fertilized.OPK: OPK, or ovulation predictor kit, is another name for ovulation test strips. After urinating on a strip (or dipping it into urine), the OPK measures your body's hormone levels, specifically LH and sometimes E2, to predict ovulation. If you're trying to conceive, you can use an OPK to time sex or IUI around your fertile window.REI or RE: REI or RE stands for reproductive endocrinology and infertility (the specialty) or reproductive endocrinologist (the doctor), wherein specialty ART care (IVF, IUI, fertility preservation) occurs, or where complex reproductive endocrine conditions can be evaluated (fertility preservation prior to starting chemotherapy, for example). Depending on your age, your primary healthcare provider may recommend REI care after 6 or 12 months of TTC.TTC: TTC stands for “trying to conceive.” In the fertility community and among fertility doctors, this is the shorthand way of saying that you're actively trying to get pregnant — either through timed intercourse or fertility treatments — but you're not pregnant yet.-----CONNECT WITH ME ON INSTAGRAM-----@somedaymompodcast @amandalbyrneSend me a DM with any questions,

Zu Gast heute: Dr. Stefan K. Hetz – mit dem Thema “317: Invasive Arten in der Aquaristik – Warum du keine Tiere aussetzen oder freilassen solltest!”. Invasive Arten betreffen auch uns Aquarianer. Einige Tierarten, die heute auf der Liste invasiver Arten stehen, haben wir noch vor vielen Jahren im privaten Aquarium oder Teich gehalten. Aber auch das gezielte Ausbringen einiger Arten durch die Regierungen oder die Nutzung in Aquakulturen waren gang und gäbe, bevor die Einstufung vorgenommen wurde. Derartige Einstufungen werden immer für gebietsfremde Arten vorgenommen und für die EU allgemein verhängt. Importverbote sind dabei ein beliebtes Mittel. Normalerweise sorgt die Biogeografie einer Art und natürliche Barrieren dafür, dass die Tiere ihren natürlichen Lebensraum nicht verlassen. Gelangen sie doch in neue Lebensräume, gelten sie dort als gebietsfremd. Ob eine Etablierung der Art im neuen Lebensraum möglich ist oder nicht, hängt von der Temperatur, den Wasserwerten und der Menge der eingebrachten Tiere ab sowie von zahlreichen weiteren Faktoren. Beim Procambarus clarkii haben alle Faktoren gepasst. Er ist in deutschen Seen zahlreiche zu finden und richtet dort großen Schaden an. Bereits in einigen vorherigen Podcasts haben wir das Thema der Krebspest angesprochen. Es ist nur ein schrecklicher Nebeneffekt von vielen, die uns zu diesem Thema geläufig sind. Es bedeutet jedoch nicht, dass wir Aquarianer ursächlich an der Verbreitung dieser Arten in unseren heimischen Gewässern sind, die auch für unsere lokalen Arten zu einem Problem werden. Deshalb stuft die EU derartige Tiere und Pflanzen auf einer EU weiten Liste als “invasive Art” ein und beschränkt über mehreren Stufen deren Import, Verkauf und Haltung. Worum es bei diesem Thema geht, wie eine Art auf dieser Liste landet, was wir Aquarianer dafür tun können und warum wir auf keinen Fall unsere Aquarienbewohner aussetzen oder freilassen sollten, erfährst du von unserem Experten und Dipl. Biologen Dr. Karl Stefan Hetz. Nimm dir 30 Minuten Zeit und höre dir diese Episode genauer an. Es geht uns alle etwas an! ________________________________ Wenn du zufrieden warst, freuen wir uns über eine Bewertung. Kennst du jemanden, der ebenfalls eine interessante Erfolgsstory hat? Schreib uns eine Email an podcast@my-fish.org . ________________________________ Erwähnte Links und Begriffe in der Episode Stefans Webseite: https://native-fish.org/de Facebook Profil: https://www.facebook.com/stefan.k.hetz BFN Publikation 401: https://www.bfn.de/publikationen/bfn-schriften/bfn-schriften-401-methodik-der-naturschutzfachlichen BFN Publikation 409: https://www.bfn.de/sites/default/files/BfN/service/Dokumente/skripten/skript409.pdf Liste invasiver Arten: https://my-fish.org/liste-invasiver-tier-und-pflanzenarten-veroeffentlicht/ EU Verbotsliste erweitert: https://www.garnelenhaus.de/wiki/die-eu-verbotsliste Zusätzliche Bilder und die vollständigen Shownotes findest du unter www.my-fish.org/episode317

