Podcasts about catastrophically

Movie recommendations or comments for us? Text us here!We are back this week with 2022 rom-com "I Want You Back," starring Charlie Day, Jenny Slate, Scott Eastwood, Gina Rodriguez and Manny Jacinto.Peter and Emma have been dumped. Catastrophically. Neither of them saw it coming. To make matters worse, their respective exes both started seeing other people within a week. Ouch. When their initial plan of helping each other get over their exes fails, they form a new plan to help each other win their exes back. Peter will become besties with Emma's ex, and Emma will steal the heart of Peter's ex's new flame. What could possibly go wrong?As of recording, this movie was available on Amazon Prime. Email us at MadeMePodcast@gmail.comFind us on:Facebook: www.facebook.com/MadeMePodcastInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/myhusbandmademedoit/ Podcast artwork by Anna Eggleton of Treehouse Lettering & Design: https://www.treehouseletteringanddesign.com/

With President Trump casting aside political norms and Labour promising "disruption" this week's episode considers the roots of disaffection and whether a radical upheaval is on the way. The team start out assessing recent resignations but it quickly becomes a discussion about political revolutions. They get so carried away that they never get to the promised section on Kemi Badenoch's troubled first 100 days as Tory leader. It will have to wait for another time. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Strong winds mean serious fire danger across Southern California. New tech is targeting criminals on the Westside, and Orange County is turning into a humpback whale hangout. The L.A. Local is sponsored by the LA Car Guy family of dealerships.

This was supposed to be a Battle Crow (our monthly bonus Patreon show), but the guidance of Grace deemed it not to be. Press play with your Two Fingers and celebrate with us the start of the Summer of Sour, cracking open a normal one with the boyz, and marveling at the miracle of bagged tea. I hope you brought some Oil Dipping Sticks for snacking. Bonus points if you tell me (Nick) to "git gud" in the comments. Join the Bottle Crow Discord to check out our live posted show notes as well as chat with us and other listeners! We're on iTunes, Google Play, and Stitcher! You can subscribe on those, and leave a review if you like! That would really help us out. Tell your Dota friends about us, help spread the word! Make sure to vote on the Rhythms of Riftshadow Ruins in the Steam Workshop! Support the Scanline Media Patreon to access a bonus monthly "Battle Crow" (It's even worse than Bottle Crow, somehow).

