Podcasts about Distortion

 Today on Beating Cancer Daily, Saranne brings listeners a lively and honest conversation about "portion distortion," that sneaky way our plates, meals, and snacks have gotten bigger without us even realizing it. With plenty of humor and real-life stories, Saranne and her expert guest make sense of why it's so easy to lose track of what a healthy portion actually looks like, especially with today's super-sized options everywhere you turn. Whether you are navigating life after cancer or just want to feel better in your body, this episode shares simple, eye-opening tricks for resetting your idea of "enough" food, making meals enjoyable, satisfying, and good for you. Instead of strict rules, listeners are invited to experience “portion enlightenment,” a friendlier, more realistic way to eat well. Jacqui Bryan is a functional medicine expert, whole health educator, certified health coach, nutrition specialist, and registered nurse with a personal history as a cancer survivor. She has spent years helping people rebuild their health after diagnosis and treatment, and she brings warmth, humor, and hands-on advice to everything she shares. Jacqui's approach is all about feeling empowered, not restricted—and making changes that really work in daily life. "If our plates are getting bigger and our packages are getting larger and the restaurant culture is all calibrated to give us this abnormal sense of portion size, we need to reset that reference point without having to carry measuring cups every time we go to a restaurant." ~Jacqui Bryan Today on Beating Cancer Daily:·     Notice how plate sizes and food portions have crept up over the years, making it harder to tell what's right for you·     Get clear on the difference between a serving size (on labels) and the portion you actually eat (which is often much bigger)·     Pick up easy, clever ways to eyeball healthy portions using your own hand, no fuss or calorie counting necessary·     Find out why eating quickly can trick you into feeling hungrier than you really are, and how slowing down helps your body catch up See how changing your eating habits, even a little, can teach your stomach and brain to feel happy with less food·     Build a simple, healthy plate that keeps you full and energized, without complicated rules·     Understand why people in active cancer treatment sometimes need smaller, more frequent meals packed with nutrients (and how to make that less overwhelming)·     Swap “portion control” for “portion enlightenment,” creating a positive, manageable way to enjoy your meals and feel good Resources Mentioned: Label Detective episode (how to read food labels) Habit stacking episode (tips for making new habits stick) Guest Contact Information: Jacqui Bryan: JacquiBryan.com 2025 People's Choice Podcast Awards Best Health Series FinalistRanked the Top 5 Best Cancer Podcasts by CancerCare News in 2024 & 2025,and #1 Rated Cancer Survivor Podcast by FeedSpot in 2024 to 2025. Beating Cancer Daily is listened to in 150 countries across 7 continents and features over 420+ original daily episodes hosted by Stage IV survivor Saranne Rothberg. To learn more about Host Saranne Rothberg and The ComedyCures Foundation:https://www.comedycures.org/ To write to Saranne or a guest:https://www.comedycures.org/contact-8 To record a message to Saranne or a guest:https://www.speakpipe.com/BCD_Comments_Suggestions To sign up for the free Health Builder Series live on Zoom with Saranne and Jacqui, go to The ComedyCures Foundation's homepage:https://www.comedycures.org/ Please support the creation of more original episodes of Beating Cancer Daily and other free ComedyCures Foundation programs with a tax-deductible contribution:http://bit.ly/ComedyCuresDonate THANK YOU! Please tell a friend whom we may help, and please support us with a beautiful review. Have a blessed day! Saranne

The fear of losing the faith to another culture is producing the very thing it fears. Dr. James Spencer and Dr. Ashish Varma open a series on three forces pressing on the church, beginning with assimilation, and Varma's argument is that syncretism functions mostly as a fear discourse. The word gets aimed outward, at newer expressions of Christian faith in other places, by people whose own expression is so culturally saturated that they have stopped noticing it. He points out that "essence," the thing we say we are protecting, is a Greek philosophical category rather than a biblical one. His illustration is an apple. American students arriving in Germany recognize the fruit and still find it strange, because the apple in their heads is large, waxed, and unblemished, and a German student had the same reaction in reverse. The dandelion has a flower and we call it a weed. Every category came from somewhere. Spencer supplies the Old Testament counterweight: what scholars call syncretism there is specific and it is always about Yahweh. Israel does not swap gods so much as limit the one they have, keeping him for agriculture and hiring another for war, and the distortion becomes a denial. That distinction lets the conversation move without collapsing. Acts 2 puts the gospel into every dialect at once, and Acts 15 declines to make Gentiles into Jews. Varma, whose family is Indian, describes a mission history in which merchant, soldier, and missionary arrived together and in which becoming Christian meant becoming less Indian. He asks what an Indian Christian should do with Diwali, a festival about light overcoming darkness in which a god enters a demon's kingdom to rescue his bride, and offers the reception of Christmas in the Roman world as his analogy. His word for the move is not conform but transfigure. Spencer's is relocation under a different authority. Both insist on a constraint: Jesus the Jewish Messiah, which they argue is what makes the openness possible rather than what limits it. Chapters 0:00 Three forces on the church 1:33 Syncretism as a fear discourse 4:26 A German breakfast 6:09 What an apple looks like 7:51 Where the image came from 8:48 Why is that a weed? 9:43 Essence is not a biblical word 10:40 Syncretism in the Old Testament 13:04 Naming it in someone else 16:10 Acts 2 and every dialect 18:11 What was actually at stake 20:00 Mission history in India 21:42 Diwali and light over darkness 22:41 How Christmas landed on the 25th 24:14 Distortion becomes denial 26:11 Relocated under Christ 29:58 Transfigured, not conformed 30:12 Distinction through proximity 34:28 Were Israel's laws more just? 38:13 What actually made Israel different 42:18 Assimilation as the result of fear 45:03 The Jerusalem council 46:31 Glitter and what we miss 51:04 The litmus test 55:22 Constraints that enable Resources Download the Study Guide at https://www.thinkingchristian.org/about/framework Varma's essays on Diwali and Indian Christian identity: Substack The Society for Post-Supersessionist Theology Passages referenced: Deuteronomy 4 and 6, Daniel 1, Acts 2 and 7 and 15, Philippians 1 Follow and subscribe Subscribe to Thinking Christian: https://episodes.thinkingchristian.org Website: www.thinkingchristian.org Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

Today our hosts are joined by Isaac Nelson to talk about the development of Beam Splitter. Isaac is the other half of OBNE's R&D department, and an actor of some renown, recognizable for characters such as Old Ike and whatever we call the corporate guy who drinks the Sunlight tincture. Isaac gives nod to his object (a blue strat) and describes himself as not a particularly curious gear guy, while also giving insight into the inspiration behind his triple tracking multi-distortion mono stereo trereo embiggening behemoth, Beam Splitter. Buy some Old Blood: https://oldbloodnoise.com/ Join the conversation in Discord: https://discord.com/invite/PhpA5MbN5u Follow us all on the socials: @danfromdsf, @andyothling, @oldbloodnoise Leave us a voicemail at 505-633-4647!

