Podcasts about empresses

For many of us, handbags are an essential part of our lives. They allow us to leave the house with everything we need, and they also can be another place to show off our status or style. This hour, we look at the evolution of the handbag. We'll talk about famous "It Bags", how handbags contributed to human development, and the impact of the Walmart "Birkin." GUESTS: Nancy MacDonell: Fashion journalist and fashion historian. She writes the Wall Street Journal column "Fashion with a Past.” Her new book is Empresses of Seventh Avenue: World War II, New York City, and the Birth of American Fashion Hannah Carlson: Senior Lecturer in the Apparel Department at the Rhode Island School of Design. She’s also the author of Pockets: An Intimate History of How We Keep Things Close Audrey Wollen: Book critic and writer whose work has appeared in The New Yorker, Harper's, The New York Review of Books and other outlets. Her article “A Unified Theory of the Handbag” recently appeared in The Yale Review Aarushi Bhandari: An Assistant Professor of Sociology at Davidson College. Her forthcoming book is Attention and Alienation Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

gowns. In our latest Not Old Better Show, Smithsonian Associates Interview series episode, I had the pleasure of speaking with acclaimed historian and author Nancy Goldstone about her riveting new book, The Rebel Empresses. It's a dual biography that traces the intertwined lives of two women who refused to be footnotes in the grand story of European empire. Elisabeth (known as Sisi) and Eugénie were married into power, but they never conformed to it. They pushed boundaries—from challenging court politics to redefining women's roles in public life. One became the fashion icon of her age; the other quietly reformed prisons, promoted women's education, and preserved a nation's cultural identity. Yet both women lived through unimaginable personal sorrow. Nancy's storytelling reveals their complexity—not as tragic figures, but as bold, often misunderstood agents of change. For listeners 50+, their stories remind us it's never too late to be influential, purposeful… even radical.

How do you feel about your neck? Maybe you only think about it when you’re sore from sleeping wrong or from sitting at a desk all day. But for centuries, humans have worried about their necks, decorated them with jewelry and clothes and ties, and exploited their weaknesses with knives and garrotes and guillotines. This hour, a look at necks — human and animal. Plus, the history and symbolism of the classic turtleneck. GUESTS: Kent Dunlap: Professor of Biology at Trinity College, Hartford, and author of The Neck: A Natural and Cultural History Nancy MacDonell: Fashion journalist and fashion historian. She writes The Wall Street Journal column "Fashion with a Past.” Her new book is Empresses of Seventh Avenue: World War II, New York City, and the Birth of American Fashion Join the conversation on Facebook and Twitter. Subscribe to The Noseletter, an email compendium of merriment, secrets, and ancient wisdom brought to you by The Colin McEnroe Show. The Colin McEnroe Show is available as a podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, TuneIn, Listen Notes, or wherever you get your podcasts. Subscribe and never miss an episode. Colin McEnroe, Robyn Doyon-Aitken, Angelica Gajewski, and Dylan Reyes contributed to this show.Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The dialogue centers on the viewing experience of "Empresses in the Palace". Both participants express their appreciation for the drama, highlighting its rewatch value, the excellent performances of both main and supporting actors.Join other motivated learners on your Chinese learning journey with maayot. Receive a daily Chinese reading in Mandarin Chinese, for your level. Full text in Chinese, daily quiz to test your understanding, one-click dictionary, new words, and more.Join other learners at https://www.maayot.com

Send us a textLet's rebel! Author Nancy Goldstone joins me to talk her new book The Rebel Empresses: Elisabeth of Austria and Eugénie of France, Power and Glamour in the Struggle for Europe. Come listen!Buy The Rebel EmpressesCheck out Nancy's websiteSupport the show

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Amy Chavez speaks with Lesley Downer, an expert on Japanese culture and history who writes both fiction and non-fiction. Her novels transport readers to the intriguing world of 19th-century Japan, while her non-fiction takes us along  the Narrow Road to the Deep North with poet Matsuo Basho; behind the scenes of the Japanese geisha community; and into the intrigues of the richest family in Japan. In this episode, she discusses her just-released The Shortest History of Japan: From Mythical Origins to Pop Culture Powerhouse, which provides a concise yet detailed account of Japanese history.Lesley highlights the significance of historical figures like Himiko, the shaman queen who unified Yamatai, and Empresses Suiko and Koken, who ruled Japan in their own right. She also touches on the feminist movement in Japan, particularly the contributions of Hiratsuka Raicho and Akiko Yosano. Lastly, she shares insights into her writing career, including her transition from nonfiction to fiction and her research on geisha.Lesley mentions Yosano Akiko's poem "Until Death Do Us Part" ("Shini tanoma") which she wrote before her brother went off to war:Until Death Do Us Partby Yosano AkikoThough my body dies,My soul will remain with you.Until the end of time,Let us pledge to be together,Until death do us part.(translation: ChatGPT 4o)Lesley's three favorite books on Japan:1. Japan Journal, 1855-1861 (1964) by Henry Heusken, which covers the author's experiences during his time as the secretary and interpreter for Townsend Harris, the first U.S. Consul General to Japan.2. As We Saw Them: The First Japanese Embassy to the United States (1979) by Masao Miyoshi, about the first Japanese diplomats who visited the United States in 1860.3. Taiko: An Epic Novel of War and Glory in Feudal Japan  (1992) by Yoshikawa Eiij, a historical novel that tells the story of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, one of Japan's greatest warlords and unifiers during the Sengoku period. The Books on Asia Podcast is sponsored by Stone Bridge Press. Check out their books on Japan at the publisher's website.Amy Chavez, podcast host, is author of Amy's Guide to Best Behavior in Japan and The Widow, the Priest, and the Octopus Hunter: Discovering a Lost Way of Life on a Secluded Japanese Island.For more podcast episodes, visit the Books on Asia website or subscribe to the Books on Asia podcast.

Yseult Williams - editorial director, journalist, award-winning author, and an “Empress of Fashion.” In this episode of Turning Points, Patricia Killeen welcomed Yseult Williams. Yseult's father, Patrick, was English, and her mother, Darina, is Irish. She studied at the Sorbonne and Lille University and had an Erasmus year in Italy. At the end of her studies, she picked up her bags and headed for the City of Light. Being trilingual (English-French-Italian), she initially worked as a translator briefly. She subsequently approached magazines with ideas for articles and freelanced in the competitive arena of French feminine and news magazines, including Elle and VSD. In 2002, she was made deputy editor-in-chief at Femme Actual and was subsequently recruited by Tina Kieffer as editor-in-chief of Marie Claire. In 2005, the Marie Claire group entrusted her with managing Marie France, a responsibility she held until 2008, when she was recruited by Mondadori, the Italian publishing house, to launch the French version of the weekly magazine Grazia.   In 2013, she relaunched the mythical Lui magazine as chief editor with Frédéric Beigbeder.   During her career, she has also worked for the BBC and various French TV channels. In 2015, she was appointed chief editor of Le Grand Journal, the former renowned daily show on Canal+ TV. After years at the helm of the French press and TV, Yseult decided to use her pen to write books. She has published three books in French; in Impératrices de la mode (Empresses of Fashion) La Martinière, 2015, she painted the portrait of six great historical editors of women's magazines, women who had much in common with herself and were often faced with similar choices. Her second book, La Splendeur des Brunhoff (The Splendor of the Brunhoffs), Fayard 2018, won the Readers' Prize for Pocket Book in 2020. It is dedicated to the Brunhoff family, which launched Vogue France and Vu magazines. Jean de Brunhoff also created the character Babar. With her third book, On l'appelle Maïco (She was called Maïco), Grasset 2021, dedicated to Marie-Claude Vaillant-Couturier, she won the prestigious Simone-Veil 2022 literary prize. She is now writing a book devoted to Hélène Lazareff, who founded Elle magazine in 1945, which Grasset will publish.   In 2021, she joined Alma Studio (founded by Martin Solveig) as Editorial Director, where she is currently working. Alma Studio produces original stories and music written and composed for audio for children aged 3 to 10. Yseult's English podcast for Alma Studio will be launched next year.   Looking forward to Yseult's books being published in English and to seeing her fascinating characters on the big screen.

