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Assassin's Creed Shadows gives players the chance to visit the imperial capital of medieval Japan. But today, we're heading to a mountain lying just northeast of the capital: Mount Hiei, a sacred site that was protected by a powerful army of warrior monks. Dr Chris Harding, Senior Lecturer in Asian History from the University of Edinburgh, returns to help Matt Lewis understand what life was like on Mount Hiei during the late Sengoku period; its role in the story of Japanese unification; and what all this can tell us about Japanese religious beliefs at the time.Echoes of History is a Ubisoft podcast, brought to you by History Hit. Hosted by: Matt LewisEdited by: Tim ArstallProduced by: Matt Lewis, Robin McConnellSenior Producer: Anne-Marie LuffProduction Manager: Beth DonaldsonExecutive Producers: Etienne Bouvier, Julien Fabre, Steve Lanham, Jen BennettMusic:Temple by The FlightRoaming the Wild by The FlightNaoe Combat by The FlightIf you liked this podcast please subscribe, share, rate & review. Take part in our listener survey here.Tell us your favourite Assassin's Creed game or podcast episode at echoes-of-history@historyhit.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

With Day of the Dead, Halloween and All Souls Day being marked in different countries around the world - Shahidha Bari's guests discuss the belief in ghosts and the search for meaning in mysticism. They are:Dr Chris Harding is a cultural historian of Japan, India and East-West connections and is based at the University of Edinburgh. He is the author of The Japanese and Japan Story.Dr Hetta Howes is a Senior Lecturer in English Literature at City, University of London and Deputy Programme Director for the BA in English. She is a BBC Radio 3 and 4 New Generation Thinker and the author of a new book “Poet Mystic Widow Wife: The Extraordinary Lives of Medieval Women.”Simon Critchley is a philosopher and the Hans Jonas Professor of Philosophy at the New School for Social Research in New York, USA. His latest book is On Mysticism: The Experience of Ecstasy.Dr Iriving Finkel is Assistant Keeper of Ancient Mesopotamian script, languages and cultures in the Department of the Middle East at the British Museum and has published The First Ghosts: A rich history of ancient ghosts and ghost storiesProducer: Lisa Jenkinson

What can we learn from over 2,000 years of fascination with the East? Chris Harding explores this question in The Light of Asia – a book that shares its title with a poem about the Buddha from the nineteenth century. His focus is on characters whose personal engagement with Asian traditions shaped Western perceptions.Our conversation reflects on the impact of efforts to reconcile different viewpoints. Does one way of seeing predominate? What guards against cherry-picking? Among many other topics, we also consider:* The early influence of Jesuits in spreading ideas* Alan Watts as a priest, blurring multiple boundaries* Bede Griffiths and inter-religious experiments in India* The importance of community to spiritual practice* What it might mean to “decolonise philosophy”Chris is a cultural historian at the University of Edinburgh, specialising in modern India and Japan. He contributes regularly to the BBC, and a range of publications, including Aeon and Unherd. He is also the author of IlluminAsia.

If you are an entrepreneur, you need to have this skill. Chris Harding, Salt Lake County Auditor, and Susan Speirs, the CEO of UACPA, discuss accounting and the changing world of the tax field.  It's not just for old, white men without a sense of humor anymore. What role does A.I. hold in the world of accounting? And -- have you ever thought of Money Camp for your high school kids?  Get more info from Susan Speirs HERE. You can follow this show on Instagram and on Facebook. And to see what Heather does when she's not talking money, go to her personal X (Twitter) page. Be sure to email Heather your questions and request topics you'd like her to cover here.

CHRIS HARDING THORNTON chats to Paul Burke about her new novel LITTLE UNDERWORLD, being a seventh generation Nebraskan, noir, PICKARD COUNTY ATLAS and music.   LITTLE UNDERWORLD: Omaha, 1930. When ex-cop-turned-PI Jim Beely murders the man who assaulted his fourteen-year-old daughter, the last person he wants to see is local crooked cop Frank Tvrdik. Luckily, Frank isn't interested in the lifeless body in Jim's car. Frank has a proposition: he'll make the dead man disappear if Jim helps take down Elmer Kobb, who is vying for city commissioner and willing to backstab anyone who gets in his way.Soon, Jim and Frank are sucked into a seedy world of crime and corruption, where no one is safe and nothing is what it seems. Then Jim is violently attacked and one of his operatives turns up dead within the span of twelve hours, and his search for the truth yields a web of lies and a mounting death toll. As he and Frank are pulled deeper into the city's dark underbelly and its absurd political machinations, Jim begins to question everything he knows about Omaha and his place in it.In her moody, ferocious, and darkly funny follow-up to Pickard County Atlas, a novel Tana French called a "slow-burning beauty of a book," the native Nebraskan Chris Harding Thornton mines Omaha's sordid past, melding fact and fiction into an unforgettable tale of danger and deceit. Little Underworld asks: What does it mean to be good, and what is left for those of us who aren't?Chris Harding Thornton, a seventh-generation Nebraskan, holds an MFA from the University of Washington and a Ph.D. from the University of Nebraska, where she has taught literature and writing courses. Her other professions have included quality assurance overseer at a condom factory, jar-lid screwer at a plastics plant, closer at Burger King, record store clerk, all-ages club manager, and PR writer. Pickard County Atlas is her first novel.Recommendation:Steve Weddle The County Line Mentions - James Welch, Sherwood Anderson, Sarah Orne Jewett & Willa CatherPaul Burke writes for Monocle Magazine, Crime Time, Crime Fiction Lover and the European Literature Network. He is also a CWA Historical Dagger Judge 2023. An Encyclopedia of  Spy Fiction will be out in 2025.Music courtesy of  Guy Hale KILLING ME SOFTLY - MIKE ZITO featuring Kid Anderson. GUY HALE Produced by Junkyard DogCrime TimeProduced by Junkyard DogCrime TimeCrime Time FM is the official podcast ofGwyl Crime Cymru Festival 2023CrimeFest 2023CWA Daggers 2023& Newcastle Noir 20232024??

