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(full episode)Bradley Dryburgh, who titled his memoir 'I Wrote My Own Eulogy', is a special in-studio guest on this week's KCR Book Space. He chats with hosts Diane Ellison and Neil Reilly about living with cystic fibrosis, and his life as an author, podcast host and inspirational speaker.Di and Neil share their recent readings, covering topics ranging from Borneo to Keith Richards.KCR: live streaming at kcr.org.au or via the Kiama Community Radio App. Contact us: admin@kcr.org.au

This week on the Full of Beans podcast, Han is joined by Ella Clarke, a lived experience advocate currently working for LENs as an Expert by Experience. Ella has her own lived experience of an eating disorder and ADHD, and spent three years in hospital under a section. She now uses that experience to spread awareness and give others hope that recovery is genuinely possible. Outside of her advocacy work, Ella volunteers at Redgate Farm animal sanctuary, is proud crazy cat lady to Bella, a 14-year-old cat she adopted from Redgate last year, and this year travelled to Borneo to volunteer at a sanctuary for orangutans and sun bears.In this episode, we discuss: What motivates Ella to work as an Expert by Experience in eating disorder recoveryElla's experience of hospital admission and treatment for an eating disorderWhy listening to the person, not just the diagnosis, matters in eating disorder treatmentElla's experience of misdiagnosis and falling through the gaps between mental health servicesHow Ella's ADHD diagnosis became a turning point in her eating disorder recoveryThe overlap between ADHD, anorexia and binge eating disorderThe small, incremental steps that helped Ella rebuild her relationship with foodWhy normalising food, rather than commenting on it, supports eating disorder recoveryReconnecting with hobbies, identity and life beyond the eating disorder, including Ella's trip to Borneo⚠️ Content note: this episode discusses eating disorders, hospital admission, self-harm, and mental health diagnoses including ADHD and personality disorder. Please take care while listening.Connect with us:Subscribe to the Full of Beans PodcastFollow Full of Beans on InstagramCheck out our websiteListen on YouTubeConnect with Ella via LinkedIn

Draußen dampft der Regenwald von Borneo, drinnen bleibt es kühl. Ohne Klimaanlage. Die Architektur lässt einfach den Wind arbeiten.Die besten Hotels der Welt haben selten nur mit Sternen zu tun. Eher mit dem, was drumherum passiert. Eine Lodge, drei Jeep-Stunden tief im Dschungel, und nach dem Frühstück geht es los zu wilden Orang-Utans. Ein Haus von 1550 mitten in Lecce, Italien, Zitronenduft im Innenhof, abends ein Spritz auf dem Dach, und natürlich schaut eine Katze vorbei.Oder eine alte Dorfschule im Norden Finnlands. Der weiße Zaun ist für die Rentiere, der Steg führt zum See, die Beeren im Müsli wurden am Morgen gepflückt. Wer hier am Kamin sitzt, will eigentlich nie wieder weg.Dazu Geschichten aus wilderen Zeiten: im Rucksack-Look ins Adlon, Rock'n'Roll in Los Angeles, nach drei Tagen Dschungel ins Luxushotel von Kuala Lumpur, Wäsche waschen im Hotelwaschbecken.Teil zwei wartet schon. Gute Reise!—Unsere Werbepartner findet ihr hier.Mehr Reisen Reisen gibt es bei Instagram oder auf unserem Blog.Abboniere unseren Newsletter unter https://www.reisenreisen.info/p/newsletter—ÜBERNACHTENBorneo Rainforest Lodge — Öko-Lodge mitten im Danum Valley (Sabah), Dschungeltouren mit eigenem Guide inklusive.Mantatelurè – Dimora Esclusiva — Historisches Haus von 1550 in Lecces Altstadt mit Innenhofgarten und Dachterrasse.

How do you tell if an economy is actually working? Most economics classes point to controlled inflation, steady growth, or low unemployment - but what if the level of financial fraud is the real hidden indicator?Robin Wigglesworth and Gillian Tett talk to Dan Davies, financial historian and author of Lying for Money, to hear about some of the wildest and most shocking frauds in history. From 'the great salad oil swindle,' which almost brought down American Express to a fake gold mine in Borneo that ended with a mysterious fall from a helicopter. Together they explore how trust drives modern economies - and how fraudsters continuously exploit it.Further reading: Lying for Money: How Legendary Frauds Reveal the Workings of Our World by Dan DaviesTo enjoy future episodes, be sure to subscribe to The Story of Money wherever you get your podcasts, also on the show's dedicated YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@FTTheStoryOfMoneyHosts: Gillian Tett and Robin WigglesworthSenior Producer: Michela TinderaExecutive producers: Kate Ford and Manuela SaragosaVideo producer: Michael SalibaOriginal music and sound design: Breen TurnerBroadcast engineers: Bianca Wakeman and Petros GioumpasisPodcast development: Laura ClarkeFT global head of audio: Flo PhillipsLearn more at www.ft.com/tsom or get in touch at thestoryofmoney@ft.comRead a transcript of this episode on FT.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Los incendios en las turberas de Borneo están liberando antiguas reservas de carbono y extendiendo una nube tóxica por todo el sudeste asiático.

The system is not broken. It is doing exactly what it was designed to do: extract the maximum for the fewest. That is why Cindy Forde, founder of Planetari and former Managing Director of the Blue Marine Foundation, moved from boardrooms to classrooms. Her case for Earth-led education is simple: the same maths, science and history, taught so that children use them to steward the planet. She explains why a pizza and an orangutan can teach systems thinking, why children in Kenya or Borneo often understand climate better than children in London, and why most corporate sustainability is rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic. Now co-founding a Centre for Systemic Change at Cambridge, she closes with one line: there is no hope without the courage to change. Share it with a teacher, a parent or a leader who needs it.

Hablamos con Karmele Llano, directora de YIARI (Yayasan International Animal Rescue Indonesia) sobre los incendios que están afectando a Kalimantan en Borneo y cómo están afectando a las especies que viven en sus selvas, principalmente a los orangutanes. Karmele nos habla del alcance de los fuegos, del patrón que siguen, y de los rescates de animales que están llevando a cabo.Escuchar audio

Veckans avsnitt av Speljuntan dundrar in i din poddspelare. Fullsmetat med snack om evighets-wow, K-drama (K som i Kojima) och musiklektioner med Zeldas egen Eiji Aonuma.  Efter vi sprintat igenom nyheterna dimper Elisabeths vykort från Hyrule ner och får två generalers hjärnor att sprängas. Susanne berättar sen om fnissfesten Onimusha: Way of the Sword medan Angelica har rasslat ner i brittisk kolonialhistoria i deductionspelet The Read Pearls of Borneo. Du som älskar att välja sida är varmt välkommen att göra det på vår Discord, där finns massor av sidor att ställa sig på!  Spel som nämns i avsnittet: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, World of Warcraft: Forever, StarCraft, Heroes of the Storm, Overwatch, Hearthstone, Diablo V, Warcraft III: Reforged, Physint, Metal Gear Solid, OD, Death Stranding, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX, Onimusha: Way of the Sword, Devil May Cry, The Red Pearls of Borneo, Return of the Obra Dinn, The Case of the Golden Idol, The Roottrees are Dead Tidskoder: (01:20) Personliga frågan (06:00) Spelnyheter (35:55) Reklam (36:40) Spelintryck  

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special daily special, Tarrytown Chowder Tuesday is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, former Air Forces Central commander Lt General Derek France went public with major warnings about US military preparedness, with just over six months into the Iran war.Then on the rest of the menu, MAGA Bari Weiss' calls to Hegseth's wife to secure the propaganda interview on 60 Minutes has been revealed; no word from Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy about the English skills of the two MAGA Oakland, California cops facing federal charges after conspiring with a federal aviation official to fake their helicopter pilot certifications; and, a federal judge in Massachusetts has temporarily blocked Trump's attempt to impose a four-year limit on student visas, calling the justification for the new rule, “absurd.”After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where a Brazilian Supreme Court justice unsealed an investigation into a biopic about former President Bolsonaro, citing the film's funding by a wide-ranging criminal network; and, thick wildfire smoke is disrupting flights on Indonesia's Borneo island.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live PlayerKeep Your Netroots Radio Beaming 24/7/365“As I ate the oysters with their strong taste of the sea and their faint metallic taste that the cold white wine washed away, leaving only the sea taste and the succulent texture, and as I drank their cold liquid from each shell and washed it down with the crisp taste of the wine, I lost the empty feeling and began to be happy and to make plans.” – Ernest Hemingway “A Moveable Feast”Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Guest Host Joe DeMare talks about how NW Ohio was actually hotter than Mumbai, India at the start of September. India is losing hundreds of billions of productivity hours and dollars every year to deadly heat. Next he interviews Professor Eliot Jacobson, creator of the Climate Casino website, about 2026's huge, record breaking leaps in global heating. Rebecca Wood tells us all about pomegranates. Ecological News includes cuttlefish disaster off the coast of Australia, natural meadow regrowth in the UK, and orangutans threatened by fire in Borneo.

