Podcast appearances and mentions of David Smith

I was so thrilled to sit down again with my dear friends and true allies, Dave Smith and Brad Johnson . Every time we connect, it feels like a warm reminder of what sustained, meaningful allyship really looks like—not just showing up when it's trending, but doing the steady, daily work that actually moves the needle.  Listening to them walk through their allyship trilogy, from Athena Rising to The Good Guys and now their latest book, Fair Share, brought back so many memories of my own journey navigating corporate America as a new mom. (Trust me, I've shed my fair share of tears over spilled milk in a workplace closet!) What I love most about Brad and Dave is how they balance deep research with practical, real-world solutions that lift everyone up. They remind us that creating gender fairness isn't just about asking individual allies to do more. It's about fixing the broken systems so doing the right thing becomes the default. Key Themes Caregiving Skills Build Better Workplace Leaders Active caregiving and fatherhood develop crucial human skills like empathy and emotional intelligence, which directly transfer into effective leadership at work. "Dad's brains begin to shift and change, too. We're developing these skills around empathy that translates right back into the workplace when we go back to work." — David Smith Moving from Individual Allyship to Systemic Change Relying solely on individual (s)heroics isn't enough to achieve true equity. Organizations must embed allyship and gender fairness directly into company policies, metrics, and manager training. "All of these ally efforts are gonna be sort of one by one by one forever. Until the workplace changes, you see all the estimates that we have about a century to go to get to real gender parity." — Brad Johnson Supporting Paid Leave and Caregiving Transitions Creating a culture that normalizes and actively plans for parental and caregiving leave for both mothers and fathers improves employee retention and strengthens managerial capabilities. "Think about the work that's gotta be done when he or she leaves the workforce for this paid leave period, the transition back into the workforce with a plan. The minute you can do that, you're making better managers." — David Smith Unlocking Hidden Talent Through Returnships Organizations facing talent shortages can tap into a massive, highly qualified pool of candidates by creating clear pathways for individuals returning to the workforce after extended caregiving breaks. "Organizations aren't looking at those women, and they're forgetting that. Half the people at the top of the curve on IQ, EQ, creativity, they're out there if you would only create a glide path to return to your organization." — Brad Johnson Actionable Takeaway for Listeners Audit and support your managerial capabilities: To move from individual efforts to systemic fairness, organizations must carefully select managers based on competencies and actively train them to execute flexible work policies, support parental leave transitions, and lead inclusively. Follow Brad and Dave's work at https://workplaceallies.com/

In this double feature, we find Spotlight host David Smith at the 2026 annual Illinois Christian Home Educators’ (ICHE) Conference. Held at Olivet Nazarene University in Bourbonnais, the ICHE conference disciples homeschoolers materially, mentally and spiritually to raise their children at home in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. Their keynote speakers encourage faithfulness, their exhibit hall equips for the upcoming academic year, and the fellowship found in the halls form lifelong friendships. Carl Kerby, one of the featured keynotes of this year, works at Reasons for Hope, a nonprofit apologetics ministry dedicated to equipping Christians always to be ready to give an answer for the hope found within them.… Continue Reading

Organizational leaders are often under constant pressure to deliver simple solutions in the face of deeply complex challenges, with confidence and speed. You may experience this as a kind of "either/or" decision-making, a tension between doing things this way or that way. A leader pressured to decide quickly may miss insights that emerge from sitting with the tension within the paradox they face. Amidst these dynamics, can leaders hold the possibility of "both/and"? Our guest, Wendy Smith, suggests that moving beyond reductionist thinking requires embracing the interdependent tensions of paradox. She encourages us to shift our focus from making forced choices to discovering how opposing forces can reinforce one another. Cultivating "both/and" thinking is no longer a purely theoretical exercise; it is an essential, everyday capability needed to navigate the ambiguity of our changing world, disrupt transactional habits, and build courageous, thriving communities. Dr. Wendy K. Smith is an expert in organizational behavior whose research focuses on paradox theory and how leaders navigate competing demands to drive creative solutions. She is the co-author of Both/And Thinking: Embracing Creative Tensions to Solve Your Toughest Problems. Recognized as a Thinkers50 top global management thinker and one of the most cited researchers in her field, Dr. Smith is the Dana J. Johnson Professor of Management & Faculty Director of the Women's Leadership Initiative at the University of Delaware. She will serve as a Fellow at Harvard Business School for the 2026-27 academic year. This episode Challenges the pervasive demand for immediate clarity and rapid decision-making, demonstrating how rushing to resolve ambiguity can diminish both decision quality and human dignity. Unpacks the conceptual difference between a dilemma (a choice to be made) and a paradox (interdependent, synergistic tensions, such as stability vs. change or the abstract vs. the practical). Plays with the idea of "cauliflower living"—a deep integration where a strong global economy feeds the distinct, hyper-local traditions of communities, an example of "Both/And" thinking that revitalized Fogo Island, Newfoundland. Examines how unheld uncertainty breeds a social contagion of fear, proposing building a capacity for collective courage to hold interdependent tensions rather than retreating into polarized camps. Notes 0:00 - The Curriculum of Experience: Navigating complexity and transition 5:13 - A Career Dilemma: Finding the integration between medicine and leadership 12:04 Engaging in A Paradigm Shift: Moving away from linear reduction and towards holistic and interdependent thinking 25:19 - Cauliflower Living: Fogo Island and honoring tradition through modernity 44:05 - Interlude: Reflection on learning through paradox 46:58 - The Folly of Airport Transactions: Applying paradox in everyday moments 1:01:50 - Emotional Contagion: Addressing the fear of ambiguity in within groups 1:09:08 - Final Thoughts: "Both/And" as the next core leadership practice Citations, Papers & Recommended Reading Berg, David & Smith, Kenwyn. Paradoxes of Group Life. Kerr, Steven. On the Folly of Rewarding A, While Hoping for B. Nisbett, Richard & Peng, Kaiping. The Geography of Thought. Production Credits Learning Through Experience is hosted by Dr. Heidi Brooks and produced by Emberleaf Studio. Theme music composed and performed by Bradley Kemp.

Artificial intelligence is moving faster than almost anyone expected. After attending two of the world's biggest technology conferences in Boston and San Francisco, Investec global equity analysts David Smith and Zane Bezuidenhout unpack what they learned from the executives shaping AI's future. From surging demand and infrastructure bottlenecks to agentic AI and the companies best placed to benefit, they explore what investors should be watching next. 00:00: Intro 1:01: Demand for AI even stronger than expected 2:07: Scale of demand has outstripped supply 3:30: What is Agentic AI? 4:44: When will agentic AI be truly embedded in our lives? 5:27: The rise of “intelligence per dollar” and “token optimization” 7:07: Are companies starting to see returns on their AI investments? 8:26: For investors, what distinguishes the winners in the AI race? 10:00: Continuity announcement: Investec Global Leaders Portfolio 10:54: Is China closing in on the US when it comes to AI prowess? 11:36: The increase of regulation 12:28: AI opportunities beyond the Mag 7 13:49: What could derail the AI investment story 15:16: One message for investors 15:57: Outro Investec Focus Radio SA

President Trump recently made his first appearance as president at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner, while Maine Democrats selected a new nominee to challenge Republican Senator Susan Collins.

Proper 11: Wisdom 12:13, 16-19; Ps. 86; Rom. 8:18-25; Matt. 13:24-30, 34-43 (Fr. David Smith)

Proper 12: 1 Kings 3:3-14; Ps. 119:121-136; Rom. 8:26-34; Matt. 13:31-33, 44-50 (Fr. David Smith)

Send us Fan MailWelcome to The Helicopter Podcast, brought to you by Vertical HeliCASTS!When Hurricane Helene devastated parts of the southeastern United States, entire communities were cut off by flooding, landslides, and destroyed infrastructure. In those critical first days, civilian helicopter pilots from across the country stepped up to deliver supplies, rescue stranded residents, and support relief efforts where few others could.Halsey sits down with Valerie Smaldone and Monty Hobbs of Just Do Good Entertainment, Jason Quinn of The Real ResQ podcast, and David Smith, CEO of Robinson Helicopter Company, to discuss the making of Air Angels, the incredible volunteer response from the helicopter community, and why these stories of service deserve to be preserved.Together, they discuss how private pilots, volunteers, and ground crews organized an extraordinary relief effort, why helicopters proved to be one of the most effective tools during the crisis, and the countless people whose selfless actions made a difference when it mattered most.More than a film about helicopters, Air Angels is a story about community, compassion, and the unique role our industry can play when people come together to help those in need. It's a powerful reminder that some of aviation's greatest missions happen far from the spotlight—and that behind every helicopter is a team of people willing to answer the call.Thank you to this episode's sponsors, Robinson Helicopter and Sellacopter.Links to the Real ResQ Podcast episodes mentioned.#201 Matt McSwain & Andy Petree  #202 Volunteer Rally for Hurricane Helene #203 Marty Quinn Hurricane Helene Experience #204 Volunteer Pilot Experience during Helene #205 USCG Volunteer after Hurricane Helene #206 Inside Disaster Response | Bob Pasquale #259 Erica Zangwill & Dr. Craig McCotter from Air AngelsOther episodes from The Helicopter Podcast covering the Hurricane Helene response. #98 Operation Helo | Eric Robinson#144 Heroic efforts of civilian helicopters | Pat Harrigan 

United States Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has said that the war on Iran is estimated to have cost about $37.5 billion so far, and has asked for twice that amount to continue fighting. This also comes as New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani calls on the US government to arrest Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netenyahu.Joining Ciara to discuss is David Smith, Washington Bureau Chief with The Guardian.

