Podcasts about distrusting

SHOW NOTES: On this show…we are tracing the healing journey of love, from connecting and loving deeply to embracing heartache and every stop in between. Building connections, even when you're worried about getting hurt, is vital because these bonds are the lifeblood of our emotional well-being. Yes, opening up can feel risky, but the rewards of genuine connection far outweigh the fear of heartache. It's through these connections that we find support, joy, and a sense of belonging. Love hurts but first, it heals. The capacity to love deeply is considered a natural, species-specific tendency. Loss is an integral part of growth, whether we're evolving our minds from one stage to the next or facing the final chapter of our physical life. Embracing loss allows us to learn, adapt, and gain deeper insights into ourselves and the world around us. It's through these challenging moments that we truly grow and find new strength. Remember, every meaningful relationship starts with a bit of vulnerability. So, take that leap—embrace the possibility of connection, knowing that the love and support you gain will help heal any past wounds and enrich your life in beautiful, unexpected ways. Change is never easy because with change comes loss. I could spin this in a self-help way, which you know I will, but first, let's be honest. Letting go of people, opportunities, ideas, dreams, and expectations is never easy. When you make that shift and turn the corner you have to be ready to embrace change or you stay stuck.  If you are letting go of a relationship you embrace the idea of staying single or putting yourself out there again. If you lose a job you're faced with how to rectify what happened and where you go now. If you lose a loved one you are met with navigating grief while creating a new normal.  Instead of getting bogged down in endless details, start by simplifying your choices into two clear paths. This approach helps you make quicker decisions and maintain momentum. It's not about rigid thinking, but rather about giving yourself a solid starting point to move forward more efficiently. Bianca Sparacino introduces us to people who love deeply: Let Me Tell You About People Who Love Deeply found at Thought Catalog At Ellie Mental Health I found How To Cope With Loneliness and Rejection in Relationships At Live Outrageously, I found a question to contemplate:  Have You Outgrown Your Inner Circle of Friends? Love's Tender Evolution We all know the journey of love's tender evolution, From young and free, hearts open in boundless revolution. We fall hard, then rise slowly, with wounds to bear, Calloused, we build walls, breeding suspicion and despair.   We open up cautiously, our pace becomes slow, Our minds awaken to heartache's burdens we now know. We think our hearts are weak, so our minds grow strong, But often they become jaded, overprotective, or wrong.   Distrusting both heart and mind, we retreat to our shell, Building barricades, interrogating all who dare to dwell. Loneliness ensues, yet we tiptoe back into the light, Hoping for heart, mind, and soul to finally align right.   Praying for someone who'll respect and protect all three, Swiftly, before the cycle starts again, we yearn to be free. In this dance of love's evolution, we seek to find, A partner who'll cherish the heart, soul, and mind.   CHALLENGE: Embrace the evolution of love by staying open to connection and growth, despite past heartaches. By trusting both your heart and mind, you pave the way for making connections with those who will cherish and protect your whole being. I Know YOU Can Do It!

Tune in as Vanessa Ondi (Best Week Ever Podcast) collaborates with Arthur to review and recap When No One Is Watching by Alyssa Cole, the 2020 thriller novel that's been marketed as a cross between Rear Window and Get Out (and was also one of Arthur's top books of 2020). Distrusting the cops, getting deeply irritated by the persistent and widespread microaggressions of our world, rooting for a free Palestine, and sharing ambivalent thoughts on how this book wraps itself up comprise some of the topics that the hosts cover on this episode.  TW: racism, murder, gun violence, police brutality, forced institutionalization, hate crimes, toxic relationships, gaslighting, parental death, discussion of slavery, grief, alcohol, mention of past domestic abuse, infidelity, drug abuse, suicide, and a minor-to-moderate amount of sexual content Spoilers start at 21:00 Here's how you can learn more about Palestine and Israel: http://decolonizepalestine.com Here's how you can act to help stop Israel's genocide of Palestine: http://linktr.ee/savegaza Here's how you can send eSIM cards to Palestinians in order to help them stay connected online: https://www.gazaesims.com Good Word: • Vanessa: Answered Prayers by Truman Capote and FX's Feud: Capote vs. The Swans • Arthur: Paradise Now Reach out at email2centscritic@yahoo.com if you want to recommend things to watch and read, share anecdotes, or just say hello! Be sure to subscribe, rate, and review on iTunes or any of your preferred podcasting platforms! Follow Arthur on Twitter, Goodpods, StoryGraph, Letterboxd, and TikTok: @arthur_ant18 Follow the podcast on Twitter: @two_centscritic Follow the podcast on Instagram: @twocentscriticpod Follow Arthur on Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/144101970-arthur-howell 2 Cents Critic Linktree: https://linktr.ee/two_centscritic?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=ee249719-2d0b-44da-976e-746606b942aa --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/arthur746/message

A common piece of advice: trust your intuition. But when your intuition tells you that transferring Haaland out for Carlton Morris is an insane thing to do, don't trust your intuition. Seriously, there's a larger point here—even when a certain action seems insane at first glance, it can be very useful to create some distance between yourself and the action in order to approach it from a more logical, clear-headed place. You might even be swayed! (Hint: this exact phenomenon may or not have played out in this episode…) Jacob and Jiayang also try to resolve their first-world problems of having eight great attackers—key word, “try.” And lastly, yet again, there's an obvious captaincy candidate! But this time, his first name isn't Erling, his last name isn't Haaland, and he isn't exactly Norwegian…

Why can't I do what I want to do? Mainly because I do stupid stuff. Each of us cannot be left to our personal wisdom to determine the decisions we ought to make. We require a truth that is more trustworthy than our fickle feelings and reactionary responses. It's time to go the second mile in seeing our need for Scripture.

Well, that title is a scary one. But Rick, and Lauren aren't afraid of this one because, as always on Life Reframed, we're viewing distrusting the Lord through the lens of His redemptive story. And how by admitting our distrust, or even exposed in our mistrust, can lead us deeper into the heart of Jesus. Rick references Brennan Manning's Ruthless TrustEmail Rick at rickdunn61@gmail.com or find him on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Email Lauren at laurengmorgan@gmail.com or find her on Instagram.

In this thought-provoking episode of the Driveway Liberty Podcast, we dive headfirst into the ever-relevant and contentious topic of "Distrusting the Federal Government."Join our hosts, Uncle Wes and Coach Dan, as they navigate the complex web of skepticism and apprehension that has come to recently plague the federal government. *Throughout the episode, you'll hear the guys share their insights into the various factors contributing to the erosion of trust in the federal government. We'll explore:Merch, Socials, Streaming, and more. 

After the alleged suicide of her priest brother, Grace travels to the remote Scottish convent where he fell to his death. Distrusting the Church's account, she uncovers murder, sacrilege and a disturbing truth about herself.