What happens when a young woman who grew up surrounded by horses and the outdoors develops a mysterious red ring after spending a summer working at a horse camp in West Virginia—but no one recognizes the possibility of Lyme disease? In this episode of the Tick Boot Camp Podcast, we sit down with Hannah Green, a Lyme disease survivor, advocate, and author from England whose international Lyme journey stretches across the United Kingdom, United States, and Australia. Hannah is the author of My Lyme Success Story, a book documenting her personal experience with chronic Lyme disease, the research she conducted while searching for answers, the approaches she believes helped her recover, and the lessons she learned about listening to her body along the way. Tick Boot Camp first met Hannah after she traveled from England to Connecticut for the Lyme Warrior 10th Anniversary Gala, where patients, researchers, clinicians, authors, advocates, and Lyme community leaders gathered for an evening centered on science, advocacy, connection, and hope. Hannah's story is ultimately about much more than one treatment or protocol. It is about missed warning signs, years without answers, becoming her own researcher, learning to trust herself again, and refusing to give up on the possibility of getting better. Growing Up Around Horses—but Knowing Almost Nothing About Ticks Hannah grew up in southeast England and spent much of her childhood outdoors. Horses became one of her greatest passions, and she eventually trained professionally in riding, horse management, dressage, and eventing. She was also deeply interested in animal health. Hannah spent time working around veterinary medicine and learned about fleas, lice, worms, botflies, equine influenza, strangles, and other conditions affecting horses. Yet one subject was almost completely absent from her education: ticks and Lyme disease. Despite spending years around horses, dogs, cats, veterinary environments, fields, and the English countryside, Hannah remembers receiving virtually no meaningful education about ticks or the infections they can transmit. The West Virginia Horse Camp and Hannah's Possible Lyme Exposure At approximately 19 years old, Hannah traveled alone from England to the United States to work as a riding counselor at a horse camp in West Virginia near the Blue Ridge Mountains. It was a major adventure for someone who describes herself at that age as extremely shy. Hannah suddenly found herself responsible for a cabin of young campers while teaching multiple horseback riding lessons each day. She loved the experience. But the camp also introduced Hannah to something she had never encountered before: ticks. Hannah remembers discovering engorged ticks attached to horses grazing in long grass. After asking what they were, she and other staff members were shown how to remove them. Removing ticks from the horses soon became part of their regular routine. What Hannah does not remember receiving was comprehensive education connecting those ticks with the potential risk of Lyme disease in humans. She recalls being warned about hazards such as poison ivy and rattlesnakes, but she does not remember meaningful tick-bite prevention training for counselors or campers. There was a Lyme disease pamphlet in the staff area, but the information Hannah remembers most strongly involved severe neurological complications such as seizures and paralysis. She did not come away understanding the broad range of symptoms that could develop or recognizing how important an expanding rash could be. The Red Ring That Was Dismissed as a Spider Bite Years later, while reconstructing her medical history after finally learning about Lyme disease, Hannah remembered something important from that summer. She had developed a distinctive red ring on her lower leg. At the time, Hannah says someone told her that it was probably a spider bite and that she should simply keep the area clean and watch it. The rash did not significantly hurt or itch, and it eventually disappeared. No one, according to Hannah's recollection, asked whether she might have been bitten by a tick. She did not connect the rash with the ticks she had been routinely removing from horses, and she did not connect it with the Lyme disease pamphlet she had briefly seen. Hannah believes today that this may have been the event that began her Lyme disease journey. For practical prevention and early-action information, read the Tick Boot Camp Tick Bite Blueprint. The First Sign Something Was Wrong Hannah initially remained extremely healthy and active after leaving the United States. She returned to England and attended Aston Business School near Birmingham. But approximately six months after her time at camp, she began noticing unusual problems with her knees. She was a runner and initially assumed she had simply overtrained. Her knees would ache and sometimes lock, particularly when walking down gentle slopes or moving at certain angles. Cold weather could make the discomfort worse. Because Hannah had been a competitive runner and lifelong equestrian athlete, healthcare professionals often attributed the symptoms to physical activity and wear and tear. She was told variations of the same explanation: runner's knee, overuse, muscle imbalance, or consequences of years of athletic activity. Yet Hannah was still a young woman, and the symptoms continued. Over time, joint problems began appearing elsewhere. Her elbows became involved. Her lower back became increasingly problematic. A diagnosis of scoliosis provided another seemingly logical explanation for some of her pain. Hannah kept adapting and pushing forward. She even completed the London Marathon, although afterward her knees became so painful and locked that she struggled to walk normally for approximately a week. When Her Health Finally Collapsed After university, Hannah continued traveling internationally, including spending time in Borneo and eventually completing a round-the-world trip. Then, around 2006, everything changed. After developing what appeared to be a significant viral illness, Hannah says she never fully recovered. Her shoulder became extremely painful and effectively froze. What followed was no longer an isolated problem with her knees or back. Hannah describes developing a growing collection of debilitating symptoms that included: Severe fatigue and exhaustion Joint and musculoskeletal pain Digestive problems Insomnia Anxiety Depression Episodes of intense anger or rage Memory problems Progressively worsening neurological and systemic symptoms Difficulty maintaining normal work and daily activities She describes the illness as feeling like a combination of flu, glandular fever, and malaria. Instead of resolving, her symptoms continued getting worse for approximately six years. Trying to Keep Working While Becoming Increasingly Ill Hannah attempted to continue working despite her deteriorating health. She worked with horses and also painted portraits professionally, but even limited morning work became increasingly difficult because of overwhelming fatigue. She frequently needed time off and struggled to explain what was happening because she did not understand it herself. Later, while working in a tea shop, Hannah began noticing that her memory was also being affected. She describes 30 or 40 symptoms gradually accumulating, with insomnia, chronic fatigue, and mood changes becoming some of the most difficult to manage. Meanwhile, repeated medical testing failed to provide an explanation. Several doctors told Hannah that her results were normal and that they could not find anything wrong. She says she did not necessarily feel directly accused of imagining her illness, but over time it became easier to stop discussing what she was experiencing because she felt that people were not truly hearing her. Moving to Australia While Searching for Answers Hannah eventually moved to Australia, hoping that a different environment and lifestyle might improve her health. She would spend approximately a decade there. Initially, the excitement of the move helped her keep going. She settled in tropical Darwin and started a graphic design company. Then her health crashed again. During the first wet season, Hannah became severely ill and spent significant periods in bed. Eventually, even working a few hours per day from home became too difficult, and she had to close the company she had built. She developed severe food reactions and describes being bedridden for seven to ten days at a time. Her relationship also ended during this period. Hannah describes eventually losing her business, her apartment, her ability to ride horses, much of her independence, and a significant amount of weight. At her lowest point, she says she would sometimes visit the stables and simply hold herself against a rail while watching the horses because she no longer had the strength to ride or even interact with them normally. The Chance Conversation That Changed Everything One day at the stables, another person noticed how ill Hannah had become. Hannah explained what was happening, and the woman told her about another horse rider with similar symptoms who was seeing a doctor who periodically traveled from Perth to Darwin to work with patients experiencing chronic fatigue and unexplained illness. Hannah and the other woman both scheduled appointments. After reviewing Hannah's extensive symptoms, the physician told her he believed she had late-stage Lyme disease. Hannah says subsequent testing through Australian Biologics was positive for Borrelia. The diagnosis triggered a flood of memories—the ticks on the horses, the pamphlet in West Virginia, and the unexplained red ring on her leg years earlier. For the first time, Hannah felt that the scattered pieces of her story might belong to the same puzzle. Lyme Disease, Co-Infections, and Alternative Testing Hannah continued exploring her illness through a combination of conventional and alternative approaches. She describes undergoing PCR testing through Australian Biologics as well as bioresonance and autonomic response testing. During the interview, Hannah says these alternative assessments suggested possible Borrelia strains, co-infections, active viruses, heavy metals, parasites, yeast overgrowth, gut inflammation, and other abnormalities. Among the infections discussed during her journey were Borrelia, Bartonella, Babesia, Rickettsia, Ehrlichia, Anaplasma, and Chlamydia, as well as viral findings including Epstein-Barr virus. It is important to distinguish Hannah's personal experience from established clinical diagnostic standards. Bioresonance and autonomic response testing are not established replacements for validated medical testing for Lyme disease or tick-borne infections. Hannah is sharing what practitioners told her and how those results influenced her personal recovery decisions. Choosing a Different Lyme Treatment Path After receiving her Lyme diagnosis, Hannah says the physician treating her wanted to begin an aggressive multi-antibiotic protocol. Hannah decided not to pursue that approach. She was already extremely weak, her digestive system was severely affected, and she was concerned about medication side effects. Instead, she asked whether there were other options and ultimately chose to spend several months researching Lyme disease treatment approaches around the world. Her family and friends were frightened by the decision, but Hannah says she felt strongly that she needed to find a different path for herself. That decision became the beginning of the recovery strategy she would later document in My Lyme Success Story. Building a Staged, Whole-Person Recovery Plan Hannah describes her recovery not as one treatment, but as a staged process. Working with naturopathic practitioners and combining their guidance with her own research, she focused first on what she describes as improving her body's overall terrain before directly targeting Lyme and co-infections. Her personal strategy included: Reducing environmental stressors Simplifying her lifestyle Changing her diet Supporting gut health Addressing issues practitioners identified as heavy metals and parasites Reducing inflammation Using herbs and supplements Using binders and detoxification strategies Experimenting with bioresonance Meditation and nervous-system calming practices Emotional and trauma-focused work Creating an environment where she felt safe enough to recover Hannah emphasizes that the sequence mattered to her. She believes preparing her body first made it easier to tolerate later interventions. The Diet Change That Gave Her Hope Diet became one of the earliest major changes in Hannah's recovery. Based on the recommendations she was receiving at the time, she adopted a highly individualized, low-inflammatory Paleo-style diet. She says that after approximately four weeks of changing her diet and focusing on cleansing and lifestyle interventions, she felt better than she had in four years. That improvement became a major psychological turning point. For the first time in years, Hannah had tangible evidence that something she was doing might be helping. From there, she continued gradually working through the other areas she believed were contributing to her illness. Herbs, Bioresonance, and Individualized Treatment Hannah experimented extensively with herbs and natural products. She describes using BioPure Quintessence, a herbal tincture containing ingredients including Japanese knotweed and Andrographis, after another product did not feel appropriate for her. She also describes using binders and other detoxification strategies while gradually increasing the intensity of her treatment. Bioresonance became another major part of her personal approach. Hannah says she used a portable device at home for approximately six months and also used bioresonance testing to help guide decisions about foods, herbs, and supplements. She reports that, through the overall combination of approaches she was using, she went from being largely bedbound to symptom-free in approximately 11 months. That is Hannah's personal account and should not be interpreted as evidence that the same interventions will produce the same results for another person. The Story Behind Hannah's "Lyme-Busting Drink" One memorable moment in the interview involves something Hannah jokingly calls her "Lyme-busting drink." Hannah says she gathered several antimicrobial ingredients in her kitchen and intuitively selected ingredients to combine into a homemade preparation. She later took the mixture to her naturopath, who tested it using the bioresonance method they were working with. Hannah says the mixture tested strongly for her. The larger takeaway from this part of the story is not that listeners should reproduce Hannah's homemade mixture. Rather, Hannah uses the story to illustrate just how individualized and experimental her own recovery process became. She repeatedly emphasizes listening to her own body and adjusting what she was doing based on how she felt. Learning to Trust Her Body Again One of the strongest themes throughout Hannah's interview is intuition. Years of unexplained illness can cause people to question themselves, especially after repeated normal tests or medical appointments that fail to provide answers. Hannah says she never entirely lost the belief that her body was telling her something important. When she was told nothing could be found, she continued searching. When one explanation did not make sense to her, she kept looking. And once she finally received a diagnosis, she approached recovery with the same determination. Rich identifies this as one of the most powerful parts of Hannah's story: despite years of confusion and dismissal, she continued trusting her own observations enough to keep investigating. Mindset, Spirituality, and Asking for Help Hannah also describes a major shift in her mindset and spirituality. For much of her life, she had been fiercely independent and believed that she could solve any problem herself. At her sickest, that changed. Hannah remembers lying in a dark room, sometimes barely able to lift her head, and finally looking outside and simply asking for help. She describes this as a turning point. A housemate later gave her a book about the Law of Attraction and introduced her to meditation. Hannah says these ideas reawakened something she remembered from childhood: a strong belief that mindset, intention, and action could help shape the direction of her life. She began meditating regularly and eventually built up to approximately 45-minute sessions. Whether listeners share Hannah's spiritual framework or not, the interview makes clear that hope and belief became important psychological resources during a period when her physical circumstances gave her very little reason to feel optimistic. Trauma, NLP, and Emotional Healing Hannah's recovery eventually expanded into emotional and trauma-focused work. She describes exploring Neuro-Linguistic Programming, or NLP, after reflecting on experiences from earlier in her life. One particularly powerful realization involved her premature birth. Hannah was born approximately three months early and spent significant time in an incubator, separated from her mother. During a later meditation experience, Hannah says she suddenly connected that early experience of illness and isolation with what she was experiencing as an adult. She later participated in NLP-based work that involved revisiting and reframing those experiences. Toward the end of her recovery, Hannah also explored Faster EFT, combining tapping and other emotional-processing techniques. She says she realized that even after becoming physically healthier, she had developed significant fear about leaving her home and becoming ill again. After working through some of those fears and other emotional experiences, she felt more capable of re-entering normal life. For Hannah, physical recovery, emotional recovery, mindset, spirituality, and lifestyle became deeply interconnected parts of the same journey. From Bedbound to What Hannah Describes as Fully Recovered Hannah says she eventually went from being largely bedbound to symptom-free over approximately 11 months. She attributes that change not to one single intervention, but to the sequencing and combination of approaches she personally used. She emphasizes reducing inflammation and other stressors first, then gradually addressing the infections and other issues she believed were affecting her. Her experience shaped one of the central messages she now shares with other Lyme patients: recovery does not necessarily have to happen through the most aggressive approach available. She encourages people to work with knowledgeable practitioners, move carefully, and allow the body time to recover. As she says during the interview, she believes there is value in "slow, steady, gentle" healing, while also emphasizing the importance of appropriate medical supervision. Why Hannah Wrote My Lyme Success Story Once Hannah had recovered, she began organizing everything she had documented during her illness. Her background made that process unusually natural. Hannah had experience in graphic design, photography, writing, editing, and copywriting. She had also meticulously recorded what she tried during her illness—partly because she wanted a record in case she ever became sick again. Eventually, people began encouraging her to write a book. That became Hannah Green: My Lyme Success Story. Hannah says she wrote the book for several reasons: To document what happened to her To explain her experience to family members in England who had been thousands of miles away during the worst of her illness To process the trauma of what she had been through To organize the research and strategies she had collected To help other Lyme patients who might find value in her experience The book includes Hannah's story, the approaches she personally tried, her research, and practical resources including meal plans, shopping lists, checklists, and educational information intended to help patients and families better understand Lyme disease. Learn more about Hannah, her book, and her resources on her website: Hannah Green: My Lyme Success Story Meeting Hannah at the Lyme Warrior 10th Anniversary Gala This Tick Boot Camp interview began with an in-person connection. Hannah traveled from England to attend the Lyme Warrior 10th Anniversary Gala on May 9, 2026, at Saybrook Point Resort & Marina in Old Saybrook, Connecticut. Tick Boot Camp partnered with Lyme Warrior to help photograph, document, and amplify the event. The gala brought together Lyme patients, advocates, researchers, clinicians, authors, families, and supporters for a night focused on research, advocacy, humor, music, community, and hope. Hannah attended alongside other members of the Lyme community who traveled from England, including Kirstie Haysman, Ms Great Britain 2026. The night included appearances from leading Lyme voices including Dr. Eva Sapi, Dr. Monica Embers, Dr. Richard Horowitz, Dr. Myriah Hinchey, Nicole Bell, Jesse Ruben, and many other advocates and community leaders. Read Tick Boot Camp's full coverage of the event. A Lyme Story Across Three Continents Hannah's Lyme journey crosses three continents. She grew up in England. She believes her Lyme exposure may have occurred while working with horses in West Virginia in the United States. Her earliest symptoms emerged after returning to England. Her illness eventually became severely disabling. And in Australia, Hannah finally received the Lyme diagnosis that gave her a framework for understanding what had happened. Australia also became the place where she developed the personal recovery strategy she later documented in My Lyme Success Story. Hannah eventually returned to England in 2019 to spend more time with family. Her international experience underscores an important reality: Lyme disease does not respect borders, and gaps in tick awareness, diagnosis, and treatment can follow patients across healthcare systems. What You'll Learn in This Episode In this episode of the Tick Boot Camp Podcast, Hannah Green discusses: Growing up in England surrounded by horses and the outdoors Why she knew almost nothing about ticks despite extensive equestrian experience Traveling alone to America as a shy 19-year-old Working as a horse-riding counselor at a West Virginia summer camp Removing engorged ticks from horses without understanding the possible human health risk The Lyme disease pamphlet she remembers seeing at camp The red ring on her leg that she was told was probably a spider bite Why she now believes her Lyme exposure may have occurred in West Virginia Developing unusual knee problems after returning to England Years of migrating joint and back symptoms Running the London Marathon despite worsening knee problems The viral illness after which her health dramatically deteriorated Digestive issues, insomnia, chronic fatigue, anxiety, depression, rage, and memory problems Trying to continue working while becoming progressively sicker Repeated medical visits that failed to explain her illness Moving to Australia and eventually becoming largely bedbound How another horse rider helped connect her with the doctor who diagnosed Lyme disease Borrelia and the co-infections discussed during her journey Her experience with PCR testing, bioresonance, and autonomic response testing Why she declined the multi-antibiotic protocol initially proposed to her The three months she spent researching treatment approaches around the world Her staged approach to lifestyle, diet, gut health, and other interventions The low-inflammatory Paleo-style diet she says produced an early improvement Her use of herbs, binders, naturopathic care, and bioresonance Her homemade "Lyme-busting drink" Creating an environment dedicated to healing Learning to trust her intuition Meditation, spirituality, and asking for help Trauma work, NLP, and Faster EFT The fear of leaving home even after her physical health improved Why she believes mindset is critical to recovery Why she wrote My Lyme Success Story Her advice for people newly diagnosed with Lyme disease Why she believes patients should not give up on the possibility of healing Hannah's Advice for Someone Newly Diagnosed With Lyme Disease Near the end of the conversation, Hannah shares several lessons she wishes more people understood early in their Lyme journey. First, she encourages people not to panic. She believes a recovery mindset matters and that people benefit from knowing that others have gotten better. Second, she recommends finding a practitioner you genuinely trust and who looks at the person as a whole rather than focusing on only one symptom. Third, she emphasizes consistency and persistence rather than continually jumping from one protocol to another. And finally, Hannah advocates for a gentler approach when appropriate, saying that the body may need time and a sense of safety in order to recover. Her advice reflects her own experience rather than a universal medical prescription, but the underlying message is powerful: stay engaged, keep learning, work with qualified support, and do not surrender hope. Why Hannah Green's Lyme Success Story Matters Hannah's story is not presented as a universal Lyme disease treatment protocol. It is one person's experience of becoming severely ill, searching for answers across multiple countries, experimenting with approaches that felt appropriate for her circumstances, and eventually reaching a level of health that inspired her to describe her journey as a Lyme success story. Her experience reinforces several important messages for the Lyme community: Tick education matters before a bite ever happens. Not everyone remembers finding an attached tick. An expanding red rash deserves careful medical evaluation. Lyme symptoms can evolve and involve multiple body systems. Migrating joint symptoms can be an important part of a patient's history. People with unexplained chronic symptoms deserve to be heard. Recovery journeys can be highly individualized. Emotional and psychological support can coexist with treatment of physical illness. Community can help replace the isolation that so often accompanies chronic illness. Hope matters. Healing is possible. Final Takeaway Hannah Green's Lyme disease journey began long before she knew she was on one. A young woman from England traveled to America to teach horseback riding, encountered ticks for the first time, developed a mysterious red ring that was dismissed as a spider bite, and returned home feeling healthy. Then the clues slowly appeared. First her knees. Then other joints. Then her back. Eventually, after another illness years later, her health deteriorated dramatically. What followed was a long search for an explanation that eventually took Hannah across the world and into an intense process of research, experimentation, self-advocacy, emotional healing, and recovery. Today, she has transformed that experience into My Lyme Success Story in the hope that what she learned can help others ask better questions and feel less alone. Her exact path will not be everyone's path, and the approaches Hannah believes helped her should not be interpreted as medical advice or a universal treatment plan. But the larger message of her story belongs to the entire Lyme community: keep asking questions, keep learning, find people who take your experience seriously, and do not give up on the possibility of healing.