Is homeschooling worth it? It’s the question almost every parent on the fence keeps asking, and in this episode of the Future Learners podcast, Ellen Brown puts it to someone with eight years of answers. David Smith, a long-time Euka parent, talks through what it was really like to homeschool three children. David’s family didn’t come to homeschooling looking for something better on paper. They came looking for a way out of a school where his eldest son, who is on the autism spectrum and has ADHD, was being bullied and wasn’t thriving. David covers the whole journey: deciding to leave, telling the school, the first six to twelve months, keeping learning fluid rather than recreating school at home, discovering hidden strengths in subjects like maths, using AI as a patient tutor, and watching an eldest son who once “wasn’t working at all” move confidently into the workforce. He also shares the small, practical things that worked for his family. A whiteboard maths race with his middle son. Letting the kids build their own timetable. Staying involved even after a long day at work. Want to have a positive impact on thousands of families like you? Leave us an audio question or share your homeschooling journey — anonymously if you like. Real questions from real families help us bring more value to every episode.  Send us a message We're listening Send us your voice message Up to two minutes. Speak in your own words Your name Email ● Tap the red dot to start Re-record Download I'm happy for Euka to keep this recording and to share it (or part of it) on the Future Learners Podcast. See our privacy policy. Yes, let me know when new episodes drop. Fresh conversations every week — unsubscribe any time. Send to the Future Learners team Thanks — we've got it. Brett, Ellen and the team will give it a listen. Keep an ear out — we'll let you know if your message features in an upcoming episode. Key Points David’s homeschooling journey, in brief: Why they started: persistent bullying and an eldest son on the autism spectrum with ADHD who wasn’t fitting in, with a year-three teacher warning he wouldn’t thrive at high school. Telling the school: the family quietly ran homeschooling in parallel at first, and found the school more supportive than they’d feared. The first six to twelve months: hidden strengths surfaced fast, including an undiscovered passion for maths, once the pressure of the classroom was gone. Keeping it fluid: letting the kids choose subjects and build their own timetable so homeschooling never felt like “school again.” AI and the internet as tools: using ChatGPT to break maths down step by step, and giving kids the freedom to research anything. From homeschool to the workforce: an eldest son who “nailed it” from day one in a customer-facing job, and a middle son mapping a pathway towards becoming a GP. Advice for parents on the fence: you know your kids better than anyone, so don’t leave the decision too long. Practical ideas from David’s family: Use a whiteboard “who can solve it first” race to make maths feel like a game rather than a chore. Let a child keep going in a subject they love rather than holding them to one week at a time. Use “misdirection” when a subject stalls. Switch to PE, the park, or arts and crafts, then come back to it. Learn alongside your child when a subject scared you at school, instead of pretending to know it all. Where the homeschooling journey started Like a lot of families, David’s homeschooling journey didn’t begin with a plan. It began with a problem the school couldn’t solve. His eldest son, a “beautiful, beautiful kid” who is on the autism spectrum and has ADHD, was being bullied, wasn’t fitting in, and David was being called into the office a lot. (If that’s your family’s starting point too, our guide to homeschooling on the spectrum and special needs homeschooling walks through what it can look like.) David describes a trap many parents fall into: assuming that because someone trained to be a teacher, they must be able to teach your child better than you can. When he searched online, most options overwhelmed him with “oodles and oodles of material” that wouldn’t work around his job and his wife’s day at home. Then the family found Complete Education Australia, which evolved into Euka, with the work laid out in manageable weekly chunks. Once his son started working through it, David could see a change straight away. He was focussed and giving far more of himself than before. “The outcome was phenomenal… we could see that he was focussed, that he was actually giving a lot more of himself to his work.”— David Smith, Euka parent They applied for homeschool, and, as David puts it, “the rest, literally eight years later, here we are now.” Telling the school One of the most common worries for parents leaving mainstream school is how the school will react. David’s family were concerned enough that they ran homeschooling in parallel at first, without telling the school, worried that fighting the system would only invite roadblocks. In the end, the school was more supportive than they expected. David believes that, deep down, the teachers had his son’s best interests at heart and could see this was something they couldn’t control. The moment that made the decision for him was a teacher warning that his son, leaving year three, wouldn’t thrive at high school. It was the kind of comment that makes alarm bells ring and sends a parent into overdrive, asking what they can do to make sure their kids get a good education, and a safe one. Ellen is careful to add that a supportive response isn’t a given for every family. But she reframes the underlying issue warmly: schools often do care, yet the system simply isn’t built for the individual child, with one teacher and 28 children in a classroom. Where a family can share their concerns and get a supportive response, she says, it’s a wonderful thing. Making homeschooling fluid, not another school The turning point in David’s story is a mindset shift. Homeschooling only worked once the family stopped trying to recreate school at home. The kids didn’t want to do maths every Monday, David explains, because if they knew maths was coming every Monday, it suddenly became almost like school again. So they let the children choose their subjects and build their own timetable. Ellen connects this to a deliberate design choice in the Euka program. The lessons are grouped into weeks rather than pinned to named days. There are five maths lessons and five English lessons a week, with no days attached, precisely so families can flow with what suits their child. David is honest that the first couple of weeks are an adjustment for everyone, and it’s easy to hit the panic button. His advice is to persevere, and to use what his wife calls “misdirection.” If maths isn’t working, go outside, do PE, or get the arts and crafts out, and come back to it later. Nothing, he says, is set in stone. When maths stops being scary Maths is the subject that scares parents most, and it’s where David’s story offers the most hope. At school, his eldest was “average, borderline on everything,” and sometimes below. At home, within weeks, a completely different picture emerged. “We found out he had a passion for maths that had gone undiscovered.”— David Smith Two things made the difference. The first was time and patience, without the classroom rushing on to the next thing. The second was technology. Where a school lesson moves on whether or not a child understood it, AI will wait. David describes sitting down with ChatGPT and asking it to “hold you by the hand,” breaking things down very easily with no rush, especially where maths is concerned. Ellen builds on this for parents who fear maths themselves. Missing one “little nugget” in maths snowballs, she explains, because maths needs its building blocks, which is why so many adults wrongly decide they’re “hopeless” at it. Her encouragement is to model curiosity instead of certainty. Even saying to your child, “I actually don’t know that either, let’s have a look together,” is a fantastic lesson in itself. David’s own family lived this out. His wife, who’d also been left behind in maths at school, learned alongside the kids. And for his middle son, the tool that worked best was low-tech: two whiteboards and a race to see who could solve the question first, because kids love the bragging rights. (For more hands-on ideas along these lines, see our 8 tips for homeschooling with ADHD.) Fostering a love of learning Beyond any single subject, what David values most is that homeschooling fostered a love of learning “everything and anything.” His middle son now gets on his laptop after school finishes and researches whatever he’s curious about, something David says would have been far harder to nurture in mainstream school. That freedom produced one of the episode’s most charming stories. David’s middle son came up with his own theory of time travel off his own back, ran it past AI, and the AI gave the playful theory a name of its own: the Van Gogh paradox. It’s a fun anecdote rather than a scientific claim, but David’s point is serious. Homeschooling gives kids the freedom to look at a problem and go and research it themselves. Ellen loves the contrast with a classroom where the teacher is “the facilitator of all knowledge.” Seeing David’s eldest shift from average school reports to blossoming at home, without other kids asking “what are you learning that for?”, is, she says, remarkable. David is equally clear that this doesn’t happen on autopilot. The program does a lot for you, but a parent still needs to play a part where they can. It isn’t as simple as handing kids the work and letting them do it all themselves. From homeschool to the workforce The proof of the journey, for David, is watching his eldest son move into the workforce. Given how his son started, “literally not working at all,” the family wondered how he’d cope with full days in a customer-facing role. He exceeded everyone’s expectations. On day one, after his interview, the manager told David, “Yeah, he nailed it. I don’t know who you’re worried about.” His son now has no issues with customer service or talking to anyone, and the job is giving him life experience and the means to fund whatever he chooses next, whether that’s university or study from home. His middle son, meanwhile, is mapping a pathway towards becoming a GP, and even asked AI to help plot the subjects and states involved. Ellen reflects on why the transition went so smoothly. You can never change “sliding doors,” she says, but making the decision early gave David’s son all these years to build confidence, self-worth, and communication skills away from the situation he’d been in at school. That’s probably part of why he’s been able to adapt so nicely into the workplace. Advice for parents on the fence Asked what he’d say to a parent still deciding, David keeps it simple. No one knows a child better than their parent, so trust that and take the step. “You know your kids better than the educator. You’ve birthed them, you’ve raised them, you see them on a regular basis. You’ve got to go and just take that plunge.”— David Smith He frames the decision not as a leap out of school forever, but as a chance to see how a child responds to learning where their voice is heard and they’re not stuck at the back of the classroom. His strongest advice for families already living what his family lived through: don’t leave it too long. David also points parents to community. His details are on the Euka Facebook group, where he’s happy to answer questions, and his kids have documented years of their work on the family’s Happy Homeschool page on Facebook, which he offers as a resource for parents unsure how far the program can take a child. His closing message to parents who can is to be part of it, even if it’s just five or ten minutes after a long day’s work. Give it that time, have a look through, and be amazed. Answered Questions Real questions Australian parents ask about homeschooling children with additional needs and whether it’s worth the leap. Can you homeschool a child with autism and ADHD? + Yes. David’s eldest son is on the autism spectrum and has ADHD, and homeschooling gave the family a way to move him out of an environment where he was being bullied and wasn’t thriving. Within weeks at home, hidden strengths surfaced, including a passion for maths that had gone undiscovered. Years later, that same son has moved confidently into the workforce. What do you do if your child is being bullied at school? + Ellen notes that schools often do care and have rules requiring action, but the system isn’t built for the individual child, so a supportive response isn’t a given. In David’s case, the family decided homeschooling was the safest course after a teacher warned his son wouldn’t thrive at high school. Ellen’s wider point is that bullying should be taken as seriously as it would be in any adult workplace. How do you stop homeschooling from feeling like school at home? + David’s answer is to keep it fluid. His family found that scheduling maths every Monday made homeschooling feel like school again, so they let the kids choose subjects and help build their own timetable. When a subject stalls, his wife uses “misdirection,” switching to PE, the park, or arts and crafts, then returning to it later. How can AI help with homeschooling maths? + David uses AI as a patient tutor. Where a classroom moves on whether or not a child understood the lesson, he says you can sit down with ChatGPT and ask it to “hold you by the hand” and break a concept down step by step, with no rush. Ellen adds that parents who fear maths can ask AI to explain a topic “as though I was 10 years old,” and keep it simple until it clicks. Is homeschooling worth it, from a real parent’s experience? + After eight years and three children, David’s biggest regret is not starting sooner. He wishes he’d known “it would have been this simple,” and his advice to parents on the fence is that no one knows a child better than their parent, so don’t leave the decision too long. Does homeschooling prepare children for the workforce? + In David’s family, yes. His eldest son went from “literally not working at all” to a customer-facing job where, in the manager’s words, he “nailed it” from day one. Ellen suggests the years spent building confidence and communication skills away from a difficult school environment are part of why he adapted so well. Why This Episode Matters Most conversations about homeschooling stay theoretical. This one doesn’t. David Smith offers eight years of lived experience, including the hard parts: the doubts, the adjustment, and the fear that a child with autism and ADHD might not cope. Then he shows what became possible on the other side. For any parent whose child is struggling in a system that can’t be built around the individual, David’s story is a reminder that a different path exists, that hidden strengths often surface once the pressure lifts, and that the hardest part is often simply deciding not to wait. Your Family, Your Journey David’s biggest regret was not starting sooner. He wishes he’d known “it would have been this simple.” If you’re on the fence, the hardest part is usually just knowing where to begin, and that’s exactly what our free Complete Guide to Confident Homeschooling is built to solve. It’s a free online course that walks you through everything a new homeschooling parent needs to feel confident from day one: how to legally register, how to choose and structure a curriculum, how to build a daily rhythm that fits your family, how to support a child who learns differently, and how to know your child is progressing. No guesswork, no wading through “oodles and oodles of material,” just clear, step-by-step guidance from the team that has helped thousands of Australian families make the leap. You don’t need to have it all figured out before you start. You just need a first step. 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The Guardian's Washington Bureau Chief, David Smith analyses US President Donald Trump's overnight address.