New Movies: Magic Mike's Last Dance - Mike takes to the stage again, following a business deal that went bust, leaving him broke and taking bartender gigs in Florida. Mike heads to London with a wealthy socialite who lures him with an offer he can't refuse.   Consecration - After the alleged suicide of her priest brother, Grace travels to the remote Scottish convent where he fell to his death. Distrusting the Church's account, she uncovers murder, sacrilege and a disturbing truth about herself. Your Place or Mine - Two long-distance best friends change each other's lives when she decides to pursue a lifelong dream and he volunteers to keep an eye on her teenage son. The Outwaters - Four travelers encounter menacing phenomena while camping in a remote stretch of the Mojave Desert.   Undisputed Classic My Bloody Valentine 1981 - A decades-old folk tale surrounding a deranged murderer killing those who celebrate Valentine's Day turns out to be true to legend when a group defies the killer's order and people start turning up dead.   1993 - Dead Alive, Groundhog Day, Love Field, The Temp, Untamed Heart Next Week - Marlowe, Ant-Man & The Wasp: Quantumania, Sharper (A24 Apply +) Classic - The Big Sleep 1993 - Alex Haley's Queen, The Crying Game, Mac, Hostages   Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/criticspod Teepublic: https://www.teepublic.com/user/criticspod?utm_source=designer&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=reAEYmh6vUY YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnFNiCSoEAfk7Y3C8sfoTRw/videos Jeff's Art: https://jefflassiter.com/home.html Sean's Reviews: https://seanatthemovies.blogspot.com/?fbclid=IwAR2JISOf6B0anoWaKj1Lipb6cptYzKeIBEGxmQBeXIXB2LEYbcbvLhs8OjU    

Our Secrets. Distrusting our leaders is common place. People believe our government isn't telling us the truth. Politicians claim we're a country ruled by laws and we have the greatest democracy on Earth. People say those two things aren't true. Some of our laws prevent Americans from seeing how our government operates and when it comes to our democracy, well we have a Corporatocracy that says who gets elected. Money walks and talks in the halls of our Federal Capitol. Our government keeps an unquantified number of secrets. MUSIC Ernest Gold, Jack Nitizsche, Max Richter, Philip Glass, West Dyan Thordson

“You want to be the pebble in the pond that creates the ripple for change.” - Tim Cook In this episode, Miki shares her perspective and highlights: The importance of allocating your resources to what matters to you the most  The future of entrepreneurship as social entrepreneurship and what that looks like  Miki Agrawal is a social entrepreneur who uses creativity and disruptive innovation to challenge the status quo and change culture. Agrawal is the founder of multiple successful companies including WILD (gluten-free NYC-based pizzeria chain), THINX (sustainable women's period underwear on a mission to provide hygiene products to women across the world), and her newest venture, TUSHY (bidet attachments easily affixed to most toilets). Find out more about Miki at mikiagrawal.com Continue the conversation on Instagram @heatherchauvin_  Find out more about the coaching OPEN HOUSE here heatherchauvin.com/join 

Ret. Police Chief Ken Laird explains how distrusting parents rushing into schools during locked downs is due to the Uvalde Effect.

Lexman is interviewed by Dan Kokotov, a cryptography expert who argues that we should all be distrusting of digital signatures.

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We live in a society enamored with divisions, but Nicholas Christakis lives by the outlandish idea that humans are fundamentally similar — and has devoted much of his career to uncovering the universals of social experience. (He's a lumper, not a splitter.) The Yale professor and author of many books — including Blueprint and Apollo's Arrow — unpacks his fascinating findings in evolutionary biology, describes the price we pay for the spread of ideas (namely, germs), and reflects on that now infamous moment on the Yale quad six years ago.Find us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Podcast Addict, and Stitcher. Check out our Patreon for behind-the-pod updates. Follow @UncertainPod on your social media of choice.On the agenda:-The asymmetry of celebrity [5:46-13:41]-The perception and reality of inequality [13:42-23:24]-Against the ascendant emphasis of difference [23:25-43:21]-Lumpers and splitters [43:22-49:50]-The social suite: How genes shaped our societies [49:51-1:07:10]-Why utopias and other intentional communities fail [1:07:11-1:14:16]-Prestige hierarchy and teaching [1:14:17-1:18:24]-Reflecting on the Yale incident, six years later [1:18:25-1:31:03]-On Covid (the price we pay for the spread of ideas) [1:31:04-1:37:42]-Distrusting institutions [1:37:43-1:45:26]-Blindspots on the left and the right [1:45:27-1:49:22]-Bonus: Can culture change our genes? (On exophenotypes) [1:49:39-2:01:35]Uncertain Things is hosted and produced by Adaam James Levin-Areddy and Vanessa M. Quirk. For more doomsday rumination, subscribe to: uncertain.substack.com. Get full access to Uncertain Things at uncertain.substack.com/subscribe

The BFGs arrive in Uluvin as Harold realizes he isn't ready to face his past just yet.

Ep. 7- Have you ever thought that the things that go bump in the night might have been created by Stewart? Your fellow colleague at your respected place of work? Of course you haven't. Today we discuss Cryptids and what it takes to go viral with a man made monstrosity. Grab your flashlight and pitchfork, let's see what's out there. Let's get weird! Hosts: Josh + Marcus Berdeguez

Knowing who to trust is key for not only business success, but personal success, as well. What I use in order to make the determination on which people to believe (and invest in) is a two-step process that I call trust and vet. Distrusting everyone is no way to approach life and the same can be said about blindly trusting everyone, but I prefer to take a more positive perspective to start. Give people the benefit of doubt when you initially interact, rather than taking a skeptic approach to those you meet. Tweet me @davidmeltzer your favorite takeaway from today's episode and come ask me questions live every Friday at 11:00 am PST / 2:00 pm EST. Text me at (949) 298-2905 or email me at david@dmeltzer.com to join! Click here to follow the Road to Revenue playlist on Spotify Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Self trust is the key to self confidence so one of the worst things you can do to harm another person is by causing them them distrust themselves. When we lie or cheat or gaslight our loved ones or when we belittle their feelings or discount their opinions, we are causing them to distrust their inner voice and that is a heinous act. This is why honesty, openness, and accountability are such important strengths to nurture in our relationships. Make Your Damn Bed is a real talk, daily motivation podcast to play while you make your bed* every morning. Each season is 66 days long to incorporate new healthy habits of your choosing into your daily life. Build momentum - better your life. Find content and quotes from today's episode on Instagram @MYDBpodcast (DM to sign up for our monthly newsletter) Support the Podcast here: https://anchor.fm/mydb/support Make Your Damn Bed Podcast is for entertainment purposes only. Opinions of Julie Merica and the Make Your Damn Bed podcast is not intended or implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. All content, including text, graphics, images and information, contained or presented is for general information purposes only. This content is presented on an "as-is" basis. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mydb/support

Melinda Lemke is the Head of Information Security at King & Spalding with a decade of leadership experience in the cyber industry. In this episode, Melinda joins the No Password Required team to talk about her experience as a woman and leader in this field, how professional mentors can enhance success, and the best yacht-rock […]

Melinda Lemke is the Head of Information Security at King & Spalding with a decade of leadership experience in the cyber industry. In this episode, Melinda joins the No Password Required team to talk about her experience as a woman and leader in this field, how professional mentors can enhance success, and the best yacht-rock bands of all time. Maybe most importantly, the team discusses the John Hughes movie universe and why Kevin McAllister is a better problem-solver than Ferris Bueller. Additionally, Ernie and Clabby explore the importance of password security and real-world ransomware attacks, including the ransomware attacks on Miami-Dade county schools. In the “Positively Cyber” segment, Pablo Torres explores the reasons why John Wick would be the perfect candidate for an elite penetration-tester position in our fictitious cybersecurity organization.

Gary, Courtney, and Jim react to the latest poll reflecting Americans' distrust of the news media (and Gary provides an example as to why that might be).

2021: A Year of GRACETitus 2:11-14 11 For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, 12 instructing us to deny godlessness and worldly lusts and to live in a sensible, righteous, and godly way in the present age, 13 while we wait for the blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ. 14 He gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to cleanse for himself a people for his own possession, eager to do good works. Titus 2:11-14 Lessons in Grace It was grace that made us right with God. GRACE = Unmerited favor; receiving what you do not deserve common grace mistakes · Distrusting the concept of grace · Abusing the gift of grace · Limiting grace to a past event. Grace provides direction for the life of a believer. 3 means of living grace · Scripture intake · Personal/Corporate prayer · Participation in church ordinances Hope is fueled by Grace. REDEEMED = Restoration of position, dignity and value 2021 RESOLUTIONS 1. Trust that God’s grace is greater than my sin. 2. Believe that God’s grace enables me to abstain from harmful things/habits. 3. Live like there is life after this life. 4. Use my life for the glory of God.

