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At around 1:00 am on December 25, 1945, Jennie Sodder woke up to smoke pouring into her bedroom. She woke up her husband, George, and they started evacuating the house of their nine children. By the time the fire took over the Sodder residence, only Jennie, George, and four of their children made it outside safely. George and two of his sons frantically tried to get into the house to save the remaining children, but they couldn't. When George went to fill up a bucket with water to start extinguishing the flames, the water was frozen, when he went to grab their ladder to get his children from the top story, the ladder was missing; when he went to drive his trucks to the second story window, neither would start despite having worked just the day before. And when they tried to call the fire department for help, no one responded for hours. The only thing the family could do was watch as their home burned to the ground. Hours later, after the smoldering ashes were put out, a group of people began searching for the children's remains, but nothing was found. Not a single bone was found in the ashes. The fire was quickly ruled an accident, and investigators told the family the children's bodies had burned up completely in the fire, leaving nothing of them behind, not even their bones. But between the mishaps, while trying to put out the fire, threats made against the family before the fire, and the strange behavior of authorities throughout the investigation, Jennie and George Sodder refused to believe five of their children were killed in the home. They were convinced their children didn't die in the fire, and they spent the rest of their lives trying to prove it. Anyone with information is urged to contact Miranda Weeks, great great granddaughter of Jennie and George Sodder at 5SodderKids@gmail.com Join Miranda's Facebook Group: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/groups/25548885931374708⁠ Sign Miranda's petition to create a flowerbed for the Sodder children: https://www.change.org/p/create-a-flower-garden-for-the-sodder-children-in-fayetteville-wv For more information about the show, visit⁠⁠ VoicesforJusticePodcast.com⁠⁠. Follow us on social media: Twitter: ⁠⁠@VFJPod⁠⁠ Instagram: ⁠⁠@VoicesforJusticePodcast⁠⁠ TikTok: ⁠⁠@VoicesforJusticePodcast⁠⁠ Facebook: ⁠⁠@VoicesforJusticePodcast⁠⁠   Voices for Justice is hosted by Sarah Turney Twitter: ⁠⁠@SarahETurney⁠⁠ Instagram: ⁠⁠@SarahETurney⁠⁠ TikTok: ⁠⁠@SarahETurney⁠⁠ Facebook: ⁠⁠@SarahETurney⁠⁠ YouTube: ⁠⁠@SarahTurney⁠⁠ The introduction music used in Voices for Justice is Thread of Clouds by Blue Dot Sessions. Outro music is Melancholic Ending by Soft and Furious. The track used for ad transitions is Pinky by Blue Dot Sessions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

At around 1:00 am on December 25, 1945, Jennie Sodder woke up to smoke pouring into her bedroom. She woke up her husband, George, and they started evacuating the house of their nine children. By the time the fire took over the Sodder residence, only Jennie, George, and four of their children made it outside safely. George and two of his sons frantically tried to get into the house to save the remaining children, but they couldn't. When George went to fill up a bucket with water to start extinguishing the flames, the water was frozen, when he went to grab their ladder to get his children from the top story, the ladder was missing; when he went to drive his trucks to the second story window, neither would start despite having worked just the day before. And when they tried to call the fire department for help, no one responded for hours. The only thing the family could do was watch as their home burned to the ground. Hours later, after the smoldering ashes were put out, a group of people began searching for the children's remains, but nothing was found. Not a single bone was found in the ashes. The fire was quickly ruled an accident, and investigators told the family the children's bodies had burned up completely in the fire, leaving nothing of them behind, not even their bones. But between the mishaps, while trying to put out the fire, threats made against the family before the fire, and the strange behavior of authorities throughout the investigation, Jennie and George Sodder refused to believe five of their children were killed in the home. They were convinced their children didn't die in the fire, and they spent the rest of their lives trying to prove it. Anyone with information is urged to contact Miranda Weeks, great great granddaughter of Jennie and George Sodder at 5SodderKids@gmail.com Join Miranda's Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/25548885931374708 Sign Miranda's petition to create a flowerbed for the Sodder children: https://www.change.org/p/create-a-flower-garden-for-the-sodder-children-in-fayetteville-wv For more information about the show, visit⁠ VoicesforJusticePodcast.com⁠. Follow us on social media: Twitter: ⁠@VFJPod⁠ Instagram: ⁠@VoicesforJusticePodcast⁠ TikTok: ⁠@VoicesforJusticePodcast⁠ Facebook: ⁠@VoicesforJusticePodcast⁠   Voices for Justice is hosted by Sarah Turney Twitter: ⁠@SarahETurney⁠ Instagram: ⁠@SarahETurney⁠ TikTok: ⁠@SarahETurney⁠ Facebook: ⁠@SarahETurney⁠ YouTube: ⁠@SarahTurney⁠ The introduction music used in Voices for Justice is Thread of Clouds by Blue Dot Sessions. Outro music is Melancholic Ending by Soft and Furious. The track used for ad transitions is Pinky by Blue Dot Sessions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We're bringing you some of our favorite episodes of 2025 while we get a holiday break -- and prepare for our big America250 series. See you in 2026!It's March 25th. This day in 1980, a church in Tucson announces that it will provide sanctuary to immigrants -- in open defiance of US law.Jody, NIki, and Kellie discuss the roots of the church sanctuary movement, the conviction of eight leaders including Reverand John Fife, and the ongoing role of religious progressivism.Sign up for our newsletter! Find out more at thisdaypod.comAnd don't forget about Oprahdemics, hosted by Kellie, coming soon from Radiotopia.This Day In Esoteric Political History is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX.Your support helps foster independent, artist-owned podcasts and award-winning stories.If you want to support the show directly, you can do so on our website: ThisDayPod.comGet in touch if you have any ideas for future topics, or just want to say hello. Our website is thisdaypod.com Follow us on social @thisdaypodOur team: Jacob Feldman, Researcher/Producer; Brittani Brown, Producer; Khawla Nakua, Transcripts; music by Teen Daze and Blue Dot Sessions; Julie Shapiro and Audrey Mardavich, Executive Producers at Radiotopia Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A little after 7:30 p.m. on August 10, 2018, 28 year old Richard "Beebo" Russell was a couple hours into his work shift as a ground service agent for Horizon Air at the Seattle-Tacoma Airport when he inexplicably got into an airplane tug, moved an Alaskan Airline Bombardier Q400 from where it was parked for the night onto a runway, he turned and lined it up as if it were getting ready to take off...and he jumped on board by himself, started the plane and took off on what would be the most significant security breach with a domestic airline since 9/11.  What happened to Beebo Russell and why would he do something so drastic knowing he wouldn't be able to land it?  Music from FMA by Blue Dot Sessions entitled "Deeps Highway"SOURCES:https://allthatsinteresting.com/richard-russellhttps://skyk.ing/transcripthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Horizon_Air_Bombardier_Q400_incidenthttps://www.thestranger.com/guest-editorial/2018/08/17/30824665/i-worked-with-richard-russell-at-horizon-air-and-i-understand-why-he-did-what-he-didhttps://an.aero/how-to-become-a-ground-agent/https://nypost.com/2018/08/13/remains-found-on-island-where-suicidal-plane-thief-crash-landed/LINKS:Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/killaforniapodPayPal:  https://www.paypal.coCashm/paypalme/killaforniapodMerchandise:  https://killaforniadreamingpodcast.threadless.com/Website:  https://killaforniadreamingpodcast.buzzsprout.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@KillaforniaDreamingPodcastFacebook Group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/1296620370450345/Facebook Page:  https://www.facebook.com/killaforniadreamingInstagram:  https://www.instagram.com/killaforniadreamingpod/?hl=enX:  https://twitter.com/killaforniapodEmail:  killaforniapod@gmail.comTikTok:  @killaforniadreamingpod Cash App:  $KDpodcastSupport the show

We're bringing you some of our favorite episodes of 2025 while we get a holiday break -- and prepare for our big America250 series. See you in 2026!It's March 27th. This day in 1976, Schoolhouse Rock premieres the song "I'm Just A Bill," an animated look at the process by which legislation gets passed -- or languishes in the halls of Congress.Jody, Niki, and Kellie talk about how the song came together, the legislation at the heart of the process, and whether lawmaking still happens the same way.Sign up for our newsletter! Find out more at thisdaypod.comThis Day In Esoteric Political History is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX.Your support helps foster independent, artist-owned podcasts and award-winning stories.If you want to support the show directly, you can do so on our website: ThisDayPod.comGet in touch if you have any ideas for future topics, or just want to say hello. Our website is thisdaypod.com Follow us on social @thisdaypodOur team: Jacob Feldman, Researcher/Producer; Brittani Brown, Producer; Khawla Nakua, Transcripts; music by Teen Daze and Blue Dot Sessions; Julie Shapiro and Audrey Mardavich, Executive Producers at Radiotopia Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

In my annual holiday special for 2025, I examine discrepancies in the gospels relating to Jesus's lineage and parentage, as well as the gospel authors' use of common biblical tropes, their incorporation of prophecy and philosophy, and early church apologists' embrace of comparisons between Christ and pagan mythology, to demonstrate that, though Jesus was a real person, the gospels are crafted narratives, not the histories that biblical literalists make them out to be. This episode is sponsored by American History Tellers: The Mayflower and American Scandal: The West Memphis Three. Binge all episodes of both series right now on Wonder+. Check out ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠the show merch⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, perfect for gifts!  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Pledge support on Patreon to get an ad-free feed with exclusive episodes!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Check out my novel, Manuscript Found!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Direct all advertising inquiries to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠advertising@airwavemedia.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.airwavemedia.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to find other high-quality podcasts! Some music in this episode was licensed under a Blue Dot Sessions blanket license at the time of publication. Tracks include "The Coil Winds," "A Catalog of Seasons," "As Dust Gathers," "Shine and Wither," and "Basketliner." Additional music, including "Remedy for Melancholy" and "September," by Kai Engel, licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY 4.0) Other music: "Waiting," "Calmant," and "Danse Morialta" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On September 2, 2025, President Donald Trump announced from the Oval Office that the U.S. Navy had carried out an air strike on a boat in international waters. That boat strike rewrote U.S. policy for Latin America overnight. Three months later, 26 boats have been hit, killing more than 90 people.The United States has codified its justification for the boat strikes as part of a new National Security Strategy, published in early December 2025. In the National Security Strategy, Trump announced a new Trump Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine, which he hopes can propel the United States and the U.S. military to preeminence in the hemisphere. Trump clearly feels he has carte blanche to take whatever measure he deems necessary without regard for international law, the sovereignty of other nations, or people's lives. This reinvisioning of U.S. policy for Latin AmericaIt has disastrous implications for the region. More missile strikes. Loss of innocent lives. And even wrapping the United States into war close to home.Under the Shadow is an investigative narrative podcast series that walks back in time, telling the story of the past by visiting momentous places in the present. Season 2 will respond in real time to the Trump Administration's onslaught in Latin America. We begin today, where we started in the last episode of Season 1… in Panama.Hosted by Latin America-based journalist Michael Fox. Edited by Heather Gies.This podcast is produced in partnership between The Real News Network and NACLA.Theme music by Monte Perdido and Michael Fox. Monte Perdido's new album Ofrenda is now out. You can listen to the full album on Spotify, Deezer, Apple Music, YouTube or wherever you listen to music. Other music from Blue Dot Sessions.Resources: Under the ShadowYou can check out the first season of Under the Shadow by clicking hereTHE BEGINNING: MONROE AND MIGRATION | UNDER THE SHADOW, EPISODE 1PANAMA. US INVASION. | UNDER THE SHADOW, EPISODE 13THE LEGACY OF MONROE | UNDER THE SHADOW, BONUS EPISODE 4 Michael Fox's recent reporting on the boat strikes and the ramp-up for war in Venezuela: With the Strike on a “Drug-Carrying Boat,” Trump Returns to a Dangerous US Policy for Latin AmericaCaribbean Leaders Call for Unified Latin American Resistance to US AttacksTrump's Monroe Doctrine 2.0 Outlines Imperial Intentions for Latin AmericaOther ResourcesEmperors in the Jungle: The Hidden History of the U.S. in Panama (Duke, 2003), is John Lindsay Poland's expose on the U.S. military involvement in Panama.You can watch the documentary, The Panama Deception, here. This is a link to Democracy Now! coverage of the U.S. push toward war on Venezuela.Support Under the ShadowYou can see pictures of host Michael Fox's reporting in Panama City, here.You can check out Michael's latest episode of Stories of Resistance about the annual protests demanding justice for the 1989 U.S. invasion of Panama.You can also listen to his new podcast, Panamerican Dispatch on his Patreon page. There, you can follow and support him and Under the Shadow: https://www.patreon.com/mfoxBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-news-podcast--2952221/support.Help us continue producing radically independent news and in-depth analysis by following us and becoming a monthly sustainer.Follow us on:Bluesky: @therealnews.comFacebook: The Real News NetworkTwitter: @TheRealNewsYouTube: @therealnewsInstagram: @therealnewsnetworkBecome a member and join the Supporters Club for The Real News Podcast today!

