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Jungk, Peter (Gespräch); Ritte, Jürgen (BmE) www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de, Fazit

Egy egymillió éves koponya miatt talán újra lehet írni a modern emberiség történelmét Valódiak lehetnek a feketelyuk-csillagok, a Szirt képében megtalálhatták az első képviselőjüket A Tesla bukdácsol, a BYD viszont nagyot tarol az európai autópiacon Gyorsabb lesz az internet, jelentette be a Telekom Így figyeljünk gyerekek digitális egészségére Arra kéri a lakosságot két magyar biológus, hogy fotózzanak, ha skorpiót látnak Magyarországon Elon Musk rakétája viszi fel a BME új műholdját Készítheti csekkfüzetét a Google, a DMA alapján büntethet Brüsszel A Bookr Class hivatalosan bekerült a Unicef Learning Cabinetbe – arra a globális platformra, amely a világ legmeghatározóbb EdTech megoldásait ismeri el Az EU célkeresztjébe került az SAP Félnünk kell az AI-tól a munkahelyen? Az MBH Bank HR-vezetője válaszol Valóban talpra áll a Jaguar Land Rover? – Az informatikai rendszer már helyre állt, de 1,7 milliárd font veszteség már biztos Németország, a feléledőben lévő egykori katonai szuperhatalom űrfegyverkezésbe fog A további adásainkat keresd a podcast.hirstart.hu oldalunkon. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Egy egymillió éves koponya miatt talán újra lehet írni a modern emberiség történelmét Valódiak lehetnek a feketelyuk-csillagok, a Szirt képében megtalálhatták az első képviselőjüket A Tesla bukdácsol, a BYD viszont nagyot tarol az európai autópiacon Gyorsabb lesz az internet, jelentette be a Telekom Így figyeljünk gyerekek digitális egészségére Arra kéri a lakosságot két magyar biológus, hogy fotózzanak, ha skorpiót látnak Magyarországon Elon Musk rakétája viszi fel a BME új műholdját Készítheti csekkfüzetét a Google, a DMA alapján büntethet Brüsszel A Bookr Class hivatalosan bekerült a Unicef Learning Cabinetbe – arra a globális platformra, amely a világ legmeghatározóbb EdTech megoldásait ismeri el Az EU célkeresztjébe került az SAP Félnünk kell az AI-tól a munkahelyen? Az MBH Bank HR-vezetője válaszol Valóban talpra áll a Jaguar Land Rover? – Az informatikai rendszer már helyre állt, de 1,7 milliárd font veszteség már biztos Németország, a feléledőben lévő egykori katonai szuperhatalom űrfegyverkezésbe fog A további adásainkat keresd a podcast.hirstart.hu oldalunkon. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Operaspymaster you may ask? Read on and listen to this episode. In this powerful and multifaceted episode of Unstoppable Mindset, we welcome Kay Sparling, former opera singer, PTSD survivor, and now debut novelist—as she shares her incredible life journey from international stages to the shadowy world of espionage fiction. Kay talks about the creation of her first novel, Mission Thaw, a gripping spy thriller based on her own real-life experiences volunteering with refugees in post-Cold War Europe. Kay and Michael discuss the inspiration behind her protagonist, CIA agent Caitlin Stewart, and how real-world trauma and service led Kay to use fiction as both a vehicle for healing and a call to action on the modern crisis of human trafficking. This is a conversation that transcends genres—music, espionage, activism, and resilience—all converging through the unstoppable spirit of a woman who refuses to stay silent. About the Guest: Kay Sparling was raised in the Midwest. At the age of seven, she began her professional singing career as Gretl in “The Sound of Music” and she continued to perform through high school. After graduation Kay attended University of Kansas and earned a BME in music education and a minor in Vocal Performance. She then attended graduate school in opera voice performance for one year at UMKC Conservatory of Music. She was awarded a grant to finish my graduate studies in Vienna, Austria. From there she won an apprenticeship at the Vienna State Opera. After moving to NYC to complete her second apprenticeship, Kay lived in Germany, Austria, and Italy for many years. In 1999 Kay returned to NYC and continued singing opera and became a cantor for the NYC diocese. After 9/11, she served as a cantor at many of the funeral and memorial masses for the fallen first responders. In 2003, Kay moved from NYC to the upper Midwest and started a conservatory of Music and Theatre where her voice students have been awarded numerous prestigious scholarships and won many competitions. In 2020, the pandemic shut down her conservatory, so she began training to be a legal assistant and now works in workers compensation. Back in 2013, Kay had started writing a journal as a PTSD treatment. She was encouraged to extend the material into a novel. After much training and several drafts, Mission Thaw was published in 2024. Kay is currently writing the second book in the Kaitlyn Stewart Spy Thriller Series. Ways to connect with Kay: Website: https://www.kaysparlingbooks.com X: https://x.com/MissionThaw/missionthaw/ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/missionthaw.bsky.social Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/505674375416879 Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kay-sparling-8516b638/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/missionthaw/ Litsy: https://www.litsy.com/web/user/Mission%20Thaw About the Host: Michael Hingson is a New York Times best-selling author, international lecturer, and Chief Vision Officer for accessiBe. Michael, blind since birth, survived the 9/11 attacks with the help of his guide dog Roselle. This story is the subject of his best-selling book, Thunder Dog. Michael gives over 100 presentations around the world each year speaking to influential groups such as Exxon Mobile, AT&T, Federal Express, Scripps College, Rutgers University, Children's Hospital, and the American Red Cross just to name a few. He is Ambassador for the National Braille Literacy Campaign for the National Federation of the Blind and also serves as Ambassador for the American Humane Association's 2012 Hero Dog Awards. https://michaelhingson.com https://www.facebook.com/michael.hingson.author.speaker/ https://twitter.com/mhingson https://www.youtube.com/user/mhingson https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelhingson/ accessiBe Links https://accessibe.com/ https://www.youtube.com/c/accessiBe https://www.linkedin.com/company/accessibe/mycompany/ https://www.facebook.com/accessibe/ Thanks for listening! Thanks so much for listening to our podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and think that others could benefit from listening, please share it using the social media buttons on this page. Do you have some feedback or questions about this episode? Leave a comment in the section below! 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Hi, I'm Michael Hingson, Chief Vision Officer for accessiBe and the author of the number one New York Times bestselling book, Thunder dog, the story of a blind man, his guide dog and the triumph of trust. Thanks for joining me on my podcast as we explore our own blinding fears of inclusion unacceptance and our resistance to change. We will discover the idea that no matter the situation, or the people we encounter, our own fears, and prejudices often are our strongest barriers to moving forward. The unstoppable mindset podcast is sponsored by accessiBe, that's a c c e s s i capital B e. Visit www.accessibe.com to learn how you can make your website accessible for persons with disabilities. And to help make the internet fully inclusive by the year 2025. Glad you dropped by we're happy to meet you and to have you here with us.   Michael Hingson ** 01:16 Well, hi everyone. Welcome to another episode of unstoppable mindset. I'm your host, Mike hingson, and our guest today is a very fascinating individual. I was just teasing her a little bit about her email address, which is operaspy master@gmail.com I'm telling you, don't cross her. That's all I gotta say. Anyway, we'll, we'll get into all of that. But I really am glad that she is with us. Kay Sparling is a fascinating woman who's had an interesting career. She's written, she's done a number of things. She's used to be an opera, gosh, all sorts of stuff. So anyway, we'll get to all of it and we'll talk about it. I don't want to give it all away. Where would the fun in that be? Kay, welcome to unstoppable mindset.   Kay Sparling ** 02:11 Well, thank you. I'm glad to be here. Well,   Michael Hingson ** 02:13 we're glad you're here. You're from up in Wisconsin. We were going to do this a couple of weeks ago, but you had all the storms, and it stole your internet and your power away, didn't   Kay Sparling ** 02:23 it? It sure did. Yeah, that was a terrible storm we had.   Michael Hingson ** 02:28 Yeah, that's kind of no fun. I remember years ago, I was talking to somebody on the phone. We were doing a sales call, and he said, I might not be able to stay on the phone because we're having a really serious storm, and he said it is possible that the lightning could hit the phone lines, and if it does, it could come in the house. And we talked for a few minutes, and then he said, I'm going to have to hang up, because I just felt a small shock, because the lightning obviously hit the phone line, so we'll have to talk later. And and he was gone. And we did talk later, though he was okay, but still, wow, yeah, there's a lot of crazy weather going on, isn't there? And we were just talking about the, we were just talking about the Canadian wildfires. They're No fun.   Kay Sparling ** 03:15 No, no. Just everywhere is having crazy weather.   Michael Hingson ** 03:20 Well, tell us a little bit about you growing up and all that sort of stuff, and telling me about the the early K   Kay Sparling ** 03:32 Well, growing up, I grew up in a farm community in the in the central Midwest, just you know, right in the middle of the bread basket, you might say, not near where you are now. No no, no further south and in very much agriculture time, I mean skipping ahead. I remember talking to a famous opera conductor when I was an apprentice, and I made some reference, and he goes, Well, how would you know that? And I said, because I grew up on a farm. And he went, Oh, get out here. Nobody makes it, you know, to a major European opera house from a farm. And I went, Well, I did. And later, I asked my mom to send me a picture, because we had had an aerial view taken of our homestead, and it was obvious for miles, all the way around the house and the barn and all, it was just corn fields and soybeans. You know what they showed   Michael Hingson ** 04:40 Illinois, Illinois, and so you showed it to him, yeah,   Kay Sparling ** 04:44 I showed it to him, and he was like, well, doggone, you're not lying. Like, No, I wasn't kidding you. I really did.   Michael Hingson ** 04:51 It shows how good I really am. See how far I progressed.   Kay Sparling ** 04:55 Well, you know, I was one of these kids. I. At five years old, I my parents took me to see sound and music at the theater, and during the intermission. Now I'm five years old, it's pretty late for me, right? But when we're in the concession stand, I tug at my mom's skirt, and I say, Mom, that's what I want to do. And she looks at me kind of funny, and she's kind of funny, and she's kind of confused. Well, what do you want to do work in a theater? You know, a movie theater? No, no, I want to do what those kids are doing on that on the movie screen. And she was like, Well, honey, you know, that's that's really hard to get somewhere like that. So that was when I was five. And then when I was seven, she just, you know, the all the school and the church were telling her, this kid's got a great voice, and they kept giving me solos and stuff. And so when I was seven, she put me in the Sangamon County Fair Little Miss competition. And of course, my talent was singing, so I just sang away. I really can't remember what I sang, but afterwards, a fellow came up to my parents and introduced himself, and he said that he was there, he had family, not, you know, in the area, and that he had grown up there, but since then, he he was in St Louis, and he said, we are, I'm a scout, and I'm looking, I'm an entertainment Scout, and I'm actually looking for, you know, the von trop children. We're going to do a big production, and we'd love to audition your daughter. Well, we were about, think it was an hour and a half away from St Louis, so my parents are like, wow, that'd be quite a commitment. But long story short, I did it, and that started my professional career. I was the youngest Bon Troy. You know, over cradle, yeah. And so it just went from there. And, you know, it was all Broadway, of course, and I did a lot of church singing, you know, it got to be by the time I was, you know, in high school, people were hiring me for weddings, funerals, all that kind of thing. And so I was a Broadway and sacred singer. Went to college. My parents said, you can't depend on a vocal performance degree. What if things don't work out? You have to have something fall back. So I went into vocal music ed at a very, very good school for that, and also music therapy, and, you know, continue being in their shows. And when I when I graduated, continued the Broadway, and one night I was also singing a little bit of jazz in Kansas City, where I was living, someone approached me. She was a voice teacher at the conservatory there, and that conservatory had an apprenticeship with the Kansas City Lyric Opera. And she said I knew you was an undergrad. My husband works where you, where you went to school, and I have been watching you for a long time. And I wish you quit this nonsense of singing Broadway and jazz and rock and everything and get serious, you know, and try opera. So I thought she was crazy to bring that up, but it wasn't the first time it had been brought up. So I have been teaching for a year, and at the end of that school year, I announced everyone I was going to graduate school and I was going to study opera. And so   Michael Hingson ** 08:55 what were you teaching?   Kay Sparling ** 08:57 I was teaching high school choir, okay, at a very big high school, very, very good choir department.   Michael Hingson ** 09:03 Now, by the way, after doing Gretel, did you ever have any other parts as you grew older in Sound of Music?   Kay Sparling ** 09:11 Okay, that's a very cool question. I am one of the few people that I know that can say I have sang every major role in Sound of Music sometime in my life. Ah, okay, because it was so popular when I was Oh, yeah. And as I would grow older, well now you're going to sing, you know, you just kept graduating up. And then pretty soon I sang quite a few Marias. And then after I was an opera singer. During covid, I was asked to sing Mother Superior. Mother Superior. Yeah, literally, have sung, you know, in a decades long career, I've sung every role in Sound of Music.   Michael Hingson ** 09:56 Cool. Well, that's great.   10:00 Yeah, so, so, anyway, so   Michael Hingson ** 10:02 you said that you were going to go study opera,   Kay Sparling ** 10:07 and I did a graduate school, and then I got the chance to get an international grant over to Europe, and so I decided to not finish my masters at that time and go over there and finish it, and most of all, importantly, do my first apprenticeship in Europe. And so I thought that was a great opportunity. They were willing. They were going to willing to pay for everything. And I said I would be a fool to turn this down. Yeah, so off I went, and that's kind of the rest of the story. You know, got a lot of great training, left Europe for a while, moved to New York City, trained best coaches and teachers in the world at the Metropolitan Opera and then, you know, launch my career.   Michael Hingson ** 11:04 So you Wow, you, you've done a number of things, of course, going to Europe and being in Vienna and places like that. Certainly you were in the the right place.   Kay Sparling ** 11:16 Yes, yes, definitely. You know, at that time in the in the middle 80s, United States was we had some great opera houses Iran, but we had very few. And it just wasn't the culture that it was in Europe, in Europe. And so, yes, there was a lot more opportunity there, because there was such a culture established there already.   Michael Hingson ** 11:44 So you went off and you did Europe and saying opera, what were you a soprano? Or what were you that sounds like a way a little high for your voice?   Kay Sparling ** 11:59 Well, you have to remember, I'm a senior citizen now. So this is the way it worked for me, because we're talking decades from the age 27 and I quit singing at 63 so that's a very long time to sing opera. So I started out, as you know, there is a voice kind of category, and each one of those, we use a German word for that. It's called Foch, F, A, C, H, and you know, that is determined by the kind of vocal cords you have, and the kind of training and the literature you're singing, and hopefully that all meshes together if you have good coaches and a good agent and such. And I literally have seen so many different Fox lyric, lyric mezzo, then to, very shortly, lyric soprano, and then for a long time, spinto soprano, which would be the Puccini and a lot of them really popular things. And then I was, I felt I was quite lucky that my voice did have the strength and did mature into a Verdi soprano, which is a dramatic soprano, not many of those around. And so that was, that was an endeavor, but at the same time, that was a leg up. And so most of the time in my career, I sang the bigger Puccini, like, let's say Tosca, and I sang a lot of Verdi. So I was an Italian opera singer. I mostly sang in Italian, not to say that I didn't sing in German or French, but I did very little in comparison to the   Michael Hingson ** 13:56 Italian Well, there's a lot of good Italian opera out there, although mostly I don't understand it, but I don't speak Italian well.   Kay Sparling ** 14:07 The great thing about most houses now is, you know, you can just look at the back of the seat in front of you, and there's the translation, you know, yeah, that   Michael Hingson ** 14:18 doesn't work for me. Being blind, that doesn't work for you. Yeah, that's okay, though, but I like the music, yeah. So how long ago did you quit singing?   Kay Sparling ** 14:32 Um, just about, well, under, just a little under three years ago, okay?   Michael Hingson ** 14:38 And why did you quit? This was the right time,   Kay Sparling ** 14:42 senses or what I had a circumstance, I had to have throat surgery. Now it wasn't on my vocal cords, but it was on my thyroid, and unfortunately, the vocal cord nerve. They had to take out some Cyst On. My right thyroid, and then remove it too. And unfortunately, my vocal cords were damaged at that time, I would have probably be singing still now some you know, I mean, because dramatic sopranos just can go on and on and on. One of my mentors was Birgit Nielsen, famous singer from Sweden, and she was in my grandmother's generation, but she didn't, I went to work with her, and she demonstrated at 77 she could still pop out of high C. And I believe, I believe I would have been able to do that too, but you know, circumstances, you know, changed, but that's okay. Yeah, I had sung a long time, and at least I can speak. So I'm just very happy about that.   Michael Hingson ** 15:51 So when you did quit singing, what did you decide to go do? Or, or, How did, how did you progress from there?   Kay Sparling ** 16:01 Well, I had already made a transition where I had come in 2003 to the Midwest. I came back from New York City, where I lived many, many years, and I started a conservatory of music and acting, and then that kind of grew into a whole conservatory of music. So I was also a part time professor here in Wisconsin, and I taught voice, you know, one on one vocal lessons, so high school and college and graduate school, and so I had this huge studio. So when that happened, I wasn't getting to sing a whole lot, because I was much more focused on my students singing me at that point, especially the older ones, professional ones, and so, you know, I just kept teaching and and then I had started this book that I'm promoting now, and so that gave me more time to get that book finished   Michael Hingson ** 17:10 and published. What's the name of the book?   Kay Sparling ** 17:13 The book is called Mission, thaw.   