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If you are childless after infertility and wondering how to move forward without the future you dreamed of, this powerful conversation with Jody Day will meet you right where you are. In this episode, we explore what it truly means to grieve childlessness and how embracing that grief can lead to deep healing, creativity, and purpose. Jody shares her personal story, her insights from years of working in the childless-not-by-choice space, and how grief can evolve from something you endure into something you grow through. Inside this episode: Why grief is not an event but a skill What it means to experience disenfranchised grief as a childless woman How to feel seen in a society that avoids your pain What it takes to build your own support network as you age Why asking for help is a form of strength and connection Unforgettable quotes from Jody Day: “Grief is not an event. It's a skill.” “You're not needy. You have needs. You're human.” “We grieve that which we have loved.” “Grief is the emotion that allows us to let go of what was in order to embrace what's next.” “I look back at the woman who tried so hard and say: You didn't know more was available to you.” Whether you are early in your grief or further down the path, this episode will remind you that you are not alone, and that you still have the power to build a life you love. You are not too late. You are not alone. You may be childless, but your story still matters. This episode will remind you that healing is possible, connection is available, and the life ahead of you still holds meaning. Helpful links and resources:

Catherine Airey grew up in England in a family of mixed English-Irish descent, and now lives between County Cork and Bristol. On this episode of Little Atoms she talks to Neil Denny about her first novel Confessions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tomorrow, Ireland faces England in the Nations League game at the Aviva Stadium, but do we care about English Irish rivalry? And, should we?Guest host Jonathan Healy is joined by Barbara McCarthy, Journalist and football enthusiast and Ronan Mc Greevey, Irish Times Journalist and co-author of ‘The Kidnapping' to discuss.

Hello, and welcome to episode 166 of the Childless not by Choice Podcast. My name is Civilla Morgan. My mission is to recognize and speak to childless not by choice women and men around the world, reminding you, us, that we can live joyful, relevant, fulfilled, childless not by choice, lives.   Whether you have children or not, thank you for tuning in!     What is today's show about? My Interview with Jody Day. Update time!   Intro: JODY DAY is the English/Irish founder of Gateway Women, the global support & advocacy network for childless women, and is often described as the founder of the ‘childless movement'. An author, two-times TEDx speaker, thought leader and psychotherapist, she's known for her best-selling Living the Life Unexpected: How to Find Hope, Meaning and a Fulfilling Future Without Children (PanMac 2016/2020) and increasingly for her popular Substack, ‘Gateway Elderwomen' which explores the adventure of elderhood without motherhood.    Jody's been a World Childless Week Ambassador since its inception in 2017, and was chosen as one of the BBC's 100 Women in 2013 & as a UK Digital Woman of the Year in 2021. She was also a founding and former board member at the UK Charity Ageing Without Children, and is a former Fellow in Social Innovation at Cambridge Judge Business School.  After a lifetime in London, she now lives by the sea in West Cork, rural Ireland, where she's working on a novel (featuring a childless heroine of course!) and developing her Gateway Elderwomen project. She is managed by a small white terrier called Parsnip.   Thank you Patreon contributors: I would like to take a moment to thank the people who make a financial contribution to the platform on a monthly basis, my Patreon Contributors.    Your contributions help pay my podcast producer, my podcast host, Zoom, where I interview most of my guests, etc. So thank you very much!        If you are not yet a Patron, visit patreon.com/childlessnotbychoice to set up your monthly contribution. No matter your giving level, I have a gift for you!   If you prefer to give via PayPal, you can find me there at booksbycivillamorgan@gmail.com.  Your contributions to the platform are greatly appreciated! Thank you!   https://www.patreon.com/Childlessnotbychoice   Questions or comments? Contact me at:   Email: Info@civillamorgan.com                                                  Or   Visit the website at www.childlessnotbychoice.net, look to the left on the home screen and click on the link below the telephone to leave me an up to 90-second voicemail. Body of episode: Are you still a part of AWOC? Working on a novel Substack—Gateway Elder Women ‘Women without children are that village'.--Jody Day We still pay taxes. Research links: https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2021/11/19/growing-share-of-childless-adults-in-u-s-dont-expect-to-ever-have-children/   https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2024/07/25/the-experiences-of-u-s-adults-who-dont-have-children/   https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2021/10/05/rising-share-of-u-s-adults-are-living-without-a-spouse-or-partner/   https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2021/11/19/growing-share-of-childless-adults-in-u-s-dont-expect-to-ever-have-children/ Christine Erickson's New Legacy Institute Gateway Woman is now The Childless Collective  Mutual aid projects   Articles/links of interest: https://childlessnotbychoice.net/episode-90-my-interview-with-jody-day-founder-of-gateway-women/   https://childlessnotbychoice.net/episode-143-the-things-men-talk-about-my-conversation-with-dr-robin-hadley/   https://gateway-women.com/living-the-life-unexpected-2nd-edition-world-blogtour-1-19th-march-2020/ Special thank you to: Jody Day, Founder of Gateway Women   Jody Day's Contact Info: https://gateway-women.com/   website: www.gateway-women.com substack: https://jodyday.substack.com/ instagram @gatewaywomen & @apprenticecrone free download of intro & chapter 1 of Jody's book: bit.ly/free-ltlu   FYI: Spotify now allows podcasters the ability to respond to listener comments. My contact information: Website: www.childlessnotbychoice.net and www.civillamorgan.com Facebook: booksbycivillamorgan Twitter: @civilla1 Instagram: @joyandrelevance Pinterest: Civilla M. Morgan, MSM LinkedIn: Civilla Morgan, MSM

English/Irish composer and arranger Sean O'Hagan (Microdisney, Stereolab) is perhaps best known as the visionary behind The High Llamas, whose second album Gideon Gaye (1994) blended a healthy respect for the harmonic tableaus of both Brian Wilson and Steely Dan with a delicate UK pop sound reminiscent of his contemporaries such as Prefab Sprout. On the brand new High Llamas album, Hey Panda, (featuring guests including Fryars, and Bonny "Prince" Billy) O'Hagan has been absorbing many of the production tricks of contemporary hip-hip records from the likes of Tyler The Creator or Solange, while retaining most of the melodic tendencies that first endeared High Llamas' fans to his music. As you'll hear, O'Hagan cares deeply about keeping his ear to the ground for the new while honoring the past. It's a great conversation.  And Record Store Day co-founder Carrie Colliton returns after a highly successful Record Store Day 2024.  The Record Store Day Podcast is written, produced, engineered and hosted by Paul Myers, who also composed the theme music and selected interstitial music. Executive Producers (for Record Store Day) Michael Kurtz and Carrie Colliton. For the most up-to-date news about all things RSD, visit RecordStoreDay.com) Sponsored by Dogfish Head Craft Brewery (dogfish.com), Tito's Handmade Vodka (titosvodka.com), RSDMRKT.com, and Furnace Record Pressing, the official vinyl pressing plant of Record Store Day. Please consider subscribing to our podcast wherever you get podcasts, we're here every week and we love making new friends.

On this episode we sample the Oban 10 Year 2022 Special Release- Celestial Blaze while discussing the Orlando Whiskey Festival Feb 3rd 2024 (promo code below), Kyle's love of fender benders, special release bottles, purple galatic bunnies, the canister novel, the quintessential breakfast, the “go-to” breakfast, the egg king, being a runny guy, we need the meat, the full English/Irish, favorite cereals as a kid, big heads and paintball mode, Pop tarts or Toaster Strudel, breakfast and a show, The Johnston principle, and Kyle's raw cookie dough experiences. Support Us On Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/DrepandStone Use the promo code DSP15 to get 15% off your tickets to the Orlando Whiskey Festival Use the promo code DrepandStone15 to Get 15% off your order from Flaviar.com We'd love to hear from you! https://linktr.ee/DrepandStone Don't forget to subscribe! Music by @joakimkarudmusic Episode #219

This week, we listened to cool new releases, paid tribute to English-Irish punk and poet Shane MacGowan, looked back at our on-repeat favourites, and talked about the implications of the recent changes to Spotify's remuneration models. Music this week by: Half Moon Run Shane MacGowan The Subways The Jesus and Mary Chain Gaffa Tape Sandy Chemtrails Fräulein Los Blancos KNEECAP, Grian Chatten SAULT Gorky's Zygotic Mynci Heartworms Fontaines D.C. Nova Twins dEUS Dizzy Bob Vylan Kasador Find this week's playlist here. Do try and support artists directly! PS: CFRC Live Sessions are now on air! And the CFRC funding drive is in full swing! Donate and help keep our 101-year old station going! Live on CFRC 101.9 FM (Kingston)/cfrc.ca, Sundays 8-9:30 PM (Full shows in the archive) Contact: email yellowbritroad@gmail.com, Twitter @⁠YellowBritCFRC⁠, IG @⁠yellowbritroad⁠. PS: submissions, cc music@cfrc.ca if you'd like other CFRC DJs to spin your music on their shows as well. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/yellowbritroad/message

An unofficial adoption. David Enker was born in Amsterdam in 1970, following the Summer of Love of 1969. Relinquished a few months after birth to another family in The Hague, his birth mother, a university student at the time, had hoped to retrieve him after her studies. Although never officially adopted, things turned topsy-turvy when his new family refused to let him go. A bumpy reunion unravels in reverse.This unusual beginning, together with a life-long quest for an identity, belonging and meaning form the backbone of his recently published memoir "Phantom Parents". A heartbreaking and heartwarming work, addressing universal questions through illustrations, photographs and short stories.Recently diagnosed with young onset Parkinson's Disease he endeavours to embrace life to the fullest. David is a creative currently living in the Dutch coastal city of Haarlem with his English-Irish wife and young son.LINKS:Website with book info: www.davidenker.comBook on Amazon: www.amazon.com/gp/product/9090369449/Trailer for the book: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgxoFVOWAEkAlso in this episode, Sarah and Louise discuss American Baby by Gabrielle Glaser.Thank you to our sponsor S12F.Joe Soll & other adoptee resourcesIf you want to support our show, you can go to our Patreon Page.Thank you to our current Patreon donors for their support.Our Patrons:  Laura Christensen, Barbara Frank, Ramona Evans, Linda Pevac, Blonde Records, Daphne Keys, Denise Hewitt, Michelle Styles, Emily Sinagra, Linda David, John Frey, Eric David, Beth Figuls, Ron Schneider, Tony Corsentino, Kristi Reed,  Kristen Steinhilber, Jane Bofenkamp, Kelley Brickfield, Sandra de Quesada, The Harpy, Kristan Higgin, Lisa Thompson,  Michelle Goodwine, Jesper Laursen, Julie Malone, Rivi Shocket , Robert Perrino,  Colleen McCall, Janet MacDonald, Robin Wells, Lynn Grubb, Mikki Jackson-Brown, Sharon Katzman, Carol Levitt, Elizabeth McDonald and Darra Robinson.Support the showTo support the show - Patreon.