Viking burials, preserving archaeology in Uganda, the morgues of Paris and New York and the medieval attitude to dying are our topics as Chris Harding hears about new research from archaeologists Marianne Hem Eriksen and Pauline Harding, and historians Cat Byers and Harriet Soper.Catriona Byers is completing a PhD at King's College London on the nineteenth-century morgues of Paris and New York Dr Marianne Hem Eriksen is Associate Professor of Archaeology at the University of Leicester and a BBC/AHRC New Generation Thinker. You can find an Essay she has written for BBC Radio 3 drawing on her research available now on BBC Sounds Dr Harriet Soper is Lecturer in Medieval Literature at the University of Bristol Pauline Harding is working on a PhD at UCL's Institute of Archaeology, about spirits and approaches to cultural heritage in UgandaProducer: Robyn Read

The medieval poet Hafez and how his work speaks to today, the impact of digs undertaken by 19th-century feminist archaeologist Jane Dieulafoy and the novels she wrote looking back to a Persian past, the role of classical singing and the impact of the Mongol invasion are discussed by the academics Julia Hartley, Lecturer in Comparative Literature at the University of Glasgow; Michelle Assay, Principal investigator of the Marie Curie/UKRI project, “Women and Western Art Music in Iran” at King's College London; Sussan Babaie, Professor in the Arts of Iran and Islam at the Courtauld Institute and Ide Haghi, Lecturer in Modern Foreign Languages at the University of Glasgow. Chris Harding presents.Producer: Jayne EgertonJulia Hartley's book Iran and French Orientalism: Persia in the Literary Culture of Nineteenth-Century France is out now. You can hear more from Julia in a Free Thinking discussion about Alexander the Great and in a Radio 3 Essay called Alexander and the Persians. Michelle Assay contributed to a discussion about Lady Macbeth. All are available as Arts & Ideas podcasts and on BBC Sounds.

Chris Harding Thornton is a professor at the University of Nebraska who has worked a truly impressive collection of jobs—she's been a quality assurance overseer at a condom factory, a jar-lid screwer at a plastics plant, a closer at Burger King, a record store clerk, an all-ages club manager, and a PR writer. Her debut novel, Pickard County Atlas, received critical acclaim in The New Yorker, the Wall Street Journal, the Seattle Times, and the Minneapolis Star Tribune, amongst many other outlets. Killer Women is copyrighted by Authors on the Air Global Radio Network #podcast #author #interview #authors #KillerWomen #KillerWomenPodcast #authorsontheair #podcast #podcaster #killerwomen #killerwomenpodcast #authors #authorsofig #authorsofinstagram #authorinterview #writingcommunity #authorsontheair #suspensebooks #authorssupportingauthors #thrillerbooks #suspense #wip #writers #writersinspiration #books #bookrecommendations #bookaddict #bookaddicted #bookaddiction #bibliophile #read #amreading #lovetoread #daniellegirard #daniellegirardbooks #chrishardingthornton #fsgbooks

Chris Harding Thornton is a professor at the University of Nebraska who has worked a truly impressive collection of jobs—she's been a quality assurance overseer at a condom factory, a jar-lid screwer at a plastics plant, a closer at Burger King, a record store clerk, an all-ages club manager, and a PR writer. Her debut novel, Pickard County Atlas, received critical acclaim in The New Yorker, the Wall Street Journal, the Seattle Times, and the Minneapolis Star Tribune, amongst many other outlets. Killer Women is copyrighted by Authors on the Air Global Radio Network #podcast #author #interview #authors #KillerWomen #KillerWomenPodcast #authorsontheair #podcast #podcaster #killerwomen #killerwomenpodcast #authors #authorsofig #authorsofinstagram #authorinterview #writingcommunity #authorsontheair #suspensebooks #authorssupportingauthors #thrillerbooks #suspense #wip #writers #writersinspiration #books #bookrecommendations #bookaddict #bookaddicted #bookaddiction #bibliophile #read #amreading #lovetoread #daniellegirard #daniellegirardbooks #chrishardingthornton #fsgbooks

Chris Harding Thornton is a professor at the University of Nebraska who has worked a truly impressive collection of jobs—she's been a quality assurance overseer at a condom factory, a jar-lid screwer at a plastics plant, a closer at Burger King, a record store clerk, an all-ages club manager, and a PR writer. Her debut novel, Pickard County Atlas, received critical acclaim in The New Yorker, the Wall Street Journal, the Seattle Times, and the Minneapolis Star Tribune, amongst many other outlets. Killer Women is copyrighted by Authors on the Air Global Radio Network #podcast #author #interview #authors #KillerWomen #KillerWomenPodcast #authorsontheair #podcast #podcaster #killerwomen #killerwomenpodcast #authors #authorsofig #authorsofinstagram #authorinterview #writingcommunity #authorsontheair #suspensebooks #authorssupportingauthors #thrillerbooks #suspense #wip #writers #writersinspiration #books #bookrecommendations #bookaddict #bookaddicted #bookaddiction #bibliophile #read #amreading #lovetoread #daniellegirard #daniellegirardbooks #chrishardingthornton #fsgbooks

In the first decades of the 20th century the Japanese philosopher Kitaro Nishida sent students to Europe and America to see what they could discover about Western philosophy. Keiji Nishitani went to Freiburg to study under Martin Heidegger, and became one of the leading figures in the Kyoto School, a project of synthesis that tried to read the Japanese intellectual tradition through the lens of European philosophy and vice versa. These thinkers took ideas from Christian mysticism, German idealism and Phenomenology, and combined them with an interest in direct experience shaped by Japanese Zen and other forms of Buddhism. But it was work carried out in Japan in the 1930s, in a society becoming increasingly militaristic and tending towards fascism. Chris Harding discusses the Kyoto School and its legacy with James Heisig, Professor Emeritus at Nanzan University, Graham Parkes, Professorial Research Fellow in Philosophy at the University of Vienna, Raquel Bouso, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, and Takeshi Morisato, Lecturer in Non-Western Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh.Producer: Luke Mulhall

Sixty years after the death of C. S. Lewis's, his best known work, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, is still for many a childhood favourite and it's also the subject of a new literary study. Christianity was central to all of Lewis's his novels, his academic writing and generalist non-fiction. It is also his Christianity that divides his admirers and detractors. This tension lies at the heart of a new film which stages a clash between two ways of thinking, the psychoanalytic and the religious. Freud's Last Session imagines an encounter between Lewis and Freud exploring the clash between their views of human nature and faith. Chris Harding and guests examine how we're still wrestling with the belief and the imagination of C.S. Lewis today.Meg Thomson is the producer of Freud's Last Session, starring Anthony Hopkins as Freud and Matthew Goode as LewisJem Bloomfield is an assistant professor at the University of Nottingham and the the author of a new, literary exploration of Paths in the Snow: A Literary Journey through The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.Ruth Jackson is co-host of the C.S. Lewis podcast and a producer at Premier Unbelievable Christian Radio.Justin Brierley is a writer and broadcaster, his latest book is The Surprising Rebirth of Belief in God.Producer: Ruth Watts

I've been Thinking is the title of a memoir from philosopher and cognitive scientist Daniel Dennett. Philip Goff is a Professor at Durham University who's written Why ? The Purpose of the Universe. The Bishop Auckland Project is opening a new museum exploring faith and their curator Amina Wright joins them and podcaster and former director of Theos Liz Oldfield for a discussion about finding meaning. The presenter is Chris Harding. Producer: Luke Mulhall You can find a collection of programmes exploring Philosophy and looking at Religious Belief on the Free Thinking programme website. All of them are available to download as Arts and Ideas podcasts and on BBC Sounds

