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Last time we spoke about the beginning of the first battle of Changsha. From Chongqing, Chiang debated defensive strategies for Hunan, ultimately adopting Plan B after Xue Yue's pleas, focusing on successive resistance north of Changsha to thwart Japanese advances. Japanese forces, under Okamura Yasuji, launched assaults in Jiangxi and Hunan. In Jiangxi, the 106th and 101st Divisions attacked Huibu and Gao'an, where Chinese troops under Luo Zhuoying and Song Kentang fiercely resisted. Gao'an fell briefly but was recaptured by the 32nd Army and the elite 74th Army, with heavy casualties on both sides, as recounted by soldier Liu Qihuai. In Hunan, Japanese units crossed the Xin Qiang River and landed at Yingtian, facing brutal opposition. At Bijia Mountain, Qin Yizhi's 195th Division held for four days; Battalion Commander Shi Enhua's reinforced unit perished entirely, their fragmented remains mourned by locals. Along the Miluo River, Chen Pei's 37th Army fortified positions, repelling waves of Japanese attacks, including suicide squads disguised as civilians. Recruit Yang Peyao's unit endured bombardments, inflicting significant enemy losses before withdrawing at dusk. #197 The First Battle of Changsha Welcome to the Fall and Rise of China Podcast, I am your dutiful host Craig Watson. But, before we start I want to also remind you this podcast is only made possible through the efforts of Kings and Generals over at Youtube. Perhaps you want to learn more about the history of Asia? Kings and Generals have an assortment of episodes on history of asia and much more so go give them a look over on Youtube. So please subscribe to Kings and Generals over at Youtube and to continue helping us produce this content please check out www.patreon.com/kingsandgenerals. If you are still hungry for some more history related content, over on my channel, the Pacific War Channel where I cover the history of China and Japan from the 19th century until the end of the Pacific War. Major Luo Wenlang, battalion commander of the 3rd Battalion, 55th Regiment, 19th Division of the 28th Army, harbored a peculiar quirk: he couldn't sleep soundly without unwrapping his leg bindings, a small ritual that anchored him in the chaos of war. Since the war's eruption, such luxuries were rare, and unwrapping his bindings every night became an impossibility, leaving him to endure restless slumbers. Tonight, however, sleep eluded him entirely; he tossed and turned on his makeshift bed, his mind a whirlwind of unrest. Two days after the northern Hunan battle ignited like a powder keg, the 55th Regiment received urgent orders from Division Commander Tang Boyin to race to Wukou in Pingjiang County. Their path wound through Luo Wenlang's hometown of Fulinpu, a twist of fate that stirred conflicting emotions. Entering the village under the cover of night, the entire battalion encamped in the commander's modest family village, with battalion headquarters naturally established in his ancestral home. Luo yearned to step across that familiar threshold but dreaded it, for his parents remained oblivious to a devastating truth. They slaughtered chickens and prepared meat, hosting the battalion staff with drinks and hospitality, after all, this was their son's unit gracing their home. Luo orchestrated door planks and straw for bedding, posted sentries, and deftly evaded his parents until they retired. Before dawn broke, he mustered the troops, ensured they were fed, and led them onward, slipping away like a shadow. By noon on the 22nd, they reached Wukou, only to receive fresh directives: rush to Yingtian to bolster the 95th Division against the enemy's audacious landings. The 3rd Battalion spearheaded the division's reinforcements, marching relentlessly through day and night, arriving at Dongtang, over 30 kilometers southeast of Yingtian—on the 23rd, hearts sinking upon learning Yingtian had already fallen into enemy clutches. Luo Wenlang sought out the retreating 95th Division Commander Luo Qi to beg for a mission, his resolve unyielding. Luo Qi, anticipating his arrival, relayed Commander Guan Linzheng's ironclad instructions: The 19th Division's reinforcements would assume Dongtang's defenses. With the main force still en route, Luo Qi tasked Luo's battalion with relieving a segment held by a replacement regiment. He handed over a map, sketching a line with a pencil, a simple stroke that thrust Luo Wenlang and his men onto the front lines of fate. An operations staff was dispatched to guide them to the position and oversee the handover. As the troops advanced, they encountered scattered soldiers fleeing like startled rabbits; seizing a platoon leader revealed they were indeed from the replacement regiment. Mere minutes from division HQ, the enemy was already closing in, a predator's breath hot on their necks. Luo Wenlang and Deputy Battalion Commander Wu Yacui split the battalion, launching a counterattack on Dongtang from dual routes. Fortune favored them; the Japanese held only an exhausted company, crumbling under a single, ferocious charge. They swiftly deployed two companies to the positions, reserving one as a bulwark. By dusk, the full 55th Regiment arrived, accompanied by the rest of the 19th Division's reinforcements, allowing the battered 95th Division, ravaged at Yingtian, to withdraw for desperate reorganization. The regimental commander positioned Luo's 3rd Battalion on the regiment's vulnerable left wing. In the blink of an eye, it was the 27th, aligning with the 15th of the eighth lunar month. Amid the relentless great battle, few noted the calendar, and the skies hung heavy with clouds. Luo Wenlang twisted on his straw bed, his thoughts a snarled knot of anxiety and memory. At 11 p.m., gunfire shattered the night; a barrage of machine gun bullets riddled the battalion HQ house, raining thatch and dust upon Luo like fallout from a storm. Catastrophe had struck! Luo surged toward the positions with the bugler—his battalion signal chief—and the reserve force, ascending the hilltop in a frenzy. Halfway up, he spotted 8th Company's Lieutenant Platoon Leader Rong Fayu leading over 20 soldiers in retreat. Bellowing "Why unauthorized retreat?" while brandishing his pistol, he compelled Rong to rally and turn back. The Japanese had launched a nocturnal assault; 8th Company Commander Yi Zuitao lay slain by a fatal shot, over a dozen comrades felled in brutal close combat, the survivors scattered like leaves in the wind; the high ground now belonged to the enemy. Upon learning of Dongtang's loss, the regimental commander personally led the regimental reserve, his face etched with urgency. Under flickering lantern light, poring over the map with Luo, Division Commander Tang Boyin telephoned, his voice a whipcrack of command: Recapture it before dawn, or both would face the merciless hand of military justice. After seizing the high ground, the enemy hesitated to press further; Luo surmised the darkness concealed paths, and their numbers were not overwhelming. Forgoing the regimental reserve, he led 7th Company's 4 squads and remnants of the routed 8th Company in a stealthy ascent. Near the position, a ravine concealed over 20 8th Company soldiers, rallied by Sergeant Squad Leader Tan Tianrong, who had lurked in wait for reinforcements, dreading exposure at dawn under the enemy's gaze. Spotting the battalion commander personally spearheading the counterattack, Tan Tianrong's face lit with fierce joy; his men, armed with grenades, surged as the vanguard. Intimate with the terrain even in blindness, they hurled explosives into bunkers, trenches, and works. The commander orchestrated the charge; the Japanese force of 40-50 men crumbled, over half slain or maimed, the remnants fleeing northward to their village stronghold. It was past 4 a.m.; the moon pierced the clouds, bathing the earth in a silvery glow. With positions reclaimed, the night revealed its secret: tonight was Mid-Autumn. Moonlight unraveled the tangled threads of his past; Luo draped his clothes over his shoulders, sat beneath the luminous orb, and wept in solitary anguish. Before the war, devastating news had arrived: his brother Luo Yinong had been killed in Jiangxi. Luo had three brothers; the eldest shouldered half the family's burdens, their bond unbreakable. The brother had enlisted first in the 50th Army, climbing to battalion commander through sheer valor. He and his younger brother had followed suit, inspired by that call to arms. Wartime conscription demanded only one per family, but battling the devils was a duty for the nation and its people. His brother had risen to deputy regimental commander before his end. The 50th Army notified him first. Engulfed in battle, there had been no time to console his grieving parents or tend to the funeral; it weighed on his heart like an unyielding stone. His sister-in-law, diligent and unassuming, cared for a young boy and carried another child; the long, arduous days ahead loomed like an endless shadow. The night dew brought a biting chill, the moon an icy sentinel; Luo shivered uncontrollably, his tears mingling with the frost. The sky hung heavy with overcast gloom, yet the moon lurked beyond the clouds, casting a faint, ethereal light that warded off utter darkness. Along the road, a unit's elongated black shadow snaked southward in hurried silence, a serpent of weary resolve pressing through the night. Qin Yizhi reined in his horse, pausing to gaze back: the queue stretched onward, silent and impeccably orderly, belying the exhaustion of a force scarred by days of ferocious combat, their spirits unbroken amid the shadows. After the Japanese seized the 195th Division's defiant outpost at Bijia Mountain, they surged across the Xin Qiang River in a merciless onslaught. The river, shallow enough to wade knee-deep, offered no true impediment; the real barrier was forged from the defenders' scorching blood, a crimson testament to their unyielding stand. The 195th Division clashed in a maelstrom of cruelty; positions were heaped with corpses time and again, the Xin Qiang's waters churning blood-red in relentless cycles of carnage. From the night of the 23rd to the dawn of the 25th, respite was a forgotten dream; Okamura Yasuji, in a gesture of grim respect, inscribed Qin's name in elegant calligraphy and hung it within his command tent, a haunting trophy of the foe's tenacity. Following their triumphant landing at Yingtian, the Japanese entangled the Ninth War Zone's left-wing defenders in a protracted snare, their advances grinding slowly like a predator toying with prey, menacing the flanks of the frontal troops with insidious intent. On the evening of the 27th, Xue Yue issued the fateful order for the 15th Army Group to withdraw to the precarious ground between the Miluo River and Shangshan City, ushering this blood-soaked force into an all-night march toward the next defensive crucible. Late into the night, a brief halt was called. Soldiers slumped to the ground, adjusting leg wraps and gear with mechanical precision; logistics teams darted through the ranks, distributing rations like lifelines; cooks, having forged ahead, arrived with steaming pots of rice soup, infusing the air with a rare warmth. Though no clamor broke the hush, a quiet camaraderie enveloped the queue, a fleeting balm against the war's chill. The division staff claimed a flat expanse beside a farmhouse yard for their respite. Qin settled onto a stone roller used for grinding grain, nibbling at his meager ration and sipping the hot soup that steamed in the cool air. Suddenly, moonlight pierced the clouds, cascading down in silvery streams; the familiar contours of the farmhouse stirred a flood of warmth in his heart, evoking memories of home. Chongqing, Huangshan Villa. Every window was shrouded in double layers of thick curtains, sealing out any sliver of betraying light, as if the very walls conspired to guard secrets from the encroaching night. Tonight's ethereal protagonist rose languidly from the eastern valley, its orange-red moonlight casting an aura of drowsy reluctance, as though it had not fully shaken off the slumber of the day. The feeble glow dappled the building's roof, balcony, and the surrounding hillsides, intersections, and thickets, where armed shadows lurked, capturing every rustle in the oppressive silence. Only upon close inspection could one discern the faint specks of moonlight glinting off steel helmets. Yet, beyond those fortified walls, another realm pulsed with life, a vibrant contrast to the shadowed vigilance outside. The front hall, living room, and dining room blazed with brilliant light. Vibrant flowers, dominated by chrysanthemums in full, defiant bloom, infused the air with color and fragrance; a phonograph murmured a cheerful Guangdong melody, weaving an atmosphere thick with festive joy, a deliberate illusion amid the storm of war. Chiang Kai-shek, clad in a flowing black silk gown, strode ahead with poised grace, escorting his guests into the dining room alongside the elegantly attired Soong May-ling, their conversation laced with laughter and warmth. At the table, Soong May-ling's smile was a beacon of diplomacy, as she artfully arranged the seating to suit hierarchies and alliances, while servers in crisp white uniforms moved with nimble precision. This was Chiang Kai-shek's intimate Mid-Autumn family banquet; beyond a handful of pivotal military and political figures, the gathering brimmed with relatives. Guests and kin alike noted Chiang's buoyant spirits tonight; his smiles were wide and genuine, his discourse light and expansive, delving into casual topics with uncharacteristic ease. In September 1939, China's War of Resistance Against Japan had entered its grueling third year. After the initial cataclysm of turmoil and disarray, the government and military had clawed their way to stability, adapting to this unprecedented historical crucible, with operations finally aligning into a semblance of order. According to figures proclaimed by Minister of Military Affairs He Yingqin to Chinese and foreign reporters on the 13th of this month, Japanese invaders had seized 521 counties across 12 provinces, a vast swath of conquest. Yet, the Japanese imperialists had exacted this toll at a staggering cost. Just prior, on August 30, the Hirannuma Cabinet, installed a mere eight months earlier, had collapsed in mass resignation. Hirannuma Kiichiro's predecessor, Konoe Fumimaro, had similarly bowed out amid governmental failures, chiefly the unmet ambitions in the Sino-Japanese War that he had boldly promised to parliament, exacerbating domestic political and economic woes. Days ago, when Wang Pengsheng briefed Chiang on Japan's turbulent politics, he quipped: "Konoe said three months to destroy China; three months didn't work, nor three years, who knows about 30 or 300. Hirannuma had no solutions, down in eight months. Does Abe have good ideas? How long can he be prime minister?" Indeed, Abe Nobuyuki, Hirannuma's successor, would endure a mere four and a half months before resigning in ignominy. Tonight's feast showcased Chiang's favored cuisines: delicate Jiangsu-Zhejiang dishes mingled with robust Sichuan flavors. Chiang abstained from alcohol, raising his cup in mere symbolic toasts to his guests. During the meal, as if by unspoken accord, no one broached the raging domestic battles or the volatile international landscape; conversations meandered through trivialities, skirting anything heavy or discordant, a fragile bubble of normalcy. On September 3, Britain and France had declared war on Germany, shattering the global order in a seismic shift. Foreign newspapers already bandied the term "Second World War," a phrase that evoked freshness, exhilaration, and sheer terror in equal measure. China's diplomacy surged with newfound vigor. In April, Ambassador to the US Wang Zhengting had negotiated a $20 million loan with American banks on China's behalf. In May, Stalin responded to Chiang's overtures, agreeing to exchange arms for Chinese tea, wool, raw hides, and more. A month later, the first consignment of light and heavy weapons—including artillery and heavy machine guns—arrived via clandestine routes through Xinjiang and Mongolia, bolstering the central army's frontlines. In August, Hu Shih, Wellington Koo, and Chien Tai represented the Nationalist Government at the 19th League of Nations Assembly, laying bare the Japanese imperialists' atrocities in China before the world and rallying global forces for peace to support China's defiant stand. Soon after, British and American civic groups ignited "China Week" campaigns, pressing their governments to aid the beleaguered nation. Waves of foreign volunteers streamed in from distant shores: doctors, journalists, ordnance engineers, even retired soldiers clamoring to join the fray on the frontlines. "If we could pull America into this war..." Through Soong May-ling's subtle, persuasive influence, Chiang allowed himself to daydream of that prosperous, dynamic young powerhouse across the vast ocean. Thus, on this Mid-Autumn night, his talk turned to America, to his correspondence with President Roosevelt regarding the "tung oil loan." That saga had unfolded the previous October; T.V. Soong had jetted to America, securing a loan with China's tung oil, a commodity scarce in the US, as collateral. China had boldly requested $400 million; America countered with $25 million, a classic tale of "ask high, settle low." Yet, the funds were secured. One success paved the way for many. Soong May-ling had once confided to Chiang: "In mobilizing US aid for China's resistance, I'll make a difference." When Chiang responded with a smile, "Thank you, Madam," he could scarcely foresee how his beautiful wife's extraordinary prowess in fulfilling this solemn vow would astonish him, etching eternal glory for Chinese women worldwide and elevating Soong May-ling to the zenith of her life's achievements. The most direct echo of the First Battle of Changsha's thunderous saga resides in the Ninth War Zone's meticulous report on the northern Hunan and southern Hubei operations, submitted to the Chongqing Military Committee and Chiang Kai-shek himself, a faded relic now entombed amid the vast ocean of Nationalist Government military and political archives in Nanjing's Second Historical Archives of China. This document, a painstaking compilation of combat dispatches from divisions, armies, and army groups, stands as a testament to valor and sacrifice. Tragically, time's relentless march and human folly have ravaged this priceless artifact, leaving only shards and whispers to conjure the heart-wrenching inferno of that bloody clash. "October 24, Year 28. Urgent. To Chongqing. Chairman Chiang. Secret. Submitted by Commander Xue on orders." The rice paper has yellowed to a deep, somber hue, brittle and parched; a careless touch could reduce it to dust. Some pages lie fractured, their remnants affixed to white paper, forever unable to reclaim their original wholeness. Leafing through page by page unleashes a pungent miasma, a scorched, acrid, decayed blend that assaults the senses. Traces of fire and water mar the original rice paper sheets, with countless fragments glued haphazardly to white backings, their sequences lost to eternity. "...The Xin Qiang River spanning from Lujiao to Leishi Mountain, defending a front of over 110 li..." "Enemy 13th and 33rd Divisions, parts of the Hata Detachment, naval units, and artillery, cavalry, engineers totaling..." "...Began attacking us first with artillery... fortifications completely destroyed, then infantry charged; relying on our officers and men all resolved to coexist with the homeland..." "...And launched balloons to direct artillery... our army braved the cannons... repelled them, corpses filling the river, turning the water red..." "Division casualties also reached over a thousand... failed to inflict greater strikes and annihilate... deep inner guilt, besides vigorously training troops awaiting orders to kill the enemy..." "...Attack casualties heavy, then concentrated large forces... artillery fire so dense like continuous firecrackers for hours... released poison gas, Wang Street garrison all heroically sacrificed, then breached... Zhao Gongwu kowtows, October 15" Zhao Gongwu commanded the 2nd Division under Zhang Yaoming's 52nd Army. This unit first held the line along the Xin Qiang River, then fell back to northeast of Fengjiang Bridge to staunch the enemy tide once more; after October 6, it hammered southward-marching Japanese from the west in the Yanglin Street and Dajing Street regions. Through these crucibles, the division bled over half its strength. A fragment of an envelope clings to a sheet of white paper, its words faintly visible: "Changsha 126-3 Zhang Yaoming," "Hunan Jinjing Air Mail," "Combat Process by..." and the like. The stamp remains remarkably intact—a philatelic gem now. Measuring 1.5 cm square, it features Sun Yat-sen's portrait at its center, inscribed "Republic of China Post" below, with "5" in the upper right, "fen" to the left, and "5" in each lower corner. I sat at the long table in the spacious, brightly lit reading room, staring vacantly, my thoughts grinding to a halt. These remnants are all that endure for posterity, of that monumental battle, of the scorching blood and vanished lives of countless unnamed Chinese soldiers. With hands that once gripped a rifle, I gently caressed those pages from a bygone era; they were cold, devoid of any lingering breath. As the full moon of the 15th of the eighth month dissolved into the golden-red blaze of sunrise, Qin Yizhi's 195th Division had already plunged into the rugged mountains and dense forests encircling Fulinpu. Per directives from 15th Army Group Commander Guan Linzheng, the 195th was to forge a new defensive bastion centered on Fulinpu, 40 to 70 kilometers from Changsha. Their mandate: stall the Japanese southward juggernaut, granting precious time for allied forces to muster and fortify around the city. Despite the grueling all-night march, morale soared undimmed. The advance chief of staff doled out positions to each regiment, and the troops dove into fortification labors with fervent zeal. The 195th Division's unyielding stand along the Xin Qiang River had already etched preliminary glory upon this unit in its baptism of fire. "Fame in one battle" echoed as a battle cry throughout the division, where collective honor intertwined with personal valor. Honor and triumph formed the bedrock for soldiers and armies alike. Yet, another fire fueled their resolve. On September 23, amid the Japanese forcing the Xin Qiang River, Guan Linzheng's voice crackled over the phone to Qin Yizhi: "Facing you is the 6th Division." The 6th Division, a name that ignited fury in Chinese troops and civilians, forever linked to the demonic specter of Tani Hisao. Moments later, the whisper spread like wildfire through every trench: "The Japanese army that perpetrated the Nanjing Massacre is right in front." Agitation rippled through the ranks; some donned fresh uniforms and shoes from their packs, casting aside the worn; others flouted discipline to bid farewells to hometown comrades: "Today we fight to the death here; see you in the next life." "Tell my mother I died fighting the Nanjing Massacre enemies." Some company commanders commanded their mess sergeants to expend all funds on hearty feasts. All Japanese were foes, but the 6th Division embodied a blood debt, an unforgivable vendetta; the Chinese nation does not lightly forget its tormentors. In the Xin Qiang River maelstrom, the 195th Division battled with heroic ferocity. Some soldiers, in their final breaths, murmured: "Die then; it's worth it." Others lamented slaying too few devils, gritting teeth, eyes refusing to close in eternal regret. Now under Inaba Shiro's command, the 6th Division splintered southward after breaching the Xin Qiang; roughly a thousand hounded the 195th to Fulinpu. On the morning of September 29, the Japanese blundered into the 195th's meticulously laid ambush. Qin Yizhi, pulse racing with excitement and tension, fumbled the binoculars from his guard's hand. His command sliced the air: "Begin." War history chronicles: "The 6th Division advanced south from the Miluo River along the Xinshi-Liqiao road and Xinshi-Fulinpu routes. The over a thousand reaching Fulinpu were ambushed by the Nationalist 195th Division, suffering heavy losses." As Japanese artillery and aircraft unleashed hell upon the 195th's positions, Qin orchestrated a swift southward withdrawal to the environs of Shangshan City. Again, without pause, they erected fortifications and set deadly traps. On the morning of September 30, the pursuers from Fulinpu closed in on Shangshan, their numbers swollen to over 1,500. Qin Yizhi clenched his jaw, his demeanor icy calm, allowing the Japanese to creep into the kill zone before barking: "Hit them hard!" Combat raged from dawn to dusk, obliterating over 700 foes. Qin ascended a hill, surveying through binoculars, then erupted: "Bad! The enemy is retreating." Upon receiving Qin's telegram, Guan Linzheng scrutinized the map, momentarily stunned, then replied: "Enemy shows no retreat signs yet; proceed per original plan. Your unit to block at Shangshan City line until October 2." Xianning, Okamura Yasuji's 11th Army HQ. Combat maps bristled with markings, staff officers darting amid ringing phones and clattering telegrams. The colossal red arrow in northern Hunan had fractured into tributaries, surging over 100 km southward from the outset; one tendril pierced to Yong'an City, a mere 30 km from Changsha. Vast swaths of northern Hunan lay conquered, yet Okamura sensed the tide turning, it was time to retreat. The Chinese employed their time-honored gradual resistance, battling while retreating with cunning grace. Some units fell back directly, others amassed on flanks—what portent did that hold? In Okamura's shrewd mind loomed an equally shrewd Xue Yue; he envisioned his adversary methodically weaving a snare. Post-Yingtian landing, the 15th Army Group's timely evasion had unraveled his "Xiang-Gan Operation Plan" like fragile thread. If encircling and annihilating the Chinese main force proved unattainable, what purpose in pressing onward? Telegrams from 3rd Division's Fujita Susumu, 6th's Inaba Shiro, and 13th's Tanaka Seiichi piled on his desk, pleading to assault Changsha—for headlines and Imperial accolades, perhaps, but blind to their exposed supply lines vulnerable to enemy thrusts? Ground logistics teetered on collapse; the air force resorted to airdrops for isolated regiments. Venturing further south would stretch lines to breaking; a severed artery spelled doom for the vanguard. When would these commanders mature into true stewards of the Imperial Army? Okamura fretted and pitied them in equal measure. At 4 p.m. on September 30, Okamura decreed a halt to advances at Shangshan and Yong'an. He commenced orchestrating the retreat. Changsha, Yuelu Mountain, Ninth War Zone Command Forward HQ. October 1. Xue Yue stood before the map, Guan's latest telegram clutched in hand. Qin's second missive insisted on Japanese withdrawal, corroborated by 15th Army Group scouts from Yingtian: This morning (October 1), Japanese transports unloaded artillery stowed the previous night, hauling it back to Yueyang; intercepted wires revealed a regiment aborting its southward push, standing idle. Guan assessed the mosaic and commanded counteroffensives: intercept if feasible, pursue relentlessly, deny the Japanese escape; he relayed retreat indicators to Xue. Xue paced the chamber, head bowed in contemplation. Chief of Staff Wu Yizhi, Staff Director Zhao Zili, and their cadre tracked his every step with expectant eyes, awaiting the verdict. Xue's thoughts whirled through military stratagems and beyond. Pre-war, Xue had segmented the war zone's forces into tripartite blocs: Northern Hunan under Guan Linzheng's 15th, Yang Sen's 27th, and Shang Zhen's 20th Army Groups as "A Cluster"; Northern Jiangxi Nanchang with Yunnan Army Lu Han's 1st Army Group and the 74th Army as "B Cluster"; the Wuning, Xiushui, Hunan-Hubei-Jiangxi border guarded by Sichuan Army Wang Lingji's 30th Army Corps, Fan Songpu's Border Advance Army, and 8th Army; augmented by 3 armies' 7 divisions in general reserve. Before the storm broke, Xue pored over maps, tracing every mountain, river, road, and bridge, envisioning burial grounds for the invaders. Now, beneath Changsha, 200,000 troops formed a tightening net. The "decisive battle in Changsha suburbs" blueprint had been wired to Chongqing. Chiang and the nation yearned for a resounding triumph as the resistance pivoted into a new epoch?! A masterful drama, honed over half a month's toil, neared its crescendo; yet that cunning fox appeared to sniff the trap's metallic tang, freezing in place. "Commander, phone from Minister Chen." "Brother Boling, good news." Chen Cheng's voice brimmed with levity, "Your formal appointment published. What? Ninth War Zone Commander! First to congratulate; document tomorrow." Shedding the "acting" prefix was inevitable; Chiang had intimated as much long ago. But for a man and general, true worth lay not in titles, but in forging indelible feats. Splendor was judged not by underlings, colleagues, or superiors, but by peers in the craft of war. Unmoved by the promotion, Xue exhaled a profound sigh. Though the 15th's intelligence couldn't confirm a wholesale retreat, preparations for dual contingencies were imperative. Victories came hard; a splendid battle, harder still. He summoned Wu Yizhi and Zhao Zili to devise countermeasures for the enemy's potential flight. October 2, Sichuan Army Yang Sen's 27th Army Group, Yang Gancai's 134th Division special service company, under Company Commander Wan Mingyu, slogged through the profound mountains and forests on the northern Mufu Mountains' flanks. The 134th's covert mandate: infiltrate enemy rear via treacherous terrain, sabotage supply arteries in the Chongyang-Xianning sector, and deliver a dagger to the Japanese spine when opportunity struck, bolstering frontal defenses. Past 3 p.m., a crystalline mountain stream materialized. Wan decreed a respite. Over 100 soldiers, drained from a half-day's ascent, collapsed like puppets with severed strings. Most propped their torsos with rifles in one hand, fanning hats to ward off the relentless forest mosquitoes with the other. Regaining breath, they devoured rations washed down with stream water. Some unfurled towels and ventured downstream, letting the cool flow rinse away layers of sweat. Then, a muted engine drone encroached from the heavens. Wan peered through the foliage: a low-flying plane vectored southward, its wings emblazoned with the Rising Sun. A transport; Wan recognized the temporary Japanese airfield near Xianning. With lines overextended, airdrops sustained isolated units. Wan was prying open a can with his bayonet, the tip etching a cross on the lid before levering along the edge; paired with a rice ball, it promised a savory repast. His orderly proffered a cup of fresh stream water; 2nd Platoon Leader Hu Yaozong perched nearby on a rock, smirking, poised to pilfer from the opened tin. Wan warded off this Sichuan Pixian compatriot. The plane droned overhead then. Both glanced skyward; the platoon quipped: "Open quick, damn, I'll repay two cans later." Commander: "Want cans? Sky has; shoot plane down, enough for two lifetimes, bloat your mother-in-law first." The can hailed from a prior supply raid. Platoon: "You want me to shoot the plane?" Commander: "Bastard! You shooting or not?" The platoon snatched the light machine gun from a tree fork, jamming the butt against his belly, one hand on the grip, aiming crudely: "Come down, you turtle son!" The other hand squeezed the trigger. Wan assumed jest, resuming his task. "Da-da-da..." Wan jolted; the half-opened can tumbled to his feet, spilling Japanese fish onto Chinese soil. Recoil floored the platoon; he hurled the gun like a branding iron, face ashen. Inspecting the trigger, he snarled: "Whose damn fault, why no safety?!" The gunner dashed over; tall and even-tempered: "Safety was on; how'd it fire without pulling?" Wan's initial panic: "Damn! Position exposed." The company spearheaded the division's reinforced regiment to raze a recent Japanese depot, guarded by a mere company—but exposure doomed the regiment deep in hostile territory. The assault had been plotted for days; pre-departure, Yang Gancai had toasted them. Wan had sworn a blood oath: No return to Sichuan without success. Hu had jested then: "No Sichuan return means wanting Hunan girl as concubine." Banter was fine in peace, but in war's grip, this was no trifling errand. Wan unleashed a torrent of curses, rising to survey the environs. The main force lagged 15 km behind; advance or abort post-blunder? Enemy rear was a labyrinth; this isolated band teetered on a razor's edge. As if to compel a choice, the radio operator approached; Wan itched to lash out. In his fury and indecision, a miracle unfolded. The transport's engines hacked like a consumptive invalid, then a witness spied the plane banking left, plummeting, its nose inexorably toward a colossal rock 3-4 km distant. It rebounded twice on the stone, nose and left wing crumpling; the fuselage, fragile as parchment, tumbled gently, skewing onto the slope amid splintered trees. Wan gaped, then bellowed: "Assemble!" The men snapped from reverie, charging downhill in a frenzied cascade. One hour later, 134th Deputy Commander and Reinforced Regiment Commander Liu decoded Wan's vanguard transmission via radio. Another hour passed before Liu received Yang Gancai's directive: Abort Mountain Leopard operation; return with documents expeditiously. One day hence, October 3, Okamura Yasuji's original retreat order from October 2 dawn, addressed to northern Hunan's 6th, 33rd Divisions, Nara and Uemura Detachments, plus its Chinese translation, landed on Xue Yue's desk. Fifteen days later, at the Changsha Victory Celebration, unit accolades were proclaimed; for "shooting down enemy plane, obtaining vital enemy documents," meritorious honors went to 134th Commander Yang Gancai and Deputy Liu. Each received 1000 yuan and one 3rd Class Baoding Medal. Okamura's October 2 order original: Chinese forces retreated to Miluo and Xiushui Rivers banks assembling; to avoid disadvantage, this army should quickly withdraw to original positions, restore combat strength. Withdrawal plan as follows: … Xue's October 3 order original: "Northern Hunan frontal units with current posture immediately pursue facing enemy fiercely, must capture in Chongyang-Yueyang south area. ... Pursuit units may detach part to monitor and sweep enemy collection troops; main force execute overtaking pursuit... Already deep behind enemy advance units vigorously destroy enemy transport lines, cut escape routes." From October 3, Chinese forces unleashed ferocious counteroffensives against the Japanese on three fronts: northern Hunan, southern Hubei, and the Hunan-Hubei-Jiangxi border; the invaders receded like a vanishing tide, never to reclaim their ground. The 25th and 195th Divisions hounded the 6th Division and Nara Detachment from Fulinpu back to the Miluo River, then to the Xin Qiang River. On October 8, the Japanese fled across the Xin Qiang; the 195th's 566th Brigade surged in pursuit, launching a nocturnal raid on Xitang-Jianshan. Gains were modest, but the enemy, entrenched in their den, resisted with feral tenacity. Qin commanded the brigade's withdrawal southward; northern Hunan operations concluded. In southern Hubei, the 79th Army chased remnants of the 33rd Division from Sanyan Bridge to Pingjiang, across Nanjiang Bridge, hounding them back to their Tongcheng lair. On the Hunan-Hubei-Jiangxi border, 30th Army Group Commander Wang Lingji orchestrated a pincer against Japanese at Xiushui. The foes retreated to Sandu, mounting a stubborn defense. Chinese assaults faltered for three days; on the fourth night's blitz, victory crowned their efforts, expelling the invaders to their original Wuning stronghold. With both armies reclaiming pre-war lines, the First Battle of Changsha drew to its resounding close. Over days, Xue Yue received a deluge of congratulatory telegrams and letters from the Nationalist Government, Military Committee, National Assembly, myriad civic groups, party officials, and social luminaries. As hoped, among them was Chiang Kai-shek's effusive missive, brimming with joy. For Xue Yue, this one sufficed. Chiang Kai-shek's telegram to Xue Yue: "In this northern Hunan campaign, over half the enemy was annihilated. The triumphant news has invigorated the nation, all due to effective command and soldiers' valor; I commend without reservation. Thoroughly investigate and report meritorious personnel from this battle; also report the dead and wounded for awards and relief. With this initial victory foundation laid, our officers and men's responsibilities grow heavier; urge your subordinates to extra vigilance, redoubled effort, avoiding arrogance or complacency, to amass great achievements, my deepest hopes." As if countering Chongqing's high-powered broadcasts, Japanese radios in Wuhan, Nanjing, Beiping, and Manchukuo blared at full volume: "In this Xiang-Gan operation, valiant Imperial forces penetrated over 100 km into northern Hunan, sweeping anti-peace elements, routing Chinese central main forces, inflicting over 40,000 enemy casualties, a pivotal triumph advancing the holy war. Having achieved objectives, Imperial troops have victoriously withdrawn..." In the aftermath of the First Battle of Changsha, the Japanese high command spun a tale of calculated restraint, insisting their assault was merely a spoiling raid, a calculated jab never intended to seize and hold the city indefinitely. With brazen confidence, they downplayed their toll, claiming a mere 850 souls lost to death and 2,700 wounded in the fray, while boastfully asserting they had slain 44,000 Chinese defenders and taken 4,000 captive, painting a picture of overwhelming triumph amid the smoke and ruin. Yet, foreign military observers, peering through the fog of propaganda with detached scrutiny, painted a starkly different canvas. They gauged Chinese losses at a far more tempered 20,000 killed and wounded, a heavy but bearable scar on the nation's resolve, while estimating Japanese casualties soared to around 30,000, a grievous hemorrhage that belied the invaders' claims of minimal sacrifice. Military historian Michael Clodfelter, sifting through the annals of conflict, ventured an even grimmer tally: a staggering 50,000 Japanese casualties endured in the relentless clash, a testament to the ferocity of Chinese resistance and the high price of imperial ambition. In the battle's locale, neither side claimed clear victory, but globally for the resistance, it favored China. I would like to take this time to remind you all that this podcast is only made possible through the efforts of Kings and Generals over at Youtube. Please go subscribe to Kings and Generals over at Youtube and to continue helping us produce this content please check out www.patreon.com/kingsandgenerals. If you are still hungry after that, give my personal channel a look over at The Pacific War Channel at Youtube, it would mean a lot to me. The First Battle of Changsha unfolded in September 1939 during China's War of Resistance Against Japan. Japanese forces under Okamura Yasuji advanced into Hunan and Jiangxi, crossing rivers and capturing key positions like Yingtian amid fierce Chinese defenses led by Xue Yue.
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Long-Term Effects of Brainstem Stroke: The Hidden Deficits No One Talks About Ty Hawkins was taking engagement photos with his wife the same day he was admitted to the ICU. That sentence alone captures something essential about brainstem stroke, and about the particular cruelty of its long-term effects. On the outside, Ty looked like a young man in love, celebrating a milestone. On the inside, his vision was blurring, his balance was failing, and one side of his face had begun to droop. By nightfall, he was in the hospital being told they had found a mass on his brain. That was June 2019. Ty was in his mid-twenties, working in sales at Verizon, playing competitive basketball, and building a life with the woman he was about to marry. The stroke caused by a bleed from a cavernous malformation in his brainstem carried a 25% survival rate. Of those who survived, only 10% made a significant recovery. Ty is now approaching year seven. He returned to work. He speaks publicly. He shares his story with a global audience that finds him through social media and reaches out to tell him he helped them keep going. And every single day, he still wakes up managing deficits that most people around him cannot see. What the Brainstem Controls — And Why Its Damage Lingers The brainstem is not a dramatic structure in the way the cortex is. It doesn't govern language, memory, or personality in ways that are immediately visible to an observer. What it governs is more fundamental: breathing, heart rate, digestion, balance, coordination, and the relay of sensory signals between the brain and the body. When a bleed occurs in the brainstem, as it did for Ty through a cavernous malformation, a cluster of abnormally formed blood vessels, the damage disrupts those foundational systems. The effects can be wide-ranging, deeply personal, and stubbornly persistent. They can also be almost entirely invisible to anyone who isn't living inside that body. For Ty, the long-term effects of his brainstem stroke include ataxia, double vision, gastroparesis, CRPS, and left-sided numbness and weakness. None of these are visible when he walks into a room. All of them shape his daily experience in ways that most people, including many in the medical system, never fully appreciate. Gastroparesis After Stroke: The Deficit Nobody Mentions Of all the long-term effects Ty lives with, gastroparesis is perhaps the least discussed in stroke recovery conversations and one of the most disruptive to daily life. Gastroparesis is a condition in which the stomach empties too slowly or incompletely, caused by disrupted communication between the brain and the vagus nerve. For Ty, this means the digestive signals that most people take for granted, hunger, fullness, and discomfort, are unreliable. He can eat three bites and feel as though he has finished a six-course meal. He can go hours without a hunger signal and needs to eat by clock rather than by sensation. When his nervous system is overwhelmed, his digestive system slows or stalls entirely. Gastroparesis after stroke is not a fringe experience. The brainstem governs the vagus nerve, which in turn governs gut motility. A brainstem stroke can interrupt that pathway in ways that create persistent digestive dysfunction, yet it rarely features in the standard conversations about stroke recovery. Survivors can spend years not understanding why their digestion is erratic, not connecting it back to the stroke, and not receiving targeted support. Ty found that movement and routine helped regulate his system. A morning sauna, regular exercise, and starting the day with warm tea and light fruit rather than a heavy meal gave his digestive system conditions in which it could function more predictably. These are not medical solutions, they are adaptive strategies built through seven years of learning his own body. CRPS and Ataxia: When the Nervous System Won't Stand Down “My daily pain level is a four or five. Someone not used to chronic pain would call it an eight or a nine.” — Ty Hawkins Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) was misdiagnosed in Ty for several years as neuropathy. It presents as the brain becoming stuck in a fight-or-flight pain loop, sending persistent, amplified pain signals in response to stimuli that should not be painful at all. For Ty, this means clothing fabric can register as pain. Cold bed sheets can spike his discomfort through the roof. Water on his skin can hurt. Ataxia compounds this by disrupting muscle coordination when his nervous system becomes overwhelmed. His gait changes. His shoulder shakes when lifting overhead. Coordination that was once automatic, honed through years of competitive basketball, becomes unreliable when fatigue, overstimulation, or stress tips his nervous system past a threshold. Both conditions are neurological in origin. Both are invisible to the outside observer. Both require constant, conscious management. The Athletic Mindset as Recovery Infrastructure What gave Ty the internal architecture to manage all of this? He credits his coaches. Years of athletic training being pushed past comfort, being held to a standard of effort regardless of natural talent, learning that showing up and doing the work was non-negotiable, built in Ty a psychological framework that translated directly into rehabilitation. In the inpatient facility, he was wheeling himself to therapy sessions before the nurses came to collect him. After the first week, they stopped coming. They knew he would already be there. As the doctors noted during his rehabilitation: he was recovering faster than expected, and they attributed it directly to his athletic background. Not his talent. His work ethic. The Emotional Cost of Looking Fine Perhaps the most underappreciated long-term effect of Ty's brainstem stroke is the one least visible of all: the emotional toll of presenting as healthy while carrying a daily invisible burden. For years, Ty's type-A, athletic identity kept him moving forward, but it also kept him from fully acknowledging what he was carrying. It took until years three or four before he genuinely engaged with psychotherapy. Once he did, the progress he experienced was significant. He now starts every Monday with a therapy session. The shift that mattered most was learning to honour how he actually felt rather than how he wanted to feel. For male survivors in particular, the cultural conditioning to tough it out is deeply ingrained and actively harmful in the context of long-term stroke recovery. Emotional suppression does not make the load lighter. It makes it invisible to everyone, including the person carrying it. Recovery Has No Expiry Date Ty's most direct message to survivors is straightforward: don't limit your recovery to the first year. The brain does not set a deadline on neuroplasticity. He is approaching year seven and still noticing improvements. The triumph of this story is not that Ty is symptom-free. The triumph is that he has built a life of genuine meaning and contribution around an ongoing physical reality without pretending that reality doesn't exist. He's reached people on every continent with a message that is simple, honest, and badly needed: You can survive the statistics. You can carry the hidden weight. And you can keep getting better years after everyone else assumes the story is over. If you are navigating your own stroke recovery early or years in, Bill's book is a practical and honest companion for the journey: recoveryafterstroke.com/book And if the Recovery After Stroke community has been part of your path, consider supporting the show on Patreon: patreon.com/recoveryafterstroke This blog is for informational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. Please consult your doctor before making any changes to your health or recovery plan. Ty Hawkins: Six Years After a Brainstem Stroke, Still Fighting the Battles You Can't See He survived a 25% chance brainstem stroke. Nearly 7 years on, Ty Hawkins reveals the hidden deficits that never made the headlines until now. Instagram Facebook LinkedIn Highlights: 00:00 Introduction: Long-Term Effects of Brainstem Stroke 05:54 The Day of the Stroke 11:35 Hospital Experience and Diagnosis 15:44 Mindset and Recovery 21:46 Therapy and Rehabilitation 24:25 Long-Term Effects of Brainstem Stroke 32:58 The Importance of Exercise in Recovery 38:21 Living with CRPS: A Daily Challenge 50:29 Emotional Resilience and Mental Health 01:01:28 Lessons Learned: Recovery Insights for Stroke Survivors Transcript: Introduction: Long-Term Effects of Brainstem Stroke Ty Hawkins (00:00) as I’m sleep. have a dream and It’s just I’m in a dark place and I just hear a voice and it says do you trust me and? I said well Absolutely, it said okay. Well, we have to go and I immediately wake up and I tap my wife and I say hey we should go to the hospital now and Then I go to the hospital so by day I’m taking engagement photos and by night. I’m in ICU immediately taken to the for a CAT scan and chest x-rays. Bill Gasiamis (00:30) Before we get into today’s conversation, I wanna take a moment to acknowledge something that I think a lot of people in this community quietly live with. The feeling that your looks finished to everyone else, but you know the real story. You’re still managing things every single day that nobody around you can see. If that’s you, this episode is going to hit home. My guest today is Ty Hawkins. Ty had a brainstem stroke in June, 2019. caused by a cavernous malformation, a bleed that carries a 25 % survival rate. He made it, he went back to work, he plays basketball, he looks great, and he is still nearly seven years later managing gastroparesis, CRPS, ataxia, and daily chronic pain that he rates at four or five, which he says most people would call an eight or nine. This is a triumphant story, not because every deficit is gone, but because Ty built a life of purpose and meaning around the ones that stayed. We’ll get into all of that in just a moment. Now turn2.ai is your AI health sidekick that keeps you up to date with personalized stroke recovery information each week. There are literally over 800 new things published every week on stroke. Turn2 searches everything new from the past week and sends you what’s most relevant, research, patient discussions. expert comments, trials and events. You can try for free and get 10 % off by scanning the QR code on the screen or clicking the link in the description below. And if you haven’t picked up a copy of my book yet, it’s available now at recoveryafterstroke.com/book. And now let’s get into the conversation Ty. Bill Gasiamis (02:13) Ty Hawkins, welcome to the podcast. Ty Hawkins (02:15) Thank you for having me. Bill Gasiamis (02:17) Thank you for being here. This is the second time we’ve tried to connect and have you on the show. Last time, if I recall correctly, you won an award or you graduated from somewhere. Ty Hawkins (02:30) I believe I had one either had a speaking engagement or I won an award where I wasn’t able to attend our our interview Bill Gasiamis (02:42) Yeah, what was the award? Do you recall? Ty Hawkins (02:47) That was a few years back. I don’t really recall offhand. I know there was a lot going on with me mentally at that time too. So I don’t really recall what it was. drawing a blank right now on that one. Bill Gasiamis (03:01) Yeah, fair enough. I do remember it was at least 12, maybe 18 months ago that we tried to connect. But that’s cool that you’re here now, man. Thanks for reaching out again. I was just going to ask like, what was your life like before the stroke? What were you up to? What was your regular day like? Ty Hawkins (03:21) So for me what I was up to both prior to my stroke I was really locked in and focused on my career. So I graduated college or university in 2015 and I was well into my career with Verizon here in the States and So my my day-to-day look pretty much like work and I was spending a lot of time just playing basketball because I played in college. So I was trying to, you know, ⁓ still keep up with the athletic side of me while getting my career off the ground. Bill Gasiamis (04:01) What kind of work did you do for Verizon? Ty Hawkins (04:05) So his Verizon, was at that time while I’m still in sales currently, but at that time I had just started my sales role and immediate like right prior to I was a sales manager, prior immediately prior to my stroke. Bill Gasiamis (04:21) huh. What was it like the day of the stroke? Or actually just before you answer that question, was there any signs that you were unwell, that there was potentially something looming, you know, anything give it away before the stroke that now you think that was probably a sign? Ty Hawkins (04:40) Absolutely. So looking back and now having the education and the awareness of stroke, know I remember just having numbness in my left foot ⁓ that started and felt like a little pebble in my left shoe. And I would take my shoe off and shake it out and nothing came out. And I had no idea that it was actually like the feeling in my foot. and it started to move up my leg and eventually ⁓ from my foot up to my shin, actually I felt pins and needles ⁓ and my foot was actually numb and I experienced a lot of headaches ⁓ immediately prior to the stroke. So for weeks I was having, I would have little headaches that I just thought was stress related from work. Bill Gasiamis (05:38) to the, what you just explained about your foot. That’s exactly what happened to me. My left, my big left toe went numb and then my entire left leg went numb, but it took me a week to get to the hospital. By then my entire left side had gone numb. So how long was it before you decided to do something about your numb foot and shin? The Day of the Stroke Ty Hawkins (05:54) Mm-hmm. So ⁓ it may have been a few weeks, honestly. So I just pushed through and thought it was because of work and just stress related to work. it took about a week or so till it actually moved, till actually my leg went numb. And I remember one day vividly my wife tickled my foot, my feet, I was ticklish. And she went to tickle my, she tickled, tickle my feet and I jumped when she tickled the right foot but I didn’t budge at all when she tickled the left foot and so that was a sign I still pushed through and I went to play basketball and I took a shot that it was routine for me and I missed very bad and there were guys at the gym I thought I had vertigo maybe some something in her ear and the guys at the gym like hey man Something seems off with you. I want you to get checked out before we play again in a few weeks. And so I decided to make an appointment to see my neurologist or not neurologist, my primary care physician. And I went through a routine checkup and everything kind of cleared. And so I had a decision to make that I want to tell her what was going on with my body though my vitals were good. And so I told her and she ran some tests like poked poked my foot and just was touching my leg with different ⁓ textures and eyes open eyes closed and I can only I only knew that she was touching me if I could see her. So when I closed my eyes and she touched me, I didn’t I had no idea. And so she sent me to for MRI and before or not for MRI, she sent me to a neurologist. And the neurologist scheduled me for MRI for the next week and I was in the hospital the very next day. Bill Gasiamis (08:04) Wow, man. You had a brainstem stroke from a cavernous malformation. I had a stroke caused by a arteriovenous malformation, which is very similar kind of issue with the way that the blood vessels have formed. My one popped and then started to bleed like really, really slowly. It sounds like yours did something similar. So Ty Hawkins (08:17) AVM, correct? Bill Gasiamis (08:33) you’re going through this for a couple of weeks, you go and see the neurologist and the next day you’re in hospital, how dramatically did it escalate between the neurologist appointment and the next day? Ty Hawkins (08:44) ⁓ So it escalated very very fast so the next day I woke up and it was that my engagement photo shoot so what a day right and Bill Gasiamis (08:57) Wow. Ty Hawkins (08:58) I’ll go to the bank I take a five-minute drive from my house to the bank and what happened on my way back is just off I couldn’t explain what was going on I just had an all feeling so I told my wife I wasn’t able to drive to any of the other appointments that I had that day prior to our shoot and on the way to our photo shoot so things progress by minute by minute hour by hour So I started the day she noticed a facial droop and we had no ideas of the sign She looked at me. She said are you okay? Cuz your face and I looked in the mirror and it was it was slight but So didn’t really think much of it and I was excited for our shoot So I just pushed through and on our way the photo shoot location was at our University where we met and that’s about 40 minute drive from our house so as we’re progressing through the drive my vision starts to get blurry and I can’t I can barely make out the vehicles that are around us I can only make out the color and the color of the license plate so I know that something’s there but it’s so blurry that I can’t even couldn’t tell you what kind of what kind of vehicle it was we actually get to the location for the shoot I get out the car and I can barely stand upright so ⁓ I Remembered trying to move and I was just so all balance and and dizzy and We did the shoot somehow some some way I made it through the shoot and I remember changing my clothes and ⁓ As I look back now I went into the bathroom to change my clothes and I was alone and I could I kept Tilted to the right while was trying to put my clothes on and my shoes and as I think back I’m so lucky I’ll say I’m so blessed to have made it out of that bathroom you know I’m back to the group and We finished the shoot and I go we drop home So my wife says do you want to go to the hospital or I said no, I won’t go home and I just want to rest ⁓ so She goes and picks us up some food. I’m at home. I remember taking maybe two, three bites of the food and just feeling so nauseous. Like, man, I can’t even, I’m not even hungry anymore. And so I say, I’m gonna go and take a nap. If I wake up and I feel the same as I do now, we can go to the hospital. And this is where the story really gets. Hospital Experience and Diagnosis It’s going because in my dream or as I’m sleep. have a dream and It’s just I’m in a dark place and I just hear a voice and it says do you trust me and? I said well Absolutely, it said okay. Well, we have to go and I immediately wake up and I tap my wife and I say hey we should go to the hospital now and Then I go to the hospital so by day I’m taking engagement photos and by night. I’m in ICU immediately taken to the back with them saying whatever the stroke they felt that the stroke code was or what they call it in the hospital. And I was immediately taken back for a CAT scan and chest x-rays. Bill Gasiamis (12:31) Wow, man, that is a crazy story. ⁓ Firstly, how did the photos turn out? Ty Hawkins (12:39) photos they turned out good I would say in spite of the circumstances but if you look at the photos in as you know as well as we understand stroke you can look at my face and see the the facial droop in my top lip so as I’m trying to smile you my smile wasn’t wasn’t aligned it was it droops slightly so the right side of my face was impacted so I had a juke going to the right But I would say they turned out well despite the circumstances for what the circumstances were Bill Gasiamis (13:17) All things considered. Yeah. That is unbelievable. This dream like who now this is going to get trippy. I know like who was that in your dream that gave you that information. Ty Hawkins (13:30) So for me, at that time, I mean even now, I say it was God for me, speaking to me and letting me know that I needed to get to the hospital. And then at the hospital, when the doctor came in to give the news that they found what they thought was a mass on my brain, I remember hearing seeing a figure in the corner of my room and hearing that same voice say remember that I’m going to protect you and so from there you know I just tied it that that was God with me through through the stroke Bill Gasiamis (14:12) I love it that that was God with you, man. Why not? That is amazing. And that the person or that spirit or the being was in the room with you as well. Reassuring you. Wow. Ty Hawkins (14:22) Yes. Yeah, it was was crazy. remember so it’s time almost simultaneous the the doctor was coming in to give the news and he was The door was off-center to my left. So I see he he came in and The figure was in the corner to the right So as he comes in my wife is looking like he has bad he looks like he has a face of bad news so he mentions that there’s They found a mess and Simultaneously, heard me remember I’m going to protect you so as the doctor leaves I look at my wife and I say I don’t know how to explain this but I’m going to be okay and You know as destroyed as she was You know, that’s what I could say to her I couldn’t really explain it in that moment But I told her and ⁓ I knew that I was going to be fine Bill Gasiamis (15:25) Wow, man. So I had some moments when they gave me the news. I was at the hospital alone. It was probably 11 p.m. at night. It was a Saturday night. No, it was a Friday night. I’d sent my wife and the kids home because I didn’t want them to wait for hours and hours to find out the news, go home and rest and look after the kids. They were young teenagers, both of them at the time. And I was… Mindset and Recovery I got the news it was there’s a mass on your brain or a shadow on your brain that appeared in the scan. It could be a brain bleed. It could be a tumor and that tumor could be benign. It could be cancerous. That’s the way they broke the news. And I remember being kind of like, ⁓ okay, whatever. And I was so. I was so nonchalant about it. He says to me, do you have any questions? And I said, no, not at this stage. And I left it at that. And I basically just took the news, went to bed, had a bit of a sleep because the next morning I was going to wake my wife, her to come to hospital. I had to tell her the news and I did that. She came. And after I told her the look on her face was the first time that I kind of got a little bit scared. And then I had to ring. my client and tell my client I’m not coming into work today ⁓ because I’m in hospital and there’s something wrong with my brain I don’t know what it is and I start crying. But even through all of the drama, the three brain bleeds over two and a half years, brain surgery, walking, even through all of that and all the problems that it caused us, me, my family, my work, it never crossed my mind that I wouldn’t get through this or wouldn’t get over it or beyond it. Now I am still dealing with it. I still have a podcast that I have to do. because if I don’t do, I don’t get my therapy every week. But do you know, I’m moving through it, beyond it, overcoming it. I never believed for one moment that it would be the thing that stops me, defines me, even though I’ve had dark days, dark weeks, dark months, I always expected that it would shift and something would come out from the other side. I don’t know whether… ⁓ I would ⁓ allocate that to God or something else, but I truly deeply believe that like it was within me and maybe it was kind of God like type of experience, but I love how you’re in technically like the worst day of your life health wise, it could go one way or another and you’re just thinking I’m going to tell my wife everything is going to be fine and ⁓ We’ll just get through this. I think that is something that sort of set the foundation for how you were going to approach the whole entire recovery after that, this experience that you had. Ty Hawkins (18:40) Yes, I think that definitely set the tone. Having that experience and not… I never felt in danger. I knew that the journey, this process, wasn’t going to be easy. But I never felt that I was in danger. That my life was in jeopardy. the diagnosis and the statistics that show if you have a bleed in your brain stem that the percentage of survival is 25. So that’s one in four people that based on statistics that experience what I do one in four people survive. And then of those that do survive, they say that 10 % just make a significant recovery. And I never felt. that I was battling against those statistics each day that from the moment I got the news it was a cool calm collected call my mom, my brother and that’s what my wife did and you know I just tried to stay as composed as possible ⁓ because I never felt in danger and I didn’t want them to worry too much ⁓ you know I knew it was going to be be difficult because I went from One day running up and down the basketball court to being bedridden and barely could function. I couldn’t write. I lost the perception on size of writing. I couldn’t walk. ⁓ I forgot how to walk, though my body forgot how to walk. I could mentally think, hey, I want to take these steps and get up out of bed, but I needed help. So I spent a week in the hospital. I spent three weeks in an inpatient rehab facility. So as I mentioned It was the day of our engagement shoot so our wedding was set for three months later And that’s all I could really think about was I have to get ready for this wedding I have to get ready for our wedding. I have to get ready for our wedding. So every day I woke up ⁓ You know my athletic mind is up for the challenge ⁓ You know, God told me that I was going to be okay. And I knew that I had to show up and do the work when I was taught on the basketball court and just in life, you just have you show up and you, you, you battle back against adversity. And I decided that yes, like you, didn’t want this to define me. I didn’t feel that this was going to be the end of, of my life. ⁓ I knew that it was going to be a chapter that I would never forget, but I knew that I was up for the challenge. Therapy and Rehabilitation Bill Gasiamis (21:40) I love that athletic mindset, right? Your coach probably drilled you for years, know, like get up, get going, keep going, keep moving, push through, overcome, ⁓ try harder, you know, be more strategic, whatever, like the whole athletic mindset applied to stroke recovery. I reckon it’s such a massive, ⁓ like it’s such a massive benefit to have that going into a diversity, like recovering from a significant health. ⁓ situation because I know that there are players on the field who are not the best players but they are the most impactful because they do the most work and they get given labels like he’s a natural or ⁓ he’s gifted or stuff like that and it’s like dude I couldn’t I couldn’t walk straight when I was a young kid. The only reason why I appear gifted or natural is because I work all day every day. You classic Michael Jordan ⁓ kind of approach where Jordan talks about being ⁓ always training, always shooting hoops, always ⁓ on the basketball court more than anybody, even though he was Ty Hawkins (22:52) you Bill Gasiamis (23:00) Appearing to be kind of naturally gifted because of his body shape because of his athleticism because of his height But it meant nothing if he didn’t do the work every single day Ty Hawkins (23:12) Yes, yes, and even you know from a spiritual perspective There’s the saying that faith without works is is dead And so for me I had the faith and I knew that I needed that there was work work required of me I think even after ⁓ my experience of so as I mentioned I spent three weeks in the inpatient facility once I understood the magnitude and how much my Long-Term Effects of Brainstem Stroke mindset really helped me through. I reached out to a lot of my coaches and you don’t understand when you’re young how they’re, man they’re pushing me so hard, they’re pushing me so hard and I’m like well I’m glad that they pushed me this hard because because of that I felt prepared for the adversity that I faced in June of 2019 so you know I remember reaching out and just saying thank you for being as hard on me as you were because it helped me through this. Who would have known that years later that discipline that you were, that I thought as a young adult would, you know, thinking that you’re just being tough on me and it’s really building characters, building a mindset. And I grew to appreciate that as I started to reflect back on, you know, on my journey because a lot of the doctors said, You’re I feel that you’re recovering so fast because you were an athlete in I wasn’t just an athlete I worked hard my I took pride in like you said that Michael being in the gym and Just really working hard. It was one thing I said hey You might be better than me, but it’s one thing that you’re not gonna you might have more talent than me But you’re not going to outwork me and you know, that was my mindset Bill Gasiamis (25:03) Hmm. Ty Hawkins (25:06) with recovery, it’s every day. Once I understood what therapies that I would have to do. ⁓ So I remember in the inpatient facility, my first week there, the nurses would come clip my schedule to my wheelchair and they would come get me for therapy. After the first week, they would come clip my schedule to the wheelchair and they’d never, they wouldn’t come to get me because they knew that I was going to be wheeling myself down the hallway to get to whatever session, OT, occupational therapy, physical therapy, or speech therapy that I knew what time I needed to be there and I was going to be there because I was determined to get better. Bill Gasiamis (25:52) I to ask for permission to walk back to the therapy room ⁓ on my own because they were afraid I was going to fall and it was fair enough because my left side wasn’t really working well after about two and a half, three weeks I was on my feet but I still was quite unstable and they said, look, we’re not gonna let you walk alone. We’ll come, but we won’t help you like we have been helping you. We’ll just watch you walk. I was like, yes, do that. I felt safe, but also I had the ability to just get myself there. They had handrails down the hallway and everything that I could hold onto. But of course I went near them, tried not to hold on, held on when I needed to. I did everything I could to be on my feet on my own so I can get the brain getting used to being on this weird left side of my body, which is numb, tingly. and not receiving information that the foot was on the ground. Like the brain wasn’t being told your foot’s on the ground, man, you know, like step or tension muscle or do the stride or whatever. So I remember going through that and I remember complaining because I was spending too much time in my bed. And I was like, guys, like, what am I doing here? This is boring. And I need to get into a session. I need to do something. And they were, well, You know, we have to have lunch and we have to have other things that we attend to after I write reports on you and all that kind of stuff. You can’t be eight hours a day just in the gym or in the therapy room or whatever. And I’m like, ⁓ okay. I didn’t realize there was other technical things that happened in the background that wasn’t that was related to me, but not the as part of the physical stuff. So in, so instead what I did is I Ty Hawkins (27:38) Thanks, Ted. physical, yes. Bill Gasiamis (27:49) imagined myself exercising, I imagined myself walking, I imagined what it would look like when I was on my feet, etc. Because it rewires the same part of your brain as if you’re actually doing it. So I thought, right, if you’re not going to be with me, ⁓ taking me for the actual therapy, I’m going to imagine myself doing the therapy. Ty Hawkins (28:11) No, I was the same so For me, I didn’t so I couldn’t really Walk in the big the first the first week I spent a lot of a lot of the duration of my three weeks I spent in the in a wheelchair there, but I was able to in The first week I needed a lot of help moving from the bed to the wheelchair But after a while I could get myself out of bed into the wheelchair, will to therapy. That’s why they didn’t come because I wasn’t necessarily walking. But when I did walk, I would have a walker and they would use, somebody would be with me. And I was the same way. I’m like, man, I’m in bed a lot. I’m only in therapy for an hour and a half each session. neural fatigue really, could appreciate my breaks because I was so, that hour took a lot out of me. But as my body reacclimated to the workload that it was receiving, ⁓ I was able to stay awake a lot better and my mom would then take me outside to do extra things. We would play toss for my hand. ⁓ She would toss the tennis ball. It would help me walk outside a little bit. Bill Gasiamis (29:11) Yeah, same. Ty Hawkins (29:37) But just, you would help, RMOF would help as much as they could for me to get extra, ⁓ some extra time and extra movement in outside of just the hour and a half that I was in the therapy session. Bill Gasiamis (29:52) Yeah, I love that. My parents came along as well. said to my wife and everyone came past and I spent time outside with them, you know, having some time in the sun, a meal, a coffee, something like that. That was really helpful. I think you and I also both benefited from the fact that the bleeds, although really serious, were not catastrophic bleeds and we had a lot of time to react. to our situation that we found ourselves in. I took seven days, you took weeks. And I think that was just pure, utter luck that the bleed was a little small enough to start impacting us in a very small way that we thought was not significant and not at risk of our health. And also we both benefit from looking like we haven’t had a stroke. No one can tell that you would have or I’ve had a stroke, but you are. Ty Hawkins (30:23) Please hit. Yes. Bill Gasiamis (30:47) also still though like me living with deficits right and you’ve got a few of them let me just read out the list you’ve got left-sided numbness and tingling which i have and weakness which i have but you’ve also got ⁓ a taxia which you’ll tell me about in a minute double vision ⁓ you’re going to also tell me about gastroparesis and crps so for someone that is so upbeat Ty Hawkins (30:51) Yes. Bill Gasiamis (31:16) looks like you do ⁓ like you haven’t had a strike, etc. You are experiencing some ongoing deficits years out. So first, tell me a little bit about a taxia. What’s that? Ty Hawkins (31:24) Yes. So ataxia is, impacts the muscle coordination. So when my nervous system gets overwhelmed, it almost scrambles my coordination. So sometimes it’ll impact my gait specifically. It really like impacts. Again my left side so I was impacted in the brain stem right side of face left side of body So it impacts a lot of and I’m left side dominant. So as I’m trying to lift weights or play basketball ⁓ I’ll have a I’ll feel what someone miscoordinated and so my coordination isn’t ⁓ Isn’t smooth once I get overwhelmed or My nervous system isn’t sending the signals properly then it impacts my running so then ⁓ doesn’t send the signals for all the muscles to fire in the proper chain and then it impacts Yeah, like my shoulder so we’re trying to like lift things overhead ⁓ then it’ll get shaky ⁓ But yeah, it’s pretty much just a lack of coordination for like to simplify things The Importance of Exercise in Recovery Bill Gasiamis (32:52) Okay, cool. Interesting. So I have a very minor version of that. My left side, probably not as coordinated as my right side anyway, because I’m right side dominant. But now my left side is just a little bit out, you know, and when I get tired, my balance goes off. And ⁓ I find myself leaning in one direction. I lean into the doorway, you know, when I’m really tired, getting out of bed in the morning, I need to make sure that my foot is on the ground so I don’t lose my balance. that kind of stuff. So tell me about gastroparesis. That’s one I haven’t come across a lot. Ty Hawkins (33:27) So, ⁓ just from having the brain stem is in control ⁓ of a lot of your, not basic functions, but your essential functions. So breathing, heart rate, digestion. So what gastroparesis is, is there’s ⁓ a lack of communication between my brain and the vagus nerve. which will then lead to my digestive system either pausing or moving slow, moving a lot more slowly. And so what that can lead to is a lot of stomach discomfort where I can have three bites of food and feel like I had a six or six course meal. ⁓ you know, and then when that system isn’t functioning properly, it leads to issues with like my skin and things like that. But Gastroparesis from my understanding is just either like a slowdown or paralysis of your digestive system. Bill Gasiamis (34:33) I hear you. Unexpected, ⁓ unexpected side effect of a stroke, right? People hear stroke, they, they know it’s associated to the head, but gastrointestinal issues become a massive problem for some people after stroke because the two are linked. And, you know, you can heal your brain by healing your gut. And when I say heal your brain, you can improve how it functions by healing your gut. ⁓ And like if you stop eating the standard American diet, standard Australian diet, same thing. If you stop eating that, you improve the gut conditions and that improves your brain, but also your other organs. But here you’ve got like a neurological disconnect sometimes when you’re overwhelmed by the vagus nerve that stops the standard basic functioning of your gut digestion. Like I imagine Ty Hawkins (35:29) Yes. Bill Gasiamis (35:31) you have a meal and it takes longer to digest or and therefore it causes discomfort therefore you are you avoiding food because of that? Ty Hawkins (35:41) Some days some days ⁓ You know and that it this one really my wife it’s you need to have you need to eat you need to have your meals and Like I’m not really hungry. It’s ⁓ is a lot of times I’m confused because I have such a discomfort in my stomach that I don’t know if I’m full or if is discomfort from you know, just just everything neurologically So I’ll have to try and guess like hey ⁓ Am I am I fool what did I eat yesterday? What did I have today already? So some days I found myself avoiding food Just because I think that if I do I’ll give my system time to either catch up or slow down ⁓ So simply put I do as I’m thinking about it. I do avoid foods at times Bill Gasiamis (36:35) Hmm. Yeah, it makes sense that you would. And I met a guy many years ago, we’re talking about maybe 10 years ago, who had a similar thing to you, but a little more dramatic in that he didn’t get hunger messages at all. So he had to eat only when other people were eating as a reminder that it’s time to eat. if he didn’t do that, he wouldn’t ever get the message that you have to eat. You haven’t eaten for four days or five days. Ty Hawkins (37:15) I’ll get you know I think that sometimes that that may happen where I’m just not getting the signal and but I’m aware that hey I know I need to eat I’m aware that maybe it’s been a day or I have a workout coming up that I know I need to eat for and sometimes it can just be I can have a banana and It feels like I had a full a steak dinner with potatoes and a vegetable and like wow just from a banana and a glass of water and then some days my appetite is normal where I think once I find you know my routine I found a routine of sitting in a sauna and working out and ⁓ eating regimen so in the morning I would have I’ll have a cup of warm tea Living with CRPS: A Daily Challenge And if I’m not overly hungry or have a gym session, I’ll just have some fruit like a fruit salad and I’ll feel light and my digestive system appreciates that. And then ⁓ my body responds well to the heat. So I’ll try to sit in the sauna or exercise to get myself to sweat. And that seems to help my systems kind of stay in syncing and rhythm. So when I do that, my appetite is pretty normal, but when I find myself either overwhelmed, just neurologically or from the stresses of the day, then systems just start to go out of whack. Bill Gasiamis (38:55) I hear you. Exercise is so important. Like doesn’t matter what condition you’re in after stroke, you got to find a way to move your body as much as possible. And it causes so many positive cascades in your body that you, the bang for buck by exercising that your brain and body gets, it’s just unmeasurable. You cannot measure it. It’s so, so important. ⁓ And I love that you experienced direct benefits that you’re aware of. when you exercise. Ty Hawkins (39:27) Yes, and that’s that’s the physical benefits and it’s also been very Beneficial mentally to mentally emotionally because a lot of people don’t Really when you hear a stroke and you think a recovery is just hey the physical recovery and hey you look great tie and like I Do look great, but internally some days I don’t and mentally some days I don’t but I know that When I get, when I go to the gym and I work out, my mood is, it’s night and day when I don’t and when I do. And so I committed to, ⁓ working out as much, even if it’s just going outside for a in the neighborhood, getting outside, fresh air, it’s, have to move my body because if I don’t, that’s when things, you know, physically, mentally, and emotionally just start to break down. Bill Gasiamis (40:23) Yeah, we are meant to be moving. We’re moving creatures, you we’re meant to be moving, not sitting down too much, you know, driving desk work, all that kind of stuff is not normal. And we’re to be doing the, the physical version of getting somewhere like walking somewhere or, you know, running or, riding a bike. And if you can’t get on a bike, get a one of those sit down three wheeler bikes. If you need a walker, walk with a walker. you know, whatever the situation is, find a way around it because exercising is hard, not exercising is hard, but like far harder. Ty Hawkins (41:11) Yes, yes, I just I made a video about that and I posted it Maybe two days ago about the gym and I woke up I was a little tired and I still got up and I went to the gym and after I said that same thing that Though I got the hard work done. The work was hard, but not moving is hard too. It may not be immediately hard but it’s hard on your body not moving it adds up over time and ⁓ it’s what kept me I think not I think I know it’s what kept me the movement that I did early on paid off you know the doctors every session it was a lot of movement ⁓ and even now I’m just conscious of I may reach in the cabinet to get a cup but I’m You know extending my arm more more than the one time to get the cup because that’s that’s therapy You know a lot of people have this ⁓ Miss conception that therapy is just that one hour in the therapy environment I try to find everything to be therapy Reaching for a cup reaching for a plate eating ⁓ You know the steps that I take around the house ⁓ even just dancing you know I’m not I don’t have the, I have a little rhythm, but I’m not the best dancer, but music and moving my body just as I feel was something that was very, you know, beneficial for me. And it took me back to think when we were children and we’re kids, we just have these, what we think as adults is random movements. We’re folding ourselves like pretzels and spinning in circles. And it’s like, hey, this is what, body is meant to be freely moving and we kind of lose track of that once we get to work or school sit at a desk for eight hours sit in a vehicle for long long drives and you know so on and so forth then we forget that we take for granted you know moving the ability to move our bodies until you know our bodies show us like hey you know this is the repercussions sometimes of you not moving your body. Bill Gasiamis (43:34) I love that. That’s a beautiful way to wrap that up is by saying the repercussions of not moving your body. It’s exactly what it is. They occur. Your hips get tight, your joints change in their ability to handle stress. Your bones get ⁓ thinner. You know, like so many things change in a negative way. You got to move even if you’re doing a real, you know, if you have a real challenging stroke experience and stroke. ⁓ deficits, you just got to move as much as you can. I love I love that ⁓ that approach. So you also are now dealing with CRPS. Now I’ve heard of that before, but describe that and what it’s like for you. Ty Hawkins (44:18) ⁓ So it was misdiagnosed for some years as just neuropathy Which is the numbness and tingling on my left side? So if I if you were to look at me and draw a straight line down My right side feels What do you know the ⁓ normal person would feel you know? ⁓ It’s just freely flowing it feels normal right and my left side is just You know, constant daily pain. You know, I feel something, ⁓ whether it’s in, you know, my leg, my arm, ⁓ you know, ⁓ it can be even having clothes on like this jacket right now is sending signals to my brain that ⁓ my arm is in pain and I’m not in pain clearly, but my brain is sending signals that me having this jacket on this material brushing up against my arm. ⁓ It’s painful water hitting my skin painful and my paint but That you know depending on the temperature you know if they’re cool at the bed sheets are cold of Pain level rises through the roof. ⁓ Yeah, it hurts But you know a lot of you know my mindset Bill Gasiamis (45:23) What about the big shades? What about big shades? Yeah. Ty Hawkins (45:44) I don’t know. just I don’t complain about it and it’s like hey, you know, this is what I have to deal with So it’s constant like times. I feel it deep within my abdomen. I’ll feel it in my shoulder ⁓ You know, but CRPS it attacks ⁓ It’s essentially your brain just signaling that it is your brain stuck in a fight-or-flight cycle and it’s constantly Signaling that there’s some it’s a threat or some kind of pain is happening. So From putting the sneaker on, it’s really been attacking, as of lately, my left ankle and my left foot. certain shoes, I can feel the pain deep in the bones in my foot. And then sometimes I’ll just feel like ⁓ a very deep ache in my shoulder. Or if the temperature gets cold enough, it’ll feel like somebody’s just grabbing, know, just has a hold on my rib cage. and ⁓ you know so that’s Lightly to put CRPS what I think for me because I’m so used to the pain now is that my I always say daily I have a pain level of ⁓ four four to five where somebody that’s not used to chronic pain would say it’s eight or a nine and ⁓ Some days it’s frustrating Some days it’s tiring, know, the sensation varies. It’s a numbness and tingling to a deep bone-jarring ache to almost a burning sensation at times, like depending on how much I’m moving. Like, so if I were to move with this jacket right now, as I move my arm, then there’s a deep pain in my tricep and then a very deep pain from the wrist to my fingertips. And sometimes it’ll make me, like people, I’ll stand and I’ll just be squeezing my hands and people may think that I’m just, you know, just holding my hands, but I’m trying to let my body know that it’s okay. So I’m, you know, massaging or rubbing and ⁓ sometimes that helps or sometimes I just have to, you know, take a nap or close off other sensors to calm the brain down. Bill Gasiamis (48:11) my wife gets in trouble when she touches my left hand and she’s being gentle. If she’s being gentle, it’s like, dude, do not do that. She’s like, what do you mean? I’m being gentle. being rough. Don’t just be gentle with it. It hurts too much. It’s hurting now. And I’m in an enclosed room with no wind, no anything, but my left arm feels like it’s cold. Ty Hawkins (48:16) Mm-hmm. Yeah. Yeah. Bill Gasiamis (48:38) freezing while my right side is perfectly fine. You know, it’s a very mild, beautiful day outside. ⁓ the wind, when I go outside, if I’m wearing shorts and a t-shirt, the wind makes it hurt. And if I go to the beach, I have to wear, ⁓ what we call runners, trainers, joggers in the water because the little pebbles of sand, they feel like they’re, I just stepped on like a thousand pins. Ty Hawkins (49:01) Mm-hmm. Bill Gasiamis (49:07) or something, it’s just ridiculous. And then I sleep on my left side so that I can, like you do with your hand, you just squeeze it to just let it know like it’s okay. I sleep on my left side so the sheets don’t rub on my left side and I don’t get woken up by my sheets in the middle of the night. That’s how I kind of get around it. And I would say that my pain is around a three to a four, mostly. Ty Hawkins (49:08) you Go. Emotional Resilience and Mental Health Bill Gasiamis (49:37) kind of closer to a three. And when we go for a long walk, sometimes I’ll go for a long walk with my wife. If we’re visiting a city that we’ve never been to before, we love to see the city on foot the whole time. And we might be walking for four, five, six hours through the whole day after, you know, stopping for a coffee or something to eat or whatever. And my left side will be going, we are not doing this anymore. We’re completely done. And I will have to have a conversation in my head with my left side and say, you’re coming along for the ride because you are overreacting. The right side is perfectly fine, which means that I haven’t done anything to hurt my body. haven’t over exerted ourselves. So you’re just overreacting. Be quiet and let’s get on with it. And believe it or not, man, that works. That quietens things down. and then we just get on with the job of walking and seeing what we need to see. Ty Hawkins (50:38) Yes, yes, so the two things my wife, ⁓ so she likes to pick at my skin sometimes whether she sees a little pimple or something and I’m like, please not today. It’s days that I can tolerate it, but it’s days where, and in the beginning she didn’t understand. I didn’t either and I’m like, am I just overreacting? I’m like, no, this really hurts. And so as I started to understand my diagnosis, I explained it to her and she’s been. Bill Gasiamis (50:49) you Ty Hawkins (51:07) you know more aware and I’ll let her know if it’s like hey I’m fine today it’s good so you’re good to go and two I remember ⁓ she loves Disney so we went to Disney World for her birthday and that’s a lot of walking a lot of people so ⁓ and when I get overstimulated then sometimes I get a little irritable So we’re walking and then, you know, I’m like, have to control my emotions. And then like you have a conversation with myself, like, Hey, my right side is not tired at all. My right side, we can go, we can go. And I’m like, Hey, we are, ⁓ we are okay. We’re, we are totally fine. This is a walk in the park. It’s a lot of people. Yes, but we are okay. We are safe and I wouldn’t do, I let my body know it’s nothing that I’m not putting you in any harm’s way. We’re just walking. And we may have to slow the pace down a little bit. But then as I get back in rhythm, then I found myself, okay, we’re back. We’re back to speed. And I really think that, like you say, it’s you having that mindset and then telling yourself. So day two in Disney, day one, I didn’t know what to expect. But day two is like, hey, we’re having this pep talk before we even go outside. We’re not, we’re cooperating today. We’re going for a walk and it’s going to be a long day. So. let’s go and as long as I have comfortable shoes and I think you know and I walk take breaks and able to sit down at times and you know my body then it’s like starts to trust in a lot that he’s going to take care of me so you know I have those conversations too in those same experiences. Bill Gasiamis (52:58) I relate to that so much, man. I get stuck. You know that feeling that you get in your hand? I get it in the ball of my left foot. It just becomes really, really tight. Like it feels, it doesn’t close up or anything, but it becomes really, really tight. And I can’t do anything to… undo it, you know, so I’ve got to like sit there, massage it, massage it, just try and get the tendons and all of that stuff to move into work. That’s kind of like the only way that I can, that I can get through it, but I have to get regular massages. get a massage every once every about 10 days on my left side to loosen everything up. Otherwise it just puts my right side out as well, because then it starts impacting the other side of my body. Ty Hawkins (53:35) Mm-hmm. Yeah, because you start to overcompensate. Yeah, I do the same while I start going for those kind of weird here’s movement, movement recovery. So I do a lot of things to move my body stretch recovery and things like that. I actually have an appointment tomorrow afternoon to do that. Bill Gasiamis (53:45) Hmm. Yeah, it’s so important. ⁓ Little, little things that kind of help you get through the next 10 days or two weeks or whatever it is, make such a difference if you can make it to a massage or if you can get your body look at that. It really helps. I find it helps me mentally more than anything because it eases all of those ⁓ discomforts and then my brain can just feel a little bit relaxed, you know, for a few days. Ty Hawkins (54:20) Yes. Bill Gasiamis (54:28) four days, 10 days, whatever it is, you whatever I get out of it. ⁓ And some days I feel like, man, need to see that. I need to see somebody right now. And I can’t get an appointment, but then by the time I get to the next day, it’s settled. Ty Hawkins (54:38) Mm-hmm. Yes. Bill Gasiamis (54:45) So sometimes the cycle requires me to just sort of stop, rest and not push through and just allow it to settle down. Ty Hawkins (54:54) No, yeah, I definitely think that allowing some days for the body to just rest and you know kind of catch up and recover does does the brain and body very well? ⁓ You know, I think I know for myself I was so Engulfed in I have to do something every day every day and keep my body moving that I wasn’t allowing it to rest in I remember even on the basketball court, had a day off from practice. it’s, I have to allow my body time to rest and also my brain. you know, when we’re constantly thinking how can I improve, that’s actually putting, you know, some stress on our brain. ⁓ You know, that I started to learn to try to limit and just say, hey, I’m taking a day off. I don’t even want to. think about what I may have to do. I just want to be here in the moment. I just want to enjoy a movie today or just spend time with the family and not think about anything recovery related. Bill Gasiamis (56:00) Yeah, it’s so important to you. You need time out, man. I hear you. ⁓ So you’re you’re being a few through a few tests and you’ve had some challenges to overcome. You’ve made it through your generally very positive, upbeat, glass half full kind of guy. But there probably was some dark times and difficult moments. How did you? Like how did you deal with them? How do you kind of navigate when it gets really tough and challenging emotionally and mentally? Ty Hawkins (56:34) Before I used to just try to keep myself busy at first not realizing that that was almost making it worse in a sense because I was never dealing with the emotion of What I experienced I never allowed myself allowed myself to fully understand and feel it until recently and so recently I started Started talk therapy psychotherapy. ⁓ that’s been tremendous. And then also just really taking time to reflect, I’ll do yoga, I’ll meditate, and you know, I’ll just get more vulnerable about my story I share with people, and I think that allows me to make it through just being honest with myself. I think that the type A athletic mind that I have, it was like, hey, you’re fine, you’re fine, you’re fine, you’re okay, and I never allowed myself to say, you’re not okay. Once I did I think that was when I started to see more progress because I was honoring how I truly felt versus how I wanted to feel And it was hey some days I told my just recently maybe maybe two days ago. So my mom, know was it was a rough day and I was like hey this sucks mom and She was like, know, yes you you have to honor and it’s okay to say that that it It does suck, but know it’s you show gratitude that you’re still alive to experience have the experience of life But understand you know you have to honor how you feel in the moment, and it’s for me. I’m able to Shift quicker out of those moments now because it’s like hey I honor it this sucks may have a little cry then immediately after it better then have a little laugh and like hey, okay, you know so I just Understand that there’s the range of emotions in its waves. So instead of going against the tide I just roll with the waves these days and you know is if I’m sad I just sit with it in the moment I talk to whoever I need to talk to and you know, let them know hey today is a bit harder of a day rather than you’re okay. You’re okay. You’re strong and I eliminated that ego and just honored how I feel because I think especially as men, we’re we’re taught to, you know, just tough it out, get up and dust it off. And it’s like, hey, we’re human at the end of the day and we all have So I think it’s better to honor your emotions. You know, we all have them for a reason, ⁓ you know, so it’s okay to cry. It’s okay to feel sad, you know, and work through that and you’ll eventually, hopefully we’ll see happiness, enjoy on the other side. Bill Gasiamis (59:30) Yeah, there is always a, what’s it like a reward on the other side of the hard time. Like you might not know when you’re going through the hard time, but it always leads to a positive outcome on the other side. You just got to give a time to get there. You know, got to just go through the ride and I’m similar to you talk therapy, man. Well, what a difference that’s made in my life. It just is so tremendous that you find somebody by the way, who you like to go and talk to. ⁓ So you might have to try a couple of different therapists, but like it is next level. You go there, you could talk about anything you want. Nobody’s judging you. You know, don’t have to share that with your loved ones. You can just be yourself and a different version of yourself in that room. that again, it just takes more weight off your shoulders. It creates more lightness. So I’m fully behind that. Ty Hawkins (1:00:26) Yes, yes, it’s been, it’s made a tremendous difference for me and I see, you know, this is, moving into year seven and early on I refused to go to therapy and, ⁓ you know, I think it wasn’t, it wasn’t until year three or four that I really decided to see, really dig in and understand therapy and realize that, it’s not just, I talk about the stroke less and less now. and just about life. It helps me every Monday. It’s a great start to my week. Bill Gasiamis (1:01:03) Man amazing start to your week. Well done. I love it that it’s every Monday Your where are you doing this recording from now, where are you? Lessons Learned: Recovery Insights for Stroke Survivors Ty Hawkins (1:01:14) Actually, I’m actually at work. ⁓ so I was able to return to work. ⁓ Fortunately, so I’m back with with Verizon ⁓ You know Emma in my sales role, so I was able to return to my career and In addition to my career being able to speak and do things like that. But currently I’m at work We’re getting ready to close up shop soon But they gave me the time because they they are very accommodating and understanding how important this is to me and they support me here on my journey. Bill Gasiamis (1:01:48) Wow. This episode is not sponsored by Verizon, but thank you Verizon for allowing this to happen, man. Yeah. We love it. All right. I really appreciate that. ⁓ sounds like the stroke incident has shaped your life in a meaningful way. Ty Hawkins (1:02:08) Yes, yes it has. would say I was a very selfish person before and I don’t mean that like ⁓ in a bad context. was I just thought about myself and my goals and not how my life could impact others. And after the stroke, just being, you know, given this story and seeing how I had no idea that me sharing that I had a stroke and My recovery would lead to a social media following and people looking to me for, you know, hope and inspiration that it was like, wow, you know, I’m actually am somebody that can impact. now it’s, you know, I live to help others. That’s why I continue to share almost seven years later and stay in touch with, with people and help try to provide resources that, you know, You know, just be a resource for people that go through this or loved ones, you know, to anybody who goes through this or any adversity, just to show, my story is a testament that, you know, adversity does hit, but you can make it through. You know, it starts with a mindset and a great community. And, you know, I’m very proud of my story and, know, where I am now and the person that I have become despite, you know, that unfortunate circumstance and event. Bill Gasiamis (1:03:37) Yeah, I’m with you, man. I love what you said about like, how you you’re impacting, you know, you’re aware of how you can impact people, we impact people all the time, negative, positive, whatever it is all the time, you may as well focus the needle towards positive. If you become aware of it, you know, it’s way better. You get much more reward than just being about yourself. I mean, what a Ty Hawkins (1:03:54) Yes. Bill Gasiamis (1:04:03) And I was the same, like we all kind of start there. You know, it’s about how do I succeed? How do I make the next dollar? How do I do this? How do I do that? And then at some point you shift. And for me, the catalyst was the strokes for you. It seems like it was the same thing. And the reward that I never thought I would get from shifting the needle towards helping other people has been way, way greater than anything I ever ⁓ focused on before. because it’s more of a global reward. It’s less of a focused, narrow reward, which is, know, money, car, house, you know, vacation. It’s now. a feedback loop from other people and I get messages on the podcast every single day on YouTube, emails, people going this episode really has made a difference to my life or I loved hearing that story from that person, know, the comments make it so worth doing. It is amazing. Ty Hawkins (1:05:03) Yes, yes, yeah, for me the message is hey, you know, your story helped me make it through or it helps me you serve as the inspiration and I don’t do it for that but it just helps. You know, it’s just good, a good feeling knowing that, you know, this isn’t in vain and that I’m able to impact people, especially in places that I’ve never
March 3, 2026; In spite of already plunging poll numbers, President Donald Trump can't seem to escape tensions bubbling up even within his own party. Nicolle Wallace unpacks the war on Iran with Anne Applebaum, Mark Mazzetti, Angelo Carusone, Gen. Steve Ande and Sen. Ruben Gallego. For more, follow us on Instagram @deadlinewh For more from Nicolle, follow and download her podcast, “The Best People with Nicolle Wallace,” wherever you get your podcasts.To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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”Vi spelar SO-lärarmetal. Glasögonormsrock!” Metalbandet Horndal från bruksorten med samma namn har gjort plattor om facklig kamp, nedlagda stålverk och tech-industrins törstiga demoner. Just nu spelar de in ett nytt album som handlar om arbetsplatsolyckor i stålindustrin. Låttitlarna blir i stil med Engulfed in Steel och Drowned in Tar. Brutalt. Horndals batterist Pontus Levahn och brorsan Henrik, textförfattare och sångare, tog en paus från studion för att gästa DJ 50 Spänn. De fick varsin inköpsbudget att spendera på varsitt håll, vilket innebär att det detta avsnitt innehåller dubbelt så många skivor och därmed blir två gånger roligare. Den musikaliska spännvidden är dessutom enorm. Grammofonen snurrar allt från flummig krishnajazz och progressiv kabaretmusik till äkta in-law country och nylonsträngad muzak från Brasilien. Och så testar vi hypnos! Vi pratar om vinnargitarrer, poverty metal, den legendariska Musik för Sex-skivan, jättedyra synth-intron, dubbla baskaggar, groupies som vill prata om postindustriell historia, hur MTV sabbade karriären för gubbar med skägg, hårdrocksdrömmar på Sunset Strip anno 1984, skivgrävarrealism, hängpungsmusik (och annan bluesrock), parnassen i Avesta, den hypnotiserade Ricky Bruchs världsrekord och någonstans i det hela ställs den retoriska frågan: vem skryter idag om sina Spandau Ballet-skivor? Tyvärr plockade en mikrofonkabel upp störningar, så just det här avsnittet låter lite mindre HiFi än vanligt. Men humöret och energin är det inget fel på. Välkomna in! Pontus och Henriks skivor Bethnal – Crash Landing [LP, 1978]Låt: Crash Landing Jim Reeves – Forever [2xLP, 1975]Låt: He’ll Have To Go 3rd Stage Alert – S/T [12″ EP, 1984]Låt: Adagio (For a Dead Soldier) Los Indios di Mayas – Maria Elena [LP, 1973]Låt: Maria Elena Brian Protheroe – Pick-Up [LP, 1975]Låt: Pick-Up Lars-Eric Uneståhl – Hypnos [LP, 1968]Spår: Rökavvänjning J.O.B. Orquestra – Open The Doors To Your Heart [LP, 1978]Låt: Govinda Billy Swan – I Can Help [LP, 1974]Låt: Don’t Be Cruel Steve Miller Band – Book of Dreams [LP, 1977]Låt: Threshold Roger Whittaker – The Very Best of Roger Whittaker Vol. 2 [2xLP, 1976]Låt: Mistral PS: Om du blir sugen på att veta mer om Lars-Eric Uneståhls Hypnos-LP så finns det sjukt nog ett litet radioprogram att lyssna på: Hypnos för hemmabruk. Samma sak gäller för historien om bandet Rasa: Äkta svensk krishnarock. Om du gillar vad du hör … … och har några korvören över – stöd gärna DJ 50 Spänn via Patreon! Varje liten donation hjälper till att hålla DJ 50 Spänn flytande i poddträsket. Den här podden är 100% independent och helt fri från reklam – let's keep it that way. Stort tack till alla hedervärda människor som redan supportar! DJ 50 Spänns patreon Relaterade avsnitt https://dj50spann.se/112-daniel-ekeroth/ https://dj50spann.se/197-rockenrollex/ https://dj50spann.se/196-sofia-bergstrom/ Så här lyssnar och prenumererar du på DJ 50 Spänn: DJ 50 Spänn hittar du i de flesta podd-appar för smartphone, surfplatta och dator. Sök bara efter ”DJ 50 Spänn” i poddappens sökfält. Glöm inte att prenumerera – då slipper du missa nya avsnitt. Om du behöver en address till själva RSS-feeden som berättar om nya avsnitt, kopiera den här: https://dj50spann.se/feed/podcast/. Du kan förstås också lyssna här på hemsidan. OBS! DJ 50 Spänn finns inte längre på Spotify. Använd en klassisk poddspelare istället. Du vet, en sådan som fanns långt innan det stora streamingbolaget började exploatera podcastvärlden. Det finns många att välja mellan. Följ DJ 50 Spänn på sociala medier, yeah? Jag finns på Instagram, Facebook och Bluesky. Utöver facebooksidan finns även följande facebookgrupper under DJ 50 Spänns paraply. Ansök om medlemskap redan idag. Tiokronorsvinyl DJ 50 SPÄNN – THE GROUP Försvenskat också! Streamingjättens Utmarker Den Inre Jukeboxen The Hans Edler Universe DJ50:– på Radio Viking 101,4 Varje lördag mellan klockan 11 och 12 sänder DJ 50 Spänn (AKA Tommie Jönsson) en musikmix med oborstad vinyl på Radio Viking som hörs över Ekerö och delar av Stockholmsområdet på frekvensen 101,4 MHz. Programmet går också att livelyssna på via radioviking.se eller valfri app för nätradio (Radio Garden Live rekommenderas, men det finns många andra). DJ 50 Spänn är en podd om musik på billig vinyl. I varje avsnitt får en musikintresserad gäst köpa begagnade skivor för en femtiolapp. Sedan pratar vi om det som musiken styr oss in på. Programledare, producent och ljuddesigner: Tommie Jönsson, radioproducent. Kolla gärna in mina radiodokumentärer Jakten på Fiskargubben (om hemligheten bakom den berömda kitschtavlan) och Rederietstjärnans dolda passion (om skådespelaren Gaby Stenbergs sköna insektsmusik). Webbguru för DJ50:- är Gunnar Lindberg Årneby. Kontakt: hej[at]dj50spann.se
THE CHINESE JUDGE AND THE MODERN LEGACY OF THE TRIAL Colleague Professor Gary J. Bass. Judge Mei Ju-ao represented China, striving to center the suffering of Asian peoples in the judgment before returning to a China engulfed by revolution. The trial's legacy remains volatile in modern Asia, exemplified by former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, whose grandfather, Kishi Nobusuke, was a suspected Class A war criminal released without trial. Abe and other conservatives scrutinized the tribunal as "victor's justice," symbolized by visits to the Yasukuni Shrine where war criminals are enshrined. This historical grievance continues to strain Japan's relations with China and Korea, keeping the war's memory alive in 21st-century politics. NUMBER 81934 TOKYO
Eoin Sheahan is joined by Pat Devlin in studio today after the announcement that he will depart Bray Wanderers after 40 years. He reflects on his memories of Bray, his own football career, and much more!Football on Off The Ball with William Hill
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TJH 900: Engulfed in Flames Today on episode 900 of the Jamhole, our heroes take a walk down memory lane, discuss addictions, a fire in Hong Kong, getting hit by a boulder, spy pigeons, and more! The Jamhole - Stay hungry, stay foolish.
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When the darkness reaches its Zenith And the moon floats high and white When the spirits scream And knife blades gleam It's…. Shortly After Midnight Hello fiends, and welcome to the darkest time of day. In this week's original story, we bring you, Engulfed, a dark, slow-burn story about a glance that turns into an obsession. What starts as a spark of connection becomes something dangerous, something that smolders beneath the surface until it can't be contained. Desire, loneliness, and fire. They all have one thing in common: once they start they're hard to control. Engulfed is a We Would Be Dead Production, written by Leslie Weidel and read by Jon Katity. Sound and score by Jon Katity, and sparkling prologue / epilogue commentary by cohosts Holly Knapp and Leslie Weidel. WWBD Merch Buy your WWBD swag here! Join the Conversation
Between June and September, Israeli authorities approved the construction of more than 20,000 housing units in the occupied West Bank, according to a UN report. They also ordered the demolition of 455 structures during the same period. In the Palestinian village of Umm al-Khair, tensions between Palestinians and Israeli settlers are a daily occurrence. Our France 2 colleagues report.
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In this episode of Historically Thinking, host Al Zambone speaks with historian Peter Fritzsche about his book "1942: When World War II Engulfed the Globe." The conversation explores how 1942 marked the transformation of regional conflicts into a truly global war, examining the unprecedented scale and movement of the conflict, the suffering and displacement of millions, and the ideological forces at play in every one of the warring powers. Key topics include the Holocaust, anti-colonial movements, industrial mobilization, and how the memory of World War II has been shaped by the specter of World War III.00:00 — Introduction: 1942 as a Pivotal Year05:16 — Movement and Kinetic Energy in 194207:54 — The Scale of World War II: Numbers Beyond Comprehension08:55 — Pearl Harbor and the Five Decisive Days12:28 — Hitler's Declaration of War on the United States15:09 — American Industrial Mobilization17:42 — Japanese Military Strategy and Pearl Harbor19:29 — Japanese American Internment22:34 — The Global Theater of War and Radio26:31 — The Fall of Singapore and Anti-Colonial Movements31:51 — Cross-Cutting Forces: India's Complex Independence Struggle33:55 — Trotzdem: Hitler's Ideology of Total War35:48 — 1942: The Year of the Holocaust39:52 — Ideological Coherence in World War II Armies43:17 — The Importance of Mail in Maintaining Morale46:11 — Richmond, California: The Second Gold Rush48:08 — The Philippines: Between Two Empires50:32 — Ukraine: Caught Between Empires53:56 — How World War III Obscured World War II
By the end of the Second World War, more than seventy million people across the globe had been killed, most of them civilians. Cities from Warsaw to Tokyo lay in ruins, and fully half of the world's two billion people had been mobilized, enslaved, or displaced.In 1942, historian Peter Fritzsche offers a gripping, ground-level portrait of the decisive year when World War II escalated to global catastrophe. With the United States joining the fight following Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, all the world's great powers were at war. The debris of ships sunk by Nazi submarines littered US beaches, Germans marauded in North Africa, and the Japanese swept through the Pacific. Military battles from Singapore to Stalingrad riveted the world. But so, too, did dramas on the war's home fronts: battles against colonial overlords, assaults on internal “enemies,” massive labor migrations, endless columns of refugees.With an eye for detail and an eye on the big story, Fritzsche takes us from shipyards on San Francisco Bay to townships in Johannesburg to street corners in Calcutta to reveal the moral and existential drama of a people's war filled with promise and terror.BUY THE BOOK
Tonight on The Last Word: Democrats eye an obscure law to force the release of the Epstein files. Also, Donald Trump pushes Texas gerrymandering to help House Republicans. Plus, the 60th anniversary of Medicare and Medicaid is marked by deep Trump-GOP cuts. And a former Navajo president launches a campaign to unseat Arizona GOP Rep. Eli Crane. Harry Litman, Heather Long, Rep. Julie Johnson, Rep. Glenn Ivey, Norm Ornstein, and Jonathan Nez join Jonathan Capehart.
Help us spread the Fatima Message, please donate to the Apostolate Today! » https://fatima.org/donate/We encourage you (and desperately need) regular monthly donors.Fatima Today, hosted by David Rodríguez and Monique Krawecki, demonstrates how Fatima remains the most important message of our time. View this episode at our website » https://fatima.org/category/fatima-today/Contact Us:» WEBSITE: https://www.fatima.org» PHONE: 1-800-263-8160» EMAIL: info@thefatimacenter.com» FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/Fatima-Center-95998926441» RUMBLE: https://rumble.com/c/c-1081881» YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/thefatimacenter» TWITTER: https://twitter.com/TheFatimaCenter» INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/the_fatima_center/The Fatima Center's mission is to ensure that the entire Message of Fatima is fully known, accurately understood, and deeply appreciated so that it may be followed by all.The Fatima Center has been faithful to this mission since it was founded by the late Father Nicholas Gruner in 1978. The Message of Fatima is the ONLY solution to the crisis in the Church and the world.
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In this special episode, listen to the first episode of CSIS's newest podcast, Echonomics that investigates how past economic events in Asia continue to impact U.S. policy today. In 1997, Thailand's currency collapsed, setting off a currency contagion that spread across Asia and threatened to take down several economies with it. Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Siwage Dharma Negara, Caroline Atkinson, and Paul Blustein discuss the origins of the crisis and the impact it had on markets across the region. Check out Echonomics here.
May 1982 in the South Atlantic. Argentine jets speed towards a British naval destroyer. On board the vessel, down in the communications room, Chris Howe waits with bated breath. In a matter of seconds his life will be thrown into the balance. Engulfed by flames, it'll take extraordinary bravery, and sheer luck, if he's to make it off the ship alive… A Noiser production, written by Luke Lonergan. For ad-free listening, bonus material and early access to new episodes, join Noiser+. Click the subscription banner at the top of the feed to get started. Or go to noiser.com/subscriptions If you have an amazing survival story of your own that you'd like to put forward for the show, let us know. Drop us an email at support@noiser.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On this week's episode of AvTalk, another round of tabloid journalism meets aviation incident as a FedEx bird strike and resulting engine fire lead to breathless headlines. Also this week, the FAA issues a set of Airworthiness directives aimed at the CFM56 engine nacelle, Boeing finishes rework on its 787 backlog, and Aer Lingus finally […] The post AvTalk Episode 310: “Engulfed in flames” appeared first on Flightradar24 Blog.
After a world-wide disaster, new rules take effect.Based on a post by barnabus, in 2 parts. Listen to the Podcast at Steamy Stories.Jolene was satisfied that she had done her duty. She lay the washcloth on the night stand. Without a word, she sat on the bed, removed her saddle shoes and bobby socks, then, naked, slid under the covers. Jim's erection was returning with a vengeance at the sight of this nude girl climbing into bed with him. Jim was ready, his arm extended to be beneath Jolene's head and around her shoulders. On her back, her breasts lost their definition, spreading and flattening. It had never occurred to Jim how much a good bra shapes and complements a woman's figure. Still, Jolene, the secret fantasy of every boy in school, had just climbed into his bed, and she had just given him her virginity. The streaks of blood he had found on his penis and thighs and Jolene's washcloth had confirmed that. He swelled with masculine pride knowing that he had been the man to pop Jolene's cherry! It was he, not her quarterback boyfriend, but he who had taken her virginity. He had hoped to fuck her today, but had only the faintest expectation that he might actually be her first! After all, she was beautiful and popular! Jim expected that Tom, her current boyfriend, or someone else would have claimed her maidenhead before today.The two talked for a while, saying little, but talking none the less.Finally, he boorishly put his hand on her breast. Jolene stiffened."They said we should do it several times to;"Jolene felt the tension in her stomach when she heard Jim's words. "I know," she replied.Jim was elated. Jolene had given him her virginity. She hadn't exactly fucked him; rather, she lay there on the bed and unresponsively let him fuck her which was as much as he could realistically expect. Then, he watched as she had removed the rest of her clothing and returned to his bed, naked, to do it again. Can life get any better than this? Yes! he decided openly allowing his fantasies to progress to the next step. It would be better if she fucked him back! But that was an unrealistic fantasy. 'Nice girls' would never actively participate in sex. They might permit it, but they would never initiate it and certainly never become the aggressor or even actively participate themselves.Jolene was determined to do her duty, even though the experience might not be everything she had hoped for and the man was not the partner she would have chosen. Replenishing the world's population was more important than her own personal likes and dislikes.As crude and inexperienced as Jim was, he was also a very perceptive man. He knew that their initial encounter had not been very satisfactory for Jolene And, if possible, he wanted to rectify that.Softly, gently, his hand caressed her breast and body, slowly exploring every place he could reach, but always watching to see if she liked it. Jolene was tense and nervous, even frightened. The memory of the pain of her deflowerment was still fresh in her memory. But slowly, she began to relax beneath his tender touch. There was an itch forming deep inside her, a small but definite fire growing in her belly. Was this the beginnings of passion that Jim was stirring up in her?Still holding her breast, Jim leaned over and kissed Jolene He was unskilled at kissing, but the kiss was gentle and although she lay unresponsive, there was a stirring in her loins and gradually she began to return the kiss, bringing her hand up behind Jim's head. Unconsciously, her vaginal muscles quivered with expectancy.Jim kissed her nose, her cheekbones, her forehead, and gradually worked his way downward, grazing her perky nipples, momentarily sucking on them before his kisses worked their way downward. Again, she tensed nervously, knowing that he would be kissing her; down there! He observed how she tensed up when he kissed the area below her soft stomach and closed in on her most intimate areas.As his kisses moved downward, the sheet moved with him, leaving her uncovered and exposed. Unconsciously, Jolene's hand covered her breasts, concealing them from view.With utmost care and tenderness, he kissed her fur-lined mound. As he continued kissing her pubis, he brought up his hand and barely inserted a single digit into her damp vagina ever so slightly penetrating her, but causing a spasm of shuddering from the blond cheerleader. Her long, slender legs separated, permitting better access to the finger and hand. His kisses continued, his shoulder moved between her knees and his tongue found her clitoris jolting a whimper from her.His finger moved very little, simply being a presence at the entrance of her womanhood while his darting tongue spurred her libido. The combination caused Jolene to rapidly become hot and bothered. She didn't love Jim. And she wasn't in love with him. So why was he generating this excitement, this thrill in her? It should be Tom touching her, not Jim!Soon, she was practically pumping her hips against his finger and tongue. Her breath was coming hard and fast, she raised her head looking down, momentarily distracted by her tingling, fully erect, nipples that were pointing straight up. Jim, who had moved his entire body between her thighs, looked up and she gave an embarrassed smile that looked both innocent and hungry at the same time. The agitation she felt from the magical effect his finger and tongue extended far beyond where they were actually touching, radiating throughout her pelvis, breasts and, indeed, her entire viscera.Overcome by stimulation, Jolene grabbed him by the hair and pulled his face upward so she could stop the maddening stimulus to her holy of holies. Her breasts flattened against his chest and her rock-hard nipples pressed into him as his weight settled on top of her, sandwiching her between his firm body and the mattress beneath her, but she didn't seem to mind. Their mouths met and Jolene could taste herself on his lips. She hesitated to kiss him.Jolene felt his penis at her opening. This time, he had found it without her help. He was erect and ready to penetrate her again. She was trembling with temptation and anticipation and she gasped as he moved between her velvet lips. She was more than ready for another union! Closing her eyes, she surrendered, relaxing her body and her vaginal muscles, and began to kiss him back. Still afraid, Jolene steeled herself as a delicious ache in her abdomen grew.It was like a soft electrical current running through her pelvis and up her spine! Once again, she froze, caught in the deep kiss she had instigated, yielding before the insidious pressure as he slowly entered her, at first, barely penetrating, but pushing in deeper with each very gentle thrust, proceeding slowly, one inch at a time. A tiny moan emerged into his mouth, smothered by her lips, as his penetration deepened.Jolene's well-lubricated vagina was still sore from the loss of her virginity, but there was almost no discomfort as he moved into her this time. The stimulation in her loins was growing as the kiss deepened. Her thighs presented no resistance as Jim slipped between them. Slowly, she shifted her hips until she felt Jim slip comfortably into her.Jim began a slow, rhythmic movement, filling her, then pulling out only to press into her again.(Jim was thankful he had found that book in the library that seriously talked about technique, and not simply flat out fucking. He was using some of the techniques mentioned in the book; and even with his lack of experience, he recognized Jolene's responses.)Jolene was surprised to find that her misgivings about joining in sexual intercourse with this geek were slowly eroding. He had said he was a virgin. So where had he learned to treat a woman like that? She realized that she was moving her hips in a steady rhythm matching the rhythm that Jim had established. Catching herself, she froze, but sensations she never thought possible were careening through her mind and body.When she realized that she was matching his rhythm a second time, she relaxed and let her body respond as it wanted to, moving her hips against his which allowed very real pleasures to overtake her. Her conscious kept reminding her what was 'right' and what she 'should' be doing. but this conflicted with her instinctive physical responses and her confusing emotions. Slowly, her body won out and Jolene began rocking her pelvis into Jim, acknowledging the feeling of having him inside of her, filling her, stimulating her desire. It was almost more than she could take.Jolene progressively became as fully aroused as she could imagine. Surrendering her ability to think clearly, the guilt she had felt having sex with a virtual stranger was replaced with anticipation and increased pleasure as her body became acclimated to being female and delighting in the joys of receiving physical love from this wonderful male. He had to be a wonderful man to make her feel like this.Jim grinned and pumped more urgently now, shifting forward, plunging his stiff cock deep into her tight, slick opening with each long, deliberate thrust. Jolene didn't even realize it when she started panting and making tiny animal noises. Jim stroked deeper, burying himself to the hilt inside her, each stroke making her moan softly. He felt his cock swelling inside the cheerleader, and his arousal caused him to become animal-like in his increasingly intense thrusting. He penetrated her deep and hard, driving her to loud moans of ecstasy.Jolene's response made Jim swell with male pride, and he pumped her even harder and faster. Fucking this beautiful cheerleader made him feel wonderful! The bed quaked with their passionate lovemaking as Jolene arched her back, whimpering and crying out while Jim pumped in piston-like rhythm. Slowly but surely, Jolene's once innocent and virtuous reserve was collapsing, and her once icy demeanor was melting away as her instinctive feminine needs were awakened by Jim's attentions and lovemaking. There was a satisfied look of euphoria and adoration on Jolene's face when Jim climaxed and once more she received his sperm inside of herChapter 4: Ah!Jolene had felt a strange excitement and frustration building within her. In many respects it reminded her of her first kiss. Or the emotions she felt when she first fell in love. She suspected it might be an orgasm building, but not yet achieved. But Jim had stopped before she could find out.She'd had sex twice now and hadn't received an orgasm. And how after three times she still had not had an orgasm, she was starting to wonder if something was wrong with her or if her girlfriends were just making stuff up. Maybe all of this stuff about orgasms was just stuff that people had made; Tiffany gasped and suddenly learned what all her girlfriends were talking about.Jolene had heard about orgasms, those mysterious, mystical experiences that older girls whispered about, but Jolene didn't know anyone who had experienced one. Nanette was her only close girlfriends who had 'gone all the way'. Several times, as a matter of fact, and with different boys. And Nanette had complained that once she slept with a boy, all he ever wanted to do was fuck! But Nanette also grumbled that she had never experienced an orgasm with a boy. And yet, this nerd, Jim, seemed to have Jolene teetering close to one. Then he came and he stopped. It was like Nanette had said: "when a boy's through, he's through!"Crudely speaking, Jolene had been given the assignment to fuck. And since Jim was her assigned 'mate', they were obviously going to continue fucking, at least for a while. Virtue and propriety were no longer considerations in Jolene's life, at least not in relationship to sex. And if she was going to fuck, Jolene wanted to orgasm, too! She deserved an orgasm! She wasn't going to be cheated out of an orgasm just because some man didn't make the effort. She was entitled to her orgasm! Why didn't he know how to give it to her?But she knew that was silly. If she didn't know how to achieve an orgasm, why should Jim know how to give her an orgasm. He had said that he was a virgin too, so how would he know?When his softening member slipped out of her, Jolene impatiently tried to urge Jim to make love to her again. She actually wanted to experience an orgasm and find out what it was really all about. But Jim became agitated and complained that he needed time to 'recharge', whatever that meant. When she grasped his manhood and tried squeezing and pulling, she was surprised that there was no response. Jim explained that it took a man a period of time before he could regain an erection."How long?" she demanded. Jim didn't know.Petulant, Jolene lay back to wait. Strangely, she had never even though about orgasming when she had been with Tom in the back seat of his Jeep.Jim was somewhat shocked by the 'new Jolene'. This was not the prim and proper Jolene he had seen at school for years. It was not the shy and submissive Jolene of his fantasies. Still, he had wanted Jolene to fuck him back. And that was exactly what she had done. Now she showed every inclination to actively fuck him without reservation. So, why not?He had also been surprised when she pouted and pulled away whenever she didn't get what she wanted or whenever things didn't work out the way she wanted. He had never seen this side of her before, and it wasn't very attractive.But Jim was young and virile, so it wasn't long before he began growing larger and harder in her hand.Jolene felt it first. Then her eyes were drawn to that shaft in her hand that was slowly, much too slowly, rising."Now?" she asked, almost eagerly. "Again?"Without prompting, she spread her knees wide and licked her full red lips as Jim crawled between her legs. Jim was afraid of this new Jolene: would he be good enough for her? It was one thing to simply stick his cock in a girl's pussy and shoot his wad. The responsibility of doing whatever was necessary to please her was intimidating and scary as hell.Jolene, with heart hammering, still holding is penis in her hand, guided him straight to her womanhood where he paused, savoring the moment, but also dreading it.Not knowing what to do, he decided to try every option he could remember from the book. It was frightening, and a tremendous responsibility. And it would be much more work than fun.Jim started by sucking and gnawing on her neck. Jolene rolled her head from side to side and sobbed. He bit her earlobe, unfortunately much too hard, and she cried out. It hurt her, but it excited her also and she didn't want to do anything to interfere with the excitement.Jim nibbled and kissed his way down until he found a nipple. Jolene moaned when he sucked hard, almost filling his mouth with her breast. Lustful pleasure transfused her as her breast distended, reforming itself to the contours of his mouth. She was twisting and turning beneath him, but she made no attempt to escape him. Desire was burning inside of her, her womanhood yearned for sex. The pure, prim and proper Jolene, the captain of the cheer leading team, was aching to be fucked!Jim moved from one breast to the other, sucking her nipples, making them harden with each intake into his mouth. Then, her senses crashed through the ceiling as, unexpectedly, he slipped a single finger barely into her pussy. Unbidden, Jolene's juices poured into his hand and Jolene started panting at his unexpected, but intensely erotic intrusion.Still holding his penis, she pulled him toward her. The teasing finger disappeared and she felt something large and rubbery separate her feminine folds.She began to stroke his shaft and held her breath as he mounted her. She was utterly helpless and vulnerable as his weight settled on top of her. Then she gave a squeal of sexual excitement and lust as the now familiar cock moved into her already hot pussy She gave a gasp, then sobbed as he moved deeper, stretching her wider than she could have imagined. Gasping, Jolene was filled like she never imagined she would be filled.For a minute, she kept her hand between them, feeling his penis as it moved into and out of her, receiving the double sensation of feeling with her hand what her body was experiencing.She removed her hand and clutched him to her pressing her soft mountains of flesh into his chest and he buried his cock to the hilt.From his first entry, her body responded. Jolene whimpered as his penis began to repeatedly press into her increasingly hot body. She responded to every thrust. His thrusts became stronger, more masterful, building a sexual heat within her beyond anything she could ever have imagined. Waves of pleasure made her back arch and she sighed in sheer delight!This was the road to orgasm. Jolene was getting what she wanted. Why, then, was she so surprised that she was receiving it? Smiling, she let her head lie back 'Savor it,' she told herself. 'Don't analyze it! Let it go. Enjoy it! Let it go!'Jim was desperately trying to read her responses, trying to observe what pleased her, what satisfied her. He had cum twice. He wanted to give her the same satisfaction that he had enjoyed.He watched her beautiful face and grinned when he saw her smile and heard her sighing in sexual bliss.Jolene's luscious body was building on the arousal of their last attempt at lovemaking. She suspected the orgasm that she wanted so much was coming. "I can't believe what your cock is doing to me," she gasped out, and immediately she felt Jim's manhood harden even more as she uttered the 'dirty words'.Her hips were thrusting into his as hard as he was thrusting into her. She was giving Jim the ride of his life! the book had told Jim. Having left behind her initial virginal reluctance and reserve Jolene throw herself into the act of love with wild abandon. She had no reservations this time and she actively joined in. Arching her back, she pressed her breasts into Jim's hands when he fondled her. His lips on her nipples sent the most wonderful sensations throughout her entire body. She was so intent on seeking her orgasm that she no longer cared who she was with. Her pleasure increased as she totally accepted Jim as her mate. Remembering what she had done earlier and what had excited her, Jolene ventured further into unexplored territory. She used every thrust as an experiment to try to find how she could to shift her body to achieve more stimulation. Every time he thrust into her, she responded, moving her hips, trying to position them so that, selfishly, she would receive the greatest stimulation.Jim, having the gratification of already fucking Jolene twice, concentrated on the lessons he had learned in that book, paying constant attention to her, listening to her responses, observing what she did, doing whatever he sensed pleased her.Panting hard, Jolene immersed herself in the warm excitement washing through her. It was more intense than anything she had ever experienced and Jolene's libido exploded to unbelievable proportions. Jim was doing new and wonderful things to her. Her sexual energy was sizzling and she was squirming and tingling in all the right places!Poor Jim struggled to keep up with Jolene's incredibly self-absorbed efforts. It was only Jim's youthful stamina that gave him the energy, and the fact that he had already climaxed twice that gave him the 'staying power' to meet Jolene's demands, working with her as she frantically pursued the much desired orgasm.Jolene barely heard the sensual words he whispered in her ear, lost in her own storm of sexual heat and lust. Her whole body ached as his cock drove her toward orgasm. She closed her eyes.He clutched her breasts, rolling her nipples between his fingers as he pressed deeply into her womanhood: The womanhood that felt like a vice of soft flesh clamped around him.And suddenly, without warning, Jim's golden haired mate thrashed and screamed as the tingling in her breasts turned into the illusive orgasm, claiming her, convulsing through her enthusiastic body. Jolene's face transformed into an expression of euphoria and adoration. She latched her heels behind his knees, to pull her pubis against his. Her fingers clawed at his back as she arched her spine and screeched with pleasure. Engulfed in an ultimate will-breaking orgasm, Jolene felt nothing but hunger and lust, pleasure and debauchery. She came over and over, screaming and sobbing in lust filled paroxysms that couldn't possibly be reality. She thrust over and over onto the cock that had made her cum.The huge orgasm shook her soft body and Jolene wailed. Arching into him, she screamed as her orgasmic spasms continued.Jim pounded all the harder, wanting to make her climax again, even though his own cock was ready to explode. Filled with his own lust, he grabbed her hips so that he could drive into her even more powerfully."Yes!" Jim yelled and he came with a loud howl. He shot his load deep into her. They were both bucking and twisting in erotic pleasure.Jolene felt his cum filling her and she screamed as yet another gigantic climax claimed her. Stars and fireworks exploded as her body pulsed and spasmed.Completely energized by Jolene's display of wanton passion, Jim pumped yet another load of milky semen deep into her, his climax overlapped hers. Her muscles tightened, milking him. And an unexpected, delicious feeling sweep over Jim.Finally, the wonderful, mutual climax ran its course and both teens slumped into the bed. Jolene, panting and sobbing, lay there quivering and helpless. There was nothing clear in her mind except that never before had she experienced more pleasure and satisfaction.Jim rolled to the side, relieving her of his weight but still holding her tightly, and listened to her pants and sobs. Ever so gently, he caressed her sweaty body.Jolene smiled, her eyes focused on infinity. She was filled with a profound sense of satisfaction.The two lovers lay entwined, sweating, puffing and pantingJim felt secret delight in his blatant corruption of the captain of the cheer leading squad. His wish had been simply to fuck Jolene this afternoon. The fact that she had become so passionately aggressive exponentially increased the intense pleasure he was already enjoying. And with the eagerness she had displayed, combined with his youth and stamina, he suspected he probably could fuck her at least two or three more times more this afternoon before hitting his limit.As they both came down from their post coital highs, Jolene was frightened by the wanton libido and passion that had been released within her. Her passion was burning so hot that she was afraid of where it might lead. She didn't kn
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12/6/2024 | Today's daily devotional by C. H. Spurgeon on SermonAudio: Title: "Through," Not Engulfed Subtitle: Faith's Checkbook by Spurgeon Speaker: C. H. Spurgeon Broadcaster: Prince of Preachers Event: Audiobook Date: 12/6/2024 Bible: Isaiah 43:2 Length: 1 min.
Subscribe for $5.99 a month to get bonus content most Mondays, bonus episodes every month, ad-free listening, access to the entire 700-episode archive, Discord access, and more: https://axismundi.supercast.com/ Los Angeles Event: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1027970416187?aff=oddtdtcreator San Diego Event: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1030505227877?aff=oddtdtcreator In this episode of Spirit & Power: “Election Predictions for November 5th (and beyond)'” Dr. Leah Payne is joined by Elle Hardy, an independent journalist who has followed the neo-charismatic movement around the globe and documented it in her book, Beyond Belief: How Pentecostal Christianity is Taking Over the World, and returning guests Dr. Flavio Hickel Jr., Dr. Erica Bryand Ramirez, and Karrie Gaspard-Hogewood. Less than a week away from a highly anticipated election day, how will charismatics and Pentecostals in the United States make their voices known on November 5th and in the days that follow? This week's guests make their 2024 election predictions. Resources & Links: Flavio Hickle Jr. Born-again Christians are less Southern Baptist than they used to be Some Latinos say immigrants hurt their social status, research shows “The Future of “Born-Again Evangelicalism” Is Charismatic and Pentecostal,” Fanhao Nie, Ph.D., Flavio Rogerio Hickel Jr., Leah Payne, Tarah Williams, Ph.D. for the Public Religion Research Institute Erica Ramirez The Christian sect that has always cheered on Donald Trump Church-Hopping In Texas The real ghouls? The Evangelical Voter Elle Hardy Beyond Belief: How Pentecostal Christianity Is Taking Over the World Demons be gone: meeting America's new exorcists Australian Christian group fights claim it was linked to leader of Kenya starvation massacre doomsday cult The Right-Wing Christian Sect Plotting a Political Takeover The Sexual Abuse Scandal That's Engulfed the Evangelical Movement The Global Rise of Narco-Pentecostalism Leah Payne The Trump Shall Sound: Politics, Pentecostals, and the Shofar at the Capitol Riots President Trump's Hidden Religious Base: Pentecostal-charismatic Celebrities with Erica Ramirez God Gave Rock and Roll to You: a History of Contemporary Christian Music Karrie Gaspard-Hogewood Analysis in The Guardian, the Washington Post, and Religion News Service. Linktree: https://linktr.ee/StraightWhiteJC Order Brad's book: https://bookshop.org/a/95982/9781506482163 Check out BetterHelp and use my code SWA for a great deal: www.betterhelp.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
What would you do if you woke up after a crash and you were trapped in a burning car with seconds left to get out? That is the story of Sam Orbovich who was faced with that exact situation. This episode I speak with Sam about his ordeal and about the people who stopped to help rescue him from that burning car. All that and more on the Driving You Crazy Podcast. Contact: https://www.denver7.com/traffic/driving-you-crazy 303-832-0217 or DrivingYouCrazyPodcast@Gmail.com Jayson: twitter.com/Denver7Traffic or www.facebook.com/JaysonLuberTrafficGuy WhatsApp: https://wa.me/17204028248 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/denver7traffic Hearts of Heroes: https://www.heartsofheroes.com/ Video from GMA of the rescue: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLZBYKasfuk Car escape tool: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CGMGNJ3V Production Notes: Open music: jazzyfrenchy by Bensound Close music: Latché Swing by Hungaria
Engulfed with jealousy, Kaya tries to thwart Miyo's engagement to Kiyoka. Miyo leaves the house and forgets to bring the good luck charm Kiyoka gave her. Miyo wakes up to her sister and stepmother threatening her; together with Koji, Kiyoka arrives at the Saimori home and demands to see his fiancée. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/otakuology/support
Eating the right food can prevent disease or slow down the effects of a disease we already have. Learn how to read labels and shop wisely for whole foods. Show notes and resources: https://bit.ly/3N2HpkP What does research have to say about processed vs whole foods, and how do you make the best choices?Diet may be destiny when it comes to our health. If we switch from eating the Standard American Diet to one that is higher in whole plant foods, such as fruits and vegetables, we may lower our risk of developing certain diseases.How Can the Right Foods Affect Health?Realistic changes of diet and lifestyle may prevent most heart disease, stroke, diabetes, colon cancer, and smoking-related cancers. Food may not exactly be medicine, but eating the right food is one of the best ways to prevent disease or slow down the effects of a disease we already have. We talk about In this Episode:04:06 – Celebrating a Supercentarian and the Research to Learn from their Lifestyles07:48 – Recipe of the Week: Copycat Samoa Girl Scout Cookies09:38 – Improving Our Chances of Long Life by Choosing the Right Foods35:11 – Will Our Planet Someday be Engulfed by the Sun?39:38 – OutroSupport the showGet show notes and resources at our website: every1dies.org. Facebook | Instagram | YouTube | mail@every1dies.org
Engulfed in the horrorcore scene, 20-year-old Richard McCroskey made a name for himself, singing about satanism, suicide, murder, and rape online. After releasing songs titled “Murderous Rage,” “Infamy,” and “I Kill People for Real,” Richard made some internet friends of the same ilk. When Richard traveled halfway across the country to meet those friends in person, he learned that sometimes life imitates art.
Support my grassroots journalism. Pledge. All links here: https://linktr.ee/shepardambellasIn this urgent episode of the Shepard Ambellas Show, Shepard dives into the alarming situation unfolding across the United States as cities and towns are overwhelmed by unprecedented floodwaters. With critical infrastructure under siege, lives and homes are at risk, and the government's response is raising serious questions. Is this a natural disaster or something more sinister? Shepard unpacks the latest updates, eyewitness reports, and expert analysis to uncover what's happening. Tune in as we explore the potential long-term impacts on communities and what this could mean for the future of America.Visit Sqauk Official Sitehttps://sqauk.com/
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There's a lot of controversy in the sports betting world, an NBA player has been linked to a potential fix, Ohtani spoke yesterday and nothing has really been clarified. there are many juicy theories.
It's Monday, March 25th, A.D. 2024. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard at www.TheWorldview.com. I'm Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com) By Adam McManus Boston pastor's family trapped in Haiti amid violence and civil unrest A pastor from Boston is trying to evacuate his family from Haiti in the midst of chaotic civil unrest, reports The Christian Post. Pastor Dieufort Fleurissaint has two sisters and 10 nieces and nephews who have been unable to escape from Haiti amid an increase in violence that has led to thousands being displaced from their homes in recent weeks. He talked with NBC10 Boston. FLEURISSAINT: “No one is safe in Haiti. God is the only protection they have. They're afraid even just to come to the phone and speak with me. It's much better for them to send me a text or WhatsApp." Fleurissaint, who runs a nonprofit charity that helps Haitians, said that he has tried for over a year to get his family into America. On Friday, March 8th, gangs launched a coordinated, large-scale attack on government buildings in the capital of Port-au-Prince. A source, who spoke with ABC News, reports that various gangs targeted different buildings, including the Presidential Palace, the Interior Ministry, and a police headquarters. This resulted in gangs and police engaging in gun battles, sending civilians fleeing the area. The Presidential Palace hasn't been occupied since the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse in 2021. The recent uptick in violence began after armed groups conducted raids on two of the country's largest prisons, freeing thousands of inmates. Port-au-Prince is under a complete state of emergency. When Pastor Fleurissaint was last on the phone with his relatives in Haiti, he heard gun shots in the background. FLEURISSAINT: “I was very terrified by that situation. The shootings were happening. It's a very sad situation, but knowing that I can't do much at this point, all I have to do is just to have faith and continue to pray.” Psalm 82:4 contains a prayer you can pray for the vulnerable right now in Haiti. “Rescue the weak and the needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked.” Muslim massacre in Russian concert hall claims 133 lives (sound effect of shooting) Those are the sounds of gun shots by Muslim terrorists this past Friday night inside a packed Moscow concert hall, armed with guns and incendiary devices, as they opened fire at random during a Picnic concert, killing 133 people and injuring hundreds more, reports CNN. Panicked eyewitnesses captured on video the exact moment that Muslim gunmen, dressed in camouflage fatigues and carrying automatic weapons, started shooting indiscriminately. Then, the attackers doused the building in chemicals and threw a Molotov cocktail. One eyewitness said, “Everything was set on fire.” The Islamic State group's Afghanistan affiliate claimed responsibility. And Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy strongly denied any involvement. U.S. intelligence officials confirmed the claim by the Islamic group. Thus far, 11 people have been arrested. The assault came two weeks after the U.S. Embassy in Moscow issued a notice urging Americans to avoid crowded places in view of “imminent” plans by extremists to target large Moscow gatherings, including concerts, reports the Associated Press. Russian President Vladimir Putin did not mention the Islamic State in his speech to the nation. Zelenskyy accused him and other Russian politicians of falsely linking Ukraine to the assault to stoke fervor for Russia's war in Ukraine, which recently entered its third year. The Russian concert massacre is one of the worst terrorist acts in Russia's modern history, surpassing the casualty number of the hostage crisis at Moscow's Dubrovka Theater in 2002, where 130 people died. GOP House bill funds late-term abortions and “gay” garden parties The massive spending bill presented by House Republican leaders is filled with millions of dollars in funding for homosexual groups — including $845,000 for homosexual garden parties and art shows in Colorado, reports Christian talk show host Todd Starnes. The House Freedom Caucus is urging all Republican lawmakers to reject the bill. The conservative Republicans also uncovered millions of dollars to fund late-term abortions in several New England states. The House Freedom Caucus asked, “Is Pelosi in charge?” Republican Rep. Chip Roy of Texas spoke from the floor of the House. ROY: “Anyone who votes for this bill today will be supporting $156,000 for the Hartford Gay and Lesbian Health Collective, $2 million in Oregon clinic that provides hormone therapy for kids, $850,000 for gay senior housing in Massachusetts, $400,000 for the Briar Patch Youth Services in Wisconsin that has gender-affirming clothing program for kids 13 to 18, $400,000 to the Garden State of quality education fund which helps minors transition genders, promote biological boys playing girls sports, and using the same restrooms. “How about the million dollars for the inner city Muslim network which calls for the destruction of Israel? My Republican colleagues, who will campaign against it all year -- they will, they're voting to fund it today, unless they choose the right path and vote against it. This is The Swamp acting what it does: Have government funding expire on the Friday before a two-week recess, heading into Easter, so that the American people are the ones left holding the bag.” Todd Starnes rightly proclaimed, “If Colorado gays want to host garden parties, they can buy their pansies and Cosmopolitans with their own credit cards.” School bus driver saves kids before it's engulfed in flames And finally, a Louisiana school bus driver is being hailed a hero after rescuing children just moments before her bus caught fire. Kia Rousseve, age 28, saved nine children the morning of March 13. She told Good Morning America her quick-thinking actions came after the bus started acting strangely. ROUSSEVE: “The bus started acting crazy and started jerking and going real, real slow.” She immediately pulled over — and that's when she realized something was very wrong. A bystander ran over to tell her about flames coming from the bus. ROUSSEVE: “I have a child, so I treated them kids like they were my own child. We could have lost our lives. That's what I've been thinking about every time I'm looking at the pictures and while my seat was the first thing that caught on fire.” Rousseve said, “I'm just happy and glad that God was with me and I got the kids off the bus and got myself off the bus.” Philippians 4:13 says, “I can do all this through Him who gives me strength.” ROUSSEVE: “I was just glad that I was being a hero to the kids and being a hero to myself by getting them off the bus real quickly.” Close And that's The Worldview in 5 Minutes on this Monday, March 25th in the year of our Lord 2024. Subscribe by iTunes or email to our unique Christian newscast at www.TheWorldview.com. Or get the Generations app through Google Play or The App Store. I'm Adam McManus (Adam@TheWorldview.com). Seize the day for Jesus Christ.
Welcome back to another episode of the Online Warriors Podcast! This week we discuss what's happening in gaming, movies, and television! - Mr. Beast Prime Gameshow (6:19) - Nobody Wants to Die Game (14:55) - Harold and the Purple Crayon Movie (25:15) Then we talk about what the gang has been up to: - Nerdbomber watches The Hunger Games: A Balad of Songbirds and Snakes (34:30) - Illeagle watches Schindler's List and The Sopranos and reads When you are Engulfed in Flames and starts Dark Matter (40:39) - Techtic watches Ricky Stanicky (44:17) Finally, we get into some Nanalan Trivia (45:14) Special shoutout to our Patreon Producer: Steven Keller We'd like to thank each and every one of you for listening in every week. If you'd like to support the show, you can drop us a review on your favorite podcast platform or, if you're feeling extra generous, drop us a subscribe over at Patreon.com/OnlineWarriorsPodcast. We have three tiers of subscriptions, each of which gives you some awesome bonus content! As always, we appreciate you tuning in, and look forward to seeing you next week! Stay safe and healthy everyone! Find us all over the web: Online Warriors Website: https://www.onlinewarriorspodcast.com Online Warriors Twitter: https://twitter.com/onlinewarriors1 Illeagle's Twitter: https://twitter.com/OWIlleagle86 Nerdbomber's Twitter: https://twitter.com/OWNerdbomber Techtic's Twitter: https://twitter.com/OWTechtic Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/onlinewarriorspodcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/onlinewarriorspodcast/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwOwzY6aBcTFucWEeFEtwIg Merch Store: https://teespring.com/stores/onlinewarriorspodcast
Haiti's powerful gangs which control more than 80 percent of the capital Port-au-Prince have already voiced their opposition to the transitional presidential council. They warned they will continue to attack government targets unless an interim administration acceptable to them is created. We ask a former minister recently appointed by the council how the country can be saved from collapse. Antony Blinken has warned that Gaza's entire population is facing acute food insecurity. We hear from one of the aid agencies and an Israeli spokesperson about the humanitarian situation in Gaza. Also in the programme: we speak to the singer of the anarchist band Chumbawumba who refuses his music to be associated with right-wing political parties; and we ask the mayor of Yellowknife in Canada how she is preparing for wildfire season. (Photo: Haiti's National Penitentiary on fire, in Port-au-Prince Credit: REUTERS/Ralph Tedy Erol)
S10E255: Bloody Guys In the world of AI, ranked cult classics, embarrassing hobbies, bloody guys, foods banned in the US, facts of the week, and heavy metal for your filthy earballs! (00:00:00) - Intro (00:00:56) - Main Breaker, SONG: Ludicrous Speed (00:03:58) - Ivy Gardens, SONG: Boner (00:09:25) - Conversation 1 (00:16:16) - Ossilegium, SONG: Nightborn (00:21:16) - Slug Gore, SONG: The Deadly Spawn (00:23:45) - Angmodnes, SONG: The Hours (00:34:40) - Conversation 2 (00:44:06) - Grandma's Pantry: Old Wainds, SONG: Born In The Freezing Dark (00:48:05) - Conversation 3 (00:59:00) - Olamot, SONG: Soul Harvest (01:02:26) - Antagonyze, SONG: Paradoxical Panic Essence (01:07:35) - Dawn of Existence, SONG: Satan Spacelord (01:12:02) - Conversation 4 (01:18:26) - Grindpad, SONG: Yakuza Finger Collector Crew (01:21:55) - Engulfed, SONG: In the Abyss of Death's Obscurity (01:26:34) - Pentagram, SONG: The Portal
In this episode Sr. Josephine sits down with fellow Catholic podcaster and speaker Gloria Purvis to learn about the deep hope that has guided and inspired Gloria's life. This conversation is a treat -- an intimate, tender conversation between dear friends. Follow Gloria on instagram @iamgloriapurvis. This episode is sponsored by Sacred Heart Major Seminary. Visit shms.edu/online to learn more. Journey to a new depth of hope, even in seemingly impossible circumstances, with Sr. Josephine in her new book HOPE: An Invitation. Available at osvcatholicbookstore.com. Discover more ways to live, learn, and love your Catholic faith at osvpodcasts.com. Sharing stories, starting conversations.Learn more about Sr. Josephine at: https://nazarethcsfn.org/https://www.instagram.com/sr_josephine/
My special guest is author Andy Hall, who's here to discuss the tragic events surrounding climbers who planned to summit Denali. In the summer of 1967, twelve young men ascended Alaska's Mount McKinley—known to the locals as Denali. Engulfed by a once-in-a-lifetime blizzard, only five made it back down. Andy Hall, a journalist and son of the park superintendent at the time, was living in the park when the tragedy occurred and spent years tracking down rescuers, survivors, lost documents, and recordings of radio communications. In Denali's Howl, Hall reveals the full story of the expedition in a powerful retelling that will mesmerize the climbing community and anyone interested in mega-storms and man's sometimes deadly drive to challenge the forces of nature. New Disappearances on Denali: Two climbers missing in Alaska's Denali National Park are presumed dead, officials say It's super easy to access our archives! Here's how: iPhone Users: Access Mysterious Radio from Apple Podcasts and become a subscriber there, or if you want access to even more exclusive content, join us on Patreon. Android Users: Enjoy over 800 exclusive member-only posts to include ad-free episodes, case files, and more when you join us on Patreon. Please copy and Paste our link in a text message to all your family members and friends! We'll love you forever! (Check out Mysterious Radio!)
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In 1848, a tidal wave of revolution swept across Europe – from Sicily to Paris, Berlin to Vienna. But what sparked this cascade of unrest, and how can we explain its apparent synchronicity? Speaking to Matt Elton, Christopher Clark charts the causes of the uprisings, and explores the consequences on the continent in the following decades. (Ad) Christopher Clark is the author of Revolutionary Spring: Fighting for a New World 1848-1849 (Penguin, 2023). Buy it now from Waterstones: https://go.skimresources.com?id=71026X1535947&xcust=historyextra-social-histboty&xs=1&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.waterstones.com%2Fbook%2Frevolutionary-spring%2Fchristopher-clark%2F9780241347669 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
After almost a decade of fighting, civil war in Yemen has caused one of the world's worst humanitarian crises. Nawal Al-Maghafi is a Special Correspondent with the BBC who has been reporting on the Middle East since 2012. She explains to Claire Graham how this complex war began between government backed forces and the Houthi rebels.
As the fire rages and traffic on the main roads out of Paradise comes to a standstill, firefighters realize evacuation is no longer a viable option. First responders race to locate places of refuge within the town, where trapped civilians and other firefighters can wait out the fire as safely as possible. Meanwhile, other residents and firefighters find themselves stuck in gridlock, with nowhere to go as the flames close in.Listen early and ad free with Wondery+. Join Wondery+ for exclusives, binges, early access, and ad free listening. Available in the Wondery App https://wondery.app.link/againsttheodds.INDEED - Start hiring now with a $75 job credit at indeed.com/THEODDSALLBIRDS - Find your new favorite shoe at allbirds.comSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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