Today on the podcast. We chat to Brad Smeele.  What an absolute weapon of a human being he is. Brad Smeele's thrill-seeking, fast-paced life as a professional wakeboarder came to an abrupt halt when an accident caused him to become a quadriplegic. Wakeboarding is like waterskiing, but on a single board with aerial tricks added in. It's a freestyle sport for super-athletic adrenalin junkies. Brad was at the peak of his career, pushing the sport to new heights and perfecting tricks that no one else could achieve. He was also a sought-after model and relished his free-wheeling lifestyle. But in July 2014, while practising his latest trick, he landed badly. Catastrophically, in fact. He landed on his neck, completely crushing his spinal cord and becoming a quadriplegic immediately. For someone whose whole life was built around his physical prowess, this was completely and utterly devastating. Brad has had to work through a great deal, from being an incredibly physical person in all senses of the word to being someone with very limited use of his body. The struggle has been monumental, but he's come to a place of acceptance. In his book he shares his epic story and the lessons he has learnt from an unexpected teacher. He now brings the same focus and determination he brought to his wakeboarding career to inspiring others 4:08 - Jetski dam story. 5:50 - Wakeboard incident & aftermath. 22:30 - Insurance. 25:10 - The Chair. 29.30 - Red Bull Wings for Life World Run. 34:43 - Spinal research + current pain/feeling. 36:50 - Writing the book. 41:30 - Dating. 43:25 - Static breath holds + diving. 49:33 - Future plans. Helpful links. You can get a copy of Brad's book at all good bookstores or online through Amazon: https://amzn.to/4aZ8Bv0  https://vimeo.com/5439404?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR2bZ5T-Atg98dqXtLSoBPjjFoK0LqCo9jbBfVzmNzqr58Mqdy30I-MN_tU_aem_AaulS8eNtOw0nNe-JT-G2oKJX8XnAm5xve88S1DT3Hk1eQaZyAf_W26Lv3zRrISyV5xM2C5BQ6-UhbrFq2Nzu9BZ  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_Z0Ee9P5yA  https://www.wingsforlifeworldrun.com/en  Give us a follow if you haven't already ~ Jay and Dunc. Want to get in touch? Hit us up, here: https://linktr.ee/notforradioSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today on the podcast. We chat to Brad Smeele.  What an absolute weapon of a human being he is. Brad Smeele's thrill-seeking, fast-paced life as a professional wakeboarder came to an abrupt halt when an accident caused him to become a quadriplegic. Wakeboarding is like waterskiing, but on a single board with aerial tricks added in. It's a freestyle sport for super-athletic adrenalin junkies. Brad was at the peak of his career, pushing the sport to new heights and perfecting tricks that no one else could achieve. He was also a sought-after model and relished his free-wheeling lifestyle. But in July 2014, while practising his latest trick, he landed badly. Catastrophically, in fact. He landed on his neck, completely crushing his spinal cord and becoming a quadriplegic immediately. For someone whose whole life was built around his physical prowess, this was completely and utterly devastating. Brad has had to work through a great deal, from being an incredibly physical person in all senses of the word to being someone with very limited use of his body. The struggle has been monumental, but he's come to a place of acceptance. In his book he shares his epic story and the lessons he has learnt from an unexpected teacher. He now brings the same focus and determination he brought to his wakeboarding career to inspiring others 4:08 - Jetski dam story. 5:50 - Wakeboard incident & aftermath. 22:30 - Insurance. 25:10 - The Chair. 29.30 - Red Bull Wings for Life World Run. 34:43 - Spinal research + current pain/feeling. 36:50 - Writing the book. 41:30 - Dating. 43:25 - Static breath holds + diving. 49:33 - Future plans. Helpful links. You can get a copy of Brad's book at all good bookstores or online through Amazon: https://amzn.to/4aZ8Bv0  https://vimeo.com/5439404?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR2bZ5T-Atg98dqXtLSoBPjjFoK0LqCo9jbBfVzmNzqr58Mqdy30I-MN_tU_aem_AaulS8eNtOw0nNe-JT-G2oKJX8XnAm5xve88S1DT3Hk1eQaZyAf_W26Lv3zRrISyV5xM2C5BQ6-UhbrFq2Nzu9BZ  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_Z0Ee9P5yA  https://www.wingsforlifeworldrun.com/en  Give us a follow if you haven't already ~ Jay and Dunc. Want to get in touch? Hit us up, here: https://linktr.ee/notforradioSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this episode of The Enemies List, Rick Wilson interviews Miles Taylor, a former Trump Administration Official. Miles saw the light and is now on the pro democracy side of this fight. Miles shares his experience of standing up against the President and the consequences he faced, as well as the dangers of a second Trump term. Tune in to hear why Rick Wilson believes RFK Jr. should leave the race. Timestamps: [00:00:01] Fighting for democracy: Miles Taylor [00:03:23] Save democracy from next Trump [00:07:37] Trump purged Bush officials, replaced with loyalists. [00:12:26] Unconstitutional, vile policies: Trump 2.0 [00:16:10] FBI, Trump impeached, Trump supporters grovel, danger of anonymity. [00:20:05] Anonymous critics speak out against Trump. [00:23:30] Catastrophically wrong: Trump not redeemable. [00:27:34] Take a break, think, Trump threats, security needed. [00:31:33] Trump's own mercenary force: Six words [00:35:11] Batshit crazy, anti-Semitic, conspiracy craziness, enemies list. Follow Resolute Square: Instagram Twitter TikTok Find out more at Resolute Square Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s time for another smashing chat about games and edu-practice, this time with the fab Dr Pen Holland, York’s secret biology mathematician, discussing the brilliantly brutal game Catastrophic, and the brain toaster of Red-7. As with the whole series, we're looking at answer the questions: Pen gives some slamming advice on how to design an… Continue reading Pen Holland and Catastrophically good game design – PGZ@PL games and practice mini

KVI's John Carlson explains everything that's wrong with proposals to Seattle voters connected to Ranked Choice Voting.