A world of sprites and spirits encountered by childhood sisters in the 1988 animated feature film by Hayao Miyazaki (Spirited Away) and Studio Ghibli has become a hit stage adaptation for the Royal Shakespeare Company. The original composer Joe Hisaishi worked with playwright Tom Morton-Smith and Director Phelim McDermott and the production returns to the Barbican this autumn. Chris Harding and guests look at how this story of Totoro relates to Japanese beliefs about ghosts and nature, and how Miyazaki used ideas of childhood innocence to critique post-War Japanese society. Chris Harding is joined by the playwright Tom Morton-Smith, Michael Leader from the podcast Ghiblioteque, Dr Shiro Yoshioka, Lecturer in Japanese Studies at the University of Newcastle, and Dr Xine Yao, co-director of qUCL at University College London, and a Radio 3/AHRC New Generation Thinker. My Neighbour Totoro from the Royal Shakespeare Company in collaboration with Improbable and Nippon TV runs at the Barbican Theatre in London from 23 November Music from Studio Ghibli films is included in a BBC Prom concert being performed by the BBC Concert Orchestra on Monday August 28th and then available on BBC Sounds. You can find a collection of programmes exploring different facets of Japanese culture on the Free Thinking programme website https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0657spq Producer: Luke Mulhall

In this episode we look at one of the commonest conditions we see in urology; recurrent UTIs in women.  Sophia and Hari are joined by international expert, and lead investigator on the ALTAR trial, Professor Chris Harding from Newcastle, who shares his extensive experience of managing this condition.  

The influence of World War Two on philosophical thinking is the focus of today's discussion as Chris Harding explores the years when the University of Oxford hosted one of the most distinctive and influential philosophy departments in the English speaking world. Thinkers like J.L. Austin, Gilbert Ryle and Elizabeth Anscombe, although very different in their own right, developed a style of philosophising that is sometimes called 'ordinary language philosophy': rejecting grand theory or metaphysical speculation, it was driven by the earnest conviction that philosophical problems could be dissolved, rather than solved, by paying close attention to the minutiae of language and speech as they are actually used. The proponents of ordinary language philosophy were profoundly influenced by the experience of the Second World War: they were serious, modest, and working in the same spirit as the post-War reconstruction of Britain (including the foundation of the NHS) that was going on around them. And yet within a couple of decades, that style of philosophy was completely out of fashion. Chris Harding is joined by: Nikhil Krishnan, author of A Terribly Serious Adventure: Oxford Philosophy 1900 - 1960 Rachael Wiseman, co-author (with Clare MacCumhaill) of Metaphysical Animals: How Four Women Brought Philosophy Back To Life M.W. Rowe, author of J.L. Austin: Philosopher and D-Day Intelligence Officer And David Edmonds, author of Parfit, a biography of one of the most influential moral philosophers of recent decades, and a leading light of the generation that succeeded ordinary language philosophy at Oxford. Producer: Luke Mulhall You can find a collection of episodes exploring philosophy on the Free Thinking programme website including, Simone de Beauvoir, Hannah Arendt, early and later Wittgenstein, pansychism, epistemic injustice

The Second World War obsessed Luke Turner when he was growing up, before he founded the music website Quietus. Music has also been former teacher and now Add to Playlist host Jeffrey Boakye's passion and he's written a novel for teens called Kofi and the Rap Battle. Lisa Sugiura researches the online world that has drawn in so many. Chris Harding has been to see the new James Graham play at the National Theatre which explores the football team put together by Gareth Southgate. They come together for a conversation about how young men find their role models and navigate growing up? Jeffrey Boakye's books include Hold Tight: Black masculinity, millennials and the meaning of grime and What is Masculinity? Why does it matter? And other big questions (co-authored with Darren Chetty); his new childrens' book is called Kofi and the Rap Battle Summer. Lisa Sugiura researches focuses on cybercrime and gender at the University of Portsmouth Men at War: Loving, lusting, fighting, remembering 1939-1945 by Luke Turner is out now Dear England by James Graham runs at the National Theatre until August 11th 2023 You might also be interested in a Free Thinking conversation about the changing image of masculinity with authors Ben Lerner, JJ Bola and Derek Owusu https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000b0mx And Matthew Sweet talked with photographer Sunil Gupta, authors CN Lester and Tom Shakespeare, and a Barbican exhibition curator Alona Pardo about How do we build a new masculinity? https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000gm6h

Is it ever okay to pass off someone else's work as your own? What if it's a computer programme faking it? And how are our perceptions of ownership and Identity influenced by the apparent power of digital technology? These are some of the big questions Chris Harding discusses with : Rebecca Kuang, author of a new novel, ‘Yellowface', which is largely a story about plagiarism and publishing, but also touches on identity, social media and use of digital technology in perpetuating misinformation. New Generation Thinker Kerry McInerny, who researches the impact of AI. Amongst other aspects she's looking at how it can get things wrong, and its misuse in racial profiling. https://www.gender.cam.ac.uk/technology-gender-and-intersectionality-research-project/kerry-mackereth And, MIT economist Daron Acemoglu, whose new book ‘Power and Progress' says advances in technology don't always equate with positive outcomes. He discusses the way AI algorithms have been used in social media to make money and spread hate, but also outlines how we can harness tech for good Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity written by Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson is out now Ghislaine Boddington is a curator and director, specialising in the future human, body responsive technologies and digital intimacy. She is a Reader in Digital Immersion at the University of Greenwich. https://ghislaineboddington.com/ You can find more from Kerry on the Arts and Ideas podcast as part of our strand New Thinking – made in partnership with the Arts and Humanities Research Council which focuses specifically on research being done in UK universities – And the AHRC is also behind a big project involving academics in Edinburgh and the Ada Lovelace Institute looking at AI ethics And if you want to hear about AI in music – composers Robert Laidlow and Emily Howard talked to Radio 3's Music Matters programme and you can find that on BBC Sounds https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001l4d8

Overcoming grief, historian Rachel Hewitt's new book mixes recent personal history and her experiences of fell running and lockdown with her research into the pioneering mountain climber known as Lizzie Le Blond (1860 – 1934). In 1907, Le Blond set up the Ladies' Alpine Club and over her lifetime made 20 first ascents of different peaks. Chris Harding is joined by Rachel Hewitt, Dr Ben Anderson from Keele University, and science writer Caroline Williams to discuss alpine sports, running, risk and research into health and fitness ahead of Mental Health Awareness Week. Producer: Julian Siddle Rachel Hewitt and Ben Anderson were both chosen as BBC/AHRC New Generation Thinkers in the scheme which turns research into radio. Rachel's book In Her Nature How Women Break Boundaries in the Great Outdoors : A Past, Present and Personal Story is out now. You can hear more from Dr Ben Anderson in an episode called Simplify your life - ideas from 20th-century radicals https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000d826 Caroline Williams is the author of Move ! The new science of body over mind. You might be interested in other Free Thinking discussions all available as Arts & Ideas podcasts, on BBC Sounds and the programme website Running https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b087yrll Tacita Dean, Mountains, John Tyndall https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b3fkt3 Radio 3 has a series of programmes exploring different music for Mental Health including special episodes of the Classical Mixtape

