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When mysterious orbs of light start appearing in photographs at haunted locations, a psychic medium claims they're messages from the dead — but paranormal investigators armed with science have a far less supernatural explanation that might burst your spiritual bubble.Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicateIN THIS EPISODE: America's foremost exorcist, Theophilus Riesinger, faced off with Lucifer himself in the grueling 1928 case of a demonic possession in a rural Iowa convent. (The Exorcism of Emma Schmidt) *** One of the greatest magicians of all time was Chung Ling Soo. So adept at illusion, slight of hand, and fooling others that he was able to lead a double life… before being shot and killed performing his own magic trick. (The Magician Who Lived a Double Life) *** John Dee claimed he was visited by angels presented him with a secret language just angels, and the ability to perform a new magic they called Enochian. We'll look at his claims. (John Dee And The Language of Angels) *** A little boy goes fishing on a Spring day. He disappears. Another boy goes fishing nearby on the exact same day. He also disappears. A third child goes missing many years later in the same general area. What happened? (The Missing Fishing Boys) *** Venice's Poveglia Island was a quarantine center and mass grave for victims of bubonic plague – so it should come as no surprise it is considered one of the most haunted places in all of Europe. (Poveglia: The Island of Ghosts) *** It is one of history's greatest unsolved mysteries… what happened to the lost colony of Roanoke? We'll look at a few theories. (Lost Roanoke) *** You snap a selfie of the squad at brunch, but it's covered with shapes and light that definitely weren't present IRL. The whole thing is giving you major paranormal feels. Is it a loved one from the other side, making a cameo in your latest feed pic? Or a simple technological mishap? (The Trouble With Ghost Orbs)ABOUT WEIRD DARKNESS: Weird Darkness is a true crime and paranormal podcast narrated by professional award-winning voice actor, Darren Marlar. Seven days per week, Weird Darkness focuses on all thing strange and macabre such as haunted locations, unsolved mysteries, true ghost stories, supernatural manifestations, urban legends, unsolved or cold case murders, conspiracy theories, and more. On Thursdays, this scary stories podcast features horror fiction along with the occasional creepypasta. Weird Darkness has been named one of the “Best 20 Storytellers in Podcasting” by Podcast Business Journal. Listeners have described the show as a cross between “Coast to Coast” with Art Bell, “The Twilight Zone” with Rod Serling, “Unsolved Mysteries” with Robert Stack, and “In Search Of” with Leonard Nimoy.DISCLAIMER: Ads heard during the podcast that are not in my voice are placed by third party agencies outside of my control and should not imply an endorsement by Weird Darkness or myself. *** Stories and content in Weird Darkness can be disturbing for some listeners and intended for mature audiences only. Parental discretion is strongly advised.CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Lead-In00:02:08.974 = Show Open00:04:50.757 = The Trouble With Ghost Orbs00:29:31.470 = The Magician Who Lived a Double Life00:36:31.821 = Lost Roanoke00:43:34.993 = Poveglia: The Island of Ghosts00:52:00.913 = The Missing Fishing Boys01:05:43.078 = John Dee And The Language Of The Angels01:12:39.451 = The Exorcism of Emma Schmidt01:20:12.795 = Show CloseSOURCES AND RESOURCES FROM THE EPISODE…BOOK: “Ghosts on Film” by Troy Taylor: https://amzn.to/3ORYS14BOOK: “The Prestige” by Christopher Priest: https://amzn.to/47ulw6OFILM: “The Prestige” directed by Christopher Nolan: https://amzn.to/3DP1OVUBOOK: “Finding Marjorie West” by Harold Thomas Beck: https://amzn.to/451zviRBOOK: “Begone Satan!” by Fr. Carl Vogl: https://amzn.to/3rYIjHK“The Trouble With Ghost Orbs” by Troy Taylor for American Hauntings Ink: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/443n228f; Vicki Carroll for Exemplore: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/pknn5n3r; Ann Massey for Spooky Isles: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2p9xp8t7; and Bonnie Page from the Sentinal & Enterprise:https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/y5w8h2m6“Poveglia: The Island of Ghosts” by Genevieve Carlton for All That's Interesting: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/3byfnvhv“The Magician Who Lived a Double Life” by Kaushik Patowary for Amusing Planet: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/yckvppfw“John Dee And The Language of Angels” by Riley Winters for Ancient Origins: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/yckupdm8“Lost Roanoke” by Grace Felder for The Archive: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/mtay6ns6“The Missing Fishing Boys” by Crystal Dawn for LostNFoundBlogs: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/39xur8tf“The Exorcism of Emma Schmidt” by Charlie Hintz for Cult of Weird: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/3zdmbdfz=====(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.)= = = = ="I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." — John 12:46= = = = =WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2025, Weird Darkness.=====Originally aired: August 10, 2023NOTE: Some of this content may have been created with assistance from AI tools, but it has been reviewed, edited, narrated, produced, and approved by Darren Marlar, creator and host of Weird Darkness — who, despite popular conspiracy theories, is NOT an AI voice.EPISODE PAGE at WeirdDarkness.com (includes list of sources): https://weirddarkness.com/GhostOrbs#GhostOrbs #SpiritOrbs #ParanormalOrbs #GhostPhotography #ParanormalInvestigation #GhostHunting #SpiritPhotography #OrbsDebunked #CemeteryOrbs #HauntedPhotography #GhostOrbsExplained #ParanormalEvidence #OrbSightings #GhostCaughtOnCamera #ParanormalDebate #GhostHuntingTips #SpiritManifestation #ParanormalPhotography #OrbBackscatter #GhostOrbsTruth #ParanormalResearch #GhostPhotographyDebunked #SpiritOrbsRealOrFake #ParanormalSkeptics #GhostHuntingMyths #OrbsExplained #ParanormalPhotoAnalysis #SpiritPhotographyHistory #GhostOrbsOrDust #ParanormalCommunity

