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Unwind, let go of the day's stress, and drift into a deep, peaceful sleep with Chapter 9 of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, titled The Mock Turtle's Story. Beautifully narrated by clinical hypnotherapist Martin Hewlett for the "Books at Bedtime" series, this episode follows Alice as she leaves the chaotic croquet grounds behind to meet the melancholic Mock Turtle and the eccentric Griffin. Listen as they recount their bizarre, whimsical school days at the bottom of the sea, highlighting playful sea-puns like "reeling and riding," "distraction," and lessons that "lesson" from day to day.Deliberately read with a slow, hypnotic cadence, this comforting narration acts as a natural sleep aid to quiet your racing mind, slow your breathing, and settle your nervous system for the night. This series offers a special preview of the premium bedtime audiobooks and immersive sleep tools engineered for the upcoming Anchored mobile application. Settle beneath the covers, close your eyes, and let this whimsical underwater tale carry you effortlessly into a restorative slumber.

A dashcam SD card that was most likely recording during the final moments of the Aaron Spencer case disappeared from police custody. Investigators handled it in violation of their own department's procedures. A judge reviewed the evidence — or what was left of it — and concluded the pattern of failures gave "the appearance of a coverup."That language came from the court, not the defense. Special Judge Ralph Wilson found that law enforcement conduct was "so egregious" that the second-degree murder charge against Spencer had to be thrown out entirely. Spencer had killed Michael Fosler after reportedly spotting the man with his daughter — the same girl Fosler was accused of victimizing, the same man who'd been released on bond and allegedly gained access to her again.The political layer makes this harder to dismiss as incompetence. Spencer was running for Lonoke County sheriff against the incumbent, John Staley. The agency that lost the SD card belonged to the man Spencer was trying to replace. The original judge assigned to the case was removed twice by the Arkansas Supreme Court. Investigators, prosecutors, and the initial court all appeared to be moving in one direction — against the father, not toward the truth.Retired FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer and retired FBI Counterintelligence Behavioral Analysis Program Chief Robin Dreeke join Tony Brueski to dissect what the FBI is trained to look for when multiple people in positions of authority all appear to be protecting the same outcome — and what a federal investigation into this department would actually look like on the ground.The murder case is over. The questions about what happened to that evidence are just beginning.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#AaronSpencer #LonokeCounty #MichaelFosler #HiddenKillers #TrueCrime #JenniferCoffindaffer #RobinDreeke #CoverupAllegations #EvidenceLost #ArkansasCrime

The leap from boutique fitness studio founder to multi-unit CEO demands a different playbook. Scaling successfully requires changing how you think, lead and plan.  Start with four non-negotiables every enterprise CEO must address early. Alina Cooper and Lisa Taylor walk through them in Episode 733: What Fitness Enterprise CEOs Must Plan For. Become an architect: Shift from operator to planning for your future business needs Create capacity: Identify personnel and infrastructure requirements for growth Clarify capital: Know what you need, when you need it and what each dollar is for Engineer culture: Deliberately reinforce values, feedback and accountability  Anticipate change: Forecast market shifts, industry evolution and consumer pivots Your business is only as scalable as you are, so invest in your personal leadership development and always be learning. Get the essential framework in Episode 733. Catch you there, Lise

Palace insiders reportedly accuse Prince Harry and Meghan Markle of timing personal announcements to compete with major royal engagements, with jokes of a secret “hijacking diary” circulating behind palace walls. Plus, Meghan faces online scrutiny over viral appearance comparisons, new claims she may try to build bridges with Queen Camilla, and Frogmore Cottage could be renovated to erase the last traces of the Sussex era.Get episodes of Palace Intrigue by becommming a paid subscriber on Apple Podcasts. Click the button that says uninterrupted listening.  Just $5 a month, and that includes many ofther shows on the Caloroga Shark network.A new season of King William is available now.Our royal newsletter written by Deep Crown is available for free.Royal Books:Revenge: Meghan, Harry, and the War Between the Windsors by Tom BowerWilliam and Catherine: The Monarchy's New Era: The Inside StoryThe Royal Insider: My Life with the Queen, the King and Princess Diana

Had an AHA or Insight? Share it:Tarkan Salar on Living Inside an Unfinished TransformationTarkan Salar did not lose his business. He dismantled it. Deliberately, painfully, over eighteen months, canceling contracts, unwinding supplier relationships, letting go of nearly 2,000 employees, absorbing millions in losses, all while his marriage fell apart, his father died, and the people closest to him told him he was making a mistake.He had built a $50Mill dollar fashion company supplying H&M and major European retailers. Family members were on payroll. His identity, his relationships, his entire world was wrapped inside that company. He walked away from all of it because he could not do it anymore. He had no plan. He had a one-way ticket to Bali and left it all behind.The hustle part is done. What has not arrived yet is everything else.The people he thought were friends turned away the moment he stopped being useful. The family members he had carried for years are still angry. And Tarkan is in what he calls the void, no identity, no clear purpose, no confirmation that any of it is going to lead somewhere worth going. The next chapter is not here. He is living in the gap.In this conversation, Tarkan shares what it looks like to be inside that gap right now. The Sufism framework that helps him make sense of why everything was taken away. The 5am Club audiobook that cracked something open in Bali. The 12,000 hours of self-development that have compounded into something he is still learning how to bring into the world. And the honest admission that he does not know what comes next.Beate brings her own rawness to this one. Two people in the exact same spot, on different parts of the world, mapping the terrain of an unfinished transformation together.About Tarkan Salar.Tarkan Salar, is a consumer brand strategist, inventor, and operator with 26+ years building and scaling global fashion and consumer goods brands.Connect with Tarkan SalarWebsite| LinkedIn |Instagram_____________________We appreciate you, thank you for listening. Let us know in the comments what resonated in this episode, we want to hear from you. Leave a comment, like, share with one person who needs to hear the message our guest shared. Take our QUIZ and find out what your talent is worth in this market:  What's Your Talent Worth (http://WhatsYourTalentWorth.com)Follow us on Instagram:Check us out on Tik Tok: Work With Us

God does not simply call people. He positions them. Deliberately. Strategically. Often silently, long before their placement makes any sense.For example, Daniel was not in Babylon by misfortune. Joseph was not in Egypt by betrayal. Esther was not in the palace by coincidence. Nehemiah was not at the king's table by accident.This Sunday, we locate ourselves within the deliberate architecture of God's design and we will recover what we are each responsible to build from where we have been set.

- Ask for help in changing your mindset - Deliberately choose to focus on good things - Regardless of what might seem to go wrong, believe that God will make it work in your favor - We aren't promised perfect circumstances, but we have strength to handle what comes and can choose to be content - God will provide anything you truly need, when your focus is on Him - Be thankful (in general) - A cheerful attitude attracts God's help - Be patient in affliction, and don't give up - Watch what you say - Watch what you think, so you will watch what you say Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

The government has delivered its third Budget pointing to an earlier return to surplus, but with no election-year lolly scramble. Political reporter Giles Dexter pores through the books, and looks at the looming debate over superannuation.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

