Podcasts about Descent

It is great to be back for a brand new series of The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast, and I begin Series 11 with at first, a case that I covered before the podcast was even a podcast, when it was a simple blog.Back in 1987, the Kent town of Tunbridge Wells was gripped by fear, with the murders of two young women, five months apart. They were crimes that for many years remained cold cases, until forensic technology had advanced such that, by 2020, that perpetrator was just within the grasp of investigating officers, and it led to a knock on a door early one December morning. Except that, no officer involved in the investigation could ever imagine, and probably still struggles to believe, the sheer amount of horror that opening that door would bring....The episode contains details and descriptions of crimes and events, including descriptions of sexual abuse and self harm, that some listeners may find disturbing or distressing, so discretion is advised whilst listening in.Music used in this episode: "The Descent" by Kevin Macleod. All music used is sourced from https://filmmusic.io/ and used under an Attribution Licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Playlist TracksSleep With Me – BirdlandLights Off - Nectar WoodeThe True Crime Enthusiast's Fundraiser For Macmillan Cancer SupportReferences - available upon request.Follow/Contact/Support The True Crime Enthusiast PodcastFacebookFacebook Discussion GroupTwitterInstagramYoutubeWebsiteTTCE MerchandisePatreon PageRemembering Wendy and Caroline. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The team descends to the ice field. They are not alone...Dark Dice is on our Season Break until the conclusion of Don't Mind Riku Cave. Story by K.A. Statz & Travis Vengroff (Co Game Masters) Produced, Co-Edited, with Co-Sound Design by Travis Vengroff Co-Sound Design, Co-Editing, Mixing and Mastering by Finnur Nielsen Executive Producers: Dennis Greenhill, Carol Vengroff, AJ Punk'n, & Maico Villegas Dialogue Editing (first round) by Kasch Wilder Transcriptions by K.A. Statz & Travis Vengroff Cast: Narrator / Game Master – K.A. Statz Narrator / Game Master – Travis Vengroff Yuehai – Sam Yeow Agé Ogun – Jasper William Cartwright Vind Greyview – Eric Nelsen Vivianna Bloodchamber – LilyPichu Jare Driftwood – Florian Seidler Music: Music Director / Arranged by - Travis Vengroff Music Engineer (Musiversal) - Gergő Láposi "Theme of the Realmweaver" Written & orchestrated by Steven Melin, Copyists Peter Jones & Steven Melin, Hurdy-Gurdy & Dulcimer by Enzo Puzzovio, Budapest Strings & Choir by Musiversal "Wrath of Winter" Between Time Edition – Arranged and Performed by Steven Melin. "Last Light" "Northrealm Theme" written by David Wise & Steven Melin, orchestrated by Christopher Siu & Catherine Nguyen (Copyist), lyrics by Travis Vengroff, Woodwinds by Kristin Naigus, Budapest Strings & Choir by Musiversal "Balance" – Written by Austin Wintory & Dallas Crane, Orchestrated and Mixed by Steven Melin, Lyrics & Translations by Travis Vengroff & Florian Seidler, Woodwinds by Kristin Naigus, Violin by Matheus Garcia Souza, Hurdy-Gurdy by Matthias Loibner, Hammered Dulcimer by Kyle Paxton, Glockenspiel by Travis Vengroff, Budapest Strings, Choir, and Brass recorded by Musiversal Cover art by Colin Lorimer with lettering by K.A. Statz Check out our Merch: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.DarkDice.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Free Transcripts are also available: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/posts/84864738⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Special Thanks to: Our Patreon supporters! | Our Fool & Scholar Discord Lampreys! | Carol VengroffThis is a Fool and Scholar Production. We are a two person creative team and we can only create this show because of your support. Thank you for making this show possible! Content Warnings: Death, Falling from Terminal Heights, Gaslighting Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Neste episódio: Após Otão assassinar o imperador Galba e seu filho adotivo e assumir o trono, ele descobre que existe outro postulante ao cargo e que a as legiões do Reno estão em revolta e que declararam Vitélio como imperador.SUPORTE ESTE PROJETO Chave PIX - brunoesquivelprandi@gmail.comAPOIA.SE - https://apoia.se/romanuaecruaNOSSOS APOIADORES: Nicolas Prandi Rafael Garilli,Lucas Prandi Cesar Casulari Juan Roberto GermanoLaura Acosta BaldisonaGustavo Felipe DuraesLeandro SpitzerRicardo Alves Vanderlan Alves Rafael Cavaliere Felipe LimaFelipe FerriDaniel Souza Sergio MeloFilipe MeloEdison LuizFelipe DavilaNicolas Rodrigues MendonçaVitor RezendeFelipe D'avilaAlbino VieiraFontes:Podcast The History Of RomeVIRGÍLIO, Públio. EneidaLÍVIO, Tito. The Early History of Rome. Penguin Classics. Penguin Books Limited, 2002 BAKERMúsicas de Fundo:Hitman by Kevin MacLeod,https://www.lookandlearn.com/history-images/N111261/Julius-Caesar-is-given-a-Roman-TriumphLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-licenseStrength Of The Titans by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5744-strength-of-the-titansLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-licenseVolatile Reaction" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/The Descent by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5744-strength-of-the-titansLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-licenseImagem da capahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_of_the_Four_Emperors

I made you a ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠FREE companion guide⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for this episode! This FREE instant access PDF will give you 10 easy and enjoyable ways to celebrate the Autumn Equinox + 9 journal prompts to help you reflect and process the inspiration of this season. ⁠⁠⁠Download it now!⁠⁠⁠*Join us in the Wild Wellness Women's Circle for a live Zoom gathering, Ask & Receive, on Oct 12. 5 spots still open. Bring your question, longing, problem, or decision, and receive Clarity from Love. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Click here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to learn more and join.*September 29 is Michaelmas, a day rooted in Celtic harvest traditions that was later woven into the Christian church calendar. As we move deeper into autumn, you might already intuitively and naturally feel the invitation to release, reflect, and reckon—spiritually, emotionally, even financially. That's no coincidence. It was originally a pagan day used for settling debts, honoring harvest cycles, and marking seasonal transitions, but it became associated with the archangel Michael. Even for our ancestors, the Mabon portal continued even after the date of the official equinox. Tune into this episode to hear our Mabon 2025 celebration inside the Wild Wellness Women's Circle, where we focus on the sacred descent experiences of our lives.Mentioned in this episode: ep. 228 on The 4 Feminine Archetypes*More Ways We Can Walk Together This Season:⁠⁠One-On-One Guidance⁠⁠⁠⁠Wild Wellness Women's Circle⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠Free Resources⁠⁠⁠⁠Free Curiosity Call⁠

Doug Scott broke both his legs 23,900 feet above sea level on one of the world's most technically demanding mountains. No rescue team was waiting. No helicopter stood by. For eight days, Scott and his climbing partner Chris Bonington faced a descent that should have killed them—navigating crevasses, rappelling with broken legs, surviving a five-day storm with no food and wet sleeping bags in the death zone. But the real question isn't how they survived the mountain. It's what each person on that team did at every moment when survival seemed impossible. This is the story of how humans respond when everything goes catastrophically wrong.00:00 Welcome to The Crux01:50 Meet the Climbers03:24 Why the Ogre Matters04:47 Expedition Setup and Early Injury07:35 Final Summit Push11:44 The Fall and Broken Legs15:56 Night on the Ledge19:49 Crawling Descent and Regroup23:08 Stormbound Survival28:26 Base Camp Abandoned30:37 Mo Runs for Rescue33:33 Porter Carry and Helicopter Twist37:35 Aftermath and Lessons40:56 Closing ThoughtsREFERENCES:Chris Bonington, "The Ogre," American Alpine Journal, 1978Doug Scott, "A Crawl Down The Ogre," Himalayan Journal, 1979Doug Scott, The Ogre: Biography of a Mountain and the Dramatic Story of the First Ascent, Vertebrate Publishing, 2017Gripped Magazine, "The Climber Who Broke Both Legs and Crawled Off a Himalayan Mountain"Mo Anthoine, expedition audio recordingsBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-crux-true-survival-stories--7265181/support.Listen AD FREE: Support our podcast at patreon: http://patreon.com/TheCruxTrueSurvivalPodcastEmail us! thecruxsurvival@gmail.comInstagram https://www.instagram.com/thecruxpodcast/Get schooled by Julie in wilderness medicine! https://www.headwatersfieldmedicine.com/This episode includes AI-generated content.

In this episode of State of the Republic, we talk about Sacramento Republic FC's 3–2 win over New Mexico United on the road! Playing at New Mexico's baseball stadium, Republic gets a huge three points in a critical match as Sacramento gets closer to securing a spot in the USL Championship playoffs. With the playoff race heating up, every point matters, and this road victory could be a massive result for Republic as the regular season enters its final stretch. We also look ahead to Sacramento's next two critical games: a midweek home matchup against Las Vegas Lights FC followed by a Saturday road game against FC Tulsa. With playoff qualification getting closer, Republic will be looking to pick up as many points as possible from both matches. Intro/Outro Music: "The Descent" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Podcast Winner Dinner Music: The following music was used for this media project: Fliegen by Sascha Ende Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/2936-fliegen License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Golazos of Gratitude Music: The following music was used for this media project: Music: Nice Light Of Happiness by MusicLFiles Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/7421-nice-light-of-happiness License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Support State of the Republic by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/state-of-the-republic

