Podcasts about CDR

Episode 65 is with Luke Connell (CarbonRun), Trish Nixon (Amplify), and Brandon Vlaar (Mangrove Systems) recorded live during Toronto Climate WeekFor this special Toronto Climate Week wrap-up, Na'im sits down in person with three of the sharpest minds in the Toronto climate scene, each bringing a different vantage point on where carbon removal really stands. Trish Nixon (Venture Partner at Amplify Capital) brings the finance and capital side, Brandon Vlaar (CEO of Mangrove Systems) brings measurement and verification, and Luke Connell (CEO of CarbonRun) brings the supplier and operator side. A year after many feared the bottom would fall out of climate, the conversation is candid about the headwinds: a venture market that cannot scale this sector alone, a punishing “missing middle” in project finance, and an affordability lens now applied to every climate policy. At the same time, the panel makes the case that the structural foundations for a durable market are further along than the vibes suggest. It is an honest look at the valley of death ahead, and the real opportunity waiting for the companies that make it to the other side.In this episode, we discuss:* Whether the sector feels better or worse than a year ago, and why we are “over the hype cycle”* The “missing middle” in project finance, and why venture was the wrong tool to scale an infrastructure-heavy market* Canada as a safe haven for carbon removal: real advantage or comforting story?* CarbonRun's first verified river alkalinity enhancement credits, and how audits expose optimistic models fast* The role of MRV and VVBs in reducing friction from operational activity to revenue* Consolidation ahead for a field of roughly 1,100 permanent-CDR companies, and why that can be healthy* The affordability trap, the move from “desktop to deployment,” and what success looks like five years outGuestsTrish Nixon, Venture Partner, Amplify Capital. Trish is a climate-finance leader with roots in project finance and impact investing. She co-led CoPower, a clean-energy fintech, through its acquisition by Vancity, then served as Managing Director of Climate Finance at VCIB. At Amplify Capital she invests in early-stage climate and health ventures, and she also advises companies in the space, including CarbonRun.Brandon Vlaar, CEO & Co-Founder, Mangrove Systems. Brandon is a repeat founder who came up through Canadian fintech, co-founding Lending Loop, the country's first peer-to-peer lending platform, before turning to climate. He launched Mangrove Systems in 2022, and today it builds digital MRV (dMRV) software trusted by some of the largest carbon projects in the world, spanning carbon removal, carbon capture, low-carbon fuels, and super-pollutants.Luke Connell, CEO & Co-Founder, CarbonRun. Luke is an entrepreneur whose career has bridged social impact and commercialization before he found his way to carbon dioxide removal in 2020. He now leads CarbonRun, the Nova Scotia company pioneering river alkalinity enhancement: adding finely ground limestone to acidified rivers to restore them while permanently converting atmospheric CO₂ into stable ocean bicarbonate. Under Luke, CarbonRun recently issued its first verified credits. Referenced in this episode* CarbonRun* Mangrove Systems* Amplify Capital* Carbon Removal Canada* Toronto Climate WeekThis episode was made possible thanks to the generous support of the Consecon Foundation.This episode was created and published by Na'im Merchant. Episode production and content support provided by Tank Chen.Na'im Merchant is the co-founder and Executive Director of Carbon Removal Canada, a policy initiative focused on scaling carbon removal in Canada. He is on the advisory board of the Carbon Removal Standards Initiative and Terraset, and a former policy fellow with Elemental Impact. He previously ran carbon removal consulting practice Carbon Curve, and publishes The Carbon Curve newsletter and podcast. Every two weeks, Na'im will release a short interview with individuals advancing the policies, technologies, and collective action needed to scale up carbon removal around the world.Tank Chen is the Head of Content and Community at CDR.fyi, a public benefit corporation dedicated to accelerating carbon removal through transparency. He is also the co-founder of CDRjobs, a career platform for the carbon removal industry. Based in Taiwan, Tank is a carbon removal advocate focused on educating policymakers, corporate leaders, and the public on the importance of carbon removal, using data-driven insights to support communication and policy advocacy.If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to this podcast on your favorite podcast app or subscribe via The Carbon Curve newsletter here. If you'd like to get in touch with Na'im, you can reach out via LinkedIn. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit carboncurve.substack.com

Hva skal egentlig til for at karbonfangst går fra ambisjon til et prosjekt som faktisk kan realiseres? Hvor begynner de viktigste beslutningene i et karbonfangstprosjekt? Når er teknologien moden nok til at noen tør å investere? Og hvordan begynner business caset å ta form i et marked som fortsatt er i utvikling?Lytt til samtalen mellom:Jon Christopher Knudsen, CCO, SLB CapturiMartin Sleire Lundby, CEO, Hafslund CelsioVetle Houg, administrerende direktør, Heidelberg Materials Sement NorgeEmil Sirnes Aasen, Manager Low Carbon Solutions, Equinor, er programlederI denne episoden lærer du om hvorfor fangst er det første avgjørende steget i karbonfangst og -lagring, og hva som gjør at noen prosjekter går videre mens andre stopper opp. Du får høre hvordan teknologi, driftserfaring, risiko og investeringsvilje påvirker beslutningene i tidlig fase, og hvorfor et prosjekt må være mer enn teknisk mulig for å bli realisert. Du hører også om hvordan forretningsgrunnlaget for karbonfangst begynner å ta form, fra mer miljøvennlige produkter og energisystemer til industriell konkurransekraft og nye markedsmuligheter. Til slutt utforsker vi hvordan utviklingen innen karbonfjerning og CDR påvirker deler av markedet, og hvorfor spørsmålet om hva som skjer med CO₂-en etter fangst blir avgjørende videre i verdikjeden.Karbonkoden: Gjennom samtaler med eksperter fra industri, forskning og forvaltning belyser Karbonkoden både muligheter og utfordringer i utviklingen av en ny grønn næring. Serien setter søkelys på hvordan Norge, med prosjekter som Langskip og sterke teknologimiljøer, kan spille en sentral rolle i å skalere opp CO₂-håndtering internasjonalt. Samtidig forklarer serien hvorfor dette feltet er viktig for både klimaomstilling, verdiskaping og fremtidig industrivekst. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We are kicking off the fifth season of the Flavour Talks podcast with Craig Duckham, winner of last year's Bill Little John Award. Following several years in university research at Nottingham, Lancaster and Reading, investigating plant biochemistry, biogenic volatile emissions and flavour chemistry, Craig pursued a career in small molecule analysis and technical management. This led to a roles in contract R&D and technology transfer management in the microencapsulation industry. He has operated across diverse sectors including six years developing yeast as a carrier of flavourings and other functional ingredients and three years developing sensory tools for water, beverage, and food quality control. In 2012 Craig founded CD R&D Consultancy Services to provide independent technical support to both developing and mature businesses.Craig gained his doctorate in Plant Physiology from The University of Nottingham in 1992 and he is a BSF Fellow, a Fellow of the Institute of Food Science and Technology and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology. Craig applies his multidisciplinary background to support further understanding of taste and flavour and to encourage the next generation of flavour scientists to pursue careers in the food and beverage sector.Host: Trevor Groome, Music: Aidan Kirkwood, Editing: Yusuf Toprak, Publishing: Ján Peťka

What if the cybersecurity industry has spent decades fighting the wrong battle? In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, I sat down with Benny Czarny, founder and CEO of OPSWAT, to discuss why he believes the traditional "detect and respond" model is no longer enough in a world where AI is accelerating cyber threats faster than security teams can react. Benny joined me to discuss his new book, Cybersecurity Upside Down, which combines personal stories from building OPSWAT with a bold argument for rethinking how organizations approach cyber defense altogether. His central belief is simple but provocative: detection-based security has trapped the industry in a losing cycle in which attackers need to succeed only once, while defenders are forced into a constant state of reaction. During our conversation, Benny explained how his thinking evolved after realizing that even layering dozens of antivirus engines and sandboxing technologies still failed to stop malicious files reliably. That realization ultimately pushed him toward a prevention-first philosophy built around Deep Content Disarm and Reconstruction, or CDR. Rather than trying to determine whether a file is malicious, the approach assumes files may already be dangerous and regenerates clean, safe versions before they ever reach users or systems. We also explored how generative AI is changing the cybersecurity landscape in ways many organizations still underestimate. Benny shared why AI is dramatically reducing the time required to create malware, weaponize exploits, and scale attacks, effectively giving even inexperienced attackers capabilities once reserved for nation states or advanced cybercriminal groups. He also raised concerns that AI data lakes could become contaminated with malicious content, creating entirely new risks for organizations rushing to deploy large language models without securing the data feeding them. One of the most fascinating aspects of the discussion was the psychology and culture within cybersecurity teams. Benny argued that the industry often celebrates visible incident response activity while undervaluing quiet prevention. In a world dominated by alerts, dashboards, and SOC metrics, truly preventing attacks can almost appear invisible, despite potentially delivering far greater security outcomes. We also talked about the sectors Benny believes are most exposed today, including energy, manufacturing, and critical infrastructure operators that still rely heavily on reactive security models while facing growing operational and regulatory complexity. He explained why some industries are advancing faster than others and why compliance mandates could become a major catalyst for broader prevention-first adoption. Beyond cybersecurity itself, this episode also offered a fascinating look into Benny's entrepreneurial journey, what he learned building OPSWAT over two decades, how AI helped him research and structure his book, and why he is now even producing a cybersecurity-focused TV series called Into the Breach, designed to make complex security concepts easier for wider audiences to understand. This conversation challenges many of the assumptions the cybersecurity industry has normalized for years. Whether you work in security, IT leadership, compliance, or want to understand how AI is reshaping digital risk, this episode offers a very different perspective on what modern cyber resilience could look like in practice.

Ramiro González se sienta con nosotros para hablar sobre cómo fue crecer en Cuba, el adoctrinamiento desde pequeño, los CDR, la propaganda y las diferencias entre la vida dentro y fuera de la isla. También hablamos sobre la tecnología en Cuba, el contenido extranjero que logra entrar al país y la gente que vive bien dentro del sistema. Además, conversamos sobre comedia en Miami, cine cubano, separar el arte del artista, “Patria y Vida” y su experiencia estando preso en Estados Unidos.

Si and Desi discuss a range of digital forensics topics, from writing forensic reports that juries can actually understand, to whether AI is coming for "button pusher" DFIR jobs. They explore plain language standards, the classic confusion between forensic "images" and pictures, and Brett Shavers' provocative blog post on AI and job security — leading into a wider discussion about the distinction between technicians and analysts in digital forensics. Si shares highlights from the Leica Geosystems Conference, including fascinating audio forensics research by Henry Vega on deriving vehicle speeds and weapon calibers from sound recordings, and Swedish police reconstructions of a mass shooting using audio evidence and Unreal Engine walkthroughs. The pair also explore the forensic challenges of AI-generated code, agentic processes on endpoints, and the security risks of consumer AI tools. #DFIR #DigitalForensics #AI #PrivacyParadox #AudioForensics 00:00 Welcome 00:34 Writing Clear Forensic Reports 01:20 Visual Timelines and Storytelling 06:52 Jargon Pitfalls and Glossaries 10:50 Old Media and Blu-Ray News 12:16 UPS Backups and Failing NAS 16:58 AI Will Replace Button Pushers 18:58 Technician vs Analyst Debate 25:54 Backlogs, Privacy and Evidence 34:39 Privacy Paradox and Distrust 42:45 AI Writes Podcast Intro 43:52 Copyright Lawsuit Talk 45:24 Claude vs ChatGPT Coding  48:48 Forensic Traces of AI 50:16 Agentic IR Attribution 53:43 Consumer Agents Security Risks 59:13 Leica Conference Highlights 01:01:09 Audio Forensics Breakthroughs 01:06:44 Image Forgery History 01:12:58 Chunnel Travel 01:17:36 Wrap-Up

Episode 64 is with Dr. Julio Friedmann, Chief Scientist at Carbon DirectIn this episode, Na'im speaks with Dr. Julio Friedmann about Carbon Direct's recent publication “ 5 Pillars of Successful Project Deployment and Delivery” on what the carbon dioxide removal industry needs to de-risk projects in order to attract new buyers and to stand up infrastructure-scale carbon removal projects.In this episode, Na'im and Julio discuss:* How CDR 1.0 built markets* What buyers today really want* Overview of Five Pillars Carbon Direct outlined* Why project assurance matter* The bottleneck project management talents* Industry-led standard setting* Basics of bankable offtake agreementsRelevant Links:* CDR 2.0: Five Pillars of Successful Project Deployment and Delivery - Report* 2026 State of the Voluntary Carbon Market - Report* 2026 State of the Voluntary Carbon Market - Webinar* Carbon Direct - Website* Advance Carbon Removal Coalition - Website* Quebec Surficial Mineralization HubAbout Dr. Julio Friedmann:  Julio is Chief scientist at Carbon Direct. He works directly with clients, the science team, and the leadership of Carbon Direct to solve major technical challenges around carbon management and CO2 removal, making clean power in products and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.Dr. Friedmann is one of the most widely known and authoritative experts in the US on carbon dioxide removal, CO2 conversion, and hydrogen industrial decarbonization and carbon capture and sequestration. He recently served as principal deputy assistant secretary for the Office of Fossil Energy at the Department of Energy, where he was responsible for doe's r and d program in advanced fossil energy systems, carbon capture and storage, CO2 utilization, and CO2 removal.More recently, he was a senior research scholar at the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia. He has held positions at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, including Chief Energy Technologist.About Carbon Direct: Carbon Direct is a trusted energy and climate solutions company that combines world-class scientific expertise, technical rigor, and market insights to help clients achieve their business goals. Carbon Direct 70 plus scientists work closely with their finance policy and market experts to design diligence and deliver decarbonization solutions across industries. From JP Morgan Chase to Microsoft. Carbon Direct helps leading companies with carbon dioxide removal, carbon measurement from clean power opportunities and low carbon energy solutions.This episode was made possible thanks to the generous support of the Consecon Foundation.This episode was created and published by Na'im Merchant. Episode production and content support provided by Tank Chen.Na'im Merchant is the co-founder and Executive Director of Carbon Removal Canada, a policy initiative focused on scaling carbon removal in Canada. He is on the advisory board of the Carbon Removal Standards Initiative and Terraset, and a former policy fellow with Elemental Impact. He previously ran carbon removal consulting practice Carbon Curve, and publishes The Carbon Curve newsletter and podcast. Every two weeks, Na'im will release a short interview with individuals advancing the policies, technologies, and collective action needed to scale up carbon removal around the world.Tank Chen is the Head of Content and Community at CDR.fyi, a public benefit corporation dedicated to accelerating carbon removal through transparency. He is also the co-founder of CDRjobs, a career platform for the carbon removal industry. Based in Taiwan, Tank is a carbon removal advocate focused on educating policymakers, corporate leaders, and the public on the importance of carbon removal, using data-driven insights to support communication and policy advocacy.If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to this podcast on your favorite podcast app or subscribe via The Carbon Curve newsletter here. If you'd like to get in touch with Na'im, you can reach out via LinkedIn. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit carboncurve.substack.com

To mitigate climate change, we must reduce new emissions. But what about the greenhouse gases already in the atmosphere? And what about the emissions that we can't easily reduce with existing technologies? In this episode, James and Daisy discuss carbon dioxide removal (CDR). How is it done? What does it cost? And do we really need it?SOME RECOMMENDATIONS: The State of CDR – Reports on the state of progress. Nearly 2.1 billion tonnes of CO₂ are already being removed annually, but around 7–9 billion tonnes are needed by mid-century.CDR.fyi – Provides trusted insights and analytics on durable CDR orders, projects, and financings across the carbon removal market.Counteract – Backs early-stage founders fostering innovation in carbon removal.  OTHER ADVOCATES AND RESOURCES:IPCC – CDR refers to technologies, practices, and approaches that remove and durably store carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. It only refers to human activities that intentionally remove CO2 (not natural CO2 removal such as natural forest growth). RMI (2023) – CDR approaches can be sorted into three categories: (1) Biogenic CDR (plants); (2) Geochemical CDR (minerals); and (3) Synthetic CDR (energy). WRI (2026) – Outlines six carbon removal methods. Note: carbon removal is different from carbon capture and storage (CCS), which captures emissions at the source (a form of emission reduction).RMI (2024) – Five charts showing how much CO2 we need to remove from the atmosphere. CDR.fyi (2026) – Approximately $3.6B in private capital was invested in CDR companies between 2021 and 2025, with Direct Air Capture (DAC) accounting for ~61%.Climeworks – A Swiss company specialising in DAC and storage (DACCS) technology. 1PointFive – Once operational, the STRATOS facility in Texas aims to capture up to 500,000 tonnes of CO2 per year.XPRIZE – The XPRIZE Carbon Removal competition is a $100 million global challenge intended to accelerate scalable solutions for removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. The 2025 winner was Mati Carbon, who use enhanced rock weathering – spreading crushed basalt on smallholder farms in India – to lock CO₂ as bicarbonate for millennia while enhancing soils and boosting crop yields.BCG (2025) – Smallholder farmers in India that work with enhanced rock weathering providers have seen ~20%–30% higher yields and ~30% lower fertilizer use, resulting in nearly 20%–25% higher household incomes. ESG Today (2026) – Microsoft signed agreements to remove 45 million metric tonnes of CO2 in 2025. By comparison, Frontier Buyers coalition (the second largest purchaser) has purchased around 1.8 million tonnes to date. Microsoft has confirmed that their carbon removal program has not ended but that at times they may “adjust the pace or volume” of procurement. Frontier Climate – An advance market commitment to buy an initial $1B+ of permanent carbon removal between 2022 and 2030. It was founded by Stripe, Alphabet, Shopify, Meta, McKinsey and tens of thousands of businesses using Stripe Climate.Responsible Investor (2025) – SBTi allows high quality removals to be used for residual emissions (capped at 10% of total emissions).Interface – Created the first-ever carbon negative carpet tile. Thank you for listening! Please follow us on social media to join the conversation: LinkedIn | Instagram | TikTokYou can also now watch us on YouTube.Music: “Just Because Some Bad Wind Blows” by Nick Nuttall, Reptiphon Records. Available at https://nicknuttallmusic.bandcamp.com/album/just-because-some-bad-wind-blows-3Producer: Podshop StudiosHuge thanks to Siobhán Foster, a vital member of the team offering design advice, critical review and organisation that we depend upon.Stay tuned for more insightful discussions on navigating the transition away from fossil fuels to a sustainable future.