Carl Lanore, host of Superhuman Radio, joins Tom to discuss his evolutionary view of health and the three S’s of wellness. SHOW NOTES Carl’s story: the “remodeling” effect [0:45] Distrusting traditional organized medical authority [2:44] Applying critical thinking first [5:46] The Keto craze from an evolutionary perspective [7:31] Don’t have an agenda when researching [9:45] Making the decision that’s best suited for you [10:51] It takes a long time to get better [12:59] Non-antibiotic remedies for "gut problems" [15:38] The gut is the immune system [18:35] Fecal Transplant results [19:36] Our gut is like the universe: exploring new microbes [20:19] The three S’s: Sun, Sleep, Sex [22:18] Willing to be vulnerable [31:04] Diet and sleep is the wheelhouse for optimum health [34:26] DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE: Ageless Beauty, Timeless Mind by Deepak Chopra: https://amzn.to/2DcTVgm Change or Die by Alan Deutschman: https://amzn.to/2xsuYYs FOLLOW CARL LANORE PODCAST: https://apple.co/2wvL6bT WEBSITE: https://bit.ly/2QfIwyn INSTAGRAM: https://bit.ly/2Od62hR

Richard Dixon talks about the #BigStupidQuestionOfTheDay, gives news on the #COVID19 menace, and explains why people are growing tired with the experts changing their stories about #COVID19 so much. 