Michael Hingson ** 17:16 Ah, okay, and what is it about   Kay Sparling ** 17:22 mission thaw is feminist spy thriller set at the very end of the Cold War in the late 80s, and the main protagonist is Caitlin Stewart, who it who has went over there to be an opera singer, and soon after she arrives, is intensely recruited by the CIA. They have a mission. They really, really need a prima donna Mozart soprano, which is what Caitlin was, and she had won a lot of competitions and won a grant to go over there, and so they had been vetting her in graduate school in the United States. And soon as she came to Europe, they they recruited her within a couple weeks of her being there, and she, of course, is totally blindsided by that. When they approach her, she had she she recognized that things were not exactly the way they should be, that people were following her, and she was trying to figure out who, are these people and why are they following me everywhere? Well, it ends up being young CIA agents, and so when the head chief and his, you know, the second chief, approach her, you know, she's not real happy, because she's already felt violated, like her privacy has been violated, and so she wasn't really too wonderful of listening to them and their needs. And so they just sort of apprehend her and and throw her in a car, in a tinted window Mercedes, and off they go to a park to talk to her, right? And so it's all like crazy movie to Caitlin. It's like, what is going on here? And, you know, she can tell they're all Americans, and they have dark suits on, even though it's very, very hot, and dark glasses, you know? So everything is just like a movie. And so when they approach her and tell her about what they need her to do, you know, and this would be in addition to the apprentice she is doing that, you know, she just gets up and says, I'm sorry I didn't come over and be in cloak and dagger. A, you know, ring, I'm getting out of here. And as she's walking away, the chief says, Well, what if you could help bring down the Berlin Wall? Well, now that stops her in her tracks, and she turns around. She goes, What are you kidding? I'm just a, you know, an opera apprentice from the Midwest grew up on a farm. What am I gonna do? Hit a high C and knock it down. I mean, what are you talking about?   Michael Hingson ** 20:28 Hey, Joshua, brought down the wealth of Jericho, after all. Well, yeah, some   Kay Sparling ** 20:34 later, someone tells her that, actually, but, but anyway, they say, well, sit down and we'll explain what we need you to do. And so the the initial job that Caitlin accepts and the CIA to be trained to do is what they call a high profile information gap. She has a wonderful personality. She's really pretty. She's very fashionable, so she can run with the jet set. And usually the jet set in Europe, the opera jet set is also where all the heads of states hang out, too. And at that time, the the Prime Minister was pretty much banking the Vienna State Opera where she was apprenticing. So he ends up being along with many other Western Austrian businessmen in a cartel of human trafficking. Who they are trafficking are all the the different citizens of the countries that USSR let go. You know, when you know just got to be too much. Remember how, oh yeah, we're going to let you go. Okay? And then they would just pull out. And there was no infrastructure. There was nothing. And these poor people didn't have jobs, they didn't have electricity. The Russian mafia was running in there trying to take, you know, take over. It was, it was chaos. And so these poor people were just packing up what they could to carry, and literally, sometimes walking or maybe taking a train into the first Western European country they could get to. And for a lot of them, just because the geographical area that was Austria. And so basically, the Austrians did not want these people, and they were being very unwelcoming and arresting a lot of them, and there was a lot of lot of bad behavior towards these refugees. And so the Catholic church, the Catholic Social Services, the Mennonite Relief Fund, the the UN and the Red Cross started building just tent after tent after tent on the edge of town for these people to stay at. And so the businessmen decide, well, we can traffic these people that have nothing over to the East Germans, who will promise them everything, but will give them nothing. But, you know, death camps, basically, just like in World War Two. So you have work camps, you have factories. They they don't feed these people correctly. They don't they don't give them anything that they promise to them in in the camps. And they say, Okay, be on this train at this time, this night. And then they stop somewhere in between Vienna and East Germany, in a very small train station in the middle of the Alps. And they have these large, you know, basic slave options. And unfortunately, the children in the older people get sent back to the camp because they don't need them or want them. So all the children get displaced from their families, as well as the senior citizens or anyone with a disability. And then, you know, the men and the women that can work are broken up as well, and they're sent to these, you know, they're bought by these owners of these factories and farms, and the beautiful women, of course, are sold to either an individual that's there in East German that just wants to have a sex aid, pretty much. Or even worse, they could be sold to an underground East Berlin men's club. And so terrible, terrible things happen to the women in particular, and the more that Caitlin learns. As she's being trained about what's happening, and she interviews a lot of these women, and she sees the results of what's happened, it, it, it really strengthens her and gives her courage. And that's a good thing, because as time goes through the mission, she ends up having to be much, much more than just a high profile social, you know, information gather. She ends up being a combat agent and so, but that that's in the mission as you read, that that happens gradually and so, what? What I think is really a good relationship in this story, is that the one that trains her, because this is actually both CIA and MI six are working on this, on this mission, thought and the director of the whole mission is an very seasoned mi six agent who everyone considers the best spy in the free world. And Ian Fleming himself this, this is true. Fact. Would go to this man and consult with him when he was writing a new book, to make sure you know that he was what he was saying is, Could this really happen? And that becomes that person, Clive Matthews become praying, Caitlyn, particularly when she has to start changing and, you know, defending herself. And possibly, you know,   Michael Hingson ** 26:38 so he becomes her teacher in   Kay Sparling ** 26:42 every way. Yes. So how   Michael Hingson ** 26:45 much? Gee, lots of questions. First of all, how much of the story is actually   Kay Sparling ** 26:50 true? All this story is true. The   Michael Hingson ** 26:53 whole mission is true. Yes, sir. And so how did you learn about this? What? What caused you to start to decide to write this story?   Kay Sparling ** 27:08 So some of these experiences are my own experiences. And so after I as an opera singer, decided to be a volunteer to help out these refugees. I witnessed a lot, and so many years later, I was being treated for PTSD because of what I'd witnessed there. And then a little bit later in Bosnia in the early 90s, and I was taking music therapy and art therapy, and my psychiatrist thought that it'd be a good idea if also I journaled, you know, the things that I saw. And so I started writing things, and then I turned it in, and they had a person that was an intern that was working with him, and both of them encouraged me. They said, wow, if, if there's more to say about this, you should write a book, cuz this is really, really, really good stuff. And so at one point I thought, Well, why not? I will try. So this book is exactly what happened Caitlin, you know, is a real person, and everyone in the book is real. Of course, I changed the names to protect people and their descriptions, but I, you know, I just interviewed a lot of spies that were involved. So, yes, this is a true story.   Michael Hingson ** 29:06 Did you do most of this? Then, after your singing career, were you writing while the career, while you were singing?   Kay Sparling ** 29:13 I was writing while I was still singing. Yeah, I started the book in 2015 Okay, and because, as I was taking the PTSD treatment and had to put it on the shelf several times, life got in the way. I got my my teaching career just really took off. And then I was still singing quite a bit. And then on top of it, everything kind of ceased in 2018 when my mother moved in with me and she was diagnosed with Alzheimer's, but Louie body Alzheimer's, which is a very, very rough time, and so I became one of her caretakers. So I quit singing, put that on hold, and I. I had to really, really bring down the number in my studio I was teaching and spend time here at home. And so I would take care of her, but then after she would go to bed, and she'd go to bed much earlier than I wanted to, that's when I write, and that's when I got the lion's share of this book written. Was during that time, it was a great escape from what I was dealing with, believe it or not, you know, even though there's some real graphic things in the book and all it wasn't, it was a nice distraction.   Michael Hingson ** 30:36 Wow, so you, you lived this, needless to say,   Kay Sparling ** 30:41 Yes, I did, and yes.   Michael Hingson ** 30:45 So you've talked a little bit about what happened to these countries after the collapse of the USSR and communism and so on, these eastern companies, companies, countries. Has it changed much over the years.   Kay Sparling ** 31:03 Oh, yeah, for instance, one, you know, I went to Budapest after they were freed, I guess is what usr would say. Stayed in a five star hotel, and we were lucky if we had running water and electricity at the same time. And every time you went down on the streets, all you'd see is lines, you know, I mean, just because there'd be all like, Red Cross, etc, would be there, and they'd have these big trucks they drove in every day, and it just got to be because they had nothing. If you saw a truck, you'd start running towards it and get in line. You didn't care what it was, you know, and it was. And then fights would break out because they wouldn't have enough for everyone. And then, like, you know, maybe someone's walking away with a bag of rice, and some of us knock them over the head and take, you know, and it was very hard, you know, I was a volunteer there, and it was very, very hard to see this, you know, desperation, one story that I'd like to tell, and I put it in the book. I was riding my bike, you know, on a Friday afternoon to get some groceries at the nearest supermarket where my apartment was, and at that time, they still had the European hours, so they were going to close at five o'clock, and they weren't going to open until seven or eight on Monday morning. So you had to make sure you got there to get your weekend supply. So I was on my way, and I was parking my bike, and this woman, refugee woman, runs up and she has two small children with her, and she's carrying a baby, and she's speaking to me in a language I did not know. I do speak several languages, but I don't know Slavic languages and so, but I'm getting the gist of it that she has nothing to eat, neither do her children, and so I'm patting her on the shoulder, and right when I do that, a policeman that was guarding the door of the supermarket came up to me and, like, grabbed me really hard, and told me in German that I was not To speak to them, and I was not to help them, because if you help them, they'll stay. And I said to him in German, I'm an American. I am not Austrian. I am here on a work visa, and I can do whatever the hell I want to do. Well, he didn't like that. And so I just walked away from him, and I went in the store. And so I got up everything I get. Think of the big need, you know, I never had a baby, so I was trying to kind of figure that out, yeah, and I had to figure it out in German, you know, looking at labels now. And so finally I got, I got some stuff, you know, the stuff I needed, and, and, and the stuff that I got for the family, and I checked out, and I'm pushing the cart, you know, towards them. And he runs up beside me and stops me, and he says, I am going to arrest you if you bring that. I told you not to help them. And I said, again, I don't think I'm breaking any laws. And he said, Oh yes, you are. And I said, Well, I didn't read that in the papers. I didn't see it on TV where anyone said. That you cannot help a refugee. And so we're going back and forth. And so, you know, I'm pretty strong, so I just keep pushing it towards it. Well, she's kind of running down the park, and I'm like, wait, wait, you know, because she's getting scared of this guy, you know, he has a gun, he has a nightstick. Of course, she's scared, and so, you know, I would say, No, no, it's okay, because I can't speak for language, right? And so I'm just trying to give her body language and talk. Well, finally she does stop, and I just throw I give the one sack to the little boy, and one second little girl, they just run and and then, you know, I'm talking to her and saying, you know, it's okay, it's okay. And he grabs me, and he turns me around and he spits in my face.   Michael Hingson ** 35:53 Wow. Talk about breaking the law. But anyway, go ahead.   Kay Sparling ** 36:00 Welcome to Austria in the late 80s. You have to understand their Prime Minister Kurt voltheim won on the Nazi ticket. Mm, hmm. At that very time, if you got on a bus and you saw these businessmen going to work, at least 50% of them were reading the Nazi paper. Okay, so we kind of know what, where his affiliations lie. You know, this policeman and, you know, and I was very aware, you know, of of that party being very strong. And so you have to watch yourself when, when you're a foreigner. And I was a foreigner too, just like her. And so after wiping my face, I mean, I really, really wanted to give him a kick or something, yeah, and I do, I do know martial arts, but I was like, no, no, gotta stay cool. And I just told her to run. And she did and caught up with the children, and, you know, kept running. So that was the first experience I had knowing how unwelcome these people were in Austria. Yeah, so I got involved, yeah, I got involved because I was like, this is absolutely not right.   Michael Hingson ** 37:31 And so the book is, in part, to try to bring awareness to all that. I would think   Kay Sparling ** 37:36 absolutely there are, there are bits of it are, they're pretty darn graphic, but it's all true, and it's all documented. Sometimes people about human trafficking, they think, oh, it's not in my backyard. I'm not going to think about that. Well, I live in a very small college town, around 17,000 people, and two months ago, on the front page of this small paper here in town, there were seven men that were arrested for many counts of human trafficking of underage women and prostitution. So guess what, folks, it is in your backyard. If it's in this little town, it's probably in yours too. And we have to be aware before we can do anything. So we have to open our eyes. And I hope this book opens the eyes of the reader to say, Oh, my God, I knew things were bad, but I didn't realize that torture, this kind of thing went on. Well, it does, and I the International Labor Union estimates that 21 million people are being you. You are victims of human trafficking right now, as we speak, throughout the world, that's a lot of people, a lot of people. So most likely, we've all seen some hint of that going on, it didn't register as it at the time. You know, if you're just walked out of a restaurant, and you're walking to your car that's parked on the street, and you happen to go by an alley and there's restaurants on that row, and all of a sudden you see people being kind of shoved out and put in a truck. That's probably human trafficking, you know? And you know, a lot of people don't pay attention, but like, if they stop and think that doesn't look right, and if those people look like they may be from another country, yeah. And all you have to do is call the authorities, you know, and other ways that you can help are by you know, that that you can get involved. Are, you know, donate to all the different organizations that are finding this now.   Michael Hingson ** 40:19 Was the book self published, or do you have a publisher?   Kay Sparling ** 40:25 I self published, but it's more of a hybrid publishing company that's kind of a new thing that's going on, and so I cannot learn all those different facets of publishing a book, right? It just wasn't in my, you know, skill set, and it also wasn't even interesting to me. I don't want to learn how to do graphic illustration. Okay? So what I did is I hired a hybrid company that had all these different departments that dealt with this, and I had complete artistic control, and I was able to negotiate a great deal on my net profits. So I feel that, after looking into the traditional publishing world and not being exactly pleased with it to say the least, I think that was the right business choice for me to make, and I'm very happy I did it.   Michael Hingson ** 41:46 How do you market the book then?   Kay Sparling ** 41:48 Well, that was, that was the tricky part that that publisher did have some marketing they started, but obviously now they agreed it wasn't enough. So at that point, I attended a virtual women's publishing seminar, and I really paid attention to all the companies that were presenting about marketing. And in that time, I felt one that I just was totally drawn to, and so I asked her if we could have a consultation, and we did, and the rest is history. I did hire her team and a publicist, Mickey, who you probably know, and, yeah, it's been going really great. That was the second smart thing I did, was to, you know, hire, hire a publicity.   Michael Hingson ** 42:50 Well, yeah, and marketing is one is a is a tricky thing. It's not the most complicated thing in the world, but you do have to learn it, and you have to be disciplined. So good for you, for for finding someone to help, but you obviously recognize the need to market, which is extremely important, and traditional publishers don't do nearly as much of it as they used to. Of course, there are probably a lot more authors than there used to be too. But still,   Kay Sparling ** 43:19 yeah, their their marketing has changed completely. I remember I had a roommate that became a famous author, and just thinking about when he started, you know, in the 80s, how the industry is completely changed. Mm, hmm, you know. So, yeah, it's, it's really tricky. The whole thing is very tricky. One thing that I also did is one of my graduate students needed a job, and so I've known her since, literally, I've known her since eighth grade. I have been with this student a long time, and she's done very well, but she really is a wiz at the social media. And so she made all my accounts. I think I have 12 altogether, and every time I do something like what I'm doing tonight, soon as it's released, she just puts it out there, everywhere and and I have to thank her from again that that's probably not my skill set.   Michael Hingson ** 44:37 Well, everyone has gifts, right? And the the people who I think are the most successful are the people who recognize that they have gifts. There are other people that have gifts that will augment or enhance what they do. And it's good that you find ways to collaborate. I think collaborating is such an important thing. Oh, yeah. All too many people don't. They think that they can just do it all in and then some people can. I mean, I know that there are some people who can, but a lot of people don't and can't.   Kay Sparling ** 45:12 Well, I've got other things. I've got going, you know, so maybe if I only had to do the book, everything to do with the book, that would be one thing, but I, you know, I have other things I have to have in my life. And so I think that collaboration is also fun, and I'm very good at delegating. I have been very good at delegating for a long time. When I started my school. I also started a theater company, and if you know one thing, it's a three ring circus to produce an opera or a musical, and I've done a lot of them, and yeah, I would have not survived if I didn't learn how to delegate and trust people to do their own thing. So what are you   Michael Hingson ** 45:58 doing today? What are you doing today? Besides writing?   