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Spreek je prima Engels bij de koffieautomaat, maar blokkeer je zodra de camera aangaat in een Teams-meeting? Het ligt niet aan je woordenschat, maar aan je mindset. In deze aflevering duiken we in de 10 ongeschreven regels die van elke aarzelende spreker een zelfverzekerde professional maken.Klaar om te beginnen met kleine stappen die echt verschil maken? Ontdek hier hoe de challenge werkt: https://learnenglishwithtess.com/improve-grammar-2/joinWil je werken aan je woordenschat?Download dan hieronder gratis mijn werkboek Mijn Persoonlijke Woordenschatbank, een praktische printable die je helpt om jouw eigen vocabulaire stap voor stap op te bouwen.https://learnenglishwithtess.com/series/joinLiever even sparren om te kijken wat geschikt is voor jou: klik hier: https://learnenglishwithtess.com/boek-discovery-callMijn e-mail adres: tess@learnenglishwithtess.comOf stuur een DM op Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/learnenglishwithtess/

Zu wenig Strahlkraft bei den Spitzenleuten und Wahlversprechen, die nicht einzuhalten sind: Laut Politologin Sabine Kropp zeigt die Landtagswahl im Südwesten auch, wie weit sich viele Wählende von den Regierungsparteien entfernt haben. Engels, Silvia www.deutschlandfunk.de, Informationen am Mittag

Der Laber-Podcast zum Eurovision Song Contest

Wenn am 16. Mai 2026 in der Wiener Stadthalle der «Eurovision Song Contest» ausgetragen wird, dann ist Sarah Engels für Deutschland dabei. Die Produktionsfirma Kimmig Entertainment hat einen dreistündigen Vorentscheid auf die Beine gestellt, der in Berlin von Barbara Schöneberger und Hazel Brugger moderiert wurde. Über dreieinhalb Millionen Menschen sahen die Show, unter ihnen waren über eine Million Menschen zwischen 14 und 49 Jahren. Die Zuschauerzahlen waren besser als bei der Zusammenarbeit mit Stefan Raab im vergangenen Jahr. Die Wahl fiel auf Sarah Engels, die das Ergebnis von Abor & Tynna mit „Baller“ erst einmal übertreffen muss. Das Duo aus Österreich schnappte sich den 15. Platz, die Chancen von Engels sind derzeit noch unbekannt. Mario Thunert und Fabian Riedner sprechen in dieser Ausgabe über «Eurovision Song Contest – Das Deutsche Finale 2026». Auch das Finale zwischen Engels, wavvyboi und Molly Sue spielt eine Rolle. Obwohl Sarah Engels sowohl eine große Online-Community vorweisen kann als auch bei erfolgreichen Shows im Ersten und im ZDF auftritt, gewann sie mit 38,3 Prozent – wavvyboi folgte mit nicht einmal vier Prozent Abstand. Außerdem werfen Thunert und Riedner einen Blick auf die Schweiz mit Veronica Fusaro und Österreich mit Benjamin Gedeon, die ebenfalls einen guten Platz erreichen möchten.

Die deutsche Teilnahme für den Eurovision Song Contest 2026 steht fest! Am Samstag siegte Kölnerin Sarah Engels im deutschen Vorentscheid. Wie klingt ihr Song "Fire" und hat Deutschland einen Chance auf den Sieg? Reporterin Ksenia gibt ihre Einschätzung ab.

De meeste baby's (spontane bevallingen) komen volgens Engels onderzoek tussen 01:00 en 07:00 uur ter wereld. Maar waarom is dat eigenlijk zo? We vragen het aan Thomas van den Akker, gynaecoloog en hoogleraar verloskunde. Daarnaast worden baby's ook steeds minder vaak geboren, al jaren daalt het geboortecijfer en regeringen slaan alarm. Maar waarom krijgen we minder kinderen en wat zijn daar de (economische) gevolgen van? We bellen erover met econoom aan de UvA Esmée Zwiers. 

Van hotelkussens tot koffies van bijna tien euro: de prijzen lijken tegenwoordig compleet ontspoord. In deze aflevering klagen we over dure steden, hippe bakkerijen waar je bijna een lening moet aangaan voor een koffie, en de kleine cultuurshocks tussen België en Nederland. Bastien vertelt over zijn weken in Amsterdam, waar croissants en ijskoffies plots luxegoederen worden en een appartement van anderhalf miljoen doodnormaal lijkt.Tussendoor gaat het ook over alleen op restaurant gaan, markten waar afdingen blijkbaar niet meer mag, fitnessabonnementen van €180 en waarom Nederlanders in België soms luidruchtiger lijken dan in Nederland zelf.Kortom: een aflevering over geld, prijzen en het gevoel dat alles tegenwoordig een beetje… te duur geworden is.00:00 Hotelkussens03:29 Bastien terug uit Amsterdam05:00 Zon in het Vondelpark08:38 Nederlandse toeristen in België09:24 Vechtpartij aan de frituur11:40 De politie bellen en waarom dat awkward voelt15:00 Broodje vleeskroket overal in Nederland16:00 Kaas van de Amsterdamse markt17:10 Afdingen op de markt20:00 Albert Heijn overal in Nederland22:00 Engels spreken in Amsterdam23:30 De leukste buurten van Amsterdam25:00 Fitnessabonnement van €18027:00 Gratis sporten door proefabonnementen29:00 Alleen op restaurant gaan31:40 Tulpen en andere toeristenklassiekers32:30 Fietscultuur in Amsterdam33:20 Wonen in Amsterdam: vastgoedprijzen34:40 Appartement van €1,5 miljoen35:40 Hoe duur Amsterdam echt is36:00 Revolut en zien hoeveel je uitgeeft37:30 IJskoffie van €938:00 Koffie van €6,50 in een bakkerij

Il y a un demi siècle, en 1976, Perry Anderson publiait un livre incontournable, "Sur le marxisme occidental", qui proposait une synthèse des aventures de la théorie marxiste pendant le court XXème siècle. Il réussissait le tour de force de nous orienter avec une langue claire dans une tradition de pensée aux contours flous et à l'unité apparemment peu évidente. La fresque historique esquissée récapitulait les principales idées qui ont émergé à la suite des écrits de Marx et Engels et ce qu'il appelle la « tradition classique », incarnée par Rosa Luxemburg, Lénine, Trotsky, pour n'en citer que quelques uns. Succédant à ces théoriciens et dirigeants politiques, les générations rassemblées sous l'appellation de « marxisme occidental » se situent historiquement après l'avènement de l'Union soviétique et géographiquement, en Europe centrale et occidentale. Parmi les innovations multiples relevées par l'auteur, on trouvait des résumés de l'hégémonie de Gramsci, de la théorie de l'idéologie chez Althusser ou de la pensée du groupe telle qu'elle est développée par Sartre. Ce texte avait le mérite de recéler d'importantes recommandations bibliographiques pour qui désire se plonger dans la théorie marxiste. À l'occasion de sa reparution aux Éditions sociales, cet épisode revient avec Stathis Kouvélakis sur l'intérêt et les limites de ce texte polémique. Qu'est-il resté du marxisme après la révolution bolchévique et la bureaucratisation de l'Union soviétique ? Quelle place doit-on ménager à la théorie dans la lutte pour l'émancipation ? Le matérialisme historique dont le « marxisme occidental » serait le dernier avatar, s'est-il éteint ou bien a-t-il cédé la place à un « marxisme global » riche des luttes anti-coloniales ? Vous devinez la réponse…

BOSA het tydens 'n debat oor Internasionale Moedertaaldag die parlement gevra om aandag te skenk aan taalongelykheid in skole. Die party se woordvoerder, Roger Solomons, sê die meeste leerders word in Engels onderrig, al praat min van hulle dit by die huis. Hy sê die bevindings van die 2030 Leespaneel waarsku teen 'n geletterdheidskrisis en bepleit die uitbreiding van moedertaalonderrig. Solomons vra ook verbeterde leerstof en sterker veeltalige onderwyseropleiding:

US-Präsident Trump kritisierte im Beisein von Kanzler Merz, dass Spanien den USA die Nutzung von Stützpunkten für den Irankrieg verweigert. Merz hätte direkt widersprechen und sich solidarisch mit dem EU-Partner zeigen sollen, sagt Omid Nouripour. Engels, Silvia www.deutschlandfunk.de, Interviews