VOV1 - Chính phủ Malaysia hôm 4/9 đã chính thức tuyên bố tình trạng khẩn cấp trên toàn địa bàn huyện Serian thuộc bang Sarawak, nằm trên đảo Borneo.Quyết định này được đưa ra trong bối cảnh các trận cháy rừng dữ dội kéo dài nhiều tuần qua tại Indonesia liên tục bốc khói độc, đẩy chất lượng không khí trong khu vực xuống mức đặc biệt nguy hiểm đối với sức khỏe và sự an toàn của người dân.Theo Văn phòng Thủ tướng Malaysia, Nhà Vua Sultan Ibrahim ibni Sultan Iskandar đã ký quyết định khẩn cấp sau khi chỉ số ô nhiễm không khí (API) tại Serian đạt 514 vào chiều cùng ngày. Theo quy chuẩn địa phương, mức trên 400 được coi là “rất nguy hiểm”, còn trên 500 là đe dọa trực tiếp đến sức khỏe cộng đồng. Ngoài Serian, ít nhất bốn khu vực khác của bang Sarawak cũng ghi nhận chỉ số ô nhiễm ở ngưỡng “nguy hiểm”.Lệnh khẩn cấp cho phép chính quyền đóng cửa toàn bộ công sở công và tư nhân, trừ dịch vụ thiết yếu, đồng thời huy động tối đa lực lượng cứu hộ và y tế. Đây là lần đầu tiên bang Sarawak phải kích hoạt tình trạng khẩn cấp vì khói bụi kể từ thảm họa khói mù Đông Nam Á năm 1997, thời điểm chỉ số ô nhiễm tại Kuching chạm mức đỉnh kỷ lục 839 cũng do các vụ cháy rừng quy mô lớn tại Indonesia. Cùng với đó, gần 200.000 học sinh tại Serian, Kuching và các khu vực lân cận sẽ chuyển sang học trực tuyến từ tuần tới, khi 647 trường học đồng loạt tạm dừng giảng dạy trực tiếp.Khủng hoảng khói mù bắt nguồn từ các vụ cháy rừng lan rộng tại Indonesia, trở nên trầm trọng hơn do hiện tượng El Nino gây khô hạn kéo dài. Hệ thống giám sát vệ tinh của Malaysia ghi nhận 12.888 điểm nóng tại Kalimantan trong tháng trước, trong khi Bộ Lâm nghiệp Indonesia báo cáo thêm 2.683 điểm nóng chỉ trong bốn ngày đầu tháng 9, cao gấp gần 5 lần cùng kỳ năm ngoái. Từ đầu năm đến nay, hơn 200.000 ha rừng đã bị thiêu rụi, vượt xa con số 90.405 ha của năm 2023.Khủng hoảng ô nhiễm không chỉ dừng lại ở Malaysia mà đã bắt đầu lan rộng ra toàn khu vực, khiến Singapore lần đầu tiên trong năm nay ghi nhận chất lượng không khí rơi vào ngưỡng "không lành mạnh". Chính quyền Singapore đã ngay lập tức kích hoạt các kịch bản ứng phó khẩn cấp, khuyến cáo người dân, đặc biệt là nhóm đối tượng rủi ro cao như người già, phụ nữ mang thai, trẻ em và người có bệnh tim phổi mãn tính, hạn chế tối đa các hoạt động thể chất ngoài trời. Các cơ sở y tế, viện dưỡng lão và trường mầm non tại quốc đảo này đã được chỉ đạo tăng cường sử dụng máy lọc không khí, quạt mát di động và miễn giảm hoàn toàn các hoạt động thể dục ngoài trời cho trẻ em nhằm hạn chế tối đa tác động tiêu cực từ đợt ô nhiễm này./.VOV Thái LanẢnh minh họa: The Star

In this episode of The Wild Photographer, Court sits down with fellow photographer, naturalist and expedition leader Pete Ramsden for a wide-ranging conversation about what it actually takes to make great photographs in some of the more challenging environments on the planet.They start in the rainforests of Borneo, where heat, humidity, and surprisingly low light can be challenging for both photographers and their gear. Pete shares some of the systems he has developed over years of guiding, including using silica gel and dry bags to fight moisture, acclimating cameras before heading outside, keeping lens cloths dry, and taking advantage of modern image stabilization to shoot at shutter speeds that would have seemed impossible not long ago. From there, the conversation moves north to the Arctic, with a deep dive into light painting and northern lights photography, including focusing in near-total darkness, composing around the aurora and experimenting with long exposures.Court and Pete also get into the bigger picture of photography today. What does it mean to actually be "successful" as a photographer? How important is social media? How should photographers approach editing, culling thousands of images and traveling with increasingly complicated camera kits? Pete shares his Lightroom workflow, favorite travel tricks, current Sony setup and the one piece of gear that has become an unexpected game changer in the field.Links & Resources MentionedPete RamsdenPete Ramsden's Nat Hab bio, photography and upcoming tripsNat Hab Borneo Wildlife Photo ExpeditionLight PaintingLight Painting BrushesLight Painting Brushes Starter KitsLuminosify Choobs light-painting tubesTravel & Camera Carrying GearPelican 1535 Air Carry-On CaseCotton Carrier G3 Camera HarnessPeak Design Capture Camera ClipPete's Camera GearSony Alpha 7R VSony Alpha 7 VSony FE 200–600mm f/5.6–6.3 G OSSSony FE 70–200mm f/2.8 GM OSS IISony FE 14mm f/1.8 GMSony 2x TeleconverterSigma 24–70mm f/2.8 DG DN II ArtGear Court MentionsCanon RF100–300mm f/2.8 L IS USMCourt's WebsitesCheck out my photo portfolio here: shop.courtwhelan.comSign up for my photo and conservation blog at www.courtwhelan.comFollow me on YouTube (@courtwhelan) for more photography tipsView my camera kit and recommended camera gearSponsors and Promo Codes:MPB.com - Buy, Sell, or Trade Camera GearArtStorefronts.com - Mention this podcast for free photo website designBayPhoto.com - 25% off your first order (code: TWP25) ArtHelper.com - a photo community to learn, share and be inspiredArthelper.Ai - Smart tools to promo and showcase your art.LensRentals.com - WildPhoto15 for 15% off

Analizamos el resultado del referéndum en el que los islandeses se han decantado por no avanzar en su integración a Europa. Conocemos las últimas cifras de víctimas y desaparecidos que han dejado las riadas en Nepal. Conversamos con Karmele Llano, de la organización indonesia Yiari, sobre los incendios en Borneo y la destrucción del hábitat. Analizamos la intentona de golpe de Estado frustrada en Níger. También analizamos con nuestros corresponsales cómo será la agenda política de cara a los próximos meses en los distintos países.Escuchar audio

Næsten 1,5 millioner kroner til barnevognsmarch på mors dag rundt om i Danmark. 800.000 kroner til et forløb med en rapkonkurrence blandt danske 6.-klasser om biodiversitet og orangutanger på Borneo. Og lige under 200.000 kroner til undervisningsmateriale til udskolingen om »strukturelle og samfundsmæssige forhold« for transkønnede personer i Indien. Med et meget omdiskuteret afsnit af Borgerlig Tabloid genantændte vi for nylig debatten om den danske ulandsbistand – og i dagens afsnit tager vi det politiske opgør. For det er ikke alle, der synes, at eksemplerne er ‘så tossede’. Vært: Joachim B. Olsen, debatredaktør på B.T. Gæster: Anastasia Milthers, folketingsmedlem og udviklingsordfører for Radikale Venstre Mads Strange, folketingsmedlem og politisk ordfører for Liberal Alliance Journalister: Maria Asmine Dam og Emilie Maja Jeppesen Producere: Teis Zacho og Maria Asmine Dam Er du tvivl om, hvad du skal mene om aktuelle emner, så tilmeld dig nyhedsbrevet Borgerlig Tabloid fra Joachim B. Olsen - så får du borgerlig argumenter direkte i din indbakke: https://www.bt.dk/debat/borgerlig-tabloid-faa-borgerlig-debat-direkte-i-din-indbakke Der kan være sponsoreret indhold og reklame i podcasten.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The trade war between the US and Canada kicks off, with shots fired in both directions. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent talks up sanctions D-Day for Iran and Syria's al-Sharaa says the country is “tearing out a painful chapter of its past” after the US lifts sanctions. Also, Borneo goes up in flames with palm oil adding fuel to the fires and threatening orangutans. Plus, a weightlifting robot's jittering jerk...

Levítico 11:19“…la cigüeña, la garza según su especie, la abubilla y el murciélago."Imagine esto... usted es una planta carnívora de jarra, sin ningún olor que atraiga a los insectos. Y lo que es peor, a pesar de que la mayoría de plantas carnívoras de jarra están diseñadas para matar insectos en su piscina de líquidos digestivos, no tiene suficiente líquido para hacer el trabajo. ¿Qué es lo que debe hacer una pobre planta carnívora de jarra?Pues bien, Dios no se olvida de las necesidades de la Nepenthes hemsleyana. Le dio una capacidad única de "llamar" a los murciélagos que están buscando alojamiento. Una vez que el murciélago y su familia se registran para la noche, pagan por la habitación al depositar suficiente guano rico en nitrógeno para mantener a la planta sana y viva.Pero, ¿cómo exactamente una planta sin cuerdas vocales puede llamar a los murciélagos? Las hojas de la planta en realidad tienen una forma que reflejan el sónar. Al volar los murciélagos a través de las selvas de Borneo - utilizando ecolocación para movilizarse - los "clics" se reflejan en las hojas de esta planta. Ellos toman esto como una invitación abierta para descansar durante la noche.Si alguna vez mira dentro de una de estas plantas, no encontrará insectos en diferentes fases de descomposición. En su lugar, usted encontrará al murciélago Kerivoula hardwickii descansando cómodamente adentro, ya sea solo o con toda su familia.Aquí en “Momentos de la Creación”, nunca nos cansamos de contar a los demás acerca de las maravillosas plantas y animales que Dios ha creado. A juzgar por el hecho de que hemos estado haciendo esto por más de 50 años, muchos de ustedes sienten exactamente lo mismo. Por lo tanto, cuénteles a sus amigos sobre “Momentos de la Creación” ¿sí?Oración: ¡Padre Celestial, aunque no puedo verte, me gusta mirar las obras de Tus manos! Te ruego que me dés muchas oportunidades para compartir el evangelio y la verdad bíblica de la creación con los demás. En el nombre de Jesús, Amén.Ref: Schöner, Schöner, Simon, Grafe, Puechmaille, Ji & Kerth. 2015. "Los murciélagos son atraídos acústicamente a Plantas Carnívoras mutualistas", Current Biology.  To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1235/29?v=20251111

This week the huns discuss the fact that curses actually exist (is it a form of manifestation?) and Big Suze negs Hannah's H&M red. Big S is free from her piercings and Hannah pulls a Death card... does it have to do with their VERY INNOCENT crush?  Horror Film recco: The Deliverance... based on the TRUE haunting of Latoya Ammons and her family in Gary, Indiana.  Let's get into some spooky stories now that the weather is cooler... want some chills?  1) Hannah kicks us off with a creepy tale about a very weird service station off the M6 in the Midlands...  2) Suzie flies us off to Borneo for a longy story about some terrifying cordyceps... Should she still fly there next year? (JOIN US NEXT WEEK FOR PART TWO!)  Creep of the Week this week is from Holly, a tale about her mother is South Australia. TY HUN! This is called 'The Off Duty Police Officer' (join us next week for PART TWO!!!)  TY FOR JOINING US HUNS WE LOVE YAAAAA xoxoxo Got a story? Send it to ghosthunspod@gmail.com  JOIN OUR PATREON! EXTRA bonus episodes AND a monthly ghost hunt for just £4.50!  Or £6 for AD-FREE EPS and weekly AGONY HUNS! We'll solve your problems huns!  Sign up here: www.patreon.com/GhostHuns MERCH IS HERE: https://ghosthuns.co.uk/ HALLOWEEN 2026 TIX HERE: https://podlifeevents.com/event-details/ghost-huns---live-from-cheerful-earful-11-oct-2026-tickets Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Good afternoon, I'm _ with today's episode of EZ News. Tai-Ex opening The Tai-Ex opened marginally higher this morning from Friday's close, at 45,240 on turnover of 5.1-billion N-T. The market closed higher Friday as tech heavyweights rebounded from earlier weakness on bargain hunting. However, turnover was down from its five-day average of 880-billion N-T. Lai uses 1958 Kinmen defense ceremony to push his defense budget President Lai Ching-te says he believes that successful defense of Kinmen in 1958 is a prime example of "peace through strength. The statement came as Lai was attending the annual memorial of the anniversary of a Chinese artillery bombardment of Kinmen at the beginning of the Second Taiwan Strait Crisis. Speaking to the ceremony, Lai said the heroes in Kinmen - regardless of the their backgrounds - united as one to repel the aggression of communist totalitarianism and urged cross-party unity to supporting his 2027 defense budget. Prior to delivering his speech, Lai burned incense, laid a wreath (花圈), and bowed his head to pay his respects amid pouring rain to the soldiers who successfully repelled the attempted Chinese invasion of Kinmen. Taiwan-born astronaut to appear at Washington Nationals Taiwan day Taiwan-born NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren is set to throw out the ceremonial first pitch at the Washington Nationals second Taiwan Heritage Day at Nationals Park on August 29. According to the Millennial Global Youth Foundation, which organizes of the annual Taiwan Heritage Day, Lindgren was chosen for the honor because of his status as an accomplished (技藝高超，有造詣) astronaut who connects Taiwan and the U-S through his multicultural heritage. Lindgren, whose Chinese name is Lin Chi-erh, was born in Taipei in 1973 while his father was serving in the U-S Air Force in Taiwan and lived in Taichung for more than two years. His mother is Taiwanese. TRUMP SIGNALS NO RETREAT ON CANADA TARIFFS AS TRADE WAR ESCALATES US President Donald Trump has posted on social media that Canada wants the benefits of being a state without being one, signalling no retreat after fifty per cent tariffs on Canadian goods came into force on Saturday. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced retaliatory (報復性的) tariffs targeting American steel, dairy and electronics from the eighth of September, saying Washington asked too much and offered too little. US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer says there are no new talks planned with Ottawa. Jagruti Dave has more from Washington. Guinea Refuse Site Landslide Kills 30 Guinea's civil protection service says a mountainous heap of refuse has collapsed at Dar Es Salam, the largest landfill in the capital of Conakry, killing 30 people. Heavy rain that started around 2 a.m. on Sunday washed over the refuse, triggering a landslide that buried nearby shacks. Officials say the site — an open-air waste dump that is the largest in the city — had been designated for (指定用於) closure on Sunday. Locals living around the landfill had been given eviction notices, which forced many to leave the area, but many others were still around at the time of the disaster, according to authorities. Indonesia Arrests Amid Forest and Peatland Fires Indonesian authorities have arrested 72 people suspected of starting forest and peatland fires. The fires have caused a choking haze cloud in central and west Indonesia. Officials say the fires are driven by an intensifying El Nino pattern and a prolonged dry season. The agency resumed cloud-seeding operations, deploying helicopters for water-bombing missions. Authorities are investigating whether companies financed the land clearing, which could expand the probe (調查) beyond those arrested. The blazes have spread smoke into Malaysia, straining relations with neighboring countries. On Sunday, parts of Borneo and South Sumatra were heavily affected. That was the I.C.R.T. EZ News, I'm _. －－－－以下為 SoundOn 動態廣告－－－－ 準備賣房嗎？ 即日起至12月31日， 把房屋專任委託給台南住商不動產，即可參加「好友五吉」抽獎活動，賣房抽五機~有機會抽中最新 iPhone 18！ 錦上添花, 好運大獎拿不完! 詳情請洽台南住商任一加盟店。 https://sofm.pse.is/9kbknp -- Kurt Wu X 中信 X 米米立 X Bonny&Read 天天登入抽聯名活動

Talking with T-Bird: Sue Hawk Watch this podcast on YouTube! The time has come for the return of “Talking with T-Bird.” Each episode, Rob Cesternino (@robcesternino) and Survivor: Africa‘s Teresa “T-Bird” Cooper (@tbirdcooper) will catch up with a former Survivor player and talk about anything and take listener questions. Just when you think you know Survivor 50, the legends themselves return to shake things up. Host Rob Cesternino teams up with T-Bird Cooper for a memorable “Talking with T-Bird” deep dive, retracing the roots of Survivor history and connecting it with the unpredictable energy of the current season. This episode stands out as T-Bird finally tracks down the elusive Sue Hawk, whose raw, unfiltered perspective on Survivor Borneo still sets the standard for honest gameplay and legendary jury speeches. Survivor 50 is back in the spotlight as Rob and T-Bird relive Sue's iconic story, all while comparing early Survivor's “wild west” style to the fast-paced idol hunts, immunity twists, and softer conditions of the modern game. Sue doesn't hold back, critiquing how much easier conditions seem now—from 26-day seasons to the abundance of clothes and comforts—and reflecting on the real threats and alliances that shaped Borneo. She breaks down the truth behind those first alliances, the sting of betrayal, and why every move on Survivor comes with lasting consequences, both in the game and back in the real world. Key discussion points include: – Sue's behind-the-scenes journey from “off the grid” legend to Survivor All-Star, and how she finally agreed to talk after years of letters and texts with T-Bird – Insights into Survivor Borneo's original alliances and Sue's “snake and rat” speech that rocked reality TV – Raw comparisons between old-school survival—sand fleas, rain, boredom, and bush medicine—versus Survivor 50's so-called “softball” era – How modern twists (idols, shortened seasons) impact the intensity and credibility of winning – Reflections on loyalty, trust, and what it really means to survive—on the island and beyond As Rob and T-Bird revisit Sue's legacy, they question whether today's players could endure old-school hardships or if strategic complexity now outweighs environmental grit. Can emotional honesty still change the game, or has the new era made it all about flash and fleeting power? Dive into this episode for Survivor storytelling that bridges generations, reveals hard truths, and keeps your torch burning for what's coming next. Listen now to see Survivor 50 through the eyes of legends—and decide for yourself if the game will ever be the same. Chapters: 0:00 T-Bird's Epic Sue Hawk Journey 2:47 Landing the Elusive Sue Hawk Interview 6:07 Borneo Origins: Sue's Survivor Backstory 14:25 Survivor Softballs: New Era Critique 19:17 Creating the Gilligan's Island Audition 24:56 The Wild Survivor Casting Process 32:59 Crafting the Legendary Final Speech 39:03 Growing Up Tough in Wisconsin 45:56 Adventures Hunting Bears in Russia 1:14:21 Losing Out on Survivor Endorsements 1:26:20 The Missed All-Girls Alliance Opportunity 1:35:38 From Horses to Trucking Life 1:45:09 Playing With Sue: Rob Reflects 1:55:04 Hero or Villain: Sue's Survivor Legacy 2:21:40 T-Bird's Toast to Sue Hawk Never miss a minute of RHAP's extensive Survivor coverage! LISTEN: Subscribe to the Survivor podcast feed WATCH:  Watch and subscribe to the podcast on YouTube SUPPORT:  Become a RHAP Patron for bonus content, access to Facebook and Discord groups plus more great perks!