Kay Sparling ** 46:04 Well, during covid, everything got shut down, and I didn't have an income, and I had to do something. And one of, believe it or not, one of my parents, of one of my students, is an attorney for the state of Wisconsin, and she was very worried. I mean, it looked like I might lose my house. I mean, I literally had no income. And so, you know, I was a small business person, and so she offered me very graciously to come work in the department of workers compensation in the legal Bureau at the state of Wisconsin. So I never have done anything like that in my life. I have never sat in a cubicle. I've never sat in front of a computer unless it was in its recording studio or something like that. So it was a crazy thing to have to do in my early 60s, but I'm a single woman, and I had to do it, and and I did, and it put me on solid ground, and that was one reason I couldn't finish the book, because I didn't have to worry about a live cookie. And so I am continuing to do that in so as in the day, that is what I do. I'm a legal assistant, cool.   Michael Hingson ** 47:32 And so when did mission thought get published?   Kay Sparling ** 47:38 Mission thought almost a year ago, in August of 2024 it launched, yes, okay, yeah. And it was very scary for me, you know, because my hybrid publishers up in Canada, and they were telling me, Well, you know, we're going to get you some editorial reviews and we're going to have you be interviewed. And you know, those very first things where my editor at at the publisher had told me it was one of the really a good book, and that was one of the cleanest books she ever had to edit. And so that kind of gave me some confidence. But you understand, look at my background. I I didn't go to school to be a writer. I had never studied writing. I hadn't done any writing up until now, and so to that was my first kind of sigh of relief when the editor at the publisher said it was really a good book, and then I started getting the editorial reviews, and they were all stellar, and they continue to be. And I'm, I'm still a little shocked, you know, because it takes time, I guess, for a person to switch gears and identify themselves as an author. But you know, after a year now, I'm feeling much more comfortable in my shoes about that. But at first it was, it was trying because I was scared and I was worried, you know, what people were going to think about the book, not the story, so much as how it was crafted. But it ends up, well,   Michael Hingson ** 49:15 it ends up being part of the same thing, and yeah, the very fact that they love it that that means a lot. Yeah, so is, is there more in the way of adventures from Caitlin coming up or what's happening?   Kay Sparling ** 49:30 Yeah, this is hopefully a trilogy, um of Caitlin's most important standout missions. And so the second one is set in the early 90s during the Bosnian war. And this time, she cannot use opera as a cover, because obviously in a war zone, there's no opera. And so she has to. To go undercover as either a un volunteer or Red Cross, and this time, her sidekick is not the Clive Matthews. He has actually started a special squad, combat squad that's going in because, of course, we, none of us, were really involved with that war, right? But that's what he's doing. And so, believe it or not, her, her sidekick, so to speak, is a priest that very early, goes on and sees, you know, this absolute ethnic cleansing going on, you know, massacres and and he tries to get the Catholic Church to help, and they're like, no, no, we're not touching that. And so he goes AWOL. And had been friends in Vienna with the CIA during the first book. He goes to the CIA and says, This is what's going on. I saw it with my own eyes. I want to help. And so he becomes Caitlin's sidekick, which is a very interesting relationship. You know, Caitlin, the opera singer, kind of, kind of modern girl, you know, and then you know, the kind of staunch priest. But they find a way to work together, and they have to, because they have to save each other's lives a couple times. And this is my favorite book of the three. And so basically what happens is called Mission impromptu, and I hope to have that finished at the end of this month. And the reason we call it impromptu is because her chief tells her to just get the information and get out, but her and the priest find out that there is a camp of orphaned boys that they are planning to come massacre, and so they they they basically go rogue and don't follow orders and go try to help the boys. Yeah. And then the third book, she has actually moved back to New York, and she's thinking, well, she does retire from the CIA, and it's the summer of 2001 and what happened in September of 2001 911 and so they call her right back in she literally had been retired for about three months.   Michael Hingson ** 52:35 Well, to my knowledge, I never met Caitlin, so I'm just saying Mm hmm, having been in the World Trade Center on September 11, but I don't think I met Caitlin anyway.   Kay Sparling ** 52:43 Go ahead. No, she wasn't in the towers, but no, I was in New York. And yeah, so they called her back right away. And so the third one is going to be called Mission home front, because that's been her home for a very long time. She's been living in New York.   Michael Hingson ** 53:01 Are there plans for Caitlin beyond these three books? I hope so.   Kay Sparling ** 53:08 I think it would be fun for her to retire from the CIA and then move back to the Midwest. And, you know, it turned into a complete fiction. Of course, this is not true stuff, but, you know, like kind of a cozy mystery series, right, where things happen and people can't get anyone to really investigate it, so they come to Caitlin, and then maybe her ex boss, you know, the chief that's also retired, they kind of, you know, gang up and become pi type, you know, right? I'm thinking that might be a fun thing.   Michael Hingson ** 53:46 Now, are mostly books two and three in the mission series. Are they also relatively non fiction?   53:53 Yes, okay,   Michael Hingson ** 53:57 okay, cool, yes. Well, you know, it's, it's pretty fascinating to to hear all of this and to to see it, to hear about it from you, but to see it coming together, that is, that is really pretty cool to you know, to see you experiencing have the book, has mission thought been converted by any chance to audio? Is it available on Audible or   Kay Sparling ** 54:21 anywhere it has not but it is in my plans. It's there's a little bit of choice I have to make do. I use my publisher and hire one of their readers you know to do it, someone you know, that's in equity, that type of thing. Or you know, my publicity, or people are also saying, well, because you're an actor, and, you know, all these accents, it might be nice for you to do to read your own book. Well, the problem is time, you know, just the time to do it, because I'm so busy promoting the book right now. And really. Right writing the second one that you know, I just don't know if I'm going to be able to pull that off, but I have my own records, recording studio in my voice studio downstairs, but it's just and I have all the equipment I have engineers. It's just a matter of me being able to take the time to practice and to get that done. So it's probably going to be, I'll just use their, one of their people, but yes, yeah, it's coming. It's coming. Well, it's,   Michael Hingson ** 55:29 it's tough. I know when we published last year, live like a guide dog, and the publisher, we did it through a traditional publisher, they worked with dreamscape to create an audio version. And I actually auditioned remotely several authors and chose one. But it is hard to really find someone to read the book the way you want it read, because you know what it's like, and so there is merit to you taking the time to read it. But still, as you said, there are a lot of things going on,   Kay Sparling ** 56:09 yeah, and I have read, you know, certain portions of the book, because some podcasts that I've been on asked me to do that, and I and I practiced and that, it went very well. And of course, when people hear that, they're like, Oh, you're the one that has to do this. You know Caitlin. You can speak her, you know her attitudes and all. And then you also know how to throw all those different accents out there, because there's going to be, like, several, there's Dutch, there's German, there's Scottish, high British and Austrian. I mean, yeah, yeah, Austrians speak different than Germans. Mm, hmm,   Michael Hingson ** 56:53 yeah, it's it's a challenge, but it's still something worth considering, because you're going to bring a dimension to it that no one else really can because you wrote it and you really know what you want them to sound like, Yeah, but it's a it's a process. I and I appreciate that, but you've got lots going on, and you have to have an income. I know for me, we started live like a guide dog my latest book when the pandemic began, because I realized that although I had talked about getting out of the World Trade Center and doing so without exhibiting fear, didn't mean that it wasn't there, but I realized that I had learned to control fear, because I learned a lot that I was able to put to use on the Day of the emergency. And so the result of that was that, in fact, the mindset kicked in and I was able to function, but I never taught anyone how to do that. And so the intent of live like a guide dog was to be a way that people could learn how to control fear and not let fear overwhelm or, as I put it, blind them, but rather use fear as a very powerful tool to help you focus and do the things that you really need to do. But it's a choice. People have to learn that they can make that choice and they can control it, which is kind of what really brought the book to to mind. And the result was that we then, then did it. And so it came out last August as well.   Kay Sparling ** 58:27 Oh, well, if you read my book, you'll see Caitlin developing the same skills you were just talking about. She has to overcome fear all the time, because she's never been in these situations before, and yet she has to survive, you know?   Michael Hingson ** 58:44 Yeah, well, and the reality is that most of us take too many things for granted and don't really learn. But if you learn, for example, if there's an emergency, do you know where to go in the case of an emergency? Do you know how to evacuate, not by reading the signs? Do you know? And that's the difference, the people who know have a mindset that will help them be a lot more likely to be able to survive, because they know what all the options are, and if there's a way to get out, they know what they are, rather than relying on signs, which may or may not even be available to you if you're in a smoke filled environment, for example, yeah,   Kay Sparling ** 59:22 yeah, you should know ahead of time. Yeah, you know, I know the state where I work. I I mostly work at home. I'm able to do that, but we do have to go in once a week, and we just changed floors. They've been doing a lot of remodeling, and that was the first thing, you know, the supervisor wanted us to do was walk through all the way for a tornado, fire, etc, and so we did that, you know, and that's smart, because then you're like, you say you're not trying to look at a chart as you're running or whatever,   Michael Hingson ** 59:56 and you may need to do it more than once to make sure you really know it. I know for me. I spent a lot of time walking around the World Trade Center. In fact, I didn't even use my guide dog. I used a cane, because with a cane, I'll find things that the dog would just automatically go around or ignore, like kiosks and other things. But I want to know where all that stuff is, because I want to know what all the shops are down on the first floor. Well, now that that is the case anymore, but it was at the time there was a shopping mall and knowing where everything was, but also knowing where different offices were, knowing who was in which offices, and then knowing the really important things that most people don't know about, like where the Estee Lauder second store was on the 46th floor of tower two. You know, you got to have the important things for wives, and so I learned what that was. Well, it was, it was, those are important things, but you'll learn a lot, and it's real knowledge. Someone, a recent podcast episode that they were on, said something very interesting, and that is that we're always getting information, but information isn't knowing it. Knowledge is really internalizing the information and making it part of our psyche and really getting us to the point where we truly know it and can put it to use. And that is so true. It isn't just getting information. Well, that's great. I know that now, well, no, you don't necessarily know it now, until you internalize it, until you truly make it part of your knowledge. And I think that's something that a lot of people miss. Well, this has been a lot of fun. If people want to reach out to you, is there a way they can do that?   Kay Sparling ** 1:01:40 Yeah, the best thing is my book website, K, Sparling books.com spelled and it would K, a, y, s, p, as in Paul, A, R, L, I N, G, B, O, O, K, s.com.com, okay, and you can email me through there. And all the media that I've been on is in the media section. The editorial reviews are there. There's another thing that my student heats up for me is the website. It's it's really developed. And so lots of information about the book and about me on on there. And one thing I want to mention is, just because of my background and all the all the people that you know, I know, a friend of mine is a composer, and he wrote a song, a theme song, because we do hope that someday we can sell this, you know, yeah, to for movie and, or, you know, Netflix, or something like that. And so he wrote a theme song and theme music. And I just think that's fun. And then I wanted my students saying, saying it. And then, you know, it's with a rock band, but it's, it's very James Bond, the kind of with a little opera, you know, involved too. But, you know, not a lot of authors can say that on their website, they have a theme song for their books.   Michael Hingson ** 1:03:16 And where is   Kay Sparling ** 1:03:18 it? It would be under, it's going to be about the author. And there's a nice one of my other students is a graphic artist. She She did a graphic a scene of Caitlin with her ball gown, and she's got her foot up on a stool, and she's putting her pistol in her thigh holster, in I think, you know, it's kind of like a cartoon, and it quotes Caitlin saying, I bet you I'm going to be the only bell at the ball with this accessory pistol. And then right underneath that, that song, you can click it and hear it. We also are on YouTube mission. Thought does have its own YouTube channel, so you can find it there as well.   Michael Hingson ** 1:04:05 So well, I want to thank you for being here and for telling us all the stories and especially about mission. I hope people will get it and read it, and I look forward to it coming out in audio at some point. Yes, I'll be lazy and wait for that, I I like to to get books with human readers. You know, I can get the print book and I can play it with a synthetic voice, but I, I really prefer human voices. And I know a lot of people who do AI has not progressed to the point where it really can pull that off.   Kay Sparling ** 1:04:38 Well, no, it cannot. Yeah, I totally agree with you there.   Michael Hingson ** 1:04:42 So Well, thank you for being here, and I want to thank all of you for listening and watching us today. This has been fun. And as some of you know, if you listen to many of these podcasts, we have a rule on the podcast, you can't come on unless you're going to have fun. So we did have fun. We. You have fun? Yeah. See, there you go. I was gonna ask if you had fun. Of course, yes. So thank you all for listening. Love to hear from you. Love to hear what your thoughts are about today's episode. Feel free to email me at Michael H, i@accessibe.com that's m, I, C, H, A, E, L, H, I at accessibe, A, C, E, S, S, i, b, e.com, also, please give us a five star rating. We appreciate it. K, I'll appreciate it. And when this goes up, when you hear it, we really value those ratings and reviews very highly. If you know anyone else who ought to be a guest and KU as well, love to hear from you. Please introduce us. Kay, you'll have to introduce us to Caitlin, but But seriously, we always are looking for more guests. So if anyone knows of anyone who ought to come on and tell a story, we'd love to hear from you. But again, Kay, I want to thank you one last time. This has been great, and we really appreciate you being here.   Kay Sparling ** 1:05:59 Well, thank you for having me.   Michael Hingson ** 1:06:04 You have been listening to the Unstoppable Mindset podcast. Thanks for dropping by. I hope that you'll join us again next week, and in future weeks for upcoming episodes. To subscribe to our podcast and to learn about upcoming episodes, please visit www dot Michael hingson.com slash podcast. Michael Hingson is spelled m i c h a e l h i n g s o n. 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“I ask them to sing with maximum efficiency, accessing their singer's formant, and from there, we'll ask for specific sounds. Sometimes conductors get stuck asking them to blend, to listen. When we do that, it's like giving them an 8-pack of Crayola and asking them to color. Instead, we start the rehearsal with a 64-pack and then throughout the rehearsal we might pick out the light blue #2 to color that section of the music. They're able to access the full breadth of their vocal powers in the rehearsal.”Francis Cathlina, D.M.A. (he/him) is a Vietnamese-American conductor and educator, renowned for his innovative approach to choral music. His concerts invite audiences into a world where choral artistry becomes a powerful storytelling medium.Dr. Cathlina is currently the Director of Choral Activities at the University of Memphis, where he received the 2025 Dean's Award for Creative Achievement. He oversees the Choral Area, leads the MM/DMA Choral Conducting program, and conducts the University Singers.A two-time GRAMMY-nominated educator, Dr. Cathlina draws deeply from his Eastern heritage. His work reflects a commitment to excellence and collaboration. In 2025, he will serve on the conducting faculty for Brazil's FIMUS Festival and work in the Philippines as part of ACDA's International Conductors Exchange Program. Early recognition came from the Texas Choral Directors Association (TCDA), which named him a “Young Director of Distinction.”Cathlina's teaching philosophy centers on developing masterful technicians, expressive communicators, and thoughtful citizens. Under his direction, the UofM University Singers have been invited to perform for national conferences. Recent engagements involve All-State choirs in Mississippi and Kentucky, the International Mu Phi Convention Chorus, and a Carnegie Hall debut. Dr. Cathlina's research focuses on choral tone and conducting gesture. He has presented over 69 sessions worldwide. He is published in international journals. In 2025, he served as the Headliner for the Ohio and Alabama choral conferences. In 2023, he co-led Conducting Masterclasses in Greece with the University of Macedonia and Ionian University.Dr. Cathlina earned a DMA in conducting with a vocal pedagogy cognate from the University of North Texas, an MM from Michigan State University, and a BME from Baylor University. Before his doctorate, he taught in Texas public schools. Beyond the podium, Dr. Cathlina is an avid pickleball player. He, his husband Kyle, and their dog Coco call Memphis, Tennessee, their home. To get in touch with Francis, you can find him on Instagram (@francis.cathlina) or Facebook (@franciscathlina), on his website (franciscathlina.com), or via email: franciscathlina@gmail.com.Email choirfampodcast@gmail.com to contact our hosts.Podcast music from Podcast.coPhoto in episode artwork by Trace Hudson