From lessons in civility learnt playing French board game to the value of babbling by babies in speech development, a history of central heating to the neglected industrial landscapes of the A13, Anti-Asian tropes in AI, Quaker needlework to Viking burial practices, 70's women's art collectives, the history of Ireland's Magdalen laundries to the first philosophy book by a woman to be published in C17 century Germany: Chris Harding hears about the research topics of ten early career academics chosen as the 2023 New Generation Thinkers on the scheme run by the BBC and the Arts and Humanities Research Council to promote academic research and turn it into radio broadcasts Incidentally you can also find on BBC Sounds the set of Essays by the 2022 New Generation Thinkers and there's a collection of other discussions and features from New Generation Thinkers across the years on BBC Radio 3's Free Thinking programme website But in this podcast Chris Harding talks to: Dr Marianne Hem Eriksen, Associate Professor of Archaeology at the University of Leicester is working on a project which asks what does it mean if a human body isn't buried and the bones are broken apart and scattered? Dr Andrew Cooper, Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Warwick is researching "Germany's Mary Wollstonecraft" - Amalia Holst Dr Ana Baeza Ruiz, Loughborough University is conducting an oral history project looking at women's art collectives in 1970s Britain and Ireland Dr Gemma Tidman, a Leverhulme Early Career Research Fellow at Queen Mary, is working on her second book, Playing on Words: A History of French Literary Play, 1635–1789 Dr Rebecca Woods, a Senior Lecturer in Language and Cognition at Newcastle University, researches how play helps language learning and the value of multi-lingualism Dr Dan Taylor works at the Open University. His most recent book is Spinoza and the Politics of Freedom and he's been an advisor on a BBC-Open University co-production Union, a four-part tv series due later this year presented by David Olusoga Dr Sam Johnson-Schlee, from London South Bank University has been researching a history of gas heating and he's published a kind of domestic spaces memoir titled Living Rooms Dr Kerry McInerney, a Research Fellow at the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence at the University of Cambridge co-hosts the Good Robots podcast and looks at anti-Asian racism in AI Isabella Rosner, is a PhD student at King's College London and presenter of the Sew What? podcast and her research looks at Quaker needlework Dr Louise Brangan, Chancellor's Fellow in Social Work and Social Policy at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow is researching the way Ireland is now coming to terms with the impact of the Magdalene Laundries and the treatment of women and babies. Producer: Ruth Watts

Set in the Nebraska Sandhills, “Pickard County Atlas” is a slow-burning thriller of 6 fateful days that begin at a murdered boy's tombstone. "All About Books" host Pat Leach has a review of this debut novel by Nebraska author Chris Harding Thornton.

How sewing machines wrecked sewing. Why people mistrusted tin cans. What the invention of stainless steel had to do with the military. New research into the impact of industrialisation on materials like tin, steel and sewing machines is shared by the academics Chris Corker from the University of York, Lindsay Middleton from the University of Glasgow, and Serena Dyer who teaches at De Montfort University. Chris Harding hosts the conversation. Producer: Tim Bano

Playwright Zinnie Harris, author Isabelle Schuler and New Generation Thinker Emma Whipday and Michelle Assay have looked at the murdering husband and wife of Shakespeare's Scottish play. Chris Harding hosts a discussion about the Macbeth story from Kurosawa and Shostakovich to a novel called Lady MacBethad and a play called Macbeth an Undoing. Macbeth - an Undoing by Zinnie Harris runs at the Lyceum Edinburgh from Feb 4th to 25th 2023. Throne of Blood Akira Kurosawa's 1957 film is part of a BFI season celebrating the director which runs across February. https://whatson.bfi.org.uk You can find Free Thinking discussions about Rashomon https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b01vwk and Seven Samurai https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03yqt07 available on BBC Sounds Lady MacBethad by Isabelle Schuler is published March 2023. Calixto Beito's production of Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk is being staged at the Geneva Theatre this spring. Alice Birch's 2016 version of this story relocated to Yorkshire is a film available for rent. Michelle Assay is a musician and has researched Shakespeare. A collection called Free Thinking explores Shakespeare are all available to download as the Arts & Ideas podcast and on BBC Sounds https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p06406hm Producer: Ruth Watts

Professor Chris Harding is a Consultant Urologist working at the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle upon Tyne and at Newcastle University. He has a particular interest in bladder dysfunction, continence and urinary tract infections (UTIs). In recent years, his research has focused on non-antibiotic treatments for recurrent UTIs and developing targeted treatments for specific patient groups. In this episode, Professor Chris talks to Dr Louise about the challenges of diagnosing UTIs accurately, the severe impact recurrent UTIs can have on your life, how antibiotics can be used appropriately, and how to prevent UTIs occurring. The experts share some of their plans to study the effects of systemic HRT and vaginal hormone treatments on UTIs in women. Chris's advice if you have recurrent UTIs: You don't need to put up with UTIs in the perimenopause and menopause; there are many proven treatments available Acknowledge that current tests for UTIs are not 100% accurate. If you think you have a UTI, you probably have, even if your test was negative - the diagnosis can always be questioned Discuss with your doctor how you can prevent infections if you have had 2 episodes within 6 months, or 3 within a year Hormone replacement, particularly vaginal treatments, are significantly protective and preventative against UTIs. Follow Prof Chris Harding on social media at @chrisharding123

In today's episode, Tom and Dominic discuss the history of Japan through six characters, with leading cultural historian of Japan, Chris Harding, as they cover feuding lords and buddhist monks, both world wars, Japanese medieval poetry, Manga culture, and much, much more.Join The Rest Is History Club (www.restishistorypod.com) for ad-free listening to the full archive, weekly bonus episodes, live streamed shows and access to an exclusive chatroom community.Twitter:@TheRestHistory @holland_tom @dcsandbrook Email: restishistorypod@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Ich begrüße Sie zum zweiten Teil unserer Oktober-Ausgabe der Talk Noir. Auch heute wieder mit Auszügen aus dem Roman. In "Pickard County Atlas" übersetzt von Kathrin Bielfeld führt uns Chris Harding Thornton in eine Kleinstadt in Nebraska im Jahr 1978. Mitten in eine Hitzewelle. 1960 erschlug ein Landarbeiter den siebenjährigen Dell Reddick. Der Täter rief den Sherrif an und erschoss sich, ohne zu verraten, wo er die Leiche versteckt hatte. Was zu einem familiären Trauma führte. Als der Vater endlich einen Grabstein für den Sohn errichten will, brechen lang verdrängter Hass und unterdrückte Rivalität wieder auf.

