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Send us Fan MailIn Episode 261 of Book Talk Etc., Tina and Hannah celebrate the power of short books–from  short stories and novellas to essay collections and anthologies! Join us as we explore why these bite-sized reads can leave just as lasting an impact as a full-length novel.In this episode, we also spin the wheel to randomly select our next topic for our August episode of Tackling the TBR Shelf! These TBR tackle prompts are chosen by our patrons as a way for them to take part in our reading lives.If you enjoy this commercial-free podcast, consider supporting us on Patreon! Your membership includes access to bonus episodes like What's in the Mailbag, Bookstore Browse: The Handsell, and Book Talk After Dark, invites to monthly community events like Mood Reader Happy Hour, and entry into our private Facebook group and Discord server- all for just $5 a month.Loving LatelySummer Reading Campaign - Melanated Reader (T)Soola Bag (H)Soola Pouch (H)Latest ReadKeep Them Close | David Ellis (T)Look Closer | David EllisThe Best Lies | David EllisEverything to the Sea | Alicia Upano (H)Novellas and Short StoriesAt Home With the Horrors | Sammy ScottHuman Sacrifices | María Fernanda AmpueroI Know A Place | Nat Cassidy (T)Metamorphosis | Franz Kafka (H)Obstetrix | Naomi Kritzer (T)Automatic Noodle | Annalee Newitz (H)Shelf AdditionSeekers of Deer Creek | Thao Thai (T)People in Love | Claire Daverley (H)If you prefer other shopping options, you can find today's books on Bookshop.org or Blackwell's. Purchasing through these links supports us with a small commission, at no extra cost to you.Support the showLet's Connect... Email us at booktalketc@gmailBTE on YoutubeTina's TikTok , IG @tbretc YT @tbretcHannah's TikTok , IG @hanpickedbooksJonathan IG @infiltrate_jayPodcast IG @booktalketcRenee's Substack Newsletter , IG@Itsbooktalk

Sende uns Deine NachrichtNorman Müller stellt die zentrale Führungsfrage hybrider Organisationen: Sind autonome KI Systeme neue Kollegen oder ein systemisches Risiko? Die Folge diskutiert, warum Arbeit delegiert werden kann, Verantwortung aber beim Menschen bleiben muss. Im Mittelpunkt stehen neue Steuerungsinstrumente für Unternehmen, der Automatisierungsbias und die Risiken miteinander interagierender KI Agenten. Dabei wird deutlich, dass der eigentliche Wettbewerbsvorteil nicht aus dem Einsatz von KI allein entsteht, sondern aus einer klareren und lernfähigeren Organisation.00:00 Wenn der beste Mitarbeiter eine Maschine ist  02:20 Organisatorischer Akteur ohne Moral  04:40 Warum Vermenschlichung zum Risiko wird  05:30 Drei Karten für hybride Organisationen  07:36 Agentenmandat und Abschaltverfahren  08:40 Automatisierungsbias im Management  09:27 Innen blind, außen verantwortlich  11:12 Wenn viele Agenten interagieren  11:48 Feedbackschleifen und unsichtbare Bürokratie  14:11 Transformation statt bloßer Automatisierung  16:36 Die asymmetrische Haftungsfalle  18:55 Harte Governance und neue Führungsrollen  21:14 Die Meisterprüfung hybrider OrganisationenHier geht's zum Essay von Norman Müller:https://ventureaibriefing.substack.com/p/ki-agenten-sind-keine-kollegen Support the show________________Wenn du uns dabei unterstützen möchtest, diesen Podcast zu einer Allianz von Zukunftsarchitekten der KI-Transformation zu machen, in der wir offen über Chancen, Risiken und reale Erfahrungen mit Künstlicher Intelligenz sprechen, dann abonniere uns auf Substack, YouTube, Spotify oder Apple Podcasts. Dein Abonnement kostet dich nichts, hilft uns aber sehr, noch mehr herausragende Persönlichkeiten für tiefgehende und inspirierende Podcast Gespräche zu gewinnen. Vielen Dank für deinen Support.Vernetze dich mit Norman auf LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/muellernorman

Registration will close this month for The Tender Harvest, a harvest yoga, meditation, and culinary retreat at world-class Ballymaloe House in County Cork, Ireland. Join this Sept 20-26, 2026, for a time of deep nourishment, learning, and inspiration. Just 2 rooms still available!A dog's retching yanks me from sleep. I've been floating between worlds all night, and suddenly I'm across the room before a thought can take shape. The dense atmosphere of a dream lingers as I kneel to wipe the floor, then thins as my mind reaches for it. I was in a foreign place, though the landscape felt familiar. I was with friends, though they were not themselves. There was a house. The house was a river. Its rooms were water.With a sigh, the dog returns to bed. The house settles back into stillness. I move mutely to my meditation cushion. Incense lit, tea steeping, for a time, I watch tendrils of smoke and steam mingle in the dawning air.Practice teaches us to notice what's here. Gradually, our attention steadies and we begin to perceive what is real—the interplay of spirit and matter, psyche and body—through the tuning fork of our awareness. We grow quieter, more supple, more receptive—less beholden to neurosis and fixed assumptions. What we lose in certainty, we gain in texture and attunement.As humans, especially now, our well-being depends on how honestly we inhabit the faculties of our aliveness. What do we know to be true, and by what inner or outer measure? How much doubt do we allow in the margins of confirmation? What may appear real, yet on closer examination, carries the subtle signature of an illusion? And, inversely: where have we developed trust in modes of knowing that defy rational explanation?In classical yoga philosophy, pramana offers a basic epistemic map. It names three valid sources of knowledge: direct perception (pratyaksha), inference (anumana), and trusted testimony (sabda). I know the river is cold because I have placed my hand in it. I know the river is cold because it flows from glacial melt. I know the river is cold because someone I trust has told me so.Of these, direct perception carries the weight of fact. Yet fact alone does not confer context. The elephant's tail may still seem a pestle to a blind man, as the Buddhist parable goes. Here, the animal's trumpet or a friend's account can augment our own perception. Thus, these three sources of knowledge uphold one another.But in Paris last month, standing beneath Hilma af Klint's paintings at the Grand Palais, I sensed how this era of dissolving certainties is inviting us to loosen and refine our frameworks for human intelligence. Knowing is not the intellect's final stamp of approval. It is a function of our embodied, psychic, and spiritual capacities—and it keeps calling us to widen what we recognize as real.Born in 1862, af Klint painted vast, abstract diagrams of a reality folded within this one: swirls of color, spirals, botanical forms, and galaxies. Her pioneering abstract works, begun as early as 1906, were long kept hidden and revealed only, at her direction, decades after her death. Working with a circle of women known as The Five, she participated in séances where language and image moved through them. One presence, whom she called Ananda, instructed her to create a series of paintings “for the temple.” These “pictures for the future” were meant for the future, for an audience who could see beyond the pastoral and parlor depictions of her time.Standing before af Klint's paintings a century later, I considered what it takes to be faithful to what arrives through intuition—to stake our knowing on image, or symbol, or an inner insistence just beyond explanation.Carl Jung described intuition as that which “mediates perceptions in an unconscious way… and has the character of being given.” Distinguishing it from the more rational functions of thinking, sensing, and feeling, Jung characterized intuition as irrational, bypassing conscious logic to immediately grasp hidden patterns, meanings, and future possibilities.In the years surrounding the First World War, Jung recorded dreams, visions, and dialogues with figures arising from his psyche. He came to understand that aspects of the psyche “produce themselves and have their own life.” The Red Book was later compiled as a document of these encounters and his willingness to be reshaped by them during an epoch of social collapse. His family kept the manuscript hidden for decades, wary of how the public would judge Jung for its contents.Certain ways of knowing do not sit neatly within pramana. They are not quite direct perception, not quite inference, not quite testimony, unless we expand the aperture of perception to include dreams, images, symbols, and phrases that arrive unbidden. These belong to another register, one involving a relationship with what we do not fully understand. A mingling with mystery. A participation.An increasing number of my therapy clients report consulting AI about the emotional content of their lives. I feel ambivalent. On one hand, it seems to help people articulate their inner life with greater clarity and identify practical therapeutic tools. On the other hand, if deferred to prematurely, AI's logic can displace the authority of these clients' own process, pulling them away from their attunement to the questions themselves.As artificial intelligence becomes an ever more seamless extension of cognition, my concern is what happens to the musculature of our knowing. Will we still value entering the river to feel for ourselves? Or standing beneath a painting whose frequency has waited a century to be transmitted? Or cultivating the integration of direct experience, the rigor of inference, and the discernment of who and what we trust?The meaningful questions of our lives ask something of us in return. Some questions are not meant to be resolved or even unveiled too directly. Some things must be distilled in time—granted permission, respect, faithful return, and a tolerance for not yet knowing.Together, we are making sense of being human in an era of radical change. Your presence here matters. Thank you for reading, sharing, ‘heart'ing, commenting, and subscribing to The Guest House.+ Join next month's yoga & meditation class on Thursday, August 20. Only on Substack - a thank you to paid subscribers.+ Find me at YogaSource in Santa Fe every Wednesday morning, 9-10:15 am MT / 11 am-12:15 pm ET for Dynamic Practice. This class is fully analog—live and in person. Register through the studio here.+ I'll be returning to world-class Ballymaloe House in County Cork, Ireland, Sept 20-26, 2026, with Erin Doerwald. This retreat will feature yoga, meditation, farm-to-table meals, and curated outings—plus rest, nurturance, and imagination. Just a few spots left. Check out all the details here. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit shawnparell.substack.com/subscribe

"Letters to Catherine E Beecher in Reply to an Essay on Slavery and Abolitionism" is a compelling collection of thirteen letters from Angelina Grimké that delves into the critical issues of abolitionism and human rights in the United States. Grimké's passionate arguments and eloquent prose illuminate the moral imperatives surrounding the fight against slavery, making her insights profoundly relevant today as society continues to grapple with themes of justice and equality. This collection not only highlights the historical context of the abolitionist movement but also serves as a timeless reminder of the power of individual voices in advocating for change.