Talking with T-Bird: Sue Hawk Watch this podcast on YouTube! The time has come for the return of “Talking with T-Bird.” Each episode, Rob Cesternino (@robcesternino) and Survivor: Africa‘s Teresa “T-Bird” Cooper (@tbirdcooper) will catch up with a former Survivor player and talk about anything and take listener questions. Just when you think you know Survivor 50, the legends themselves return to shake things up. Host Rob Cesternino teams up with T-Bird Cooper for a memorable “Talking with T-Bird” deep dive, retracing the roots of Survivor history and connecting it with the unpredictable energy of the current season. This episode stands out as T-Bird finally tracks down the elusive Sue Hawk, whose raw, unfiltered perspective on Survivor Borneo still sets the standard for honest gameplay and legendary jury speeches. Survivor 50 is back in the spotlight as Rob and T-Bird relive Sue's iconic story, all while comparing early Survivor's “wild west” style to the fast-paced idol hunts, immunity twists, and softer conditions of the modern game. Sue doesn't hold back, critiquing how much easier conditions seem now—from 26-day seasons to the abundance of clothes and comforts—and reflecting on the real threats and alliances that shaped Borneo. She breaks down the truth behind those first alliances, the sting of betrayal, and why every move on Survivor comes with lasting consequences, both in the game and back in the real world. Key discussion points include: – Sue's behind-the-scenes journey from “off the grid” legend to Survivor All-Star, and how she finally agreed to talk after years of letters and texts with T-Bird – Insights into Survivor Borneo's original alliances and Sue's “snake and rat” speech that rocked reality TV – Raw comparisons between old-school survival—sand fleas, rain, boredom, and bush medicine—versus Survivor 50's so-called “softball” era – How modern twists (idols, shortened seasons) impact the intensity and credibility of winning – Reflections on loyalty, trust, and what it really means to survive—on the island and beyond As Rob and T-Bird revisit Sue's legacy, they question whether today's players could endure old-school hardships or if strategic complexity now outweighs environmental grit. Can emotional honesty still change the game, or has the new era made it all about flash and fleeting power? Dive into this episode for Survivor storytelling that bridges generations, reveals hard truths, and keeps your torch burning for what's coming next. Listen now to see Survivor 50 through the eyes of legends—and decide for yourself if the game will ever be the same. Chapters: 0:00 T-Bird's Epic Sue Hawk Journey 2:47 Landing the Elusive Sue Hawk Interview 6:07 Borneo Origins: Sue's Survivor Backstory 14:25 Survivor Softballs: New Era Critique 19:17 Creating the Gilligan's Island Audition 24:56 The Wild Survivor Casting Process 32:59 Crafting the Legendary Final Speech 39:03 Growing Up Tough in Wisconsin 45:56 Adventures Hunting Bears in Russia 1:14:21 Losing Out on Survivor Endorsements 1:26:20 The Missed All-Girls Alliance Opportunity 1:35:38 From Horses to Trucking Life 1:45:09 Playing With Sue: Rob Reflects 1:55:04 Hero or Villain: Sue's Survivor Legacy 2:21:40 T-Bird's Toast to Sue Hawk Never miss a minute of RHAP's extensive Survivor coverage! LISTEN: Subscribe to the Survivor podcast feed WATCH:  Watch and subscribe to the podcast on YouTube SUPPORT:  Become a RHAP Patron for bonus content, access to Facebook and Discord groups plus more great perks!