In this week's episode, we share five tips & tricks for writing believeable ways characters can overlook the obvious. This coupon code will get you 50% off the audiobook of Dragonskull: Talons of the Sorcerer, Book #6 in the Dragonskull series, (as excellently narrated by Brad Wills) at my Payhip store: TALONS2026 The coupon code is valid through June 8, 2026. So if you need a new audiobook this summer, we've got you covered! TRANSCRIPT 00:00:00 Introduction and Writing Updates Hello, everyone. Welcome to Episode 304 of The Pulp Writer Show. My name is Jonathan Moeller. Today is May 22nd, 2026, and it's our first new episode in two and a half weeks, so that is exciting. Today we'll be talking about how writers can believably write characters who miss the obvious or fail to notice important facts without exasperating the reader. We also have Coupon of the Week and a progress update on my current writing, publishing, and audiobook projects. So let's start off with Coupon of the Week. This week's coupon code will get you 50% off the audiobook of Dragonskull: Talons of the Sorcerer, Book #6 in the Dragonskull series (as excellently narrated by Brad Wills) at my Payhip store. That is TALONS2026. As always, the links to my Payhip and the coupon code will be available in these show notes for this episode. This coupon code will be valid through June 8th, 2026. So if you need a new audiobook for your summer travels, we have got you covered. Now let's have an update on my current writing, publishing, and audiobook projects. Since I recorded the last episode on May 6th, I'm pleased to report that Dragon-Mage, the sixth book in the Half-Elven Thief series, is done. You can get it at Amazon and Kindle Unlimited since Half Eleven Thief is my Kindle Unlimited series (until it is finished). It's doing quite well and thank you all for that. Now that Dragon-Mage is finished, my main project is now Blade of Thieves. And as of this recording, I am 29,000 words into it. I think the rough draft will be 100,000 words or so, give or take. I hope to have this out in June, though it might slip to July (depending on events). My secondary project is Cloak of Frost, which will be the 15th book in the Cloak Mage series. I am 2,000 words into that and I am hoping to have that out towards the end of July, though of course that by slip to August (depending on events). So that is what I am working on right now. In audiobook news, since I recorded the last episode, we had two audiobooks mostly come out. Cloak of Illusion (as excellently narrated by Hollis McCarthy) is available at Audible, Apple, Google Play, and all the other audiobook stores. Blade of Wraiths (as excellently narrated by Brad Wills) is also finished. I believe as of this recording, you can get it at my Payhip store, Google Play, and Kobo (though Audible and the other audiobook stores should be following along before too much longer). As for Dragon-Mage, Leanne Woodward will be recording that in July (if all goes well). So that's where I'm at with my current writing, publishing, and audiobook projects. 00:02:38 Main Topic: Perception Failure Mode for Writers Now let's go to our main topic, how to write characters who miss the obvious in a way that's believable and doesn't exasperate the reader. When writing a story, it's sometimes useful to have a character miss the obvious. Of course, if done badly, this can sometimes inspire exasperation in the audience, like the cliche of the woman going alone into the basement with a flickering candle to reset the circuit breaker while a serial killer is on the loose and you get bonus cliche points if she's wearing a bikini. The trick is to have the character miss the obvious in a believable way that matches the circumstances. The obvious might be obvious, but it is often obvious only in hindsight. For example, here is a story about the time I failed to notice the obvious. In the morning, I typically get up, use the restroom, and then get dressed to go to the gym. I normally sleep with earplugs and don't usually remove them until I get dressed. While using the restroom, I will bring my phone or my tablet, depending on which is closer at hand and play chess puzzles to help my brain wake up. Now this detail is important. My tablet is an iPad, but my phone is an Android. Gradually, I began to notice that whenever I started the day, I could hear a woman talking very loudly outside the window. At first, I thought nothing of it. The house is fairly close to the sidewalk, so I often hear people talking as they walk past. However, as the days passed, I noticed I frequently heard exactly the same woman whenever I went into the bathroom. That started again on my nerves, so I glanced out the window to see who it was, but I never saw anyone nearby. For that matter, it didn't happen every day. Then a very strange fact occurred to me. This only happened on days when I had my phone, not my iPad, and this led me to discover the truth. The chess app had been updated to have the virtual chess coach talk to you as you played chess. My iPad and my phone were on mute, but on Android, apps can sometimes override the system mute setting to make noise. So my phone was talking to me as I did chess puzzles, and because I still had my earplugs in and hadn't enjoyed my morning coffee yet and my brain wasn't working, I failed to realize that my phone was the source of the voice. I had failed to notice the obvious. So once I had turned off the voice on the chess app, this got me to thinking. My specific example is so implausible and convoluted that it would be impossible to use in a novel since it would seem contrived, but how can you have characters in a novel fail to notice the obvious in a way that doesn't annoy the reader? I think there are five ways you can do it. #1: The character fails to notice something because of reasonable circumstances. Human perception is quite fallible and more so when we are stressed. It's common knowledge that if five people witness a crime, there will be five contradictory accounts of what happened based on what the individual in question happened to notice. For example, if you see a car accident in front of you, that will dominate your attention and cause you to miss background details, like the color of a nearby parked car or a nearby house. A character can also miss important details when he or she has no good reason to notice these details. There's a reason that in real life many spies try to be unremarkable as possible. The brain sort of slides over the unremarkable and makes it into part of the background. This can also work in mundane settings. For example, if a character is an electrician, he won't know what accounting software his clients use because he has no reason to know or care, especially if he gets paid on time. Stress is also a good way to have a character fail to notice something important. Job loss, an illness, a bad day, lack of sleep, and other things might mean the character is not operating at his or her best and may fail to notice important details. #2: Missing information causes you to miss the obvious. Insufficient information can cause a character to come to the wrong conclusion. Here's another example from my own life. Earlier this year, I drove a 2,000 mile road trip in a few days and towards the end, my right foot and leg started to hurt. The explanation for that I thought was obviously that I'd driven 2,000 miles in four days and put too much unaccustomed strain on my right foot. Once I got home, I would take a few days to rest and it should be good. Except when I got home, the pain got worse. I developed a fever and an uncomfortable swelling on the side of my right foot. I didn't have tendonitis or muscle strain. I had actually developed cellulitis for some reason. If you haven't heard of cellulitis, it's a potentially serious infection of these subdermal skin layer. A trip to the doctor and some antibiotics later, it was better. But this is an excellent example of coming to a reasonable, nonetheless wrong conclusion based on the available facts. Considering the amount of driving and walking I had been doing, it was perfectly reasonable to assume that I had strained something in my leg, but that wasn't what was happening at all. All the facts I knew were correct, but I was missing the key fact, the infection, and so had come to the wrong conclusion. This is a technique you can use in fiction quite easily and it's common in detective and mystery novels. It's common for the protagonist to construct a theory about the crime only for it to be proven wrong by a single piece of additional information. #3: All the information, wrong conclusion. Sometimes you can have all the correct information, but you draw the wrong conclusion from it. Here's another example from my life. As you may know, I have a lot of audiobooks available on Spotify, so if you're a Spotify listener and want to use your audiobook hours, I have some for you. So this naturally means I get a tax form from Spotify every year. During the run up to the 2026 tax season, I got an email from Spotify saying that my tax information was wrong and needed to be updated, which was baffling because my tax information had not changed. So I logged into the dashboard, but nothing seemed amiss and I saw no notifications about it there. Then I realized the truth, the email was fake. It had been sent to a different email address than the one I actually used for Spotify. The email was a very clever and very well written phishing attempt. The habit of never clicking on any link in an email (instead going directly to the dashboard in question) had served me well here. I had all the facts before me, but I arrived at the wrong conclusion because it was tax season and so it was reasonable to expect to get an email like that. Now this can be used in fiction in multiple ways. Probably the most famous example is how Elizabeth Bennett and Mr. Darcy come to the wrong conclusion about each other's motives in Pride and Prejudice. They both have all the facts but draw wrong assumptions from them. #4: Deliberately deceived. A character can also come to the wrong conclusion or fail to notice the obvious or if he or she is deliberately deceived. The phishing attempt I mentioned earlier was an example of this. Having a character be believably deceived and indeed deceiving the reader as well is a very useful technique in fiction. Agatha Christie was very good at this in her mystery novels. For example, in The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, The ABC Murders, and Murder on the Orient Express, the characters and the readers are operating under assumptions for most of the book that turn out to be the result of deceptions on the part of some of the characters. Granted, using this method can be kind of a rug pull for the reader. However, there's nothing wrong with a rug pull if it's done well. As I mentioned earlier, it's a common saying that the obvious is only obvious in hindsight. If you have the characters believing the deception for reasonable reasons only to have them realize the truth later, if you do it well and make the book all the more satisfying if there were subtle clues and foreshadowing about the truth earlier in the story. That kind of rug pull is a bit like garlic in cooking. You don't want to overdo it, but it's highly effective when used in the proper amount. #5: Something more important is happening. Sometimes you don't notice something that would otherwise be obvious because something more urgent is demanding all of your attention and focus. I think this is one of the biggest reasons people miss the obvious and it's very relatable. In my earlier bout with cellulitis, I didn't realize the obvious truth that I was getting cellulitis because I was focused on something more important at the time, namely not accidentally driving my car into an overpass embankment for the next thousand miles or so. People have varying attention spans, but every individual person has only so many things they can think about or worry about at any given time. You can use this to cause your characters to miss things they might otherwise have noticed. For example, imagine a village in a fantasy book. There's an evil wizard living incognito in the village and he's summoning tribes of goblins to destroy the village. The protagonist is busy trying to fight off the goblins, so he overlooks the subtle hints that one of his neighbors is an evil wizard because all his attention is on fighting and he's tired enough that he's missing things he might otherwise catch. In this example, the problems are linked. The goblins are attacking the village because the evil wizard is summoning them. Having linked problems like that can help drive the plot forward and provide narrative tension as the character gradually realizes the truth or stumbles across clues pointing to the truth. So those are five tips and tricks you can use to have your characters believably overlook the obvious, but there's one bonus reason that has developed in the last 15 years or so and that bonus reason is number six: stop looking at your phone in public. In recent years, I've become amazed at how many people allow themselves to be utterly mesmerized by their phones in public. I suppose I'm old enough that it's a generational thing. I didn't have my first smartphone until I was well into my 30s, but it still surprises me every time I see it. That said, for all that you hear about crime and disorder on the news in the United States, you can tell that the US still is by and large and for the most part a pretty safe country because people are so comfortable focusing on their phones in public and ignoring their surroundings. Safety experts will tell you that the number one thing you can do to keep yourself safe in a public place is to maintain situational awareness and yet an astonishingly large number of people simply don't do that in favor of looking at their phones. So if you are writing a book set in the modern era, a quick and easy way to make sure a character doesn't notice something is to have him or her looking at [his or] her phone. Granted, you can overuse this, but this makes for a very believable technique for making sure that a character misses a detail or an event. Conclusion It's annoying when a character is all-knowing, but it's equally annoying when a character fails to notice the obvious because it's convenient for the writer. Hopefully these five tips and one bonus tip will help to create plausible reasons for characters to overlook things and miss things they would [have] otherwise noticed. Used well, this can help you create a compelling story for your book. So that is it for this week. Thank you for listening to The Pulp Writer Show. I hope you found the show useful. A reminder that you can listen to all the back episodes on https://thepulpwritershow.com, often with transcript [transcripts are available for episodes beyond Episode 228]. If you enjoyed the podcast, please leave your review on our podcasting platform of choice. Stay safe and stay healthy and we'll see you all next week.  