Brad Smeele's thrill-seeking, fast-paced life as a professional wakeboarder came to an abrupt halt eight years ago when an accident caused him to become a quadriplegic. Brad was at the height of his career, winning world championships and perfecting tricks that no one else could achieve. He was also a sought-after model and relished his free-wheeling lifestyle. But in July 2014, while practising his latest trick, he landed badly. Catastrophically, in fact. He landed on his neck, completely crushing his spinal cord and becoming a quadriplegic immediately.  He joins us now to talk about all this, and about his new book "Owning It".See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/CoZhXrhpQxpy9xw9y/where-i-agree-and-disagree-with-eliezer#fnh5ezxhd0an by paulfchristiano, 20th Jun 2022.  Crossposted from the AI Alignment Forum. May contain more technical jargon than usual. (Partially in response to AGI Ruin: A list of Lethalities. Written in the same rambling style. Not exhaustive.) Agreements Powerful AI systems have a good chance of deliberately and irreversibly disempowering humanity. This is a much easier failure mode than killing everyone with destructive physical technologies. Catastrophically risky AI systems could plausibly exist soon, and there likely won't be a strong consensus about this fact until such systems pose a meaningful existential risk per year. There is not necessarily any “fire alarm.” Even if there were consensus about a risk from powerful AI systems, there is a good chance that the world would respond in a totally unproductive way. It's wishful thinking to look at possible stories of doom and say “we wouldn't let that happen;” humanity is fully capable of messing up even very basic challenges, especially if they are novel.

In this week's episode of "Middle East News Hour," Caroline Glick is joined by David Goldman from Asia Times and the Claremont Institute to discuss why the United States and NATO are the real losers of the Ukraine war. They look at:> The situation on the ground> U.S. options for managing the war going forward> The global economic implications of the Western sanctions on Russia> What this all means for Israel

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Where I agree and disagree with Eliezer, published by Paul Christiano on June 19, 2022 on The AI Alignment Forum. (Partially in response to AGI Ruin: A list of Lethalities. Written in the same rambling style. Not exhaustive.) Agreements Powerful AI systems have a good chance of deliberately and irreversibly disempowering humanity. This is a much easier failure mode than killing everyone with destructive physical technologies. Catastrophically risky AI systems could plausibly exist soon, and there likely won't be a strong consensus about this fact until such systems pose a meaningful existential risk per year. There is not necessarily any “fire alarm.” Even if there were consensus about a risk from powerful AI systems, there is a good chance that the world would respond in a totally unproductive way. It's wishful thinking to look at possible stories of doom and say “we wouldn't let that happen;” humanity is fully capable of messing up even very basic challenges, especially if they are novel. I think that many of the projects intended to help with AI alignment don't make progress on key difficulties and won't significantly reduce the risk of catastrophic outcomes. This is related to people gravitating to whatever research is most tractable and not being too picky about what problems it helps with, and related to a low level of concern with the long-term future in particular. Overall, there are relatively few researchers who are effectively focused on the technical problems most relevant to existential risk from alignment failures. There are strong social and political pressures to spend much more of our time talking about how AI shapes existing conflicts and shifts power. This pressure is already playing out and it doesn't seem too likely to get better. I think Eliezer's term “the last derail” is hyperbolic but on point. Even when thinking about accident risk, people's minds seem to go to what they think of as “more realistic and less sci fi” risks that are much less likely to be existential (and sometimes I think less plausible). It's very possible this dynamic won't change until after actually existing AI systems pose an existential risk. There is a good chance that an AI catastrophe looks like an abrupt “coup” where AI systems permanently disempower humans with little opportunity for resistance. People seem to consistently round this risk down to more boring stories that fit better with their narratives about the world. It is quite possible that an AI coup will be sped up by humans letting AI systems control killer robots, but the difference in timeline between "killer robots everywhere, AI controls everything" and "AI only involved in R&D" seems like it's less than a year. The broader intellectual world seems to wildly overestimate how long it will take AI systems to go from “large impact on the world” to “unrecognizably transformed world.” This is more likely to be years than decades, and there's a real chance that it's months. This makes alignment harder and doesn't seem like something we are collectively prepared for. Humanity usually solves technical problems by iterating and fixing failures; we often resolve tough methodological disagreements very slowly by seeing what actually works and having our failures thrown in our face. But it will probably be possible to build valuable AI products without solving alignment, and so reality won't “force us” to solve alignment until it's too late. This seems like a case where we will have to be unusually reliant on careful reasoning rather than empirical feedback loops for some of the highest-level questions. AI systems will ultimately be wildly superhuman, and there probably won't be strong technological hurdles right around human level. Extrapolating the rate of existing AI progress suggests you don't get too much time ...