Our theme for the year is "Change what You Love." And the original idea behind the theme this year was to confront the idea that the things we love are somehow fatalistically, genetically hardwired and therefore impossible to change. Our love can change. And it's a choice. We all came in this morning with love that needs changing. And we emphasized three things. - It possible to change. - You have control over that change. - It's the main thing God wants you to do with your life. The great commandment is not a command to do anything. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, and mind. That's a command to change what you love. But how do we do that? Well our current series, "Love the Commandment," helps us answer that question. Today is our last installment of this series of five messages. We have been looking at this cycle that conversely either creates and strengthens love in our hearts or deconstructs and eliminates love in our hearts. The heart moves through this cycle and in each phase there are commands that God gives us to obey. And when obeyed, it changes our love. Thus far we've looked at the first three quadrants. - Belief Predicts Fulfillment (Belief) -> You believe you'll be happy if you are rich. - Anticipated Fulfillment Drives Behavior (Pursuit) -> You find a good-paying job. - Behavior Leads to Experience (Cultivation) -> You save and invest and spend money. Cultivate wealth. Today we'll talk about the final quadrant of evaluation. Every quadrant is important and contributes to the love changing process, but this quadrant, as you will see, is where the change actually happens. After we've believed something for a time, pursued it, and served that thing, it creates an experience. And there are seasons we all go through where we compare our current experience with what we originally believe. Based on my experience, is this thing worthy of my continued pursuit? That's an important question! Sometimes our experience says, "Absolutely, keep going." Other times, we say, "Mmm, that provided some level of enjoyment, but I can see where this is going and I'm not so sure I think it's worth it. Maybe there is something better?" When we evaluate we open the possibility of being controlled by new ideas: - Things are up for grabs. I could be right. - But I might be wrong. I'm willing to be wrong. I'm willing to admit I've been barking up the wrong tree. - I'm being open-minded. I'm willing to re-evaluate what has value and what is worth following. The experience that comes out of the belief/pursue/cultivation process is pretty important to think about. But there is a major problem associated with that experience. It can sometimes mislead you. To illustrate, consider this image. In the cartoon you have a couple guys digging. There's a pile of diamonds off to the right. There's the prize. There's the object of fulfillment. The guy on top is clearly a guy who is in hot pursuit. He's investing everything he has. He's submitted himself entirely to the process. All of his eggs are in this basket. Now the guy below was in the same condition but has somehow abandoned his pursuit. The question is, how did that happen? That's a really important question. How do we determine in life that something is no longer worth pursuing? Well at some point he evaluated and determined that it was no longer worth it. At some point, this guy reached a tipping point where he observed: - I've been digging for a long time and I'm really tired. - Look at my hands, they are full of blisters. - I only hit one or two tiny junk diamonds along the way. My body aches. There are only two possibilities: either I have believed something wrong or I haven't dug deep enough. And he concluded, I don't think this place even had diamonds. And his changed belief results in new actions. Maybe you've known someone who once was all in with Christ and seemed to be really following him and then turned away. How does that happen? Answer: somewhere along the way he or she reevaluated. Maybe you feel that way. Maybe you are still a follower of Christ but you find yourself so much less motivated than you once were. You seem to be following but at a distance. I mean you are digging but with so little enthusiasm. So easily distracted. So half-hearted. Maybe you are re-evaluating even now. Now, there are commands in the Bible that God gives us when we find ourselves in a season of evaluation, and particularly in a season where it seems like our experience doesn't square with our belief. God wants us to do something when we find ourselves in this evaluation season. Now I want to illustrate how these commands help us by looking at Peter. Because Peter underwent a major faith crisis where he believed, pursued, served and then tragedy struck. And that experience caused him to reevaluate nearly everything he believed to be true. Now for the sake of today's message we are going to lump all these commands under the heading of "Following." People follow politics, sports, or the stock market. If you are following something, you believe it has value, so you pursue it and you serve that thing. You give it your time, your money, your mental energy, etc... Well, Peter followed Jesus. Let's just trace the word 'following' through the life of Peter. So here we have a command. Follow me. Now if you were Peter, why would you obey that? Well, you would have to believe that if you followed him, it would be rewarding. There's an implied claim. Dig here and you will find gold. And all through Jesus' ministry, he's claiming, "I am the diamond and gold mine." All the I am statements are value claims. So these are the claims. Follow me and I will give you both what you want and need. Follow me. Pursue me. Let me shape you. Let me cultivate your minds and souls so that you can receive happiness. I am the way. These are the claims. Peter, do you believe it? Well, you vote with your feet, don't you? Peter drops his net and follows Jesus. He must believe it to some degree. In fact, Peter straight up says it. He nails the doctrinal statement. Do you remember that time when Jesus asks his disciples, "Who do people say that I am?" Some say you are John the Baptist. Some say you are Elijah. Some say Jeremiah or some other great prophet. Some say this. Some say that. Okay great. Now the real question. Peter says, "Jesus, I believe you are the Messiah and that's why I am following you. I am serving you because you are the rabbi/teacher." Peter says, of course, I believe that you are the Christ. Jesus, I follow you because I believe that you are the path to life. Okay, that's good. Remember the diamond digger? Peter is digging for diamonds. He believes in the claims. But here's the million-dollar question. What happens when your hands get blisters? What happens when your muscles get sore? Will he keep digging? Will he keep following? Or will he turn away? It's one thing for Peter to follow Jesus when he's the most popular guy in town. Does Job follow you for nothing? It's easy to be a Patriots fan when the Patriots are winning. The real test happens when Jesus isn't so popular. Do you remember John chapter 6? Street magicians draw crowds. This was right after the feeding of the 5000. That was a pretty cool trick. So the crowds were electric. Do another trick for us! Is Peter just one of these fair-weather fans? Well, in John chapter 6 we see the answer. Jesus teaches some really hard things about the cost of discipleship. The crowds heard those words and began to grumble. Jesus went from being really popular to not so much. They didn't like the way that sounded and so many turned away and stopped following him. It's a bit of a chilling scene. There's a lot that hangs on that question. You can envision sadness in Jesus' face. But Peter just nails this answer. You can hear the confidence in Peter's voice. Master, Rabbi, I follow because I believe. I'm digging for diamonds, Master. I'm no fair-weather fan. A few blisters aren't going to stop me, are you kidding? I believe you are Messiah promised to Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Moses, and David. Belief results in pursuit. Pursuit submits itself to the cultivation process. I'm all in Jesus. Peter is convincing, even to himself, just how committed he really is. Do you remember the passage in Matthew 19 where Jesus rebuked the rich young ruler and said, "Hey, if you want to enter into eternal life, you have to repent of your riches, you have to sell all that you have, and you have to follow me." Rich young man, you have been serving money; you need to serve me. So give it up and come follow me. Now the rich man went away sad because he wasn't able to do it. Peter, instantly compares himself, pride welling in his heart. I was able to do it. I have left all I have. I gave up my career. I gave up my home. Peter said to himself, "Dang, I'm good." Jesus, I believed you. I've pursued you. I've served you. What's my reward for being so awesome? Now you know where this is going, but let me ask you. Is this all a ruse? Is this just a game. Is Peter totally just gaming things? No of course not. Peter really believes that Jesus is the Messiah. He really, truly loves the Lord. Of course he does. He really has discovered that Jesus is worthy. He really is following him. He really has given up everything. But Peter's love and following-commitment are weaker than he believes. A test will come that will reveal the shallowness of his loyalty. A test will come that will show a veneer upon a very serious weakness. Jesus, just days before his crucifixion, says to his disciples. And even the way he addresses them is so telling. Little children! I like the way the Bible so tenderly and compassionately insults us: He's saying, Peter, you think you are following me, but you won't be able to follow me. Here's what he's saying. He's saying, Peter, you think you love me, but you really don't love me the way you think you do. Peter, our actions always follow our love. You can't follow me because you don't yet love me the way I love you. Now, this had to have been so offensive to Peter. This was a straight-up attack on his pride. Peter has just got to be screaming in his heart, "Yes I do! Let me prove it to you!" Surely Peter had listened over and over to Jesus' words on the cost of being a follower of Christ. Jesus never made it easy to follow him. He didn't want fickle followers. Peter surely had taken very seriously to heart Jesus' words, I am certain that Peter had rehearsed his brave death for Jesus many times. I am sure he was convincing himself at this moment of his loyalty. Yes, I love you Lord. Yes, I will follow you. I am willing to die for you! What do you mean I won't be able to follow you? I'll do anything. Oh man, that was probably so confusing, hurtful, and angering all in one. Peter could not possibly envision a scenario where he would stop following the Messiah. It's just not possible. But it was oh-so-possible. Peter was confusing his love of self with love for the Lord. The feelings were being mixed together and indistinguishable in his own heart. He was not sufficiently acquainted with his weakness and fickleness. Weakness is never revealed until pressure is applied. Now what happens on that Thursday night is a scene of unspeakable complexity and emotional trauma as the pressure is applied to Peter's weak love. Peter watched his world fall apart piece by piece. - Peter watches as Jesus crumples like a blanket in weakness in the Garden of Gethsemane. He's never seen Jesus so weak, so distraught and worried. He had always seen such confidence when Jesus was facing his enemies. Was Jesus actually worried? Was he actually conceding his own capture? - Then the Romans come and confirm Peter's worst nightmare. Now, remember the Bible says that a cohort of soldiers came to arrest Jesus which was somewhere between 300-600 soldiers. There are hundreds of Roman soldiers behind the priest. Hundreds. And Peter goes on the offensive. They come to arrest him and Peter breaks out his sword to prove just how willing he is to die for Jesus. He swings wildly at the high priest's servant and chops of his ear. This is some serious bravery. Peter was showing commitment. Jesus miraculously puts it back on tells Peter to take a chill pill. What? Then Jesus is led away by those soldiers. And all the disciples flee for their lives. And Peter is standing there bewildered. Jesus, do something! And you can imagine Peter's thoughts. What is happening? Well, maybe Jesus is staging a giant reveal. Maybe he's going to pull a stunt in just a bit. Maybe he's setting the stage to make his entrance as Messiah