This week Nancy MacDonell makes her debut on HATM Podcast to talk about Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Anna Wintour, and her book, Empresses of Seventh Avenue, which tells the history of the women who built New York into a fashion powerhouse in the years after World War II. This is a blast, and for me, and eye opening conversation. Hope you enjoy.About our guest:Nancy MacDonell is a fashion journalist and fashion historian. She writes the Wall Street Journal column "Fashion with a Past," in which she explores the historic roots of current fashion trends. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times, Elle, Vogue, and many other publications. She is the author of five books, including The Classic Ten: The True Story of the Little Black Dress and Nine Other Fashion Favorites. Nancy is an adjunct lecturer in fashion history at the Fashion Institute of Technology. She was born in Montréal and lives in Brooklyn with her family.

Today on the show we are talking about American fashion, specifically Empresses of Seventh Avenue: World War II, New York City, and the Birth of American Fashion, the brand-new book from Nancy MacDonell, out August 27. Prior to World War II, American designers were nothing short of second-class citizens to the French. But, after the Nazis invaded Paris during the war, everything changed for French fashion, and by the time the war ended in 1945, the American look was in fashion. What is the American look, you ask? Nancy answers that for us today, as well as introduces us to a fascinating cast of characters who helped birth American fashion: Elizabeth Hawes, Eleanor Lambert, and Claire McCardell, for starters. Soon, American fashion began to beat the French at their own game, and this is all a leadup to the Battle of Versailles, which we interviewed Robin Givhan about on the show last year. American fashion is thriving now—at $500 billion, it's the largest fashion industry in the world—but there would likely be no Calvin Klein, Ralph Lauren, Marc Jacobs, Tom Ford, Tory Burch, Halston, or Michael Kors without the Empresses of Seventh Avenue. These women have largely been forgotten to history—that is, until Nancy MacDonnell came along. Nancy is a fashion journalist and fashion historian that writes The Wall Street Journal column “Fashion with a Past,” which explores the historic roots of current fashion trends. Nancy has written everywhere from The New York Times to Elle, Vogue, and many other publications, and she's written five books, including The Classic Ten: The True Story of the Little Black Dress and Nine Other Fashion Favorites. In addition to her work as a writer, Nancy is also an adjunct lecturer in fashion history at the Fashion Institute of Technology. Let's take a listen to what she has to say.   Empresses of Seventh Avenue: World War II, New York City, and the Birth of American Fashion by Nancy MacDonell

Lauren takes a minute to catch up with Nancy MacDonell, author of "Empresses of Seventh Avenue: World War II, New York City, and the Birth of American Fashion," to discuss designers Claire McCardell and Elizabeth Hawes, and why Yves Saint Laurent is still bigger than Halston and Bill Blass. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

China has had many influential and ambitious Empresses in its history, such as Empress Wu, but Zhao Feiyan certainly gives them all a run for their money. Zhao Feiyan was born into a relatively poor family, but due to her talent as a dancer, she was able to get the attention of the emperor, and from there, hijinx ensued. Join me on today's episode to learn about China's most underrated and controversial Empress. Bibliography Contributors to Wikimedia projects. “Emperor Cheng of Han.” Wikipedia, March 21, 2024. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Cheng_of_Han. ———. “Imperial Chinese Harem System.” Wikipedia, March 4, 2024. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_Chinese_harem_system. ———. “Zhao Feiyan.” Wikipedia, March 8, 2024. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhao_Feiyan. ———. “Zhao Hede.” Wikipedia, March 21, 2024. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhao_Hede. Encyclopedia Britannica. “Han Dynasty,” July 20, 1998. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Han-dynasty/Cultural-achievements-of-the-Han-dynasty. Jacks, Lauralee. “Zhao Feiyan - Her Notorious Reputation as a Wanton Empress.” History of Royal Women, January 21, 2022. https://www.historyofroyalwomen.com/zhao-feiyan/zhao-feiyan-her-notorious-reputation-as-a-wanton-empress/#google_vignette. Keats School. “The Dancing of the Han Dynasty.” Accessed March 30, 2024. https://keatschinese.com/china-culture-resources/the-dancing-of-the-han-dynasty/. ChinaFetching.com. “Zhao Feiyan - From Dancer to Queen of Han.” Accessed March 30, 2024. https://www.chinafetching.com/zhao-feiyan. Schottenhammer, Angela (1 August 2003). "Slaves and Forms of Slavery in Late Imperial China (Seventeenth to Early Twentieth Centuries)." Slavery & Abolition. 24 (2): 143–154. doi:10.1080/01440390308559161. ISSN 0144-039X. S2CID 143643161. Fairbank, John King and Merle Goldman 1992. China: a new history. 2nd enlarged edition 2006. Cambridge, MA; London: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. ISBN 0-674-01828-1 MacMahon, Keith (2013), Women Shall Not Rule: Imperial Wives and Concubines in China from Han to Liao, Rowman & Littlefield, p. 11, ISBN 9781442222908 Book of Han, vol. 97, part 2. Zizhi Tongjian, vols. 31, 32, 33, 34, 35. Lee, Lily Xiao Hong & Stefanowska, A.D. (2007). Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Women: Antiquity through Sui, 1600 B.C.E-618 C.E. M.E. Sharpe, Inc. Milburn, Olivia, and Xuan Ling. 2021. The Empress in the Pepper Chamber: Zhao Feiyan in History and Fiction. Seattle: University of Washington Press. https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctv1p2gjd6

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1097, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Nebraska, New York Or North Dakota 1: The least populous. North Dakota. 2: Its name does not have a Native American origin. New York. 3: The Oregon Trail crossed it. Nebraska. 4: The largest in area. Nebraska. 5: Its cities include Minot, Jamestown and Grand Forks. North Dakota. Round 2. Category: Mattel-Ica 1: Can you identify this classic Mattel fortune-telling toy with an internal die that answers queries? Signs point to yes!. the Magic 8-Ball. 2: The Splittin' Image and the Peeping Bomb were among the models in this "fiery" Mattel toy car line introduced in 1968. Hot Wheels. 3: Mattel now makes this classic boxing game in which the Red Rocker and Blue Bomber try to knock each other's blocks off. Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots. 4: "Let's play house" and "Please change my dress" were 2 of the 11 phrases said by this talkative doll introduced in 1959. Chatty Cathy. 5: Back in the '60s, you needed a Thingmaker to cook up the insect toys with this alliterative 2-word name. Creepy Crawlers. Round 3. Category: Emperors And Empresses 1: He was a rear admiral in the Austrian navy before he became emperor of Mexico. Maximilian. 2: Carolus Magnus is the Latin name of this king of the Franks and emperor of the Romans. Charlemagne. 3: This "fiery" Roman emperor reportedly said, "I have only to...sing to have peace once more in Gaul". Nero. 4: This Ethiopian emperor's wife, Wayzaro Menen, was a great- granddaughter of Menelik II. Haile Selassie. 5: In 963 Nicephorus II was crowned Byzantine emperor in this most famous Byzantine church. Santa Sophia. Round 4. Category: Y. With Y in quotes 1: Part of an egg, or a natural grease exuded from sheep skin; now it's on you. yolk. 2: "Seinfeld" popularized this repeating term meaning "and so on". yada yada yada. 3: This "Y" word is in the title of Robert Crawford's 1939 Air Corps (now Air Force) song. yonder. 4: You could say it's the desire to acquire this Japanese currency. a yen. 5: A plant of the agave family, or a Nevada mountain that may or may not end up full of nuclear waste. Yucca. Round 5. Category: 6-Letter SYnonyms. With S in quotation marks 1: A child's teeter-totter. a seesaw. 2: Slang for a black eye. a shiner. 3: Candle bracket. a sconce. 4: An ape, or apelike. simian. 5: To envelop or to bandage. swathe. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/ AI Voices used

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Today we dove deeper than ever we talked about The Power of Solitude: 7 Advantages on how to embrace it as an Empress."

