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This may be my scariest episode ever!   We've covered non-fiction before, but rarely is the truth more frightening than the stories we tell. This week it just might be… cos Annie Jacobsen is here with Biological War: A Scenario.   It unveils a narrative of speculative reality, in which an engineered pathogen escapes a lab, and runs rampant through our civilisation. Cities fall, millions die, the lights go out.   I dared myself to read it. I dare you to listen to Annie tell us about her research, and the stuff she found that scares the hell out of her.   Enjoy (sort of!)   Other books mentioned: Nuclear War: A Scenario (2024), by Annie Jacobsen “A Modest Proposal” (1729), by Jonathan Swift World War Z (2006), by Max Brooks The Deluge (2023), by Stephen Markley A Brief History of the Earth: Four Billion Years in Eight Chapters (2021), by Andrew H. Knoll   Support Talking Scared on Patreon   Check out the Talking Scared Merch line – at VoidMerch   Come talk books on Threads, Bluesky, and Instagram, or email direct to talkingscaredpod@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dom Kelly has spent almost his entire life advocating for disability rights. He lives with cerebral palsy and he is the founder of New Disabled South based in the US.He tells us about his extraordinary life story that has moved from rock music to disability justice advocacy, while also offering a history of the US Disability Movement. He talks about the waves of change led by that movement and how they are distinct, and explores the importance of intersectionality in the movement - and the role of difference in building a movement for collective liberation.If you have ever wanted to know more about the disability movement, including how they were the creators of the magnificent phrase "Nothing About Us Without Us" then this is a chat for you! The disability movement has lessons for us all!=====For more on ChangeMakers check us out:Via our Website - https://changemakerspodcast.org (where you can also sign up to our email list!)Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ChangeMakersPodcast/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/changemakerspodcast/Threads: https://www.threads.com/@changemakerspodcastBlue Sky: https://www.threads.com/@amandatattersall.bsky.socialFor more on the books and Amanda's writing, have a look at:Amanda's website - https://amandatattersall.com/ Conscious Tribes: thinking differently about making a difference - here and via Hardie GrantPeople Power in Cities - here and via Oxford Uni PressOn Substack - https://substack.com/@amandatattersallOn Medium - https://amandatatts.medium.com/Amanda is on Socials here:On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amandatattersall/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/amanda.tattersallBlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/amandatattersall.bsky.socialThreads: https://www.threads.com/@amandatattersallTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@amanda.tattersall Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Hello Interactors,I've long been a fan of “regreening” cities, imagining replacing bits of asphalt and concrete with trees, plants, mini-parks, and green roofs to cool them down. In many cases these are indeed good interventions. But even these celebrated nature-based solutions to the “urban heat island” effect require closer inspection. It turns out any land cover change alters energy, water, and momentum exchanges between the Earth's surface and the atmosphere. Which are the right ones and where?To understand why cookie cutter greening plans can fail and how planners and policy makers can build cities that can handle climate change, we need to understand how land and the air interact. Environments vary from place to place, and this puts limits on what we can do to land to create urban climates that are both beautiful and healthy.To get a handle on what the research says, I found a literature review from 2025 that synthesized findings from 84 peer-reviewed studies. In was published in the journal Climate Risk Management.Let's see what they, and others, found.BEATING HEAT WITH BIOPHYSICAL FEATSWhat better place to start than science. Let's just delve right into how urban green spaces affect temperature. It starts with determining the energy balance at the surface of the earth. This comes from a budget equation found in physical geography. When sunlight hits the Earth's surface, it breaks down into three main fluxes, or ways heat moves around* Sensible heat flux: the heat that directly warms the surrounding air, which we measure as temperature.* Latent heat flux: the heat that's used to turn water from a liquid to a gas, like when we sweat or plants release water vapor (transpiration).* Ground heat flux: the heat stored in building materials, asphalt, and soil.In conventional urban environments dominated by concrete and asphalt, latent heat flux is minimal because we've built cities in ways that rapidly drain water away as ‘waste'. As a result, incoming solar energy is funneled into sensible heat. This raises daytime air temperatures that gets stored as ground heat, which is slowly radiated back into the city at night. Urban greening can reshuffle this thermodynamic budget through three interconnected physical mechanisms: shading, evapotranspiration, and albedo modification.Mechanism 1. Shading: Intercepting Solar RadiationShading — the most immediate and reliable cooling mechanism provided by vegetation — requires precise microclimatic quantification. Vegetative canopies act as physical shields, intercepting incoming shortwave solar radiation before it strikes impervious surfaces like concrete or asphalt. By preventing these dense materials from absorbing heat and emitting sensible heat flux back into the boundary layer, shading dramatically lowers surface temperatures and reduces the baseline thermal energy transferred to the surrounding air. (Bowler, D. E., et al. 2010)The cooling benefit of urban trees is non-linear, accelerating significantly once neighborhood canopy cover crosses a critical threshold of around 40%. Measuring daytime air temperatures across urban gradients, they found that canopy cover above this 40% mark can lower local air temperatures by up to 1.5 to 2.0 degrees Celsius, effectively offsetting the thermal burden created by surrounding roads and impervious surfaces. (Ziter, C. D., et al. 2019)Mechanism 2. Evapotranspiration: Trading Sensible Heat for Latent HeatWhile shading blocks heat absorption, evapotranspiration actively removes heat from the air. Plants absorb soil moisture through their root systems and release it as water vapor through tiny microscopic pores in their leaves called stomata. This process requires thermal energy that turns phase-changing liquid water into gas. This energy transfer absorbs sensible heat and converts it into latent heat.Evapotranspiration from well-watered urban green spaces can lower local air temperatures by 2-4 degrees celsius. (Coutts, et al., 2013) However, physical geographers emphasize a crucial physical prerequisite that is easy to overlook: evapotranspiration is entirely dependent on available water. When the soil is dry or the air is super dry, plants close their stomata to save water. When stomata close, evapotranspiration shuts down. This leaves shading as the sole remaining cooling mechanism.Mechanism 3. Albedo Dynamics: The Surface Reflectivity ParadoxAlbedo measures the reflectivity of a surface on a scale from 0.0 (total absorption) to 1.0 (total reflection). Urban asphalt has a low albedo (0.05 to 0.10), absorbing up to 95% of incoming solar energy. Vegetation's albedo can range from 0.11 to 0.25.In temperate climates, replacing low-albedo asphalt with greenery or reflective surfaces increases surface reflectivity, sending more solar radiation back into space before it can be absorbed as sensible heat. One study documented that increasing urban surface albedo typically lowers peak ambient air temperatures by 0.3 degres Celsius to 1.0 degree Celsius — alongside much larger drops in surface pavement temperatures. While a temperature change under one degree Celsius may sound modest at first glance, a baseline shift of this magnitude across a neighborhood is enough to redefine a local microclimate. (Santamouris, 2014)But swapping out light urban surfaces for dark vegetation can also have a negative effect. Paradoxically, when researchers in 2023 replaced dry, light-colored desert soil with darker vegetation in hot, arid regions it reduced overall surface reflectivity. The drop in albedo caused an increase in daytime surface warming. (Schlaerth, et al., 2023)Furthermore, dense tree canopies inside narrow urban street canyons can act as thermal blankets at night. While trees provide valuable shade during the day, their foliage reduces the sky view factor at street level, trapping outgoing longwave thermal radiation emitted by surrounding building facades and asphalt. When combined with reduced wind permeability, this canopy barrier restricts nocturnal radiative cooling and holds warm air near ground level (Lee et al., 2016).These are the physical realities that can demonstrate how urban greening is not a consistently inherent cooling practice. It is a complex thermodynamic intervention whose success relies entirely on local environmental conditions.PLACEMENT, PATCHES, AND PARK PATTERNSBecause thermodynamic processes happen across physical spaces, cooling urban green space can be uneven. The literature review reveals that a green space's cooling capacity depends on four spatial and biological variables: vegetation density, species selection, spatial configuration, and urban morphology. Let's break them down individually.Cooling Factor 1. Vegetation Density and Species TraitsNot all greenery cools equally. One way to measure this is through a Leaf Area Index (LAI). This is the total leaf area per unit of ground area and is a primary predictor of thermal performance. As you might imagine, dense foliage absorbs more from the sun and then produces higher cumulative transpiration (so long as there's adequate water).Botanical traits also play a big role. Broadleaf deciduous species (like oaks or maples) feature large surface areas that maximize summer transpiration, but that goes away when they drop their leaves in winter. Evergreen coniferous trees, however, maintain continuous canopy coverage