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Corinna Cook is an essayist whose writing follows the stories embedded in the borderlands of Southeast Alaska, northern British Columbia, and the southern Yukon. Drawing from history, natural science, and personal experience, she asks what the landscape can teach us—how it preserves memory, how climate reshapes our understanding of place, and how the painful histories of colonialism continue to shape life in the present. Her essays remind us that history and the natural world are inseparable, that the past lingers in rivers, forests, permafrost, and the traces left behind by those who came before us. And rather than searching for tidy conclusions, she approaches each essay as an open question, using it to better understand the North, the stories preserved in its landscapes, and what it means to live within the long arc of geologic time. Her recent book, Permafrost Is an Archive, is a collection of essays about turning toward the land. Moving through the boreal forest, thawing permafrost, and the invisible lines that divide nations, she asks what the land remembers and what it can teach us about the painful histories we carry, the ones that continue to shape how we see each other and the world around us. She doesn't offer easy answers. Instead, her essays become meditations on home and displacement, deep time and human history, and the difficult work of building more honest relationships with each other. As climate change reshapes the North, she argues that our ability to adapt may depend as much on how we confront our shared histories as on how we respond to environmental change. At the heart of the book is a question that echoes throughout her work: Now that we know, what do we do with that knowledge?

Corinna Cook is an essayist whose writing follows the stories embedded in the borderlands of Southeast Alaska, northern British Columbia, and the southern Yukon. Drawing from history, natural science, and personal experience, she asks what the landscape can teach us—how it preserves memory, how climate reshapes our understanding of place, and how the painful histories of colonialism continue to shape life in the present. Her essays remind us that history and the natural world are inseparable, that the past lingers in rivers, forests, permafrost, and the traces left behind by those who came before us. And rather than searching for tidy conclusions, she approaches each essay as an open question, using it to better understand the North, the stories preserved in its landscapes, and what it means to live within the long arc of geologic time. Her recent book, Permafrost Is an Archive, is a collection of essays about turning toward the land. Moving through the boreal forest, thawing permafrost, and the invisible lines that divide nations, she asks what the land remembers and what it can teach us about the painful histories we carry, the ones that continue to shape how we see each other and the world around us. She doesn't offer easy answers. Instead, her essays become meditations on home and displacement, deep time and human history, and the difficult work of building more honest relationships with each other. As climate change reshapes the North, she argues that our ability to adapt may depend as much on how we confront our shared histories as on how we respond to environmental change. At the heart of the book is a question that echoes throughout her work: Now that we know, what do we do with that knowledge?

Sende uns Deine NachrichtDiese Folge des Venture AI Podcast dreht sich um einen aktuellen Sanktionsantrag im Urheberrechtsstreit der New York Times gegen OpenAI vom Juli 2026, der laut dem neuen Essay von Norman Müller die Grundlage heutiger Enterprise KI Verträge infrage stellt. Ausgehend von der Aussage des OpenAI Mitarbeiters Winnie Monaco und dem internen Tool Project Giraffe diskutieren die beiden Podcast Hosts, ob Freistellungsklauseln in Softwareverträgen noch belastbar sind, wenn Anbieter ihre technischen Fähigkeiten vor Gericht verschweigen. Im Zentrum steht der Streit zwischen einer pragmatischen Marktposition, die eigene Sicherheitsnetze der Unternehmen fordert, und der Gegenposition, die strategische Intransparenz als inakzeptables systemisches Risiko einstuft. Die Folge ordnet den Fall auch im Licht der neuen europäischen Produkthaftungsrichtlinie ab Dezember 2026 ein.00:00 Einstieg: Der Sanktionsantrag gegen OpenAI01:23 Monacos Aussage bricht das alte Narrativ02:06 78 Millionen Chats und Project Giraffe03:30 Wie der Bloomfilter technisch funktioniert04:40 Die Freistellungsklausel in Enterprise Verträgen05:25 Ökonomisches Instrument oder bewusste Täuschung06:52 Spoliation und die Gültigkeit für den Mittelstand07:56 Die Forderung nach echten Auditrechten08:59 Blinder Fleck: Täuschung oder technische Unreife11:52 Die neue EU Produkthaftungsrichtlinie13:31 Der Vergleich mit dem Abgasskandal14:45 Eigene Guardrails statt Vertragsvertrauen17:40 Stresstest und Fazit: Vertrauen ist keine WetteDas Essay von Norman Müller findest du auf Substack:https://ventureaibriefing.substack.com Support the show________________Wenn du uns dabei unterstützen möchtest, diesen Podcast zu einer Allianz von Zukunftsarchitekten der KI-Transformation zu machen, in der wir offen über Chancen, Risiken und reale Erfahrungen mit Künstlicher Intelligenz sprechen, dann abonniere uns auf Substack, YouTube, Spotify oder Apple Podcasts. Dein Abonnement kostet dich nichts, hilft uns aber sehr, noch mehr herausragende Persönlichkeiten für tiefgehende und inspirierende Podcast Gespräche zu gewinnen. Vielen Dank für deinen Support.Vernetze dich mit Norman auf LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/muellernorman

Eine Dichterin, die auf Affen schaut: Lara Rüter erzählt in „Affenliebe" von ihrer Zeit in einem Primatenforschungsinstitut und vom Ringen um eine gemeinsame Sprache mit den Affen.

Feuerwehr-Einsätze, Notarzt, Kampfsport - in "Über Söhne" (Rowohlt Hundert Augen) erzählt Simone Buchholz vom Leben mit heranwachsenden Jungs und davon, wie man in dieser Welt einen Sohn erzieht.

Eine Dichterin, die auf Affen schaut: Lara Rüter erzählt in „Affenliebe" von ihrer Zeit in einem Primatenforschungsinstitut und vom Ringen um eine gemeinsame Sprache mit den Affen.

Kaum ein Gebrauchsobjekt spaltet die Gesellschaft so wie das Auto: Für die einen ist es ein ökologisches Problem, das Straßen verstopft und Atemluft verschmutzt. Für die anderen ein notwendiges Transportmittel und Ausdruck individueller Freiheit. Von Niklas Maak www.deutschlandfunk.de, Essay und Diskurs