In this episode, I'm sharing part of my Empress Portal Creation Ceremony with you! My intentions for this program and the messages that I wrote down for each of the 9 Empresses that I'm calling in. This was so much fun! LINKS FROM THE EPISODE: CLICK HERE to join the Empress Activation Ceremony on Sept 6th at 4 PM CST or to get the replayCLICK HERE to learn about Becoming the Empress: Claiming your Birthright, 16 week group programCLICK HERE to get on the waitlist or join Becoming the Alchemist: A Life of Ceremony Online Course✨ Thank you for listening! Check out the links below to connect with me and learn more about my offerings:

The Lair of the Leopard Empresses is Mindjammer Press return to publishing after a long hiatus. Sarah and I talked about the genesis of the game, how the production has gone and the use of AI imagery within its pages. You can get this from the DriveThruRPG website: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/436145/The-Lair-of-the-Leopard-Empresses-RPG?term=leopard+empre?affiliate_id=318686 THE LAIR OF THE LEOPARD EMPRESSES Superheroic Swords and Sorcery Adventure! A roleplaying game by Sarah Newton A whole new world for your Monsters! Monsters! games. "Awesome beautiful swords & sorcery gaming" - Ken St Andre, creator of the Monsters! Monsters!, Tunnels & Trolls, & Stormbringer RPGs "It is the fiftieth year since the Sheathing of the Claw. Goblins cross fallen Helwathe, and Lord Crying-Death-on-Wings stands ready to invade. We trust to chance for our saviours - but where are the heroes who will save our land?" Welcome to Ximuria, the Lair of the Leopard Empresses! Where the Kindreds of the Cat battle the return fo the Winged Serpent, where the Justiciars of a long-dead warrior queen vie with cannibalistic leopard-riding elves for the thrones of the West, and where mighty wizards wield arcane magics to forge the future! Contains everything you need to play, including: Exciting kindreds and callings. Play a tiger centaur, a leopard-riding elf, a beastwalker of the sabretooth tribe, and more! The core Monsters! Monsters! rules, and many new elaborations! Full spell lists, including many new spells! A complete Ximurian bestiary! Maps, gazetteers, and encounters for Ximuria, the Wilderness of Toth, and the Free City of Halagad. And much more! A complete stand-alone swords & sorcery fantasy roleplaying game using the Monsters! Monsters! RPG rules. One of the Monsters! Monsters! family of games. ********************************************** Please help our channel by subscribing and commenting. If you like our work, please buy us a Ko-Fi ► https://ko-fi.com/gmsmagazine ********************************************** Useful links: This video has been produced for www.gmsmagazine.com. For our RPGs channel ► https://www.youtube.com/@gmsmagazine For So Play We All, our Boardgames channel► https://www.youtube.com/@soplayweall For our podcast ► https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gmsmagazine-podcast Follow us on Twitter ► https://twitter.com/gmsmagazine Our Facebook page ► https://www.facebook.com/GMSmagazine/ ******************************************** Mindjammer press, lair of the leopard empresses, book publishing, publishing business, writing, writing adventures, adventure writing, gmsmagazine, gms magazine, game publishing, book publishing, publishing business, business, hype, marketing, game on tabletop, wizards of the coast, diversity, ttrpg, rpg, roleplaying, game, games, dungeons and dragons, dnd, dungeons & dragons, call of Cthulhu, CoC, vampire: The mascarade, osr, pbta, board game, lovecraft, roleplaying game, role playing, game, gaming, drivethrurpg, pulp, horror, horror game, green ronin, tabletop, modiphius, pathfinder, paizo, Chivalry and sorcery

Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith were big stars in their own day, and hundred years later they've got BIOPICS on Netflix and HBO. This is what bisexuality can do for you! Join us as we dig into the lives, songs, and loves of these two remarkable Black women. Renowned for their musical talent and big personalities, Ma and Bessie became the first record stars of 1920s America. The Great Depression ruined everything as usual – selfish! – but not before Ma and Bessie had their full of bathtub gin, husbands, cold cash, and yes, chorus-girl-pu$$y.For more, follow us at:www.historicalhomos.comwww.instagram.com/historical.homoswww.tiktok.com/historicalhomosThis episode of Historical Homos is hosted by Bash and Donal Brophy, written and researched by Bash, and edited by Alex Toskas. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

If you think the kids in your family are a lot to handle, imagine having over a dozen of them! That was the reality for the royal women in today's video. The primary expectation of Queens and other well born women of the past was to have as many children as possible to secure their husband's dynasty and bare a few spares to be used in advantageous political marriages. Their fertility was their life. They were married early and caught on a treadmill of pregnancy, birth, handing their babies over to be raised by wet-nurses and tutors, and hoping back into bed to conceive again as soon as possible. Surely they looked forward to the relief of menopause. Here are 9 Queens and Empresses who bore an extraordinary number of children: Mumtaz Mahal, Mughal Empress Consort - 14 Children Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen Consort of Great Britain & Ireland - 15 Children Anna Jagellonica, Queen Consort of Germany, Bohemia & Hungary - 15 Children Eleanor of Castile, Queen Consort of England - 16 Children Keran, Queen Consort of Armenia - 16 Children Maria Theresa, Holy Roman Empress - 16 Children Maria Carolina of Austria, Queen Consort of Naples and Sicily - 17 Children Anne, Queen of Great Britain - 18 Children Darejan Dadiani, Queen Consort of Georgia - 23 Children Maria Theresa's Daughters: https://youtu.be/vlLI1bp6BeA https://youtu.be/mtvFd_ciI5Y Maria Theresa's Sons: https://youtu.be/S1lp9qMACfo Join me every Tuesday when I'm Spilling the Tea on History! Check out my Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/lindsayholiday Follow me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091781568503 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/historyteatimelindsayholiday/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@historyteatime Please consider supporting me at https://www.patreon.com/LindsayHoliday and help me make more fascinating episodes! Intro Music: Baroque Coffee House by Doug Maxwell Music: Butterflies in Love by Sir Cubworth Angevin - Thatched Villagers by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) #womenshistory #HistoryTeaTime #LindsayHoliday Please contact advertising@airwavemedia.com if you would like to advertise on this podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's episode, Dr. Johanna Strong is joined by Dr Alison Miller and Dr Alban Schmid. Alison is an associate professor of Art History and the Chair of Asian Studies at The University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee and has published widely on Meiji Japan. She is the recipient of several distinguished fellowships, including being a Fulbright Fellow and an Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral fellow. Alban finished his PhD in 2022, examining the constitutional framework of the Korean Kingdom and its institutional links to the Chinese Empire. Alison and Alban join me today to discuss Meiji empresses and Korean queen dowagers. -- Commercial FREE for patrons! Sign up Now! Love the Tudors? Read the stories of the Tudors on Tudors Dynasty! Shop Tudors Dynasty Merchandise -- Credits: Host: Dr Johanna Strong Guests: Dr Alison Miller and Dr Alban Schmid Editing: Rebecca Larson Episode Music: Tavern Loop One by Alexander Nakarada, Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/6282-tavern-loop-one, License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license, Artist website: https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rebecca-larson/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rebecca-larson/support

The Description of a New World, Called the Blazing-World by Duchess Margaret Cavendish This 1666 proto-sci-fi novel explores philosophy and science from a 17th Century perspective, even nodding at germ theory. But you'll be nodding off well before then as the soporific discussion with the Empresses various forms of Beast Man drone on. Happy sleeping.