David Smith explains his book “Wokicide,” arguing that “woke” (critical social justice theory rooted in critical theory and postmodernism) persists in universities and schools because education lacks quality control, not because of politics. He proposes applying ISO 9001 and HACCP-style quality assurance to K–12 and universities: validated curriculum specifications, independent expert panels, hazard analysis, audits (scheduled and targeted), corrective action, and continuous improvement. A central Workplace Improvement Notice (WIN) system would let staff and even parents file tracked complaints with guaranteed responses, replacing DEI/unconscious-bias training with “deprogramming” modules and prioritizing evidence and accountability. Smith says QA would stop unvalidated ideological drift and is affordable by redirecting existing DEI-related spending.00:00 Intro and Two-Part Talk00:58 Why Woke Persists01:30 Education Lacks QA02:10 Validation Over Ideology04:53 Defining Woke Origins06:35 From Civil Rights to Overreach07:43 Flawed Woke Reasoning10:02 How Woke Spreads11:16 Equity Outcomes and Activism13:33 Deconstruction Playbook17:50 Woke Hall of Fame21:39 Perfect Storm in Education25:42 QA Solution Framework27:41 ISO 9001 and HACCP29:42 Authority and Adoption30:55 Four Phases Implementation33:35 Validation and Hazard Analysis34:47 Audits Monitoring Corrective Action37:09 Aggressive Feedback Loops39:05 WIN Notice Explained41:41 Curriculum Content Validation43:12 Audits in K-12 Schools44:53 K-12 QA Wrap Up45:47 Universities as the Source47:29 University Validation Hurdles50:30 University Auditing Red Flags51:58 Objections and Pushback57:12 Failure Modes and Fixes59:39 Cost and Staffing Reality01:02:08 Closing Q&A and Next StepsAmazon Kindle version: Wokicide: Pest Control for Education: https://a.co/d/0d0YeApM========Slides, summaries, references, and transcripts of my podcasts: https://tomn.substack.com/p/podcast-summariesMy Linktree: https://linktr.ee/tomanelson1

U.S. President Donald Trump in a prime time address last night in which he announced the release of unclassified files claiming significant election interference by China in the 2020 election Speaking to Jonathan with reaction was David Smith, Washington Bureau Chief of The Guardian.

U.S. President Donald Trump in a prime time address last night in which he announced the release of unclassified files claiming significant election interference by China in the 2020 election Speaking to Jonathan with reaction was David Smith, Washington Bureau Chief of The Guardian.

When senator Lindsey Graham unexpectedly died this week, he left behind a new uncertainty in US politics. Known as a critical deal-maker in Congress, Republicans have lost a key bridge between the Democrats – and Donald Trump. Graham was also one of the few remaining Reagan-style Republicans and his death leaves questions around the future of US foreign policy, particularly on Ukraine and Israel. Reged Ahmad speaks to the Guardian's Washington bureau chief, David Smith, back from being on the ground in South Carolina, about whether Graham's death marks a new moment in the future of the Republican party

Washington faces intense political turbulence, while domestic controversies mount as New York Times journalists are subpoenaed.

David Smith, The Guardian's Washington Bureau Chief, reports on how President Donald Trump's latest comments on Iran have been received in the US.

More than a year ago, democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani won the Democratic nomination and went on to become the mayor of New York City. Now, his influence is spreading. Progressive and democratic socialist candidates endorsed by Mamdani have toppled established Democrats in New York and Colorado. But will this new way of doing politics connect with voters across the country?Nour Haydar speaks with the Washington DC bureau chief, David Smith, about whether the Democrats are still fit to take on Trump

Dr. David Smith, PhD, a Professor of Practice and Co-Director of the Gender & Work Initiative in the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School joins Enterprise … Read more The post What Gender-Fair Organizations Should Be Assessing appeared first on Top Entrepreneurs Podcast | Enterprise Podcast Network.

Tomorrow, the 4th of July, America is celebrating its 250th birthday, for which the U.S. government will host two marquee events on opposite coasts of the country. One of which being as Trump calls it “The most spectacular TRUMP RALLY of them all”...For more on this, Ciara is joined by David Smith, Washington Bureau Chief with The Guardian.

For years, conversations about gender equity at work have been framed as a women's issue. But what if that's the wrong conversation entirely? What if the real challenge isn't fixing women so they can survive outdated systems—but fixing the systems themselves? In this episode, Nicole sits down with Dr. David Smith and Dr. Brad Johnson, co-authors of Fair Share: How Men and Women Can Create a More Equitable Workplace Together, to unpack what true gender fairness looks like in today's workplace. Together, they explore why gender equity benefits everyone, how outdated workplace norms are hurting both women and men, and what leaders can do to create workplaces where people can thrive professionally and personally. This conversation challenges zero-sum thinking, dismantles harmful workplace myths, and offers practical strategies for building more equitable organizations—without pitting one gender against another. In This Episode We Discuss: What gender fairness actually means—and why it's not the same as treating everyone exactly the same Why gender equity benefits men, women, organizations, and families The myth that gender fairness requires men to lose in order for women to win Why workplace equity is a leadership responsibility, not a women's initiative How caregiving expectations impact career advancement for both women and men Why flexibility, caregiving support, and pay transparency matter The role leaders play in creating inclusive and equitable workplaces Gender fairness isn't about giving one group an advantage—it's about creating workplaces that reflect how people actually live, work, lead, and care today. When organizations stop trying to fix individuals and start fixing outdated systems, everyone benefits. Thank you to our sponsors! Elevate your summer wardrobe: Go to Quince.com/tiww for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns! Start your risk-free Greenlight trial today at Greenlight.com/TIWW. Don't wait to teach your kids real-world money skills! Go to https://CovePure.com/tiww to get $250 off. Thanks to CovePure for sponsoring this episode! Connect with David and Brad: Book: https://a.co/d/0gnzUCWN  Website: https://workplaceallies.com/  LI David: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidgsmithphd/  LI Brad: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wbradjohnson/  Related Podcast Episodes: How To Navigate Parental Leave with Daphne Delvaux, Esq | 335 Women's Role in Defining Masculinity with Moe Carrick | 252 177 / This Is A Man's Job with Alison Armstrong Share the Love: If you found this episode insightful, please share it with a friend, tag us on social media, and leave a review on your favorite podcast platform!

Most Americans are unaware of the powerful role pastors and ministers played in securing our liberty during the American Revolution. In this episode of Spotlight, David Smith talks with Pastor Dan Fisher about the untold story of the Black Robe Regiment—patriot preachers who boldly preached biblical principles of governance and morality, often leading militias and sacrificing their safety for freedom. Their influence wasn't just spiritual; it was revolutionary—literally. Visit danfisherbrr.com for books, DVDs, and resources to learn more about the Black Robe Regiment and how you can stand firm against today’s cultural and political threats.… Continue Reading

Good afternoon, I'm _ with today's episode of EZ News. Tai-Ex opening The Tai-Ex opened up 165-points this morning from yesterday's close, at 45,165 on turnover of 12.7-billion N-T. The main board rebounded on Monday from Friday's slump on a mild technical rebound, but turnover still shrank as many investors remain concerned about possible volatility in the local market. Premier suspends his top trade negotiator after bullying probe Premier Cho Jung-tai has suspended the government's top trade negotiator after an investigation found she had engaged in workplace bullying of her late deputy. The move comes after an an investigative committee found that Minister Without Portfolio Jenni Yang bullied Yen Huai-shing. Yen died in March at the age of 53, shortly after resigning (辭職) from her job as the deputy chief of the Office of Trade Negotiations. The investigation found that Yang dismissed Yen's opinions, creating an "offensive and unfriendly" work environment that placed her under mental pressure. Cabinet spokeswoman Michelle Lee says the premier met with Yang before suspending her from her duties. Su Li-yang wins men's singles championship at the Yonex U-S Badminton Openin California And, Taiwan's Su Li-yang has won the men's singles championship at the Yonex U-S Badminton Open in California. Su is currently ranked No. 46 in the men's singles and he beat No. 38 Sri-kanth Kidambi of India 21-15, 16-21, 21-9 at the 17th Badminton World Federation World Tour stop. It was Su's first professional title, following two gold medal wins in B-W-F junior competitions in 2018 and 2019. Su took silver at the Taipei Open in 2023, as well as four runner-up titles at lower-level B-W-F international challenges and series events. Monaco Explosion Injures Three A blast from an explosive device has seriously injured three people at a residential building in Monaco. Authorities said the attacker fled to neighboring France. Monaco officials say the explosion occurred around 9 p.m. at the entryway (入口通道) of a residence near the French border, injuring two adults and a child who were taken to hospitals in France. French and Ukrainian media reported that a Ukrainian construction tycoon and his family were those injured. One of the reports says he was targeted by Ukrainian sanctions in 2023 for ties to Russia. French and Monaco authorities are searching for the attacker, whose motive is under investigation. SUPREME COURT REFUSES TO HEAR** TRUMP'S APPEAL AGAINST E. JEAN CARROLL SEXUAL** ABUSE VERDICT The United States Supreme Court has refused to hear US President Donald Trump's appeal against a jury finding that he sexually abused and defamed (誹謗) the writer E. Jean Carroll, leaving a five-million-dollar civil judgment intact. None of the nine justices — including three appointed by President Trump himself — issued a written dissent, and Carroll's lawyer said the ruling ends the president's effort to avoid accountability. President Trump responded on his Truth Social platform, calling the case fake and vowing to continue fighting what he described as lawfare. David Smith, Washington Bureau Chief for The Guardian, says the ruling will shape how history regards the president. That was the I.C.R.T. EZ News, I'm _. －－－－以下為 SoundOn 動態廣告－－－－ 今秋跟著楓紅展開最動人的旅程~ 日本紅葉祭限定！漫遊河口湖紅葉迴廊，或登上東北藏王紅葉纜車飽覽山林秋色 韓國賞紅葉x銀杏，韓服漫遊景福宮感受秋日浪漫 美加東必追楓葉大道，走訪尼加拉瀑布沉醉最美楓景 限量團位，快搜尋「可樂旅遊」與你分享世界的美好~ https://sofm.pse.is/9bbgh3 -- 【暑假首選】雄獅文具想像力製造所天天不休息！白色牆面隨你畫、泡泡雨空中飄，巨型 60 色色彩牆隨手拍都是網美大片！ 八月更有全新「彩耀日」戶外顏料射擊，暑假就是要玩好玩滿。 快來發揮想像力打包快樂！

President Trump faces a symbol of domestic frustration with the deterioration of the newly renovated Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool, alongside a shifting political landscape marked by recent democratic socialist primary victories.