Thanks for joining us back at the So Now What Podcast. And this brings me to the culmination of what I would call a mini lesson. If you're part of my membership, or a client of mine, you know that I like to segment my content and teach it to you in a lesson form so that each week you can build on something and implement it in your life. So this is the combination of some pretty important foundational things that we learn in my life coaching practice is really the basis of how you're going to make the changes in your life in order to move from feeling a lot of self doubt, a lot of sorrow and sadness around not being able to have a child and taking the life that you've been given and deciding to transform it and become the next best version of yourself as a woman without children. This week, we're going to talk about the Believe, Feel, Act cycle, the BFA cycle, which sounds kind of similar to a “BFN”, for those of us that have been through IVF cycles and transfers, many of us have gotten used to the BFN. But this is the BFA, we're taking big freakin action in our Believe, Feel, Act cycles. This cycle that I'm going to teach you about will help you to understand your current beliefs, and then give you the power to create new beliefs.   What you let yourself believe about your infertility in your childlessness is really what's going to create your future. And the Believe, Feel, Act cycle is how your brain processes anything that you encounter in the world. So as a review of our last couple episodes, which if this is your first episode you're catching, I would advise you to go back starting with episode 20, 21 & 22. And just kind of listen in on those and build every week on what the content is that we're covering off on. And then this will be kind of like that cherry on top. As we've gone through before and discussed. Everything that goes on outside of us, is the collection of facts and circumstances. And it's all super boring until our brain creates a belief about what's going on. So some of those boring facts in the world are your age, the number of IVF cycles, you've been through things people say or don't say to you how much money you make, all of these things have absolutely zero meaning to you until you have a belief about them. And as we talked about in Episode 21, your brain is designed to judge and come up with the negative first because it is a defense mechanism that we have compiled throughout the 1000s of years ago, when we used to have to protect ourselves and we were living in this much different environment than we live in today. So if you went through 7 years of fertility treatments and didn't have a child, you might be believing something like, “My future is gonna suck”, or you could believe, “My future is going to look a lot different than I thought, but I'm committed to creating a future I love”. The brain just goes along all day, having and creating beliefs for everything that it sees and experiences in the world. So it's actually quite simple. You have a belief about something that you experience in the world. And that belief creates a feeling inside of you like confused, disappointed or possibly excited. And based on how you feel you decide what action you will or won't take each day as a result of what you are believing and feeling. And that's basically the “Believe-Feel-Act” cycle. So how do you implement this into your life each day? The most important thing to do is your paper thinking because when you paper think you're going to give yourself pages of beliefs, pages of feelings, and actions that You did or didn't take. What you likely won't have, however, is very many facts. Because frankly, most of our lives are pretty boring. People say words, women are infertile babies are born, you weigh a certain amount. And our facts have no feelings. And they don't mean much unless you add in opinions, assessments of good and bad, and adjectives. I suggested in a previous episode that when you're working on identifying what the facts of your life are, versus your beliefs, that you go through your paper thinking, and circle the facts in your journal, and it will become super simple. When you circle your facts, read them back to yourself out loud. And if you could read those words in a court of law, and everyone would agree that they are factual and that they happened, then you have a fact. But if you read them back, and it seems snoozy and boring, you have facts. Because reminder, facts are not emotional, interesting, exciting or colorful. When you read your facts about your day or your past, if someone's on the edge of their seat or begging you to tell them more, you have not stripped it back enough to have a fact just yet. So here's an indication if you're doing it right. If after you get your facts circled, and you feel like you need to explain them, or you're feeling a little bit heated or let down when you review them, you've got a bit more paring down to do, because the most challenging part of looking at the facts, is realizing how much we embellish our life with our thinking. But once you get to the core and have some facts, we're going to be ready to put your thinking through a Believe, Feel, Act Cycle, you might have facts, like,  I couldn't have kids,  I got an invitation to a baby shower,  My best friend is pregnant. And next, you want to find one belief that you have about your fact. So here's a few examples of other common thoughts we have about ourselves and about our lives in general,  I'll never be good enough,  I've got nothing to look forward to.  Life isn't fair.  If they really loved me, they wouldn't do these things to me. Additionally, these are also beliefs,  Everything's gonna be okay,  I can figure this out.  We'll get through this. Your beliefs include all of your negative and positive self talk. So I call my negative self talk, my Lost Girl Thinking, or “LGT”. It's the collection of things that I believed about myself during and after the conclusion of my fertility treatments. And I found that naming it has helped me to hear it better, and really know that it's just a bunch of beliefs that I can let go of at any moment.  