Last time we spoke about the beginning of the Pacific War. In late 1941, the Second Battle of Changsha ended with Chinese forces claiming victory despite suffering nearly 100,000 casualties against roughly 1,670 Japanese losses. Chiang Kai-shek's government launched an aggressive propaganda campaign, flooding international press with fabricated triumph narratives to sustain national morale. Behind closed doors, Chiang was furious at his generals' tactical failures, executing commanders and dismantling units. Meanwhile, geopolitical forces threatened China's survival. Japan's 1939 defeat at Nomonhan crushed hopes for a Soviet alliance against Tokyo. Germany's pact with the Soviet Union left China isolated, while Western powers remained reluctant to commit meaningful support. Britain offered little; the US provided only modest loans. By 1941, facing potential collapse, Chiang desperately searched for allies while Wang Jingwei's Japanese-backed rival government beckoned as an alternative. China's exhausted people endured horror—including a 1941 bombing massacre in Chongqing that killed over 400 trapped civilians. Then Japan unleashed a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor.   #215 An Implosion in the East Welcome to the Fall and Rise of China Podcast, I am your dutiful host Craig Watson. But, before we start I want to also remind you this podcast is only made possible through the efforts of Kings and Generals over at Youtube. Perhaps you want to learn more about the history of Asia? Kings and Generals have an assortment of episodes on history of asia and much more  so go give them a look over on Youtube. So please subscribe to Kings and Generals over at Youtube and to continue helping us produce this content please check out www.patreon.com/kingsandgenerals. If you are still hungry for some more history related content, over on my channel, the Pacific War Channel where I cover the history of China and Japan from the 19th century until the end of the Pacific War.   In the early morning of December 7, 1941, the US Pacific Fleet was anchored at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. Two waves of Japanese bomber aircraft, launched from six aircraft carriers, attacked the vessels and their sleeping crews, destroying the battleship Arizona outright and damaging seventeen others, as well as most of the military aircraft parked nearby. Some 2,400 Americans died, and another 1,100 were wounded. Within a day Japanese invasion forces had attacked Siam, Malaya, and the Philippines. Chiang Kai-shek heard the news at one o'clock in the morning and immediately dictated a letter of support to President Roosevelt, pledging commitment to a new "common battle." The news reached Zhou Fohai in Shanghai as well. On December 8 across the international date line from Hawaii he had heard the sounds of firing as the Japanese took over the rest of the city, and then received reports that Japan had declared war on the Western powers. "I heard they'd bombed Honolulu, Manila, Singapore, and Hong Kong. From now on, the Pacific becomes a killing ground."   When Japanese carrier planes descended on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, they were executing far more than a tactical strike. They were unleashing the culmination of a strategic vision that had shaped Japanese military planning since the 1920s: the Nanshin-ron, or "Southern Advance" doctrine.    The Nanshin-ron represented a critical strategic choice that emerged from internal Japanese debates during the 1920s and 1930s. Japan faced an inescapable vulnerability: it was an island nation with virtually no natural resources of its own. The nation's population had doubled since the Meiji Restoration, growing to over 70 million by 1941. An industrial economy of tremendous sophistication, capable of producing world-class warships, aircraft, and military equipment, depended entirely on imported raw materials. Oil, rubber, tin, iron ore, bauxite, copper, and manganese all had to be acquired through foreign trade or conquest. This resource dependency was not a luxury problem; it was an existential one. A nation that could not feed itself or fuel its economy was a nation vulnerable to strangulation by enemies who controlled the resources it needed. Japanese strategic thinkers divided into two camps on how to resolve this vulnerability. The Hokushin-ron advocates, primarily within the Army, pushed for expansion northward into Siberia and Mongolia, seeking to conquer Soviet territory and resources. The Soviet Union possessed vast tracts of land, mineral wealth, timber, and agricultural output. From a purely materialist perspective, the Northern Advance made geographic sense—it was contiguous with Manchuria, which Japan had already secured in 1931. Yet by the late 1930s, the Hokushin-ron strategy had suffered a catastrophic blow. In 1938 and 1939, Japanese and Soviet forces clashed at Khalkhin Gol in Mongolia in what the Japanese called the Nomonhan Incident. The battles revealed a terrifying truth: the Soviet Red Army, under General Georgy Zhukov, was far more formidable than Japanese military planners had anticipated. Soviet armor, air power, and coordinated tactics annihilated Japanese forces. Japan suffered over 60,000 casualties while inflicting perhaps 10,000 on the Soviets. The defeat was concealed from the Japanese public, but it was unmistakable to military planners. A direct clash with Soviet power could end catastrophically. The Northern Advance, it became clear, would almost certainly provoke war with a nation capable of destroying the Japanese Army. This strategic defeat tilted the balance decisively toward the Nanshin-ron. If Japan could not safely expand northward, it must expand southward, toward Southeast Asia, the Dutch East Indies, Indochina, and the western Pacific. The appeal of the Nanshin-ron was immediately apparent to the Navy, which had always been more oriented toward maritime commerce and expansion across the ocean. The territories to the south were not militarily formidable. The colonial powers, Britain, the Netherlands, France, were either already defeated in 1940 or distracted by their own desperate struggles leaving Britain fighting alone against Germany. The United States, though potentially a formidable adversary, was not yet at war, and there was a chance, however slender, that a decisive blow against American naval power might convince America to negotiate rather than fight. But beyond strategic opportunity, the Nanshin-ron offered something that the Hokushin-ron did not: it offered resources of staggering abundance. The Dutch East Indies possessed oil reserves that could dwarf Japan's consumption for years. Malaya produced the world's rubber. Thailand offered agricultural bounty and geographic position. Burma's timber and agricultural products could feed Japan's growing empire. The Philippines possessed harbors, airfields, and economic output. These were not marginal additions to Japan's economy—they were transformative. Together, they would convert Japan from a resource-hungry island nation into the master of an imperial domain encompassing hundreds of millions of people and containing most of the strategic materials necessary for sustained industrial warfare. In the last episode I explained the western sanctions and embargoes that drained Japan's military of the resources they required to continue the China War. By 1941, Japan faced a civilization crisis. Japan imported roughly 90 percent of its petroleum, and the bulk of that came from the Dutch East Indies and the United States. Suddenly, the American supply was cut off entirely. Reserves would last perhaps 18 months if Japan's military and industrial consumption continued at existing rates. After that, the military machine would sputter and die. The industrial economy would collapse. Even civilian life would become impossible to sustain. Japan was facing not merely economic inconvenience but literal strangulation by the Western powers.   Yet it would be a mistake to reduce Japanese motivation to just materialism. Japanese military leaders wrapped their conquests in an ideological framework, one that many of them genuinely believed, or wanted to believe, served a higher historical purpose. The concept of the Daitoa Kyoeiken, the "Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere," posited a new regional order in which Japan would play the leading role in liberating Asian peoples from Western colonial domination and creating an Asian-centered political and economic system. This ideology drew on genuine anti-colonial sentiment. For a century, Western powers had dominated Asia, treating Asian peoples and nations as subordinate, colonized territories existing to serve Western economic interests. Japan, which had modernized and Westernized enough to avoid colonization, saw itself as the natural leader of an Asian renaissance—a civilizing force that would restore Asian dignity and independence even as it established Japanese hegemony. Of course, this was propagandistic. Japanese conquest represented a substitution of one imperial master for another, and often a harsher and more brutal one at that. But for understanding Japanese decision-making, the ideology mattered profoundly. It provided Japanese leaders with a moral narrative for conquest. It allowed them to understand themselves as liberators rather than mere conquerors. It provided a rationale for extracting resources from occupied territories and for mobilizing subject populations to support the Japanese war effort. And it resonated with anti-Western sentiment throughout Asia, making Japanese occupation seem, in some quarters, preferable to continued Western colonial rule. The slogan Hakko ichiu—"eight corners under one roof", captured this ideological vision: a unified Asia and eventually world under Japanese guidance. Whether Japanese leaders truly believed this vision or cynically deployed it as propaganda, it shaped how they understood their actions and justified them to their subjects. Now I know this is a podcast dedicated to the century of humiliation, ie: China's experience. But I thought it was necessary just to have one episode explain what Dan Carlin titled "a supernova in the east" and I have titled an implosion in the east. I won't go into depth into the campaigns as some of them have a lot of Chinese involvement and we will be covering them in depth, but rather I will explain the rationale for Japan's numerous invasions following the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor.   Japan's assault on Malaya began within hours of the Pearl Harbor attack, indeed, Japanese troops were already landing on the Kota Bharu beachhead on the Malaysian peninsula before dawn on December 8, 1941 local time. Malaya was one of the world's largest rubber producers, and Singapore, at the tip of the peninsula, was the linchpin of British naval power in the Far East.The Japanese interest in Malaya was straightforward but crucial: rubber. The Japanese military consumed vast quantities of rubber for tires, gaskets, hoses, and countless other applications. American and Dutch rubber supplies were now cut off by embargo. Malaya's rubber plantations represented perhaps the world's richest reservoir of this strategic material. Beyond rubber, Malaya and the surrounding region were major tin producers—essential for alloys and manufacturing. For Japan to conduct prolonged warfare, Malaya was not a luxury target; it was a necessity. Singapore represented something different: a symbol of Western power in Asia and a strategic chokepoint. As the major British naval base in the region, Singapore served as the anchor of British imperial authority across the South China Sea. By seizing Singapore, Japan would not only capture crucial resources and port facilities but would also deliver a psychological blow to the entire edifice of Western dominance in Asia. The fortress city that the British considered nearly impregnable fell within seventy days, a stunning demonstration of Japanese military capability and the vulnerability of overextended Western empires. If Malaya was critical for rubber, the Dutch East Indies was essential for oil. The region, comprising present-day Indonesia, was the world's third-largest oil producer and had reserves that could sustain Japanese military operations for years. This was the jewel of the resource-conquest strategy. Japanese planners had long eyed the East Indies, but direct conquest had seemed risky while Britain and America remained neutral or opposed. With both now at war, the window of opportunity had opened. Japan needed the oil so desperately that when the Dutch East Indies Petroleum Company initially agreed to some Japanese oil purchases before the war, Tokyo was already planning its takeover. The conquest of the Dutch East Indies would provide not just oil but also tin, nickel, bauxite, and other materials essential to an industrial war machine. The islands would also provide air and naval bases from which Japan could defend its new empire and potentially threaten Australia. The Japanese invasion of the Dutch East Indies, which began in late December 1941 and accelerated through January and February 1942, was methodical and comprehensive. Various island groups were targeted systematically: Java, Borneo, Celebes, and the Moluccas. Dutch military forces, though brave, were overwhelmed. By March 1942, Japan had secured the entire archipelago,a stunning logistical and military achievement that delivered vast resources into Japanese hands. Thailand presented a fundamentally different case from Japan's other targets. Rather than conquest, Japan pursued alliance with military strongman Plaek Phibunsongkhram, who had seized power in a 1938 coup as a nationalist ideologue determined to reassert Thai sovereignty and recover territory lost to French colonialism in the nineteenth century. Thailand was the last independent state in mainland Southeast Asia, hemmed in by British-controlled Burma and Malaya to the west, and French Indochina to the east. For a century, Thailand had survived by playing European imperial powers against each other. But by the late 1930s, this strategy was becoming obsolete. Europe was distracted by Hitler's Germany. Colonial powers were weakening. Japanese power was visibly ascending. Phibunsongkhram recognized both danger and opportunity. He could resist Japan and invite invasion, or he could ally with Japan and profit from rising Asian power. Japanese diplomats approached Thailand with sophistication: they offered military alliance and support for Thai territorial expansion at French expense. This addressed Thailand's deepest national wound, the humiliation of nineteenth-century territorial losses to France. The Franco-Thai War of 1940-1941 became transformative. With Japan providing military support, advisors, tanks, aircraft, Thai forces defeated the French for the first time in history. By May 1941, Thailand had recovered 54,000 square kilometers of Cambodian territory and portions of Laos. For Phibunsongkhram, this was extraordinary: he had achieved what Thai leaders could not in a century, reclaiming territory from a Western imperial power. Domestically, his position was dramatically strengthened. The parallel to China's century of humiliation—the foundation of your podcast is striking: Thailand too was reversing colonial diminishment through association with rising Asian power. The Thai-Japanese relationship was unique. Unlike the Philippines, Malaya, or the Dutch East Indies, Thailand would retain nominal independence. Phibunsongkhram remained in power. Japanese occupation was light. Thai forces maintained their own command structure. Most importantly, Thailand's territorial gains from the Franco-Thai War were recognized and secured. Japan valued Thai cooperation more than conquest. Burma, controlled by the British, was the next target in Japan's southwestward advance. Japanese planners had multiple motivations for invading Burma. First, it was strategically positioned on India's eastern frontier, and Japan harbored ambitions of eventually striking toward India and linking up with Germany in the Middle East or at least destabilizing the British position in South Asia. Second, Burma was a significant producer of timber and agricultural products. Third, and perhaps most importantly, the invasion of Burma was meant to cut the Burma Road, the crucial supply line that allowed American aid to reach Nationalist China. The invasion of Burma began in late 1941 and accelerated through early 1942.  The invasion of the Philippines, which began on December 10, 1941, just days after Pearl Harbor, served multiple strategic purposes. Like the assault on Pearl Harbor itself, it was meant to neutralize American military power in the region, in this case, the American garrison under General Douglas MacArthur and the American colonial administration. But the Philippines were also valuable in their own right. The islands sat directly in the path of what Japan envisioned as its defensive perimeter. By controlling the Philippines, Japan would make it extraordinarily difficult for American forces to project power westward into Southeast Asia. The territory would provide naval and air bases critical to defending Japan's new empire. Additionally, the Philippines possessed some agricultural and industrial resources valuable to the war effort, and their conquest delivered a psychological victory, defeating American forces and ending American colonial rule in Asia, which appealed to anti-Western sentiment that Japan tried to cultivate. Beyond Southeast Asia and the Philippines, Japan rapidly invaded Guam and Wake island to extend Japan's defensive perimeter further into the Pacific and eliminate American air and naval bases that could threaten Japanese operations. Guam, seized on December 10, 1941, fell within two days, the American garrison was small and the island's strategic value lay primarily in denying the United States a forward staging ground for any counteroffensive. Wake Island, attacked the same day and finally captured on December 23 after a brief but heroic American defense, served similar purposes: cutting off American reconnaissance and interdicting potential supply lines to the Philippines.  Now I believe that's enough of the implosion in the east, let's get back to the situation in China. After Chiang Kai-shek sent his letter of support to President Franklin D. Roosevelt, pledging Chinese commitment to what he termed a new "common battle." he did something most revealing about his mood towards the global war. He played "Ave Maria" on his gramophone, celebrating with an almost spiritual gratitude the implications of what had just transpired in the American Pacific. This moment crystallized the profound difference Pearl Harbor would mean to different members of the emerging Allied coalition. For the United States, the attack was pure shock, a violation of the sanctity of American soil and the complacency of American isolationism. For Britain, it was like the pricking of a large, painful blister—painful but perhaps not entirely unexpected given Japan's regional ambitions. But for China, the relief that surged through the government and the consciousness of the Chinese people surpassed even Britain's response. For four long years, China had fought Japan almost alone, watching as Western nations remained neutral or limited their commitment to rhetorical support and modest material assistance. Now, suddenly, the trajectory of the entire conflict had shifted with breathtaking speed. Chiang's emotional state at this moment could scarcely be contained, and those close to him understood that beneath his carefully maintained Confucian composure burned an intoxicating sensation of vindication. These Western powers who had been so impatient with Chinese strategy, who had mocked the retreats of the Nationalist Army and spoken scornfully of Japanese capabilities, were now themselves in headlong retreat from those very islanders. In Hong Kong, Singapore, and Manila, British and American forces would be fighting desperately for their lives against the Japanese military that China had been contending with for years. Chiang could not have failed to perceive the irony: the Japanese had conquered vast stretches of China through relentless campaigns, yet Westerners had dismissed Chinese resistance as inadequate. Now the Japanese were proving that they posed a formidable challenge to Western military power as well. There was a bitter satisfaction in this vindication, even as Chiang understood that the strategic implications of American entry far outweighed any emotional satisfaction. What was pragmatic and strategically clear to Chiang, however, was far more important than any emotional satisfaction. The United States was now at war, and it was on China's side. This represented the transformation for which Chiang had labored for years, bringing the full weight of American industrial capacity and military might to bear against the Japanese enemy. The diplomatic foundations for this alliance had already been laid in the months preceding Pearl Harbor. Beginning in the spring of 1941, the United States had begun to commit significant resources to supporting China. In April 1941, following the conclusion of the Soviet-Japanese neutrality agreement, which had devastated Chinese morale by suggesting that Japan might attack the Soviet Union rather than move southward, the Roosevelt administration had determined to provide $45 million worth of militarily useful commodities to China as an immediate gesture of support. Then, on May 6, 1941, President Roosevelt had made a more formal commitment by announcing that the munitions provisions of the Lend-Lease Act applied to China, declaring a phrase that captured the strategic logic of American assistance: "defending China is the key to defending America." This declaration represented a significant shift in American policy, elevating China from a regional concern to a central element of American grand strategy in Asia. Subsequently, in July 1941, Roosevelt had sent Owen Lattimore to China to serve as political adviser to the Chinese government, a position that signaled deepening American engagement with Chinese affairs. In August, the administration appointed John Magruder as military attaché and head of the American Military Mission to China (AMMISCA), with the primary responsibility of overseeing the delivery of Lend-Lease material to the Chinese armed forces. On the diplomatic front, Chiang moved with remarkable alacrity. He had already severed relations with Germany on July 2, 1941, the very day after Hitler had formally recognized the Wang Jingwei puppet government in an attempt to appease Japan and encourage it to finally implement the Southern Advance. Now, on December 8, 1941, just one day after the Pearl Harbor attack, Chiang took the decisive step of formally declaring war against the Axis powers, Germany, Italy, and Japan. This declaration transformed China's position from a beleaguered nation fighting a war of survival into a formal member of the Allied coalition. Chiang had seized the opportunity that Pearl Harbor presented to ally China with a genuinely strong power against Japan, a gambit that fundamentally altered the diplomatic weight and international legitimacy of both the Chinese government and the Chinese cause. From a strategic perspective, the Japanese had committed what Chiang and others immediately recognized as a catastrophic blunder. On the operational level, Pearl Harbor was indeed a devastating tactical success, the American Pacific Fleet was crippled, and Japanese forces now enjoyed temporary naval superiority throughout much of the Pacific and Southeast Asia. Yet strategically, Pearl Harbor represented a failure of epic proportions, a miscalculation rooted in a fundamental misunderstanding of the intangibles of warfare: what motivated the Chinese people and what motivated the Americans. The Chinese had understood, through four years of brutal conflict, that warfare was about more than territorial conquest and resource acquisition. It was about will, about endurance, about the capacity to absorb punishment and continue fighting. The Japanese had learned this lesson imperfectly in China, where despite overwhelming military advantages they had been unable to force a decisive conclusion or compel Chinese surrender. The Americans would teach the Japanese this lesson even more emphatically. The attack on American sailors in Hawaii instantly galvanized the American population to prosecute an unlimited war, with Tokyo itself as the ultimate destination of American counterattack. While Americans would remember the "date that will live in infamy" primarily because of the assault on Pearl Harbor itself, the strategic consequence was that Japanese actions in Hawaii had introduced numerous new adversaries into the Pacific conflict: not only the United States, but also Britain, Australia, New Zealand, and the Netherlands. These additions transformed what had been, from the Japanese perspective, a regional conflict with manageable parameters into a global war that Japan could not possibly win through any conceivable means. What made this particularly disastrous for Japan was the context in which the new theater had been opened. Japan was already deeply mired in a quagmire in China—a "malignant quagmire," as one observer would later characterize it, that had consumed vast resources, inflicted enormous casualties, and failed to produce decisive victory. In military strategy, it is sometimes wise to open a new theater in order to attack an enemy from an additional and unexpected direction, thereby dispersing their forces and creating new challenges for them to manage. But opening a new theater that introduces an entirely new, powerful adversary, and doing so when one is already overextended in an existing theater is a prescription for strategic catastrophe. This was precisely what Japan had done at Pearl Harbor. Chiang Kai-shek understood the magnitude of Japan's miscalculation with crystalline clarity. He understood that whatever the military complexities that lay ahead, whatever the challenges of coordinating with Western allies, and whatever the limitations of Western military assistance to China might be, the fundamental equation had changed. The United States would ultimately defeat Japan. The Chinese did not need to defeat Japan by themselves; they merely needed to survive long enough for American industrial and military capacity to grind the Japanese military into defeat. In the immediate aftermath of Pearl Harbor, Chinese and American officials moved swiftly to formalize the alliance and establish the mechanisms of wartime cooperation. Roosevelt asked Chiang Kai-shek to serve as commander in chief of the Allied forces in the China theater, a designation that recognized China's central role in the Pacific War and elevated Chiang's international standing to something he had long sought: a position as an equal partner in the Allied coalition, a seat at the "top table of global decision-making" alongside Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin. To support this expanded role and to ensure effective coordination of the military effort, Roosevelt dispatched Lieutenant General Joseph W. Stilwell to China. Stilwell was not chosen randomly; he brought fifteen years of experience in China, a deep familiarity with the country, its military, and its complexities that few American officers possessed. Stilwell was appointed to serve simultaneously as the U.S. government's military representative in China, as chief of staff of the China Theater, and as commander in chief of the American forces in the China-Burma-India (CBI) theater. This appointment established the framework for joint Chinese-American military cooperation and represented an American commitment to the Asian theater that, while never receiving the resources devoted to the European theater, nonetheless signified recognition of China's strategic importance. Trust me, going forward we will be having a lot of time dedicated to the hilarious bromance / bro hatred of Vinegar Joe and Peanut.  Yet the formation of an alliance and the establishment of command structures was easier than the practical implementation of military cooperation. The fundamental challenge that would plague Chinese-American relations throughout the war emerged almost immediately: the problem of delivering military assistance to China. Before Pearl Harbor, the United States and China had reached agreement on three major points regarding military assistance. First, the United States would provide training and technical support to assist China in establishing a modern air force. Second, the United States would provide training and equipment for a ground army consisting of thirty divisions. Third, the United States would assist China in constructing railways and highways from Yunnan to Burma, along with the provision of rolling stock and vehicles to support these new transportation routes. These were ambitious plans, reflecting the extent of Chinese need and American willingness to support the Chinese war effort. However, the outbreak of the Pacific War threw American plans into disarray. The fundamental strategic doctrine guiding American policy was the "Europe first" strategy, which meant that the European theater and the defeat of Nazi Germany received priority over the Pacific theater. Additionally, China's geography made it extraordinarily difficult to supply. China could only be reached through supply lines of extraordinary length and complexity, either through the port of Rangoon in Burma and then overland via the treacherous Yunnan-Burma Road, or through the port of Hong Kong, which immediately fell into Japanese hands after Pearl Harbor. The first Sino-American loan agreement had specified that the United States would deliver commodities worth $45 million to China in 1941. However, shipping shortages meant that only $26 million worth of commodities actually left the United States. These commodities were shipped to the transit port of Rangoon, where a massive traffic jam developed as supplies accumulated faster than they could be distributed onward to China. Along the Yunnan-Burma Road, that "much-contested life line" as it came to be known, conditions were chaotic. The road had always been a source of trouble: it was long, extraordinarily difficult to keep in repair, fantastically dangerous to travel, and too narrow to permit much volume of traffic at any one time. Due to mismanagement and pilfering, the commodities that were shipped out of Burma suffered heavy losses in transit, and only one-third of them eventually arrived in Chongqing. Yet the United States had already established one valuable asset in China that could be deployed relatively quickly: an air force nucleus. Just before Pearl Harbor, a group of American aviators had been formally organized in Chongqing who worked on volunteer status for China under the command of Colonel Claire Chennault, an American aviation officer who served as instructor at the Chinese Air Force Cadet School. Some of these men had been flying in China since the Kuomintang first began purchasing American aircraft, having come to demonstrate the aircraft and remaining to pilot and teach. Others had hurried to China after being released from their volunteer service in Spain, where they had gained combat experience during the Spanish Civil War. It was a familiar joke that pilots from both sides of the Spanish conflict were likely to meet and work side by side in China, but political convictions proved immaterial to these professional aviators, they got on well enough with each other, mercenaries of the twentieth century united by their expertise and their willingness to fight. When American traffic on the Burma Road swelled in volume and became chaotic, with cargo lost to pilfering and trucks breaking down from mishandling, the air freight service into Chongqing became increasingly vital to maintaining Chinese military capabilities. The backbone of this organization was American, and it had been in operation for months before the Japanese attack. Halfway down the Burma Road, over the border in Burma, was a plane factory backed by American and Chinese capital, providing some degree of repair and maintenance capacity for the aircraft operating out of China. Recognizing the strategic value of these experienced aviators and the need to formalize and expand their operations, American and Chinese officials moved quickly to incorporate this volunteer group, formally known as the American Volunteer Group or "Flying Tigers," into the U.S. Army Air Force. This transformation of volunteer aviators into official American military personnel represented a commitment to providing air support to Chinese operations, recognizing that air power could compensate to some degree for Chinese numerical disadvantages in ground combat. In Chongqing, it was clear that among the United Nations fighting Japan, America was the only one taking China seriously, the only one prepared to invest significant resources in Chinese military capabilities and the Chinese war effort. Yet Pearl Harbor brought consequences that extended far beyond the strategic and diplomatic spheres. For Western civilians living in China,missionaries, teachers, doctors, businessmen, and journalists, the attack represented a catastrophic change in their status and their fate. Until December 8, 1941, Westerners residing in China had maintained a curious protected status as foreign neutrals, even in areas nominally controlled by the Japanese. This status had provided them with a measure of distance from, and protection against, the grinding reality of the war that had devastated Chinese populations. For a century, Americans had been part of an imperial presence in China, sometimes benevolent, sometimes violent, but always ultimately under Western control. That world came to an abrupt end on December 8, 1941. All across eastern China, Americans and Britons were rounded up and interned. The International Settlement of Shanghai—that remarkable oasis of neutrality that had persisted in the midst of a war-torn city—was now reunified under Japanese control. Thousands of foreigners with Allied nationality were sent to holding camps scattered throughout occupied China. Some, like the eleven-year-old British boy Jim Ballard, would remain imprisoned for the remainder of the war, enduring hunger, cold, and disease in camps like Longhua, which housed approximately 2,000 detainees. Forty years later, as the novelist J. G. Ballard, he would memorialized this experience in his semi-autobiographical novel Empire of the Sun. For missionaries like Velva Brown, the evacuation process was degrading and final. The missionary staff were permitted to pack no more than three suitcases with their belongings. As they prepared to leave, Japanese and Taiwanese "sightseeing" parties arrived to decide which houses they might want to occupy. The journey home aboard crowded Japanese ships offered no concessions to status or dignity; ambassadors, consuls, merchants, and missionaries alike were given "bed-sized strips of Chinese matting which we spread side by side on the iron floor of the hold," as Brown recorded. The humiliation was compounded by the finality of it all. For many, their decades-long presence in China was ending not in orderly retreat but in hasty evacuation, leaving behind "servants, many of whom had been with us for fifteen or twenty years." Despite these immediate human tragedies, the strategic transformation that Pearl Harbor wrought for China was undeniable. Chiang Kai-shek now embarked on an entirely new sort of life, heavily involved with the leaders and generals of the Western powers. He held diplomatic discussions with the leaders of the United Nations and military planning sessions with Western generals. In these unfamiliar circumstances, he did his best to live up to the Confucian ideal of the gentleman, seldom permitting the mask to slip—though the pressure of these new responsibilities and the intoxicating combination of vindication and anxiety would occasionally prove too much even for his considerable self-control. Within weeks of Pearl Harbor, Chiang demonstrated the value he could bring to the new alliance. He visited India and spoke with the leaders of the Indian independence struggle as an ally and friend, as a fellow non-European speaking to others seeking to escape from colonialism and imperial domination. He joined the Allies in their first joint campaign, not in China but in the jungles of neighboring Burma, committing Chinese forces to operations outside China's borders in support of the broader Allied military strategy. Yet the price that Chiang would pay for China's belated entry into the global alliance against the Axis powers would prove to be a heavy one. Chiang desperately needed his new American and British partners, but accepting this alliance would unleash forces within Chinese society that would threaten the very basis of his political control. The complexities of this bargain would become most visible in the four-year struggle between Chiang and General Joseph Warren Stilwell, the American officer who would become simultaneously his chief of staff and the administrator of American military assistance to China. This relationship, shaped by mutual suspicion, different strategic visions, and incompatible political agendas, would define Chinese-American military cooperation during the Pacific War and would have profound implications extending far beyond the battlefields of Asia. I would like to take this time to remind you all that this podcast is only made possible through the efforts of Kings and Generals over at Youtube. Please go subscribe to Kings and Generals over at Youtube and to continue helping us produce this content please check out www.patreon.com/kingsandgenerals. If you are still hungry after that, give my personal channel a look over at The Pacific War Channel at Youtube, it would mean a lot to me. Pearl Harbor's shock reverberated through Asia. Japan's assault on Hawaii, combined with invasions of Burma, the Philippines, Guam, and Wake Island, inadvertently transformed regional conflict into global war. Chiang Kai-shek, vindicated after four years of isolation fighting Japan, embraced American alliance with profound relief. The U.S. committed military aid, appointed General Stilwell as chief of staff, and recognized China as a co-belligerent. For Chiang, this partnership brought diplomatic status but also internal tensions that would define the Pacific War's final chapter.