Welcome to the Leading Edge in Emotionally Focused Therapy, hosted by Drs. James Hawkins, Ph.D., LPC, and Ryan Rana, Ph.D., LMFT, LPC—Renowned ICEEFT Therapists, Supervisors, and Trainers. We're thrilled to have you with us. We believe this podcast, a valuable resource, will empower you to push the boundaries in your work, helping individuals and couples connect more deeply with themselves and each other. In this episode of The Leading Edge in EFT, James Hawkins and Ryan Reyna tackle one of the trickiest tensions in therapy: how to work with distortion and meaning-making without gaslighting your client—especially tender pursuers and highly protected withdrawers. Using a vivid “watermelon vs. hot sauce” metaphor, they unpack what happens when one partner intends care, but the other receives danger. They explore why the brain distorts on purpose in the name of survival, how to keep honoring the client's emotional reality, and how to redirect blame away from partners and back to the negative cycle as the true enemy. You'll hear a powerful reframe that replaces the potentially invalidating, “What's the story you're telling yourself?” with a cleaner, safer question: “When you see Trigger X, what message does the cycle send to you about how your partner sees you?” James and Ryan apply this lens not just to couples, but also to race, marginalization, and societal conversations, illustrating how attempts to “correct the facts” can land as gaslighting when bodies are carrying generations of threat. They share moving examples of Stage 2 and Stage 3 work where partners begin catching and correcting the cycle on their own—creating “cycle killer” moments that change everything. If you're an EFT therapist, trauma-informed clinician, or a partner trying to understand your own reactions, this episode will help you honor emotion, respect meaning-making, and still gently face distortion—without shaming or silencing anyone. Top Takeaways  “Distortion” in EFT ≠ Fake or Irrational Emotion Emotions are never irrational; they always make sense in context. What may be “distorted” is the meaning-making or thinking, not the feeling. Watermelon vs. Hot Sauce Metaphor One partner offers something meant to be sweet and refreshing (watermelon). The other experiences it as danger or attack (hot sauce). This gap often comes from old injuries, expectations of being hurt, and the cycle, not badness in either partner. Why “What's the Story You Tell Yourself?” Can Feel Like Gaslighting Although poetic, it can land as, “This is just in your head; you're making it up.” For pursuers especially, this repeats a long history of being told they're “too much” or “misreading reality.” A Safer, Cleaner Clinical Question Instead of: “What's the story you're telling yourself?” Use: “When you see Trigger X, what message does the cycle send to you about how your partner sees you?” This question: Honors the client's internal world and logic. Externalizes the problem to the cycle, not the partner. Protects both partners from blame and shame. The Cycle as the Real Distorter The negative cycle becomes the “third entity” that scrambles messages. Seeing the cycle as the enemy helps the therapist stay out of the triangle and helps partners fight the cycle, not each other. Expected Pain Is Real Pain (Jim Coan's Research) The brain responds to anticipated threat almost as if it already happened. So even if words are technically “distorted,” the body's reaction is real and valid. The limbic system amplifies signals to protect, not to be dramatic. Clinical Target: Lean Into Pain, Not Cognitive Correction If you pivot too fast to “self-reflection” or cognitive reframe, you may move away from the raw pain where the best enactments live. Staying with the pain supports deeper Stage 2 work and more powerful enactments. Personal vs. Clinical Use of Self-Reflection Personally, it's healthy to ask, “Is this really what they meant, or is this my story?” Clinically, putting that question on the client too soon can feel invalidating and gaslighting. Application to Race, Marginalization, and Power When someone names patterns of racism or marginalization, responding only with “facts” and statistics often lands as, “You're crazy; that's not real.” Bodies encode generational and societal cycles, so their threat response has good reasons. Saying, “I can see good reasons your brain codes it this way,” is deeply regulating and dignifying. Stage 2 & Stage 3: “Cycle Killer” Moments In de-escalated couples, partners begin to say things like: “This might be my stuff coming up, but here's what happens for me…” “You don't have to put that part of you away—let's make space for your fear and my optimism.” These are Stage 3 moments where partners catch and correct the cycle themselves—sometimes without therapist intervention. Therapist Posture: Genuine Blame on the Cycle Effective EFT therapists truly believe that “this is the cycle, not their character.” Repeated exposure to Stage 2/3 couples reshapes the therapist's internal frame, making it easier to hold the externalized cycle under pressure. Therapist Self-Care and Embodiment Therapy is hard on bodies, not just minds. Ryan and James emphasize physical health practices (walking, gym, etc.) as non-optional for therapists. Our bodies are the instrument we bring into the room. From the Couch to the Culture The same principles that de-escalate couples can transform societal conversations—about race, oppression, and power. As Bruce Perry urges, therapists are invited to take what they witness in session and amplify it into the world We aim to equip therapists with practical tools and encouragement for addressing relational distress. We're also excited to be part of the team behind Success in Vulnerability (SV)—your premier online education platform. SV offers innovative instruction to enhance your therapeutic effectiveness through exclusive modules and in-depth clinical examples.    Stay connected with us: Facebook: Follow our page @pushtheleadingedge Ryan: Follow @ryanranaprofessionaltraining on Facebook and visit his website James: Follow @dochawklpc on Facebook and Instagram, or visit his website at dochawklpc.com George Faller: Visit georgefaller.com If you like the concepts discussed on this podcast you can explore our online training program, Success in Vulnerability (SV). Thank you for being part of our community. Let's push the leading edge together!

Part IIIntroductionWords will mean little now. We use them but as guides on which we do not now depend. For now we seek direct experience of truth alone. The lessons that remain are merely introductions to the times in which we leave the world of pain, and go to enter peace. Now we begin to reach the goal this course has set, and find the end toward which our practicing was always geared.Now we attempt to let the exercise be merely a beginning. For we wait in quiet expectation for our God and Father. He has promised He will take the final step Himself. And we are sure His promises are kept. We have come far along the road, and now we wait for Him. We will continue spending time with Him each morning and at night, as long as makes us happy. We will not consider time a matter of duration now. We use as much as we will need for the result that we desire. Nor will we forget our hourly remembrance in between, calling to God when we have need of Him as we are tempted to forget our goal.We will continue with a central thought for all the days to come, and we will use that thought to introduce our times of rest, and calm our minds at need. Yet we will not content ourselves with simple practicing in the remaining holy instants which conclude the year that we have given God. We say some simple words of welcome, and expect our Father to reveal Himself, as He has promised. We have called on Him, and He has promised that His Son will not remain unanswered when he calls His Name.Now do we come to Him with but His Word upon our minds and hearts, and wait for Him to take the step to us that He has told us, through His Voice, He would not fail to take when we invited him. He has not left His Son in all his madness, nor betrayed His trust in Him. Has not His faithfulness earned Him the invitation that He seeks to make us happy? We will offer it, and it will be accepted. So our times with Him will now be spent. We say the words of invitation that His Voice suggests, and then we wait for Him to come to us.Now is the time of prophecy fulfilled. Now are all ancient promises upheld and fully kept. No step remains for time to separate from its accomplishment. For now we cannot fail. Sit silently and wait upon your Father. He has willed to come to you when you have recognized it is your will He do so. And you could have never come this far unless you saw, however dimly, that it is your will.I am so close to you we cannot fail. Father, we give these holy times to You, in gratitude to Him Who taught us how to leave the world of sorrow in exchange for its replacement, given us by You. We look not backward now. We look ahead, and fix our eyes upon the journey's end. Accept these little gifts of thanks from us, as through Christ's vision we behold a world beyond the one we made, and take that world to be the full replacement of our own.And now we wait in silence, unafraid and certain of Your coming. We have sought to find our way by following the Guide You sent to us. We did not know the way, but You did not forget us. And we know that You will not forget us now. We ask but that Your ancient promises be kept which are Your Will to keep. We will with You in asking this. The Father and the Son, Whose holy Will created all that is, can fail in nothing. In this certainty, we undertake these last few steps to You, and rest in confidence upon Your Love, which will not fail the Son who calls to You.And so we start upon the final part of this one holy year, which we have spent together in the search for truth and God, Who is its one Creator. We have found the way He chose for us, and made the choice to follow it as He would have us go. His Hand has held us up. His Thoughts have lit the darkness of our minds. His Love has called to us unceasingly since time began.We had a wish that God would fail to have the Son whom He created for Himself. We wanted God to change Himself, and be what we would make of Him. And we believed that our insane desires were the truth. Now we are glad that this is all undone, and we no longer think illusions true. The memory of God is shimmering across the wide horizons of our minds. A moment more, and it will rise again. A moment more, and we who are God's Sons are safely home, where He would have us be.Now is the need for practice almost done. For in this final section, we will come to understand that we need only call to God, and all temptations disappear. Instead of words, we need but feel His Love. Instead of prayers, we need but call His Name. Instead of judging, we need but be still and let all things be healed. We will accept the way God's plan will end, as we received the way it started. Now it is complete. This year has brought us to eternity.One further use for words we still retain. From time to time, instructions on a theme of special relevance will intersperse our daily lessons and the periods of wordless, deep experience which should come afterwards. These special thoughts should be reviewed each day, each one of them to be continued till the next is given you. They should be slowly read and thought about a little while, preceding one of the holy and blessed instants in the day. We give the first of these instructions now.What is Forgiveness?Forgiveness recognizes what you thought your brother did to you has not occurred. It does not pardon sins and make them real. It sees there was no sin. And in that view are all your sins forgiven. What is sin, except a false idea about God's Son? Forgiveness merely sees its falsity, and therefore lets it go. What then is free to take its place is now the Will of God.An unforgiving thought is one which makes a judgment that it will not raise to doubt, although it is not true. The mind is closed, and will not be released. The thought protects projection, tightening its chains, so that distortions are more veiled and more obscure; less easily accessible to doubt, and further kept from reason. What can come between a fixed projection and the aim that it has chosen as its wanted goal?An unforgiving thought does many things. In frantic action it pursues its goal, twisting and overturning what it sees as interfering with its chosen path. Distortion is its purpose, and the means by which it would accomplish it as well. It sets about its furious attempts to smash reality, without concern for anything that would appear to pose a contradiction to its point of view.Forgiveness, on the other hand, is still, and quietly does nothing. It offends no aspect of reality, nor seeks to twist it to appearances it likes. It merely looks, and waits, and judges not. He who would not forgive must judge, for he must justify his failure to forgive. But he who would forgive himself must learn to welcome truth exactly as it is.Do nothing, then, and let forgiveness show you what to do, through Him Who is your Guide, your Savior and Protector, strong in hope, and certain of your ultimate success. He has forgiven you already, for such is His function, given Him by God. Now must you share His function, and forgive whom He has saved, whose sinlessness He sees, and whom He honors as the Son of God.LESSON 221Peace To My Mind. Let All My Thoughts Be Still.Father, I come to You today to seek the peace that You alone can give. I come in silence. In the quiet of my heart, the deep recesses of my mind, I wait and listen for Your Voice. My Father, speak to me today. I come to hear Your Voice in silence and in certainty and love, sure You will hear my call and answer me.Now do we wait in quiet.God is here, because we wait together. I am sure that He will speak to you, and you will hear. Accept my confidence, for it is yours. Our minds are joined. We wait with one intent; to hear our Father's answer to our call, to let our thoughts be still and find His peace, to hear Him speak to us of what we are, and to reveal Himself unto His Son.- Jesus Christ in ACIM