This weeks show starts off with classics from Don Carlos, Wayne Smith, Edi Fitzroy, Half Pint, Barrington Levy, Ini Kamoze, Wayne Wade, The Twinkle Brothers, Cornell Campbell, Johnny Clarke,  Sugar Minott, Hugh Mundell, Culture, Peter Tosh, Max Romeo, Althea & Donna, Al Brown, Hopeton Junior, Johnny Osbourne, and Luciano. New music this week comes from Sista Jahia and Slimmah Sound, I-Taweh, Xana Romeo, Freddie McGregor, Lone Ark & The 18th Parallel, Swashii & Guru Nile, Essay & Goldbarz, Mosiah, Ziggi Recado, J Boog & Busy Signal, Medisun and Tippy I Grade, Protoje & Jesse Royal, Capleton with Stephen & Damian Marley, Rik Jam, Lutan Fyah, Marcus Gad, The Reggae Powerhouse Band with Pinchers, Dona V, Aza Lineage, Christopher Ellis, and Red Fox. Also this week we feature dubs from Mad Professor, Gussie P, Scientist, Aston Barrett, King Tubby & The Skatalites, and Nat Birchall with The 18th Parallel. Enjoy! Don Carlos - Late Night Blues - Plantation - Charly Records Wayne Smith - Time Is A Moment In Space - Jammys From The Roots - 1977-1985 - Greensleeves Edi Fitzroy - First Class Citizen/First Class Citizen Dub -  Youthman Penitentiary - Alligator Records Half Pint - Freedom Fighter - Classics - Hightone Records Barrington Levy - Hypocrites/A Rotten Dub - Time Capsule - Ras Records The Breadwinners - The Great Stalwart - Hi Dynamic Instrumental & Dub - Breadwinners Records Ini Kamoze - Them Thing Deh - Sly & Robbie Presents: Ini Kamoze - Taxi Wayne Wade - Poor & Humble - Greensleeves 12” The Twinkle Brothers - Since I Throw The Comb Away (live) - Since I Throw The Comb Away: Live At Reggae Sunslpash - Sunsplash Records The Twinkle Brothers - Jah Jah Gonna Get You - Rasta Pon Top - Burning Sounds Cornell Campbell - Righteous Rastaman - I Shall Not Remove 1975-1980 - Blood & Fire Johnny Clarke - Fire & Brimstone A Go Burn The Wicked - Creation Rebel - VP Records Sugar Minott - Slice Of The Cak - Nura 7” Hugh Mundell  & Pablo Rockers All Stars - Lets All Unite/Unity Dub - Rockers 7” Culture - Natty Never Get Weary (12” Mix) - Children  Of Zion: The High Note Singles Collection - Doctor Bird  Peter Tosh - Wanted Dread & Alive - Wanted Dread & Alive - EMI/Rolling Stones Records Max Romeo - Tan And See - War Ina Babylon - 4 Men With Beards Oba Simba - I've Found Rastafari - The Arrival - Sunvibes Music Althea & Donna - Uptown Top Ranking - Reggae Bloodlines - Reggae Bloodlines Al Brown - Ain't No Love In The Heart Of The City - Darker Than Blue: Soul From Jamdown - Blood & Fire Hopeton Junior - Living In The Ghetto/Living In The Ghetto Dub Mix - Milestone 7” Johnny Osbourne - Kiss Somebody - Nightfall - VP Records Sista Jahia & Slimmah Sound - Protect Di Youths/Dub Version - Blackboard Jungle 12” Luciano - Love Jah And Live - Rough Inna Town: The Xtermiantor Sound - Maximum Pressure Luciano - Love Jah & Live Dub - Xterminator Presents: Mlk Dub - Ras Records I-Taweh - Falla Fashion - Rasta Inna Middle - Evidence Music Xana Romeo feat. Micah Shemaiah - Will The Sun Come Out Today - The Divine Blueprint - Charmax Music/Xana Romeo Freddie McGregor - Calling Mr. Speaker - Rick Records Lone Ark Meets The 18th Parallel - Man A Kill Man/Peace Version - Fruits Records The 18th Parallel feat. Hezron - Keep On Keeping On - All Fruits Ripe - Fruits Records Swashii w/Guru Nile & Travis D'Mario - The Israelites - WaspNest Entertainment  Eesah & Goldbarz - Time To Liberate - Evidence Music Mosiah - Never Lose Your Way - Unconquerable - House Of Riddim Ziggi Recado - Don't Stay Far - Elevation - Oneness Records J Boog & Busy Signal - Juggling Sweet - Double Trouble Riddim - Silly Walks Discotheque Medisun - Freedom/Freedom In Dub (Tippy I Grade Dub Mix) - Stay Nice Music/DubShot Records Mad Professor - Middle Passage - Dubbing With Anansi - Ariwa  Sip A Cup Meets Negus Roots - Conductor Of Dub - Fire House Dub Vol. 1 - Gussie P Records Scientist - Yallas Dub - The Dub Album They Didn't Want You To Hear - Jah Life/DKR Aston “Family Man” Barrett  & The Wailers Band - Cobra Style (disco mix) - Soul Constitution: Instrumentals & Dubs 1971-1982 - Dub Store Records King Tubby & The Skatalites - Fugitive Dub - The Legendary Skatalites In Dub - Motion Records Nat Birchall & The 18th Parallel - Let Peace Reign/Let Dub Reign - Fruits Records Ronnie Davis - Power Of Love - Roots From The Record Smith: Lloydie Slim Productions 1973-1976 - DKR King Tubby - King Tubby's In Fine Style - Roots From The Record Smith In Dub: Lloydie Slim Productions - DKR Hugh Mundell w/ The Roots Radics & Scientist - Jacqueline/Dangerous Match Three - Junjo Presents: Wins The World Cup - Greensleeves Al Campbell - Collie Herb/Collie Herb Dub - Jah Life 12” Capital Letters - Smoking My Ganja (Oldwah Mix)/Ganja Dub (Oldwah Mix) - Reality - Reggae Archive Records Protoje feat. Jesse Royal - Something I Said - Art Of Acceptance - Indiggnation Collective/Ineffable Records Capleton feat. Stephen & Damian Marley - Babylon So Evil - Heights Of Fire - Evidence Music Rik Jam & Irie Yute - Nah Sleep - Irie Yute Tapes Lutan Fyah & Irie Yute - No ID - Irie Yute Tapes Marcus Gad - Honor Dem - For All - Easy Star Records Reggae Powerhouse Band feat. Pinchers - Rawtid - Reggae Powerhouse Band & Friends Series 2 - Tuff Gong International Dona V - President Nebuchadnezzar - When Laast - Dona V Music Aza Lineage - Sound System - Rebel Daawta - VP Records/Jammys Colin Roach - Champion Sound - Jammys 7” Christopher Ellis - My Sound - Ghetto Youths International Red Fox - Shell It Down - Bent Backs Records Tenor Saw & The Gorgan Players - Golden Hen/Golden Dub - Up Tempo 12”

Er ist der umstrittenste Komponist überhaupt – Richard Wagner, glühend verehrt und heftig verabscheut. Und er hat eine braune Weste, obwohl die Nazis erst 50 Jahre nach seinem Tod an die Macht kamen: Hitlers Lieblingskomponist war er, und der »Führer« förderte die Bayreuther Festspiele kräftig. Die feiern in diesem Sommer ihren 150. Geburtstag mit Prominenz und Fans – und in der neuen Sachbuchfolge von »Was liest du gerade?« diskutieren Maja Beckers und Alexander Cammann das kritische Buch des Musikwissenschaftlers Anno Mungen über den Wagner-Kult in Deutschland 1933 bis 1945. Wie hat das NS-Regime Wagners Opern genutzt – und kann man ihn heute mit diesem Wissen noch unbefangen hören? Sommerzeit ist Reisezeit: Die Schriftstellerin Felicitas Hoppe ist die große Reisende unter den heutigen Erzählern. In dem schmalen Band »Reisen« erklärt sie, wie sie seit Jahrzehnten in der Welt unterwegs ist, obwohl sie eigentlich immer eine Stubenhockerin war. Wir erfahren, wie sie die Welt auf einem Containerschiff umrundet hat und warum die Erfahrungen beim Reisen wichtiger sind als das, was man dabei lernt. Ein Buch für unterwegs, mit dem man aber auch perfekt zu Hause bleiben kann. Dort befindet sich wahrscheinlich auch der perfekte Ort zum Lesen oder Podcasthören, um den diesmal unser Klassiker kreist: die Couchecke. Über dieses besondere Interiorstück, seine Entstehung und gesellschaftliche Bedeutung hat der Kunsthistoriker Martin Warnke 1979 einen klugen und amüsanten Essay geschrieben. Maja Beckers und Alexander Cammann fragen sich, ob man heute immer noch eine Couchecke in seinem Wohnzimmer haben muss. Als Geheimtipp haben sie diesmal ein Buch über Palmen und die deutsche Künstlerkolonie Olevano bei Rom mitgebracht. Kommen Sie gut durch den Sommer – natürlich mit guten Sachbüchern!   Das Team von »Was liest du gerade?« erreichen Sie unter buecher@zeit.de. Literaturhinweise: - Anno Mungen: »Von Bayreuth nach Auschwitz«, Westend, 381 Seiten, 32 Euro - Felicitas Hoppe: »Reisen«, Hanser Berlin, 128 Seiten, 20 Euro - Martin Warnke: »Zur Situation der Couchecke«, in: »Warburgs Schnecke«. Kulturwissenschaftliche Skizzen, Wallstein, S. 96–106 - Jutta Person: »Palmen«, Matthes & Seitz, 152 Seiten, 22 Euro - Golo Maurer: »Olevano. Als ein paar romantische Aussteiger in Italien die deutsche Kunst erfanden«, C. H. Beck, 384 Seiten, 29,90 Euro [ANZEIGE] Mehr über die Angebote unserer Werbepartnerinnen und -partner finden Sie HIER. [ANZEIGE] Mehr hören? Dann testen Sie unser Podcast-Abo mit Zugriff auf alle Dokupodcasts und unser Podcast-Archiv. Jetzt 4 Wochen kostenlos testen. Und falls Sie uns nicht nur hören, sondern auch lesen möchten, testen Sie jetzt 4 Wochen kostenlos DIE ZEIT. Hier geht's zum Angebot. 

Jill Lepore is a Harvard professor and contributing writer to the New Yorker. Her books include The Secret History of Wonder Woman, New York Burning, These Truths: A History of the United States, and her latest, We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution – and instant New York Times bestseller.   This year is the semi-quincentennial of the United States of America and, as Lepore points out, also the anniversary of constitutionalism.  There's no better guide through American history than Jill Lepore, and it is a delight to spend an hour in civics class led by someone who readily references Mel Brooks and AI in a discussion about the Constitution. Lepore is interviewed by OPB's Geoff Norcross, host of All Things Considered. They discuss Lepore's Amendments Project, which catalogues all the amendments that have been proposed throughout history, and explore why it is so difficult to amend the Constitution and the story of how some of the amendments we do have (there are 27, including the 10 in the Bill of Rights) came to be. They talk about originalism and the pessimism of the framers, who believed that any man would be a tyrant if given power, and set up the checks and balances in our Constitution to give the legislature, the court, and the people – with the vote – the power to oust a tyrant.    A few notes to listeners just for clarity:   It's mentioned “what is Congress doing right now,” this was during the November 2025 government shut down.  Jill is not in the room with the audience; Jill was unable to join us in Portland due to a last-minute travel issue (related to the shut down, frankly), but very gamely came in on video while Geoff Norcross and the audience were in the theater.   Jill Lepore is the David Woods Kemper '41 Professor of American History at Harvard University and Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. She is also a staff writer at The New Yorker. As a wide-ranging and prolific essayist, and winner of the PEN prize for the Art of the Essay, Lepore writes about American history, law, literature, and politics. She is the author of many award-winning books, including the international bestseller, These Truths: A History of the United States (2018). Her newest book is We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution, which was published this September.  As one of the local hosts of OPB's “All Things Considered,” Geoff Norcross shares local and regional stories to audiences of NPR's flagship newsmagazine. Previously, Geoff was the host of OPB's “Morning Edition” for 15 years. He was part of the team that built the program into one of the most listened-to presentations of “Morning Edition” in the country. 