The Epstein client list was real—until it wasn't. The Attorney General said it existed. Elon Musk claimed the sitting president was on it. Then suddenly, everyone walked it back. In this episode, we break down the bizarre, contradictory timeline of the most high-profile cover-up in recent memory—and ask why the media, the government, and the public all seem weirdly fine with pretending it never happened. We also dive into the surreal rise of “Black Biden,” a theory that somehow mixes Nephilim, political masks, and internet schizophrenia. ICE has quietly built a $37 billion domestic enforcement machine, and no one seems to notice—or care—that we may already be living under soft martial law. From there, it only gets weirder. We look at the WNBA's unexpected emergence as a gambling goldmine thanks to… menstrual cycle tracking? Europe's population collapse gets the spotlight, along with the strange new “natalist” movement that wants to turn having babies into a religious duty. Also in the mix: the death of Grimace, Zyn-fueled rants, Bitcoin hype, anime detours, Grok's descent into Mecha Hitler territory, and a Home Depot surveillance theory you won't soon forget. It's chaotic, unfiltered, and just grounded enough to keep you wondering what's real. Dates for Sam at SamTripoli.com  Check out Dylan's instagram - https://www.instagram.com/dylanpetewrenn/ PATREON IS HERE! Subscribe at Patreon.com/AkaDeepWaters for uncensored episodes and one EXTRA EPISODE every week! Check out Deep Waters Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/akadeepwaters/ Check out Bad Tv podcast: https://bit.ly/3RYuTG0 Thanks to our sponsors!  ShipStation.com/CSC

Tesla's latest gigantic Supercharging station is online and it's incredibly impressive. I'll tell you all about it. Plus: the new Model 3 scores a huge safety rating in Europe, Tesla's European FSD Supervised push continues, and more! If you enjoy the podcast and would like to support my efforts, please check out my Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/teslapodcast and consider a monthly or annual pledge. Every little bit helps and there are stacking bonuses in it for you at each pledge level, like early access to each episode at the $5 tier and the weekly Lightning Round bonus mini-episode (AND the early access!) at the $10 tier! And NO ADS at every tier! And don't forget to leave a message on the Ride the Lightning hotline anytime with a question, comment, or discussion topic for next week's show! The toll-free number to call or Skype is 1-888-989-8752. INTERESTED IN AN EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR YOUR TESLA? Be a part of the future of transportation with XCare, the first extended warranty designed & built exclusively for EV owners, by EV owners. Use the code Lightning to get $100 off their “One-time Payment” option! Go to www.xcelerateauto.com/xcare to find the extended warranty policy that's right for you and your Tesla. P.S. Get 15% off your first order of awesome aftermarket Tesla accessories at AbstractOcean.com by using the code RTLpodcast at checkout. Grab the SnapPlate front license plate bracket for any Tesla at https://everyamp.com/RTL/ (don't forget the coupon code RTL too!).  BONUS: If you're in or going to be in the greater San Francisco Bay Area, bring your car to Immaculate Reflections! They're offering a Summer special: $200 off of any paint correction service, $500 off of any ceramic coating package, and 15% off of any PPF package. And I realize that 15% may not sound like a lot, but on a front end PPF that's a solid couple hundred bucks off, and if you go full-body PPF like me you're saving over $1000 right there. Thank you Jeff for offering these generous discounts to my audience! Check out his website at irdetailing.com

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The Houthis are back at it—sinking ships, killing civilians, and holding crews hostage in the Red Sea. Bill is joined by his FDD colleagues Bridget Toomey and Bradley Bowman to unpack the details and discuss why Iran-backed proxies keep getting away with it—including how the U.S. “ceasefire” deal may have emboldened them. Also: Where's Europe? And why does everyone seem more afraid of offending Tehran than protecting global shipping and freedom of navigation?