Today our hosts discuss two solo sets. Andy recently returned from Post Fest, where he played his first solo set in several years. He talks about how it went, the one technical difficulty he ran into, and the overall setup to create a visually and aurally compelling experience. Then Dan talks about prepping for his first solo set in a couple years, and the line between exploratory instrumental improvisation and simply singing the songs he's written. Then, some voice mails allow them to both give and take advice. If you don't feel like listening, just remember this: it's ok. The show will go on. You're doing great! Listen to the episode of Stompboxing referenced by Dan: https://youtu.be/-aWzA0b_hdM?si=I9aAg8Ej69IWdWYM Buy some Old Blood: https://oldbloodnoise.com/ Join the conversation in Discord: https://discord.com/invite/PhpA5MbN5u Follow us all on the socials: @danfromdsf, @andyothling, @oldbloodnoise Leave us a voicemail at 505-633-4647!

What happens when a daughter watches her mother alter her face? What happens to our sense of rootedness and belonging when we've rejected the face our ancestors gave us? What happens to collective womanhood when we watch our elders cling to the appearance of youth at all costs? In an age of Choice Feminism (whatever a woman wants to do is inherently empowering!), what do we owe one another and the generations rising after us? This is a nuanced and non-shaming conversation. While Rachel and I feel securely grounded in our decisions to retain our original faces, we also acknowledge that there is a lot of room for discussion around these topics and that every woman's participatory threshold is going to fall at its own place along the spectrum of beauty treatments.  We spoke in order to make our way through this confusing morass together- as mothers, as women with an audience, as crones in the making who know that there is actually no such thing as anti-aging. LINKS: Medicine Stories Patreon- bonus conversation w/ Rachel Amber's Healing Waters Nature Immersion Retreat in Costa Rica Nov 3-8  Rachel's post that inspired this episode My post on this topic The Mythic Medicine herb shop Rachel's website Quiz: Find Your Wise Woman Archetype Medicine Stories Facebook group Music by Mariee Siou (from her beautiful song Wild Eyes)  

Hugging Face CEO Clem Delangue joins to discuss OpenAI's rogue agent attack on the company and what it means for cybersecurity and the future of AI. Then, IMAX CEO Rich Gelfond discusses the success of "The Odyssey" after the company posted its highest grossing month on record in July. Plus, we break down how big tech stakes in private AI companies are distorting the S&P earnings picture. Squawk on the Street Disclaimer Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Today our hosts chat with Zak Sherman of The Audio Cultivation Project. They talk about his entrance into pedal building coming at an early stage in his musical development, and how that leads to designs that come from an unexpected place. They also talk about the upcoming Midwest Pedal Fest, and why he and Alec Breslow chose to host it in Detroit. And of course, they talk about his chosen object: a particularly modded Telecaster that speaks to who he is as a player and pedal designer. They try to tackle the important questions, like what is a Telecaster, what is the midwest, and who in this room is a poser? Check out The Audio Cultivation Project: https://audiocultivationproject.bigcartel.com/ Buy some Old Blood: https://oldbloodnoise.com/ Join the conversation in Discord: https://discord.com/invite/PhpA5MbN5u Follow us all on the socials: @danfromdsf, @andyothling, @oldbloodnoise, @audiocultivationproject Subscribe to OBNE on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/oldbloodnoise Leave us a voicemail at 505-633-4647!

Leadership begins with understanding. If you can't understand people, you can't truly influence them, develop them, or lead them. On this episode of Like It Matters Radio, Mr. Black explains why understanding is the front door of the People Business. Whether you're leading a company, raising a family, strengthening a marriage, or serving your community, your success will always be connected to your ability to understand how people think, communicate, and grow. Drawing from psychology, neuroscience, sociology, theology, and decades of leadership experience, this episode brings together powerful ideas that reveal how people are formed—and how they can be transformed. You'll discover: Why relationships drive nearly every meaningful outcome How repetition, observation, and attachment shape identity What Hebb's Law, Social Learning Theory, Mimetic Theory, and Attachment Theory teach us about human behavior Why lasting change always begins with understanding, not control Mr. Black also explores practical tools from Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) and Emotional Intelligence, including: The three primary communication filters: Deletion, Distortion, and Generalization The three perceptual positions that help leaders see beyond their own perspective How people process the world through visual, auditory, and kinesthetic communication styles Why changing perspective often changes the outcome Most importantly, this episode reminds us that people are more than behavior. We are body, mind, and spirit. Great leaders don't simply manage performance—they understand the whole person. They help reshape beliefs, build trust, strengthen identity, and create environments where people can flourish. Because when you understand how people are formed, you begin to understand how people can be transformed. This is an Hour of Power about communication, emotional intelligence, leadership, and unlocking the greatest investment you'll ever make: people. Inspiration. Education. Application. When you live your life like it matters… it does.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode of Exploring Art Podcast, we discuss Pablo Picasso's Les Demoiselles d'Avignon and why it became one of the most revolutionary paintings in modern art. We explore why the artwork shocked early audiences, the meaning behind its title, how it helped inspire Cubism, and whether Picasso's decision to keep it hidden was driven by fear, doubt, or defiance.

DADO ist eine neue, komplett kostenlose Sound Library für den Native Instruments Kontakt Player von Tonalforms. In diesem Video schaue ich mir die Library zum ersten Mal an und teste live, ohne Vorbereitung, welche Sounds und Funktionen sie bietet. Ihr seht, wie die Cross-Fade-Funktion zwischen zwei Soundquellen (A und B) funktioniert, wie sich Filter und die eingebauten Effekte auf den Klang auswirken, und wie die Randomize- und Variate-Funktion Parameter wie Oktave, Rotation und Filter automatisch verändern. Außerdem gehe ich auf die Skalen-Einstellungen, die Motion-Sektion mit LFO sowie die Effekt-Presets für Reverb, Delay, Modulation und Distortion ein. Wenn du auf der Suche nach einer kostenlosen Kontakt Library für Sounddesign, Ambient-Pads oder experimentelle Texturen bist, ist DADO einen Blick wert. Schreib mir in die Kommentare, wie dir die Library gefällt und ob du sie schon ausprobiert hast. Hol Dir hier die Library: https://www.native-instruments.com/en/pricing/dado-lilac-alloy/ Wenn ich Dir helfen konnte, freue ich mich über einen virtuellen Kaffee ;-) 

Today our hosts welcome back one of the finest minds in Objects: Jesse Honig of 29 Pedals and Believable Audio. They discuss his recent video on the differences between preamps, and our hosts experience a freewheeling wonderment of knowledge. Subjects include capturing the spirit in the room, leaning into the noises, letting an idea be fully explored on its own, a hot take involving acoustic treatment, and how the five percent difference only matters when it matters to you and your creative process. Watch "Side quest for mic pre skeptics": https://youtu.be/4pJk9laRR1c?si=ZUwceWD8P2smWCRs Buy some Old Blood: https://oldbloodnoise.com/ Join the conversation in Discord: https://discord.com/invite/PhpA5MbN5u Follow us all on the socials: @danfromdsf, @andyothling, @oldbloodnoise, @29pedals Subscribe to OBNE on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/oldbloodnoise Leave us a voicemail at 505-633-4647!