Just in time for St. Patrick's day, we are joined by Rab Fulton from Ireland. He hosts live storytelling shows called Celtic Tales and is the author of numerous books. We discuss how linguistics, geography and trade routes shaped Irish lore. Rab gives us an amalgamated version of the Irish creation story, the wars and peaces of the Gods, the folkloric heroes, Fae Folk, Finn McCool, St. Patrick, Brian Boru and others.For more details on that see: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/celtic-tales-storytelling-show-tickets-503373151647I also teach storytelling, with an emphasis on landscape, memory and story. Storytelling is still very much a living part of the fabric of Galway and Connemara, and of my own family back in Scotland. This means that though I teach in the university, my approach is not academic as such. I teach as a practitioner of the craft. I also enjoy helping others create stories from their own memories and family stories. A good example of this is a bilingual (English / Irish) project I did with teenagers during lockdown. You can hear some of their stories at https://www.mixcloud.com/rabfulton/our-stories-transition-year-tales-part-one/A well as teaching I am currently working on a another project engaging with memory. This is the Poetry as Commemoration. I am working with another group of young adults / teens to reflect on the exhibitions in Galway Museum about the bloody events that surrounded the creation of an independent Ireland.

Just in time for St. Patrick's day, we are joined by Rab Fulton from Ireland. He hosts live storytelling shows called Celtic Tales and is the author of numerous books. We discuss how linguistics, geography and trade routes shaped Irish lore. Rab gives us an amalgamated version of the Irish creation story, the wars and peaces of the Gods, the folkloric heroes, Fae Folk, Finn McCool, St. Patrick, Brian Boru and others. For more details on that see: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/celtic-tales-storytelling-show-tickets-503373151647 I also teach storytelling, with an emphasis on landscape, memory and story. Storytelling is still very much a living part of the fabric of Galway and Connemara, and of my own family back in Scotland. This means that though I teach in the university, my approach is not academic as such. I teach as a practitioner of the craft. I also enjoy helping others create stories from their own memories and family stories. A good example of this is a bilingual (English / Irish) project I did with teenagers during lockdown. You can hear some of their stories at https://www.mixcloud.com/rabfulton/our-stories-transition-year-tales-part-one/ A well as teaching I am currently working on a another project engaging with memory. This is the Poetry as Commemoration. I am working with another group of young adults / teens to reflect on the exhibitions in Galway Museum about the bloody events that surrounded the creation of an independent Ireland.

It's a Celtic and Jamaican special featuring all English/Irish hosts as Mike is joined by Love Rugby League's Drew Darbyshire. Featuring interviews with Ireland coach Ged Corcoran and almost Scottish international and South Sydney Rabbitoh, Campbell Graham. Brought to you by Roar Sports.

Noah Higgs Irish language teacher, Gaeilc culture enthusiast, and producer of Clár Dubh joins us for a delightful discussion about the importance of cultural identity and engaging with our routes. This is an interlingual show with a mixture of Gaeilge agus English / Irish and Béarla.Clár Dubh @ https://www.instagram.com/clar_dubh/Noah's Gaelic language and culture teaching website https://linktr.ee/noahbuffinihiggs

Did you know you were Irish all along? Listen to more in the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast. La Nef and Chor Leoni, Mary - Grace Autumn Lee, Enda Reilly, Across The Pond, Socks in the Frying Pan, Niamh Dunne, Telenn Tri, Kevin McKrell, Willos' & Massimo Giuntini, Scythian, Low Lily, The Dreadnoughts, Brad Tuck, Jamison Celtic Rock GET CELTIC MUSIC NEWS IN YOUR INBOX The Irish & Celtic Music Magazine is a quick and easy way to plug yourself into more great Celtic culture. Subscribe and get 34 Celtic MP3s for Free. VOTE IN THE CELTIC TOP 20 FOR 2022 This is our way of finding the best songs and artists each year. You can vote for as many songs and tunes that inspire you in each episode. Your vote helps me create next year's Best Celtic music of 2022 episode.  Vote Now! I hope you enjoy this week's show. If you hear music you love, share the episode. Include the show time so they can quickly listen and enjoy. The Irish & Celtic Music Podcast is here to build our diverse Celtic community and help the incredible artists who so generously share their music with you. Musicians rely on your support so they can keep creating new music. If you heard music you loved, visit the artist website. Buy CDs, digital downloads, shirts, album pins, and other merch. You can follow them on streaming and see their shows. You can support many Celtic musicians on Patreon, just like this podcast. And of course, I always appreciate it when you email artists to let them know you heard them on the Irish and Celtic Music Podcast. THIS WEEK IN CELTIC MUSIC 0:09 - La Nef and Chor Leoni "Out On The Ocean" from Shanties! LIVE 3:40 - WELCOME 4:50 - Mary - Grace Autumn Lee "Return to Brooklyn: Muireann's Jig/Trip to London (Jigs)" from Eyre 8:50 - Enda Reilly "All Along The Wild Atlantic Way" from Whisperings 12:30 - Across The Pond "Merry Blacksmith / Sally Gardens" from Little Beggarman 16:25 - Socks in the Frying Pan "The King's Shilling" from Return of the Giant Sock Monsters from Outer Space 20:38 - FEEDBACK 24:51 - Niamh Dunne "Ballyneety's Walls" from Portraits 28:10 - Telenn Tri "Breton / Pedon war pont e naoned" from Macquarie Street 32:26 - Kevin McKrell "Dublin Town" from In Quarantine 36:22 - Willos' & Massimo Giuntini "Scatter the Mud" from From Now On 42:37 - THANKS 44:27 - Scythian "Dead Army" from American Shanty 49:19 - Low Lily "SOVAY" from 10,000 Days Like These 52:02 - The Dreadnoughts "Battleford 1885" from Roll and Go 54:10 - Brad Tuck "Irish All Along" from Stages 58:06 - CLOSING 59:51 - Jamison Celtic Rock "Through Hills for Water" from Hafaguone The Irish & Celtic Music Podcast was edited by Mitchell Petersen with Graphics by Miranda Nelson Designs. The show was produced by Marc Gunn, The Celtfather. Subscribe through your favorite podcatcher or on our website where you can become a Patron of the Podcast for as little as $1 per episode. Promote Celtic culture through music at http://celticmusicpodcast.com/. WELCOME CELTOPHILES TO CELTIC MUSIC * Helping you celebrate Celtic culture through music. I am Marc Gunn. I'm a musician and podcaster. I'm gonna introduce you to some amazing Celtic bands and musicians. Please remember. The artists in this show need your support. Buy something from them. You can find a link to all of the artists, along with show times and chapters for each song when you visit our website at celticmusicpodcast.com. You can also support this podcast on Patreon. Show into by The Dead Irish. HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT ABOUT STARTING YOUR OWN PODCAST? Podcasting is a fun way to share a message and spread ideas. I've hosted my podcasts with Libsyn since I started podcasting in 2005. It's the best place to host your podcast. Why not share your love of Celtic music and culture. Sign up through my link and you can support this podcast as well. If you decide to sign up, please email me. I'll send you some hints on how to make a successful podcast from the start. TRAVEL WITH CELTIC INVASION VACATIONS Every year, I take a small group of Celtic music fans on the relaxing adventure of a lifetime. We don't see everything. Instead, we stay in one area. We get to know the region through its culture, history, and legends. You can join us with an auditory and visual adventure through podcasts and videos. Learn more about the invasion at http://celticinvasion.com/ WHAT'S NEW IN IRISH & CELTIC MUSIC: BEST OF 2022 Two weeks after the episode is launched, I compile the latest Celtic Top 20 votes to update a playlist on Spotify, Amazon Music, and YouTube. These are the results of your voting. You can help these artists out by following the playlists and adding tracks you love to your playlists. Subscribe to our newsletter to find out who was added this week. Listen on Spotify, Amazon Music, and YouTube. THANK YOU PATRONS OF THE PODCAST! Because of Your kind and generous support, this show comes out at least four times a month. Your generosity funds the creation, promotion and production of the show. It allows us to attract new listeners and to help our community grow. As a patron, you hear episodes before regular listeners. You get to vote in the Celtic Top 20, and you get a private feed to listen to the show. Song Hengers can also enjoy music - only episodes, free MP3s, and stand - alone Celtic Stories when you become a Song Henger. Plus, I'm planning a bonus Best of Episode that's coming out soon, exclusively to Patrons. A special thanks to our newest Patrons of the Podcast: Anna M, Happy Rain, and of our newest amazing Celtic Legend, Meghan Walker HERE IS YOUR THREE STEP PLAN TO SUPPORT THE PODCAST Go to SongHenge.com. That takes you to our Patreon page. Decide how much you want to pledge every week, $1, $5, $10. Make sure to cap how much you want to spend per month. Keep listening to the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast to celebrate Celtic culture through music. You can become a generous Patron of the Podcast on Patreon at SongHenge.com. #celticmusic #irishmusic #celticmusicpodcast I WANT YOUR FEEDBACK What are you doing today while listening to the podcast? You can send a written comment along with a picture of what you're doing while listening. Email a voicemail message to celticpodcast@gmail.com Michael Finlay emailed a photo with a great story: "Hi Marc, so while I was listening to the podcast my kid ran inside telling me that our neighbor had come looking for help. She had found a kitten in the engine compartment of her truck. A tiny, terrified, little thing we figured was about 7 weeks old. The neighbor couldn't keep her (allergies), so we took her in. On the way to her doctor's appointment I played the show, hoping to calm her down. It did not work. Aside from a minor ear infection, and being a bit thin for her age, she was given a clean bill of health. I now have a new baby, little Minka. And thank the gods, she's finally putting on some weight. And I think she likes the show, since when I was cooking recently she tried to climb up my leg. But really that was either your playlist or the bacon. Any way, your work has been the soundtrack for the arrival of a new bundle of joy into my life. I will try to send a picture of sweet Minka." Stephen Dunford emailed: “Happy July/ End of Pride Month. Hi Marc,  Thank you for a great show, Love the music and love the vibe. Listening to your podcast got me through the pandemic with a smile on my face. Ha What am I doing today?  Well... I am listening to your podcast while working from home. I started listening to your podcast while I was working in the office in a different career in fashion, as mentioned before your podcast helped me sort some things out about what I truly enjoy in music and life. Music gives life -  if you get my drift. Since then I switched careers in UX design which allows me to work remotely where I can listen to your music freely around the house wherever I want. Anyhow, my hubby and I are going to Ireland, Scotland, and England for our delayed honeymoon at the end of August.  We are calling it "Discovering our roots". Since I am of English Irish descent and he is American of Scottish/ mixed descent. We can't wait. Needless to say, I will be on the lookout for local music, but in the meantime, we will be listening to your podcast along the winding roads of our ancestors. Take care and thanks for your podcast.” Woodland Folk emailed photos of Courting and TREES And finally, here's a run I did while listening to the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast, on my way to Indianapolis.