Coming to you from Whidbey Island, Washington this is Stories From Women Who Walk with Story Prompt Friday and your host, Diane Wyzga.   I teach my personal narrative clients and students that their rigorous “depth of inquiry” steers them way from writing surface-level, first-available answer drafts to crafting a memorable story. What do I mean? Nice personal essays often recount the superficial events of what happened and to whom. Maturing storytellers grow their essays into unforgettable narratives by deeply exploring why what happened to them matters, probing motivations, and reflecting on how those experiences shaped their world view. For example, a nice personal essay focuses on content. Facts tell the reader what you did, the places you went, or the most obvious outcomes of an event. A memorable story focuses on context—the situation or circumstances the facts took place in. Together content plus context create meaning. Meaning reveals your underlying emotions, struggles, doubts, and the personal truths you uncovered along the way. Story listeners are drawn to meaning like filings to a magnet. Tip: To transform a nice essay into memorable story, dig deep by asking yourself 5 probing "depth of inquiry" questions: 1. What did you desire? 2. What choices did you make to get it? 3. What were the consequences of those choices? 4. Did you achieve what you desired, or fail? 5. How did the experience change you? Story Prompt: Think of a time when you were offered an unlikely opportunity. You said “Yes! Come what may!” What happened next? Write that story and share it out loud! You're always welcome: "Come for the stories - Stay for the magic!" Speaking of magic, I hope you'll subscribe, share a 5-star rating and nice review on your social media or podcast channel of choice, bring your friends and rellies, and join us! You will have wonderful company as we continue to walk our lives together. AND!  Stop by my Quarter Moon Story Arts website during reconstruction, email me [info@quartermoonstoryarts.net] to arrange a no-obligation Discovery Call, and stay current with me as Quarter Moon Story Arts on Substack. Stories From Women Who Walk Production Team Podcaster: Diane F Wyzga & Quarter Moon Story Arts Music: Mer's Waltz from Crossing the Waters by Steve Schuch & Night Heron Music ALL content and image © 2019 to Present Quarter Moon Story Arts. All rights reserved.  If you found this podcast episode helpful, please consider sharing and attributing it to Diane Wyzga of Stories From Women Who Walk podcast with a link back to the original source.

The Odyssey Isn't About Monsters. It's About Trust.   Before Christopher Nolan brings The Odyssey to the big screen, Curtis Chang and Jessica Hooten Wilson revisit Homer's ancient epic to ask what the story is really about: monsters, homecoming, and the search for truth among intentional lies. They explore why reading The Odyssey still matters in the age of film and AI, how Odysseus forces us to ask who we can trust, and what Christians can learn from Greek myths and pagan gods about the one true God revealed in Scripture.   03:53 - Reading the Homer vs. Watching Matt Damon 05:38 - When to Read the Book First? 11:06 - How "The Odyssey" Changes with the Reader 13:32 - Did A Woman Really Write The Odyssey? 16:50 - What Is The Unreliable Narrator? 23:23 - The Psychological Impact of an Unreliable Narrator 31:27 - A Christian Approach to Greek Mythology 34:37 - Understanding The Greco-Roman Culture of Jesus 41:36 - The Irreplaceable Human Elements of Teaching Literature in the Age of AI   Sign up for The After Party Sign up for our newsletter and The Good List   Mentioned in This Episode: Homer's The Odyssey (Stanley Lombardo's translation) Homer's The Iliad Nadya Williams's Christians Reading the Classics Yann Martel's Son of Nobody Yann Martel's Life of Pi Edith Hamilton's Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes  Neil Gaiman's Norse Mythology Natalie Haynes's Pandora's Jar: Women in the Greek Myths  Christopher Nolan's Memento (trailer) David Fincher's Fight Club (trailer) An Introduction to 1 and 2 Samuel (The story of King David)   More From Jessica Hooten Wilson: Jessica Hooten Wilson's website Explore Jessica's books HERE Read articles and Essay by Jessica HERE Follow Us: Good Faith on Instagram Good Faith on X (formerly Twitter) Good Faith on Facebook   The Good Faith Podcast is a production of a 501(c)(3) nonpartisan organization that does not engage in any political campaign activity to support or oppose any candidate for public office. Any views and opinions expressed by any guests on this program are solely those of the individuals and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of Good Faith.

Sende uns Deine NachrichtIn dieser Folge des Venture AI Podcasts diskutieren zwei KI-Agenten kontrovers den Essay von Norman Müller mit dem Titel "Die beste Arbeit ist keine Arbeit mehr. Sie heißt Künstliche Intelligenz". Im Zentrum steht die These, dass der klassische Stundenlohn ausgedient hat, weil KI Systeme rund um die Uhr Wertschöpfung erzielen, die kein Mensch mehr mit reiner Arbeitszeit aufholen kann. Norman Müllers Antwort ist der Übergang zur Beteiligungsökonomie, bei der Mitarbeitende nicht länger Zeit gegen Geld tauschen, sondern Anteile am Unternehmenserfolg erhalten. Wir beleuchten beide Seiten dieser Debatte: die Chance, mit Beteiligungsmodellen den Widerstand gegen KI Einführung aufzulösen und im globalen Talentwettbewerb zu bestehen, sowie die Kehrseite, dass unternehmerisches Risiko und finanzielle Verantwortung auf Angestellte abgewälzt werden könnten, ohne dass diese entsprechende Macht oder Absicherung erhalten.Kapitel:00:00 Einstieg: Die harte Realität der KI Wertschöpfung00:39 Vorstellung des Essays und der zentralen These02:27 Das Bild vom Traktor: Warum der Stundenlohn tot ist03:44 Die Gefahr: Risiko wird auf Angestellte abgewälzt04:50 Wie Anteile den Widerstand gegen KI auflösen06:00 Das Zukunftsfinanzierungsgesetz und die Dry Income Steuerfalle07:11 Virtuelle Anteile (VSOPs) im Vergleich zu echtem Eigenkapital08:00 Liquidationspräferenz einfach erklärt09:28 Die neue Kompetenzfrage: Müssen Angestellte Finanzexperten werden?10:30 Der Wettbewerb um Talente: USA im Vergleich zum deutschen Mittelstand11:49 Die drei Gruppen des Arbeitsmarkts13:00 Der deutsche Mittelstand: Der Maschinenbauer als Praxisbeispiel14:11 Phantom Stock und Profit Pools als Alternative16:25 Fazit: Chancen und Risiken der neuen BeteiligungsökonomieDas Essay von Norman Müller findest du auf Substack:https://ventureaibriefing.substack.com Support the show________________Wenn du uns dabei unterstützen möchtest, diesen Podcast zu einer Allianz von Zukunftsarchitekten der KI-Transformation zu machen, in der wir offen über Chancen, Risiken und reale Erfahrungen mit Künstlicher Intelligenz sprechen, dann abonniere uns auf Substack, YouTube, Spotify oder Apple Podcasts. Dein Abonnement kostet dich nichts, hilft uns aber sehr, noch mehr herausragende Persönlichkeiten für tiefgehende und inspirierende Podcast Gespräche zu gewinnen. Vielen Dank für deinen Support.Vernetze dich mit Norman auf LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/muellernorman

We take a look at Stanford's new MBA application tool and the reasons why candidates overthink certain essay questions.  