even more dramatic. So Peter slinks along. And the way the Bible says it is so masterful. Peter follows Jesus at a distance, of course physically, but what a window into what is happening in his heart. Wow, what artful use of language here. He's following but now he's not so sure. His confidence is shaken. Now he's not so sure he's the way, the truth, and the life. So he's following, but at a distance. Now Messiah is getting flogged. He's getting whipped and lashed with bone and glass. Now I want you to think about that. Psychologically, what does that do to you to see your hero being strapped to a post and whipped and bloodied and beaten? And then out comes this little slave girl and verbally undresses him. He's not undone by the high priest. Not by a member of the Sanhedrin. Not by the elite in society. He's undone by a slave girl. In that society, respect came from being old, male, wealthy, and free. She was none of these things. Peter's confident, rock-solid, impenetrable, undying love for Christ was exposed to be fragile and paper-thin. His entire being was reduced to a puddle by a slave girl. And of course, it was at that moment two things happened. He caught the eye of the beaten and bloodied Jesus from across the courtyard and his ear caught the sound of the early morning rooster. Now you can imagine the shame. Such terrible shame and embarrassment and mortification. How he must have replayed those words over and over in his mind. Disturbed, stomach-churning, sick, disgusted with himself, and hopeless. Now there was a deep shame, but also deep examination. Peter was cast into this fourth quadrant, into this season of evaluation. The body was hung on a cross. It was taken off the cross, put in a grave. The grave was sealed and a Roman guard posted. Peter was forced into a moment of deep, deep evaluation. This Jesus is not who I thought he was. Now let me show you a picture of Peter at this moment. Peter's whole life had been undone. Peter had left his nets to follow Jesus. He had invested his life savings. Peter had given Jesus all his time. And it turned out to be all for nothing. In the words of the disciples on the road to Emmaus, "We had hoped that he would be the one to deliver Israel. But I guess we were wrong because he's been dead now for three days." Folks, this is the epitome of the evaluation phase. Peter's whole worldview was being upset and rocked and undone. He now believed that it was all a waste. That all that digging was in vain. And he turned back. Now here's where the story gets really fun. What do you when you stop digging for diamonds? You go back to what you know. Just that. The tender insult. That's familiar. Speaking of familiar. Now Peter is beside himself. Always wanting to prove his loyalty and commitment he tosses himself entirely into the water. There was not a molecule of reluctance in Peter’s heart. Whatever it took to be next to his Lord, the price was worth it. One hundred yards; one hundred miles. He was going. And like an oversized labrador, he pants on the banks of the sea of Galilee and embraces his Lord. So they sit down and eat breakfast in amazement. Now comes the moment we have all been waiting for, this interchange between Peter and Jesus. His fickle love has been painfully put on display. Peter has been dressed down and he's been shown to be such a talker. Almost everybody agrees that Jesus’ reference to “these” in verse 15 is a reference to the other disciples. In other words, “Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these other disciples love me?” Peter is probably slightly perplexed by this question. "Why would you ask this Lord, you know I love you? Of course. Lord, did you not see that I just jumped out of a boat in the cold early morning water just so that I could be with you 10 seconds earlier? None of the other guys did that. I don’t just jump into the water for everyone. Of course I love you.” But the question probably did not sit well. Why would Jesus try and compare my love to the other disciples' love for Him? So I think at this, Peter probably said to himself, you bet Lord, I will feed your lambs. The text does not say how much time went by between these statements, maybe a minute or two. Then: A second question, exactly the same. Okay, Jesus is making a point. And now Peter is starting to feel like his words are lacking meaning. Had he not said before that he loved the Lord? Lord, if everyone else abandons you, I will die for you. I love you Lord. But Jesus is still asking the question. I'm sure he could feel the hollowness of Peter's words. Your words don't mean very much after you've betrayed the one you claim to love. But he's stuck. What's he supposed to say? I picture at this moment the smoke from the fire shifting and it's a painful reminder. He remembers the fire from a few nights ago. Oh, how confidently he had boasted in his love and loyalty to the Lord and he denied him three times. Three times he had denied the Lord and now three times, the Lord asks him if he loves him. The lesson was painfully burrowing its way into his soul. The wound had to be reopened to be cleaned. The Lord was lovingly holding up a mirror and letting Peter see his frailty. Peter, you are only powerful when you are weak. You are only able to serve me when you beg for grace at my feet. Such a good answer. Such a beautiful answer. This is where the Lord wanted him. Broken. Unsure of his ability. Distrusting self. Doubting his motives. Weak. Vulnerable. Powerless. Tired of failure. But truly loving his Savior. This is where the Lord wanted him, but it took reopening the wound to get him there. And then comes, what I think, are the most powerful words in the entire narrative. Wow, the first time Peter left his nets clear back in Matthew chapter 4 he thought he knew what that meant. But wow, those words mean something entirely new now, don't they? And Peter turns back and he starts to dig. And for the rest of his life, he digs and digs and digs. Now we witnessed Peter in this season of evaluation as he basically fails. But what should he have done? I want to go back to Mark chapter 8. This is the passage where Peter's great confession happens. Jesus asks, "Who do you say that I am?" Peter says, "You are the Christ, the son of the living God." Do you remember what happens next? Three things happen in a row that are so incredibly significant. First, Jesus predicts his death. Peter just gets done with this great confession and here comes the wet blanket. Jesus predicted that he would die. And he did so plainly. Okay Peter, listen. You believe I am the Messiah. Great. Listen to me carefully. There is a period of evaluation ahead of you where you will question this, so I'm telling you in advance. But listen guys, remember, after three days, I will rise again. So do you see what he's doing? He's giving them resources for the day of trouble. Now rather than use those resources, Peter argues the premise. Peter doesn't like this idea of suffering and weakness but Jesus rebukes him. Here's the second thing that happens? This is crazy. Jesus warns against denying Christ in a pressure situation. He's saying, I'm giving you resources so when that period of evaluation hits, you'll be ready. What's his point here? His point is: okay you believe me. You believe I am Christ. Recall that to mind when trials come. Because they will come. And the suffering you are about to endure is worth it. That's a tall order. Man, I have to take up my cross and follow Christ? I have to die? I mean, I believe that Jesus is the Christ, but do I believe it enough to die for him? Here's the third thing that happens. Do you see what he's doing? There are all these resources available to them when suffering thrusts them into a season of evaluation. When your hero dies, that's pretty discouraging. Who could blame the disciples for reevaluating, unless of course what? Unless of course, Jesus told them that after three days, he would rise from the dead! Do you see the point? ## The Main Point Now here's the point of telling that story. This was all set-up so that we could understand what God wants us to do when we find ourselves in a season of evaluation. This season comes either in times of success or tragedy. If we are experiencing success then we evaluate and say, "Wow, this is going great, and it just reinforces our belief, strengthens our pursuit, and on we go." But in times of trial or tragedy, we evaluate and say, "Maybe I'm barking up the wrong tree." Peter found himself in a season of evaluation and doubted. He evaluated, doubted, and turned away. He forgot to look back to the promises of God. He forgot to fix his eyes on the promise. God said this would happen. God said that he would rise from the dead. You see Peter was so convinced that suffering should not be part of the equation that he was undone when it happened. No. Suffering is part of the equation. And so is doubt. Doubt will come when we suffer. And in those seasons, God commands us to do certain things. It's during these times that God gives us commands to obey. And they are commands that help us to look past the blisters, past the temporary discomfort, and remind us that there is a reward if we continue to believe, pursue, and serve. I want to give you some examples of these. You should not be surprised that trials come upon you as if something strange is happening. Peter was shocked. Don't be like Peter. Instead, look to what God has promised he is going to do through trials. Look at what God does through trials. But also look past the pain to the outcome. Do you see that? In trials, we tell ourselves, "Maybe all this digging isn't worth it. No! It is worth it!"" These blisters hurt. I don't think there are any diamonds here. Oh, I'm sweaty, my back hurts, and this is just a colossal waste of time. What caused you to start digging in the first place? You had an absolutely sure source. You, for very good reason, were convinced. That reason hasn't changed. Your guide told you that it would be hard and there would be trials and blisters. So don't give up. That's exactly what you should expect. Keep digging. The prize is there. What these commands do is strengthen our hands. They steady us against things that would potentially rock us. I think the most encouraging thing is that even if you have failed and doubted the Lord, none of it is a waste. Jesus says, to Peter, follow me. And what does he do? He's already dug this giant hole. So he just turns around and picks up where he left off. He just keeps digging. ## Practical One of the main points to be made as it relates to this cycle is that this cycle is always happening. And there's a passive and active way in which the cycle happens. If you do nothing, the cycle is happening. - You will believe things that are handed to you. - You will pursue the things that are easy and sound fun. - You will be shaped by the cultural forces that are all around you. - And you will evaluate life based on how you have been shaped. And the scary thing is that it will all be wrong. You will end up loving the world. Let me just make this super practical. Are you following the Lord? Are you obeying the commands to believe, seek, serve commands? - Do you read your Bible every day? Do you have a plan to read your Bible? If you don't, how can you possibly even know what to believe? The entire Christian faith comes out of this book. Nowhere else. Our entire faith assumes this is the source of truth and that all things believed must come from this book. If you aren't reading it, then without question you will default to believing other things that are not true. - Do you pray every day? One of the main ways we pursue God is through prayer. It's the main way we seek him. If you believe this is true then you will seek the God who wrote it. - Do you serve him? People have a thousand reasons why they don't serve in the church and none of them are good ones. - Don't you realize that service to God is not because he needs you, but because he wants to shape you? By serving in the church, you will be molded into the right shape to be an effective tool in his hands. - For me, you want to know the things that have helped me the very most to be an effective minister of the gospel? Sure, going to seminary was great. Bible school was great. Israel was great. But the thing that has helped me the very most is to talk with real people. To walk with real people through suffering. To have to work through differing perspectives. - When you suffer or succeed, what are you remembering? - The cross quadrants are designed to help one another! - The wheel works in community!