We got songs of all sorts tonight and non-songs for most sorts too. Take your pick! LISTEN AGAIN – you can stream on demand @ fbi.radio or podcast here. Abigail Snail – Good Grief [Romac Puncture Repairs] Abigail Snail – Attach Bayonets [Romac Puncture Repairs] You can get an idea of the experimental roots background of London guitarist Stef Ketteringham, usually known as Stef Kett, from his 10-year-old Guitar Arrangements (2016) and its sequel More Guitar Arrangements from the following year – a loose, free jazz approach to bluesy guitar, the outer limits of American Primitive. It’s not that far from there to punk rock, but nor is it far from the swamp. Garage rock is more the touchstone with Abigail Snail though, when Kett, on vox, guitar & bass, teams up with the incredibly versatile drummer Will Glaser, who’s played with the likes of Sly & the Family Drone, Yazz Ahmad, Ruth Goller and many other luminaries of the London jazz scene, and released an incredible solo album last year. The music’s a kind of hysterical, broken-down form of garage rock, dragged into swampy blues-jazz with the addition of James Allsopp on tenor sax & bass clarinet, a fixture of London’s jazz & experimental scenes for the last 2 decades. The album bio describes them as “London spray band Abigail Snail”, and the raucous-yet-vulnerable music here could well suit this new genre (as you know, we at Utility Fog love ridiculous new genres). Anyway, stick this on your boombox and scare pedestrians as you cycle to work next week. Jungstötter – Overturn [Unguarded/Bandcamp] Fabian Altstötter founded his solo project Jungstötter some years after his postpunk band Sizarr went on hiatus. Solo, his music draws from the dramatic experimental songwriting of Scott Walker & David Sylvian – on 2023’s One Star, his rich vocals were offset by industrial rumblings and shifting electronics, muddled in pitch-shifted shadows of themselves, mashed beats interrupting the flow, horn and string arrangements that grow raucous. New album Sustained is now announced, and single “Overturn” is very pared down – just that voice, some percussion, sparse electric piano, field recordings of children’s voices and occasional single note hits from horns. Oh, and the scrabbling guitar at the end, all suggesting something creepy around the corner. No doubt this will be an excellent album. Massive Attack x Tom Waits – Boots on the Ground [PIAS Records/Bandcamp] The most unexpected release of the century? Given that Tom Waits‘ last solo album Bad As Me came out in 2011, we could have been forgiven for expecting that was the end, but Massive Attack (who have stuck to random singles with feature artists for the last decade) convinced him to create this anti-war anthem, clattering percussion straight out of Tom’s Bone Machine, piano straight out of many of 3D’s productions, and Tom’s barked vocals which could refer to ICE or US troops in Venezuela, Iran, or heck, Vietnam. It’s proper chilling stuff. Loraine James – Flatline ft. Miho Hatori [Hyperdub/Bandcamp] From her soon-forthcoming album Detached From The Rest OF You, Loraine James here works with Miho Hatori of Cibo Matto on absolute thriller of a song, the beats a Loraine glitch-bass special and Hatori’s vocals spoken and sung but always cut-up. This is her “pop” album lol… Well, it’s full of great singers and James herself sings on more than a few tracks, but it’s still super experimental. Naavikaran & Simo Soo – For You Page (FYP) [Naavikaran Bandcamp] On her new EP MYSTIQ DISCOTHEQ, Naarm-based rapper Naavikaran puts a South Asian spin on her EDM-influenced rap & pop, enlisting Simo Soo to help bring out the deconstructed club vibes. Across the EP, Naavikaran raps and sings in Tamil, Marathi, Hindi and English, covering life as a disabled, LGBTQI+ refugee. Impressive and entertaining. deafkids – REFLEXO [Neurot Recordings/Bandcamp] Brazilian band deafkids may nominally be classed as “punk”, but hardcore punk mixes with industrial and noise in their sound, along with electronic music of all shapes. They released the incredible uncategorizable Metaprogramação on Neurosis‘ Neurot Recordings in 2019, and then when the pandemic hit, they put out a series of EPs that mixed Latin rhythmic complexity with guitar pedal and software experimentation, collected now on the album Ritos do Colapso. Except before that in 2020 came their collaboration DEAFBRICK with cross-continental noise-metal-industrial-electronic duo PETBRICK. So with various collabs and oddities in the interim, their forthcoming CICATRIZES DO FUTURO (Scars of the Future) is their first album proper since Metaprogramação. It looks to be more electronic, more intense, more angry than ever, a visceral reaction to the state of the world. Highly rhythmic and danceable, it shifts between hardcore punk, industrial, Latin American and club sounds with abandon. I can’t wait to hear the whole thing. james K – Doom Bikini (Hesaitix Remix) [AD93/Bandcamp] Following her vaporwave-trip-hop album Friend from last year, james K now reaches out for some heavy-duty Friends to remix the album. Hesaitix is the alias of James Whipple, better known as M.E.S.H, pioneer of “deconstructed club”. Here, though, he’s taking james K’s “Doom Bikini” and adding accelerated breakbeats in a lightweight jungle style. Very nice. Zoë Mc Pherson – Bang Bang (Nziria remix) [SFX/Bandcamp] Zoë Mc Pherson – Ambient Snake (Yushh remix) [SFX/Bandcamp] One of the leading lights of deconstructed club music (as we probably don’t call it anymore), Zoë Mc Pherson, releases the remix collection from last year’s Upside Down album, via their own SFX label. A great collection of various sorts of experimental bass music, including here some frenetic jungle/breakcore from Italian DJ & producer Nziria, and some ambient technoid lushness from Bristol’s Yushh, who will be playing here soon – at the Sydney Opera House, no less – for DUNJ’s Vivid Live event, also featuring Carrier and our own gi and Autogenesis. ARTISOMA – Boraq [YUKU/Bandcamp] Ravensburg, Germany-based producer Sarah Rendle ARTISOMA, debuting on YUKU with the Mobilya EP, exploring various configurations of UK bass and percussive techno. Quality production, as expected from anything on YUKU. OD Bongo – crystallinoron [Carton Records/Bandcamp] It’s almost inevitable that whatever is next released by French label Carton Records will be unlike whatever you’ve previously heard. Amédée de Murcia (aka Somaticae) on synths and Édouard Ribouillault aka C_C on drum machines, samplers & fx make up OD Bongo, whose second album Bongoville is technically co-released by Carton, zamzamrec, Prix Libre Record and basalte (whoever they are). This multiplicity of co-presentations is quite common in France it seems. Whoever you’re encountering it via, you’re in for a treat: hardware samplers, synths & drum machines produce a psychedelic cacophany of dance music styles, drawing in trap, juke and gqom with their bass-heavy techno – and a dub sensibility is ever-present. That’s got to hit the spot if you’re a Utility Fog listener! Haydn Douet Lukies – Amolador [Colectivo Casa Amarela/Bandcamp] Colectivo Casa Amarela are one of those Portuguese labels that you know will come through with the goods, even if you’re not sure what those goods will be. In the case of Old Dark Champagne, percussionist Haydn Douet Lukies uses his environment as his instruments – in this case the watery soundscape of Cacilhas, an industrial area in the estuary of Tagus River (Lisbon is built around that estuary), along with rusting chains, architectural surfaces and so on. But from these ingredients he makes music whose rhythms and sounds are linked to the beats of jungle, UK drill, industrial dub and other bass musics, as well as Arabic percussion and the Lisbon-centred, Afro-diasporic sounds of batida. It’s only an EP, and leaves us wanting more. Tristan Arp – Forking Paths [Kapsela/Bandcamp] Objekt‘s label Kapsela continues to be essential, now releasing an EP, Re-Weave, from the brilliant percussive techno sound-artist Tristan Arp. Case in point, tonight’s track “Forking Paths” starts with blissful synth arpeggios, but a minute and a bit in, rolling snares and a light but prominent “tok” on the 2nd & 4th beats drop in, switching into a syncopated bassline, and these various parts undulate and shuffle through the course of the track. The title is a reference to Borges’ classic story “The Garden of Forking Paths”, but also to the EP’s dedication to weaving mycelial networks and labyrinths. Beautiful. Yunzero – Cool Skunk [Yunzero Bandcamp] Naarm’s Jim Sellars makes some of the most weirdly crunchy, alternate-reality sample-based music of the last decade or so, under the name Yunzero. As the quote says on this new 2-tracker, “there’s something off”. If you wanted a summary of Utility Fog’s favourite kinds of music, “there’s something off” is a pretty good one, and it’s not a bad description of the jittery, rhythmic pieces on show here. Hora Lunga – Hearing through the Wall ft. Junge Eko [Hora Lunga Bandcamp] One album I loved from last year came from Argentinian cellist Violeta García working with the Swiss composer/producer Hora Lunga. The two musicians melded sound-art and noise with acoustic gestures, post-club sub-bass and glitched ambiences. Now Hora Lunga presents his New Age Music Vol. 2-3, which couches new agey soundscapes in post-modern irony (check the CD-R edition, which comes enclosed in repurposed pop album packaging). Deliberately awkward edits cultivate a sense of unease, only emphasised with guest vocals from the likes of Junge Eko aka Catia Lanfranchi, whispering over stop-start breaks. García appears with a vocal performance that pairs with industrial beats reminiscent of Atari Teenage Riot; meanwhile there’s angelic voice and distortion on “Doom Metal”, which is actually more like shoegaze, while Sam Portugal brings something more like black metal vocals to the dubbed-out “When I”. The double-album lurches from one genre to the next, never alighting on “new age” as such, but embodying the new, the post-, at all times. Joseph Branciforte & Jozef Dumoulin – ⊐ [greyfade/Bandcamp] With his greyfade label, NY composer, sound-artist & designer Joseph Branciforte presents music at the crossroads of contemporary classical, contemporary jazz and experimental electronic, especially where they meet in minimalism. This has led to some remarkable ideas, like the Folio edition of an acoustic reconstruction of Taylor Deupree‘s ambient-glitch classic Stil. Glitch, though, is a hallmark of the label, especially with Branciforte’s own works like the label’s debut release LP1 and its follow-up, which paired Branciforte with brilliant jazz singer Theo Bleckmann, with Branciforte on electronics and Fender Rhodes. That instrument brings us to this new collaboration, with Belgian Rhodes player Jozef Dumoulin. Both artists play their own Fender Rhodes, re-sampling and processing in realtime, and the music is (re)constructed from small fragments – but don’t think this is austere studio deconstruction; Joseph & Jozef are seasoned improvisers, and their intuitive connection is found throughout. In addition, a lot of the “editing” was done live in Branciforte’s realtime editing software. The album is released in a special deluxe edition with the whole 70 minute work on one CD, and an additional 4 CDs which contain the tracks spread out across them, to be re-sequenced or even layered if the listener wishes. Jonas Cambien – Tre – RADIO EDIT [Sonic Transmissions Records/Bandcamp] Rhythmic sounds here which hint at glitch-edits but are purely prepared piano, from Oslo-based Belgian pianist Jonas Cambien, whose Man Eating Tree is released by Norwegian label Sonic Transmissions Records. The release consists of four pieces, I believe part improvised and part composed, of rhythmic movement and minimalist gestures on prepared & unprepared piano and electric organ. Lovely stuff. Microfiche – Number 7 [Earshift Music/Bandcamp] One of Eora/Sydney’s best jazz bands, Microfiche, have their third album With Time coming out on June 12th. The album marks 10 years together as a band, and bids farewell to pianist/keyboardist Novak Manojlovic – replaced live now by the brilliant guitarist Hilary Geddes, although Novak still plays on the album, along with clarinettist/violist Phillippa Murphy-Haste, bassist Max Alduca, trumpeter Nick Calligeros, saxophonist Sam Gill (recently awarded the 2025 Freedman Jazz Fellowship) and drummer Holly Conner (who you’ve heard filling in on this show on a number of occasions). All of them are interested in music across genre, all are composers and improvisers and producers one way or other. The first single from the album is composed by Novak, and it’s a beautifully restrained piece with subtle details, clusters of virtuosity inside small musical gestures. The whole album’s special, stay tuned for more! Mariam Wallentin & Vestnorsk Jazzensemble – Basel [Hubro] Here’s a new single from an album that’s coming… sometime… from the great Norwegian label Hubro. Mariam Wallentin is one of the most extraordinary singers of our age – known for her postrock/pop/experimental duo Wildbirds & Peacedrums with her husband, drummer Andreas Werliin, and for her immense, emotive vocals with Fire! Orchestra, the Nordic free jazz big band centred around the Swedish trio Fire! formed by Werliin along with bassist Johan Berthlin and saxophonist Mats Gustafsson. Wallentin also has a solo project as Mariam The Believer which is perhaps more pop but still involves many experimental/jazz musicians. Here she is working with the Vestnorsk Jazzensemble, a jazz ensemble based in Bergen in the west of Norway, who commissioned a collaboration with Wallentin which reworks material from Mariam The Believer and even going back to Wildbirds & Peacedrums. However, “Basel” is a new song, a slow jazz groove with a pensive melody. Can’t wait to hear the rest. Claire Dickson – Waterfeel [New Amsterdam Records/Bandcamp] New York’s New Amsterdam Records are notionally a classical label, who tend to put out contemporary classical-adjacent pop, indie and experimental music as much as full-blown orchestral/ensemble work such as Sarah Kirkland Snider‘s compositions. On her second NewAm album Balance, Berlin-based Claire Dickson writes beautiful, laid-back songs around patient synth & piano patterns, fluttering strings, twinkling harp… Even when Lesley Mok‘s drums and Zoh Amba‘s sax are in the picture, it’s the slow-paced ostinati that call the shots. Dreamy & lovely stuff. Freda D’Souza – unravel (when ya comin back?) [Freda D’Souza Bandcamp] Speaking of low-key… Freda D’Souza is a London-based singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist who you may have heard me bugging you about before – or not, because she is the exact opposite of prolific. Her Windowledge EP from 2023 is small but perfectly formed and “The Love Song of J Alfreda D’Souza” speaks to me both on the pun level and also just as a wondrous song & performance. Anyway, how lucky are we then that she’s just pushed out a tiny single, with the lovely “lullabye” as the lead but backed up with a blissful Björk cover! The glitched, twinkling electronics of Vespertine (still my favourite Björk era) are replaced by layers of her voice and strings. Then again, if you like doom & post-metal, Freda’s band Wēven have just released their Wychelm EP, which is highly worth your time too. Listen again — ~214MB