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Ahead of her new book What's So Great About the Great Books? coming out in April, Naomi Kanakia and I talked about literature from Herodotus to Tony Tulathimutte. We touched on Chaucer, Anglo-Saxon poetry, Scott Alexander, Shakespeare, William James, Helen deWitt, Marx and Engels, Walter Scott, Les Miserables, Jhootha Sach, the Mahabharata, and more. Naomi also talked about some of her working habits and the history and future of the Great Books movement. Naomi, of course, writes Woman of Letters here on Substack.TranscriptHenry Oliver: Today, I am talking with Naomi Kanakia. Naomi is a novelist, a literary critic, and most importantly she writes a Substack called Woman of Letters, and she has a new book coming out, What's So Great About the Great Books? Naomi, welcome.Naomi Kanakia: Thanks for having me on.Oliver: How is the internet changing the way that literature gets discussed and criticized, and what is that going to mean for the future of the Great Books?Kanakia: How is the internet changing it? I can really speak to only how it has changed it for me. I started off as a writer of young adult novels and science fiction, and there's these very active online fan cultures for those two things.I was reading the Great Books all through that time. I started in 2010 through today. In the 2010s, it really felt like there was not a lot of online discussion of classic literature. Maybe that was just me and I wasn't finding it, but it didn't necessarily feel like there was that community.I think because there are so many strong, public-facing institutions that discuss classic literature, like the NYRB, London Review of Books, a lot of journals, and universities, too. But now on Substack, there are a number of blogs—yours, mine, a number of other ones—that are devoted to classic literature. All of those have these commenters, a community of commenters. I also follow bloggers who have relatively small followings who are reading Tolstoy, reading Middlemarch, reading even much more esoteric things.I know that for me, becoming involved in this online culture has given me much more of an awareness that there are many people who are reading the classics on their own. I think that was always true, but now it does feel like it's more of a community.Oliver: We are recording this the day after the Washington Post book section has been removed. You don't see some sort of relationship between the way these literary institutions are changing online and the way the Great Books are going to be conceived of in the future? Because the Great Books came out of a an old-fashioned, saving-the-institutions kind of radical approach to university education. We're now moving into a world where all those old things seem to be going.Kanakia: Yes. I agree. The Great Books began in the University of Chicago and Columbia University. If you look into the history of the movement, it really was about university education and the idea that you would have a common core and all undergraduates would read these books. The idea that the Great Books were for the ordinary person was really an afterthought, at least for Mortimer Adler and those original Great Books guys. Now, the Great Books in the university have had a resurgence that we can discuss, but I do think there's a lot more life and vitality in the kind of public-facing humanities than there has been.I talked to Irina Dumitrescu, who writes for TLS (The Times Literary Supplement), LRB (The London Review of Books), a lot of these places, and she also said the same thing—that a lot of these journals are going into podcasts, and they're noticing a huge interest in the humanities and in the classics even at the same time as big institutions are really scaling back on those things. Humanities majors are dropping, classics majors are getting cut, book coverage at major periodicals is going down. It does seem like there are signals that are conflicting. I don't really know totally what to make of it. I do think there is some relation between those two things.Ted Gioia on Substack is always talking about how culture is stagnant, basically, and one of the symptoms of that is that “back list” really outsells “front list” for books. Even in 2010, 50 percent of the books that were sold were front-list titles, books that had been released in the last 18 months. Now it's something like only 35 percent of books or something like that are front-list titles. These could be completely wrong, but there's been a trend.I think the decrease in interest in front-list books is really what drives the loss of these book-review pages because they mostly review front-list books. So, I think that does imply that there's a lot of interest in old books. That's what our stagnant culture means.Oliver: Why do you think your own blog is popular with the rationalists?Kanakia: I don't know for certain. There was a story I wrote that was a joke. There are all these pop nonfiction books that aim to prove something that seems counterintuitive, so I wrote a parody of one of those where I aim to prove that reading is bad for you. This book has many scientific studies that show the more you read, the worse it is because it makes you very rigid.Scott Alexander, who is the archrationalist, really liked that, and he added me to his blog roll. Because of that, I got a thousand rationalist subscribers. I have found that rationalists at least somewhat interested in the classics. I think they are definitely interested in enduring sources of value. I've observed a fair amount of interest.Oliver: How much of a lay reader are you really? Because you read scholarship and critics and you can just quote John Gilroy in the middle of a piece or something.Kanakia: Yeah. That is a good question. I have definitely gotten more interested in secondary literature. In my book, I really talk about being a lay reader and personally having a nonacademic approach to literature. I do think that, over 15 years of being a lay reader, I have developed a lot of knowledge.I've also learned the kind of secondary literature that is really important. I think having historical context adds a lot and is invaluable. Right now I'm rereading Les Miserables by Victor Hugo. When I first read it in 2010, I hardly knew anything about French history. I was even talking online with someone about how most people who read Les Miserables think it's set in the French Revolution. That's basically because Americans don't really know anything about French history.Everything makes just a lot more sense the more you know about the time because it was written for people in it. For people in 1860s France, who knew everything about their own recent history, that really adds a lot to it. I still don't tend to go that much into interpretive literature, literature that tries to do readings of the stories or tell me the meaning of the stories. I feel like I haven't really gotten that much out of that.Oliver: How long have you been learning Anglo-Saxon?Kanakia: I went through a big Anglo-Saxon phase. That was in 2010. It started because I started reading The Canterbury Tales in Middle English. There is a great app online called General Prologue created by one of your countrymen, Terry Richardson [NB it is Terry Jones], who loved Middle English. In this app, he recites the Middle English of the General Prologue. I started listening to this app, and I thought, I just really love the rhythms and the sounds of Middle English. And it's quite easy to learn. So then, I got really into that.And then I thought, but what about Anglo-Saxon? I'm very bad at languages. I studied Latin for seven years in middle school and high school. I never really got very far, but I thought, Anglo-Saxon has to be the easiest foreign language you can learn, right? So, I got into it.I cannot sight read Anglo-Saxon, but I really got into Anglo-Saxon poetry. I really liked the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. Most people probably would not like the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle because it's very repetitive, but that makes it great if you're a language learner because every entry is in this very repetitive structure. I just felt such a connection. I get in trouble when I say this kind of stuff, because I'm never quiet sure if it's 100 percent true. But it's certainly one of the oldest vernacular literatures in Europe. It's just so much older than most of the other medieval literature I've read. And it just was such a window into a different part of history I never knew about.Oliver: And you particularly like “The Dream of the Rood”?Kanakia: Yeah, “The Dream of the Rood” is my favorite Anglo-Saxon poem. “The Dream of the Rood” is a poem that is told from the point of view of Christ's cross. A man is having a dream. In this dream he encounters Christ's cross, and Christ's cross starts reciting to him basically the story of the crucifixion. At the end, the cross is buried. I don't know, it was just so haunting and powerful. Yeah, it was one of my favorites.Oliver: Why do you think Byron is a better poet than Alexander Pope?Kanakia: This is an argument I cannot get into. I think this is coming up because T. S. Eliot felt that Alexander Pope was a great poet because he really exemplified the spirit of the age. I don't know. I've tried to read Pope. It just doesn't do it for me. Whereas with Byron, I read Don Juan and found it entertaining. I enjoyed it. Then, his lyric poetry is just more entertaining to read. With Alexander Pope, I'm learning a lot about what kind of poetry people wrote in the 18th century, but the joy is not there.Oliver: Okay. Can we do a quick fire round where I say the name of a book and you just say what you think of it, whatever you think of it?Kanakia: Sure.Oliver: Okay. The Odyssey.Kanakia: The Odyssey. Oh, I love The Odyssey. It has a very strange structure, where it starts with Telemachus and then there's this flashback in the middle of it. It is much more readable than The Iliad; I'll say that.Oliver: Herodotus.Kanakia: Herodotus is wild. Going into Herodotus, I really thought it was about the Persian war, which it is, but it's mostly a general overview of everything that Herodotus knew, about anything. It's been a long time since I read it. I really appreciate the voice of Herodotus, how human it is, and the accumulation of facts. It was great.Oliver: I love the first half actually. The bit about the Persian war I'm less interested in, but the first half I think is fantastic. I particularly love the Egypt book.Kanakia: Oh yeah, the Egypt book is really good.Oliver: All those like giant beetles that are made of fire or whatever; I can't remember the details, but it's completely…Kanakia: The Greeks are also so fascinated by Egypt. They go down there like what is going on out there? Then, most of what we know about Egypt comes from this Hellenistic period, when the Greeks went to Egypt. Our Egyptian kings list comes from the Hellenistic period where some scholar decided to sort out what everybody was up to and put it all into order. That's why we have such an orderly story about Egypt. That's the story that the Greeks tried to tell themselves.Oliver: Marcus Aurelius.Kanakia: Marcus Aurelius. When I first read The Meditations, which I loved, obviously, I thought, “being the Roman emperor cannot be this hard.” It really was a black pill moment because I thought, “if the emperor of Rome is so unhappy, maybe human power really doesn't do it.”Knowing more about Marcus Aurelius, he did have quite a difficult life. He was at war for most of his—just stuck in the region in Germany for ages. He had various troubles, but yeah, it really was very stoic. It was, oh, I just have to do my duty. Very “heavy is the head that wears the crown” kind of stuff. I thought, “okay, I guess being Roman emperor is not so great.”Oliver: Omar Khayyam.Kanakia: Omar Khayyam. Okay, I've only read The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam by Edward Fitzgerald, which I loved, but I cannot formulate a strong opinion right now.Oliver: As You Like It.Kanakia: No opinions.Oliver: Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson.Kanakia: Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson. I do have an opinion about this, which is that they should make a redacted version of Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson. I normally am not a big believer in abridgements because I feel like whatever is there is there. But, Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson, first of all, has a long portion before Boswell even meets Johnson. That portion drags; it's not that great. Then it has all these like letters that Johnson wrote, which also are not that great. What's really good is when Boswell just reports everything Johnson ever said, which is about half