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This week, Alanna chats with María Dabrowski, the senior research associate at Rare's Center Behavior and the Environment. María describes her non-linear career path, through academia and non-profits, ranging from cognitive neuroscience, community outreach, and her current focus on the topic of reducing sea turtle bycatch in Ecuadorian artisanal fisheries. We hope you enjoy this episode!   Main point: "When the going gets tough, turn local." María's instagram: @gogreenfortheocean   Get in touch with us! The Fisheries Podcast is on Facebook, X, Instagram, Threads, and Bluesky: @FisheriesPod  Become a Patron of the show: https://www.patreon.com/FisheriesPodcast Buy podcast shirts, hoodies, stickers, and more: https://teespring.com/stores/the-fisheries-podcast-fan-shop Thanks as always to Andrew Gialanella for the fantastic intro/outro music. The Fisheries Podcast is a completely independent podcast, not affiliated with a larger organization or entity. Reference to any specific product or entity does not constitute an endorsement or recommendation by the podcast. The views expressed by guests are their own and their appearance on the program does not imply an endorsement of them or any entity they represent. Views and opinions expressed by the hosts are those of that individual and do not necessarily reflect the view of any entity with those individuals are affiliated in other capacities (such as employers).

Linktree: https://linktr.ee/AnalyticDive into the vibrant world of Latin trap with Analytic Dreamz on the Notorious Mass Effect podcast. In this segment, Analytic Dreamz explores “Vitamina,” the 2025 reggaetón hit by Ecuadorian artists Jombriel, DFZM, and Jotta. Released on February 6, the track blends pulsating dembow rhythms and catchy hooks, celebrating nightlife and confidence. Topping Ecuador's Spotify charts and peaking at No. 39 on the Billboard Global 200, “Vitamina” went viral with a TikTok dance challenge, amassing 15M streams. Join Analytic Dreamz to uncover the song's cultural impact and Ecuador's rising urban music scene.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/analytic-dreamz-notorious-mass-effect/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

¡Hola! Welcome to the StoryLearning Spanish podcast. My name is Sofía, and I'm so happy to have you here!The StoryLearning Spanish podcast is a fiction podcast designed to help you improve your Spanish through the power of storytelling. Each season is a self-contained, independent story set in either Spain or Latin America. With daily episodes, you'll stay engaged in an exciting narrative that keeps you hooked from start to finish—so you can enjoy the story while naturally absorbing the language.On our public feed, you can listen to Seasons 6, 7, 8, and our latest release, Season 9, which we'll be posting daily until the end of August 2025.Since each season is an independent story, you can start listening in any order. Every story consists of 150 short episodes, each with a brief vocabulary list to help you learn new words as you go.If you'd like access to Seasons 1 through 5, plus full transcripts so you can read along while you listen, simply visit patreon.com/storylearningspanish. For just $10, you'll get all nine seasons of the StoryLearning Spanish podcast—hours upon hours of audio and hundreds of thousands of Spanish words to entertain you while you become fluent in this beautiful language.In our nine seasons, we've told stories of all kinds—adventure, mystery, romance, and self-discovery. We've journeyed across Spain in a van, explored Mexico through the eyes of a travel writer, and retraced a 1936 tango tour across Latin America. We've stepped onto the set of a 1960s soap opera in Acapulco, saved a struggling restaurant in Miraflores with an unexpected discovery, and traveled through time in Mexico City. Our characters have faced the challenges of the Ecuadorian jungle, unraveled secrets in a Spanish mining town, and even solved a royal mystery in 19th-century Spain. No matter the place or era, each season brings a unique adventure filled with heart, intrigue, and unforgettable moments.These captivating, immersive stories will help you finally get really good at Spanish.And remember, you can access all nine seasons, full transcripts, and support our work by joining us at patreon.com/storylearningspanish.Interested in StoryLearning's language courses? Check out this link: https://storylearning.com/podcastoffer¡Que disfrutes nuestro podcast!Start Learning Spanish with Storytelling!

On February 9th, Ecuadorians headed to the polls for the first round of presidential elections. While there was little surprise about who the two frontrunners would be, the results turned out to be much tighter than many polls had predicted. Incumbent President Daniel Noboa led with 44.17 percent, just ahead of Luisa González of the Revolución Ciudadana party who garnered 44 percent. The narrow margin revealed the nation's deep polarization, setting the stage for a second electoral round on April 13 that promises to be a close showdown. In this episode, Ryan C. Berg sits down with Will Freeman, Fellow for Latin America Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. Together, they discussed the key challenges Ecuador faces in the security and economic space that have defined the race. How both candidates are seeking to appeal to undecided voters, and what the outcome will mean for U.S.-Ecuador relations at a fraught moment in global politics.

On today's episode: President Donald Trump unveils new tariffs as part of what he called "liberation day," while the U.S. Senate pushed back on his tarfiffs on Canada; at least seven people are dead after a boat capsized near a Greek island; and the Michigan Supreme Court ruled in a case involving searches for suspected marijuana possession. A wary Europe awaits Rubio with NATO's future on the line. Social Security's acting leader faces calls to resign over decision to cut Maine contracts. Musk could be headed for a Washington exit after turbulent times at Trump's DOGE. Amazon's last-minute bid for TikTok comes as a US ban on the platform is set to take effect Saturday. Turkish student detained by ICE moved to Vermont before judge's order, government says. Supreme Court sides with the FDA in its dispute over sweet-flavored vaping products. Bye-bye, Helene, Milton and Beryl. Names from those nasty hurricanes are now retired. Judge dismisses corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams. Police say the 2023 Nashville school shooter hid mental health issues from doctors and family. New York's casino sweepstakes could put $115M in Donald Trump's pocket. Leader of violent Ecuadorian drug gang is indicted in New York City. Stock market today: Wall Street rises in another jittery day ahead of Trump's tariff announcement. Nintendo offers new Switch 2 details ahead of June 5 launch. Shohei Ohtani’s heroics help to continue historic start for Dodgers, a pair of big contract extension for two baseball All-Stars, the Heat stay hot with a decisive win over the defending champions and Alex Ovechkin nears hockey history.  MLB's average salary tops $5 million for first time, AP study shows. Timberwolves sale to Alex Rodriguez and Marc Lore will go forward, AP source says. Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu will visit Orbán in Hungary, defying international arrest warrant. Myanmar's ruling military declares a ceasefire in civil war to facilitate quake relief. —The Associated Press About this program Host Terry Lipshetz is managing editor of the national newsroom for Lee Enterprises. Besides producing the daily Hot off the Wire news podcast, Terry conducts periodic interviews for this Behind the Headlines program, co-hosts the Streamed & Screened movies and television program and is the former producer of Across the Sky, a podcast dedicated to weather and climate. Theme music The News Tonight, used under license from Soundstripe. YouTube clearance: ZR2MOTROGI4XAHRX

AP correspondent Julie Walker reports the leader of a violent Ecuadorian drug gang is indicted in New York City.

Psychodynamic psychotherapist, Alejandra Wild Proano, talks about her Ecuadorian mom Desiree, and shares her inspiring story. Desiree went from the first female guide through the Amazon to finding herself divorced, with two small children, a foreigner in the US. Not giving up, she took classes and became a licensed psychotherapist. We learn many wonderful lessons from Desiree: to follow your path and never give up; to see the invisible - the spiritual, energetic, magical side of our existence; to protect our relationships by cherishing what's important and letting go of small things; and to not see things in black and white. Alejandra and I also talk about many different phases in a woman's life, and about allowing our mothers – and ourselves - to be different things at different times.  To learn more about Alejandra, please visit her website here. Subscribe to Ana's new "Mama Loves…” newsletter here.  To contact Ana, to be a guest, or suggest a guest, please send your mail to: info@thankyoumama.net To learn more about "Thank You, mama" creative writing workshop, visit here. For more about “Thank You, Mama", please visit: http://www.thankyoumama.net Connect with Ana on social media: https://www.instagram.com/anatajder/ https://www.facebook.com/ana.tajder  

Mikuna was founded by fifth-generation Ecuadorian farmer and former professional athlete, Ricky Echanique. While living in Santa Barbara, Ricky faced health and digestion issues that sent him on a new path: to find a better form of plant-based nutrition. This journey led him back home to Ecuador and to Chocho, the "Andean super protein." This powerful lupin has been harvested for thousands of years by Andean farmers yet remains relatively unknown because it grows so remotely. Given his deep roots within the Ecuadorian agricultural community, Ricky felt confident that he could share Chocho with the world. As he met with local farmers, he was moved by their kindness, hospitality and work ethic. Supporting and working alongside Chocho farmers quickly became a key part of his mission.Elevate Your Brand is the #1 marketing podcast for entrepreneurs and “wantrepreneurs” looking for insider tips and secrets from the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, entrepreneurial special guests join Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, to discuss the marketing failures and successes that have brought their brands to the next level. Learn from real-life experiences and be inspired by leaders in your industry about how smart digital and experiential marketing can elevate your brand.Contact us: https://www.elevatemybrand.com/contact Stay connected & DM us feedback on the podcast:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elevatemybrandla/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/elevatemybrandla/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@elevatemybrand

Ashley, Gian, and Matt are breaking down ALL the latest headlines, including:Argentina Qualifies For The World Cup Without Messi – Did Argentina prove they can thrive without their captain? Or do they still need Leo to compete at the highest level? IMCF International Window Catch Up – From international duty performances to transfer buzz and squad updates, we're covering EVERYTHING that went down during the break! Inter Miami Sign Allen Obando – The Herons have landed a top young Ecuadorian talent! What does this signing mean for the team's future? Philadelphia Union Match Preview – Will Messi Play? – The big question every fan is asking! Will Leo be ready, and how does Miami stack up against Philly? Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Nick Bryant is a journalist and author best known for releasing Jeffrey Epstein's Black Book.Low Value Mail is a live call-in show with some of the most interesting guests the internet has to offer.Every Monday night at 9pm ETSupport The Show:

In this week's edition of the Flavors of Northwest Arkansas Podcast, we're in Fayetteville at Calle Latin Cuisine interviewing chef Fernando Castillo. But before we hear from him?!?! FOOD NEWS!! Onyx will open a shared space in the Fayetteville Square, and they'll be serving much more than drinks. Brightwater officially opens its artisanal butchery program and butcher shop. We'll hear from Butchery Instructor Travis McConnell. Mermaids has locked in a new spot in Rogers. We'll tell you where that is. Roll and Fold in Rogers has closed, but is open under a new concept. Ryn in Bentonville will do a documentary, and you can get involved. The Fat Chef MAY not be closing after all, but several things have to go right. They're popping bottles at Tusker's Tavern in Fayetteville Calle Latin Cuisine in Fayetteville will be a year old in April. Owner and Executive Chef Fernando Castillo is originally from Puebla, Mexico, and at the age of 20, decided to move with a friend to New York- he'll tell you why. Also, why did he end up coming to Fayetteville from New York? It wasn't as popular a destination in the early 2000's.     On the food side of things, he'll talk about his influences, including stealing a recipe from his Ecuadorian wife. Kind of. That's in this edition of the Flavors of Northwest Arkansas.

Revs and Ecuadorian forward Leo Campana describes why he chose New England, excitement for the World Cup, and more!