The next thing that you can do is ask yourself, “When I believe that thought, how do I feel?”, and you'll see that on your journal pages.    Every belief has a feeling or an emotion attached to it.    Some very common feelings are happy, sad, angry, confident, overwhelmed, or excited. And the last part of the Believe - Feel - Act Cycle is action. Because when you have a belief pop into your mind, it makes you feel a certain way. And based on how you're feeling, you'll either take, or not take action. And the reason it's important for you to see this is that many of us have spent our lives blaming how we feel, on the things you do ON the world. And it's been frustrating for you because when something outside of you has to change for your life to be better than you feel like you have to control the world or give up and feel like junk. And the truth is most of us were really never taught that we are in control of our emotional life. And we get to decide what we want to believe. And when we take control over our beliefs and feelings. We can do things that we never thought were possible. There will be no more thinking that people make you feel bad. And you'll know that if you feel bad, it's your choice. And it's not because of someone or something else. I teach my clients how to take control over their beliefs about their life, so they can feel better and do better for themselves.  When I was miserable and  blaming a 25 pound weight gain on my fertility medications that I hadn't taken in 4 years, I started paying attention to what was going on through my mind. I did paper thinking, and I started to listen to my mind.  I caught myself believing that I would never truly live a life I loved because I wasn't a mom.  I was telling myself that all of my failed cycles meant something was wrong with me, and that  I would never know love because I couldn't experience having a child of my own.  I truly believed that I was an awful person for feeling envious of people around me that were having babies.    It was no wonder that loving my life felt so hard when I was focused on thinking about failure all of the time. And really, it dawned on me that I had to quit believing, like the Lost Girl version of me, I needed to question my beliefs, instead of believing them, I owed it to myself to truly see my beliefs instead of just thinking this way. And soon, it became simple each time an old lgt came through. And I asked myself, if that was really true, I started to realize and started to challenge myself to really think on it. And I somehow was able to prove this old crappy belief system wrong. And that's when I just started, started to look at my current beliefs and simply asked myself, could I believe something new, and I decided to start using beliefs like, I can figure this out, instead of this will be so hard, or thoughts like one decision at a time, instead of this won't be enough or one day at a time, instead of I have so far to go. My old beliefs felt so true. And I could argue it was true. So many things that I believed seemed so true to me, because I believed them for so long. But it felt horrible.    I just did not want to argue for crappy beliefs anymore. I wanted to argue for the new Lana, for the new me. And arguing for me had such a payoff and arguing for my old junk, just dug deeper holes for me. So when you download The Guide to Loving Your Life Again, and use the Journal prompts I offer you, this is how I want you to do it, it's going to be super simple. I want you to take one of the journal prompts and write about it. And just circle the facts each day, after you're done with your paper thinking. And it's gonna teach your brain how to find the facts in your story. And then once you get good at that on paper, you'll start to do it in your daily life, just like when you're thinking about things. And it's so transformative when you get the hang of it. And you can stop yourself and ask: What would I rather believe?  How would I like to feel?  What are some of the actions I would rather take or not take?   You might not be ready to start believing new things right away. But just getting good at seeing that there's a new way of believing helps you to realize that your current beliefs aren't the only truth out there. It will give you a ton of relief and hope. And just a word of caution. I've mentioned this before that when you start thinking in realizing what you're believing about yourself, you may want to judge yourself for the amount of unhelpful beliefs that are swirling in your brain. But please do not feel bad about it. We all have them. And it's okay.  I just want you to start paying attention to your beliefs. And I want you to decide which beliefs you want to keep and what you don't. And please don't be in a rush to change your beliefs right away. The goal is not to feel better right away. It's to have an understanding of your beliefs, so that you can feel anything you want on purpose, even negative emotion. And some days you just are going to feel bad and that's part of the human experience. But you will start to create evidence for yourself that at any time, you don't want to feel bad, you can just have the power to change the belief you have in your mind.  This is the culmination of one of the most powerful and transformative lessons that I was taught.   I suggest you listen to this a few times to discover the things that you might have missed. Because there's a lot of information I'm providing you today and within the last couple episodes. And you might even come back to this lesson every couple of weeks as you get more practice with the Believe - Feel - Act Cycle.  So get to Paper thinking and examining your brain. You are going to be so glad you have this skill. It's the backbone to loving your life again in creating a future full of meaning and abundance. And remember, it's never too late to discover your meeting. Have a super week. Thank you for listening to The “So Now What?” Podcast.  If you are looking to love your life again, download my free Guide to Loving your Life Again at Stitchcoaching.com or you can go to my Instagram @stitchcoaching and you'll find it in my bio.