Kelly shares a Marine Corps wife's essay (titled "Cincinnatus") honoring her husband's quiet retirement after 20 years of service. Instead of ceremonies, his legacy lives in small, meaningful actions like giving away his expensive uniform to help a young officer and driving a beat-up Corolla with a trunk full of first aid supplies - so he can help anyone, on a moment's notice. It's a moving reminder that true service isn't captured in plaques or uniforms but in "small private acts of dedication" and the humble wisdom to know that our real legacy is "to give it all away. (Previously aired)

Sende uns Deine NachrichtZwei KI-Agenten tauschen sich in dieser Folge in einem Deep Talk über Norman Müllers Essay zur Zukunft des Kundenwissens aus. Ausgangspunkt ist die These, dass deutsche Unternehmen ihr wertvollstes Gut, ihr tiefes historisches Kundenverständnis, gerade durch KI Trägheit verspielen. Am Beispiel des Start ups DXI und dessen digitalen Customer Twins wird diskutiert, ob dieses Wissen tatsächlich vollständig kodierbar ist oder ob genau darin ein Risiko liegt. Die beiden Stimmen nähern sich dem Thema aus sehr unterschiedlichen Richtungen und lassen den Konflikt am Ende bewusst offen.Den Artikel zur Podcast-Folge findest du bei Substack:https://ventureaibriefing.substack.com Kapitel00:00 Die Schatzkarten Metapher: Europas Kundenwissen in Gefahr 02:23 Warum Trägheit ein rationales Immunsystem ist 04:46 Der Mechanismus: Wie DXI Customer Twins baut 07:07 Wenn KI Autorität und Bauchgefühl entwertet 09:27 Beweis der Substanz: Investoren und Award für DXI 11:47 Das bitterste Szenario: Wissen wird zur Softwarelizenz 14:12 Grenzen der Modellierbarkeit: Vertrauen lässt sich nicht kodieren 16:27 Skalierungseffekte gegen Fragilität in Krisenzeiten 18:48 Gleichschaltung der Strategien und Verlust an Vielfalt 21:01 Fazit: Die neue Landkarte wird gezeichnetSupport the show________________Wenn du uns dabei unterstützen möchtest, diesen Podcast zu einer Allianz von Zukunftsarchitekten der KI-Transformation zu machen, in der wir offen über Chancen, Risiken und reale Erfahrungen mit Künstlicher Intelligenz sprechen, dann abonniere uns auf Substack, YouTube, Spotify oder Apple Podcasts. Dein Abonnement kostet dich nichts, hilft uns aber sehr, noch mehr herausragende Persönlichkeiten für tiefgehende und inspirierende Podcast Gespräche zu gewinnen. Vielen Dank für deinen Support.Vernetze dich mit Norman auf LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/muellernorman

In today's Teaching Middle School ELA podcast episode, Caitlin shares why evidence-based writing is the one writing genre every middle school ELA teacher should prioritize. Discover how focusing on literary analysis can build confident writers, strengthen critical thinking, and create transferable skills that benefit students across every subject—all while making writing instruction simpler and more effective. Join us this July for our FREE Writing Workshop: https://www.ebteacher.com/writing-workshop

"It is quite generally recognized that psychology has remained in the semi-mythological, semi-scholastic period longer than most attempts at scientific formulization. For a long time it has been the "spook science" per se, and the imagination, now analyzed by M. Ribot in such a masterly manner, has been one of the most persistent, apparently real, though very indefinite, of psychological spooks. Whereas people have been accustomed to speak of the imagination as an entity sui generis, as a lofty something found only in long-haired, wild-eyed "geniuses," constituting indeed the center of a cult, our author, Prometheus-like, has brought it down from the heavens, and has clearly shown that imagination is a function of mind common to all men in some degree, and that it is shown in as highly developed form in commercial leaders and practical inventors as in the most bizarre of romantic idealists. The only difference is that the manifestation is not the same." - Albert H. N. Baron, in translator's preface to Essai sur l'imagination créatrice.Translated by Albert H. N. Baron.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

"It is quite generally recognized that psychology has remained in the semi-mythological, semi-scholastic period longer than most attempts at scientific formulization. For a long time it has been the "spook science" per se, and the imagination, now analyzed by M. Ribot in such a masterly manner, has been one of the most persistent, apparently real, though very indefinite, of psychological spooks. Whereas people have been accustomed to speak of the imagination as an entity sui generis, as a lofty something found only in long-haired, wild-eyed "geniuses," constituting indeed the center of a cult, our author, Prometheus-like, has brought it down from the heavens, and has clearly shown that imagination is a function of mind common to all men in some degree, and that it is shown in as highly developed form in commercial leaders and practical inventors as in the most bizarre of romantic idealists. The only difference is that the manifestation is not the same." - Albert H. N. Baron, in translator's preface to Essai sur l'imagination créatrice.Translated by Albert H. N. Baron.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

"It is quite generally recognized that psychology has remained in the semi-mythological, semi-scholastic period longer than most attempts at scientific formulization. For a long time it has been the "spook science" per se, and the imagination, now analyzed by M. Ribot in such a masterly manner, has been one of the most persistent, apparently real, though very indefinite, of psychological spooks. Whereas people have been accustomed to speak of the imagination as an entity sui generis, as a lofty something found only in long-haired, wild-eyed "geniuses," constituting indeed the center of a cult, our author, Prometheus-like, has brought it down from the heavens, and has clearly shown that imagination is a function of mind common to all men in some degree, and that it is shown in as highly developed form in commercial leaders and practical inventors as in the most bizarre of romantic idealists. The only difference is that the manifestation is not the same." - Albert H. N. Baron, in translator's preface to Essai sur l'imagination créatrice.Translated by Albert H. N. Baron.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

"It is quite generally recognized that psychology has remained in the semi-mythological, semi-scholastic period longer than most attempts at scientific formulization. For a long time it has been the "spook science" per se, and the imagination, now analyzed by M. Ribot in such a masterly manner, has been one of the most persistent, apparently real, though very indefinite, of psychological spooks. Whereas people have been accustomed to speak of the imagination as an entity sui generis, as a lofty something found only in long-haired, wild-eyed "geniuses," constituting indeed the center of a cult, our author, Prometheus-like, has brought it down from the heavens, and has clearly shown that imagination is a function of mind common to all men in some degree, and that it is shown in as highly developed form in commercial leaders and practical inventors as in the most bizarre of romantic idealists. The only difference is that the manifestation is not the same." - Albert H. N. Baron, in translator's preface to Essai sur l'imagination créatrice.Translated by Albert H. N. Baron.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

"It is quite generally recognized that psychology has remained in the semi-mythological, semi-scholastic period longer than most attempts at scientific formulization. For a long time it has been the "spook science" per se, and the imagination, now analyzed by M. Ribot in such a masterly manner, has been one of the most persistent, apparently real, though very indefinite, of psychological spooks. Whereas people have been accustomed to speak of the imagination as an entity sui generis, as a lofty something found only in long-haired, wild-eyed "geniuses," constituting indeed the center of a cult, our author, Prometheus-like, has brought it down from the heavens, and has clearly shown that imagination is a function of mind common to all men in some degree, and that it is shown in as highly developed form in commercial leaders and practical inventors as in the most bizarre of romantic idealists. The only difference is that the manifestation is not the same." - Albert H. N. Baron, in translator's preface to Essai sur l'imagination créatrice.Translated by Albert H. N. Baron.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

"It is quite generally recognized that psychology has remained in the semi-mythological, semi-scholastic period longer than most attempts at scientific formulization. For a long time it has been the "spook science" per se, and the imagination, now analyzed by M. Ribot in such a masterly manner, has been one of the most persistent, apparently real, though very indefinite, of psychological spooks. Whereas people have been accustomed to speak of the imagination as an entity sui generis, as a lofty something found only in long-haired, wild-eyed "geniuses," constituting indeed the center of a cult, our author, Prometheus-like, has brought it down from the heavens, and has clearly shown that imagination is a function of mind common to all men in some degree, and that it is shown in as highly developed form in commercial leaders and practical inventors as in the most bizarre of romantic idealists. The only difference is that the manifestation is not the same." - Albert H. N. Baron, in translator's preface to Essai sur l'imagination créatrice.Translated by Albert H. N. Baron.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

"It is quite generally recognized that psychology has remained in the semi-mythological, semi-scholastic period longer than most attempts at scientific formulization. For a long time it has been the "spook science" per se, and the imagination, now analyzed by M. Ribot in such a masterly manner, has been one of the most persistent, apparently real, though very indefinite, of psychological spooks. Whereas people have been accustomed to speak of the imagination as an entity sui generis, as a lofty something found only in long-haired, wild-eyed "geniuses," constituting indeed the center of a cult, our author, Prometheus-like, has brought it down from the heavens, and has clearly shown that imagination is a function of mind common to all men in some degree, and that it is shown in as highly developed form in commercial leaders and practical inventors as in the most bizarre of romantic idealists. The only difference is that the manifestation is not the same." - Albert H. N. Baron, in translator's preface to Essai sur l'imagination créatrice.Translated by Albert H. N. Baron.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Hanif Abdurraqib and Javier Zamora both float between poetry, memoir, essay, spoken word and more -- finding the right form to explore their personal experience within American history. They join Jody Avirgan to discuss their work and its impact.For the past 250 years of America's existence, books have been fundamental instruments through which we preserve, interpret, and engage in history as an ongoing practice of free expression.  At “This Day”, we're partnering with Random House, the legendary book publisher, to bring you a special, month-long series called “A Nation of Readers.” In this series, we'll be talking to an all-star cast of authors -- all published by Random House --- about how books and the act of distributing ideas through publishing shape and reshape American history.We'll have new episodes every Sunday in the This Day feed, and a special two-part episode in the final week of June.Find out more about A Nation Of Readers here.Join our America250 newsletter community! Subscribe for free to get the latest news and analysis of how America250 is playing out. Paying subscribers get access to early, ad-free versions of the show. Plus bonus features throughout the year. To support our work and get access to everything, subscribe now.This Day is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX.Your support helps foster independent, artist-owned podcasts and award-winning stories.If you want to support the show directly, you can do so on our website: ThisDayPod.comGet in touch if you have any ideas for future topics, or just want to say hello. Follow us on social @thisdaypodOur team: Jacob Feldman, Researcher/Producer; Khawla Nakua, Transcripts; music by Teen Daze and Blue Dot Sessions; Audrey Mardavich is our Executive Producer at Radiotopia. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Leibwäsche, Nachtwäsche, Bettwäsche, Tischwäsche: Mehr als 700 Stücke konnte eine bürgerliche Aussteuer um 1900 umfassen. Hier wird die Geschichte bürgerlichen Wohnens, der Emanzipation von Frauen, aber auch die Entwicklung der Textilkunst kenntlich. Von Hilka Dirks www.deutschlandfunk.de, Essay und Diskurs

Author Reyna Grande writes about the struggles of assimilation and the healing powers of storytelling in her new memoir.