Tiny microbes have a big impact on wine quality. Aria Hahn, CEO and co-founder of Koonkie, Inc., discusses the exciting work her bioinformatics organization is doing in the field of metagenomics. Hahn explains the differences between genetics, genomics, and metagenomics. She shares insights from a project studying yeast populations in British Columbia's Okanagan region, revealing the diversity and distinct clades found on wine grapes. The conversation also covers the broader applications of bioinformatics in agriculture, including regenerative farming, soil health, and potential bioprotectants against wine spoilage. Hahn underscores the impact of microbiome management on wine terroir and the potential of bioinformatics in understanding and improving winemaking processes. 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Since 1994, Vineyard Team has been your resource for workshops and field demonstrations, research, and events dedicated to the stewardship of our natural resources. Learn more at www.vineyardteam.org.   Transcript [00:00:00] Beth Vukmanic: Tiny microbes have a big impact on wine quality. [00:00:09] Welcome to Sustainable Wine Growing with Vineyard Team, where we bring you the latest in science and research for the wine industry. I am Beth Vukmanic, Executive Director. [00:00:19] In today's podcast, Craig McMillan, Critical Resource Manager at Niner Wine Estates, with longtime SIP certified vineyard and the first ever SIP certified winery, speaks with Aria Hahn, CEO and co founder of Koonkie Inc. [00:00:35] She discusses the exciting work her bioinformatics organization is doing in the field of metagenomics. Hahn explains the differences between genetics, genomics, and metagenomics. [00:00:47] She shares insights from a project studying yeast populations in one of British Columbia's wine growing regions, revealing the diversity and distinct clades found on wine grapes. [00:00:58] The conversation also covers the broader applications. bioinformatics in agriculture, including regenerative farming, soil health, and potential bioprotectants against wine spoilage. [00:01:09] Hahn underscores the impact of microbiome management on wine terroir and the potential for bioinformatics in understanding and improving the winemaking process. [00:01:19] We know your customers are looking for sustainable wines. In a recent review of 30 studies, Customers reported a higher preference for eco label and social responsibility labels compared with nutrition labels. Achieving SIP certified gives you third party verification that your vineyard winery or wine has adopted and implemented stringent sustainable standards. Apply today at SIP certified. org. [00:01:46] Now let's listen [00:01:50] Craig Macmillan: Our guest today is Aria Hahn. She is the CEO and co founder of Koonkie, Inc., a bioinformatics organization, business, doing all kinds of exciting stuff. Thanks for being on the podcast, Aria. [00:02:02] Aria Hahn: Yeah, so excited to be here. Thanks for [00:02:04] Craig Macmillan: We're going to get into the thick of it But we were attracted to some work that you folks and your colleagues have done with bioinformatics and yeast, wild yeast. But I wanted to drop back. A little bit first to kind of give some context. All of this kind of comes under the umbrella of metagenomics, correct? [00:02:21] Aria Hahn: Yeah, absolutely. [00:02:22] Craig Macmillan: and what is metagenomics? [00:02:24] Aria Hahn: I'm going to take further step back and talk about genomics um, maybe the distinction between genomics and genetics. [00:02:32] So genetics is something I think most people kind of understand. They have this intuitive sense of it. um, that make up ourselves and all living creatures. But it actually turns out that in most organisms, and not bacteria, and we'll get there in a Most of your DNA is not in genes. It's in between genes. And so genomics is the study of genes and all of the things that are in between genes. So that's kind of the distinction between genetics and genomics. And then metagenomics is when we do that at the community level. [00:03:02] so you could do metagenomics of humans, but metagenomics refers to populations of bacteria, uh, microbes, archaea, viruses, things that you cannot see and I'll say interact with directly. [00:03:17] Craig Macmillan: And then bioinformatics is a subset or is a technique, is that correct? [00:03:23] Aria Hahn: Yeah, it's a technique, you know, it used to be even 10, 15 years ago that everyone kind of did their own bioinformatics. And so really what that means is when we sequence DNA or read that DNA, so it's only four letters, ATCs and Gs, we extract the DNA the sample is, could be the surface of grapes, uh, a human, anything. [00:03:42] Um, Then we put it on a sequencer. There's a bunch of different sequencing technologies right now. Um, But you end up with these like very gross files that aren't openable on regular computers and they're literally just ATCs and Gs. And so bioinformatics is the cross section of high performance computing and biology. And so we develop algorithms and processes and pipelines to really take those gross huge files of ATCs and Gs and make them human readable. make them interesting, figure out, you know, what are the genes that are there? Who is there? What are they doing? And who's doing what? [00:04:19] Craig Macmillan: Okay, and I think that's the important part here is you would take a sample from the environment. We'll talk about this one more in a second, but there are particular sequences that may be associated with a certain type of microbe or even a particular genus or particular species of microbe that can be detected. [00:04:39] Aria Hahn: Yes, absolutely. [00:04:40] So a genome is all of the DNA that makes up that organism. So you and I have distinct genomes, but of course, our genomes are going to be pretty similar to each other compared to a human genome, to a fish, to a plant, to a [00:04:55] Craig Macmillan: why the focus on microbes? [00:04:57] Aria Hahn: Yeah, that's a great question. It depends how philosophical You want to get You know, people are generally [00:05:02] familiar with the concept of like the Higgs boson particle. It's like the God particle that makes up everything and that's great and the physicists are gonna come for me. But when we think about our planet Earth, I always say like If there is a god particle on this planet that is alive and that we interact with, like, it's a microbe. [00:05:21] This is their planet. They were here long before us and they will surely be here long after us. So we think about microbes in terms of they are the destroyers of higher level populations. They keep us healthy. They make us I'm going to say it's a great example, but it wasn't a great thing. [00:05:40] So caveat that. But COVID was a great example about how this is not our planet where we had an of a virus in one location in a very particular place in the world. And all of a sudden it was across the planet. We are vectors for them. [00:05:58] You know, looking at those maps and showing the spread and how quickly it happened, I like to use that often in visual presentations to say, if you don't believe me, like, look at this. It's spread through us. [00:06:10] Craig Macmillan: Right. And I think also this gets to some other things we might talk about later on, but there are communities of microbes that are associated with certain macroorganisms. [00:06:23] Aria Hahn: uh, so are, they're everywhere, they're on your um, there's lots of research in the cosmetic industry that's looking at that. There was this crazy CEO years ago where he was I'm gonna slather this microbial laden cream on my skin and then I'm never gonna shower again and I'm not gonna smell. Not necessarily like my cup of tea, I love a good hot shower. But, you know, it can be there. The soil is the microbial diverse environment on the planet. , But your gut, like you, you as a human being, can't actually digest your food without those microbes. You can't get those vitamins and nutrients that you need without that community in your stomach. [00:07:03] Plants work the same We say charismatic macrofauna, eagles, whales, things that are very Um, They, they don't to, you the seaweed and the weeds and the grass and kind of everything in between. it's All supported by the microbiome, by these microbial communities. [00:07:20] Craig Macmillan: so let's talk about one microbiome in particular, and that would be populations of yeast that we find on wine grapes. [00:07:29] Aria Hahn: Yeah, yeah. So we've looked at yeast and bacteria and they're both cool. [00:07:34] Craig Macmillan: That is super cool. And so this one particular project where you looked at yeast on wine grapes in British Columbia Tell us a little bit about that project [00:07:41] Aria Hahn: there's, So I live in I'm, I'm right in the thick of, you know, BC wine country, which is a fantastic place to live, we were fortunate enough to work with the Wine Research Institute out of the University of British Columbia, Vivian Mease Day's group. them and They do very, very cool work, but they were trying to look at the yeast populations in wineries across the Okanagan region. [00:08:02] We know that the history of lots of commercial. Yeasts are actually from oak trees in Europe. So that's very cool. And what we wanted to see is how are the yeasts that are being used to produce wine in the Okanagan region distinct and similar to commercial yeasts and yeasts that have been characterized from across and so We did just that and we were actually able to sequence a whole bunch of yeast. And so, again, that's like reading the genome effectively there. so we found four distinct clades, um, in the Okanagan region. And a clade is they're related groups, and so it's not like you and you're a twin where you might have an identical, uh, genome to a twin. [00:08:50] It's more like you and your cousins and second cousins and second cousins twice removed and, you're, you're kind of vaguely related to each other. You kind of cluster over here, but you're not necessarily super We've kind of found four clades that the 75 yeast strains that we studied in that particular piece of work Really related to, then we looked at like what is different in their genomes. [00:09:12] So they're all the same species. That's the first thing to, to think about here. So just like you and I are the same species, they're all the same species, but just like you and I, we have different areas of, of specialties. Some people podcasters. Some people are, artists and scientists and, um, kind of everything in between. [00:09:33] And we need everybody. So, we're all the same species, but we have different specialties. And the yeasts work very similarly to that. [00:09:40] Craig Macmillan: all right, so this is interesting to me so You go out and you you said when you looked at 75 species of yeast or different types of yeast Those are ones that you, you found. It wasn't like you went in and said, I want to test for each of these 75. You got information, you got data in and said, Oh, look, here's 75 different types of [00:10:01] organism. Yes, that's a, that's a great Um, so, we And we uh, the ferment or the, the yeast skins and we extract the DNA and then we get rid of the great DNA, which could probably also be really cool, but we didn't look at it in this case. And kind of threw that into the and then said, okay, we're just going to focus on the Saccharomyces cerevisiae Latin term for a very common yeast strain, um, used in wine. And we said, we're going to look for it. [00:10:30] Aria Hahn: Then we found actually hundreds and . And then, um, and I didn't do this work, I don't do a lot of lab work myself, so, uh, this part is kind of the edge of my knowledge. But there is some ways to kind of do microsatellite clustering. And so you look, and you look for tiny differences in the genome, and you say, okay, maybe we found 500, but we actually want to look at ones that are distinct from one another. So we don't want to randomly pick 75, we want to pick 75. strains of this yeast that are different from one another. [00:11:01] And so you could use some lab techniques to make that happen. And then you take those hundreds and we say, these are the 75 that we know are different. We're going to dive deep into those 75 so that we can kind of get this breadth of genetic diversity from the region. [00:11:18] Craig Macmillan: And that was something I was thinking about. You mentioned you took samples from either fermenting wine or recently fermented wine or from skin material. How exactly is this collected so that you know that you're getting just [00:11:30] what you want? [00:11:31] Aria Hahn: Yeah. Painfully is the answer. So like when you do soil sampling, it's actually really And we tell people all the time sampling for yeast or microbes is not that complicated. I say every single time we talk to a client, I'm like, look, wash your hands with ethanol, you know, hand sanitizer, essentially between rinse your tools. And mainly you can't mess this up as long as you don't spit in the bag or bleed in the And I say this every time, and I will say one out of every few hundred samples is full of blood. Hands down like you always think we always the that and then hands down. We're like, this is full of And I think it's just like a matter of working in the field like people nick themselves They don't really realize that but really that kind of thing is really easy [00:12:15] When it comes to sampling a ferment that can also be fairly easy. [00:12:19] You have a lot of it You can kind and put it in a jar, but I will Um, Jay Marknack, who's done a lot of this work and developed a lot of these methods, he actually developed this method that is painstaking. Um, But you have like, he's got this method where he takes the grapes really carefully without touching them off of the and then washes just like very carefully with these like rinse solutions to really just get the microbes and yeast that are on that surface without touching it, without touching other surfaces. It's really just what was there in the field. And rinse all of that off. And you can imagine that's not that fun of a Um, And, and, and so, and it wasn't like he did it on his first try either. So he's now developed that we're copying and using, thank goodness. Uh, But it can be like that kind of painful where it's like washing individual grapes, collecting that rinse water, and then filtering that rinse water, like onto a physical filter, then extracting the DNA from that filter. [00:13:18] It's not fast. [00:13:19] Craig Macmillan: Nope, that's what I wanted to know. I've collected a lot of soil samples in my life for looking at soil microbiome. And you know, technique is everything. You know, contamination will mess you up pretty badly. [00:13:29] Aria Hahn: We had this one study I felt so bad, but they had collected these samples. They sent us the samples and we get the data back and it's, they're soil, they should be teeming with life, right? [00:13:38] And there's like one species basically in this thing, like there's a handful, but like one is dominating. So we go to them and we're like, what is going on here? And they're like, well, I don't see how that could have happened. , we've been storing these in a dark closet for a year. And we're like, that's why. You are studying bottle effects right here. And they're like, oh, we thought it'd be fine because it was dark and cool. And we're like, yeah, but it's not open to the air, and it doesn't have the plants and animals and bugs. You grew one guy. [00:14:07] Craig Macmillan: Yeah. We've been talking about bacteria, or the yeast. Are there other types of organisms, microorganisms, that you can use this technique with? [00:14:14] Aria Hahn: Totally. So you can use this technique on basically anything that's alive. So you could target viruses, uh, not something we've done on wineries, but could absolutely do it. You can target, , archaea, which are very similar to bacteria in that there are a single cell. But they are similar to eukaryotes. [00:14:32] So things that are bigger, um, like us, like mammals, like fish, Uh, but they are kind of small and invisible, , to the naked eye like bacteria. So those, we can, we can do that all the way up to, any animal that we can see, feel, touch, , and kind of anything in between. So it's a really powerful technique. As long as it has DNA, we can make this work. [00:14:53] Craig Macmillan: So you found these 75 types? of yeast organisms, but they fell into groups, they fell into clades. And I thought that was one of the most interesting things about this. Can you tell us a little bit about the natural history of behind these clades and kind of what that means? [00:15:09] Aria Hahn: We found these 75 different strains and they did group into four clades. So four kind of groups of more or less related organisms. So you can think of them as like clustering based on similarity. [00:15:22] The first one was one that is well known and well studied. So that's wine and European. And so those strains are more similar to these that we see in wines out of Europe and commercial strains. [00:15:35] And then the second clade we saw was the trans pacific oak. So a lot of wine yeast are very closely related to yeast that are found on oak trees. And so actually think that, , the original, , European wine yeast strains from, you know, the 1800s are from Mediterranean oak trees. And so it's not uncommon that we see these strains related to oak. [00:15:59] So that was the trans pacific oak. Then we see another group or clade that we called beer one mixed origin. And so we saw similarities to known previously studied yeast strains that are related to beer, sake, so other kind of fermented drinks. also kind of expected. [00:16:18] And then what was really exciting is that we found a new clade that we've designated the Pacific West Coast wine clade. it's always neat when you get to discover something new, of course. And so it has high nucleotide diversity. And so what that means is that even within this clade we do see a lot of genetic diversity kind of in there. [00:16:38] And what we do know is that that whole clade shares a lot of characteristics with wild North American oak strains, but, and this is kind of where like it all kind of comes full circle, but we also see that it has gene flow from the wine European and Ecuadorian clades. It can mean a couple of things. So it could mean that There is just so much selective pressure when you're, when you're trying to make good wine that these genes that are found in European wine strains, commercial wine strains, they're present in Saccharomyces cerevisiae in general, but then when we try to make good wine, we select for strains that have these, genes, , that we know produce good wine, because they produce good wine everywhere. [00:17:27] And so it could just be this process of natural selection. It also could be that most wineries , are not purists. It's not that. never in their history have other wine strains visited their their vineyards. They might have tried a commercial strain. They have wine from others, you know, people track things in, animals track things in. And so it could just be that there is this gene flow, quite literally from, from Europe, from these wine strains that just kind of comes into our population here in the Pacific West Coast. [00:18:00] And so there's kind of these, these two ways that we could have got these things, We do have some evidence to suggest that they were actually transferred in. [00:18:07] So it's called horizontal gene transfer. And my go to example on how horizontal gene transfer works is always , The Matrix, like the movie with Keanu Reeves. But what I've also learned is that if you talk to people that are like younger than me, they don't know that movie anymore, so this only lands with like a certain age of [00:18:23] Craig Macmillan: Right, I know, I know, [00:18:24] Aria Hahn: You know The Matrix where they like plug in and then they have all these new skills? [00:18:28] Bacteria can kind of do that, where you can just take genes from, , a relative, has to be like kind of closely related, and we take them and then we just put it into their genome, and in many cases, not all, but many, they're able to just kind of start making use of those genes right away. [00:18:43] And so that's horizontal gene transfer, which is pretty cool, because for us, the second that sperm hits the egg, that's it. That's all your genes. You're not getting more. You're not losing more. Like you're, you're set. But bacteria are more fluid. [00:18:57] So there is this cool thing called the wine circle, and it's a cluster of five genes that are associated with making commercial wine. [00:19:05] And we do think because we see this wine circle and these particular five genes in so many wine strains, and because of their location and a whole bunch of other kind of genomic characteristics of them, Um, we think that they are horizontally transferred. And so we do see this wine circle of these five genes in the majority of this new clade of British Columbia strains. [00:19:33] Craig Macmillan: So just talking about moving things around the world, you said like people have things on their bodies and whatnot. I, I was fascinated by the Ecuadorian group. And is that literally like it was growing on plants in Ecuador, kind of native to that area that is found its way up the West coast of North America. [00:19:53] Aria Hahn: that's really what we thought happened. I know it is amazing, right? Like does the amount and transfer and you know how you go through the airport and they're like, you and It's like the end of the world. It's like I get it because we don't want to like do that on purpose, but also the ecuadorian yeast like it's coming up here [00:20:12] Craig Macmillan: right, right. Exactly. [00:20:14] So what I think is of interest to winemakers, and also has potential beyond that that I'll ask you about winemakers are looking for increased complexity in their wines, and they're also looking for a sense of place. And I'm really happy to hear more and more people talking about terroir, not just in terms of rocks, but in terms of the whole picture. [00:20:33] The soil microbiome, the practices that are done, as well as light and climate and all those kinds of things. What are some of the things about what you found that indicate or that suggest a uniqueness to that Okanagan area that may make it stand out as different than other locations? How does this translate into sense of place? [00:20:54] Aria Hahn: That's a fantastic question. I'm going to give two answers first on the east side. We see that many of that nucleate. don't have all five of those wine circle genes. And so we see a lot of British Columbian strains have that, but there's this whole clade of these natural yeast used in wine that don't have all five of those. [00:21:17] So then you just have different genes to work with. And since you have different genes to work with, it's not just those genes, but it's all of the genes, and it's the rate that those specific strains are able to break things down. [00:21:28] You do get this added complexity when you're not using a standard commercial yeast. You just have this bigger variety of genes to choose from, and That's going to make the flavors more specific, and different. [00:21:44] It also introduces a certain, the disadvantage of using these is that, you know, they are gonna vary year to year, month to month. Uh, Potentially, and, and so you might get really, really amazing results one year and not the next year, and understanding why, why that might be is a whole exercise in and of itself, probably doable, but it's really exciting to think that these yeasts that are there naturally , they just have that genetic diversity and they want to live in these diverse communities, and so you are going to get that difference and terroir. [00:22:16] The other piece that was really exciting and was a different piece of work, but very similar groups and very similar, , samples, was looking at the microbiome, so the bacteria on the grapes. And we kind of found two things, and so there is some literature that shows if you look at a single farm, a single vineyard, and you look at different red varietals of grapes, you see actually a fairly similar microbiome signature on all of the different varietals. [00:22:46] Okay, but if we look at three distinct vineyards that are all within , one kilometer radius of one another. So they're very close. They have the same rock, to your point. They have the same weather. They have the same climate chaos happening, [00:23:01] but they're managed differently. We actually see very, very distinct signatures on all three that persists year after year. So we looked at two years, , this was again, Jay Martinek's work, , and we see that each one of those, even though it's the same varietal of grape, it is more similar to itself, year over year, than among the three farms. and and that's very interesting because what that suggests is Exactly what you're saying. [00:23:29] It's not the rock. It's not the climate that's driving the microbiome there. It's actually the practices of that vineyard that are changing that. And to me, that's so powerful, because what that means is that there's so much of that craft and art in the management of the vineyard that's then going to go and affect the terroir. , I know that's not the yeast answer, but that's the bacteria answer, and it's like, the power's in your hands. [00:23:54] Craig Macmillan: I'm on the Central Coast of California, and we've had some very hot vintages in this last , 2024 season. We had, and it was 2022 as well, we had these really hot stretches of over 100 Fahrenheit. Not very friendly to yeast in general. [00:24:09] Probably friendly to some, but not to others. And I had conversations with winemakers along the lines of like, could you even do a natural fermentation this year, a native fermentation? Are they there anymore? Or have they been selected against due to the heat? And I now have a total reset of the microbiome, the microflora in my world. this is the kind of thing that bioinformatics would be able to determine. [00:24:34] Aria Hahn: yeah, for sure. So we love that. We love when we get the baseline. We're like, show us your year that you were like, this is my typical year. This is my regular year. We'll live for that because as soon as you have the baseline, then we can go and answer those questions. So we can say, okay, great. We know what your baseline is when you typical year. [00:24:52] Now you have this heat wave that comes in. , Let's go and look. Let's go see who's survived. And I know I anthropomorphize all of these things a ton, but it really is, like, who's there, right? , is it the same bug, but very decreased? Are we getting different E strains coming in? are we seeing less overall diversity? [00:25:13] Do we see the same diversity, but Their population is a quarter of the size, and how does that affect the dynamics? Like, what do we see? And bioinformatics can absolutely absolutely answer these questions. And that can be really powerful. [00:25:26] Craig Macmillan: In my research I didn't pick up on this Can bioinformatics put a quantity on things? Can you quantify the relative size of these different populations? [00:25:34] Aria Hahn: We can, yes. So, you have to use some kind of special techniques. There's a couple of main ways we do them. One is called qPCR, so quantitative PCR. And so we literally take the DNA and we can count the copies of it in a very quantitative way. That's straightforward, pretty inexpensive. [00:25:52] Another way we can do it is a little bit more sophisticated, , but you don't have to know what you're looking for. So with quantitative PCR, we have to know, like, we want to go count saccharomyces cerevisiae. But if we don't know all of the microbes that are there, all of these that are there, then we can't go and target it with qPCR. So then what we have to do is use a spiken. the concept is pretty simple. You put a known quantity of a piece of DNA that we would not expect to appear in nature. And then when we sequence it, we know how many we got back. So if we know we put in a hundred copies of it and we get 200 copies back, now we have a pretty good idea of like, everything there was, sequenced twice or if we get 50 copies back, we're like, okay, well, however many we have, we're going to double that and we have a good idea and we do do this in like a little bit more sophisticated way where we put in like a whole bunch at different quantities so we can double check our math and make sure that it's all good. [00:26:49] But that's the concept is with a spike in so you can do it quantitatively. [00:26:53] Craig Macmillan: Talking about all the things that are out there, there's a lot of interest right now in bioprotectants for fermentation, where you introduce non fermentative yeast, and they kind of take up the ecological niche against foliage organisms, and then you can add a Cerevisiae strain to do that, to do your fermentation. [00:27:10] Would you be able to pick up those other genus, of yeast in a bioinformatic way and gives us a sense of what else is out there. [00:27:18] Aria Hahn: Yeah, for sure. So we sequence the whole community and then we kind of in a. Like a puzzle. I'm going to put together the individual genomes of everyone who's there. And so we can look at not just the targets, but the unknowns as well. And so often, especially in soils, what we get is sometimes up to 80 percent of the genomes that we're able to recover from that sample are totally novel. [00:27:43] So they're new to science. It's really exciting. and we hate it. We love it and we hate it. So, we love it because it's really fun. You, you discover these new species of bacteria, of yeast, or these new strains, and, and you get to name them. You don't have to name them after yourself anymore, you have to name them about the place that they're there. Which is a totally logical thing. But, would have been fun. , [00:28:06] So we get to name these things, it's really exciting. [00:28:09] But it also means it's so much work. Because now you have this genome that's so new. And so now you're trying to figure out. What are all the genes? Do we know the genes it has, but just not quite the way that they're arranged? Do we not know what many of these genes do? And if we don't know what these genes do, like what kind of uncertainty and questions does that bring up? And so it can be really exciting, that discovery phase, and also quite overwhelming, honestly. [00:28:36] Craig Macmillan: what other applications might there be for bioinformatics in wineries or in vineyards? [00:28:41] Aria Hahn: Yeah, that's fantastic. So definitely monitoring. You know, regenerative farming is a really big thing right now. how can we introduce additional species, cover crops, , you know, planting additional or different plants in between. Like, what can we do to really increase the soil health, sequester carbon, the biodiversity of the soil, of the land, and how does that affect it? So we can monitor all those things with environmental DNA or eDNA. [00:29:09] One thing that we've been thinking about a lot is this concept of smoke taint, which I think has kind of affected the whole west coast of North America. [00:29:18] Are there microbial treatments that can kind of mitigate smoke taint, , can we feed bacteria, the bacteria that we know [00:29:29] can kind of break down those volatile phenols that cause the smoke taint. Get them to kind of break that down first before we make the wine. Like we're kind of looking at applications like that. [00:29:40] Obviously those are, I would say further out in terms of technological development biodiversity, which we can absolutely go and do today. , but there's interest in that smoke taint. Application, and we're really interested in that. [00:29:52] Then there's also kind of everything in between. So can we the harvest? Can we increase the quality of the grape? Can we help with years that are dry? Can we help with years that are wet or cold or hot? as we, kind of committed to a certain number of effects of climate change, we have to start thinking creatively. [00:30:14] I was on this call with an unrelated company. They wanted to do similar things but in the mining space, in the reclamation space. And I don't know how it happened, but I was on this call with this man. It was his last day before it was dark where he was. He's in Quebec. He's three hours ahead. [00:30:29] , You know, it was winter. So it's very, the mood was very, like, dark and somber, and this was his final call of his final day of work. And he was so hopeful about microbes, and he spent his career working with them. And just before he signed off the call, he says, I hope microbes save us all. [00:30:50] And then he kills the call. And, and, for, the next few years, I titled every single talk I did, Microbes may save us all because I just, the weight of that conversation was so big and I know that's not what we're talking about here in terms of [00:31:08] smoke taint, but I do think, you know, to bring us full circle to this like omnipresent godlike presence of microbes that there's something to that idea in that I think that they have this potential to save us from ourselves. If we can learn more, [00:31:25] Craig Macmillan: I think what we're talking about is bioremediation and the potential there. And bioremediation would work by identifying an organism that's going to play a certain role and then actually introducing it into the environment. For instance, like introducing it to wine that may have smoke taint, for instance. [00:31:40] Aria Hahn: , so there's a three main approaches to that. [00:31:42] So the first is exactly what we're talking about. You introduce a micro that we know and you, and you put it in there. The main challenge of that is this, this word we call engraftment. We actually steal that word from organ transplants. So, when you put in a new heart, not that I know anything about heart transplants, but when you put in a new heart, you have to engraft it. [00:32:01] And so people need to be on immunosuppressants, is my understanding, to make that heart transplant like stick in their body, have their body accept it. Kind of the same challenge when you introduce a microbe into an open, wild environment where you need that new species to engraft in that community. If you can't do that, you just have to keep adding it. [00:32:21] You have to keep adding it, keep adding it, it's time consuming, it's expensive, all of these things. So engraffing is still a challenge in that field. But that is one way. [00:32:29] The second way is to bioengineer. And so the concept here is that you take species or strains that are naturally occurring, so they do well in that environment, and you change something in their genetics and then reintroduce that. It does get around the concept of, [00:32:50] of engraftment in theory. The major issue with it is, there's not a lot of people or companies that feel ready, I think, to take a biologically engineered synthetic genome and introduce it into the environment en masse. We just don't understand the risks of it, or, or not, we don't know, but I think that's the point, is that we don't know, and so people are a little bit like, Maybe we're not quite there yet. [00:33:19] And then the third way is to say, I'm going to look at who's already there. And I'm going to understand what they like to eat and what their competitors like to eat and I'm going to try to starve their competitors [00:33:31] and really feed the ones who have the capacity to degrade those volatile phenols. I'm going to like try to get their population to do super well and thrive. and and try to kind of starve out and make the populations that can't do the job that I want lesser and less prevalent in the community. [00:33:51] And that approach I think is kind of one of my favorites where we understand and then we put some selective pressures. So this could be adding more nitrogen, adding different carbon sources. [00:34:01] It could be watering less to create a more aerobic environment. It could be you know, kind of drowning them to create an anaerobic environment. It's kind of those bigger controls that we have working with the microbes that are already there. [00:34:17] Craig Macmillan: Yeah, in the same way that we're not afraid to play with plant communities in agricultural systems, with cover cropping or intercropping or anything like that, same kind of idea, where maybe I plant something that I think will out compete a weed. [00:34:28] Same kind of idea. And we're pretty comfortable with that. [00:34:32] And also things will have a way of finding their stasis, finding their, their It's just getting it kind of pushed in the right direction. I think that he's super, super cool. [00:34:44] A lot of interest and work in the soil microbiome in terms of soil health. We mentioned regenerative agriculture. I have put my toe in that, in, in my professional world extremely difficult, extremely confusing, lots of holes you know, and, and trying to find markers or metrics has been. challenging for instance, I was trying to figure out how healthy some soils were. It, healthy in quotes, and I wanted to do analysis of respiration. And this very good soil ecologist said, well, that tells you how many folks are in the room, but it doesn't tell you what they're doing or who they are. [00:35:21] And I was like, that's a really good Point I could have a lot of respiration from organisms. I don't want and I wouldn't know what was who and who was what? What world can bioinformatics play in that [00:35:33] Aria Hahn: , that's a great question. So I would say it's the opposite in general, without the spike ins and kind of specific things, what? we can tell pretty inexpensively, 50 to 100 a sample, is basically who's in the room and in what relative abundance. So it is come down a lot in price. It doesn't tell us a lot about their genetic capability. [00:35:55] So if we know them because they've been previously studied, then we can say like, oh, yeah, these guys are known to do X, Y, and Z. [00:36:02] If we don't know them, for that kind of price point in those methods, we're kind of just like, yeah, we know their names. But that's it. [00:36:08] Then we can do kind of a deeper dive, , to a different type of sequencing called whole genome sequencing. And you get the whole genome. And so there we can actually say not only who they are, but what they're doing. Or what they have the ability to do. And so that's where the limit of DNA is, is that it can tell us the potential. They can potentially do this, but it doesn't actually tell us if they're choosing to do that, so to speak. [00:36:33] There are other techniques that are very related. Metatranscriptomics, it's looking at the RNA, and you could do metabolomics. So you can actually look at the metabolites that they're producing, and then it tells you what they actually did. But we often can start at that base layer of DNA. and build up. So those questions we can answer. [00:36:51] And I think you're right about there are a lot of holes and it's confusing and it's complex. And we say this to clients all the time, like, if you know way to solve a problem, do that. Biology is messy. [00:37:03] But if you don't, like let's look at biology and let's enjoy the mess , there's a lot of beauty in that mess. And that's one of the things we've actually loved about interacting with wineries they are incredibly scientifically minded folks. They're data driven, the amount of innovation and technology they're using. never fails to impress, but you also get that love of the art and the craft from them. We love that. We see art and science as like in a circular spectrum. And so we love when, our clients in the, in the wine start talking to us about kind of their secret sauce and the things that they've tried and how, and they always get a little bit nervous. [00:37:49] And they would, if they always kind of start, they were like, you know what else I do? And we're like, tell us. And then they tell us something and they're like, we just know from experience. Experience that this works that this changes the ferment, but we don't have any evidence for that And and I think they're worried we're gonna judge them but we're like no that is like their science is all way of knowing but [00:38:09] my friend says art is science and love and and I love that idea that is something that's been really really fun about working with wineries and vineyards is they kind of get that they're like, yeah, this is the love piece here [00:38:22] Craig Macmillan: That's cool I think there's beauty in the mess. I might adopt that if you don't mind I mean, I may use that for some of my own stuff. I think that's great What is one thing you would tell growers or wineries, , [00:38:35] Aria Hahn: their choices are directly impacting the microbiome, so that's the bacteria and the yeast And that that is going to affect the terroir, the complexity, the quality of the wine, and it is knowable. [00:38:50] Craig Macmillan: there we go. And we also know that some of the things that we do may affect that and that is part of what makes us special. Where can people find out more about you? [00:38:58] Aria Hahn: We have a website, it is koonke. com, K O O N K I E dot com. can also look me up, Aria Hahn, , and on Google Scholar, the internet, I feel like I'm very findable. [00:39:10] Craig Macmillan: Yeah, you are very findable and we will have a lot of links and other things on the show page. So please check that out. Really fascinating stuff going even beyond this. I want to thank you for being on the podcast. [00:39:21] This has been a great conversation. [00:39:22] Aria Hahn: Yeah, thanks for having me. Super fun. [00:39:25] Craig Macmillan: So our guest today was Aria Hahn. She is CEO and co founder of Koonkie, a bioinformatics company, and is doing some really fascinating stuff, not only around yeast, but lots of other topics. [00:39:35] And I just got lost down the rabbit hole when I took a look at that website, all the different things you folks have been involved in, and it was really fun. [00:39:48] Beth Vukmanic: Thank you for listening. [00:39:49] Today's podcast was brought to you by Sunridge. For over 45 years, Sunridge nurseries has supplied premium quality grapevines. to grape growers worldwide. A pioneer in the industry with a focus on clean quality vines and personalized dedication to their partnered growers has led them to be the largest, most well respected grapevine nursery in the United States. Sunridge Nurseries continues to lead the industry having undergone several expansions to their modern state of the art facilities and is the first and only grapevine nursery to have implemented the most advanced greenhouse Horticulture water treatment technology in North America. 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Kiera Wright-Ruiz is a food writer and recipe developer based in Tokyo. She's the author of the very cute children's book I Want to Be Spaghetti! and now a debut cookbook, My (Half) Latinx Kitchen. It's a culinary journey of discovery, blending memoir and lots of recipes connecting Kiera's Ecuadorian and Korean heritage and the extended family of caregivers from across Latin America who helped raise her. Today, in Aliza's interview, they dig into what it's like developing Latin American recipes on the other side of the world, Kiera's favorite restaurants in Tokyo, and more.Also on the show, Matt has a fun conversation with Anna Hezel. She's a writer and the former cohost of this very show, and she has launched (with some friends) a cool new project: Best Food Blog. They talk about some of the memorable stories in Best Food Blog's young life, and some of Anna's favorite stories from the early days of TASTE.Do you enjoy This Is TASTE? Drop us a review on Apple, or star us on Spotify. We'd love to hear from you. MORE FROM KIERA AND ANNA:Maduros [NYT]The Aughts-Era "Food" Is Dead [Best Food Blog]The New Party Food Aesthetic Is Scarcity [Best Food Blog]Let's Call It Assimilation Food [TASTE]See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Kiera Wright-Ruiz has an impressive resume: food writer with creds in The New York Times and Bon Appétit. Photographer for big-name brands including Taco Bell. Recipe developer for the Japan Times, The Kitchn and Food52. Picture book author.We could go on.But perhaps most impressive is the vulnerability Kiera displays in her latest work, My (Half) Latinx Kitchen. Part cookbook, part memoir, the book explores her multicultural roots through a lens of food. Between mouthwatering recipes, photos and illustrations are personal essays about her mixed heritage (her father is Ecuadorian, and her mother is Korean), father's drug addiction, time in foster care and other personal subjects not usually found in a recipe book. The result is a work that will feed both your body and soul.Dalia chatted with Kiera, who grew up in South Florida and now lives in Tokyo.Related episodes:Talking Seoul Food with Miami's 2 Korean GirlsFor Storyteller Natasha Samreny, Multicultural Family Dinners Set the Table for a Comedy CareerFrom Florida to France: Food Writer Jamie Schler on Cooking with Oranges, French Hotel Life and More