EPISODE SUMMARY What happens when a lifelong technologist who helped build the early internet now leads the AI revolution in digital marketing? In this episode, I talk with Dave Parkhurst, founder of GreenHaven Interactive, one of the first full-service digital agencies in the Pacific Northwest. Dave shares how he went from his days at Apple to helping companies blend AI-driven SEO with genuine human storytelling — without burning out their teams or losing their purpose. We explore the future of AI marketing and the art of building trust in a machine world. We talked about… ... How AI is changing SEO & marketing ... Lessons from past tech revolutions ... Why the human voice matters in an AI-driven world   EPISODE NOTES A serial entrepreneur and life long technologist, Dave Parkhurst spent much of his early career with Apple. In the early 90s, when the commercial internet was emerging, Dave saw an opportunity and so started GreenHaven Interactive to see if there was money to be made on the web. Apple was gracious in not minding if team members had side gigs, so GreenHaven grew from website development into a one of the first full service digital marketing agencies in the northwest. When Dave left Apple in 2006, GreenHaven began expanding its offerings and team. Now the company is a leading SEO and digital lead generation and marketing firm with 15 people, growing rapidly.   Links: https://greenhaveninteractive.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/daveparkhurst/ https://www.facebook.com/greenhaven.cc/ ---------- Click this link to listen on your favorite podcast player and if you enjoy the show, please leave a rating & review: https://linktr.ee/wiredforsuccess ------------------ Music credit: Vittoro by Blue Dot Sessions (www.sessions.blue) ----------------- Disclaimer: Podcast Episodes might contain sponsored content.

How we respond to a change in plans can often depend on our personal outlook and attitude. What would seem a natural reaction can make the difference between a bitter experience... or finding the Peace of God in the events that make our life's journey complete.-------------------------------------------------------------------Help support the channel by sharing your favorite episodes with friends, family, coworkers, or your church.Reach out with kind words, encouragement, or topic requests: ⁠⁠holyunqualified@gmail.com⁠⁠Join us on Facebook: ⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/holyunqualifiedpodcast⁠⁠Music: McCarthy by Blue Dot Sessions (⁠www.sessions.blue⁠)

On September 2, 2025, President Donald Trump announced from the Oval Office that the U.S. Navy had carried out an air strike on a boat in international waters. That boat strike rewrote U.S. policy for Latin America overnight. Three months later, 26 boats have been hit, killing more than 90 people.The United States has codified its justification for the boat strikes as part of a new National Security Strategy, published in early December 2025. In the National Security Strategy, Trump announced a new Trump Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine, which he hopes can propel the United States and the U.S. military to preeminence in the hemisphere. Trump clearly feels he has carte blanche to take whatever measure he deems necessary without regard for international law, the sovereignty of other nations, or people's lives. This reinvisioning of U.S. policy for Latin AmericaIt has disastrous implications for the region. More missile strikes. Loss of innocent lives. And even wrapping the United States into war close to home.Under the Shadow is an investigative narrative podcast series that walks back in time, telling the story of the past by visiting momentous places in the present. Season 2 will respond in real time to the Trump Administration's onslaught in Latin America. We begin today, where we started in the last episode of Season 1… in Panama.Hosted by Latin America-based journalist Michael Fox. Edited by Heather Gies.This podcast is produced in partnership between The Real News Network and NACLA.Theme music by Monte Perdido and Michael Fox. Monte Perdido's new album Ofrenda is now out. You can listen to the full album on Spotify, Deezer, Apple Music, YouTube or wherever you listen to music. Other music from Blue Dot Sessions.Resources: Under the ShadowYou can check out the first season of Under the Shadow by clicking hereTHE BEGINNING: MONROE AND MIGRATION | UNDER THE SHADOW, EPISODE 1PANAMA. US INVASION. | UNDER THE SHADOW, EPISODE 13THE LEGACY OF MONROE | UNDER THE SHADOW, BONUS EPISODE 4 Michael Fox's recent reporting on the boat strikes and the ramp-up for war in Venezuela: With the Strike on a “Drug-Carrying Boat,” Trump Returns to a Dangerous US Policy for Latin AmericaCaribbean Leaders Call for Unified Latin American Resistance to US AttacksTrump's Monroe Doctrine 2.0 Outlines Imperial Intentions for Latin AmericaOther ResourcesEmperors in the Jungle: The Hidden History of the U.S. in Panama (Duke, 2003), is John Lindsay Poland's expose on the U.S. military involvement in Panama.You can watch the documentary, The Panama Deception, here. This is a link to Democracy Now! coverage of the U.S. push toward war on Venezuela.Support Under the ShadowYou can see pictures of host Michael Fox's reporting in Panama City, here.You can check out Michael's latest episode of Stories of Resistance about the annual protests demanding justice for the 1989 U.S. invasion of Panama.You can also listen to his new podcast, Panamerican Dispatch on his Patreon page. There, you can follow and support him and Under the Shadow: https://www.patreon.com/mfoxBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/under-the-shadow--5958129/support.Help us continue producing Under the Shadow by following us and becoming a monthly sustainer.Follow us on:Bluesky: @therealnews.comFacebook: The Real News NetworkTwitter: @TheRealNewsYouTube: @therealnewsInstagram: @therealnewsnetwork

A mysterious philanthropist spent more than 25 years handing out cash anonymously around Kansas City at Christmastime. Music in this Episode"I Knew A Guy" — Kevin MacLeod, via Incompetech"Elegy for Manush" — Blue Dot Sessions, via Free Music Archive"The Agency Man" — Blue Dot Sessions, via Free Music Archive"Velvet Ladder" — Blue Dot Sessions, via Free Music Archive"Soft Piano Music" — Clavier Music, via Pixabay"A Very Brady Special" — Kevin MacLeod, via Incompetech"Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" — Unnamed Artist, via PixabayOrder your copy today! Of Christmases Long, Long AgoConnect with Me Links to all the things https://christmaspastpodcast.com/links Email: christmaspastpodcast@gmail.com BooksOf Christmases Long, Long Ago: Surprising Traditions from Christmas Past (2025, Lyons Press and Recorded Books) It's Christmas as you've never seen it before, and it makes a great gift for all the Christmas lovers in your life. Christmas Past: The Fascinating Stories Behind Our Favorite Holiday's Traditions (2022, Lyons Press and Recorded Books)

For part 7 of 12 on “What is the Nicene Creed?” we unpack these lines:For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate;        he suffered death and was buriedOn the third day he rose again            in accordance with the Scriptures;One of the wild things about the Creed is we go right from Jesus' birth, via Mary, to his death, at the hands of Pontius Pilate. And yet, even wilder still, is that our God in Christ suffered death. The crucifixion – a death used by the Roman Empire to terrify and suppress enslaved people who rebelled – and the resurrection – are at the epicenter of Christian faith. What does it mean that Jesus died this way? What does it mean that on the third day, he rose? We are delighted and amazed to welcome to the podcast the inimitable Rev. Dr. Canon Kelly Brown Douglas, whose enormous work as priest, preacher, teacher, and writer, has long explored these questions.More about our guest: The Rev. Canon Kelly Brown Douglas is the Canon Theologian at the Cathedral and Visiting Professor of Theology at Harvard Divinity School for the 2024-25 and 2025-26 academic years.  In 2017, she was named Dean of Episcopal Divinity School at Union Theological Seminary in New York City, and in 2019, she was appointed to the Bill and Judith Moyers Chair in Theology at Union. Kelly is considered a leader in the field of womanist theology, racial reconciliation, social justice, and sexuality and the Black church.From 2017 to 2023, she was Dean of the Episcopal Divinity School at Union Theological Seminary and Professor of Theology. She was named the Bill and Judith Moyers Chair in Theology at Union in November 2019 where she is now Dean emeritus. She served as Interim President of Episcopal Divinity School from 2023-24. During the 2023 fall term, she served as Honorary Professor of Global Theology at Emmanuel Theological College in Liverpool, England.Ordained as an Episcopal priest in 1983, Douglas currently serves as the Canon Theologian at the Washington National Cathedral and Anglican Communion Canon at Newcastle Cathedral in Newcastle, England.Prior to Episcopal Divinity School at Union Theological Seminary, she served as Professor of Religion at Goucher College where she held the Susan D. Morgan Professorship of Religion and is now Professor Emeritus. Before Goucher, she was Associate Professor of Theology at Howard University School of Divinity (1987-2001) and Assistant Professor of Religion at Edward Waters College (1986-87). Douglas holds a master's degree in theology and a PhD in systematic theology from Union.Douglas is the author of many articles and several books including the 2023 Grawemeyer Award winning book, Resurrection Hope: A Future Where Black Lives Matter. Her academic work has focused on womanist theology, racial justice issues as well as sexuality and the Black church. Her current research interest involves expanding the moral imaginary in fostering a more just future.Douglas proudly serves on the New York City Homeless Coalition Board and the Public Religion and Research Institute Board.+++Like what you hear? We are an entirely crowd-sourced, you-funded project. SUPPORT US ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/AndAlsoWithYouPodcastThere's all kinds of perks including un-aired live episodes, Zoom retreats, and mailbag episodes for our Patreons!+++Our Website: https://andalsowithyoupod.comOur Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/andalsowithyoupodcast/++++MERCH: https://www.bonfire.com/store/and-also-with-you-the-podcast/++++More about Father Lizzie:BOOK: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/762683/god-didnt-make-us-to-hate-us-by-rev-lizzie-mcmanus-dail/RevLizzie.comhttps://www.instagram.com/rev.lizzie/https://www.tiktok.com/@rev.lizzieJubilee Episcopal Church in Austin, TX - JubileeATX.org ++++More about Mother Laura:https://www.instagram.com/laura.peaches/https://www.tiktok.com/@mother_peachesSt. Paul's Episcopal Church in Pittsburgh, PA++++Theme music:"On Our Own Again" by Blue Dot Sessions (www.sessions.blue).New episodes drop Mondays at 7am EST/6am CST! 

We're bringing you some of our favorite episodes of 2025 while we get a holiday break -- and prepare for our big America250 series. See you in 2026!It's April 3rd. In 2015, Starbucks announces that it is bringing its "Race Together" initiative to a close, after it was relentlessly mocked and critced online and in stores.Jody, Niki, and Kellie look back at the very-Obama-era effort by the coffee chain to spark conversations about racial inequality by having their baristas write #racetogether on customer's cups. Customers were not feeling it.Sign up for our newsletter! Find out more at thisdaypod.comThis Day In Esoteric Political History is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX.Your support helps foster independent, artist-owned podcasts and award-winning stories.If you want to support the show directly, you can do so on our website: ThisDayPod.comGet in touch if you have any ideas for future topics, want to buy some merch, or just want to say hello. Our website is thisdaypod.com Follow us on social @thisdaypodOur team: Jacob Feldman, Researcher/Producer; Brittani Brown, Producer; Khawla Nakua, Transcripts; music by Teen Daze and Blue Dot Sessions; Audrey Mardavich, Executive Producer at Radiotopia Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Discovering your polyamorous identity while in a long-term monogamous relationship can feel both liberating and terrifying. It's a moment of personal truth that can shake the foundations of your partnership—and that's exactly why it deserves careful, thoughtful consideration.When you realize something fundamental about yourself has shifted (or perhaps was always there but unnamed), it's natural to want to share this with your partner. But how do you navigate this conversation without causing unnecessary harm or rushing into territory neither of you is prepared for?In this episode, we talk about:— Why rushing into action after this realization can lead to unnecessary pain and relationship damage— The importance of understanding what your current monogamy actually looks like before trying to change it— How to create space for both excitement about new possibilities and grief about what might be changing— The value of slowing down and sitting in the "liminal space" between paradigms— Why the person bringing polyamory into the relationship needs to be mindful of their partner's need for processing time— The difference between polyamorous identity and polyamorous behavior (you can be polyamorous without having multiple partners!)— How to approach the conversation with care, acknowledging that it may feel like betrayal to your partner— The importance of making explicit what has been implicit in your relationship— Why both partners need support during this transition, regardless of who initiated the conversationResources mentioned in this episode:— Our guide for having difficult conversations with your partner— Our episode on grief and relationship changes— Entwined by Alex AlbertoJOIN The Year Of Opening® community for a full year of learning & support. Registration is open now at ⁠⁠www.TheYearOfOpening.com⁠⁠Learn the 5 secrets to open your relationship the smart wayAre you ready to open your relationship happily? Find out at www.JoliQuiz.comGet the answers you want to create the open relationship of your dreams! Sign up for an Ask Me Anything hereMusic: Dance of Felt by ⁠Blue Dot Sessions