Episode 63 is with Jack Andreasen CavanaughLast week, Heatmap reported that Microsoft — the single largest buyer of durable carbon dioxide removal in the world, accounting for 80–90% of all purchases ever made — is pausing new CDR purchases. Jack Andreasen Cavanaugh, Director of the Carbon Management Program at Columbia's Center on Global Energy Policy, published a piece over the weekend arguing this isn't really a Microsoft story. The real story is that Microsoft was ever alone in the first place.In this conversation, Jack makes the case that voluntary corporate buying was never going to get us to gigatonnes, and that policy has to do the heavy lifting — just like it did for solar and wind. We get into what the next 12 months actually look like for CDR companies, why enhanced oil recovery deserves a fresh look, the limits of 45Q, and the one policy Jack would write into law tomorrow if he could.In this episode:* Why Microsoft's dominance was a structural vulnerability, not market health — and the “seven buyers in a trench coat” problem* Governments have committed $45M to CDR purchases but spent essentially $0* The case for enhanced oil recovery and why “greenwashing” arguments fall apart under scrutiny* Where 45Q falls short and why most CDR pathways still get no support* Why Big Tech lobbying for CDR policy may be worth more than their purchases* Jack's dream policy: a low-carbon-intensity product standard embedded in global tradeAbout the guest: Jack Andreasen Cavanaugh is Director of the Carbon Management Program at the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs. He previously led Carbon Management Policy at Breakthrough Energy.Referenced in this episode:* Jack's piece: “The Private Sector Built the Market — Time for Us to Scale It”* Heatmap's reporting on Microsoft's CDR pauseThis episode was made possible thanks to the generous support of the Consecon Foundation.This episode was created and published by Na'im Merchant. Episode production and content support provided by Tank Chen.Na'im Merchant is the co-founder and Executive Director of Carbon Removal Canada, a policy initiative focused on scaling carbon removal in Canada. He is on the advisory board of the Carbon Removal Standards Initiative and Terraset, and a former policy fellow with Elemental Impact. He previously ran carbon removal consulting practice Carbon Curve, and publishes The Carbon Curve newsletter and podcast. Every two weeks, Na'im will release a short interview with individuals advancing the policies, technologies, and collective action needed to scale up carbon removal around the world.Tank Chen is the Head of Content and Community at CDR.fyi, a public benefit corporation dedicated to accelerating carbon removal through transparency. He is also the co-founder of CDRjobs, a career platform for the carbon removal industry. Based in Taiwan, Tank is a carbon removal advocate focused on educating policymakers, corporate leaders, and the public on the importance of carbon removal, using data-driven insights to support communication and policy advocacy.If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to this podcast on your favorite podcast app or subscribe via The Carbon Curve newsletter here. If you'd like to get in touch with Na'im, you can reach out via LinkedIn. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit carboncurve.substack.com

In this episode of the Health Optimization Medicine Podcast, join Boomer Anderson, Dr. Ted Achacoso, and Jodi Duval as they break down one of the most important frameworks in Health Optimization Medicine — the Cell Danger Response (CDR). Originally developed by Dr. Robert Naviaux, the Cell Danger Response explains how cells respond to threat, adapt for survival, and either resolve or become "stuck" — leading to chronic disease. This episode walks through the three stages of the CDR, how mitochondria act as both sensors and signaling hubs, and why many modern conditions — from inflammation to chronic illness — are actually stalled healing processes. Most importantly, the team explains how clinicians and individuals can identify where the body is "stuck" and what to do (and NOT do) to support proper resolution. Join us as we delve into: What the Cell Danger Response (CDR) is and why it matters The 3 stages: defense, repair, and resolution How mitochondria act as sensors — not just energy producers Why inflammation is a protective response, not the problem How chronic disease reflects a "stalled" healing process This episode is for you if: You're dealing with chronic inflammation or unresolved health issues You want to understand the root cause of disease beyond symptoms You're a practitioner looking for a systems-based framework You want to optimize health by working with your biology, not against it You can also find this episode on… YouTube: https://youtu.be/NWEq32hlZrE Find more from Health Optimization Medicine and Practice (HOMeHOPe): Website: https://homehope.org/  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/homehopeorg/ Virtual Symposium 2026: https://homehope.org/homehope-virtual-symposium-2026 Use PODCAST10 to get 10% OFF your purchase of the Clinical Metabolomics Module at https://homehope.org/products/clinical-metabolomics Find more from Troscriptions: Website: https://troscriptions.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/troscriptions/ Use POD10 to get 10% OFF your Troscriptions purchase at https://troscriptions.com/collections/our-products

For the past few years, Microsoft has basically carried the carbon removal industry on its shoulders. The software company has purchased 72 million tons of carbon removal, more than 40 times what any other organization has financed, according to third-party sources.Now it's pulling back. As we reported last week, Microsoft has told suppliers and partners that it's pausing new purchases. Though the company says that its program “has not ended,” even a temporary pullback will have significant implications for the nascent carbon removal industry. What happens next for these companies? And is a bloodbath on the way? On this week's episode of Shift Key, Rob speaks to Jack Andreasen Cavanaugh from Columbia University's Center on Global Energy Policy about Microsoft's singular importance and what could come next.Shift Key is hosted by Robinson Meyer, the founding executive editor of Heatmap News.You can find a full transcript of the episode here.Mentioned:Our initial Friday story: Microsoft Is Pausing Carbon Removal PurchasesJack's take: The Private Sector Built the Market, Time for Us to Scale ItHeatmap's Emily Pontecorvo on Ctrl-S, the startup trying to save CDR intellectual property--This episode of Shift Key is sponsored by ...Lunar Energy is building the technology to turn homes into active participants in the power system. Learn more about Lunar's vision of the future at lunarenergy.com.Music for Shift Key is by Adam Kromelow. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Brendan Malone, CEO of Raiz Invest, joins Dexter Cousins to mark 10 years since Raiz launched to Australian retail investors. From a joint venture with US micro-investing app Acorns in 2015, Raiz has grown to $2.1 billion in funds under management, over 330,000 active monthly users and over $5.5 billion invested for Australians. What We DiscussHow Raiz started as a joint venture with US app Acorns in March 2015 before listing on the ASX as Raiz in April 2018The roundup innovation that put $2.2 billion to work for 340,000 Australians through small amounts consistently over time.Why Raiz expanded into Southeast Asia, the 280 million person opportunity in Indonesia and what made it harder than expectedThe ASX listing as a capital strategy when VC appetite for fintech was thin in 2018Brendan's frustration with CDR after a decade of roundtables, policy submissions and no meaningful consumer outcomeHow a 42-person team manages $2.2 billion using AI and machine learning, and why Brendan would not start again from scratch even in the AI eraRaiz's product roadmap including the Raiz Kids ecosystem and why Brendan expects consolidation among micro-investing platforms within the next few yearsThe endurance principles shared by Australian fintechs that have survived a decade: stay close to customers, resist the bright shiny things, and stick to the strategyKey Timestamps01:00 Celebrating a Decade in Business02:11 The Genesis of Raze and Early Challenges05:13 Breaking Down Barriers to Investing08:08 Innovative Wealth Management Solutions10:49 Growth Plans and Market Strategies13:18 Exploring Southeast Asia's Market Potential15:50 The Scale Game: Financial Inclusion in Indonesia18:28 Lessons from Early Adopters: The CDR Experience19:51 Navigating Regulatory Challenges in FinTech23:04 Customer-Centric Innovation: Listening to the Market24:19 The Impact of AI on Business Transformation28:21 Building an Ecosystem for Sustainable GrowthLinks and ResourcesRaiz Invest: raizinvest.com.auBrendan Malone on LinkedInTier One People: tieronepeople.comThis show is brought to you by Tier One People, where we work with founders like Brendan to find the 1% who redefine what's possible. If you're scaling your leadership team, start at tieronepeople.com.Send us Fan MailConnect on with Dexter Cousins on LinkedinHire Exceptional Fintech TalentSubscribe on LinkedIn

In this episode of Plan Sea, hosts Anna Madlener and Dr. Wil Burns sit down with Dr. Gabby Kitch and Anu Khan from the Carbon Removal Standards Initiative (CRSI) —  a nonprofit organization using science and policy to unlock carbon dioxide removal (CDR) opportunities —  to break down their recently published roadmap, Our Coasts, Resiliency, and Carbon Dioxide Removal. The report identifies three coastal resilience pathways that offer possibility for alignment with ocean-based carbon dioxide removal.Authors of the report, Dr. Kitch and Anu Khan, discuss three types of coastal resilience pathways identified in the roadmap: living shorelines, ecosystem restoration, and stormwater infrastructure. The report explores how these pathways could also offer integrations with carbon removal. The report includes case studies from four coastal states — Louisiana, California, North Carolina, and New Jersey — as well as insights from interviews with more than 40 coastal practitioners.The report authors also explain that 40% of Americans live in coastal counties, making coastal resilience an evolving and necessary field. Across states, resilience infrastructure is expanding, but the authors emphasized that monitoring systems remain underfunded and how permitting processes vary across regions. Integrating CDR, however, can provide an opportunity for assessing its feasibility, standardizing monitoring, reporting, and verification (MRV), while also leveraging investments to accelerate learning across the field. This builds on the concept of “sectoral integration,” which reframes CDR as a co-benefit rather than a standalone industry. Our guests also emphasize the importance of incorporating environmental justice into project design. They spotlight the need for early and meaningful community engagement, co-developing projects for local benefits, using culturally-relevant outreach strategies, and respecting Indigenous rights. Looking ahead, they note that integrated projects are becoming the norm by necessity, and continuing in this trend can position coastal resilience as a case for knowledge sharing across the field.  Plan Sea is a semi-weekly podcast exploring ocean-based climate solutions, brought to you by the Carbon to Sea Initiative and the American University Institute for Responsible Carbon Removal.ACRONYMS/CONCEPTS:CEQA: California Environmental Quality ActCPRA: Coastal Protection and Restoration AuthorityCRSI: Carbon Removal Standards Initiative mCDR: Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal MRV: Monitoring, Reporting, and VerificationNOAA: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration OAE: Ocean Alkalinity EnhancementPlan Sea is a semi-weekly podcast exploring ocean-based climate solutions, brought to you by the Carbon to Sea Initiative & the American University Institute for Responsible Carbon Removal.

Episode 62 is with Robert Höglund (Head of Climate Strategy and CDR, Milky Wire; Co-Founder, CDR FYI; CEO, Marginal Carbon).In this episode, host Na'im Merchant catches up with Robert Höglund to discuss his latest thinking on the carbon removal sector's trajectory. Robert makes the case that CDR needs a narrative shift away from speed and scale, toward prove and learn. They explore why aviation and shipping are largely ignoring carbon removal in their decarbonization plans, why voluntary demand may outpace compliance demand for the next decade or more, and why the sector should stop treating CDR as a last resort and start positioning it as a legitimate mitigation solution alongside everything else.Key Topics:* From “Speed and Scale” to “Prove and Learn”: Focus on driving down costs, proving out methods, and nailing MRV rather than racing toward gigatons by mid-century.* Voluntary vs. Compliance Demand: Voluntary buyers, led by high-profit, low-emission sectors like tech, could remain the larger demand source for 10 to 15 years.* Aviation and Shipping's CDR Blind Spot: Legislation like Refuel EU and Fuel EU Maritime effectively shuts out carbon removal in favor of fuel switching, reflecting an advocacy gap in international forums.* CDR Is Not a Last Resort: Carbon removal is rate-limited, not stock-limited, and should compete on cost and sustainability alongside other mitigation solutions.* The Ability to Pay: There are plenty of high-profit, low-emission companies that could be buying CDR today but aren't yet.About Robert Höglund:Robert is the Head of Climate Strategy and CDR at Milky Wire, Co-Founder of CDR FYI, and CEO of Marginal Carbon. He writes reports for Carbon Gap and serves on several advisory groups including the EU Commission's Expert Group on Carbon Removal and the Science Based Targets Initiative's Expert Working Group.Relevant Links:* The carbon removal sector needs a new story — Robert Hoglund* Marginal Carbon Substack* Robert Höglund's LinkedIn Profile* The Billion Tonne Blueprint — Carbon Removal Canada* Removals into Revenue — Carbon Removal Canada* Advance Carbon Removal CoalitionThis episode was made possible thanks to the generous support of the Consecon Foundation.This episode was created and published by Na'im Merchant. Episode production and content support provided by Tank Chen.Na'im Merchant is the co-founder and Executive Director of Carbon Removal Canada, a policy initiative focused on scaling carbon removal in Canada. He is on the advisory board of the Carbon Removal Standards Initiative and Terraset, and a former policy fellow with Elemental Impact. He previously ran carbon removal consulting practice Carbon Curve, and publishes The Carbon Curve newsletter and podcast. Every two weeks, Na'im will release a short interview with individuals advancing the policies, technologies, and collective action needed to scale up carbon removal around the world.Tank Chen is the Head of Content and Community at CDR.fyi, a public benefit corporation dedicated to accelerating carbon removal through transparency. He is also the co-founder of CDRjobs, a career platform for the carbon removal industry. Based in Taiwan, Tank is a carbon removal advocate focused on educating policymakers, corporate leaders, and the public on the importance of carbon removal, using data-driven insights to support communication and policy advocacy.If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to this podcast on your favorite podcast app or subscribe via The Carbon Curve newsletter here. If you'd like to get in touch with Na'im, you can reach out via LinkedIn. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit carboncurve.substack.com

@geoengineering1 interviews Paolo Piffaretti, co-founder of ClimeFi (https://www.climefi.com/), on how durable carbon dioxide removal (CDR) credits are verified and delivered for corporate buyers.ClimeFi acts as a buyer-side agent, helping organizations define contribution vs. compensation goals, run reverse-auction RFPs, build diversified portfolios, conduct due diligence, negotiate contracts with risk-mitigation clauses, and monitor suppliers through delivery.They also unpack how CDR deals work in practice, covering offtakes, pre-purchases, and newer call options for flexibility, along with what is changing in the market and how buyers manage risk in a space where many projects fail.ClimeFi has also recently opened its Beyond 2030 request for proposals (RFP) on behalf of multiple buyers. It is the company's most ambitious procurement to date, targeting 100,000 to 500,000 tonnes of durable carbon removal. All pathways are eligible, provided permanence of 200+ years. Submissions close on Wednesday 8 April. Details: https://www.climefi.com/blog-posts/climefi-launches-beyond-2030-rfp-for-durable-carbon-removalTo stay updated on all things geoengineering-related, subscribe to:Carbon Removal Updates Substack: https://carbonremovalupdates.substack.com/Solar Geoengineering Updates Substack: https://solargeoengineeringupdates.substack.com/

In this special video edition of Plan Sea, host Anna Madlener and Carbon to Sea's Senior Manager for Communications, Danny Gawlowski, record from the Ocean Sciences Meeting (OSM) in Glasgow, Scotland. They sit down with members of the COMPASS mCDR Communication Leaders program —  Dr. Abigale Wyatt, an ocean modeler from [C]Worthy, Dr. Mariam Swaleh, who leads the Ocean Climate Innovation Hub in Kenya, and Dr. Kohen Bauer, science director at Ocean Networks Canada — to explore what makes science communication effective, where it falls short, and lessons learned for communicating about mCDR research.The Communication Leaders program, sponsored in part by Carbon to Sea, aims to support mCDR experts with the skills to engage with policymakers, media, funders, and local communities, helping them to foster responsible dialogue across the field. Drs. Wyatt, Swaleh, and Bauer shared how — through a series of virtual trainings and a culminating two-day, in-person workshop — participants collaborated on exercises to clarify their audience, utilize accessible language, and practice realistic scenarios through role-playing stakeholder engagements. These exercises helped  build confidence, expose gaps in existing community engagement practices, and approach forums like OSM with a clearer communication lens. Effective science communication is essential to bridge mCDR researchers and their scientific findings with peers in other fields, decision-makers who influence research permitting and funding, and communities where research is happening. Dr. Bauer framed it as a foundational skill operating as the basis for collaboration and learning. A chemist by trade, Dr. Swaleh emphasized the limits of highly technical jargon and noted that accessible language is key to reaching your audience. Dr. Wyatt first saw the benefits from the personal experience of navigating conversations with climate skeptical family members. Our guests also discuss challenges in communicating across cultures, different types of stakeholders, highly politicized environments, language barriers, and different levels of scientific literacy. Dr. Swaleh shares part of this difficulty in the way “common” phrases, such as climate change, can experience difficulties in the way they are translated. She recounts how in Kiswahili, the notion of climate change moved from discussing the weather to “patterns of the country.” In this way effective communication requires slowing down, listening first, and building a shared understanding together. Thank you to everyone who shared their time to join us in-person at OSM in Glasgow, it was an incredibly insightful opportunity to connect, reflect, and learn alongside the field's global community. To learn more about the COMPASS mCDR Communications Leaders program and the insights Drs. Wyatt, Swaleh, and Bauer shared about how they approach communications across different audiences and contexts, watch or listen to the episode through your preferred podcast service and find the entire series here. Plan Sea is a semi-weekly podcast exploring ocean-based climate solutions, brought to you by the Carbon to Sea Initiative and the American University Institute for Responsible Carbon Removal.ACRONYMS/CONCEPTS:DOR: Direct Ocean RemovalEVs: Electric VehiclesmCDR: Marine Carbon Dioxide RemovalMRV: Monitoring, Reporting, and VerificatiPlan Sea is a semi-weekly podcast exploring ocean-based climate solutions, brought to you by the Carbon to Sea Initiative & the American University Institute for Responsible Carbon Removal.