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Venus Retrograde 2026 is here — and this one goes deep. For 41 days + 41 nights, Venus descends through Scorpio + Libra, bringing us face-to-face with love, desire, sexuality, relationships, money, pleasure + what we really want. JOURNEY WITH VENUS →  ReWilding with Venus is open through October 4. Journey with the archetype of Venus through this retrograde to awaken more of your pleasure, desire, love, beauty + feminine life force. Eight years ago, Venus moved through this same retrograde territory. Where were you in fall 2018? And who are you now? In this September 28–October 4 astrology forecast, we explore Venus stationing retrograde in Scorpio on October 3 and beginning her 41-day descent through Scorpio + Libra. We'll look at what Venus Retrograde may be revealing around love, relationships, sexuality, money, power, desire + pleasure—and the places we may have abandoned what we really want in order to keep the peace, belong or maintain the relationships around us. This isn't simply about revisiting the past. It's an invitation to strip away what has kept you disconnected from your deepest aliveness and reclaim more of your joy, pleasure, love, radiance + feminine life force. EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS ✦ Venus Retrograde 2026: 41 days of love, money, sexuality, pleasure + relationships ✦ The 8-Year Venus Cycle: What was happening in your life in 2018—and 2010? ✦ Scorpio → Libra: Desire, power + shadow. Then relationships, attachment + self-abandonment ✦ The Feminine Underworld: Inanna, Persephone + the deeper mysteries of this descent ✦ Reclaiming Your Aliveness: Desire, pleasure, joy + more of what makes you feel alive __________ JOURNEY DEEPER BONES — LIVING CLOSE TO THE BONE Join Sabrina LIVE on October 1 for this month's ReWilding Workshop as we attune to the energetics of October + enter the mythic territory of Inanna's Descent through the Seven Gates. Bones is where we work directly with the living energetics of the moment through embodiment, journey + ReWilding practice. $59/month • Join for this month or stay as long as it serves you. Join Bones → REWILDING WITH VENUS Journey with Venus through her 41-day retrograde descent and awaken the deeper Venusian mysteries of love, pleasure, desire, embodiment + feminine life force. Your Venus journey also includes Persephone + Isis activations to support the descent, initiation + deeper feminine mysteries unfolding through this retrograde. Open through October 4 Explore ReWilding with Venus → TEACHER & FACILITATOR TRAINING IS OPEN If you know there's more in you—not just more to learn, but more you're capable of perceiving, holding + carrying—applications are now open for the 2027 ReWilding Method Teacher & Facilitator Training. Three years. 1,000+ hours. Become the work. Learn the craft. Make your art with it. Explore Teacher & Facilitator Training →  _____ Listen to “Venus Retrograde Is Back Here After 8 Years. Look at Your Life.“ podcast here… Topics Explored in “Venus Retrograde Is Back Here After 8 Years. Look at Your Life.” podcast: (Times based off audio version) Chapters (00:00) – The 8-Year Venus Retrograde Cycle: Reflections from 2010 & 2018 (02:14) – Sacred Archetypes: Mars, Horus & Sophia in Aspect (05:25) – Core Themes: Calling Energy Inward & Matters of the Heart (06:44) – Monday: Sun Trine Uranus – Intuitive Hits & Breakthroughs (08:59) – Tuesday: Mercury Conjunct Pele – Volcanic Truth & Emotional Release (12:50) – Chiron & The Nodes of Fate: Clearing Karma & Soul Path Alignment (15:10) – Wednesday: Mercury Enters Scorpio & Sun Conjunct Mary Magdalene (18:37) – Archetypal Awakening & The Venus Journey Doorway (20:45) – Thursday: Inanna's Descent & Stepping Through the Seven Gates (22:06) – Friday: Mars Square Mercury & Pluto – Underworld Initiations (27:37) – Mars Trine Neptune: Divine Masculine Holding the Sacred Container (28:41) – Saturday: Venus Stations Retrograde in Scorpio (The 41-Day Descent) (30:44) – Scorpio Shadow Work: Reclaiming Desire, Pleasure & Life Force (36:00) – Libra Healing: Shedding People-Pleasing & Transforming Relationship Patterns (37:10) – The 3 Phases of Venus Retrograde: Evening Star to Morning Star (41:33) – Mars Opposite Pluto: The Rite of Passage into Empowerment (42:36) – Sunday: Sun Opposite Saturn – Grounded Presence & Feminine Expression (43:54) – Deepening the Journey & Closing Thoughts You can leave a comment or question for Sabrina on the YouTube version(opens in new tab) of this episode. Listen to after “Venus Retrograde Is Back Here After 8 Years. Look at Your Life.“: This Is No Ordinary Equinox The Part of You You Buried Is Coming Back (Sept 14–20) STAY CONNECTED ReWilding Weekly (free, embodied astrology)  IG  Website  Disclaimer: Educational/spiritual perspectives; not medical/mental-health advice. #2025Shift #NewHuman #SpiritualAwakening Welcome to The ReWilding Way! A gifted facilitator of revolutionary inner work and the world's leading archetypal embodiment expert, Sabrina Lynn is the creator of the groundbreaking ReWilding Way and founder of ReWilding For Women. Sabrina has led more than 100,000 people through programs based on the ReWilding Way, a modality of healing and awakening that strips away the false, the deep wounds from early life, and the fears that hold people back, to reveal their true and unique soul light and help them build their innate capacity to shine it in the world. Her work includes in-person retreats and events, the monthly ReWilding Membership, Living Close to the Bone, Priest/ess Trainings, Mystery Schools, the ReWilding with the Archetypes, and the wildly popular 6 Faces of the Feminine workshop series. Welcome to ReWilding! The post 404 – Venus Retrograde Is Back Here After 8 Years. Look at Your Life. appeared first on Rewilding for Women.

As the Black & Orange month approaches, Casting The Spotlight aura shifts to Halloween and Horror heavy discussion and setting. The last episode of September, we draw Sweet/Sour Candy as our category on “This or That,” and later do our Movie Swap reviews of the films Send Help and Alone, respectively, before exchanging new ones for next solo episode. We also discuss the Smackdown World Title picture, the prospect of Finn Balor potentially becoming champ, fall scented candles, & SO MUCH MORE!

https://www.universetoday.com/articles/bepicolombo-successfully-begins-its-final-descent-to-mercury Written by Andy Tomaswick - September 09, 2026.  Read by our editor, Richard Drumm. The latest mission to the innermost planet in the solar system hit a milestone last week. After an eight year journey, BepiColombo finally separated from its propulsion stage to set itself up for an orbital insertion to Mercury.    Taking place on September 3rd, the separation, which is part of a much longer series of logistical steps over the next few months, seemed to go without a hitch. Because the two spacecraft were, um, hitched together, and… Ahem. But getting to that point was certainly a process, and still more challenges lie ahead.   Bio: Andy Tomaswick Andy has been interested in space exploration ever since reading Pale Blue Dot in middle school. An engineer by training, he likes to focus on the practical challenges of space exploration, whether that's getting rid of perchlorates on Mars or making ultra-smooth mirrors to capture ever clearer data. When not writing or engineering things he can be found entertaining his four children, six cats, and two dogs, or running in circles and throwing plastic discs at people to stay in shape.   We've added a new way to donate to 365 Days of Astronomy to support editing, hosting, and production costs.  Just visit: https://www.patreon.com/365DaysOfAstronomy and donate as much as you can! Share the podcast with your friends and send the Patreon link to them too!  Every bit helps! Thank you! ------------------------------------ Do go visit http://www.redbubble.com/people/CosmoQuestX/shop for cool Astronomy Cast and CosmoQuest t-shirts, coffee mugs and other awesomeness! http://cosmoquest.org/Donate This show is made possible through your donations.  Thank you! (Haven't donated? It's not too late! Just click!) ------------------------------------ The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is produced by the Planetary Science Institute. http://www.psi.edu Visit us on the web at 365DaysOfAstronomy.org or email us at info@365DaysOfAstronomy.org.

Send us Fan MailIn this episode I share the intense period when the Supramental Force (SAT Force) began descending and repeatedly pulled me into deep Samadhi — multiple times every day, often for 60–90 minutes at a time.This was completely different from Kundalini or Shaktipat.The force came from above, had its own intelligence, and did not negotiate. It would take me at work, on the sofa with the children, or during formal meditation. There was no choice but to surrender.I describe:• How the force first appeared after the intensive with Sat Shree• The two distinct types of Samadhi it produced (Savikalpa and Nirvikalpa)• What it actually felt like when it entered the system• How daily life had to rearrange itself around these absorptions• The deeper purpose of this force on the pathThis was one of the most powerful and beautiful phases of the entire journey.

Venus in the sky is currently at her highest glory (elongation (distance from the sun)). That's the moment that, like Inanna, she hears the call from the Great Above to the Great Below and decides to descend. She moves through the seven gates, each gate demanding that she remove one of her signals of power in the upper realms. Melanie Reinhart joins me to talk about her own observations of this myth. It has particularly come alive for her since she started tracking the resonance of her inner world with the movements of Venus through its five-pointed star pattern since 1983.We discuss Melanie's connection to folklorist, Diane Wolkstein. Diane was a storyteller who held court in Central Park, NY, in an official capacity as resident storyteller for many years. Following her curiosity about ancient tales, Diane tracked down Samuel Noah Kramer, a leading Sumerologist in his field whose job it was to translate cuneiform texts. Together they wrote the book Inanna: Queen of Heaven and Earth (see link below). Kramer translated Cuneiform into English, Wolkstein translated English into Story. From their tireless and persistent work togehter the ancient myth made its way into the modern world. It's more than just a story of descent. It's a story of ecstacy, longing, commitment, obligation, love, loss, rage and redemption... amongst other things. In this Special Edition episode, aligned with the Times, Melanie shares with us a generous offering of her life experience, client observations and participation in the coming to life of this epic tale into the modern era. Timeless wisdom for a world in thirst of soul. Podcast Image: Ancient Akkadian cylinder seal depicting the goddess Inanna resting her foot on the back of a lion while Ninshubur stands in front of her paying obeisance, c. 2350–2150 BCEResourcesSylvia Brinton Perera — Descent to the Goddess (1981)Diane Wolkstein & Samuel Noah Kramer — Inanna: Queen of Heaven and Earth (1983)Diane Wolkstein — The First Love Stories: From Isis and Osiris to Tristan and IseultSamuel Noah Kramer — Sumerologist / translations of the Inanna cuneiform texts Ariel Guttman — Venus Star Point / Venus cycle Dane Rudhyar — birth as the moment of separation / cutting of the cord Alice Bailey — Venus as esoteric ruler of Gemini Irving Finkel — British Museum / Sumerian material and the Queen's Lyre Rumi — poem concerning love and removing the obstacles to love Adonis / Aphrodite — later mythic development of the dying-and-returning lover and lamentation tradition Rogerian therapy / Carl Rogers — mirroring/reflective listening, in relation to the Kurgarra Queen's Lyre of Ur — Sumerian lyre, British Museum / Baghdad Museum restoration storyJoin the Newsletter!Podcast Musician: Marlia CoeurPlease consider becoming a Patron to support the show!Go to OnTheSoulsTerms.com for more.