The ridiculous side of Romanticism, a new biopic of Emily Brontë and an exhibition about Fuseli and women are on today's agenda as Shahidha Bari is joined by New Generation Thinkers Emma Butcher, Sophie Oliver, Chris Harding and by Andrew McInnes. Emily from writer/director Frances O'Connor starring Emma Mackey as Emily Brontë opens at cinemas across the UK this week. Fuseli and the Modern Woman: Fashion, Fantasy, Fetishism runs at the Courtauld Gallery in London from Oct 14th to Jan 8th 2023 Samuel Taylor Coleridge was born 21 October 1772. You can find more about Fuseli in the book Dinner with Joseph Johnson written by New Generation Thinker Daisy Hay and longlisted for the Baillie Gifford prize - she discussed it in an episode of Free Thinking called Teaching and Inspiration Producer: Luke Mulhall

A world of sprites and spirits encountered by childhood sisters in the 1988 animated feature film by Hayao Miyazaki (Spirited Away) and Studio Ghibli has been adapted for stage by the original composer Joe Hisaishi working with playwright Tom Morton-Smith and Director Phelim McDermott. Chris Harding and guests look at how this story relates to Japanese beliefs about ghosts and nature, and how Miyazaki used ideas of childhood innocence to critique post-War Japanese society. Chris Harding is joined by Tom Morton-Smith, Michael Leader from the podcast Ghiblioteque, Dr Shiro Yoshioka, Lecturer in Japanese Studies at the University of Newcastle, and Dr Xine Yao, co-director of qUCL at University College London, and a Radio 3/AHRC New Generation Thinker. My Neighbour Totoro from the Royal Shakespeare Company in collaboration with Improbable and Nippon TV runs at the Barbican Theatre in London from 8 Oct 2022—Sat 21 Jan 2023 Producer: Luke Mulhall

Frogs, farting competitions, art connoisseurs, courtesans and crows all feature in the art of Kawanabe Kyōsai,- a key Japanese figure who challenged traditions of Japanese art. Kyōsai blurred the lines between popular and elite forms and we take a look at a new exhibition of his work at the Royal Academy. In today's Free Thinking, Chris Harding looks at both his art and the writing of Yukio Mishima. Mishima was one of Japan's most infamous writers when he died in 1970, writing both for the mass market novels and readers of high literature, fusing traditional Japanese and modern Western styles. In his final years he became increasingly interested in extreme politics, a call for the restoration of the Emperor to his pre-war power and culminated in his death by seppuku, the Samurai's ritual suicide. With a new translation of Beautiful Star, we learn about him and the recent reappraisal of his work. Israel Goldman is a leading collector and dealer in the field of Japanese prints, paintings and illustrated books. The exhibition, Kyōsai: The Israel Goldman Collection, is at the Royal Academy from 19th March to 19th June 2022. Koto Sadamura specialises in Japanese art history of the late nineteenth century, with a particular focus on the painter Kawanabe Kyōsai. Stephen Dodd is Professor Emeritus of Japanese Literature at SOAS, University of London. He has written widely on modern Japanese literature and translated two novels by Yukio Mishima, including a new version of Beautiful Star published in April 2022. Kate Taylor-Jones is Professor of East Asian Cinema at the University of Sheffield. Producer: Ruth Watts

Ting Peng of Cointelegraph China, Noah Buxton of Armanino, Tobin McComas of Chamber of Digital Commerce, Chris Harding of Civic, Aaron Jacob and Celine Moille of Taj Deloitte discussed Proof of Reserves: The Future of Trust & Transparency in Crypto.

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In the first episode in our new series on the raid on Pearl Harbor, Chris Harding speaks to Ellie Cawthorne about Japan in the years running up to December 1941. They discuss the long-running historical factors that edged the country ever closer to war with the United States, and ask: what led Japan to embark on such a risky gamble? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

All she wanted was to hear her favorite song... Such Music. Written and directed by Andrew Soucek. Voice talent in this episode: Sarah Palm, Chris Harding, and Caleb Wyatt. Each story is somehow a work of fiction, and with the exception of public figures like Tony Danza, any resemblance to persons living or dead is coincidental, and unexpected.

Welcome to The Long Shadow. In our premiere episode, author Chris Harding Thornton joins Baker and Jason for a deep dive into David Lynch's 1992 maligned/revered "Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me".  https://www.mcdbooks.com/books/pickard-county-atlas (Pickard County Atlas, by Chris Harding Thornton) Julie Muncy, Wired (May, 2017) - https://www.wired.com/2017/05/fire-walk-with-me-retrospective/ (The Maligned Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me is is Better--and More Important--Than You Know) Martyn Contrario, The Guardian (September, 2017) - https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2017/sep/02/twin-peaks-fire-walk-with-me-david-lynch (Fire Walk With Me: how David Lynch's film went from laughing stock to the key to Twin Peaks) David Sims, The Atlantic (May, 2017) - https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2017/05/twin-peaks-fire-walk-with-me-25-years/526968/ (Revisiting the Nightmarish Twin Peaks Movie) TLS on the web https://twitter.com/LongShadowPod (TLS on Twitter) TLS on Instagram https://www.facebook.com/longshadowpod/ (TLS on Facebook)

With the Olympics underway in Tokyo, Chris Harding looks back at 1964 – the last time Japan hosted the competition With the Summer Olympics underway in Tokyo, Chris Harding looks back to the 1964 games – the last time Japan hosted the competition. He explores how the competition redefined the nation on the world stage two decades after the Second World War. (Ad) Christopher Harding is the author of The Japanese: A History in 20 Lives (Allen Lane, 2021). Buy it now from Waterstones: https://go.skimresources.com?id=71026X1535947&xcust=historyextra-social-hexpod&xs=1&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.waterstones.com%2Fbook%2Fthe-japanese%2Fchristopher-harding%2F9780241434505 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Chris Harding, architect and chair of BDP describes what is needed to rise to the top of a company and decribes his position as chair of one of the largest practices in the UK. He decribes the changing needs of the company post-Covid and the day-to-day responsibilities, vision and commercial ambitions that help steer the company. Hosted by Austin Williams www.futurecities.org.uk

A boy from the Nebraska Sandhills was murdered decades ago but his body was never found. In the suspense novel, “Pickard County Atlas.” UNL Lecturer Chris Harding Thorton has written a book combining menace and dark humor. On this week’s "All About Books” the author shares her Nebraska background and influences that helped shape the novel

A boy from the Nebraska Sandhills was murdered decades ago but his body was never found. In the suspense novel, “Pickard County Atlas.” UNL Lecturer Chris Harding Thorton has written a book combining menace and dark humor. On this week’s "All About Books” the author shares her Nebraska background a...