the book. You get a sense of Johnson's conversation and his personality, and that is very gripping. I've definitely thought that with a different presentation, this could still be popular. People would still read this.Oliver: The Communist Manifesto.Kanakia: The Communist Manifesto. It's very stirring. I love The Communist Manifesto. It has very haunting, powerful lines. I won't try to quote from it because I'll misquote them.Oliver: But it is remarkably well written.Kanakia: Oh yeah, it is a great work of literature.Oliver: Yeah.Kanakia: I read Capital [Das Kapital], which is not a great work of literature, and I would venture to say that it is not necessarily worth reading. It really feels like Marx's reputation is built on other political writings like The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte and works like that, which really seem to have a lot more meat on the bone than Capital.Oliver: Pragmatism by William James.Kanakia: Pragmatism. I mean, I've mentioned that in my book. I love William James in general. I think William James was writing in this 19th-century environment where it seemed like some form of skepticism was the only rational solution. You couldn't have any source of value, and he really tried to cut through that with Pragmatism and was like, let's just believe the things that are good to believe. It is definitely at least useful to think, although someone else can always argue with you about what is useful to believe. But, as a personal guide for belief, I think it is still useful.Oliver: Major Barbara by George Bernard Shaw.Kanakia: No strong opinions. It was a long time ago that I read Major Barbara.Oliver: Tell me what you like about James Fenimore Cooper.Kanakia: James Fenimore Cooper. Oh, this is great. I have basically a list of Great Books that I want to read, but four or five years ago, I thought, “what's in all the other books that I know the names of but that are not reputed, are not the kind of books you still read?”That was when I read Walter Scott, who I really love. And I just started reading all kinds of books that were kind of well known but have kind of fallen into literary disfavor. In almost every case, I felt like I got a lot out of these books. So, nowadays when I approach any realm of literature, I always look for those books.In 19th-century American literature, the biggest no-longer-read book is The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper, which was America's first bestseller. He was the first American novelist that had a high reputation in Europe. The Last of the Mohicans is kind of a historical romance, à la Walter Scott, but much more tightly written and much more tightly plotted.Cooper has written five novels, the Leatherstocking Tales, that are all centered around this very virtuous, rough-hewn frontiersman, Natty Bumppo. He has his best friend, Chingachgook, who is the last of the Mohicans. He's the last of his tribe. And the two of these guys are basically very sad and stoic. Chingachgook is distanced from his tribe. Chingachgook has a tribe of Native Americans that he hates—I want to say it's the Huron. He's always like, “they're the bad ones,” and he's always fighting them. Then, Natty Bumppo doesn't really love settled civilization. He's not precisely at war with it, but he does not like the settlers. They're kind of stuck in the middle. They have various adventures, and I just thought it was so haunting and powerful.I've been reading a lot of other 19th-century American literature, and virtually none of it treats Native Americans with this kind of respect. There's a lot of diversity in the Native American characters; there's really an attempt to show how their society works and the various ways that leadership and chiefship works among them. There's this very haunting moment in The Last of the Mohicans, where this aged chief, Tamenund, comes out and starts speaking. This is a chief who, in American mythology, was famous for being a friend to the white people. But, James Fenimore Cooper writing in the 1820s has Tamenund come out at 80 years old and say, “we have to fight; we have to fight the white people. That's our only option.” It was just such a powerful moment and such a powerful book.I was really, really enthused. I read all of these Leatherstocking Tales. It was also a very strange experience to read these books that are generally supposed to be very turgid and boring, and then I read them and was like, “I understand. I'm so transported.” I understand exactly why readers in the 1820s loved this.Oliver: Which Walter Scott books do you like?Kanakia: I love all the Walter Scott books I've read, but the one I liked best was Kenilworth. Have you ever read Kenilworth?Oliver: I don't know that one.Kanakia: Yeah, it's about Elizabeth I, who had a romantic relationship with one of her courtiers.Oliver: The Earl of Essex?Kanakia: Yeah. She really thought they were going to get married, but then it turned out he was secretly married. Basically, I guess the implication is that he killed his wife in order to marry Queen Elizabeth I. It's a novel all about him and that situation, and it just felt very tightly plotted. I really enjoyed it.Oliver: What did you think of Rejection?Kanakia: Rejection by Tony Tulathimutte? Initially when I read this book, I enjoyed it, but I was like, “life cannot possibly be this sad.” It's five or six stories about these people who just have nothing going on. Their lives are so miserable, they can't find anyone to sleep with, and they're just doomed to be alone forever. I was like, “life can't be this bad.” But now thinking back over it, it is one of the most memorable books I've read in the last year. It really sticks with you. I feel like my opinion of this book has gone up a lot in retrospect.Oliver: How antisemitic is the House of Mirth?Kanakia: That is a hotly debated question, which I mentioned in my book. I think there has been a good case made that Edith Wharton, the author of House of Mirth, who was from an old New York family, was herself fairly antisemitic and did not personally like Jewish people. What she portrays in this book is that this old New York society also was highly suspicious of Jewish people and was organized to keep Jewish people out.In this book there is a rich Jewish man, Simon Rosedale, and there's a poor woman, Lily Bart. Lily Bart's main thing is whether she's going to marry the poor guy, Lawrence Selden, or the rich guy, Percy Gryce. She can't choose. She doesn't want to be poor, but she also is always bored by the rich guys. Meanwhile, through the whole book, there's Simon Rosedale, who's always like, “you should marry me.” He's the rich Jewish guy. He's like, “you should marry me. I will give you lots of money. You can do whatever you want.”Everybody else kind of just sees her as a woman and as a wife; he really sees her as an ally in his social climbing. That's his main motivation. The book is relatively clear that he has a kind of respect for her that nobody else does. Then, over the course of the book, she also gains a lot more respect for him. Basically, late in the book, she decides to marry him, but she has fallen a lot in the world. He's like, “that particular deal is not available anymore,” but he does offer her another deal that—although she finds it not to her taste—is still pretty good.He basically is like, “I'll give you some money, you'll figure out how to rehabilitate your reputation, and later down the line, we can figure something out.” So, I think with a great author like Edith Wharton, there's power in these portrayals. I felt it hard to come away from it feeling like the book is like a really antisemitic book.Oliver: Now, you note that the Great Books movement started out as something quite socially aspirational. Do you think it's still like that?Kanakia: I do think so. Yeah. For me, that's 100 percent what it was because I majored in econ. I always felt kind of inadequate as a writer against people who had majored in English. Then I started off as a science fiction writer, young adult writer, and I was like, “I'm going to read all these Great Books and then I'll have read the books that everybody else has read.” In my mind, that's also what it was—that there was some upper crust or literary society that was reading all these Great Books.That's really what did it. I do think there's still an element of aspiration to it because it's a club that you can join, that anyone can join. It's very straightforward to be a Great Books reader, and so I think there's still something there. I think because the Great Books movement has such a democratic quality to it, it actually doesn't get you to the top socially, which has always been the true, always been the case. But, that's okay. As long as you end up higher than where you started, that's fine.Oliver: What makes a book great?Kanakia: I talk about it this in the book, and I go through many different authors' conceptions of what makes a book great or what constitutes a classic. I don't know that anyone has come up with a really satisfying answer. The Horatian formulation from Horace—that a book is great or an author is great if it has lasted for a hundred years—is the one that seems to be the most accurate. Like, any book that's still being read a hundred years after it was written has a greatness.I do think that T. S. Eliott's formulation—that a civilization at its height produces certain literature and that literature partakes of the greatness of the civilization and summarizes the greatness of the civilization—does seem to have some kind of truth to it.But it's hard, right? Because the greatest French novel is In Search of Lost Time, but I don't know that anyone would say that the France in the 1920s was at its height. It's not a prescriptive thing, but it does seem like the way we read many of these Great Books, like Moby Dick, it feels like you're like communing with the entire society that produced it. So, maybe there's something there.Oliver: Now, you've used a list from Clifton Fadiman.Kanakia: Yes.Oliver: Rather than from Mortimer Adler or Harold Bloom or several others. Why this list?Kanakia: Well, the best reason is that it's actually the list I've just been using for the last 15 years. I went to a science fiction convention in 2009, Readercon, and at this science fiction convention was Michael Dirda, who was a Washington Post book critic. He had recently come out with his book, Classics for Pleasure, which I also bought and liked. But he said that the list he had always used was this Clifton Fadiman book. And so when I decided to start reading the Great Books, I went and got that book. I have perused many other lists over time, but that was always the list that seemed best to me.It seemed to have like the best mix. There's considerable variation amongst these lists, but there's also a lot of overlap. So any of these lists is going to have Dickens on it, and Tolstoy, and stuff like that. So really, you're just thinking about, “aside from Dickens and Tolstoy and George Eliot and Walt Whitman and all these people, who are the other 50 authors that you're going be reading?”The Mortimer Adler list is very heavy on philosophy. It has Plotinus on it. It has all these scientific works. I don't know, it didn't speak to me as much. Whereas, this Clifton Fadiman and John Major list has all these Eastern works on it. It has The Tale of Genji, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Story of the Stone, and that just spoke to me a little bit more.Oliver: What modern books will be on a future Great Books list, whether it's from someone alive or someone since the war.Kanakia: Have you ever heard of Robert Caro?Oliver: Sure.Kanakia: Yeah. I think his Lyndon Johnson books are great books. They have changed the field of biography. They're so complete, they seem to summarize an entire era, epoch. They're highly rated, but I feel like they're underrated as literature.What else? I was actually a little bit surprised in this Clifton Fadiman-John Major book, which came out in 1999, that there are not more African Americans in their list. Like, Invisible Man definitely seemed like a huge missed work. You know, it's hard. You would definitely want a book that has undergone enough critical evaluation that people are pretty certain that it is great. A lot of things that are more recent have not undergone that evaluation yet, but Invisible Man has, as have some works by Martin Luther King.Oliver: What about The Autobiography of Malcolm X?Kanakia: I would have to reread. I feel like it hasn't been evaluated much as a literary document.Oliver: Helen DeWitt?Kanakia: It's hard to say. It's so idiosyncratic, The Last Samurai, but it is certainly one of the best novels of the last 25 years.Oliver: Yeah.Kanakia: It is hard to say, because there's nothing else quite like