Mixers make some noise! An Lingrong has the recipe and it's called "Escucha Las Palabras De Las Brujas". Our hosts dive deep into episode 21 of Empresses in the palace and.... brrrr it's cold in here. The girls bust our their winter vests and play in the snow. One lucky girl is verrrrrry excited to serve the Emperor for the first time and Zhen Huan does some home improvements she saw on Pinterest. Hua Fei comes up with a clever scheme to make some quick cash and the Empress doesn't want any silly talk! We cover a whole lot of Whispers in the Palace and Trenty takes a trip to the hypothetical marriage market in the language challenge. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/whitegaze/message

Come on flowers, come on other kinds of flowers, come on Nina Flowers...it's time for a new episode of Zhen Huan Zhuan! Today our hosts Trenty and Big Westi dive deep into the procedural court drama that is Empresses in the Palace. Jade is acting out of pocket and Lady Melodic 2.0 is riding high on her previous successes. But when a mystery ingredient is found inside the baby food, harsh justice must be brought down upon the heads of the culprits. Will Hua Fei be exposed? Will Car Gui Ren rescue her baby? Will Zhen Huan's main character energy fall short? And please.... if you're a botanist please assist.... --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/whitegaze/message

Our Hosts Trenty and Big Westi are back OFFICIALLY for the premiere of season 2 of their critically acclaimed podcast White Gaze. In this episode, they dive DEEP into the drama, looks, and language of episode 16 of Empresses in the Palace, an exciting episode where....ummm.... tbh it has been a while since time of recording so... you'll have to listen to find out! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/whitegaze/message

Two of the last living descendants from the Great Macedonian Dynasty, Theodora, and Zoe, ruled as co-emperors over the Roman Empire. But they both are grasping at straws, as they too are old, and they do not have any children… it is these women who will ultimately choose the successor dynasty to the great Macedonian line.The History of Modern Greece Podcast covers the events of the Greek People from the fall of Constantinople in 1453 to the Greek War of Independence in 1821-1832, through to the Greco-Turkish War from 1919 to 1922 to the present day.Website: www.moderngreecepodcast.comMusic by Mark Jungerman: www.marcjungermann.com

Send us a Text Message.Alchemy is a term all the way from Medieval Times, today we dumb it down by calling it “magic.” Either way, cards play a big part in understanding alchemy( magic) in life, and actually using it can help us get to feeling our most highest energies. For example,  a winning hand in poker means you're at the top of your game, right? Best of the best…at least for that round.  A little richer now too, hmm? Nice! And, Energy wise you're feeling like a boss. Because you are!  Thing is, we can embody this feeling in life too, but how can we feel like those bosses, those Emperors or Empresses, as we like to say in Tarot, more often as we navigate thru these lives of ours? Wanna know? Then, play on, my friend! because in this episode I'll explain how transformation works in our lives, how we can alchemize ourselves here in good old 2022 and beyond, that alchemy is not something that died off in the Middle Ages, and that it is very much alive in all of us today.

On this week's episode of The One Piece Podcast we have Zach, Ed, Steve & Alex hosting for our recap of One Piece Chapter 1064, “Egghead Labophase”! This week we are joined by special guests Stephen Paul (translator for One Piece in Weekly Shonen Jump and Manga Plus), along with Mike Patton (lazy river aficionado and storyboard artist) and Vero (social media intern and OPP Atlas mod)! We also have a double Anime Recap with Sam Leach for One Piece Episodes 1036 & 1037, plus Piece Together and Vero trivia, so get ready!Credit to Steve for this week's episode image! Check out all of the alternate images and titles on our Patreon, subscribe today at patreon.com/onepiecepodcast! You can see the alternate titles and images for this week's episode here.This week's episode is edited by Dan!0:00:00 - Introduction & Spoiler-free One Piece Red discussion0:13:08 - Manga Recap: Chapter 10641:37:08 - Anime Recap: Episodes 1036 & 10371:57:33 - Piece Together2:37:30 - To Be Continued...and Trivia!PODCAST ANNOUNCEMENTS!The One Piece Podcast Atlas: a One Piece Podcast fanbook with art & articles from the crew and community, we are excited to create a project that showcases everything we love about being part of the One Piece community!We are proud to announce that the second episode of Real It In: A One Piece Podcast Live Action Podcast with Sam & Jill is out now! The third episode has been recorded!The third season of Fight Together continues every month! The latest episode about Asexuality & Aromanticism is out now!The first three episodes of “The Grand Line” — our OPPTTRPG with Dan, Josh, Vero, Brodsky, Sam, Ruby, Zach & Sean — are out now!Arcs of Consequence 2 will arrive at the end of 2022, timed with The One Piece Podcast Atlas!You can pick up One Piece Podcast merch from our TeePublic store! Check it out!INTRODUCING: The OPP Treasure Box!To celebrate our 13th anniversary, we are giving away prizes to one lucky winner every month for the next twelve months! All you have to do is follow the One Piece Podcast Twitter account at @OnePiecePodcast and then retweet one of our Monday Podcast Episode tweets. It only takes one retweet to enter but your chances are higher if you retweet every episode post that month.You can subscribe on Patreon and get access to our 700+ episode archive, exclusive episodes with our special guests, SWAG and a lot more. Don't miss out, subscribe at patreon.com/onepiecepodcast to get the full One Piece Podcast experience! We have the full One Piece Podcast documentary The One Piece Podcast Goes to Japan exclusively on Patreon!

On this week's episode of The One Piece Podcast we have Zach, Ed, Steve & Alex hosting for our recap of One Piece Chapter 1064, “Egghead Labophase”! This week we are joined by special guests Stephen Paul (translator for One Piece in Weekly Shonen Jump and Manga Plus), along with Mike Patton (lazy river aficionado and storyboard artist) and Vero (social media intern […] The post Episode 742, “The Empresses' New Clothes” (with Mike Patten) appeared first on The One Piece Podcast.