In this episode, Professor Simon Stewart from the University of Portsmouth shares how the Covid-19 pandemic transformed the focus and impact of his sociology research, as he embarked on a project with a charity that changes the lives of people experiencing homelessness.You'll hear true stories of tragedy and survival on the margins of society, as Professor Stewart shares the experiences of migrants who live without homes in the UK. He reveals an invisible world that exists all around us, populated by those who hide in plain sight to protect themselves from a hostile environment. You'll discover the strategies people adopt to cultivate invisibility – and the potential this research has to change not just our understanding of homeless lives, but also the ways in which we could make homelessness itself a thing of the past. Production team:John WorseyRaechelle Jackson Robyn Austin-MontagueMusic: Calm Uplifting Business Presentation – Tricky Two AudioMajestic Deep Documentary Meditative – Nice City BeatsAmbient Piano – Black Trend MusicSerene Melancholy – The Music WorksThoughtful – Ashot DanielyanCalm Reflection and Whispers of Love – Black Trend MusicThe Long Journey Home – AdigoldLearn more links:Researching migrant homelessness at the University of Portsmouth. Professor Simon Stewart biography and research links. Centre for European and International Studies Research, directed by Professor Stewart. St Mungo's homeless charity. Sociology BSc (Hons) at Portsmouth. Sociology MSc at Portsmouth.Sociology PhD and MPhil at Portsmouth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome back to ADHD-ish™, where we're kicking off a five-episode series reframing the most talked-about ADHD traits as tools for entrepreneurial success, starting with hyperfocus.Forget the myth that hyperfocus is a rare, unpredictable gift. ADHD-ish™ host, Diann Wingert, reveals that the most successful ADHD entrepreneurs create the conditions for hyperfocus rather than hoping it just shows up.Here's the game-changing insight:Hyperfocus is a state, not a fixed trait—and you can stack the deck to get into it on demand.3 Key Takeaways:Engineer Your Hyperfocus: Don't wait for the muse—set up conditions like real deadlines, novel environments, meaningful rewards, supportive sensory cues, and a nourished body to invite focus on demand.Body Doubling is a Real Strategy: Working alongside others—friends on Zoom, coworking sessions, or even a busy coffee shop—provides social accountability and can reliably spark focus.Stack Conditions, Not Guilt: Hyperfocus isn't about willpower; it's about stacking multiple supportive factors. Even intentionally stacking just two of these can create momentum in your business.Hyperfocus can be a genuine business asset—if you learn to direct it. But, there are hidden costs to hyperfocus, too:Mental exhaustion and decision fatigueNeglected relationshipsOther parts of your business are left idleRemember: Hyperfocus is a power tool. Use it wisely—and plan for the comedown.What's My Hyperfocus Setup? In my own business, I decide, ahead of time, exactly what needs my hyper-focused attention and how much time I'll devote to it.The routine is precise: comfortable clothes, a high-protein breakfast, natural light, a pre-game ritual of exercise, sunshine, and social connection. And hydration throughout the hyperfocused state. No brain jerky for me.What's not in my routine: willpower, white-knuckling, bullying myself or shame. The environment is repeatable, the stakes are real, and the body, mind, and brain are primed and ready. After it's over? Rest, recalibration, and reconnection.Hyperfocus as Skill - Start Here:Pick one 90-minute block of business-critical work.Deliberately create at least two of the five conditions above.Do the work—and observe the impact on your focus.Don't be an overachiever and do all five. Start small, track the effect, and iterate. It's not a productivity contest—it's your personal hyperfocus experiment.Resources mentioned in this episode:Focus MateFocused Space (affiliate link)Zoom Spotify playlistsYour ADHD-ish ™ host, Diann Wingert Diann Wingert is a business strategist, coach, serial entrepreneur, former psychotherapist, and passionate thought leader at the intersection of ADHD and entrepreneurship.In addition to hosting the ADHD-ish ™ podcast, Diann is the creator of The ADHD-ish ™ Method, a practicing Buddhist, dog mom, and relentlessly curious human.Diann explains neuroscience in a relatable way. Through her accessible storytelling, Diann empowers others to understand their brains, manage their energy, and show compassion to themselves as they navigate the demands of being a business owner and in their everyday lives.Want more strategies for time blindness, novelty chasing, object permanence issues, and procrastination? Make sure you don't miss the next episodes in this “Reframing Your ADHD Traits as Business Strategies” series. Subscribe/Follow ADHD-ish on Apple or SpotifyWant my help to build your business with ADHD in mind? Schedule a free consultation to explore expert ADHD entrepreneur coaching with Diann Wingert© 2026 ADHD-ish™ Podcast. Intro music by Ishan Dincer / Melody Loops / Outro music by Vladimir / Bobi Music / All rights reserved.

Welcome back to ADHD-ish™, where we're kicking off a five-episode series reframing the most talked-about ADHD traits as tools for entrepreneurial success, starting with hyperfocus.Forget the myth that hyperfocus is a rare, unpredictable gift. ADHD-ish™ host, Diann Wingert, reveals that the most successful ADHD entrepreneurs create the conditions for hyperfocus rather than hoping it just shows up.Here's the game-changing insight:Hyperfocus is a state, not a fixed trait—and you can stack the deck to get into it on demand.3 Key Takeaways:Engineer Your Hyperfocus: Don't wait for the muse—set up conditions like real deadlines, novel environments, meaningful rewards, supportive sensory cues, and a nourished body to invite focus on demand.Body Doubling is a Real Strategy: Working alongside others—friends on Zoom, coworking sessions, or even a busy coffee shop—provides social accountability and can reliably spark focus.Stack Conditions, Not Guilt: Hyperfocus isn't about willpower; it's about stacking multiple supportive factors. Even intentionally stacking just two of these can create momentum in your business.Hyperfocus can be a genuine business asset—if you learn to direct it. But, there are hidden costs to hyperfocus, too:Mental exhaustion and decision fatigueNeglected relationshipsOther parts of your business are left idleRemember: Hyperfocus is a power tool. Use it wisely—and plan for the comedown.What's My Hyperfocus Setup? In my own business, I decide, ahead of time, exactly what needs my hyper-focused attention and how much time I'll devote to it.The routine is precise: comfortable clothes, a high-protein breakfast, natural light, a pre-game ritual of exercise, sunshine, and social connection. And hydration throughout the hyperfocused state. No brain jerky for me.What's not in my routine: willpower, white-knuckling, bullying myself or shame. The environment is repeatable, the stakes are real, and the body, mind, and brain are primed and ready. After it's over? Rest, recalibration, and reconnection.Hyperfocus as Skill - Start Here:Pick one 90-minute block of business-critical work.Deliberately create at least two of the five conditions above.Do the work—and observe the impact on your focus.Don't be an overachiever and do all five. Start small, track the effect, and iterate. It's not a productivity contest—it's your personal hyperfocus experiment.Resources mentioned in this episode:Focus MateFocused Space (affiliate link)Zoom Spotify playlistsYour ADHD-ish ™ host, Diann Wingert Diann Wingert is a business strategist, coach, serial entrepreneur, former psychotherapist, and passionate thought leader at the intersection of ADHD and entrepreneurship.In addition to hosting the ADHD-ish ™ podcast, Diann is the creator of The ADHD-ish ™ Method, a practicing Buddhist, dog mom, and relentlessly curious human.Diann explains neuroscience in a relatable way. Through her accessible storytelling, Diann empowers others to understand their brains, manage their energy, and show compassion to themselves as they navigate the demands of being a business owner and in their everyday lives.Want more strategies for time blindness, novelty chasing, object permanence issues, and procrastination? Make sure you don't miss the next episodes in this “Reframing Your ADHD Traits as Business Strategies” series. Subscribe/Follow ADHD-ish on Apple or SpotifyWant my help to build your business with ADHD in mind? Schedule a free consultation to explore expert ADHD entrepreneur coaching with Diann Wingert© 2026 ADHD-ish™ Podcast. Intro music by Ishan Dincer / Melody Loops / Outro music by Vladimir / Bobi Music / All rights reserved.

When Lena started dating Jesse, nothing about it felt complicated—until he told her what happened when he slept. At first, it sounded like stress or night terrors, something easy to dismiss. But the first time she saw it for herself, that explanation didn't hold. Jesse didn't just move in his sleep—he reacted, like he was fighting something no one else could see.Then the marks started appearing. Slowly. Deliberately.With Travis as a witness, it became impossible to ignore that whatever was happening wasn't just in Jesse's mind. And when the activity didn't stop, they made the only decision that made sense—he left.That should have ended it. Instead, something else began. Because whatever had been there… didn't go with him.#RealGhostStories #SleepParalysisOrWorse #ParanormalAttack #UnseenEntity #ShadowPresence #HauntedRelationship #SomethingFollowed #ParanormalEncounter #ItDidntStop #EntityAttachmentLove real ghost stories? Want even more?Become a supporter and unlock exclusive extras, ad-free episodes, and advanced access:

When Lena started dating Jesse, nothing about it felt complicated—until he told her what happened when he slept. At first, it sounded like stress or night terrors, something easy to dismiss. But the first time she saw it for herself, that explanation didn't hold. Jesse didn't just move in his sleep—he reacted, like he was fighting something no one else could see.Then the marks started appearing. Slowly. Deliberately.With Travis as a witness, it became impossible to ignore that whatever was happening wasn't just in Jesse's mind. And when the activity didn't stop, they made the only decision that made sense—he left.That should have ended it. Instead, something else began. Because whatever had been there… didn't go with him.#RealGhostStories #SleepParalysisOrWorse #ParanormalAttack #UnseenEntity #ShadowPresence #HauntedRelationship #SomethingFollowed #ParanormalEncounter #ItDidntStop #EntityAttachmentLove real ghost stories? Want even more?Become a supporter and unlock exclusive extras, ad-free episodes, and advanced access:

In a world so divided by hate, how can we choose to show love? This week we are joined by journalist Jan Fran, who unpacks the horror of witnessing horror.