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Billy Carson, founder and CEO of 4BiddenKnowledge TV, joined guest host Richard Syrett (Twitter) for a conversation on the concept of the universe as a fractal hologram. He described fractals as self-repeating patterns found at every scale in nature and as fundamental to understanding reality. These patterns, seen in structures like galaxies, hurricanes, and even the branching of trees and lungs, reveal a deep interconnectedness throughout the cosmos, he explained. According to Carson, the fractal nature of the universe suggests that the same principles operate from the microscopic to the macroscopic, which underscores the idea of a unified and elegantly structured reality.The holographic principle adds another layer to this understanding, he continued, proposing that the universe functions like a hologram, where every part contains the whole. Carson highlighted discoveries in quantum physics, such as the double-slit experiment, which demonstrates that reality exists as waves of potential until observed by a conscious mind. This observation collapses the potential into tangible reality, much like frames in a video game are generated dynamically as needed. The fractal and holographic nature of the universe, he argued, is driven by mathematical codes, such as the Mandelbrot set, which govern the formation and structure of everything from atoms to galaxies.Carson also delved into how ancient teachings, like Plato's "Allegory of the Cave" and Hindu concepts of Maya, align with the idea of a fractal holographic universe. These traditions recognized reality as an illusion, underpinned by a hidden, interconnected structure. He suggested that humans are fractals of divine universal consciousness, collecting experiences that contribute to a greater cosmic understanding. This perspective frames humanity not as isolated individuals but as integral components of a vast, interconnected cosmic design, he noted.------------------------------------------In the second half of the program, filmmaker Kym Staton discussed the Julian Assange story and "The Trust Fall: Julian Assange" documentary. He described Assange's background before WikiLeaks, highlighting his studies in mathematics, science, and computer science at the University of Melbourne. Assange was an encryption expert and utilized his skills to support his studies and develop technologies for whistleblower protection. This vision led to the creation of WikiLeaks in 2005, a groundbreaking platform designed to safeguard whistleblower anonymity. Staton explained how Assange's interest in protecting sources stemmed from learning about whistleblowers like Daniel Ellsberg, who revealed the Pentagon Papers and faced legal repercussions.Staton emphasized WikiLeaks' revolutionary use of encryption, which democratized access to secure communication, previously limited to governments and the elite. Assange's platform ensured whistleblower anonymity through an untraceable dropbox and safeguarded its content via a decentralized server system, making the website resilient against attacks, he reported. Staton underscored how WikiLeaks reshaped global transparency and whistleblower activity, despite facing allegations about risking lives, which were later debunked in court and by independent investigations.He detailed how WikiLeaks' disclosures—like the Collateral Murder video and the DNC email leaks—triggered a backlash from powerful figures. These revelations exposed war crimes, corruption, and controversial government actions, which led to Assange being targeted by the U.S. and other governments. Staton recounted how Assange's years-long confinement in the Ecuadorian embassy and his subsequent imprisonment took a toll on his mental and physical health, illustrating the immense personal cost of his commitment to transparency. Staton also refuted myths surrounding Assange, such as endangering lives or criminal charges in Sweden, and framed him instead as a courageous advocate for truth