it. But I would love if The Last Samurai was on a list like this; that would be amazing.Oliver: If someone wants to try the Great Books, but they think that those sort of classic 19th-century novels are too difficult—because they're long and the sentences are weird or whatever—what else should they do? Where else should they start?Kanakia: Well, it depends on what they're into, or it depends on their personality type. I think like there are people who like very, very difficult literature. There are people who are very into James Joyce and Proust. I think for some people the cost-benefit is better. If they're going to be pouring over some book for a long time, they would prefer if it was overtly difficult.If they're not like that, then I would say, there are many Great Books that are more accessible. Hemingway is a good one and Grapes of Wrath is wonderful. The 19th-century American books tend to be written in a very different register than the English books. If you read Moby Dick, it feels like it's written in a completely different language than Charles Dickens, even though they're writing essentially at the same time.Oliver: Is there too much Freud on the list that you've used?Kanakia: Maybe. I know that Interpretation of Dreams is on that list, which I've tried to read and have decided life is too short. I didn't really buy it, but I have read a fair amount of Freud. My impression of Freud was always that I would read Freud and somehow it would just seem completely fanciful or far out, like wouldn't ring true. But then when I started reading Freud, it was more the opposite. I was like, oh yeah, this seems very, very true.Like this battle between like the id and the ego and the super ego, and this feeling that like the psyche is at war with itself. Human beings really desire to be singular and exceptional, but then you're constantly under assault by the reality principle, which is that you're insignificant. That all seemed completely true. But then he tries to cure this somehow, which does not seem a curable problem. And he also situates the problem in some early sexual development, which also did not necessarily ring true. But no, I wouldn't say there's too much. Freud is a lot of fun. People should read Freud.Oliver: Which of the Great Books have you really not liked?Kanakia: I do get asked this quite a bit. I would say the Great Book that I really felt like—at least in translation—was not that rewarding in an unabridged version was Don Quixote. Because at least half the length of Don Quixote is these like interpolated novellas that are really long and tedious. I felt Don Quixote was a big slog. But maybe someday I'll go back and reread it and love it. Who knows?Oliver: Now you wrote that the question of biography is totally divorced from the question of what art is and how it operates. What do you think of George Orwell's supposition that if Shakespeare came back tomorrow, and we found out he used to rape children that we should—we would not say, you know, it's fine to carry on to doing that because he might write another King Lear.Kanakia: Well, if we discovered that Shakespeare was raping children, he should go to prison for that. No. It's totally divorced in both senses. You don't get any credit in the court of law because you are the writer of King Lear. If I murdered someone and then I was hauled in front of a judge and they were like, oh, Naomi's a genius, I wouldn't get off for murder. Nor should I get off for murder.So in terms of like whether we would punish Shakespeare for his crime of raping children, I don't think King Lear should count at all, but it's never used that way. It's never should someone go to prison or not for their crimes, because they're a genius. It's always used the other way, which is should we read King Lear knowing that the author raped children, but I also feel like that is immaterial. If you read King Lear, you're not enabling someone to rape children.Oliver: There's an almost endless amount of discussion these days about the Great Books and education and the value of the humanities, and what's the future of it all. What is your short opinion on that?Kanakia: My short opinion is that the Great Books at least are going to be fine. The Great Books will continue to be read, and they would even survive the university. All these books predate the university and they will survive the university. I feel like the university has stewarded literature in its own way for a while now and has made certain choices in that stewardship. I think if that stewardship was given up to more voluntary associations that had less financial support, then I think the choices would probably be very different. But I still think the greatest works would survive.Oliver: Now this is a quote from the book: “I am glad that reactionaries love the Great Books. They've invited a Trojan horse into their own camp.” Tell us what you mean by that.Kanakia: Let's say you believed in Christian theocracy, that you thought America should be organized on explicitly Christian principles. And because you believe in Christian theocracy, you organize a school that teaches the Great Books. Many of these schools that are Christian schools that have Great Books programs will also teach Nietzsche. They definitely put some kind of spin on Nietzsche. But they will teach anti-Christ, and that is a counterpoint to Christian morality and Christian theology. There are many things that you'll read in the Great Books that are corrosive to various kinds of certainties.If someone who I think is bad starts educating themselves in the Great Books, I don't think that the Great Books are going to make them worse from my perspective. So it's good.Oliver: How did reading the Mahabharata change you?Kanakia: Oh yeah, so the Mahabharata is a Hindu epic from, let's say, the first century AD. I'm Indian and most Indians are familiar with the basic outline of the Mahabharata story because it's told in various retellings, and there's a TV serial that my parents would rent from the Indian store growing up and we would watch it tape by tape. So I'm very familiar with it. Like there's never been a time I have not known this story.But I was also familiar with the idea that there is a written version in Sanskrit that's extremely long. It is 10 times as long as the Iliad and the Odyssey combined. This Mahabharata story is not that long. I've read a version of it that's about 800 pages long. So how could something that's 10 times this long be the same? A new unabridged translation came out 10 years ago. So I started reading it, and it basically contains the entire Sanskrit Vedic worldview in it.I had never been exposed to this very coherently laid-out version of what I would call Hindu cosmology and ethics. Hindus don't really get taught those things in a very organized way. The book is basically about dharma, the principle of rightness and how this principle of rightness orders the universe and how it basically results in everybody getting their just deserts in various ways. As I was reading the book, I was like, this seems very true that there is some cosmic rebalancing here, and that everything does turn out more or less the way it should, which is not something that I can defend on a rational level.But just reading the book, it just made me feel like, yes, that is true. There is justice, the universe is organized by justice. It took me about a year to read the whole thing. I started waking up at 5:00 a.m. and reading for an hour each morning, and it just was a really magical, profound experience that brought me a lot closer to my grandmother's religious beliefs.Oliver: Is it ever possible to persuade someone with arguments that they should read literature, or is it just something that they have to have an inclination toward and then follow someone's example? Because I feel like we have so many columns and op-eds and “books are good because of X reason, and it's very important because of Y reason.” And like, who cares? No one cares. If you are persuaded, you take all that very seriously and you argue about what exactly are the precise reasons we should say. And if you're not persuaded, you don't even know this is happening.And what really persuades you is like, oh, Naomi sounds pretty compelling about the Mahabharata. That sounds cool. I'll try that. It's much more of a temperamental, feelingsy kind of thing. Is it possible to argue people into thinking about this differently? Or should we just be doing what we do and setting an example and hoping that people will follow.Kanakia: As to whether it's possible or not, I do not know. But I do think these columns are too ambitious. A thousand-word column and the imagined audience for this column is somebody who doesn't read books at all, who doesn't care about literature at all. And then in a thousand-word column, you're going to persuade them to care about literature. This is no good. It's so unnecessary.Whereas there's a much broader range of people who love to read books, but have never picked up Moby Dick or have never picked up Middlemarch, or who like maybe loved Middlemarch, but never thought maybe I should then go on and read Jane Austen and George Eliot.I think trying to shift people from “I don't read books at all; reading books is not something I do,” to being a Great Books card-carrying lover of literature is a lot. I really aim for a much lower result than that, which is to whatever extent people are interested in literature, they should pursue that interest. And as the rationalists would say, there's a lot of alpha in that; there's a lot to be gained from converting people who are somewhat interested into people who are very interested.Oliver: If there was a more widespread practice of humanism in education and the general culture, would that make America into a more liberal country in any way?Kanakia: What do you mean by humanism?Oliver: You know, the old-fashioned liberal arts approach, the revival of the literary journal culture, the sort of depolitical approach to literature, the way things used to be, as it were.Kanakia: It couldn't hurt. It couldn't hurt is my answer to that question.Oliver: Okay.Kanakia: What you're describing is basically the way I was educated. I went to Catholic school in DC at St. Anselm's Abbey School, in Northeast, DC, grade school. Highly recommend sending your little boys there. No complaints about the school. They talked about humanism all the time and all these civic virtues. I thought it was great. I don't know what people in other schools learn, but I really feel like it was a superior way of teaching.Now, you know, it was Catholic school, so a lot of people who graduated from my school are conservatives and don't really have the beliefs that I have, but that's okay.Oliver: Tell us about your reading habits.Kanakia: I read mostly ebooks. I really love ebooks because you can make the type bigger. I just read all the time. They vary. I don't wake up at 5:00 a.m. to read anymore. Sometimes if I feel like I'm not reading enough—because I write this blog, and the blog doesn't get written unless I'm reading. That's the engine, and so sometimes I set aside a day each week to read. But generally, the reading mostly takes care of itself.What I tend to get is very into a particular thing, and then I'll start reading more and more in that area. Recently, I was reading a lot of New Yorker stories. So I started reading more and more of these storywriters that have been published in the New Yorker and old anthologies of New Yorker stories. And then eventually I am done. I'm tired. It's time to move on.Oliver: But do you read several books at once? Do you make notes? Do you abandon books? How many hours a day do you read?Kanakia: Hours a day: Because my e-reader keeps these stats, I'd say 15 or 20 hours a week of reading. Nowadays because I write for the blog, I often think as I'm reading how I would frame a post about this. So I look for quotes, like what quote I would look at. I take different kinds of notes. I'll make more notes if I'm more confused by what is going on. Especially with nonfiction books, I'll try sometimes to make notes just to iron out what exactly I think is happening or what I think the argument is. But no, not much of a note taker.Oliver: What will you read next?Kanakia: What will I read next? Well, I've been thinking about getting back into Indian literature. Right now I'm reading Les Miserables by Victor Hugo. But there's an Indian novel called Jhootha Sach, which is a partition novel that is originally in Hindi. And it's also a thousand pages long, and is frequently compared to Les Miserables and War and Peace. So I'm thinking about tackling that finally.Oliver: Naomi Kanakia, thank you very much.Kanakia: Thanks for having me. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.commonreader.co.uk