Link to original articleWelcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Where I agree and disagree with Eliezer, published by Paul Christiano on June 19, 2022 on The AI Alignment Forum. (Partially in response to AGI Ruin: A list of Lethalities. Written in the same rambling style. Not exhaustive.) Agreements Powerful AI systems have a good chance of deliberately and irreversibly disempowering humanity. This is a much easier failure mode than killing everyone with destructive physical technologies. Catastrophically risky AI systems could plausibly exist soon, and there likely won't be a strong consensus about this fact until such systems pose a meaningful existential risk per year. There is not necessarily any “fire alarm.” Even if there were consensus about a risk from powerful AI systems, there is a good chance that the world would respond in a totally unproductive way. It's wishful thinking to look at possible stories of doom and say “we wouldn't let that happen;” humanity is fully capable of messing up even very basic challenges, especially if they are novel. I think that many of the projects intended to help with AI alignment don't make progress on key difficulties and won't significantly reduce the risk of catastrophic outcomes. This is related to people gravitating to whatever research is most tractable and not being too picky about what problems it helps with, and related to a low level of concern with the long-term future in particular. Overall, there are relatively few researchers who are effectively focused on the technical problems most relevant to existential risk from alignment failures. There are strong social and political pressures to spend much more of our time talking about how AI shapes existing conflicts and shifts power. This pressure is already playing out and it doesn't seem too likely to get better. I think Eliezer's term “the last derail” is hyperbolic but on point. Even when thinking about accident risk, people's minds seem to go to what they think of as “more realistic and less sci fi” risks that are much less likely to be existential (and sometimes I think less plausible). It's very possible this dynamic won't change until after actually existing AI systems pose an existential risk. There is a good chance that an AI catastrophe looks like an abrupt “coup” where AI systems permanently disempower humans with little opportunity for resistance. People seem to consistently round this risk down to more boring stories that fit better with their narratives about the world. It is quite possible that an AI coup will be sped up by humans letting AI systems control killer robots, but the difference in timeline between "killer robots everywhere, AI controls everything" and "AI only involved in R&D" seems like it's less than a year. The broader intellectual world seems to wildly overestimate how long it will take AI systems to go from “large impact on the world” to “unrecognizably transformed world.” This is more likely to be years than decades, and there's a real chance that it's months. This makes alignment harder and doesn't seem like something we are collectively prepared for. Humanity usually solves technical problems by iterating and fixing failures; we often resolve tough methodological disagreements very slowly by seeing what actually works and having our failures thrown in our face. But it will probably be possible to build valuable AI products without solving alignment, and so reality won't “force us” to solve alignment until it's too late. This seems like a case where we will have to be unusually reliant on careful reasoning rather than empirical feedback loops for some of the highest-level questions. AI systems will ultimately be wildly superhuman, and there probably won't be strong technological hurdles right around human level. Extrapolating the rate of existing AI progress suggests you don't get too much time ...

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On this week's episode we speak with Bishop Sue Briner of the Southwestern Texas Synod. Bishop Briner recently met with migrant families in Washington, D.C., after they were bused from the Texas border to the nation's capital as part of Gov Abbott's border security protest. Later in the show Scott talks with Texas Impact staffers Bobby Watson and Isa Peterson, who just spent a couple of days at the Texas/Mexico border with our Courts and Ports program. On this week's Watch List, Josh talks about racial disparities in voter turnout. Our Weekly Word comes from our good friend Reverend Dan DeLeon, Senior Pastor at Friends Congregational Church in College Station.