through every season.In temperate rainforest environments like Seattle or Vancouver, researchers found that conifers cooled urban surroundings up to 1.7 degrees celsius more effectively than broadleaf trees. Dense needle canopies continuously block incoming solar radiation due to higher LAI and the fact that clusters of spiny needles better trap a stable buffer of calm air which moderates heat exchange with the surrounding urban environment. (Eyster & Beckage, 2022, 2023) Cooling factor 2. Spatial Configuration: Landscape Ecology PrinciplesEcologists and geographers commonly evaluate green spaces through two main attributes: composition (how much green space exists) and configuration (how those green patches are arranged across the landscape). Over 58% of the mechanism-focused studies in the literature review analyzed spatial pattern metrics. The consensus is the spatial layout of green space is just as important as its total area!Other empirical studies consistently demonstrate that cooling effects decay the further you get from green spaces. Research done in 2016 and 2023 shows how urban parks can produce a primary “cooling footprint” that extends typically 100 to 300 meters from the park boundaries. If you're lucky enough to live within this buffer, temperatures drop between 1.9 and 3.1 degrees celsius, but beyond 300 meters, the cooling influence quickly falls off. (Bao, et al. 2016, Shi et al. 2023)This spatial limit leads to a couple spatial layout choices. A few big parks or connected networks of smaller green spaces. Large, consolidated parks (>2 hectares) generate intense, stable “cool islands” at their core, but their benefits remain localized. For example, a study in Xalapa, Mexico, revealed that parks larger than 2.8 hectares with over 21% tree cover provided reliable local cooling of around 2 degrees celsius . (Lemoine-Rodriguez et al., 2022)Connected networks of smaller green spaces distributed across a city create a more equitable cooling effect. Three studies in 2019 and 2021 show that fragmented, isolated green patches — like big parks — perform poorly compared to continuous, linear green corridors. Linear “green belts” or street-tree networks (in the right environment) can act as ventilation channels, allowing cool air generated by vegetation to flow into adjacent built-up neighborhoods. (Masoudi et al., 2019, 2021; Pramanik, 2019)Cooling factor 3. Urban Morphology: The Built Environment MatrixObviously, green spaces don't exist in isolation. They're embedded within a three-dimensional hodge podge of buildings, streets, and other bits of infrastructure. Urban morphologists can quantify this urban morphological cacophony using building height-to-street-width ratio and sky view factor - the extent to which surrounding structures and canopies obstruct a location's view of the open sky.High-density urban cores with tall buildings create deep “urban canyons” that generate their own shade. In these settings, building shade can combine with tree shade during peak daylight hours to significantly lower temperatures.However, studies show that if tree canopies in narrow street canyons are too dense — particularly in humid environments — they can trap anthropogenic heat emitted by vehicle exhaust and air conditioning condenser units. They can also significantly reduce localized wind speeds. As a result, maximizing green space cooling efficiency requires aligning vegetation density and canopy architecture with prevailing wind corridors to preserve urban ventilation channels (Cheung & Jim, 2019; Morakinyo et al., 2019).Nothing is every as easy as it seems.BRIDGING GAPS WITH BETTER MAPSWhile academic literature can offer detailed insights into microclimatic processes, there remains a big gap between academia and urban planning and governmental policy. That gap may be self-fulfilling. The literature review of 84 papers revealed 61% of the papers simply advocate for expanding green space area, whereas only 26% focus on optimizing existing green infrastructure.Recommending that dense, historical cities “add more large parks” ignores real-world urban constraints. In modern, rapidly expanding cities, urban land is expensive, highly contested, and structurally constrained. Space dedicated to a new park often competes directly with housing, transit infrastructure, or commercial development. To move beyond idealistic slogans, urban planning will have to recon with three major implementation challenges.Challenge 1. The Water-Energy-Heat Nexus in Arid CitiesThe most significant implementation challenge facing nature-based solutions occurs precisely where urban heat stress is most severe — in hot, arid regions. Cities like Phoenix, Cairo, Tehran, or Riyadh already suffer from intense summer heatwaves. You don't have to live in or visit these places to know water there is extremely scarce.Maintaining green spaces in places like this requires pumping groundwater or desalinating seawater. Pumping and desalinating water requires massive amounts of electricity, which only increases greenhouse gas emissions if that power is coming from fossil fuels. Furthermore, if irrigation water runs out during a heatwave, non-adapted vegetation dries out, loses its cooling capacity, and can even become a wildfire risk.To solve this dilemma, physical geographers advocate evaluating urban greening through a standardized resource efficiency metric: evapotranspirative cooling per unit of water applied. In plain language, this ratio measures how many degrees of cooling you get for each liter (or gallon) of water that plants and soil release into the air through evaporation and transpiration.In dry climates — where municipal water is already tightly rationed and turfgrass is increasingly discouraged but rarely banned (I'm looking at you Arizona) — urban greening strategies are going to have pivot away from high-water lawns and non-native foliage. These cities have to move from simply prioritizing or incentivizing drought-tolerant species to requiring them. While drought-tolerant plants transpire less water than many other plants and trees — and still require water — when combined with drip-irrigation using treated municipal wastewater (greywater), they can provide a pretty reliable canopy shade and even modest evaporative cooling without draining water reserves.Challenge 2. Environmental Justice and Thermal EquityUrban heat exposure is rarely, if ever, distributed evenly across socio-economic groups. In many cities worldwide, low-income neighborhoods exhibit significantly lower tree canopy cover, higher proportions of impervious asphalt, and higher building densities than the more affluent suburbs and ex-urbs. This imbalance leaves more vulnerable populations exposed to extreme heat hazards.When municipalities undertake uncoordinated “regreening” projects, they risk triggering green gentrification. Installing fancy attractive parks can then inflate surrounding property values, displacing residents while still not reducing their heat related vulnerability.To address this, requires targeted interventions like deploying small-scale, distributed interventions (think pocket parks, vegetated bus stops, and road corridors) directly in high-vulnerability, low-canopy/vegetation neighborhoods. You could focus on functional shading over high-maintenance aesthetics. This could better ensure that at least transit stops, pedestrian walkways, and playgrounds are prioritized for canopy cover. Lastly, combining situated green infrastructure with social policy could create and/or protect more affordable housing around old and new greened public corridors and spaces.Challenge 3. A Multi-Benefit, Context-Specific Design FrameworkNo single cooling intervention works everywhere. Planners and policy makers need to adopt an integrated, multi-tiered approach that combines nature-based solutions with material interventions.In arid and semi-arid environments, planners should prioritize structural canopy shading and end an over-reliance on water-intensive lawn evapotranspiration. It's time to demand drought-tolerant trees with greywater irrigation networks, shade sails, and high-albedo “cool pavements” that can better reflect solar radiation without draining water resources.In contrast, humid and more temperate climates would likely benefit most from maximizing green spatial connectivity. By linking existing parks through linear street-tree corridors — with select broadleaf and/or coniferous species — summer evapotranspiration can be enhanced while maintaining year-round microclimate regulation.Finally, within high-density, built-up cores where ground space for new parks is limited, cities should leverage vertical green walls and green roofs paired with reflective building materials. But they best also preserve prevailing wind corridors while preventing nighttime heat traps through street canyons.“Regreening” is a compelling slogan, but as physical geography demonstrates, simplistic blanket policies can yield unpredictable thermodynamic results. Simply planting trees without considering local climate, available water, species traits, spatial configuration, and urban geometry can lead to unintended consequences.The exhaustive synthesis of decade-long research provided by Hadi Soltanifard and Majid Amani-Beni (2025) offers a clear path forward. Nature-based solutions are not off-the-shelf products that can be copy-pasted across different global cities. They are dynamic, living interventions that alter energy fluxes across urban surfaces.By moving beyond blanket acreage targets and framing urban greening as the strategic reorganization of surface-energy relations, geographers, urban planners, and policymakers will need to work together. When we design green infrastructure that respects local environmental constraints, honors spatial equity, and optimizes microclimatic processes, urban greening moves from a vague policy promise toward tools of experimentation that can pragmatically evolve our cities and megaregions into truly climate-resilient urbanscapes.ReferencesBowler, D. E., Buyung-Ali, L., Knight, T. M., & Pullin, A. S. (2010). Urban greening to cool towns and cities: A systematic review of the empirical evidence. Landscape and Urban Planning, 97(3), 147-155.Cheung, P.K., Jim, C.Y., 2019. 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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), 116(15), 7575-7580. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit interplace.io