One Direction, often shortened to 1D, are an English-Irish pop boy band formed in London, England in 2010. The group are composed of Niall Horan, Liam Payne, Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson; Zayn Malik left the group in March 2015. The group signed with Simon Cowell's record label Syco Records after forming and finishing third in the seventh series of the British televised singing competition The X Factor in 2010.Propelled to global success by social media, One Direction's five albums, Up All Night (2011), Take Me Home (2012), Midnight Memories, Four (2014), and Made in the A.M. (2015), topped charts in several countries, and generated hit singles including "What Makes You Beautiful" (their first number one on the UK Singles Chart, and the highest debut for a British act on the US Billboard Hot 100 since 1998), "Live While We're Young", "Best Song Ever", "Story of My Life" and "Drag Me Down". After the release of Four, One Direction became the first band in the US Billboard 200 history to have their first four albums debut at number one. Their third album, Midnight Memories, was the best-selling album worldwide of 2013.Considered teen idols, One Direction were often subject to fan hysteria. They embarked on four world tours, two of which were all-stadium. The band's Where We Are Tour, in support of Midnight Memories, was the highest-grossing concert tour in 2014, the highest-grossing tour by a vocal group in history, and the 15th highest-grossing concert tour of all time, grossing $290.2 million (unadjusted for inflation). The band went on indefinite hiatus in January 2016, allowing all members to pursue other projects.As of 2020, the band have sold a total of 70 million records worldwide, making them one of the best-selling boy bands of all time. The band have won nearly 200 awards, including seven Brit Awards, four MTV Video Music Awards, six Billboard Music Awards, seven American Music Awards (including Artist of the Year in 2014 and 2015), and 28 Teen Choice Awards. In 2013, they earned an estimated $75 million, becoming the second highest earning celebrity under 30 according to Forbes. As the world's best-selling artist of 2013, the group was named the Global Recording Artist of the Year by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. In 2014, Billboard named the band "Artist of the Year". Forbes ranked them as the fourth highest-earning celebrities in the world in 2015, and subsequently in second in 2016.

One Direction, often shortened to 1D, are an English-Irish pop boy band formed in London, England in 2010. The group are composed of Niall Horan, Liam Payne, Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson; Zayn Malik left the group in March 2015. The group signed with Simon Cowell's record label Syco Records after forming and finishing third in the seventh series of the British televised singing competition The X Factor in 2010.Propelled to global success by social media, One Direction's five albums, Up All Night (2011), Take Me Home (2012), Midnight Memories, Four (2014), and Made in the A.M. (2015), topped charts in several countries, and generated hit singles including "What Makes You Beautiful" (their first number one on the UK Singles Chart, and the highest debut for a British act on the US Billboard Hot 100 since 1998), "Live While We're Young", "Best Song Ever", "Story of My Life" and "Drag Me Down". After the release of Four, One Direction became the first band in the US Billboard 200 history to have their first four albums debut at number one. Their third album, Midnight Memories, was the best-selling album worldwide of 2013.Considered teen idols, One Direction were often subject to fan hysteria. They embarked on four world tours, two of which were all-stadium. The band's Where We Are Tour, in support of Midnight Memories, was the highest-grossing concert tour in 2014, the highest-grossing tour by a vocal group in history, and the 15th highest-grossing concert tour of all time, grossing $290.2 million (unadjusted for inflation). The band went on indefinite hiatus in January 2016, allowing all members to pursue other projects.As of 2020, the band have sold a total of 70 million records worldwide, making them one of the best-selling boy bands of all time. The band have won nearly 200 awards, including seven Brit Awards, four MTV Video Music Awards, six Billboard Music Awards, seven American Music Awards (including Artist of the Year in 2014 and 2015), and 28 Teen Choice Awards. In 2013, they earned an estimated $75 million, becoming the second highest earning celebrity under 30 according to Forbes. As the world's best-selling artist of 2013, the group was named the Global Recording Artist of the Year by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. In 2014, Billboard named the band "Artist of the Year". Forbes ranked them as the fourth highest-earning celebrities in the world in 2015, and subsequently in second in 2016.

English: Irish-born and Manchester-based Kerrie has been steadily charting her path in music for over a decade, giving herself a multifaceted education through her DJ residencies, working at one of the UK's most respected record stores Kingdom, Eastern Bloc, and passionately devoting themselves to music production and live performances via analog hardware. Performing live and DJing at events like Freerotation, Warehouse Project, Tresor Berlin & Elsewhere NYC alongside some of your favorite artists. Kerrie has been described as someone who comes forward with the experience and presence of someone who is heavily invested in the culture, a statement that rings uniquely true. Being listed as one of the UK's most exciting emerging artists. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Español: Kerrie, nacida en Irlanda y con sede en Manchester, ha estado trazando constantemente su trayectoria en la música durante más de una década, brindándose una educación multifacética a través de sus residencias como DJ, trabajando en una de las tiendas de discos más respetadas del Reino Unido, Eastern Bloc, y dedicándose apasionadamente a la producción musical y con sus actuaciones en vivo a través de hardware analógico. Actuando en vivo y pinchando en eventos como Freerotation, Warehouse Project, Tresor Berlin & Elsewhere NYC junto a algunos de sus artistas favoritos. Kerrie ha sido descrita como alguien que se presenta con la experiencia y la presencia de alguien que ha invertido mucho en la cultura, una declaración que suena excepcionalmente cierta. Siendo catalogada como una de las artistas emergentes más emocionantes del Reino Unido. ARTIST Links: KERRIE @kerrie_dj https://www.instagram.com/kerrie_music/?hl=es-la https://www.facebook.com/DJKerrie MEDELLINSTYLE @medellinstyledj www.instagram.com/medellinstyle/?hl=es-la www.facebook.com/culturaelectronica Available on: sptfy.com/medellinstyle youtube.com/medellinstyle apple.co/2NirUXY soundcloud.com/medellinstyledj/sets/podcast www.mixcloud.com/MedellinStyle/ www.deezer.com/es/show/657932 tun.in/pjCgO medellinstyle.com/category/podcast

Legendary author John Crowley rejoins the show to celebrate his new novel, Flint And Mirror (Tor Books), as well as his just-before-the-pandemic collections, And Go Like This and Reading Backwards. We get into the career-long gestation of this novel, the role of Hugh O'Neill in the English-Irish wars, the alchemy of melding history and the fantastic, the impact of John's mild cognitive impairment (MCI) diagnosis, why writing really is the ability to create minds at work, and more. Follow John on Facebook • More info at our site • Support The Virtual Memories Show via Patreon or Paypal

In this Daniel Day-Lewis Acteurist Oeuvre-view episode we look at two movies from 1993: Jim Sheridan's In the Name of the Father, about mid-70s English-Irish relations, anti-terrorist hysteria, and father-son relationships; and The Age of Innocence, Martin Scorsese's adaptation of Edith Wharton's novel about social mores in New York at the end of the 19th century. We discuss Scorsese's layered examination of romantic love and gender roles, and why Wharton's novel is ideal Scorsese source material; as well as Sheridan's layered examination of what it takes to challenge a corrupt system. If you're looking for layers and examinations, you can stop looking right now. Day-Lewis brings an array of relevant qualities to the roles, from clownishness, boyishness, and mania to contempt, frustration, and idealism.    Time Codes: 0h 01m 00s:    IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER (1993) [dir. Jim Sheridan] 0h 42m 10s:    THE AGE OF INNOCENCE (1993) [dir. Martin Scorsese] +++ * Marvel at our meticulously ridiculous Complete Viewing Schedule for the 2020s * Intro Song: “Sunday” by Jean Goldkette Orchestra with the Keller Sisters (courtesy of The Internet Archive) * Read Elise's latest film piece on Preston Sturges, Unfaithfully Yours, and the Narrative role of comedic scapegoating. * Check out Dave's new Robert Benchley blog – an attempt to annotate and reflect upon as many of the master humorist's 2000+ pieces as he can locate – Benchley Data: A Wayward Annotation Project!  Follow us on Twitter at @therebuggy Write to us at therebuggy@gmail.com