In this edition of Plan Sea, hosts Anna Madlener and Wil Burns are joined by Frank Rattey and Dr. Thorben Amann of Planeteers — a Hamburg-based carbon removal startup researching alkalinity-based carbon dioxide removal (CDR) approaches — to discuss the science behind their closed-system pathway, their first field tests, and the national regulations guiding ocean-climate research.Dr. Thorben Amann is the Research and Development Lead at Planeteers and a geochemical CDR specialist. In this episode, Thorben explains how Planeteers' closed-system approach differs from other ocean alkalinity enhancement (OAE) strategies. Rather than dissolving alkalinity directly in the ocean to drive carbon dioxide uptake, Planeteers combines carbon dioxide from point sources and alkaline feedstock in a closed reactor where it forms stable alkalinity and is then discharged into rivers or oceans. Thorben walks through the chemistry behind this process and explains how this approach offers advantages for monitoring, reporting, and verification (MRV). Because inputs and outputs are in a controlled reactor, Thorben asserts it's easier to conduct monitoring and initial reporting. At the same time, Thorben highlights a key challenge for the field: ensuring the stability of the alkalinity after discharge. For carbon storage to be durable, he explains that the alkalinity must remain equilibrated and stable. Frank Rattey, Co-Founder and Managing Director of Planeteers, then discusses Project Helix, Planeteers' first field deployment located at a wastewater treatment plant in Hetlingen, Germany. Validated through the registry Isometric, this first-of-its-kind research project discharges alkalinity-enriched water into the treatment plant's aquatic system to provide long-term carbon storage. Noting that Germany is the only country in the world that has translated the London Convention London Protocol into national law, Frank also offers insight into how Planeteers is operating under Germany's regulatory environment. In order to conduct their field research safely and responsibly, Planeteers cooperates with wastewater treatment plants, construction permits, and regional water authorities in the country.To learn more about Planeteers' closed-system, alkalinity-based CDR approach, listen to the episode above, subscribe with your favorite podcast service, or find the entire series here. Plan Sea is a semi-weekly podcast exploring ocean-based climate solutions, brought to you by the Carbon to Sea Initiative and the American University Institute for Responsible Carbon Removal.ACRONYMS/CONCEPTS:MRV: monitoring, reporting, verificationCO2: carbon dioxide R&D: research and developmentCDR: carbon dioxide removalOAE: ocean alkalinity enhancementLCA: life cycle analysisEU: European UnionLondon Convention (LC): Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter 1972London Protocol: 1996 Protocol to the Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter, 1972Plan Sea is a semi-weekly podcast exploring ocean-based climate solutions, brought to you by the Carbon to Sea Initiative & the American University Institute for Responsible Carbon Removal.

Born in Torrejon, Spain to parents involved in serving their country, the desire to serve has continued through her education and current career journey. She is an activist, scholar and author. Her debut non-fiction book To Be A Problem: A Black Woman's Survival in the Racist Disability Rights Movement published by Beacon Press was released in July 2024. She is an Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University, Co-Director of the Policy Innovation Lab (PIL) and a strategist, writer, instructor, project manager, connector, changemaker and policy wonk.Currently Ms. Baldwin is President of DMadrina, LLC. a consultant firm working with organizations around the world to incorporate Intersectional policy agendas with an emphasis on disability justice. She is also an adjunct professor at McCourt School of Public Policy and McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University teaching disability justice, equity and policy as well as Introduction to Advocacy and policy. She has held senior level positions in federal policy at multiple organizations. She was the Director of National Policy for the Center for Disability Rights, Inc. (CDR) and Senior Policy Analyst at National Disability Rights Network (NDRN). She works within the Disability Justice movement and with an intentional strategy to end racism and systems of oppression.As a consultant Ms. Baldwin does legislative work, from research and writing comments, testimonies, letters, speeches and reports to assisting with advocacy outreach and working with Congressional staff, the Administration, coalition partners and others on multiple issue areas for improving the lives of all but a serious concentration on BIPOC with disabilities. Centering this community in the work of social justice will dismantle the barriers of subjugation and oppression of all. She has extensive knowledge of disability and civil rights laws. She has a keen ability for networking and outreach to “in the streets” national and international activists. She also conducts seminars and facilitates conversations and trainings on multiple issues of equity.She is a fellow in the Women Transcending Collective Leadership at Center for Justice at the School of Social Work at Columbia University (Cohort 6 2024-2025). She is an Ambassador for Health Equity Fellow and a member of several advisory committees working on ending criminalization in this country. She advises Urban Institute Prison Research and Innovative Initiative (PRII) and The Justice Lab of Columbia's Square One Project. She serves on the Board of Directors for SPAN Parent Advocacy Network and Laura Flanders and Friends She recently completed three terms (9yrs) on the National Low Income Housing Coalition Board of Directors.She has led multiple national and international advocacy campaigns. In December 2022 she spoke on the lack of inclusion of disability issues and accessibility, at the United Nations first meeting of the Permanent Forum of People of African Descent. Ms. Baldwin has been working with Congress to pass federal laws since 2004; and worked on over 25 federal bills that have gone to five different President's desk - Clinton to Biden - even bills passed and signed by #45. L. Dara Baldwin has a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Rutgers University, Newark, NJ and was a Pi Alpha Alpha honors Graduate with a Masters of Public Administration from Rutgers University the School of Public Affairs and Administration, Newark, NJ. She is an adjunct professor teaching Disability Justice, Equity and Policy at McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University.Debut Non-fiction book titled: To Be A Problem: A Black Woman's Survival in the Racist Disability Rights Movement published by Beacon Press in stores July 9, 2024Social Media Outreach:Follow on Twitter and InstaGram, Threads and BlueSky: Personal @NJDC07 – ReTweets, Mentions and Favs are not endorsements This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit malyndahale.substack.com/subscribe

In this episode of Plan Sea, hosts Anna Madlener and Wil Burns sit down with Professor Dr. Alexander Proelss, Chair in the International Law of the Sea and International Environmental Law, Public International Law, and Public Law at the University of Hamburg, to discuss the current state and recent developments of international legal frameworks regulating ocean-based carbon dioxide removal (oCDR). Alexander discusses the need for international law to ensure responsible regulation of oCDR, and offers insight into the relevant international agreements for oCDR research.Alexander joins Anna and Wil to help make sense of the existing international landscape, as well as what they mean for the development and regulation of ocean-climate research. He explains that international law is essential to ensuring responsible development of oCDR — and yet there is no single international treaty governing it.  He explains how the 1972 London Convention and the 1996 London Protocol (LC/LP) — originally designed to regulate the dumping of waste but later adapted to govern marine geoengineering — is the most relevant international framework to date, guiding the ocean-climate field. However, it has had slow progress in listing and regulating oCDR methods such as ocean alkalinity enhancement (OAE). Alexander discusses how today, the LC/LP interacts with the Paris agreement, the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), and the 2023 Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Agreement (BBNJ). He also offers insight into how new legislation in Germany could make the country a "front runner" by implementing the LC/LP, permitting scientific research of several oCDR approaches and marking a significant shift from its previously highly precautionary stance.Alexander also discusses the tendency of international agreements to limit oCDR activities to scientific research and how regulation must balance risk mitigation with harnessing the benefits of oCDR. Looking ahead, he explains how a clear framework for governing commercial activity could help proven oCDR methods grow responsibly. To learn more about the latest state of international legal frameworks for oCDR, listen to the episode above, subscribe with your favorite podcast service, or find the entire series here. Plan Sea is a semi-weekly podcast exploring ocean-based climate solutions, brought to you by the Carbon to Sea Initiative and the American University Institute for Responsible Carbon Removal.ACRONYMS/CONCEPTS:London Convention (LC): Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter 1972London Protocol: 1996 Protocol to the Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter, 1972OAE: ocean alkalinity enhancementoCDR: ocean carbon dioxide removalCDR: carbon dioxide removalUNCLOS: UN Convention on the Law of the SeaEEZ: exclusive economic zonesBBNJ: Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Agreement of 2023ICJ: International Court of JusticePlan Sea is a semi-weekly podcast exploring ocean-based climate solutions, brought to you by the Carbon to Sea Initiative & the American University Institute for Responsible Carbon Removal.

Recorded October 31, 2025 In this episode of BioTalk Unzipped, Gregory Austin and Dr. Chad Briscoe sit down with Dr. Kate Neville, immunologist turned seasoned biotech patent attorney at Marshall, Gerstein & Borun, to unpack one of the most misunderstood and mission-critical areas of life sciences: intellectual property.If you are a biotech founder, scientist, executive, or investor, this conversation is essential listening.We explore what patent prosecution really means, when startups should begin thinking about IP protection, how “freedom to operate” can determine commercial viability, and how emerging AI tools are reshaping the patent landscape.Dr. Neville brings 25+ years of experience guiding university spin-outs, biotech startups, and global pharmaceutical companies through complex patent strategy. She has helped secure patents for FDA-approved drugs and offers a rare dual perspective as both scientist and attorney.In This Episode We Discuss:• The difference between patent prosecution and patent litigation• Why it is never too early for biotech startups to think about IP• The U.S. one-year grace period vs. Europe's stricter disclosure rules• What “Freedom to Operate” really means for commercialization• Antibody patents, CDR regions, and the doctrine of equivalents• How premature disclosure can impact global patent strategy• The real-world back-and-forth of patent office “office actions”• AI-assisted prior art search at the USPTO — opportunity or risk?• How funding cycles influence patent filing decisions• Women in biotech leadership and venture funding disparities• The most rewarding part of protecting life-changing therapiesWe also break down the USPTO's new AI pilot programs designed to modernize patent examination and discuss how artificial intelligence may impact biotech patenting over the next several years.Why This MattersIntellectual property is often the single most valuable asset in a biotech company.Strong IP strategy can unlock funding, partnerships, and market exclusivity.Weak or mistimed IP decisions can permanently limit global opportunity.For founders and scientists: timing, geography, and disclosure discipline matter more than most people realize.About Our GuestDr. Kate NevillePartner, Marshall, Gerstein & BorunPhD in Immunology, JDLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kate-neville-phd/Firm Bio: https://www.marshallip.com/katherine-l-neville-ph-d/Charity Highlight: Girls on the Run ChicagoAn organization building confidence and resilience in young girls through mentorship and athletic achievement.https://www.girlsontherun.org/HostsDr. Chad BriscoeBioanalytical Scientific Leaderhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/chadbriscoe/Gregory AustinDirector, Business Development | Bioanalysishttps://www.linkedin.com/in/gregoryaustin1/If you enjoyed this episode, subscribe to BioTalk Unzipped on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your preferred platform and share with a colleague in biotech, pharma, or life sciences innovation.

In celebration of the 20th anniversary of the debut Bat for Lashes album, Fur and Gold, we take a detailed look at how it was made. Natasha Khan had grown up in Hertfordshire, England and studied art at the University of Brighton. After graduating, she taught as a schoolteacher while writing songs and performing as Bat for Lashes. Her manager, Dick O'Dell, got her a publishing deal and connected her with producer David Kosten to work on some demos. The first Bat for Lashes single, “The Wizard” was released on her own label in early 2006. After signing with Echo, Natasha and David began working on a full-length album together at Jacobs studio in the Surrey countryside. They brought in other musicians, including Abi Fry and Caroline Weeks, who had been playing as a group with Natasha at this time. Fur and Gold was eventually released in 2006. In this episode, Natasha Khan and David Kosten have an in-depth conversation where they revisit their initial collaboration that continued long after this record. David shares how he was first asked to co-write with Natasha until he realized she had no interest in co-writing and already had a fully formed vision for this album. Natasha describes wanting to create the world of the album and use unconventional recording techniques, such as recording in a forest and under blankets, to try to achieve the sound she had imagined. Even though Natasha had a fondness for lo-fi MIDI sounds, she worked with David to craft a unique hybrid of well-recorded acoustic instruments with lower quality digital components. The result was the Mercury Prize-nominated Fur and Gold, which launched Natasha's music into the world. From a cinematic approach of method acting and practical effects, to a shared love of girl groups, to David finding a CD-R meant for another producer, to a memorable tour with Devendra Banhart, to taking inspiration from contemporaries Cat Power, Joanna Newsom and Gwen Stefani, to being averse to anything trip-hop, to having high standards and holding the vision, we'll hear the stories around how the album came together.

This week on Cleaning Up, Michael Liebreich sits down with carbon removal insider Robert Höglund, CEO of Marginal Carbon, co-founder of CDR.fyi and architect of MilkyWire's Climate Transformation Fund, for a deep dive into what's working and what's not in carbon dioxide removal and corporate climate action.Drawing on five years of hands-on experimentation funding everything from biochar to direct air capture and policy advocacy, Höglund challenges the dominant “speed and scale” narrative. Instead, he makes the case for a new phase: prove and learn. Together, Michael and Robert unpack why the highest-impact climate interventions are often the least measurable, why corporate net-zero targets are more conditional than we admit, and what it will actually take to make carbon removal credible, scalable, and worth paying for.Leadership Circle:Cleaning Up is supported by the Leadership Circle, and its founding members: Actis, Alcazar Energy, Davidson Kempner, EcoPragma Capital, EDP, Eurelectric, the Gilardini Foundation, KKR, National Grid, Octopus Energy, Quadrature Climate Foundation, Schneider Electric, SDCL and Wärtsilä. For more information on the Leadership Circle, please visit https://www.cleaningup.live.Links and more: Marginal Carbon: Marginal CarbonCDR.fyi: https://www.cdr.fyi/MilkyWire Climate Transformation Fund: https://milkywire.com/Carbon Gap: https://carbongap.org/Julio Friedmann on Cleaning Up: https://youtu.be/DX7k6qnTxE8 

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Class is in session at Starfleet Academy—and we've got thoughts. This week, we're joined by friends of the pod Leigh Ellen and Alex to dig into the characters shaping Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, from the power players at the top to the cadets just beginning their Starfleet journeys. We break down leadership styles, messy brilliance, and the kind of character choices that tell you exactly what kind of future this show is building. On the command side, we unpack Chancellor Capt. Nahla Ake, F. Adm. Charles Vance, Lt. Cdr. Lura Thok, Cdr. Jett Reno, and the ever-iconic Doctor.   Then it's on to the cadets: Caleb Mir, Darem Reymi, Jay-Den Kraag, S.A.M., and Tarima Sadal. We talk chemistry, queer coding, and which of these future officers already feel destined for greatness… or chaos. It's a character-forward conversation full of speculation, affection, and a little side-eye—because if Starfleet Academy is about shaping the future, these people are the ones to watch.

In this episode, hosts Anna Madlener and Wil Burns are joined by Dr. Grace Andrews and Kristi Weighman of Hourglass Climate — a leading nonprofit researching ocean-based carbon dioxide removal (oCDR, also known as mCDR ) methods like ocean alkalinity enhancement (OAE) — to discuss the launch of the Framework for Ecotoxicological Modeling of mCDR (FEMM). This project explores how ecotoxicological modeling and existing statistical approaches can be applied to OAE and oCDR projects, improving the field's understanding of these potential climate solutions' environmental risks. Dr. Andrews and Weighman offer insight into their process building and receiving feedback on FEMM, the framework's regulatory potential, and how FEMM can be applied across oCDR research. Dr. Grace Andrews, Founder and Executive Director of Hourglass Climate, now in her tenth year of working in the CDR field, last appeared on Plan Sea in 2024 to discuss Hourglass' role in advancing monitoring, verification, and reporting (MRV) for OAE. In this episode, she's joined by Kristi Weighman, an Hourglass scientist with expertise in ecotoxicology. Together, Grace and Kristi discuss how they recognized a critical gap in oCDR research — the lack of tools to monitor and model environmental risk — and developed a first-of-its-kind framework to fill that gap. Grace explains how our understanding of oCDR's environmental safety has lagged behind scientific developments in the field. In order to advance these projects in a responsible way, Grace believes that the field needs more rigorous, standardized approaches for modeling and measuring environmental risks. FEMM aims to address this gap through combining established statistical approaches with emerging modeling techniques, borrowing existing protocols from the ecotoxicology space and applying them to the nuances of oCDR. The framework begins with a screening-level assessment that uses highly conservative assumptions to determine whether a project's risks can be ruled out. Projects with identified risk may need to redesign aspects of their approach before moving on to more realistic assessment tools. The modeling relies on species sensitivity distributions (SSD) and calculations based on predicted environmental concentration (PEC) and predicted no effect concentration (PNEC). While this SSD approach has been applied to other environmental stressors, this is the first time it's been applied to oCDR. Grace and Kristi also highlight examples of specific mCDR stressors and conditions where data may be too sparse to fully apply this approach today, and outline research priorities that will enable a standardized approach for these over time.Looking ahead, Grace and Kristi share their optimism about FEMM's utility for researchers and broader oCDR stakeholders. They hope the tool will enable users to identify potential risk in their proposed projects, integrate cross-disciplinary data, and foster greater regulatory dialogue. Plan Sea is a semi-weekly podcast exploring ocean-based climate solutions, brought to you by the Carbon to Sea Initiative and the American University Institute for Responsible Carbon Removal.To listen to Dr. Grace Andrew's first Plan Sea podcast appearance, Plan Sea is a semi-weekly podcast exploring ocean-based climate solutions, brought to you by the Carbon to Sea Initiative & the American University Institute for Responsible Carbon Removal.