Hoog bezoek in OEP Z'N BAKKES vandaag! Pedro kon er niet bij zijn en dus moest ons panel op zoek naar een Barcelona-fan die toevallig ook van vechtsport houdt. Laat nu net één van de beste Belgische UFC-fighters beide eigenschappen bezitten en zo sluit Losene Keita aan in onze zetels. The Black Panther maakt eind deze maand eindelijk zijn UFC-debuut na zijn mislukte weight-cut in Parijs en blikt alvast vol vertrouwen vooruit op zijn gevecht met Nathaniel Wood. Uiteraard is er ook aandacht voor UFC 326, waar Max Holloway en Charles Oliveira onderling uitmaken wie de baddest motherf*cker is en waar Reinier de Ridder misschien wel voor de belangrijkste fight van zijn carrière staat.00:00 Intro00:59 Geen UFC-debuut tegen een Braziliaanse pitbull, maar tegen een Engels stuk hout19:29 Het begin en het ultieme doel als vechter26:17 Kijkersvragen34:01 Mentale kracht is misschien nog belangrijker dan fysieke 39:36 Max Holloway versus Charles Oliveira44:00 Caio Borralho versus Reinier de Ridder48:13 Rest van UFC 32654:00 Pronostieken57:05 Het moeilijkste moment uit zijn carrière, het gebrek aan aandacht van de Belgische media en de opkikker door boegeroep1:04:37 Outro