Open with me, if you have your Bibles, to Hebrews chapter 11, which can be found on page 1007 in your pew Bibles. Our text this morning is a continuation in the so called Hall of Faith passage that we started studying a few weeks ago now. In today's text, we're going to hear our author focus on the faith of Abraham and some of his most immediate descendants, people like Isaac and Jacob and Joseph. Men of Faith, whose stories occupy the lion's share of the Book of Genesis. we'll touch on some of those stories as we hear what our author tells us in Hebrews chapter 11 about those individuals. So with that said, let's hear what our author of Hebrews tells us about the faith of these men in Hebrews 11:8-2222. Hear now, the word of the Lord. This is the Word of the Lord. In the early years of the 20th century, an English-Irish explorer, somebody by the name of Ernest Shackleton, became relatively famous in the world for his wild expeditions to the continent of Antarctica. For around the years between 1901 to 1921 Shackleton played an important role in an era when many explorers were launching grand expeditions to the chilly southern continent, which was sort of the final frontier of the day of land exploration. Now, in total, throughout his life, Shackleton embarked on four multi-year expeditions to Antarctica. Though he never actually reached the South Pole, another Norwegian explorer would beat him to that prize, he became well known for how he managed to survive in some really treacherous circumstances. Then, curiously, he kept coming back again and again for more. In fact, one author portrays Shackleton as something of a restless spirit and comments, "From the first Shackleton seemed to be of two worlds. You see, he may have had a cozy home, a wife and three children back in England, but he never stopped looking southward. He continued his adventures going into great amounts of debt in the process until he finally died of a heart attack at age 47 while embarking on his fourth and final expedition." Now, whatever we say about Shackleton's motivations for setting out on these grand expeditions, why he did what he did, I think we can at least observe that he was a man who was restlessly transfixed on something beyond his home. He was willing to go to great lengths and to make innumerable amounts of sacrifices in the process in order to reach that destination. Now, on the one hand, the Bible tells us that contentment in life is really important, and perhaps Shackleton could have benefited from a greater contentment in his own life. In fact, I'm certain that many of us would do well to grow in contentment, too. Especially when everything we encounter in this world trains our impulses to be dissatisfied consumers through and through. We would all do well to be more content with our jobs, with our homes, with our callings. Yet, on the other hand, the Bible also prods us from start to finish towards something better than this world. It appeals to us not to be satisfied with the bounty of this world or the hope of this world. Rather, it prompts us to set our sights with restless expectancy on that which lies above this earthly realm and beyond this present age. C.S. Lewis famously wrote once in Mere Christianity, "If I find in myself desires, which nothing in this world can satisfy, the only logical explanation is that I was made for another world." Friends, this is the kind of attitude that we're called to embody in the present. It's an attitude that that, like Shackleton is obsessed with another place. But unlike Shackleton, not a place that we can point to on any map nor journey to. If we were ambitious enough. In the passage before us our author summons the example of Abraham and some of his most immediate descendants, to show us that this attitude is an attitude that lies at the heart of an enduring and long suffering faith. Faith, our author tells us, is something that transfixed is itself on another world. On another hope. On another home. And like Abraham, friends, this is what our faith is called to look like as well. So our big idea of as we embark on a study of this text is this faith fixes itself upon our heavenly home. As we study this text, we'll study it in three parts, kind of corresponding to the three paragraphs that we read in our text just a moment ago. 1. The Promise of Home 2. The Pursuit of Home 3. The Certainty of Home. The Promise of Home So let's start out first with the promise of home. Understand that throughout this passage, again, the so called Hall of Faith passage, Hebrews 11, our author has been and will continue to reflect upon the faith of several Old Testament figures. Last time we were in Hebrews 11, a few weeks ago, we heard about the faith of people like Abel and Enoch and Noah. But by far the two individuals in this long chapter, Hebrews 11, that occupy the most space are Abraham and Moses. In the passage before us, our author is focused on Abraham and his faith. Now, bear in mind also that this whole conversation our authors embarking on in Hebrews chapter 11, and the many examples that he cites that he brings to the table is all part of his larger argument of showing his readers what a long suffering and enduring kind of faith looks like. Remember, he exhorted us back at the end of chapter ten not to shrink back from what we believe and confess, but rather to endure by faith in the present. As we'll see, Abraham is a great example of an enduring and long suffering faith, because we learned in the Bible that Abraham lived to be 175 years old. Each event in his life that our author is going to reflect upon in a moment are events that are separated not by days or months, but by years. In other words, Abraham was a man who heard the promises of God. He orbited his whole life around these promises over the course of many years, even when challenges and doubts and plenty of sin crept up both in him and on him. So what specifically, then, does our author reflect upon from Abraham's life? What does he have to say about his long suffering and enduring faith? Well, if you look at our passage in verses eight through 12, our author begins by citing three examples from Abraham's life. The first two examples he gives us refer to a promise that Abraham was given of a place. The third example centers on the promise that was given to Abraham of a people. So let's hear first what our author says about these promises and beginning with the promise given to Abraham of a place. So if you're following along with me in the text, you'll notice in verse eight that our author opens by commenting on Abraham's faith as it's portrayed for us back in Genesis chapter 12. Genesis chapter 12 is the first chapter in the Book of Genesis that tells us anything about Abraham. And in Genesis chapter 12, we hear how God calls this pagan man named Abraham at the time Abram. He tells Abraham to leave the land in which he's currently residing and to venture out to a place that God would show him. He's called to, to get in his car, as it were, and just start driving. You know, don't worry about having a GPS or a map or even a compass, just start going. You see, in Genesis 12, God doesn't tell Abraham where he's going, nor does he even provide any enticing descriptions of the place in which he's going. Yet for Abraham, for Abram, because God spoke well, that was enough for Abraham. So Abraham went as the Lord God told him. Now, eventually, many, many, many years after Abraham, well, after his death, God was going to give to his people, his people Israel, the descendants of Abraham, a place. He was going to give to his people, a plot of land in Canaan, where the nation of Israel would flourish under King David. Then the temple in Jerusalem would serve for a time as the meeting place between God and man on Earth. We might expect our author and Hebrews to say something about that at this point, since after all, he's talking about the Promised Land. What's interesting is what our author tells us next is that Abraham actually went to live in that land of promise. He tells us that in verse nine, that he went to live in that place. But while he was there, he and his sons didn't live like that was home. Rather, they lived as nomads. They went to live in that place, but they lived as if that place was not their home. They lived in tents and the most that place was ever like home for Abraham and his sons was later in his life when he purchased a small burial plot in that land. So God called Abraham to go to that place. Abraham went to that place, but it was never home for him. Why is that? Well, according to our author and Hebrews, that plot of land was never meant to be Abraham's home. Neither was it meant to be the home, the resting place for the people of God who would follow after Abraham. It was good, but that plot of land always pointed beyond itself to something better, to something heavenly, to something imperishable and eternal. In short, it pointed to the glories of heaven, and ultimately to the new heavens and the new earth to come, where God would reign in the midst of His people forever and ever in glory. T his is why our author writes what he writes in verse ten, where he tells us that even when Abraham was in that land, he was, "Looking forward to the city that has foundations whose designer and builder is God." He was looking to something else, to something that that land ultimately pointed towards. Not only was Abraham looking forward to a heavenly home, a heavenly place, as it were. He was also looking forward to a people who would fill that place, to descendants, to a people that were promised to him. Notice in verses 11 through 12, we hear the author of Hebrews shift from this issue of Abraham's true home to the issue, an issue that would plague Abraham and Sarah throughout much of their life, an issue of descendants. You see, throughout Abraham's life, as it's recorded for us in Genesis, we hear God promise over and over again that Abraham would be the father of many families, of many people. In fact, before Abraham had any children of his own, the Lord promises to make his offspring as numerous as the dust of the earth and as plentiful as the stars in the sky. Now, when God makes these promises to Abraham in the book of Genesis, there's little reason, humanly speaking, to believe that those would ever come to pass. After all, when Abraham receives those promises, he's 75 years old at the very beginning. When God calls Abraham in Genesis 12, he's already 75 years old, and his wife Sarah isn't too far behind. She was only ten years younger than him. So, humanly speaking, there was nothing to think that this promise would materialize. And yet, Abraham and Sarah, we learn in verse 11, consider that even if the promise seemed foolish and absurd, well, the one who promises he's faithful. And as such, they trusted by faith in the promise. You, see so often, whether we believe a promise is true or not is conditioned by who promises. If our young children or young child tries to bribe you, for example, with the promise of $100 if you bless them with an ice cream cone. I've been there. You probably wouldn't believe it, because, you know, your child can't back up that promise. If Warren Buffett comes to you and promises $100, you should probably ask for $1,000 because, you know, he has the capital to back up that promise. How much more so than when the infinite, omniscient, omnipresent and self-existent God makes a promise? Well, it shouldn't matter. It doesn't really matter what he promises, because we know that he's faithful and we know he's more than able to follow through. It's that fact alone which generates a robust confidence in the promises of God. Not just for Abraham and Sarah in their own day, but brothers and sisters also for us too. Now, one of the curious things about the particular example of faith that's given to us in verse 11 and to a certain extent, all of the examples of faith from Abraham's life is how someone like Sarah would be commended for her faith as she is here in Hebrews, when her response to the promise of a child in Genesis is often one of unbelief. You know, for example, in Genesis, chapter 16, Sarah, she remains barren. She's unable to have a child. Yet, even with this promise in view, she decides to take matters into her own hand and to give Abraham, her female servant Hagar, to have a child with. It's not a good move. Then later in Genesis 18, when Sarah hears the promise repeated that she will indeed bear a son in a year when she's already 90 years old, well, she laughs at the absurdity of it all. Now, there are indications later in Genesis that Sarah does express faith in the Lord and his promises. John Calvin is surely correct when he remarks in his commentary that Sarah's faith, just like the faith of all of us, is often blended with belief and unbelief, faith and a lack of faith. One of the notable lessons we learn from how Abraham and Sarah received God's promises over the course of their long, long lives is how, even in the midst of many doubts and many failures, their weariness doesn't ultimately triumph. After all, at the end of the day, what we notice here in Hebrews is they're not scolded for their weariness towards God and his promises, which took so long even to be partially realized in their own day. What we see is they're commended for their faith. Weariness, in other words, does not speak the last word. Now, I think most of us probably know in our own lives what it's like to be worn down by weariness. I, for one, can think back to a time before I had kids and recall my naivete and thinking that I was going to parent better than any other parent. My own parents included. I had strategies, I had a plan, I had willpower, and I was determined to create a home with very particular rules and order and everybody would obey and they would be happy about it in the process. Yet you can only take so many sleepless nights. You can only take so much persistence from your kids, before that unwavering edifice of certainty and parenting begins to crumble a little bit. Weariness, in other words, can derail even the best of us. Yet, when it comes to plotting through the Christian life, friends, don't let weariness derail you from trusting God's promises. You see, we live in a world that often expects immediate results. When those results don't come to us at our beck and call, weariness sometimes dictates that it's best to take new paths rather than to endure. You know, think about how many how many services out there advertise money, back guarantees if you're not satisfied in the first 30 or 60 or 90 days. You see, we just don't have that much patience for sticking with it. Then think about Abraham and how long he had to wait for God's promise of a son to realize. He never even saw what the promise of place and descendants ultimately pointed towards. So let me ask you this, are you weary of waiting on God? Are there sins that you're trying to break free of but you just can't seem to get past? Do you pray that you would desire the things of God more and more and yet too often you find yourself cold and callous and bitter towards God? Or are you praying and working on bringing contentment into your life where you are right now, where God has you right now, and yet you still find yourself persistently dissatisfied. My brothers and sisters, there's no doubt that weariness plagues all of us in this world under the sun, but also understand that we have something that Abraham did not. You see, we see by faith, the offspring of Abraham. Jesus Christ, the one who gives us access into the heavenly places. In Christ, we have actually become children of Abraham, heirs according to the promise. When we look out at the church all around the world, we see how God is faithful in Christ to bring about descendants of Abraham as numerous as the grain of sand on the seashore, or as plentiful as the stars in the heavens. Like Abraham, we may hear the promises of God and be weary from time to time when we don't see those promises and all of their fullness. We may decide from time to time to take matters into our own hands, to ensure that we will get what we want. But brothers and sisters, all we need to do is look to Christ and see that God is faithful and God will surely bring His children home when they complete their sojourn. When we complete our sojourn in this foreign land. These promises are our hope. It's a hope that doesn't disappoint. But while like Abraham, we cling to this hope, we see in the next part of our passage how Abraham's whole identity and approach to the world was also profoundly shaped by this hope as well. So this leads to our second point the pursuit of home, the pursuit of home, and will take us into verses 13 through 16 of our passage. The Pursuit of Home Any time someone asks my wife the question, where are you from, where's home? It's often funny because I get to watch as she thinks for a moment before saying something to the effect. Well, that's a complicated question. You see, my dad was military, so I'm certain that many of you can relate with that as well, you are not quite sure where home is for you. Even if you can't relate with that and you were born and raised in Nebraska or Iowa, that there's a definitive place that you call home and that's an easy question for you to answer. Well, there's still a sense, I think, spiritually speaking, in which this should be a more complicated question for all of us to answer. You see, for those of us who know Jesus Christ, we are and always will be foreigners in this world. And this is what the author of Hebrews tells us next, specifically about Abraham. Notice when we turn to verse 13 of our passage, our author tells us that that that Abraham, Sarah, Isaac, Jacob, these all who died in faith while they died without