Kate and Josh talk the McConnell/Graham conspiracy theories, recent ICE killings and SCOTUS' foray to the Hill.To watch this episode on video, go to our YouTube page.We also have newsletters: subscribe here!Follow us on:Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/talkingpointsmemo.comFacebook: https://facebook.com/talkingpointsmemoTwitter: https://twitter.com/tpmInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/talkingpointsmemo/See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Today our hosts spread the worship around, focusing on a few topics that touch on many objects. Andy has a new amp, Dan has some experiences looking at noise relationships when multiple pedals get involved, each of them gets excited about playing a solo show, and they take an unprompted voicemail. Buy some Old Blood: https://oldbloodnoise.com/ Join the conversation in Discord: https://discord.com/invite/PhpA5MbN5u Follow us all on the socials: @danfromdsf, @andyothling, @oldbloodnoise Subscribe to OBNE on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/oldbloodnoise Leave us a voicemail at 505-633-4647!

Gold is currently the number one reserve asset of central banks. It has superseded US Treasuries." – Nomi PrinsAt the Rick Rule conference in Boca Raton, Florida, Daniela Cambone sat down with Nomi Prins, who predicts gold will hit $6,000 by year-end, fueled by central bank buying, algorithm-driven shakeouts, and falling inflation.

This week on the program, a special full show with Palestinian author, historian, and academic Dr. Ramzy Baroud about his latest book Before the Flood: A Gaza Family Memoir Across Three Generations of Colonial Invasion, Occupation, and War in Palestine. Dr. Baroud takes us through longue duree, a history that has not been amputated and distorted by colonial narrative. He explains the failings of corporate media, of political discourse, and the need for oppressed peoples to tell their own stories, without countering, without arguing the points of the oppressor. Because dignity cannot be divided. Freedom cannot be sectionalized. The post Colonial Distortion of Palestine’s History appeared first on Project Censored.

Israel has long been seen by Christians as God's chosen people - a belief rooted in Scripture itself and the Lord's repeated promises to the nation for thousands of years. Yet, a counterargument has emerged among many in the church, sparking both controversy and intense debate: replacement theology. This line of teaching holds that God transferred His covenant promises to the Jews over to the Gentiles or the modern Christian church. Andy Woods, the senior pastor of Sugar Land Bible Church and president of Chafer Theological Seminary, breaks down the origins of replacement theology, tracing it largely back to Augustine just decades after Christ's crucifixion and resurrection. Andy also examines the modern motivations driving the spread of replacement theology and how this idea continues to gain traction and deceive many. TAKEAWAYS Some political figures are advocating for a policy similar to isolationism, which could affect US support for Israel Replacement theology is an attack on the veracity and character of God and may create a climate of spiritual insecurity RC Sproul and D. James Kennedy were both proponents of replacement theology and led many people astray Replacement theology may deter people from studying Old Testament passages of Scripture which makes up for 80% of the Bible

Coercive Control While Separated Under One Roof: How to Survive It | The Divorce Course Podcast (Part 2)

n a world that never stops moving, maybe the most productive thing you can do… is slow down. On this episode of Like It Matters Radio, Mr. Black explores why clarity is becoming one of the rarest leadership skills in our information-saturated culture. Every day, our brains are bombarded with the equivalent of 34 gigabytes of information, forcing us to filter, interpret, and respond faster than ever before. But what if moving faster isn’t the answer? This episode examines how our minds process information through three powerful filters: Deletion – We leave important things out. Distortion – We reshape reality through our beliefs and emotions. Generalization – We turn isolated experiences into lifelong assumptions. These filters help us survive, but they can also cause us to misunderstand ourselves, others, and even God. Mr. Black also unpacks: The role of the Reticular Activating System (RAS) and how it determines what captures your attention Why most of our daily decisions happen unconsciously How culture, media, and repeated messages shape our thinking Why awareness is the first step toward transformation Joining the program is John CEniglia, President of SAT-7, sharing how Christian media is helping people in the Middle East see beyond stereotypes and discover truth through authentic conversations. The message is simple but powerful: Slow down. Think. Become aware. Because you can’t change what you don’t recognize. Leadership begins the moment you stop reacting automatically and start thinking intentionally. This is an Hour of Power about awareness, wisdom, emotional intelligence, and learning to see clearly in a world that profits from distraction. Inspiration. Education. Application. When you live your life like it matters… it does.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Listen to this episode if… You keep asking yourself "is it me, or are they controlling?" The examples online always sound more extreme than what you're living You're walking on eggshells but second-guessing whether you're allowed to feel that way You've been told to "just set boundaries" but it only seems to make things worse You want to understand coercive control from both a psychological and a family-law angle Legal Disclaimer & Family Violence Warning This is general education – not legal advice or a psychological diagnosis. It discusses coercive control and abuse. If you're in danger, call 000. Support: 1800 RESPECT 1800 737 732 | Lifeline 13 11 14. Episode Summary "Is it me, or are they controlling?" That question ran under almost every message you sent in – so we turned it into a six-part series, and this is Part 1. Laura and Lyn are joined by clinical psychologist Krasi Kirova to answer the one nearly everyone asked: is this really coercive control? Krasi shares her three Ds (disrespect, disempowerment, distortion), explains why coercive control is a pattern and a function rather than a list of behaviours, and how good qualities like compromise and empathy get weaponised. Lyn explains how family law treats coercive control differently from the criminal courts. 00:00 – Is It Me, or Are They Controlling? 03:30 – What Best Illustrates Coercive Control?  04:30 – The Restaurant Metaphor: Pattern, Not a Checklist 06:00 – The 3 Ds: Disrespect, Disempowerment, Distortion 07:30 – Psychology vs Family Law: Section 4AB 09:00 – Family Court vs Criminal Court: Different Tests 10:00 – When You Lose Sight of What's Reasonable  12:00 – How Compromise & Empathy Get Weaponised 13:00 – When Your Ex Wasn't As "Extreme" as the Examples  16:00 – Is Anger & Yelling Coercive Control?  18:00 – Can It Exist Without Financial Control? 19:00 – Repeated Pressure & Monopolised Decisions ( 22:00 – Stonewalling, Delay & Deflection  25:30 – The PA Dynamic & Exploitation  28:00 – Needy or Controlling? How to Tell the Difference 30:00 – Blame-Shifting, DARVO & Perspecticide 33:00 – Infidelity, Guilt & Trying to Leave  39:00 – Silent Treatment as Punishment  43:00 – Why He Does Less When You're Sick  45:00 – Emotional Abuse vs Coercive Control 47:30 – Can the Main Breadwinner Be Controlled? 53:00 – Why Do They Do It? Can Survivors Heal?  58:00 – The Anxious, Controlling Attachment Style &  Have Your Say – Krasi's Conference Call-Out

Welcome to The Bits episode on Adventures in Light Distortion, where we talk about... you guessed it... Season 4 Episode 12 of Steven Universe! Light speed, engage!!Send a message to our Diamond Line at thebitssupod@gmail.com with your thoughts and theories going forward! We would love to hear from you.Support us on Patreon! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠patreon.com/TheBitsSU⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Buy our merch! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.redbubble.com/people/TheBitsSU/shop⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠IG: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/thebitssupod/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Tumblr: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.tumblr.com/thebitssupod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow Charlie:⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.instagram.com/greenpixie12/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.instagram.com/greenpixiedraws/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow Of the Eldest Gods: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/oftheeldestgodspod/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow Mysteries in the Machine: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/mysteriesinthemachinepod/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow Robert: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/thedammemepage/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@thedammemepage⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Today our hosts tackle an all-timer of a question: what's the right number of knobs on a pedal? Stay tuned until the end to find out if they arrive at a definitive, unanimously agreed upon answer! They also talk a lot about Andy's exploration of the Chase Bliss Big Time, and take some listener calls. There's product development chat, time signature chat, listen it's just more chat from your favorite chatterboxes. Buy some Old Blood: https://oldbloodnoise.com/ Join the conversation in Discord: https://discord.com/invite/PhpA5MbN5u Follow us all on the socials: @danfromdsf, @andyothling, @oldbloodnoise Subscribe to OBNE on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/oldbloodnoise Leave us a voicemail at 505-633-4647!