Segítsen megtalálni az eltűnő vizeket BME-s innovációk az űrben A VW és az Audi segítségével szilárdtest-akkumulátor kerül a Ducati új motorjába Már mobilról is lehet felügyelni a PS-ező gyerekeket Nyolc év után a Spotify eljutott a veszteségmentességig Larry Ellison letaszította Elon Muskot a világ leggazdagabb embereinek ranglistájáról Videón ahogy kilőnek egy rakétát egy UFO-ra - és semmi sem történik vele iPhone tulaj vagy? Erről tudnod kell! Megváltozik a telefonod! Riasztás Microsoft termékeket érintő sérülékenységekről – 2025. szeptember „Nem meghurcolni kellene őket, hanem örülni, hogy itt dolgoznak" – egymás után állnak ki a tudósok a Magyar Nemzet által megtámadott két kutató mellett Komolyan félnek a szakértők, hogy a mesterséges intelligencia kirobbanthatja az atomháborút Az Ai megmutatta: így fognak kinézni az influenszerek 2050-ben Erre használják leginkább a magyarok a mesterséges intelligenciát A további adásainkat keresd a podcast.hirstart.hu oldalunkon.

Segítsen megtalálni az eltűnő vizeket BME-s innovációk az űrben A VW és az Audi segítségével szilárdtest-akkumulátor kerül a Ducati új motorjába Már mobilról is lehet felügyelni a PS-ező gyerekeket Nyolc év után a Spotify eljutott a veszteségmentességig Larry Ellison letaszította Elon Muskot a világ leggazdagabb embereinek ranglistájáról Videón ahogy kilőnek egy rakétát egy UFO-ra - és semmi sem történik vele iPhone tulaj vagy? Erről tudnod kell! Megváltozik a telefonod! Riasztás Microsoft termékeket érintő sérülékenységekről – 2025. szeptember „Nem meghurcolni kellene őket, hanem örülni, hogy itt dolgoznak" – egymás után állnak ki a tudósok a Magyar Nemzet által megtámadott két kutató mellett Komolyan félnek a szakértők, hogy a mesterséges intelligencia kirobbanthatja az atomháborút Az Ai megmutatta: így fognak kinézni az influenszerek 2050-ben Erre használják leginkább a magyarok a mesterséges intelligenciát A további adásainkat keresd a podcast.hirstart.hu oldalunkon.