receiving what was promised. Again, they knew that Canaan wasn't ultimately their homeland, and they knew that their true home wasn't a place that they could point to and identify on a map. They knew their true home was heavenly. A home populated by a remnant of every tribe, tongue, people, a nation. A as a consequence, while they sojourn on this earth from start to finish, they embraced their status, their identity as strangers and exiles. You see, if we were to examine their lives and Genesis, what we would find is that there was never a point in any of their lives where these men settled down. That's what our author gets to, is he reflects upon the life of Abraham. In verse 15, he tells us essentially in verse 15 that if there was a physical place on a map that they had hoped to go to, that they called home, well, then they would have just gone there. But they didn't, because according to verse 16, "They were looking for a better country. That is a heavenly one." Now this reference to a better country is pretty important because it fits with this larger theme that we've been encountering over and over again in the Book of Hebrews. Understand that if we were to summarize the entire book of Hebrews in one phrase, to capture the essence of what Hebrews teaches us, it's pretty simple. Jesus is better. There's your summary of Hebrews. Jesus is better. Throughout Hebrews, as some have pointed out, we find that everything that's connected with Jesus and the covenant he inaugurates is described as better. We find in Hebrews 1:4 that Jesus has described as being better than the angels. In Hebrews 7:19, he introduces a better hope. In Hebrews 7:22, he's the guarantor of a better covenant. In Hebrews 9:23, he draws us near to God through a better sacrifice. Jesus and everything that He brings is simply better. You see what Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and every Old Testament saint who ever lived ultimately looked forward to, were the better things that we have at our disposal in Jesus Christ. They desired all of these better things that are found only in Christ. Yet, though, the blessings that we have right now far exceed anything that Abraham and Isaac enjoyed, according to our author, we nevertheless remain in this world strangers and exiles just like them. The apostle Peter makes this very point, in 1 Peter 1:2, when he reminds us that we, the people of God in this age, in the last days, are still sojourners and exiles. You see, we'll always find or should always find the pursuits and pleasures and desires of this world to be at odds with the things of heaven. In that vein, the apostle Paul roots in grounds our identity in heaven when he tells us that in Christ, our citizenship is not of this world. Rather, we are citizens of heaven. Understand then, friends, we just do not belong to this world. One commentator points out that, in fact, the way that this identity or status is embraced by Abraham and our passage is pretty instructive for us. If you notice in our text, we read at the end of verse 13 that Abraham acknowledges, or another way that could be translated is Abraham confessed that he was a stranger, an exile on Earth. In light of that, this this commentator perceptively writes, "To sojourn in an alien land is one thing, but to intentionally embrace this lifestyle by confessing that status or identity is another." That's just what Abraham does. Abraham and his descendants aren't just so journey in the land as exiles and sojourners. They're confessing that identity as well with their lips and in their hearts, because they know that they just don't belong to this world and they're willing to lose much in the pursuit of something better in the process. Last week there was a story in the news of a of a Russian oligarch who I read renounced his Russian citizenship, decided that he was going to give up his Russian passport. Obviously, in light of current events, he decided that he could no longer be associated with his home nation or its government. So he made the determination to cut ties with the place that he once called home. But historically, such a move is nothing new. When Hitler rose to prominence in Germany in the early 1930s, Albert Einstein famously renounced his German citizenship in 1933. Occasionally this happens in history, whenever someone has been frustrated or disillusioned by the activities or governments of their home nation and it reaches a boiling point. You find from time to time that people make the step of announcing that they are renouncing their citizenship. Now understand that the Bible never commands us to renounce our citizenship in our home nation when we become a Christian. After all, the Apostle Paul invokes his Roman citizenship from time to time in the Book of Acts, and he never renounced that. With that said, the Bible does call us in a spiritual sense, to leave this world behind in order to follow Christ. It prompts us to recognize, just like Abraham, that we don't belong here. Rather than trying to co-exist in this world or find an enclave in this world that we can settle down and call home in the fullness of what that means. The example of Abraham presses us to leave the promises and comforts and mechanisms of this world behind and identify ourselves with the world that is in heaven and will one day break through to fill the whole earth at the end of the age, when heaven and earth become one. I love how John Calvin puts it, he writes this, "We are hence to conclude that there is no place for us among God's children except we renounce the world, and that there will be for us, no inheritance in heaven, except we become pilgrims on earth." See Calvin saying we just can't coexist in this world and the fullness of what that means. We can't have one foot in the door in heaven and one foot in the door in this world and coexist. We're either citizens of this world or we're citizens of heaven and the prompting, the prodding of our author and Hebrews is to become like Abraham. Recognize that in Christ, we just do not belong to this world. Our citizenship is in heaven. This leaves us with, I think, the all-important, crucial, crux question that all of us need to ask ourselves. Have you left this world behind? Have you left this world behind? Now again, what I mean by that and what I don't mean by that, rather, is that all of us have to somehow embrace the Amish lifestyle, retreat to our own geographical enclave in a desert somewhere or in a wilderness, and have no interactions with our neighbors. That's not what I mean. But rather, have you renounced the systems of this world as your ultimate hope and comfort? As a follow up question, not only have you renounced those things, but are you also pursuing what Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and Joseph pursued instead? Are you pursuing the City of God expressed in the community and fellowship of Heaven in the Church, and the loving embrace of the King of Kings Jesus Christ? Brothers and sisters understand that if our pursuits are for the kingdoms of this world, it will be like drinking salt water. You might think it's quenching your thirst, but in the end, it's going to kill you. But if our pursuit is for heaven, well, friends, we will drink from springs that never run dry. This is our pursuit in life, and it's nothing other than heaven. As, we come to the final part of our passage, the end of our passage, and we look at this final section. We also learn that this, which should be our hope and our identity in life, is also our hope and our identity, even in death. The Certainty of Home So this leads to a third point, the certainty of home. So, again, Abraham and his descendants there, they're hearing these promises throughout their lives that they're embracing these promises by faith, even when they don't see their fulfillment. But what happens? What happens to their faith when they are confronted with the imminence of death? In the last part of our passage are author sites? For examples, he's going to cite one more from Abraham. Then he cites an example from Isaac, one from Jacob and one from Joseph to show us how each of these four individuals approached these promises. Promises again, that they received and lived by faith throughout their lives when death was knocking at the door. Look with me first at verses 17 through 19. In verses 17 through 19. We see the first example that our author reflects upon. It's the relatively well known story that comes from Genesis 22, where God calls Abraham to ascend Mount Moriah with his son Isaac. Isaac being the son of promise, the one who Abraham and Sarah were able to bear only in their later years of life, but then to offer this son Isaac as a sacrifice to the Lord. It's a story, I think, that that often shocks us today when we read it. It would have been equally, if not more shocking to Abraham, who had waited years for the promised son and is now being called to offer him up as a sacrifice to God. According to our author and Hebrews Abraham, he presses forward according to God's commands. The reason that's given in verse 19 is he considered or reasoned that God was able even to raise him from the dead, from which, figuratively speaking, he did receive him back. You see, Abraham remembered that when he was as good as dead himself, God was faithful to his promises and he provided a son. He provided a son of promise to him and Sarah. Through that experience and through the entirety of his life, lived in communion with God, he has come to be convinced that God's promises are so certain that even death couldn't render God's promises null and void. This wasn't a blind leap of faith into the darkness for Abraham, rather, as the text puts it. Abraham calculates he reasons, with well over a century of life, lived in communion with God, that God could be trusted, even if Isaac has to be slayed. The same could be said of our next example, Isaac, who in the latter years of his son, we read, "Blessed Jacob and Esau." Now, the narrative that our authors referring to here comes out of Genesis 27 few chapters after Genesis 22, the previous example. We learn in Genesis 27 how Isaac in his old age is deceived by his wife and his son Jacob, so that he would give the blessing of the firstborn, not to his actual firstborn Esau, but rather to Jacob instead. Isaac and his old age is in fact deceived; he ends up giving the blessing to Jacob. That's the story, our author alludes to here in Hebrews. Perhaps that raises the question why would our author in Hebrews here credit Isaac with faith for being deceived? Does it really take faith to be deceived? Well, no. Instead, as a couple of commentators point out later in the same chapter in Genesis in Genesis chapter 27, when Isaac gave the blessing, rather, to Jacob than Esau. Esau is furious. He's angry at all of this, that he missed out on the promise. Yet, at that point, Isaac seems to recognize and appreciate that this was all part of God's plan. Yes, he was deceived, but at that point, by faith, he trusts that this was all part of God's providential plan. Even after he's gone, he trusts that God would use that event to bring about all of his promises, all of his purposes. Neither Isaac's intentions nor his death would be able to thwart the certainty of God's promises. Then we read two other examples, the example of Jacob and Joseph. And again, this same general point applies. In death Jacob trusts in the certainty of God's promises, so much so that as He nears the end of his life, we find him worshipping. In death. Joseph is so confident that God would bring about all of His promises that He instructs that His bones be carried out of Egypt into the land of promise when the exodus takes place a few hundred years after he's gone. That's how certain he is that God would bring about everything that He promised. Understand that each of these promises, in each one of these promises when death looms large, each figure that our author highlights rests in the certainty of God's promises as they prepare to die. Even in death, they know that God is faithful and even in death, they look beyond their own lives, beyond their own deaths, to the resilience and the fulfillment of God's promises. Let me ask you this. What would it look like for you to die well too? What would it look like for you to die with the same confidence that all of these men had in tow? Now, this isn't a question that we often think about, I think, or reflect upon with very much frequency today. I suppose if we had to give an answer to that question, there are a few things we might say. We might think about our legacy. In other words, ensuring our legacy is secure and intact. Well, I could see that that would be an ideal way to face death and to die well, with confidence. It would also be good to ensure that our finances are in order so that our families are secure after we're gone. That, too, would be a good way to die with confidence. While there's nothing wrong with those things, when we look to the example of people like Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and especially Joseph, they were able to die well. Not necessarily because their finances were in order, although they were probably wealthy and their finances probably were in order, but rather because they trusted that God could raise the dead, that he would raise the dead. They shared in an iron clad certainty that in their death they were going home. This is the essence of why they were able to die well. Now, perhaps for many of us, we don't want to think about this topic at all. Death is one of those unpleasant things that many in our world would rather keep at a distance unless absolutely necessary. We might talk about death if we need to fill out our will or if we need to get a life insurance policy. Otherwise, many of us, including many of our neighbors, would prefer to keep that topic at arm's length. Yet, when God's promises and God's kingdom are at the forefront of our minds, when it's the hope that courses through our veins at every point during our sojourn on this Earth, well, we can look beyond this life and pass this world with joy. Knowing that the Lord is storing up for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison. Now, of course, that doesn't make death good. It still means that death hurts when we see our loved ones die. But it also frees us, like Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Joseph, to take our final breath with certainty, knowing that God will lead us home and then one day we'll bring heaven to earth at the end of the age. So what does it look like to die well. Well, in short, embrace God's promises now with certainty by faith and embrace the identity that this is not your home. But there's no place like the home God has in store for you and me. Application While we wait for that hope, let me leave us with this in the present, as we conclude our thoughts on this passage. The best way to be of any earthly good for as long as the Lord keeps us here on this earth, is to be heavenly minded. That's the concluding point I want to leave us with. The best way to be of any earthly good is to be heavenly minded. Now, I'm sure many of you have heard the inverse of this before, don't be too heavenly minded to be of any earthly good. The implication being that you could focus too much on the things of God such that you're no help at all in solving the real problems of this world. Yet, as one commentator, F.F. Bruce notes, when we look at the life of Abraham, for example, someone who is celebrated in our passage for his heavenly mindedness, we discover in Genesis that his neighbors were often blessed when Abraham was in their midst. We could look back to Genesis and see just that. This then leads Bruce F.F. Bruce to comment, "There have indeed been many occasions when practical men of the world have been thankful to the saints for timely help in an emergency beyond their power to cope with it." I think Bruce is right. Those who throughout church history have had their hope directed towards heaven. Those who have been grounded and anchored with confidence in the God who promises, are those who are equipped to be a non-anxious presence in a world gone mad. They are the people who very often take risks and sacrifice for the good of their neighbors because they know and love that they are known and loved by the God of the universe through Jesus Christ. So, friends, if you want to be of any earthly good, which is certainly a noble and a good desire, before anything else, be a citizen of the Kingdom of Heaven. Be a citizen of the Kingdom of God through faith in the one who reigns and is exalted in the heavenly places right now, and who promises to one day come again to this earth and bring heaven and Earth in one. Jesus Christ, our Lord. Pray with me. Gracious Heavenly Father, Lord, we thank you for the examples of men like Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and Joseph. And we know that while they, too, like us, sinned and fell short of the glory of God that you gave to them what you give to us and that is the gift of faith. Lord, we thank you for faith. Though our faith is often imperfect, though, it's often mixed with belief and doubt. Lord, you give us yourself, you give us your son. You point us to a better object to trust in and believe in and you secure us by your spirit to that hope. Lord, I pray that we would have our hearts and minds directed throughout the entirety of our lives towards that hope. That we would remember that this is a hope, the hope of the Gospel that does not disappoint. That we would have our affections, our mind, all that is within us directed heavenward throughout the entirety of our lives. And that this same hope would be our hope even when faced with death. We ask all of this in Christ's name. Amen.