This video podcast is the third in a series of three posts about the Hidden Hold of Horrors Golden Thread in the work of author Rowling-Galbraith. A Golden Thread is a plot point, scene, or character type that recurs repeatedly through an author's stories, a commonality that is evident only when looking at the writer's writings viewed as a whole. The ‘Hidden Hold of Horrors' repeated scene is of a location underground, be it a cave, a cellar, a tunnel, a tomb, or a basement pool, in which a frightening confrontation, a Near Death Experience, flat out murder, or transformative revelation occurs.The first post in this series was Nick Jeffery's exploration and explanation of Rowling's Church Cottage childhood home in Tutshill and its remarkable cellar beneath a covered access port, what has been mistakenly referred to as a “trapdoor.” In The Hidden Cellar Beneath J. K. Rowling's Childhood Home, Nick shares why a building in West England on the border with Wales from the mid 19th Century that was built as a Church of England school would have a substantial brick and cement vaulted basement and what this room, originally a cistern to prevent cholera outbreaks, was probably like during Rowling's childhood.[Golden Thread Image: Wovex.com; Ladder to Cellar Under Access Port: Pinterest]The second post was one I sent out yesterday in which I shared Nick's and my off-the-top-of-our-heads catalog of everything subterranean, frightening, and damp in Rowling's oeuvre, that is, her seven Harry Potter novels, eight Cormoran Strike mysteries, the Cursed Child ‘collaborative' play script, her Beedle the Bard fairy tale collection and Ickabog “political fairy tale,” the three Fantastic Beasts screenplays, her border-line autobiographical Casual Vacancy, and the Dante-meets-Dickens Christmas Pig classic. Rowling Golden Thread: The Hidden ‘Hold of Horrors Downstairs, Beneath the Trap DoorHogwarts Professor is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.The morning after posting it, readers are already adding scenes Nick and I overlooked and I am kicking myself for not including the “deepest dungeon” in ‘The Warlock's Hairy Heart' and “the trapdoor beneath the rug” concealing the tunnel beneath Poem and Pretense's sanctuary from the Loss Adjustors, a tunnel reached via a ladder. ‘The Tunnel' takes them “to the bottom of the mountain” where Compass joins them for their flight to the City of the Missed across the Wastes of the Unlamented, Pig's story turn and meaning-in-the-middle. As Nick and I note in the conversation above, a comprehensive list will require a repeated reading of Rowling's complete writings. Please add the ones you think of that we missed in your comments below, especially for Cursed Child, the only book for which Nick and I drew a complete Golden Thread blank.Those first two posts cover half of the four subjects Nick and I tackle in this Golden Thread conversation; the Ten Questions guiding that discussion with the relevant links and notes from our answers can be found below. What I want to write out here briefly are some notes about Golden Threads in general, their place in a Lake and Shed bifurcated critical environment, and then the importance of the ‘Hidden Hold of Horrors' Golden Thread specifically for understanding Rowling's work, its inspiration and intentional artistry, and for seeing what will happen in the remaining Strike novels. Not to mention the meaning of Hallmarked Man's fictional silver oligarch Murdoch's name!{Lake image source; Golden Thread image source; Shed image source]Are ‘Golden Threads' Evidence of ‘Lake' Inspiration or ‘Shed' Intentional Artistry?Since the time of our first Hogwarts Professor Substack posts and podcasts, Nick and I have described what we are trying to advance here in the niche field of Rowling Studies is Fourth Generation work. For a discussion of the four generations of Rowling scholarship, listen to On Reading ‘On Writing.' where we discussed the evolution of reader approaches to Rowling-Galbraith texts and how each generation, while typical of a specific time period, continues into the other generations (most of Strike-Ellacott fandom, for example, is reading that series as the ‘Shippers and speculators did the Hogwarts Saga during Potter Mania, the first generation of Rowling Studies).What distinguishes Fourth Generation thinking is, in essence, (1) the incorporation of biographical material in understanding the inspiration of Rowling's work (per her implicit instruction since the late 2019 Lake and Shed metaphor interview), (2) the creation of a gauge to measure the success or failure of her work out of the intention evident in her choices of literary tools, her Shed artistry, and (3) shifting the critical focus from the latest work and the book-next-in-queue to the oeuvre as a whole, everything she's written. The bumper-sticker version of that?Lake — Shed — Golden Threads. Lake? Rowling describes the source of her stories' inspiration as the ‘Lake' of her unconscious mind, her personal issues, the events of her life, her reading and education. This is the work of Fourth Generation specialists who sift through what is known about Rowling's life in pursuit of clues to the source material of her stories.Shed? Again, Rowling's bipolar metaphor for her creative process has a marker, her ‘Shed,' that represents the alocal place ‘where' she deploys her traditional tools to craft archetypal story out of her very personal Lake inspiration. These tools — I focus on seven — have a specific quality, both antiquarian and profoundly effective in producing the effect Rowling desires on her reading audience.And, at last, the Golden Threads, which are not explicitly Lake or Shed findings, but, as noted above, “a plot point, scene, or character type that recurs repeatedly through an author's stories, a commonality that is evident only when looking at the writer's writings viewed as a whole.” Examples?In two episodes of The Kanreki Series last July (here and here), Nick and I discussed fourteen Golden Threads in Rowling's work: The Bad Dad, Writing about Writing, Violence against Women, the Evils of Fleet Street, Mother Love, Ghosts, Pregnancy Traps, the Lost Child with Grieving Steward, Evil Government, Occult tropes, the Embedded Author, the Search for the Real, Embedded Texts, and Shadow Doppelgangers. ‘Blood' makes fifteen (see here, here, and here for that) and my post yesterday about the ‘Hidden Hold of Horrors' is sixteen.As Nick and I explain in the conversation above, most of these Golden Threads have a Lake element or point of origin, e.g., the Cholera Cistern cellar beneath Church Cottage. Understanding why Rowling returns to them again and again in reinventive ways in her work, though, requires more than a psycho-biographical connection. This is obviously the case with all the underground terrors to be found in Rowling's stories.[Basement Image from WallPaperAccess.com]How are We to Understand the ‘Hidden Hold of Horrors' Golden Thread? What does it mean?As I listed at the end of yesterday's post and the conversation with Nick above, Rowling's childhood home with its hidden depths beneath the floorboards and neighboring graveyard and attendant ghosts is only one part of the explanation for the Hidden Hold Golden Thread. It's a wonderful point of origin and launching pad for inspiration, certainly, but restricting the interpretation of her usage of this meme to nightmares and flights of fancy she had as a child about the sublimely subliminal spaces around her is, for lack of a better word, lazy. Her use of these spaces again and again reflects, I'm sure, to a certain degree her psychological Default Setting from childhood memories of the ‘Wet Nightmare Place' under the dining room table and next door. But Rowling's mind was shaped as much by her bibliography, the books she read and loved, as by her biography, the exterior circumstances of her life. Her reading is the bridge linking her Lake and Shed creative process and it plays an outsized role in her Golden Threads as well. Granting that the first inspiration of her unconscious mind may just have been childhood fears and fantasies, knowing that Rowling has read Homer, Virgil, and Dante and studied Greek mythology from her time at Wyedean Comprehensive through UExeter means that a Trip to the Underworld to speak to the dead is a touchstone of myth and epic. There's a word for this commonplace, katabasis, the going-down-and-coming-back. Odysseus visits Tiresias, Aeneas his father Anchises, Dante with Virgil tours the Inferno's multiple levels — and Psyche is sent by Venus into Hades on the last of her purgative trials.· Rowling, having entered into these stories, knows they are delivery vehicles for the cathartic transformative change to be found in consultation with the dead and in thinking about death.Joseph Campbell famously argued in Hero with a Thousand Faces that per James Joyce, ethnographers, and comparative mythology experts this descent into the nether worlds and return was an essential aspect of the “monomyth” or Ur story underlying all story and myth. Campbell's more important contribution was arguing that this was not an abstract historical or literary assertion but one fundamentally important in every human being's life and psycho-spiritual development.The Journey to the Underworld from this perspective is that it represents the conscious entry into the Unconscious Mind, the Hidden ‘Depths' of the Person Behind the Persona-Mask. Rowling has said that, if the writing dream had not worked out, she would have studied to become a psychologist. It is a touchstone belief of Fourth Generation Rowling Studies that, even though the writing gig did work out, that Rowling-Galbraith still became a psychologist in the sense of a person working to help her client-readers experience meaning (logos) more profoundly in their souls (psyche).Every time we descend into the depths with Harry, Ron, and Hermione, with Cormoran and Robin, or with Jack Jones, we jump into a shared psychological crucible for our alchemical dissolution, purification, and reintegration. In this Golden Thread, we can see the Shed tools of literary alchemy, mythology, psychomachia, Christian symbolism, chiastic writing, and cathartic shock all at work.And, though speculating about the novel-on-the-near-horizon isn't a signature quality of Fourth Generation reading, I would be remiss not to point out that Rowling-Galbraith has left pointers in Hallmarked Man and throughout the Strike series that Robin Ellacott is on a ‘Heroine's Journey' — and overdue for a trip to Hades.Pointers to Trips Underground to Come in the Cormoran Strike Series' Remaining BooksSubscribers to Hogwarts Professor are familiar with Rowling-Galbraith's use of the Cupid and Psyche Myth as a template for the Strike-Ellacott series, a use the author highlighted in a tweet after the publication of Strike 8. That myth is about the Soul's trials to be worthy of Divine Love, Psyche being the Greek word for Soul and Cupid or Eros for love (Anteros for True Love). Psyche's great trial is her descent into Hell at Venus' command to receive from Persephone a gift for the Goddess of Beauty. As infernal as Robin Ellacott's sufferings have been, Serious Strikers have been anticipating that she will at last ‘go there' for real in Strike 9.Iris T. M. wrote in The Rowling Library Magazine, Issue #99 (March 2025), her belief that Robin's story arc conformed, intentionally or not on the author's part, with ‘The Heroine's Journey.' See ‘Robin's Heroine's Journey: How J. K. Rowling's Robin Ellacott from the Strike Series Follows the Classic Path of Self-Discovery' in that archived issue of TRL (and say a prayer for the return of The Rowling Library in 2027!). Iris mentions psychotherapist Maureen Murdock as the original advocate of a ‘Heroine's Journey' distinct from a Campbell-esque ‘Hero's Journey,' but uses the ‘Aletis' archetype of Jody Gentian Bower as her framework for tracing Robin's story arc. It's a brilliant exegesis and well worth reading in full.It misses the mark, however, in at least three important respects.First, it makes no mention of the Cupid and Psyche myth, which conforms to every ‘Heroine's Journey' marker and is Rowling's only admitted mythological template for the series;Second, it was written before the publication of Hallmarked Man so Iris T. M. could not have seen that Rowling-Galbraith gave a historical character, a 19th Century Freemason, silver millionaire, and author of Secrets of the Craft (see Ed Shardlow's discussion of his importance here), the name Alexander Hughson Murdock. Taking that as a pointer to Maureen Murdock and her groundbreaking The Heroine's Journey: Woman's Quest for Wholeness, we're obliged, I think, to look at the stages Dr Murdock assigns to this transformative odyssey.Last, that look reveals a stage that Iris, Bower, or both neglect, namely, ‘Initiation and Descent to the Goddess' after ‘Awakening to Feelings of Spiritual Aridity/Death.' Iris following Bower looks for a ‘Dark Night of the Soul' and attendant “descent into the underworld,” which she ties to Robin's being buried alive at the UHC's Chapman Farm in Running Grave. She argues that after this experience “two key stages remain in the Aletis Journey: Self discovery and integration—where she fully embraces her skills and authenticity—and the Establishment of a new home, where she builds a life that reflects her true self and her desires.”A Murdock reading, in contrast, suggests that Robin's descent into hell has not yet begun or is not yet over.Heroine Journey's Cycle image source; Maureen Murdock image sourceMurdock's ten stage Heroine's Journey looks like this per HeroineJourneys.com with my notes in [Brackets}:* HEROINE SEPARATES FROM THE FEMININE. The “feminine” is often a mother/mentor figure or a societally prescribed feminine/marginalized/outsider role. [Robin's decision to pursue her vocation to be a private detective despite her fiancee's and family's disapproval, especially Linda's]* IDENTIFICATION WITH THE MASCULINE & GATHERING OF ALLIES. The heroine embraces a new way of life. This often involves choosing a path that is different than the heroine's prescribed societal role, gearing up to “fight” an organization/role/group that is limiting the heroine's life options, or entering some masculine/dominant-identity defined sphere. [Her move from secretary to detective to partner at the Agency]* ROAD/TRIALS AND MEETING OGRES & DRAGONS. The heroine encounters trials and meets people who try to dissuade the heroine from pursuing their chosen path, or who try to destroy the heroine. [Insert list here of those who try to convince Robin to leave the Agency or to kill her.]* EXPERIENCING THE BOON OF SUCCESS. The heroine overcomes the obstacles in their way. (This is typically where the hero's journey ends.) [Partner status and respect of Strike and the Met as a First Tier detective]* HEROINE AWAKENS TO FEELINGS OF SPIRITUAL ARIDITY/DEATH. The heroine's new way of life (attempting the masculine/dominant identity) is too limited. Their success in this new way of life is either temporary, illusory, shallow, or requires a betrayal of self over time. [Robin's growing awareness that her vocation as a detective is in an undefined but certain way in conflict with her life as a woman and the roles of wife, daughter, and mother]* INITIATION & DESCENT TO THE GODDESS. The heroine faces a crisis of some sort in which the new way of life is insufficient, and the heroine falls into despair. All of the masculine/dominant-group strategies have failed them. [Strike 9! Robin breaks down but conferring with the Goddess-Crone, her Jungian psychoanalyst, she learns how imbalanced her life has become; she makes decisions a la those of Psyche in Hades per the Crone's instructions]* HEROINE URGENTLY YEARNS TO RECONNECT WITH THE FEMININE. The heroine wants to, but is unable to return to their initial limited state/position. [Ditto]* HEROINE HEALS THE MOTHER/DAUGHTER SPLIT. The heroine reclaims some of their initial values, skills, or attributes (or those of others like them) but now views these traits from a new perspective. [I suspect this healing will be akin to Strike's Chapel ‘conversation' with the late Charlotte Campbell; for reasons to be discussed, I think Linda Ellacott dies in Strike 9 which precipitates Robin's mental crisis]* HEROINE HEALS THE WOUNDED MASCULINE WITHIN. The heroine makes peace with the “masculine” approach to the world as it applies to them. [Strikes 9 and 10]* HEROINE INTEGRATES THE MASCULINE & FEMININE. In order to face the world/future with a new understanding of themselves and the world/life, the heroine integrates the “masculine” and “feminine” qualities/perspectives. This permits the heroine to see through binaries and to interact with a complex world that includes the heroine but is also larger than their personal lifetime or their geographical/cultural milieu. [The Alchemical Hermaphrodite or Rebis, Strike 10]I think there are two more Golden Threads to be explored in Rowling's work that are rooted in Tutshill's Church Cottage and Rowling's life there, both of which I began to pull in the conversation with Nick above, namely, the Nightmare Upstairs Room and the Neglected Dead Mother. But those will have to wait for another day!Hats off in salute to Iris T. M. for her work with Robin's ‘Heroine's Journey' (and Strike's in TRL Issue #100)! Writing as she was before Hallmarked Man and not being familiar with Rowling's Shed tools and how they work together, she still revealed the psychological template Rowling is deliberately following, it seems, if the Murdoch name drop is any indication.The Hidden Hold of Horrors, then, is an especially rich Lake-Shed-and-Golden-Thread story point in Rowling's work. Stay tuned for more of the same with respect to Mums and Upstairs Nightmares!The Ten Questions with Notes and Links1. Good day, Nick! What can you tell me about the trap door basement in Rowling's childhood home, Church Cottage in Tutshill?* The Hidden Cellar Beneath J. K. Rowling's Childhood Home2. So, it's bigger than I once thought. Are you asking for the reasons I think you're asking?* Golden Thread discussion above3. So, yes, that Ironbridge cellar and my recent revisits to Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone with its gauntlet run beneath a trapdoor, made me wonder: is the nightmare basement a Rowling Golden Thread? It's not as if all of them have been identified; you just came up with the Crimson Golden Thread this year --* See here, here, and here for that.4. How many Golden Threads have we discussed, John? Why do we care again?* Golden Thread 1: Kanreki (Bad Dad, Writing about Writing, Violence against Women, the Evils of Fleet Street, Mother Love, Ghosts, Pregnancy Traps, the Lost Child with Grieving Steward)* Golden Thread 2: Kanreki (Evil Government, Occult tropes, the Embedded Author, the Search for the Real, Embedded Texts, and Shadow Doppelgangers)* Lost Child Golden Thread: Kanreki Finale* See Golden Thread discussion above.5. So it's a Big Deal, really. Care to join me in reviewing Rowling's work to see what's lurking in her basements? (Harry Potter back and forth)* Rowling Golden Thread: The Hidden ‘Hold of Horrors Downstairs, Beneath the Trap Door6. How about the Stand-Alones, John: Casual Vacancy, the Ickabog, The Christmas Pig? And the collaboration exercises, Cursed Child and Fantastic Beasts (back and forth)* Rowling Golden Thread: The Hidden ‘Hold of Horrors Downstairs, Beneath the Trap Door7. And Cormoran Strike? (back and forth)* Rowling Golden Thread: The Hidden ‘Hold of Horrors Downstairs, Beneath the Trap Door* Nick: “And the Dell, of course, in Lethal White's Chiswell House, where the remains of the Shetland pony are dug up in the pink blanket.”8. Okay, that was fun -- and we have sufficient evidence to say that Rowling thinks of the spaces downstairs as wet, scary, even horrible. So what? Tell me this isn't just a Lake inspiration bit; what is this very deliberate artist choosing to do with the basement image? Do we have any bibliographic pointers?* Discussion Above in text.9. What about the psychological piece here? Rowling has said she'd have been a psychologist if the writing gig hadn't worked out. Is her ‘underground' piece of Harry's Journey everywhere our moving into the subconscious of depth psychology?* Joseph Campbell ‘Hero's Journey,' Joyce scholar, Jung disciple, monomyth advocate – myth not only historical but important as individual psychological template;* Maureen Murdock ‘Heroine's Journey,' Jungian psychotherapist, writing for therapiss and patients not writers on Campbell model, “Initiation and Descent to the Goddess”* Victoria Lynn Schmidt ‘Heroine's Journey for Writers'* Iris T. M: The Heroine's Journeys of Robin Ellacott (TRL #99) and of Cormoran Strike (TRL #100)10. Do you think we'll be going underground in the last two Cormoran Strike novels? * YES, we will!Hogwarts Professor is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit hogwartsprofessor.substack.com/subscribe