Billy Carson, founder and CEO of 4BiddenKnowledge TV, joined guest host Richard Syrett (Twitter) for a conversation on the concept of the universe as a fractal hologram. He described fractals as self-repeating patterns found at every scale in nature and as fundamental to understanding reality. These patterns, seen in structures like galaxies, hurricanes, and even the branching of trees and lungs, reveal a deep interconnectedness throughout the cosmos, he explained. According to Carson, the fractal nature of the universe suggests that the same principles operate from the microscopic to the macroscopic, which underscores the idea of a unified and elegantly structured reality.The holographic principle adds another layer to this understanding, he continued, proposing that the universe functions like a hologram, where every part contains the whole. Carson highlighted discoveries in quantum physics, such as the double-slit experiment, which demonstrates that reality exists as waves of potential until observed by a conscious mind. This observation collapses the potential into tangible reality, much like frames in a video game are generated dynamically as needed. The fractal and holographic nature of the universe, he argued, is driven by mathematical codes, such as the Mandelbrot set, which govern the formation and structure of everything from atoms to galaxies.Carson also delved into how ancient teachings, like Plato's "Allegory of the Cave" and Hindu concepts of Maya, align with the idea of a fractal holographic universe. These traditions recognized reality as an illusion, underpinned by a hidden, interconnected structure. He suggested that humans are fractals of divine universal consciousness, collecting experiences that contribute to a greater cosmic understanding. This perspective frames humanity not as isolated individuals but as integral components of a vast, interconnected cosmic design, he noted.------------------------------------------In the second half of the program, filmmaker Kym Staton discussed the Julian Assange story and "The Trust Fall: Julian Assange" documentary. He described Assange's background before WikiLeaks, highlighting his studies in mathematics, science, and computer science at the University of Melbourne. Assange was an encryption expert and utilized his skills to support his studies and develop technologies for whistleblower protection. This vision led to the creation of WikiLeaks in 2005, a groundbreaking platform designed to safeguard whistleblower anonymity. Staton explained how Assange's interest in protecting sources stemmed from learning about whistleblowers like Daniel Ellsberg, who revealed the Pentagon Papers and faced legal repercussions.Staton emphasized WikiLeaks' revolutionary use of encryption, which democratized access to secure communication, previously limited to governments and the elite. Assange's platform ensured whistleblower anonymity through an untraceable dropbox and safeguarded its content via a decentralized server system, making the website resilient against attacks, he reported. Staton underscored how WikiLeaks reshaped global transparency and whistleblower activity, despite facing allegations about risking lives, which were later debunked in court and by independent investigations.He detailed how WikiLeaks' disclosures—like the Collateral Murder video and the DNC email leaks—triggered a backlash from powerful figures. These revelations exposed war crimes, corruption, and controversial government actions, which led to Assange being targeted by the U.S. and other governments. Staton recounted how Assange's years-long confinement in the Ecuadorian embassy and his subsequent imprisonment took a toll on his mental and physical health, illustrating the immense personal cost of his commitment to transparency. Staton also refuted myths surrounding Assange, such as endangering lives or criminal charges in Sweden, and framed him instead as a courageous advocate for truth and justice.