Fabrizio Ardito"Segui il sole"Il Cammino di San Francesco di Paolaediciclo editorewww.ediciclo.itIl Cammino di San Francesco di Paola nasce per ripercorrere gli itinerari compiuti dal santo (1416-1507), che fin da ragazzo scelse i boschi intorno a Paola come luogo di vita eremitica, prima di fondare l'Ordine dei Minimi. Da quella scelta di solitudine è nata una rete di sentieri che oggi attraversa l'intera Calabria, tra boschi, borghi e coste, fino ad aprirsi sul mare proprio a Paola.È un cammino che si distingue per la varietà del paesaggio — dalla montagna silana alle marine tirreniche — e per la densità di segni storici e religiosi che punteggiano il percorso: monasteri, eremi, santuari, ma anche piccoli centri che raccontano secoli di emigrazione e di resistenza. Fabrizio Ardito, giornalista e fotografo che da anni percorre a piedi i grandi cammini di fede e di storia d'Europa — dal Cammino di Santiago alla Via Francigena, dal Monte Athos al Vallo di Adriano — porta in questo libro lo sguardo di chi sa leggere un territorio attraverso il ritmo lento del passo, restituendo non una cronaca di tappe ma un'esperienza condivisibile: quella di un viaggio che è insieme fisico e interiore.Il volume si rivolge sia a chi progetta di percorrere concretamente il cammino, sia a chi cerca un racconto capace di far scoprire una regione ancora poco conosciuta nella sua identità più profonda, lontano dagli stereotipi.Fabrizio Ardito è nato a Roma nel 1957. Giornalista, fotografo e scrittore, ha iniziato a collaborare fin dai primi anni Ottanta con «Il Messaggero» e con la «Rivista della Montagna». Da sempre appassionato di speleologia — pratica che coltiva dal 1974 — e di grandi percorsi storici a piedi, ha partecipato a spedizioni speleologiche in Marocco, nell'ex Unione Sovietica e nel Borneo malese, ed è stato tra i primi giornalisti occidentali a documentare il prosciugamento del Mar d'Aral in Uzbekistan e a visitare il poligono nucleare sovietico di Semipalatinsk.Negli ultimi anni si è dedicato in particolare ai grandi cammini di fede e di storia: il Cammino di Santiago, il Sentier Cathare, la Via Francigena, i sentieri del Monte Athos, la Via di Francesco, il Cammino di San Francesco di Paola e il Vallo di Adriano. È autore di numerosi volumi dedicati all'escursionismo e ai viaggi, tra cui la Guida alle grotte e canyon d'Italia (Mursia), Di pietra e d'acqua (Vivalda), La ricerca di Eva (Giunti, con Daniela Minerva) e diverse guide della collana Guide Visuali Mondadori. Per il Touring Club Italiano ha firmato, tra gli altri, i volumi Peregrinos, Fortezze dell'eresia e Lungo la Francigena, oltre a numerosi titoli della collana Guide Verdi.La sua collaborazione con Ediciclo ha dato vita a diversi libri dedicati a viaggi e cammini, tra cui Sul Monte Athos, Come sopravvivere al Cammino di Santiago, A ciascuno il suo cammino, Le Vie di Francesco, Al centro della Terra e, da ultimo, Segui il sole. Per la collana 111 di Emons ha pubblicato inoltre volumi su Umbria, Malta, le chiese di Roma e i cammini d'Italia. Scrive per testate come GEO, l'Espresso, Meridiani e Nuova Ecologia, e ha collaborato con la Rai alla realizzazione di documentari e reportage televisivi. Nel 2022 ha vinto il premio «Raccontami l'Umbria» con un reportage sul Cammino dei Protomartiri FrancescaniDiventa un supporter di questo podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/il-posto-delle-parole--1487855/support.IL POSTO DELLE PAROLEascoltare fa pensarehttps://ilpostodelleparole.it/

Comedian Rhys James joins Captain Alan this week! Rhys reveals why he ditched a life-changing expedition to Borneo for a lads' holiday in Kavos, shares the bizarre story of getting lost in Sri Lanka with a Sherpa who didn't know the way, and relives a truly horrific bout of Montezuma's Revenge in Mexico. Plus, there's holiday heartbreak, Edinburgh Fringe chaos, family trips to Devon, dodgy mini-bars, dream destinations and one of the strangest travel stories we've ever heard. Fasten your seatbelts... See Rhys at Edinburgh Fringe: https://www.edfringe.com/tickets/whats-on/rhys-james-chop-logic 00:24 Rhys James boards the flight 01:18 Edinburgh Fringe & touring Australia 04:12 Why Rhys is heading to Perth 05:21 Rhys' first holiday memory 07:32 Ditching Borneo for a lads' holiday in Kavos 08:26 The family who went "on the rob" in Kavos 09:45 Holiday romance... or not 13:09 The disastrous Sri Lanka Sherpa story 16:13 Alan's Sri Lanka nightmare 17:34 Montezuma's Revenge in Mexico 18:53 Rhys' emergency trip to a Mexican doctor 20:13 The meal that nearly finished him off 21:28 Do Rhys and Alan ever complain? 22:29 Holiday fashion trends 24:19 Rhys' most memorable hotel stay 25:03 Alan's infamous Vegas mini-bar story 26:40 Dream destination and Rhys' surprising travel companion 28:34 Quickfire Questions #RhysJames #AlanCarr #LifesABeach #EdinburghFringe #ComedyPodcast #TravelPodcast #StandUpComedy #TravelStories #HolidayDisasters #SriLanka #Mexico #MontezumasRevenge #Kavos #Comedian #Podcast #BritishComedy #TravelHumour #FunnyPodcast A 'Keep It Light Media' Production Sales, advertising, and general enquiries: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hello@keepitlightmedia.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Orangutans are the world's most endangered apes and they're now even closer to extinction. They live on two islands in southeast Asia: Sumatra and Borneo. In November, an extreme weather event in the area killed more than 1,000 people there, plus about 7% of the world's rarest type of orangutan according to a new study.BBC Climate and Science reporter Georgina Rannard takes us through how orangutans are being pushed towards extinction and what some countries and charities are doing to protect them.We also hear from a conservationist making an effort to save the species.Instagram: @bbcwhatintheworld Email: whatintheworld@bbc.co.uk WhatsApp: +44 330 12 33 22 6 Presenter: Emma-Louise Amanshia Producers: Emily Horler and Benita Barden Video Producer: Baldeep Chahal Editors: Verity Wilde

Dung beetles may not be a very pleasant subject, but after all, someone has to do the housekeeping. So God created what man has classified into 30,000 species of dung beetle. Many will form their finds into a ball about the size of a croquet ball and roll it home for the wife and kids. Others tunnel beneath a find and set up housekeeping there.A purple flower in Borneo, however, cuts into the productivity of one of the tunneling species without giving it anything in return. This flower smells, not like a rose, but like dung. It relies primarily on this dung beetle for pollination. Studies show that most other pollinators will examine the flower, but perhaps put off by the smell, won't attempt to pollinate it. But the dung beetle is a successful pollinator as it searches the flower for food. The flower's unpleasant odor seems designed to do nothing other than fool the beetle into pollinating it. It apparently offers the beetle nothing.It would be nonsense to say that this flower designed this strategy to attract a beetle able to pollinate it. It would be just as silly to say that the impersonal forces of evolution designed this deceptive plant. Only an all-powerful, all-wise Creator could have designed this relationship, which intricately weaves together needs and abilities to make the whole creation work!Isaiah 40:28"Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.”Prayer: Dear Father in heaven, give us more wisdom and understanding, that we may be more like You. In Jesus' Name. Amen.Ref: S. Milius, “Stinking beauty betrays dung beetles,” Science News. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1232/29?v=20251111

Hey there friends and weirdos! This week we decided to try our best to talk about cryptozoological frogs, but we admit we were easily distracted in this one. We think the Flashlight Frog would have been finally revealed to the world if a certain cryptozoologist hadn't been distracted, as well! We also investigate behemoth of a frog-creature: the Crocodile Frog of Borneo. All this and much more!

An introduction to the The Travel Addict Podcast - Stories from the HostThe Spoken Word to The Written Word - Volume One and Volume TwoAvailable now at Bookstores - eBook and Printed Versions.Become immersed in Malcolm's experience into incredible places on our wonderful planet:PlacesBhutan, Poland, Ukraine, Lithuania, Laos, Sweden, Mongolia, Russia, Myanmar, Namibia, Philippines, Thailand, Slovenia, India, Indonesia, Tibet, Argentina, Germany, Borneo, Brazil, Zambia, Nordics, Caribbean, Arctic, and more.Personal OpinionsBest of - Countries, Islands, Hotels, Thought Provoking Places, Secred Places, CruisingNear Misses, Mayhem, Bucket List, Languange Nuances, and moreDiscovery, Education, Fulfillment, Wonder, Repect, AcceptanceMemories for a Lifetimehttps://www.authormalcolmteasdale.com/http://www.malcolmteasdale.com

This week on Talking Apes, Gerry Ellis is joined by one of the world's leading gibbon experts, Dr. Susan Cheyne. After nearly three decades working in the rainforests of Borneo, Susan has dedicated her career to studying these remarkable yet often overlooked apes.Often called the "forgotten apes," gibbons are extraordinary animals. They are masters of movement, capable of swinging effortlessly through the forest canopy, and their haunting songs echo across the rainforest each morning. In this fascinating conversation, Susan explains why gibbons deserve far more attention, what they can teach us about evolution, and why their family lives, communication, and behaviour continue to surprise scientists.From spectacular brachiation to lifelong pair bonds and the challenges posed by habitat loss and the illegal pet trade, this episode is a celebration of one of the world's most remarkable primates. Whether you're discovering gibbons for the first time or already love apes, this conversation will leave you hearing the rainforest in a completely new way.Watch the full video on YouTube:www.youtube.com/c/apeslikeusListen on our website:talkingapes.orgLearn more about Susan's work:www.susancheyne.comWith Thanks to Susan and Borneo Nature Foundation for your collboration.www.borneonaturefoundation.orgSend us Fan MailSupport the showTalking Apes is an initiative of the nonprofit GLOBIO.Support the show BUY OUR MERCH

„Gyvybė - tai mažas sluoksnis tarp Žemės magmos ir beribės visatos vakuumo“, – apie gyvybės trapumą pasakoja paleontologė Simona Bekeraitė. Dvi skirtingų sričių mokslininkės – paleontologė Simona Bekeraitė ir edukologė Sandra Kairė – leidosi į Borneo atogrąžų miškus ieškoti atsakymo, kaip žmogus kuria savo santykį su aplinka ir gamta. Kodėl apie klimato kaitą žinodami daugiau nei kada nors anksčiau, keičiamės taip lėtai? Ko apie mus pačius gali išmokyti orangutanai, Birutės Galdikas tyrimai ir geologinis laikas? Pokalbis su paleontologe, Vilniaus universiteto Chemijos ir geomokslų fakulteto mokslininke Simona Bekeraite ir Vilniaus universiteto Filosofijos fakulteto doc. Sandra Kaire.Ved. Ignas Klėjus.

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Meet Helen Spencer, a veterinarian from Kent who swapped clinic life for the extremes of the world. From hiking in Afghanistan, Mongolia, and Yemen to caring for orangutans in Borneo, Helen has chased adventure across the globe. In this episode, she shares her journey to ski the last degree to the South Pole, including: Training, kit prep, and polar skills courses The physical and mental challenges of long polar expeditions Coping with loss, vulnerability, and finding strength on the ice Lessons in perseverance, confidence, and small steps toward big dreams Helen's story is a testament to courage, resilience, and pursuing your goals—even when the journey is long and demanding. ***  New episodes of the Tough Girl Podcast drop every Tuesday at 7 AM (UK time)! Make sure to subscribe so you never miss the inspiring journeys and incredible stories of tough women pushing boundaries.  Do you want to support the Tough Girl Mission to increase the amount of female role models in the media in the world of adventure and physical challenges? Support via Patreon! Join me in making a difference by signing up here: www.patreon.com/toughgirlpodcast.  Your support makes a difference.  Thank you x *** Show notes Who is Helen Being based in Kent Growing up on a farm and having a lot of freedom  Becoming a vet Wanting more adventure  Working for the charity: World Wide Veterinary Service  In her free time loving to travel  Leaving school and travelling with her backpack, and staying in hostels  Starting to do a few solo and group expeditions Hiking in Afganistan, Madagascar, Mongolia, Yemen, Palestine, North Korea Recently skiing the last degree of the South Pole   Building her confidence with travelling  Earning enough money to go f www.interrail.eu/en Having a budget of £10 per day Spending time in Borneo looking after Orangutans Being a shy, farm kid growing up and being better with animals than people  Having 5 years at university  Having a neighbour who had a zoo and spending time helping out at the zoo Knowing what she wanted to do when she was 5 Building internal confidence  Hiking in Afganistan's Wakhan Corridor   Why expedition are about the people you meet as well as where you go Getting the balance right between being social enough but also having time for herself  Needing time out and making sure she has her own tent Having a 10 day tolerance on expeditions  Her goal to ski to the the pole in Antarctica and where the dream came from  Being fascinated by polar history  A week long polar skills course in Finse, Norway  Needing a challenge - being in bad mental and physical health  Taking some time out after selling her veterinarian clinic in London Having a year to get in shape  Training at the Altitude Centre in London  Not being able to test her kit Receiving a lot of help and advice  Heading to Loughborough Elite Sports Centre to have her fitness tested  Dr Amelia Rudd  Heading over to Antarctica and what it was like  Antarctic Logistics Expeditions (ALE) Being out on the ice and why it was like being out on the open ocean  Pulling the pulk at altitude on the ice  Why it was a physical challenge but also a mental challenge  Her way of coping with difficulties  Wanting to feel small  Being there mid summer, when the sun never sets. Rainbows and halos forming around the sun Being able to move forward after the challenge Trying to cope with the loss of her parents in an accident, 2 weeks before she was due to be married  Being in a dark place  Coping by being on her own and doing physical endurance  Wanting to be broken down and feel vulnerable  Getting to the pole and why it was hugely emotional  Why it meant everything to her  Kick on Fundraising £20K in memory of her mum who had Parkinson's Gaining confidence, a bit more self assurance and pride.   Spending 3 weeks in Antarctica, and skiing for 8 days  Tent life… Going to the loo! Code Brown! Pooing in a bag and packing out your poo. The worst bit of the expedition and having to leave your warm sleeping bag How to connect with Helen on Social Media  Final words of advice Some dreams can take time Taking small steps and trying the thing you want to do Her mantras in life…. "Don't be a dick to yourself", "Don't be a dick to others" and Don't be a dick with our environment"    Social Media Instagram: @adventure_vet_spence  Justgiving: www.justgiving.com/page/helen-spencer-1728903029666