Viele Menschen leiden immer noch an den Folgen einer Corona-Infektion, an Long COVID, oder der Krankheit ME/CFS. Wie viele Menschen in Deutschland davon betroffen sind, das wurde jetzt zum ersten Mal ermittelt. Und es wurde auch berechnet: Wie teuer sind die Krankheiten für unsere Gesellschaft? BmE von Aeneas Rooch

A Bme kutatói kidolgozták a szélvédőn megjelenített kijelzők új generációját Melyik a “leghazudósabb” MI-modell? Kisülő tómedrek, lombjukat vesztett erdők, szalmasárgára aszalódott puszták, pusztító tüzek – mi lesz az Alfölddel? AI-személyi asszisztenssel érkezett az új okosmobil Idegen űrhajó vagy sem? - világhírű asztrofizikus mondta el a véleményét a 3I/ATLAS-ról Az utazós eSIM forradalma: lehetőség vagy fenyegetés a mobilszolgáltatóknak? Kompakt hifi hangfal Dániából! – Odacsap a Dali! Rekordösszeget fizetne az Anthropic a könyvszerzőknek Valószínűleg a Honor legolcsóbb modellje lesz Egy olasz iskolásfiú a katolikus egyház első influencer-szentje Mesterséges intelligencia kontra varjúintelligencia Mi-Kép+ a hatszavas szlogen + mesterséges intelligencia képalkotó pályázat címmel hirdet versenyt az Internet Hungary főszervezője! Nagy Márton: Magyarország több erősségére támaszkodhat a mesterséges intelligencia területén A további adásainkat keresd a podcast.hirstart.hu oldalunkon.

A Bme kutatói kidolgozták a szélvédőn megjelenített kijelzők új generációját Melyik a “leghazudósabb” MI-modell? Kisülő tómedrek, lombjukat vesztett erdők, szalmasárgára aszalódott puszták, pusztító tüzek – mi lesz az Alfölddel? AI-személyi asszisztenssel érkezett az új okosmobil Idegen űrhajó vagy sem? - világhírű asztrofizikus mondta el a véleményét a 3I/ATLAS-ról Az utazós eSIM forradalma: lehetőség vagy fenyegetés a mobilszolgáltatóknak? Kompakt hifi hangfal Dániából! – Odacsap a Dali! Rekordösszeget fizetne az Anthropic a könyvszerzőknek Valószínűleg a Honor legolcsóbb modellje lesz Egy olasz iskolásfiú a katolikus egyház első influencer-szentje Mesterséges intelligencia kontra varjúintelligencia Mi-Kép+ a hatszavas szlogen + mesterséges intelligencia képalkotó pályázat címmel hirdet versenyt az Internet Hungary főszervezője! Nagy Márton: Magyarország több erősségére támaszkodhat a mesterséges intelligencia területén A további adásainkat keresd a podcast.hirstart.hu oldalunkon.

Már az ajtónkon kopogtat a kvantumtechnológia Fields-érmes matematikus sejtésével kapcsolatban értek el áttörést a BME kutatói Vége a jelszómegosztásnak: a YouTube is lecsap a potyázókra azzal, hogy figyeli a tartózkodási helyed A Tisza már olyan mélyre vágta be magát, hogy megcsapolja a talajvizet Nem kell eladnia a Google-nek a Chrome-ot és az Androidot A Soproni Egyetemmel egyeztetett a mesterséges intelligenciáért felelős kormánybiztos Itt a megoldás a robotporszívók egyik legnagyobb problémájára Indul a szülői felügyeletet a ChatGPT-n, de nem csak a korlátozás a lényeg Nemsokára örökre eltűnhet a világ legnagyobb jéghegye Sörnek nevezte el a világ legfurább laptopját a Lenovo Zseniális új magyar találmánytól hangos a fél világ: itt a végső válasz, pénzégetés volt-e kilőni Kapu Tibort az űrbe „A mesterséges intelligencia a tanulásban olyan, mint egy svájci bicska” NASA: elindult a végső visszaszámlálás A további adásainkat keresd a podcast.hirstart.hu oldalunkon.