Redscroll & Friends Favorites of 2025 We have our favorites of the year as usual. And we have once again asked some friends to contribute lists (a couple bonus voices on the podcast even!). Give the lists a view, check out the podcast with clips of all the bands/songs and check out the playlist with all the favorites below.   Happy New Year! Let's get into the lists!  Redscroll Records Label Releases for 2025 Theoden's Reign Citadel Of The Stars LP, CD & Cassette [02/06/2025]Chop Chop Chop Chop Chop Chop Chop Become Nothing / We Live As Ghosts LP (Brand new A-Side with B-Side previously released on cassette)[04/18/2025]Killer Kin Killer Kin CD (reissued with added bonus track "Point Blank")[07/01/2025]Disfigure New Age Of Judgement CD [07/25/2025]Chained to the Bottom of the Ocean Sisyphean Cruelty CD Reissue[08/01/2025]Chained to the Bottom of the Ocean Obsession | Destruction CD & LP Reissue[08/01/2025]Chained to the Bottom of the Ocean The Vestige CD (First Time on CD)[08/01/2025]Chained to the Bottom of the Ocean Consumed by the Vitriol of Life / I Tried Catching You But You Fell Through Me LP (Released Separately Before – Now on a single 12" Record)[08/01/2025] Meetinghouse You've Seen Heaven CD & Cassette [09/05/2025]   Joe's 10 Favorite Tracks Listened To In 2025: 1. John Martyn "Over the Hill" Solid Air (Island, 1973) 2. Derek and the Dominoes "Thorn Tree In the Garden" Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs (ATCO, 1970) 3.Blaze Foley "Clay Pigeons" Clay Pigeons (Secret Seven, 2011) 4.Hiromasa Suzuki "Romance" Cat (Columbia, 1976) 5.Red Garland Trio "Tis Autumn" All Kinds Of Weather (Prestige, 1959) 6. Nina Simone "Tell It Like It Is" Isn't It A Pity / Tell It Like It Is (RCA Acetate, 1971 Probably) 7. Marvin Gaye "Distant Lover" Let's Get It On (Tamla, 1973) 8. Herbie Hancock "Speak Like A Child" Speak Like A Child (Blue Note, 1968) 9. Terry Reid "Season of the Witch" Bang, Bang You're Terry Reid (Epic, 1968) 10.Terry Reid "Mayfly" Terry Reid (Columbia, 1969) LEXI'S FAVORITES OF 2025: Oklou Choke Enough (True Panther Sounds, Because Music) Addison Rae Addison (Columbia) Ethel Cain Perverts (Daughters Of Cain) Ethel Cain Willoughby Tucker, I'll Always Love You (Daughters Of Cain) Meetinghouse You've Seen Heaven (Redscroll) Model/Actriz Pirouette (Dirty Hit, True Panther Sounds) All The Pretty Horses hammersmashedface (Self-Released) EsDeeKid Rebel (XV, Lizzy) Crippling Alcoholism Camgirl (Portrayal Of Guilt) Chat Pile / Hayden Pedigo In The Earth Again (Computer Students, Flenser) Intercourse How I Fell In Love With The Void (Brutal Panda) John Maus Later Than You Think (Young) Holy Taker Heaven Is A Place I Can't Stay (Crossover Media) Shallowater God's Gonna Give You A Million Dollars (Sans Soleil) Deafheaven Lonely People With Power (Roadrunner) Holder Holder (Daze) Playboi Carti MUSIC (AWGE, Interscope) Alex G Headlights (RCA) Old Saw The Wringing Cloth (Lobby Art) Erica's Favorites: Pile Sunshine and Balance Beams (Sooper) Viagra Boys Viagr Aboys (Shrimptech) Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Death Hilarious (Rocket, Missing Piece) Just Mustard We Were Just Here (Partisan) AFI Silver Bleeds The Black (Run For Cover) Bootblacks Paradise (Artoffact) Witchcraft Idag (Heavy Psych Sounds) Pelican Flickering Resonance (Run For Cover) Model/Actriz Pirouette (Dirty Hit, True Panther Sounds) Theoden's Reign Citadel Of The Stars (Redscroll) Faetooth Labyrinthine (Flenser) Scorpion Milk Slime of the Times (Peaceville) EPs: Youth Code Yours, With Malice (Sumerian) Floating Hesitating Lights (Transcending Obscurity) Matt's Favorites: Viagra Boys Viagr Aboys (Shrimptech) Intercourse How I Fell In Love With The Void (Brutal Panda) Hives Hives Forever Forever The Hives (Play It Again Sam) AFI Silver Bleeds The Black (Run For Cover) WestsideGunn  Heels Have Eyes 1+2 (Griselda) Ghostwoman Welcome To The Civilized World (Full Time Hobby) Darts Nightmare Queens (Adrenaline Fix) Ron Gallo Checkmate (Kill Rock Stars) El Michels Affair 24 Hr Sports (Big Crown) Caren's Favorites: Annie Achron Never Paradise (Siltbreeze) James K Friend (AD 93) Now Always Fades Into The Doldrums (Northern Underground Records) Acopia Blush Response (Scenic Route) Raisa K Affectionately (15 Love) Sharp Pins Balloon Balloon Balloon & Radio DDR (K Records / Perennial) Prolapse I Wonder When They're Going To Destroy Your Face (Tapete) Rest Symbol Rest Symbol (FO) K-Lone Sorry I Thought You Were Someone Else (Incienso) Bill Fox Resonance (Eleventh Hour) Caren's Reissue / Archival Favorites: Various The Way U Make Me Feel: UK Boogie & Street Soul 1984-1994 (Freestyle Records) Ali Omar Hashish Hits (Efficient Space) Pale Saints Slow Buildings (4AD) L'Empire Des Sons L'Empire Des Sons (Glossy Mistakes) Lijadu Sisters Danger (Numero Group) The Lo Yo Yo The Lo Yo Yo (Concentric Circles) Rick's Favorites: Abosahar Raasny (Heat Crimes, Hizz) Any Mega Mercy (Sferic) Deadguy Near-Death Travel Services (Relapse) Elkotsh rhlt jdi (Heat Crimes, Hizz) Kathryn Mohr Waiting Room (Flenser) Only Now Timeslave III (Self-Released) Sandwell District End Beginnings (The Point of Departure Recording Company) Slikback Attrition (Planet Mu) Billy Woods Golliwog (Backwoodz Studioz) Nuovo Testamento Trouble (DIscoteca Italia) Josh's Favorites: Viagra Boys Viagr Aboys (Shrimptech) Hives Hives Forever Forever The Hives (Play It Again Sam) Skinhead It's A Beautiful Day, What A Beautiful Day (Closed Casket Activities) Homefront Watch It Die (La Vida Es En Mus) Internal Bleeding Settle All Scores (Maggot Stomp) Warlock Corpse Eternal Prisoner (Out of Season) Sandwell District End Beginnings (The Point of Departure Recording Company) Quest Master Obscure Power (Out of Season) Lust for Youth & Croatian Amor All Worlds (Sacred Bones) Vatican Shadow 20th Hijacker (20 Buck Spin) Friends of Redscroll Lists! Chop Chop Chop Chop Chop Chop Chop Favorites "Learn to Suffer" by Mangled State "Don't Tap the Glass" by Tyler the Creator "Killing Spree" by Sulfuric Cautery "Adapting // Crawling" by Iron Lung "Golliwog" by Billy Woods "The Body Hammer" by Endless Swarm "///" by Secret Cutter "Watch it Die" by Home Front "Lonely People With Power" by Deafheaven "Let God Sort Em Out" by Clipse Honorable mentions to R. Missing, Lana Del Rabies, De La Soul, Suppression, Black Iron Prison, and Haunt Me. Tarek of Intercourse Favorites: Crippling Alcoholism Camgirl (Portrayal Of Guilt) My Wife's An Angel Yeah, I Bet (Knife Hits, Broken Cycle Records, GRIMGRIMGRIM) In Lieu Hooligan (Learning Curve) Knub Crub (Hex) Chat Pile / Hayden Pedigo In The Earth Again (Computer Students, Flenser) |Deadguy Near-Death Travel Services (Relapse) Stefan of C/Site Recordings Favorites: Alexander "Untitled" 7" (Carbon Records) Juho Toivonen "Lapsikuninkaan Fanfaari" (Discreet Music) Lander / Unkindness split LP (Ixiol Productions) Nowhere Flower "Heat Dome" LP (Digital Regress) Shirese "Fog Bound Laughter" 7" (Stoned to Death) Lau Nau & Joshua Burkett LP (Mystra Records) Cheb Drissi "Rai Sidi Bel Abbes Volume 2" LP (Nashazphone) Los Doroncos "Sun and Fireworks" LP (An'archives)   Sarah (Manic Presents/Premier Concerts) Favorites: Hayden Pedigo - I'll Be Waving As You Drive Away World's Worst - American Muscle Friendship - Caveman Wakes Up Shallowater - God's Gonna Give You a Million Dollars Alex G - Headlights Pile - Sunshine and Balance Beams All The Pretty Horses - hammersmashedface Dean Blunt / Elias Rønnenfelt - lucre Momma - Welcome to My Blue Sky Addison Rae - Addison caroline - caroline 2 Playboi Carti - MUSIC Oklou - choke enough TAGABOW - LOTTO Cameron Winter - Heavy Metal (end of 2024 album that I think is being considered on end of year lists so it's on mine too)   Chris (Manic Presents/Premier Concerts) Favorites: Soul Blind - Red Sky Mourning Hayley Williams - Ego Death At A Bacholorette Party Restraining Order - Future Fortune The Infinity Ring - Ataraxia Carey - Stunted Bleed - S/T Cloakroom - Last Leg of the Human Table Superheaven - S/T Keep - Almost Static Oversize - Vital Signs Clipse - Let God Sort Em Out Sanguisugabogg - Hedeous Aftermath Sainthood Reps - Dull Bliss Home Front - Watch It Die Bad Beat - LP 2025 Aesop Rock - I Heard it's A Mess There Too Henry Birdsey's Favorites: Various Artists - The World Is But a Place of Survival: Begena Songs from Ethiopia + Elders of the Begena: The Harp of David in Ethiopia (Death Is Not The End) https://deathisnot.bandcamp.com/album/the-world-is-but-a-place-of-survival-begena-songs-from-ethiopia https://deathisnot.bandcamp.com/album/elders-of-the-begena-the-harp-of-david-in-ethiopia Teppana Jänis & Arja Kastinen - Teppana Jänis (Death Is Not The End) https://deathisnot.bandcamp.com/album/teppana-j-nis Various Artists - Unaccompanied Norwegian Folk String Virtuosi (Canary Records) https://canary-records.bandcamp.com/album/unaccompanied-norwegian-folk-string-virtuosi-ca-1953-65 Various Artists - Her Mother's Only Child: From the 2nd & 3rd Bulgarian National Folklore Festivals, 1971 & 1976 (Canary Records) https://canary-records.bandcamp.com/album/her-mothers-only-child-from-the-2nd-3rd-bulgarian-national-folklore-festivals-1971-1976 Dr. Abdel Latif Gohar - Egyptian Buzuq Solos ca. 1950s (Canary Records) https://canary-records.bandcamp.com/album/egyptian-buzuq-solos-ca-1950s Various Artists - A Collection of Slow Airs by Some Very Fine Fiddlers (Nyahh Records) https://nyahhrecords.bandcamp.com/album/a-collection-of-slow-airs-by-some-very-fine-fiddlers Peter Garland - Love Comes Quietly (After Robert Creeley) (Cold Blue) https://peteergarland-coldbluemusic.bandcamp.com/album/plain-songs-love-comes-quietly-after-robert-creeley Various Artists - Miao Mouthorgans & Other Rare Instruments in Guizhou, Sichuan, China (Sub Rosa) https://subrosalabel.bandcamp.com/album/miao-mouthorgans-other-rare-instruments-in-guizhou-sichuan-china Alberto Juscamaita Gastelú - Reminiscences of Raktako: Huayno Guitar from Cuzco and Ayacucho, 1930-1940 (Death Is Not The End) https://deathisnot.bandcamp.com/album/reminiscences-of-raktako-huayno-guitar-from-cuzco-and-ayacucho-1930-1940 Rowland Taylor - Absolute Control Can Be The Death of Good Work (S/R) https://rowlandtaylor.bandcamp.com/album/absolute-control-can-be-the-death-of-good-work Hypnosmord - The Thurneman Improvisations (Hypnosmord Förlag / Styggelse Tapes / The AJNA Offensive) https://styggelsetapes.bandcamp.com/album/thurnemanimprovisationerna-the-thurneman-improvisations-dmc1411 David A. Shapiro (Alexander) Favorites: sally ann morgan - second circle the horizon wednesday knudsen - atrium grace rogers - mad dogs shutaro noguchi & the roadhouse band - on the run alulu paranhos - põe epsperança nisso zé ibarra - afim ry jennings - whisperin' ry michael hurley - broken homes and gardens willie lane - bobcat turnaround derya yıldırım and grup şimşek - yarın yoksa Paul (Dissolve) Favorites: Swiz Box Set (Dischord/Sammich/Hellfire) and the Swiz book (Akashic books) Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius) movie by Questlove (Onyx collective/Sony) The Real Me by Kyle M (Stones Throw) One Battle After Another movie by Paul Thomas Anderson (Warner Bros.) Willoughby Tucker, I'll Always Love You by Ethel Cain (Daughters of Cain) Near-death Travel Services by Deadguy (Relapse) Birthing by Swans Pink Floyd At Pompeii MCMLXXII movie (Sony Music Vision) Live Laugh Love by Earl Sweatshirt (Tan Cressida Inc./Warner Bros.) Future Fortune by Restraining Order (Blue Grape Music) Ben (Manic Presents/Premier Concerts) Favorites: Home Front - Watch it Die Safe Mind - Cutting the Stone Miltown - Tales of Never Letting Go Béton Arme - Renaissance Scarab - Burn After Listening Cadaver Dog - Bred to Fight Vatican Shadow - 20th Hijacker C4 - payback's a bitch Mil-Spec - Mil-Spec The Tubs - Cotton Crown Antoni Maiovvi Favorites: 10 Arnaud Rebotini - Winter Sequences - Skylax Records A surprise EP from French legend Arnaud Rebotini on the infamous Skylax Records. Great moody, almost electroclash esque analog gems. It's been interesting to see Rebotini's music come back around from the rave days through film scores to now without really changing much. No one does the nexus point of French House and EBM quite like him. 9 DJ Plant Texture - Life - Tresor RecordsThe first of two Tresor releases in my top 10, not sure what has been happening over there lately, but I'm here for it. A great weirdo techno 12 inch where opening track Repetitivo (Stretch Mix) sounding like Jeff Mills having eaten too many haribo, before mutating into scattered hats across the dancefloor, perhaps to trip up Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern who have broken into your house for some reason. 8 Autechre - Untilted - Warp Records Now to the first of two reissues in my list, and despite my somewhat negative thoughts as to their quote unquote live show I saw this year, I still love the music and this one in particular stuck out. Approachable but still properly mad. Proof that extreme computer music can be fun. 7 Clark - Steep Stims - Throttle Records I remember when Chris Clark came out with his first record and thinking that it too warp for warp records. I'm pretty sure we never met when I was in Berlin, unless I got him confused with Kid 606, in which case I apologize to you both. Anyway, Steep Stims is great, playful, emotional, one foot in the past and another in the future, really great work that I think will age really well. Solid work Mr Clark. 6 Emptyset - Dissever - Thrill Jockey Records Amazing new record from Emptyset, feels like they took all the lessons from all the later records and applied it to the earlier ones. Beautiful intense grinding drones, like someone built an installation of Sheer Hellish Miasma and I'm somehow in the room with it. 5 Merzbow, Iggor Cavalera, Eraldo Bernocchi - Nocturnal Rainforest - PAN Full disclosure, Iggor sent this to me, but it's been on my repeated listens ever since. Zen-like terror but incredibly dynamic. One of the best noise releases of the year and I'd go as far as to say a career highlight for each of the members. 4 Various Artists - 30 Years Sonic Groove - Sonic Groove Has it really been 30 years of Sonic Groove? Adam X compiles a collection of outstanding producers for this excellent collection of tracks. Highlights include the mutant acid of Bryan Zentz, the incomparable genius of Mike Parker and the industrial brutality of Statiqbloom. 3 Dopplereffekt - Metasymmetry - Tresor The second Tresor release on my list is the mighty Dopplereffekt. Beautiful, futuristic and unmistakably Detroit. Top 3 don't disagree! 2 Maria Somerville - Luster - 4AD Genuinely shocking to hear an artist on 4AD in 2025 that sounds like what an artist on 4AD sounds like in my head and it's great. Melancholic Ambient shoegaze for a new generation. 1 Coil - Black Antlers - Dais Records Black Antlers is not my favorite Coil album, but it is the one I least expected to be reissued as it was originally a tour only CDR that then got expanded. You could argue that it might not count as a proper Coil album, but who has time for these discussions. Some of the best music ever created. Nick (Disfigure; the one on the right in the pic) Favorites: Kommodus - A Foetal Wolf in Stained Glass - Probably my favorite release from Kommodus. Really awesome auxiliary instruments incorporated here and I like the unhinged melodic leads thrown in on a lot of the songs. It has a punkier tinge to it with the guitar tones and the vocals are equally as heavy Fellwinter - Dark Mediaeval Art - Pure riff-centric Judas Iscariot worship Magus Lord - In The Company of Champions - Epic in every way. I liked this better than the Lamp record this year but M has been writing fantastic black metal for a while and this side project is really refreshing to follow Ultimate Disaster - For Progress . . . - Perfectly written D-Beat in my opinion. Very tight songwriting and the riffs and solos are so well executed Valen - Viarum - I'm a huge Thangorodrim fan and this project has reminded me most of that. This was my go-to Dungeon Synth for some epic game nights this year Enceladus - Demo II - Another great release from this project. I love the half time parts, the more death metal sounding vocals, and just the ferocity of the songs while still being melodic Iron Firmament - Arcane Overspill - Amazing black metal from Washington, a state known for churning out amazing black metal for over two decades. I really love the production on this release, especially the interludes. This band writes amazing riffs and this has been a standout for me in their already exceptional discography Sharp Pins - Balloon Balloon Balloon - I love Power pop, I love Guided By Voices and Sharp Pins delivers on all fronts Occult Blood/Carrion Bloom - Battle Cries of Endless Night - Both sides of this split are fantastic. Put out by Wergild who can't miss lately with their bands/releases Utility - S/T - The hometown heroes! The whole release but especially the first song reminds me so much of Fired Up, one of my favorite CT hardcore bands of all time. Great songwriting and also absolutely on point with the energy and vocals. The demo before this is fantastic as well     The Redscroll Podcast is a monthly show (first of the month going forward) that works as a companion to what we do at Redscroll Records in Wallingford, CT USA. We are a record store that has a heavy emphasis on the left of center / underground music of the world. Whether it be underappreciated or just has a niche audience, marginalized or just off the radar it's all of interest to us. With the show we'll generally have a localized focus. We'll discuss upcoming releases and what is in our personal rotation at the moment. We'll talk about upcoming area musical activities. We'll talk to guests who have to do with all of the above. And we'll talk about specific dealings with the store. If you have input you're welcome to contact us through email (redscroll@gmail.com).