In this episode of The Wild Photographer, Court digs into one of the most practical, important, and occasionally nerve-wracking topics in travel photography: how to travel with camera gear safely and effectively.If you've ever walked through an airport with thousands of dollars of camera equipment on your back, you know the feeling. You don't want that bag leaving your side, you don't want your lenses rattling around, and you definitely don't want to arrive in Botswana, Alaska, Borneo, or anywhere else only to discover that you missed packing something or have something break in transit.After 20-plus years of traveling the world as a professional photographer, wildlife guide, and expedition leader, Court has developed a very practical system for getting gear from home to the field and back again. This episode covers everything from choosing the right camera bag to navigating airline restrictions, packing lenses properly, dealing with lithium batteries, deciding whether to bring a laptop, evaluating tripods and monopods, and keeping gear clean in dusty, wet, muddy, salty, or otherwise gear-hostile environments.The big theme throughout this episode is that traveling well with camera gear is not about bringing every accessory you own or treating your equipment like a museum artifact. It's about building smart habits, reducing risk, staying organized, and protecting the gear enough that it can do what it's meant to do--help you make great photos in wild places.Products Mentioned + Links:Shimoda Designs Action X40Camera backpack mentioned by Court as one of his favorite travel and field bags.https://shimodadesigns.com/action-x40-v2-backpack-black/Peak DesignCamera bags, clips, straps, tripods, and carry accessories.https://www.peakdesign.com/Peak Design Capture Camera ClipCamera clip that attaches to a backpack strap or belt.https://www.peakdesign.com/products/capturePeak Design Camera StrapsQuick-release camera strap system.https://www.peakdesign.com/collections/strapsPeak Design Carbon Fiber Travel TripodCompact travel tripod mentioned by Court.https://www.peakdesign.com/products/travel-tripodf-stop GearAdventure camera backpacks and modular camera inserts.https://fstopgear.com/ORTLIEB Waterproof BackpacksWaterproof backpack options for wet, rainy, or boat-based travel.https://us.ortlieb.com/collections/waterproof-backpacksNOMATIC / McKinnon Battery CaseBattery case mentioned by Court for organizing three camera batteries.https://www.nomatic.com/products/battery-casePolarProFilters and camera accessories; Court mentions liking a sturdier PolarPro lens cloth that came with a filter.https://www.polarpro.com/ProGrade Digital Card ReadersDedicated memory card readers for SD, CFexpress, and other card types.https://shop.progradedigital.com/collections/sd-readersAnkerCharging hubs and USB-C charging accessories.https://www.anker.com/Court's WebsitesCheck out my photo portfolio here: shop.courtwhelan.comSign up for my photo and conservation blog at www.courtwhelan.comFollow me on YouTube (@courtwhelan) for more photography tipsView my camera kit and recommended camera gearSponsors and Promo Codes:MPB.com - Buy, Sell, or Trade Camera GearArtStorefronts.com - Mention this podcast for free photo website designBayPhoto.com - 25% off your first order (code: TWP25) ArtHelper.com - a photo community to learn, share and be inspiredArthelper.Ai - Smart tools to promo and showcase your art.LensRentals.com - WildPhoto15 for 15% off

Saskia Falken, standing in for Pippa Hudson, speaks to horticulturist Morne Faulhammer about his travels to the island of Borneo. Lunch with Pippa Hudson is your respite from hard news, a space to explore, taste, read, and reflect. Hosted by former journalist Pippa Hudson, the show embraces lifestyle in all its forms, guided by her adventurous spirit. Each week also covers consumer issues, plus conversations on health, wealth and the environment. Thank you for listening. Catch the show live on Primedia+ weekdays from 1 pm to 3 pm (South African time) https://buff.ly/NnFM3Nk Find more from the show, and all catch‑up podcasts on Primedia+ https://buff.ly/xGkqLbT Subscribe to the CapeTalk newsletters to stay up to date https://buff.ly/sbvVZD5 Let’s keep the conversation going online: CapeTalk on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CapeTalk CapeTalk on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@capetalk CapeTalk on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ CapeTalk on X: https://x.com/CapeTalk CapeTalk on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CapeTalk567See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Unser Tier hat ein freundliches Gesicht mit rötlicher Haut, auf dem Rücken wächst ein gelblich-braunes Fell, der Bauch ist weiß und die Arme, Beine und der Schwanz unseres Tieres sind mit grauem Fell bedeckt. Am auffälligsten ist jedoch die länglich-runde Nase unseres Tieres, die an eine verschrumpelte Gurke oder Birne erinnert. Und? Weißt du's schon? Was suchen wir? Ich sag' es dir! --- Bei dieser Folge handelt es sich um eine Wiederholung aus dem "Weißt du's schon?" Archiv. Neue Folgen hört ihr mit einem Supporter:innen-Abo von "Weißt du's schon? +" und bekommt Zugriff auf das gesamte Archiv mit über 300 Hörrätseln und weiteren Bonusinhalten. Mehr Infos: https://weisstdusschon.de/#support Abo via Steady: http://steady.page/wds Feedback, Fragen, Rätselwünsche? Schickt mir Eure Nachricht für den Podcast: https://weisstdusschon.de/nachricht oder eine Email an christian@weisstdusschon.de

One day, a scientist went to Borneo. She wanted to study orangutans. She studied them there for fifty years! Whoa!有一天，一位科學家想研究紅毛猩猩，所以她就去了婆羅洲。她在那裡總共研究了五十年！ Click HERE for the full transcript!

"When I sell the company, then I'll be happy." Psychotherapist Jo Swann says that one phrase is the most reliable predictor of a miserable exit. She would know. She made her money in the 90s, retired to an oceanfront apartment in Borneo, and fell straight into an existential crisis.  In this episode of Built to Sell Radio, part of our popular After the Deal series, Swann explains why the trap survives the wire transfer

Welcome to the Fourth episode of Survival By The Book, the podcast series where local librarians learn about how to prepare for emergency situations because being prepared shouldn't be complicated. When emergencies strike, preparation can make all the difference — and your local librarians are here to help you turn information into action.In this episode of Survival by the Book, we talk about the very first episode of Survivor to provide you with a bit of relief from thinking about all these stressful situations. We talk about everything our survivors got right and wrong while trying to be the last man standing in Borneo. From shelter building and water concerns to group dynamics and resource management. Join us as we talk about  how their choices would hold up in an actual emergency as we separate survival fact from reality show fiction. Resources: Survivor, Season One. BorneoFlorida Museum, Bluespotted Ribbontail Ray, https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/discover-fish/species-profiles/bluespotted-ribbontail-ray/Created by the Podcast Team at the Harris County Public Library.www.hcpl.netPodcast Team Members include: Beth Krippel, John Harbaugh, Mary Mink, Dylan Smith, Sadina Shawver, Alinda Mac, John Schaffer, Jennifer Finch, Katelyn Helberg, Darcy Casavant, Darla Pruitt and Nancy Hu 

Am Morgen sind Löwenspuren in der Asche des Lagerfeuers, direkt neben dem Zelt. Ringsum: Elefanten, Büffel, Giraffen, Löwen. Für die Tierfilmer Jens Westphalen und Thoralf Grospitz gehört das seit Jahrzehnten zum Alltag.Seit mehr als 30 Jahren drehen die beiden Tier- und Naturdokumentationen an den entlegensten Orten der Welt. In dieser Folge erzählen sie von ihren Dreharbeiten in Namibia und Botswana: von Erdmännchen in der Kalahari, die sie über Monate begleiteten, und von riesigen Elefantenherden im Chobe-Nationalpark.Jens und Thoralf erzählen, wie es ist, wochenlang in der Wüste zu leben, das Vertrauen wilder Tiere zu gewinnen und plötzlich zwischen hunderten Elefanten zu stehen. Sie berichten von Nächten mitten in der Wildnis, von Glücksmomenten während den Dreharbeiten und von einer Kamera, die ein Löwe kurzerhand mitnahm und die später auf unglaubliche Weise wieder auftauchte.Wer mehr von Jens und Thoralf hören möchte, kann auch in Folge 463 reinhören. Dort sprechen wir mit den beiden über ihre Dreharbeiten auf Borneo und über den Moment, in dem sie ein bislang unbekanntes Verhalten einer Orang-Utan-Dame mit der Kamera festhalten konnten.Zur Produktionsfirma von Jens und Thoralf geht es hier: https://zorilla.film/Jens Westphalen könnt ihr hier folgen:https://www.instagram.com/jens_westphalen/https://www.linkedin.com/in/jens-westphalen-a3b56238b/----------------------------------Redaktion & Postproduktion: Miriam Menz----------------------------------Dieser Podcast wird auch durch unsere Hörerschaft ermöglicht. Wenn du gern zuhörst, kannst du dazu beitragen, dass unsere Show auch weiterhin besteht und regelmäßig erscheint. Zum Dank erhältst du Zugriff auf unseren werbefreien Feed und auf unsere Bonusfolgen. Diese Möglichkeiten zur Unterstützung bestehen:Weltwach Supporters Club bei Steady. Du kannst ihn auch direkt über Spotify ansteuern. Alternativ kannst du bei Apple Podcasts UnterstützerIn werden.----------------------------------WERBEPARTNERhttps://linktr.ee/weltwach Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today on Beyond the Torch Todd and Leslie have an in-depth conversation with Jenna Lewis, one of Survivor's most iconic players, who appeared on the very first season (Borneo) and returned for All Stars and Survivor 50. They all three talk about Jenna's journey from a 22-year-old single mother of twins who stumbled upon a Hotmail ad for the show, to becoming a pop culture phenomenon — landing on the cover of Time magazine, appearing in an Eminem music video, and being mobbed by fans everywhere she went. The conversation covers the dramatic differences between old-school and new-era Survivor gameplay, Jenna's frustrating experience on Season 50 where she felt isolated without any pre-existing relationships with castmates, and a wide-ranging discussion touching on books, cosmetic procedures, leaving religious upbringings, self-worth, and the double standards women face compared to men. Throughout, Jenna comes across as candid, funny, and refreshingly self-aware, delighting us all with behind-the-scenes stories and sharp observations about reality TV culture.Our new Website is live! Check it out at: www.realityaftershow.comJoin our Patreon at RealityPatron.comIf you would like a cameo from Jonny Fairplay order one now! cameo.com/jonnyfairplayCheck us out on Tiktok @fairplaytokBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/reality-after-show--5448874/support.

For episode 254 of the Crypto Altruists podcast, we're excited to welcome Alison, Director at Buddies for Paws, a charitable initiative within the BONK ecosystem that's leveraging blockchain technology to support animal welfare and wildlife conservation worldwide. Every donation made through Buddies for Paws is matched 100% by BONK, and to date, the community has raised almost $600,000 for animal welfare.What makes Buddies for Paws special isn't just the model. It's the storytelling. Through their "guardian animals" program, donors can follow specific animals like Bani the elephant, who was struck by a train and abandoned by her herd before being rescued by Wildlife SOS, or Big Papa the orangutan, now living peacefully on a protected forest island in Borneo. It goes beyond statistics, and spotlights the powerful stories of individuals with names, and the community gets to be part of their journeys.So today we're going to talk about how Buddies for Paws came to be, what the partnership with BONK has unlocked, the power of memecoin communities rallying around causes, and what the future of crypto philanthropy might look like.In today's discussion you'll learn:

Eine Sekunde, die alles verändert: Eine Orang-Utan-Dame zeigt ein bisher unbekanntes Verhalten und schreibt Naturfilmgeschichte.Seit über 30 Jahren sind Jens Westphalen und Thoralf Grospitz, die Gründer von ZORILLAFILM, unterwegs, um genau solche Momente überall auf der Welt einzufangen. Meist zu zweit, oft unter extremen Bedingungen, mit viel Geduld, Frustrationstoleranz und dem richtigen Gespür für den einen entscheidenden Moment. Ihre Filme wurden vielfach ausgezeichnet, und ihre Doku “Wildes Japan” war sogar für einen Emmy nominiert.In ihrer Heimat Hamburg spricht Erik mit den beiden über ihre Arbeit als Tierfilmer: über Drehs, die Monate dauern und oft vom Warten geprägt sind, über Momente, in denen plötzlich alles passiert – und über die Herausforderung, Natur authentisch zu erzählen. Sie berichten von Begegnungen mit Orang-Utans auf Borneo, von seltenem Verhalten, das sie erstmals dokumentieren konnten, und davon, wie viel Glück, Erfahrung und Timing zusammenkommen müssen, damit solche Bilder entstehen. Es geht um Fragen wie: Wie plant man einen Film, wenn sich die Natur nicht planen lässt? Was bedeutet es, Tieren mit Bildern eine „Stimme“ zu geben? Und wie funktioniert ein Zweierteam über mehr als drei Jahrzehnte hinweg – trotz Hitze, Erschöpfung und intensiver Konflikte?INFOS & LINKS:Der Orang-Utan Film von Jens und Thoralf trägt den Titel: "Orang-Utans – So nah wie nie!“ und ist hier in der ARD-Mediathek abrufbar: https://www.ardmediathek.de/video/erlebnis-erde/orang-utans-so-nah-wie-nie/ndr/Y3JpZDovL25kci5kZS8zZjI0ZGE3Ni03YzVmLTQyYWQtOGIwOS1iZDhkM2ViNzhlMDM Ab dem 11. Juni sind die Orang-Utans als Zweiteilers darüber hinaus in der ARTE-Mediathek abrufbar, dort unter dem Titel: „Orang-Utans – Die unbekannten Menschenaffen“.Seit unserer Aufzeichnung erhielt die Doku zahlreiche Preise (Gold bei den New York Festivals, Gold bei den World Media Festivals, Best Wildlife Documentary bei den UK Film Awards, Deutscher Naturfilmpreis, Heinz Sielmann Filmpreis bei der Greenscreen, Deutscher Filmpreis Biodiversität, Publikumspreise in Belgien, Italien und der Schweiz und, und, und) – wir gratulieren! :-) Zur Produktionsfirma von Jens und Thoralf geht es hier: https://zorilla.film/Jens Westphalen könnt ihr hier folgen:https://www.instagram.com/jens_westphalen/https://www.linkedin.com/in/jens-westphalen-a3b56238b/----------------------------------Redaktion & Postproduktion: Miriam Menz----------------------------------Dieser Podcast wird auch durch unsere Hörerschaft ermöglicht. Wenn du gern zuhörst, kannst du dazu beitragen, dass unsere Show auch weiterhin besteht und regelmäßig erscheint. Zum Dank erhältst du Zugriff auf unseren werbefreien Feed und auf unsere Bonusfolgen. Diese Möglichkeiten zur Unterstützung bestehen:Weltwach Supporters Club bei Steady. Du kannst ihn auch direkt über Spotify ansteuern. Alternativ kannst du bei Apple Podcasts UnterstützerIn werden.----------------------------------WERBEPARTNERhttps://linktr.ee/weltwach Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dr. Sook-Bin Woo on Adventure, Mentorship, and High Standards in Oral PathologyChristine interviews Dr. Sook-Bin Woo, DMD, an expert in oral and maxillofacial pathology at Brigham and Women's Hospital, about her career, training, and life lessons. Woo shares a formative post–dental school adventure climbing Mount Kinabalu in Malaysia and a dangerous trip across Borneo, and describes later solo travel to Turkey. She explains pursuing oral pathology far from home and being shaped by rigorous “old school” mentorship emphasizing exacting standards and articulating what you do know, while also valuing humility when diagnoses remain uncertain. Woo advises early-career academics to collaborate with peers slightly ahead, discusses the importance of emotional and cultural intelligence in training and patient care, and reflects on challenges as a woman and immigrant, including limited maternity leave, wage disparities, and raising two children with long commutes and childcare support. She closes by urging curiosity and kindness.00:00 Meet Dr Woo00:52 Mount Kinabalu Adventure03:32 Wasp Stings and Jeep Ride05:11 Solo Travel in Turkey05:53 Choosing Oral Pathology06:51 Old School Training Standards08:38 Rigor with Kindness10:34 When You Truly Dont Know12:28 Career Advice and Allies13:39 Emotional Intelligence Matters15:35 Women Immigrant Challenges17:30 Raising Kids and Commuting20:13 It Will Work Out21:20 Curiosity and Kindness

Our musician pal and local photographer Jason Siemer returns from Borneo with tales and photos that are spectacular while Nestor shares some travelogue tales from South America and previous international trips of exploration, culture and personal growth on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour at Faidley's at Lexington Market. Just two kids from Dundalk and Pasadena who loved baseball going places others only dream about... The post Local photographer Jason Siemer and Nestor discuss wanderlust and going to Borneo and Machu Picchu first appeared on Baltimore Positive WNST.