Már az ajtónkon kopogtat a kvantumtechnológia Fields-érmes matematikus sejtésével kapcsolatban értek el áttörést a BME kutatói Vége a jelszómegosztásnak: a YouTube is lecsap a potyázókra azzal, hogy figyeli a tartózkodási helyed A Tisza már olyan mélyre vágta be magát, hogy megcsapolja a talajvizet Nem kell eladnia a Google-nek a Chrome-ot és az Androidot A Soproni Egyetemmel egyeztetett a mesterséges intelligenciáért felelős kormánybiztos Itt a megoldás a robotporszívók egyik legnagyobb problémájára Indul a szülői felügyeletet a ChatGPT-n, de nem csak a korlátozás a lényeg Nemsokára örökre eltűnhet a világ legnagyobb jéghegye Sörnek nevezte el a világ legfurább laptopját a Lenovo Zseniális új magyar találmánytól hangos a fél világ: itt a végső válasz, pénzégetés volt-e kilőni Kapu Tibort az űrbe „A mesterséges intelligencia a tanulásban olyan, mint egy svájci bicska” NASA: elindult a végső visszaszámlálás A további adásainkat keresd a podcast.hirstart.hu oldalunkon.

Mental health needs to be addressed in this country. Man has his balls cut off to become the leader of the eunuchs. BME videos.

Charlie was stopped by a man in the garage. Rover has been having problems scheduling his MRI. Tomas is out on the town. Revisiting Jeffrey at the Cracker Barrel. How do TikTok creators make so much money? Rover spots former RMG calendar girl, Cali Miles, in an article. AI Company, Anthropic, claims someone attempted to hack their chatbot Claude AI. Two children have died after a mass shooting at a Catholic school church in Minneapolis. Mental health needs to be addressed in this country. Man has his balls cut off to become the leader of the eunuchs. BME videos. The man who bought JLR's Cracker Barrel calls into the show. Home theater rooms. Rover has airport anxiety but wants to go to Seattle for the soccer game. Staff outing. Cruise ships

Charlie was stopped by a man in the garage. Rover has been having problems scheduling his MRI. Tomas is out on the town. Revisiting Jeffrey at the Cracker Barrel. How do TikTok creators make so much money? Rover spots former RMG calendar girl, Cali Miles, in an article. AI Company, Anthropic, claims someone attempted to hack their chatbot Claude AI. Two children have died after a mass shooting at a Catholic school church in Minneapolis. Mental health needs to be addressed in this country. Man has his balls cut off to become the leader of the eunuchs. BME videos. The man who bought JLR's Cracker Barrel calls into the show. Home theater rooms. Rover has airport anxiety but wants to go to Seattle for the soccer game. Staff outing. Cruise ships See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mental health needs to be addressed in this country. Man has his balls cut off to become the leader of the eunuchs. BME videos.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

KPIs sind nur dann wertvoll, wenn sie zu deinen aktuellen Zielen passen. In dieser Folge erzähle ich, warum wir im Einkauf unsere Kennzahlen überarbeitet haben, welche Auslöser es dafür gab und wie wir vorgegangen sind. Außerdem erfährst du, woran du erkennst, dass es auch bei dir Zeit sein könnte, deine KPIs zu prüfen – und wie du sie so anpasst, dass sie wirklich den Erfolg deines Einkaufs messbar machen. Wenn dir der Podcast gefällt, dann lass doch gerne ein Abo und eine Bewertung da. Wenn du Gast in meinem Podcast werden möchtest oder jemand kennst, der Gast sein sollte, dann schreib mir einfach eine E-Mail an:

Nefarious Larratt is the child of BME (Body Modification E-Zine) creators and directors Shannon Larratt and Rachel Larratt. BME was hugely influential to the Body Art community, and has been sorely missed in its absence. Chances are, BME was your favorite piercers' favorite website, but it was so much more. Ryan & Lola really lucked out on this one. At the BMXNET 2025 conference in Berlin they got to sit down with Nefarious for this conversation on the past and future of BME . com. If you would like to learn more about BME . com, or submit body mod content, visit them online or follow bmezine on instagram.

In dieser Folge nehme ich dich mit auf unseren Weg zur Auswahl einer neuen ERP-Software. Ich teile, welche Systeme wir uns angesehen haben, welche Kriterien für uns entscheidend waren und welche Aha-Momente uns unterwegs begegnet sind. Du erfährst, welche Fragen du dir vor einer ERP-Entscheidung unbedingt stellen solltest und welche Stolperfallen du vermeiden kannst – praxisnah und direkt aus unserem Auswahlprozess. Wenn dir der Podcast gefällt, dann lass doch gerne ein Abo und eine Bewertung da. Wenn du Gast in meinem Podcast werden möchtest oder jemand kennst, der Gast sein sollte, dann schreib mir einfach eine E-Mail an:

Nach einer längeren Pause bin ich zurück am Mikro! In dieser Folge erfährst du, was seit der letzten Episode am 28. Mai hinter den Kulissen passiert ist, wie bewusst gesetzte Pausen neue Energie bringen und auf welche spannenden Themen du dich in den kommenden Wochen freuen kannst – von Verhandlungspraxis über Branchen-Insights bis hin zu den wichtigsten Einkaufstrends 2025. Wenn dir der Podcast gefällt, dann lass doch gerne ein Abo und eine Bewertung da. Wenn du Gast in meinem Podcast werden möchtest oder jemand kennst, der Gast sein sollte, dann schreib mir einfach eine E-Mail an:

Entrevistamos a Jorge Vázquez, CEO de Redegal, sobre el salto de esta compañía desde BME Scaleup a BME Growth, el mercado de pymes del gestor de la bolsa española BME.

Több mobilnet külföldön, elmaradt díjkorrekció A legkorszerűbb optikai hálózati technológiát tesztelték a BME-n MI-böngészőt csinál a Microsoft az Edge-ből Minden jelszava elveszhet, ha nem cselekszik Magyar kutatók bizonyították, hogy valóban sebezhetőbb az egyik legnépszerűbb kriptós rendszer, amióta zöldebb Zuckerberg: A szuperintelligencia már belátható közelségben van Extra appok, amikkel a Honor 400 még jobb útitárs a nyárban Kiszivárgott: Drágábbak lesznek az iPhone 17-ek, mint elődjeik voltak Káprázatos felvételeken örökítették meg a Mariana-árok nyüzsgő élővilágát Vérengzést tervez tabletjei között a Honor A Schneider Electric új eszköze Mi-t is használ az ellátási láncok dekarbonizációjához „Történelmi pillanatban élünk” – Interjú Pikéthy Árpáddal, az IBM Magyarország vezetőjével MI-alapú robotasszisztenssel végzett közvélemény-kutatást a Minerva Intézet A további adásainkat keresd a podcast.hirstart.hu oldalunkon.

Több mobilnet külföldön, elmaradt díjkorrekció A legkorszerűbb optikai hálózati technológiát tesztelték a BME-n MI-böngészőt csinál a Microsoft az Edge-ből Minden jelszava elveszhet, ha nem cselekszik Magyar kutatók bizonyították, hogy valóban sebezhetőbb az egyik legnépszerűbb kriptós rendszer, amióta zöldebb Zuckerberg: A szuperintelligencia már belátható közelségben van Extra appok, amikkel a Honor 400 még jobb útitárs a nyárban Kiszivárgott: Drágábbak lesznek az iPhone 17-ek, mint elődjeik voltak Káprázatos felvételeken örökítették meg a Mariana-árok nyüzsgő élővilágát Vérengzést tervez tabletjei között a Honor A Schneider Electric új eszköze Mi-t is használ az ellátási láncok dekarbonizációjához „Történelmi pillanatban élünk” – Interjú Pikéthy Árpáddal, az IBM Magyarország vezetőjével MI-alapú robotasszisztenssel végzett közvélemény-kutatást a Minerva Intézet A további adásainkat keresd a podcast.hirstart.hu oldalunkon.

Nem volt természetvédelmi szakértő abban a kormányzati testületben, ami javasolta, hogy a paksi atomerőmű 32 Celsius-fokra melegíthesse a Dunát Ezután nem kell magántanárt fizetni a gyereknek BME–s kutatók mutattak rá az Ethereum kriptovaluta sebezhetőségére James Bond órájával bővítették az iPhone-t SharePoint-hack: veszélyben az amerikai nukleáris fegyverzet is? Megfejtették, hogyan fagyott be a Föld 700 millió évvel ezelőtt A háborúk korát éljük, már kémcsótányokat is fejlesztenek a különféle startupok Kész a Qi2 2.2.1, amivel sokkal gyorsabban töltődhetnek majd az okostelefonok és fülesek Jól járnak az LG tévé tulajdonosok Rohamtempóban növeli kapacitását a Google felhője „Nem lesz visszaszámlálás” – Amikor eltűnik a bitcoinod, és nem tudod miért Miért nem jó mindig az AI? – árnyoldalak, amikről ritkábban beszélünk Szlovákia leszerelt két régi, szovjet atomreaktort – Ugyanilyenek működnek Pakson is A további adásainkat keresd a podcast.hirstart.hu oldalunkon.

Nem volt természetvédelmi szakértő abban a kormányzati testületben, ami javasolta, hogy a paksi atomerőmű 32 Celsius-fokra melegíthesse a Dunát Ezután nem kell magántanárt fizetni a gyereknek BME–s kutatók mutattak rá az Ethereum kriptovaluta sebezhetőségére James Bond órájával bővítették az iPhone-t SharePoint-hack: veszélyben az amerikai nukleáris fegyverzet is? Megfejtették, hogyan fagyott be a Föld 700 millió évvel ezelőtt A háborúk korát éljük, már kémcsótányokat is fejlesztenek a különféle startupok Kész a Qi2 2.2.1, amivel sokkal gyorsabban töltődhetnek majd az okostelefonok és fülesek Jól járnak az LG tévé tulajdonosok Rohamtempóban növeli kapacitását a Google felhője „Nem lesz visszaszámlálás” – Amikor eltűnik a bitcoinod, és nem tudod miért Miért nem jó mindig az AI? – árnyoldalak, amikről ritkábban beszélünk Szlovákia leszerelt két régi, szovjet atomreaktort – Ugyanilyenek működnek Pakson is A további adásainkat keresd a podcast.hirstart.hu oldalunkon.

El CEO de BME, Juan Flames, destaca la necesidad de captar ahorro privado para financiar la transición energética, digitalización y defensa

Hablamos del mercado con Juan Flames, CEO de BME. Tertulia con Carmen Morales, profesora del IE Business School; José Ignacio Gutiérrez, presidente del sector financiero de la confederación de Cuadros; y Rubén García-Quismondo, Socio Director de Quabbala, Abogados y Economistas.

En la entrevista Capital entrevistamos a Juan Flames, Consejero Delegado de BME. Además en la tertulia Capital comentamos la actualidad económica y política con Antonio Díaz Morales, consejero independiente en empresas de Educación; José Luis Fernández Santillana, director de estudios de USO y presidente de Cecoma y con José Ignacio Gutiérrez, Vicesecretario General de Confederación de Cuadros y Profesionales Para terminar la segunda hora de Capital Intereconomía volvemos a mirar a los mercados antes de su apertura en el viejo continente y Tomás García-Purriños, Estratega Senior de Asset Allocation de Santander Asset Management nos explica las principales referencias a tener en cuenta en la sesión de hoy.