Mayor Karen Bass signs an executive order on the future of the burned Boyle Heights warehouse. A state mental health program sees an increase in participants. And Orange County leaders wrap up on voting measures for the November ballot. Support The L.A. Report by donating at LAist.com/join and by visiting https://laist.comSupport the show: https://laist.com

Amazon's plan to build 1,000 new fulfillment centers across 100 cities isn't just a headline, it's a seismic shift in how your brand might operate within the Amazon ecosystem. Neil Twa dives into the implications for sellers at every level, from those just launching to operators managing million-dollar brands. With Amazon's expansion, the question isn't if it will affect you, but how. Neil shares a real-world example from one of Voltage's home goods brands, showing the impact of a standard FBA setup and how this expansion could change the game. He outlines three critical moves to make now: pull your inventory placement report, map it to your top buyer zip codes, and adjust your strategy before Amazon completes its massive build-out. This episode is a must-listen for anyone who wants to stay ahead of the curve and not just react to Amazon's moves. Ready to implement with us? Join the Voltage Business Builders cohort at voltagedm.com?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=show_notes&utm_campaign=ep339 See your Amazon numbers in one place and protect your margins with Caiman Data at voltagedm.com: https://voltagedm.com?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=show_notes&utm_campaign=ep339&learn_mcp=1

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Send us Fan MailIn this bumper episode I go through the Dominatus Campaign system, look at the new Cities of Sigmar Warhammer Heroes collection, discuss the new Warhammer+ minis and price increase and lastly review the Victoria minis Kickstarter featuring two new ranges which would be perfect for any aspiring Astra Militarum general.Victoria Minis Grimdark Empire: https://victoriaminiatures.com/collections/grimdark-empireWatch the episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/qGVtbxRUDNoSupport the showSUPPORT THE SHOW:Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lookoutsir40kMerch: https://www.rev-level.com/lookoutsir40k Discount Warhammer affiliate link (UK): https://elementgames.co.uk/warhammer?d=10445 Use Promo code PHI7858 to double your loyalty pointsLOOK OUT, SIR!'S SOCIAL MEDIA:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lookoutsir/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lookoutsir40k/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/lookoutsir40k PHIL'S SOCIAL MEDIA:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beyondthetabletop/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAxBqN_9PHjajPLoIKKNi6w DAN'S SOCIAL MEDIA:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/i.r.invested.in.unexpected/

Neil and Georgie have a real conversation in easy English about cities – large urban areas where lots of people live close together. Learn to talk about what is convenient, and what is not, when you live in a bustling place, and find out which cities Neil and Georgie would like to visit in the future.Test what you've learnt with the free worksheet on our website: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/features/real-easy-english/260731 Find more programmes for your level here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/easy_courseAnd if you find this podcast easy, try our most popular podcast, 6 Minute English: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english

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Europe's wildfires reach the outskirts of major cities, plans to curb Germany's Freedom of Information Act, and what police knew about Berlin's Pride killer. Then: a place for senior queer people in Lyon, an interview with the president of George Soros' Open Society Foundations, and statue squabbles: Prague's controversial colossus.

Across the country, communities are increasingly turning to cultural planning to support and grow their creative economies. Whether a city is actively drafting its first vision or beginning to activate it, the process requires constant adaptation, collaboration, and shared learning.rnrnThis forum explores the practical tradeoffs, constraints, and successes of shaping local culture at every stage of development. Featured arts leaders will share insights from peer communities on how these ongoing planning efforts play out amid civic and economic realities-offering an open space to learn from peer communities, ask questions, and deepen shared understanding about what cultural planning can look like in practice, while reflecting on Cleveland's evolving cultural landscape.