Though they are only insects, stick insects seem to have an amazing knowledge of their surroundings. They are geniuses at using their predators' weaknesses for their own protection.Stick insects are leaf eaters. Many of them look like little twigs. The longest insect in the world is a walking stick from Borneo that reaches a length of 13 inches. A tropical stick is as thick as a finger and the same color as the bamboo on which it is often found. It also has swollen ridges that make it look even more like bamboo. Other types have leafy flaps that match the leaves of the plants they frequent. Some stick insects go even further. They lay eggs that look exactly like the seeds of the plant on which they feed. A stick that's found in New Mexico glues its eggs to grass stems. The position and shape of the long-pointed eggs exactly mimic the seeds of that species of grass.While they don't fly, some sticks have brightly colored wings that they can rapidly unfurl. They use this ability to startle away nervous birds who might want to investigate them for lunch. Sticks will often sway with the breeze to make their illusion more effective. Some sticks will sit motionless for hours. Some birds understand this and will closely examine non-moving twigs. Sticks will often refuse to move even when being carried away by a bird. This tactic has fooled many birds into thinking it really was a twig and releasing it.Stick insects are clearly not the result of mindless chance. Their intelligence was created by the Creator of the universe.Isaiah 40:28"Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.”Prayer: Dear Lord, I can never thank You enough that You are the Creator and in charge of the universe. Many in our world do not know this and live in hopelessness. Help us to reach them on their hopelessness with Your good news. Amen.REF.: Sivinski, John. "When is a stick not a stick?" Natural History. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1232/29?v=20251111

Awards Nigeria's Iroro Tanshi wins Goldman Environmental Prize for trying to save bats https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0krm128mgyo Biodiversity New Orleans aquarium rescues and rehabilitates 35 of the world's most endangered sea turtles https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/new-orleans-aquarium-rescues-and-rehabilitates-35-of-the-world-s-most-endangered-sea-turtles/ar-AA20YzEw Critically endangered Borneo orangutan born at Madrid zoo https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260415-critically-endangered-borneo-orangutan-born-at-madrid-zoo Critical Habitat Protected for Four Mussel Species Across 17 Eastern, Midwestern States https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/critical-habitat-protected-for-four-mussel-species-across-17-eastern-midwestern-states-2026-04-24/

Dichter Regenwald, stundenlange Bootsfahrten flussaufwärts – und drei Orang-Utans, für die sich entscheidet, ob sie künftig wieder in Freiheit leben können: In dieser Folge ist Wildtierärztin, Autorin und Terra-X-Moderatorin Hannah Emde zu Gast und nimmt uns mit nach Borneo – in einen der ältesten Regenwälder der Erde. Für das Format „Terra X: Faszination Erde“ begleitet sie dort eine schwierige Orang-Utan-Auswilderung. In einer Auffangstation der Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation (BOSF) wurden die Orang-Utans über Jahre auf ein Leben im Regenwald vorbereitet, bevor die riskante Reise tief hinein in ihr ursprüngliches Habitat beginnt. Hannah erzählt von der intensiven Zeit in der Auffangstation, von Ersatzmüttern und dem Moment der Freilassung – und von ihrer ganz persönlichen Verbindung zu Borneos Regenwald, der sie schon seit Studienzeiten begleitet. Sie spricht über Palmölplantagen, Lebensraumverlust und illegalen Wildtierhandel – und darüber, warum Schutzprojekte, Forschung und Wiederaufforstung dennoch Anlass zur Hoffnung geben. Hannah Emde war schon in diesen Weltwach-Folgen zu Gast:● WW248: Abenteuer Artenschutz● WW249: Das wilde Namibia in der Nahaufnahme● WW Plus 64: Von Gibbonaffen und Bullenhaien Die neue Staffel von „Terra X: Faszination Erde“ führt Hannah nach Finnland, Chile und Borneo. Hier könnt ihr euch die Borneo-Folge ansehen:https://www.zdf.de/dokus/terra-x-faszination-erde-mit-hannah-emde-dokureihe-100----------------------------------Redaktion & Postproduktion: Miriam Menz----------------------------------Dieser Podcast wird auch durch unsere Hörerschaft ermöglicht. Wenn du gern zuhörst, kannst du dazu beitragen, dass unsere Show auch weiterhin besteht und regelmäßig erscheint. Zum Dank erhältst du Zugriff auf unseren werbefreien Feed und auf unsere Bonusfolgen. Diese Möglichkeiten zur Unterstützung bestehen:Weltwach Supporters Club bei Steady. Du kannst ihn auch direkt über Spotify ansteuern. Alternativ kannst du bei Apple Podcasts UnterstützerIn werden.----------------------------------WERBEPARTNERhttps://linktr.ee/weltwach Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's Tuesday, April 21st, A.D. 2026. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard on 140 radio stations and at www.TheWorldview.com.  I'm Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com) By Kevin Swanson and Timothy Reed Pope claims communion between Christians and Muslims Pope Leo XIV visited Algeria, Africa last week, and celebrated what he called “communion between Christians and Muslims” and the “shared aspiration for dignity, love, justice, and peace” -- whatever that is. Leo made no mention of the forced closure of Protestant churches as well as laws criminalizing evangelism, the distribution of Bibles, and posting Christian messages online. Out of the top ten countries in the world named for persecuting Christians, nine are Muslim-controlled nations. Psalm 12:1-2 is the cry of God's people in every age: “Help, Lord, for the godly man ceases!  For the faithful disappear from among the sons of men.   Everyone utters lies to his neighbor; they speak with flattering lips and a double heart.” Japan's major earthquake On Monday, Japan was hit with a major 7.7 earthquake on the Richter scale located on the northeastern side of Honshu. That's the biggest quake since 2015 to hit the island country. Experts are warning of another bigger quake potentially striking within a week. Fire on Borneo Island A huge fire displaced thousands on the Malaysian island of Borneo, reports NBC News. Almost 1,000 homes were consumed in the fire.  America's drought today worse than Dust Bowl days of 1934 God's hand is upon the United States.   The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Drought Monitor is registering worse drought conditions in America today than the Dust Bowl days of the Great Depression in 1934 — and the worst conditions since the monitor began in 1895. Over 60% of the 48 contiguous states are under moderate to exceptional drought conditions right now. That would include 97% of the Southeast, and 65% of the West. Also, the Drought Monitor places the last ten years, running from 2017 to 2026, as equally as severe as the ten years running from 1932 to 1941. These will be the two worst drought periods in recorded history for this country. In Leviticus 26:18-20, God warns of national droughts. He said, “If you do not obey Me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins. I will break the pride of your power; I will make your heavens like iron and your Earth like bronze. And your strength shall be spent in vain; for your land shall not yield its produce, nor shall the trees of the land yield their fruit.” President Trump vs. Rep. Chip Roy on “no-warrant surveillance” President Donald Trump has drawn criticism after expressing his support for the reauthorization of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act 702, which gives the government power to spy on citizens, in what is known as “no-warrant surveillance.” President Trump took to Truth Social, asking House Republicans to pass a “clean extension of FISA 702.”  Back in 2024, Trump wrote, “KILL FISA, IT WAS ILLEGALLY USED AGAINST ME, AND MANY OTHERS.” Republican Congressman Chip Roy of Texas explained to Fox News why Americans should be wary of federal overreach. Listen. ROY: “As one of my colleagues, Michael Cloud, said the other day: ‘Never does the intelligence community ever walk into the room and say, ‘Hey guys, you know what? We have all this power to go look at a lot of stuff. You know, today we're going to give some of it back.' “That literally never happens. So, Congress, representing the people, has to say, ‘Hold on. We need to stand up for people, make sure they're being protected.” Democrats trying to impeach War Secretary Pete Hegseth House Democrats are working to impeach War Secretary Pete Hegseth over his role in the Iran War, reports News Nation.  The impeachment articles, crafted by Democratic Congresswoman Yassamin Ansari of Arizona, allege that the Secretary of War “broke his oath to the Constitution, put U.S. troops at grave risk through the unauthorized disclosure of classified information, and engaged in abuse of office and conduct beneath the dignity of his office.” Eight Democrats are co-sponsoring the resolution, which is all but ensured to fail as Republicans control the House and Senate.  60% of Americans: Abortion should be legal in most cases Sixty percent of Americans now say abortion should be legal in most cases. That's the latest revelation from Pew Research. That's up from 51% in 2015 -- 10 years ago. Plus, 66% of younger Millennials, those between their  late 20s and early 30s, take this pro-abortion position compared to 57% of those over 65.   Among the 50 U.S. states, only Arkansas was pro-life in that the majority wanted abortion illegal in most cases. Vermont, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts were the most pro-death states in America, according to this survey. Nebraska's new law on homeschooling The State of Nebraska enacted a law, Bill 937, requiring a 14-day waiting period for public-school families who decide to homeschool their children. The law also bans parents who have prior convictions involving sexual crimes from homeschooling their children, reports World Magazine. Record-breaking stock market U.S. stock market euphoria is setting records, reports MarketWatch.com.   The Nasdaq Composite Index has jumped 18% in just 13 trading days — that's the biggest winning streak since 1992. Anniversary of Paul Revere's famous midnight ride And finally, this weekend marked the 251st anniversary of Paul Revere's famous midnight ride and the battles of Lexington and Concord. Revere, who undertook his night journey along with fellow patriots William Dawes and Samuel Prescott, warned American patriots on the night of April 18th that the British, under the leadership of General Thomas Gage, were on the march. The next morning, April 19th, the “shot heard round the world” was fired on Lexington Green, and the first blood of the American Revolution was shed. The patriotic minutemen ultimately forced the British back into Boston in a running battle, securing the colonies their first victory. The American Revolutionary War would last until 1783, when the American colonies finally won their independence.  Close And that's The Worldview on this Tuesday, April 21st, in the year of our Lord 2026. Follow us on X or subscribe for free by Spotify, Amazon Music, or by iTunes or email to our unique Christian newscast at www.TheWorldview.com.  Plus, you can get the Generations app through Google Play or The App Store. I'm Adam McManus (Adam@TheWorldview.com). Seize the day for Jesus Christ.

Biruté Mary Galdikas passed away on March 24, 2026, at the age of 79. She spent more than 50 years studying orangutans in Borneo and fighting to protect them. Before she began her work, orangutans were the least understood of the great apes. She changed that. Her research formed the foundation of what we now know about orangutans. She was the first to learn what they ate, how they lived, how they moved, their long interbirth intervals, and so much more. Including the many threats to their survival. Her lifelong dedication inspired generations to care about orangutans and their forests, and to pursue careers in the field she helped shape. ⁠ I had the honor and privilege of interviewing Birute Galdikas in 2021, on the fiftieth anniversary of her study. We're re-releasing this episode in her honor.  Links: Orangutan Foundation International Ways to get involved In Memory of Dr. Biruté Marija Filomena Galdikas: A remembrance by primatologist Erin Vogel Origin Stories is a project of The Leakey Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to funding human origins research and outreach. Support this show and the science we talk about. Your donations will be matched by the Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation. leakeyfoundation.org/donate  Credits: Produced by Ray Pang and Meredith Johnson. Sound design by Ray Pang. Our editor is Audrey Quinn. Thanks to Talain Blanchon for audio of Dr. Galdikas in the field and for recording our interview with Dr. Galdikas in his studio. And special thanks to Marcus Foley and Emily Patton for all their help. Archival lecture audio is from The Leakey Foundation archive. Music by Henry Nagle and Lee Roservere.  

Emily Flippen & Jenna Lewis-Dougherty Survivor 50 Preseason Interviews Mike Bloom (@AMikeBloomType) is here to chat to the cast of Survivor 50! Join us to hear from your favorite returning Survivor players! Survivor 50 preseason interviews are here, as Mike Bloom sits down with Emily Flippen and Jenna Lewis Dougherty to uncover what's driving some of the season's most intriguing castaways. In this deep-dive episode, Survivor 45 standout Emily returns to Fiji after publicly swearing off a comeback, while OG icon Jenna Lewis makes her fierce return to the game after more than two decades away. Hear firsthand how these two women—each with unique Survivor journeys—plan to navigate the complex social web and shifting strategies of the milestone 50th season. The episode starts with Emily Flippen explaining how she surprised even herself by returning for Survivor 50, when she'd once insisted she was done with the game. Emily opens up about her mindset shift, wanting to control her narrative after feeling her “softer” story arc in season 45 left an incomplete lesson. She discusses the pressure of fan expectations, overcoming personal insecurities, and why she's aiming for a “Goldilocks zone” between directness and tact. Jenna Lewis Dougherty, meanwhile, reveals how the game has—and hasn't—changed since Borneo and All-Stars, describing her plan to weaponize being underestimated and use “conjecture flattery” as a tool. Mike explores their thoughts on the new era, their targeted alliances, and what it takes for an old-school or new-school player to thrive among legends and wildcards. Emily reflects on her evolution, admitting she didn't love the lesson viewers took from her arc on Survivor 45, and wants to prove you don't have to change your core to succeed. Jenna outlines her “mommy complex” strategy, aiming to bond with younger players and then outmaneuver them at critical moments. Both women assess their competition, highlighting who they see as friends or threats—with hilarious, candid takes on castmates like Coach, Aubry, Ozzy, and D. Emily weighs the impact of social media buzz and fan perception, while Jenna describes using her “real life” negotiation skills in the cutthroat Survivor world. Strategies for handling returning players, “winner killers,” alliance flips, and being underestimated are front and center. As the cast prepares to hit the beach, questions loom: Can Emily strike the right balance between bluntness and gameplay finesse? Will Jenna's old-school instincts keep her safe among the sharks—or lead to her early downfall? Who will take control in a game where every move is scrutinized? Chapters: 0:00 Intros 6:07 Emily Reflects On Survivor Return 12:07 Friend Or Foe Game Begins 18:25 Emily Assesses Her Competition 26:36 Jenna Lewis Dougherty's Big Comeback 32:29 Adapting To Modern Survivor Game 38:20 Strategic Prep And Challenge Training 44:10 Forming Alliances And Manipulation 50:15 Targeting Winners And Forming Bonds 56:05 Dream Loved One Choices Revealed Never miss a minute of RHAP's extensive Survivor coverage! LISTEN: Subscribe to the Survivor podcast feed WATCH:  Watch and subscribe to the podcast on YouTube SUPPORT:  Become a RHAP Patron for bonus content, access to Facebook and Discord groups plus more great perks!