In this episode of Plan Sea, hosts Anna Madlener and Wil Burns sit down with researchers Dr. Leila Kittu, Dr. Giulia Faucher, and Dr. Charly Moras to discuss the latest updates from the Ocean Alk-Align consortium's exploration of ocean alkalinity enhancement's (OAE) environmental safety and efficiency. Representing expertise from the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research and the University of Hamburg, Leila, Giulia, and Charly join Anna and Wil to share valuable insights on what's needed for monitoring, reporting, and verification (MRV) and environmental safety assessments.Ocean Alk-Align is dedicated to evaluating the efficacy and durability of carbon uptake and storage;  environmental safety and potential co-benefits; and MRV requirements of various OAE approaches. Leila, Giulia, and Charly discuss how understanding OAE's efficiency — commonly measured by how many tons of carbon dioxide is removed per ton of material added to the ocean — is incredibly nuanced. The group's research suggests we must also consider factors such as dilution, sinking, and horizontal mixing when discussing the efficiency of various OAE approaches in different real-world settings.To evaluate OAE's environmental safety and better understand how scientists can protect living ecosystems without sacrificing efficiency, Leila, Giulia, and Charly discuss mesocosm experiments that were conducted. The team gradually included multiple species of plankton to identify how biological life responds to seawater changes. Mesocosm research is advantageous for breaking down complex problems into manageable pieces — but is limited in terms of scale, duration, and ability to capture higher trophic levels.Looking ahead, the group called for more robust frameworks for environmental safety assessment and thresholds as OAE projects move towards field research. The group argues that the broader benefit of carbon removal seeks to outweigh the potential risk of interfering in delicate ocean environments, and requires careful consideration and standardization across these frameworks. Ocean Alk-Align's work aims to provide a scientifically-rigorous, informed pathway to weighing this “give and take” decision.Plan Sea is a semi-weekly podcast exploring ocean-based climate solutions, brought to you by the Carbon to Sea Initiative and the American University Institute for Responsible Carbon Removal.ACRONYMS/CONCEPTS:OAE: ocean alkalinity enhancementMRV: monitoring, reporting, and verificationmCDR: marine carbon dioxide removalOAE-PIIP: Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement Pelagic Impact Intercomparison ProjectPlan Sea is a semi-weekly podcast exploring ocean-based climate solutions, brought to you by the Carbon to Sea Initiative & the American University Institute for Responsible Carbon Removal.

In this episode, your favorite Barcelona and Real Madrid podcast covers the intense weekend La Liga matchups, and concludes with the Copa del Rey opening games for their respective teams. We start with Barcelona's game hosting the bulls of Pamplona, Osasuna (4:36). Then Real Madrid's tight matchup against Deportivo Alaves gets a recap (19:29). Did Xabi do enough hugging to save his job?? Then we turn to the CDR, as Barcelona begin the campaign to retain their title by traveling to play against Guadalajara (41:00), and Real Madrid kickoff their quest for some hardware against Talavera (49:07)

Canada's Drag Race is back and the girl are WILD, TALENTED, and READY TO WIN. The cast shows up ready to play – and they perform alongside CDR legend, LEMON, in an update of series classic number “Not Sorry Aboot It!” The cast goes hard, brings an incredible set, and then blows away the runway, all in front of guest judge, Paula Abdul! In an gagworthy twist, Brooke Lynn Hytes performs in the lipsync! All this, plus the semi-finales on DRUK (featuring a lukewarm roast) on an all new X Is For Show!  X IS FOR SHOW is a talk show for your favorite media, the same way THE OFFICE was a documentary about a paper company. Every week, THE ACTION PACK gathers to discuss a wide range of entertainment media and news, from film & TV to comics to gaming, music, and beyond. Led by NICO (@NicoAction) and TK (@TKAccidental) with producer KEVO (@KevoReally), as well as a variety of friends and special guests, these LIVE discussions are not to be missed - so be sure to tune in and join us for all the fun!

This is a brief episode sharing my top 10 favorite noise releases of 2025. The full episode is available on Patreon, where I go deeper into each release and why it made the list. Listen to the full episode here: https://www.patreon.com/whitecentipedenoiseCarousel - Awakened Spirits of Ancient Mischief CDr (Chocolate Monk)Paranoid Time LP (Abhorrent A.D.)Kiran Arora - Virgin Forest CD (adhuman)Green Tea - Bending Your Sauna CD (New Forces)Incapacitants - Chwalfa CD (Cafe OTO)K.M. Toepfer - Clinical Trials 3” CDr (no label)Spring of life - Shot Girl Costume 12” (no label)Erik Nystrand - Brain Damaged By Head Meat CS (Head Meat)Ineffable Slime - Deep And Desperate Fictions CD (Virtues)Caspar Sonnet - Equestrian CS (Andromache Records)Support the show

What could be more festive than carbon storage in snowy evergreen forests?@geoengineering1 interviews Kevin Bradley D'Souza, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Waterloo, about the real climate potential of reforesting Boreal forests. Kevin explains the crucial role these forests play in carbon storage, biodiversity, and permafrost protection, while noting that reforestation in the Boreal comes with important challenges. The conversation explores key factors such as albedo effects, wildfire risks, and the importance of Indigenous perspectives in forest management. Kevin also stresses the need for careful, multi-dimensional approaches to reforestation and urges caution around commercial forest-based carbon credits, given the scientific uncertainties that still remain.Papers discussed:Dsouza, K. B., Ofosu, E., Salkeld, J., Boudreault, R., Moreno-Cruz, J., & Leonenko, Y. (2025). Assessing the climate benefits of afforestation in the Canadian Northern Boreal and Southern Arctic. Nature Communications, 16(1), 1964. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-56699-9Dsouza, K. B., Ofosu, E., Boudreault, R., Moreno-Cruz, J., & Leonenko, Y. (2025). Substantial carbon removal capacity of Taiga reforestation and afforestation at Canada's boreal edge. Communications Earth & Environment, 6(1), 893. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-025-02822-zTo stay updated on all things CDR-related, subscribe to the Carbon Removal Updates Substack newsletter: https://carbonremovalupdates.substack.com/

In 2020, Microsoft announced a major goal: by 2050 the company aims to remove from the atmosphere all the carbon emissions it has produced since its founding in 1975.  When Phil Goodman joined the company in 2022, he quickly found that the market for Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) was just getting off the ground. That meant that in order to meet its climate pledge, Microsoft needed to help foster the carbon removal market.  In this episode, Lara Pierpoint talks with Phil Goodman, director of Microsoft's carbon removal portfolio, about what it takes to structure offtake agreements for CDR, the challenges of fostering an emerging market, and some of the company's most promising CDR partnerships.  Hosted by Lara Pierpoint. Produced and edited by Alexandria Herr, Stephen Lacey, and Anne Bailey. Technical direction by Sean Marquand. Stephen Lacey is our executive editor.The Green Blueprint is a co-production of Latitude Media and Trellis Climate. Subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or anywhere you get podcasts. For more reporting on the companies featured in this show, subscribe to Latitude Media's newsletter.

家有失智症患者，除照顧壓力，醫療花費也不少；不少人投保長照險以期分攤可能的長期照顧費用，但保險理賠什麼時候啟動、啟動條件為何，你清楚嗎？ 「你需要別人照顧的時候，就會有錢可以養你！」保險業務員行銷時經常這麼強調，卻沒說清長照險理賠門檻與確切時機點，造成民眾認知與失智症患者照顧需求間的巨大落差：有些患者在病程輕度時就需要照顧，但多數長照險需中度才能進場，家屬仍須背負沉重經濟負擔。 這集，從一名心力交瘁的失智症家屬的「長照戰爭」聊起。告訴你失智症等級怎麼評估、臨床失智評估量表（CDR）執行盲點，以及為何買了長照險，民眾還是要靠自己？ 製作團隊｜詹婉如、陳思樺

One of our guests on Episode 3 of Midrats was Bryan McGrath, CDR, USN (Ret.). Over the years he's returned often, and has even graced us with the pleasure of a few guest posts here.As he's let people know for years, he was going to retire for good at 60. True to his word, he hung it up a few weeks ago.Earlier this year before he got too focused on his figs and vines, I asked Bryan to come on for a broad-ranging conversation.What a great hour.A retired Naval Officer, Bryan spent 21 years on active duty including a tour in command of USS BULKELEY (DDG 84), a guided-missile destroyer homeported in Norfolk, Virginia. In command, he received the “Admiral Elmo Zumwalt Award for Inspirational Leadership” from the Surface Navy Association and his ship earned the USS ARIZONA Memorial Trophy signifying its selection as the Fleet's most combat-ready warship. His final duties ashore included serving as Team Lead and Primary Author of the US Navy's 2007 Maritime Strategy “A Cooperative Strategy for 21st Century Seapower”.Bryan was formerly the Deputy Director of the Hudson Institute Center for American Seapower. In this capacity, he helped develop the Surface Navy's “Distributed Lethality” concept and the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments' 2017 Navy Alternate Fleet Architecture Study.Bryan earned a BA in History from the University of Virginia in 1987, and an MA in Political Science (Congressional Studies) from The Catholic University of America. He is a graduate of the Naval War College.He retired again in November 2025 after 13 years in defense consulting.Show LinksThe End of the Road, Bryan McGrathIn Praise of the Military-Industrial Complex, Bryan McGrathSummaryIn this episode of Midrats, hosts Sal and Mark welcome back Bryan McGrath to discuss his reflections on retirement, the changes in the naval environment over the years, and the importance of relationships in naval policy. They delve into the challenges facing shipbuilding and naval strategy, the need for diverse naval capabilities, and the influence of Congress on naval development. The conversation also touches on personnel and leadership in the Navy, learning from past naval conflicts, and the impact of historical events on naval leadership. Bryan shares insights on future directions for naval operations, praises recent naval performance, and emphasizes the role of technology in naval warfare. The episode concludes with a discussion on collaboration between industry and military and Bryan's final thoughts on future advocacy in the naval sphere.Chapters00:00: Introduction and Guest Background04:46: Reflections on Retirement and Career Path07:35: Changes in Naval Environment Over the Years11:17: The Importance of Relationships in Naval Policy14:47: Challenges in Shipbuilding and Naval Strategy18:03: The Need for Diverse Naval Capabilities21:25: Congressional Influence on Naval Development24:40: Personnel and Leadership in the Navy28:14: Learning from Past Naval Conflicts32:45: The Impact of Historical Events on Naval Leadership36:08: Future Directions for Naval Operations39:00: Praise for Naval Performance in Recent Operations43:23: The Role of Technology in Naval Warfare46:57: Collaboration Between Industry and Military50:48: Final Thoughts and Future Advocacy