One of Oakland's most recognizable towers just defaulted on a $97.1 million loan — and its market value has collapsed by 75%. One Kaiser Plaza, the Ordway building that serves as Kaiser Permanente's national headquarters, missed its mortgage maturity date on July 1st. The lender is now seizing rents, the owners are in technical default, and the story is public because a Form 8-K doesn't lie. When a publicly traded company can't hide the math, the math tells the whole story.This isn't a market anomaly — it's a policy outcome. Kaiser's own internal memos warned employees to stay inside during lunch because of street crime. Now Kaiser is shrinking its California footprint, downtown Oakland foot traffic has evaporated, and a marquee office tower that once anchored the city's skyline is sitting in its lender's lap. A 75% markdown on a flagship property isn't a blip. That's a verdict.The commercial real estate reckoning playing out in Oakland echoes the worst of the Great Recession — except this time the damage is entirely self-inflicted. Cities that tolerated disorder, chased out employers, and treated crime as a housing problem are now watching their tax base get marked down in real time. Oakland isn't just losing a tower. It's losing the argument that progressive urban policy is survivable at scale.CHAPTERS0:00 Downtown Gut Punch: Oakland Kaiser…0:55 Kaiser Tower Takes 75% Value Hit1:32 One Kaiser Plaza Enters Loan Default2:16 Kaiser's Exit Hollows Downtown Oakland3:16 Commercial Real Estate Squeezes Local…3:55 The Refinance Math That Broke the Deal5:45 Commercial Resets Mirror the Great…7:41 75% Markdown Leaves No Equity Cushion8:16 Oakland Crime Forces Kaiser's Lunch Memo10:07 Kaiser Moves Workers Out of Downtown10:50 Oakland Crime Drives Kaiser's Pullout11:58 What Comes Next for Kaiser Tower12:42 Major Employers Abandoning Oakland and…14:06 Oakland's Crime Optics Drive Tenants…16:32 Subscribe for the Next EpisodeSubscribe to @reasonablenews and hit the notification bell so you don't miss the next episode of News for Reasonable People.#NFRP #Oakland #KaiserTowerGO PREMIUM WITH REASONABLE+ FOR UNCENSORED ACCESS

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What makes New York sound different from Berlin, and why do certain cities become global centers for electronic music? International DJ and producer Marc-Alan Gray joins Alex Norman and Jamie Blond to share his journey from New York's Limelight to clubs and studios across Atlanta, Moscow, London, and Berlin. They explore house music and techno, DJ and production culture, the rise of Boiler Room, how technology accelerates musical trends, and why affordable creative spaces help music scenes thrive. Marc-Alan also opens up about a life-changing health setback, the mobility challenges he now faces, and the resilience required to keep creating. He and Alex offer a preview of the new music collaboration taking them to Croatia and Amsterdam Dance Event as Marc-Alan begins his next chapter. Follow Marc-Alan Gray and Alex Monday to see the collaboration unfold. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Roger Harrison leads the Harrison Jazz Ensemble out of Tampa Bay — and he's booked over $300,000 in gigs through BookLive in just the last few years, with a career total likely approaching $1 million. But the wildest part isn't the number. It's how he scales: Roger books jazz combos in cities he's never even visited, hiring local musicians who've never met each other, because jazz has a shared "canon" that lets strangers sit down and play a full gig together with zero rehearsal. In this episode, Roger and Jared dig into: Why jazz combos are uniquely "plug and play" across cities — and how Roger builds bands out of musicians he's never met The manila-folder-on-the-desk follow-up system Roger used for years (and what replaced it) Why corporate and wedding gigs are "where the gold is" — and how to spot a client who can't actually afford you before you waste time on the call How Roger 2–3x'd his solo gig rates (from $150 → $350 → $800+) just by scaling up the *type* of gig, not his chops Using Viktor, BookLive's AI agent, to run an automated outreach sequence to event planners — and land a warm reply without lifting a finger The mindset shift behind "10x Is Easier Than 2x" and why underpricing is a bigger risk than most musicians realize Roger's also one of the first names invited into BookLive's new Gold Record Mastermind — a high-level group for musicians who've hit at least $100K booked through the platform. Learn more about Roger at harrisonjazzensemble.com. Want to go deeper? Grab the Gigging Secrets book at giggingsecrets.com or book a free High-End Gig Strategy Call at fulltimemusicacademy.com/call. Remember: your music will not market itself!

A public transport expert says cities around the world are struggling to change their infrastructure for the needs of public transport. A public transport alliance has flown in a Dutch expert to talk about the challenges in delivering better mobility networks. Anya Fielding hopped on board to meet him.

Ryan, Dana and Chris Trenkmann discuss the decision by more Florida cities to impose moratoriums on data centers and another school district scaling back the time students spend on their screens. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Faisal Kaleem-Interim Executive Director of Metro State Applied Innovation Institute, Professor Computer Science and Cybersecurity, joined Vineeta on Wednesday for an important segment on the WCCO Morning News

Data innovation isn't about buying better tools. As Dallas and Cleveland show, it's about how leaders listen, support risk-taking, and work alongside agencies. The result? A culture where innovation thrives, and scales. Host Stephen Goldsmith speaks with Brita Andercheck, Chief Data Officer in Dallas, and Liz Crowe, Chief Innovation and Technology Officer in Cleveland, about how they drive transformative change across city governments. From reporting structures to how you listen to agencies to going out into the field yourself, they share the unglamorous work that actually drives transformation. In this episode, you'll learn: How to strike the balance between centralization and decentralization Why a problem-first approach beats technology-first Why data teams should measure their ROI The importance of collaboration and relationships How to create psychological safety so teams "fail smart" Guest: Dr. Brita Andercheck – Chief Data Officer and Director of the Office of Data Analytics and Business Intelligence, city of Dallas Dr. Liz Crowe – Chief Innovation and Technology Officer, city of Cleveland Listener Survey: bit.ly/datasmartpod Music credit: Summer-Man by Ketsa About Data-Smart City Solutions Data-Smart City Solutions, housed at the Bloomberg Center for Cities at Harvard University, is working to catalyze the adoption of data projects on the local government level by serving as a central resource for cities interested in this emerging field. We highlight best practices, top innovators, and promising case studies while also connecting leading industry, academic, and government officials. Our research focus is the intersection of government and data, ranging from open data and predictive analytics to civic engagement technology. We seek to promote the combination of integrated, cross-agency data with community data to better discover and preemptively address civic problems. To learn more visit us online and follow us on LinkedIn.

Doctors say medical advances alone cannot close the gap between rising spending and stagnant death rates without stronger prevention and better access to care and healthy lifestyle.