Deuteronomy 1

Captain Shepherd was on a mission into space when his rocket hit a rift in space and time and crash landed onto a strange world. Here, the humanoid race is made up of the evolved children of the dogs sent long ago from our planet to pave the way, unwilling, for man’s quest for the stars. Distrusting of the world that sent them away, but friendly and peaceful by nature, the Dogfolk can’t comprehend Shepherd’s warning of a coming danger: a black hole that threatens to consume the planet. Starring Spencer D Blair Kelsey Erhart Brandon Kirkman Robert Kuschell Laura Petro Hobert Thompson Eric Wiig Poster by Andreas Aristides

Claudia Pahls hosts a round table with Deborah Hackworth, Ellen Higgins and Rose Ludwick to discuss some of the ways abuse like domestic violence changes victims and survivors. Here are some ways in which people can feel like their lives have changed after experiencing abuse and domestic violence and how to go about them: Feeling easily overwhelmed, anxious irritated or crying without explanation: Places you used to love are now dull or noisy, and people whose company you used to enjoy are now irritating. That’s because after surviving an abusive situation, many people tend to find respite by isolating themselves from the world or the activities that were once meaningful to them. We know that although this might be a temporary fix, being reclusive is not a long-term solution because human beings are social creatures that need interaction with other people. If you notice that you start feeling overwhelmed or anxious around new people or in social situations after experiencing abuse, it may help to practice some self-care: try retreating to a quiet space where you can gather your thoughts and collect yourself. Try techniques such as breathing exercises that can help you calm down or practice some mindfulness! Observing the outside world, acknowledging that you are safe and that the abuse is in the past (where it belongs) can help you feel back to normal and at peace with yourself and with those around you. Distrusting people in general or being uncomfortable if left alone with someone of the opposite sex: We hear from many of our contacts that after being in an abusive relationship they have a hard time building connections with other people and that trust (or lack thereof) becomes an issue. We’ve also heard from women callers, for example, that tell us how uncomfortable they feel if they find themselves in situations where they are surrounded by just men (think a random elevator stop, strangers sitting in a waiting room or meeting new coworkers or people at a party). If you find yourself being wary of others’ intentions toward you, know that you are not alone and what you feel is a completely normal reaction after surviving trauma. After all, you probably wouldn’t want to experience those feelings ever again! Remember to take it one day at the time. As your heart heals so will your ability to trust others. Don’t forget to be kind and patient with yourself while you become used to learning how to trust again. Flashbacks of the abuse: Many people who have experienced domestic violence report having flashbacks of the abuse they’ve endured. These flashbacks are triggered by no apparent reason and can feel very vivid and realistic, making the survivor relive the pain experienced from the abusive situation, which can leave you feeling confused, isolated and like there’s something wrong with your head. Flashbacks or recurring memories are a symptom of PTSD, which is a mental and physical reaction to a traumatic event. We know that many survivors of abuse experience Complex PTSD because of the repetitive nature of intimate partner violence. Not all treatments for PTSD work the same for everyone, so you might have to try a few different things to see what works best for you. According to Psychology Today, there are several medical treatments such as medication, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing to treat PTSD. Other practices such as meditation, yoga, mindfulness, positive affirmations, breathing exercises and maintaining a healthy lifestyle can also do wonders when trying to recover from an abusive relationship. Ruminating words, thoughts and events: Rumination is when you become fixated over a word, problem or event and play it in a continuous loop over and over in your head. When people ruminate the words said by an abusive partner or replay the mental images about the distress they suffered, they can become agitated, hopeless and depressed—which is a complete disservice to their own healing process. If you feel like ruminating, make sure to stop yourself in your tracks. Go for a walk, call a friend or do an activity that completely interferes with the urge to mentally repeat the offending words or events. It takes practice to stop ruminating, but remember to be patient and gentle with yourself. If you are able to stop ruminating words and problems, you may feel less anxious, worried and more open to healing the wounds left by the abuse and domestic violence. These are just some of the ways abuse and domestic violence can change a person, and as you can see, many of these changes are rooted in fear. And that is to be expected. Experiencing and surviving abuse can have such a profound impact on a person’s mind, body and soul. But there’s something quite unique about being broken: you are strong, resilient and one of a kind. (source) If you need resources or help in any way, call our 24 hour hotline at 800-828-2023 or visit www.DASASMI.org. Subscribe for a new episode each week. We publish every Wednesday morning at 8:00am. Subscribe to the weekly email newsletter here or at our website here. Please consider helping us reach more listeners by leaving a written review on Apple Podcasts or where you listen, and by sharing on social media.

Distrusting the Police has been passed on from generation to generation at this point in time, but the most controversial special team that poured gasoline on the fire was that of the LAPD C.R.A.S.H Team. The Anti- Gang Unit that would be seen as another Gang in the Rampart Division of Los Angeles left a legacy as tainted as the hoodlums they were trying to protect citizens from. When art started to imitate life the legacy and stories of the team would change culture in America and law enforcement forever (Part 1 of 3)

Opening Monologues. The Second Amendment Saved Lives in Texas. We review yesterday's church shooting near Forth Worth, in which two armed parishioners promptly handled the situation. Discussing the common sense foundations of the Second Amendment. What the American Founders had in mind. Understanding Human Nature. Protecting our communities. Distrusting government, for very good reasons. The 2A politics of Joe Biden v. Governor Greg Abbott. Vignettes on Colorado Snow and Miami Vice. Crockett and Tubbs. Comey's Vanity Theme Song. With Listener Calls & Music via Jan Hammer, U2, Astrid and Carly Simon.