This week, we explore the invisible boundaries that shape our work, our relationships, and our own sense of what's possible. We open with the story of the four-minute mile: for nine years, no one could break it—until Roger Bannister did, and the floodgates opened. What changed? Not the runners' bodies, but their sense of possibility. This episode is about those frames we rarely question—the ones that quietly dictate how high we reach and what doors we see as closed.We're joined by Tom Rath, bestselling author of What's the Point?, who shares practical ways to bring purpose and curiosity into daily routines. He challenges the myth that purpose is something lofty or rare, arguing instead for small, conscious actions that compound over time. We also talk with Dr. Claude Steele, social psychologist and author of Churn, who uncovers the hidden cognitive cost of navigating difference—and the power of trust and curiosity in building genuine connection.This episode is for leaders and ambitious people who want more than surface-level inspiration. We unpack the non-obvious, often-unspoken barriers to creative impact, and offer mindsets and tactics to do our best work in a world of uncertainty and change.Five Key LearningsPossibility follows perception: The true barrier is rarely our capability; it's the mental frames we accept as facts, often inherited from others or from outdated stories about what's realistic.Purpose is built, not found: Purpose isn't a grand concept reserved for a chosen few—it's a practical orientation, shaped by the daily question: “What's the point?” and, more specifically, “Who do I help?”Exposure gaps limit potential: Most of us only ever glimpse a fraction of what's really possible in our careers or lives. Deliberately widening that aperture—seeking out new experiences and perspectives—creates new options.Difference comes with cognitive overhead: Navigating diverse teams or situations requires extra energy—what Dr. Claude Steele calls “churn.” That bandwidth tax is real, but understanding it is the first step in reducing its effect.Trust is the antidote to churn: Building trust—through curiosity rather than defensiveness—turns anxiety into opportunity. Leaning into difference, rather than simply managing it, can unlock creative and relational breakthroughs.Get full interviews and bonus content for free! Just join the list at DailyCreativePlus.com.Mentioned in this episode:To listen to the full interviews from today's episode, as well as receive bonus content and deep dive insights from the episode, visit DailyCreativePlus.com and join Daily Creative+.The Brave Habit is available nowMy new book will help you make bravery a habit in your life, your leadership, and your work. Discover how to develop the two qualities that lead to brave action: Optimistic Vision and Agency. Buy The Brave Habit wherever books are sold, or learn more at TheBraveHabit.com.

He arrived in Abu Dhabi in 1981 when roads turned to soft sand and ceilings collapsed because villas were built with saltwater cement. He came for six months. He never left. Forty-five years later, he just took his company public at a $1.5 billion valuation and he's 71 years old with zero plans to stop.  In this episode, Spencer sits down with Fayez Ibbini, founder of Alpha Data, one of the UAE's most enduring technology companies. From coding assembly language for the Kuwait Stock Exchange on 16-hour days, to pivoting from IBM mini-computers to PCs, to riding every wave from networking and the internet to cloud, mobile, big data, IoT and now AI. Fayez has been at the frontier of technology in this region for nearly half a century.  But this isn't just a business story. It's a story about passion over comfort, about the cost of obsession, about what it really means to build something that outlasts you. He'll tell you that if you haven't started a business by 40, don't bother. That retirement was invented to push you out. That AI is not another wave - it's a tsunami. And that the most expensive lessons in business are almost always about people.  Whether you're an entrepreneur at the start of your journey, a leader navigating the AI revolution, or someone who wonders what it looks like to still be curious and hungry at 71. This conversation will challenge everything you think you know about success, technology, and time.   Timestamps:  00:00 – "A golden cage": why Fayez came for six months and stayed 45 years  01:28 – Abu Dhabi vs. Dubai and the mind-boggling speed of UAE transformation  06:34 – From electrical engineering to poultry imports to farming — finding what actually excites him  11:20 – Coding the Kuwait Stock Exchange in assembly language and the moment he realized talent has value  12:29 – His first client in the UAE: a video rental library, a 2,000-dirham cheque, and why he never cashed it  15:54 – Seeing every stand at CeBIT with a PC and making a decision that changed everything  17:17 – The seven waves of technology: mainframes to AI — and why AI is the tsunami, not the wave  21:36 – Why Alpha Data's greatest asset isn't talent — it's 2,200 relationships built on trust  23:00 – Life only makes sense in the rearview mirror: navigating the fog of action  26:00 – The three ingredients for success: passion, innate ability, and demand  28:00 – His controversial take: if you haven't started a business by 40, don't bother  29:24 – Why Fayez took Alpha Data public after 44 years — and the succession problem that forced his hand  34:00 – Deliberately leaving money on the table at IPO and why that was the smartest move  38:00 – The stock market chief's warning: "The sleepless nights start after the birth"  41:40 – Alpha Data's three core values: care for people, no red tape, and speed  45:15 – Overcoming introversion, shaking knees, and the demon in your brain that tries to protect you  50:00 – On giving back: why his model is teaching people to fish, not handing them fish  57:00 – AI compared to electricity: we are at the very start of it invading every aspect of our lives  1:00:25 – What AI can never replace: trust, the handshake, and the look in someone's eyes  1:02:40 – Quickfire: what money really means, the hardest decision he ever made, and a belief he's completely abandoned  1:04:24 – Why most people fail and his single biggest leadership lesson  1:09:11 – Why retirement is an invention of the industrial age — and what he's learning right now at 71    Follow Spencer Lodge on Social Media  https://www.instagram.com/madeindubaipodcast/?hl=en  https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61586194260076  https://www.instagram.com/spencer.lodge/?hl=en  https://www.tiktok.com/@spencer.lodge  https://www.linkedin.com/in/spencerlodge/  https://www.youtube.com/c/SpencerLodgeTV  https://www.facebook.com/spencerlodgeofficial/    Follow Fayez Ibbini on Social Media  https://www.linkedin.com/in/fayez-ibbini-28382717/  https://www.linkedin.com/company/alpha-data_2/  https://www.instagram.com/alphadatauae/ 

SEASON 4 EPISODE 80: COUNTDOWN WITH KEITH OLBERMANN A-Block (3:00) SPECIAL COMMENT: Nobody is at the wheel of Trump's war in Iran. Is the Strait of Hormuz open or is it closed? Are there peace talks with Iran in Pakistan TOMORROW… or nah? Is Jayvee Vance going? Is Iran going? Has Trump scheduled peace talks where we’re the only ones there? Will it make any difference if we’re the only ones there? Doesn’t “blowing a hole in the engine room” of an Iranian cargo ship yesterday mean we aren’t honoring Trump’s own ceasefire he boasted about? Are we paying 20 billion dollars for the Iranian uranium and hostages? The same uranium and hostages Obama bought for 400 million and Trump called him a traitor? Or is that a no? Don’t ask Trump – he doesn’t know. But that won’t stop him from answering anyway. Yes. Then Nope. Then Yes again. Then: All of the Above. in 48 hours he went from 13 posts congratulating himself on winning, to insisting he would stop being “Mr. Nice Guy” and blow up all of Iran. By the way, eactly when was he “Mr. Nice Guy”? We are LOSING the war in Iran and as of today a total idiot is still president and commander-in-chief. He gets questions about the pointless war he started to divert attention from Epstein and the economy he crashed, so he orders the reporters out of the Oval Office, and sits there with hapless munchkin Little Joe Rogan standing behind him, the shine off his cueball noggin blinding cameras and journalists alike. Trump has set off a chain of events over which he no longer has any control – except to withdraw and flee – and to withdraw and flee is to acknowledge he screwed up. And this man would jump off the roof of the White House before admitting he screwed up. The Trump “Administration” has so UTTERLY jumped the shark, that the truthers are coming out from inside MAGA: Alex Jones now insists Trump has done all this DELIBERATELY, because he has made a “deal with the deep state to throw the election to the Democrats." Marjorie Taylor Greene has joined the Trump Assassination Truthers and Trump himself has floated a kind of conspiracy theory ABOUT himself… he wrote ‘Praise Be To Allah’ on Easter morning to “seem as unstable and insulting as possible.” He wanted to seem as unstable as possible? MISSION ACCOMPLISHED, Trump! You’ve finally done something you promised! B-Block (28:30) THE WORST PERSONS IN THE WORLD: Before the year is out, Major League Baseball will threaten to lock the players out and cancel the season in 2027 because the smaller market teams can't make enough money to compete. One of those teams just sold for $3.1 billion more than it did in 2012. New York's hockey teams support a) Trump putting his name on public buildings or b) legal funds for cops convicted of killing unarmed civilians. Vivek Ramaswamy dismisses his opponent talking about being raped as a child as her "complaining." And Lauren Boebert thinks Congress is too horny and she won't remain, uh, hands off. C-Block (45:00) THINGS I PROMISED NOT TO TELL: Netflix stock took a huge hit, supposedly after the co-founder Reed Hastings announced he was bowing out. But I think it might've been another announcement that did it. They are going into news podcasts with - Brian Williams? The story of how he imploded at NBC, while I was literally an eyewitness to his public self-destruction, and the advice I gave his bosses that could have saved him (and them) if they hadn't ignored it.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week on Paranormal Activity: Monday Mailtime, Producer Dom dives into two deeply unsettling listener encounters that don't just feel paranormal… they feel intentional.First, Daniel shares a chilling experience from the Lake District, where a converted 18th-century cottage appears to be quietly rebuilding something left behind. Objects don't just move: they arrive. Carefully. Deliberately. Forming patterns that suggest purpose, not chaos. But what happens when the house isn't just active… it thinks something has been taken?Then, Sophie recounts a hauntingly different kind of experience in Malaysia, inside the historic Cheng Hoon Teng Temple. No shadows. No figures. Just an overwhelming, undeniable feeling: she wasn't meant to be there. A space not of haunting—but of balance… and awareness.These aren't your typical ghost stories.There are no loud bangs or dark figures lurking in corners. Instead, something far more disturbing: control, intention, and the sense of being recognised.What happens when the paranormal doesn't just appear… but responds?And more importantly… what happens when it notices you?Producer Dom reacts, unpacks, and explores the darker, more folkloric theories behind these encounters.Where ritual, energy, and unseen forces may be far more active than we realise.A Create Podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