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Tuesday, 21 September 2021, 4 – 5pm A seminar by Professor Eve Patten, Trinity College Dublin, as part of the School of English Staff Postgrad Seminar Series in association with Trinity Long Room Hub. In 1919 D.H. Lawrence wrote of Ireland as ‘a blank round O on the map – a sort of nowhere', yet Irish references permeate his later novels, often in relation to his fears of an English revolution. This talk traces his Irish connections and considers them in the broader context of English-Irish literary relations after the First World War. Professor Eve Patten lectures in the School of English, TCD, and is Director of the Trinity Long Room Hub Arts and Humanities Research Institute. Her most recent publication is, as editor, Irish Literature in Transition, 1940-1980 (Cambridge UP, 2020), and her talk is from Ireland, Revolution, and the English Modernist Imagination, forthcoming from Oxford UP.

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In this episode, we have PART 1 of a 4-way chat between Markus Fjørtoft, Ciaran McKenna, Amir Lowery (@princelowery) and Liam MacDevitt (@Liam_macdevitt).We collectively discuss the recent Black Lives Matter protests, the rising activism from athletes on both sides of the Atlantic, and the ability of football players to take on different roles in society as a result of the skills learned through football. Liam gives his perspective on racial bias within media and among commentators, as well as breaking down some of the perceptions attributed to people of colour and their occupation. Amir tells us about the Open Goal Project he founded 5 years ago; how it overcomes some of the structural racism prevalent within youth soccer in America, and the success its had in creating an environment which helps build the confidence of kids, as well as giving us a preview into why he’s running for Congress. Amir Lowery is a Wake Forest Alumnus. He was selected in the third round (45th overall) by the Colorado Rapids in the 2005 MLS SuperDraft. What followed was a 8-year-long career with various spells in the MLS, NASL and USL, most notably at the Carolina Railhawks (now known as North Carolina FC) where he enjoyed considerable success. Amir is now a Player Relations Manager for the MLSPA and Executive Director for Open Goal Project, a nonprofit dedicated to helping youth soccer players navigate the financial and logical challenges that persist in American Club Soccer. Earlier this year, Amir announced he will be running for District of Columbia’s Delegate to the United States House of Representatives.Liam MacDevitt is an English/Irish broadcast journalist & former professional footballer. Liam has played for Yeovil Town, Swindon Town, and Stoke City to name a few, and he shared the same team and flat with Markus in New Zealand (lucky him!) playing at Southern United and then followed by Tasman United. While playing he divided his time between football and studying a BA Honors in English Literature and Journalism at the University of East London. He’s now at BBC working on Match of the Day Kickabout as a great content curator and presenter, and also works for the PFA. Tune in for part 2 next week!Follow BroPod on Twitter @BroPod1 and Facebook. Please subscribe and review our podcast on iTunes and/or Spotify. #beother

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Nyota’s music is all about breaking the boundaries of society and the typicality of the world. Seeing the world through your 3rd eye. Seeing how society is tricking us and how we really need to open our eyes and minds to the government, standards (obvious or not), friends and all. How to set your own trends and push the system and to not conform to the world and its system. Nyota (actual name is Nyota Parker) is a storyteller. She has been passionate about music since the age of 4. Nyota, born on 28/03/2000, is a 17-year-old upcoming rapper/vocalist/songwriter/music composer/Hip-hop & Jazz artist who was born and partly raised in Dublin, Ireland, and Cape Town, South Africa. Her mother is from Congo and father is English/Irish. The mixture sure has resulted in sassiness and passion beyond her years and dreams of becoming an internationally known Hip-hop/Jazz artist and this is growing to be her reality. Two years-ago Nyota picked up her book and started writing and performing her original music. Her songs connect to a variety of audiences locally and internationally, bridging the gap between old school and current hip hop while drawing comparisons with artists such as Tom Misch, Mick Jenkins, Erykah Badu, Lauryn Hill, who are also her inspirations! Along other local artists. Nicki Minaj actually has inspired her so much and is a big part of her life and has been since she was 11 Years old. Her dream is to one day influence her influences and inspire her inspirations. Nyota would like people to be inspired to not conform to society, to chase their dreams and actually be themselves. She considers herself a conscious rapper/artist with a commercial element. She likes to stimulate the subconscious. Let people know that they don't need to be locked in or limit themselves but rather step out, stand out, break the boundaries and unlock their full potential. Nyota had released her first main project on 1st May 2017 on her Road To Infinity 2 year project plan, her mixtape "Age Of Enlightenment" consisting of 15 tracks. It is available to stream on soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/nyotaofficially/sets/age-of-enlightenment-mixtape It is also on sale on ITunes, Google Play and many online stores. Her music video for her song "Free Us" (which also plays on Trace Africa and MTV Base): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5xLxb3mdPg She has recently founded and registered a new genre called "Trazz" which is a unique infusion of Trap and Jazz. This will be on her next project, her Trazz EP that will be released soon. Find her on: Instagram: @Nyotaparker Facebook: Nyotaofficially Soundcloud: Nyotaofficially Twitter: @Nyotaofficially

Scott Stein, the owner of and travel planner for Extraordinary Adventures (https://www.myextraordinaryadventures.com/travel-podcast.html), is joined by his lovely wife, Laura, to discuss the virtues and drawbacks of fast travel vs. slow travel.Music: www.bensound.com(The show transcript is being provided by YouTube's automatic transcriber. Please forgive any inaccuracies or errors.) [Applause] [Music] hello everybody this is scott again from extraordinary adventures EA radio welcome you today to the 15th episode and today's episode we're gonna kick off with a question we got from George down in Lakeland it was curious about he's going parents going out Ireland and Scotland then he's curious about how much time he should spend there so I said you know what this would be a really great opportunity to discuss fast travel versus slow travel first the definitions and second the examples and I said you know this is a topic that's not heavy in research I thought it'd be a great opportunity for our guest host to come back and and join us hi everyone okay well that's the show for today though much all right so fast travel versus slow travel really for me the definition I think boils down to unfortunately the American days-off whatever they call that vacation time schedule we all get X amount two three four weeks a year whatever we get but even if we get four weeks a year very often we can't take more than a week or two at one time so even if you include that with you know weekends with that maybe a holiday the most you're gonna get up to is eight nine ten days that to me is fast travel there's not a lot of places you can go you can go to one city you can go to Rome and maybe you know day trip out to a few spots in a week because remember ten days you got to spend the whole day flying and getting over there a whole day flying and coming back so that's now you're down to eight days Rome itself is gonna take you two or three days and you make three or four day trips that's your trip you can't see all of Italy in a week slow travel on the other hand is what Lauren I do when we go we try to go for 16 18 20 days at a time so now you're in the country for two weeks three weeks at a time now that's giving you some time so now you can hit multiple cities you know but you really still can't do too much but that's just the time definition best travel versus slow travel to me more is also a philosophical definition than just a time one and four for me the fast travel is those folks which I've done it Lauren I did it when we were in DC you know it was a checklist travel check seen it check seen it check seen it check seen it and you just move and you move and you move you going yeah I've seen it done it been there then there's slow travel where very often would slow travel you don't even know if you care if you've seen it and done it it's about immersing yourself in the authenticity and and the culture of your travel of your destination so a slow travel may look like you go to Dublin for a month for two months you literally are in one city for a month or two and you're checking out all the neighbourhoods you go into the different grocery stores and then you you in that case you usually will be getting an apartment or some kind of a timeshare thing you're not gonna get a hotel because you're gonna be there for a while and it's really about getting to know the people and people getting to know you if you're doing that let's say in more of a natural spot so not a city like like Dublin but let's say you go out to you know the Ring of Kerry and you're out there and you're with the people you know maybe you can't spend two months out there maybe that's just too much time so you have to define slow travel also by how much there is to see and do so that's fast travel versus slow travel in terms of definitions now the gentleman asked about George asked about Ireland versus versus our Ireland and Scotland so Laura give us some because we're researching this right now actually for a client give us some ideas of what George could consider for Ireland Scotland that would be maybe slow versus fast and help him decide I don't know if he's a retiree and he has plenty of time if he's only got a week let's talk about Ireland who's coming okay well the first thing really to take into account is travel time and that's something that a lot of people don't even figure in it takes time to check out of a hotel and then either get to the airport or take a train to their next destination and then check back into the net hotel before they're actually ready to go and start seeing the site so if someone says oh I have two days in Edinburgh well the reality is more like you're gonna have a day and a half or a day in two hours or three hours so that's not really two full days so you really have to take that into account when saying how many days do you need in a particular place I would recommend no fewer than two full days at any location preferably three you're sleeping for two nights for sure correct yes because otherwise you're living out of your luggage and you're just going from place to place to place now that's fast travel I mean when you're just spending one day one night and then you have to pick up and go to the next place the next day if you had any significant travel time between the two destinations you're literally just getting there to check into your hotel to go to sleep to get up and leave the next day which is kind of ridiculous so unless you're using unless you're using that as like a quote on a Waystation like as a midway point so for instance when we were driving up to Cheshire we stopped in number nine was it for one night and then we checked out the nice day but the Cotswolds isn't very heavy with sights distance things to do so we checked in did hung out in the town and the next day we got in the car to go see more of the Cotswolds because it's really really drawn you know long and drawn out it's not that something you're doing in one defined area so if you're passing through something you could potentially consider doing uh night but that's a very rare circumstance right right and then you know really the the biggest thing is to kind of take stock about what what it is that you want to see in a specific place you know kind of unfortunately do your homework before you get there unfortunately it is yes I'm I agree but sometimes you know people don't have the time well that's why they hire us but um you know so we would actually then telling you how many days we recommend in each location the other thing is beep brutally honest with yourself don't go somewhere and see something because the world tells you supposed to see it if you're been there done that and you've seen enough churches enough caches and enough museums and you just don't want to see it don't go see it don't see what you want to see go there for the reasons you want to go there right also you know another thing that people don't take into account is not only the travel time to get from point A to point B but let's you know say you want to do an excursion and you want to go kiss the Blarney Stone it takes time to get to the Blarney Stone and then once you get to the Blarney Stone you're not the only person in line to go and kiss the Blarney Stone there is a line so you think that the excursion might only take two hours but it might end up actually taking four hours and a lot of people also don't take into account the fact that they're gonna get hungry and they're gonna want to eat and can you go and grab a quick something you know and just standing up and scarf it down or do you want to have slow travel and sit and enjoy a nice meal but you have to remember dining standards in Europe are very different than dining standards in the United States their average dining experience takes two plus hours it's not a quick order it eat it give me the check and get out it could be 15 20 minutes for your server first shows it to your table there's a waiting do we have a server right so these are definitely things to take into account when you're planning your day it's not just what you want to see it's how long is it gonna take and maybe you have to go to the bathroom and it's you know where there's something that happens it's gonna take you gotta you need to build in buffers of time as all I'm trying to say so basically our rule of thumb is you when you finally figure out what it is you want to do in a place imagine at Mac's you're gonna do one or two of those things in a given day to max don't think you can clam cram in three or four or five things in a day because it's not going to happen you're gonna want to do is just like one if it's a big thing or two if they're smaller and that's it and then call it a day right I mean that's that's what's the what I'm looking for that's true for the major sites but that doesn't mean and what she's not saying here's she's not saying that you can't do things at the end of the day so for instance one of the things that we like to recommend when you're in England and which I would imagine this is across the boards for Scotland and Ireland and all that it's not necessarily as true for Germany but we did a phenomenal pub tour that started at six o'clock at night so now you can do the two things that Laura just told you to do and then at night you do a literary pub tour you go see where the poets are drinking their beers and doing their poetry so that now becomes a third thing but it's not quite what she's talking about you talking about seeing sights going the British Museum or whatever you're doing going to the London Tower or whatever but you can do those two major sites and you know few hours in the morning a few hours in the afternoon you got the two sites down and then at night you do what's considered like a third thing but it's more of a relaxed thing right exactly so and then of course not only she's talking a lot here about and this is kind of her brain versus mine she's talking about the plan the structure like she's that's like her thing in our company is that she really angles a lot of that making it all fit making the pieces fit for me though it's oh it's always been more about the content and the why I enjoy researching why you're going there what's to see what's to do if I was to go to Edinburgh it's considered a place you go for two or three days I could spend 10 days in Edinburgh each night there's a different pub to go to each day I went to see I for instance for me I know this about myself and as what I said about five minutes ago to you know yourself I know I'm a Roma file so anywhere there's a Roman artifact kind of thing I'm gonna linger there for like hours like looking at every my new show that's gonna take my time these these countries in Europe are layered I mean they are so layered they they have Stone Age history and on top of that they're gonna have you know medieval history they're gonna have modern-day history there's so much history so many layers of history they didn't in any given spot you could spend a lot of time and that's kind of how I like to do it I like to not necessarily been on vacation we get up by 7:00 7:30 we're kind of ready to go and eating our breakfast by like 9:00 to 10:00 o'clock we're ready for the day maybe a little bit later than some folks would like to do it but it's good enough for us and then that gives us 6 7 8 hours before things start closing for the day five six o'clock to just get out there and see stuff and then at night we like to slow down we like to go to the pub but we like to go to the beer garden we like to go and be with people but again we know that about ourselves and we know that it's going to take us a certain amount of time based on our history of travel if you haven't had a history of travel that makes it harder but that's why you use a travel planner who can kind of mind read you and help you plan for yourself right so another one is like we keep bringing up England Ireland Scotland and then Germany because as you may or may not know those are our major destination specialties we do a lot of Europe but we do you know all of Europe but those areas are our two specialties so we bring those up a lot speaking of Scotland you think oh I'm just gonna go to Scotland for a few days you have any idea how big Scotland is and you have any idea how sometimes there are roads at a 30 mile per hour roads you really think you're gonna do 90 miles an hour and fly there in a couple hours like you would do here in the States it's not gonna happen yeah sometimes there are one lane roads with two two directions of traffic and you can't pass each other so whoever Pat most recently passed a little shoulder has to back their car all the way up pull into that little bitch but the other guy passed and then you continue on in Ireland's got or not the easiest necessarily once you get out into the countryside to make fast time right yeah it's definitely a slow going thing plus you have a marked propensity to get lost as we did we were driving through a cornfield literally it was like a dirt like corn on either side we couldn't see the road we had no idea and we had no cell phone reception so we just like going until we got cell phone reception we were totally and thoroughly lost but it ended up being a really fun day yeah but we didn't get to see what we wanted to see that day and the other thing to know about the countries that you're going to the Italian the southern Italians are really known for this but the English Irish and Scottish should know for this to like to slow down kind of like Suthers in America versus us we're from New York they like to slow down talk get to know you you get to know them like they have all day all the time in the day and you're like I got to go see this and I got ever see that well part of the reason you're over there is to meet the people so you're up in Scotland you pull over and you see a guy in like you want directions you ain't getting directions at first you're getting his story he's getting your story I mean it's it's it's a very different way of traveling and if that's not for you you may want to stick to the cities but if you stick to the cities in Scotland and Ireland I can guarantee you you're missing Scotland I yeah and people are really friendly and you get to know them like when we got we got into a head-on car collision in England and a woman we were on a main road and this woman who lived a couple blocks she heard the car accident and she saw how shaken up I was she came to the main road to see me she invited me back to her house I was just sitting in her house chillin yeah waiting for the ambulance to get there but that would never happen it sticks at least where we grew up New York and Florida now plus it was really cool to see the way she lives yeah yeah so so yeah I think you're getting the idea that there's the checklist of travel where you're just Bam Bam Bam you're constantly living out your suitcase you're just you're just whiplash speeds and then there's another member I'll travel that you know I I understand that the American Way of doing with our vacation days dough isn't always conducive to it but that doesn't mean you can't do it let's say you do only out that week don't say I'm gonna take that week and I'm gonna go to Germany Italy Austria Switzerland and then oh well might as well stop in England on the way back that's insanity you're not gonna do that you have to get realistic and say okay I have a week I'm gonna basically be able to do one major city and the surrounding towns and that's it that's really all you can do so you know that I guess is pretty much our spiel for them unless you have something additional bad no no I hope we helped George yeah yeah so I guess you know give him a hard a harder number he wants to know about Ireland Scotland I would say if he's gonna do Edinburgh and Dublin like literally just the two cities that's a different story and then you might do that in ten days yeah okay if you want to do Ireland and Scotland I think you're looking at in the country at least a week per country that's not including the flights to and from so you're looking at 16 days 17 days that might be from just Scotland I don't think you can't you could do that Ireland am Scott I think you would do the 3 days in the city you go out in four days and do the countryside you go to Cork you go to ring care you go you go to Edinburgh and then you head up to you know st. Andrews and you go to I mean Scotland's a big bigger so you might go like additional day there so maybe you're at 18 days with 16 days so he days in each one or something but that's the kind of time you'd be looking at George if you wanted to really see both of those countries if you're good with just seeing the two major cities then you could probably get that done when you go from a Saturday to the following Sunday you could probably get that done it's tight but you know I think you'd have a good time with that so I hope that answers the question George all right that's it we're gonna keep it short today probably a little bit longer than I already wanted it to be but that's it fast travel versus slow travel if you enjoyed that you know please let me know reach out email Facebook Twitter whatever and then of course please share all this with your friends we are now on iTunes and Google Play so you can send the Podcast link to all your friends that's it so until next time this is Scott from a certain area ventures on ei radio reminding you to tune in next week for the next episode I'll be a row yeah thanks [Music]

Michael Stafford, better known as Maverick Sabre, is an English-Irish singer, songwriter, and rapper. He moved to Ireland during his childhood but returned to England for the sake of pursuing music His debut album Lonely Are the Brave was released in 2012 and reached number two in the U.K. charts. After the success of his debut, he began working on a follow-up almost immediately, although his sophomore effort, Innerstanding, didn't arrive until 2015. Shortly afterwards, he returned to the studio to write his third full-length album “When I Wake Up” - due for release on March 22nd 2019.   -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------   Adam Jordan, better known by his stage name New Machine, is an English singer, guitarist and producer, primarily known for playing guitar for Plan B, He belonged to metal and indie rock bands from an early age, and started producing grime and hip hop beats aged sixteen. His network of collaborators ranges from Maverick Sabre to Chip to Ed Sheeran. His single Chance was used by Boohoo as their TV ad theme tune in 2017. Also that year he also formed the duo WØLVES alongside Aaron London, following their successful collaboration, Dare 4 U

Here's the full audio of an edition of Barstermind hosted by Rap Is Full at their recent 'Broken Resolutions' event. I wrote all the questions but Mattias took on questioning duties with a whole host of English & Irish battlers quizzing it up for BR trivia dominance. Enjoy!   It works way better on video with all of Ben Jones' fancy edits, so check it here too: https://youtu.be/rZpwScIKvIQ   MERCH: https://battlerapresume.bigcartel.com/ SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/3LDY58xWUIcAL7rADoCDqe?si=LU1molnDTiiGAlOAUnJYUw PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/battlerapresume TWITTER: https://twitter.com/BattleRapResume ITUNES: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/battle-rap-resume/id1075806297?mt=2     @battlerapresume // battlerapresume@gmail.com   Hosted by Tom Kwei   Theme by Alex Cottrell (http://alex-cottrell.com/)   Logo by Danny O'Gorman (https://www.behance.net/Danogormandesign)   Graphic design by Nathan Jones (https://www.instagram.com/nayfunk/)

In this episode of the Pacey Performance Podcast I have my second guest from the MLS in Dan Guzman from the LA Galaxy. Dan has a really interesting story with his work with the Galaxy academy, the Galaxy 2 and the Galaxy first team. With Steven Gerrard, Ashley Cole and Robbie Keane there is a real English/Irish influence in LA so it was great to hear about how them guys are settling in to the American culture. In this episode you will learn - Putting the structure of an academy in place Coaching at all levels of a club Working with players with mixed training ages & different experiences Dealing with long distance travel Keep up to date with everything that is going on with the podcast by following me on Twitter @paceyperform or visiting http://www.paceyperformance.co.uk/podcast. Dan can be found on Twitter @DanielpGuzman Enjoy PP

Gareth and Dan get together to chat about Mobile World Congress 2013, the ups and downs, what it lacked and the highlights. Featuring Gareth and DanDirect DownloadiTunesDownload the iPhone AppDownload the Android AppRSS FeedEmail us: Podcast@tracyandmatt.co.uk Tel: 0208 123 3757 Show NotesMobile World Congress 2013HTC wins Best New Mobile awardMWC device availabilityZTE launches Firefox phoneHuawei launches budget Windows PhoneAdonit Flip stylus video Tablet TableSony Announces the World’s Slimmest Tablet Listeners GardenHi +Gareth Myles, how're you? discovered the podcast after switching from iphone to android, good to hear English & Irish accents instead of all the Yanks :0)Rob Hanson Bargain BasementSony Xperia Z White Vodafone 12 Month 47 Unlimited Minutes 1GB DataWindows Phone 8S Blue by HTC £149.95 App AtticBA Official Email us: Podcast@tracyandmatt.co.uk Tel: 0208 123 3757Gareth Myles – @garethmylesJames Richardson – @j4mes73Matt and Tracy Davis - @tracyandmattDan Carter - @mobilemandanMobile Tech Addicts FacebookMany thanks to The Stetz for the music Subscribe in iTunes to our weekly podcastRSS Feed for our weekly podcastDownload the iPhone App

Adjudication in Book 5: Retributive vs. distributive justice. Some background on English-Irish strife. Revenge as wild justice. Can justice come into play between nations?