Coca-Cola spent $118 million to shape nutrition science, emphasizing energy balance over sugar and exercise. The Global Energy Balance Network was exposed as a front for industry influence, leading to the disbandment of the network and the departure of a top Coca-Cola science executive. This highlights the distortion of obesity science by corporate money and the need for critical evaluation of nutrition headlines.TakeawaysCorporate funding can distort nutrition scienceCritical evaluation of nutrition headlines is essentialChapters00:00 The Influence of Corporate Funding on Nutrition Science06:05 Distortion of Obesity Science by Corporate Money

On the Get Obsessed podcast, host Mika Altidor interviews Stefano Siciliano, an American lifelong personal growth and spiritual path practitioner who began having spontaneous out-of-body experiences (OBEs) around age seven or eight and later learned to induce them. Inspired by Robert Monroe's books, Stefano trained at the Monroe Institute, became a trainer in Europe, helped bring the technology to Eastern Bloc countries after the Soviet Republic collapsed, and now supports and endorses Darius J. Wright's work. Stefano explains OBEs as normal and connected to sleep, dreams, and lucid dreaming, describing “mind awake, body asleep” as akin to deep meditation. He says conscious OBEs can transform one's view of identity, reality, death, and loss, and frames adversity as a catalyst that can push people toward availability for “what more is possible,” recommending Wright's online resources for further exploration. 00:00 Welcome and Intro 00:51 Stefano Background 01:31 Childhood OBEs 03:06 Monroe Institute Journey 03:54 Life Changes and Growth 04:57 Demystifying OBEs 05:53 Dreams Lucid and OBE 07:47 Mind Awake Body Asleep 09:13 Why It Matters 10:12 Seeing Your Body 12:13 Adversity as Teacher 15:15 Purpose in Suffering 20:20 Distortion and Chaos 23:29 Escapism and Cookoff Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

LIsten in as we talk about the negative impact on influencers or practitioners that operate with passion and fear! Again, don't believe everything you hear, no matter how compelling. We discuss the distorted beliefs, mixed up information and partial truths that are projected onto followers. 

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Authors in this issue: Gabriel Benjiman — From Good to Very Good: Infusing Mission and Practice with Social Responsibility  Christian Sarmiento — Born in Adam, Made New in Christ: What It Means to Be Human, to Be Broken, and to Be Made Holy  T. Scott Daniels — From One Degree of Glory to Another: The Spirit's Work of Restoring God's Image in Us  Sam Barber — The Image Beneath the Marks: Sin's Distortion, Christ's Revelation, and the Spirit's Renewal & Made to Love  Carla Sunberg — Male and Female: The Shared Image of God & A Humbling Journey  Jorge Julca — Becoming What We Were Made to Be: How God's Image Shapes Our Identity, Our Worship, and Our Witness  Fili Chambo — Holy Regard: Seeing Others through the Image of God  T. A. Noble — Christ: The Image of God: Understanding Humanity's Identity through Christ, the True and Eternal Image

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Distortion was once considered a mistake...now it's a defining force in modern music. This episode explores how broken gear, happy accidents, and fearless artists turned fuzz, feedback, and overdrive into powerful creative tools, shaping everything from early rock to experimental soundscapes. This time, we dive into feedback, overdriven amps, drop-D tuning, and distortion beyond the guitar, touching on organs, synthesizers, experimental music, shoegaze, noise, and drone. From the elegance of controlled sustain to the chaos of Metal Machine Music, this is the story of how musicians learned to embrace imperfection and changed music forever. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Send us Fan MailExecutive SummaryIn Season 4, The New Earth, Episode 231 of the Women's Power to Heal Mother Earth Podcast, host Maya Tiwari explores the spiritual philosophy behind the phrase "Everything is God." The episode focuses on navigating the transition from a 3D matrix to a higher-frequency "New Earth" by understanding the relationship between absolute truth, apparent reality, and the distortions of the world.Key Concepts & Philosophies1. Satyam vs. MithyaThe core of the episode relies on two foundational Sanskrit concepts to explain existence:Satyam (Eternal Truth / Universal Law): The formless, independent, and all-pervading Prime Source (also referred to as God, Brahman, Creator, or Adonai). It is rooted in infinite love and pure light.Mithya (Apparent Reality): Anything that takes physical form or manifests. Mithya is not an illusion; rather, it is a dependent reality. It cannot exist separate from the source energy that created it.2. The Metaphor of the GoldsmithTo illustrate the relationship between Satyam and Mithya, Tiwari uses the analogy of gold:The Gold itself is Satyam—the unchangeable, underlying raw material.The Jewelry (bangles, rings, necklaces) is Mithya—the temporary forms created from the gold. A necklace exists, but it has no real independence; if melted down, it returns to being just gold.Similarly, the beauty of nature (sunsets, peaches) and physical human bodies are Mithya, entirely dependent on their ultimate sources (Nature and the Soul/Brahman).Reinterpreting "Distortion" and DarknessThe world is currently riddled with "distortions"—poverty, disease, corruption, and political malaise. Tiwari redefines how we should view these negative aspects of the 3D matrix:Distortion is Temporary: Unlike beauty, which has a direct communion with the Prime Source, distortion is a product of the apparent reality. As distortion, it has no direct connection to God, but it possesses the inherent potential to change, heal, and transform back into light, reforging its direct access to Source.Spiritual Amnesia: Evil and heinous actions are described as layers of "spiritual amnesia" that blind humanity, but even they are made of the underlying Source energy (just as a poorly made, distorted pendant is still made of pure gold).The Path Forward: "Holding Space"To transition into the 5D frequency of the New Earth, humanity must learn how to react to worldly distortions:Neutral Observation: Instead of judging, becoming righteously angry, or completely shutting down out of apathy, humans must "hold space."Heart-Centered Processing: By observing global and personal distortions with neutrality, we collect data through our hearts and transfer it into the universal field of pure consciousness, allowing universal law to govern.Transformation: While wallowing in negative emotions cuts off our conscious access to the Creator, cleansing ourselves of this "sludge" allows us to realign with the immutable light.Conclusion: Because every form—whether perfect, beautiful, corrupt, or distorted—is Mithya and cannot exist without the underlying Satyam, everything ultimately originates from, depends on, and returns to the Divine. Therefore, Everything is God.Original Knowledge/Wisdom Resource for New Earth www.GalacticFederation.caArcturian Inner  CodexSupport the showMay Peace Be Your Journey:Maya's approach transcends modern feminism by advocating for a holistic restoration of balance, moving beyond the fight for basic rights to reclaiming the innate power of the divine feminine, which includes procreation, forgiveness, nourishment, and cosmic creativity. She stresses the importance of kindness, inner stillness, and compassionate self-  tools for healing individuals and society. www.mayatiwari.comwww.facebook.com/mayatiwariahimsa.Buzzsprout.comMothermaya@gmail.comGet Maya's New Book: I Am  Shakti:https://www.collectiveinkbooks.com/o-books/our-books/I-am-shaktiAmazon.comBookshop.org