Billy Carson, founder and CEO of 4BiddenKnowledge TV, joined guest host Richard Syrett (Twitter) for a conversation on the concept of the universe as a fractal hologram. He described fractals as self-repeating patterns found at every scale in nature and as fundamental to understanding reality. These patterns, seen in structures like galaxies, hurricanes, and even the branching of trees and lungs, reveal a deep interconnectedness throughout the cosmos, he explained. According to Carson, the fractal nature of the universe suggests that the same principles operate from the microscopic to the macroscopic, which underscores the idea of a unified and elegantly structured reality.The holographic principle adds another layer to this understanding, he continued, proposing that the universe functions like a hologram, where every part contains the whole. Carson highlighted discoveries in quantum physics, such as the double-slit experiment, which demonstrates that reality exists as waves of potential until observed by a conscious mind. This observation collapses the potential into tangible reality, much like frames in a video game are generated dynamically as needed. The fractal and holographic nature of the universe, he argued, is driven by mathematical codes, such as the Mandelbrot set, which govern the formation and structure of everything from atoms to galaxies.Carson also delved into how ancient teachings, like Plato's "Allegory of the Cave" and Hindu concepts of Maya, align with the idea of a fractal holographic universe. These traditions recognized reality as an illusion, underpinned by a hidden, interconnected structure. He suggested that humans are fractals of divine universal consciousness, collecting experiences that contribute to a greater cosmic understanding. This perspective frames humanity not as isolated individuals but as integral components of a vast, interconnected cosmic design, he noted.------------------------------------------In the second half of the program, filmmaker Kym Staton discussed the Julian Assange story and "The Trust Fall: Julian Assange" documentary. He described Assange's background before WikiLeaks, highlighting his studies in mathematics, science, and computer science at the University of Melbourne. Assange was an encryption expert and utilized his skills to support his studies and develop technologies for whistleblower protection. This vision led to the creation of WikiLeaks in 2005, a groundbreaking platform designed to safeguard whistleblower anonymity. Staton explained how Assange's interest in protecting sources stemmed from learning about whistleblowers like Daniel Ellsberg, who revealed the Pentagon Papers and faced legal repercussions.Staton emphasized WikiLeaks' revolutionary use of encryption, which democratized access to secure communication, previously limited to governments and the elite. Assange's platform ensured whistleblower anonymity through an untraceable dropbox and safeguarded its content via a decentralized server system, making the website resilient against attacks, he reported. Staton underscored how WikiLeaks reshaped global transparency and whistleblower activity, despite facing allegations about risking lives, which were later debunked in court and by independent investigations.He detailed how WikiLeaks' disclosures—like the Collateral Murder video and the DNC email leaks—triggered a backlash from powerful figures. These revelations exposed war crimes, corruption, and controversial government actions, which led to Assange being targeted by the U.S. and other governments. Staton recounted how Assange's years-long confinement in the Ecuadorian embassy and his subsequent imprisonment took a toll on his mental and physical health, illustrating the immense personal cost of his commitment to transparency. Staton also refuted myths surrounding Assange, such as endangering lives or criminal charges in Sweden, and framed him instead as a courageous advocate for truth and justice.