For 50 years it's been one of the most popular civil helicopter companies in the world, with more than 15,000 aircraft delivered around the globe – and Robinson is a household name among Australian buyers, too, thanks to their use in agricultural applications like cattle mustering. The R22 and R44 are now being joined in Australia by the new R88, showcased by Robinson at Rotortech on the Gold Coast in May, and with an unmanned division having recently launched, the company is set to bring even more new products to the Australian market. On this Australian Aviation Podcast, we talk to Robinson Helicopter Company's president and CEO, David Smith, about the company's plans for Australia, its new and upcoming product lines, and how it's building on its safety and maintenance record.

Proper 6: Exod. 19:1-8; Ps. 100; Rom. 5:1-11; Matt. 9:35-10:15 (Fr. David Smith)

MISGENDER THE TITANS! PEP with Chas & Dr Dave (Ep 266, 19 June) Chas & Dr Dave discuss Trump's Hegseth Impression, The FIGHT HOUSE!!!, and How It's Hard To Find a Worm in Texas WARNING: This episode of PEP may contain explicit language. Timestamps: 0:00 - Introducing: Dr Dave 2:19 - Grateful (Wemby, Wittman) 17:56 - Updates (Ballroom, Alaska Midterms) 23:41 - Iran: Memorandum of Understanding 1:22:04 - Screw Worm 1:42:19 - Freedom 250 (UFC, State Fair, Rallies) 2:19:38 - Fable 5 2:29:49 - Unleashed: Fable Continued 2:39:17 - Unleashed: Freedom 250 (Reflection Pool, Arch) 2:51:10 - Unleashed: Midterms (Talarico, Platner, Lindsey Graham) 3:23:35 - Unleashed: DOJ (Blanche Nomination, Lawsuit, Patel, Miller) SHOW LINKS: *Chat with the PEPpers on the Discord Server: https://discord.com/invite/WxDD2PPvaW THE (UPDATED) DR DAVE BOOK CLUB MASTERLIST Larry McMurtry - Lonesome Dove (Mentioned 1:41:52, Ep 266) Danny Funt - Everybody Loses (Mentioned 3:13, Ep 262) David Malouf - The Great World (Mentioned 2:37, Ep 258) Connie Willis - Doomsday Book & To Say Nothing of the Dog (Mentioned 4:26, Ep 244) Richard Yates - Revolutionary Road  (Mentioned 1:48:45, Ep 240) Michael Lewis - Who Is Government? (Mentioned 2:19:59, Ep 235) Orlando Whitfield - All That Glitters (Mentioned 2:34:37, Ep 232) John Lyons - Balcony Over Jerusalem (Mentioned 2:45:26, Ep 231) Yukio Mishima - Spring Snow (Mentioned 2:35:12, Ep 227) John Steinbeck - Cannery Row (Mentioned 2:39, Ep 226) David Simon & Ed Burns - The Corner: A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighborhood (Mentioned 2:21:40, Ep 225) William Appleman Williams - The Tragedy of American Diplomacy (Mentioned 2:11:23, Ep 222) Mahmood Mamdani - Good Muslim, Bad Muslim (Mentioned 2:07:14, Ep 220) Carlo Rovelli - The Order Of Time (Mentioned 06:36, Ep 220) Carlo Rovelli - Reality Is Not What It Seems (Mentioned 06:36, Ep 220) Ryszard Kapuściński - Shah of Shahs (Mentioned 2:21:27, Ep 217) Ervand Abrahamian - Khomeinism (Mentioned 2:23:19, Ep 217) Anthony Seldon - Truss at 10 (Mentioned 1:36:09, Ep 215) Steven Teles - The Conservative Legal Movement (Mentioned 2:12:12, Ep 215) Amin Maalouf - The Crusades Through Arab Eyes (Mentioned 4:32, Ep 214) Geoffrey Blainey - The Causes Of War (Mentioned 43:49, Ep 198) Margaret Levi - Of Rule And Revenue (Mentioned 1:11:16, Ep 195) Margaret Levi - Consent, Dissent, and Patriotism (Mentioned 1:11:16, Ep 195) Sayaka Murata - Convenience Store Woman (Mentioned 2:14, Ep 194) Sid Meier - Sid Meier's Memoir! (Mentioned 16:30, Ep 178) David Simon & Ed Burns - The Corner (Mentioned 8:40, Ep 178) Maurice O. Wallace - King's Vibrato (Mentioned 14:26, Ep 164) Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky - Manufacturing Consent - (Mentioned 32:12, Ep 164) Robert Plunket - My Search For Warren Harding (Mentioned 1:49:12, Ep 158) Ian Lambot & Greg Girard - City of Darkness Revisited (Mentioned 39:25, Ep 157) Max Chafkin - The Contrarian (Mentioned 32:18, Ep 155) Claire Conner - Wrapped In The Flag (Mentioned 31:42, Ep 155) Rita Abrahamsen, Mike Williams et al - Global Right (Mentioned 31:12, Ep 155) Philip Gorski and Samuel Perry - The Flag And The Cross (Mentioned 30:49, Ep 155) Cynthia Miller-Idriss - Hate In The Homeland (Mentioned 30:10, Ep 155) Cory Doctorow & Rebecca Giblin - Chokepoint Capitalism (Mentioned 34:55, Ep 150) Elizabeth Ingleson - Made In China (Mentioned 31:50, Ep 150) John Corrigan - Religious Intolerance, America, and the World (Mentioned 1:16:18, Ep 141) Gérard Prunier - From Genocide to Continental War (Mentioned 48:18, Ep 141) Liu Cixin, - The Three Body Trilogy (Mentioned 1:11:04, Ep 136) Tilman Allert - The Hitler Salute (Mentioned 22:03, Ep 134) Philip Roth - Nemesis (Mentioned 1:56, Ep 133) Joshua Cohen - The Netanyahus (Mentioned 3:12, Ep 129) Zeke Faux - Number Go Up Michael Paul Rogin - The Intellectuals and McCarthy Cathy Kramer - The Politics of Resentment (Mentioned 13:22, Ep 124) Naomi Klein - Doppelganger Maria Bamford - Sure, I'll Join Your Cult (Mentioned 15:41, Ep 123) Wendy Brown - States Of Injury (Mentioned 1:12:38, Ep 105) Corey Robin. - The Reactionary Mind Patricia Lockwood - No One Is Talking About This (Mentioned 23:55, Ep 105) David Cay Johnston - The Making of Donald Trump (Mentioned 1:32:36, Ep 102) Jane Mayer - Dark Money (Mentioned 1:13:06, Ep 119) Harry Frankfurt - On Bullshit (Mentioned 41:59, Ep 100) Stephen King - The Dead Zone Elle Hardy - Beyond Belief (Mentioned 55:04, Ep 63) Federico Finchelstein - From Fascism to Populism in History Robert Jervis - Why Intelligence Fails (Mentioned 1:21:48, Ep 90) Alex Haley and Malcolm X - The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Mentioned 1:09:14, Ep 88) Jonathan Haidt - The Righteous Mind (Mentioned 13:38, Ep 88) David Graeber - Debt: The First 5000 Years (Mentioned 26:01, Ep 87) Jerry L. Mashaw - Creating The American Administrative Constitution (Mentioned 53:05, Ep 86) Brian Balogh - A Government Out of Sight (Mentioned 52:50, Ep 86) Paul Connerton - How Societies Remember (Mentioned 1:40, Ep 83) Paul Connerton - How Modernity Forgets (Mentioned 1:25, Ep 83) Catherine Green and Sarah Catherine Gilbert - Vaxxers (Mentioned 1:02:02, Ep 82) John Zaller - The Nature and Origins of Mass Opinion (Mentioned 3:27, Ep 80) Matthew Karp - This Vast Southern Empire (Mentioned 42:32, Ep 73) Robert Fatton - The Guise of Exceptionalism (Mentioned 42:32, Ep 73) Anatol Lieven - Climate Change and the Nation State: The Realist Case (Mentioned 1:30:52, Ep 98) James Alfred Aho - The Politics of Righteousness (Mentioned 1:25:29, Ep 68) The substack that Dr Dave apparently plagiarises liberally from! https://luke.substack.com/ (Mentioned 1:24:50, Ep 64) James Beverley - God's Man in the White House (Mentioned 59:10, Ep 63) Jane Chi Hyun Park - Yellow Future Matthias Gardell - In The Name of Elijah Muhammad Gosta Esping-Andersen - The Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism Suzanne Mettler - The Submerged State Mentioned (Mentioned 34:06, Ep 25) Brendon O'Connor - Anti-Americanism and American Exceptionalism (Mentioned 1:22, Ep 32) James Morone - Hellfire Nation (Mentioned 4:40, Ep 32) Nathan Kalmoe - With Ballots and Bullets Winnifred Fallers Sullivan - The Impossibility of Religious Freedom (Mentioned 1:43:40, Ep 28) Mary L. Trump - Too Much And Never Enough Richard Cooke - Tired of Winning (Mentioned 1:05, Ep 28) Jon Ronson - So You've Been Publicly Shamed Rodney Tiffen, Ross Gittins, Anika Gauja, David Smith, Brendon O'Connor - How America Compares (Mentioned 14:55, Ep 26) Tony Horwitz - Confederates In the Attic (Mentioned 43:15, Ep 25) Ghassan Hage - White Nation George Lakoff - Women, Fire and Dangerous Things George Lakoff - Metaphors We Live By Michelle Alexander - The New Jim Crow Alex S. Vitale - The End of Policing Dave Cullen - Parkland: Birth of a Movement (Mentioned 41:43, Ep 22) Thomas Sugrue - The Origins of the Urban Crisis (Mentioned 16:22, Ep 23) Rick Pearlstein - The Invisible Bridge Rick Pearlstein - Before the Storm Rick Pearlstein - Nixonland (Mentioned 1:03:48, Ep 23) Brian Doherty - Radicals for Capitalism  Leon Festinger, Henry W. Riecken, Stanley Schachter - When Prophecy Fails (Mentioned 1:02:59, Ep 25) Michael Paul Rogan - The Oxford Handbook of Religion and American Politics (Mentioned 13:52, Ep 124) Patrick Radden Keefe - Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty (Mentioned 33:52, Ep 105) The Bronze Age Pervert - Bronze Age Mindset: An Exhortation (Mentioned 1:05:43, Ep 98) Andrew Baseovich - The New American Militarism (Mentioned 1:00:52, Ep 74) Vine Deloria - Custer Died for Your Sins (Mentioned 49:31, Ep 55) Daniel Schlossman and Sam Rosenfeld - The Long New Right and the World They Made (Mentioned 43:18, Ep 51) Andrew J Healy, Neil Malhotra, Cecilia Hyunjung Mo - Irrelevant events affect voters' evaluations of government performance (Mentioned 59:08, Ep 32) Henry Adams - The Education of Henry Adams (Mentioned 50:24, Ep 26) Nancy L. Rosenblum & Russell Muirhead - A Lot Of People Are Saying  Benjamin Moffitt - The Global Rise of Populism  Jon Krakauer - Missoula THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!