Following up episode 253, I address race, sex, sexual preference and other difference people use as excuses to stop listening or understanding over.Here are my notes I worked from:Podcast: Race, sex, sexual preference. I mentioned the race of the people who mugged me and my friends and who punched me in the jaw. Mayhave sounded unnecessary, which I suppose would raise questions as to why I mentioned.Because people keep bringing race, sex, and such up with me.Talking about race is a minefield outside a few platitudes in this country, especially for whites. They keep losing their jobs. Maybe talking about it will bring me down before I reach being well-known. Well, if it brings me down, it brings me down, but as it stands, people use preconceived notions to stop hearing me, as I'll describe in a second, so what do I have to lose?Changing culture to change billions of people's environmental beliefs and behaviors means people collaborating across all divisions so we have to figure out how to overcome these preconceived notions.Most recent and clear: person refused to participate in panelMost common: telling me I don't understand single mother in food desert working three jobs. To some extent, I don't because I'm not one, but none of them are either and they act like they know more.Also common: saying not flying is privilegedAlso common: I have special access to food. Somehow this stops them from changing their food behavior, which tells me they aren't thinkingCommonly calling me privileged, not understanding. CondescendingSome listening have preconceived notions they'll never change. I was watching a documentary on Evergreen State College in 2017, where they said anyone born white is racist no matter what. I'm not going to try to engage people with such fixed views.Once a student in leadership class, after I mentioned my top leadership role models -- Gandhi, Mandela, and MLK, the next usually being Ali and Barkley, eventually Thoreau, and among living I usually mention Oprah first -- said "All your examples are white men." Let me go through the list again.Story of single moms from Bronx and Brooklyn who loved my stews and the respite they bring.So I think people are out of touch with their experiences and with mine. No one has asked me what it's like to have someone threaten you with a wrench in your face or a large rock or to have your bike stolen multiple times. Or to live in a neighborhood where they give out welfare food freely because nearly everyone there is on welfare.Look at any of my activities. Accessibility has been critical since service and leadership gained importance. Fitness: I've spent not one penny on all my burpees and bodyweight exercises. In over a decade I've spent about $100 on kettlebells, $500 on a rowing machine, and that's it. I spend 30 minutes a day on calisthenics and about another 30 minutes a day on other exercise. The average American watches 5 hours of TV a day, so I'm saving time and money.Back to my mentioning race. A racist might conclude skin color determines behavior, but that's not why I mention it. I presume anyone in the same circumstances would behave roughly the same since we seem to share the same emotional and motivational system but different environments.But I do note that in today's world and all of human history, people with different physical attributes like skin color, sex, whom they're attracted to, physical size, and so on have grouped themselves differently, producing different behaviors.As best I can tell, people look at me and figure: blue eyes, fair skin, fit, straight: he doesn't understand suffering. He's never suffered for his skin color, sex, fitness, or sexual preference. It occurred to me recently that people might think the Ivy League degrees mean privilege, which I confirmed by asking some people.So I mention the skin color of the people who mugged and assaulted me because I was suffering and I seemed to have been picked out for my skin color. I've spent years of my life as a racial minority and one without power, certainly as far as a child could tell. My point is not to win an oppression Olympics, but not to accept preconceived notions in any direction because of skin color.I also mentioned my assailants' sex, though I doubt people would call me sexist for pointing out my assailants were male.Even my blue eyes and blond hair, at least it was blond when I was young, didn't change that in my seven years of Jewish day school I was taught that I would have been sent to the same ovens that my grandparents' relatives were gassed in. And as someone who doesn't believe in any stone age myths -- as far as I can tell I was born this way -- that forcing religion on me against my will, plenty of people call that oppression.I've seen zero people with my religious beliefs in the White House and maybe one or two in congress, none in the supreme court. Not many in business leadership.My sexual preference, while healthy, has been illegal many times in history, including a capital offense at times. People have certainly treated me with derision for being born this way, including people in groups claiming to be the most inclusive and supportive. Living in Greenwich Village, a parade goes almost outside my doorstep that celebrates nearly every preference, but not mine.I could go on, but my point is not to get into details. I expect the more I describe places I couldn't go, people I couldn't talk to, times I was targeted, times I was in a powerless minority, the more some of you will say he's so out of touch, he might as well say, "some of my best friends are" whatever you want to accuse me of.My point is that as long as people keep asking to understand me better and where I'm coming from, if people are also going to reject my experience and message from preconceived notions then let's get past those notions. We've all suffered. We've all gotten lucky breaks. As far as I know, no one who suggested I didn't understand others' challenges hadn't had their life threatened at knifepoint as I did.And the people they said I didn't understand, at least a couple examples so far, loved my results. Maybe I did understand them across race and sex lines.I'm trying to increase that understanding, I hope by giving some depth about me beyond what you see in a picture. I do my best to assume depth in you. I hope you will with me too. You yourself probably wouldn't, but plenty of people have condescended to reject what I say for accidents of my birth that don't fit their notions anyway.I'll tell you what we do all share: air, water, and land, which we're polluting and overusing by a population beyond what nature can support. Distrusting each other and misunderstanding basic natural processes will keep us from the most important strategies to maintain humanity: lowering our consumption and lowering our birth rate.Plenty more, but those are the big problems that mindless distrust undermine.I hope this message helps contribute to seeing each other as humans with rich and multifaceted selves but common emotional systems. It feels terrible to be misunderstood and prevents cooperation. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Air Date: 9/6/2019 Today we take a look at the fact that our election system is designed to fail in ways that undermine the legitimacy of our elections and, by extension, our entire democracy. Be part of the show! Leave a message at 202-999-3991   EPISODE SPONSORS: Blinkist.com/BEST | Election Ride Home| Clean Choice Energy SHOP AMAZON: Amazon USA | Amazon CA | Amazon UK  MEMBERSHIP ON PATREON (Get AD FREE Shows & Bonus Content) VOTE IN THE WEEKLY SHOW TOPICS POLL SHOW NOTES Ch. 1: Holes and Gaps: Where Our Voting Systems Fail Part 1 - The Takeaway - Air Date 7-3-19 Even as our national focus has turned towards cyber threats, vulnerabilities in our election systems abound -- from outdated voting machines and hack-able technology to lack of paper back-ups and no procedural standards across states or even counties. Ch. 2: What’s In YOUR Voting System? The Capital One Hack and America’s Tenuous Democracy - BradCast - Air Date 7-29-19 Capital One exposed the personal financial records of more than 100 million people — underscoring yet again the insanity of relying on proprietary, hackable computer systems "overseen" by ordinary county clerks to safeguard free and fair elections. Ch. 3: VIDEO: Voting Machine Switches Votes - David Pakman Show - Air Date 8-28-19 Multiple Mississippi voting machines are caught flipping votes just as we've seen many times before Ch. 4: Voting machine errors in Georgia seen as part of biggerproblem - The Rachel Maddow Show - Air Date 8-27-19 Kristen Clarke, president and executive director of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights, talks with Rachel Maddow about the need for states like Florida, Georgia, and Mississippi to upgrade their voting systems to avoid undermining faith in elections Ch. 5: Holes and Gaps: Where Our Voting Systems Fail Part 2 - The Takeaway - Air Date 7-3-19 Even as our national focus has turned towards cyber threats, vulnerabilities in our election systems abound -- from outdated voting machines and hack-able technology to lack of paper back-ups and no procedural standards across states or even counties. Ch. 6: Fight at the State and Local Level for #HandmarkedPaperBallots in Elections #ProtectOurVote - Best of the Left Activism Take action! Click the title and/or scroll down for quick links and resources from this segment. Ch. 7: L.A. County Clerk Refuses to Answer Questions of New Unverifiable Voting Systems - BradCast - Air Date 8-25-19 A growing chorus of cybersecurity and voting systems experts are warning against new, unverifiable touchscreen voting systems known as Ballot Marking Devices VOICEMAILS Ch. 8: Go green - Alan from Connecticut Ch. 9: Distrusting the press - Dave from Olympia, WA FINAL COMMENTS Ch. 10: Final comments on the legitimate concerns about voting from the disability community TAKE ACTION! Understand your state and local elections & take action: 1. Learn About Your State Election Policies&Voting System Paper Trail Requirements 2. Learn How Your State’s Election Administration Officials Are Put in Office& Fight to Unseat Those Not Actively Advocating for Hand-marked Paper Ballots 3. Attend Your Local Town/City/County Public Meetings and Advocate for Hand-marked, Voter-verifiable Paper Ballots. 4. Learn From/Get Involved With: The Brennan Center for Justice  Verified Voting  ProtectOurVote.com  Coalition for Good Governance  Let America Vote  Stand Up America  FairVote  EDUCATE YOURSELF & SHARE Vote Flipping Claims Underline Urgent Need to Fix Voting Machines (The Brennan Center) The scramble to secure America’s voting machines (Politico) How Officials and Citizens Can Protect the Integrity of Their Elections(City Lab) Groups push lawmakers for hearings on voting machine security(The Hill) Voters say touchscreen machines switched their votes in nine Mississippi counties (Salon) Georgia’s New Voting Machines Must Be Ready for 2020 Primary, Judge Says(The Wall Street Journal) A Top Voting-Machine Firm Calls for Paper Ballots(Wired) Voting Machine Security: Where We Stand Six Months Before the New Hampshire Primary(The Brennan Center) Researched and written by BOTL Communications Director Amanda Hoffman  MUSIC(Blue Dot Sessions): Opening Theme: Loving Acoustic Instrumental by John Douglas Orr  A Path Unwinding - K4 Derailed - The Depot Felt Lining - The Cabinetmaker Milkwood - The Cabinetmaker White Limit - CloudBreaker This fickle world - Theo Bard Voicemail Music: Low Key Lost Feeling Electro by Alex Stinnent Closing Music: Upbeat Laid Back Indie Rock by Alex Stinnent   Produced by Jay! Tomlinson Thanks for listening! Visit us at BestOfTheLeft.com Support the show via Patreon Listen on iTunes | Stitcher| Spotify| Alexa Devices| +more Check out the BotL iOS/AndroidApp in the App Stores! Follow at Twitter.com/BestOfTheLeft Like at Facebook.com/BestOfTheLeft Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Review the show on iTunesand Stitcher!

I reflect on my own sense of ambition and explore how it can be perceived cynically from the outside. This is an aspect of ambition that is not often discussed, I think. So I took this opportunity to hate on myself before it gets cool :D

Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths. - Proverbs 3:5–6 (ESV) I hate asking for directions. As a guy I feel that I have some innate sense of how to get from here to there. It's almost as if my ancestors passed on to me how to track the sun, look at moss on a tree, and follow the stream to get from my house to anywhere. With those senses and a good cellphone signal I can get anywhere. This is how we often think of our own intelligence. We have both internal direction and external guides that can take us wherever we want to go. Unfortunately these voices don't lead us toward God's path. In the third chapter of Proverbs, Solomon tells his son there is a need for another guiding voice. This voice however is not a fallible human one, but the Divine creator of the universe that know how everything is put together and functions including you and me. For the next two weeks, Derek Fleischmann will be opening up this chapter for us. I look forward to what God is going to show us through this time. Will you take a few minutes and read through Proverbs 3 before Sunday?