Please follow us on: Instagram or Facebook. Grazie Mille!In this episode of Kimberly's Italy, the hosts discuss their recent trip to the Dolomiti to celebrate their 30th anniversary, while also addressing concerns regarding AI content scraping.Addressing the AI Landscape:Tommaso shares concerns about bulk downloads and AI scraping of their podcast content over the past five and a half years.The hosts discuss the challenges independent creators face when content is repurposed without permission.A strategy for 2027 and beyond is currently in development.Episode Highlight: Driving and Exploring the DolomitesKimberly and Tommaso explain why driving is essential to experience the Dolomites fully, noting the lack of extensive train lines.Along the winding mountain roads, they encounter steep vineyards, vibrant green bus fleets navigating tight switchbacks, and dramatic alpine scenery.They stop in Alta Badia and enjoy local culinary treats, elegant gin e tonica presentations, and traditional South Tyrolean hospitality.Hiking and Mountain RifugiosThe couple takes a gondola up the mountain before hiking well-maintained gravel paths ranging in difficulty levels.They share tips on starting hikes earlier or later to avoid midday crowds at the popular mountain rifugios.A chance encounter at a rifugio leads to a small world moment when they meet travelers with connections to their former home of Jamestown.The Descent and Local EncountersThe return hike involves a steep 30-degree descent through a mountain forest, complete with loose stones and unexpected logging trucks.The evening concludes with a celebratory dinner at a restaurant featuring a hidden Scotch and cognac room.Reflections and Future PlansThe hosts wrap up by promising upcoming episodes on popular rifugios, hiking routes, and the surprisingly reliable mountain bus system.Join Kimberly and Tommaso as they share real-life travel experiences and practical advice for exploring Italy.