Laura takes her kids to the happiest place on Earth, and Shanna tries her hand at disciplining her two-year-old. Also, in the special segment “OMG I'm Freaking Out,” they discuss the parenting-related situations that have been keeping them up at night, including collapsing ceilings and Christmas shopping complications. Finally they share their BFPs and BFNs for the week. Shanna's kids are 2.5 and 5 years old, and Laura's kids are 2.5 years old and 8 months old.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

John, Ben, Darius and Russ take turns to stump for each of this year's playoff field before almost coming to virtual blows as they fashion the official BFN 2021 playoff bracket. We give it 24 hours before this blows up in our face...

Professorin Beate Jessel nimmt zu aktuellen Fragen des naturverträglichen Ausbaus der erneuerbaren Energien in Deutschland und zu den Anstrengungen der für den Naturschutz und die Landschaftspflege zuständigen Bundesoberhörde Stellung. Sie betont, dass Antworten auf Fragen der Natur- und Landschaftsverträglichkeit der Energiewende von der Ökologie als Wissenschaft fundiert werden könnten, dass es letztlich aber gesellschaftliche Entscheidungen seien, was als naturverträglich gelten soll. Hier spielten gesellschaftliche Werte eine Rolle, die sich im Kontext der Klima- und Biodiversitätskrise wandelten. Die Bedeutung des Naturschutzes werde heute zwar breit anerkannt. Es fehlten aber immer noch Taten. „Der Naturschutz braucht mehr konkretes politisches Handeln“, insbesondere über den klassischen Naturschutzbereich hinaus, etwa im Bereich der Landwirtschaft.

Prof. Dietrich Jelden war lange im BfN tätig, dem Bundesamt für Naturschutz. In dieser Bundesbehörde war er für die Umsetzung des 1963 von naturschutzbewussten Jägern gegründeten Washingtoner Artenschutzübereinkommens verantwortlich. Jeldens Abteilung im BfN hat den Import von Jagdtrophäen geschützter Arten aus der ganzen Welt bewertet und verwaltet. Warum sich Jelden, der Angler, aber kein Jäger ist, dafür einsetzt, dass überall auf der Welt nachhaltige Jagd stattfindet, darüber spricht er in dieser Folge.

Katy from Chasing Creation (chasingcreation.org) joins Gabby and Emma to talk about her decision to have a hysterectomy, its repercussions and how she is creating her unexpectedly childfree life. Meanwhile, Liz gives advice to someone struggling with the uncertainty of infertility.Sign up to BFN's newsletter at https://www.bigfatnegative.com/newsletter-the-waiting-room.See you in January!Swears throughout. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome to the latest episode of WhatTheFs, lucky episode number 13! WhatTheFs episodes are my weekly take on fads, films, finance & fun, with friends, and have been dropping regularly every friday. I do know they have become sort of a weekly ritual for some of the committed listeners and their families, so thanks for your support. I strive to keep in touch with whatever the F is happening around the world, so that five minutes with me over the weekend should make your next five days happy, make you money, or both! Paanch taaza minute mein paanch din ka jaaykedaar mazaa.In today's episode, titled Buy, Borrow, Die? Better call Rak…I am delighted to share with you two items that are BOATs - Best of All Times. A streaming series recommendation that ranks amongst the very best, is a totally bingeable series on par, and dare I say, even better than its predecessor ‘sequel'.  And the ultimate estate management, tax savings & capital gains avoidance strategy called Buy, Borrow, Die! And why the Biden Tax Plan could be like the Taliban :-)A bonus lawyer joke is in there too ;-) It's all good, man!I enjoy putting these episodes together every week, and I do hope you enjoy listening to them. If you do, please also share with your friends & social circles and recommend they subscribe too. Hearing back from you on my newly launched Facebook Page What The Fs will also help me make these better aligned to listener tastes.Here are the links to subscribe to it on all major podcast directories, and share it with your friends...Buzzsprout: https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/1721890.rssApple Podcasts:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/whatthefs/id1570521351Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/49d8IxKEcCOoFK4vhgyFmH...@What_TheFs is my twitter handle...hope to see you there too.Bfn...Till next week then! 