Chris Harding Thornton talks about her magnificent debut novel https://chrishardingthornton.com/ (“Pickard County Atlas,”) sharing how Shakespeare influenced the book, as well as how themes such as free will or the lack of it play on the lives and actions of the main characters. Thornton also talks about her life and its geographic dislocations and how the craft of writing emerged for her.

Today we speak with three of Carry The Load's long-time rally chairs who have helped grow our national footprint by joining our Memorial May campaign and including their communities every year. Mayor Chris Harding of Yardly, PA, Sean Magee of Congers, NY and Holly Cline of Clovis, CA! As Carry The Load has expanded over the past decade from the Dallas Memorial March to the National Relay, our 70+ Rallies have built relationships with dozens of communities and thousands of participants. We speak with Mayor Harding, Sean, and Holly about how their rallies impacted the residents of their communities. These are their Lessons From The Front.

Some songs to accompany our talk with novelist Chris Harding Thornton and her new novel Pickard County Atlas. Tracks from PJ Harvey, Jesus Lizard, The Jam, Pulp, His Hero Is Gone, Louis Armstrong and His Savoy Ballroom Five, Rocket from the Crypt, Meat Beat Manifesto, Dr. Dre ft. Snoop Dogg, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, and George Jones.

We talk to writer Chris Harding Thornton about her debut novel, Pickard County Atlas, out this week on MCD Books. We discuss overrated bands, noir, life as an opera major, working at a record store in the 1990s, what our families think about our writing, and the books we hate.

From the Trans-Siberian to The Ghan, here are the best train trips across the globe from our expert rail tour guide.

From the Trans-Siberian to The Ghan, here are the best train trips across the globe from our expert rail tour guide.

Chris Harding gives a lecture on Japan’s attempts to carve out a place for itself in a world dominated by western power and cultureIn a lecture he delivered at our 2019 Chester History Weekend, inspired by his book Japan Story: In Search of a Nation, Chris Harding explores Japan’s attempts to carve out a place for itself in a world dominated by western power and culture. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Josh, Mark, and PJ of Beaver Fever Brewing are in it to win it this year—the Provincial Brewing Championship, that is! Though they'll have to go further than they expected to claim top prize once their exotic yeast gets a little... hungry...   You can find & subscribe to our show on iTunes, Google Play, or anywhere else you stream your podcasts. We're on social media, @unexpectedshow on Twitter and @theunexpectedpodcast on Facebook. You can also find out what we're up to on our website, www.theunexpectedpodcast.com. The Beast from the Yeast was written and directed by Sarah Palm. Voice talent on this episode includes Reid Lunemann, Josh Wilson, Chris Harding, Sarah Palm, Patrick Croce, Erik Bergstrom & Andrew Soucek. Each story is somehow a work of fiction, and with the exception of public figures like Tony Danza, any resemblance to persons living or dead is coincidental, and unexpected. All background music is credited to Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) and Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

Authors Max Porter, Samantha Harvey and Alisdair Benjamin discuss empathy and the role it plays in writing and reading. How does it work? Is it the same in fiction and non-fiction? And how is it faring in a world where data sometimes seems to have replaced feeling. Chris Harding talks to all three about their latest books, Lanny, Let Me Not be Mad and the Western Wind in his search for answers. Let Me Not Be Mad by the neuropsychologist AK Benjamin is out now. Max Porter's second novel is called Lanny. His first, Grief is the Thing with Feathers, has now been turned into a stage production featuring Cillian Murphy which runs at the Barbican from 25 Mar—13 Apr 2019 Samantha Harvey's latest novel The Western Wind - set in a C15th Somerset village - is now out in paperback. Her previous books include The Wilderness - which depicts an architect suffering from Alzheimers who is attempting to order his memories. Producer: Zahid Warley

Dr. Chris Harding is a lecturer on Asian History at the University of Edinburgh. He has focused on Indian and Japanese history in his academic work, and recently wrote an article about Japanese ghost stories and their context in time. He joins MonsterTalk to discuss Yurei — the ghosts of Japan. Listen to MonsterTalk via iTunes, Spotify, Google Play Music, TuneIn, and Stitcher. Get the MonsterTalk Podcast App for iOS, Android, and Windows. Read the episode notes

In this Sunday Feature, historian Chris Harding travels from Tokyo to the deep countryside of Japan's north east to tell the alternative story of the country, looking at how, throughout their history, Japanese people have used ghosts and ghost stories to make sense of themselves and their place in the world. In the aftermath of the Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011, taxi drivers in the area reported 'ghost riders' in their vehicles. The local fire services were called out regularly to locations that turned out to be deserted - but when they started praying for the souls of the dead before returning to base, they were never called back again to the same site... For most of us Japan is the ultimate secular, modern, and future-looking society. But what we encounter in breakthrough films like Ring is a small hint at a vast cultural landscape almost entirely unknown to us: ghosts and the ghostly, never far from the surface in popular consciousness in Japan and breaking through at times of transition or crisis. Producer: Luke Mulhall

On today's show, Divorce Attorney, Chris Harding called in to discuss issues surrounding the topic of Divorce for People That Own a Single-Member LLC.Harding, of Holmes Diggs, PLLC in Dallas, TX, also shared what people considering divorce should be aware of when hiring a divorce professional and also spent time explaining why being a Divorce Attorney lights his passion for helping business owners to overcome some of the common problems which can often prevent them from achieving a successful separation.To learn more about Chris Harding, visit: http://texasfamilylawyers.me/, or dial (713) 303-1217.To listen to the full episode on Impact Makers Radio, visit: https://ImpactMakersRadio.com/Chris-Harding

On today's show, Divorce Attorney, Chris Harding called in to discuss issues surrounding the topic of Divorce for People That Own a Single-Member LLC.Harding, of Holmes Diggs, PLLC in Dallas, TX, also shared what people considering divorce should be aware of when hiring a divorce professional and also spent time explaining why being a Divorce Attorney lights his passion for helping business owners to overcome some of the common problems which can often prevent them from achieving a successful separation.To learn more about Chris Harding, visit: http://texasfamilylawyers.me/, or dial (713) 303-1217.To listen to the full episode on Impact Makers Radio, visit: https://ImpactMakersRadio.com/Chris-Harding

Chris Harding shares on the principles found in the story of Gideon that aided her in her missions work.

Chris Harding shares on the principles found in the story of Gideon that aided her in her missions work.

The second part of our conversation with Chris Harding about law, art and its use in teaching and research. This week we focus on issues of truth and if it is even possible to find.

We spoke with Chris Harding about the relationship between art and the law, and the uses of various types of art in teaching and research.

Some juicy Numerology stuff we cover in this Podcast interview with 8 Life Path Chris Harding: how to break free from the power struggles that keep us from prosperity, an unexpected key to manifesting lasting success in business and what the #8 in Numerology says we MUST include in our ... The post #7: Power & Business Manifestation with 8 Life Path Chris Harding appeared first on Nat Olson.