In this episode of State of the Republic, we talk about Sacramento Republic FC's 0–0 draw against San Antonio FC — or, as we call them on the podcast, Uncle Ruckus. Republic had chances to win the game, but the San Antonio goalkeeper and the goalposts had other plans, forcing Sacramento to settle for a point. With the draw, Republic shares the points with San Antonio and remains right in the middle of a dramatic Western Conference playoff race. Sacramento is getting close to the top three, but is also only four points clear of the playoff line, making every result that much more important as the regular season continues. We review the latest USL Championship standings and break down just how tight the Western Conference has become. Finally, we look ahead to Sacramento's upcoming matchup against New Mexico United and talk about what Republic will need to do to turn these close games into three points. Intro/Outro Music: "The Descent" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Podcast Winner Dinner Music: The following music was used for this media project: Fliegen by Sascha Ende Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/2936-fliegen License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Golazos of Gratitude Music: The following music was used for this media project: Music: Nice Light Of Happiness by MusicLFiles Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/7421-nice-light-of-happiness License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Image: Sac Republic Support State of the Republic by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/state-of-the-republic

A spontaneous set of comments on the ongoing AI scare of 2026. What's happening in the media right now, on social media, in culture and at the highest levels of government. Why the pessimism and catastrophism? What can be done? Quite a few slides are referred to, but I do read through them. Incase you want the video - it's here: https://youtu.be/mItTFoYSCcA

In this week's episode, we're discussing the deeply feminist film "The Descent Part Two." Special topics for your consideration include: toilet usage, rampant misandry, a unwilling Nokia sponsorship, bad cops, and shitty baseball geography. It's been AGES since we covered the original back in Episode 116. That was 2017, babies! You can support us at patreon.com/werewolfambulance and listen to a ton of action movie episodes. We'll have a poll up soon to choose a new action movie in a genre chosen by Ambulance. Allen Ambulance. We are also getting into the meat of our second season of "Nice One, Mate!" which is FREE EVEN IF YOU ARE NOT A PATRON.   leave us a message at 412-407-7025 hang out with some cool listeners at https://discord.gg/DutFjx3cBD buy merch at www.teepublic.com/user/werewolfambulance the best place to reach us is at werewolfambulance@gmail.com we're on Reddit at r/werewolfambulance www.werewolfambulance.com if you feel you really must lodge a complaint with us, please do it on Facebook at facebook.com/werewolfambulance because we are probably not gonna see that, ever. If you liked this, please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen! It helps others find us and allows us to continue to grow. Intro song is by Alex Van Luvie Outro song is A. Wallis- "EMT" Seriously we have the best EMTs, hands down.

This week on The Heavy Metal Hangover, Rex and Duff dedicate the bulk of the show to a full recap of the current Iron Maiden tour. We pull no punches as we dissect the performances, stage energy, and full setlists from the legendary triple-threat bill: the thrash assault of Anthrax, the razor-sharp attack of Megadeth, and the unstoppable powerhouse that is Iron Maiden. Did the setlists deliver the deep cuts we wanted, or play it safe? We break down every riff and theatrical moment from the pit. Before we get to the arena report, Rex shares a brutal realization from the underground: finally digging into Pathology's crushing album Unholy Descent after remembering an old listener recommendation—and now he can't turn the damn thing off. Plus, Rex admits where he went wrong on cinema by stubbornly dodging subtitled films for years, only to finally watch the Finnish metal comedy masterpiece Heavy Trip and completely fall in love with "symphonic post-apocalyptic reindeer-grinding Christ-abusing extreme war pagan Fennoscandian metal."

Welcome to the Part Time Pilot Audio Ground School Podcast! This podcast was created to help student pilots learn their ground school during their busy schedules.    These audio lessons were created as Dedicated Audio... meaning they are not just the audio from one of our video lessons because video audio would assume that you can see the video visuals. A dedicated audio lesson assumes you cannot see anything and therefore goes into detail with metaphors and audible descriptions of the images in our course.    If you don't want to wait each week for the new lesson, or you don't want to hear ads... you can get ALL our audio lessons, ad free and download them to your device with our VIP podcast:

DESCRIPTION: Airports Company South Africa has posted a R1.2 billion profit on R8.81 billion of revenue, and Johannesburg airport still cannot keep its toilets open. Bryan and Ryan get to that, but first they own up to something every pilot has done at least once: carrying on with an approach that should have ended in a go-around. It starts with the rugby. Ryan was at FNB Stadium with the kids for the Springboks win, no flypast needed. Then the Miami 767 overrun gets the guys talking about their own bad approaches. Ryan remembers arriving into Durban horrendously high in his early CRJ days and orbiting on final to lose the height. Bryan remembers the opposite mistake, descending far too early into East London and sitting at 3,000 feet with the thrust levers up, while a training captain said nothing and let the lesson teach itself. Ryan explains why descent planning in the Beech 1900 is done the old-fashioned way, with maths, and why that keeps him honest. Then a listener question the guys have been saving for a show together: who was the worst captain you ever flew with? No names, no airline. What emerges is that the bad ones were rarely dangerous, just slow, and a slow captain on a six-sector day is a tax you pay in patience. From there it is night stops, the "slam lock" crews who never left the hotel room, why a good crew on a string of days could make or break a week, and how minimum rest and thin allowances are quietly killing the social side of the job. Bryan and Ryan's own friendship was built on night stops, so they want your stories, especially from the SAA crews who used to stop at Sal Island on the way to the States. Also this week: an app that lets you listen to live air traffic control at American airports, including the Miami ATC recording. Emirates has finally been approved to fly Dubai to Berlin, daily, after more than 20 years of asking. Air Astana is back in Dubai. Turkish Airlines will be on the Liverpool shirt. The United States has announced new visa restrictions aimed at South African officials. Sydney Airport has put 50 electric buses into service. And AAD is on in Pretoria, with the guys wondering what there is left to see. IN THIS EPISODE The Springboks at FNB, and why the rugby made up for the missing flypast. The approach you should have gone around from: Ryan high into Durban, Bryan low into East London. Why the best training captains sometimes say nothing. Descent planning in the Beech 1900 with no fancy screens to help. The worst captain you ever flew with: slow, not dangerous, and why that still costs you. Night stops, slam locks and the crew culture that minimum rest is killing. The Miami 767 overrun, and an app for listening to live air traffic control. Emirates cleared for Dubai to Berlin after 22 years. Air Astana back in Dubai, and Turkish Airlines on the Liverpool shirt. ACSA's R1.2 billion profit, and why Johannesburg airport still does not look like it. New US visa restrictions aimed at South Africa. Sydney Airport goes electric, AAD 2026, and why the AI conversation is coming back soon. I'm Bryan Roseveare. Fourteen years an airline pilot, now a simulator instructor. I train the pilots flying you around. MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE ATC - Live Air Traffic Radio (US airports only, seven-day trial) → https://apps.apple.com/za/app/atc-live-air-traffic-radio/id6755132266 SOURCES Emirates wins approval for Dubai to Berlin after a 22-year push, Simple Flying → https://simpleflying.com/emirates-wins-major-germany-breakthrough-22-year-berlin-push/ ACSA revenue climbs to R8.81 billion, IOL (9 September 2026) → https://iol.co.za/business/2026-09-09-acsas-revenue-climbs-to-r881-billion-as-passenger-numbers-grow/ Announcement of new visa restriction policy, US State Department (15 September 2026) → https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesman/2026/09/announcement-of-new-visa-restriction-policy-targeting-foreign-nationals-involved-in-race-based-discrimination Air Astana resumes Dubai services, TTR Weekly → https://www.ttrweekly.com/site/2026/09/air-astana-resumes-dubai-services-2/ Liverpool announce five-year shirt deal with Turkish Airlines, Al Jazeera (8 September 2026) → https://www.aljazeera.com/sports/2026/9/8/liverpool-announce-five-year-shirt-sponsorship-deal-with-turkish-airlines Sydney Airport unveils electric bus fleet, Australian Aviation → https://australianaviation.com.au/2026/09/sydney-airport-unveils-new-electric-bus-fleet/ SUPPORT THE SHOW Every episode, the full back catalogue and everything we talk about on the show lives in one place. If you only click one link today, make it this one. Bryan Air → https://bryanairpodcast.com/ Support on Patreon → https://www.patreon.com/bryanair

An exclusive interview with Burton C. Bell about his spoken word tour "Obsolete by Word Of Mouth" on 10/7/26 at the Crooked Path in Los Angeles. Here's what we talked about: "Obsolete by Word Of Mouth" tour (0-13) Solo album coming? (13-15) Opening for God Forbid 12/24 at Regent Theater DTLA (15-17) "Descent" song (17-19) Nine Inch Nails debate (19-end)

Johnathan Harris: “Christ's Divine Comedy and Our Participation in the Descent and Ascent of the Son” Recorded 07/18/2026

What happened after Jesus died on the cross—and before the resurrection?In Episode 52 of Ancient Roots of Life and Wellness, JT and Josh continue their study of the Gospel of Nicodemus and finally enter one of its most fascinating sections: the Descent into Hades.The ancient account describes the patriarchs and prophets waiting in darkness as a brilliant light suddenly appears, John the Baptist announces the coming of Christ, and even Hades begins to fear what will happen when Jesus enters his realm.We compare these traditions with some of the New Testament's most mysterious passages—including Christ preaching to the spirits in prison, the saints who came out of their tombs in Matthew 27, and the strange biblical account of Michael disputing with the devil over the body of Moses.We also discuss the Shroud of Turin, the Ascension of Moses, Lazarus being raised from the dead, the moral law written on the hearts of the Gentiles, and why the death of Christ may have been the greatest strategic mistake Satan ever made.Was the death and resurrection of Jesus about something far greater than simply defeating Rome?Was He coming to set captives free from death itself?Join us as we continue exploring the ancient roots of the Christian faith.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/jt-s-mix-tape--6579902/support.Please support our sponsor Modern Roots Life: https://modernrootslife.com/?bg_ref=rVWsBoOfcFPatreon: https://patreon.com/JT_Follows_JC?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLinkJESUS SAID THERE WOULD BE HATERS: https://jtfollowsjc.com/product-category/mens-shirts/JT's Hats: https://jtfollowsjc.com/product-category/hats/Coaching Program: https://www.echoesoftruthnetwork.com/joinTelegram Group: https://t.me/jtsmixtapeNew Trucker Hat: https://www.shopmmca.com/shop/p/jt-follows-jc-hat

Join Rabbi Joey Rosenfeld as he guides us through the world and major works of Kabbalah, Hasidic masters, and Jewish philosophy, shedding light on the inner life of the soul.Support Reb Joey's Torah: ⁠⁠⁠https://inwardtorah.org/support⁠⁠

The episode reveals a structural transfer of forecasting and adoption risk from AI vendors to managed service providers (MSPs) and IT service organizations. Five companies—CyberFOX, Intezer, Sophos, Flamingo, and Charles IT—have taken distinct strategies to expand AI capabilities within the channel, underscoring a coordinated attempt to shift the uncertainty of AI demand, usage, and revenue forecasting off vendors' balance sheets and onto service providers.A central data point comes from Gartner's survey of over 1,300 technology leaders at companies above $50 million in revenue: fewer than one in four have successfully scaled an AI project across business units, even as 85% plan to increase AI investment and many cannot quantify current spending. Analysts note a move away from flat-rate subscriptions toward usage-based AI pricing, significantly increasing projected IT costs through 2035 for customers. The episode highlights that vendors are pre-building AI channel programs with the expectation that third-party providers will absorb both commitment risk and customer deployment burdens.Supporting evidence includes announcement details: CyberFOX's new North American deal with Ingram Micro, Intezer's launch of a comprehensive partner portal, Sophos's OpenAI integration targeting MSPs, Flamingo's open-source AI agent platform, and Charles IT's acquisition of Descent, an AI-native MSP. Spending data from Ramp and adoption surveys from the Census Bureau and Futurum Group further illustrate the gap between stated AI success and actual operational adoption, elucidating systemic uncertainty and reporting bias in AI project returns.For MSPs and IT leaders, the implications are clear: the structural shift means channel programs increasingly pass fixed commitments and usage volatility to service firms while providing little guaranteed demand. Practical safeguards include independently counting and verifying clients with active, process-integrated AI adoption before entering distribution contracts. Defining specific, outcome-focused criteria for adoption can protect against being tied to overambitious vendor forecasts, allowing providers to negotiate terms on verifiable demand rather than projections that vendors themselves could not convert.00:00 Everyone Is Selling To You 03:41 The Forecast That Didn't Convert06:29 Nobody Can Prove The Demand09:38 Why Do We Care?Supported by: GoTo(LogMeIn) Pax8