I. If you don't live in Utah, you may not have heard that the Great Salt Lake is in trouble. It's been rapidly dwindling in size and depth, and while it's never going to disappear entirely (though look at the Aral Sea), there are always issues when an environment goes through a rapid transformation. The big worry is that the lake will become so salty that even brine shrimp and brine flies can no longer survive. This would eliminate a major source of food for migrating birds, while at the same time a shrinking lake also removes the wetlands they use for mid-migration habitat. There are other potential problems as well, but you get the idea.   I'm old enough to remember when we were having the opposite problem, when the lake was so high that it threatened I-80 (the stretch west of SLC), the SLC airport, and various communities and businesses perched around the edge of the lake. This was in the mid-80s and my father worked at one of those businesses. This particular business would take lake brine, pump it into shallow ponds, allow the water to evaporate away, and then harvest the minerals left behind. Their big cash product was potash, which is used in fertilizers. The rising lake threatened to flood their carefully managed pond system, so it was a real ongoing crisis for my father back then.  After a couple of years of hard fighting, the lake eventually won. The outer dike was breached and lake water flooded into the pond system, completely wiping out the productive capacity of the business. It was a dark day...  

In the city of Varamin, some 50km southwest of Tehran, lies the Shrine and Mausoleum of Emamzadeh Yahya, a site of pilgrimage and veneration for Shi'i Muslims.During the nineteenth century, all of the shrine's luster tiles, including its mihrab, were stolen and then dispersed to museums worldwide.The focus of this podcast is the project, supported by The Barakat Trust, that has sought to reunite the disconnects that have long afflicted this site, its worshippers, and audience. The project is an online museological intervention in the form of a website that combines many aspects of the shrine, from its architectural features to ritual practices, from an urban history of the city to the stories of the shrine's keepers and attendants.The website includes galleries that explores these aspects of the shrine through essays, films, digital interactives, and lectures. There is also a Checklist of materials in the exhibition.The website is a sizeable digital publication that is being completed as we speak and includes content in Persian, English, and French:https://khamseen-emamzadeh-yahya-varamin.hart.lsa.umich.edu/The leader of the project and guest on this month's episode is Keelan Overton. She led a team of over 50 individuals who collaboratively contributed to the creation of this project that experimented with format, media, and technology to connect audiences in Iran and beyond to Emamzadeh Yahya and his shrine.Keelan Overton is an art historian trained at Williams College and UCLA (PhD 2011). Since 2015 she has been an independent scholar. Her first book project was the Iran-Deccan edited volume published by IUP in 2020. She then transitioned immediately into the Emamzadeh Yahya project, which she has directed and produced from her home office since 2021.This episode is part of our series Peripheries which seeks to push our understanding of the cultural heritage of the Islamic world away from the traditional centres that we associate with it. With a fantastic range of guests we will examine places and topics often considered peripheral to the Islamic world and understand why they are in fact of central importance to the region's cultural heritage, from Armenia to England, from Ethiopia to West Africa.Reading List:Citation of the website/digital publication:The Emamzadeh Yahya at Varamin: An Online Exhibition of an Iranian Shrine, directed and edited by Keelan Overton. 33 Arches Productions. Host: Khamseen: Islamic Art History Online.Contributors and works mentioned in this podcast:Essay on Yahya b. Ali by Ahmad Khamehyar (Ritual gallery)Essay on yadegari by Nazanin Shahidi Marnani (People gallery)Essay on the shrine's present social life by Maryam Rafeienezhad (People gallery)Essay on the shrine's chronological history by Keelan Overton and Hossein Nakhaei (Building gallery)Films by Hamid Abhari: City Tour (Varamin gallery) and Site Tour (Building gallery)Oral history with Mohammad Amini on Moharram ceremonies (Varamin gallery)Catalog entries by Jabbar Rahmani (Checklist, no. 5, 48, 49)Catalog entries by Heshmat Kafili (Checklist, no. 14, 16, 21)Photo Timeline of the shrine's physical evolution (Building gallery)Essay on the site's 1980s preservation by Zahra KhademiEssay on the scientific analysis of the tomb's luster tiles (now published, in the Luster gallery, by Trinitat Pradell, Judit Molera, Moujan Matin, and Keelan OvertonFilm on the Godard Archive of architectural photography with Alejandra Tafur Manrique and Martina Massullo (Museum gallery)Film on luster tiles in the Victoria and Albert Museum with Fuchsia Hart (Luster gallery)Film on luster tiles in the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha with Nicoletta Fazio (Museum gallery)Essay on the site's 1980s preservation by Zahra Khademi (People gallery)

Listen and subscribe to Money Making Conversations on iHeartRadio, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, www.moneymakingconversations.com/subscribe/ or wherever you listen to podcasts. New Money Making Conversations episodes drop daily. I want to alert you, so you don’t miss out on expert analysis and insider perspectives from my guests who provide tips that can help you uplift the community, improve your financial planning, motivation, or advice on how to be a successful entrepreneur. Keep winning! Two-time Emmy and Three-time NAACP Image Award-winning, television Executive Producer Rushion McDonald interviewed Jennifer Ledwith.

Senator Jon Ossoff recently walked into Beulah Missionary Baptist Church in Decatur, Georgia, opened the Book of Amos, and delivered one of the most theologically precise speeches I've heard from any political figure in years. In 8 minutes and 41 seconds, he did what MAGA pastors with massive platforms and full-time theology staffs refuse to do: name the corruption, place it in a 3,000-year-old prophetic tradition, and connect it to the suffering of real people in real zip codes. Ossoff is not pandering. He's not decorating a political speech with Bible verses. He's doing exegesis — and he's doing it in front of a Black Baptist congregation with a 60-year covenant to the civil rights movement. That matters theologically.

Listen and subscribe to Money Making Conversations on iHeartRadio, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, www.moneymakingconversations.com/subscribe/ or wherever you listen to podcasts. New Money Making Conversations episodes drop daily. I want to alert you, so you don’t miss out on expert analysis and insider perspectives from my guests who provide tips that can help you uplift the community, improve your financial planning, motivation, or advice on how to be a successful entrepreneur. Keep winning! Two-time Emmy and Three-time NAACP Image Award-winning, television Executive Producer Rushion McDonald interviewed Jennifer Ledwith.

Listen and subscribe to Money Making Conversations on iHeartRadio, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, www.moneymakingconversations.com/subscribe/ or wherever you listen to podcasts. New Money Making Conversations episodes drop daily. I want to alert you, so you don’t miss out on expert analysis and insider perspectives from my guests who provide tips that can help you uplift the community, improve your financial planning, motivation, or advice on how to be a successful entrepreneur. Keep winning! Two-time Emmy and Three-time NAACP Image Award-winning, television Executive Producer Rushion McDonald interviewed Jennifer Ledwith.