I hope your new year has been filled with good things and awesome times! i can't believe it's almost February!!! on February 11th we have a really amazing and special, SPECIAL GUEST: emi!!!! (@emigacaj on instagram) and we're going to be discussing topics all about love and relationships, from healthy decision making, hookup culture, consent, and more! i hope you all enjoy the episode and are excited! This episode origanlly aired on KRSM with ListenUP! Youth Radio on 98.9fm

Dr. Owen Perlman comes to the show to discuss how Michigan's new auto insurance law; written by the insurance lobby, passed by legislators with no public hearing, and signed by the governor, is forcing long-term care providers to shut down, leaving the catastrophically injured, and their families, who paid for coverage over the years, with no place to go.   Support the show (https://RichardHelppie.com)

Bushfires, a global pandemic and now floods. We've seen it all in recent years. And through it all our beloved musicians step up, time and again, not only to provide a welcome distraction, but to raise funds to help devastated communities get back on their feet. Guest: Bernard Fanning, Musician

The truckers are winning, and they won't stop their protest until Canada goes back to being Canada.  Trudeau's instinct was to dismiss the truckers, and then to demonize them. That is turning out to be one of the most significant political mistakes in recent Canadian history.  On today's episode of The Candice Malcolm Show, Candice is joined by freelance journalist and columnist with the National Post Rupa Subramanya. Unlike most mainstream journalists, Rupa sought to understand the trucker convoy for herself. She went there, she interviewed 100 protesters and she saw something very different than what the media portrayed.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Failure is one of the things that fascinate me (Ben Owden) personally. Part of the fascination is the inevitability of failure, none of us seem to escape it. Part of the fascination is due to the enormous number of successful people crediting failure as one of their reasons for success. Part of the fascination is due to the enormous number of people who have quit their different conquests crediting failure as one of the main reasons for quitting. It seems to me, there are people who have learned to fail in a more progressive way that leads them closer to their goals. And there are others who simply fail catastrophically enough to not try again. 

Five climbers died after getting lost in a blizzard on Russia's Mount Elbrus on Thursday, September 23. The group, which consisted of tourists and several professional guides, was at an altitude of 5,400 meters (over 17,700 feet) when weather conditions began to deteriorate severely. Search and rescue workers found the surviving 14 climbers and brought them down the mountain over the course of several hours. All of the survivors were hospitalized and eight of them are in moderately serious condition. Regional investigators announced on Friday that a criminal case has been launched on charges of rendering services that do not meet safety requirements. Original Article: https://meduza.io/en/feature/2021/09/24/the-weather-deteriorated-catastrophically

Pastor Jay Beuoy continues his sermon series The Acts of the Apostles with this week's sermon "Catastrophically Imperative" from Acts 5:17-42.

A police wife fights for justice after her detective husband is shot in the head and abandoned by his administration. Cathy Hyche is trying to change the Law in Kentucky to protect catastrophically injured cops. Hear her story in this hard-hitting interview with show host Randy Sutton.

A police wife fights for justice after her detective husband is shot in the head and abandoned by his administration. Cathy Hyche is trying to change the Law in Kentucky to protect catastrophically injured cops. Hear her story in this hard-hitting interview with show host Randy Sutton.