El Consejero Delegado de BME, Juan Flames, asegura que “hay que poner de moda la bolsa española otra vez”. En una entrevista en Capital Intereconomía ha explicado lo que hace BME para acercar la bolsa a los minoristas, al inversor y a las empresas. A la hora de explicar las bondades que pueden desprenderse de un mayor crecimiento de la bolsa española, Flames ha apuntado a la necesidad de financiar la transición energética, la digitalización de la economía, como también el gasto en defensa. Aseguraba que se trata de retos muy sustanciales y no solo a nivel de España, también de Europa. Flames eleva las posibilidades que puede ofrecer el desarrollo del mercado de capitales, ante una realidad: “los balances de los bancos no son suficientes; los balances de los estados, que están muy apalancados, no son suficientes, de ahí la necesidad de captar el ahorro privado y atraerlo al mercado de capitales”. BME easy access: nueva forma de salir a bolsa Bajo este paraguas, el CEO de BME ha explicado que hay muchas iniciativas sobre las que se está trabajando para facilitar la oferta de capital y fomentar la demanda de capital. Flames ha explicado cómo entre las iniciativas que han desarrollado destaca la nueva y más sencilla forma de salir a bolsa que ha puesto en marcha BME, BME easy access, que han trabajado de manera conjunta con CNMV. BME easy access abre la puerta a un proceso sencillo para debutar en el parqué. Se trata de disociar el proceso del trabajo que se hace para listar el folleto, del momento en el que tienes que acudir a mercado para obtener el mínimo de difusión que según el nuevo eu listing baja del 25% al 10%, lo que proporciona flexibilidad a las empresas para elegir el momento en un período de 18 meses ampliable a 24 meses, que está teniendo muy buena aceptación. Flames destaca la buena aceptación que está teniendo, al tiempo que denunciaba cómo hemos visto que los procesos de salida a bolsa no han cambiado en 40 años y los mercados son ahora infinitamente más complicados y volátiles y las ventanas en las que hay mercado para poder salir son mucho más reducidas. Asegura que tiene buena recepción yles consta que hay interés de reguladores internacionales que se plantean exportarlo a otros países. Costes y flexibilidad de salir a bolsa Desde BME, según Flames señalan que se trabaja por el lado de los costes para hacer más fácil, sencillo y económico el proceso de pisar el parqué, pero BME Easy access lo que proporciona es flexibilidad y cambia el poder de negociación de una salida a bolsa lo revierte mucho más en favor del emisor que de la parte del inversor. Competir frente a otras bolsas “La competencia es buena, nos hace mejores”, ha dicho Juan Flames que aseguraba que están encantadoS de competir con Euronext y con el que sea. Bajo esta premisa ha destacado las fortalezas y cómo compiten en el mercado primario y ensalzaba entre ellos y en renta fija, al MARF. Mercado autorregulado donde han financiado más de 80.000 millones en la última década y donde más de 160 compañías se financian. Y subraya que en los tiempos de la pandemia del COVID, fue una herramienta clave para la financiación de muchas empresas. Atraer al inversor El Consejero Delegado de BME ha puesto de relieve cómo están compitiendo para fortalecer los mercados de capitales y que con esta máxima, hay que trabajar en la demanda. Resulta clave, decía, atraer al inversor de vuelta sobre todo al minorista y hacer más fácil y económico, eficiente y competitividad la contratación de valores en el mercado secundario. Para recuperar el atractivo hacia la bolsa y hacer entender que la bolsa es una palanca para el bienestar del inversor y la economía del país. Flames señalaba que la fiscalidad es un factor importante para atraer al inversor minorista y señalaba que el Gobierno trata de potenciarlo a través del Laboratorio de Competitividad.

Josep Prats, gestor de Abante European Quality, repasa lo más destacado en las bolsas europeas con vistazo a BME, Ericcson, Tom Tom, ASML, el sector químico y las renovables.

A mesterséges intelligencia legújabb alkalmazási trendjei a bankszektorban címmel jelent meg Lülök Gergelynek, a Budapesti Műszaki és Gazdaságtudományi Egyetem (BME) PhD-hallgatójának és Sebestyén Zoltánnak, a BME egyetemi docensének közös tanulmánya, valamint Prisznyák Alexandra, AI-kockázatkezelési szakértő, tanácsadó Robo Sapiens Bankerius: Egy ideálisan tervezett humanoid banki szolgáltató robot? című esszéje a Hitelintézeti Szemle 2025. júniusi számában. E cikkekhez kapcsolódóan a Magyar Közgazdasági Társaság (MKT) és a Hitelintézeti Szemle panelbeszélgetést szervezett 2025. július 9-én, szerdán.A rendezvény kezdetén az érdeklődőket Virág Barnabás, az MNB alelnöke, a Hitelintézeti Szemle Szerkesztőbizottságának elnöke, az MKT Versenyképességi szakosztályának elnökségi tagja köszöntötte. Ezt követően a szerzők röviden bemutatták írásuk legfontosabb következtetéseit. A bevezető prezentációkat követő panelbeszélgetés résztvevői: Lülök Gergely, Prisznyák Alexandra, valamint Marton Tamás, a GRÁNIT Bank Nyrt. AI-szakértője és Kuthy Antal, az E-Group alapító vezérigazgatója, az MKT Informatikai szakosztályának elnökségi tagja voltak. Felkért hozzászóló: Hegedüs Éva, a GRÁNIT Bank Nyrt. elnök-vezérigazgatója és az MKT főtitkáraA panelbeszélgetést Fáykiss Péter, a Budapesti Metropolitan Egyetem tanszékvezetője, a HOLD Alapkezelő nemzetközi üzletfejlesztési igazgatója moderálta.

Az ITBUSINESS jól ismert szakmai beszélgetéssorozata folytatódik – ezúttal a mesterséges intelligencia, az egyetemi kutatás és a tudásmegosztás metszéspontjában.  Az aktuális epizódban Gróf József, az ITBUSINESS magazin online szerkesztője a BME innovatív adattudományi kutatócsoportjának, a HSDSLab munkatársaival – Dr. Molontay Roland laborvezetővel és Kiss Csaba doktorandusszal – járja körbe az akadémiai és ipari világ összekapcsolásának legégetőbb kérdéseit. Többek között szó esik arról, hogyan tud az egyetem hozzájárulni Magyarország innovációs képességének növeléséhez, miként lehet áthidalni a tudomány és a piaci igények közötti szakadékot, és milyen kihívások elé állítja a mesterséges intelligencia a felsőoktatást. Tartsatok velünk most is! 

En Empresas con Identidad conocemos a José Coll, CFO de Catalyxx. Compañçia especializada en transformar bioetanol en químicos sostenible. Y en Digital Business ponemos el foco en la Tokenización de activos con Jaime Silio Delibes, Head of Innovation & Transformation Securities Services en BME, Grupo SIX; Ángel Luis Quesada Nieto, Ceo y fundador de Onyze y con Javier de Alfonso, Head of Advisor en OpenBrick.

En Empresas con Identidad conocemos a José Coll, CFO de Catalyxx. Compañçia especializada en transformar bioetanol en químicos sostenible. Y en Digital Business ponemos el foco en la Tokenización de activos con Jaime Silio Delibes, Head of Innovation & Transformation Securities Services en BME, Grupo SIX; Ángel Luis Quesada Nieto, Ceo y fundador de Onyze y con Javier de Alfonso, Head of Advisor en OpenBrick.

En Empresas con Identidad conocemos a José Coll, CFO de Catalyxx. Compañçia especializada en transformar bioetanol en químicos sostenible. Y en Digital Business ponemos el foco en la Tokenización de activos con Jaime Silio Delibes, Head of Innovation & Transformation Securities Services en BME, Grupo SIX; Ángel Luis Quesada Nieto, Ceo y fundador de Onyze y con Javier de Alfonso, Head of Advisor en OpenBrick.

En Empresas con Identidad conocemos a José Coll, CFO de Catalyxx. Compañçia especializada en transformar bioetanol en químicos sostenible. Y en Digital Business ponemos el foco en la Tokenización de activos con Jaime Silio Delibes, Head of Innovation & Transformation Securities Services en BME, Grupo SIX; Ángel Luis Quesada Nieto, Ceo y fundador de Onyze y con Javier de Alfonso, Head of Advisor en OpenBrick.

Hoy en Capital Intereconomía hablamos del Foro Medcap con Gonzalo Navarro Ruiz, Director de Regulatorio Financiero de ONTIER , donde se encuentran empresas pequeñas y medianas que cotizan con inversores nacionales e internacionales. El objetivo es que esas inversiones nacionales o internacionales, conozcan a las empresas; sus negocios, su equipo, resultados. La bolsa es una oportunidad para que las empresas crezcan y Gonzalo Navarro que estuvo en el Foro Medcap nos acompaña y habla de la importancia de cotizar en Bolsa para las PYMES y el papel de ONTIER: “Una empresa bautizada por BME se coloca totalmente a otro nivel” explica. “El hecho de cotizar en estos mercados te da un sello de calidad, respetabilidad, seguridad jurídica”, asegura el invitado, y ahí es donde uno de los valores añadidos, que aporta acceder a los mercados de valores y las pymes, tienen a priori seguir fomentando esos mercados. Hay unos mínimos requisitos para que las empresas puedan acceder, independientemente del tamaño.

En empresas cotizadas entrevistamos a Luis Álvarez-Sestelo, CEO de OPTARE tras su nominación por BME para los European Small & Mid Cap Awards. En el foro de la inversión hablamos con Javier García Fernández, director de Velaria Inversores. Además Alberto Loza, responsable de Selección de Producto de Norwealth Capital recomienda las mejores ideas de inversión a nuestra audiencia en el Consultorio de Fondos.

En empresas cotizadas entrevistamos a Luis Álvarez-Sestelo, CEO de OPTARE tras su nominación por BME para los European Small & Mid Cap Awards. En el foro de la inversión hablamos con Javier García Fernández, director de Velaria Inversores. Además Alberto Loza, responsable de Selección de Producto de Norwealth Capital recomienda las mejores ideas de inversión a nuestra audiencia en el Consultorio de Fondos.

En 2002, en plena era de la burbuja tecnológica, Luis Álvarez-Sestelo funda Optare Solutions, con la convicción de que la tecnología es fundamental para el progreso, pero que el ser humano es quien lo hace posible. Más de dos décadas después desarrollan proyectos en más de 30 países. Sin embargo el crecimiento de la empresa no ha hecho que pierda la especialización, según comenta el invitado, “a veces el crecimiento te puede tender a generalizar, que es lo que evitamos”. Optare sitúa el valor humano como epicentro de su propuesta y, gracias a su profundo conocimiento del sector, junto con la aplicación de metodologías, tecnologías y procesos contrastados, aporta a sus clientes, soluciones tecnológicas avanzadas. Colabora con carriers e ISPs en el diseño y desarrollo de sistemas que les permiten ganar agilidad y eficiencia en entornos de alta competitividad. En octubre del 2024, la compañía firmó su debut en el BME Growth, con un precio de 6,25 euros la acción y una capitalización de referencia de 22 millones. Además, ha sido nominada por BME este mismo 27 de mayo como una de las compañías que representarán a los mercados españoles en los European Small & Mid-Cap Awards, lo que para Luis supone “una gran satisfacción”.