US-Präsident Trump kritisierte im Beisein von Kanzler Merz, dass Spanien den USA die Nutzung von Stützpunkten für den Irankrieg verweigert. Merz hätte direkt widersprechen und sich solidarisch mit dem EU-Partner zeigen sollen, sagt Omid Nouripour. Engels, Silvia www.deutschlandfunk.de, Interviews

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Buffi Duberman groeide op in Brooklyn, belandde in Nederland en coacht vandaag de dag CEO's, TED-sprekers en internationale leiders die op wereldpodia moeten presteren. Van boardrooms tot filmsets: als de druk hoog is en de woorden moeten landen, bellen ze Buffi. In deze aflevering hebben we het over iets wat bijna elke professional raakt: werken in het Engels. Waarom Nederlanders hoog scoren op taaltests, maar toch impact missen. Waarom “Are you going to do this or not?” heel anders binnenkomt dan je denkt.  Je hoort o.a: Het verschil tussen functioneel Engels en professioneel Engels Hoe subtiele woordkeuzes je geloofwaardigheid maken of breken Waarom zelfvertrouwen in taal begint in je hoofd en niet in je mond Werk je internationaal? Presenteer je in het Engels? Of voel je dat je inhoud sterker is dan hoe hij eruit komt? Luister deze aflevering. Want taal is geen trucje. Het is positie. En als jij je plek niet inneemt in het Engels, doet iemand anders het wel.

Loyalität durch Verwandtschaft: Jens-Ivo Engels beleuchtet die historische Entwicklung der Korruptionsdebatte – und warum Vetternwirtschaft heute gesellschaftlich geächtet ist.

Neun Kandidat*innen stellten sich zuerst einer internationalen Jury. Über deren Top 3 stimmte anschließend das Fernsehpublikum ab und entschied, dass die vielfach TV-Show erprobte Sarah Engels im Mai für Deutschland beim ESC in Wien antreten wird.

[Engelse aflevering] "De Client Portal helpt je om geen 'file manager' meer te zijn voor je klanten".Ik had de geweldige privilege om in gesprek te gaan met niemand minder dan Laura Elizabeth, founder en het brein achter Client Portal. Een fantastisch afgesloten omgeving waarmee je projecten heel goed kunt managen.Ook al noemt Laura het zelf geen projectmanagementtool, het helpt je wel degelijk in het stroomlijnen van je projecten.Maar...de Client Portal kan nog véél meer dan dat. Daarnaast mag ik mijzelf trotse partner noemen en ben ik zelf al jaren fan en affiliate van de Client Portal waar ook mijn Mastery Members een kijkje van in de keuken krijgen.In deze aflevering praat ik met Laura over de struggles als webdesigner en hoe Client Portal is ontstaan en verder is ontwikkeld en de toekomst van Client Portal. Maar let op; de podcast is in het Engels. Mijn debuut in de internationale sferen ;-)Veel luisterpezier!PS. Wil jij ook gebruik maken van de Client Portal in jouw projecten? Met mijn code "CHERYL" krijg jij 15% korting op een abonnement.Hier vind je Client Portal: client-portal.io en heb je ideeën voor de Client Portal, gebruik dan het contactformulier op de website. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Meer van dit soort tips? Schrijf je gratis in voor de Webdesign Insights: www.opleidingvoorwebdesigners.nl/webdesign-insights/ Volg mij ook op social media
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Sarah Engels hat's geschafft! Mit "Fire" hat sie den deutschen ESC-Vorentscheid gewonnen und vertritt Deutschland nun beim ESC 2026. Aber wie gut wird sie dort abschneiden? Darüber sprechen wir natürlich in ESC Update. Im "Deutschen Finale" durfte erst eine Jury und dann noch das Publikum darüber entscheiden, wer Deutschland beim kommenden Eurovision Song Contest 2026 in Wien vertreten wird. Marcel Stober und Thomas Mohr haben die dreistündige Show natürlich ganz genau verfolgt und sprechen über Sarah Engels, das Siegertreppchen, die Jury und alle Songs des deutschen Vorentscheids. Dabei geht es natürlich auch um die Show! Denn erstmals ist in diesem Jahr der SWR für die deutsche Teilnahme am ESC - und damit auch für den Vorentscheid - zuständig. Wie gut wurden die Acts inszeniert, wie sehr haben Barbara Schöneberger und Hazel Brugger als Moderatorinnen harmoniert, wie sorgfältig wurden die Studiogäste ausgewählt - und wie temporeich war die Show? Moderation: Marcel Stober & Thomas MohrMit einem Interview von: Benedikt PäffgenEine Produktion des NDR.

Welkom bij de PrentenboekenCast. Een podcast over prenten- en versjesboeken voor kinderen van 0 t/m 6 (+) jaar. We willen ouders, grootouders en beroepskrachten enthousiasmeren om voor te lezen door tips te geven over mooie, grappige, en vooral bruikbare voorleesboeken die passen bij de ontwikkelingsfasen van het jonge kind. Onze tips hebben altijd als doel het stimuleren van gezamenlijke voorleesplezier!De boeken die we deze aflevering bespreken zijn:FLOEF van Heidi McKinnon, vertaald uit het Engels door Loes Velthuis, uitgeverij Condor, 2025VOSJE IN DE SNEEUW van Daan Remmerts de Vries, uitgegeven door Bereslim, 2025TOCH EEN BEETJE RAMADAN van Hasna Elbaamrani met illustraties van Rhaida el Touny, uitgegeven door Gottmer, 2026WONDER van Mark Janssen, uitgegeven door Lemniscaat, 2026Deze aflevering gaan we in gesprek met Cindy, zij is leesconsulent bij Bibliotheek Oss en werkt nauw samen met pedagogisch professionals in de kinderopvang en leerkrachten in het basisonderwijs. Daarnaast is ze ook moeder van twee dochters van 5 en 8 jaar. Cindy wil twee prentenboeken onder de aandacht brengen. Daarnaast deelt ze met ons dat ze soms samen met haar kinderen in de auto naar onze podcast luistert. Haar beide dochters hebben gevraagd of ze in deze aflevering ook hún favoriete (prenten) boek wil benoemen! Daar geven we zeker en graag gehoor aan!De prentenboekentips van Cindy:BLOMMETJES van Jon Arna Lawson met illustraties van Sydney Smith, uitgeverij Karmijn bv, 2016 (tweedehands nog verkrijgbaar)DE JONGEN, DE TROL EN DE KRIJTJES van Anne Booth met illustraties van David Litchfield, vertaald door Joukje Akveld en uitgegeven door De Vier Windsterken, 2024.Naar aanleiding van de prentenboeken BLOMMETJES en DE JONGEN DE TROL EN DE KRIJTJES verwijst Els naar de volgende twee prentenboeken:KLEIN IN DE GROTE STAD van Sydney Smith, vertaald en het prentenboeken door Edward van de Vendel, uitgegeven bij Querido, 2022. MIJN VRIEND SAM SNORHAAR van David Litchfield, wederom vertaald door Joukje Akveld en ook uitgegeven bij De Vier Windstreken, 2025 Cindy deelt ook de favoriete (prenten)boeken van haar twee dochters:DE KUSJES-KROKODIL van Jozua Douglas met illustraties van Loes Riphagen, uitgeverij De Fontein, 2016 .Het favoriete prentenboek van Nory (5 jaar)BOB POPCORN 6 – BOB POPCORN EN PITTIGE POPPIE van Maranke Rinck met illustraties van Martijn van der Linden, uitgeverij Querido, 2025. Het favoriete boek van Laurey (8 jaar)BOB POPCORN KAN NIET STOPPEN MET ONTPLOFFEN, eveneens van Maranke Rinck met illustraties van Martijn van der Linden uitgegeven bij Querido, 2023 (getipt door Cindy)In totaal passeren dus 11 boektitels de revue in deze aflevering.Ook dit seizoen zijn we weer blij dat we samen mogen werken met Carolien van Silverster kinder- en jeugdboeken in Zoetermeer én vanzelfsprekend ook veel dank voor de muzikale intermezzo's van Erik van Os en Frans van der Meer. Heel veel luister- en aansluitend voorleesplezier gewenst!Volg ons ook via: https://www.instagram.com/prentenboekencast

What's wrong with democracy these days? Can it be rescued? Can it be made more mindful? Can we work together to build something better? What's the role of compassion in building community? What's the role of conflict in building community?  Why do yoga and mindfulness communities often seem so averse to taking a stand and diving into different political or communal issues head on? Why does our world treat politics as some sort of childish, dirty game, like reality tv, instead of sacred duty? For the 250th anniversary of 1776, can somebody write a formal  Declaration of INTERdependence? Professor, teacher and author Jeremy David Engels—author of the brand new book A Mindful Democracy—just wrote one, and Ethan welcomed him to The Road Home podcast to discuss it, and more. Jeremy David Engels, Ph.D., is the author of six books, including the new On Mindful Democracy: A Declaration of Interdependence to Mend a Fractured World (Parallax, 2026), and the creator of the Zen and the Art of Democracy Substack. He is the Liberal Arts Endowed Professor of Communication and Ethics at Penn State University, co-founder of Yoga Lab, and a longtime mindfulness and yoga teacher. His work reimagines democracy as a communal practice rooted in care, deliberation, and shared responsibility, emphasizing mindfulness as a core civic skill. His essays have appeared in the Washington Post, Yoga Journal, Yoga Magazine, and The Conversation. Last year, with your subscriptions, we were able to release more episodes than any previous year. This was only possible with your subscriptions. Please consider becoming a free or paid subscriber here. Paid subscribers to The Road Home will receive occasional extras like guided meditations, extra podcast episodes and more! The Thursday Meditation Group happens each week at 8am ET on Thursdays, and guided audio meditations are released monthly. Another bonus podcast for paid subscribers discussed a mindful take on intuition, and Ethan also offered instruction in the RAIN method for working with emotions with self-compassion. These are all available to paid subscribers. You can also subscribe to The Road Home podcast wherever you get your pods (Apple, Ethan's Website, etc). You can now order personally signed copies of Ethan's books at his website. You can also subscribe to The Road Home podcast wherever you get your pods (Apple, Ethan's Website, etc). Check out our sponsor platform, A Mindful World! A new free video course on a classic Buddhist contemplation called The Five Remembrances is available at this link. Note: the name of the book mentioned by Ethan authored by Thich Nhat Hanh where Thay explored the morality of the bombing of Hiroshima using specific Buddhist questions is Good Citizens.