Chris Harding discusses the work of Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai with Tim Clark, curator of a new exhibition at the British Museum and explores the relationship between Korea and Japan through the visual arts with art historian Angus Locker, Charlotte Horlyck, chair of the Centre for Korean Studies at the School of Oriental & African Studies, and Je Yun Moon, a curator at the Korean Cultural Centre UK overseeing a year-long festival of Korean arts. Plus Aidan Foster-Carter on the US involvement in the formation of North and South Korea. Hokusai: beyond the Great Wave runs at the British Museum from May 25th to August 13th. You can find out more about Hokusai on BBC Radio 4's In Our Time. Producer: Luke Mulhall

MJ Hyland reviews Simon Armitage's The Last Days of Troy at the Royal Exchange Manchester starring Lily Cole. Chris Harding looks at Japanese fears in Godzilla and The Wind Rises. Dr Philip Roscoe and Professor Geoffrey Wood on whether academia needs to change the focus of studies into financial systems. Plus Zoe Norridge discusses Deutsche Borse prize winner Richard Mosse and depictions of African countries affected by war.

Welcome to the sixth podcast in our weekly series where we talk with some of the most inspiring animators working in London. Shynola are a group of animators and film makers, comprised of Chris Harding, Richard "Kenny" Kenworthy, Jason Groves and the late Gideon Baws. They've been directing commercials, music videos and short films since the early 2000's and have worked with some the biggest cult artists of that era including: UNKLE , Radiohead, Blur, Queens of the Stone Age, Coldplay and Beck, not to mention the title sequences & graphics they've directed for The IT Crowd, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World & The Hitchhiker's Guide to The Galaxy. Their most recent offering is their acclaimed short film, 'Dr Easy'. Apologies for the especially terrible sound on this one. Subscribe on itunes! itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-p…rill/id848275029 http://www.shynola.com/ http://www.rsafilms.com/company/rsa-uk/director/shynola https://vimeo.com/shynola https://twitter.com/SHYNOLAfilms Junior Senior - Move Your Feet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPlQpGeTbIE Trent Reznor - How to Destroy Angels https://vimeo.com/57050971 Dope sheet - starring Kenny (2:37 for an interview with Hayao Miyazaki) http://youtu.be/QJFdxegTfK4 Morgan - Flying High http://youtu.be/Ym5Jnu8r9-w Uncle - Guns Blazing http://youtu.be/-Kl9JER0m74 The Littlest Robot http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xch6y_thelittlestroboshortfilm_animals Queens of The Stone Age - Go with The Flow (2003) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcHKOC64KnE&feature=kp Radiohead _ Pyramid Song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2VzLn6DMCE&feature=kp Hitch Hicker’s Guide to The Galaxy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WB8XDk3sQBc David O Reilly http://www.davidoreilly.com/ Truckers Delight https://vimeo.com/7670880 Paul Robertson http://probertson.tumblr.com/ Dr Easy https://vimeo.com/68368877 Dr Easy http://www.created-to-help-you.com/ http://www.created-to-help-you.blogspot.co.uk/ MONAD http://www.monad-lifescience.com/ Steve Malkmus - Jo Jo’s Jacket https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ve7tpz1juyM Attack on Titan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGRm4IzK1SQ Blur - Good Song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRrJugyk1Yw A Town Called Panic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3uG8LLuVPQ Team America https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPBX47zSktc