They Banned A Dictionary Definition. Here's Why.Dr. Bryan Ardis returns. 90 minutes of the stuff they really don't want you to see.This content is for informational and educational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. Always consult a qualified healthcare professional before making any changes to your health regimen.Nine months ago I sat down with Dr. Bryan Ardis and we did an interview that generated somewhere north of 140 million views across my platforms.The Australian government's TGA (the equivalent of the FDA in the US) sued Meta to have a nine-minute clip removed from Facebook inside Australia. The clip wasn't about vaccines. It wasn't about COVID treatment protocols. It wasn't about anything you'd expect regulators to lose sleep over.It was about a dictionary definition.The word virus.That clip had an average watch time of two minutes and fifteen seconds on a three-minute video. People watched it almost all the way through. Over and over. Because it cracked something open in them that couldn't be shut again.So when Bryan reached out and said he had more to share, I cleared my calendar.What followed was 90 minutes that I believe will change the way you see your food, your medicine, your government, and your own body.Here's what we covered.Why That Clip Had To Come DownThe word virus is not an English word. It is Latin. For four centuries, from the 1600s through to the modern era, it has carried one definition.A poison. Especially of snakes. Venom.That is not conspiracy. That is etymology. You can look it up yourself in any pre-modern dictionary.Now here is why that single fact is so threatening to the pharmaceutical industry.From the moment you are born, you are told you need vaccines to protect you from viruses. In America, within 24 hours of birth, before your baby can leave the hospital, it receives a hepatitis B vaccine. Bryan points out that the medical profession's own explanation for how hepatitis B spreads is through unprotected sex with multiple partners or sharing syringes. He asks a reasonable question: how many newborns in a hospital nursery are doing either of those things?The deeper issue is this. If a virus is venom, and that is what the word has always meant, then the narrative that viruses spread between people falls apart completely. Venom doesn't transmit person to person through the air or through contact. It has to be introduced. Deliberately. Through a delivery mechanism.Once you know that, you stop asking "how do I avoid catching this?" and you start asking "how is this getting into me, and who benefits?"That is why the TGA made the call.The Paris Research Nobody Talked AboutIn April 2020, four months into the pandemic, two researchers in Paris ordered spike proteins of COVID from China and the UK. They wanted to understand a paradox being reported around the world by scientists and doctors. Smokers appeared to be largely immune to COVID symptoms.They ran the proteins through a DNA sequencing machine to find what they were identical to in nature.The result was what Bryan describes as an aha moment. The two spike proteins, S1 and S2, were found to be identical to venom proteins from two snakes. The King Cobra toxin and Bungarotoxin from the Bungarus snake in China. Both are classified as neurotoxins. Both specifically target the nerves that control breathing, which explains the respiratory symptoms. They also bind to nerves responsible for taste, smell, hearing, and memory. That explains every other major COVID symptom.The switches these venom proteins target on your cells are called alpha-7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. The N in that name stands for nicotine. Tobacco users already had nicotine occupying those receptors, keeping cells functioning. The venom proteins couldn't get a foothold. That's why smokers weren't getting sick.That's why four weeks after Bryan released this research in his Watch the Water documentary in 2021, Australia, New Zealand, America, and Canada held a meeting and announced a global health agenda to ban all nicotine and tobacco products by 2030.The 26-Year SetupBryan walks through what he believes is one of the most important pieces of the puzzle. It starts in 1994.In April of that year, the seven CEOs of America's largest tobacco companies were summoned before Congress. Under oath, under threat of perjury, every single one of them declared that nicotine is not addictive.Four months later, the FDA published a warning that nicotine is highly addictive and mandated warning labels on all tobacco products.In 1994, 56% of American adults used tobacco products. By 2020, that number was down to 11%. Bryan's argument is that this 26-year propaganda campaign was not accidental. It was a deliberate reduction in the population's natural protection against the biological event that was coming.By the time COVID arrived, 90% of the American population had no nicotine in their system. 90% of people were, in his words, ripe and ready.The Tobacco Panacea They BuriedHere is something the medical profession has known for centuries but does not advertise.From 1492 to 1860, the medical profession maintained what is called the Panacea Doctrine. A formal list of what was considered the single cure for all human diseases in any given era. For four hundred years, there was only one plant ever given the designation "panacea of all panaceas."The tobacco plant.Bryan has the medical textbooks. He has the case studies. Tobacco has been published by conventional medicine to be antibacterial, antifungal, anti-parasitic, antiviral, anti-Alzheimer's, antihypertensive, and powerfully anti-inflammatory. The cardiac glycosides in tobacco (the nutrients that keep arteries elastic and blood pressure stable) are the same compounds cardiologists now prescribe in synthetic form as prescription drugs.Ozempic, the second highest-revenue drug in the world last year, is Gila monster lizard venom. Bryan points out that tobacco has been published in medical journals for 400 years as a hunger regulator and obesity preventative. Every beta cell in your pancreas that produces insulin requires nicotine to activate it. No nicotine, no proper insulin release. That is not his theory. It is published.They cannot patent the tobacco plant. They can patent synthetic versions of what is inside it. That is why it had to be demonised.What's In Your Food That Nobody Told You AboutThis was the part that stopped me cold.Bryan shared a 2021 research study titled Applications of Venom Biodiversity in Agriculture. He pulled up a chart mapping five sources of venom being deliberately inserted into the seeds of genetically modified crops worldwide. Snake venom, spider venom, scorpion venom, bee venom, and wasp venom.The crops on the list: melons, cabbage, soybeans, lettuce, beans, celery, rice, stevia, potatoes, wheat, peppers, tomatoes, corn, watermelons, radishes, squash, cucumbers, canola oil, sunflower. The companies holding the patents are agricultural biotech giants. Monsanto, now owned by Bayer, holds the majority.The justification given in the research paper is that if venom is infused into every part of a plant from seed to fruit, insects that eat the plant die from the venom. No need to spray pesticides externally. The paper states that "agriculture, environment, and society are benefiting from this use of venom biodiversity."Bryan's question is simple. If this benefits society, why has no one been told?The number of patents for venom-laced crop seeds grew 490% between 2002 and 2004 alone. It has continued growing. There has been no independent research published on what those venoms do to humans consuming them long term.What does venom do in the human body? It depletes zinc and copper from every cell. Glyphosate (the active ingredient in Roundup, also owned by Monsanto) does the same thing to the soil. That means the plants you eat are already stripped of the minerals you need before the venom in the seed adds another layer of depletion. The result is a population that is both mineral-deficient and being low-dose poisoned daily through the food supply.Gusty's StoryI want to share this because it needs to be heard.A man named Gusty jumped onto one of my Facebook Lives in mid-January. Four hundred pounds. Stage four lung cancer. Six months to live. Forty-nine years old, six kids, nine grandchildren.He didn't want chemotherapy. We talked. I encouraged him to make a declaration. Not medical advice, just a commitment to his own healing. He got on soursop, ivermectin, nicotine patches, and the carnivore diet. He switched from 60 commercial cigarettes a day to 20 American Spirit organic cigarettes because he couldn't afford the full 60.Twelve weeks later he FaceTimed me from his oncologist's office. Sixty pounds down. Cancer free.Bryan's explanation: commercial tobacco contains 599 FDA-approved chemical additives including arsenic. That's what causes the harm, not the plant itself. Organic tobacco is antibacterial, antiparasitic, and antiviral. Nicotine occupies the same receptors that venom blocks, releasing the grip on cells and allowing the body to shed excess tissue. The carnivore diet stopped feeding whatever parasitic or cancerous mechanisms were running. The body did the rest.In 20 years of clinical practice, Bryan found 80% of cancers were actually parasitic infections. Since COVID, roughly half are parasitic and half appear to be driven by venom proteins, either from the virus itself or from components he identifies in the COVID...

Joe opens the show with a chilling cold open: a Georgia library is stripped of its polling station and residents are now directed to vote inside a mosque. He then drops the hammer — the leadership class is purposefully driving America toward war. From CAIR's celebration of Hamtramck, Michigan's new law allowing religious animal sacrifices in residential backyards (passed by an all-Muslim city council) to Florida and Texas designating CAIR and the Muslim Brotherhood as terrorist organizations while Washington does nothing, Joe exposes how foreign ideologies hostile to Western values are being imported and empowered. The Founding Fathers never envisioned this, yet special interests now hijack the Constitution while Americans are treated like visitors in their own land.The assault continues in the schools and culture. Joe highlights disturbing AP U.S. Government textbooks that paint Barack Obama as a “right-wing authoritarian,” equate Hillary Clinton with George W. Bush, and cast Donald Trump as virtually indistinguishable from Hitler. He plays clips of activists declaring White people have “no culture” and should stop enjoying sports or ethnic restaurants, while a Georgia Democrat running for state house openly says Trump voters should lose internet access for four years. Add the demographic reality that over half of U.S. babies are now born to non-White mothers, fueled by open borders and subsidized living, and the replacement playbook becomes impossible to ignore.In the guest segment, Ohio gubernatorial candidate Casey Putsch joins Joe to discuss leaked information that nearly ended his campaign and why he sees Vivek Ramaswamy as a globalist Trojan horse. Joe closes by calling out the same division tactics inside Colorado's Republican Party, where infighting serves the same chaos machine. From mosques as polling places to textbooks rewriting history, the message is unmistakable: the elite are engineering conflict because division equals power. Joe makes it crystal clear — until Americans demand accountability and secure our elections and borders, the march to war will only accelerate.