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If you enjoy this episode, we're sure you will enjoy more content like this on The Occult Rejects.  In fact, we have curated playlists on occult topics like grimoires, esoteric concepts and phenomena, occult history, analyzing true crime and cults with an occult lens, Para politics, and occultism in music. 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The Rites of Passage. 1909; English translation, University of Chicago Press, 1960. Use for: separation, transition, incorporation, initiatory structure, and the candidate's movement through old identity, liminal state, and return.Victor Turner. “Betwixt and Between: The Liminal Period in Rites of Passage.” In The Forest of Symbols: Aspects of Ndembu Ritual. Cornell University Press, 1967. Use for: liminality, threshold identity, the candidate as “betwixt and between,” and darkness as embodied transition.Victor Turner. The Ritual Process: Structure and Anti-Structure. Aldine Publishing, 1969. Use for: liminality, communitas, anti-structure, social transformation, and the ritual pressure placed on ordinary identity.Catherine Bell. Ritual Theory, Ritual Practice. Oxford University Press, 1992. Use for: ritualization, ritual power, the ritualized body, and the temple as a structured environment that trains perception and action.Catherine Bell. “The Ritual Body and the Dynamics of Ritual Power.” Journal of Ritual Studies 4, no. 2 (1990): 299–313. Use for: ritualized bodies, spatial discipline, gesture, power, and the way ritual arrangements shape action.John C. Lilly. The Deep Self: Profound Relaxation and the Tank Isolation Technique. Simon & Schuster, 1977. Use for: the isolation tank, reduced stimulation, altered consciousness, and the modern technological black room.John C. Lilly. The Center of the Cyclone: Looking into Inner Space. Julian Press, 1972. Use carefully for: Lilly's altered-state/counterculture context, isolation tank work, consciousness exploration, and the bridge between research and psychedelic-era experimentation.Justin S. Feinstein et al. “Examining the Short-Term Anxiolytic and Antidepressant Effect of Floatation-REST.” PLOS ONE 13, no. 2 (2018): e0190292. Use for: Floatation-REST, reduced environmental stimulation, anxiety reduction, mood change, and the clinical side of float tanks.Hannah Hruby et al. “Induction of Altered States of Consciousness During Floatation-REST Is Associated With the Dissolution of Body Boundaries and the Distortion of Subjective Time.” Scientific Reports 14 (2024). Use for: float tanks, altered states, body-boundary dissolution, and subjective time distortion.Madison K. M. Garland et al. “A Randomized Controlled Safety and Feasibility Trial of Floatation-REST in Anxious and Depressed Individuals.” PLOS ONE 18, no. 6 (2023): e0286899. Use for: safety, tolerability, repeated Floatation-REST, and caution against overclaiming.Lashgari et al. “Floatation-REST Systematic Review.” 2025. Use for: the broad current state of Floatation-REST research, including anxiety, pain, stress, sleep, well-being, and the need for stronger standardization and larger studies.Michael T. H. Do. “Melanopsin and the Intrinsically Photosensitive Retinal Ganglion Cells.” Neuron 104, no. 2 (2019): 205–226. Use for: ipRGCs, melanopsin, non-image-forming vision, circadian entrainment, pupil response, sleep, and light as biological timing information.Lorenzo Lazzerini Ospri, Glen Prusky, and Samer Hattar. “Mood, the Circadian System, and Melanopsin Retinal Ganglion Cells.” Annual Review of Neuroscience 40 (2017): 539–556. Use for: light, mood, circadian rhythm, melanopsin, and the biological consequences of light exposure.Charles A. Czeisler and related circadian medicine research. Use for: artificial light, circadian disruption, melatonin suppression, shift work, and modern light exposure as a biological intervention.Anne-Marie Chang, Daniel Aeschbach, Jeanne F. Duffy, and Charles A. Czeisler. “Evening Use of Light-Emitting eReaders Negatively Affects Sleep, Circadian Timing, and Next-Morning Alertness.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 112, no. 4 (2015): 1232–1237. Use for: screens, evening light, melatonin suppression, delayed circadian timing, altered sleep, and modern light's effect on the body.A. Roger Ekirch. At Day's Close: Night in Times Past. W. W. Norton, 2005. Use for: premodern night, darkness before electric light, nocturnal fear, dreams, prayer, crime, labor, and the cultural history of darkness.A. Roger Ekirch. “Sleep We Have Lost: Pre-Industrial Slumber in the British Isles.” The American Historical Review 106, no. 2 (2001): 343–386. Use for: segmented sleep, first sleep and second sleep, night waking, dreams, prayer, and premodern sleep culture.Craig Koslofsky. Evening's Empire: A History of the Night in Early Modern Europe. Cambridge University Press, 2011. Use for: early modern night culture, artificial lighting, urban night, public space, and the transformation of darkness.Elisabeth Bronfen. Night Passages: Philosophy, Literature, and Film. Columbia University Press, 2013. Use for: symbolic and cultural readings of night, dream, fear, darkness, passage, and the imagination.Robert F. Taft. The Liturgy of the Hours in East and West: The Origins of the Divine Office and Its Meaning for Today. Liturgical Press, 1993. Use for: night offices, vigils, prayer through darkness, sacred time, and Christian ritual use of night.Bernard McGinn. The Foundations of Mysticism: Origins to the Fifth Century. Crossroad, 1991. Use for: Christian mystical traditions, contemplative darkness, early mystical theology, and the development of mystical language.Pseudo-Dionysius. The Complete Works. Translated by Colm Luibheid. Paulist Press, 1987. Use for: divine darkness, apophatic theology, mystical unknowing, and darkness as a theological category.John of the Cross. Dark Night of the Soul. Various editions. Use carefully for: spiritual darkness, purification, absence, mystical trial, and transformation.“The Neophyte Initiation Ritual.” Public Golden Dawn ritual material. Use carefully for: hoodwink, darkness, “Light dawning in darkness,” staged revelation, and the candidate being brought from night into day.Chögyal Namkhai Norbu. The Crystal and the Way of Light: Sutra, Tantra and Dzogchen. Routledge, 1986. Use for: Dzogchen context, light, vision, and the broader framework around contemplative perception.Christopher Hatchell. Naked Seeing: The Great Perfection, the Wheel of Time, and Visionary Buddhism in Renaissance Tibet. Oxford University Press, 2014. Use for: visionary practice, Great Perfection, Tibetan contemplative contexts, and careful treatment of luminosity and appearance.R. Shane Burns. “Dark Retreat in Tibetan Buddhist Practice.” Use for: dark retreat, preparation, disciplined context, and the difference between contemplative practice and casual sensory deprivation.Raymond Moody. Reunions: Visionary Encounters with Departed Loved Ones. Villard, 1993. Use for: modern psychomanteum practice, grief, mirror-gazing, and encounters with the dead.Arthur Hastings. “The Psychomanteum: A Modern Oracle of the Dead.” Use for: psychomanteum procedure, grief, memory, mirror-gazing, and structured encounter.Marcia K. Johnson, Shahin Hashtroudi, and D. Stephen Lindsay. “Source Monitoring.” Psychological Bulletin 114, no. 1 (1993): 3–28. Use for: inside/outside ambiguity, origin judgments, memory, imagination, and how dark or altered environments complicate interpretation.Shahar Arzy et al. “Induction of an Illusory Shadow Person.” Nature 443 (2006): 287. Use for: sensed presence, body-self disruption, temporoparietal junction, and the feeling of another being nearby.Olaf Blanke et al. “Neurological and Robot-Controlled Induction of an Apparition.” Current Biology 24, no. 22 (2014): 2681–2686. Use for: sensorimotor conflict, apparition-like presence, body-boundary disturbance, and the embodied basis of sensed presence.Also want to remind people about the website, if you're into reading we have tons of information by multiple contributors, and we got t-shirts up on the site if you're interested. Fun fact, the art is all based on the eyeball. A

Today our hosts talk about their favorite off-label uses for pedals: an Expression Ramper as an expression splitter, a trereo overdrive pedal as a lofi tape machine, a pedal with perfectly spaced knobs as a phone holder, etc. They take calls and some comments from the Discord, all focused around pedal usage that goes beyond the marketing and expectations of the user interface into unexpected sonic corners. Buy some Old Blood: https://oldbloodnoise.com/ Join the conversation in Discord: https://discord.com/invite/PhpA5MbN5u Follow us all on the socials: @carolinegco, @danfromdsf, @andyothling, @oldbloodnoise Subscribe to OBNE on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/oldbloodnoise Leave us a voicemail at 505-633-4647!

Welcome back to the communal Schauer, make sure to don your tin foil hat because this week we're wading into the murky waters of interventionism and bungled progress. A word of warning to those of childbearing age: I swear a lot in this and it has been scientifically proven that profanity makes your ovaries grieve.  Tear. Pour. Live More. Go to https://LiquidIV.com and get 20% off your first purchase with code SCHAUER at checkout Download Hily Dating App from the App Store or Google Play, or visit https://hily.go.link/jRMKW And yes, I do apologize for the late upload, I'm trying to get the hang of recording at home. I appreciate everyone's patience, you all are incredible and should be celebrated. I hope you all enjoy this week's episode! The Allen Institute's Collab w/ KEXP  https://alleninstitute.org/kexp  I helped with this! General Resources: Alzheimer's Disease https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1134817-overview#a2  Anatomy, Abdomen and Pelvis: Celiac Ganglia https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK538129/#article-19097.s6 Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of 1938 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK585046/ Toxic Effects of Mercury on the Cardiovascular and Central Nervous System https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3395437/  Tampons as a source of exposure to metal(loid)s https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412024004355  Patents on Psychedelics: The Next Legal Battlefront of Drug Development  https://harvardlawreview.org/forum/no-volume/patents-on-psychedelics-the-next-legal-battlefront-of-drug-development/ Caffeine-Induced Psychosis: A Case Report and Review of Literature https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11376648/  The effect of caffeine and stress on auditory hallucinations in a non-clinical sample https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S019188691000591X  Scientists Stop Pancreatic Cancer Before It Starts in Landmark Preclinical Study https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-stop-pancreatic-cancer-before-it-starts-in-landmark-preclinical-study/  The Brain Waste System Disrupted by Alzheimer's Mapped https://neurosciencenews.com/glymphatic-brain-waste-clearance-30785/  The Resurgence of Hallucinogen Drugs in Clinical Research https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0034837625001457  Residential psychedelic (LSD) therapy for the narcotic addict. A controlled study https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/4575166/  This study is from 1973 - if you would do me the favor of scrolling down to the “similar articles” section I'd like you to note the dates of publication for related research. If you're seeing what I'm seeing, psychedelics could've really helped a lot of people. Books Clean: The New Science of Skin and the Beauty of Doing Less - James Hamblin Natural Capitalism: Creating the Next Industrial Revolution - Paul Hawken Undermining Science: Suppression and Distortion in the Bush Administration - Seth Shulman Sweet and Deadly: How Coca-Cola Spreads Disinformation and Makes Us Sick - Murray Carpenter How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence - Michael Pollan Unwell Women: Misdiagnosis and Myth in a Man-Made World - Elinor Cleghorn A History of Transgender Medicine in the United States: From Margins to Mainstream - Carolyn Wolf-Gould, Dallas Denny, Jamison Green, Kyan Lynch, Editors Food & Lobbying Resources: Nutrition Websites & Databases https://libguides.regiscollege.edu/nutrition/intro EWG's Food Scores https://www.ewg.org/foodscores/ Open Secrets https://www.opensecrets.org/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this planetary update, Monet returns to the old podcast space to speak directly to the audience who has followed the gridwork, the override, and the larger map of the planetary shift. This episode explores what is currently unfolding in the collective as distortion becomes louder, more obvious, and more difficult to ignore — not because the old systems are winning, but because they are beginning to lose the unconscious buy-in they once depended on. Monet shares how the tone of coherence is spreading through the collective field and why so many people are beginning to feel repulsed by old systems, performative culture, manipulative leadership, distorted spirituality, consumerism, and relationships or environments that require self-abandonment. But this episode is not just an update on what is happening “out there.” It is also an invitation. The shift has moved into a new phase: one that requires embodied human participation. Coherence is no longer just a concept to be inspired by — it is something we must practice in our homes, relationships, businesses, communities, parenting, leadership, and daily choices. The New Earth is not something that arrives from above. It is built through humans who have returned to themselves. Monet also shares more about the purpose of her new platform and podcast, where the work is becoming more human, practical, and embodied. The new podcast is becoming a landing space for those who are awakening to coherence, feeling repulsed by the old world, and looking for ways to consciously participate in the creation of what comes next. If you have been feeling the pull toward truth, sovereignty, embodiment, and a life that no longer requires you to abandon yourself, this episode will help orient you to where we are now — and why your participation matters. www.monetnoctaris.com Instagram: @monetnoctaris Soul Guidance Sessions: Learn More