Hablamos con Francisco Formariz, de BME, sobre los retos y los objetivos de la nueva edición del Foro Med Cap que arranca mañana en la bolsa de Madrid.

Con Francisco Velázquez, Presidente de Axon Partners, analizamos la situación actual de la compañía. Axon acaba de publicar resultados y el invitado destaca que “estamos creciendo sobre temáticas en las que hay mucho tiempo de cola”. Las cuentas han tenido un fuerte apoyo de ingresos y de beneficios. Velázquez destaca que “estamos con unos beneficios brutos de 7,2 millones y un crecimiento de beneficio del 22%”. Francisco Velázquez de Cuéllar, estudió ingeniería aeroespacial, aeronáutica y astronáutica pero su vocación siempre fue la de ser emprendedor. En 2005 se dió cuenta de que el futuro se escribe con tecnología, y que las buenas ideas necesitan estrategia, inversión y confianza para florecer. Y en 2006, en un contexto marcado por la revolución digital, fundó Axon Partners Group. Con un enfoque único, Axón aporta un valor añadido a sus clientes combinando consultoría e inversión. Apoyan iniciativas tecnológicas desde sus inicios hasta después de salir a bolsa, y asesoran a empresas y gobiernos en estrategia y políticas digitales. El éxito de la compañía se ha hecho notorio en el extranjero. Sus más de 90 profesionales se reparten por Europa, América, Oriente Medio y norte de África, para dar asesoramiento en más de 40 países. En 2022, la empresa decidió dar un paso más en su trayectoria e ingresó en la bolsa de las pymes españolas, BME Growth. Según un estudio de Udekta Corporate, Axón es la compañía más rentable de todo BME growth.

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El reciente apagón ha generado un torrente de información y análisis en medios y redes, con ríos de tinta escritos en cuestión de días y horas de radio dedicadas al tema. Sin embargo, entre las múltiples cuestiones que surgen tras un evento de tal magnitud, una de las más relevantes es la reacción del mercado: “¿Qué ha pasado con el Ibex 35?” En este episodio de Finect Talks, charlamos con Eduardo Bolinches, analista de El Español–Invertia, para analizar el impacto económico de un apagón de estas características y por qué el Ibex 35 mantuvo la calma. Enlaces sección “El corrillo”: ➡️ Únete al grupo de Finect Talks en Finect: https://www.finect.com/grupos/finect-talks ➡️ La Bolsa, inmune al apagón: así blindó BME la sesión durante un corte eléctrico histórico: https://www.finect.com/usuario/mariarefojos/articulos/la-bolsa-inmune-al-apagon-asi-blindo-bme-la-sesion-durante-un-corte-electrico-historico ➡️ Los analistas ponen de manifiesto la necesidad de invertir en el sistema eléctrico tras el gran apagón https://www.finect.com/usuario/eduardogarcia/articulos/los-analistas-ponen-de-manifiesto-la-necesidad-de-invertir-en-el-sistema-electrico-tras-el-gran-apagon ➡️ Infraestructuras: ¿Refugio ante la volatilidad arancelaria? Mente Abierta by Franklin Templeton https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsOMqF2a79w ➡️ "Falta diversificación en las carteras": la advertencia de Natixis IM para los inversores españoles https://www.finect.com/usuario/mariarefojos/articulos/falta-diversificacion-en-las-carteras-la-advertencia-de-natixis-im-para-los-inversores-espanoles ➡️ 5 fondos y ETFs para invertir en ciberseguridad https://www.finect.com/usuario/avillanuevae/articulos/fondos-y-etfs-para-invertir-en-ciberseguridad ➡️ Otra forma de invertir en defensa: la ciberseguridad - Finect Focus con Tikehau Capital https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufZkTisOxdU ➡️ Las 10 gestoras extranjeras que manejan 200.000 millones de patrimonio en España: BlackRock, Amundi, JP Morgan https://www.finect.com/usuario/avillanuevae/articulos/las-10-gestoras-extranjeras-que-manejan-200000-millones-de-patrimonio-en-espana-blackrock-amundi-jp-morgan *Este contenido se ha elaborado bajo un criterio editorial y no constituye una recomendación ni propuesta de inversión. La inversión contiene riesgos. Las rentabilidades pasadas no son garantía de rentabilidades futuras.*

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War and Trauma US Army In Kuwait, Before The Invasion of Iraq. In the early morning darkness of March 23, 2003, just three days after the official start of the Iraq War, a shocking act of violence erupted, not from an outside enemy, but from within the ranks of the U.S. Army. It was an act that forever changed Command Sergeant Major (Ret.) Bart Womack’s life, and would later become the central focus of his gripping book, Embedded Enemy. Stationed at Camp Pennsylvania in Kuwait, the Headquarters of the 101st Airborne Division was making final preparations for the invasion of Iraq. But that night, as soldiers tried to rest before crossing the border, an explosion shattered the calm. A grenade was tossed into a tent. Seconds later, gunfire rang out. Smoke, confusion, and panic followed. Follow the Law Enforcement Talk Radio Show and Podcast on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Newsbreak, Medium and most all social media platforms “I knew we were in the land of not quite right,” Womack recalled in a recent interview. “And that was a not quite right grenade that, for some reason, there were sparks before it exploded.” The Law Enforcement Talk Radio Show and Podcast episode is available for free on our website, Apple Podcasts, Spotify and most major podcast platforms. “We’re under attack.” Womack and a fellow officer acted quickly, rushing to alert their colonel and evacuate the tent. “Just like that, it was pitch dark, and the tent was filled with smoke,” Womack said. “I shook the commander vigorously until he woke up, and I was shouting, ‘Get up. We’re under attack.’” The attacker? A fellow American soldier, one of their own, who had sworn the same oath to defend the Constitution. Two officers were killed. Fourteen others were wounded, six of whom were evacuated and never returned. The emotional and psychological trauma from that night continues to haunt many of the survivors. Look for supporting stories about this and much more from Law Enforcement Talk Radio Show and Podcast in platforms like Medium, Newsbreak and Blogspot. From Battlefield to Healing Ground, War and Trauma US Army In Kuwait, Before The Invasion of Iraq. Womack, a decorated Iraq War veteran with two Bronze Stars (one for valor), the Legion of Merit, and the Army Ranger Tab, now devotes his life to helping others recover from the trauma of war. After 29 years of service in the U.S. Army, including assignments as a Drill Sergeant, Ranger Instructor, and Sergeant of the Guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, he has turned his focus to serving veterans in new ways. Now a resident of Pittsburgh, Womack holds a B.S. in Business Management from Park University and an MBA from Waynesburg University. He serves as the Program Manager for Onward to Opportunity, Pittsburgh, a Syracuse University initiative that equips transitioning service members and veterans with career training and support. Follow the Law Enforcement Talk Radio Show and podcast on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Newsbreak, Medium and most all social media platforms But perhaps his most passionate endeavor is as Co-Founder and COO of the Armed Forces Equestrian Center (AFEC), a nonprofit that offers equine therapy to veterans, military families, and individuals with disabilities. “I’ve seen firsthand how trauma can follow our warriors long after the war ends,” Womack said. “Horses have an incredible ability to help people reconnect, rebuild trust, and find peace.” A Voice for the Silenced In his memoir, Embedded Enemy, Womack details the chaos and heartbreak of that fateful night in Kuwait. It’s a story not just of violence and betrayal, but of resilience, leadership, and the unbreakable bonds forged in war. The book is available on major platforms Amazon, and Womack often shares his story on news outlets, podcasts, and across social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram*, and X (formerly Twitter). The interview is available as a free podcast on the Law Enforcement Talk Radio Show and podcast website, also available on platforms like Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and most major podcast outlets. “Talking about it continues to be therapy for me,” he admitted. “I live it every day, but telling the story reminds me that we made it through, and that maybe someone else out there will find strength through our experience.” War and Trauma US Army In Kuwait, Before The Invasion of Iraq. Beyond writing, Womack also works in the entertainment industry as an actor and military technical advisor. He has appeared in several film and television productions and recently spent 18 months in Afghanistan training the Afghan National Army. His reach is global, he has even contributed to training missions in Nigeria as part of the Africa Contingency Operation. A Legacy of Leadership CSM (Ret.) Bart Womack’s military career spanned decades and continents, but his leadership continues off the battlefield. He sits on the board of the *Veterans Media Corporation*, is an Executive Producer at The Veterans Channel, and regularly mentors Army ROTC cadets. Check out the show on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Newsbreak, Medium and most all social media platforms In October 2020, his ongoing service was recognized when he was knighted into The Order of St. George, Grand Priory of Canada and the Americas. His evaluations from active duty describe him as “the standard by which others are measured,” and his life’s work continues to embody that high bar. For more insights, the free episode of the "Law Enforcement Talk Radio Show and Podcast", is available on their website for free in addition to Apple Podcasts and Spotify, as well as through other podcast platforms. Whether through his book, podcast appearances, or his work in therapy and transition programs, Womack’s message is clear: the war doesn’t always end when the fighting stops. But with brotherhood, purpose, and support, there is life after trauma and hope after war. War and Trauma US Army In Kuwait, Before The Invasion of Iraq. For more information about Bart Womack, visit his website. Or You can listen to his interviews as a free Podcast on the Law Enforcement Talk Radio Show on their website, also on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and other major podcast platforms. You can help contribute money to make the Gunrunner Movie. The film that Hollywood won't touch. It is about a now Retired Police Officer that was shot 6 times while investigating Gunrunning. 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Host Saeed Khan talks with guests, pr specialist and former Detroit Free Press reporter Darci McConnell, attorneys Bill Seikaly and Joel Sklar, Beverly Watts, president of BME consulting and former director of Wayne County Public Service Department, labor and community activist Barb Ingalls and Deadline Detroit co-founder Allan Lengel.They talk about President Zelensky rejecting President Trump's proposal for half its mineral resources; Trump's tariffs. Trump's cuts of federal worker; the wimpy GOP fearful of standing up to Trump;  Trump posts that no laws are Broken if he's “saving” the country;   Louisiana Health Department to stop mass vaccination; Schmuck of the Week.

Join us in this lively episode of Our Sleeved Life Podcast as we dive deep into the behind-the-scenes world of the BME community. From celebrating personal fashion victories to tackling technical mishaps, our conversation is as real as it gets!In this episode, our hosts and special guests open up about their personal journeys with relationships, weight loss surgery, and the transformative challenges they've faced. We discuss the emotional and mental aspects of our journeys, highlighting the power of community support and sharing some humorous yet profound realities of life post-surgery.Join us as we explore the struggles of staying motivated, overcoming setbacks, and the importance of self-acceptance and growth. We delve into the emotional and psychological aspects of weight loss, emphasizing the role of a strong 'why' in driving us forward. From navigating weight loss plateaus to the ups and downs of transformation, we cover it all.This conversation also touches on vulnerability in relationships and how our personal experiences shape our paths. Ultimately, we highlight the joy of living for experiences rather than just numbers on a scale. Don't miss this engaging discussion that's both insightful and inspiring!

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