The Star Wars: Resistance episodes “The Disappeared” and “Descent” take place right at the beginning of The Force Awakens, so we're detouring back into animated territory to cover the lead-up to the destruction of Hosnian Prime.In our coverage this week, we talk about the fascistic tendency of “disappearing” people and how it lines up (or doesn't) with the social contract on the Colossus. We also talk through the appeal of an Agent Tierney to a young person like Tam; why Doza might be continuing to submit to the First Order; and how Leia is activating new Resistance cells across the galaxy.Want more Growing Up Skywalker? This is a great time to sign up for our Patreon for bonus audio content! We've got Ninth Jedi coverage on tap right after Sam recaps the Phasma novel for us.Timestamps:00:00:00 Who Are We?00:02:01 Plot Summary00:09:46 Fascism and “Disappearing People”00:24:16 Tam and Agent Tierney00:37:47 Doza, Leia, and New Resistance Cells00:52:19 Bae Watch00:57:37 Closing Thoughts

Descent Into Sciniparta is a D&D campaign created by Jackle7250, AKA Russ from the Just Some Gamers Podcast. Catch the action live at https://www.twitch.tv/elmmerfuddgames  Reach out to ElmmerFuddGames or FluffyFingersMD for the schedule. The campaign is: Alynora (Mrs Fudd) Borlin Ironspice (Eggman) Firentis Elberko (ElmmerFuddGames) Rothnito (FluffyFingersMD) Neevara (Cheekymix3) Jackle7250 as the DM    

In this episode of State of the Republic, we talk about Sacramento Republic FC's 1–0 win over Detroit City FC! After three consecutive ties, Republic finally gets back in the win column and picks up three much-needed points. We break down the Detroit City match, talk about the result, and look at what this win means for Sacramento as the regular season continues to wind down. Next up, it's another matchup with San Antonio FC — or, as we call them on the podcast, Uncle Ruckus. We preview the upcoming game and talk about what Republic will need to do to come away with another result. We also discuss VAR coming to the USL Cup and what it could mean for the competition, plus more Sacramento Republic FC and USL news! Intro/Outro Music: "The Descent" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Podcast Winner Dinner Music: The following music was used for this media project: Fliegen by Sascha Ende Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/2936-fliegen License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Golazos of Gratitude Music: The following music was used for this media project: Music: Nice Light Of Happiness by MusicLFiles Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/7421-nice-light-of-happiness License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Image: Sac Republic Support State of the Republic by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/state-of-the-republic

In this episode, my co-host, Kathleen Joan, and I enter the story of Persephone, Goddess of descent, transformation, and return.    Most of us know the old story. Persephone is taken into the Underworld, Demeter grieves, the earth stops growing, and eventually Persephone returns. But what if there is another way to understand her story?    What if Persephone chose the descent?    What if she knew there was something waiting for her in the darkness that she could never discover by staying safely in the world she already knew?    That changes everything. Persephone's story becomes one of choice, sovereignty, transformation, and the wisdom we gather when life takes us into the depths. She reminds us that there are seasons when we are growing and blooming, and seasons when we are being called inward.    Kathleen and I talk about what Persephone's journey can teach us about our own experiences of grief, loss, healing, change, and those times when life simply isn't what we expected it to be.    My co-host for this special Goddess series is Kathleen Joan, a priestess of Brigid devoted to the resurrection of the Divine Feminine in today's world, especially for women with Christian ancestry.  Kathleen spent more than 15 years in ministry and holds a dual Master's degree in theology and ministry. Today she brings that deep understanding of the Christian tradition into her work helping women reclaim the wild, sacred Feminine through Goddess teachings, channeling, energy healing, circles, and retreats.    Tune in and meet Persephone in a new way.    Episode Highlights    01:47 — The Traditional Story of Persephone  The familiar version of Persephone's myth centers on her being kidnapped and taken into the underworld, spending part of each year there. The changing seasons are connected to Demeter's (her mother) grief when Persephone is gone and her joy when Persephone returns.    03:09 — Why Descent Is Not Failure  Periods of darkness are often treated as problems that need to be quickly fixed or overcome. Persephone offers another perspective: descent can be a necessary part of discovering who we are becoming.    05:33 — A Lifelong Connection with Persephone  Persephone is presented as a powerful spiritual presence connected with personal awakening and transformation. Her energy represents the process of entering difficult experiences and discovering deeper purpose within them.    06:31 — Choosing the Underworld  Rather than seeing Persephone as a passive victim, this interpretation presents her as someone who ultimately chooses her path. Her descent leads her to discover her purpose as queen of the underworld and guide for lost souls.    08:27 — Balancing Work, Rest, and Joy  Persephone's story highlights the importance of rest, play, pleasure, and replenishment alongside meaningful work and service.    10:08 — Reframing Victimhood as Choice  You may not be able to choose what happens to you, but you can choose how you respond.     14:12 — Knowing When to Go Deeper or Leave  How to distinguish a meaningful spiritual descent from being stuck in a harmful situation.     17:18 — Do Not Set Up House in Grief  Grief deserves to be felt, but it does not have to become a permanent identity. Allowing pain to move through the body and heart creates space for healing, insight, and eventual return.    18:26 — Allowing Others to Care for You  Descent does not have to be faced alone. Difficult seasons can deepen connection when people allow trusted friends, loved ones, and community to offer support and care.    26:41 — Returning to Joy with Greater Wisdom  Persephone holds both youthful joy and the authority gained from walking through the underworld.     Mentioned  Wild Wisdom Goddess Temple is Kathleen's online circle where Christian-rooted women reclaim their whole selves as sacred through the Divine Feminine. This 13-moon journey will help you return to honoring the Sacred She within as you meet Her in Her many names & forms, supported by a loving circle of sisterhood.  The Wealthy Witch Way is Julie's membership. Inside we weave together money work, magic, ritual, the Akashic Records, and feminine business wisdom to help you deepen your connection to Source, expand your receiving, and grow the work you're here to do profitably.    Connect with Kathleen Joan    Website: https://www.brigidsflame.org/   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kathleenjoanns   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brigidsflameministry   YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@brigidsflame-kj     Connect with Julie Foucht     Membership:  https://juliefoucht.com/wealthywitchway/  Website: https://juliefoucht.com/   Quiz: https://bit.ly/witchpreneur-quiz  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/artoffemininebusiness/   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JulieFouchtCoaching/   Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/FeminineMarketingMagic/  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@JulieFoucht   LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/coachjulz/  Podcast: The Art of Feminine Business with Julie Foucht at https://juliefoucht.com/podcast/    

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C-Realm Podcast 120: The Long Descent — John Michael GreerOriginally released September 17, 2008, this C-Realm conversation between KMO and John Michael Greer is being reposted nearly eighteen years later because a recent essay on Greer's Ecosophia blog revisits many of the same arguments.In “Economics: The Y2K Fallacy Revisited,” Greer looks back at his early Peak Oil writing and argues that fast-collapse scenarios repeatedly fail because they take genuine vulnerabilities—resource depletion, economic instability, energy constraints—and assume that governments, businesses, and individuals will simply fail to adapt. He also returns to the psychological attraction of apocalypse: the tendency to convert real problems into expectations of an imminent, cleansing rupture.Read John Michael Greer's “Economics: The Y2K Fallacy Revisited”What makes this 2008 conversation especially interesting now is how fully those ideas were already developed. Greer rejects the sudden “Mad Max” collapse then common in Peak Oil circles and instead describes civilizational decline as a long, uneven descent: crisis, stabilization, partial recovery, and further decline. KMO, who was still substantially inside the Peak Oil milieu at the time, explicitly raises the emotional investment some collapse advocates had in technological solutions not working.The episode also preserves an early version of a debate that looks considerably more consequential in 2026: the Singularity versus resource depletion.Greer treats Ray Kurzweil's technological Singularity as another secularized apocalyptic narrative and doubts that exponential technological progress can simply outrun physical limits. KMO is more ambivalent. He recognizes the quasi-religious character of some Singularitarian thinking while continuing to take seriously the possibility that advances in artificial intelligence could rapidly and radically reshape the world.Eighteen years later, that disagreement has aged in interesting ways. The Peak Oil movement largely disappeared as a coherent cultural scene, while AI became a major technological and political force. At the same time, the questions Greer raised about resource limits, adaptation, apocalyptic psychology, and the mythology of endless progress remain very much alive.This episode captures those competing futures while they were still largely speculative—and before anyone knew which parts of either story would survive contact with the next eighteen years.Full, polished transcript available on the C-Realm Blogspot page.