David Smith, Washington Bureau Chief with The Guardian, outlines some of the criticism from senior Republican politicians of the deal struck between the US and Iran.

In this episode, Spotlight host David Smith discuss how Pride Month has shifted over the past few years with Spotlight’s first Generation Z roundtable discussion. Alyssa Sonnenburg, Jenna Smith and IFI intern Noah Li breakdown how their generation sees the LGBTQ+ agenda and the identity crisis being met. References: Gallup Poll: U.S. Support for LGBTQ+ Remains Down from Peak The Good Word Program: Noah & Jenna on WPEO Point of View Radio: Alyssa on Next Generation Roundtable… Continue Reading

The traditional workplace model, designed in the twentieth century, no longer serves the realities of contemporary life. W. Brad Johnson and David Smith, two former Navy officers turned leading researchers on workplace gender equity, have spent decades studying what actually makes organizations thrive. Their journey from military service to academia reveals that the most pressing business challenge of our time is not technological innovation or market disruption, but rather the fundamental misalignment between how we structure work and how people actually live their lives. Brad and David's research has evolved significantly over their careers. They began by studying mentoring relationships and how men could become better mentors for women, then shifted to examining public allyship and holding men accountable for gender fairness. However, their most transformative insight came when they realized that without changing the fundamental structures of work itself, individual efforts could only go so far. They discovered that most people today live in dual-earner, dual-career families, yet workplaces continue operating as though employees have no caregiving responsibilities. They emphasize that this is not merely a women's issue or a diversity initiative, but rather a fundamental question of organizational design and leadership courage. Organizations must create psychological safety where employees can be honest about their caregiving responsibilities and their needs. They must embrace role modeling from senior leaders who openly discuss their own caregiving challenges and demonstrate that it is possible to be both a committed caregiver and a high-performing professional. To learn more about gender-fair workplace practices and discover how leading organizations are transforming their cultures, visit WorkplaceAllies.com. Get a copy of their latest book, Fair Share, at your favorite bookstore or online retailer to explore their comprehensive roadmap for building workplaces where everyone can bring their whole selves to work. For the accessible version of the podcast, go to our Ziotag gallery.We're happy you're here! Like the pod?Support the podcast and receive discounts from our sponsors: https://yourbrandamplified.codeadx.me/Leave a rating and review on your favorite platformFollow @yourbrandamplified on the socialsTalk to my digital avatar Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

More than four months since the launch of Operation Epic Fury, Donald Trump and Iranian officials have announced an end to the war. News of the deal came as the president celebrated his 80th birthday by hosting a UFC match. Nour Haydar speaks to Washington DC bureau chief David Smith about whether the agreement can hold, when the strait of Hormuz is expected to reopen and how the the oldest elected US president went from announcing a geopolitical deal to hosting a cage-fighting match on the White House lawn

Clement Manyathela speaks with The Guardian’s Washington Bureau Chief, David Smith, as well as Deputy Ambassador to Iran, Dr Hamidreza Oraee, about the announcement of a peace deal between US and Iran, with strait of Hormuz expected to reopen. The Clement Manyathela Show is broadcast on 702, a Johannesburg based talk radio station, weekdays from 09:00 to 12:00 (SA Time). Clement Manyathela starts his show each weekday on 702 at 9 am taking your calls and voice notes on his Open Line. In the second hour of his show, he unpacks, explains, and makes sense of the news of the day. Clement has several features in his third hour from 11 am that provide you with information to help and guide you through your daily life. As your morning friend, he tackles the serious as well as the light-hearted, on your behalf. Thank you for listening to a podcast from The Clement Manyathela Show. Listen live on Primedia+ weekdays from 09:00 and 12:00 (SA Time) to The Clement Manyathela Show broadcast on 702 https://buff.ly/gk3y0Kj For more from the show go to https://buff.ly/XijPLtJ or find all the catch-up podcasts here https://buff.ly/p0gWuPE Subscribe to the 702 Daily and Weekly Newsletters https://buff.ly/v5mfetc Follow us on social media: 702 on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/TalkRadio702 702 on TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@talkradio702 702 on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/talkradio702/ 702 on X: https://x.com/Radio702 702 on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@radio702 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A framework for a US-Iran peace deal has been reached to ease hostilities and reopen oil traffic.

Chas & Jared discuss Wawed and Dida, GOLF Allies, and Of Course George Santos Has A Fucking Legal Team! WARNING: This episode of PEP may contain explicit language. Timestamps: 0:00 - Introducing: Wawed Mondschein 4:23 - Housekeeping 7:38 - Grateful (Journosaurs, Excellent Diplomats) 32:00 - Updates (Reconciliation, Bolton, Drug Boats, Pulte) 50:39 - Iran War 1:05:59 - The Quad 1:17:57 - Graham Platner (Again!) 2:37:46 - Israel Intelligence Sharing Agreement 2:52:45 - Santos' Big Bet 2:56:36 - Trump's Welker Walkout 3:06:42 - Unleashed: California's 'Rigged' Election Homework: * Jared's Quad Conversation article: https://theconversation.com/is-the-quad-dying-a-slow-death-even-with-trump-it-still-has-a-vital-role-to-play-284060 SHOW LINKS: *Chat with the PEPpers on the Discord Server: https://discord.com/invite/WxDD2PPvaW THE (UPDATED) DR DAVE BOOK CLUB MASTERLIST: Danny Funt - Everybody Loses (Mentioned 3:13, Ep 262) David Malouf - The Great World (Mentioned 2:37, Ep 258) Connie Willis - Doomsday Book & To Say Nothing of the Dog (Mentioned 4:26, Ep 244) Richard Yates - Revolutionary Road  (Mentioned 1:48:45, Ep 240) Michael Lewis - Who Is Government? (Mentioned 2:19:59, Ep 235) Orlando Whitfield - All That Glitters (Mentioned 2:34:37, Ep 232) John Lyons - Balcony Over Jerusalem (Mentioned 2:45:26, Ep 231) Yukio Mishima - Spring Snow (Mentioned 2:35:12, Ep 227) John Steinbeck - Cannery Row (Mentioned 02:39, Ep 226) David Simon & Ed Burns - The Corner: A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighborhood (Mentioned 2:21:40, Ep 225) William Appleman Williams - The Tragedy of American Diplomacy (Mentioned 2:11:23, Ep 222) Mahmood Mamdani - Good Muslim, Bad Muslim (Mentioned 2:07:14, Ep 220) Carlo Rovelli - The Order Of Time (Mentioned 06:36, Ep 220) Carlo Rovelli - Reality Is Not What It Seems (Mentioned 06:36, Ep 220) Ryszard Kapuściński - Shah of Shahs (Mentioned 2:21:27, Ep 217) Ervand Abrahamian - Khomeinism (Mentioned 2:23:19, Ep 217) Anthony Seldon - Truss at 10 (Mentioned 1:36:09, Ep 215) Steven Teles - The Conservative Legal Movement (Mentioned 2:12:12, Ep 215) Amin Maalouf - The Crusades Through Arab Eyes (Mentioned 4:32, Ep 214) Geoffrey Blainey - The Causes Of War (Mentioned 43:49, Ep 198) Margaret Levi - Of Rule And Revenue (Mentioned 1:11:16, Ep 195) Margaret Levi - Consent, Dissent, and Patriotism (Mentioned 1:11:16, Ep 195) Sayaka Murata - Convenience Store Woman (Mentioned 2:14, Ep 194) Sid Meier - Sid Meier's Memoir! (Mentioned 16:30, Ep 178) David Simon & Ed Burns - The Corner (Mentioned 8:40, Ep 178) Maurice O. Wallace - King's Vibrato (Mentioned 14:26, Ep 164) Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky - Manufacturing Consent - (Mentioned 32:12, Ep 164) Robert Plunket - My Search For Warren Harding (Mentioned 1:49:12, Ep 158) Ian Lambot & Greg Girard - City of Darkness Revisited (Mentioned 39:25, Ep 157) Max Chafkin - The Contrarian (Mentioned 32:18, Ep 155) Claire Conner - Wrapped In The Flag (Mentioned 31:42, Ep 155) Rita Abrahamsen, Mike Williams et al - Global Right (Mentioned 31:12, Ep 155) Philip Gorski and Samuel Perry - The Flag And The Cross (Mentioned 30:49, Ep 155) Cynthia Miller-Idriss - Hate In The Homeland (Mentioned 30:10, Ep 155) Cory Doctorow & Rebecca Giblin - Chokepoint Capitalism (Mentioned 34:55, Ep 150) Elizabeth Ingleson - Made In China (Mentioned 31:50, Ep 150) John Corrigan - Religious Intolerance, America, and the World (Mentioned 1:16:18, Ep 141) Gérard Prunier - From Genocide to Continental War (Mentioned 48:18, Ep 141) Liu Cixin, - The Three Body Trilogy (Mentioned 1:11:04, Ep 136) Tilman Allert - The Hitler Salute (Mentioned 22:03, Ep 134) Philip Roth - Nemesis (Mentioned 1:56, Ep 133) Joshua Cohen - The Netanyahus Zeke Faux - Number Go Up Michael Paul Rogin - The Intellectuals and McCarthy Cathy Kramer - The Politics of Resentment Naomi Klein - Doppelganger Maria Bamford - Sure, I'll Join Your Cult Wendy Brown - States Of Injury Corey Robin. - The Reactionary Mind Patricia Lockwood - No One Is Talking About This David Cay Johnston - The Making of Donald Trump Jane Mayer - Dark Money Harry Frankfurt - On Bullshit Stephen King - The Dead Zone Elle Hardy - Beyond Belief Federico Finchelstein - From Fascism to Populism in History Robert Jervis - Why Intelligence Fails Alex Haley and Malcolm X - The Autobiography of Malcolm X Jonathan Haidt - The Righteous Mind David Graeber - Debt: The First 5000 Years Jerry L. Mashaw - Creating The American Administrative Constitution Brian Balogh - A Government Out of Sight Paul Connerton - How Societies Remember Paul Connerton - How Modernity Forgets Catherine Green and Sarah Catherine Gilbert - Vaxxers John Zaller - The Nature and Origins of Mass Opinion Matthew Karp - This Vast Southern Empire Robert Fatton - The Guise of Exceptionalism Anatol Lievin - Climate Change and the Nation State: The Realist Case James Alfred Aho - The Politics of Righteousness The substack that Dr Dave apparently plagiarises liberally from! https://luke.substack.com/ James Beverley - God's Man in the White House Jane Chi Hyun Park - Yellow Future Matthias Gardell - In The Name of Elijah Muhammad Gosta Esping-Andersen - The Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism Suzanne Mettler - The Submerged State Brendon O'Connor - Anti-Americanism and American Exceptionalism James Morone - Hellfire Nation Nathan Kalmoe - With Ballots and Bullets Winnifred Fallers Sullivan - The Impossibility of Religious Freedom Mary L. Trump - Too Much And Never Enough Richard Cooke - Tired of Winning Jon Ronson - So You've Been Publicly Shamed Rodney Tiffen, Ross Gittins, Anika Gauja, David Smith, Brendon O'Connor - How America Compares Tony Horwitz - Confederates In the Attic Ghassan Hage - White Nation George Lakoff - Women, Fire and Dangerous Things George Lakoff - Metaphors We Live By Michelle Alexander - The New Jim Crow Alex S. Vitale - The End of Policing Dave Cullen - Parkland: Birth of a Movement Thomas Sugrue - The Origins of the Urban Crisis Rick Pearlstein - The Invisible Bridge Rick Pearlstein - Before the Storm Rick Pearlstein - Nixonland Brian Doherty - Radicals for Capitalism Leon Festinger, Henry W. Riecken, Stanley Schachter - When Prophecy Fails Nancy L. Rosenblum & Russell Muirhead - A Lot Of People Are Saying Benjamin Moffitt - The Global Rise of Populism Jon Krakauer - Missoula THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!