The phoenix has risen from the ashes of Holden. And its name is ‘Silverado’. The hubris - the sheer, presumptuous audacity - required to pull this one off with conviction … it really is ‘export grade’. Save thousands on any new car (Australia-only): https://autoexpert.com.au/contact AutoExpert discount roadside assistance package: https://247roadservices.com.au/autoexpert/ Did you like this report? You can help support the channel, securely via PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=DSL9A3MWEMNBW&source=url According to GMSV: “North American trucks are redefining the ute market in Australia and New Zealand.” I respectfully disagree. Silverado sales approximate zero at this point. So, absolute redefinition of the segment there from Silverado: Zero. RAM is of course just like Silverado, only with different hair and makeup, kinda thing. Last year was RAM’s first full year on sale here: 2868 sales in a 4X4 dual-cab market of 168,869 units. I struggle to see how a market share of 1.7 per cent for Retardistani trucks could constitute any kind of (quote-unquote) ‘redefinition’ of a segment. These vehicles are, at best, niche. And that’s all they will ever be here - over-hyped and kind of irrelevant. (It’s OK to like them - that’s allowed.) The Silverado (and RAM) party trick is, of course 4.5 tonnes of alleged tow capacity. This is going to attract some people. It just rolls off the tongue. 4.5 tonnes. (‘I’m in’ - as Jeep would say.) In Silverado’s case this is possible only if you fit a 70mm ball, and limit yourself to 422kg of download. But this is a vehicle that weighs 2.5 tonnes. (It’s actually 200 kilos lighter than a Landcruiser 200 Sahara.) If you think it’s a good idea to tow a 4.5-tonne trailer with a vehicle such as this, I would submit that you are functionally insane, or staggeringly out of touch. Trailers with centralised axle groups - like, single, tandem or triple-axle pig trailers - are fundamentally unstable in yaw and pitch. I’m talking caravans, boats, horse floats and campers. They rely on the underlying stability of the towing vehicle to remain stable in yaw and pitch. And it’s kind of important that they do stay controlled. So, when the pig is 4.5 tonnes (which is nearly 80 per cent heavier than the Silverado) it’s very easy for the pig to nudge the vehicle around, at highway speeds, and the ‘tail’ thus it wags the ‘dog’. And I do mean ‘dog’. Catastrophically. Especially in yaw. This is fundamentally unsafe. Thankfully the 4.5-tonne tow limit in Silverado is largely bullshit. In practise. See, gross combination mass for Silverado is 7160 kilos. (I’m getting this from their website.) Take away 4500 for the heaviest trailer and 2540 kilos for the kerb mass and you’re left with just 120 kilos for total payload. (That’s when you’re towing 4.5 tonnes.) I know some caravanners who would overload the vehicle, just by climbing aboard. Certainly it’s not a ‘his & hers’ proposition. In the immortal words of renowned social philosopher Bonn Scott: “Ain’t no fairy story. Ain’t no skin and bones. But you give it all you got, weighin’ in at 19 stone.” That’s from the insulin resistant caravan owner’s national anthem, 1977. From the double platinum album - Takin’ a dump ‘out there’. Do consider all this before spending, like, $140,000 on a Silverado

Tauranga ratepayers face a $7 million-plus bill to demolish a building the city council admits could have failed catastrophically. The building's designer says it blew the whistle on it, but the council rejects that. Phil Pennington reports.

Catastrophically low milk prices may decline further in May and June, making all-hands-on-deck efforts to find solutions for all dairy producers necessary, Peter Vitaliano, chief economist for the National Milk Producers Federation, says in a new NMPF podcast.

David DuByne from ADAPT 2030 discuss how society may shift as a dozen cycles from economy to climate overlap for something massive around 2023. As we descend deeper into the Grand Solar Minimum this information will help protect your families during these changing times. Geoengineering Glacier National Park signs replaced Pope wants to start a global CO2 tax Government climate research now behind paywalls that used tax payer funds Changing emotional response words in the climate narrative Vatican Library Adverse seasonal conditions crop losses Canada Central banks and another financial crisis 2.0 Cryptocurrency during a market correction Bank bail-ins Global Carbon Tax ADAPT 2030 Climate Revolution  https://payhip.com/b/3sVi Keep Your Families Grand Solar Minimum Prepared Visit my Sponsors: ADAPT 2030 (PATREON) My Patriot Supply Long Term & Emergency Food  True Leaf Market Heirloom and Organic Seeds ADAPT 2030 AMAZON SHOP **ADAPT 2030 Social Media**  ADAPT 2030 YouTube Channel OilSeedCrops.org  HOME Page  