In this episode, the girls chatted to Sarah Jefford who not only is a Surrogacy Lawyer but her herself went through IVF, donated her eggs and was a surrogate......we now call her an angel!In a very interesting chat, all topics were covered and Sarah described her time as a surrogate and the choice to donate her eggs. Sarah has written a book 'More Than Just A Baby' which is available to purchase.A really great listen!

錄音日期:7/2 過期的哥吉拉我們不上了~~真的過期太久臭酸了 內容: 遠距離戀愛-定義看法、經驗 雜談-LOL、不更新、大嘻哈時代 ★各種連結★ 1.維基百科 遠距離戀愛 2.Dcard感情版-遠距離的定義 https://www.dcard.tw/f/relationship/p/231549525 3.BFN說話筒 表單:https://forms.gle/79DujFcVDfgpDY4u5 不害臊的話也可以用說的投稿〈語音信箱〉可變聲:https://bufannao1121.firstory.io/voicemail/ckiq1uj2614fc0817sd5d77c6 有任何想法都可在下方留言:https://open.firstory.me/story/ckhrpntid62p50864z0i50pjq?m=comment 合作邀約來信：bfannao@gmail.com 支持我們，讓我們為你/妳的煩惱提供想法:https://pay.firstory.me/user/bufannao1121 感謝以下贊助的聽眾: Powered by Firstory Hosting

On this episode, Zoe & SJ chat to Number 1 Fertility's - Nurse Caron. They discuss the role of a fertility nurse and their contribution during a patients IVF journey. Also, how Caron gathers the courage to make 'that call'!

We hope you enjoy this really fun Q&A. We've gathered and answered all your submitted questions ranging from sex toys and pregnancy anxiety.....right through to our favourite recipes.We had so many that we turned them into two episodes! All the more fun.Zoe & SJ x

Emma and Gabby are joined this week by blogger and author Elle Wright, whose new book, A Bump in the Road, chronicles the infertility journey she endured after the loss of newborn son, Teddy. You can buy it here.Meanwhile, BFN agony aunt Liz is talking PTSD.No Prof Tim this week - he'll be back in a few weeks.Swears throughout. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

{Possible Trigger}In episode 3 we chat with Whitney Sloan - a dear friend of SJ's. We hear all about her experience with PCOS, the IVF process for her family, tested embryos, her first transfer resulting in a twin pregnancy and her second pregnancy resulting in an emergency c-section. Whitney opens up about her incredibly traumatic delivery with her son and waking-up in ICU to learn her uterus had ruptured, which meant they had to perform a hysterectomy. We also hear about her remaining embryos and how she has come to some sort of peace knowing this is the end of the road for them. Triggers warning RE birth stories.

In this episode we speak to Tanja Mulcahy who is a Melbourne based Rapid Transformational Therapist and hypnotherapist, specialising in fertility and pregnancy. Tanja shares with us her own IVF story, her experience with male infertility and multiple miscarriages, a change of career and how she believes hypnotherapy helped her conceive after a long battle with secondary infertility.This has been one of our favourite episodes to record and our tiny minds were blown wide open! We hope you enjoy our chat with Tanja as much as we did.

In the special segment “Mom Wins,” Shanna talks about her unusual phobia and how she handled it during a family vacation, and Laura recounts how she dealt with a potentially stressful weekend away from home. Also, Laura describes her family’s whirlwind week in the land of home-buying, and Shanna reports on her toddler’s increasing focus on fine-motor skill activities. Finally, they share their BFPs and BFNs for the week. Shanna’s toddler is 2 years old, and Laura’s toddler is 2 years old. Laura’s baby is 11 weeks old.