The Kings screwed the Kings, referee Marc Davis says. After pulling a miraculous comeback after being down 15 with under 2 and a half minutes to go to tie the game and go into overtime, the Kings would take a 1 point lead in OT with 4.4 seconds to go after trailing by 6 with 33.2 seconds to go.Deni Avdija would take the ball down the court with 4.4 seconds to go and miss a runner from just inside the 3 point line.The game was over, everyone thought, but no so fast, as referee Marc Davis calls a foul that occurred just prior to the clock expiring on Russell Westbrook to give Deni 2 freethrows to win the game by 1.It was one of the wildest games this year and perhaps in history and Owen goes through it.Use code SKT15 on checkout to get 15% off from HYVDesigns on Etsy during checkout or use this link: https://www.etsy.com/shop/hyvdesigns/?etsrc=sdt&coupon=SKT15Intro Music by Blue Dot Sessions. https://www.sessions.blueIf you want to email us: kingtherapypod@gmail.com

In 2007, the affluent community of Boca Raton, Florida, was gripped by terror when a series of brutal attacks and kidnappings struck the Town Center Mall. Over the span of just nine months, three separate incidents targeted mothers shopping in the middle of the day. While some investigators have said that there is a hunter of women on the loose, a cold-blooded, calculating sociopath, nearly 20 years later, there's still debate about whether all the crimes are related.  Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers of Palm Beach County at 1-800-458-TIPS. For more information about the cases discussed, visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠VoicesforJusticePodcast.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ For even more content or if you just want to support our show, you can join our Patreon at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon.com/voicesforjustice⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow us on social media: Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@VFJPod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@VoicesforJusticePodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ TikTok: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@VoicesforJusticePodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@VoicesforJusticePodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠   Voices for Justice is hosted by Sarah Turney Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@SarahETurney⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@SarahETurney⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ TikTok: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@SarahETurney⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@SarahETurney⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@SarahTurney⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ The introduction music used in Voices for Justice is Thread of Clouds by Blue Dot Sessions. Outro music is Melancholic Ending by Soft and Furious. The track used for ad transitions is Pinky by Blue Dot Sessions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

During the Great War, the fighting briefly ceased on Christmas on some parts of the front line. The so-called "Christmas Truce" has become almost legendary. What really happened? Read some of the newspaper articles from 1914 and 1915 reporting on the story at the Library of Congress's Chronicling America archive. Music in this Episode"Drum Feature: Generations from the Simple Gifts Show" — The United States Army Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps, via Free Music Archive"Silent Night" — Kevin MacLeod, via Incompetech"It Came Upon a Midnight Clear" — Kevin MacLeod, via Incompetech"Slowest Time" — Blue Dot Sessions, via Free Music Archive"God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen" — The Victor Mixed Chorus, via Library of Congress"The First Noel" — The Victor Mixed Chorus, via Library of Congress"Silent Night" — The Victor Mixed Chorus, via Library of Congress"Gentle Soft Piano | Christmas Vibes" — Alex Productions, via Free Music ArchiveOrder your copy today! Of Christmases Long, Long AgoConnect with Me Links to all the things https://christmaspastpodcast.com/links Email: christmaspastpodcast@gmail.com BooksOf Christmases Long, Long Ago: Surprising Traditions from Christmas Past (2025, Lyons Press and Recorded Books) It's Christmas as you've never seen it before, and it makes a great gift for all the Christmas lovers in your life. Christmas Past: The Fascinating Stories Behind Our Favorite Holiday's Traditions (2022, Lyons Press and Recorded Books)

Sometimes glorifying God means standing out instead of blending in. As Jesus washes feet, predicts betrayal, and commands His disciples to love one another, He reminds us what we were created for — to live lives that point beyond ourselves to Him.BIBLE VERSE References: JOHN 13:18-38 | GENESIS 3:1-7 | REVELATION 4:1-11 | PSALM 41:9 | JOHN 5:39 | MARK 14:17-21 | MARK 8:36 | LUKE 9:25 | JAMES 4:6 | NUMBERS 12 1:16 | DANIEL 4:1-37 | ACTS 12:21-23 | ISAIAH 42:8 | ISAIAH 48:11 | ROMANS 8:30 | ROMANS 6:1-2 | ROMANS 3:23*Music tracks by Blue Dot Sessions titled “Glass Beads” and “Come As You Were” were featured in this episode.

Michael Grunwald is an environmental journalist who sees maximizing efficient production as the most important sustianbility strategy. His book, "We Are Eating the Earth," brings fresh attention to an old debate. Episode Links We Are Eating the Earth Grunwald, M. (2024, December 13). Opinion | Sorry, but This Is the Future of Food. The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/13/opinion/food-agriculture-factory-farms-climate-change.html The Useful Idiot, Land Food Nexus rebuttal to Grunwald's NYT piece The Enduring Fantasy of Feeding the World, Spectre Journal Historians rethink the Green Revolution The Globalization of Wheat: A Critical History of the Green Revolution Max Ajl's A People's Green New Deal On the contribution of yields to hunger abatement:  Smith, L. C., & Haddad, L. (2015). Reducing Child Undernutrition: Past Drivers and Priorities for the Post-MDG Era. World Development, 68, 180–204. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2014.11.014 On the role of intensive agriculture in failing to reduce deforestation: Ceddia, M. G., Bardsley, N. O., Gomez-y-Paloma, S., & Sedlacek, S. (2014). Governance, agricultural intensification, and land sparing in tropical South America. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 111(20), 7242–7247. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1317967111 Pratzer, M., Fernández-Llamazares, Á., Meyfroidt, P., Krueger, T., Baumann, M., Garnett, S. T., & Kuemmerle, T. (2023). Agricultural intensification, Indigenous stewardship and land sparing in tropical dry forests. Nature Sustainability, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-023-01073-0 Thaler, G. M. (2017). The Land Sparing Complex: Environmental Governance, Agricultural Intensification, and State Building in the Brazilian Amazon. Annals of the American Association of Geographers, 107(6), 1424–1443. https://doi.org/10.1080/24694452.2017.1309966 Land sparers feel thier oats Thaler, G. M. (2024). Saving a Rainforest and Losing the World: Conservation and displacement in the global tropics. Yale University Press.   The IEA on competing theories of Indirect Land Use Change and biofuels: Towards an improved assessment of indirect land-use change – Evaluating common narratives, approaches, and tools   More Work for Mother: The Ironies Of Household Technology From The Open Hearth To The Microwave | Ruth Cowan Munro, K. (2025). Reconsidering the relationship between home appliance ownership and married women's labor supply: Evidence from Brazil (No. 2509). The Global Alliance for the Future of Food call for investment in food systems transition The World Resources Institute report on Denmark's Green Tripartite Agreement Behind the Danish Green Tripartite – Democracy, Smallholders and the Rights of Rural People Grunwald debates an agroecologist At COP30, Brazilian Meat Giant JBS Recommends Climate Policy    About Landscapes Landscapes is produced by Adam Calo. A complete written transcript of the episode can be found on Adam's newsletter: Land Food Nexus. Send feedback or questions to adamcalo@substack.com or Bluesky Music by Blue Dot Sessions: "Kilkerrin" by Blue Dot Sessions (www.sessions.blue).      

It's December 17th. This day in 1947, the US and UK film industries are in a trade war -- a couple years after the two countries fought together in an actual war.Jody, NIki, and Kellie talk about the year-long battle over taking the film industries, how Britain tried to protect its domestic industry from US dominance -- and the various ripple effects for the cultural dominance of the two countries.Sign up for our newsletter! We'll be sending out links to all the stuff we recommended later this week.Find out more at thisdaypod.comThis Day In Esoteric Political History is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX.Your support helps foster independent, artist-owned podcasts and award-winning stories.If you want to support the show directly, you can do so on our website: ThisDayPod.comGet in touch if you have any ideas for future topics, or just want to say hello. Our website is thisdaypod.com Follow us on social @thisdaypodOur team: Jacob Feldman, Researcher/Producer; Brittani Brown, Producer; Khawla Nakua, Transcripts; music by Teen Daze and Blue Dot Sessions; Audrey Mardavich is our Executive Producer at Radiotopia Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A few years ago, John Haffner was digging in his White River Junction backyard when his shovel hit a glass bottle buried underground. Then he found another, and another — all with words like “remedy,” “tonic” and “quick cure” embossed on them. John wants to know why there are so many of these old bottles around and, more importantly, what was in them? Local historian and independent reporter Kelby Greene is on the case, unraveling the snake oil sensation that swept the Green Mountain State. You can find the web version of this story here.Reporting for this story was supported by a grant from Vermont Humanities, in partnership with the Vermont 250 Commission and JAM, Junction Arts and Media. For more, check out the podcast series Roadside Vermont.This episode was reported by Kelby Greene and produced by Josh Crane. Editing and additional production from the rest of the BLS team: Sabine Poux and Burgess Brown. Our executive producer is Angela Evancie. Theme music by Ty Gibbons; other music by Blue Dot Sessions.Special thanks to Catherine Hurley, Shirley Duso and Creighton Hall.As always, our journalism is better when you're a part of it: Ask a question about Vermont Sign up for the BLS newsletter Say hi on Instagram and Reddit @bravestatevt Drop us an email: hello@bravelittlestate.org Make a gift to support people-powered journalism Tell your friends about the show! Brave Little State is a production of Vermont Public and a proud member of the NPR Network.