This playlist is 65% vinyl friendly. Very poor. Scorchio! ‘1960/1970 Vintage Stereo Design Record Player, in bright orange, the emblematic colour of the 1960 and an example of Mod Ultra Space Age Pop Art Raymond Loewy? France French Designer Museum-worthy‘ says the Etsy seller, adding ‘It has a few cracks, one of the speakers has a small tear in the cloth and may need an overhaul, a full check up to see how and if it works and if it is complete… WE HAVE NEVER TRIED TO USE IT AND I DO NOT KNOW IF IT WORKS OR PLAYS.‘ Thank flip it’s down to €4600, from €7100. Any track marked * has been given either a tiny or a slightly larger 41 Rooms tweak/edit/chop and the occasional tune might sound a bit dodgy, quality-wise. On top of that, the switch between different decades and production values never helps in the mix here. And a bit of a croak in my voice here and there. A temporary glitch, hopefully. Lyric of Playlist 146 Trickery involved but it has to be The Bots! 00.00 (Intro) THE FLAMINGOS – Stars (Edit) – Unreleased demo – 1983. Episode #1 for info. 00.41 NEW ORDER – Ruined In A Day (Reading Festival, 1993) – In Concert – 577, CD – BBC Transcription – 1993 I and my four-year-old, Alice were there, on what was a triumphant return, with the wonderful ‘Ruined’ in amongst new numbers from the band’s then recently released Republic album nobody would have previously heard in a live setting. BBC Transcription Services recordings – produced to service radio stations and usually for a very limited time frame for broadcast – had moved from vinyl to CD but with runs still only in their low hundreds New Order completists would be struggling to own a copy of this one… and I don’t. 04.42 MERIC LONG – A Small Act Of Defiance – Kablooey, LP – Polyvinyl Record Company – 2025 Book-ending a bunch of releases through the years as a member of The Dodos, Kablooey is seemingly Long’s first solo release under his own name since 2006. 07.43 BIOCHEMICAL DREAD – False Kings Of The Earth – 12″ – Pulsolid – 2004 Besides his work with Cabaret Voltaire this 12″ demonstrates there are gaps in my knowledge of Richard H. Kirk’s lengthy discography elsewhere. A copy of ‘False Kings… ‘ however is currently heading my way. RIP, Richard. 13.21 DARKSIDE – One Last Nothing – Download only – Matador – 2025 Including a past member of the 41 Rooms playlist parish, Nicolas Jaar, a US trio currently NOT releasing a 12″, though their Bandcamp visual hints otherwise. 18.32 AGENTS WITH FALSE MEMORIES – Agents With False Memories (extract), CD only – Ash International / Soleilmoon Recordings – 1996 Extract, indeed as Richard H. Kirk promptly returns to show 146 with this four minute snippet from a 53 minute track. 22.34 HUMANIZER – Shinobi – ? – ? – 2000s? Ignoring the slight Liam Gallagher drawl and with zero connection to any Death Metal band of the same name, this might have been Manchester sourced… and maybe with a Peter Hook connection. That’s what I’m vaguely remembering… from over a decade ago. Dunno… A ‘demo’ version, minus vocals, might also get an outing here at some point. 27.08 DIFFERENT GEAR – A Little Bit Paranoid (Extended Mix) * – 12″ – City Rockers – 2002 Courtesy of a ‘Phil Dirtbox’, the vocal is the winner here. 32.59 MERZ – Sorrow In The Sky (Nightingale Vs The Crow) – 7″ b-side – Lotus Records – 2002 The stuff that people sing about… and here with gusto and passion, to boot! 36.55 LUSCIOUS JACKSON – Why Do I Lie? (Sessions at 54th, 11.97) – Stream only – 1997 Vocalist, Jill Cunniff’s tale of lying sounding best live! 40.13 THE POPPY FAMILY – I Was Wondering – 7″ – London – 1971 A bit of a strange arrangement, this one. Albeit with a key change in there – verses with no choruses! Weird and wonderful… and maybe a bit brave in the pop world of the early ’70s, where the only PF track I remember hearing as a young teen was Which Way Are You Going Billy? That won’t be getting a 41 Rooms spin. 42.43 SOPHIE JAMIESON – Camera – I Still Want To Share, LP – Bella Union – 2025 Being over in Brighton recently it seemed appropriate I buy her clear vinyl album from the Bella Union shop and re Camera? It’s the subtle build in Sophie’s vocal and she’ll be here again at some point. 46.59 MARTYN BATES – The Rhyme Of Miracles – Arriving Fire, CD only – Ambivalent Scale – 2014 Martyn instils presence in a tune like few others for me. 50.28 JOSE FELICIANO – First Of May – 7″ b-side – RCA – 1969 ‘Feliciano seems to be on a heavy Bee Gees kick… after ‘Marley Purt Drive,’ he now does ‘First Of May’ and ‘Gotta Get A Message To You.’ And with his highly stylised projection, Jose manages to make them sound totally removed from anything the Gibb brothers originated’. – Disc (edited review of the album, 10 to 23), 15.11.69. As far as I know the Bee Gees tune was only ever released on a 7″ (my ‘format of choice’) for Jose in Mexico, New Zealand, Philippines and Spain and never as an A-side and arranger, Al Capps most probably winced if he ever got to see the NZ pressing below. Strangely, Jose’s very rarely performed the song live. I’ve only noted it three times, including two at London’s Jazz Cafe, in 1996 and again in 1998 and at the former it surfaced nearly under duress. With the audience (maybe unsurprisingly) constantly shouting out for past JF favourites Jose countered, ‘You know there’s a lot of songs you people ask me for that unfortunately… and I’m not being rude, a lot of artists are rude, they do it on purpose, but some of the songs that you ask me to sing, do you know that I haven’t sung them in years and I’ve forgotten the words and rather than make an ass out of myself that’s why I don’t sing them, OK? So, don’t take it personal… I don’t sing those songs anymore. But I’ll tell you what though there’s some that you ask for that I do remember, like this one. I hope that this one will satisfy you.’ That rare sighting was even more surprising considering Jose had taken the rare move of including his own recording of the song when guesting on Brian Matthew’s My Top Twelve for BBC Radio 1 back in June 1974. 54.11 JAPAN – Alien – Quiet Life, LP – Ariola Hansa – 1980 Bedford: Heronscroft, Putnoe, 1980 and Winkles, 1981… with a few Japan gigs thrown in at the time. 58.47 JOHN CALE – Chinese Envoy (M:FANS) – M: FANS, 2 LP – Double Six – 2016 ‘Approached as a reinterpretation of Cale's 1982 improvisational album, Music for a New Society… M:FANS is something of a funhouse mirror reflection of that work, using the basic song-structures of the original album as a starting point and using time, experience and the technological advances of the ensuing years to bring a new focus to the tunes. Some selections are comfortably familiar, while others have a significantly different footprint‘. – KCRW 01.02.32 ICEHOUSE – No Promises (Dance Mix) * – 12″ – Chrysalis – 1990 Fully five years after the track had seemingly done its thing it got an extended outing in Spain. 01.07.58 DAVID BOWIE – This Is Not America (BBC concert) – Bowie At The Beeb, 2CD – EMI – 2000 Part of Bowie’s special set for a small invited audience at the BBC’s Radio Theatre, in London, June 2000. 01.11.29 JOHNNY KEATING – Theme from Z-Cars (Johnny Todd) – 7″ – Piccadilly – 1962 Did I realise the grittier scripts involved here than had been delivered by Jack Warner’s strolling forerunner, Dixon Of Dock Green? Nah, I was five when Z-Cars kicked off but the theme (based on the traditional folk song, Johnny Todd) still brings a fuzzy feel. And Wikipedia will give you the full story on why Everton FC players come out to the tune at home games. 01.13.22 MARC COHN – ‘Walking in Memphis (Mahna Mahna)’ – Stream only – 1990’s? Cohn definitely wouldn’t have seen this coming, as the self proclaiming Mahna Mahna and the Snowths duo upstage him in a short but cheeky mashup (of sorts) I happened on via Youtube a couple of decades ago. I’ll openly admit I was a Muppets fan when they first aired on UK TV back in the mid ’70s and with Statler & Waldorf the stars for me I remember walking my girlfriend of the time, Jill home from work and then running up the hill to my house to record the show. Pre the age of video recorders, at one point there was a stack of ten to twenty AGFA(!!) cassette tapes of the shows in my bedroom. Getting back to Cohn, the fact he’s ‘racing’ a bit here actually adds to the cheeriness and I salute whoever was involved. 01.14.44 BERNARD CRIBBINS – The Hole In The Ground – 7″ – Parlophone – 1962 And like the Z-Cars theme I was five when this was released and I’d have definitely been singing this one in the years close after – and weirdly, although it’s the second tune from ’62 on this show, it’s not the last. 01.16.27 THE BOTS – Fuzzy Math – George W. Bush Greatest Hits, v/artists, CDr only – Spin The World – 2004 I heard this cut and paste work of art somewhere around its ‘release’ and as of 2004… ‘… utilizing the revolutionary Presidential Truth Filter(PTF). The PTF operates like this: All presidential statements are recorded, and made into a huge database. The database is searchable by speech, phrase, keyword, emotional intensity, etc. In parallel, an analysis is made of the historical circumstances of the particular presidency. The question must be asked, what is this man (all men so far…) really all about? What is a defining characteristic of this presidency? The final question which must be addressed by the PTF is, how can we use the assets in the database to concatenate the truth, and make the President speak it? The first attempt was Bushwack, in 1992. This turned into a huge hit before the Presidential election in 1992, though BMI denied that it was ever on the air at all. Through October of that year, stations such as San Francisco’s Live105 were playing it almost hourly. In 1997 Rock The House was a popular download at an early digital music download startup, muzic.com. In 2003 Bushwack2 was released at about the start of the Iraq war. The mood of the song is quite grim, as the truth of those times was interpreted by the PTF. In 2004, the PTF was reprogrammed to emphasize economics and general silliness, and Fuzzy Math was born. We think it’s the best one yet. Judge the results for yourself’. – thebots.net 01.19.26 DREXCIYA – Black Sea – The Journey Home, 12″ EP – Warp – 1995 First heard on either of Colin Faver’s or Colin Dale’s techno shows on KISS FM. Sounds more likely it was the former. 01.24.58 E-DANCER – Heavenly * – 12″ – KMS – 1997 The Inner City (‘Big Fun’) man, Kevin Saunderson with his techno head on. 01.28.51 CHARLES WEBSTER – Your Life * – 12″ – Peacefrog – 2000 Pitched up a bit (‘+3%’ says my file iD) this is a class slice of soulful techno/house. 01.33.11 CHARLOTTE DAY WILSON – Selfish – Download only – Stone Woman Music – 2025 This r&b musician has been around for a decade or so but I wouldn’t have guessed, judging by this slight departure to a ’90s UK garage feel (first half anyway). It suits her. 01.36.48 BENCH – Felice – Bliss, 2LP – Cylinder Recordings – 2000 The fifth appearance on 41 Rooms to date for this pretty much forgotten duo. 01.39.36 BLUE STATES – Your Girl – 12″ EP – Memphis Industries – 1999 First heard on a compilation CD a mate of mine, Sid put together, of fave tracks forwarded by mates of his. Not their own tracks, you understand. 01.43.45 THE MIRACLES – I’ll Try Something New – 7″ – Tamla – 1962 Hellfire! Those breakdown strings mid way are a bit of a jolt! Easy, Smokey! Writer, Robinson’s own version is actually the third to make it to 41 Rooms and his vocal arrangement sounds more like a remake than either Kiki Dee’s ‘straighter’ take or even the Supremes and Temptations stab at the song, when chronologically they both followed this Miracles single. 01.46.14 SMITH & MUDD – Blue River – 2LP – Claremont 56 – 2007 Electronic… downtempo… shuffling… drifting… or maybe flowing. 01.48.38 MERZ – A.M. (Good Morning) * – Single-sided, white label 12″ only – 1995 The second artist to return this show, multi instrumentalist and songwriter, Conrad Merz and his at times very idiosyncratic vocal (‘Many Weathers Apart’, for instance) seem to have trodden their own path through the years. 01.53.45 CRAIG ARMSTRONG (feat ELIZABETH FRASER) – This Love (& The Life That I Have) * – 41 Rooms Soft Mash Up only – Early 2000s I grabbed the extra voice – Virginia McKenna as Second World War spy Violette Szabo, reading the code poem The Life That I Have at the end of the film Carve Her Name With Pride – fully thirty plus years ago and I had a stab at floating it over This Love a long time ago but recently had another go. Aided by Jazz The Glass, we pitched her down slightly and then I took out a chunk of the poem in the second half. Not that it’s going to happen but I reckon it would need the song itself re-arranged/edited to work perfectly but methinks the idea is still a cool one. Show 147 hopefully surfaces Jan 4. Dec x The post Post Punk Plus Podcast Playlist 146 – Original upload 7.12.25 appeared first on 41Rooms.

As dietitian moms, our primary focus when feeding our kids when they were infants and toddlers was exposing them to a wide variety of foods in hopes of building healthy life-long dietary habits. But we've since learned that we may have inadvertently neglected providing adequate amounts of some important nutrients that babies and toddlers often fall short on. In today's episode, we'll highlight three key nutrients needed during these key stages and discuss the critical roles that those nutrients play in growth and development. We'll share foods that help maximize those nutrients, as well as what we would have done differently. Let's dive in!    This episode was developed in partnership with the National Cattlemen's Beef Association, a contractor to the Beef Checkoff.    1.0 CPEU Available for RDNs: Dietitians listening can go to beefnutritioneducation.org to receive their continuing education certificate for listening. This episode has been submitted to CDR for approval of 1.0 CPEU.    Thank you for listening to The Happy Eating Podcast. Tune in weekly on Thursdays for new episodes! For even more Happy Eating, head to our website!  https://www.happyeatingpodcast.com Learn More About Our Hosts:  Carolyn Williams PhD, RD: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/realfoodreallife_rd/ Website: https://www.carolynwilliamsrd.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RealFoodRealLifeRD/ Brierley Horton, MS, RD Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brierleyhorton/ Got a question or comment for the pod? Please shoot us a message!  happyeatingpodcast@gmail.com Produced by Lester Nuby OE Productions

In this episode of Plan Sea, hosts Anna Madlener and Wil Burns sit down with Dr. Phil Renforth and Dr. Mijndert Van der Spek of Heriot-Watt University to unpack their newly published, harmonized framework for evaluating the viability of ocean alkalinity enhancement (OAE) pathways. Moving beyond lab-scale assumptions, their approach integrates techno-economic analysis (TEA) and lifecycle assessment  (LCA) to allow the exploration of 54 known OAE variations and how they perform under future, decarbonized energy scenarios. The conversation highlights why real-world data, a cleaner energy grid, and feasibility assessments are important for determining which OAE pathways will deliver results in global scale carbon removal. With any emerging solution, both feasibility and cost must be effectively evaluated. Renforth and Van der Spek combine two essential lenses – techno-economic analysis (TEA) and lifecycle assessment (LCA) – to build a comprehensive picture of OAE's real potential. TEA determines if a pathway is economically viable and scalable, while LCA screens for its full environmental impacts, not only if it is net-negative, but also whether it engages in “burden shifting,” or solving one problem while creating another. Operating far beyond “carbon balancing,” LCA works across a range of categories, from greenhouse gas emissions to terrestrial and marine acidification, resource use, and pollution. Together, the two tools are meant to provide a level of quantification for decision-makers investigating the viability of any CDR approach. In looking at the framework, Dr. Renforth and Dr. Van der Spek began by introducing  the framework's structure through a case study of BPMD and its functionality as OAE technology. Rather than offering predictions, the framework helps to show how different technologies perform under current assumptions. This means the framework should not be viewed as forecasting long-term outcomes on its own, but instead as a tool to see how each pathway changes. While these tools are powerful, they are incomplete and alongside rigorous research into the broader social, regulatory, and ethical implications of each potential pathway. For example, LCA aims to measure global stressors by normalizing impacts, but it does not have the ability to detect localized effects. This highlights that any comparison drawn from the framework must be paired with site-specific environmental assessments. Together, these layers of analysis provide a more realistic understanding of where OAE pathways may be within reach. Join us as we dive deeper into this framework and how it aims to spur further evaluation and innovation in OAE by listening to the episode above! Subscribe on your preferred podcast platform and find the entire series here. ACRONYMS / CONCEPTS:CDR: Carbon Dioxide RemovalOAE: ocean alkalinity enhancement TEA: Techno-Economic AnalysisLCA: Lifecycle AssessmentBPMED: Bipolar Membrane ElectrodialysisPlan Sea is a semi-weekly podcast exploring ocean-based climate solutions, brought to you by the Carbon to Sea Initiative & the American University Institute for Responsible Carbon Removal.

On the show this time, it’s the epic long-form rock of Texas band THIS WILL DESTROY YOU.The obnoxiously named Texas quartet, THIS WILL DESTROY YOU, started recording music in 2005 to have something to sell at shows. Their first record which they were burning to CD-R themselves, was called Young Mountain. They released 4 more records, recorded with the brilliant producer John Congleton. Musical and personal differences led to members leaving, and eventually to the current situation, where there are two versions of the band, each with one of the original guitarists. This performance at KEXP features original member Jeremy Galindo, and songs from Young Mountain, S/T, and Another Language. There’s one song from Jeremy and original bass player Raymond Brown’s new project - You, Infinite, available on Pelagic Records. Recorded July 16, 2025. THIS WILL DESTROY YOU A Three-Legged Workhorse The World Is Our ____ Dustism Watch the full Live on KEXP session on YouTube.Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On the show this time, it’s the epic long-form rock of Texas band THIS WILL DESTROY YOU.The obnoxiously named Texas quartet, THIS WILL DESTROY YOU, started recording music in 2005 to have something to sell at shows. Their first record which they were burning to CD-R themselves, was called Young Mountain. They released 4 more records, recorded with the brilliant producer John Congleton. Musical and personal differences led to members leaving, and eventually to the current situation, where there are two versions of the band, each with one of the original guitarists. This performance at KEXP features original member Jeremy Galindo, and songs from Young Mountain, S/T, and Another Language. There’s one song from Jeremy and original bass player Raymond Brown’s new project - You, Infinite, available on Pelagic Records. Recorded July 16, 2025. THIS WILL DESTROY YOU A Three-Legged Workhorse The World Is Our ____ Dustism Watch the full Live on KEXP session on YouTube.Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this special compilation episode, recorded live at the Dubai Airshow 2025, five aviation industry leaders share their perspectives on whether the Middle East can balance rapid aviation growth with sustainability goals.Featuring insights from:Paul Griffiths, CEO, Dubai AirportsJulien Manhès, Head of SAF and CDR, AirbusYousif Bin Saeed Al Lootah, CEO, Lootah BiofuelsDarren Hulst, Vice President of Commercial Marketing, BoeingMichel Azar-Hmouda, President of Commercial Aviation, CAETogether, they answer one central question: where does the Middle East have the greatest opportunity to lead in sustainable aviation, and what could stand in the way? Throughout the episode, the aviation leaders explore the region's unique advantages, including large scale infrastructure, abundant renewable energy, strategic geography, and strong political commitment, positioning it as a proving ground for next generation sustainable aviation technologies. They also address the challenges that can potentially threaten progress, from workforce development and supply chain alignment to the difficulty of turning ambition into reality.This is a compilation of highlights from five in-depth conversations. Stay tuned for the full interviews on our Sustainability In The Air platform.If you LOVED this episode, you'll also love all the conversations we had through the year with dozens of industry executives, technology leaders and scientists. Check out the archive here. Learn more about the innovators who are navigating the industry's challenges to make sustainable aviation a reality, in our new book ‘Sustainability in the Air: Volume 2'. Click here to learn more.Feel free to reach out via email to podcast@simpliflying.com. For more content on sustainable aviation, visit our website green.simpliflying.com and join the movement. It's about time.Sponsor message: This episode was recorded live in partnership with the Dubai Airshow 2025 and CAE.For nearly 80 years, CAE has delivered cutting-edge training and simulation solutions across 240 sites in over 40 countries, preparing aviation professionals for critical moments while putting sustainability at the center of what they do.