It's the first Sunday Session of the year. And what a year: the auspicious 2020.For those of us who could not believe that the Year 2000 would happen and we would be aged in our 30s, the fact that it is now 20 years later and we're still rocking on is both a miracle and a relief.And here we are. It's a big year. There's an election later this year, but this year has started with full turbo.I work the holiday period and often it's a dead zone. Not this year. In our first 20 days we've seen a lot of big stuff.Middle East antagonism broke out on a scale not seen for years. Trump called Iran out and in return they called the West out. And within in a day the sabre rattling abated to be replaced by fist shaking. Concerning but not the end of the world. This is how Trump renegotiates deals. He walks away yelling and then comes back to the table and gets a better deal. Good for him. It only works until it doesn't. Catastrophically. But so far so good.Jacinda Ardern got in the news for having a holiday in Australia, called out by Steve Price for virtue signalling even though her holiday was booked months ago. There are far too many people obsessed about our Prime Minister. They really either love her massively or despise her completely. The cult of personality has gone too far. She's a human doing her job. Let's keep it to that shall we.And then a Prince quit.But the big story was the fires in Australia, which we as a nation feel. We saw our skies turn orange and the birds freak out, and the whole world embarked on the climate change argument of the ages.  This was the beginning of the human caused climate change crisis versus the people who said this always happens in Australia.The land is tinder-dry after five years of drought. There is debate over the cause of the fires; there are reports it was arson, there are reports it was lightning. What seems clear is the mismanagement by humans of the bush, either due to politics or the slashing of budgets plus some numbnettedness and we have a countryside ready to go up in flames - which it did.You want some human caused environment change. There it was. Humans were at the heart of the fires throughout.And that's where I've always stood. Forget anthroprogenic climate change.  Just acknowledge human caused environment change.  Because that's a human's trick just like beavers, bees and termites.  We change our environment and that has impact.  On our climate, our soil, our waters.The climate change debate on all sides is full of what Jordan Petersen calls  low resolution thinking.  All sides failing to grasp the complexity of the issue and reduce it to dumbed down sloganeering hiding behind some casually learnt facts or beliefs.  It's not enough for Greta Thurnberg and David Attenborough to say there's climate change so do something and it's not enough for Leighton Smith to say there is no climate change so change nothing.At the end of the day it's about being as sustainable and clean as you can be. That's why I don't like the Emissions Trading Scheme which seems to me to be a big Ponzi scheme and nor do I like offsetting which in all honesty is just to assuage the guilt of gross emitters.  Planting trees does not reduce the emissions created in the first place.And I say this rarely but if human caused environment change is coming to ravage the planet then it's coming.Despite 20 years of fervent warning we refuse to fundamentally change.  We fly in planes more than ever, we have more cars than ever, we love our phones, we throw away food, we over package goods, we throw chewing gum and cigarette butts on the footpath.  Our beaches, harbours, oceans and rivers are full of stuff than humans put into them that make them unswimmable and toxic to marine life.India, China, Australia, South America and a host of other regions are not abandoning dirty power creation.And humans will never adopt a plant only diet. We are a filthy species.All we can do is our best to reduce our...

Combat veteran and wounded warrior Justin Constantine has overcome immense challenges in his life. Catastrophically injured by a sniper's bullet, Justin owes his life to the heroic actions of fellow warriors. With the care of numerous medical professionals and the love of his wife, Justin continually taps into his own positive mindset in order to live his life to the fullest. Today Justin is an inspirational speaker, author, corporate coach and leadership consultant. He is the Chief Business Development Officer at JobPath, the fastest growing veteran employment platform in the country. In this episode Justin shares his story of combat, injury, and recovery. He talks about the mindset that sets a person up to overcome any challenges in life. Read the full article, watch the video, and more here

Did you think we gave up on this project?! It's a month and a half later, and you're sadly mistaken, friends! Join us for our CATASTROPHICALLY more well-organized second episode in which we recap the 2008 post-apocalyptic romantic comedy, WALL-E.

Black holes! Alternate histories! Giant dragonflies! Catastrophically irresponsible insect-enthusiast children! Steven and Ross take on 2000's Godzilla vs. Megaguirus, discussing the film's place within Toho's Millenium series while attempting to reconcile the film's strengths with its flaws. Listen now!