AI is racing ahead, but for industries like life sciences, the stakes are higher and the rules more complex. In this episode, recorded just before the July heatwave hit its peak, I spoke with Chris Moore, President of Europe at Veeva Systems, from his impressively climate-controlled garden office. We covered everything from the trajectory of agentic AI to the practicalities of embedding intelligence in highly regulated pharma workflows, and how Veeva is quietly but confidently positioning itself to deliver where others are still making announcements. Chris brings a unique perspective shaped by a career that spans ICI Pharmaceuticals, PwC, IBM, and EY. That journey taught him how often the industry is forced to rebuild the same tech infrastructure again and again until Veeva came along. He shares how Veeva's decision to build a life sciences-specific cloud platform from the ground up has enabled a deeper, more compliant integration of AI. We explored what makes Veeva AI different, from the CRM bot that handles compliant free text to MLR agents that support content review and approval. Chris explains how Veeva's AI agents inherit the context and controls of their applications, making them far more than chat wrappers or automation tools. They are embedded directly into workflows, helping companies stay compliant while reducing friction and saving time. And perhaps more importantly, he makes a strong case for why the EU AI Act isn't a barrier. It's a validation. From auto-summarising regulatory documents to pulling metadata from health authority correspondence, the real-world examples Chris offers show how Veeva AI will reduce repetitive work while ensuring integrity at every step. He also shares how Veeva is preparing for a future where companies may want to bring their LLMs or even run different ones by geography or task. Their flexible, harness-based approach is designed to support exactly that. Looking ahead to the product's first release in December, Chris outlines how Veeva is working hand-in-hand with customers to ensure readiness and reliability from day one. We also touch on the broader mission: using AI not as a shiny add-on, but as a tool to accelerate drug development, reach patients faster, and relieve the pressure on already overstretched specialist teams. Chris closes with a dose of humanity, offering a book and song that both reflect Veeva's mindset, embracing disruption while staying grounded. This one is for anyone curious about how real, applied AI is unfolding inside one of the world's most important sectors, and what it means for the future of medicine.

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Episode: 1406 The end of the medieval age of reason.  Today, a brief bright era in medieval Europe.

Full Text of ReadingsFifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 105The Saint of the day is Saint HenrySaint Henry’s Story As German king and Holy Roman Emperor, Henry was a practical man of affairs. He was energetic in consolidating his rule. He crushed rebellions and feuds. On all sides he had to deal with drawn-out disputes so as to protect his frontiers. This involved him in a number of battles, especially in the south in Italy; he also helped Pope Benedict VIII quell disturbances in Rome. Always his ultimate purpose was to establish a stable peace in Europe. According to eleventh-century custom, Henry took advantage of his position and appointed as bishops men loyal to him. In his case, however, he avoided the pitfalls of this practice and actually fostered the reform of ecclesiastical and monastic life. He was canonized in 1146. Reflection All in all, this saint was a man of his times. From our standpoint, he may have been too quick to do battle and too ready to use power to accomplish reforms. But granted such limitations, he shows that holiness is possible in a busy secular life. It is in doing our job that we become saints. Click here for quotes from some of our favorite saints! Saint of the Day, Copyright Franciscan Media

Welcome to the latest episode of L.I.F.T.S – your bite-sized dose of the Latest Industry Fitness Trends and Stories. In this episode of LIFTS, hosts Matthew Januszek and Mohammed Iqbal sit down with Brian von Ancken, wellness entrepreneur and mastermind community leader, to dive into the future of fitness, biohacking, and collaborative innovation. From protein cold foam to recovery clogs, and even fecal transplants, nothing is off the table.   Key Topics Discussed: Brian's journey scaling brands like Tough Mudder, Barry's, and Othership. How his mastermind group connects over 200 wellness entrepreneurs. Elite athlete fecal transplants: biohacking or bizarre?. The explosion of protein products in mainstream retail. Innovation in recovery footwear and smart shoes. How to responsibly vet science and trends in wellness. Why American foods still use dyes banned in Europe. The rise of wellness as the new luxury experience. Building a supportive and ethical health industry community.