As fans have voiced their frustration about the Royals stadium going forward without a vote, The Drive explained how having sports teams in your town what makes your town special.

Cracked Racquets Editor-in-Chief Alex Gruskin offers his thoughts on a BUSY Championship weekend in the Pro Tennis World. He offers his final thoughts on an exceptional week of action in Bloomfield Hills. He then breaks down a weekend filled with surprise Tour-Level Champions, plus SO much more!! Episode Notes Bloomfield Hills Challenger - 6:40 Tagger takes first title - 21:55 Two unexpected ATP Title Winners emerge - 32:30 Korpatsch wins Hamburg - 42:40 Laurel Springs Ranked among the best online private schools in the United States, Laurel Springs stands out when it comes to support, personalization, community, and college prep. They give their K-12 students the resources, guidance, and learning opportunities they need at each grade level to reach their full potential. Find Cracked Racquets Website: https://www.crackedracquets.com Instagram: https://instagram.com/crackedracquets Twitter: https://twitter.com/crackedracquets Facebook: https://Facebook.com/crackedracquets YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/crackedracquets Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Rabbinic Intern Claire Davidson Bruder speaks about Cities of Refuge, her experience volunteering on Rikers Island, and what the Torah can teach us about not judging others. 

Cities are working to make congestion zones safer for their populations, especially for sensitive groups like children and those with respiratory conditions. Emilia Simeonova, PhD, John Hopkins University, and James Scales, PhD, Queen Mary University of London, discuss how decisions made in major metropolises like New York City, Stockholm, and London affect the quality of air and overall health of individuals. Hosted by Erika Moseson, MD, host of the Air Health Our Health podcast. This episode highlights the research of clean air zones and the challenges that arise during the process of implementing these changes. 

This hour, The legal case against former U.S. Olympic canoeist David Hearn regarding alleged vandalism of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool hit a major snag following a new court filing by his defense team. President Donald Trump openly mocked CNN Chief White House Correspondent Kaitlan Collins during his speech at the rescheduled White House Correspondents' Association dinner on Friday, July 24, 2026. His remarks targeted her appearance and featured a widely criticized joke comparing her to a transgender influencer. Scoot compares and contrasts the crime rate of Democrat and Republican cities and states.

Cities across the country are voting no on data centers and people may not know what they're actually voting on.In this episode, Mikey Taylor and Michael Michalov break down an asset class that has recently drawn controversy. It's not necessarily the buildings. But the power. You'll learn why a data center lease can end up looking similar to a Walgreens lease, why the same building can carry completely different risk depending on who's inside it, and why nearly $700 billion is chasing this asset. Then the conversation turns: is America's AI race the path out of our debt problem or the biggest bet we've made?What we get into: • Why the real estate is the lesser important part of a data center • The three tiers of data centers and which are fought about • Why operators are building their own power plants • Whether AI is America's only way out of the debt burden

TRACKLIST : Juan Rodriguez & Caroline Posada - EFX CL-ljud - Raised Marco Bottari - Deep deep Djosh - La danza Lewis. - The world Litex - Vessel Even Midnight - Katana Klartraum - Grinsekatze (Patrick Chardronnet remix) Andres Fernandez - Don't speak Sebastian Eric - Layout (Entoniu & Agape remix) JuzeL - Marte Kikuya - Nighttime castle

In this episode of PlanningxChange, Jess Noonan and Peter Jewell speak with historian and writer Robyn Annear about cities, memory and the art of noticing. Robyn has written extensively about Melbourne, lost places, everyday life, archival fragments and the small details that open up larger stories. Her recent book Shutter City looks closely at early photographs of Melbourne, but the conversation ranges more widely across her work as a historian and writer. The discussion explores place-based history, the previous lives of cities and towns, and the question that sits behind much of Robyn's work: what was here before? Robyn reflects on how photographs, newspapers, buildings, signs, shopfronts, street furniture and passing figures can reveal the ordinary rhythms of urban life, including work, trade, movement, amusement, language, humour and sociability. The episode also considers whether history has become a niche interest, how historical knowledge can help planners, architects and city managers resist generic "anywhere" urbanism, and how memory can survive even when buildings and places change. Robyn also discusses AI-generated versions of the past, the danger of confident but invented historical narratives, and why human curiosity and judgement remain central to historical understanding. Podcast extra / culture corner Robyn recommends the poetry of John Clare, Jess recommends Pete's children's book Kaizo at Dog Beach (soon to be released on Amazon), and Pete recommends the Korean drama Teach You a Lesson on Netflix. Podcast released 29 July 2026.

People who live in large cities produce more patents per person than those who live in small towns. They also walk faster down the street, and use less infrastructure per person. Indeed, the relationships between these quantities and city population obey power laws with apparently universal exponents, reminiscent of scaling laws is biological organisms? Luis Bettencourt argues that they can be explained in similar ways, using ideas from complex systems and network theory. Blog post with transcript: https://preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2026/07/27/362-luis-bettencourt-on-the-universal-properties-of-self-organizing-cities/ Support Mindscape on Patreon. Luis Bettencourt received a Ph.D. in theoretical physics from Imperial College London. He is currently the Lorna Puttkammer Straus Professor Department of Ecology and Evolution & Data Sciences Institute, as well as Associate Faculty and Special Friend in the Department of Sociology, at the University of Chicago. He is the author of Introduction to Urban Science: Evidence and Theory of Cities as Complex Systems. Web site University of Chicago web page Google Scholar publications Wikipedia