Communism did not emerge suddenly with Marx and Engels, but developed through a long process of intellectual, social, and political struggle rooted in the transformation of European society during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. As Ryazanoff emphasizes, Marxism arose out of real historical movements, not abstract theory.

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Ken je dat gevoel: in je hoofd klink je als een native speaker maar zodra je je mond open doet dan klinkt het ineens heel houterig? Ik vertel je in deze aflevering hoe het komt dat we zo in de stress schieten en vooral ook wat je eraan kan doen. Klaar om te beginnen met kleine stappen die echt verschil maken? Ontdek hier hoe de challenge werkt: https://learnenglishwithtess.com/improve-grammar-2/joinWil je werken aan je woordenschat?Download dan hieronder gratis mijn werkboek Mijn Persoonlijke Woordenschatbank, een praktische printable die je helpt om jouw eigen vocabulaire stap voor stap op te bouwen.https://learnenglishwithtess.com/series/joinLiever even sparren om te kijken wat geschikt is voor jou: klik hier: https://learnenglishwithtess.com/boek-discovery-callMijn e-mail adres: tess@learnenglishwithtess.comOf stuur een DM op Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/learnenglishwithtess/

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Democracy is often framed as a battle between political candidates or parties that have opposing viewpoints and are trying to win over voters to join their side. However, there's another way to think about democracy as a system of self governance that everyone shares and has a stake in preserving and protecting.Jeremy David Engels articulates the latter point of view in the book, On Mindful Democracy: A Declaration of Interdependence to Mend a Fractured World. The book blends Engels's prior work studying democratic theory and history with his experience in yoga, meditation and Buddhism. Engels joined us to discuss the concept of mindful democracy and why it's important to consider during the 250th anniversary of America's founding. He describes how we can — and should — consider a "declaration of interdependence" in addition to the Declaration of Independence the country is celebrating this year. We also talk about the different conceptions of democracy outlined by John Dewey and Walter Lippmann Engels is Liberal Arts Professor of Communication Arts and Sciences at Penn State and a mindfulness and yoga teacher. You can find him in the classroom, lecture hall, on a meditation cushion, or a yoga mat, sharing his insights on how to become capable, compassionate, and engaged democratic citizens. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Chuck Todd takes a hard look at the state of American governance and institutional trust — or the lack of it. He starts by reflecting on the historical significance of three consecutive one-term presidents, ranking his top five most underrated commanders-in-chief and arguing that both Biden and Trump are unlikely to be viewed as consequential a century from now. From there, Todd pivots to a searing indictment of the current moment: from the Epstein reckoning exposing the government's inability to tell the truth, to DHS being treated as a political plaything by Kristi Noem and Corey Lewandowski, to the DOD endangering lives in the El Paso FAA incident with zero accountability, to Moderna alleging that HHS refused to even review an mRNA flu vaccine under RFK Jr.'s watch. He connects the dots across a pattern of institutional dishonesty — a Justice Department focused on narrative management, masked ICE agents no one can justify, a fired antitrust chief clearing the way for powerful interests, and a "hostage system" style of governing that holds federal paychecks as leverage — making the case that when the government lies this often, it forfeits the benefit of the doubt on everything, and that the Epstein scandal isn't just a story about one man, but a mirror reflecting a system designed to protect the powerful. Then, Gene Sperling — the only person to serve as Director of the National Economic Council under two presidents (Clinton and Obama), a senior advisor to President Biden who oversaw the American Rescue Plan, and a consultant and co-writer on NBC's The West Wing — joins the Chuck Toddcast for a wide-ranging conversation. Sperling shares the wild story of how he ended up in Santa Monica, his brush with Aaron Sorkin's legal troubles, and his insider take on how real Washington compares to its fictional portrayals. The conversation then turns to Sperling's deep expertise on the economy, from his defense of the Biden administration's "soft landing" amid global post-Covid inflation to the political lessons of how rising prices have sunk presidencies on both sides of the aisle — including Biden's own re-election bid. The back half of the episode looks squarely at the future. Sperling, who says he's unlikely to serve in another Democratic administration, offers a forceful argument about what comes next: the rising threat of unchecked corporate and tech power, the urgent need for AI policy that puts working people first, and the lessons of globalization that policymakers can't afford to repeat. Drawing on themes from his book Economic Dignity, he makes the case that Americans are hungry for leaders who pair optimism with a real confrontation of economic injustice — and warns that a handful of AI and crypto companies, flush with lobbying dollars, could end up shaping the structure of the economy if left unchallenged. Finally, Chuck hops into the ToddCast Time Machine to revisit the publishing of the Communist Manifesto and argues that while its critiques of the excesses of capitalism were correct… it’s revolutionary prescriptions led to the worst authoritarian states in modern history. He also answers listeners’ questions in the “Ask Chuck” segment. Get your wardrobe sorted and your gift list handled with Quince. Don't wait! Go to https://Quince.com/CHUCK for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns. Now available in Canada, too! Protect your family with life insurance from Ethos. Get up to $3 million in coverage in as little as 10 minutes at https://ethos.com/chuck. Application times may vary. Rates may vary. Thank you Wildgrain for sponsoring. Visit http://wildgrain.com/TODDCAST and use the code "TODDCAST" at checkout to receive $30 off your first box PLUS free Croissants for life! Link in bio or go to https://getsoul.com & enter code TODDCAST for 30% off your first order. Timeline: (Timestamps may vary based on advertisements) 00:00 Chuck Todd’s introduction 03:30 We’ve had 3 straight one term presidents, deem them all failures 04:45 Inability to win reelection will always be seen as an asterisk 05:45 Top 5 most underrated presidents 06:00 James Polk was the only voluntary one term president 06:45 James Garfield was a fierce advocate for civil rights 07:30 George H.W. Bush was accomplished, but not a good politician 08:30 John Quincy Adams laid out modern American infrastructure 09:00 Jimmy Carter did many things that have aged well 10:15 In 100 years, Biden & Trump likely won’t be viewed as consequential 11:45 Biden & Trump can’t be evaluated fairly for many years 12:30 What does a real reckoning look like in the Trump era? 13:45 The institution least capable of reckoning with Epstein is the government 14:15 The private sector is forcing accountability, the government isn’t 15:15 Trust is the currency of government, and Trump’s doesn’t have it 16:15 The Justice Department is only worried about narrative management 17:30 The system looks like a club, designed to protect the powerful 18:45 Epstein is a test of whether the government can tell the truth 20:00 DHS shutting down, politicians using paychecks as leverage 20:30 We a governing via a “hostage system” 21:45 There isn’t a single good argument for masking ICE agents 22:15 The Democrats’ demands are not extreme, they’re common sense 23:15 Noem & Lewandowski treating DHS like their personal plaything 24:00 Pattern of government saying one thing, facts saying another 25:15 Whatever Noem says first, you can’t believe it. She gaslights the public 26:00 The government has lied too many times, gets no benefit of the doubt 26:45 El Paso FAA incident is case study for public distrusting institutions 27:45 DoD was lying to the FAA, FAA pulled the emergency brakes 29:00 DoD put lives in danger with no accountability 29:30 Moderna says HHS refused to review MRNA flu vaccine 30:15 The U.S. is not a stable country to develop & release products 31:00 Kennedy only offers crackpot theories & totally unfit for office 32:00 We can’t trust the government to tell us the truth about anything 32:30 DOJ fired antitrust chief, powerful interests get what they want 34:00 Epstein isn’t just a scandal, it’s a mirror 43:30 Gene Sperling joins the Chuck Toddcast 45:30 The wild story of how Gene ended up in Santa Monica 46:45 Aaron Sorkin couldn’t meet with Gene due to legal trouble 49:45 Real politics/news look nothing like “West Wing” or “The Newsroom” 51:00 The one truism about the West Wing is good people trying to do good 52:45 Politics is NOT like House of Cards 54:15 West Wing still remains viable, any chance of a reboot? 55:30 What’s the state of the economy? What do you look for? 56:15 Biden economy was strong growth, but high inflation 57:00 Biden achieved the “soft landing” they were trying for 58:15 Inflation was global and mostly due to Covid supply chain shocks 59:45 The American Rescue Plan had many positive effects 1:00:45 Every head of state poured money into economies during Covid 1:01:45 Covid was going to result in either inflation or recession 1:03:30 Obama couldn’t pass enough stimulus during Great Recession 1:04:30 A little extra stimulus can help offset future unknowns 1:05:15 Millennials’ future was permanently damaged by Great Recession 1:06:30 A generation had never seen high inflation until Covid 1:07:30 Anger over inflation sunk Biden’s re-election 1:08:30 Inflation is bipartisan, took down 3 different presidents 1:09:30 Inflation affects everyone, jobs & unemployment don’t 1:10:45 Every head of state suffered politically post pandemic 1:12:45 Will Biden baggage sink Pete Buttigieg, or is that overstated? 1:14:30 Biden’s conflict was empathy for suffering vs touting achievements 1:16:45 Biden had the tiniest of margins to pass major legislation 1:18:00 Gene is unlikely to work in a future Democratic administration 1:18:45 Pitchforks are being sharpened for corporations and big tech 1:19:30 Will worker rage fuel the next election? 1:20:30 Presidents that do well offer optimism, but confront economic injustice 1:22:00 People don’t want to feel like they are being extracted for profits 1:24:00 AI growth can’t come at the expense of working people 1:25:30 AI policy should be shaped around improving conditions for people 1:26:45 What lessons from globalization can be used to alleviate AI disruption? 1:28:30 Clinton believed in robust response to globalization 1:29:30 Clinton couldn’t implement strong safety net after losing congress 1:31:15 You have to have policies where people don’t feel left behind 1:33:00 We need to create and fund jobs that create dignity 1:33:45 We need to create an economic dignity floor for all Americans 1:35:45 When is a company too big to regulate? 1:38:00 If companies are disproportionately determining policies, they’re too big 1:38:45 Crypto & AI are getting what they want from huge lobbying money 1:39:30 A handful of AI companies could determine structure of the economy 1:41:45 The Trump White House has invited corporate influence 1:49:45 What if Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie ran on “accountability” ticket 1:51:00 A bipartisan ticket of “pox on both their houses” could be powerful 1:51:45 ToddCast Time Machine February 21st, 1848 1:52:00 Marx & Engels publish the communist manifesto 1:52:45 Monarchies were colliding with modern economic forces 1:54:15 Marx argued that capitalism is destabilizing if left unchecked 1:55:15 If the manifesto was called something else, how would we view it? 1:55:45 Marx doesn’t argue reform, says that capitalism will destroy itself 1:56:30 Communist states didn’t emerge until decades after manifesto 1:57:15 Manifesto gave dictators arguments to grab power 1:58:00 Marx talked in economics, dictators exploited his language 1:59:30 Communism took hold in places where industrialization fell behind 2:00:15 Manifesto gets invoked badly by both sides in American politics 2:01:00 Marx’s diagnosis was spot on, his solutions were questionable 2:02:30 Lack of regulation for AI will push people to radicalism 2:03:00 Ask Chuck 2:03:15 Does something seem off with the administration’s economic numbers? 2:07:30 Do we need a punchier title than “Gate” for political scandals? 2:10:00 Do we need to withhold congressional salaries during shutdowns? 2:14:00 Missing intellectuals like Rahm Emmanuel leading the country 2:16:00 What is the criteria for impeachment of cabinet members? 2:18:45 Favorite football/baseball players as a kid?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chuck Todd takes a hard look at the state of American governance and institutional trust — or the lack of it. He starts by reflecting on the historical significance of three consecutive one-term presidents, ranking his top five most underrated commanders-in-chief and arguing that both Biden and Trump are unlikely to be viewed as consequential a century from now. From there, Todd pivots to a searing indictment of the current moment: from the Epstein reckoning exposing the government's inability to tell the truth, to DHS being treated as a political plaything by Kristi Noem and Corey Lewandowski, to the DOD endangering lives in the El Paso FAA incident with zero accountability, to Moderna alleging that HHS refused to even review an mRNA flu vaccine under RFK Jr.'s watch. He connects the dots across a pattern of institutional dishonesty — a Justice Department focused on narrative management, masked ICE agents no one can justify, a fired antitrust chief clearing the way for powerful interests, and a "hostage system" style of governing that holds federal paychecks as leverage — making the case that when the government lies this often, it forfeits the benefit of the doubt on everything, and that the Epstein scandal isn't just a story about one man, but a mirror reflecting a system designed to protect the powerful. Finally, Chuck hops into the ToddCast Time Machine to revisit the publishing of the Communist Manifesto and argues that while its critiques of the excesses of capitalism were correct… it’s revolutionary prescriptions led to the worst authoritarian states in modern history. He also answers listeners’ questions in the “Ask Chuck” segment. Get your wardrobe sorted and your gift list handled with Quince. Don't wait! Go to https://Quince.com/CHUCK for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns. Now available in Canada, too! Protect your family with life insurance from Ethos. Get up to $3 million in coverage in as little as 10 minutes at https://ethos.com/chuck. Application times may vary. Rates may vary. Thank you Wildgrain for sponsoring. Visit http://wildgrain.com/TODDCAST and use the code "TODDCAST" at checkout to receive $30 off your first box PLUS free Croissants for life! Link in bio or go to https://getsoul.com & enter code TODDCAST for 30% off your first order. Timeline: (Timestamps may vary based on advertisements) 00:00 Chuck Todd’s introduction 02:30 We’ve had 3 straight one term presidents, deem them all failures 03:45 Inability to win reelection will always be seen as an asterisk 04:45 Top 5 most underrated presidents 05:00 James Polk was the only voluntary one term president 05:45 James Garfield was a fierce advocate for civil rights 06:30 George H.W. Bush was accomplished, but not a good politician 07:30 John Quincy Adams laid out modern American infrastructure 08:00 Jimmy Carter did many things that have aged well 09:15 In 100 years, Biden & Trump likely won’t be viewed as consequential 10:45 Biden & Trump can’t be evaluated fairly for many years 11:30 What does a real reckoning look like in the Trump era? 12:45 The institution least capable of reckoning with Epstein is the government 13:15 The private sector is forcing accountability, the government isn’t 14:15 Trust is the currency of government, and Trump’s doesn’t have it 15:15 The Justice Department is only worried about narrative management 16:30 The system looks like a club, designed to protect the powerful 17:45 Epstein is a test of whether the government can tell the truth 19:00 DHS shutting down, politicians using paychecks as leverage 19:30 We a governing via a “hostage system” 20:45 There isn’t a single good argument for masking ICE agents 21:15 The Democrats’ demands are not extreme, they’re common sense 22:15 Noem & Lewandowski treating DHS like their personal plaything 23:00 Pattern of government saying one thing, facts saying another 24:15 Whatever Noem says first, you can’t believe it. She gaslights the public 25:00 The government has lied too many times, gets no benefit of the doubt 25:45 El Paso FAA incident is case study for public distrusting institutions 26:45 DoD was lying to the FAA, FAA pulled the emergency brakes 28:00 DoD put lives in danger with no accountability 28:30 Moderna says HHS refused to review MRNA flu vaccine 29:15 The U.S. is not a stable country to develop & release products 30:00 Kennedy only offers crackpot theories & totally unfit for office 31:00 We can’t trust the government to tell us the truth about anything 31:30 DOJ fired antitrust chief, powerful interests get what they want 33:00 Epstein isn’t just a scandal, it’s a mirror 42:15 What if Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie ran on “accountability” ticket 43:30 A bipartisan ticket of “pox on both their houses” could be powerful 44:15 ToddCast Time Machine February 21st, 1848 44:30 Marx & Engels publish the communist manifesto 45:15 Monarchies were colliding with modern economic forces 46:45 Marx argued that capitalism is destabilizing if left unchecked 47:45 If the manifesto was called something else, how would we view it? 48:15 Marx doesn’t argue reform, says that capitalism will destroy itself 49:00 Communist states didn’t emerge until decades after manifesto 49:45 Manifesto gave dictators arguments to grab power 50:30 Marx talked in economics, dictators exploited his language 52:00 Communism took hold in places where industrialization fell behind 52:45 Manifesto gets invoked badly by both sides in American politics 53:30 Marx’s diagnosis was spot on, his solutions were questionable 55:00 Lack of regulation for AI will push people to radicalism 55:30 Ask Chuck 55:45 Does something seem off with the administration’s economic numbers? 1:00:00 Do we need a punchier title than “Gate” for political scandals? 1:02:30 Do we need to withhold congressional salaries during shutdowns? 1:06:30 Missing intellectuals like Rahm Emmanuel leading the country 1:08:30 What is the criteria for impeachment of cabinet members? 1:11:15 Favorite football/baseball players as a kid?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We live in a time of constant motion, where reaction often outruns reflection and clarity can feel just out of reach. In his book On Mindful Democracy, Jeremy Engels invites us to see democracy not as a system we inherit, but as a practice rooted in attention, compassion, and how we show up for one another each day. This conversation is a reminder that when we pause long enough to let the snow globe settle, we can see more clearly, and perhaps, see each other again.Featured in 'The Solidarity Edition' of AwareNow Magazine: www.awarenowmagazine.comGuest: Jeremy EngelsHost: Allié McGuireMusic by: Roie ShpiglerProduced by: AwareNow Media

Celtic edge Livingston in a nervy 2–1 at Celtic Park under Martin O'Neill, with Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain delivering a late moment of quality to settle it. James and Alan break down why the game felt tighter than the shot count suggests—Livingston's shifting approach (early pressure → deep block), Celtic's difficulty turning control into clear chances, and how set-piece chaos nearly stole the points. There's a deep dive on cross volume vs chance quality (cutbacks vs “hope” balls), what the match says about Celtic's current attacking identity, and a big worry: Arne Engels' injury and what it means for the midfield balance. The show closes by looking ahead to Kilmarnock at Rugby Park and scanning the wider Scottish Premiership title race through an xG/variance lens.Want to support the channel? - https://huddlebreakdown.comLike this video and want more content like it? Subscribe to the channel below and hit the bell to get notified every time a new video goes live. Follow us on Twitter: @huddlebreakdown@Alan_Morrison67 @jucojames Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Micha Wertheim vertelt hoe hij Engels leerde ondanks Annie M.G. Schmidt. Kijk op www.michawertheim.nl voor de speellijst van zijn nieuwe voorstelling Micha Wertheim voor iedereen. Op 19 april speelt Micha bijvoorbeeld in Carré in Amsterdam. Wil jij ook een keer een verhaal komen vertellen bij Echt Gebeurd, meld je dan bij ons via het formulier op echtgebeurd.net. De thema's voor alle verhalenmiddagen in dit seizoen vind je hier. Echt Gebeurd is te volgen op Instagram, Facebook, Threads, BlueSky en LinkedIn. Voor mensen die het missen kunnen is er Vriend van de Show. Wil je donateur worden voor € 2,50 per maand of een eenmalige donatie doen, dan kan dat via deze link.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