On this week's episode of The One Piece Podcast we have Zach, Ed, Steve & Alex hosting for our recap of One Piece Chapter 1064, “Egghead Labophase”! This week we are joined by special guests Stephen Paul (translator for One Piece in Weekly Shonen Jump and Manga Plus), along with Mike Patton (lazy river aficionado and storyboard artist) and Vero (social media intern and OPP Atlas mod)! We also have a double Anime Recap with Sam Leach for One Piece Episodes 1036 & 1037, plus Piece Together and Vero trivia, so get ready! Credit to Steve for this week's episode image! Check out all of the alternate images and titles on our Patreon, subscribe today at patreon.com/onepiecepodcast! You can see the alternate titles and images for this week's episode here. This week's episode is edited by Dan! 0:00:00 - Introduction & Spoiler-free One Piece Red discussion 0:13:08 - Manga Recap: Chapter 1064 1:37:08 - Anime Recap: Episodes 1036 & 1037 1:57:33 - Piece Together 2:37:30 - To Be Continued...and Trivia! PODCAST ANNOUNCEMENTS! The One Piece Podcast Atlas: a One Piece Podcast fanbook with art & articles from the crew and community, we are excited to create a project that showcases everything we love about being part of the One Piece community! We are proud to announce that the second episode of Real It In: A One Piece Podcast Live Action Podcast with Sam & Jill is out now! The third episode has been recorded! The third season of Fight Together continues every month! The latest episode about Asexuality & Aromanticism is out now! The first three episodes of “The Grand Line” — our OPPTTRPG with Dan, Josh, Vero, Brodsky, Sam, Ruby, Zach & Sean — are out now! Arcs of Consequence 2 will arrive at the end of 2022, timed with The One Piece Podcast Atlas! You can pick up One Piece Podcast merch from our TeePublic store! Check it out! INTRODUCING: The OPP Treasure Box! To celebrate our 13th anniversary, we are giving away prizes to one lucky winner every month for the next twelve months! All you have to do is follow the One Piece Podcast Twitter account at @OnePiecePodcast and then retweet one of our Monday Podcast Episode tweets. It only takes one retweet to enter but your chances are higher if you retweet every episode post that month. You can subscribe on Patreon and get access to our 700+ episode archive, exclusive episodes with our special guests, SWAG and a lot more. Don't miss out, subscribe at patreon.com/onepiecepodcast to get the full One Piece Podcast experience! We have the full One Piece Podcast documentary The One Piece Podcast Goes to Japan exclusively on Patreon! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-one-piece-podcast--5846933/support. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Throughout the Summer we have had strictly artists on Reggae Uprising Podcast in celebration of high vibrations. As this is the final episode of August we have dedicated it to our Empresses. In the first part of the Empressions Hour the works featured are all this years releases. The second part not only features the works of our host but also some of your favorite selections of the summer.TUFF LIKE IRON - EVERYTHING  /  insta : @tufflikelionKRISTINE ALICIA - I & I  /  insta : @kristinealiciaITALEE - BABYLON MONEY  /  insta : @italee_worldSISTAH JAHIA - EMPRESS ON THE RISE  /   insta : @sistahjahiaALEIGHCIA SCOTT - CRY  /   insta :  @aleighciasingsMIRIAM SIMONE - KEEP HAILING KING RASTAFARI  /  @empressmiriamsimoneINDRA - CRYING OUT  UPPER CUT BAND FEAT. XANA ROMEO - SELASSIE I FOREVER  /   insta : @xanaromeoQUEEN FYAH - NEVER LOSE MY WAY  /   insta : @queenfyahhDANIEAL - GETTING RED  /   insta : @daniealmusicYEZA - GOD AFRICA  /  insta : @yeza_musicCHINEY KIKI - REVELATION  /   insta : @chineykikiZANUBIAN - ANCIENT CHANT  /   insta : @zanubianSHUGA - MR GOVERNMENT  /  @shugamusicPlease subscribe if you feel the vibe and connect with Danieal via www.danieal.co.ukDisclaimer : Reggae Uprising Podcast does not own any of the rights to any of the music or extracts featured. It is used only as a tool of education, upliftment and empowerment for and of people of the diaspora.

The Jianwen Emperor plays shell-games with his dad's spirit tablet, decides Confucius has had it too good for too long, gets gross in his pursuit for immortality, and tries breath-play with his concubines... oh yes, and fire. So, so much fire.Time Period Covered:ca. 1524-1547 CEMajor Historical Figures:The Jiajing Emperor (Zhu Houcong) [r. 1521-1567]Empress Dowager Zhang [r. 1505-1541]Empress Chen [r. 1522-1528]Empress Zhang [r. 1529-1534]Empress Fang [r. 1534-1547]Confucius [551-479 BCE]Minister Xia YanMinister Huo TaoMajor Sources Cited:Works Cited:Geiss, James. “The Chia-ching reign, 1522-1566,” in The Cambridge History of China, Vol. 7: the Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644, Part I.Huang, Weibo. “The palace rebellion of ‘Renyin' and the Jiajing Emperor's belief in alchemy” in Xiang Chao.McMahon, Keith. Celestial Women: Imperial Wives and Concubines in China from Song to Qing.Zhang, Tingyu. History of Ming, Vol. 114, Historical Biography 2, Empresses and Concubines 2.Zhang, Yongchang. “The ‘Renyin' palace rebellion: palace women sacrifice themselves” in Quanzhou Wenxue. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Did you see that really fierce bird???? Our hosts Trenty and Big Westi go into nature this week to recap Episode 15 of Empresses in The Palace. We wanna get into that Summer Palace vibe, you know? Joining them is EXTRA special guest Sarah Bourek, who is a true Zhen Xue Jia despite her inability to differentiate tones. Zhen Huan is gloating over her victory with the Emperor when the UNTHINKABLE happens... and one of our faves is sent to pussy prison... The Emperor shows us that he's a true Katy Kat by truly embodying the lyrics of "Hot & Cold" as the Empress and Hua Fei continue their Cold War. Please let us know in the comments who do YOU think had the best look this week AND who truly won the Tongue Twister Smackdown for the Crown. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/whitegaze/message

I wish we had a pool... It's getting hot in here as our hosts Trenty and Big Westi dive deep into the drama, looks, and language of Episode 12 of Empresses in the Palace. The Emperor takes the All Stars All Winners concubines to the verdant Summer Palace to relax and get some fresh air. Cao Gui Ren starts meddling for attention and Hua Fei wears an ugly dress. We finally see another man and one of the girls is in the preggers mood... We relay some more whispers in the palace and close out pride month with a special rainbow vocab challenge. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/whitegaze/message

Buku! Buku! Buku! Our hosts are joined by EXTRA special guest Enema Stone as they dive deep into the drama, looks, and language of Empresses in the Palace, Episode 10. There's something sour in the tonics, and detective Zhen Huan is on the case! It reveals a deep conspiracy running through the palace - but will she discover the truth in time? Will the harem ever recover? Will we ever see the 17th Prince???? Find out all this and more, as our hosts compete in a special Pride Edition of the Chinese Culture Quiz. Be sure to follow Enema Stone on social media @ ...... idk just look up Enema Stone.... --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/whitegaze/message

HE'S RIGHT BEHIND YOU!!! Our hosts Trenty and Big Westi dive deep into the drama, looks, and....not the language of Episode 9 of Empresses in the Palace. Hua Fei sets her sights on our favorite girls, determined to regain favor with the Emperor. This puts Shen Meizhuang at the center of a murderous plot. The Emperor, meanwhile, gets naughty with Zhen Huan, who continues to slay on the zither. Qi Fei shoots her shot as a Pink Lady and the 17th Prince is still inexplicably absent from the palace. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/whitegaze/message

It's Pride Again! Our hosts Trenty and Big Westi ring in pride month with an especially h*rny recap of Episode 8 of Empresses in the Palace. One lucky concubine gets taken to New Star Day Spa with with the Emperor while two girls are forced to stay home and simply stare at the moon... Battle lines are being drawn between Hua Fei and Zhen Huan, who confesses that she likes it raw. Our hosts also report on listener feedback in a new segment called Whispers in the Palace, and Big Westi plays a game of "Are You Smarter Than and HSK 5th Grader." Want to submit some palace secrets? Leave us a voice message at: https://anchor.fm/whitegaze/message --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/whitegaze/message