Lindsay Musgrove Clancy had everything going for her. She had a great childhood, loving family and friends, excelled in school and sports, and became one of the most beloved nurses in the labor and delivery unit at Massachusetts General Hospital. So how, then, did she become the most talked-about alleged child-killer of the 21st century? In part one of our three-part series, we dive deep into the beginnings of Lindsay Clancy, the birth of her children, Cora, Dawson, and Callan, and the descent into mental illness that ultimately led to their deaths.  - Sources:https://docs.google.com/document/d/1eTYeCoYyxm58DXXdoFbHQyWHlWbcH9iKGIefFcQToW4/edit?tab=t.y2yayotxnlcb Listen to our new show, "THE CONSPIRACY FILES"!: -Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/5IY9nWD2MYDzlSYP48nRPl -Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-conspiracy-files/id1752719844 -Amazon/Audible - https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/ab1ade99-740c-46ae-8028-b2cf41eabf58/the-conspiracy-files -Pandora - https://www.pandora.com/podcast/the-conspiracy-files/PC:1001089101 -iHeart - https://iheart.com/podcast/186907423/ -PocketCast - https://pca.st/dpdyrcca -CastBox - https://castbox.fm/channel/id6193084?country=us - Stay Connected: Join the Murder in America fam in our free Facebook Community for a behind-the-scenes look, more insights and current events in the true crime world: https://www.facebook.com/groups/4365229996855701 If you want even more Murder in America bonus content, including ad-free episodes, come join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/murderinamerica Instagram: http://instagram.com/murderinamerica/ Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/people/Murder-in-America-Podcast/100086268848682/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/MurderInAmerica TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@theparanormalfiles and https://www.tiktok.com/@courtneybrowen Feeling spooky? Follow Colin as he travels state to state (and even country to country!) investigating claims of extreme paranormal activity and visiting famous haunted locations on The Paranormal Files Official Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheParanormalFilesOfficialChannel - (c) BLOOD IN THE SINK PRODUCTIONS 2026 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ghislaine Maxwell's legal troubles have steadily consumed the fortune and lifestyle that once placed her among the wealthy and well-connected circles surrounding Jeffrey Epstein. Years of civil litigation were already generating enormous legal bills before her 2020 arrest, and Maxwell had previously sought reimbursement from Epstein's estate for expenses she said she incurred because of allegations connected to him, including more than $600,000 in legal fees submitted by one of her law firms. Her criminal prosecution then added years of defense costs, appeals and post-conviction litigation, while imprisonment cut her off from the affluent life she once enjoyed. By 2025 and 2026, the transformation was unmistakable: the woman once associated with multimillionaires, private aircraft, luxury properties and international high society was pursuing her latest effort to overturn her conviction without retained counsel, filing her own pleadings from federal prison.That financial collapse is now reflected directly in Maxwell's court posture. Her latest challenge to her conviction is prosecuted pro se, meaning she is representing herself, and the federal court has addressed whether she could proceed in forma pauperis, the legal status available to litigants who say they cannot afford the ordinary costs of pursuing a case or appeal. When Judge Paul Engelmayer rejected Maxwell's post-conviction petition in August 2026, he also ruled that any appeal would not be taken in good faith and therefore denied her the ability to obtain in forma pauperis status for an appeal. In practical terms, Maxwell has traveled an extraordinary financial distance: from a socialite moving through some of the richest circles in the world to a federal prisoner preparing her own legal papers and potentially asking the courts to recognize that she lacks the resources to pay the costs of continuing her legal fight. Her legal woes have not merely damaged her reputation and freedom; they have effectively reduced a woman once synonymous with wealth and privilege to claiming indigence in federal court.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-moscow-murders-and-more--5852883/support.

Ghislaine Maxwell's legal troubles have steadily consumed the fortune and lifestyle that once placed her among the wealthy and well-connected circles surrounding Jeffrey Epstein. Years of civil litigation were already generating enormous legal bills before her 2020 arrest, and Maxwell had previously sought reimbursement from Epstein's estate for expenses she said she incurred because of allegations connected to him, including more than $600,000 in legal fees submitted by one of her law firms. Her criminal prosecution then added years of defense costs, appeals and post-conviction litigation, while imprisonment cut her off from the affluent life she once enjoyed. By 2025 and 2026, the transformation was unmistakable: the woman once associated with multimillionaires, private aircraft, luxury properties and international high society was pursuing her latest effort to overturn her conviction without retained counsel, filing her own pleadings from federal prison.That financial collapse is now reflected directly in Maxwell's court posture. Her latest challenge to her conviction is prosecuted pro se, meaning she is representing herself, and the federal court has addressed whether she could proceed in forma pauperis, the legal status available to litigants who say they cannot afford the ordinary costs of pursuing a case or appeal. When Judge Paul Engelmayer rejected Maxwell's post-conviction petition in August 2026, he also ruled that any appeal would not be taken in good faith and therefore denied her the ability to obtain in forma pauperis status for an appeal. In practical terms, Maxwell has traveled an extraordinary financial distance: from a socialite moving through some of the richest circles in the world to a federal prisoner preparing her own legal papers and potentially asking the courts to recognize that she lacks the resources to pay the costs of continuing her legal fight. Her legal woes have not merely damaged her reputation and freedom; they have effectively reduced a woman once synonymous with wealth and privilege to claiming indigence in federal court.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-epstein-chronicles--5003294/support.

The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals is a book by Charles Darwin, published in 1872, concerning genetically determined aspects of behaviour. It was published thirteen years after On the Origin of Species and alongside his 1871 book The Descent of Man, it is Darwin's main consideration of human origins. In this book, Darwin seeks to trace the animal origins of human characteristics, such as the pursing of the lips in concentration and the tightening of the muscles around the eyes in anger and efforts of memory. Darwin sought out the opinions of some eminent British psychiatrists, notably James Crichton-Browne, in the preparation of the book which forms Darwin's main contribution to psychology. - Summary by AvailleGenre(s): Animals, ScienceLanguage: EnglishKeyword(s): evolution (37), emotions (10), darwinism (3), mimic (1), facial expression (1)

Episode Notes We avoid talking about DS9 for even longer this time. Skip to 16:21 if you don't really care about our hosts' hyperfixations. Zathras was too tired to cut it down. Prodigal Daughter: Miles O'Brien, Private Eye. Ezri hasn't been home in a while. Manipulative parents. "He's got a Shaggy vibe." Awkward family dinners. This episode's mob stuff is disappointing. Emperor's New Cloak: Directed by LeVar Burton! Time for some Ferengi bullshit. How does the Great Exchequer work? We invent a religious schism. There's a mirror Ezri already? Excellent miming. Vic Fontaine is not a hologram? Fanfic resolved. Rom continues to be the GOAT. BabSpace9 is a production of the Okay, So network. Connect with the show at @babylonpod.page Help us keep the lights on via our Patreon! Justen can be found at @justen.babylonpod.page Ana can be found at @ana.babylonpod.page, and also made our show art. Both Ana and Justen can also be found on The Compleat Discography, a Discworld re-read podcast. Jude Vais can be found at @jude.athrabeth.com. His other work can be found at Athrabeth - a Tolkien Podcast and at Garbage of the Five Rings. Clips from the original show remain copyrighted by Paramount Entertainment and are used under the Fair Use doctrine. Music attribution: Original reworking of the Deep Space 9 theme by audioquinn, who stresses that this particular war crime is not their fault. The Descent by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4490-the-descent License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This show is edited and produced by Aaron Olson, who can be found at @aaron.compleatdiscography.page Find out more at http://babylonpod.page

In this episode of State of the Republic, we talk about Sacramento Republic FC's 1–1 draw against Orange County SC, giving Republic its third consecutive tie. We break down the match, discuss the latest result, and take a look at what Sacramento needs to do with only eight games remaining in the regular season. We also review the updated USL Championship standings and see where Republic currently sits as the playoff race continues to tighten. Finally, after a long stretch of road games, Sacramento is finally back home! We preview the upcoming matchup against Detroit City FC and talk about what Republic will need to do to turn those recent draws into three points in front of the home crowd. Intro/Outro Music: "The Descent" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Podcast Winner Dinner Music: The following music was used for this media project: Fliegen by Sascha Ende Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/2936-fliegen License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Golazos of Gratitude Music: The following music was used for this media project: Music: Nice Light Of Happiness by MusicLFiles Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/7421-nice-light-of-happiness License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Image: Orange County SC Support State of the Republic by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/state-of-the-republic

An A-list Japanese cast. An international action star. A budget somewhere between $175million and $225 million. A director making his first feature film. A box office bomb so bad the studio wrote it off the day after it was released.The story of the 47 Ronin is a fixture of Japanese culture, but this is the story of 47 Ronin (2013), and what came after.No spoilers but there's a twist in this one.John Carreyrou's original reporting on the Conquest SagaWe have a Patreon if you want to support the show with extra contractual discretionary funding. If you want to email someone to ask for $5million, best avoid goingroguetansy@gmail.comCLIPS 47 Ronin (dir. Carl Rinsch)47 Ronin Press Conference 47 Ronin Fight Featurette300 (dir Zack Snyder)Democracy ManifestMUSIC“Expeditionary”, “The Chamber”, “Five Armies”, “Malicious”, “Night Vigil”, “On The Ground”, “Ancient Rite”, “Oppressive Gloom”, “Decline”, “The Descent”, “Finding Movement”, “Divertissement”, “Floating City”, “Covert Affair”, “I Knew A Guy”, & “Marty Gots A Plan”, “Hard Boiled”, “Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy”, “Walking Along”, “Modern Jazz Samba”, “Gymnopedie No 1"Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)“Suspended Animation”, “The Kraken's Pursuit”, “Saline” & “The Rise of Heroes” by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com“Sneaky Snooper”, “Atlantis”, “Middle Earth”, “Dark Mystery”, “Fight Scene”, “The Talk”, “Search and Destroy”,  & “Tempting Fate” by Jason Shaw - Audionautix.comLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

The feature-length Series 10 finale of The True Crime Enthusiast brings with it an almost surreal tale of abuse, murder, dismemberment, imprisonment, appeal, acquittal, mental illness, misguided revenge - and something called Project Tango. It was a tale that shook the county of East Sussex when it happened at the turn of this century - one that was to have repercussions several years later.The episode contains details and descriptions of crimes and events, including descriptions of sexual abuse and self harm, that some listeners may find disturbing or distressing, so discretion is advised whilst listening in.Music used in this episode: "The Descent" by Kevin Macleod. All music used is sourced from https://filmmusic.io/ and used under an Attribution Licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Sleep With Me – BirdlandLights Off - Nectar WoodeThe True Crime Enthusiast's Fundraiser For Macmillan Cancer Support References - available upon request. Follow/Contact/Support The True Crime Enthusiast PodcastFacebookFacebook Discussion GroupTwitterInstagramYoutubeWebsiteTTCE MerchandisePatreon PageRemembering Peter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is the final episode of The Alchemy of Grace. We started this series asking what if the fire in your life isn't there to consume you, but to refine you. We walked through the Descent — the falling apart — and the Transformation — the quiet, unglamorous middle.Today, we arrive at the gold. We walk you through what it actually looks like to live from the other side of the fire and we close the series by bringing the whole arc full circle.In This Episode, You'll Learn:How to recognize your own "gold" — the quiet, tangible signs that a hard season actually changed you.Three practices to protect your transformation: auditing your environment, speaking from your story instead of your scar, and keeping the practices that got you here.Why Grace is a daily way of life, not a one-time rescue.Connect with Mensimah's Round Table: This is the final episode of the series — if it met you somewhere real, subscribe, leave a comment telling us which part of the series hit hardest, and share it with someone who needs to hear that nothing in their story is wasted.Dr. Mensimah ShabazzJoin us in empowering one million women worldwide to embrace their strength and grace. Together, let's declare our identities as women of power and inspire one another to shine! ♥️Want to go deeper?I offer 1:1 transformational coaching, sacred space-holding, and intuitive mentorship for women ready to embody their highest path. Schedule a 30-minute consultation: https://www.mensimah.com/harmony-consult or send Email to: agapect@mensimah.com.Contact Links:Website: https://www.mensimah.comInstagram: @mensimahshabazzphdYouTube: @mensimahsroundtableRegister as a Guest on PodMatch- for Round Table Conversations: https://www.joinpodmatch.com/mrtDonations:https://cash.app.com/$agapecthttps://mensimahs-round-table.captiva...https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/MRTPo...