For a decade and a half, since President Obama's Pacific Pivot speech, there has been a rising tide in the conversation about the need to fix the US Navy's shortfall to meet the challenge of the People's Republic of China.Faced with systemic and cascading failures in everything from surface ship design to maintenance, and distractions as frivolous as Great Green Fleets at sea and as serious as the Islamic State ashore, navalists have been waiting for serious action on the waterfront to match the rising tide of the strategic situation.Rhetorically at least, the second Trump administration came in saying all the right things to give hope that, at last, we would turn into the wind.Are we?Returning to the Midrats Podcast is Chris Servello, CDR, USN (Ret.), cofounder of Provision Advisors PR Consultancy. SummaryIn this episode of Midrats, Mark, Sal, and Chris Servello discuss the current state of the U.S. Navy, focusing on leadership challenges, the importance of communication, and the need for innovation in naval strategy and technology. They explore the cultural issues within the Navy that hinder progress and the necessity for reform in acquisition processes. The conversation also touches on the role of allied navies and the importance of domestic shipbuilding capabilities in maintaining American sea power.TakeawaysThe Navy is at a critical juncture in reclaiming its sea power.Leadership changes are necessary to address the Navy's challenges.Communication with Congress and the public is vital for naval support.Cultural issues within the Navy contribute to a lack of innovation.The Navy must learn from allied navies and their practices.Acquisition processes need significant reform to be effective.Risk-taking and creativity are essential for naval success.Domestic shipbuilding capabilities must be prioritized over outsourcing.The current political climate affects national security discussions.The Navy's future depends on effective leadership and strategic planning.Chapters00:00: Introduction05:04: Reflections on Naval Strategy and Leadership09:51: Challenges in Navy Leadership and Administration14:47: Comparative Analysis of Military Services19:50: The Importance of Communication and Public Engagement24:51: Innovations in Naval Technology and Acquisition Reform30:07: Concluding Thoughts on Naval Future and Leadership32:18: Navigating Leadership Challenges in the Navy34:28: The State of American Sea Power36:42: Balancing Domestic and Foreign Shipbuilding40:52: The Future of Naval Strategy and Technology45:18: The Role of Congress in Naval Affairs48:32: Innovating Beyond Traditional Naval Constructs51:43: Cultural Barriers to Risk and Innovation56:40: Reviving Experimentation in Naval Programs01:00:07: Learning from Global Naval Practices

Follow-up: John has some new Vision Pro treats Flight Ready In the defense of the CD-R (via Jonathan Goforth) ATP Tier List: Storage Media Auto-generated chapters in Apple podcasts We’re dummies: ATP has a [chapter-free] bootleg Some more technical details (via Stephen Robles) Subscriber audio chapters are a mess New MacBook Pro design is for M6 Pro & Max only? Mark Gurman’s coverage MD101 Tahoe & Electron app fixes Discord is fixed (via Dayton Lowell) Microsoft Teams Classic is likely to never get fixed (via Adam Wunn) macOS Emoji Picker ⌃ ⌘ Space Rocket Pogo-stick robot Boston Dynamics A butt-dialing theory from Trey Carpenter iPhone Pocket Paul’s analogy Gruber’s post iPod Socks On eBay New Steam Hardware Initial coverage Image of the new devices Announcement video Digital Foundry’s coverage Dave2D’s coverage Steam Controller TMR not Hall Effect Understanding the difference Steam Machine Images on The Verge Steam Frame More photos Post-show: Marco goes to Home Depot Members-only ATP Overtime: Affinity graphics apps go free, and some people are upset Press release Sponsored by: Factor: Healthy Eating, Made Easy. Get 50% off your first box, plus free breakfast for 1 year. Grammarly: A digital writing assistant that ensures your writing and reputation shine. NordLayer: Get 28% off on yearly seats through December 10th with the code ACCIDENTALTECH-28. Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!

We kicked off the program with four news stories and different guests on the stories we think you need to know about!N.H. investigators asking witnesses to 1989 disappearance to come forwardGuest: Emily Sweeney – Boston Globe Cold Case Files reporter From the cockpit of an F/A-18 Hornet, Cdr. Frank Weisser, USN, conveys the lessons he learned flying as the Lead Solo for the Blue Angels, on multiple combat deployments, and as stunt pilot for the blockbuster film Top Gun: Maverick. His new book: “LEAD SOLO: Learning Life’s Vectors from an F/A-18 Blue Angel Aviator” - all the net proceeds of the book going to charity.Guest: Frank Weisser - U.S. Navy Commander the Blue Angels and Combat Pilot Who Flew All the Aerial Stunts in Top Gun: Maverick & Author Stress Awareness Week - How can we stress less and live more? Addressing work stress & chronic burnout & how to tackle that.Guest: Amy Leneker - former C-suite executive and leadership advisor to Fortune 100 companies & Author, motivational speaker Remembering & Honoring Marine Lt. Alfred (Al) Lussier who gave his life saving another Marine in Alaska & died a hero.Guest: John Casey – former classmate of Al’s at BLSSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

brianturnershow.com, eastvillageradio.com, cashmereradio.com, https://cashmereradio.com/shows/elope/ERICA DAWN LYLE - On Fire II - On Fire (Half a Million/Feeding Tube, 2025)CHRIS CUTLER & FRED FRITH - Ottawa Song - Henry Cow: Stockholm & Göteborg (1975, re: ReR, 2008)ACHWGHÂ NEY WODAÏ - Budachwgha - Triptyque (New International, 1987)FRONT -  Aufgang 3 - Album (1981, re: Staatsakt, 2025)SUBURBAN SLAG - Matter of Fact / Look at Yourself - s/t (1979, re: Supreme Echo, 2025)PROLAPSE - Headless In A Beat Motel -  Pointless Walks To Dismal Places (Cherry Red, 1994)SPECIAL ELOPE LIVE ON CASHMERE RADIO, BERLIN 10/28/25ELENI POULOU + BRIAN TURNERDEATH AWARENESS CAFE - Sick Moons (BC, 2025)UNCLEAN - Djaune - Safety First (cs, Lost Dogs Entertainment, 2023)1-900-TALKING DOGPOOCHINSKI FAILED ABC PILOTORGANZA RAY - Kassire Effect (Rayganza, 2025)GIULIANO SORGINI - Zombie - Sdtk: Occulto (Four Flies, 2020)IN TRANSIT - A.33 - In Transit (Felt, 2025)OPERATING THEATER - Blue Light & Alpha Waves - 7" (CBS, 1982)HAT HAT -  L'Uomo Che Cercava i Pesci Morti Sulla Riva del Fiume -Sfortunatamente Non Abbiamo L'Orchestra (cs, Megamago, 1985)BIG APPLE BAND - You Should Be Dancing FREIWILLIGE SELBSTKONTROLLE - Eingeschlagene Schaufenster - V/A:  Lieber Zuviel Als Zuwenig (ZickZack, 1981)NO CUE - Craving Coincidence (Excerpt)BRIAN TURNER SOYBOY TAKEDOWNFAXED - Can Megamix (NL, CDR, 2025)HARALD "SACK" ZIEGLER -  W.S.f.O. - Winzige Stücke Für Orgel (n.UR-Kult Releases, 1994)JOE MANERI - Paniots Nine - Paniots Nine (1963, re: Avant, 1998)SUNDAE PAINTERS - Sweet Dreams - Sundae Painters (Leather Jacket, 2023)

Lords: * John * Kevin * https://www.youtube.com/@kevin_hainline Topics: * Asking for help / Dealing with the slightest criticism/suggestions/etc * Roger Rabbit and Marvel vs. Capcom were big deals. How long until multiverse & crossover shit is exciting again? * Update on media that makes me feel things vs. media that doesn't * "Bell's Theorem"", a poem that I wrote, and then, at a poetry reading someone suggested the next poem and it demonstrated how good poets are pretty amazing and I am not a good poet * https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CkNH-KlDCAMRNsI6hDZjlyvOpAgM2TsP8x-lIp5TeqQ/edit?usp=sharing * We're in a golden age of new official localizations and rereleases of old games (and why am I not playing them?!) Microtopics: * Some guy on the internet. * Transparent aluminum ukuleles. * Hurting your fingers because your ukulele action is too high. * Do you still call them cowboy chords when you play them on a ukulele? * An astronomer making a series of Youtube videos about Jurassic Park. * The history of Mr. DNA. * How much kids in the early 90s loved Jamaicans. * Solving a 30 year old Internet mystery. * Suing Michael Crichton to make him put you in the Jurassic Park acknowledgements section. * The Ancient DNA Study Group. * Ian Malcolm just saying a bunch of lines from James Gleick's "Chaos." * Going into slow motion to show all the Victorian era pickpocketing. * Asking an august astronomer to critique your work and squirming as he critiques your work. * Therapy-style processing via Topic Lords. * People who like being asked for help because it gives them an opportunity to help. * The German word for being a person. * Being so overly polite that people feel obligated to reassure you that you don't need to be so polite, which is a big pain. * After someone helps you, asking for clarification on whether they wanted to help or if they felt obligated. * How to save Jim a lot of time and effort. * Two people coming from the same gross Internet soup. (Not 4chan) * The friends you made on the Pokey the Penguin mailing list. * Swearing to kids these days that the internet was good once. * Finding the exact right gif for your animated profile picture. * Pretend socialization: it's still socialization. * Knowing a guy by his Internet handle for decades and suddenly having to call him his birth name. * When crossovers started being a thing. * The Supreme Court ruling that corporations are people, saying the stage for the world depicted in Bio Freaks for the N64. * Daffy and Donald playing rival pianos. * Detective Munch's cameo in Fortnite. * Konami Wai Wai World. * Vib Ribbon n Astro Bot. * Why am I on this show when I could be playing Vib Ribbon? * Burning episodes of Topic Lords to CD-R so you can play them in Vib Ribbon. * Extremely pixelated vector art. * The save the cat moment on Topic Lords. * Mind-blowing crossover media events where the mind-blowing part is how much they paid all the lawyers to negotiate the deal. * Why the indie game scene hadn't produced a League of Extraordinary Gentlemen with public domain characters like Robin Hood, Santa Claus, Mickey Mouse and Abraham Lincoln. * Reagan-Gorbachev. * Which president was kidnapped by ninjas. * Choosing to let the ninjas keep Ronald Reagan. * Ape Out: Get Back In There! * Pushing the left stick to lean and pushing the triggers to lift either foot. * Trying to play a video game in which you dislike the protagonist. * A guy whose defining trait is that he tries to get out of every conversation as quickly as possible. * Playing with the mismatch between what the player wants and what the player character wants. * Upsetting the apple cart of how video games work. * A minimap that takes up the top fifth of the screen but is nonfunctional until you unlock it halfway through the game. * Which Jurassic Park video game is most interesting and which is most fun. * Looking down at your cleavage to see your health meter. * Saying the secret word and screaming real loud. * A poem based on a physics thing. * Forgetting your ex girlfriend's face, along with all the state capitals. * Time pointing an arrow at your back, and you walk. * The New Physicality of Long-Distance Love. * Sending a poet up on the spaceship to drain buckets from downtown. * A poem written sometime between 1936 and 1992. * Off-Topic Lords, a place for people who shout answers at podcasts in grocery stores. * A collection of Double Dragon and Kunio-kun games. * Kid Dracula. * Mother 3's copyright nightmare. * Mario Paint on the Switch 2. * Who was the Terry that Chris Houlihan replaced in Nintendo World Cup? * Satellaview games ported to the Switch. * Batman Loves Him a Parallelogram. * Joining the discord for the best PicoSteveMo experience. * KevinHainlineOnYoutube.com * Naming a distant galaxy after yourself and other astronomers mocking you mercilessly.

At the Crexendo UGM, Amit (Bodhi) Bijlani, Co-Founder and CEO of Voxtell AI, joined Technology Reseller News Publisher Doug Green to discuss how his company is reshaping the way service providers deploy conversational AI. Fresh off the CodeFest stage, Bijlani announced the launch of Voxtell AI's NetSapiens plugin—a light, embedded version of the company's full-featured voice AI assistant platform that integrates directly into the NetSapiens customer portal. “Our goal was to make AI accessible to every NetSapiens partner,” Bijlani said. “Now they can resell AI assistants to their customers without leaving the portal—they don't need another login or platform.” Voxtell AI's solution enables inbound and outbound AI calling, two-way SMS, knowledge base integration, lead scoring, data extraction, and recording and transcription—all within a fully white-labeled, reseller-ready environment. The company's new plugin uses NetSapiens single sign-on for frictionless access, allowing MSPs and partners to deploy AI assistants in under a day, while end users can train and launch their assistants in just minutes using existing web or Google Business data. Bijlani explained that the product evolved from analyzing Voxtell's own CDR data and identifying missed opportunities in after-hours and weekend calls. That insight led to a year-and-a-half development effort culminating in a scalable, omnichannel AI assistant platform that's both simple to deploy and deeply customizable. “We're giving service providers a fast, sticky way to add AI value to every account,” Bijlani noted, emphasizing that the solution integrates easily with CRMs and third-party apps through its MCP server. Whether connecting to Salesforce, HubSpot, or industry-specific systems like Open Dental, partners can extend automation and customer engagement without heavy development. For NetSapiens partners, this means new revenue, tighter customer relationships, and faster entry into the AI economy—all without leaving the familiar NetSapiens ecosystem. Learn more: voxtell.ai

professorjrod@gmail.comStorage didn't just get bigger; it got personal. We rewind to the late '90s and early 2000s to unpack the clash between Iomega's Zip drive and the laser-lit world of the CD—two formats that taught a generation how to back up, carry, and truly own their data. From the pain of 30‑floppy installs to the thrill of dropping a 700 MB burn into a jewel case, we dig into what made each medium take off, where they stumbled, and why their lessons still shape how we save files today.We start with the super floppy dreams behind Zip 100—engineering choices, bold “Click. Zip. Done.” marketing, and the way creatives, students, and IT teams built daily workflows around blue drives and rugged cartridges. Then we confront the trust crisis of the “click of death,” the lawsuits and lost archives, and how fast‑rising alternatives—CD‑ROM, cheaper external hard drives, and the first USB sticks—changed the game. Along the way, we share real‑world snapshots: college labs checking out Zip disks like library cards, E3 press kits living on cartridges, and NASA quietly slotting Zip into space for portable transfer.Next, lasers take center stage. We chart the CD's leap from digital audio to data with 650–700 MB per disc, the fall in drive costs, and the cultural surge fueled by Myst, Encarta, and Wing Commander. CD‑R and CD‑RW flipped the script by giving anyone the power to publish, archive, and share—burning playlists, handing off portfolios, and shipping software at scale. We revisit the AOL CD blitz, the DVD capacity boom, and the slow fade of optical drives as broadband, flash storage, and cloud sync took over. Through it all, a throughline emerges: good storage changes behavior. When saving is simple, people back up. When media is portable, they create and share more.By the end, you'll see why Zip and CD were more than formats—they were habits, rituals, and signals of identity in an era when data became a part of daily life. Hit play, ride the nostalgia, and take away practical lessons on redundancy, media reliability, and the tradeoffs behind every storage shift. If this brought back memories of your first burn or the dreaded click, subscribe, share with a friend, and leave a review to keep the conversation going.Support the showIf you want to help me with my research please e-mail me.Professorjrod@gmail.comIf you want to join my question/answer zoom class e-mail me at Professorjrod@gmail.comArt By Sarah/DesmondMusic by Joakim KarudLittle chacha ProductionsJuan Rodriguez can be reached atTikTok @ProfessorJrodProfessorJRod@gmail.com@Prof_JRodInstagram ProfessorJRod

“Taxes are a monster, but we tame it and make it digestible,” says CeeJay Barber, Vice President of Business Development at Datagate. At Navigate 25, Barber sat down with Doug Green, Publisher of Technology Reseller News, to explain why billing is one of the toughest challenges facing managed service providers (MSPs)—and how Datagate is helping them streamline the process. Datagate provides a billing platform purpose-built for MSPs in telecom. The system automates everything from call detail record (CDR) ingestion and taxation to PSA integration and unified invoicing. With over 500 service providers on the platform, Barber stressed the importance of compliance in an increasingly fragmented regulatory landscape: “If you try to take it on by yourself, you'll overcomplicate your processes, overspend, and still risk getting it wrong.” One highlight of the discussion was Datagate's new Halo PSA integration for AT&T's Apex channel. The solution allows provisioning, billing, and customer management to occur within a single workflow, eliminating the need for multiple AT&T portal logins and ensuring billing flows seamlessly back into Datagate. Barber emphasized that Datagate is deeply API-driven, making it a strong fit with Alianza and Metaswitch partners. “Any Alianza partner can work with Datagate,” he noted. “If you're providing voice and need it billed and taxed accurately, we can integrate it into your workflow.” With AI-driven innovation, regulatory complexity, and growing MSP demand for bundled services, Barber positioned Datagate as a critical enabler for service providers looking to scale without sacrificing compliance. For more information, visit datagate-i.com.

Let's face it, most teens aren't exactly known for having the healthiest habits, but did you know that the adolescent diet is considered the poorest of all age and population groups? While nutrient gaps are concerning at any age, they're especially critical during adolescence when teens gain up to 25% of their adult height, 50% of adult weight, and undergo significant brain changes. In today's episode, we're outlining which nutrients are most important during the teenage years and empowering parents and nutrition experts to successfully set teens up for optimal growth and development. Don't tune out too early; we outline 3 superstar foods that deliver multiple essential nutrients and share which ones we stock in our own kitchen.    This episode was developed in partnership with the nutrition scientists and registered dietitians at the National Cattlemen's Beef Association, a contractor to the Beef Checkoff.    1.0 CPEU Available for RDNs: Dietitians listening can go to beefnutritioneducation.org to receive their continuing education certificate for listening. This episode has been submitted to CDR for approval of 1.0 CPEU.    Thank you for listening to The Happy Eating Podcast. Tune in weekly on Thursdays for new episodes! For even more Happy Eating, head to our website!  https://www.happyeatingpodcast.com Learn More About Our Hosts:  Carolyn Williams PhD, RD: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/realfoodreallife_rd/ Website: https://www.carolynwilliamsrd.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RealFoodRealLifeRD/ Brierley Horton, MS, RD Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brierleyhorton/ Got a question or comment for the pod? Please shoot us a message!  happyeatingpodcast@gmail.com Produced by Lester Nuby OE Productions