Are you calling me fat??? Our hosts Trenty and Big Westi dive deep into episode 7 of Empresses in the Palace, 甄嬛传. The Apricot Garden STAYS being spicy as Zhen Huan faces off against Yu DaYing....er....GuanNuZi... Suddenly, a moment of reunion changes everything for Zhen Huan. Her girls show up to celebrate and Shen MeiZhuang asks Zhen Huan the important question: do you wanna be on top? Either way, Zhen Huan's palace gets major upgrades and Big Westi prepares a very special game of Lost in Translation: Divas Edition. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/whitegaze/message

*Cough* *Cough* I'm sick :/ This week, hosts Trenty and Big Westi recap episode 4 of 甄嬛传(Zhen Huan Zhuan), otherwise known as Empresses in the Palace. Zhen Huan gets a visit from Dr. Wen, who is thankfully wearing a hat this time. Shen Meizhuang inspects her 菊花 (chrysanthemum) with some help from the Emperor. And FINALLY, we solve the case of Fuzi's mysterious death. Trenty also plays a game of How Many Strokes with a topical, current, relevant theme. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/whitegaze/message

Has anyone seen the emperor? Hosts Trenty and Big Westi dive DEEP into episode three of 甄嬛传, otherwise known as Empresses in the Palace. The eunuchs stay in their bags while the girls all move into the palace. Poor An Lingrong is roomies with Xia, meanwhile Zhen Huan might as well be living in another city. After three days, the new girls have a showdown in their first meeting with the Empress and ONE of the girls..... let's just says she was not red...y. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/whitegaze/message

Do we call it a pilot? Trenty and Big Westi recap and review Episode 1 of 甄嬛传，otherwise known as "Empresses in the Palace". They discuss mustaches, inexcusable hairlines, the cross cultural implications of bestowing the flower, and Big Westi plays a game of "Don't take that tone with me!". --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/whitegaze/message

In this episode, Lisa and Pete explore a real proverb ("I'll Show You Where Crawfish Hibernate”) and invent a new one ("Is that Dump Truck Full of Erasers or Empresses?”). Pete Kirkwood is fascinated with the science of well-being, with economics, and with the intersection between the two. That's why he's called The Happitalist. For more about Pete-https://traversecityworkshop.com Lisa Thauvette's background is in education and human development, but she's also an improv ninja. That's why she's called The Tilt Thinker. For more about Lisa-http://www.tiltthink.com/ This podcast is a part of The Boardman Review Podcast Collective in collaboration with Cold Shower Media. For more about The Boardman Review follow the link https://www.theboardmanreview.com. Or, if you're interested in your own podcast, follow the link https://www.coldshowermedia.com to learn how Cold Shower Media can best serve you.

主播：Selah | 翩翩歌曲 : Never on Sunday1.《甄嬛传》也有美国版前段时间，翩翩老师给Selah推荐了一部中国剧——Empresses in the Palace（直译是“皇宫里的娘娘们”）。这是翻译成英文的名字。It originally airedin China as The Legend of Zhen Huan. 这部剧2011年上映，国内名字是The Legend of Zhen Huan（《甄嬛传》）。《甄嬛传》在中国，可以称得上a household name（家喻户晓的名字）。Selah看完一部分后，感受是：• I have an ‘old time' feel to it. 感到很古老。• very Chinese, traditional feeling 很有中国传统的感觉*air v.上映*household /ˈhaʊshoʊld/ adj. 家喻户晓的这部剧出了美国版本，加了英文字幕（English subtitle）。Selah评价这部剧的翻译是：● It is pretty good. 相当好。● It is translated very beautifully. 翻译得很美。● You can still get the feel of the show. 仍能感受到原汁原味的剧情。我们来看，美国人是怎么翻译、制作英文版《甄嬛传》的。《甄嬛传》的英文名：Empresses in the Palace*empress /ˈemprəs/ n. 皇后*emperor /ˈempərər/ n. 皇帝*palace n. 皇宫（故宫博物院the Palace Museum）There are 6 episodes and each episode is about 90 minutes long.美版《甄嬛传》一共6集，每集大约90分钟。第一集叫做:The Pilot 为什么很多美剧的第一集（the first episode）都叫The Pilot ？The Pilot要给观众展示的是the themes and tones of the show（剧集的主题和基调），它会告诉你，what you'll get if you keep watching the show。“pilot”这个词有“飞行员”的意思，电视剧集的“pilot”的作用，就像飞行员steers a plane and controls where it goes（操纵飞机并控制它的去向）一样。所以，pilot有试播集、首航集的意思。*episode/ˈepɪsoʊd/ n. （电视连续剧或无线电广播剧的）一集*pilot /ˈpaɪlət/ 飞行员；（电视的）试播节目*steer /stɪr/ v. 掌控方向盘2.美剧版《甄嬛传》里的精彩翻译(1) 经典名词：● 菀菀，你怎么不唤朕四郎了？Why didn't you call me “my dear”?（“四郎”翻译成了“my dear”）● 是，娘娘！ Yes, my lady.● 娘娘不用太担心。Don't worry, my lady.● 一丈红 : TheScarlet Redscarlet /ˈskɑːrlət/猩红的，a brilliant, very bright red colorIt is worn by bishops in the catholic church. 天主教会的主教们会穿这个颜色，所以，用“scarlet”翻译“一丈红”，加了一层宗教含义。而且，可以说这翻译做到了“信、达、雅”，很符合西方文化特色。在剧中，华妃说：今年的枫叶好像不够红啊! It's not striking enough. 那就赏夏常在一丈红吧：Then I will award Attendant XiaThe Scarlet Red.*striking /ˈstraɪkɪŋ/ adj. 显著的* award /əˈwɔːrd/ v. 奖励美国有本小说叫The ScarletLetter（《红字》），主要讲的是一个女人因为affair（婚外情），然后发生的一系列bad things。“scarlet”和sin（原罪）以及something evil（邪恶的事）有关，表示“罪孽深重”。不得不说，“一丈红”翻译为“TheScarlet Red”，绝了！● 别人行礼后，皇上或皇后常说：起来吧。You may rise. *rise：rise有一种royal（庄严的，高贵的），slow的感觉。● 请皇上翻牌子。Your Majesty，please select a concubine.*Your Majesty：陛下*concubine /ˈkɑ:ŋkjubaɪn/ n. 妾● 得宠: His majestyfavors her.*favor /ˈfeɪvər/ v. 比较喜欢；宠爱● 失宠: lost the favorShe has lost the Emperor's favor.*favor n. 宠爱● 惊鸿舞: flying wild goose*wild goose大雁● 冷宫: Cold Palace● 滴血验亲：blood test ● 臣妾做不到啊！ I truly cannot bear it!*bear v. 忍受；承受● 慎刑司：The Office of Punishment(2) Ranks & Titles 后宫嫔妃等级● 小主: Young mistress ● 答应:2nd Attendantattendant /əˈtendənt/ n. 服务员*light attendant空乘人员*room attendant客房服务员*train attendant列车服务员● 常在: 1st Attendant● 贵人: NobleLady● 嫔：Concubine /ˈkɑ:ŋkjubaɪn/菀嫔：Concubine Wan 晋菀嫔为妃：Let's promote Concubine Wan to Consort.*promote /prəˈmoʊt/ v. 晋升● 妃：Consort /ˈkɑːnsɔːrt/华妃:Consort Hua 熹妃回宫：Consort Xi returns.● 贵妃：NobleConsort 朕要封你为贵妃：I grant you the title of Noble Consort.*grant /ɡrænt/授予，给予的都是big deal（很重要的东西或事情）。比如我们说，“不要把别人的爱当做理所当然”就可以说，“Don't take it for granted.”• 对皇帝说话称陛下：Your Majesty臣妾参见皇上：I greet Your Majesty.(3) 漂亮的名句翻译下面这些翻译得很漂亮的名句，我们完全可以用在日常英语中：● 尽人事，听天命: Do what I'm allowed. The rest I leave tofate.*fate /feɪt/ n. 命运● 今日之恩，没齿难忘: I will never forget your kindness as long as I live.● 不入虎穴，焉得虎子: A tigercubcannot be caught without entering the tiger's lair.*cub （熊、狮、狐狸等的）幼兽，崽*lair /ler/ n.（野兽的）巢穴● 太阳从西边出来了: Pigs may well fly!（猪也会飞？）● 兵行险招: It's worth the risk.● 她非池中之物，迟早的事: She's an extraordinarygirl. Itisjust a matter of time.*extraordinary /ɪkˈstrɔːrdəneri/ adj. 异乎寻常的（注意读音，不是extra和ordinary读音的相加哦，要把a的音去掉）如果大家想看美版《甄嬛传》的话，可以到咱们公众号后台，发送“美版甄嬛传”五个字，就可以领取片源了。欢迎大家留言告诉我们：美版《甄嬛传》中，你最喜欢的翻译是哪几句？