In today's story AITA story OP - who has a strained relationship with her dad - decided to deliberately pretend to forget his birthday, leaving him to spend the day alone. After years of tension and feeling unappreciated, OP says she just didn't have it in her to fake it this time. But now, some family members are calling her cruel and immature for ignoring him on purpose. So now she's asking - AITA for finally giving him a taste of how he's treated me all these years?0:00 Intro0:20 Story 13:17 Story 1 Comments / OP's Replies9:24 Story 1 Update11:39 Story 214:59 Story 2 Comments15:46 Story 2 Update 119:20 Story 2 Comments20:29 Story 2 Update 221:09 Story 2 Update 322:18 Story 2 Comments23:07 Story 2 Update 425:19 Story 2 Comments Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Send us Fan MailHe helped raise £225 million, worked punishing weeks, and then walked away from it all. Jon Kaye joins me in The Clearing to unpack the moment he stopped chasing the obvious definition of success and started rebuilding a life around creativity, community, and better questions.We talk through Jon's founder story in private equity: the risk of resigning with a pregnant wife, a new house, and no salary, and the life-changing power of one credible person saying “yes”. From there, the conversation turns to burnout, the decision not to launch “fund two”, and the radical reset of taking three young children out of school to travel the world for a year. If you're thinking about career change, work life balance, or designing a second act, John's honesty lands hard.From his basement music studio packed with modular synthesisers and miles of cables, Jon explains why friction matters and why making things harder can lead to more original work, especially in a world flooded with AI content. We dig into his Unmastered newsletter ethos of thinking clearly, living deliberately, and creating without chasing, plus the community-first mission behind DO Radio, a live station you can't pause or download by design.If this conversation sparks something in you, subscribe, share it with a friend who needs a reset, and leave a review. What would you stop chasing first if you could redesign your life this week?Tune in next week for more stories of 'Distinction & Genius' from The Good Listening To Show 'Clearing'.  If you would like to be my Guest too then you can find out HOW via the different 'series strands' at 'The Good Listening To Show' website.Show Website: https://www.thegoodlisteningtoshow.comYou can email  me about the Show: chris@secondcurve.ukTwitter thatchrisgrimesLinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-grimes-actor-broadcaster-facilitator-coach/FaceBook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/842056403204860Don't forget to SUBSCRIBE & REVIEW wherever you get your Podcasts :)Thanks for listening! 

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On Monday, President Trump threatened to destroy civilian infrastructure across Iran, including the country's desalination plants, vital for drinking water in the arid Gulf. Kuwait authorities said Iran had attacked one of their desalination plants earlier that day. Deliberately attacking essential civilian infrastructure is a war crime under international law. Yet both sides have hit civilian infrastructure in this conflict. We ask a legal expert about accountability in war.See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.NPR Privacy Policy

Homily of Fr. Mike O'Connor from Mass on March 31, 2026 at Our Lady of the Gulf Catholic Church in Bay St. Louis, MS. Readings Isaiah 49:1-6 John 13:21-33, 36-38 If you would like to donate to OLG and her livestream ministry, please go to https://olgchurch.net/give

The Sunday of St. Mary of Egypt The life of St. Mary of Egypt shows that healing begins when we are willing to let go of what we think we cannot live without. Her struggle with memory and desire mirrors our own battles with distraction and constant stimulation. In these final weeks of Lent, we are invited to simplify our lives, endure the discomfort, and turn again toward the peace that comes from God. --- Today the Church gives us one of the most extreme lives in all of Christian history: St. Mary of Egypt. And if we are not careful, we will put her at a distance. We will say: "That's not me." "That's not my struggle." "That's not my life." But the Church does not give her to us as a curiosity. She gives her to us as a mirror. Mary began in complete disorder. Not gradually. Not reluctantly. She threw herself into a life of passion—seeking pleasure, attention, and control. And she is very clear: she was not even doing it for money. She was doing it because she wanted it, because she loved it, because it gave her a sense of freedom. And then comes the turning point. She tries to enter the Church in Jerusalem—to venerate the Cross. And she cannot. An invisible force prevents her. Everyone else walks in. She cannot. And suddenly, she sees—not just what she has done, but what she has become. That moment breaks her. Not into despair—but into repentance. She turns to the Mother of God, asks for mercy, and is finally allowed to enter. She venerates the Cross. And then she leaves—not just the Church, but the world. She goes into the desert. And here is where we often misunderstand her life. We imagine peace, clarity, instant transformation. But that is not what she experienced. Listen to her own words. She says that in the desert she was tormented by the memory of her old life: "The mad desire for songs and wine seized me… I longed to sing obscene songs… the memory of the things I was accustomed to filled my soul with great turmoil." She had left everything behind, but everything had not yet left her. And this is important. Because it tells us: removing ourselves from temptation does not immediately remove temptation from us. For years—years—she struggled. With memory, with desire, with imagination, with everything she had fed her soul. But she stayed. She endured. And over time, something changed. The passions lost their power. The memories lost their sweetness. And she found something greater: peace, clarity, freedom, union with God. Now here is where we need to be careful. Because it is very easy to say: "Well, that's her. She was dealing with extreme passions." But we are not so different. We also live in a world of constant stimulation—constant input, constant distraction. Not through wine and song in the same way, but through something else: social media, endless news cycles, commentary, outrage, entertainment, noise. And we do not just encounter these things. We consume them. We return to them. We depend on them. And like St. Mary, we often tell ourselves: "This is freedom." But what happens when we try to step away—even for a little while? We feel it. The pull. The habit. The restlessness. The desire to check, to scroll, to see what we are missing. And here is the question that reveals everything: what do we think we are missing? Because this is where the illusion lies. We think: "If I am not plugged in—if I am not consuming—if I am not aware of everything—then my life is being wasted." But St. Mary shows us the opposite. From the outside, her life looks wasted. No productivity, no recognition, no audience, no relevance. And yet—she becomes radiant with holiness, clear in mind, free in heart, alive in God. So now the question turns: whose life is wasted? The one who withdraws from distraction and struggles toward freedom, or the one who is constantly stimulated but never at peace? St. Mary did not lose her life in the desert. She found it—but only after enduring the pain of letting go. And this is where her life meets ours—very concretely, especially now. Because we are in Great Lent. And Lent is given to us for exactly this purpose: to simplify, to remove distractions, to reorder our lives toward God. Many people focus on food. And that is good. But it is only part of the pattern. Because for most of us, our greater excess is not meat and dairy. It is stimulation. And this is part of why the fast exists. Fasting is not just about what we give up. It is about what is revealed. When we fast from food, something happens. Our system is stressed. We feel hunger. We feel irritation. We feel weakness. And suddenly, we begin to notice our thoughts, our habits, our reactions. The fast makes visible what is usually hidden. And this is not a failure. This is its purpose. Now consider this: if fasting from food reveals this much, what might happen if we fast from stimulation? If we step away from constant input, constant scrolling, constant reaction? For most of us, this will be even more revealing—because this is where we are most attached. And so here is a simple challenge. We have two weeks left before Pascha. Two weeks. And in two weeks, we will hear that the Lord receives even the one who comes at the eleventh hour. So let us use this time well. For these next two weeks: simplify. Deliberately. Intentionally. Greatly reduce the time you spend on your devices—not a little, greatly. You will feel the pull. You will feel the temptation. You will feel the restlessness. That is not a sign that something is wrong. That is the point. It reveals what has taken hold of us. And like St. Mary, you may find that even when the external stimulus is gone, the memory remains. But stay. Endure. Redirect. Return. Because the same principle applies: what we repeatedly attend to forms us. If we fill our minds with noise, we will become restless. If we fill our hearts with distraction, we will become fragmented. But if we endure, if we simplify, if we turn toward God, then slowly, quietly, something changes. The noise loses its power. The pull weakens. And we begin to taste something better: peace, clarity, the presence of God. And so we end with this: St. Mary was not missing out. She was being healed. The world says: "Stay connected. Stay informed. Stay engaged." The Gospel says: "Be still—and know God." So again: whose life is wasted?  