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This episode of the Amazing Cities and Towns Podcast sponsored by Bearing Advisors, Jim Hunt interviews Jannet Walker Ford  ·       A candid conversation about making transit work in your city. ·       And, much more 7 Steps to an Amazing City: Attitude Motivation Attention to Detail Zing Inclusiveness Neighborhood Empowerment Green Awareness Thanks for listening and look forward to having you join us for the next episode.  Links Mentions During Show: https://www.wsp.com/en-us/profiles/jannet-walker-ford  ·       www.AmazingCities.org ·       www.AmazingCities.org/podcast to be a guest on the podcast   About Jannet Walker Ford:     Jannet Walker-Ford is the Advisory and Planning Business Line Executive at WSP in the U.S. In this role, she is responsible for business performance, and integrating the firm's technical expertise in planning, engineering, program/construction management and operations with the strategic problem-solving and communications needed by owners, developers and operators to assess, fund, and organize around successful delivery of infrastructure programs and projects across all business lines. Previously, she served as National Transit and Rail Leader, responsible for leading and growing the firm's business in national transit and rail markets including the national practices for transit and rail, freight delivery, passenger rail, systems, technical project delivery, bus rapid transit and zero emissions. Jannet is a nationally recognized transportation industry executive, and a tireless advocate for equity in transportation and the power of public transit to transform communities. She has more than two decades of diverse expertise including management consulting, technology, mobility, and transportation systems. Jannet is a graduate of the University of Memphis with a bachelor's degree in management information systems and Central Michigan University with a Master of Business Administration degree. Recognized by WTS International with the inaugural Jannet Walker-Ford Breaking Barriers Award in 2024, Jannet has received numerous awards and serves on multiple national boards. She is the Immediate Past Chair of WTS International, the APTA Executive Committee, the Eno Center for Transportation and Jacksonville Board of Trustees. The broad range of recognition for her success and advocacy includes 2023 Railway Age Women in Rail, 2022 American Public Transportation Association's Business Member of the Year, 2021 WTS Northeast Florida Woman of the Year, 2019 Transportation Diversity Council/Massachusetts Institute of Technology honoree for Services to the Transportation Industry, 2019 Women of Color STEM Technology All-Star Award, and a 2019 Conference of Minority Transportation Officials' Women Who Move the Nation honoree. About Your Host, Jim Hunt: Welcome to the "Building Amazing Cities and Towns Podcast" … The podcast for Mayors, Council Members, Managers, Staff and anyone who is interested in building an Amazing City.   Your host is Jim Hunt, the author of "Bottom Line Green, How American Cities are Saving the Planet and Money Too" and his latest book, "The Amazing City - 7 Steps to Creating an Amazing City"   Jim is also the former President of the National League of Cities, 27 year Mayor, Council Member and 2006 Municipal Leader of the Year by American City and County Magazine.   Today, Jim speaks to 1000's of local government officials each year in the US and abroad.   Jim also consults with businesses that are bringing technology and innovation to local government.   Amazing City Resources:   Buy Jim's Popular Books: ·       The Amazing City: 7 Steps to Creating an Amazing City:   https://www.amazingcities.org/product-page/the-amazing-city-7-steps-to-creating-an-amazing-city   ·       Bottom Line Green: How America's Cities and Saving the Planet (And Money Too)  https://www.amazingcities.org/product-page/bottom-line-green-how-america-s-cities-are-saving-the-planet-and-money-too   FREE White Paper: ·       "10 Steps to Revitalize Your Downtown"  www.AmazingCities.org/10-Steps   Hire Jim to Speak at Your Next Event: ·       Tell us about your event and see if dates are available at www.AmazingCities.org/Speaking   Hire Jim to Consult with Your City or Town: ·       Discover more details at https://www.amazingcities.org/consulting   Discuss Your Business Opportunity/Product to Help Amazing Cities: ·       Complete the form at https://www.amazingcities.org/business-development   A Special Thanks to Bearing Advisors for the support of this podcast:  www.BearingAdvisors.Net

TRACKLIST : Kikuya - Hydro Maarka - Moorow island bux (Somesan remix) Lyand - Give it up Stillill - Lowtech Ivan Oliva & Ernest Oh - Beat to beat Roger Martinez - Oversoul Badador - Ceres Atlantium - Magnetism Noetic Curve - Der Frage (Doni Di Vitto remix) Pepe Mateos - This game Rhem - Tentant Lancaster - Armadillo

Broadcast on BBC 6music, Sunday 26 July 2026. Cerys Matthews talks to Cities and Memory creator Stuart Fowkes about disappearing and obsolete sounds, and introduces the project.Includes musical selections by Stuart from Can, Broadcast, Stuart Dempster, William Basinski & Janek Schaefer and The For Carnation.  

Alangan (Insufficient) A god could fix everything. Like Chay Datuin's mistakes. Mari wakes up. Content Warnings: References to mass murder, police brutality, political violence, self-hatred. Glossary of Terms: Nanay - Mother/MomHilot - A folk healing practice involving the physical manipulation of the body (usually through massage)Barangay - A subdivision of Municipalities or Cities in the Philippines, similar to villages or suburbsMambabarang - A type of sorcerer that uses insects BECOME A PATRON and get bonus audio, art, video, and even bonus episodes:https://www.patreon.com/hinaypodOr BUY US A MILK TEA (KO-FI):https://ko-fi.com/hinaypodYou can follow our socials @ hinaypod on Twitter, Tumblr, Instagram, Facebook and Bluesky for more updates.-CARE FOR GAZA is delivering aid within Gaza. As Israel's blockade is preventing food from entering Gaza, it's important to donate to aid groups working within Gaza to save Palestinian lives, and to continue pushing world governments for sanctions and arms embargoes on Israel.@careforgaza on Twitterhttps://gogetfunding.com/CFG2025/https://chuffed.org/project/careforgazaE-SIMS FOR GAZA: https://www.gazaesims.com/ where you can help Palestinians connect to loved ones, help doctors stay connected to each other, and help journalists broadcast the truth. You can follow @mirna_elhelbawi and Connecting Humanity on socials for more info and updates, as well as answers to common questions.CRIPS FOR E-SIMS FOR GAZA by disabilityvisibilityproject: https://chuffed.org/project/crips-for-esims-for-gaza Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Teaching by Josh Clark Week 6: From Refuge to Rest (Ch 20-21)1. Cities of Refuge (20:1-9)- See Num 35:9-34, Deut 19:1-13- Cities of refuge were set up to:  - Protect anyone who committed an accidental murder    - Provide a punishment for the murder - exile from the land  - Prevent unnecessary violence or revenge from the avenger of blood    - This highlights the sanctity of life for the victim & accidental murderer- How did it work?  - If there was an accidental murder, the murderer would flee to the city of refuge and plead their case.    - If they were guilty, the avenger of blood could kill them (Num 35:16-21).    - If they were innocent they had to live in the city  - Vs 9 The city for anyone in the land- How long did they have to live there?  - Until the High Priest died- Bigger problem found in Num 35:33-34  - Innocent blood shed pollutes the land- Land can only be cleansed through death of the murderer (Num 35:33) or death of the high priest (Josh 1:6, Num 35:32)2. Levi's Allotment (21:1-42)V 1-3- Num 35:1-8V 4-40- Levitical Allotment:  Kohathites (Aaron's descendants) - Judah, Simeon, Benjamin - 13 cities  Remaining Kohathites - Ephraim, Dan, Half-Tribe of Manasseh (West) - 10 cities  Gershonites - Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, Half-Tribe of Manasseh (East/Bashan) - 13 cities  Merarites - Reuben, Gad, Zebulun - 12 cities  Total - Throughout Israel - 48 cities- No portion was given to the Levites in the land (13:14, 33; 14:3-4, 18:7)- Their inheritance was:  - The tithes that support the Levites (13:14)  - The Lord (13:33; 18:7)3. Promise Fulfilled, Possession Ongoing (21:43-45)These verses are a great summary of the book of Joshua- 43 summarizes the land given in ch 13-21- 44 summarizes the conquest in ch 1-12- 45 summarizes the book as the theological ideal - God is faithful to his promises.- Complete or Partial Conquest?  - 13:1 Now Joshua was old and advanced in years, and the Lord said to him, "You are old and advanced in years, and there remains yet very much land to possess."  - On the east side of the Jordan they failed to drive out the Geshurites and Maacathite (13:13)  - On the west side they failed to drive out the Jebusites (15:63), the Canaanites in Gezer (16:10), Canaanites in the cities of Manasseh (17:12)- V 44 "Rest"  - 2 kinds of rest in the book of Joshua - rest from war, rest of a settled life    - There are still enemies to drive out but the enemy has been definitively defeated    - The settling will depend on their faithfulness to God's command to drive out the people. In order to experience the blessings of Eden the people need to obey the God of Eden.      - Num 33:55-564. Christ Connection- The rest that we find in Joshua was never intended to be the final rest, but always pointed to the greater rest found in Jesus.  - Heb 3:7-4:13- As long as it is called "today" (in other words everyday) trust and believe in the Lord. Let faith propel you to act in hope and obedience until you enter his rest.