Royal Family, well you know we, Empresses, had to weigh in on the Will, Jada, & Chris Rock controversy; but we invited a guest Emperor to join us at the round table. J. Fonixx of Hue Boudoir Art joins us to provide his straight, male perspective from behind the lens of a black woman's vulnerabilities and, in Jada's case, self-absorption. Join us as we talk about the male-on-male and male-on-female dynamic, alopecia, and all things concerning relationships. Goblets up. Cheers.

Celebrating International Women's Month with classics from the Queens, Empresses, SiStars and ladies. Starting with the Soul SiStars Gwen McCrae and The Jones Girls --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/radikalra/message

为什么那么多人爱甄嬛传？因为里面处处都是教你为人处世的名言警句。本周Zane在重温甄嬛传后与我们分享了制霸职场小tips。另一边，Rita依然沉浸在相声的快乐星球，一周听了两场德云社的相声，开启了德云社小园子走访之旅。本周爱用物，我们评测了网红奶油米酒 、会喷微气泡的花洒。最后还有教大家“无痛”起床的小绝招~check us out! 你可以在Spotify、小宇宙、苹果Podcast、QQ音乐、荔枝播客等各大平台搜索Soft Spot 找到我们 或通过这个邮箱：softspot_softspot@outlook.com 告诉我们你的想法 你可以在Spotify、小宇宙、苹果Podcast、QQ音乐、荔枝播客等各大平台搜索Soft Spot 找到我们 或通过这个邮箱：softspot_softspot@outlook.com 告诉我们你的想法 时间线： 00:20 Zane&Rita本周新事分享 08:40 Zane的“好东西”以及一个小拔草 14:45 Rita新奇好物分享以及洗澡小习惯讨论 26:50 甄嬛传里的人生tips 38:30 “无痛”起床小绝招 涉及影片及品牌： TV：《后宫甄嬛传》 米酒：小木屋奶油米酒 花洒：ReFa Why people binge watch Empresses in the Palace? Because we can all learn some great workplace tips with the golden quotes from the period drama show. This week, Zane rewatched the series and shared some of the highlighted quotes with us. Rita, on the other hand, is still crazy over the Chinese folk art cross-talks. She went two times and planned to visit all branches of deyunshe, the most famous cross-talk show group. Check us out for more fun tips and weekly favorites! You can also find us on Spotify / Xiao Yu Zhou / Apple podcast / Ximalaya / QQ Music / NetEase Music / LiZhi FM searching Soft Spot Shoot us an email at softspot_softspot@outlook.com