Em abril deste ano foi anunciada a detecção de possíveis sinais de vida extraterrestre num planeta fora do sistema solar com o telescópio espacial James Webb, mas a descoberta não foi confirmada. Afinal, tem ou não tem vida nesse outro planeta? Que planeta é esse? Como é possível saber alguma coisa sobre um planeta distante? Este episódio do Oxigênio vai encarar essas questões com a ajuda de dois astrônomos especialistas no assunto: o Luan Ghezzi, da UFRJ, e a Aline Novais, da Universidade de Lund, na Suécia. Vamos saber um pouco mais sobre como é feita a busca por sinais de vida nas atmosferas de exoplanetas.  __________________________________________________________________________________________________ ROTEIRO Danilo: Você se lembra de quando uma possível detecção de sinais de vida extraterrestre virou notícia de destaque em abril deste ano, 2025? Se não, deixa eu refrescar a sua memória: usando o telescópio espacial James Webb, pesquisadores teriam captado sinais da atmosfera de um exoplaneta que indicariam a presença de um composto químico que aqui na Terra é produzido pela vida, algo que no jargão científico é chamado de bioassinatura.  A notícia bombou no mundo todo. Aqui no Brasil, o caso teve tanta repercussão que a Folha de São Paulo dedicou um editorial só para isso – os jornais costumam comentar política e economia nos editoriais, e raramente dão espaço para assuntos científicos. Nos dois meses seguintes, outros times de pesquisadores publicaram pelo menos quatro estudos analisando os mesmos dados coletados pelo James Webb e concluíram que as possíveis bioassinaturas desaparecem quando outros modelos são usados para interpretar os dados. Sem o mesmo entusiasmo, os jornais noticiaram essas refutações e logo o assunto sumiu da mídia. Afinal, o que aconteceu de fato? Tem ou não tem vida nesse outro planeta? Aliás, que planeta é esse? Como é possível saber alguma coisa sobre um planeta distante? Eu sou Danilo Albergaria, jornalista, historiador, e atualmente pesquiso justamente a comunicação da astrobiologia, essa área que estuda a origem, a evolução e a possível distribuição da vida no universo. Nesse episódio, com a ajuda de dois astrofísicos, o Luan Ghezzi e a Aline Novais, vou explicar como os astrofísicos fazem as suas descobertas e entender porque a busca por sinais de vida fora da Terra é tão complicada e cheia de incertezas. Esse é o primeiro episódio de uma série que vai tratar de temas relacionados à astrobiologia. [Vinheta] Danilo: Eu lembro que li a notícia quentinha, assim que ela saiu no New York Times, perto das dez da noite daquela quarta-feira, dia 16 de abril de 2025. No dia seguinte, acordei e fui checar meu Whatsapp, já imaginando a repercussão. Os grupos de amigos estavam pegando fogo com mensagens entusiasmadas, perguntas, piadas e memes. Os grupos de colegas pesquisadores, astrônomos e comunicadores de ciência, jornalistas de ciência, também tinham um monte de mensagens, mas o tom era diferente. Em vez de entusiasmo, o clima era de preocupação e um certo mau-humor: “de novo DMS no K2-18b fazendo muito barulho”, disse uma cientista. Outra desabafou: “eu tenho coisa melhor pra fazer do que ter que baixar a fervura disso com a imprensa”. Por que o mal-estar geral entre os cientistas? Já chego lá. Os cientistas eram colegas que eu tinha conhecido na Holanda, no tempo em que trabalhei como pesquisador na Universidade de Leiden. Lá eu pesquisei a comunicação da astrobiologia. Bem no comecinho do projeto – logo que eu cheguei lá, em setembro de 2023 – saiu a notícia de que um possível sinal de vida, um composto chamado sulfeto de dimetila, mais conhecido pela sigla DMS, havia sido detectado num planeta a 124 anos-luz de distância da Terra, o exoplaneta K2-18b. Eu vi a repercussão se desenrolando em tempo real: as primeiras notícias, os primeiros comentários críticos de outros cientistas, a discussão nas redes sociais e blogs. Como eu estava no departamento de astronomia de Leiden, vi também como isso aconteceu por dentro da comunidade científica: os astrônomos com quem conversei na época estavam perplexos com a forma espalhafatosa com que o resultado foi comunicado. O principal era: eles não estavam nem um pouco animados, otimistas mesmo de que se tratava, de verdade, da primeira detecção de vida extraterrestre. Por que isso estava acontecendo? Vamos começar a entender o porquê sabendo um pouco mais sobre o exoplaneta K2-18b, em que os possíveis sinais de vida teriam sido detectados. Primeiro: um exoplaneta é um planeta que não orbita o Sol, ou seja, é um planeta que está fora do sistema solar (por isso também são chamados de extrassolares). Existem planetas órfãos, que estão vagando sozinhos pelo espaço interestelar, e planetas girando em torno de objetos exóticos, como os pulsares, que são estrelas de nêutrons girando muito rápido, mas quando os astrônomos falam em exoplaneta, quase sempre estão falando sobre um planeta que gira em torno de outra estrela que não Sol. O Sol é uma estrela, obviamente, mas o contrário da frase geralmente a gente não ouve, mas que é verdade… as estrelas são como se fossem sóis, elas são sóis. As estrelas podem ser maiores, mais quentes e mais brilhantes do que o Sol – muitas das estrelas que vemos no céu noturno são assim. Mas as estrelas também podem ser menores, mais frias e menos brilhantes do que o Sol – as menores são chamadas de anãs vermelhas. Elas brilham tão pouco que não dá para vê-las no céu noturno a olho nu. O K2-18b é um planeta que gira em torno de uma dessas anãs vermelhas, a K2-18, uma estrela que tem menos da metade do tamanho do Sol. Só que o planeta é relativamente grande. Luan Ghezzi: Ele é um planeta que tem algo entre 8 e 9 vezes a massa da Terra, ou seja, é um planeta bem maior do que a Terra. E ele tem um raio ali aproximado de 2.6 vezes o raio da Terra. Então, com essa massa e com esse raio há uma dúvida se ele seria uma super-Terra, ou se ele seria o que a gente chama de Mini-Netuno, ou seja, super-Terra, são planetas terrestres, mas, porém, maiores do que a Terra. Mini-Netunos são planetas parecidos com o Netuno. Só que menores. Mas com essa junção de massa e raio, a gente consegue calcular a densidade. E aí essa densidade indicaria um valor entre a densidade da Terra e de Netuno. Então tudo indica que esse K2-18b estaria aí nesse regime dos mini-Netunos, que é uma classe de planetas que a gente não tem no sistema solar. Danilo: Netuno é um gigante gelado e ele tem uma estrutura muito diferente da Terra, uma estrutura que (junto com o fato de estar muito distante do Sol) o torna inabitável, inabitável à vida como a gente a conhece. Mini-Netunos e Super-Terras, de tamanho e massa intermediários entre a Terra e Netuno, não existem no sistema solar, mas são a maioria entre os mais de 6 mil exoplanetas descobertos até agora.  A estrela-mãe do K2-18b é bem mais fria, ou menos quente do que o Sol: enquanto o Sol tem uma temperatura média de 5500 graus Celsius, a temperatura da K2-18 não chega a 3200 graus. Então, se a gente imaginasse que o Sol fosse “frio” assim (frio entre aspas), a temperatura aqui na superfície da Terra seria muito, mas muito abaixo de zero, o que provavelmente tornaria nosso planeta inabitável. Só que o K2-18b gira muito mais perto de sua estrela-mãe. A distância média da Terra para o Sol é de aproximadamente 150 milhões de quilômetros, enquanto a distância média que separa o K2-18b e sua estrela é de 24 milhões de quilômetros. Outra medida ajuda a entender melhor como a órbita desse planeta é menor do que a da Terra: a cada 33 dias, ele completa uma volta ao redor da estrela. E comparado com a estrela, o planeta é tão pequeno, tão obscuro, que não pode ser observado diretamente. Nenhum telescópio atual é capaz de fazer imagens desse exoplaneta, assim como acontece com quase todos os exoplanetas descobertos até agora. São muito pequenos e facilmente ofuscados pelas estrelas que orbitam. Como, então, os astrônomos sabem que eles existem? O Luan Ghezzi explica. Luan Ghezzi: a detecção de exoplanetas é um processo que não é simples, porque os planetas são ofuscados pelas estrelas deles. Então é muito difícil a gente conseguir observar planetas diretamente,  você ver o planeta com uma imagem… cerca de um por cento dos mais de seis mil planetas que a gente conhece hoje foram detectados através do método de imageamento direto, que é realmente você apontar o telescópio, e você obtém uma imagem da estrela e do planeta ali, pertinho dela. Todos os outros planetas, ou seja, noventa e nove porcento dos que a gente conhece hoje foram detectados através de métodos indiretos, ou seja, a gente detecta o planeta a partir de alguma influência na estrela ou em alguma propriedade da estrela. Então, por exemplo, falando sobre o método de trânsito, que é com que mais se descobriu planetas até hoje, mais de setenta e cinco dos planetas que a gente conhece. Ele é um método em que o planeta passa na frente da estrela. E aí, quando esse planeta passa na frente da estrela, ele tampa uma parte dela. Então isso faz com que o brilho dela diminua um pouquinho e a gente consegue medir essa variação no brilho da estrela. A gente vai monitorando o brilho dela. E aí, de repente, a gente percebe uma queda e a gente fala. Bom, de repente passou alguma coisa ali na frente. Vamos continuar monitorando essa estrela. E aí, daqui a pouco, depois de um tempo, tem uma nova queda. A diminuição do brilho e a gente vai monitorando. E a gente percebe que isso é um fenômeno periódico. Ou seja, a cada x dias, dez dias, vinte dias ou alguma coisa do tipo, a gente tem aquela mesma diminuição do brilho ali na estrela. Então a gente infere a presença de um planeta ali ao redor dela. E aí, como são o planeta e a estrela um, o planeta passando na frente da estrela, tem uma relação entre os tamanhos. Quanto maior o planeta for, ele vai bloquear mais luz da estrela. Então, a partir disso, a gente consegue medir o raio do planeta. Então esse método do trânsito não só permite que a gente descubra os exoplanetas, como a gente também pode ter uma informação a respeito dos raios deles. Esse é o método que está sendo bastante usado e que produziu mais descobertas até hoje. Danilo: e foi por esse método que o K2-18b foi descoberto em 2015 com o telescópio espacial Kepler. Esse telescópio foi lançado em 2009 e revolucionou a área – com o Kepler, mais de 2700 exoplanetas foram detectados. Com ele, os astrônomos puderam estimar que existem mais planetas do que estrelas na nossa galáxia.  A órbita do K2-18b é menor do que a do planeta Mercúrio, que completa uma volta ao redor do Sol a cada 88 dias terrestres. Mas como sua estrela-mãe é mais fria do que o Sol, isso coloca o K2-18b dentro do que os astrônomos chamam de zona habitável: nem tão longe da estrela para que a superfície esfrie a ponto de congelar a água, nem tão perto para que o calor a evapore; é a distância ideal para que a água permaneça em estado líquido na superfície de um planeta parecido com a Terra. Só que o estado da água depende de outros parâmetros, como a pressão atmosférica, por exemplo. E é por isso que a tal da zona habitável é um conceito muito limitado, que pode se tornar até mesmo enganoso: um planeta estar na zona habitável não significa que ele seja de fato habitável. Claro, estar na zona habitável é uma das condições necessárias para que a superfície de um planeta tenha água líquida, o que é fundamental para que essa superfície seja habitável. Ter uma atmosfera é outra condição necessária. Além de estar na zona habitável, o K2-18b tem atmosfera e o Luan também explica como os astrônomos fazem para saber se um exoplaneta como o K2-18b tem uma atmosfera. Luan: a gente estava falando sobre o método de trânsito. E a gente falou que o planeta passa na frente da estrela e bloqueia uma parte da luz dela. Beleza, isso aí a gente já deixou estabelecido. Mas se esse planeta tem uma atmosfera, a luz da estrela que vai atingir essa parte da atmosfera não vai ser completamente bloqueada. A luz da estrela vai atravessar a atmosfera e vai ser transmitida através dela. A gente tem essa parte bloqueada da luz que a gente não recebe, a gente percebe a diminuição de brilho da estrela, com o método de trânsito, mas tem essa luz que atravessa a atmosfera e chega até a gente depois de interagir com os componentes da atmosfera daquele planeta. Então a gente pode analisar essa luz, que é transmitida através da atmosfera do planeta para obter informações sobre a composição dela. Danilo: e como é possível saber a composição química dessa atmosfera? A Aline Novais é uma astrofísica brasileira fazendo pós-doutorado na Universidade de Lund, na Suécia. A tese de doutorado dela, orientada pelo Luan, foi exatamente sobre esse tema: a coleta e a análise dos dados de espectroscopia de atmosferas de exoplanetas. Aline: No início, a gente não está olhando uma foto, uma imagem dos planetas e das estrelas. A gente está vendo eles através de uma coisa que a gente chama de espectro, que é a luz da estrela ou do planeta em diferentes comprimentos de onda. O que é o comprimento de onda? É literalmente o tamanho da onda. Você pode ver também como se fossem cores diferentes. Então a gente vai estar vendo vários detalhes em diferentes comprimentos de onda. O que acontece? A gente já sabe, não da astronomia, mas da química de estudos bem antigos que determinados compostos, vou usar aqui, por exemplo, a água, ela vai ter linhas muito específicas em determinados comprimentos de onda que a gente já conhece, que a gente já sabe. Então já é estabelecido que no cumprimento de onda X, Y, Z, vai ter linha de água. Então, quando a gente está observando novamente o brilho da estrela que passou ali pela atmosfera do planeta. Interagiu com o que tem lá, que a gente não sabe. Quando a gente vê o espectro dessa estrela que passou pela atmosfera, a gente vai poder comparar com o que a gente já sabe. Então, por exemplo, o que a gente já sabe da água, a gente vai ver que vai bater. É como se fosse um código de barras. Bate certinho o que tem na estrela, no planeta e o que tem aqui na Terra. E aí, a partir disso, a gente consegue dizer: “Ah, provavelmente tem água naquele planeta.” Claro que não é tão simples, tão preto no branco, porque tem muitas moléculas, muitos átomos, a quantidade de moléculas que tem ali também interferem nessas linhas. Mas, de forma mais geral, é isso. A gente compara um com o outro. E a gente fala: essa assinatura aqui tem que ser de água. Danilo: Em setembro de 2023, o time de pesquisadores liderado pelo Nikku Madhusudhan, da Universidade de Cambridge, na Inglaterra, anunciou a caracterização atmosférica do K2-18b feita com o telescópio espacial James Webb. Alguns anos antes, a atmosfera do exoplaneta tinha sido observada com o telescópio espacial Hubble, que havia indicado a presença de vapor de água. Com o James Webb, esses cientistas concluíram que a atmosfera não tinha vapor de água, mas fortes indícios de metano e dióxido de carbono, o gás carbônico. Não só isso: no mesmo estudo, eles também alegaram ter detectado, com menor grau de confiança, o sulfeto de dimetila, também chamado de DMS, uma molécula orgânica que aqui na Terra é produzida pela vida marinha, principalmente pelos fitoplânctons e microalgas. O DMS pode ser produzido em laboratório mas não existe um processo natural em que o nosso planeta, sozinho, consiga fazer essa molécula sem envolver a vida. Ou seja, o DMS seria uma possível bioassinatura, um sinal indireto da existência de vida. Por isso, esses cientistas alegaram ter encontrado uma possível evidência de vida na atmosfera do K2-18b. O fato é que a suposta evidência de vida, a detecção de DMS lá de 2023, tinha um grau de confiança estatística muito baixo para contar seriamente como evidência de vida. O time liderado pelo Madhusudhan continuou observando o K2-18b e voltou a publicar resultados apontando a presença de DMS usando outros instrumentos do James Webb. Foram esses resultados que fizeram tanto barulho em abril de 2025. E por que tanto barulho? Porque esse novo estudo apresenta um grau de confiança estatística mais alto para a detecção de DMS. Ele também alega ter detectado outra possível bioassinatura, uma molécula aparentada ao DMS, o DMDS, ou dissulfeto de dimetila. O resultado pareceu reforçar muito a hipótese da presença dessas possíveis bioassinaturas no K2-18b e, por isso, os grandes meios de comunicação deram ainda mais atenção ao resultado do que há dois anos atrás. O problema é que é muito complicado analisar os resultados do James Webb sobre essas atmosferas, e ainda mais difícil cravar a presença desse ou daquele composto químico ali. Aline Novais: Acho que a primeira etapa mais difícil de todas é como você tinha