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TRACKLIST : Alonso Gonzalez - Memories Deep wave echo - Fractal2 Valentino Guerriero - Starfall Mari. - Ok! Addex - Point of no return Giom - Play on High On Jack - Heat addiction (Nightly Closures remix) Woki Toki - Still night Dani Navarrete - Sunshine always comes Roda - Hallelujah (Prisma Deer remix) Lapo Underground - Baron Tidy Daps - Others

In this digest Amanda and Samuel look at if and when writing and reading help us make a difference. Amanda shares some of her reflections in writing her new book Conscious Tribes, and together they compare the idea of writing as a conversation with the reader and writing as an act of persuasion used to convince the reader of a particular way of thinking.Borrowing insights from Chris Nolan's adaptation of Homer's Odssey and Hannah Arendt's exploration of public and private, and story, they explore what it means to tell (and retell) our stories, and to share stories with others in mind.You can find our more and order Amanda's book Conscious Tribes: thinking differently about making a difference here.========For more about ChangeMakers check us out:Via our Website - https://changemakerspodcast.org (where you can also sign up to our email list!)Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ChangeMakersPodcast/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/changemakerspodcast/Threads: https://www.threads.com/@changemakerspodcastBlue Sky: https://www.threads.com/@amandatattersall.bsky.socialFor more about Samuel:Personal site: https://www.samuelmchu.comThe Campaign for Hong Kong: https://www.thecampaignforhongkong.orgDemocracy in Flight: https://www.democracyinflight.orgLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/samuelmchuTwitter/X: https://x.com/samuelmchuFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/samuelmchuInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/samuelmchuFor more about Amanda:Personal site: https://amandatattersall.com/ On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amandatattersall/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/amanda.tattersallBlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/amandatattersall.bsky.socialThreads: https://www.threads.com/@amandatattersallAmanda's new books are called People Power in Cities & Conscious Tribes: thinking differently about making a difference. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Enjoy this special feed drop from our sister show 'In This Economy?!'. The biggest World Cup ever is over – with 13 matches played on Canadian soil. The Canadian men's team saw a fair bit of success on the pitch, but it's more difficult to define success for the host cities, Vancouver and Toronto. Many contend there were some big positives to come out of the event – some of them unexpected. In this episode of In This Economy?! host Kris McCusker speaks to Royce Chwin, President and CEO of Destination Vancouver and Andrew Weir, President and CEO at Destination Toronto about how they measure success, why it might take time for all the “results” to be in, and how this could lead to more big events in the future. We love feedback at The Big Story, as well as suggestions for future episodes. You can find us:Through email at hello@thebigstorypodcast.ca Or @thebigstory.bsky.social on Bluesky Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Chapters00:00 Meet Mary Grove00:22 Immigrant parents, an operating room nurse, and a clinic02:25 From the IPO desk to building a global startup program02:52 Why 75% of venture dollars still land in three cities04:22 The capital efficiency case for building outside the coasts05:40 Food tech, digital health, vertical SaaS, and why those three07:31 Not trying to build the next Silicon Valley08:31 Inside the Innovation Circle: 19 enterprise partners, 2,500 deals a year11:21 Q-rounds and the deal a hospital partner handed back13:57 Are we in an AI bubble?16:27 Dot-com, 2008, and why post-crisis vintages perform19:01 Encarta, Netscape, and the last time it felt this hyped21:58 Human in the loop: where AI belongs in healthcare22:42 Is AI bigger than the internet?25:13 Building faster than the guardrails27:27 Nostalgia, collectibles, and analog friction29:32 85 companies in, and what she's most excited about34:45 Women's health as the largest underserved market36:45 Open office hours and how to reach the team

0:30 - Mike Koolidge filling in for Dan 8:12 - Commies in Cities 23:36 - The DSA Sweet Spot 40:30 - President of American Commitment and principal of The Committee to Unleash Prosperity Phil Kerpen says fixing health care starts with prices, not price controls. Follow Phil on X @kerpen 59:09 - Illinois comptroller candidate Bryan Drew asks, "Shouldn't everyone want a check on government spending?" For more on Bryan’s campaign for comptroller drewforillinois.com 01:18:18 - Best-selling author Brilyn Hollyhand discusses the rise of socialism among young Americans, his friendship with Charlie Kirk, and his new book Make America Talk Again. 01:35:55 - Program Director and Policy Advisor for American Compass, Brad Littlejohn, on Tech Policy’s Libertarian Hangover. Brad also writes at mereorthodoxy.substack.com 01:49:15 - Open Mic Friday!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this show, Steve puts out an hour of International Capital Songs.  Songs about capitol cities.  In this show you will hear these artists: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Simple Minds, OMD, Passengers, Michael Monroe, Frank Sinatra, Morrissey, The Style Council, The Ramones, Alex Chilton, The Clash, Muse, Ultravox, Stiff Little Fingers, Sammy and Dean Martin.   On most podcast platforms. Facebook: SuburbanUndergroundRadio     Instagram: SuburbanUnderground     #newwave #altrock #alternativerock #punkrock #indierock