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This week’s guest is Erik Davis – one of my great inspirations, someone who has influenced me and this podcast in immeasurable ways since I first encountered his amazing criticism, histories, and “seen it all” visionary cool – I still recommend his first nonfiction book (Techgnosis: Myth, Magic, and Mysticism in the Age of Information) on a near-daily basis, and his show Expanding Mind has got to be my number one most-listened podcast of all time.Erik is a native Californian Gen X mystic who played no small part in the explosive West Coast visionary cyperpunk scene in the 1990s alongside folks like Terence McKenna, Timothy Leary, RU Sirius, Doug Rushkoff, and Jaron Lanier. But he’s taking a profoundly different stance these days, with a Religious Studies PhD in hand and a new book at the printers, drawing on his thirty-plus years experience investigating modern life’s weird marginalia to help us navigate a world in which the weird’s no longer marginal.https://techgnosis.comhttps://mitpress.mit.edu/books/high-weirdnessHigh Weirdness Drugs, Visions, and Esoterica in the Seventies by Erik Davis"A study of the spiritual provocations to be found in the work of Philip K. Dick, Terrence McKenna, and Robert Anton Wilson, High Weirdness charts the emergence of a new psychedelic spirituality that arose from the American counterculture of the 1970s. These three authors changed the way millions of readers thought, dreamed, and experienced reality— but how did their writings reflect, as well as shape, the seismic cultural shifts taking place in America? In High Weirdness, Erik Davis—America’s leading scholar of high strangeness—examines the published and unpublished writings of these vital, iconoclastic thinkers, as well as their own life-changing mystical experiences. Davis explores the complex lattice of the strange that flowed through America’s West Coast at a time of radical technological, political, and social upheaval to present a new theory of the weird as a viable mode for a renewed engagement with reality.""Erik Davis is an American journalist, critic, podcaster, and counter-public intellectual whose writings have run the gamut from rock criticism to cultural analysis to creative explorations of esoteric mysticism. He is the author of Techgnosis: Myth, Magic and Mysticism in the Age of Information, The Visionary State: A Journey through California’s Spiritual Landscape, and Nomad Codes: Adventures in Modern Esoterica."We Discuss:Enacting the weird through mediaThe 1970s understood as the sort of beginning of our darker, weirder time - capitalism, consumer credit, surveillance, paranoia, density, historical dread…“The occult, conspiracy theory, a dark dreamlike character…is now central…the way fictions become operational as quasi-truths to navigate the post-truth environment…the popularity of psychedelics…”Key literacies for navigating Our Weird FutureSlender Man as operationalized fiction, as a kind of “tulpa” or thought-form activated into quasi-lifeThe intermarriage of reality and the hoaxHP Lovecraft’s modern distance from his horrors vs. Phil Dick’s postmodern intimacy with his horrorsThe Coming Age of DNA Monsters and Routinized Weirdness“We are called upon to analyze our resistances to all variety of shifts, mutations, couplings – and unless we want to go reactionary and hold onto certain ideas we have about how humans should be, or how the world should be, we’re in a situation of a strange kind of embrace with the other.”Distrusting the ApocalypseFigure-ground collapse in the impression of planetary hyperobjects into our immediate awarenessNeuroplasticity and neoteny – becoming childlike in order to surf accelerating changeFuture shock and getting drawn into (right-wing, fundamentalist, fear-based, racist, boundary-defending) stories as a bid for solid ground“Not knowing who we really are is part of the game. In fact, it’s one of the great opportunities of our moment.”Plasticity vs. Flexibility ~ Will or Flexibility The discipline of transforming subjectivity - religions as practical algorithms for self-transformation, not as collections of beliefsEverything you do is a self-engendering practice“I look at the 20th Century, and the most important thing that happened in the 20th Century is cybernetics – both the concept and the operationalism of creating communication feedback loops that begin to generate their own processes.”“The further I go into a cybernetic model, at least for me, it needs to be ground out in a deepening relationship with animals, with weather, with food, with plants, with plant wisdom, and definitely with those peoples – in whatever traces, in whatever mutations we can encounter them now – those groups, those societies, that had a very different relationship that’s not really mediated by the machine.”The return of the nonhuman, cultural retrieval, the archaic revival, “reanimism”Intelligence is EverywherePresent Shock & the collapse of history & Jurassic ParkThe future of time - metaperspectival timeZizek’s critique of Buddhism and how mindfulness has been coopted by neoliberal surveillance capitalism See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Carl Lanore, host of Superhuman Radio, joins Tom to discuss his evolutionary view of health and the three S’s of wellness.   SHOW NOTES Carl’s story: the “remodeling” effect [0:45] Distrusting traditional organized medical authority [2:44] Applying critical thinking first [5:46] The Keto craze from an evolutionary perspective [7:31] Don’t have an agenda when researching [9:45] Making the decision that’s best suited for you [10:51] It takes a long time to get better [12:59] Non-antibiotic remedies for "gut problems" [15:38] The gut is the immune system [18:35] Fecal Transplant results [19:36] Our gut is like the universe: exploring new microbes [20:19] The three S’s: Sun, Sleep, Sex [22:18] Willing to be vulnerable [31:04] Diet and sleep is the wheelhouse for optimum health [34:26]   DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE: Ageless Beauty, Timeless Mind by Deepak Chopra: https://amzn.to/2DcTVgm Change or Die by Alan Deutschman: https://amzn.to/2xsuYYs   FOLLOW CARL LANORE PODCAST: https://apple.co/2wvL6bT WEBSITE: https://bit.ly/2QfIwyn INSTAGRAM: https://bit.ly/2Od62hR

On today's show, one episode away from #400, Marc talks about their most recent adventures at the dear ol' dentist's office, their highs and lows dealing with Xbox Support, and what it's like to wake up to the wonderful feeling of a bulletin board falling right onto their big Sicilian nose. After all that nonsense, they talk about a handful of games, including Distrust and Project Octopath Traveler. Anyway, something-something clever and funny, cheers and enjoy the anime-zing(ly anime-free) show. Anyway, that's it and that's all folks, and, if you're feeling extra generous, you can become a patron, donate a little something-something, or subscribe to show your support for the site, podcast(s), and all the ridiculous jazz we make over here at Pixelated Sausage. And don't forget, you can also support the site by shopping at Amazon if that's your jam--you can probably buy jam on Amazon too.

On today's show, one episode away from #400, Marc talks about their most recent adventures at the dear ol' dentist's office, their highs and lows dealing with Xbox Support, and what it's like to wake up to the wonderful feeling of a bulletin board falling right onto their big Sicilian nose. After all that nonsense, they talk about a handful of games, including Distrust and Project Octopath Traveler. Anyway, something-something clever and funny, cheers and enjoy the anime-zing(ly anime-free) show.

We're exploring the ethics of incarceration by uncovering the gripping story of the first women's prison in the United States. The post Distrusting the Narrative: Ethics and Incarceration appeared first on Prindle Institute.

We're exploring the ethics of incarceration by uncovering the gripping story of the first women's prison in the United States. The post Distrusting the Narrative: Ethics and Incarceration appeared first on Prindle Institute.

A lot of people wouldn’t guess that the first women’s prison in the nation was built in Indiana in 1873. Though it has moved locations and changed names, it is still open and imprisoning women.... The post 13: Distrusting the Narrative appeared first on Examining Ethics.

Distrusting dads and sexual compatability.

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Jesus' disciples loved their status as the right hand men of the Messiah - perhaps a bit too much so. When they happened upon another who was casting out demons in Jesus' name, they became unduly jealous. Jesus reminds the disciples to be men of peace and to celebrate God's work in the life of another believer.

Jesus' disciples loved their status as the right hand men of the Messiah - perhaps a bit too much so. When they happened upon another who was casting out demons in Jesus' name, they became unduly jealous. Jesus reminds the disciples to be men of peace and to celebrate God's work in the life of another believer.

Jesus' disciples loved their status as the right hand men of the Messiah - perhaps a bit too much so. When they happened upon another who was casting out demons in Jesus' name, they became unduly jealous. Jesus reminds the disciples to be men of peace and to celebrate God's work in the life of another believer.

Jesus' disciples loved their status as the right hand men of the Messiah - perhaps a bit too much so. When they happened upon another who was casting out demons in Jesus' name, they became unduly jealous. Jesus reminds the disciples to be men of peace and to celebrate God's work in the life of another believer.