falado, Danilo, é separar o que é a luz do planeta e o que é a luz da estrela. Quer dizer, da atmosfera do planeta e o que é luz da estrela. E isso a gente faz como quando a gente está observando o trânsito. A gente não só observa o planeta passando na frente da estrela. Mas a gente também observa a estrela sem o planeta, e a gente compara esses dois. É literalmente subtrair um do outro. Então, assim, supondo que a gente já tem aqui o espectro pronto na nossa frente. O que a gente vai fazer para entender o que está naquele espectro? Aquilo ali é uma observação. Só que a gente tem da teoria da física, a gente sabe mais ou menos quais são as equações que vão reger a atmosfera de um planeta. Então a gente sabe o que acontece de formas gerais, que é parecida com o que acontece aqui na Terra e com o planeta do sistema solar. Então a gente sabe mais ou menos como deve ser a pressão, a temperatura. A gente sabe mais ou menos quais compostos químicos vão ter em cada camada da atmosfera, que depende de várias coisas. A gente sabe que se um planeta está muito próximo da estrela, ele vai ter determinados compostos químicos que ele não teria se ele estivesse muito mais longe da estrela dele. Então tudo isso interfere. E aí, o que a gente faz? A gente tem os dados, a gente tem o que a gente observou no telescópio. E a gente vai comparar com a teoria, com modelos que a gente faz no computador, programando, parará, parará, que vão reger aquela atmosfera. E aí, a partir disso, a gente vai comparar e ver o que faz sentido, o que não faz, o que bate e o que não bate. Danilo: Notaram que a Aline ressalta o papel dos modelos teóricos na interpretação dos dados? Os astrônomos comparam os dados coletados pelo telescópio com o que esperam observar, orientados pelas teorias e modelos considerados promissores para representar o que de fato está lá na atmosfera do planeta. E é nessa comparação que entra a estatística, a probabilidade de que as observações correspondem a este ou aquele modelo teórico. Aline Novais: Na estatística, a gente sempre vai estar quando a gente tiver probabilidade de alguma coisa, a gente sempre vai estar comparando uma coisa X com uma coisa Y. A gente nunca vai ter uma estatística falando que sim ou que não, vai ser sempre uma comparação de uma coisa ou de outra. Então, quando a gente, por exemplo, a gente tem o espectro lá de um planeta, a gente tem assinaturas que provavelmente podem ser de água, mas vamos supor que essa assinatura também é muito parecida com algum outro elemento. Com algum outro composto químico. O que a gente vai fazer? A gente vai comparar os dois e a resposta não vai ser nem que sim nem que não. A resposta vai ser: “Ah, o modelo que tem água é mais favorável.” Ou então, ele ajusta melhor os dados, do que o modelo com aquele outro composto químico.  Danilo: O time do Nikku Madhusudhan, que fala em possível detecção de DMS, tem um modelo predileto que eles mesmos desenvolveram para explicar planetas como o K2-18b: os mundos hiceanos, planetas inteiramente cobertos por um oceano de água líquida debaixo de uma espessa atmosfera de hidrogênio molecular – por isso o nome, que é uma junção do “hi” de hidrogênio e “ceano” de oceano. É esse modelo que orienta a interpretação de que os dados do K2-18b podem conter as bioassinaturas.  Aline: Todo o resultado final, que é: possivelmente detectamos assinaturas, não dependem dos dados em si, mas dependem de como eles analisaram os dados e que modelos foram utilizados para analisar esses dados. […] Os resultados vão sempre depender de como a gente analisou esses dados. […] Então a questão da detecção, ou possível detecção de bioassinatura depende principalmente de como foram colocados os modelos, do que foi inserido nos modelos e como esses modelos foram comparados. Nesse caso, os modelos utilizados foram modelos que estavam supondo que o planeta era hiceano. Que o planeta tinha um oceano e tinha uma atmosfera de hidrogênio, majoritariamente de hidrogênio. Porém, outros estudos levantaram também a possibilidade de esse planeta não ser desse tipo, ser um planeta, por exemplo, coberto de lava e não de oceano, ou com uma atmosfera, com compostos diferentes, onde a maioria não seria hidrogênio, por exemplo. E esses modelos não foram utilizados para testar essas bioassinaturas. Então o que acontece: no modelo deles, com o oceano, com a atmosfera X, Y e Z, é compatível com a existência de bioassinaturas. Porém, é completamente dependente do modelo.  Danilo: Então, a escolha de modelos teóricos diferentes afetam a interpretação dos resultados e das conclusões sobre a composição química da atmosfera de exoplanetas.  Aline: Esse grupo acredita que o planeta tenha majoritariamente hidrogênio na sua composição. O que eles vão fazer no modelo deles? Eles vão colocar sei lá quantos por cento de hidrogênio na composição, no modelo deles. Então eles estão construindo um modelo que seja semelhante ao que eles acreditam que o planeta tem. Eu não vou colocar nitrogênio se eu acho que não tem nitrogênio. Então, aí que entra a controvérsia, que é justamente o modelo ser feito para encontrar o que eles tentam encontrar. Então, assim, se você pegasse um modelo completamente diferente, se você pegasse um modelo, por exemplo, de um planeta feito de lava, que tem metano, que tem isso, que tem aquilo, será que você encontraria a mesma coisa? Danilo: Saber qual modelo teórico de atmosferas de exoplanetas corresponde melhor à realidade é algo muito difícil. O que dá pra fazer é comparar os modelos entre si: qual deles representa melhor a atmosfera do exoplaneta em comparação com outro modelo. Aline: A gente nunca vai estar falando que o modelo é perfeito. A gente nunca vai estar falando que a atmosfera é assim. A gente sempre vai estar falando que esse modelo representa melhor a atmosfera do que um outro modelo. E se você pegar uma coisa muito ruim que não tem nada a ver e comparar com uma coisa que funciona, vai ser muito fácil você falar que aquele modelo funciona melhor, certo? Então, por exemplo, no caso do K2-18b: eles fizeram um modelo que tinha lá as moléculas, o DMS, o DMDS e tal, e compararam aquilo com um modelo que não tem DMS e DMDS. O modelo que tem falou “pô, esse modelo aqui se ajusta melhor aos dados do telescópio do que esse outro que não tem”. Mas isso não significa que tenha aquelas moléculas. Isso significa que aquele modelo, naquelas circunstâncias, foi melhor estatisticamente do que um modelo que não tinha aquelas moléculas.  Danilo: O Luan tem uma analogia interessante pra explicar isso que a Aline falou. Luan: É como se você, por exemplo, vai em uma loja e vai experimentar uma roupa. Aí você pega lá uma mesma blusa igualzinha, P, M ou G. Você experimenta as três e você vê qual que você acha que se ajusta melhor ao seu corpo, né? Qual ficou com um caimento melhor? Enfim, então você vai fazendo essas comparações, não é que a blusa talvez M não tenha ficado boa, mas talvez a P ou a G tenha ficado melhor. Então os modelos são agitados dessa forma, mas também como a Aline falou depois que você descobriu o tamanho, por exemplo, você chegou à conclusão que o tamanho da blusa é M, você pode pegar e escolher diferentes variações de cores. Você pode pegar essa mesma blusa M, azul, verde, amarela, vermelha, né? E aí elas podem fornecer igualmente o mesmo bom ajuste no seu corpo. Só que a questão é que tem cores diferentes. […] A gente obviamente usa os modelos mais completos que a gente tem hoje em dia, mas não necessariamente, eles são hoje mais completos, mas não necessariamente eles são cem por cento completos. De repente está faltando alguma coisa ali que a gente não sabe.  [Música] Danilo: Eu conversei pessoalmente com o líder do time de cientistas que alegou ter descoberto as possíveis bioassinaturas no K2-18b, o Nikku Madhusudhan, quando ele estava na Holanda para participar de uma conferência em junho de 2024. Ele pareceu entusiasmado com a possibilidade de vir a confirmar possíveis bioassinaturas em exoplanetas e ao mesmo tempo cuidadoso, aparentemente consciente do risco de se comunicar a descoberta de vida extraterrestre prematuramente. A questão é que ele já cometeu alguns deslizes na comunicação com o público: por exemplo, em abril de 2024, num programa de rádio na Inglaterra, ele disse que a chance de ter descoberto vida no K2-18b era de 50% – o próprio apresentador do programa ficou surpreso com a estimativa. Naquela mesma conferência da Holanda, o Madhusudhan também pareceu muito confiante ao falar do assunto com o público de especialistas em exoplanetas – ele sabia que enfrentava muitos céticos na plateia. Ele disse que os planetas hiceanos eram “a melhor aposta” que temos com a tecnologia atual para descobrir vida extraterrestre.   Na palestra em que apresentou os novos resultados esse ano, o Madhusudhan contou que essa hipótese de mundos hiceanos foi desenvolvida com a ajuda de alunos de pós-graduação dele quando ele os desafiou a criar um modelo teórico de Mini-Netuno que oferecesse condições habitáveis, amenas para a vida. Mas a questão é que a gente não sabe se os mundos hiceanos sequer existem. É uma alternativa, uma hipótese para explicar o pouco que sabemos sobre esses exoplanetas. Há outras hipóteses, tão promissoras quanto essa, e muito menos amigáveis à existência da vida como a conhecemos. Enfim, a gente ainda sabe muito pouco sobre esses exoplanetas. Ainda não dá para decidir qual hipótese é a que melhor descreve a estrutura deles. Mas o que vai acontecer se algum dia os cientistas conseguirem resultados que apontem para uma detecção de possível bioassinatura que seja num alto grau de confiança, a tal ponto que seria insensato duvidar de sua existência? Estaríamos diante de uma incontroversa descoberta de vida extraterrestre? Digamos que os cientistas publiquem, daqui a algum tempo, novos resultados que apontam, com um grau de confiança altíssimo, para a presença de DMS no K2-18b. Mesmo que a gente tivesse certeza de que tem DMS naquela atmosfera, não seria possível cravar que a presença de DMS é causada pela vida. Como a gente tem ainda muito pouca informação sobre os ambientes que os Mini-Netunos podem apresentar, e como o nosso conhecimento sobre a própria vida ainda é muito limitado, vai ser muito difícil – para não dizer praticamente impossível – ter certeza de que a presença de uma possível bioassinatura é de fato uma bioassinatura.  Luan: A gente sabe que aqui na Terra, o DMS e o DMDS estão associados a processos biológicos. Mas a gente está falando de um planeta que é um Mini-Netuno, talvez um planeta hiceano. Será que esse planeta não tem processos químicos diferentes que podem gerar essas moléculas sem a presença da vida?  Danilo: Como disse o Luan, pode ser que processos naturais desconhecidos, sem o envolvimento da vida, sejam os responsáveis pela presença de DMS no K2-18b. A gente sabe que o DMS pode ser gerado fora da Terra por processos naturais, sem relação com a presença de vida. Para que seja gerado assim, são necessárias condições muito diferentes das que temos aqui na Terra. O interior de planetas gigantes como Júpiter, por exemplo, dá essas condições. DMS também foi detectado recentemente na superfície de um cometa, em condições muito hostis para a vida como a gente a conhece. Mais hostis ainda são as condições do meio interestelar, o espaço abissal e incrivelmente frio que existe entre as estrelas. Mesmo assim, DMS já foi detectado no meio interestelar.  É por isso que detectar uma possível bioassinatura num exoplaneta não necessariamente responde à pergunta sobre vida fora da Terra. É mais útil pensar nesses dados como peças de um quebra-cabeças: uma possível bioassinatura em um exoplaneta é uma peça que pode vir a ajudar a montar o quebra-cabeças em que a grande questão é se existe ou não existe vida fora da Terra, mas dificilmente será, sozinha, a resposta definitiva. Luan: Será que as bioassinaturas efetivamente foram produzidas por vida? Então, primeiro, estudos para entender diversos processos químicos ou físicos que poderiam gerar essas moléculas, que a gente considera como bioassinaturas, pra tentar entender em outros contextos, se elas seriam produzidas sem a presença de vida. Mas fora isso, nós astrônomos, nós também tentamos procurar conjuntos de bioassinaturas. Porque se você acha só o DMS ou o DMDS é uma coisa. Agora, se você acha isso e mais o oxigênio ou mais outra coisa, aí as evidências começam a ficar mais fortes. Um par muito comum que o pessoal comenta é você achar metano e oxigênio numa atmosfera de exoplaneta. Por quê? Porque esses dois compostos, se você deixar eles lá na atmosfera do planeta sem nenhum tipo de processo biológico, eles vão reagir. Vão formar água e gás carbônico. Então, se você detecta quantidades apreciáveis de metano e oxigênio numa atmosfera, isso indica que você tem algum processo biológico ali, repondo constantemente esses componentes na atmosfera. Então, a gente vai tentando buscar por pares ou conjuntos de bioassinaturas, porque isso vai construindo um cenário mais forte. Você olha, esse planeta está na zona habitável. Ele tem uma massa parecida com a da Terra. Ele tem uma temperatura parecida com a da Terra. Ele tem conjuntos de bioassinaturas que poderiam indicar a presença de vida. Então você vai construindo um quebra-cabeça ali, tentando chegar num conjunto de evidências.  Danilo: Talvez só vamos conseguir ter certeza quando tivermos condições de viajar os 124 anos-luz que nos separam do K2-18b, por exemplo, para examinar o planeta “in situ”, ou seja, lá no local – só que isso ainda é assunto para a ficção científica, não para a ciência atual. Não quer dizer que, dada a dificuldade, a gente deva desistir de fazer ciência nesse sentido, de detectar bioassinaturas nos exoplanetas. Luan: É claro que é super interessante aplicar esses modelos e sugerir a possível existência dessas moléculas. Isso ajuda a avançar o conhecimento, porque isso gera um interesse, gera um debate, um monte de gente vai testar, e outras pessoas já testaram e mostraram que, ou não tem a molécula nos modelos deles, ou eles não detectam ou detectam uma quantidade muito baixa. Enfim, então isso gera um debate que vai avançar o conhecimento. Então isso, no meio científico, é muito interessante esse debate, que gera outras pesquisas, e todo mundo tentando olhar por diferentes ângulos, para a gente tentar entender de uma maneira mais completa. Mas o cuidado… E aí, o grande serviço que o seu podcast está fazendo é como a gente faz chegar essa informação no público, que é o que você falou, uma coisa é: utilizamos um modelo super específico, e esse modelo indica a possível presença dessas moléculas que, na Terra, são associadas à vida. Outra coisa é dizer, na imprensa, achamos os sinais mais fortes de vida até agora. É uma distância muito grande entre essas duas coisas. Aline: Se eu analisei o meu dado e eu vi que tem aquela molécula de bioassinatura, uma coisa é eu falar: “Tem!” Outra coisa é falar: “Ó, eu analisei com esse modelo aqui e esse modelo aqui faz sentido. Ele representa melhor os meus dados do que o outro modelo”. São maneiras diferentes de falar. Mas qual que é a que vende mais? Danilo: Foi no final do nosso papo que o Luan e a Aline tocaram nessa questão que tem se tornado central nos últimos anos: como comunicar os resultados da astrobiologia da forma mais responsável? É possível que com o James Webb vamos continuar vendo potenciais detecções de bioassinaturas num futuro próximo. Por isso, a comunidade científica está preocupada com a forma como comunicamos os resultados da busca por vida fora da Terra e está se movimentando para contornar os problemas que provavelmente teremos no futuro. Eu venho participando desses esforços, pesquisando como a astrobiologia está sendo comunicada, e até ajudei a organizar um evento no ano passado para discutir isso com cientistas e jornalistas de ciência, mas conto essa história em outra hora. No próximo episódio, vamos falar sobre uma possível detecção de bioassinatura sem o James Webb e muito mais próxima da gente. A notícia veio em setembro de 2025. O planeta em que a bioassinatura pode ter sido encontrada? O vizinho cósmico que mais alimentou a imaginação humana sobre extraterrestres: Marte. Roteiro, produção, pesquisa e narração: Danilo Albergaria Revisão: Mayra Trinca, Livia Mendes e Simone Pallone Entrevistados: Luan Ghezzi e Aline Novais Edição: Carolaine Cabral Músicas: Blue Dot Sessions – Creative Commons Podcast produzido com apoio da Fapesp, por meio da bolsa Mídiaciência, com o projeto Pontes interdisciplinares para a compreensão da vida no Universo: o Núcleo de Apoio à Pesquisa e Inovação em Astrobiologia e o Laboratório de Astrobiologia da USP [VINHETA DE ENCERRAMENTO]