Billy Carson, founder and CEO of 4BiddenKnowledge TV, joined guest host Richard Syrett (Twitter) for a conversation on the concept of the universe as a fractal hologram. He described fractals as self-repeating patterns found at every scale in nature and as fundamental to understanding reality. These patterns, seen in structures like galaxies, hurricanes, and even the branching of trees and lungs, reveal a deep interconnectedness throughout the cosmos, he explained. According to Carson, the fractal nature of the universe suggests that the same principles operate from the microscopic to the macroscopic, which underscores the idea of a unified and elegantly structured reality.The holographic principle adds another layer to this understanding, he continued, proposing that the universe functions like a hologram, where every part contains the whole. Carson highlighted discoveries in quantum physics, such as the double-slit experiment, which demonstrates that reality exists as waves of potential until observed by a conscious mind. This observation collapses the potential into tangible reality, much like frames in a video game are generated dynamically as needed. The fractal and holographic nature of the universe, he argued, is driven by mathematical codes, such as the Mandelbrot set, which govern the formation and structure of everything from atoms to galaxies.Carson also delved into how ancient teachings, like Plato's "Allegory of the Cave" and Hindu concepts of Maya, align with the idea of a fractal holographic universe. These traditions recognized reality as an illusion, underpinned by a hidden, interconnected structure. He suggested that humans are fractals of divine universal consciousness, collecting experiences that contribute to a greater cosmic understanding. This perspective frames humanity not as isolated individuals but as integral components of a vast, interconnected cosmic design, he noted.------------------------------------------In the second half of the program, filmmaker Kym Staton discussed the Julian Assange story and "The Trust Fall: Julian Assange" documentary. He described Assange's background before WikiLeaks, highlighting his studies in mathematics, science, and computer science at the University of Melbourne. Assange was an encryption expert and utilized his skills to support his studies and develop technologies for whistleblower protection. This vision led to the creation of WikiLeaks in 2005, a groundbreaking platform designed to safeguard whistleblower anonymity. Staton explained how Assange's interest in protecting sources stemmed from learning about whistleblowers like Daniel Ellsberg, who revealed the Pentagon Papers and faced legal repercussions.Staton emphasized WikiLeaks' revolutionary use of encryption, which democratized access to secure communication, previously limited to governments and the elite. Assange's platform ensured whistleblower anonymity through an untraceable dropbox and safeguarded its content via a decentralized server system, making the website resilient against attacks, he reported. Staton underscored how WikiLeaks reshaped global transparency and whistleblower activity, despite facing allegations about risking lives, which were later debunked in court and by independent investigations.He detailed how WikiLeaks' disclosures—like the Collateral Murder video and the DNC email leaks—triggered a backlash from powerful figures. These revelations exposed war crimes, corruption, and controversial government actions, which led to Assange being targeted by the U.S. and other governments. Staton recounted how Assange's years-long confinement in the Ecuadorian embassy and his subsequent imprisonment took a toll on his mental and physical health, illustrating the immense personal cost of his commitment to transparency. Staton also refuted myths surrounding Assange, such as endangering lives or criminal charges in Sweden, and framed him instead as a courageous advocate for truth and justice.

Michael tells the story of the Ecuadorian rapper's 1990 alter-ego bilingual blockbuster. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mateo Vintimilla is an Ecuadorian born Classical Guitarist who has performed in venues across the globe giving recitals in Dominican Republic, Iceland, United States, and Ecuador. A recipient of the Augustine Foundation Scholarship, he has collaborated with the Brooklyn Composers Society, premiering new music at Brooklyn College and commissioned and premiered works from several Ecuadorian composers. Mateo obtained his bachelor's degree in classical guitar performance at the Manhattan School of Music with the American virtuoso Mark Delpriora and his master's degree under the tutelage of the internationally acclaimed artist Dr. Andrew Zohn at the Schwob School of Music. As an educator Mateo has been a faculty member in The Brooklyn Center for Musical Arts, the New York City Guitar School, and non-profit organizations like Lead Guitar and Internal Creations, where he currently works as artistic director.

Good Morning Nashville ☀️ Excited again to be a part of you guys new week as we continue to walk through this new year of 2025. Continue to grow with us, and share our platform with others. We cannot grow without you, and we are thankful to have your listenership on today's episode.Let's get into it!

Hey Slaycaters, get ready for a real head-scratcher as we delve into the mysterious disappearance of 18-year old August Reiger who went missing in the Ecuadorian resort town of Banos while on vacation with his family. August, a free-spirited, artsy kid was drawn to the spirituality of the region and was excited that he and his family would get to experience it. But while out on a relatively simple hiking trail that looped up and around a small mountain peak... August ran ahead of his family and then... vanished. Authorities initially treated the case as a kidnapping, but there was never a ransom request. Words like 'trafficking' were thrown about while others described seeing August in the back of a pickup truck headed towards the Amazon region. But while the nearby Colombian border has had an issue with Americans being kidnapped -- this area was considered relatively safe. So, what happened to this young man right before he was about to attend college at Oklahoma State? Not only did this case gain international attention, then Ecuadorian President, Rafael Correa pledged to make it a priority of his administration. Join the Throuple of Kim, Adam & Jerry as they piece together the clues and events of that fateful day on the mountain trail.   SUBSCRIBE to SLAYCATION PLUS(+) For AD FREE listening & "MORE KIM!' Bonus Segments! Subscribe right in Apple Podcasts, or go to: https://plus.slaycation.wtf/supporters/pricing   Join our ridiculously fun & active Facebook Group - 'SLAYCATERS ONLY' for direct access to the Hosts plus behind the scenes info, photos and more: https://www.facebook.com/groups/394778366758281   GET YOUR SLAYCATION MERCH! "Pack Your Body Bags" tote bags, t-shirts, towels, sandals, fanny packs, stickers and more! Go to: https://plus.slaycation.wtf/collections/all   For more INFO on Slaycation, the Hosts, or to EMAIL us go to: www.slaycation.wtf   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Part two of the update for Spring and Summer 2024 update! Join Cameron Vivanco, e=h cofounder, and Jorge Luis Rodriguez, her Ecuadorian coworker, as they share all that has happened in the e=h world.

Discover the impact of the Technical Assistance Program (TAP) through the experience of the Ecuadorian delegation at CIAJ's 2024 Symposium on Indigenous Justice System. Hosted by Christine O'Doherty, the Honourable Milton Enrique Velasquez Diaz, Justice of the National Court of Justice of Ecuador, explores how TAP facilitates exchanges between judicial experts and justice system actors, while supporting global reform efforts. This dialogue highlights lessons learned from the Canadian system on indigenous justice issues, and their relevance in an international context. ABOUT THE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PARTNERSHIP PROJECT (TAP): Global Affairs Canada's Technical Assistance Partnership Project (TAP), is designed to deploy Canadian experts from a range of disciplines to provide technical assistance to developing countries. The Office of the Commissioner for Federal Judicial Affairs (FJA) is one of the Canadian government agencies with an international development project under TAP. Under TAP, FJA engages with up to three countries per year for a one-year program of capacity building for judicial institutions. This mechanism allows Canada to use the experience in our judicial system to respond to requests for technical assistance made through Canadian missions abroad. Technical assistance is provided in response to needs expressed by partner countries, but in alignment with Canada's international development priorities, including the strengthening of gender equality and the protection of human rights. More information

This week's guest is a beacon of warmth and inspiration in Chicago's hospitality scene — a spiritual guide and charismatic leader with an infectious passion for taking care of others. Omar Cadena, a proud Chicago native and veteran of the restaurant industry, is the visionary behind Omarcito's, a vibrant celebration of his family's Cuban and Ecuadorian culinary heritage. In this episode, we delve into Omar's journey as a first-generation immigrant growing up in Chicago, the versatility of seafood stew, reimagined health inspections, and much more.

Happy New Year, fam! This year, we're celebrating Ecuadorian style: by burning away what we want to let go of from last year and creating space for moving ahead with this year. Code Switch producer Xavier Lopez takes us on his journey to explore the tradition of his childhood, learn its origins, and honor it in his life in New York today.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

[SEGMENT 2-1] From Ruin to Renewal 1 Where are the Trump naysayers? I know many still exist, though most have been silenced. This includes RINOs who aided Democrats in plotting the demise of Trump and MAGA. I spoke of the NeverTrumpers recently. They now want back on the wagon, as they continue to plot against President Trump and his agenda. Still, many of them have been silenced, as they watch the difference between competence and failure. Look at what the Left have learned about Biden over the past year. And what of all the reveals to come? How could you possibly have supported this idiot and his agenda. While many on the Left continue with their muscle-memory to oppose Trump, they now catch themselves, course-correct, and rethink their knee-jerk lunacy. Take for example all the outspoken entertainers and Hollyweirdos. For the most part, they have kept a sock in their pie holes as it relates to Trump. It's difficult to criticize the man when you have Biden to whom you can compare him. Also, we know that most of these Tinseltown twits virtual-signal publicly while privately supporting Trump's policies. Even they look at the hard-core idiots like DeNiro and Stephen King as too far gone. Many of these pansy-asses exist, awaiting the moment they can proclaim that they never supported Biden, Kamala, or the Democrats. Trump will be the new fashion for 2025, as the closet-MAGA fakes simmer. As soon as Trump does something “Trumpian”, they will pretend they've been down with Trump since circa 2016. “We had his back!” And Trump will have many opportunities. He could end Biden's proxy war with Russia. He's already making moves on the Chinese with trade and the Panama Canal. And in the words of The Carpenters, “We've Only Just Begun”.     I saw a stat that read: From 2021-24, approximately 6% of new jobs added by S&P 100 companies went to white males  [SEGMENT 2-2] From Ruin to Renewal 2   What's your plan to make your life better next year? Let's begin there, because without that you can't help others. If you haven't thought about it, and put it on paper with ACTION ITEMS, please do so. Help yourself FIRST. Then do that thing that is required for real happiness: help others. Make a plan for that. It takes a LOT less than you think. A phone call, a note in the mail, and occasionally financial help. But don't rely on the money aspect first. It's usually just letting people you love know that you're thinking about them. You're all special. But in 2025 I challenge you to be better. Not because we are measuring, because the measurement is in how YOU feel. I'm not judging. But I know God has given you much. Share it.     In a time of seismic shifts and reckonings, Americans stand at the precipice of profound change. Looking back at what we leave behind, we see a trail of political deceit, cultural absurdity, and institutional failures that have scarred the nation's history. But alongside this retrospective, there are memories we refuse to let fade—hard lessons and pivotal moments that underscore the resilience of truth. And on the horizon, a brighter future glimmers, with opportunities to rebuild on the foundation of accountability and common sense. Leaving the Past in the Dust  [SEGMENT 2-3] From Ruin to Renewal 3   Barack Obama's legacy is finally unraveling. Once hailed as a transformative figure, his impact now reveals cracks in the facade. From economic stagnation to divisive rhetoric, Obama's tenure ultimately set the stage for his handpicked successor, Joe Biden, who amplified the damage. Biden's presidency—a product of the political maneuvering orchestrated by Obama—exemplifies the erosion of American leadership. Together, they'll be remembered as the "Dynamic Duo Dingbats," emblematic of what went wrong. The Clintons, too, have been relegated to history's dustbin. Their attempt to align their name with families like the Rockefellers or the Kennedys faltered under the weight of corruption and scandal. Hillary's loss to Trump was the final nail in the coffin for Clintonism, a political dynasty undone by its hubris. Gone, too, is the outdated notion that Trump can't lead Republicans to victory. The old-guard Republicanism—rooted in compromise and tepid policy—has been supplanted by a new era of bold, unapologetic conservatism. MAGA has meaning, and unlike the Tea Party movement, MAGA has staying power. Americans have also turned their backs on the once-trustworthy media, preferring MAGA influencers for their truth. Years of lies and selective reporting have shattered any credibility these institutions once held. Few people believe the NY Times, WaPo, CNN, and the like. The numbers prove it and Van Jones said it recently [X] SB – Van Jones on media     "Belief in the science," as weaponized by Leftists, has similarly crumbled. From gender ideology to the mishandling of COVID-19, the so-called experts—whether in the FDA, NIH, or DOJ—have proven untrustworthy. Their failures are etched into the collective memory of a populace betrayed by those they were told to trust. Likewise, Leftist platitudes such as "saving democracy" and "for the greater good" have lost all meaning, exposed as cynical tools to silence dissent.     Perhaps most importantly, the tide is turning against the Left's normalization of the sexualization of children and the creeping acceptance of pedophilia. Criminals in government and culture will find their time is up as the public demands accountability. Lessons We Must Remember Julian Assange's plight stands as a stark reminder of what happens to those who challenge the status quo. His detention stifled stories that could have unveiled further corruption, particularly surrounding the Biden family. Similarly, the Left's denial of Biden's incompetence and corruption remains a damning testament to media complicity. How is it that the Bidens managed to dodge scrutiny while seemingly laundering half of Beijing's treasury? The Biden crime family's antics could fill a Netflix series—and probably should. As you consider what Assange might have accomplished if not tethered to the Ecuadorian embassy, remember all that our media didn't do. Meanwhile, the DOJ's relentless targeting of Trump, aided by state-level cronies in New York and Georgia, underscores the weaponization of the justice system. Their lawfare campaign has been nothing short of historic—an epic quest to find something, anything, to pin on Trump. Yet every grand charge against him has collapsed like a Jenga tower at a kid's birthday party. It's almost comical to watch prosecutors argue, “This time, we've got him!” only for Trump to moonwalk out of the courtroom. And then there's Trump himself, the ultimate troll. Who else could turn working at McDonald's into a political flex? While Leftists mocked him flipping burgers, Trump spun it as a symbol of his connection to the average American. Let's not forget his sanitation stint—cleaning up the political trash Leftists left behind—a metaphor so on point it deserves an Emmy. Every one of Trump's antics serves a purpose: to troll, to entertain, and most importantly, to expose the absurdity of his detractors. Speaking of absurdity, remember when Ketanji Brown Jackson couldn't define a woman during her confirmation hearings? That moment alone should be preserved in the Smithsonian as a cultural artifact of wokeism's peak. Meanwhile, Biden's record-setting pardons—37 criminals off death row and counting—have set a new standard for tone-deaf governance. By the time he's done, Biden's pardon list might include the guy who stole your lunch at work. And let's not forget Hollywood's Diddy scandal and the still-unreleased Epstein list. These dark secrets promise to unravel networks of power and corruption, implicating everyone from studio execs to politicians. Every day that list stays hidden is another day the internet's conspiracy theorists sharpen their memes. [SEGMENT 2-4] From Ruin to Renewal 4 Jimmy Carter died over the weekend. I would never celebrate a person's death, but I have to say I'm not unhappy that he's gone. Democrats milked that man for decades, and he was one of the worst presidents in history. Education Department was started by him. The Department of Energy. Who can forget the hostage crisis, and how he allowed Muslim fundamentalists to start terrorizing the world? I know he built a few poor people some houses, but it doesn't undo all the damage he did as president. Carter was the first president Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-kevin-jackson-show--2896352/support.