錄音日期:4/5 一路拖到5/2上片哈哈哈~ 最近會再更新的XD 下一隻片就是過期的哥吉拉！ 然後Dawn那邊噪音很多請見諒QQ 我已盡量後製銷除了，但有些對話內容不想刪所以沒完全刪掉 ★各種連結★ 嘉藥自媒體社:https://pse.is/3fmnq7 BFN說話筒 表單:https://forms.gle/79DujFcVDfgpDY4u5 不害臊的話也可以用說的投稿〈語音信箱〉可變聲:https://bufannao1121.firstory.io/voicemail/ckiq1uj2614fc0817sd5d77c6有任何想法都可在下方留言:https://open.firstory.me/story/ckhrpntid62p50864z0i50pjq?m=comment 合作邀約來信：bfannao@gmail.com 支持我們，讓我們為你/妳的煩惱提供想法:https://pay.firstory.me/user/bufannao1121 感謝以下贊助的聽眾: Powered by Firstory Hosting

Heute wird es nass. Wir bewegen uns in den Weichholzauen, die sich entlang der Fließgewässer Europas erstreck(t)en. Neben den kulturhistorischen Hintergründen kommt auch die Lebenswirklichkeit der Auwaldbewohner nicht zu kurz. Außerdem sprechen wir darüber, warum dieser Lebensraumtyp von der Europäischen Union ein Sternchen bekommen hat. Also packt schon mal Eure Gummistiefel ein – denn Ella hält zwei tolle Reisetipps für Euch bereit.Für Feedback und Anmerkungen:podcast.loeffelkraut@gmx.deHier geht's zu Löffelkraut auf InstagramHier könnt Ihr uns dabei Unterstützen Löffelkraut zu finanzieren Zum Nachlesen für die Wissbegierigen:https://www.bfn.de/themen/natura-2000/lebensraumtypen-arten/lebensraumtypen.htmlhttps://www.bfn.de/fileadmin/BfN/wasser/Dokumente/AZB_2021/AZB_2021_bf.pdfhttps://eunis.eea.europa.eu/habitats/10198Poschlod, Peter: Die Geschichte der KulturlandschaftRingler, Alfred: Gefährdete Landschaft. Lebensräume auf der Roten Liste. Eine Dokumentation in Bildvergleichen. München, 1987https://www.deutschlands-natur.de/lebensraeume/waelder/weiden-auwaelder/https://www.auenzentrum-neuburg-ingolstadt.de/https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auwaldhttps://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treidelnhttp://www.schwarzpappel-sachsen.de/files/sp-seiten_aus_nabu_report_2012_.pdfhttps://www.unteres-odertal.de/nationalpark/wissenswertes/naturraeume/weichhartholzaue.htmlhttps://www.boden.sachsen.de/download/Vega2011.pdfNur mal so: Die Anpassung der Weiden - mit ihren elastischen Zweigen dem Wasser wenig Widerstand entgegenzusetzen - wird von Korbmachern schon lange gewertschätzt. Sie nutzen die jungen Weidenruten zur Herstellung von Körben und vielen anderen Gegenständen.

The emotional rollercoaster of trying to get pregnant is full of disappointments and false hopes. After eight years we were told there was no reason why we couldn't have children naturally. Whether it's a BFN, your period coming on or a failed IVF cycle, this journey is full of pain and despair. In the episode we look at how you get over those moments and find your innate emotional resilience. Get in touch: www.thefertilemind.net russell@thefertilemind.net About the Show: I help women and couples remove psychological blocks to getting pregnant. Based on my and my wife's 10 year fertility journey and the work of my clients I believe too many couples have IVF unnecessarily and that the success rate of IVF is unnecessarily low. We can see how much our mind and emotions played a part in our fertility journey and when we found a place of peace without giving up that's when the magic happened - we conceived naturally against all odds. I help me clients do the same - remove psychological blocks to getting pregnant naturally or getting the successful IVF outcome they so want.    When I ask women what having a baby will give them they usually say a sense of completeness, love and purpose. It's our fear of not having these things, a fear of not being enough, worthy that tends to be behind our fear of not having a baby. These limiting beliefs have usually been around since an early age and infertility shines a spotlight on them. Many of my clients have strived for success in their life whether career or other things. That approach doesn't work for fertility. In fact it puts tension in the body which decreases their chances of success.   The podcast is short does of insight, giving women and couples new perspectives that allows them to see their fertility from the ‘inside-out'. To see help them let go of their insecure thoughts and feelings and connect to their innate wellbeing that knows they are enough and OK whatever happens. This moves having a baby from being a 'need' to to a desire. It takes the pressure of the process and their mind and body relax into it's natural flow state. Stress can impact the delicate balance of hormones required for a successful pregnancy.