1968 was one of the most tumultuous years in modern history. But one bright spot occurred on Christmas Eve: an amazing feat that captivated the world.Music in this Episode"Farewell" — Maarten Schellekens, via Free Music Archive"Endless Cosmos" — Serge Quadrado, via Free Music Archive"You'll Never Come to Dorset" — C. Diab, from the album Immerro, courtesy of Tonal Union records"Dawn Summit" — Blue Dot Sessions, via Free Music Archive"Cozy Jazz Podcast Music with Christmas Bells" — Denis Pavlov, via PixabayOrder your copy today! Of Christmases Long, Long AgoConnect with Me Links to all the things https://christmaspastpodcast.com/links Email: christmaspastpodcast@gmail.com BooksOf Christmases Long, Long Ago: Surprising Traditions from Christmas Past (2025, Lyons Press and Recorded Books) It's Christmas as you've never seen it before, and it makes a great gift for all the Christmas lovers in your life. Christmas Past: The Fascinating Stories Behind Our Favorite Holiday's Traditions (2022, Lyons Press and Recorded Books)

Musician Denitia Odigie has spent her career moving effortlessly between soul, folk, R&B, jazz, indie rock, and pop—earning a reputation as a truly genre-defying artist. But these days, Denitia has chosen a genre: Country music. And she's hitting the scene full force. In this episode, Denitia opens up about why she chose country, how she stays authentically herself, and what it's like to step into a genre that's finally beginning to spotlight a wider range of voices and identities.Homegoings is a production of Vermont Public. Follow the show here.This episode was hosted and reported by executive producer, Myra Flynn and mixed by Burgess Brown. Our video director is Mike Dunn and Aaron Edwards is our story editor. Myra composed the theme music with other music by Blue Dot Sessions. Kyle Ambusk is the graphic artist behind this episode'sHomegoings portrait.Thank you for listening. You can see this episode on our YouTube channel.To continue to be part of the Homegoings family: Subscribe to our YouTube channel Sign up for the Homegoings newsletter Write to us at: hey@homegoings.co Follow us on Instagram @wearehomegoings Make a gift to continue elevating BIPOC storytelling Tell your friends, your family or a stranger about the show! And of course, subscribe!

In this episode of Brothers Just Searching, we dive into 2 Peter 2:9–11, unpacking how God faithfully delivers His people from the traps of false doctrine while reserving judgment for the unjust. We explore how true justification is found only in Christ, contrasting it with the motives of false teachers who walk according to the flesh, seeking their own pleasure rather than the ways of God and the message of Jesus Christ. As we break down the text, we discuss how rejecting Christ's authority leads people down their own destructive path, and how false teachers often appeal to the supernatural to seem credible—yet even angels do not dispute their errors, because God already knows their deeds and the corruption of their doctrine.Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast and follow us on Facebook also leave us a review If You Like To donate to this podcast you can through cashapp or email us at brothersjustsearchingpodcast@gmail.com for more infoAnything is appreciated Cashapp infoBJSmediaThis podcast is brought to you by BJS MEDIA. A christian media production from the swamps of Louisiana. Teaching THE WORD OF GOD (The Bible) and discussing religion, cults, and other world events. "The New Kingdom" Book By Anthony HayesAmazonhttps://a.co/d/bGeKR6WYoutubehttps://www.youtube.com/@anthonyhayes4492Brothers Just Searching Links Check out our website https://brothersjustsearching.wordpress.com/Check out Our Facebook Pagehttps://www.facebook.com/bjspodcastCheck out our YouTube Channel https://youtube.com/channel/UCSKi3Aywyd1PQWQ5K1rrIUAhttps://campsite.to/bjsmediaThis is where you can listen to our podcast “Brothers Just Searching”. Below me :). Apple Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/brothers-just-searching/id1490823255?uo=4Google Podcast https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8xMDk2MjdhMC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw==Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/0xxj0itGZrlN6EvUpHnel1Breakerhttps://www.breaker.audio/brothers-just-searchingOvercasthttps://overcast.fm/itunes1490823255/brothers-just-searchingPocket Casts https://pca.st/7uduo3tzCoteau Holmes Fellowship Church https://www.facebook.com/coteauholmesfellowship/Upper Room Fellowship Church1910 S College Rd, Lafayette, LAhttps://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61583220302823Music Provided ByUltima Thule by a href="https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/51198"Blue Dot Sessions/a- [ ]#bible #biblestudy #faith #jesus #god

It's December 15th. This winter, 1971, the first season of "All In The Family" is coming to a close, and it's already the biggest show in America. It's a total sensation, in part because of its willingness to dive into the cultural and political battles of the age.Jody, Niki, and Kellie are joined by Oscar Winberg to discuss the way All In The Family captured a fractured country, and in particular how the character of Archie Bunker became a powerful avatar -- for viewers who admired and hated him alike.Oscar's new book is "Archie Bunker for President: How One TV Show Remade American Politics" -- it's out now!Sign up for our newsletter! We'll be sending out links to all the stuff we recommended later this week.Find out more at thisdaypod.comThis Day In Esoteric Political History is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX.Your support helps foster independent, artist-owned podcasts and award-winning stories.If you want to support the show directly, you can do so on our website: ThisDayPod.comGet in touch if you have any ideas for future topics, or just want to say hello. Our website is thisdaypod.com Follow us on social @thisdaypodOur team: Jacob Feldman, Researcher/Producer; Brittani Brown, Producer; Khawla Nakua, Transcripts; music by Teen Daze and Blue Dot Sessions; Audrey Mardavich is our Executive Producer at Radiotopia Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Today we shine a light on an obscure album recorded in Nashville more than 50 years ago that features a Christmas choir performing inside the lobby of a downtown bank.Local listener Matthew Bond came across the vinyl record two decades ago and wondered: Why did a bank form a choir? And what were their performances like?To figure this out, we dive into the city's banking history, glean clues from the recording itself, and learn just how popular this all-volunteer choir became.Credits: Curious Nashville is a production of Nashville Public Radio and uses music from Blue Dot Sessions. Special thanks to Nashville Public Radio's Tasha A.F. Lemley, Blakle Farmer, Mack Linebaugh, and Cynthia Abrams.Host: Tony GonzalezReporter & producer: Justin Barney

Well, it's an end of an era, several era actually. John Cena just had his last match at Saturday Night's Main Event and it was an incredible show.It was a show truly worthy of someone of his caliber and Owen and Fong go through and give their thoughts on the sendoff of one of the greatest of all time.Use code SKT15 on checkout to get 15% off from HYVDesigns on Etsy during checkout or use this link: https://www.etsy.com/shop/hyvdesigns/?etsrc=sdt&coupon=SKT15Intro Music by Blue Dot Sessions. https://www.sessions.blueIf you want to email us: kingtherapypod@gmail.com