De transferstunt van Feyenoord door 82-voudig Engels international Raheem Sterling vast te leggen voor de rest van dit seizoen. De vrije dagen voor Ismael Saibari bij PSV. Het verschil tussen Alex Kroes en Jordi Cruijff. Wie zijn de voornaamste degradatiekandidaten? Het trainerskerkhof Nottingham Forrest. In de AD Voetbalpodcast neemt Etienne Verhoeff het door met Mikos Gouka en Johan Inan. Daarnaast bespreekt hij zoals elke vrijdag de Keuken Kampioen Divisie met Dolf van Aert. Beluister de hele AD Voetbalpodcast nu via AD.nl, de AD App of jouw favoriete podcastplatform. Bestel het boek De vraag van Vandaag hier: https://webwinkel.ad.nl/product/de-vraag-van-vandaagSupport the show: https://krant.nl/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

De ene mythe is de andere niet, maar toch komen dezelfde thema's door alle culturen en door alle tijden heen terug. Waarom vertellen mensen zo graag verhalen aan elkaar? En wat hebben we aan mythes en sagen? Religiewetenschapper Arjan Sterken vertelt waarom we nu niet meer in kabouters geloven, maar weer wel in aliens. En waarom wilde hij geen séance houden in een kerk? De voertaal is Engels. Over de spreker Arjan Sterken is vergelijkende religiewetenschapper aan de Radboud Universiteit. Hij onderzoekt hoe we onze verlangens en angsten projecteren op het bovennatuurlijke. Hierbij kijkt hij voornamelijk naar mythologie en folklore in India en het Germaanse gebied. Verder weet hij veel van Indo-Europese vergelijkende mythologie en Gnostische, Chinese en Saksische folklore.

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Bevries jij ook wanneer je Nederlands moet spreken? Krijg je een 'error' in je hoofd en switch je snel naar het Engels? Je bent niet de enige (not the only one) - en je bent zeker NIET dom. In deze aflevering van de Dutch Speaking Academy Podcast vertel ik je waar je het spreken van Nederlands te groot maakt. Perfectionisme = de beruchte (infamous) 'freeze'.Wat leer je in deze podcast?* Waarom jouw brein blokkeert (en waarom studeren alleen niet de oplossing (solution) is).* De kracht (power) van micro-doelen: Hoe je van ‘overwhelm' naar ‘I got this' gaat.* Praktische voorbeelden om direct te gebruiken bij je buren of collega's.* De introductie van de Switch to Dutch methode.Het is tijd om te stoppen met 'oefenen' en te beginnen met spreken. Stap voor stap, zonder stress.Wil jij dit jaar écht de switch maken en vloeiend Nederlands spreken? In maart start mijn gloednieuwe Dutch Speaking Academy Community: The Circle!

The boys were on the late shift this week to catch all of the last-minute deals as the January Transfer Window closed in Scotland. Si Ferry, Slaney, Andy Halliday and Ross McCormack discuss the very late signing of German striker Ryan Naderi to Rangers as well as Celtic's late loan recruits, Junior Amadu and Joel Mvuka as well as the huge news that the club knocked back a 3rd bid worth £25 million for Arne Engels!We also react to Scott Wright joining Dundee, Jame Wilson's dream move to Spurs and all of the other comings and goings on Deadline Day!And now it's all said and done with the squads finalise for the remainder of the season, the boys give their final predictions on who they think will win the SPFL Scottish Premiership! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Gordon Duncan is joined by Gordon Dalziel and a debuting Cillian Sheridan for tonight's Clyde 1 Superscoreboard, as we reflect on the January transfer window closing last night. We're discussing Celtic signing three players on loan in Junior Adamu, Benjamin Arthur and Joel Mvuka, while Rangers added one of their own in Ryan Naderi. Plus, your thoughts on Celtic turning down a £25m offer for Arne Engels from Nottingham Forest.There's also a chance for one of you to win a signed ball or Superscoreboard coin on Beat The Pundit, as well as the Full-Time Teaser after 7pm.

The boys were on the late shift this week to catch all of the last-minute deals as the January Transfer Window closed in Scotland. Si Ferry, Slaney, Andy Halliday and Ross McCormack discuss the very late signing of German striker Ryan Naderi to Rangers as well as Celtic's late loan recruits, Junior Amadu and Joel Mvuka as well as the huge news that the club knocked back a 3rd bid worth £25 million for Arne Engels!We also react to Scott Wright joining Dundee, Jame Wilson's dream move to Spurs and all of the other comings and goings on Deadline Day!And now it's all said and done with the squads finalise for the remainder of the season, the boys give their final predictions on who they think will win the SPFL Scottish Premiership! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Andrew Maclean, Tony Watt and David Friel are in the studio as Celtic knock back a huge offer for Arne Engels and confirm the signing of Junior Adamu.Can Rangers and get a deal done for striker Ryan Naderi and will Tawanda Maswanhise leave Motherwell? We have all the latest updates from the Superscoreboard transfer hub!

Jun 25, 2025   One of the most radical things you can do is live your life in direct opposition to the forces that control our society. Not just fighting for policies or organizing your community, although those are certainly important parts of it, but also living with values that oppose the values of our dominant society. And even more importantly, raising the next generation to embody those values—not in a coercive way, but through organic parenting and role modeling that make radicalism irresistible. This is how we raise revolutionaries: instilling community, love, egalitarianism, and a need for justice into children. And this is just what our guest in today's episode has devoted himself to doing. Breht O'Shea is an activist, organizer, political educator, and host of the podcast Revolutionary Left Radio and co-host of the podcasts Red Menace and Shoeless in South Dakota. He is a father of three based out of Omaha Nebraska. In this conversation, Part 3 of our Post Capitalist Parenting series, Breht shares with us insights about parenting that he's learned over the years as a father of three and what Marxism teaches us about parenting. We discuss the classic text by Engels, The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State, which is a dialectical materialist analysis of patriarchy and the family, tracing the emergence of the patriarchal family and it took through various iterations of class society but also exploring what families have looked like under actually-existing socialism and also what it might look like under communism. We also explore the anti-natalist position which attempts to argue that having children is immoral, why this perspective is deeply flawed, what Buddhism can teach us about parenting, and much, much more. Support Breht and Rev Left Radio, and join their community HERE Further Resources The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State, Freidrich Engels Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism: And Other Arguments for Economic Independence, by Kristen Ghodsee Related Episodes: Post Capitalist Parenting Pt. 1: Parenting Under Capitalism w/ Toi Smith Post Capitalist Parenting Pt. 2: Reimagining the Family w/ Kristen Ghodsee Revolutionary Leftism with Breht O'Shea Buddhism and Marxism with Breht O'Shea What is To Be Done? with Breht O'Shea and Alyson Escalante Imperialism, The Highest Stage of Capitalism w/ Breht O'Shea and Alyson Escalante Red Menace: "The Origin of the Family, Private Property, and The State" by Friedrich Engels (Pt. 1) Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism w/ Kristen Ghodsee Intermission music: "Cool 4 U" by Club Cafe Upstream is a labor of love—we couldn't keep this project going without the generosity of our listeners and fans. Subscribe to our Patreon at patreon.com/upstreampodcast or please consider chipping in a one-time or recurring donation at www.upstreampodcast.org/support If your organization wants to sponsor one of our upcoming documentaries, we have a number of sponsorship packages available. Find out more at  upstreampodcast.org/sponsorship For more from Upstream, visit www.upstreampodcast.org and follow us on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and Bluesky. You can also subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts.

Jun 16, 2025   In this episode, Alyson and Breht explore Friedrich Engels' Dialectics of Nature, a bold and underappreciated attempt to apply dialectical materialism to the natural sciences. Often dismissed or misunderstood, this unfinished work offers a sweeping view of reality - from physics and chemistry to evolution, human consciousness, and ecological breakdown - through the lens of Marxist philosophy. Together, they unpack Engels' central claim that nature itself unfolds dialectically: through contradiction, motion, transformation, and interconnection. They cover the three laws of dialectics, Engels' materialist account of human evolution, his critique of mechanistic science, vulgar materialism, and metaphysical thinking, as well as his early warnings about capitalism's ecological consequences. Along the way, they connect these insights to Marx's concept of species-being, and reflect on what this revolutionary worldview offers in the age of climate crisis, hyper-alienation, and late capitalist decay. Finally, Alyson and Breht have a fascinating open-ended discussion about the existential and spiritual implications of dialectical materialism as a worldview. Whether you're new to dialectical materialism or looking to deepen your understanding, this conversation reframes Engels' work as a profound contribution not just to Marxism, but to the philosophy of science itself. Here are the episodes recommended for further listening in the episode: Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844 - Karl Marx On Contradiction - Mao Marxism 101: Intro to Historical Materialism (and the Necessity of Socialism) The Nature of All Things: Spinoza's Philosophical Odyssey All Dialectic Deep Dive Episodes ---------------------------------------------------- Support Rev Left and get access to bonus episodes: www.patreon.com/revleftradio Make a one-time donation to Rev Left at BuyMeACoffee.com/revleftradio Follow, Subscribe, & Learn more about Rev Left Radio: https://revleftradio.com/