It's Liz's first turn as BFN's agony aunt - this week she's addressing an embryo dilemma: to fork out or not to fork out? Meanwhile, we're speaking Ruth Corden (you can find her podcast here or by searching 'Finding the Funny' on your podcast app) about childlessness not by choice, and Prof Tim is talking thyroids. Many, many swears. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

How has this taken us 5 years to do?Darius, Russell and John carry out BFN's first ever bat flip draft.To keep it competitive, and get some expert help, they're joined by host MLB on FOX's Flippin' Bats podcast, and former pro ballplayer, Ben Verlander.Do you agree with the guys' picks? We bet we found you a new favourite flip...

With today's special guest . . . KIRSTEN JAMES! We geek out about the amazing Shang Chi trailer, social audio, Borat breaking character, and many a review and a recommendaysh. Bud's Weekly Geek-out 07:53 – Clubhouse and the rise of social audio Coming Soon 15:08 – Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (“only in theatres” September 3) 26:58 – Borat Supplemental Reportings Retrieved From Floor of Stable Containing Editing Machine (Deadline article) (Coming soon) 29:17 – F9 (June 25) 36:01 – LOVE DEATH + ROBOTS VOLUME 2 (Neflix series, May 14, volume 3 sometime in 2022) 39:08 – New trailer: Army of the Dead (May 21, Netflix and select theatres) 44:02 – Gates McFadden InvestiGates: Who Do You Think You Are? (podcast, May 12) Geek News Proper 47:01 – Alfred Molina talks return as Doc Ock for Spider-Man: No Way Home, including digital de-aging 51:00 – Mads Mikkelsen Joins Harrison Ford and Phoebe Waller-Bridge for Indiana Jones 5 56:41 – Olivia Colman IN TALKS to join Marvel's ‘Secret Invasion' series Starring Samuel L. Jackson 59:00 – Last of Us series at HBO casts Gabriel Luna (Pedro Pascal as Joel, Bella Ramsey as Ellie, Gabriel Luna as Tommy, Joel's younger brother) 59:28 – Disney Announced Big Changes To The Ways Its Park Staffers Can Dress (BFN article) 1:01:24 – Christian Bale sports shaved head while filming Thor: Love and Thunder 1:02:09- HBO Max releases trailer for the completed Snyder trilogy (Collider article) (“The path was long. But justice is coming. The completion of Zack Snyder's trilogy.”) Reviews and Recommendayshes 1:03:22 – 91-Second Movie Review: Love and Monsters (find more at TheZone.fm/movies/) 1:07:53 – Mank 1:14:00 – Glee 1:18:28 – Minari 1:21:12 – The Falcon and The Winter Soldier episode 5 – Truth (Wyatt Russell on Cap static) Other stuff that didn't make the pod 1:46:11 – Chauvin trial verdict 1:47:39 – Apple Event announcements Back to The Falcon and The Winter Soldier 1:48:01 – The shield??!? Other stuff that didn't make the pod – Drunk phone gaffs: Lizzo vs Chris Evans

Team BFN is back in your headphones with a bumper episode to kick off their brand new series - and That Big Announcement, potentially the most-trailed announcement in history - as well as a reshuffle of our BFN regulars.We've also interviewed Samantha Busch about her experience of secondary infertility, and how it felt when even trying a surrogate led to a BFN. Meanwhile, Professor Tim Child is talking about the Covid-19 vaccine - should you get it when you're TTC?If you're new to the podcast, it might be worth going back and starting from the very beginning - you'll get to know us better that way.Swears throughout. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

What is an implantation dip? How does an implantation dip looks like on a fertility chart? what are the possible explanations for this BBT pattern? When trying to conceive looking for early signs of pregnancy is difficult to avoid. One of the most common fertility chart pattern looked into is the elusive implantation dip.