Démar and Adriel discuss Fakemink's debut studio album " Terrified, whether it's good or just interesting, and his lyrics being mythic or lost in the sauce.Timecodes:03:14 How He Talks About Himself04:13 The Voice6:12 All Eyes On Me9:57 Distortion is the new Autotune12:29 Chinese Dictator Bars15:54 Rewind24:25 Essex Girls35:20 The Score=================================== Follow us:TikTok: Album Mode: https://www.tiktok.com/@albummodepod Adriel: https://www.tiktok.com/@adrielsmileydotcomDémar: https://www.tiktok.com/@godkingdemiInstagram: Album Mode: https://www.instagram.com/albummodepod/Adriel: https://www.instagram.com/adrielsmileydotcom/Démar: https://www.instagram.com/demarjgrant/Twitter: Album Mode: https://twitter.com/AlbumModepod Adriel: https://twitter.com/AdrielSmiley_Démar: https://twitter.com/DemarJGrant=================================== Démar's rating: 7.5 / 10Adriel's rating: 3 / 10 The Love List: Hard Candy, Creep, Jungle-Affair, Rewind, Forget me Not 

Today our hosts welcome Philippe Herndon of Caroline Guitar Company. He talks about their latest pedal, a self-proclaimed normie pedal called the Aaron Graves Overdrive. We talk about specific design choices, the story of its namesake, and the importance of versatility even in a fairly fundamental pedal. Plus, we get the scoop on why they use pictures instead of labels, and Philippe has a surprise for us in lieu of the traditional object talk. It's basically a two parter, so fire it up and get listening! Check out the Aaron Graves Overdrive and other pedals from Caroline: https://carolineguitar.com/ Buy some Old Blood: https://oldbloodnoise.com/ Join the conversation in Discord: https://discord.com/invite/PhpA5MbN5u Follow us all on the socials: @carolinegco, @danfromdsf, @andyothling, @oldbloodnoise Subscribe to OBNE on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/oldbloodnoise Leave us a voicemail at 505-633-4647!

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In this week's show we do a review of the WiiM Amp Multiroom Streaming Amplifier but first,  we read your emails and take a look at the week's news. News: Tubi Will Stream The 2026 FIFA World Cup For Free Roku launching new creator-driven content channels, hub Disney+ to join Hulu in streaming top music festivals Streaming Bundles Offsetting Rising Subscription Costs WiiM Amp: Multiroom Streaming Amplifier As you know Ara just completed a set of speakers built from salvaged MDF and brand new components from Dayton Audio. The speakers sound excellent and will end up being a part of Ara's whole home audio system in Tennessee. The only issue is that these speakers are passive and need an amplifier. So to drive them Ara is using the WiiM Amp Streaming amplifier which runs for about $300 at Amazon. This WiiM amp is an all-in-one device that combines a high-quality streamer, ESS Sabre DAC, and Class D amplifier into one cool looking box. It's perfect for "just add speakers" simplicity with great performance, especially at this pricepoint.  Key Features Power Output: 60W  8 ohms DAC: ESS Sabre ES9018 HyperStream, supports up to 24-bit/192kHz hi-res audio Streaming & Connectivity: AirPlay 2, Chromecast, Spotify Connect, Tidal Connect, Amazon Music, Qobuz, DLNA, Bluetooth 5.1 (two-way), Wi-Fi, Ethernet Inputs: HDMI ARC (for TV), optical digital, analog RCA line-level, USB-A (for local files/drives) Outputs: Speaker binding posts, subwoofer RCA (with adjustable crossover) Controls: WiiM Home app (iOS/Android), included remote, voice control (Alexa built-in, works with Google/Siri) Other: 10-band graphic EQ + parametric EQ, room correction options, multi-room grouping with other WiiM devices, gapless playback Setup Setup was straightforward and took about ten minutes including the firmware upgrade done through the WiiM Home App. For Ara's setup it was, plug in power and connect the speakers and join the wifi network which was done through the WiiM Home app. Ara is not using a subwoofer but one can be added by using the sub out RCA connection. You can adjust the crossover in the app. The app is where you can select EQ, source, and do your multi-room configuration.  There is only one physical control that controls volume and doubles as play/pause. HDMI ARC makes it an excellent TV audio upgrade with minimal hassle. No complex wiring or external DAC needed. More on that in a bit. Sound Quality The WiiM Amp delivers clean, lively, and detailed sound at a reasonable price. It offers good clarity, solid bass control via the sub out.  Distortion is very low even at high levels of volume. We are not saying that using these with some KEF or SVS Towers is the way to go, but for small-to-medium spaces, or desktop setups, it sounds surprisingly good. Add to it that it can make any speaker work with Apple Airplay or Google Cast Audio and you have a relatively inexpensive way to build out a wireless whole home audio system.  The HDMI ARC support makes this a cost effective way to add a 2.1 speaker system to your TV. In this case the center channel is split evenly between the left and right speakers giving the perception that the audio is coming from the center, provided the speakers are not separated from the TV by a large distance.  We have a listener named John who is using the Wiim Amp Pro ($379 from Amazon with no Airplay support) in this manner with an SVS subwoofer and his quote is, "It's been working perfectly".  The only issue he had was with the EQ calibration. When it was set to cut and boost frequencies he would get audio dropouts. He did some experimenting and found that if he only cuts frequencies and does not boost them, the audio dropouts stopped.   Cool Features That Make It Worth $300 All-in-One Versatility — Streamer + DAC + amp in one small box (about the size of a small Mac mini).  HDMI ARC + Sub Out — Turns any TV into a better-sounding system and easily adds a subwoofer with crossover control. Advanced App EQ & Room Tools — 10-band graphic + parametric EQ plus presets let you fine-tune for your room/speakers. Multi-Room & Ecosystem — Group with other WiiM devices for whole-home audio; excellent service integration (Spotify/Tidal Connect, AirPlay 2, etc.). Other Extras — USB playback, two-way Bluetooth, and voice control,  Summary The WiiM Amp is an outstanding budget streaming amplifier that offers a lot of versatility, ease of use, and surprisingly good sound for the money. It's ideal for anyone wanting a simple, music or TV audio setup without complexity or high cost. While we don't recommend it for big rooms, it's perfect for desktop and bookshelf use, especially if you want to use Airplay 2 or Google Cast Audio. With all that said, Ara will probably never use the app again and simply connect to it via the Airplay 2 from his Mac and iOS devices.   