David Smith,Washington Bureau Chief with The Guardian, on claims from President Donald Trump of a potential peace deal between the United States and Iran.

The June 2026 Nintendo Direct, Xbox can't make enough Xboxes, and LoL player fined for not hi-fiving. Plus, Pete talks the demo for 1666 Amsterdam, Ruby talks Enter the Chronosphere, and special guest David Smith talks LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight.Become a Patron today at: https://www.patreon.com/backpocketCheck us out on Twitch: http://www.twitch.tv/back_pocketFollow @backpocketvids on Twitter, Bluesky, YouTube, TikTok and Instagram!For business: contact@lowkii.tv Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Why does modern work feel impossible for so many families? In this episode, I talk with sociologist, former Navy pilot, and workplace researcher Dr. David Smith about why so many modern couples feel trapped in work-life conflict, how to navigate the structural stress of dual-career life, and the realities of modern caregiving. David breaks down the "Lead-Follow" relationship strategy used by highly successful couples. We also dive into the anxieties men face surrounding workplace allyship, why traditional mentorship scripts are broken, and how organizations must design work for a cross-generational workforce. Tune in to learn about the pressures modern families face and what needs to change. Check out our sponsors: Shopify - Sign up for a $1 per month trial, just go to shopify.com/anxiousachiever Chime - Head to chime.com/achiever to sign up Monarch - Use code ACHIEVER at monarch.com to get 50% off your first year Physician's Choice - Use code PCPODCAST10 at physicianschoice.com to get 10% off your entire order Whatnot - Get free shipping on your first order. Just search W-H-A-T-N-O-T in the app store and start scoring amazing deals Pebl - Take advantage of Pebl's limited-time offer before it's gone. Visit hipebl.ai today In this Episode, You Will Learn 00:00 Why the traditional "breadwinner" corporate model is completely broken. 03:15 How repetition and exposure help build confidence under pressure. 06:15 What can military families teach us about work-life conflict? 08:45 Why women were leaving the military at much higher rates than men. 11:15 The 4 strategies dual-career couples use to navigate work and family stress. 16:45 Why constant renegotiation is essential in long-term partnerships. 22:00 What does work-life conflict mean? 25:00 How outdated workplace structures create burnout for both women and men. 27:30 Why millennial fathers are demanding flexibility and shifts in family culture. 35:00 Why many men now feel anxious about mentoring women at work. 37:15 How avoidance and fear damage workplace culture. 41:45 Can workplaces support women without men feeling left behind? 44:15 How device reliance and isolation are reshaping the incoming Gen Z workforce. 51:15 What can leaders do to better support modern families? 54:45 How organizations can better support career breaks and re-entry. Resources + Links Get a copy of David Smith's new book, Fair Share HERE Get a copy of my book - The Anxious Achiever Watch the podcast on YouTube  Find more resources on our website morraam.com Follow Follow me: on LinkedIn @morraaronsmele + Instagram @morraam Follow Dr. David on LinkedIn: @davidgsmithphd

Most culture wars are fought over the body — but what if we’ve been looking at it all wrong? Spotlight hosts David Smith and Alyssa Sonnenbrg listen as Professor Nancy Pearcy exposes the deep roots of the secular worldview that devalues the body, from transgenderism to abortion and environmentalism. In this eye-opening episode, you’ll discover how the secular ethic views the body as insignificant and how this mindset fuels today’s most urgent debates about gender and identity.… Continue Reading

Chas & Dr Dave discuss Stealing A Dolphin, The Forced Labor Penguins, and Why You Must Suffer The Consequences! WARNING: This episode of PEP may contain explicit language. Timestamps:  0:00 - Introducing: Dr Dave and George 4:29 - Grateful (Kennedy Centre, FIRE, Marx) 27:57 - Updates (Alabama, USAID) 41:52 - Iran: This Week In Bullshit 1:07:30 - Stats Nug (Women's Jobs) 1:15:15 - Freedom 250 1:35:30 - Slush Fund, We Hardly Knew Ye 1:55:42 - Midterm Primaries (Alaska, Alabama)  2:00:41 - Platner Sexting Controversy 2:16:14 - Return of the Tariffs 2:27:27 - Unleashed: Housekeeping 2:30:04 - Unleashed: Platner Cont. 2:53:23 - Unleashed: Insider Trading 3:11:48 - Unleashed: E. Jean Carroll Investigation 3:19:25 - Unleashed: Pulte Time Homework: * Crime in DC thinkpiece: https://www.niskanencenter.org/washington-dc-crime-decline-and-its-lessons-for-american-policing/ *Jim Carrey's Vanilla Ice impression: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdtKBe7sM48 *Justin Wolfers' Platypus Economics substack: https://newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/  SHOW LINKS: *Chat with the PEPpers on the Discord Server: https://discord.com/invite/WxDD2PPvaW THE (UPDATED) DR DAVE BOOK CLUB MASTERLIST: Danny Funt - Everybody Loses (Mentioned 3:13, Ep 262) David Malouf - The Great World (Mentioned 2:37, Ep 258) Connie Willis - Doomsday Book & To Say Nothing of the Dog (Mentioned 4:26, Ep 244) Richard Yates - Revolutionary Road  (Mentioned 1:48:45, Ep 240) Michael Lewis - Who Is Government? (Mentioned 2:19:59, Ep 235) Orlando Whitfield - All That Glitters (Mentioned 2:34:37, Ep 232) John Lyons - Balcony Over Jerusalem (Mentioned 2:45:26, Ep 231) Yukio Mishima - Spring Snow (Mentioned 2:35:12, Ep 227) John Steinbeck - Cannery Row (Mentioned 02:39, Ep 226) David Simon & Ed Burns - The Corner: A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighborhood (Mentioned 2:21:40, Ep 225) William Appleman Williams - The Tragedy of American Diplomacy (Mentioned 2:11:23, Ep 222) Mahmood Mamdani - Good Muslim, Bad Muslim (Mentioned 2:07:14, Ep 220) Carlo Rovelli - The Order Of Time (Mentioned 06:36, Ep 220) Carlo Rovelli - Reality Is Not What It Seems (Mentioned 06:36, Ep 220) Ryszard Kapuściński - Shah of Shahs (Mentioned 2:21:27, Ep 217) Ervand Abrahamian - Khomeinism (Mentioned 2:23:19, Ep 217) Anthony Seldon - Truss at 10 (Mentioned 1:36:09, Ep 215) Steven Teles - The Conservative Legal Movement (Mentioned 2:12:12, Ep 215) Amin Maalouf - The Crusades Through Arab Eyes (Mentioned 4:32, Ep 214) Geoffrey Blainey - The Causes Of War (Mentioned 43:49, Ep 198) Margaret Levi - Of Rule And Revenue (Mentioned 1:11:16, Ep 195) Margaret Levi - Consent, Dissent, and Patriotism (Mentioned 1:11:16, Ep 195) Sayaka Murata - Convenience Store Woman (Mentioned 2:14, Ep 194) Sid Meier - Sid Meier's Memoir! (Mentioned 16:30, Ep 178) David Simon & Ed Burns - The Corner (Mentioned 8:40, Ep 178) Maurice O. Wallace - King's Vibrato (Mentioned 14:26, Ep 164) Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky - Manufacturing Consent - (Mentioned 32:12, Ep 164) Robert Plunket - My Search For Warren Harding (Mentioned 1:49:12, Ep 158) Ian Lambot & Greg Girard - City of Darkness Revisited (Mentioned 39:25, Ep 157) Max Chafkin - The Contrarian (Mentioned 32:18, Ep 155) Claire Conner - Wrapped In The Flag (Mentioned 31:42, Ep 155) Rita Abrahamsen, Mike Williams et al - Global Right (Mentioned 31:12, Ep 155) Philip Gorski and Samuel Perry - The Flag And The Cross (Mentioned 30:49, Ep 155) Cynthia Miller-Idriss - Hate In The Homeland (Mentioned 30:10, Ep 155) Cory Doctorow & Rebecca Giblin - Chokepoint Capitalism (Mentioned 34:55, Ep 150) Elizabeth Ingleson - Made In China (Mentioned 31:50, Ep 150) John Corrigan - Religious Intolerance, America, and the World (Mentioned 1:16:18, Ep 141) Gérard Prunier - From Genocide to Continental War (Mentioned 48:18, Ep 141) Liu Cixin, - The Three Body Trilogy (Mentioned 1:11:04, Ep 136) Tilman Allert - The Hitler Salute (Mentioned 22:03, Ep 134) Philip Roth - Nemesis (Mentioned 1:56, Ep 133) Joshua Cohen - The Netanyahus Zeke Faux - Number Go Up Michael Paul Rogin - The Intellectuals and McCarthy Cathy Kramer - The Politics of Resentment Naomi Klein - Doppelganger Maria Bamford - Sure, I'll Join Your Cult Wendy Brown - States Of Injury Corey Robin. - The Reactionary Mind Patricia Lockwood - No One Is Talking About This David Cay Johnston - The Making of Donald Trump Jane Mayer - Dark Money Harry Frankfurt - On Bullshit Stephen King - The Dead Zone Elle Hardy - Beyond Belief Federico Finchelstein - From Fascism to Populism in History Robert Jervis - Why Intelligence Fails Alex Haley and Malcolm X - The Autobiography of Malcolm X Jonathan Haidt - The Righteous Mind David Graeber - Debt: The First 5000 Years Jerry L. Mashaw - Creating The American Administrative Constitution Brian Balogh - A Government Out of Sight Paul Connerton - How Societies Remember Paul Connerton - How Modernity Forgets Catherine Green and Sarah Catherine Gilbert - Vaxxers John Zaller - The Nature and Origins of Mass Opinion Matthew Karp - This Vast Southern Empire Robert Fatton - The Guise of Exceptionalism Anatol Lievin - Climate Change and the Nation State: The Realist Case James Alfred Aho - The Politics of Righteousness The substack that Dr Dave apparently plagiarises liberally from! https://luke.substack.com/ James Beverley - God's Man in the White House Jane Chi Hyun Park - Yellow Future Matthias Gardell - In The Name of Elijah Muhammad Gosta Esping-Andersen - The Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism Suzanne Mettler - The Submerged State Brendon O'Connor - Anti-Americanism and American Exceptionalism James Morone - Hellfire Nation Nathan Kalmoe - With Ballots and Bullets Winnifred Fallers Sullivan - The Impossibility of Religious Freedom Mary L. Trump - Too Much And Never Enough Richard Cooke - Tired of Winning Jon Ronson - So You've Been Publicly Shamed Rodney Tiffen, Ross Gittins, Anika Gauja, David Smith, Brendon O'Connor - How America Compares Tony Horwitz - Confederates In the Attic Ghassan Hage - White Nation George Lakoff - Women, Fire and Dangerous Things George Lakoff - Metaphors We Live By Michelle Alexander - The New Jim Crow Alex S. Vitale - The End of Policing Dave Cullen - Parkland: Birth of a Movement Thomas Sugrue - The Origins of the Urban Crisis Rick Pearlstein - The Invisible Bridge Rick Pearlstein - Before the Storm Rick Pearlstein - Nixonland Brian Doherty - Radicals for Capitalism Leon Festinger, Henry W. Riecken, Stanley Schachter - When Prophecy Fails Nancy L. Rosenblum & Russell Muirhead - A Lot Of People Are Saying Benjamin Moffitt - The Global Rise of Populism Jon Krakauer - Missoula THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!