Without Sophia, his AI Co-Host, Detlef Schlich returns to the physical presence of a real conversation: two people sitting inside a gallery, surrounded by paintings, sculptures, handmade objects, and the quiet energy of a space that has only recently been brought back to life. Felicitas speaks about discovering the empty room by chance, renovating it over nearly a month, and turning it into a living continuation of her artistic path.At the heart of the episode is the meaning of the name Gallery Emptiness. For Felicitas, emptiness is not a void, not absence, not nothingness. It is a space without fixed essence — a field of relation, vibration, energy, and possibility. This becomes the philosophical pulse of the conversation.The episode also opens towards future plans for the gallery: spoken word evenings, poetry, word games, small performances, mini theatre, workshops, clothing upcycling, and creative gatherings where people can explore expression in a personal and playful way. There is also a subtle but strong critique of disposable fashion culture — the tendency to buy, wear once, and discard. Felicitas offers another path: clothing as second skin, as personality, as self-made presence.Gallery Emptiness becomes more than a gallery. It becomes a small cultural chamber in Bantry — a place for art, words, encounter, transformation, and community.The episode closes with a new Los Inorgánicos song:“Emptiness Is Not a Hidden Void”A poetic reflection on Felicitas' statement, the gallery, and the strange beauty of a space that begins empty only so something alive can enter.Detlef Schlich is a rock musician, podcaster, visual artist, filmmaker,ritual designer, and media archaeologist based in West Cork. He is recognised for his seminal work, including a scholarly examination of the intersections between shamanism, art, and digital culture, and his acclaimed video installation, Transodin's Tragedy. He primarily works in performance, photography, painting, sound, installations, and film. In his work, he reflects on the human condition and uses the digital shaman's methodology as an alter ego to create artwork. His media archaeology is a conceptual and practical exercise in uncovering the unique aesthetic, cultural, and political aspects of media in culture.WEBSITE LINKS WAW Official YouTube Channelhttps://www.youtube.com/@WAWBandFrom the forthcoming WAW albumThe Stories of Nil YoungTwo songs from WAW's developing album project The Stories of Nil Young — a mythopoetic journey along the Nile, where river, memory, loss, cooperation and hope flow into music.AfricaSmileAfricaSmile follows the Nile as an imagined journey from its sources to the Mediterranean Sea — a river of memory, movement, rhythm and myth.The song turns the meeting of the White Nile and the Blue Nile into a fragile image of cooperation. It is not a naïve peace anthem, but a wounded musical hope: two different currents meeting, listening, and still moving forward together.The Niles Bittersweet SongThe Nile's Bittersweet Song is the first official single by WAW / Wild Atlantic Way — Detlef Schlich and Dirk Schlömer.The song follows the Nile as a river of memory, beauty, loss and contradiction: a life-giver, but also a force that can take away what it once nourished. Through the story of Kamau, it becomes a poetic reflection on childhood, fragile hope, and the emotional landscape carried by a river that is both kind and cruel.Inspired by East African storytelling traditions and shaped along the Wild Atlantic Way in West Cork, The Nile's Bittersweet Song is a mythopoetic musical journey about water, grief, resilience, and the deep human longing to keep moving with the current.Inspired by East African storytelling traditions and shaped along the Wild Atlantic Way in West Cork, The Nile's Bittersweet Song is a mythopoetic musical journey about water, grief, resilience, and the deep human longing to keep moving with the current.WAW BandcampSilent NightIn a world shadowed by conflict and unrest, we, Dirk Schlömer & Detlef Schlich, felt compelled to reinterpret 'Silent Night' to reflect the complexities and contradictions of modern life.https://studiomuskau.bandcamp.com/track/silent-nightWild Atlantic WayThis results from a trip to West Cork, Ireland, where the beautiful Coastal "Wild Atlantic Way" reaches along the whole west coast!https://studiomuskau.bandcamp.com/track/wild-atlantic-wayYOU TUBE*Silent Night Reimagined* A Multilayered Avant-Garde Journey by WAW aka Dirk Schlömer & Detlef Schlichhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAbytLSfgCwDetlef SchlichInstagramDetlef Schlich ArTEEtude I love West Cork Artists FacebookDetlef Schlich I love West Cork Artists Group ArTEEtudeYouTube Channelsvisual PodcastArTEEtudeCute Alien TV official WebsiteArTEEtude Detlef Schlich Det Design Tribal Loop Download here for free Detlef Schlich´s Essay about the Cause and Effect of Shamanism, Art and Digital Culturehttps://www.researchgate.net/publication/303749640_Shamanism_Art_and_Digital_Culture_Cause_and_EffectSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/arteetude-a-podcast-with-artists-by-detlef-schlich/exclusive-content

Portland was well represented at this year’s James Beard Awards. Cocktail bar Scotch Lodge took home the award for Outstanding Bar, while Japanese restaurant Nodoguro’s Ryan Roadhouse won Best Chef: Northwest and Pacific.    Writer Erica Berry also won a Media Award for her personal essay published in Orion Magazine. In it, she explores the balance between risk and reward in both mushroom foraging and her personal relationships.    Berry joins us to share more about her work.  

In our series of (super) short stories to boost your learning in under two minutes we are going into the story of a teacher who had her students write an essay about an interesting topic.I love this story, because it makes me consider how we treat our 'things' vs how we treat those we love. What do you take away?The full transcript and exercises are available on Patreon alongside much more material to practice with. Use code SIMPLEANDEASY for 20% off all memberships.Want to know more? Check ⁠⁠www.simpleandeasyarabic.com⁠⁠Enjoy, and let us know what you think!Majd, Adel and Amy

Thirty-five-year-old supermodel Emily Ratajkowski recently published a deeply personal, post-divorce essay for The Cut, and Kennedy is pulling back the curtain on what she calls "blathering, pornographic nonsense." From oversharing gruesome birth details to admitting she had a child just to "one-up" other single women in New York City, Kennedy unmasks the deep insecurities, loneliness, and emotional emptiness hiding behind the perfect social media image. Kennedy Now Available on YouTube: ⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://link.podtrac.com/kstw_yt⁠ Follow on TikTok: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@kennedy_foxnews⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Join Kennedy for Happy Hour on Fridays! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWlNiiSXX4BNUbXM5X8KkYbDepFgUIVZj⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

When the UFC came to the White House lawn, fighter Josh Hokit stepped up to a microphone and gave America a perfect picture of what MAGA Christianity has become — a religion of power, dominance, and spectacle that bears no resemblance to the Jesus of the Gospels. In this episode I break down the Josh Hokit White House UFC moment and what it reveals about Christian nationalism in the Trump era: a faith that worships the strong, mocks the weak, and mistakes brutality for blessing. We'll trace the "bread and circuses" parallel back to Rome — the empire that fed Christians to the lions in arenas just like this one — and ask how the followers of a crucified Savior ended up cheering for the coliseum.

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(00:00) — Family in medicine: How a neurologist mom and a sister in pediatrics shaped Justin's early interest(03:28) — The chemistry PhD question: Why lab research pushed Justin back toward medicine(07:14) — Duke and the premed decision: Choosing a school and a major with med school in mind(09:40) — Applying straight through during COVID: The stress of a compressed timeline and limited clinical access(14:17) — 37 schools, 3 interviews, 2 waitlists: Breaking down the numbers and the emotional reality(20:58) — Essay mistakes on reread: What Justin found wrong when he looked at his application months later(25:56) — Reapplication in real time: Revising essays, lining up a gap year job, and submitting a second cycle(33:45) — The June phone call: Coming off the University of Maryland waitlist weeks before orientation(37:12) — Late housing scramble: What it looks like to find an apartment after a June acceptance(39:57) — For students still waiting: Holding hope and planning for another cycle at the same timeJustin applied to 37 medical schools, earned three interviews, and landed on two waitlists before finally getting the call he had been hoping for — from University of Maryland — in the first week of June. In this conversation, he is candid about what held his application back: clinical and volunteering experiences that started too late because of COVID restrictions, and experience essays that tried to impress readers with technical organic chemistry detail instead of showing personal growth. He also walks through the parallel stress of watching his girlfriend navigate her own application cycle simultaneously, and the practical decisions they made to try to stay geographically close. Justin reflects honestly on the gap year question — he applied straight through from undergrad and now sees real value in what a year away from school can offer. If you are sitting on a waitlist right now or already thinking about a second cycle, his perspective on holding hope while still preparing a backup plan is exactly the kind of grounded, real-world guidance that is hard to find.What You'll Learn:- Why starting clinical experiences late can limit what you are able to write about, even if the experiences themselves are meaningful- How experience essays go wrong when they try to educate the reader on a research topic instead of showing growth and reflection- What a realistic reapplication process looks like — from rereading old essays to submitting a focused second cycle- How to hold on to waitlist hope without letting it delay your preparation for another cycle- What the logistics of a late waitlist acceptance actually involve, from housing to orientation timelines

Martin Padgett wrote the feature essay “Object Permanence” for the fall 2025 issue of Gravy Quarterly, our sister publication. In the piece, he catalogs the objects we live with actively, those we tolerate like inanimate roommates, and those we give away, sometimes to make room for the new. We liked it so much that we asked them to read it for Gravy podcast listeners. To read other engaging essays in Gravy, have it shipped to your mailbox by becoming an SFA member at southernfoodways.org, or sign up for a subscription at Hub City Book Shop. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Two of G.K. Chesterton's most unexpectedly prophetic essays take center stage in this issue of Gilbert Magazine: "An Architect's Nightmare," a 1928 piece that anticipates nearly everything being said today about AI, passive technology, and false progress, and "Freud on Slips of the Pen," a recently unearthed 1921 Daily Express article in which Chesterton dismantles psychoanalysis with surgical wit. Joe Grabowski and Grettelyn Darkey walk through the current issue of Gilbert—the official publication of the Society of G.K. Chesterton —drawing out what Chesterton saw about passive entertainment, the cyclical delusions of optimists and pessimists, and why art remains the irreducible signature of man. In This Episode: What G.K. Chesterton's 1928 essay "An Architect's Nightmare" reveals about spaces built for man vs. spaces man is expected to serve—and why his critique of industrial-age optimism and pessimism maps almost perfectly onto today's conversations about AI The pattern Chesterton exposed over a century ago: enthusiastic builders of terrible things who become pessimists insisting nothing can be done—and why Chesterton holds that human will, not historical inevitability, is what truly separates man from the octopus "Freud on Slips of the Pen": a newly unearthed 1921 essay in which G.K. Chesterton takes apart the Freudian slip using Hamlet, Punch and Judy, and the plain observation that a man who writes something down and doesn't cross it out intended to write it Chesterton on the standardizing effects of the cinema—how the same concerns raised about silent films in the 1920s echo in every conversation about video games, social media, and passive screen entertainment today A tour of the current Gilbert: the Chesterton Schools Network's capstone Rome pilgrimage, an 11th-grader's essay on Dante, a takedown of Paul Ehrlich's famously wrong prophecies, and G.K. Chesterton's poem "After Reading a Book of Modern Verse" Chapters: 00:00: Welcome and Introduction 02:24: Gilbert Magazine and the Legacy of G.K. Chesterton's GK's Weekly 05:30: The Current Issue: Cover Art and the Rome Pilgrimage Feature 11:29: "An Architect's Nightmare": G.K. Chesterton's 1928 Essay on Space, Man, and False Progress 19:05: The Optimist–Pessimist Cycle and What Chesterton Says About the AI Age 23:14: Virginia de la Lastra at the UN and Joe's Editorial on Passive Entertainment 29:10: Chesterton on Cinema, the Toy Theater, and the Imaginative Life 32:14: "Freud on Slips of the Pen": A Newly Unearthed 1921 Chesterton Essay 40:30: A Chesterton Poem, a Student's Essay on Dante, and Paul Ehrlich's Prophecies 44:24: Closing and How to Subscribe to Gilbert Resources Mentioned: Gilbert Magazine 2026 Chesterton Conference—"The Outline of Sanity" What I Saw in America by G.K. Chesterton Chesterton Schools Network Become a Member of the Society FOLLOW US: Instagram Facebook X SUPPORT: Donate Shop Produced by Saint Kolbe Studios