At 1:15 p.m. on April 12, 1945, Franklin Roosevelt was sitting for a portrait at his cottage in Warm Springs, Georgia, when his face suddenly fell forward. He raised his left hand to his temple and whispered to his cousin Daisy: "I have a terrific pain in the back of my head." He was dead by 3:35. That evening, Harry Truman, a former farmer and failed haberdasher who had been vice president for eighty-two days and had met with Roosevelt only twice, placed his hand on a Bible and became the thirty-third president of the United States. He had never been briefed on the atomic bomb. Thirteen days later, War Secretary Henry Stimson handed him a three-page memo that began: "Within four months we shall in all probability have completed the most terrible weapon ever known in human history, one bomb of which could destroy a whole city." Today's guest is James M. Scott, author of Empire of Ashes: Truman, Hirohito, and the Descent into Total War. We discuss how a Hungarian physicist who did his thinking in the bathtub tracked down Einstein by asking a boy on a Long Island street corner to launch the Manhattan Project, why Oak Ridge, Tennessee, became a secret city of 75,000 people who had no idea what they were building, and how the firebombing of Tokyo killed 105,000 people in a single night months before the atomic bombs fell. We look at why Groves wanted to destroy Kyoto for its two thousand temples and Stimson stopped him because he had honeymooned there, how Japan's military leaders refused to surrender even after two atomic bombs and forced an unprecedented intervention by an emperor who had spent the war collecting marine specimens in a palace while his cities burned, and why a group of young officers assassinated the commander of the Imperial Guards and seized the palace on the eve of surrender in a coup that came within hours of succeeding. Scott argues that the historical record supports Truman's decision but lets the last word belong to the survivors, and to a war minister who committed seppuku wearing the white shirt the emperor had personally given him, with a photograph of his dead son folded on top of his dress uniform.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the 16th century, there were some disputes among Lutherans over the phrase of the Apostles' Creed, “He descended into hell.” The FC explains its meaning: Christ “destroyed hell for all believers, and delivered them from the power of death and of the devil, from eternal condemnation and the jaws of hell” (FC Ep IX 4). The FC also holds up Martin Luther's 1533 sermon on this topic (WA 37:62–67) as a model for how to preach it. Luther's sermon teaches that we must not rely on our reason or five senses to understand this (or any other) article of the faith but rather should trust God's Word as articulated in the Creed, which leads us to confess everywhere and always, “Christ is risen!” This Bible study will examine passages that show how in Christ we are victorious over all these enemies. Rev. Carl Roth, pastor of Grace Lutheran Church in Elgin, TX, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about the “Searching Scripture” feature in the September 2026 issue of the Lutheran Witness titled “Article IX: Christ's Descent into Hell” on Article VIX in the Formula of Concord. This year, “Searching Scripture” is themed “Following the Formula” and will walk through the Formula of Concord in the Augsburg Confession. Follow along every month! This year, “Searching Scripture” is walking through the Formula of Concord (FC) from our Lutheran Confessions, exploring the biblical foundations for each topic. Before starting this study, it may be helpful to read FC Ep IX on Christ's Descent into Hell (p. 495) in Concordia: The Lutheran Confessions (CPH, 2005). Or follow along with the full Formula of Concord monthly reading plan at witness.lcms.org/reading-plan. Listen to the Coffee Hour episode with Rev. Brady Finnern on Article VIX at kfuo.org/2025/09/05/coffee-hour-090525-the-descent-into-hell-in-the-formula-of-concord, and find correlating Concord Matters episodes at kfuo.org/formulaofconcord. Find online exclusives of the Lutheran Witness at witness.lcms.org and subscribe to the Lutheran Witness at cph.org/witness.

There comes a point in a woman's becoming when the identities that once helped her survive begin to limit how fully she can live. Being the good girl, the responsible one, the peacekeeper, or the high achiever may have earned you safety, belonging, and approval, but eventually, those same identities can become the ceilings of your expansion. You may have built a beautiful life filled with people and work you genuinely love, yet still feel an inexplicable ache beneath it all: a restlessness, a tightness, a sense that the woman you have been can no longer carry you where you are going.In this solo episode of Wild & Waking, I'm exploring the descent that begins when good-girl conditioning and lifelong performance stop working. Drawing from my own experience with postpartum depression, identity loss, religious and political deconstruction, spiritual awakening, and the long process of becoming someone new, I share why personal growth rarely feels like the shiny, upward evolution we've been promised. Sometimes becoming yourself feels more like dying. It asks you to grieve old identities, walk through uncertainty, meet the parts of yourself you were taught to fear, and remain in the darkness long enough for something more honest to emerge.We've been conditioned to treat difficult seasons as problems to solve quickly, but not every season is meant to be rushed, optimized, or transformed into an inspiring lesson. Sometimes the darkness is the initiation. It strips away the need to be good, palatable, productive, and universally understood, revealing the self-trust and sovereign power that performance could never give you. This episode is for the woman standing between who she was trained to be and who she knows she is becoming; the woman learning that she is not falling apart, but being initiated into a deeper, freer, more fully embodied version of herself.In this episode, I explore:How good-girl conditioning teaches women to seek safety, belonging, and approval through performanceWhy the identities that helped you survive can eventually become the ceilings of your personal growth and expansionThe hidden ache of outgrowing a beautiful life that still looks good from the outsideWhy becoming your authentic self can feel like falling apart, losing yourself, or experiencing an identity deathThe descent between good-girl performance and feminine sovereigntyMy experience with postpartum depression, identity loss, grief, and emerging from a prolonged season of darknessHow religious deconstruction, political awakening, and spiritual evolution can unravel the person you were taught to beWhy healing and personal transformation are not always linear, positive, or meant to be rushedThe difference between self-improvement rooted in performance and growth rooted in freedom, self-trust, and authenticityHow difficult seasons can become initiations into deeper self-awareness, embodied power, and sovereign leadershipReleasing the need to be palatable, universally understood, or responsible for everyone else's experience of youLearning to trust the messy, uncertain space between who you were and who you are becomingWhy meeting your darkness, emotional depth, intuition, and power is essential to reclaiming your whole selfWhat it means to emerge from the unraveling as a freer, more sovereign, fully initiated womanBe sure to hit subscribe so you never miss the latest episode!Connect with Emily:Website: www.EmilyReuschel.comInstagram: @emilyreuschelFacebook: Emily ReuschelLinkedIn: Emily ReuschelJoin my Book Insiders List: Sign up here!Resources and Links:Learn more and sign up for VeilFallEpisode 189 | The Wild & Waking Journey: RiseSign up here to get the inside scoop to my book writing journey!Book me as a speaker for your next event - email inquiries to emilyreuschel@gmail.com or schedule a call hereWild & Waking – Produced by Jill Carr Podcasting | Learn MoreMentioned in this episode:Join Emily and Kelsey Anderson for VeilFall, an intimate Samhain and Full Hunter's Moon women's retreat happening October 23–26, 2026, at Blue Star Retreat Center in Columbia Falls, Montana, near Glacier National Park. Click below to explore the full retreat experience and register: VeilFall

In the 16th century, there were some disputes among Lutherans over the phrase of the Apostles' Creed, “He descended into hell.” The FC explains its meaning: Christ “destroyed hell for all believers, and delivered them from the power of death and of the devil, from eternal condemnation and the jaws of hell” (FC Ep IX 4). The FC also holds up Martin Luther's 1533 sermon on this topic (WA 37:62–67) as a model for how to preach it. Luther's sermon teaches that we must not rely on our reason or five senses to understand this (or any other) article of the faith but rather should trust God's Word as articulated in the Creed, which leads us to confess everywhere and always, “Christ is risen!” This Bible study will examine passages that show how in Christ we are victorious over all these enemies. Rev. Carl Roth, pastor of Grace Lutheran Church in Elgin, TX, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about the “Searching Scripture” feature in the September 2026 issue of the Lutheran Witness titled “Article IX: Christ's Descent into Hell” on Article VIX in the Formula of Concord. This year, “Searching Scripture” is themed “Following the Formula” and will walk through the Formula of Concord in the Augsburg Confession. Follow along every month! This year, “Searching Scripture” is walking through the Formula of Concord (FC) from our Lutheran Confessions, exploring the biblical foundations for each topic. Before starting this study, it may be helpful to read FC Ep IX on Christ's Descent into Hell (p. 495) in Concordia: The Lutheran Confessions (CPH, 2005). Or follow along with the full Formula of Concord monthly reading plan at witness.lcms.org/reading-plan. Listen to the Coffee Hour episode with Rev. Brady Finnern on Article VIX at kfuo.org/2025/09/05/coffee-hour-090525-the-descent-into-hell-in-the-formula-of-concord, and find correlating Concord Matters episodes at kfuo.org/formulaofconcord. Find online exclusives of the Lutheran Witness at witness.lcms.org and subscribe to the Lutheran Witness at cph.org/witness. Have a topic you'd like to hear about on The Coffee Hour? Contact us at: listener@kfuo.org.

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If we believe there is no qualitative distinction between animals and humans, are we more likely to protect human life or devalue it? On this episode of ID The Future out of the vault, guest host Eric Anderson talks to historian Dr. Richard Weikart about his latest book, Unnatural Death: Medicine's Descent From Healing to Killing, now available from Discovery Institute Press. The book is a wide-ranging history of euthanasia and assisted suicide from Ancient Greece to today. How did we get to the point we are at today, and how do we turn the tide to promote the sanctity of human life? Tune in to find out. Source

https://www.patreon.com/AdeptusRidiculoushttps://www.adeptusridiculous.com/https://twitter.com/AdRidiculoushttps://shop.orchideight.com/collections/adeptus-ridiculousThe road to hell is paved with good intentions—and for Inquisitor Gregor Eisenhorn, every step brings him closer to the abyss.Bricky, DK, and special guest host TheAmberKing dive into Malleus, the second book in Dan Abnett's iconic Eisenhorn series. We are breaking down the slippery slope of radicalism, how righteous zeal twists into outright heresy, and why trying to save the Imperium at any cost usually means becoming the very monster you swore to destroy.Support the show