In this powerful first-hand account, journalist Steve Sweeney describes surviving a deliberate Israeli airstrike that targeted him and his colleague while reporting for RT News in south Lebanon – a targeted attack on journalists that can only be described as a war crime. The attempt on Comrade Sweeney's life was unsuccessful, but left him with a shrapnel wound through his left arm, and Steve explains exactly why he believes Israel knew who and where they were. He and his crew were filming at the destroyed Kazmiyeh Bridge, in full view of a Lebanese military post whose occupants had cleared them for filming. Beyond his personal experience, Sweeney provides crucial on-the-ground reporting about Israel's latest ethnic-cleansing operation. This time on a scale even larger than the 1948 Nakba. The systematic destruction of bridges to cut off southern Lebanon from the rest of the country, and the displacement of one million people (20 percent of Lebanon's population) are all part of a long-held Israeli objective of seizing all Lebanese land to the south of the Litani River – a part of the Greater Israel project. Steve exposes how the Israelis, just as they did for more than two years in Gaza, are routinely and relentlessly destroying civilian infrastructure. He also documents the heroic work of Lebanese health workers, who themselves are being systematically targeted. And he reports on the fierce resistance being mounted by Hezbollah forces, who have already destroyed more than 30 Israeli tanks and are using guerrilla tactics to prevent the zionists from succeeding in their goal of establishing a physical occupation. Subscribe! Donate! Join us in building a bright future for humanity! www.thecommunists.org www.lalkar.org www.redyouth.org Telegram: t.me/thecommunists Twitter: twitter.com/cpgbml Soundcloud: @proletarianradio Rumble: rumble.com/c/theCommunists Odysee: odysee.com/@proletariantv:2 Facebook: www.facebook.com/cpgbml Online Shop: https://shop.thecommunists.org/ Education Program: https://thecommunists.org/education-programme/ Each one teach one! www.londonworker.org/education-programme/ Join the struggle www.thecommunists.org/join/ Donate: www.thecommunists.org/donate/

Episode 06: Why You Never Feel Good Enough - and Why Healing It Keeps You StuckThis episode is for you if:— You've spent years trying to heal the 'not good enough' feeling - and it's still there— You know intellectually that you're capable, but still hold back from being fully seen— You've noticed the pattern across multiple areas of your life - work, money, relationships, visibility— You've tried affirmations, journalling, therapy - and wonder why the story keeps coming back— You're ready for a different conversation about this - one that isn't about fixing, but about choosingIn this episode, we explore:— Why returning to the 'not good enough' story - even to heal it - reinforces it— What the brain actually does with repeated stories, real or imagined - and why this changes everything— The difference between healing a pattern and choosing a different assumption— How the same story showed up across work, money, business, and visibility - and what it actually looked like— Why 'not good enough' is an identity pattern, not a life sentence— What changes when you stop waiting to feel ready - and start rehearsing a different story insteadMost of us have tried to heal the 'not good enough' story. Understand where it came from. Process it. Give it space. In this episode, Karli shares why that approach kept her stuck - and what actually changed things.Not healing. Choosing.This is the episode about the 12 takes, the filtered face, the raise she never asked for, and the quiet NLP moment that made everything shift: if the brain can't tell the difference between a real memory and a vividly imagined one - then you're not stuck with the groove you've already carved. You can create a new one. Deliberately.It was never true. It was just the story she kept rehearsing.You don't need to do anything with this episode. Just notice what stays with you after listening. That's usually the part that matters.

There is a price point in the Chinese EV market that is genuinely dangerous to operate in right now — 200,000 yuan, roughly $29,000. Brands pushing up from below with better technology and lower prices. Premium brands pushing down from above with larger vehicles and aggressive discounts. The companies caught in the middle without precise positioning are being eliminated. Obi breaks down why precision is the only survival strategy in this segment, which brands are winning and why, and why NIO made the deliberate decision years ago to build their brand above 300,000 yuan — away from this battlefield entirely. He also gets honest about the challenge Onvo faces as it enters exactly this price band with the L60, the upcoming L80, and two new models in development. The swap network may be Onvo's one irreplaceable differentiator — but execution needs to be precise. ES9 reveal in 12 days. Beijing Auto Show in 27 days.Nord Security Products:NordVPN: ⁠https://go.nordvpn.net/aff_c?offer_id=15&aff_id=143053&url_id=902⁠NordPass: ⁠https://go.nordpass.io/aff_c?offer_id=488&aff_id=143053&url_id=9356⁠Discord: https://discord.gg/GSbp4wR

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You're listening to Burnt Toast. I'm Virginia Sole-Smith. Today my conversation is with the brilliant Savala Nolan. Savala is a writer, public speaker and professor at UC Berkeley. Her brand new book, Good Woman: A Reckoning is out now. Her first book, Don't Let It Get You Down: Essays on Race, Gender and the Body, was shortlisted for the William Saroyan Prize and celebrated as a “standout collection” by the New York Times. Savala's writing has been featured in Vogue, Harper's Magazine, the New York Times, NPR, TIME and more.I have a lot of conversations about bodies. I have a lot of conversations about gender. There is a lot that I thought I knew about race and bodies and gender in America. Reading Good Woman and talking to Savala blew my mind apart in ways that I'm still putting back together. This conversation is a must listen. This book is a must read.There was so much good stuff in this conversation, we are breaking it up into two episodes. Today in part one, we're talking about bodies, race and gender. Part two will drop in two weeks, and that's when we're getting into sex, divorce and Savala's classy and trashy butters. That conversation will be for paid subscribers only, so go to patreon.com/virginiasolesmith to join us. Membership starts at just $5 per month. You're not going to want to miss this one. One last thing! Trust me, you will want to read Good Woman after hearing this conversation. If you order it from my local independent bookstore, Split Rock Books, you can take 10% off if you have also ordered a copy of my book Fat Talk from them. Go to Split Rock Books and use the code "fat talk" at checkout. Here's Savala.If you enjoy this conversation, a paid subscription is the best way to support our work!Join Burnt Toast

Chuck Todd delivers a blistering assessment of Trump's Iran war, arguing that the conflict has gone sideways in virtually every way imaginable — and that the lack of consequences for Trump's past norm-breaking gave him a false sense of impunity that led him here. Todd traces the logic: Iran looked like a paper tiger after the limited strikes in 2025, Trump saw the opportunity to kill Khamenei and took it, hoping for either a popular uprising or a pliant regime insider to step forward — but none of those hopes have materialized. Instead, the forces that wanted to overthrow the regime have gone underground, the CIA is now arming and training Kurds in what Chuck bluntly asks amounts to deliberately triggering a civil war, Iran has inflicted real damage on multiple Gulf states, and stranded Americans were told by the State Department they were on their own because the administration made no evacuation plan whatsoever. He zeroes in on the damning timeline: if the administration had time to move an armada into position, they had time to warn American citizens. He flags that passing a war supplemental will be a brutal vote for GOP members, that JD Vance now has to defend a war antithetical to his entire political identity, and pivots to the Texas runoff noting that James Talarico's biggest vulnerability is being more progressive than his nice-guy persona suggests, but that demeanor may be his superpower in a cycle where voters are exhausted by bomb-throwers. Finally, he reacts to the breaking news that Montana senator Steve Daines retired minutes before the filing deadline and argues that Republicans will be forced to defend what was a safe seat, and answers listeners’ questions in the “Ask Chuck” segment. Go to https://zbiotics.com/CHUCKTODDCAST and use CHUCKTODDCAST at checkout for 15% off any first time orders of ZBiotics probiotics.” Protect your family with life insurance from Ethos. 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Or AmericanFinancing.net/TheChuckToddCast Timeline: (Timestamps may vary based on advertisements) 00:00 Chuck Todd’s introduction 01:45 Trump’s war with Iran is not going well for him politically 02:30 Multiple countries have been dragged into a piece of the war 03:30 Lack of consequences for past actions gave Trump sense of impunity 04:45 Iran looked like a paper tiger after strikes in June 2025 05:30 Trump saw the opportunity to kill Khamenei and took it 07:30 Trump hoped for an uprising or a pliant member of the regime 08:45 None of those hopes have materialized 09:30 Forces that wanted to overthrow regime went underground 10:30 The CIA is arming and training Kurds to overthrow the regime 11:45 Are we TRYING to trigger a civil war??? 12:30 Regime change won’t come nearly as easy as Trump thought 13:15 Iran has inflicted damage to multiple gulf states 14:45 You can’t discount Trump’s business relationship as factors for war 16:00 Kushner involved in negotiations and has serious conflicts of interest 17:15 The administration is trying to use Israel as a shield 18:15 Administration made no plan to evacuate stranded Americans 19:00 Clearly was no imminent threat from Iran 20:30 If they had time to move the armada, they had time to warn Americans 21:30 The Iranians weren’t surprised that we were going to attack 22:30 Trump promised Iranian protestors “Help is on the way” - Took 40 days 23:00 State department told stranded Americans they were on their own 24:30 They put thought into the war itself, but not for the consequences 26:30 What’s Plan C? Hoping for a civil war? 27:15 This is Iraq on steroids and we have less credibility globally 28:30 Cost of providing stability in the region is politically unpopular 29:30 It’s a lot easier to start a war than to finish one 30:45 George H.W. Bush had a clean war with Iraq and voters punished him 32:00 When you’re under 80% support with your own party, you’re in trouble 33:30 Trump isn’t an isolationist, he’s a unilateralist. Do what he says 34:45 Passing a supplemental bill for war funding will be tough vote for GOP 36:30 J.D. Vance has to defend a war that’s antithetical to his political identity 37:30 Trump will endorse in Texas primary and expects the other to drop out 38:15 What will Trump offer Paxton to drop out early? 40:45 Republicans can’t win primary without Trump & he’s general election baggage 41:30 Talarico’s biggest vulnerability is he’s more progressive than his persona 42:15 Demeanor goes a long way in politics, could be Talarico’s superpower 45:00 Good for the Dems brand that first nominee (Talarico) isn’t a bomb thrower 53:30 Montana senator Steve Daines announces retirement 54:15 Retirement will put Montana senate seat into play 54:45 Will this put pressure on Jon Tester to come out of retirement? 55:15 Montana will now be a key cog in campaign 2026 56:30 Potential that transplants could turn Montana into Colorado politically 57:30 Republicans will be favored, but it will require work & money 59:00 Democrats have had success in Montana in midterm years 59:30 This week just keeps getting worse for Republicans 1:00:30 Ask Chuck 1:01:00 Do reliably red/blue states get less investment from the federal government? 1:06:45 Could Trump try to trigger NATO’s Article V over Iran? 1:15:30 Will Texas AG runoff produce even more radical anti-trans rhetoric & policy? 1:18:30 My son thinks voting is useless. 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It wasn't an old building. It wasn't creepy. It was the kind of professional office where nothing strange was supposed to happen—especially not in broad daylight.At first, it was only small things. Sounds that didn't quite match the space. Objects left just slightly out of place. A hallway that felt fine on paper but somehow demanded to be passed through quickly, without stopping.Being alone there became routine. And slowly, that routine began to feel noticed.Whatever was present didn't rush or threaten. It moved carefully. Deliberately. As if it had time. As if it was learning the layout, the schedule, and the person who stayed late and arrived early.Even when the activity stopped, the feeling didn't completely fade. Some spaces remember who spent the most time in them.#RealGhostStories #WorkplaceHaunting #TrueParanormal #HauntedOffice #SomethingWasThere #UnexplainedActivity #ParanormalExperience #Haunted #BeingWatching #ParanormalPodcastLove real ghost stories? Want even more?Become a supporter and unlock exclusive extras, ad-free episodes, and advanced access:

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It wasn't an old building. It wasn't creepy. It was the kind of professional office where nothing strange was supposed to happen—especially not in broad daylight.At first, it was only small things. Sounds that didn't quite match the space. Objects left just slightly out of place. A hallway that felt fine on paper but somehow demanded to be passed through quickly, without stopping.Being alone there became routine. And slowly, that routine began to feel noticed.Whatever was present didn't rush or threaten. It moved carefully. Deliberately. As if it had time. As if it was learning the layout, the schedule, and the person who stayed late and arrived early.Even when the activity stopped, the feeling didn't completely fade. Some spaces remember who spent the most time in them.#RealGhostStories #WorkplaceHaunting #TrueParanormal #HauntedOffice #SomethingWasThere #UnexplainedActivity #ParanormalExperience #Haunted #BeingWatching #ParanormalPodcastLove real ghost stories? Want even more?Become a supporter and unlock exclusive extras, ad-free episodes, and advanced access:

Police say a man intentionally drove his truck into a youth baseball team and their parents during a fundraiser outside a Safeway grocery store in Truckee, California. A federal judge has sentenced an Alabama man known as the “Circle City Pimp” to life in prison, closing a years-long human trafficking case that stretched across the Gulf Coast and into multiple states. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Speaking before the Senate Banking Committee on Thursday, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent explicitly stated that the US deliberately caused a financial crisis in Iran with the goal of fomenting civil unrest in the country. Reading by Tim Foley.

01:01:14 — America Trapped Between Federal Force and Street MobsKnight frames the crisis as citizens caught between militant federal enforcement and violent activist mobs, with no legitimate authority protecting the public. 01:01:46 — Federalization of Policing as a Deliberate ProvocationKnight argues Trump is intentionally federalizing law enforcement to manufacture conflict rather than resolve immigration failures. 01:03:20 — Sheriff Mack and the Supreme Court Ban on Federal CommandeeringThe discussion revisits Mack v. USA, affirming that the federal government cannot force local sheriffs to enforce federal law. 01:12:20 — Sheriffs as the Constitutional “Double Security” for the PeopleMack explains the sheriff's role as a locally accountable check against both state and federal overreach. 01:14:35 — The Renee Good Shooting and the Failure of Police RestraintKnight challenges the use of lethal force in Minnesota, arguing escalation was unnecessary and accountability was deliberately avoided. 01:20:44 — ICE Raids Without Warrants and Citizen TerrorKnight details cases of lawful residents violently detained without investigation, showing how enforcement chaos destroys trust. 01:27:11 — Interposition: Peaceful Resistance to Federal AbuseSheriff Mack outlines interposition as a lawful, non-violent means for local officials to block unconstitutional actions. 01:46:21 — Trump Uses Conflict as a Tool to Manufacture Emergency PowerKnight and Eric Peters argue Trump deliberately provokes confrontation to justify Insurrection Act–style authority. 01:49:39 — Conservatives Cheer the Police State That Will Target Them NextKnight warns that celebrating state violence ensures it will eventually be turned inward. 01:54:18 — Normalizing Military-Style Kidnappings on American StreetsKnight warns Americans are being conditioned to accept masked agents, unmarked vehicles, and disappearances as normal. 02:00:01 — Probable Cause Is Dead and Dragnet Policing Is NormalizedKnight connects ICE tactics to sobriety checkpoints and forced blood draws as part of Fourth Amendment collapse. 02:22:14 — Connected Vehicles Mean You Don't Own Your PropertyKnight closes by warning that AI-controlled, remotely disabled cars prove modern ownership is conditional and revocable. Money should have intrinsic value AND transactional privacy: Go to https://davidknight.gold/ for great deals on physical gold/silver For 10% off Gerald Celente's prescient Trends Journal, go to https://trendsjournal.com/ and enter the code KNIGHT Find out more about the show and where you can watch it at TheDavidKnightShow.com If you would like to support the show and our family please consider subscribing monthly here: SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/the-david-knight-showOr you can send a donation throughMail: David Knight POB 994 Kodak, TN 37764Zelle: @DavidKnightShow@protonmail.comCash App at: $davidknightshowBTC to: bc1qkuec29hkuye4xse9unh7nptvu3y9qmv24vanh7Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-david-knight-show--2653468/support.

01:01:14 — America Trapped Between Federal Force and Street MobsKnight frames the crisis as citizens caught between militant federal enforcement and violent activist mobs, with no legitimate authority protecting the public. 01:01:46 — Federalization of Policing as a Deliberate ProvocationKnight argues Trump is intentionally federalizing law enforcement to manufacture conflict rather than resolve immigration failures. 01:03:20 — Sheriff Mack and the Supreme Court Ban on Federal CommandeeringThe discussion revisits Mack v. USA, affirming that the federal government cannot force local sheriffs to enforce federal law. 01:12:20 — Sheriffs as the Constitutional “Double Security” for the PeopleMack explains the sheriff's role as a locally accountable check against both state and federal overreach. 01:14:35 — The Renee Good Shooting and the Failure of Police RestraintKnight challenges the use of lethal force in Minnesota, arguing escalation was unnecessary and accountability was deliberately avoided. 01:20:44 — ICE Raids Without Warrants and Citizen TerrorKnight details cases of lawful residents violently detained without investigation, showing how enforcement chaos destroys trust. 01:27:11 — Interposition: Peaceful Resistance to Federal AbuseSheriff Mack outlines interposition as a lawful, non-violent means for local officials to block unconstitutional actions. 01:46:21 — Trump Uses Conflict as a Tool to Manufacture Emergency PowerKnight and Eric Peters argue Trump deliberately provokes confrontation to justify Insurrection Act–style authority. 01:49:39 — Conservatives Cheer the Police State That Will Target Them NextKnight warns that celebrating state violence ensures it will eventually be turned inward. 01:54:18 — Normalizing Military-Style Kidnappings on American StreetsKnight warns Americans are being conditioned to accept masked agents, unmarked vehicles, and disappearances as normal. 02:00:01 — Probable Cause Is Dead and Dragnet Policing Is NormalizedKnight connects ICE tactics to sobriety checkpoints and forced blood draws as part of Fourth Amendment collapse. 02:22:14 — Connected Vehicles Mean You Don't Own Your PropertyKnight closes by warning that AI-controlled, remotely disabled cars prove modern ownership is conditional and revocable. Money should have intrinsic value AND transactional privacy: Go to https://davidknight.gold/ for great deals on physical gold/silver For 10% off Gerald Celente's prescient Trends Journal, go to https://trendsjournal.com/ and enter the code KNIGHT Find out more about the show and where you can watch it at TheDavidKnightShow.com If you would like to support the show and our family please consider subscribing monthly here: SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/the-david-knight-showOr you can send a donation throughMail: David Knight POB 994 Kodak, TN 37764Zelle: @DavidKnightShow@protonmail.comCash App at: $davidknightshowBTC to: bc1qkuec29hkuye4xse9unh7nptvu3y9qmv24vanh7Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-david-knight-show--5282736/support.

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In his speaking, Winston Churchill often deliberately made mistakes. He understood that an imperfect speech would be more persuasive and moving than a perfect speech, and he chose to make his performance better by making it worse. Resources & links related to this episode: Get in touch: podcast@gretchenrubin.com Visit Gretchen's website to learn more about Gretchen's best-selling books, products from The Happiness Project Collection, and the Happier app. Find the transcript for this episode on the episode details page in the Apple Podcasts app. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

NULLIFICATION AND THE WEAPONIZATION OF IMPEACHMENT Colleague Victor Davis Hanson. The discussion covers modern "nullification," where jurisdictions like sanctuary cities deliberately ignore federal immigration laws, creating a dangerous legal asymmetry. Hanson also argues that the impeachment process has been distorted into a political tool used to punish first-term presidents who lose congressional majorities, rather than for genuine high crimes. He contends that the dual impeachment of Donald Trump set a destructive precedent that effectively nullifies the electoral will of the citizenry. NUMBER 6