A forest lookout sits alone in a glass tower at 2AM and spots flames crowning two distant pines — a fire only he can see. By dawn there's no smoke, no ash, no scorched earth... and no fire at all. From phantom flames that burn and vanish to the burned Bigfoot pulled from a Nevada blaze and the UFOs caught streaking through wildfire smoke, tonight we wander into the strange and unsettling things that appear when the forests burn.EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources and full transcript): https://weirddarkness.com/ghostflamesREAD or DOWNLOAD the full transcript of this episode: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/yjwtx7awFEATURED STORIES IN THIS EPISODE: The author of Frankenstein always saw love and death as connected. She visited the cemetery to commune with her dead mother. And with her lover. (Mary Shelley's Obsession With The Cemetery) *** A girl moves into a new apartment and discovers that a haunting doesn't necessarily have to be frightening. (Ghostly Happenings In My Old Apartment) *** The July 1886 murder at the Shawmut Avenue laundry was so shrouded in mystery that even the victim's name was uncertain. (The Wash-House Murder) *** Ghosts, high strangeness, and even Bigfoot – it appears they may all have something in common, and that would be forest fires. (Forest Fires and the Paranormal) *** How do you explain an experienced lookout reporting a blazing forest fire, only for it to disappear less than an hour later – leaving no trace? (Phantom Flames)CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = The Foreboding00:03:57.045 = Show Open00:05:40.844 = Phantom Flames00:21:25.265 = Forest Fires and the Paranormal00:35:10.279 = Mary Shelley's Obsession With The Cemetery ***0048:57.368 = Ghostly Happenings In My Old Apartment00:52:28.197 = The Wash-House Murder ***01:01:09.811 = Show Close*** = Begins immediately after inserted ad breakLISTEN ON PODCAST APPS: Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here: https://weirddarkness.com/wdapps*No AI Voices Are Used In The Narration Of This Podcast*SOURCES and RESOURCES:“Phantom Flames” by F.A.Loomis from Idaho Magazine: http://ow.ly/beq730nL94u“Forest Fires and the Paranormal” by Brent Swancer for Mysterious Universe: http://ow.ly/ROYC30nL8n1“Mary Shelley's Obsession With The Cemetery” by Bess Lovejoy for the JSTOR Daily: https://tinyurl.com/y9cgd29w“Ghostly Happenings In My Old Apartment” by Cassie D, posted at MyHauntedLifeToo,com: https://tinyurl.com/ycexszvm
“The Wash-House Murder” by Robert Wilhelm, from the book “Wicked Victorian Boston”: https://amzn.to/2BGJOO0(Over time links may become invalid, disappear, or have different content. I always make sure to give authors credit for the material I use whenever possible. If I somehow overlooked doing so for a story, or if a credit is incorrect, please let me know and I will rectify it in these show notes immediately. Some links included above may benefit me financially through qualifying purchases.)WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness.Originally aired: March, 2021Weird Darkness opens a fire-themed descent that runs from a vanished forest blaze in 1976 Idaho through ghosts, Bigfoot, and UFOs born of wildfires, into Mary Shelley's graveyard education, a gentle apartment haunting, and an unsolved 1886 Boston murder.It opens with a U.S. Forest Service lookout stationed atop Pilot Peak in the Payette National Forest near Warren, high above the South Fork of the Salmon River, who woke sleepless at two a.m. in July 1976 and saw a bright orange triangle near a distant crest, then confirmed through binoculars two huge trees crowning out with flame. He calculated an azimuth with his fire-finder, radioed a two- to four-acre fire to the station fifteen air miles away, and watched it recede and vanish completely within forty minutes, leaving no smoke, no flame, and no charred ground at dawn six air miles out. Supervisors dubbed it the Pilot Peak phantom fire and sent smokejumper aircraft and hotshot crews to circle the ridge for nearly a week without finding a trace, until two months later a thousand-acre blaze on Zena Creek burned in roughly the same location he had reported.From there the episode widens into wildfires laced with the paranormal, beginning with the Curve Fire that struck South Mount Hawkins in the San Gabriel Mountains of California's Angeles National Forest on September 1, 2002, traced to a brittle 1935 wooden lookout tower and rumored to follow a cult ritual, after which hikers reported eyeless animals with hardened flesh and tall shadow figures akin to the Dark Watchers. It moves to the Battle Mountain Complex Fire near Battle Mountain, Nevada on August 6, 1999, where a letter forwarded to the Bigfoot Field Research Organization and a later call to investigator Thom Powell described firefighters capturing a burned, roughly seven-and-a-half-foot creature with a strong equine odor and near-human features. It closes with a July 2014 wildfire at West Kelowna near Vancouver, Canada, where a Castanet news video appeared to show an object shooting from a cloud, and a 2017 sighting by Arthur Frenette in New Hampshire's White Mountains, who watched a ball of fire plunge into Kinsman Ridge ahead of an out-of-control blaze.Next the episode turns to Mary Shelley, who in her 1831 introduction to Frankenstein traced her writing to her literary parents, though her mother, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman author Mary Wollstonecraft, died of puerperal fever days after her birth when Dr. Poignand removed the placenta with unwashed hands. Raised partly at her mother's grave in the St. Pancras churchyard, where she read her mother's work and escaped a strained home after father William Godwin remarried, the teenage Mary met Percy Shelley through the household and, at sixteen, declared love and reportedly first had sex among the tombstones. That fusion of reading, death, and forbidden knowledge surfaces in Victor Frankenstein's graveyard study of decay and in Godwin's 1809 Essay on Sepulchres, which framed visiting the illustrious dead as a form of communion the daughter carried into her novel of a creature assembled from corpses.From there the tone softens with a benign haunting recounted by a woman named Cassie, who moved into a larger, better-kept apartment over Christmas 2018 and lived there three months before moving in with her boyfriend. The internet blinked off repeatedly, cell reception failed in parts of the unit, electrical sockets quit working, bulbs burned out fast, and the shower switched itself on while she was away at classes. One night around one a.m. she and her boyfriend both heard the pitter-patter of bare feet in the kitchen, yet she never felt threatened, and when she left she said goodbye to whatever shared the space with her.The episode closes with the Wash-House Murder, the July 1886 killing of a Chinese laundryman found stabbed fourteen times in his Shawmut Avenue laundry in Boston's South End, his braided queue cut off and the five hundred dollars he had saved for a return to China gone. The victim's name was never certain, printed variously as Bin Chong, Ding Chong, and Wong Kong, and the case drew the Boston Police into a Chinatown governed by rival companies named Moy, Ching, Lee, and Sing. Detectives questioned the violent Moy company leader Ah Moy Chong and brought in New York interpreter Warry S. Charles, but the murder was never solved, and Charles himself was convicted of first-degree murder in 1908 after importing hatchet-armed assassins as a tong leader, leaving four dead in Chinatown.

Today, the week that the words flew - after Tony Blair wrote an essay saying Labour was "playing with fire" over the UK's future and Starmer hit back in a Substack article. Laura and Joe are joined by James Lyons, the former Director of Communications to Keir Starmer, to discuss his time in Downing Street, the essays and articles published by leading Labour figures this week and what could happen following next month's by-election.A full list of candidates and loads more information about the Makerfield by-election is available here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgrp1z8n4w2oYou can now listen to Newscast on a smart speaker. If you want to listen, just say "Ask BBC Sounds to play Newscast”. It works on most smart speakers.You can join our Newscast online community here: https://bbc.in/newscastdiscordGet in touch with Newscast by emailing newscast@bbc.co.uk or send us a WhatsApp on +44 0330 123 9480.New episodes are released every day. If you're in the UK, for more News and Current Affairs podcasts from the BBC, listen on BBC Sounds: https://bbc.in/4guXgXdNewscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC.The presenter was Laura Kuenssberg and Joe Pike. It was made by Jon Bithrey with Chloe Scannapieco and Justine Lang. The social producer was Sophie Millward. The technical producer was Jonathan Greer. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.