There's a hunger strike at a New Jersey ICE facility and new legal setbacks for President Trump over a controversial $1.8 billion fund, and partisan tensions threatening the nation's 250th-anniversary celebrations. 

In this episode of THE MENTORS RADIO, Host Tom Loarie talks with Major General David Smith, USAF, deputy to the Chief of Air Force Reserve at the Pentagon. You’ll learn about a realm most people never get to see: the intersection of high-stakes national defense, cutting-edge technology and extreme physical endurance. General Smith is a combat-proven command pilot with over 4,000 flying hours—including 700 in combat across operations like Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom. On his last appearance, as an F-16 Squadron Commander, he discussed what it takes to get your goals and dreams airborne. Since then, his leadership journey has scaled significantly. In this episode, we aren’t just talking about flying fighter jets. We are tracking a lifetime journey of constant re-invention—from the cockpit of an F-16, to operationalizing the advanced F-35 platform, to studying Artificial Intelligence at MIT and Harvard. We also dive deep into General Smith’s core thesis: why physical fitness is a non-negotiable leadership responsibility, and how that legacy of grit is carrying forward to the next generation of American leaders. General David Smith has flown in combat and conquered the Ironman World Championship, and shares insights about why physical grit, constant re-invention and data-driven innovation are the ultimate keys to sustaining your life’s goals. You will not only learn about leadership, but also about teamwork, humility, trust, and translating cockpit “wingman” reliance into selflessness and service in corporate culture. General Smith’s own 30+ year career spans commanding fighter squadrons, operationalizing the cutting-edge F-35, and studying Artificial Intelligence at MIT, Harvard and John Hopkins. He knows exactly what skills the next generation will need to navigate a rapidly evolving future. You’ll learn about the Ironman Mindset, breaking down the mental “wall” of an endurance race to conquer massive organizational barriers. And you’ll learn about the Future of Talent; Why tomorrow’s leaders must anchor themselves in STEM and AI while maintaining core human values. General Smith also talks about family legacy, and he and his wife Stacy raised two incredible, service-driven daughters: Sidney (Virgnia Military Institute graduate) and Ella (a standout collegiate athlete at the U.S. Naval Academy). Whether you are an aspiring young professional or a C-suite executive, this discussion is packed with actionable wisdom. LISTEN TO the radio broadcast live on iHeart Radio, or to “THE MENTORS RADIO” podcast any time, anywhere, on any podcast platform – subscribe here and don't miss an episode! SHOW NOTES: MAJOR GENERAL DAVID SMITH, USAF: BIO: https://www.af.mil/About-Us/Biographies/Display/Article/1723144/david-w-smith/ Major General David Smith, USAF and his daughter, Sydney, at USAF graduation

Chas & Dr Dave discuss An Excursion Into Oblivion, Dogs Burying Dead Birds, and The World's Youngest-Looking Leather Handbag WARNING: This episode of PEP may contain explicit language. Timestamps: 0:00 - Introducing: Dr Dave 2:00 - Grateful (Enhanced Games, PEPpers, South Carolina State Senate) 21:07 - Updates (Redistricting, Metaxis, Housekeeping, Poland) 36:06 - Iran 1:01:05 - The Slush Fund 1:13:16 - Tina Peters' Commutation 1:36:34 - Pope Leo's Encyclical 1:54:49 - Stats Nug: Country Perceptions 1:57:51 - "Jack Smith's Assistant" Indictment 2:06:03 - Texas Primaries  2:47:01 - Unleashed: Talarico v Paxton 3:17:10 - Unleashed Updates (Vaping, Presidential Records Act, Comey Trial) Homework: * Colbert's "Only In Monroe": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJTXB5uT_C4 * Pope's New Blog: https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/encyclicals/documents/20260515-magnifica-humanitas.html * Pope Encyclical Article: https://archive.md/d232L  SHOW LINKS: *Chat with the PEPpers on the Discord Server: https://discord.com/invite/WxDD2PPvaW THE (UPDATED) DR DAVE BOOK CLUB MASTERLIST: Danny Funt - Everybody Loses (Mentioned 3:13, Ep 262) David Malouf - The Great World (Mentioned 2:37, Ep 258) Connie Willis - Doomsday Book & To Say Nothing of the Dog (Mentioned 4:26, Ep 244) Richard Yates - Revolutionary Road  (Mentioned 1:48:45, Ep 240) Michael Lewis - Who Is Government? (Mentioned 2:19:59, Ep 235) Orlando Whitfield - All That Glitters (Mentioned 2:34:37, Ep 232) John Lyons - Balcony Over Jerusalem (Mentioned 2:45:26, Ep 231) Yukio Mishima - Spring Snow (Mentioned 2:35:12, Ep 227) John Steinbeck - Cannery Row (Mentioned 02:39, Ep 226) David Simon & Ed Burns - The Corner: A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighborhood (Mentioned 2:21:40, Ep 225) William Appleman Williams - The Tragedy of American Diplomacy (Mentioned 2:11:23, Ep 222) Mahmood Mamdani - Good Muslim, Bad Muslim (Mentioned 2:07:14, Ep 220) Carlo Rovelli - The Order Of Time (Mentioned 06:36, Ep 220) Carlo Rovelli - Reality Is Not What It Seems (Mentioned 06:36, Ep 220) Ryszard Kapuściński - Shah of Shahs (Mentioned 2:21:27, Ep 217) Ervand Abrahamian - Khomeinism (Mentioned 2:23:19, Ep 217) Anthony Seldon - Truss at 10 (Mentioned 1:36:09, Ep 215) Steven Teles - The Conservative Legal Movement (Mentioned 2:12:12, Ep 215) Amin Maalouf - The Crusades Through Arab Eyes (Mentioned 4:32, Ep 214) Geoffrey Blainey - The Causes Of War (Mentioned 43:49, Ep 198) Margaret Levi - Of Rule And Revenue (Mentioned 1:11:16, Ep 195) Margaret Levi - Consent, Dissent, and Patriotism (Mentioned 1:11:16, Ep 195) Sayaka Murata - Convenience Store Woman (Mentioned 2:14, Ep 194) Sid Meier - Sid Meier's Memoir! (Mentioned 16:30, Ep 178) David Simon & Ed Burns - The Corner (Mentioned 8:40, Ep 178) Maurice O. Wallace - King's Vibrato (Mentioned 14:26, Ep 164) Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky - Manufacturing Consent - (Mentioned 32:12, Ep 164) Robert Plunket - My Search For Warren Harding (Mentioned 1:49:12, Ep 158) Ian Lambot & Greg Girard - City of Darkness Revisited (Mentioned 39:25, Ep 157) Max Chafkin - The Contrarian (Mentioned 32:18, Ep 155) Claire Conner - Wrapped In The Flag (Mentioned 31:42, Ep 155) Rita Abrahamsen, Mike Williams et al - Global Right (Mentioned 31:12, Ep 155) Philip Gorski and Samuel Perry - The Flag And The Cross (Mentioned 30:49, Ep 155) Cynthia Miller-Idriss - Hate In The Homeland (Mentioned 30:10, Ep 155) Cory Doctorow & Rebecca Giblin - Chokepoint Capitalism (Mentioned 34:55, Ep 150) Elizabeth Ingleson - Made In China (Mentioned 31:50, Ep 150) John Corrigan - Religious Intolerance, America, and the World (Mentioned 1:16:18, Ep 141) Gérard Prunier - From Genocide to Continental War (Mentioned 48:18, Ep 141) Liu Cixin, - The Three Body Trilogy (Mentioned 1:11:04, Ep 136) Tilman Allert - The Hitler Salute (Mentioned 22:03, Ep 134) Philip Roth - Nemesis (Mentioned 1:56, Ep 133) Joshua Cohen - The Netanyahus Zeke Faux - Number Go Up Michael Paul Rogin - The Intellectuals and McCarthy Cathy Kramer - The Politics of Resentment Naomi Klein - Doppelganger Maria Bamford - Sure, I'll Join Your Cult Wendy Brown - States Of Injury Corey Robin. - The Reactionary Mind Patricia Lockwood - No One Is Talking About This David Cay Johnston - The Making of Donald Trump Jane Mayer - Dark Money Harry Frankfurt - On Bullshit Stephen King - The Dead Zone Elle Hardy - Beyond Belief Federico Finchelstein - From Fascism to Populism in History Robert Jervis - Why Intelligence Fails Alex Haley and Malcolm X - The Autobiography of Malcolm X Jonathan Haidt - The Righteous Mind David Graeber - Debt: The First 5000 Years Jerry L. Mashaw - Creating The American Administrative Constitution Brian Balogh - A Government Out of Sight Paul Connerton - How Societies Remember Paul Connerton - How Modernity Forgets Catherine Green and Sarah Catherine Gilbert - Vaxxers John Zaller - The Nature and Origins of Mass Opinion Matthew Karp - This Vast Southern Empire Robert Fatton - The Guise of Exceptionalism Anatol Lievin - Climate Change and the Nation State: The Realist Case James Alfred Aho - The Politics of Righteousness The substack that Dr Dave apparently plagiarises liberally from! https://luke.substack.com/ James Beverley - God's Man in the White House Jane Chi Hyun Park - Yellow Future Matthias Gardell - In The Name of Elijah Muhammad Gosta Esping-Andersen - The Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism Suzanne Mettler - The Submerged State Brendon O'Connor - Anti-Americanism and American Exceptionalism James Morone - Hellfire Nation Nathan Kalmoe - With Ballots and Bullets Winnifred Fallers Sullivan - The Impossibility of Religious Freedom Mary L. Trump - Too Much And Never Enough Richard Cooke - Tired of Winning Jon Ronson - So You've Been Publicly Shamed Rodney Tiffen, Ross Gittins, Anika Gauja, David Smith, Brendon O'Connor - How America Compares Tony Horwitz - Confederates In the Attic Ghassan Hage - White Nation George Lakoff - Women, Fire and Dangerous Things George Lakoff - Metaphors We Live By Michelle Alexander - The New Jim Crow Alex S. Vitale - The End of Policing Dave Cullen - Parkland: Birth of a Movement Thomas Sugrue - The Origins of the Urban Crisis Rick Pearlstein - The Invisible Bridge Rick Pearlstein - Before the Storm Rick Pearlstein - Nixonland Brian Doherty - Radicals for Capitalism Leon Festinger, Henry W. Riecken, Stanley Schachter - When Prophecy Fails Nancy L. Rosenblum & Russell Muirhead - A Lot Of People Are Saying Benjamin Moffitt - The Global Rise of Populism Jon Krakauer - Missoula THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!