A tragic accident at Christmastime in 1917 gives way to a story of a heroic response, a lasting friendship, and a unique Christmas tradition. Read Walter's letter to Harold, described in this story.Music in this Episode"Carrier's Lullaby" — Blue Dot Sessions, via Free Music Archive"Quiet Serenity" — Lite Saturation, via Free Music Archive"Stay the Course" — Kevin MacLeod, via Incompetech"Oh Christmas Tree" — Don Maue, shared directly by the artist"Relax Romantic Jazz Calm Soothing Home" — Denis Pavlov, via PixabayOrder your copy today! Of Christmases Long, Long AgoConnect with Me Links to all the things https://christmaspastpodcast.com/links Email: christmaspastpodcast@gmail.com BooksOf Christmases Long, Long Ago: Surprising Traditions from Christmas Past (2025, Lyons Press and Recorded Books) It's Christmas as you've never seen it before, and it makes a great gift for all the Christmas lovers in your life. Christmas Past: The Fascinating Stories Behind Our Favorite Holiday's Traditions (2022, Lyons Press and Recorded Books)

For part 6 of 12 on “What is the Nicene Creed?” we unpack these lines:by the power of the Holy Spirit        he became incarnate from the Virgin Mary,        and was made manThe Virgin Mary is a powerful force in Christian imagination – meaning, whether you venerate her or are suspicious of folks “praying to” her, whether you grew up celebrating the many apparitions of Mary or vaguely only heard her referred to around Christmas, her role in Jesus' life and our lives communicates what we believe about motherhood, virginity, women, and Jesus' incarnation. So why is she included in the Creed? What about her presence, consent to bear the Christ child, and reproductive status made her significant enough to be the only human being referenced besides Pontius Pilate? Join Mary devotee (Rev. Lizzie), Mary skeptic (Rev. Laura), and our guest, Mariology expert (Rev. Dr. Amey Victoria Adkins-Jones) as we unpack these questions and more. More about our guest: Amey Victoria Adkins-Jones is Assistant Professor of Theology and Africana studies at the Candler School of Theology of Emory University, in Atlanta, Georgia. Adkins-Jones came to Candler from Boston College, where she served as Assistant Professor of Theology and African and African Diaspora Studies. A theologian and scholar of Black religion, she specializes in Mariology, Black feminist and womanist thought, and theological anthropology. A graduate of the University of Virginia and Duke Divinity School, she received her Ph.D. in Religion from Duke University in 2016 with a Certificate in Feminist Theory. She was the first Black woman to graduate from the doctoral program in Christian theology and ethics.Her first monograph, Immaculate Misconceptions: A Black Mariology (Oxford University Press, June 2025), argues that "Mary is Black," and is a Black feminist theological account of the icon of the Black Madonna and the rise of the global sex trade. She is at work on a second book project, See No Evil, which explores how visual technologies and artificial intelligence impact public perception of violence and Black death, developing a theological framework for Black protest.. Outside of academia, Rev. Dr. Adkins-Jones is an ordained Baptist minister who frequently preaches and teaches around the country, and brings pastoral sensibility to her work centering social justice. She is a practicing birth worker (doula), a trained iconographer, and has a career background in UX Copywriting and Design. She joyfully shares life and builds community with her beloved spouse and four children in Atlanta, Georgia.Instagram: @tomuchavail, @blackfuturesarchiveWeb: adkinsjones.com+++Like what you hear? We are an entirely crowd-sourced, you-funded project. SUPPORT US ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/AndAlsoWithYouPodcastThere's all kinds of perks including un-aired live episodes, Zoom retreats, and mailbag episodes for our Patreons!+++Our Website: https://andalsowithyoupod.comOur Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/andalsowithyoupodcast/++++MERCH: https://www.bonfire.com/store/and-also-with-you-the-podcast/++++More about Father Lizzie:BOOK: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/762683/god-didnt-make-us-to-hate-us-by-rev-lizzie-mcmanus-dail/RevLizzie.comhttps://www.instagram.com/rev.lizzie/https://www.tiktok.com/@rev.lizzieJubilee Episcopal Church in Austin, TX - JubileeATX.org ++++More about Mother Laura:https://www.instagram.com/laura.peaches/https://www.tiktok.com/@mother_peachesSt. Paul's Episcopal Church in Pittsburgh, PA++++Theme music:"On Our Own Again" by Blue Dot Sessions (www.sessions.blue).New episodes drop Mondays at 7am EST/6am CST! 

Kings lose their 4th and final game to the Wolves this season. The Kings actually defended the Wolves offense really well but their stagnant offense cost them this game. Defense wins you championships but you need to get good shots in order to set up said defense.Kings are now 6-20 going into the unofficial start of the trade season tomorrow 12/15.Use code SKT15 on checkout to get 15% off from HYVDesigns on Etsy during checkout or use this link: https://www.etsy.com/shop/hyvdesigns/?etsrc=sdt&coupon=SKT15Intro Music by Blue Dot Sessions. https://www.sessions.blueIf you want to email us: kingtherapypod@gmail.com

Christmas: Impossible, 2 of 3 from December 14, 2025“God's mission benefits all.”Luke 2:1-20  by Michael Lockstampfor (@miklocks)SUMMARYThis sermon examines what Jesus's choice of birthplace reveals about His character and mission. By analyzing Luke 2, Pastor Michael demonstrates how Christ deliberately chose humble circumstances—being born in a lower-level room where animals were kept, wrapped in cloths typically used for sacrificial lambs, and announced to third-shift shepherds rather than dignitaries. This reveals God's heart to reach the overlooked, working-class, and disrespected people, because "God's mission benefits all."REFLECTION & DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

On the night of April 20, 1989, a desolate stretch of highway near Circle, Montana, was plunged into chaos. After a head-on collision, Patricia Meehan emerged from the wreckage, dazed but seemingly unharmed. She was not frantic or crying for help. Instead, she was unnervingly silent.  Patricia then climbed a fence, watched the aftermath for a moment, and walked away into the Montana night, sparking a decades-long mystery fueled by thousands of sightings across the country.  Anyone with information is asked to call the McCone County Sheriff's Office at 406-485-3405. For more information about the cases discussed, visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠VoicesforJusticePodcast.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ For even more content or if you just want to support our show, you can join our Patreon at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon.com/voicesforjustice⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow us on social media: Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@VFJPod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@VoicesforJusticePodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ TikTok: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@VoicesforJusticePodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@VoicesforJusticePodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠   Voices for Justice is hosted by Sarah Turney Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@SarahETurney⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@SarahETurney⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ TikTok: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@SarahETurney⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@SarahETurney⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@SarahTurney⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ The introduction music used in Voices for Justice is Thread of Clouds by Blue Dot Sessions. Outro music is Melancholic Ending by Soft and Furious. The track used for ad transitions is Pinky by Blue Dot Sessions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A child's Christmas surprise for his family in 1902 became the stuff of myth and legend. Music in this Episode"Crystal Dreams" — Lite Saturation, via Free Music Archive"Silent Movie" —Anastasia Chubarova, via Pixabay"Dreadnaught Files" — Blue Dot Sessions, via Free Music Archive"Cannolini" — Blue Dot Sessions, via Free Music Archive"Lonely Christmas" — Snoozy Beats, via Free Music Archive"Calm Christmas Piano" — Clavier Clavier, via PixabayOrder your copy today! Of Christmases Long, Long AgoConnect with Me Links to all the things https://christmaspastpodcast.com/links Email: christmaspastpodcast@gmail.com BooksOf Christmases Long, Long Ago: Surprising Traditions from Christmas Past (2025, Lyons Press and Recorded Books) It's Christmas as you've never seen it before, and it makes a great gift for all the Christmas lovers in your life. Christmas Past: The Fascinating Stories Behind Our Favorite Holiday's Traditions (2022, Lyons Press and Recorded Books)

Kings get destroyed at home by the Nuggets. They had no answer for the Nuggets center rotation and it all snowballed from there. It made Owen not want to talk about the game and instead talk about trade rumors surrounding the Kings and what could be next for the Kings.Use code SKT15 on checkout to get 15% off from HYVDesigns on Etsy during checkout or use this link: https://www.etsy.com/shop/hyvdesigns/?etsrc=sdt&coupon=SKT15Intro Music by Blue Dot Sessions. https://www.sessions.blueIf you want to email us: kingtherapypod@gmail.com

It's December 11th. This day in 1971, Representative Charles C Diggs of Michigan resigned from a UN delegation in order to protest the US stance towards South Africa's apartheid regime.Jody, NIki, and Kellie are joined by Dr. Marion Orr of Brown University to discuss Diggs's decades-long fight to oppose apartheid, and his long tenure in Congress, where he built bridges and worked the halls of power. He was also brought down by a corruption scandal in the late 1970s, for which he might best be remembered.Marion Orr's new book is called "House of Diggs: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Consequential Black Congressman, Charles C. Diggs Jr." It's out now!Sign up for our newsletter! We'll be sending out links to all the stuff we recommended later this week.Find out more at thisdaypod.comThis Day In Esoteric Political History is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX.Your support helps foster independent, artist-owned podcasts and award-winning stories.If you want to support the show directly, you can do so on our website: ThisDayPod.comGet in touch if you have any ideas for future topics, or just want to say hello. Our website is thisdaypod.com Follow us on social @thisdaypodOur team: Jacob Feldman, Researcher/Producer; Brittani Brown, Producer; Khawla Nakua, Transcripts; music by Teen Daze and Blue Dot Sessions; Audrey Mardavich is our Executive Producer at Radiotopia Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

In 1953, a Christmas Eve train bound for New Zealand's capital city met a tragic fate. Music in this Episode"Ourselves at Least" — C. Diab, from the album Imerro on Tonal Union Records"Bucharest" — Blue Dot Sessions, via Free Music Archive"Cozy Winter" — Oleksii Kalyna, via Pixabay"Velejo" — Blue Dot Sessions, via Free Music Archive"Below the River" — Blue Dot Sessions, via Free Music Archive"Sad Sorrowful Documentary Music" — Ievgen Poltavskyi, via Pixabay"Venus Aire" — Blue Dot Sessions, via Free Music ArchiveOrder your copy today! Of Christmases Long, Long AgoConnect with Me Links to all the things https://christmaspastpodcast.com/links Email: christmaspastpodcast@gmail.com BooksOf Christmases Long, Long Ago: Surprising Traditions from Christmas Past (2025, Lyons Press and Recorded Books) It's Christmas as you've never seen it before, and it makes a great gift for all the Christmas lovers in your life. Christmas Past: The Fascinating Stories Behind Our Favorite Holiday's Traditions (2022, Lyons Press and Recorded Books)

In this episode of Brothers Just Searching, we dive into 2 Peter 2:4–9, where Peter lays out three powerful examples of God's righteous judgment on sin and rebellion. We explore how these historical moments—including judgment on angels, the ancient world, and the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah—serve as warnings for today, especially concerning false prophets and teachers who distort the true message of Jesus Christ and Him crucified. We also discuss the hope woven through these verses: that God knows how to rescue the godly from trials, and that anyone can escape judgment by turning back to Jesus, rejecting false doctrine, and holding fast to the truth of the Gospel.Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast and follow us on Facebook also leave us a review If You Like To donate to this podcast you can through cashapp or email us at brothersjustsearchingpodcast@gmail.com for more infoAnything is appreciated Cashapp infoBJSmediaThis podcast is brought to you by BJS MEDIA. A christian media production from the swamps of Louisiana. Teaching THE WORD OF GOD (The Bible) and discussing religion, cults, and other world events. "The New Kingdom" Book By Anthony HayesAmazonhttps://a.co/d/bGeKR6WYoutubehttps://www.youtube.com/@anthonyhayes4492Brothers Just Searching Links Check out our website https://brothersjustsearching.wordpress.com/Check out Our Facebook Pagehttps://www.facebook.com/bjspodcastCheck out our YouTube Channel https://youtube.com/channel/UCSKi3Aywyd1PQWQ5K1rrIUAhttps://campsite.to/bjsmediaThis is where you can listen to our podcast “Brothers Just Searching”. Below me :). Apple Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/brothers-just-searching/id1490823255?uo=4Google Podcast https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8xMDk2MjdhMC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw==Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/0xxj0itGZrlN6EvUpHnel1Breakerhttps://www.breaker.audio/brothers-just-searchingOvercasthttps://overcast.fm/itunes1490823255/brothers-just-searchingPocket Casts https://pca.st/7uduo3tzCoteau Holmes Fellowship Church https://www.facebook.com/coteauholmesfellowship/Upper Room Fellowship Church1910 S College Rd, Lafayette, LAhttps://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61583220302823Music Provided ByUltima Thule by a href="https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/51198"Blue Dot Sessions/a- [ ]#bible #biblestudy #faith #jesus #god