Send us a textWe begin Season 4 with an episode from our podcast vault about New Years' Eve in  Ecuador.  In 2002 Grandpa Edward Jeffrey Hill, Grandma Juanita Ray Hill, and five children (Abby, Hannah, Emily, Amanda, and Seth) were working in orphanages in Cuenca.  In keeping with Ecuadorian customs we made an effigy out of straw and old clothes. We had a lot of excitement on New Years as we kicked and kissed and burned our effigy. We learned that whether the old year was happy or sad was unimportant.  The new year is full of possibilities!! Happy New Year!  May 2025 be your best year ever! 

Send us a textWe've got a totally awesome guest this week. We're welcoming Mary Ellen Valverde of Nourished by ME to talk about how she uses cacao in her spiritual and self-care practice. But first, she's helping us bring some witchy wisdom to a listener who wants to build up her spiritual tool box.Then Mary Ellen answer's Renee and Louise's burning questions about cacao. How do you make it? Why is it not as delicious as chocolate? What makes it "ceremonial?" Who's it for? And most importantly, how can it make our lives more awesome? As both a spiritual practitioner, a licensed nutritionist, and an Ecuadorian citizen, Mary Ellen shares all her knowledge and experience, and we're so grateful.Then, Renee has been doing some Tarot tutoring, Louise is laughing at some good Scottish weather-related puns, and Mary Ellen is becoming a more confident yoga instructor.Follow Mary Ellen on InstagramFor complete show notes and links, go to awesomeon20.com/episode185Follow Renee on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/Renee_awesomeon20/Follow Louise on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/Louise_awesomeon20/Support the showIf you're able, give this podcast your support by joining the International Coven of Awesomeness on Patreon so we can keep sharing witchy content for that's free for all.Get your free ebook How to Work with the Moon to Get Things Done.Check out the latest workshop offerings from the STC Witchcraft Academy for both online workshops and in-person circles in the Glasgow, Scotland area.Find all your favorite recipes and witch tips at Awesome on 20 Kitchen Magick.Book a tarot reading with Renee at Sagittarian Tarot & Coaching. Join the Moon Magic Membership coven to receiving ongoing support in your witchcraft journey. Join our Coven of Awesomeness Facebook group open to everyone.

On today's podcast, power outages hurt an Ecuadorian town's ice cream businesses; an aquarium in Massachusetts rescues sea turtles; find out how question improve language learning followed by a discussion about deep processing; then, ‘speak' and ‘talk' on Lesson of the Day.

Our podcast producer, Roslyn Hernández sits down with Justin Guaman to explore how Gen Z can engage in social justice and civic advocacy. Justin shares his journey from a justice-impacted youth to an advocate for marginalized communities, offering insights on finding courage through community, starting small, and collaborating for change. Tune in to discover how you can make a difference on campus and beyond, one step at a time.   Justin Guaman is a Queens native of Ecuadorian descent. He has been on staff with InterVarsity for five years. And is currently overseeing two student chapters in NYC. Justin has a degree in Criminal Justice from John Jay College. He's been working with justice-impacted youth at Riker's Island, Harlem, and other NYC communities since 2018. Justin's passion for this work is rooted in his journey as a justice-impacted youth. Since then, Justin has been working and wrestling at the intersection of Faith & Justice.   Roslyn M. Hernández creates resources for the spiritual formation and empowerment of emerging generations through her work as Project Manager at the Fuller Youth Institute and Podcast Producer at Chasing Justice. As a Contributor at Think Christian, her thought-provoking articles and conversations bridge the gap between faith and pop culture. Roslyn is also a Spiritual Director, Public Theologian, and Podcaster providing space for Indigenizing, holy listening, discernment, and healing.    We have an active Patreon community where you can access the full video interview and more resources. Support Chasing Justice || Patreon: patreon.com/ChasingJustice  ||  PayPal: paypal.me/ChasingJustice || Donate: chasingjustice.com/donate

Today on the show I get to speak with Cristina Bornstein who has worked in the field of energy healing for over 25 years. Her main modality is Eden Energy Medicine (The Eden Method) but also includes techniques from her shamanic studies and her own intuitive experiences with earth and universal energies. She believes that Energy Medicine is an amazing complementary care support system and anempowering self-care tool. Using different modalities Cristina gently empowers you to tap into your inner wisdom and power to facilitate a deeper sense of health, happiness, and emotional balance to help you live radiantly. Each session or self-care class is customized and Cristina “follows the energy” as Donna Eden would say, which creates a sacred and safe healing space.Cristina is passionate about self-care believing we are our own health advocates! This is why being the Director of Monthly Self-Care Classes with the Holistic Health Community is perfect match. Cristina also serves on the HHC board and offers energy medicine sessions at the HHC Healthcare Day.Cristina specializes in Self-Care Guidance, Chakra Transformations, Stress Management, Soul Retrievals and Self-Care Empowerment. She offers in person and skype sessions.We talk about her entry into energy medicine which started very young, how she learned to follow her intuition, and where it has guided her along the way. It has brought her to some of her most transformative teachers, including Shamanic Studies with John Perkins and expeditions to the Ecuadorian rainforest, Guatemala, and Colombia to learn and live with indigenous tribes -- to Donna Eden whose work really connected the dots across so many other areas of studies Cristina was drawn to over the years -- and finally or perhaps more accurately, a return to nature as her teacher.She shares thoughts on self care as well as simple suggestions of things to do at home or at work to support different emotional states and experiences or just to proactively nourish yourself with some care. As a part of the Holistic Health Community's Self Care Program, she's organized an event happening tomorrow, Tuesday, November 26th at the Institute for Family Health's Pine Street location where I'll be offering Tending to the Heart Sound Bath at 6pm. As with most HHC offerings it is by sacred reciprocity. "Though there is no charge for services, we encourage sacred reciprocity by making a donation, by offering volunteer service or by doing an act of loving kindness toward someone in need."We also mention a special fundraiser for the Holistic Health Community happening this Sunday, December 1st, at Lifebridge in Rosendale featuring a sound bath with Ricarda O'Connor. If you have the ability to support this vital community organization, this will be not only a gift to them, but a gift to you to receive from this sound experience.Today's show was engineered by Ian Seda from Radiokingston.org.Our show music is from Shana Falana!Feel free to email me, say hello: she@iwantwhatshehas.org** Please: SUBSCRIBE to the pod and leave a REVIEW wherever you are listening, it helps other users FIND IThttp://iwantwhatshehas.org/podcastITUNES | SPOTIFYITUNES: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/i-want-what-she-has/id1451648361?mt=2SPOTIFY:https://open.spotify.com/show/77pmJwS2q9vTywz7Uhiyff?si=G2eYCjLjT3KltgdfA6XXCAFollow:INSTAGRAM * https://www.instagram.com/iwantwhatshehaspodcast/FACEBOOK * https://www.facebook.com/iwantwhatshehaspodcast

Pieter Tritton—dubbed the "Posh Pete"—pulls back the curtain on the dangerous and complex world of international drug trafficking. From crafting innovative smuggling techniques like impregnating cocaine into latex to surviving the brutal violence of an Ecuadorian prison, Tritton shares his harrowing journey. This is not just a tale of crime but a deep dive into the global drug trade's economics, its shift towards synthetic drugs, and the psychological toll of living on the edge. Discover how one man rose to prominence in the underworld, narrowly escaped detection, and reflected on his choices while facing life-changing consequences. Go Support Pieter! Book: https://a.co/d/jfBfcMx Join The Patreon For Bonus Content! https://www.patreon.com/theconnectshow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jessica Orozco Guttlein, senior vice president of policy and communications at Hispanic Federation, is joined by U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY 14th District) to discuss how advocates are pushing for Temporary Protected Status for Ecuadorians and analyzes broader immigration issues as President-elect Trump prepares to take office.

Jessica Orozco Guttlein, senior vice president of policy and communications at Hispanic Federation, is joined by U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY 14th District) to discuss how advocates are pushing for Temporary Protected Status for Ecuadorians and analyzes broader immigration issues as President-elect Trump prepares to take office.