Dr. Ben Norquist is a writer, scholar, and serves as the Director of Communications & Development for Bethlehem Institute for Peace & Justice, bringing Palestinian Christian teaching into conversations within the global church. Dr. Brian Miller is a professor of sociology at Wheaton College, and his research interests include the American suburbs (particularly their development, culture, depictions in media, and housing), cities, religion and place and how it relates to American evangelicalism and culture. Together, Ben and Brian wrote a recent book together called: Every Somewhere Sacred: Rescuing a Theology of Place in the American ImaginationTime Stamps00:00 Introduction02:01 What is a Theology of Place? 06:56 Ethics and Place. 11:29 The Morality of Cities. Why do we build these places? 17:11 Patriotism, Christian Citizenship & Love of Place 23:54 Gentrification, NIMBYism & Who Is My Neighbor?30:33 What Theology of Place Is Trying to Recover34:40 Israel-Palestine Through the Lens of Land40:34 Christianity in the Big City vs. Rural Christianity and the Suburbs49:2 Where to Find More Brian and BenSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Step into a deeply insightful, expansive, woman-to woman conversation with Melissa Nanavati, TEDx speaker, dating and relationship coach for high performers, on this episode of Intimate Conversations: Dark Night to Divine Light. Melissa's work bridges neuroscience, attachment theory, behavioral psychology, and lived experience to help ambitious individuals create thriving relationships without sacrificing their biggest goals and dreams. With warmth, intelligence, and refreshing honesty, Melissa shares the deeply personal journey that shaped her work — from navigating anxious attachment and enduring more than 100 first dates, to ultimately finding the extraordinary partnership she once wondered if she would ever experience. Melissa opens up about reaching a point in her dating journey where discouragement could have easily become cynicism. Instead, she transformed every date into an opportunity for growth, using each interaction to develop communication skills, deepen self-awareness, and clarify the values that truly mattered most in a life partner. What began as a search for love became a journey of becoming the person capable of receiving it. The conversation moves into the neuroscience of attachment, emotional regulation, and the hidden fears that shape our relationships long before we realize they are there. Melissa vulnerably shares how anxious attachment and a deep fear of abandonment continued to influence her relationships until she encountered a transformative neurofeedback experience through 40 Years of Zen. During an intensive retreat working directly with brainwave states and neuroplasticity, Melissa experienced a profound vision of the life and partnership she desired. That experience inspired her to leave behind the familiar, trust an intuitive knowing she could not explain, and move across the country to a city she felt inexplicably called toward. Within weeks of arriving, she met the man who would become her husband. Together, Allana and Melissa explore the beautiful intersection between science and intuition, action and surrender, strategy and serendipity. They discuss the reality that manifestation is not passive wishing, but a partnership between inner alignment and courageous action. The conversation also dives deeply into the difference between chemistry and compatibility, challenging the common belief that love should feel immediate and explosive from the beginning. Melissa shares how the relationship with her husband developed not through instant sparks, but through shared values, emotional safety, vulnerability, and intentional connection. Sometimes the healthiest love stories do not begin with fireworks. Sometimes they begin with trust. She introduces the concept of the four forms of relational courage: The courage to be vulnerable. The courage to ask for what you need. The courage to ask what your partner needs. And the courage to bring difficult conversations into the light. The conversation beautifully explores how unresolved fears often hide beneath conflict, and how learning to identify the emotions we are avoiding can transform our relationships from places of protection into places of connection. Melissa also shares the communication frameworks she and her husband use to maintain emotional safety, resolve conflict quickly, and prevent resentment from accumulating over time. Their commitment to never allowing issues to fester has become one of the foundations of their thriving partnership. Together, Allana and Melissa discuss how love is less about finding the perfect person and more about creating intentional rituals, emotional safety, curiosity, play, and repair. We also talk about: The neuroscience of love and connection The role of neuroplasticity in relational healing 40 Years of Zen and transformational brain training The balance between intuition and strategy in dating Why chemistry can sometimes be misleading How values predict long-term compatibility Dating as a skill-building process rather than a judgment process How to communicate needs effectively Building emotional safety in relationships Repairing conflict before resentment grows The power of rituals, play, and curiosity in long-term partnerships Receiving feedback without defensiveness This episode is a reminder that healthy love is not something we stumble into accidentally. It is something we build intentionally through courage, communication, vulnerability, and presence. Love is not the absence of hard conversations. Love is creating the safety to have them. And sometimes the relationship you are searching for begins not with finding the right person, but by becoming the version of yourself who no longer abandons your own needs, values, and truth. You can learn more about Melissa's work, relationship frameworks, and her Brave Scripts communication tools at MelissaNanavati.com and connect with her on social media for more science-backed insights on love, attachment, and thriving relationships. Go deeper with me inside The Intimate World. patreon.com/AllanaPratt #TheIntimateWorld   ➡️ Go check out patreon.com/allanapratt for Exclusive content! About Melissa:   Melissa Nanavati is a TEDx speaker and dating & relationship coach for high performers. Her work integrates neuroscience, biology, and lived experience to help driven individuals build thriving relationships, while pursuing big goals. After struggling with anxious attachment and going on over 100 first dates before meeting her husband, Melissa became deeply committed to studying the neuroscience of connection. In their first year of marriage, she and her husband raised $1.1 million while building a thriving partnership and running two businesses. Melissa translates this research and real-world experience into practical, science-backed frameworks to help high achievers navigate hard conversations, eliminate energy leaks at home, and build secure, resilient relationships. With over 15 years of experience working closely with executives and speaking on stages, she is known for turning complex science into actionable practices that create lasting change. She holds an MBA with a specialization in negotiation, grounding her work in both relational science and strategic communication.   Website: https://www.melissananavati.com/ Facebook URL https://www.facebook.com/melissananavati/ Instagram URL https://www.instagram.com/melissananavati YouTube URL https://www.youtube.com/@PeakPerformanceLove The BRAVE Framework: A science-backed method and scripts for navigating hard conversations https://www.melissananavati.com/BRAVEscripts   Book Your Intimacy Breakthrough Experience with Allana https://allanapratt.com/connect Scholarship Code: READYNOW Finding the One is Bullsh*t. Becoming the One is brilliant and beautiful, and ironically the key to attracting your ideal partner. Move beyond the fear of getting hurt again. Register for Become the One Introductory Program. http://allanapratt.com/becomeintro Use Code: BTO22 to get over 40% off. 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The final city of our series is one of the most important in the New Testament. Ephesus was Paul's home base for many years, a gospel hub and gateway to Greece. The church was pastored by Timothy, and the Apostle John made it his home as well. The church received a letter from Paul, two to Timothy, and one from Jesus in Revelation. It was a city transformed by the Gospel, and a model for ministry today. 

The Tim Conway Jr Show Hour with Andy Riesmeyer Hour 4 (7.20) Jimothy the raccoon with the congenital spine condition is taking over the internet with his adorable long-legged charm, while a hot new dating dealbreaker is making the rounds — nearly 80% of women say they won’t date a guy who still has roommates, citing stability and ambition (and no audience on the couch). Andy’s guest tonight is Tom Carroll, the engaging host of the LA Times’ “404” Instagram series — Andy’s been a fan since his “Tom Explores Los Angeles” days, calling him the cool, millennial Huell Howser who was inspired by the legend himself. Tom highlights the stunning 70mm screening of Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey at Glendale’s Alex Theatre. Cities are rolling out garbage trucks with cameras to catch code violations at the curb (illegal dumping, etc.) and issue automatic fines — Andy’s not thrilled about the “rolling Big Brother” approach. And Taco Bell is dealing with complaints of explosive diarrhea linked to shredded lettuce from Taylor Farms in Mexico. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.