Photo: Peng Shuai's statement that has caused her to be disappeared by the Chinese Communist Party. Screenshot/capture of Peng Shuai's Weibo post on 2 Nov 2021 regarding Zhang Gaoli. Peng Shuai  Nov 2 22:07 from Huawei .   "I know it's impossible to explain clearly, and even if I were to talk about it it's useless. But still I want to talk about it. I feel so unbearably phony, I admit that I am not a good girl, a terrible terrible girl. Approximately three years ago vice premier Zhang Gaoli you retired, looked for Dr. Liu of the Tianjin Tennis Center and got in touch with me again, asked me for a time to play, at the Kang Ming Hotel in Beijing. After our AM session, your wife Kang Jie and you brought me to your home. Then brought me to a room at your residence, like that time over 10 years ago or prior* in Tianjin, wanted to have sexual relationship* with me. On the afternoon that day I was very scared, had not at all anticipated that things would end up like that, one person helping stand guard outside, because no one would have believed that the wife would be willing. Seven years ago or prior* we had sexual relationship* once, afterwards you were promoted to the Politburo Standing Committee, left for Beijing, and didn't contact me again. Originally I buried everything inside my heart, if you fundamentally don't plan on being responsible, why did you still bother to come around and look for me, bring me to your home and compel* me to have relationship* with you? Yes it's I who do not have evidence, while it's fundamentally impossible to leave any evidence.  Afterwards you kept denying it, but truly it was you who favored me first, otherwise I would not have been able to come into contact with you. On the afternoon that day I originally did not agree and kept crying, had supper with you and aunt Kang Jie together, you said the universe is very very big, the Earth is a grain of sand within the universe, we humans are not even a grain of sand, and spoke about much much more, so that I could let go of thoughts and burdens.  Nonetheless after supper I was also unwilling, you said you hated me! And said in those seven years you had never forgotten about me, will treat me well etc.  . . .  scared and nervous and carrying my feelings for you from seven years ago or prior* I agreed . . .  so yes we had sexual relationship*. Feelings are a very complicated thing, impossible to explain clearly, from that day on I re-opened my love for you, then during the days that I spent with you, just from interacting with you you are a very very nice person, treated me quite well too, we chatted about modern history all the way back to ancient eras, you told me knowledge of many things and economics and philosophy, endless topics. Together we played board games*, sang, played ping-pong, billiards, and tennis we could always play until we couldn't be merrier, our personalities were so compatible as if everything matched.  Since I was little having left home very young, I've been extremely deprived of affection, so facing all that's happened, I've never considered myself to be a good girl, I hate myself, hate why I had to come to this world, to experience this calamity. You told me that you love me, very very much, and hoped that in the next life we could meet when you're 20 and I 18. You said you are very lonely, very pitiable by yourself, we could chat forever, talk on and on without end, you said that with your position there's no way to get a divorse, and had we met when you were still in Shandong, you might still be able to get a divorce, but now there's no way.  I've thought about accompanying you just like this unknown by the outside world, in the beginning things were okay, but as time passed they changed, too many instances of injustice and insult. Every time you let me visit, behind your back your wife said so many nasty and insulting things to me, all kinds of caustic mockery and ridicules. I said I like eating duck tongues, aunt Kang Jie would say right in front of me ~eww so disgusting. When there was smog in Beijing in the winter I said the air quality was not very good sometimes, aunt Kang Jie would tell me, that's in your rural areas, we do not feel it over here. And so forth many many similar things were said, when you were present she would not speak in such fashion, almost like us, there was one set of behaviors when the two of us were spending time together, but when other people were present you would treat me differently**. [Remainder of the statement is below, at the end.] #PRC: Deriding Gu and Disappearing Peng at the Olympics. @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-02-14/china-mustn-t-embrace-eileen-gu-as-patriot-veteran-editor-warns ..  ..  ..   ** Peng Shuai's statement that has caused her to be disappeared by the Chinese Communist Party, second part. . . . I've told you before, hearing those words so often made me feel especially wronged and hurt, from the day I met you until now I've never used any of your money, let alone using you to obtain any benefit or perk, but this thing called title and status is so important. I had it coming for all of this, bringing disgrace upon myself. From start to finish you've always told me to keep our relationship a secret, especially never to tell my mom about our relationship as a man and a woman, because it was she who saw me off near the Church of the Saviour, Beijing everytime, afterwards I had to change into your household's vehicle before it was okay to enter your courtyard. She always thought I was going to play Mahjong and cards, to hang out at your place. In our respective life each of us is a real-life invisible person, your wife is like the queen from Empresses in the Palace, while words cannot describe how unbearable I feel, many times I thought am I still a person? I feel I am a walking corpse, pretending, pretending everyday, which me is the real me? I shouldn't have come to this world, but neither do I have the courage to die. I very much wish to live more simply, but things didn't go my way. There was a very big dispute on the night of the 30th, you said to go to your house again on the afternoon of the 2nd for us to talk things out, today at noon you called and said something came up and for us to re-connect later, shirking everything, using the excuse of re-connecting later ......, just like this "disappearing" like seven years ago or prior*, after playing around you change your mind the moment you no longer want me. You said what's between us isn't transactional, true, the feeling between us is unrelated to money, power, but I have no way to put my feelings from these three years to rest, have difficulties facing them. You're always afraid I might carry some recording device, leave evidence and so forth. True, beside myself I haven't left any evidence or proof, no audio recordings, no videos, only the true experience of how I've been twisted. I know that to you the powerful and high-ranking vice premier Zhang Gaoli, you've said that you're not afraid. But even if it's hitting rock with eggs, as a moth flying towards flames sacrificing myself I would still reveal what has transpired with you. With your intelligence and strategems you would certainly deny this or you could even serve everything back at me, you can take things not seriously at all to such an extent. You are always saying that you hope your mom is watching over you from the heavens, I'm a bad girl and do not deserve to be a mother, while you are a father with son and daughter, I've asked you even if it were your adopted daughter would you have compelled* her to do so? With all of this that you've done in this life would you be able to face your mom with a clear conscience afterwards? All or both of us* appear very proper and sanctimonious ...... Translator's notes: (年前) years ago or prior: This could mean either a number of years ago/before the present, or a number of years prior to some other reference point established in the context. One interpretation or the other may or may not match the chronology of Zhang Gaoli's career. In certain places in her post, neither interpretation seems to match known facts, so Peng might have made some typos or small errors. On the other hand, it's clearer that whenever she refers to "three years", it means counting back from the present. (性关系/关系) sexual relationship/relationship: While this could refer to Peng's relationship overall, it can also be a euphemism for sexual encounter or intercourse. Her text does not provide additional details. Depending on the context, sexual relationship can also be shortened to relationship, but the latter does not usually refer to a relationship specifically of a sexual nature. (逼) compel: While it's possible for this to mean some involvement of threats or physical force, it could also mean to pressure by persuasion or to push very hard for one's demands, especially in non-formal conversations. Peng's text does not provide additional information. (下棋) played board games: Specifically board games with deployable pieces such as Go, chess, elephant chess, checkers. (我们都) all or both of us: Because this is the last sentence and appears to be incomplete, it's uncertain how many people are being referred to, although in my opinion it probably refers to all of us i.e. more than 2 persons here. For ~90% of the content of her post, I've retained her exact wording, order, repetition, and punctuation (except for asterisks in the translation to indicate my notes). The result should be free of any additions, omissions, interpretations, or changes in meaning. ..  ..  .. 

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The idea was born on a road trip from Waco, Texas to Ferndale, California.    Merritt Brodt and her daughter, Callie Alexandre, had gone to the Lone Star State to source antiques for their artisan shop, The Farmer's Daughter, in downtown Ferndale.    Callie, whose husband's married family owns and operates Alexandre Farms (one of the few organic dairies to produce A2/A2 milk AND secure coveted shelf space at Whole Foods' across the country) had the idea.   “What if we renovated the barn and turned it into an Airbnb?”   Merritt, mother of 3, grandmother of 4, owner of 500 cows, and founder of The Farmer's Daughter, was skeptical at first.  She had a pretty full plate already!   Upon arriving back home in their lush, almost Ireland-like town just a few hours north of San Francisco, Callie was able to convince Merrit and her husband Brian to give it a shot...and the whole family got to work.    Their mission?  To create a piece of heaven on Earth. Tune in to hear Merritt and her daughter-in-law Amanda share the inspiring story of how the family came together to bring The Farm Stay at the Bluff to life.    To book your stay at the Bluff, or to connect with the Brodt family, visit the links below!    Oh, and the next time you're at the grocery store and pick up a delicious block of Rumiano's Cheese or a pint of Humboldt Creamery's ice cream, say a little "thank you" to Merritt and the Brodt family...chances are, the milk came from one of their cows!    Book Your Stay   Follow Merritt on Instagram   Follow Amanda on Instagram   Follow Callie on Instagram   Follow the FarmStay on Instagram   Follow The Famer's Daughter on Instagram  Follow Rumiano Cheese   Follow Humboldt Creamery    If you are an Airbnb host or know an Airbnb host,  who'd like to come on the show, send me an email at zach@sponstayneous.com and we'll chat!   Behind the Stays is brought to you each week by Sponstayneous —a carefully-curated weekly newsletter that brings you the best last-minute deals and upcoming steals on Airbnb.  It's sort of like Scott's Cheap Flights, but for Airbnb! You can sign up for free at sponstayneous.com  Last, but certainly not least...I didn't believe in Marie Kondo's whole “spark joy” mantra until I started podcasting...now, my joy is sparked every time I see a new subscriber roll in!  So please, hit that subscribe button so you never miss an episode...and so you add a lil' spark to my joy fire today.

The Nara Period began when Empress Genmei moved the court to the new permanent capital of Heijo-kyo in the northern part of the Nara region. During the reigns of Empresses Genmei and Genshō, the Fujiwara Clan continued to grow in power under the leadership of Fujiwara Fuhito.For a picture of Empress Genmei and the tomb of Empress Genshō, check out the supplemental post!Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/AHistoryOfJapan)

Hua Fei tries desperately to cling onto power and is tricked into believing that her family is in the clear. Zhen Huan makes a scene at a banquet and is banished by the Emperor. Sensing that all is not right, the Empress orders An Ling Rong to join Zhen Huan as a sort of double agent to spy on Zhen Huan. However, the chess pieces are in place for the final checkmate to the Nian family. Huai Fei regains power and continues her lavish ways. Her brother, Nian Geng Yao, even openly mocks the Emperor. The Emperor deals a final blow to the Nian family by capturing the rest of the Nian faction including the 10th, 8th, and 9th Princes. By the end of the episode, the once powerful Hua Fei is now demoted to a lowly 1st class attendant and her brother has been sentenced to death