10 years. Thank YOU for the ride. To celebrate, we invite YOU to talk about the last decade of the podcast and Guns N' Roses. Let's welcome fans Justin, Stephen, and Dan for a fun discussion about our GN'R passion. Here's to another 10! WEBSITE: www.afdpod.com

Today my guest is Dr. Pratap Bhanu Mehta, who is the Laurance Rockefeller Professor for Distinguished Teaching at Princeton and former president and chief executive of the Center for Policy Research, New Delhi. He is the author of various books and edited volumes, has served on various government committees, and is a columnist for the Indian Express. We talked about the return of nihilism in political life, the hollowing of professional identities, the politics of vishwas, Adam Smith on concentrated power, what it takes to build lasting institutions, the assumptions behind nonalignment, and much more. Recorded April 3rd, 2026. Read a full transcript enhanced with helpful links. Connect with Ideas of India Follow us on X Follow Shruti on X Click here for the latest Ideas of India episodes sent straight to your inbox. Timestamps (00:00:00) - Intro (00:01:11) - The Challenges Facing Liberalism (00:06:50) - The Erosion of Moral Authority (00:11:32) - Nationalism, Feminism, and the Arc of History (00:16:55) - Globalization and the Crisis of Community (00:22:06) - Sincerity, Context, and Intelligibility in a Digital Age (00:30:37) - Professional Identities as Sources of Moral Meaning (00:40:45) - Formal Inclusion and Continued Inequality (00:45:54) - Concentration of Power and the Distortion of the State (00:51:37) - The Politics of Vishwas (01:01:57) - On Caste and the Limits of Identity Politics (01:05:34) - The Question of Social Trust (01:14:08) - Trust-Building and Barriers to Desegregation (01:24:53) - Institutions of Higher Learning (01:39:31) - The Assumptions of Nonalignment (01:46:12) - Outro

Why are Danes so obsessed with summer festivals?In this episode, Derek and Brooke dive into Denmark's legendary festival culture with Heartland Festival founder Ulrik Ørum-Petersen. From Roskilde Festival and Smukfest to Heartland Festival, Distortion, and Copenhagen Jazz Festival, they unpack what each festival says about Danish culture, and the people who go to them.This episode explores how festivals can actually help internationals better understand Denmark, and maybe even integrate into Danish society. If you're new to Denmark, curious about Danish culture, or planning your first Danish summer festival, this episode is your guide to navigating festival season like a local.Topics explored:Why Denmark has so many festivalsRoskilde as a “rite of passage”Why Danish summers feel so intenseFestival camping vs glampingDanish music trends and local-language artistsHow festivals became part of Danish identityTips for internationals attending their first Danish festivalUlrik (guest)Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ulrikorum/Heartland Website: https://heartlandfestival.dk/Heartland Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heartlandfestivaldk/

Extended resources, journal prompts, and premium bundles available on Payhip: https://payhip.com/InspiringHumanPotentialWelcome to the Embodied Self-Leadership: Mindset & Journal Series — a transformational series designed to support self-leaders in cultivating emotional intelligence, resilience, somatic steadiness, mental clarity, spiritual growth, and authentic self-mastery.Through intentional mindset practices and guided journal prompts, this playlist explores how to strengthen your ability to remain grounded, regulated, and aligned under pressure—so you can deepen your capacity for personal evolution, relational integrity, and expanded higher human consciousness.Inside this series, we explore:Episode 1: Emotional activation without identity distortionEpisode 2: Nervous system steadiness during uncertaintyEpisode 3: Relational integrity under pressureEpisode 4: Capacity to feel deeply without collapsing or performingEpisode 5: Playful mastery of intensityThis series is for those committed to:Building resilienceStrengthening emotional regulationExpanding somatic and mental masterySupporting personal and spiritual growthChoosing authenticity over performanceLeading themselves with integrity, clarity, and loveThank you for being here and for choosing the path of embodied self-leadership.May these resources support you in growing stability, regulating intensity, and continuing to be yourself under pressure—not for validation, but for deeper alignment, truth, and conscious evolution.Love,Maria5D Mystic Thought LeaderFor reflective self-leaders who use mindset and journaling to grow—and lead with love, integrity, depth, and intelligence.

Extended resources, journal prompts, and premium bundles available on Payhip: https://payhip.com/InspiringHumanPotentialWelcome to the Embodied Self-Leadership: Mindset & Journal Series — a transformational series designed to support self-leaders in cultivating emotional intelligence, resilience, somatic steadiness, mental clarity, spiritual growth, and authentic self-mastery.Through intentional mindset practices and guided journal prompts, this playlist explores how to strengthen your ability to remain grounded, regulated, and aligned under pressure—so you can deepen your capacity for personal evolution, relational integrity, and expanded higher human consciousness.Inside this series, we explore:Episode 1: Emotional activation without identity distortionEpisode 2: Nervous system steadiness during uncertaintyEpisode 3: Relational integrity under pressureEpisode 4: Capacity to feel deeply without collapsing or performingEpisode 5: Playful mastery of intensityThis series is for those committed to:Building resilienceStrengthening emotional regulationExpanding somatic and mental masterySupporting personal and spiritual growthChoosing authenticity over performanceLeading themselves with integrity, clarity, and loveThank you for being here and for choosing the path of embodied self-leadership.May these resources support you in growing stability, regulating intensity, and continuing to be yourself under pressure—not for validation, but for deeper alignment, truth, and conscious evolution.Love,Maria5D Mystic Thought LeaderFor reflective self-leaders who use mindset and journaling to grow—and lead with love, integrity, depth, and intelligence.

What does the sun have to do with leadership?n this episode of The Magistrate, Josh Howard and James Baird uncover a biblical pattern most people overlook: God didn't just give commands about authority—He built it into creation itself. From Genesis to the Psalms, the sun is portrayed as a ruler of the day, and that imagery reveals how authority is meant to function. This episode explores how true leadership is designed to give life, establish order, and operate within God-given limits—not dominate or distort. If you want a clearer, biblical vision for authority in the home, church, and civil sphere, this framework changes how you see it.Topics include:Why the sun is called a “ruler” in Scripture The purpose and limits of authorityHow leadership reflects God's design in creationWhat happens when authority is distortedSubscribe for more episodes from The Magistrate and the EM Network.Watch all of our videos and subscribe to our channel for the latest content >HereHere

March 24, 2026People close to Trump may be committing treason by trading on national secrets - putting personal gain over the safety of Americans, Trump's plans for Washington DC are smashing the design of the national capital, Administration is declaring war on renewable energy, Airport lines grow as shutdown continues, Trump sends ICE agents to airports signaling how he may involve them in the 2026 midterm election, Republicans block Democratic attempts to fund everything in DHS other than ICE and CBP, Trump pushes so-called SAVE America Act, Florida Democrat flips house seat in Mar-a-Lago's district, Pentagon has ordered military personnel to go to the Middle East.Watch today's recording here: https://www.youtube.com/live/g9TUa1Rwd6U?si=T8_KKcHQZElhpnZ-Get full, free access to Letters from an American here: https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/subscribeYou can also find me:Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/hcrichardson.bsky.socialInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/heathercoxrichardson/?hl=enFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/heathercoxrichardson/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@heathercoxrichardson Get full access to Letters from an American at heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/subscribe

-- On the Show -- Donald Trump prepares to deliver his State of the Union address as Americans continue struggling with healthcare costs, affordability, immigration enforcement, and civil rights concerns -- Karoline Leavitt defends Donald Trump's claim that Operation Midnight Hammer obliterated Iran's nuclear facilities but acknowledges Iran could rebuild, as escalation with Iran looks increasingly likely -- Karoline Leavitt blames Joe Biden for the ongoing affordability crisis despite Donald Trump being well into his term, prompting scrutiny over economic ownership -- Donald Trump delivers a rambling public appearance in which he jumps between unrelated topics and frames himself as a persecuted leader -- Donald Trump appears momentarily disoriented after a White House event, fueling broader concerns about repeated verbal confusion and observable hesitation in presidential settings -- JD Vance claims numerous factories are being built that will hire thousands of workers but provides no specific projects or data -- Donald Trump posts on Truth Social threatening higher tariffs against countries he accuses of playing games and asserts broad unilateral authority over trade -- Donald Trump falsely claims that Gavin Newsom has dropped out of a presidential race that has not begun, prompting public corrections -- Jesse Watters says he does not want a president who struggles to read even though Donald Trump has questionable reading abilities -- On the Bonus Show: A gunman is shot dead at Trump's Mar-a-Lago, Mexico kills a cartel leader resulting in mass violence, Kash Patel is scrutinized for celebrating with the US hockey team, and much more...