We are back this time with our theme of pop Culture Crimes.  Mike discusses The War of the Worlds broadcast that took place in Ecuador in 1949 and the fallout.   Sourceshttps://historyradio.org/2017/01/21/the-war-of-the-worlds-in-ecuador/https://www.otrcat.com/war-of-the-worlds-those-pesky-alienshttps://cuencahighlife.com/war-worlds-1949-radio-play-remake-deadly-result-ecuador/https://time.com/archive/6607399/radio-martians-wild-animals/https://www.skepticality.com/assets/war_worlds_quito.htmhttps://cowlatinamerica.voices.wooster.edu/archive-item/fire-at-radio-station-after-broadcast/https://radiolab.org/podcast/91624-could-it-happen-again-and-againhttps://www.themichiganarchive.com/post/ecuador-s-war-of-the-worlds-the-myth-that-washttps://historum.com/t/war-of-the-worlds-quito-ecuador-1949.81972/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/martians-land-in-quito_b_166776https://www.today.com/popculture/martians-take-quito-or-so-we-thought-1c9481184https://www.eltiempo.com/mundo/latinoamerica/extraterrestres-en-ecuador-el-programa-de-radio-que-dejo-muertos-en-quito-495224https://web.archive.org/web/20080501095435/http://www.war-ofthe-worlds.co.uk/war_worlds_quito.htmhttps://donmoore.tripod.com/south/ecuador/martians.htmlhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_War_of_the_Worldshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_War_of_the_Worlds_(1938_radio_drama)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecuadorian%E2%80%93Peruvian_Warhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quitohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduardo_AlcarazBrew CrimeWebsite, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Facebook Group, Youtube, patreon, Supporter

#1- Gift giving in Latin America; What do you give a Latino or Latina who's got everything (or nothing)? #2- Why blowing your horn in Latin American traffic may seem futile but is definitely NOT futile at all:   #3- Halloween is really picking up in Latin America:   #4- How did I get so lucky… when by rights I should be living (or dying a slow death) in Chicago:   #5- Those boring, tacky, tired and talentless Mariachi bands are still a thing in Latin America : Its a real mystery why they still exist and have any kind of popularity at all..   #6-Here's another brain teasing mystery- how come Latinas are so so forgiving when boyfriends and husbands cheat: Why Latinas put up with shit from their men that American ladies would NEVER EVER put up with…   #7- Those annoying Ecuadorian 10 hour a day power outages: That's' what happens when you let CHINA build your infrastructure... #8- Be sure to pick up my newly updated, "LATIN AMERICAN HEALTHCARE REPORT": the new edition for 2024 (and beyond) is available now, including the latest "Stem Cell Clinic" info and data and my top picks for the best treatment centers for expats and gringos. Just go to www.ExpatPlanB.com      #9- Our own Expat Captain Mango has developed a unique one-on-one Crypto consulting and training service (he's been deep into crypto since 2013). To get started, email him at: bewarecaptainmango@gmail.com 

Protecting and restoring biodiversity in a place as biodiverse as Ecuador is no small task. You have to work hard and collaborate and that is exactly what the folks at Jocotoco Conservation Foundation. From protecting land and engaging communities, to research and restoration, their multifaceted efforts stand as a glorious example that conservation success stories are possible. Join me and Conservationist José León as we discuss all this and more! This episode was produced in part by This episode was produced in part by Max, Richard, Maia, Rens, David, Robert, Thomas, Valerie, Joan, Mohsin Kazmi Photography, Cathy, Simon, Nick, Paul, Charis, EJ, Laura, Sung, NOK, Stephen, Heidi, Kristin, Luke, Sea, Shannon, Thomas, Will, Jamie, Waverly, Brent, Tanner, Rick, Kazys, Dorothy, Katherine, Emily, Theo, Nichole, Paul, Karen, Randi, Caelan, Tom, Don, Susan, Corbin, Keena, Robin, Peter, Whitney, Kenned, Margaret, Daniel, Karen, David, Earl, Jocelyn, Gary, Krysta, Elizabeth, Southern California Carnivorous Plant Enthusiasts, Pattypollinators, Peter, Judson, Ella, Alex, Dan, Pamela, Peter, Andrea, Nathan, Karyn, Michelle, Jillian, Chellie, Linda, Laura, Miz Holly, Christie, Carlos, Paleo Fern, Levi, Sylvia, Lanny, Ben, Lily, Craig, Sarah, Lor, Monika, Brandon, Jeremy, Suzanne, Kristina, Christine, Silas, Michael, Aristia, Felicidad, Lauren, Danielle, Allie, Jeffrey, Amanda, Tommy, Marcel, C Leigh, Karma, Shelby, Christopher, Alvin, Arek, Chellie, Dani, Paul, Dani, Tara, Elly, Colleen, Natalie, Nathan, Ario, Laura, Cari, Margaret, Mary, Connor, Nathan, Jan, Jerome, Brian, Azomonas, Ellie, University Greens, Joseph, Melody, Patricia, Matthew, Garrett, John, Ashley, Cathrine, Melvin, OrangeJulian, Porter, Jules, Griff, Joan, Megan, Marabeth, Les, Ali, Southside Plants, Keiko, Robert, Bryce, Wilma, Amanda, Helen, Mikey, Michelle, German, Joerg, Cathy, Tate, Steve, Kae, Carole, Mr. Keith Santner, Lynn, Aaron, Sara, Kenned, Brett, Jocelyn, Ethan, Sheryl, Runaway Goldfish, Ryan, Chris, Alana, Rachel, Joanna, Lori, Paul, Griff, Matthew, Bobby, Vaibhav, Steven, Joseph, Brandon, Liam, Hall, Jared, Brandon, Christina, Carly, Kazys, Stephen, Katherine, Manny, doeg, Daniel, Tim, Philip, Tim, Lisa, Brodie, Bendix, Irene, holly, Sara, and Margie.

It's time for The Truth!Sam Tighe and Dougie Critchley take a deep dive on a transfer that stunned many observers last summer, when Chelsea spent £115, a British record fee, to sign Moises Caicedo from Brighton & Hove Albion. Caicedo had been one of the Premier League's revelations the season before, but it took a while for him to get his feet under the table at Stamford Bridge. Many were quick to write the transfer off as another piece of business where Todd Boehly had spent way too much money on a player who was performing well at the time, but since 2024 began, Caicedo has begun to show exactly why Chelsea were desperate to gazump Liverpool for the Ecuadorian's signature. We discuss his impact on Enzo Maresca's resurgent Chelsea side, and what has changed for the Blues to get the best out of Caicedo since the turn of the year, as well as examining his sometime midfield partner Enzo Fernandez, and wondering if that partnership might be one that ends sooner rather than later with Romeo Lavia now staking his claim for a starting spot alongside Caicedo. Is Moises Caicedo on a trajectory to be one of the best midfielders on the planet, or is the fee still too high for a player who doesn't seem to have all that many goals in his locker, even if he's brilliant at everything else? The Truth is somewhere in the middle...  And remember, if you'd like more from the Rank Squad, including extra podcasts every Monday and Friday (including our weekly Postbox taking a look at the whole weekend of football) and access to our brilliant Discord community, then why not join us here on Patreon?

Watch the trailer here: https://youtu.be/5ea23H8o3m0?si=ZqhE9xZnZtsLm3pQ   Welcome to another episode of THIS IS REVOLUTION>podcast, where we go beyond the typical election season chatter to explore the deeper political landscapes shaping our world. As we approach the U.S. presidential election, much of the media will focus on poll numbers, political ads, and electoral horse races. In 2024, politics has become more akin to team sports, where tribal loyalties and spectacle often replace substantive policy debates. But instead of playing the same game, today we're turning our attention to Latin America, where political struggles reveal more about the urgent global fight for justice and democracy. Our guest today is Nando Villa, the producer of the documentary The Ecuadorian Candidate, which follows the candidacy of young left-wing economist Andrés Arauz as he runs for the presidency of Ecuador. Arauz faced a formidable opponent in Guillermo Lasso, a wealthy conservative banker. The documentary captures Arauz's efforts to unite fractured left movements and appeal to the Ecuadorian electorate in the hope of building a progressive future.  This film goes beyond just one election—it highlights the broader struggles of the Latin American left in the face of neoliberal hegemony and the complex political terrain of the region. We'll dive deep into these themes and ask what lessons can be learned from Arauz's campaign for those fighting for progressive change around the world. Check out our new bi-weekly series, "The Crisis Papers" here: https://www.patreon.com/bitterlakepresents/shop   Thank you guys again for taking the time to check this out. We appreciate each and everyone of you. If you have the means, and you feel so inclined,   BECOME A PATRON! We're creating patron only programing, you'll get bonus content from many of the episodes, and you get MERCH! Become a patron now https://www.patreon.com/join/BitterLakePresents?   Please also like, subscribe, and follow us on these platforms as well, (specially YouTube!)   THANKS Y'ALL   YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG9WtLyoP9QU8sxuIfxk3eg Twitch: www.twitch.tv/thisisrevolutionpodcast www.twitch.tv/leftflankvets​ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Thisisrevolutionpodcast/ Twitter: @TIRShowOakland Instagram: @thisisrevolutionoakland   Read Jason Myles in Sublation Magazine https://www.sublationmag.com/writers/jason-myles   Read Jason Myles in Damage Magazine https://damagemag.com/2023/11/07/the-man-who-sold-the-world/   Pascal Robert's Black Agenda Report: https://www.blackagendareport.com/author/Pascal%20Robert

Afro-Cuban and Afro-Brazilian musical giants have long enjoyed the spotlight, yet throughout Latin America there are other black enclaves producing some of the New World's most vibrant music. Their stories have gone untold for far too long. In this episode, Afropop explores these lost sounds, starting in an Ecuadorian desert valley where African and Andean traditions have mixed seamlessly into fiery dance music. Then we're off to mangrove-studded Esmeraldas to search out the last marimba legends living on the jungle waterways. We continue to Bolivia, where a tiny black minority uses their music to fight for recognition by the indigenous government and last, we'll listen to the driving carnival music of Uruguay, candombe. Tune in for exclusive interviews and recordings by everyone from marimba master Papa Roncon to Candombe-jazz legend Hugo Fattoruso. Produced by Marlon Bishop. Originally aired 2009.

Nemonte Nenquimo's passion for her rainforest home, and her love for an unlikely man, propelled her to achieve an historic victory for indigenous people in Ecuador. She took the national government to court to protect 500,000 acres of rainforest from destruction by the oil industry.Nemonte and her husband Mitch Anderson have written a book together called We Will Not Be Saved: A Memoir of Hope and Resistance in the Amazon Rainforest.Presenter: Mobeen Azhar Producer: May Cameron Voiceover: Cecilia CruzGet in touch: liveslessordinary@bbc.co.uk or WhatsApp: 0044 330 678 2784

Ryan Grim, co-founder of Drop Site News, and investigative journalist José Olivares join the show to talk about their recent piece for Drop Site revealing how Ecuador's US-linked attorney general is using her office to attack the country's left. The group gives the background of Rafael Correa and his left-wing “Correísmo” movement, how Correa and his successors became targets of “anti-corruption” attorney general Diana Salazar, leaked messages of Salazar's obtained by Drop Site leading to explosive allegations, the United States' potential links with assassinated presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio, and why the US remains interested in domestic Ecuadorian politics.Along with checking out the story, be sure to claim your exclusive American Prestige discount for a Drop Site subscription! Don't forget: AP is moving to Supporting Cast! Read our announcement for details on what to do to keep your paid subscription going or just head over to our Supporting Cast page to get started. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.americanprestigepod.com/subscribe

Ryan Grim, co-founder of Drop Site News, and investigative journalist José Olivares join the show to talk about their recent piece for Drop Site revealing how Ecuador's US-linked attorney general is using her office to attack the country's left. The group gives the background of Rafael Correa and his left-wing “Correísmo” movement, how Correa and his successors became targets of “anti-corruption” attorney general Diana Salazar, leaked messages of Salazar's obtained by Drop Site leading to explosive allegations, the United States' potential links with assassinated presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio, and why the US remains interested in domestic Ecuadorian politics. Along with checking out the story, be sure to claim your exclusive American Prestige discount for a Drop Site subscription! Don't forget: AP is moving to Supporting Cast! Read our announcement for details on what to do to keep your paid subscription going or just head over to our Supporting Cast page to get started.

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