A woman wakes up in a hospital bed with no idea why she's there. Her perception of reality is questionable. A doctor discovers a possible source for her delusions and what follows is her journey to recovery and back to herself. Thank you to Susannah Cahalan for sharing your story with us! Susannah tells the full tale of her descent into madness and rise out of it in her international bestselling memoir Brain on Fire.  She's written a new book called The Acid Queen, about the reality-bending world of psychedelics. You can find Susannah on IG @suscahalan.  Our friends at The Pulse will be continuing Susannah's story this coming week, as she investigates one of the most famous psychological experiments of all time... and discovers something incredible. You'll want to catch that on the next episode of WHYY's The Pulse, available on the NPR podcast feed. Produced by Justin Kramon, edited by Nancy Lopez, engineering by Boen Wong, music from Blue Dot Sessions.Season 16 - Episode 57 Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

It's December 8th. This day in 1952, the New York Daily News runs a feature on Christine Jorgensen headlined "Ex-GI Becomes Blond Beauty." Jody, Niki, and Kellie discuss the life and legacy of Christine Jorgensen, who became the first transgender celebrity -- and how her story reflected sexual and cultural norms of the era.Sign up for our newsletter! We'll be sending out links to all the stuff we recommended later this week.Find out more at thisdaypod.comThis Day In Esoteric Political History is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX.Your support helps foster independent, artist-owned podcasts and award-winning stories.If you want to support the show directly, you can do so on our website: ThisDayPod.comGet in touch if you have any ideas for future topics, or just want to say hello. Our website is thisdaypod.com Follow us on social @thisdaypodOur team: Jacob Feldman, Researcher/Producer; Brittani Brown, Producer; Khawla Nakua, Transcripts; music by Teen Daze and Blue Dot Sessions; Audrey Mardavich is our Executive Producer at Radiotopia Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

EPISODE SUMMARY What if aging wasn't a slow decline… but a design choice? This week I'm talking with longevity pioneer Oz Garcia—the man Fortune 100 CEOs and A-list performers call when their energy, immunity, or performance is on the line. We explore the future of bio-hacking, the hidden biological costs of entrepreneurship, and the surprising habits that actually reverse aging. Listen now on your favorite player! We talked about Simple biohacks everyone can implement Longevity breakthroughs entrepreneurs can't afford to overlook How to build a high-performance life without burning out EPISODE NOTES Oz Garcia is recognized as an authority on healthy aging, age reversal and fortifying the immune system. His client list includes A-List celebrities, Fortune 100 CEOs, and more recently, those dealing with Covid and Post-Covid health issues. Oz Garcia's unique and customized approach to nutrition, functional health, and self-optimization, combined with more than forty years of experience have made him one of the most recognizable names in the industry. Oz Garcia has lectured worldwide and is known as a trailblazer in the study of nutrition, ensuring quality of life as we age, and learning to survive Covid by creating a strong immune system. Oz is the best selling author of five books: The Food Cure for Kids, The Balance, Look and Feel Fabulous Forever and Redesigning 50: The No-Plastic -Surgery Guide to 21st -Century Age Defiance and After Covid. He was twice voted best nutritionist by New York Magazine and is frequently called upon by some of the most respected names in medicine and media for his up -to-the-minute views on nutrition and its role in aging and longevity. Oz has served as a Nutritional Advisor for Equinox Fitness as well as a Wellness Partner at Fairmont Hotel Spa in Century City.  Oz has been featured in Vogue, Elle, Travel and Leisure, W Magazine, Forbes and The New York Times. He has also made numerous television appearances, including on NBC's Today Show, CBS's This Morning, ABC's Good Morning America, 20/20, 48 Hours, Fox News and the View.   LINKS Ozgarcia.com Social media: @ ozwellness ----------- Click this link to listen on your favorite podcast player and if you enjoy the show, please leave a rating & review: https://linktr.ee/wiredforsuccess ------------------ Music credit: Vittoro by Blue Dot Sessions (www.sessions.blue) ----------------- Disclaimer: Podcast Episodes might contain sponsored content.    

Jesus does something unexpected: He takes on the role of a servant and washes His disciples' feet. Why would the King of Kings stoop so low? And what does His example reveal about cleansing, sanctification, and the daily walk of a disciple?Through a simple car wash illustration, we explore what it means to stay “spiritually clean” in a world full of dust, temptation, and distraction. Jesus not only washes our sins away — He continually invites us into a life of humility, love, and service rooted in His example.Whether you're seeking encouragement, wanting to grow in your faith, or looking to understand the heart of Jesus more deeply, this episode offers practical insight and hope grounded in Scripture.BIBLE VERSE References: JOHN 13:1-17 | ISAIAH 9:2 | PHILIPPIANS 2:5-11 | ROMANS 5:5 | EPHESIANS 6:11 | JAMES 4:7 | 1 JOHN 5:19 | 2 CORINTHIANS 6:14 | ROMANS 8:9 | JAMES 4:17 | ESTHER 4:14 | 1 JOHN 1:9 | JAMES 1:27 | *Music tracks by Blue Dot Sessions titled “Glass Beads” and “Come As You Were” were featured in this episode

In 1882, inventor Edward Johnson set up a one-of-a-kind Christmas display in his New York City home...and it changed the face of Christmas as we know it.Music in This Episode"Vessel Five" — Blue Dot Sessions, via Free Music Archive"In the Saloon" — Piano Music, via Pixabay"Whispers of the Heart" — Lite Saturation, via Free Music Archive"Vessel One" — Blue Dot Sessions, via Free Music Archive"Sunday Morning" — Maarten Schellekens, via Free Music Archive"World of Dreams" — Tune Tank, via PixabayOrder your copy today! Of Christmases Long, Long AgoConnect with Me Links to all the things https://christmaspastpodcast.com/links Email: christmaspastpodcast@gmail.com BooksOf Christmases Long, Long Ago: Surprising Traditions from Christmas Past (2025, Lyons Press and Recorded Books) It's Christmas as you've never seen it before, and it makes a great gift for all the Christmas lovers in your life. Christmas Past: The Fascinating Stories Behind Our Favorite Holiday's Traditions (2022, Lyons Press and Recorded Books)

What does it mean that God takes on human flesh?In our Nicene Creed series we're tackling these next lines:Lines: Through him all things were made.    For us and for our salvation        he came down from heaven:And we're talking with dear friend, mentor, and fellow church planter Rev. Lisa Yebuah, the lead pastor of Southeast Raleigh Table. We tackle the myths around the human body being a divine problem, what it means for our God to suffer and live as one of us, and why the incarnation has a robust meaning in our current political, spiritual, and theological landscape. More about our guest, Rev. Lisa:Reverend Lisa Yebuah currently serves as the Lead Pastor of the Southeast Raleigh Table, a United Methodist worshipping community located near downtown Raleigh. She's a 1999 graduate of Wofford College and a 2004 graduate of Duke University Divinity School. What fuels her life in ministry is seeing people become their whole selves, and in turn, witnessing people live like and believe that the world can be collectively marked by liberation. Reverend Yebuah is deeply invested in her local community, and works alongside organizations engaged in advocacy for affordable housing, a living wage, access to mental wellness resources, and equity in public education. Most would describe Lisa as a glutton for joy, a lover of people and the enneagram, a self-professed party-starter, and a biscuit connoisseur. She also admits to having a slight obsession with “Abbott Elementary” and “The Office,” and hopes that one day 90's R&B becomes required listening.+++Like what you hear? We are an entirely crowd-sourced, you-funded project. SUPPORT US ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/AndAlsoWithYouPodcastThere's all kinds of perks including un-aired live episodes, Zoom retreats, and mailbag episodes for our Patreons!+++Our Website: https://andalsowithyoupod.comOur Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/andalsowithyoupodcast/++++MERCH: https://www.bonfire.com/store/and-also-with-you-the-podcast/++++More about Father Lizzie:BOOK: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/762683/god-didnt-make-us-to-hate-us-by-rev-lizzie-mcmanus-dail/RevLizzie.comhttps://www.instagram.com/rev.lizzie/https://www.tiktok.com/@rev.lizzieJubilee Episcopal Church in Austin, TX - JubileeATX.org ++++More about Mother Laura:https://www.instagram.com/laura.peaches/https://www.tiktok.com/@mother_peachesSt. Paul's Episcopal Church in Pittsburgh, PA++++Theme music:"On Our Own Again" by Blue Dot Sessions (www.sessions.blue).New episodes drop Mondays at 7am EST/6am CST! 

Welcome to Some Sunday Context, where we bring you new conversations and archival episodes to provide some context on the stories playing out in the news today. This week, we just wrapped up our two-part series on early vaccine skeptics from the 1890s through the 1920s. We discussed how a lot of the skepticism began to fade away in mid-century, in part because of the success of vaccines. Perhaps the biggest win was the arrival of the polio vaccine in 1954. So, today, as we see a return of vaccine skepticism -- even within the CDC itself -- we bring you an epsiode we did in 2021 about the development of the polio vaccine in 1954.Sign up for our newsletter! We'll be sending out links to all the stuff we recommended later this week.Find out more at thisdaypod.comThis Day In Esoteric Political History is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX.Your support helps foster independent, artist-owned podcasts and award-winning stories.If you want to support the show directly, you can do so on our website: ThisDayPod.comGet in touch if you have any ideas for future topics, or just want to say hello. Our website is thisdaypod.com Follow us on social @thisdaypodOur team: Jacob Feldman, Researcher/Producer; Brittani Brown, Producer; Khawla Nakua, Transcripts; music by Teen Daze and Blue Dot Sessions; Audrey Mardavich is our Executive Producer at Radiotopia Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

On a cold winter's night, a man working in a field saw an out-of-place object in the night sky. This is a Christmas story, but it's not the one you think it is. Music in This Episode"Below the River" — Blue Dot Sessions, via Free Music Archive"Dream Lodger" — Blue Dot Sessions, via Free Music Archive"Embrace Serenity" — Lite Saturation, via Free Music Archive"Mallet Play" — Maarten Schellekens, via Free Music Archive"The First Noel" — Clavier, via Pixabay"Greensleeves" — Don Maue, shared directly by the artistOrder your copy today! Of Christmases Long, Long AgoConnect with Me Links to all the things https://christmaspastpodcast.com/links Email: christmaspastpodcast@gmail.com BooksOf Christmases Long, Long Ago: Surprising Traditions from Christmas Past (2025, Lyons Press and Recorded Books) It's Christmas as you've never seen it before, and it makes a great gift for all the Christmas lovers in your life. Christmas Past: The Fascinating Stories Behind Our Favorite Holiday's Traditions (2022, Lyons Press and Recorded Books)

On December 14, 1978, six-year-old Christi Lynn Farni testified in front of a grand jury to describe the abuse she suffered from her father. Just hours later, she was reported missing to the Medford, Oregon, police department. Her case is now the oldest unsolved case of a missing child in the entire county. Christie is white with brown hair and brown eyes. At the time of her disappearance, she was 3'8” and weighed approximately 50lbs. She also spoke with a slight speech impediment, has a burn scar on her chest, and her ears are pierced. As of the recording of this episode, she would be 53 years old.  Anyone with information is urged to call the Medford Police Department at 541-770-4783.   For more information about the cases discussed, visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠VoicesforJusticePodcast.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ For even more content or if you just want to support our show, you can join our Patreon at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon.com/voicesforjustice⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow us on social media: Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@VFJPod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@VoicesforJusticePodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ TikTok: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@VoicesforJusticePodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@VoicesforJusticePodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠   Voices for Justice is hosted by Sarah Turney Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@SarahETurney⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@SarahETurney⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ TikTok: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@SarahETurney⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@SarahETurney⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@SarahTurney⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ The introduction music used in Voices for Justice is Thread of Clouds by Blue Dot Sessions. Outro music is Melancholic Ending by Soft and Furious. The track used for ad transitions is Pinky by Blue Dot Sessions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's December 1st. This week, a two-part look at the roots of vaccine skepticism and anti-vaccine activism in the United States. First we look at the early legal battles of the 1860s-1900s, then discuss how anti-vaccine activists found more purchase in the cultural and political spheres going into the first half of the 20th century.Sign up for our newsletter! We'll be sending out links to all the stuff we recommended later this week.Find out more at thisdaypod.comThis Day In Esoteric Political History is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX.Your support helps foster independent, artist-owned podcasts and award-winning stories.If you want to support the show directly, you can do so on our website: ThisDayPod.comGet in touch if you have any ideas for future topics, or just want to say hello. Our website is thisdaypod.com Follow us on social @thisdaypodOur team: Jacob Feldman, Researcher/Producer; Brittani Brown, Producer; Khawla Nakua, Transcripts; music by Teen Daze and Blue Dot Sessions; Audrey Mardavich is our Executive Producer at Radiotopia Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices