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Lowe's Hardware committed an Act of War against the Hare McDonald house.I've got a new toilet and a new pool in my dining room but I'M GONNA BE OKOne of my favorite humans and my favorite San Antonio Stand-UpsCairi Reyes joins me this episodeWe talk Dating Multiple Partners during COVID, How to Send a Proper Dick Pic, and her favorite Serial Killers.FOLLOW CAIRI ON INSTAGRAM

Welcome to another episodeWe are jumping back into an interview in progress with portrait painter Frank Ordaz. What jumped out at me during part 2 of this interview is the positive mindset Frank maintains, especially when he takes on new challenges. He assumes success, an it looks like his strategy is one we can all learn from.I’m repeating Frank’s bio here for your convenience, but if you haven’t yet listened to part 1, you may want to go back and listen to that first. You can find it at passionatepainterpodcast.com/episode39.BIOFrank P. Ordaz grew up in Southern California . At the age of 12 he studied with portrait artist Theodore N. Lukits. It was at the Lukits academy that Frank was introduced to the academic method of painting from plaster casts and from life. He was later mentored by landscape painter Sam Hyde Harris who was noted for his tonal quality of light. Frank attended the University of Southern California and graduated from the Art Center College of Design in 1980. He began painting for George Lucas’s Special Effects Company Industrial Light and Magic where he worked on such Oscar winning motion pictures as E.T. and Return of the Jedi . In 1986 he was recognized with an Emmy for his matte paintings in the Ewok Movie. His painting style is heavily influenced by his time working on cinematic movie features. He has continued the tradition of early California Artists in painting in the field and learning firsthand the qualities and mysteries of Light. Frank also has a passion for Art History and the artists place in the continued evolution of painting Styles. His paintings are a celebration of life and the profound influence of light in animating our emotions and responses to our environment. Painting, for Ordaz, has a spiritual and philosophical component . His portrait faces explore the identities of his subjects trying to go beyond the surface of skin and his landscapes are metaphors for the vastness of space that is ever changing yet captured and bound in a painting. His work harkens back to the Romantic Movement where the response is more than intellectual, but something that smacks you in the gut; where paint is translated to rock or flesh or sky. What a triumph of human invention is painting!CONTACT FRANK:Email: ursusgeewiz@gmail.comWebsite: https://Ordazart.comFacebook (optional): https://www.facebook.com/frankordazartYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/FrankOrdaz7

Patrick Huerta, host of the BarbacoaCore Podcast joins me for this episodeWe talk music, touring, why we started doing podcasts, and what it was like jumping into comedy late in life after spending our 20s and 30s doing live music.Pat's podcast is available on SpotifyApple PodcastsYoutube

Cannabis as a medical therapy can be a tough idea for some to wrap their heads around, after decades of being told it's a harmful drug.Cannabis as a medical therapy can be a tough idea for some to wrap their heads around, after decades of being told it's a harmful drug. So what are the benefits of using cannabis in a medical setting, what's the difference between cannabis and hemp, should you smoke it or eat it? We'll break this all down for you in today's episodeWe have one of the leading experts in the fast-growing industry of cannabis therapeutics joining Dr. Susanne today. His is Dr. Jordan Tishler, a Harvard-trained cannabis specialist, CEO/CMO of inhaleMD, a Boston-based patient-focused clinical practice and has also practiced for the Boston Veterans’ Administration for 15 years.Listen as the doctors discuss the differences between marijuana, CBD & hemp, the best ways to take cannabis for the best results, and how dosing works.

A Word Of Warning: Adult content and explicit language in this episodeWe are getting closer and closer to the release of the X-Men and Brotherhood models in November. AMG revealed both Toad and Magneto's character cards and we talk all about these new models. Todd and Chris recap a local event and we answer your listener questions on this week's episode!We are announcing a special giveaway! Thanks to Todd and Total Access Games, we are giving away 5 Vibranium Heist Kits to our amazing fans. We are giving away 3 kits on social media. To enter, like our Facebook page! Leave a review of the podcast for a second entry!We are giving away a kit on this weeks Twitch stream with Todd vs Lanza (Wednesday evening approx 4PM CST/ 5pm EST)We are giving away a kit during the finals match of the TTS League Season 3. We will be streaming the finals and giving away 1 Heist Kit to one lucky viewer.A few stipulations for these kits.We are shipping to USA only for 4 of these kits. (Social media and the Todd vs Lanza stream)The TTS League Finals Kit, we will ship worldwide.More TURN ZER0 GAMING content:TTS League Top 8 match! UtilityCookie versus JzuccolloTTS League Top 8 match! CoffeyTime versus Morgan ReidMagneto's card was revealed and we unpacked his character and tools on the TURN ZER0 GAMING Blog!Check out TURN ZER0 Gaming:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/turnzer0gamingDiscord: https://discord.gg/fgZ2A9W Articles: https://totalaccessgames.com/blogs/turn-zer0-gaming

This episode of Faith Made Welcome wraps up our series on the intersections and relationship between faith and science. For today’s episode, we turn our attention to social science and creation care.  What does it mean to take care of the world we live in?  What does this mean, specifically for a Christian community? What does it mean when we consider that we ourselves are part of creation and also require care? In this episode, Marty, Cheri and Paul join with CBC deacon Dr. Dan Edwards to discuss what it means to be good stewards to our planet, our community and even to ourselves. We look forward to continuing this conversation with the members and friends of CBC and the Faith Made Welcome podcast!   About Our Guest Dr. Dan EdwardsFather. Son. Friend. Child Psychologist. Trivia Team hanger-on. Cyclist. CBC-er. (Recovering Evangelical). Fact Checker. OG Cheapskate Dad.  Famous Quotes: 'We'll just have ice water.' 'We can survive without cable.' 'There's lots more peanut butter in that jar, people' (*digs it out of the trash*... etc.). Scripture Mentioned this EpisodeToday’s episode features a lot of indirect references to scripture. Here’s where you can read more about the passages we discuss:Genesis 1:26Exodus 16Deuteronomy 22: 9-10Mark 12:31Genesis 32: 22-32Philippians 4:6-71 Corinthians 15:31Luke 8:46Luke 6:12-13Genesis 2:1-3Acts 4:32Acts 5:1-11 Additional Materials Mentioned this EpisodeWe’ve elected to list these references in the order they appear:Reduce, Reuse, Recycle - Dan mentions this popular mantra, which he claims is older than Cheri (and articles discussing its origin suggest he’s right)Henry David Thoreau - Dan references Thoreau’s famous recommendation for a life “frittered away with detail”, which is: “Simplify, simplify” (Chapter 2, Walden).Marie Kondo - Dan references Mondo, who wrote The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, in relationship to the value of simplifying.David Gushee  - Dan references a story from his Still Christian, wherein Gushee discusses his admiration for a professor who elects to live a simple life.Jay Adams - Dan references Adams as being someone who brought faith and psychology together but who saw sin as being a root of origin for struggles that are not relieved by prayer and pastoral care. Frank Minirth and Paul Meier - Dan notes that these two evolved the world of Christian psychology to consider more biological concepts, but still with limitationsNadia Bolz Weber - Dan jokes that she might best represent what a current blending of Christian thought and psychology look like. Shel Silverstein - Cheri references The Giving Tree and contemporary moves to suggest revision of this book that present the tree as someone with healthy boundariesCarpenters’ Shelter, ALIVE!, and  Casa Chirilagua - Marty menthind these three Alexandria-based organizations that the CBC community supports. William MacAskill - Dan references his How to Do Good Better, which has him examining what it means to really make a difference  About This PodcastThis podcast was envisioned as means to foster spiritual growth and conversations about faith, both within and beyond the faith community at Commonwealth Baptist Church. At the open of this episode, we discuss what spiritual formation means to our CBC pastors and the role community plays in our concept of faith.  Got a question or want to reach out to the Faith Made Welcome team?  You can reach us at faithmadewelcome@gmail.com. Faith Made Welcome is produced by Cheri Spiegel, Paul Fitzgerald and This Most Unbelievable Life. A Note on the Links in these ShownotesWhere possible the links to books mentioned in this episode direct to Old Town Books. We’re not sponsored by this bookstore; we just believe in supporting our local community! If you’re not an Alexandrian, we hope you’ll check these out at your local bookstore!

A clear, crisp day in Marshalltown was the setting for this episodeWe enjoyed the warmth that the just powered down furnace provided throughout the show. The furniture was re-arraigned to provide an even more inviting atmosphere and a new level of comfort. We talked about the State of California establishing a task force to study and make recommendations on reparations for slavery. We introduced a new segment called “Good On You” and the San Diego Loyal soccer club manager Landon Donovan is the first entry. With the good comes the bad, as we discuss how celebrities don’t seem to get allowed a second chance or a chance at redemption, and we closed out the episode talking about what we see in the future for Ted Lasso and the Richmond crew, this is one of our favorite shows of all time and we are sad to see it end for the season.Thank you for being a friend of Present Company IncludedWebsite:https://presentcoinc.comInstagram:https://www.instagram.com/presentcoincTwitter:https://twitter.com/presentcoincShirts:https://www.facebook.com/SideHustleCraftss/Art:https://www.ashleygrego.com/

Today’s episode of Faith Made Welcome is another episode focused on the intersections and relationship between faith and science. For today’s episode, we draw the focus in quite specifically and look at public health, vaccination, religious liberty, and faith communities.  In this episode of the podcast, Cheri, Marty, and Paul are joined by special guest Dr. Heidi Lawrence. Heidi’s research into the history and narratives associated with vaccination choice takes center stage in this episode. Join us as we look at how faith and religious liberty might shape how individuals approach vaccination. Together we ask whether vaccination is an individual choice, a community responsibility, or a complex issue that sits at the nexus between the individual and the community. We look at how common themes from our podcast, fear and doubt, surface in discussions about vaccination. And, while there’s no Bible drill in this one, Heidi does throw out an important question for us all to consider: what role does conversation about health play in a community of faith? We look forward to beginning and continuing this conversation with the members and friends of CBC and the Faith Made Welcome podcast!   About Our Guest Heidi LawrenceHeidi Y. Lawrence is an Associate Professor of English at George Mason University. As a medical humanist, her research focuses on language use and controversies involving medicine and science. In her book Vaccine Rhetorics (Ohio State University Press, 2020), she uses qualitative methods to study the beliefs and arguments that different groups (including physicians, parents, and young adults) use to describe their positions both for and against vaccination. Her other work studies problems of importance to public health (including sexual assault) to provide better understanding of how arguments work to constrain as well as open up new possibilities for policy response. Scripture Mentioned this EpisodeToday’s episode features a lot of indirect references to scripture. Here’s where you can look to read further on the Biblical references we make:Mark 10: 17-31 - We return to the Rich Man story discussed in Episode 3.Luke 20:20-26 -  The ole’ render unto Caesar topic comes up. Romans 13:1-7 - We mention Paul’s reminders to follow the law of governing society.Matthew 22:39 - We note that there are a few places in this fine collection wherein we’re called to love one another. Additional Materials Mentioned this EpisodeWe’ve elected to list these references in the order they appear:Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Cheri references Mutagen Ooze as being the substance she thinks of when she sees vaccines portrayed with glowing liquid.  H. P. Lovecraft’s Re-Animator - Following Cheri’s TMNT reference, Paul describes promotional materials for this film that portrayed Dr. Herbert West wielding a glowing green syringe HBO’s John Adams - Paul references this show as an account of early inoculation practices.Edward Jenner - Both Paul and Heidi make reference Jenner and the development of the smallpox vaccineJacobson v Massachusetts - Heidi references this case as one that set precedent for how issues of personal liberty and constitutional law intersect.Tuskegee Experiment - Heidi references this case, as did Graham Walker in Episode 6, as a reminder of instances wherein the public learned that government agencies were not being truthful in matters of health treatmentPandemrix Issues in Sweden - Heidi discusses issues regarding the H1N1 vaccine in Sweden that caused narcolepsy in patients with specific genetic markers.Quadrivalent Influenza Vaccination - Cheri and Paul note that this year’s flu vaccination is quadrivalent and Cheri’s excited that she now knows what that means! About This PodcastThis podcast was envisioned as means to foster spiritual growth and conversations about faith, both within and beyond the faith community at Commonwealth Baptist Church. At the open of this episode, we discuss what spiritual formation means to our CBC pastors and the role community plays in our concept of faith.  Got a question or want to reach out to the Faith Made Welcome team?  You can reach us at faithmadewelcome@gmail.com. Faith Made Welcome is produced by Cheri Spiegel, Paul Fitzgerald and This Most Unbelievable Life.

Today’s episode of Faith Made Welcome is something of a bonus episode! If you’ve been listening to this podcast on faith brought to you by Commonwealth Baptist Church in Alexandria, Virginia for the last four weeks, you know that we’ve been digging into a conversation about science and faith with Dr. Graham Walker of McAfee School of Theology at Mercer University in Atlanta, Georgia. In this episode of the podcast, Cheri, Marty, Paul and Robin take some time to debrief from that rich discussion. Recorded immediately after our wrap up with Graham, the Faith Made Welcome Crew tucked in for a conversation that largely turned toward an exploration of doubt. It’s driven by a lot of questions: What is the nature of doubt? What do our doubts ask of us?  What’s the difference between doubt and curiosity?  How do we make space for doubt in a faith community?  We walk together through a dialogue about skepticism, fear, and consequences that come with faith and doubt. Join us as we wrestle with how knowledge and questions go together and explore the beauty that’s possible when we dare to change our minds! Scripture Mentioned this EpisodeJohn 20: 19-29Matthew 19: 16-30 Additional Materials Mentioned this EpisodeWe’ve elected to list these references in the order they appear:Dan Quayle: Robin references the potato debacle Robin Williams: Robin notes that Graham Walker is to theology what Robin Williams was to comedy.Roman Empire: Paul makes a reference to the Roman Empire as a good example of what happens when we try to hold a society to uniform belief.Buy-in bias: PaulRachel Held Evans: Robin references her journey with doubt, which she’s written about in Searching for Sunday, Nicole Nordeman: Robin reference’s her song “Dear Me” song, which both her and Cheri love. Paul Heilker: Cheri references the dedication at the opening of his book The Essay, which highlights the importance being allowed to change one’s mind.Paul Fitzgerald’s Blog - Cheri asks Paul to say more about an experience with a student changing her mind, which he blogged about in “Further Thoughts on Apocalypse Beans!” John Kerry - Paul mentions him as an example of someone penalized for changing their mind.Leaving Church - Barbara Brown Taylor - Cheri Made Robin talk about this book. Robin also summaries here new book. Title not remembered. James Fowler: We discuss again Fowler’s six stages of faith, which are discussed in his book by the same name: Stages of Faith; Mother Teresa and Jimmy Carter are held up as possible Level Sixes. Gallop Strength Finder: We joke that there isn’t a test to determine your faith stage like there is one to determine your strengths (although everyone on today’s podcast has done the Strengths assessment BUT PAUL).Nadia Bolz Weber - Marty tells a story once told by Weber about talking with someone who doesn’t believe, to which Weber replied “I wish I could pull that off!”Graham Walker - Marty tells us that Graham always instilled in his students the importance of always continuing to read. Peter Enns: Cheri mentioned his book Sin of Certainty, which she read as part of Marty’s Sunday School class at CBC; that book rocked her world. Paul is also a regular listener of Enns’ podcast The Bible For Normal People.  About This PodcastThis podcast was envisioned as means to foster spiritual growth and conversations about faith, both within and beyond the faith community at Commonwealth Baptist Church. At the open of this episode, we discuss what spiritual formation means to our CBC pastors and the role community plays in our concept of faith.  Got a question or want to reach out to the Faith Made Welcome team?  You can reach us at faithmadewelcome@gmail.com. Faith Made Welcome is produced by Cheri Spiegel, Paul Fitzgerald and This Most Unbelievable Life. A Note on the Links in these ShownotesYes, there are a lot of Wikipedia links above. Both Cheri and Paul endorse it as a perfectly reasonable starting place for opening spaces for deeper learning.   As always, when possible, books mentioned link to Old Town Books. We’re not sponsored by this bookstore; we just believe in supporting our local community! If you’re not an Alexandrian, we hope you’ll check these out at your local bookstore!

With today’s episode we continue the second series of Faith Made Welcome, a progressive podcast on faith brought to you by Commonwealth Baptist Church in Alexandria, Virginia. If you listened to our last two episodes you know that that this multi-part episode features an in-depth discussion about the intersections and relationship between faith and science.  As with our prior episodes, this one features Faith Made Welcome regulars Robin, Marty, Cheri and Paul (if he wasn’t a regular before, he is now!) and Dr. Graham Walker, Marty and Robin’s Theology professor from seminary! In this episode of the podcast, Paul pivots the conversation toward the creation vs evolution debate. Together Graham and the Faith Made Welcome Crew discuss the narratives regarding creation and human evolution, and explore the points of tension that arrive as communities of faith and communities of science attempt to reconcile what we know (and don’t!) about our beginnings. Throughout this portion of the conversation, Graham makes reference to a diagram that helps him to organize different schools of thought related to perspectives on creation and evolution; if you’re a visual person, you may wish to download and review it as you listen!  He has also kindly offered a more detailed handout and accompanying PowerPoint presentation for those who might want to dig in deeper! About Dr. Graham WalkerGraham is a professor at McAfee School of Theology at Mercer University in Atlanta, Georgia. He describes himself as someone who has been working with “the interface between science and theology for a long time.” He’s worked with Dialogue on Science, Ethics, and Religion, a program through the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) that focuses on facilitating dialogue between scientific and religious communities.  Scripture Mentioned this EpisodeGalatians 4:4Genesis 1 and 2Genesis 3 Additional Materials Mentioned this EpisodeWe’ve elected to list these references in the order they appear:ichthys (ἰχθύς): Graham begins his discussion of this debate with reference to this Christian symbol and the means in which debates about creationism often play out on bumper stickers that make different arguments involving the ichthys fish.Scopes Monkey Trial:  Graham discusses the role this trial played in the overall discussion of creationism vs evolution in American education, making reference to major players like Clarence Darrow and William Jennings BryanFlat Earth Society: As Graham walks through different interpretations of creation, he begins with discussion of flat Earthers, who he says take a literal Old Testament model for their understanding of the planet.Ptolemy: Graham references a ptolemaic approach to understanding creation, which is built upon Ptolemy’s geocentric model that argues that the Earth is the center of the universe.Young Earth Creationists: Graham notes that these folks believe that the earth is between 6 to 14 thousand years old, based largely upon the genealogy presented within the scripture.Biblical Archaeologists: Paul and Graham make reference to this school of research, which uses archaeological method at sites references within the scriptures.Old Earth Creationists:  Graham notes that these folks emphasize that the scriptures are meant to be a parable that demonstrate that God created, but allow space for science to explain the nature of that literal creation. Sola scriptura: Graham references this theological perspective which places sole authority in the scripture, which are understood to be infallible by believers in this tradition.Gap Creationists:  Graham explains that these folks look for time gaps within the scripture, such as between that which they argue may have occurred between the two creation stories within Genesis.Day-Age Creationists: Graham notes that this tradition frames the understanding of a day within the creation story to be more expansive than our notion of the 24 hour period.Progressive Creationism:  Graham notes that Bernard Ramm is a key theologian from this tradition who used the concept of fiats to explain the orderly process through which God created all things found in evolutionary history.Evolutionary Creationism and Theistic Evolution: Graham explains that both of these schools of thought argue that God uses evolution; he says to them “that’s just how the creator creates.”Edward Wilson: Graham makes another reference Wilson’s exchanges with his former pastor, which is a reference to the opening of The Creation.Materialistic Evolution: Graham argues that this belief - that the observable is all there is - does take a kind of faith commitment of its own. He notes that folks like Richard Dawkins and Sam Harris are making a statement of faith through their position as materialists.  Gordon Kaufman: Graham notes that theologians who have studied a lot of science, like Kaufman, would argue that God is within the act of creation itself.Brian McLaren:  Robin mentions McClaren’s writing as a good starting place for folks who want to continue work to explore the intersections of faith and science because McLaren references science and creation care in his work. McLaren also explores challenging questions; his book Faith After Doubt is a good example of this excellent writing.Mike McHargue:  Robin also recommends McHargue’s work and his podcast, Ask Science Mike, in particular, which explores the bridges between faith and science.Lonnie Rich:  Marty gives a shout-out to the wisdom of this beloved church member (who we’re hoping will join us on the podcast soon!)Terence McKenna:  Paul references McKenna’s belief that ideas should be able to stand up to scrutiny. Douglas Kelly: Graham notes that Kelly has emphasized the importance of listening to others as a kind of spiritual practice.John Bunyon: Graham says that Bunyon described our faith journey as a pilgrimage.Rachel Held Evans:  Robin references her book Searching for Sunday, which traces Held Evans journey away from and back to faith.  About This PodcastThis podcast was envisioned as means to foster spiritual growth and conversations about faith, both within and beyond the faith community at Commonwealth Baptist Church. At the open of this episode, we discuss what spiritual formation means to our CBC pastors and the role community plays in our concept of faith.  Got a question or want to reach out to the Faith Made Welcome team?  You can reach us at faithmadewelcome@gmail.com. Faith Made Welcome is produced by Cheri Spiegel, Paul Fitzgerald and This Most Unbelievable Life. A Note on the Links in these ShownotesYes, there are a lot of Wikipedia links above. Both Cheri and Paul endorse it as a perfectly reasonable starting place for opening spaces for deeper learning.   As always, when possible, books mentioned link to Old Town Books. We’re not sponsored by this bookstore; we just believe in supporting our local community! If you’re not an Alexandrian, we hope you’ll check these out at your local bookstore!

With today’s episode we continue the second series of Faith Made Welcome, a progressive podcast on faith brought to you by Commonwealth Baptist Church in Alexandria, Virginia. If you listened to Episode 5, you know that we’re digging into a multi-part, in-depth discussion about the intersections between faith and science. As with Episode 5, this one features Faith Made Welcome regulars Robin, Marty, Cheri and Paul and Dr. Graham Walker, Marty and Robin’s Theology professor from seminary! In this episode of the podcast, Graham kicks us off with an important call to action:  “if you want to avoid moving God slowly out of the face of modern humanity, then you have to be able to use methodological materialism to say ‘okay, I’m going to go research the world that God has created and I’m going to ask the questions that are there.’”  Join us as we explore how faith and science frame and navigate narratives, and perhaps most interestingly: how both faith and science can be used to support destructive human narratives. About Dr. Graham WalkerGraham is a professor at McAfee School of Theology at Mercer University in Atlanta, Georgia. He describes himself as someone who has been working with “the interface between science and theology for a long time.” He’s worked with Dialogue on Science, Ethics, and Religion, a program through the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) that focuses on facilitating dialogue between scientific and religious communities.  Scripture Mentioned this EpisodeMark 15:39Colossians 1:5 Additional Materials Mentioned this EpisodeWe’ve elected to list these references in the order they appear:Tikkun olam: Graham discusses this concept from Judaism, which means “to mend the world”Oak Ridge Projects: Graham notes the dangers of scientific advancement, including this project which led to the first instance wherein a nuclear weapon was dropped on a human society.Josef Mengele: Graham makes reference to the death camps of the Haulcaust as another example of science used against the good of humanityTuskegee Experiment:  this experiment is the third example Graham provides of means in which science has been used to support terrible narratives.Contact (Film): Paul and Graham both refer back to this film, which we discussed in Episode 5.Che Guevara: Cheri references Guevara’s work on guerrilla warfare Cheri Spiegel:  Well, Cheri kind of references her own work on narrative and guerrilla rhetoric by discussing the line between a guerrilla vs. a terrorist; she has written this subject about on the This Most Unbelievable Life blog. Augustine: Graham references his critique of the Manichaean interpretation of the world and the way it framed a dualist argument.Peter Berger: Graham discusses further Bergers’ stance on pluralism, which is further discussed in this article “The Good of Religious Pluralism”Jaroslav Pelikan: Graham references his book Jesus Through the CenturiesHans Kung: Graham references Kung’s writing along with Pelikan as a second example of a theologian who has explored the place and divinity of Christ in Christian tradition.Fossil Record: Paul makes reference to the fossil record and debating theories about the origins of humanity.Daina Butler Bass: Robin refers to her book Grounded and how World War II initiated the church decline that we see happening so rapidly today.Umberto Eco: Graham reference’s his Name of the Rose James Ediwn Loder:  Graham references his concept of eikonic eclipse, which Loder wrote about it The Transforming Moment.James Fowler: Robin references Fowler’s six stages of faith, which are discussed in his book by the same name: Stages of FaithElizabeth Johnson: Graham reference’s Johnson’s Quest for Living God, which frames how we use metaphor to map religious experienceEdward Wilson: Graham makes another reference to his coming home experience in the opening of The Creation.Religious New Service:  Robin reference’s Katelyn Beaty’s article on RNS called “QAnon: The Alternative Religion That’s Coming to Your Church”Leon Festinger: Graham mentions his When Prophecy Fails during his discussion of cognitive dissonance  About This PodcastThis podcast was envisioned as means to foster spiritual growth and conversations about faith, both within and beyond the faith community at Commonwealth Baptist Church. At the open of this episode, we discuss what spiritual formation means to our CBC pastors and the role community plays in our concept of faith.  Got a question or want to reach out to the Faith Made Welcome team?  You can reach us at faithmadewelcome@gmail.com. Faith Made Welcome is produced by Cheri Spiegel, Paul Fitzgerald and This Most Unbelievable Life. A Note on the Links in these ShownotesThe links to books mentioned in this episode direct to Old Town Books. We’re not sponsored by this bookstore; we just believe in supporting our local community! If you’re not an Alexandrian, we hope you’ll check these out at your local bookstore!

Welcome to a a miscellaneous episode where we drink some tea and discuss a variety of topics. We start off with some good old fashioned muggle escapism looking at movies and TV we are watching or waiting for.If you'd rather dive straight into the magick then head straight to 17:50 were we start discussing the presence, or lack thereof, of the Gods during these changing times.Makes sure to check below for links to all the items discussed in the episodeWe are sippin Tea from Alchemy of AvalonBlog Post Discussed:On a Break with the Gods By Courtney WeberYearning for the Presence of our Gods By John Beckett Other Resources Discussed:The Witches Wisdom Tarot  By Phyllis Curott and Danielle BarlowThe Magical Art of Crafting Charm Bags  By Elhoim Leafar 

Today we kick off the second series of Faith Made Welcome, a progressive podcast on faith brought to you by Commonwealth Baptist Church in Alexandria, Virginia. For the next month and half, our podcast will feature discussions about the intersections and relationship between faith and science.  Today’s episode is the first of a multi-part discussion between Faith Made Welcome regulars Robin, Marty, Cheri and Paul (if he wasn’t a regular before, he is now!) and Dr. Graham Walker, Marty and Robin’s Theology professor from seminary! In this episode of the podcast, you’ll hear the Faith Made Welcome Team wrestle with humanity’s interest in the big questions: “where do we come from?” and “what is our purpose?”  About Dr. Graham WalkerGraham is a professor at McAfee School of Theology at Mercer University in Atlanta, Georgia. He describes himself as someone who has been working with “the interface between science and theology for a long time.” He’s worked with Dialogue on Science, Ethics, and Religion, a program through the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) that focuses on facilitating dialogue between scientific and religious communities.  Scripture Mentioned this EpisodePsalm 93:1Hebrews 13:8Revelation 21:5 Additional Materials Mentioned this EpisodeWe’ve elected to list these references in the order they appear:Pew Research: Robin references studies that examine the cause for folks leaving the church today, which commonly cite “science” as being a leading reason for a move away from religion.Elie Wiesel: Graham references the opening quote from Wiesel’s famous book, Gates of the ForestStephen Hawking:  Graham notes the kinds of research questions that guided Hawking's research on the beginnings of the universe.Edward Wilson: Graham makes a reference to the concept of consilience, which Wilson wrote about his book Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge; additionally he references his books On Human Nature and The Creation.Ian Barbour: Graham refers to Barbour’s models of faith and identity-making statements, which are discussed in his book When Science Meets ReligionDavid E. Shi: Graham references Shi as being one among many researchers today working on the importance of narrative in the story of humanity. Shi is the author of the best-selling textbook America: a Narrative History Contact (Film): Graham discusses the way this film does an excellent job depicting the possible relationships between science and religion.Ptolemy: Graham references Ptolemy’s geocentric model ISS Detector:  Graham references apps like these which can alert users for when the International Space Station is visible to us.Human Interference Task Force: Graham discusses this fascinating project wherein folks collaborated to figure out how to pass on information (particularly warnings) from generation to generation.Peter Berger: Graham discusses Bergers’ stance on pluralism, which is further discussed in this article “The Good of Religious Pluralism”David Hume: Graham attributes Berger’s treatment of doubt as coming from Hume’s work. John Polkinghorne and Frances Collins: Graham mentions both of these folks as examples of people who are both scientists and believers.Tikkun olam: Graham discusses this concept from Judaism, which means “to mend the world” About This PodcastThis podcast was envisioned as means to foster spiritual growth and conversations about faith, both within and beyond the faith community at Commonwealth Baptist Church. At the open of this episode, we discuss what spiritual formation means to our CBC pastors and the role community plays in our concept of faith.  Got a question or want to reach out to the Faith Made Welcome team?  You can reach us at faithmadewelcome@gmail.com. Faith Made Welcome is produced by Cheri Spiegel, Paul Fitzgerald and This Most Unbelievable Life. A Note on the Links in these ShownotesThe links to books mentioned in this episode direct to Old Town Books. We’re not sponsored by this bookstore; we just believe in supporting our local community! If you’re not an Alexandrian, we hope you’ll check these out at your local bookstore!

Here we go with week 3 of the Faith Made Welcome, a progressive podcast on faith brought to you by Commonwealth Baptist Church in Alexandria, Virginia. This episode is the third installment in our “What The World Needs Now” series.  This four-week “study” of sorts features discussions and reflection sparked from a special activist sermon series CBC and several other congregations are taking part in this month. Each week in August, an activist preacher is giving us their take on the theme.  Today’s episode is based upon a sermon of this series, which you can watch on our Youtube Channel, preached by Rev. Melissa McQueen-Simmons, who is ordained in the United Church of Christ, and serves as the Faith Director for Many Voices: A Black Church Movement for Gay and Transgender Justice. Rev. McQueen-Simmons argues that today, what the world needs is radical love.  In this episode of the podcast, Kelley Wool, a hugely talented member of the CBC choir, joins Pastor Robin Anderson and Cheri Spiegel discuss this excellent sermon, and chat about Song of Songs, radical love, and the effects of purity culture.  About Rev. Melissa McQueen-SimmonsRev. Melissa N. McQueen-Simmons is a native of Greensboro, North Carolina and a first-generation college graduate. She is a mother to a charismatic toddler, Camdyn McQueen-Simmons, and the spouse to the beautiful and graceful Vondalyn McQueen-Simmons. She is a sister, an aunt, a friend, and Iraqi-Veteran. Melissa was born into Generation X, the demographic cohort between Baby Boomers and Millennials. She earned her Master of Divinity (M.Div.) with an emphasis in Pastoral Care at Howard University.  Rev. McQueen-Simmons coordinates panel discussions relevant to social justice issues regarding the LGBT community and the Black Church. She conducts necessary research on the Black church, community, and ongoing sources regarding biblical scholarship and sexuality. She also assists with helping pastors and religious leaders address social and theological opposition in the Black community towards LGBT equality. She helps institutions create radically inclusive faith spaces. About Our Guest, Kelley WoolKelley Wool (she/her) is a proud member of CBC and enjoys singing for Sunday services. She is passionate about theology, LGBTQ and anti-racist activism, and all things nerdy (seriously, she has a Lord of the Rings tattoo). Kelley writes about the intersection of faith and sexuality in her blog "Queerly Christian." Kelley lives in Alexandria with her husband Zak, as well as a rescue dog, cat, and bearded dragon. Scripture Mentioned this EpisodeWe skipped the Bible drill reference this week, but if you’re looking to dig deeper, here are the scriptures mentioned this episode:Song of Songs 8: 6-7 (but, just go ahead and read the whole book)Proverbs 31Genesis 1  Additional Materials Mentioned this EpisodeTara Brach:  We mention her book Radical Compassion.Austin Channing Brown:  We mentioned her concept of the “shadow of hope” again (also discussed more in Episode 1), which is featured in her book I’m Still Here and also excerpted in the On Being article “Standing in the Shadow of Hope.” René Clausen: We reference the song "Set Me As a Seal,” which Kelley once had the opportunity to perform.Enneagram:  All three of us (two Fours and a One) love thinking about ourselves and personal growth through the lens of the enneagram!Jamie Lee Finch:  We chat about Episode #111: Your Body is A Person”of Garcia’s podcast “A Tiny Revolution” wherein Finch is a guestKevin Miguel GarciaRev. McQueen-Simmons: In addition to her sermon, we reference her article “Traumatic beginnings in the Black Pentecostal Church: My journey to healing”Metta Meditation:  We discuss the principles of loving-kindness meditation practicePhyllis Trible: We reference her book God and the Rhetoric of Sexuality.  About This PodcastThis podcast was envisioned as means to foster spiritual growth and conversations about faith, both within and beyond the faith community at Commonwealth Baptist Church. At the open of this episode, we discuss what spiritual formation means to our CBC pastors and the role community plays in our concept of faith.  Got a question or want to reach out to the Faith Made Welcome team?  You can reach us at faithmadewelcome@gmail.com. Faith Made Welcome is produced by Cheri Spiegel, Paul Fitzgerald and This Most Unbelievable Life. A Note on the Links in these ShownotesWhere possible the links to books mentioned in this episode direct to Old Town Books. We’re not sponsored by this bookstore; we just believe in supporting our local community! If you’re not an Alexandrian, we hope you’ll check these out at your local bookstore!

Euro Pudding is a podcast by SEAN.It's created and hosted by Pierre Puget and co-produced and co-hosted  by Philipp Scherzer.The special guest co-host today is Ruddy-Williams Kabuiku.Visit our new website www.europudding.com!Write to us at info@europudding.com with questions, remarks, feedback, etc.Find us on Instagram, Twitter or Facebook.Our sponsors are C21 and Paper to Film.To learn more about the Serial Eyes programme.Musics by Rafaël Leloup.Visual by Katharina Bobeth.THE EPISODEWe talk with Álvaro Luna, member of the DETECT project.Sources: https://hollywood.colorofchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Normalizing-Injustice_Complete-Report-2.pdfhttps://www.csa.fr/Informer/Collections-du-CSA/Travaux-Autres-publications/L-observatoire-de-la-diversite/Les-resultats-de-la-vague-2018-du-barometre-de-la-diversiteOur recommendations are: Atlanta's Missing and Murdered on HBO.I May Destroy You, created by Michaela Coel, a BBC/HBO series.The Last of Us part II, a video game by Neil Druckmann, on PS4. 

Thank you to Annika in putting so much effort into today’s episodeWe’ll be posting the 1st and 15thAnd we’re creating mini episodes called WomxnWork. Go check that out and if you haven’t already please donate to the PieHole Protestors.And we have a newsletter with articles following up previous episodes! And updates! Contact us through instagram, email, twitter, and we’ll get you on the list. The song at the end is from MixKit for royalty-free stock musicCheck out  Hats for Birds on Bandcamp for some good loops.In the beginning, I used a tiny part of the song Memphis Soul Stew from King Curtis and the Kingpins.We made fun of the anglican-dubbed Venus of Willendorf: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_of_WillendorfIf you’re in Memphis, check out the Lorraine Motel Museum, and the Slave Haven Underground Railroad.

STRESSED? SO many of us are, but many of use do not even recognize it because it is so common place in our modern day and age. Stress is natural, stress is good but when it becomes overbearing, that is when we need to learn ways to cope.Come along with us today as we dive into what stress is, the science behind it and ways to manage our stress from a self care standpoint as well as therapeutic options.Stress is certainly complex, but it isn’t all bad. Indeed, we can embrace stress and use it as fuel. You can learn more on harnessing stress in the popular TED talk “How to Make Stress Your Friend” by psychologist Kelly McGonigal.We also mentioned a past episode on progressive muscle relaxation. In this episode, we took you through a guided meditation and you can find that in episode 033: Meditation the progressive muscle relaxation episodeWe know life can be stressful, but you are not alone. Health, nutrition & fitness, they all have an impact on how we deal with stress. The healthier we are, the better we can manage what life throws at us. If you need help with a plan to tackle your goals, reach out to Mickayla and find a plan that matches YOU!Love you,Michael & Mickayla

The Players are back with another episodeWe speak on our Quarantine( 7:09) , Open Relationships(33:00) , Andrew Gillum(44:40) , IG Live(1:08:54) , Jamal Murray(1:17:02), Music (1:32:45) & So Much More.

Lauren Nova (@lauren.nova) is a painter and graphic designer living in Gaithersburg, Maryland creating mystical paintings drawing heavily from Tibetan thangkas and her drawing from life training in art school. In this episode we talk to Lauren about the art of waking up, her process, searing graphic design school critiques, and even lucid dreaming. There’s a lot of sound advice through analogy and metaphor in this episodeWe hope you’re all staying safe amidst the pandemic and that these episodes are helping you get through! Please remember to subscribe, rate and review, wherever you listen to podcasts. www.laurennova.com https://www.facebook.com/laurennovaart --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/artsyaf/support

This week’s episode was inspired by a client I was working with recently. She is in her mid-20’s and I am so in awe of her and the work she is putting into herself and how hard she is working to create space for her ideal relationship. She had a hard time this week after realizing that she didn’t like that she didn’t have a boy to talk to, and it made her feel icky. I know that this is very common among my clients and listeners. In this episode, we dive into this topic and I remind you that it is possible to retrain your brain for you to believe that you don’t need someone in order for you to feel good. And if you want to take this work to the next level, go to https://clairetheheartbreakcoach.com/work-with-meTopics in this episodeWe cannot create space for mister right to come in until we’ve really cleaned up our story What would it look like to really commit to not showing up at any location where you think he might be? Noticing when our brains try to bend the rulesWhat it means to actually do the work Letting go of limiting beliefsSometimes we need to have a little FOMO to carve out the space to welcome Mr. RightAwareness is the first step ResourcesMy Rock Bottom Heartbreak: https://clairetheheartbreakcoach.com/podcast/2019/4/1/my-heartbreak-storySaying No To Mr. Unavailable: https://clairetheheartbreakcoach.com/podcast/2020/2/16/saying-no-to-mr-unavailableWhat’s Self Love Really About: https://clairetheheartbreakcoach.com/podcast/2019/8/26/whats-self-love-really-aboutByron Katie, Loving What Is: https://www.amazon.com/Loving-What-Four-Questions-Change/dp/1400045371Brooke Castillo’s podcast, The Lifecoach School: https://thelifecoachschool.com/podcasts/I Don’t Get It, Episode 163: https://idontgetit.libsyn.com/ep163-heartbreak-remedies

This week we sat down with Dadcaster.  You may be familiar with him if you have ever stopped by the twitch streamer Hambinooo’s channel.Dadcaster was the person who took MTB under his wing when he first started and pulled him along.His main Tarkov focus recently has been completing all of the tasks to get the elusive Kappa Container so we couldn’t think of a better person to talk task strategy with.On this episode we also go over the podcast that Battlestate put out on their twitch channel (twitch.tv/battlestategames) which you can still find under their videos section.  It is roughly two hours worth of Nikita answering questions and trolling the EFT community. We watched the whole thing and talk about the things we were interested in and, as is tradition, went down many rabbit holes.Among the things discussed:  New weight system, new armor plate system, cultists, lag & desync issues, map duration, our favorite tasks, the tasks we wish would be removed from the game, the development philosophy behind Escape From Tarkov, and much more in the episodeWe hope you enjoy it!You can also find Dadcaster in the EXFIL discord or feel free to DM him on discord!Lots of opinions here - If you don’t agree or have a different strategy we’d love to hear about it!Goodluck on your SCAV runs - we look forward to meeting with you and hunting down some PMCs! Dadcaster Contact:Twitch  Catch up with MTB or Ronal on the EXFIL discord:  https://discord.gg/deU7RSs Podcast Direct Contact:Twitter - @EXFILpodcastEmail - EXFILpodcast@gmail.com MTBtrigger Contact:Twitter - @mtbtriggerTwitch - twitch.tv/mtbtrigger Ronalgaming Contact:Twitter - @ronalgamingDiscord - Ronal#8004

Sherman, Daniel and Brian talk about a new uncommon commander from Theros beyond deathThat commander of course is Siona captain of the pyleasSiona has a unique ability to generate tokens every time an aura enchants a creature you controlWe talk about building on a budget and make an over all extremely fun deck to play and play against in this newest episodeWe are just getting a taste of how theros beyond death is going to affect the game!Let us know what you would put in this deck to help hit harder!

Apparently this is the dating episodeWe’re nailing this intro thing!Blake invited a stranger to her house, sorry mom.Martin got the jackpot with his girlfriend, and only had to go on one hinge date.Bios are important to Meagan, be funny or gtfo.Martin won’t take one for the team, and send a pic for science!Dating apps are hard, but not sending a d*ck pic is easy guys.Follow us on Instagram @crwcpodcast!Email us at crwcpodcast@gmail.com. Subscribe to our Patreon @crwcpodcast!

In this episodeWe hear about Ben's work partyWe find out that you CAN'T clean your own teeth professionallyGlen will be baby stting another man's guinea pig for 10 daysBoth are burnt out from months of reading horrible books and are looking forward to a breakContact:WebsiteInstagramTwitterEmail: glen.nuzzles@gmail.com

Hear how agriculture can feed a growing population and cut its impact on global warming in our climate podcast agriculture episodeWe all know that climate has a big impact on our food. After all, if there’s no rain and sunshine, crops don’t grow. But increasingly we’re learning that the way we grow our food has a big impact on the climate. In fact, we’re at a crisis point.This episode of our Climate Solutions podcast looks at some of the research and innovation under way that’s rethinking what we eat and how we produce it, so that it will have a less damaging effect on the climate.Subscribe to the entire series of Climate Solutions from the European Investment Bank, the EU climate bank. Learn what you should do to fight climate change in the oceans, on the road, in your home and even on your digital devices.In this episode you’ll find out:· How often a forest the size of Luxembourg is destroyed to make way for agriculture· How more efficient agriculture could cut the roughly 30% of food that is currently lost or wasted· How big data is helping farmers track and better target their production. You’ll hear about GPS soil sampling that allows farmers to create soil fertility maps with information about a field’s nutrients, its pH level and other data. That enables farmers to make better decisions about which seeds to plant, where to plant them, and what kinds of fertiliser to use· How many data points per year does an automated milking system store on a single cow? The answer is 200 000—but we’ll also tell you what they’re for· How many people in the world are undernourished? It’s 821 million, and we’ll lay out some solutions to help feed them· We’ll also have reassuring news for gastronomes. France throws away an estimated 10 million tons, or 10 billion kilos, of food each year—but the government has passed laws to ensure that restaurants and supermarkets give that food to needy people, rather than tossing it. We like that, because why, oh, why would anyone throw away French food?If you’ve got something to say about climate in general or this podcast in particular, let me know @EIBMatt on Twitter. And don’t forget to subscribe to Climate Solutions. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Mindsay CEO, Guillaume Laporte joins us to share how you can use conversational AI to improve and scale your customer care and support.Win free tickets to All About Voice 2019All About Voice is Europe's biggest and best voice event, and the team at 169 Labs are offering two free tickets to VUX World listeners!To be in with a chance of winning one of two free tickets to the event in Munich on October 11th, all you need to do is:Send a tweet using #AAV19 and tell us your favourite voice experience of 2019 so far.Winners will be announced on next week's show!In this episodeWe dig deep into how conversational AI is helping some of Europe's biggest airlines scale their customer care operations, and give you some food for thought as to how you could do the same for your industry or clients.Guillaume also shares with us some of the best surfaces to implement conversational AI, as well as some of the most successful use cases to focus on and where you should start when thinking of introducing conversational AI for the first time.We discuss the differences between customer care and customer support and the future of the two in a voice-first world.LinksMindsay websiteMindsay on LinkedINMindsay on TwitterEmail Guillaume See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, Dustin and Kane chat with Nico Acosta, Director of Product and Engineering at Twilio, about how companies are approaching multi-channel conversational strategies.Presented byIf you're using things like Lucid Charts and Microsoft Visio to design your conversational experiences in, you should check out BotMock. Those tools are business process mapping tools, are limited and will disrupt your rapid prototyping capability. BotMock is a purpose-built conversational design tool that'll have you rapidly prototyping and testing in no time.Check it out for freeIn this episodeWe chat to Nico Acosta about how he's observing companies approach their conversational strategy using Twilio's Autopilot platform. This builds on the episode with Elaine Lee where we spoke about Autopilot from a design perspective. This time, we're zooming out and looking at how Autopilot can fuel your whole conversational strategy across all channels.Nico has a fresh perspective on technology architecture, building on conversations we've had with Matt Hartman and Charlie Cadbury and providing detail on how to actually build once and deploy across all conversational channels, including voice assistants, chat bots and phone lines.We discuss some of the parallels and similarities between IVR design and development compared to voice assistant creation, and how the IVR, voice assistant and chatbot industries are converging.Nico also shares some insights into the kind of use cases that are working well, including a chat bot that automatically generates a website for a small business based on a short conversation. Nico also shares his dream application of Twilio Autopilot, which is all about obliterating being put 'on hold' when calling a company.LinksFollow Nico on TwitterCheck out AutopilotBecome an expert conversation designerThe Conversational Academy is a fantastic online course that'll teach you the ins and outs of conversation design. Prepare yourself for the UX role of the future and enrol on the course today. VUX World listeners will save $100 when you enrol at conversationalacademy.com. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

It is episode 15, despite me saying 14 at the start. In this episodeWe talk about the conclusion to the Raptors vs Warriors, sports droughts by citifies, St. Louis Blues and Gloria, and end with a segment with guest Zach Grove on fandom and sportsmanship. 

Nuns who were cool, aren't nuns anymoreThere's a priest that comes into Angela's restaurant who is very friendly with all the gay male employeesJamie takes a phone callPedophilia has nothing to do with homosexualityAngela talks about Boy ErasedJamie's first crush was Charlotte Rae otherwise known as Mrs. GarrettOnce Jesus came along the message was loveAngela thinks the Vatican is coming to get us after this episodeWe revisit the Sound Of Music which Angela hatesJamie knows someone in a gay relationship with a priestLane Hardy won American IdolAngela's workshops: June 17-Relationship Rescue with Grant EdmondsJune 24-Ignite Your FightSend us a truly anonymous message about a bad life choice to www.anewchapterwithangela.comSomething about Woman Entrepreneur Success Network podcastFollow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook

Twas a month after christmas, your buds are so slow,a sight to behold, a bonus holiday episodeWe published another, so fit for the coldbut santa came late, or some i'm toldON DREW ON TOM ON STRYKER ON JIMMY ON JACOB ON QB ON D-BON ON KENNYIt's late and we know, but it's still kind of tight.So have a good year, and roll up some dice.Just wanted to take a second to wish everyone a magnificent 2019!

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Translating your Alexa Skill or Google Assistant Action is about more than translating the words in your script. It's about translating the user experience. Maaike Dufour calls this 'transcreating' and she joins us this week to show us how it's done.Why should you translate your Alexa Skill or Google Assistant Action?The world is getting smaller. Technology has enabled us to reach and connect with people from every corner of the earth with ease.Take this podcast for example. It’s listened to in over 40 different countries, most of which don’t speak English as a first language.In fact, the vast majority of the world don’t speak English and certainly not as a first language.Amazon Alexa is globalAmazon Alexa is localised for 11 countries at the time of writing. 5 of them don’t speak English as a first language (France, Germany, Austria, Japan, India).For global brands, having your Alexa Skill or Google Assistant Action available in every country you do business is a no-brainer. But even for hobbyists and smaller scale developers, think about the population of those countries and the potential impact you could have if you Skill was to do well in those locales.In this episodeWe’re being guided through the importance of making your Alexa Skill or Google Action available in other languages and what steps you should take to make that happen.We discuss why simply translating your Alexa Skill script won’t work and why you need to recreate the user experience in your desired language.We cover some of the cultural differences between countries and give some examples of why that makes literal translations difficult. For example, the X-Factor in the UK is a nationally recognised TV show. Whereas, in France, it aired for one season and wasn’t well received. Therefore, referencing the X-Factor in a French Skill is pointless.Maaike tells us about how, when transcreating your Alexa Skill, you might even need to change your entire persona due to the differences in how other cultures perceive different personas. For example, in the UK, a postman is simply someone who delivers mail. Whereas, in France, the postman is a close family friend who stops to chat and knows everybody in the street personally. In the UK, the postman is a distant stranger. In France, the postman is a close acquaintance. That makes for two entirely different personas.We discuss examples of words and phrases that exist in one language but don’t in another and how that can both open up opportunities and sometimes present challenges.Our guestWe’re joined by Maaike Dufour, Freelance Conversation UX Designer, co-founder of UX My Botand supreme transcreator of voice first applications. Maaike, quite rightly, prefers to use the term ‘transcreate’ instead of ‘translate’ because simply translating the words that make up your Alexa Skill or Google Assistant Action won’t work, as you’ll find out in this episode.Maaike has worked on voice first UX for a number of years. Having worked with the Smartly.aiteam, Maaike now works with Labworks.ioand is helping the team break into international markets through the transcreation of popular Alexa Skills such as Would You Ratherinto other languages.Where to listeniTunes/Apple podcastsSpotifyStitcherTuneIniHeartRadioPippaAny other podcast player you use or ask Any Pod to play VUX World on AlexaLinksRead Maaike's thoughts on MediumWatch Maaike's talk at Chatbots and Voice Assistants London on YouTubeFollow Maaike on TwitterCheck out Maaike's websiteVisit UX My Bot See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, we’re finding out how content creators can have their podcasts and YouTube content indexed and searchable on voice, with Bryan Colligan of Alpha Voice.With the podcast industry thriving and more people listening to podcasts than ever, more brands are starting to launch their own podcasts. Podcasts are a perfect fit for devices like the Echo and Google Home because they provide ambient entertainment, similar to the widely popular relaxation sounds skills.Two problems face podcast and content creators: how do you make your podcast discoverable in the first place and how do you allow people to search through your backlog of episodes in order to find something that interests them?Podcast discoverability is almost as much of a problem as Alexa Skill discoverability. Although Google is beginning to do its bitto help podcasts be discovered online, what about on voice?This is the problem Alpha Voice aims to solve.Help others get their skill passed first time by sharing your skill certification stories: Send us your tipsand you could feature on the VUX World Flash Briefingthis week!What is Alpha Voice?Alpha Voiceindexes your podcast or YouTube content and makes it all searchable on Alexa via your own Alexa Skill.And it’s not just the podcast titles and guests you can search for. You can search for anything at all that interests you and the platform will search within your content to find your search term, then recommend that episode for you to listen to.In this episodeWe’re talking to Alpha Voice co-founder, Bryan Colligan, about how the platform works, how he and his co-founder built it and what value it gives content creators.We also get into detail about how the VUX of search works on voice: processing and serving potentially hundreds of search results. How do you determine which ones to display to the user?We also discuss:The 5 ways to monetise contentSkill certification inconsistencies, including censorship and 'unwritten rules’How you can get up and running with Alpha VoiceWe wrap up by telling you all about the VUX World Alexa Skill, built using Alpha Voice! (U.S. only right now but will be available in EU soon.)Our guestBryan Colligan is an entrepreneur and the co-founder of Alpha Voice. Bryan is based in Silicon Valley, has founded a series of startups and has been helping startups create mobile apps and improve their SEO for the last 10 years.After reading the Mary Meeker internet trends report and learning that Google can understand 96% of what humans say, Bryan has turned his attention to the voice-first world.After a number of failed experiments, he stumbled across the idea for Alpha Voice and is now helping content creators have their content found on Alexa.Where to listeniTunes/Apple podcastsSpotifyStitcherTuneIniHeartRadioPippaAny other podcast player you use or ask Any Pod to play VUX World on AlexaLinksAlpha Voice YouTubeVisit the Alpha Voice websiteFollow Alpha Voice on TwitterFollow Bryan on TwitterConnect with Bryan on LinkedIn See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, we’re getting deep into voice analytics and will help you learn more about how you can understand the performance of your voice first experience.One of the biggest benefits that technology has given us is the ability to understand. To understand whether our latest PPC campaign had an impact on sales. To understand whether our new website increased our leads. To understand whether our pricing tweak made a difference on click through rates. To understand whether our foray into Facebook is sending more traffic. To understand whether our customers are satisfied.Tools such as Google Analytics have been providing this kind of value to website owners for years. Tracking where your users come from (Google, Facebook etc), what they do when they arrive and whether they convert are the cornerstones of understanding website performance.What about voice analytics?With the introduction of new mediums such as conversational chatbots and voice first applications on platforms such as Alexa and GoogleAssistant, how do you understand the performance of these things?How do you know if your Alexa Skill or Google Action is successful? Send us your answersand you could feature on the VUX World Flash Briefingthis week!Can you apply the same rules as the web? Can you even access the same data? Is there some new metrics that matter more? And how can you use all of this to understand and improve the performance and use of your product?Well, that’s what you’re about to find out.In this episodeWe’re speaking to Dashbot.ioCEO Arte Merritt all about the conversational analytics platform and how you can understand whether your conversational experience is working for your users.We discuss the kind of metrics Dashbot provide including:No. usersRepeat usersTime per sessionRetentionSentiment analysisMessage funnelsIntent funnelsTop exit messagesAI performanceGoalsBehaviour flowConversation flowArte tells us some case studies of how the tool has been used to understand and then improve conversational experiences.We discuss some of the challenges with conversational analytics and how they relate to the voice first space and we hear about where voice analytics are heading in the future.Our guestArte Merritt has worked in mobile and analytics for 20 years. He built an analytics platform which he sold it to Nokia before turning his attention to fill a gap in the market when he realised that Slack didn’t have any analytics. Dashbot was born and its been serving conversational designers ever since, helping them understand and improve their chatbots and voice applications. Since its creation, Dashbot has analysed 32 billion messages and counting!Where to listeniTunes/Apple podcastsSpotifyStitcherTuneIniHeartRadioPippaAny other podcast player you use or ask Any Pod to play V.U.X. World on AlexaLinksCheck out Dashbot.ioFollow Dashbot on TwitterFollow Arte on TwitterAlexa Skills: competitive intelligence Check out the Dashbot BlogFind out more about the Smart Voice Summit London See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, we take a look at the similarities between VUI design for IVR and VUI design for voice assistants. We also explain what VUI tuning is and why it’s important, whilst giving you some tips on how you can tune your voice user interface. We also discuss PinDrop and voice first security.In this episodeWe speak to one of the world’s expert VUI practitioners, Simonie Wilson, to get under the hood of Passport and figure out what it is, how it works, why it’s needed and how you can use it to authenticate users with confidence whilst preventing fraud.We also tap into Simonie’s vast VUI design experience and discuss how she goes about designing VUIs that delight rather than smite customers. We get into detail about the benefits of VUI tuning and Simonie shares her advice on how you can continuously improve a VUI experience.Are brands failing on Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant? Send us your answers and you could feature on the VUX World Flash Briefing this week!Privacy and securityPrivacy is often cited as a barrier and a challenge in the voice first space. How do you authenticate a user, build trust and enable people to transact in a frictionless way, all without a long, drawn out, failure stricken on-boarding process?PinDrop is changing that with it’s product, Passport: a fool-proof way to recognise whether someone is who they say they are simply by the sound of their voice. It works in all voice first areas and can even tell whether the voice is synthetic.Here's an example of it working with Alexa:There is so much potential in the voice first space from a vcommerce, health and financial management perspective that technology such as this could smooth over the cracks in the verification process and enable people to transact more seamlessly in a voice first world.Our GuestSimonie Wilson is the queen of VUI design. With over 20 years experience working in the speech and VUI design space, Simonie's career has included working with large companies such as Microsoft and GM, small companies such as startups and contracting too. Simonie has knowledge and experience in the VUI design space that few others do and is one of the few people to have extensive experience with VUI tuning.Simonie is madly passionate about VUI design and, in this episode, shares all of that passion and some real lessons and insights from her experience that’ll help all VUI designers improve what they do.Where to listeniTunes/Apple podcastsSpotifyStitcherTuneIniHeartRadioPippaAny other podcast player you use or ask Any Pod to play V.U.X. World on AlexaLinksVisit the PinDrop websiteCheck out PinDrop on YouTubePinDrop on FacebookPinDrop on TwitterConnect with Simonie on LinkedInEmail SimonieRead about PinDrop Passport in Forbes See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We’ve covered plenty of voice first designand developmenton this podcast. Well, that’s what the podcast is, so we’re bound to! Most of what we’ve discussed has largely been voice assistant or smart speaker-focused. We haven’t covered a huge amount of voice first application in the browser and on mobile, until now.Mic checkYou’ll have noticed the little mic symbol popping up on a number of websites lately. It’s in the Google search bar, it’s on websites such as EchoSim and Spotify are trialing it too. When you press that mic symbol, it enables your mic on whatever device you’re using and lets you speak your search term.Next time you see that mic, you could be looking at the entry point to Voysis.On a lot of websites, that search may well just use the website’s standard search tool to perform the search. With Voysis, its engine will perform the search for you using its voice tech stack.That means that you can perform more elaborate searches that most search engines would struggle with. For example:“Show me Nike Air Max trainers, size 8, in black, under $150”Most search engines would freak out at this, but not Voysis. That’s what it does.Of course, it’s more than an ecommerce search tool, as we’ll find out during this episode.In this episodeWe discuss how approaches to new technology seem to wrongly follow a reincarnation route. Turning print into web by using the same principles that govern print. Turning online into mobile by using the same principles that govern the web. Then taking the practices and principles of GUI and transferring that to VUI. We touch on why moving you app to voice is the wrong approach.We also discuss:Voysis - what it is and what it doesGetting sophisticated with searchesDesigning purely for voice vs multi modalThe challenge of ecommerce with a zero UIThe nuance between the GUI assistant and voice only assistantsHow multi modal voice experiences can help the shopping experienceMaking the transition from GUI to VUIThe similarities between moving from web to mobile and from mobile to voice - (when moving to mobile, you had to think about gestures and smaller screens)Error states and points of delightThe difference between designing for voice and designing for a screenTesting for voiceUnderstand voice first ergonomicsOur GuestBrian Colcord, VP of Design at Voysis, is a world-leading designer, cool, calm and collected speaker and passionate sneaker head.After designing the early versions of the JoinMe brand markings and UI, he was recruited by LogMeIn and went on to be one of the first designers to work on the Apple Watch prior to its release.Brian has made the transition from GUI to VUI design and shares with us his passion for voice, how he made the transition, what he learned and how you can do it too.About VoysisVoysis is a Dublin-based voice technology company that believes voice interactions can be as natural as human ones and are working intently to give brands the capability to have natural language interactions with customers.LinksCheck out the Voysis websiteFollow Voysis on TwitterRead the Voysis blogJoin Brian on LinkedInFollow Brian on TwitterListen to the AI in industry podcast with Voysis CEO, Peter CahillRead Brian's post, You're already a voice designer, you just don't know it yetWhere to listeniTunes/Apple podcastsSpotifyStitcherTuneIniHeartRadioPippaAny other podcast player you use or ask Any Pod to play V.U.X. World on Alexa See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode of Therapist Uncensored,Guest Dr. David Elliott presents the Three Pillars of treatment for attachment disruptions.  Besides background on why attachment matters and the prevalence of insecurity, we focus mostly on how to apply the science in trying to heal relational attachment injuries for our clients, or ourselves. Meeting David ElliottDr. Elliott has had leadership roles in several professional organizations. He was President of the Rhode Island Psychological Association for a two-year term, during 2000 and 2001; and prior to that he was Chair of the Coalition of Mental Health Professionals of Rhode Island (COMHPRI), also for two years. Both organizations advocate for availability and access to high quality and affordable mental health services. Since 1998 Dr. Elliott has been on the faculty of and teaches annually at the International School for Psychotherapy, Counseling, and Group Leadership, in St. Petersburg, Russia. This three-year post-graduate program helps the therapists in training develop not only the professional skills necessary for effective therapy or leadership, but also the personal qualities that assure empathic, attuned, and ethically responsible professional activity. He is currently Chair of the International Advisory Board of the school. David Elliott is a clinician and consultant who works with trauma and co-author of Attachment Disturbances in Adults, Treatment for Comprehensive Repair(2016) (http://amzn.to/2sUdioc) . Treating Attachment – today’s episodeWe knew we had to interview Dr. Elliott upon finding his book, Attachment Disturbances in Adults, Treatment for Comprehensive Repair(2016) (http://amzn.to/2sUdioc) . It immediately became Sue’s current favorite read and that is saying a lot! We cover quite a lot in this podcast, especially about treatment, but if that still isn’t enough, these show notes are PACKED with PDF’s of great material offered by Dr. Elliott! Below you will find 4 full PDF handouts about the salient ideas of their synthesis of treatment for adults with attachment disruptions. Dr. Elliott introduces our audience to the 3 Pillars of Comprehensive Treatment: Ideal Parent Protocol, Metacognition and Fostering Collaborative Capacity. While he touches on them all, please download the 4 PDF attachments provided below, and start by reviewing the Overview. Four PDFs Overview of the Three Pillars Model of Attachment Treatment (Brown & Elliott, 2016) (https://www.therapistuncensored.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/BrownElliott.Overview-1-1.pdf) The Five Primary Conditions that Promote Secure Attachment (Brown & Elliott, 2016) (https://www.therapistuncensored.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/BrownElliott.5Conditions-1.pdf) Levels of Metacognitive Skills (Brown & Elliott, 2016) (https://www.therapistuncensored.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/BrownElliott.MetacogLevels-1.pdf) Fostering Collaborative Capacity and Behavior (Brown & Elliott, 2016) (https://www.therapistuncensored.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/BrownElliott.CollaborativeDevt.b-1.pdf)   _______ It’s too late to attend, but just so ya know this happened….We were so impressed with his work Therapist Uncensored brought Dr. Elliott to Austin Texas for the first live professional conference we’ve hosted spun directly off the podcast in March of 2018. It was co-hosted by Austin IN Connection, an incredible non-profit supporting the the dissemination of the attachment sciences. Daniel Brown, co-author of Attachment Disturbances in Adults (https://pointingoutway.org) This is his current website, which focuses on his meditation and spiritual development activities. Attachment Disturbances in Adults Treatment for Comprehensive Repair (2016) Daniel Brown andDavid Elliott  (http://amzn.to/2sUdioc) Clinical Application of the Support this podcast

Today we start our journey to find that elusive creature known as one's signature style. What exactly does it mean for a filmmaker, or any artist for that matter, to have a signature style? How does he or she get one? How do they develop it? Why should we care? Today we start in earnest the core topic for this first season of Radio Film School. Everything beforehand has been building up and preparing us for this journey. And we have some very inspiring interviews to start us off.Award-winning filmmaking Kevin Shahinian, renown for his Bollywood-style wedding films and Hollywood-calibre production values, provides incredible and poignant insight into the style question from a sophisticated point of view. I have a discussion with Film Riot host Ryan Connolly about his style (and whether or not he thinks he has one). And "Legends of the Knight" director Brett Culp rounds us off with some sage advice on how to develop one's personal style.In the bonus segment post-credits, I FINALLY get around to discussing with JD how it was he that prompted me to pursue filmmaking full-time as a profession.Music in this EpisodeWe have some more great use of Song Freedom songs. Tune it to find out how you can get a FREE Song Freedom song license.Music from today's episode was curated from the Free Music Archive and Song Freedom. Click here to see the Song Freedom mixtape for this episode (All rights reserved). In order of appearance:"Save the Last Dance for Me" by the Drifters"Dancing Machine" by the Jackson 5"Party Rock Anthem" by LMFAO"Early News" by Dream City Orchestra"Forever Young" by Bob DylanFree Music Archive Songs used:"Please Listen Carefully" by Jahzzar. CC-BY-SA."Let's Start at the Beginning" by Lee Rosevere. CC-BY-SA."transcanada" by Fog Lake. CC-BY."The Last Slice of Pecan Pie" by Josh Woodward. CC-BY."Low Horizon" by Kai Engel. CC-BY."Divider", "Cylinder Six" and "Pick Up a Convict on Alcatraz" by Chris Zabriskie. CC-BY."Datpiff" by The Good Lawdz. CC-BY-SA.PhotosGo to today's blog post to check out old photos of yours truly.

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