Jesus, People, Mission Recorded on January 18th, 2026

Some Christian authors describe fasting as the most feared and misunderstood discipline, and perhaps the least practiced in the Christian church. Why? What stops Christians from fasting?Listen in as James walks us through a definition of Christian fasting as well as why and how to engage in fasting as parents. Like all spiritual disciplines or ordinary means of God's grace, through fasting, Christians engage Scriptural patterns with the aim to become more like Jesus.1 Tim. 4:7-10. “[Discipline] yourself for godliness; for while bodily training is of some value, godliness is of value in every way, as it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come . . . because we have our hope set on the living God, who is the Savior of all people, especially of those who believe.”“There is no virtue in fallen man by which he can make himself more godly; thereis, however, virtue in the divinely appointed means of grace. If we, by the powerof the Holy Spirit, mortify the deeds of the body (through fasting), we shall growin grace, but the glory of such change will be God's alone.” David Smith.John Calvin: “since fasting is a holy exercise both for the humbling ofmen and for their confession of humility why should we use it less thanthe ancients did in similar need?”

Chas & Dr Dave discuss The Great Nothing, The Value of a Good Junket, and Escape From Madame Tussaud's. WARNING: This episode of PEP may contain explicit language. TIMESTAMPS 0:00 - Introducing: Dr Dave 3:13 - Gratefuls (Everybody Loses By Danny Funt, Paramount) 22:31 - Updates (Ballroom) 27:49 - The China Summit 45:23 - Iran Update 1:22:37 - Not Normal (Doral Statue, Dumocrats, Fight Poll) 1:39:12 - Trump Corruption - The Lawsuit & The Slush Fund 2:09:14 - 2026 Primaries Update 2:10:56 - Bye Bye Cassidy 2:22:28 - Bye Bye Massie 2:34:16 - Unleashed: Chas Missed Some Notes 2:35:46 - Unleashed: Ballroom  2:44:08 - Unleashed: China 2:45:12 - Unleashed: Iran 2:58:40 - Unleashed: Slush Fund 3:09:36 - Unleashed: Cassidy 3:10:10 - Unleashed: Massie SHOW LINKS: *Chat with the PEPpers on the Discord Server: https://discord.com/invite/WxDD2PPvaW THE (UPDATED) DR DAVE BOOK CLUB MASTERLIST: Danny Funt - Everybody Loses (Mentioned 3:13, Ep 262) David Malouf - The Great World (Mentioned 2:37, Ep 258) Connie Willis - Doomsday Book & To Say Nothing of the Dog (Mentioned 4:26, Ep 244) Richard Yates - Revolutionary Road  (Mentioned 1:48:45, Ep 240) Michael Lewis - Who Is Government? (Mentioned 2:19:59, Ep 235) Orlando Whitfield - All That Glitters (Mentioned 2:34:37, Ep 232) John Lyons - Balcony Over Jerusalem (Mentioned 2:45:26, Ep 231) Yukio Mishima - Spring Snow (Mentioned 2:35:12, Ep 227) John Steinbeck - Cannery Row (Mentioned 02:39, Ep 226) David Simon & Ed Burns - The Corner: A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighborhood (Mentioned 2:21:40, Ep 225) William Appleman Williams - The Tragedy of American Diplomacy (Mentioned 2:11:23, Ep 222) Mahmood Mamdani - Good Muslim, Bad Muslim (Mentioned 2:07:14, Ep 220) Carlo Rovelli - The Order Of Time (Mentioned 06:36, Ep 220) Carlo Rovelli - Reality Is Not What It Seems (Mentioned 06:36, Ep 220) Ryszard Kapuściński - Shah of Shahs (Mentioned 2:21:27, Ep 217) Ervand Abrahamian - Khomeinism (Mentioned 2:23:19, Ep 217) Anthony Seldon - Truss at 10 (Mentioned 1:36:09, Ep 215) Steven Teles - The Conservative Legal Movement (Mentioned 2:12:12, Ep 215) Amin Maalouf - The Crusades Through Arab Eyes (Mentioned 4:32, Ep 214) Geoffrey Blainey - The Causes Of War (Mentioned 43:49, Ep 198) Margaret Levi - Of Rule And Revenue (Mentioned 1:11:16, Ep 195) Margaret Levi - Consent, Dissent, and Patriotism (Mentioned 1:11:16, Ep 195) Sayaka Murata - Convenience Store Woman (Mentioned 2:14, Ep 194) Sid Meier - Sid Meier's Memoir! (Mentioned 16:30, Ep 178) David Simon & Ed Burns - The Corner (Mentioned 8:40, Ep 178) Maurice O. Wallace - King's Vibrato (Mentioned 14:26, Ep 164) Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky - Manufacturing Consent - (Mentioned 32:12, Ep 164) Robert Plunket - My Search For Warren Harding (Mentioned 1:49:12, Ep 158) Ian Lambot & Greg Girard - City of Darkness Revisited (Mentioned 39:25, Ep 157) Max Chafkin - The Contrarian (Mentioned 32:18, Ep 155) Claire Conner - Wrapped In The Flag (Mentioned 31:42, Ep 155) Rita Abrahamsen, Mike Williams et al - Global Right (Mentioned 31:12, Ep 155) Philip Gorski and Samuel Perry - The Flag And The Cross (Mentioned 30:49, Ep 155) Cynthia Miller-Idriss - Hate In The Homeland (Mentioned 30:10, Ep 155) Cory Doctorow & Rebecca Giblin - Chokepoint Capitalism (Mentioned 34:55, Ep 150) Elizabeth Ingleson - Made In China (Mentioned 31:50, Ep 150) John Corrigan - Religious Intolerance, America, and the World (Mentioned 1:16:18, Ep 141) Gérard Prunier - From Genocide to Continental War (Mentioned 48:18, Ep 141) Liu Cixin, - The Three Body Trilogy (Mentioned 1:11:04, Ep 136) Tilman Allert - The Hitler Salute (Mentioned 22:03, Ep 134) Philip Roth - Nemesis (Mentioned 1:56, Ep 133) Joshua Cohen - The Netanyahus Zeke Faux - Number Go Up Michael Paul Rogin - The Intellectuals and McCarthy Cathy Kramer - The Politics of Resentment Naomi Klein - Doppelganger Maria Bamford - Sure, I'll Join Your Cult Wendy Brown - States Of Injury Corey Robin. - The Reactionary Mind Patricia Lockwood - No One Is Talking About This David Cay Johnston - The Making of Donald Trump Jane Mayer - Dark Money Harry Frankfurt - On Bullshit Stephen King - The Dead Zone Elle Hardy - Beyond Belief Federico Finchelstein - From Fascism to Populism in History Robert Jervis - Why Intelligence Fails Alex Haley and Malcolm X - The Autobiography of Malcolm X Jonathan Haidt - The Righteous Mind David Graeber - Debt: The First 5000 Years Jerry L. Mashaw - Creating The American Administrative Constitution Brian Balogh - A Government Out of Sight Paul Connerton - How Societies Remember Paul Connerton - How Modernity Forgets Catherine Green and Sarah Catherine Gilbert - Vaxxers John Zaller - The Nature and Origins of Mass Opinion Matthew Karp - This Vast Southern Empire Robert Fatton - The Guise of Exceptionalism Anatol Lievin - Climate Change and the Nation State: The Realist Case James Alfred Aho - The Politics of Righteousness The substack that Dr Dave apparently plagiarises liberally from! https://luke.substack.com/ James Beverley - God's Man in the White House Jane Chi Hyun Park - Yellow Future Matthias Gardell - In The Name of Elijah Muhammad Gosta Esping-Andersen - The Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism Suzanne Mettler - The Submerged State Brendon O'Connor - Anti-Americanism and American Exceptionalism James Morone - Hellfire Nation Nathan Kalmoe - With Ballots and Bullets Winnifred Fallers Sullivan - The Impossibility of Religious Freedom Mary L. Trump - Too Much And Never Enough Richard Cooke - Tired of Winning Jon Ronson - So You've Been Publicly Shamed Rodney Tiffen, Ross Gittins, Anika Gauja, David Smith, Brendon O'Connor - How America Compares Tony Horwitz - Confederates In the Attic Ghassan Hage - White Nation George Lakoff - Women, Fire and Dangerous Things George Lakoff - Metaphors We Live By Michelle Alexander - The New Jim Crow Alex S. Vitale - The End of Policing Dave Cullen - Parkland: Birth of a Movement Thomas Sugrue - The Origins of the Urban Crisis Rick Pearlstein - The Invisible Bridge Rick Pearlstein - Before the Storm Rick Pearlstein - Nixonland Brian Doherty - Radicals for Capitalism Leon Festinger, Henry W. Riecken, Stanley Schachter - When Prophecy Fails Nancy L. Rosenblum & Russell Muirhead - A Lot Of People Are Saying Benjamin Moffitt - The Global Rise of Populism Jon Krakauer - Missoula THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!

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Unofficial Fan of “Robot or Not” Alexander wants to know what makes something official. Why are David Smith’s transcripts of The Talk Show “unofficial” if John Gruber links to them? John Siracusa and Jason Snell.

Unofficial Fan of “Robot or Not” Alexander wants to know what makes something official. Why are David Smith’s transcripts of The Talk Show “unofficial” if John Gruber links to them? John Siracusa and Jason Snell.