Today's host(s): Scot Landry and Fr. Matt Williams Today's guest(s): Dr. Ray Guarendi, Carol Pirillo, and Christopher Harding Links from today's show: Today's topics: Pastoring three parishes, Dr. Ray Guarendi, Cards Behind Bars Summary of today's show: It's a feast of topics today. Scot Landry and Fr. Matt Williams continue the discussion of the proposed pastoral plan for the Archdiocese of Boston presented to priests on Monday, by listening to a talk given by Fr. Jack Ahern on lessons learned pastoring three parishes. Then Scot welcomes Dr. Ray Guarendi, host of his own show on WQOM and one of the presenters at this Saturday's WQOM conference in Lowell. Finally, Scot talks with Chris Harding and Carol Pirillo of the Cards Behind Bars ministry, which provides Christmas cards to prisoners to send to their families. 1st segment: Scot said to Fr. Matt that not only is it the beginning of Advent with the new Roman Missal translation, the God of This City tour last week, a Priests' Convocation on Monday, a Sister Olga's new religious community on Friday, and the WQOM conference on Saturday. Fr. Matt recapped the God of This City tour which had over 2,000 people take part over four nights. Friday evening was the culminating event at the Cathedral. They had five priests for confession and all night long the line was over 20 to 30 people deep. Some priests heard confessions for over 4 hours. It shows the need for more priests, but it also shows how the tour brings people to a deeper relationship with the Lord. Scot will begin today with a continuation of the conversation about this past Monday's priest convocation. Among the speakers on Monday was Fr. Jack Ahern, about what it is like to be the first pastor in the Archdiocese to serve three parishes at once as pastor. His reflections moved the priests who were present. Fr. Jack Ahern: On his first day in Dorchester, following Mass, the lector asked to speak to him. He asked Fr. Jack why the cardinal would send a liberal elite to their parish. He said he must be liberal elite because he's from Brookline and the Boston Globe likes him. It went down from there. There were painful decisions related to hiring and firing staff, adjusting the schedules and programs for each of the three parishes. Most people recognized the need for change, but the vocal minority made life difficult sometimes. One woman had Bishop Hennessey on speed-dial and called him at least once per week. Scot said when a pastor takes on three parishes you meet it with everything you have and most people embrace the priest and the change necessary. Fr. Matt said in a new assignment you expect to be welcomed with open arms. He suspects it was complicated by the changes that had already occurred in Dorchester. He said it's difficult for the priest too because you want to shepherd these people and to experience this right at the beginning puts you on your heels. You can lose perspective in that the vocal minority can monopolize your attention. Scot said Fr. Jack was speaking to the concerns of the priests in the room who had not pastored more than one parish at a time. Fr. Jack delineated the challenges they would face. Fr. Jack: It hasn't been easy, but it's true for all the priests. For himself and his vicars, they have sometimes shown up at the right time but the wrong church for Mass. The schedules don't always allow them to be together as one in all activities. It's an adjustment for the parishioners who do not understand why you cannot be present. Combining programs and celebrations is a slow process. The most difficult adjustment for the priests is that the parishioners are used to seeing their priests each and every week. They would sometimes not see one of the priests for one or two weeks. At times he feels like an absentee father. He misses the intimacies involved in being pastor of one parish. Scot said a key point was the challenge for priests who miss seeing the same people every day or every week when they serve multiple communities. Fr. Matt said what father isn't present for his family? It's ingrained in us from a natural level. Fr. Matt said it beckons us to consider Jesus as an itinerant preacher, who never stayed in one place for very long. It's a greater sacrifice of self for the priest. Scot reiterated that the future pastoral plan is a proposal right now in which all will be asked to give their feedback before Cardinal Seán makes a final decision. The current proposal is for a Pastoral Service Team of one pastor and one or more parochial vicars and assistants to serve two or three parishes. Fr. Jack: Unable to be present with one parish week in and week out, without the intimacy for the parish priest, it's not easy to move into. The one consolation that has come his way is that he's been graced with a deeper intimacy with Jesus. Scot said Fr. Jack has relied more on Jesus to balance the demands of three parishes which has given him great joy and peace. Fr. Matt said that God can never be outdone in generosity. Scot said Cardinal Seán and the commission recognize that its better for priests to live in community. Fr. Jack: Regarding living with priests, Fr. Doc Conway who works with Fr. Jack has come to recognize the joy of living with other priests, having served his last few assignments alone. Fr. Jack said he's having the time of his life and the other two priests who live with him are too, which makes an incredible difference for the parishes and their own lives as well. Fr. Matt said there is a rich sharing between three men of such different ages and backgrounds. Fr. Doc is older, Fr. Jack is in about his mid-50s, and Fr. Huy is newly ordained. He said there's so much a young priest can learn from older priests when they live with them. Scot said when he encounters Fr. Jack, who not only serves in a community that has gone through rough times, but serves three parishes, he is struck by how joy-filled he is. Fr. Jack: As of today, there are 26 situations where priests and pastoral staffs are responsible for multiple parishes and more with multiple worship sites. This proposal recognizes that reality and calls us to get ahead of the curve in such a way that together with him we can bring more energy and life to our parishes, provide a greater sense of stability to the people, and do the work of Christ with the people in new creative and life-giving ways. The future is unknown, but as we move forward in the power of the Holy Spirit we do so with great confidence that great things will happen. Scot said that was the conclusion of Fr. Jack's address. Fr. Matt said we have to shift from maintenance to mission. Cardinal Sean is moving us to intentionally live mission and be about the work of evangelization. The new structure will allow priests to be shepherds of the community. Scot encouraged everyone to go to Planning2012.org and read the documents and watch the videos and then give feedback when it's requested. 2nd segment: It's time to announce this week's winner of the WQOM Benefactor Raffle. Our prizes this week are , A CD of Christmas music; a $15 gift card; a box of Chocolate Butter Nut Much, made by the Nuns of Mount Saint Mary Abbey, whose candy is available from . This week's benefactor card raffle winner is Gerard Hubbard from Braintree, MA. Congratulation, Gerard! If you would like to be eligible to win in an upcoming week, please visit . For a one-time $30 donation, you'll receive the Station of the Cross benefactor card and key tag, making you eligible for WQOM's weekly raffle of books, DVDs, CDs and religious items. We'll be announcing the winner each Wednesday during “The Good Catholic Life” program. 3rd segment: Scot welcomed Dr. Ray Guarendi to the show. He will be a speaker at the WQOM conference on Saturday. Scot asked him last time he was in Boston. Dr. Ray used to be a regular guest on a morning TV show on Channel 7. Scot asked him why Catholic radio is such a wonderful tool of evangelization. Dr. Ray said it's because it works and works for so little money. Radio is everywhere and you can listen to it whatever you're doing. It's very inexpensive compared to TV. You can acquire new listeners just by scraping them up as they run up and down the dial. Dr. Ray's show is heard throughout the US and even people around the world will send him emails, having listened to his show via the computer. He's also on SiriusXM satellite radio's channel 130, the Catholic Channel. Dr. Ray's talk on Saturday will be called, “Laughter: The Sanity of the Family.” Dr. Ray promised attendees will laugh and will leave standing stronger in their faith. They will feel more confident in their authority and less nervous as parents. Scot said Dr. Ray has spoken in about 2,000 venues. Why is it important for people to come and hear the presentations versus just listening on the radio. Dr. Ray said people tell him he's very different in person than on the radio. On the air he's limited by the topics and callers. when first asked to do Catholic radio, he said No because he was so busy with his live speaking. What happened was he tried it on a trial basis and was so moved by the power of radio to bring people back to the faith and change lives, that he said he couldn't refuse. He will be bringing his books and tapes to sell. He notes that in most conferences people wait to hear him before buying his materials. But at Catholic conferences people will buy his books and tapes first. 4th segment: Scot welcomed Chris Harding and Carol Pirillo from the Cards Behind Bars ministry. Scot said Carol has been involved in the ministry since 1978 and Chris has been involved for the past four years. Chris said prisoners are so disempowered, especially around Christmas, and parents couldn't make cards for children or friends. They have been working chaplains to make available excess cards from donations to prisoners. Chris said we have to remember Christ's words that we are to visit the imprisoned as a period of trial and regeneration. It's incumbent upon everyone to put Christ back in Christmas to make these cards available and make them feel again like citizens and good parents. Scot asked what standards they have for the Christmas cards? Chris said they encourage people to, in their parishes, to get donations of Christmas cards. A large majority are unused cards sent by religious orders soliciting donations. But what they really look for are people to shop after Christmas, especially Spanish language cards, for cards that will be heavily discounted. Chris suggested people call him at 617-282-3521 or via the link at the top of this page. Carol said she's collected more than 8,000 cards over the years. They give each man 10 cards. Most of them men have no access to cards and they couldn't afford to buy them even if they were available. In the past, the prisoners have swapped contraband in order to get their access to cards. Chris said it makes prisoners feel like valuable citizens and part of the greater Catholic community. Scot said it nurtures the relationships that can keep them out of prison when their time is up. Scot said most Catholic households receive a number of unsolicited cards at their home and buying discounted cards is a low-cost way to be thoughtful to those who have far less than we have. The Letter to the Hebrews tells us to be mindful of the imprisoned and be with them as if we were imprisoned with them. Scot reminded listeners that tomorrow is the Feast of the Immaculate Conception and a holy day of obligation. There will be Masses tonight, tomorrow morning and even tomorrow evening in most parishes. Fr. Matt said Friday is the deadline for anyone who wants to go on the youth and young adult pilgrimage to the March for Life. There are tracks for middle school, high school, and young adults. They will stay for varying lengths of time in DC. Register at . Last year more than 300 went and this year they're anticipating more than 400 so they need to make plans for travel and accommodations.

How hard is it to manage your image? Not your personal image, but rather the one on your computer. Everyone in IT knows that a client image includes everything on the system: the operating system, networking, software and settings. IT also knows how difficult it is to manage system images in an IT environment. So how do you simplify this complex process? Listen to Chris Harding, Senior Manager for Services New Product Development at Dell, as he talks about Image Direct, a simple online tool available free to Dell customers.