Liz left her husband Brian and went off to spend a month in Paris with her daughter. The dream Paris trip. As is often the case, things went in the opposite direction from what she expected. Not in a bad way, though, in fact, things went in a very good way. Her time in Paris brought up thoughts and feelings around the grief of losing both parents. Feelings she thought (hoped) had been resolved. Not so. Very much not so. This week, we want to talk to you about Liz's Paris trip. About finding yourself alone with yourself and having time to face up to feelings you've been trying to push down. Thank you so much for lending us your ear. And thank you for finding us and for staying around. I hope this helps you in some small way ❤️ My heart beats with yours. Kia Kaha. Liz and Brian x PS: If you haven't yet joined my inner circle of friends, my life-letter readers, my gorgeous, trusted confidants, please do. You will be the first person I share everything with. I'd love to have you. You can sign up for my FREE Front Row Newsletter HERE. If you are going to Paris and intend to do far more sightseeing than I did, then do not hesitate to get the Go City Paris Pass. It'll save you a fortune in money and time in the long hot lines.  Brianna Wiest's book: The Pivot Year We stayed in an Airbnb in Paris, but nine times out of ten, Brian and I house-sit. It has saved us approximately $30k in accommodation around Europe. If you want to join us in using TrustedHousesitters to travel the world, use our exclusive discount code to get a WHOPPING 25% off HOUSESITTING yearly membership. It's cheaper than one night's stay in an Airbnb!  Get Liz's book, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠THE TRAVEL BOG DIARIES⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Dans le supplément de ce dimanche, en première partie, nous nous confrontons à la situation difficile des LGBT en Afrique qui, souvent, sont amenés à fuir le continent pour éviter la mort ou la prison... En deuxième partie, direction la Chine qui produit une grande quantité de vin avec ses plus de 800 000 hectares de vignes. Quantité, mais aussi qualité grandissantes. Domaine dans lequel les femmes sont de plus en plus innovantes. (Rediffusion) Migrants LGBT : quitter l'Afrique pour survivre Être gay ou lesbienne dans certains pays d'Afrique est puni d'emprisonnement. Dans d'autres pays du continent, si l'homosexualité n'est pas pénalisée, elle est très mal perçue par la population.  Les LGBT sont rejetés, menacés et risquent la mort.  LGBT, appellation des années 90 pour lesbienne, gay, bisexuel et trans est devenu LGBTQIA+ pour intégrer d'autres identités sexuelles et de genre.  Face aux actes homophobes et transphobes parfois très violents, partir est fréquemment l'issue pour tout simplement sauver sa vie.  Migrer en Europe, en France où les demandes d'asile liées à l'orientation sexuelle ne cessent d'augmenter.  Un Grand reportage de Lise Verbeke (avec l'aide de Chi Xiangyuan) qui s'entretient avec Jacques Allix.     En Chine, les vigneronnes ont vraiment du nez Le secteur viticole chinois a connu, pendant une trentaine d'années, des hauts et des bas. L'enjeu économique est très important : la Chine compte 800 000 hectares de vignes. Devant la France, régulièrement, les ventes de vins plafonnent. La consommation n'étant pas encore vraiment entrée dans les mœurs. Mais la dernière tendance est porteuse d'espoir. La quantité de vin produite augmente. La qualité aussi. À la clé : des récompenses et des médailles.  Dans cet essor, les femmes brillent par leur excellence et leurs innovations. Un Grand reportage de Clea Broadhurst qui s'entretient avec Jacques Allix.  

Welcome to a new episode of the EUVC Podcast, where we bring you the people and perspectives shaping European venture.This week, Andreas Munk Holm sits down with Nicholas Nelson, founding GP of Archangel, the new defense-first fund going all in on the blunt reality of European strategic autonomy.Nicholas is no newcomer to this. From advising governments to serving in Afghanistan, launching syndicates, or building dual-use bridges when few wanted to touch defense, he's stayed on the same mission while the market shifted all around him.In this episode, Nicholas breaks down why Europe needs unapologetic defense-first investing, why dual-use alone won't cut it, and what founders, LPs, and co-investors must face up to if they're serious about Europe's sovereignty.Here's what's covered:00:00 | Nicholas Nelson's journey: from service to syndicates to Archangel02:00 | Two decades of doing defense before it was cool04:00 | Why now? Why real defense? Why not just dual-use?07:00 | The war tech shift: tanks out, rapid iteration in10:00 | Ukraine's ‘hourly sprints'—why on-the-ground matters13:00 | Deterrence, lethality & Europe's strategic gap16:00 | When dual-use brands muddy the water (and why that's risky)19:00 | The bullets & bombs dilemma: investing when LPs say no22:00 | Primes, vendor lock & the truth about the military industrial complex26:00 | ESG tensions: Europe's extra layer of complexity30:00 | The pan-European Anduril myth—why it doesn't map34:00 | Local vs. pan-European scaling: what's realistic37:00 | Exit routes & why the big growth rounds go abroad40:00 | The flywheel we didn't get to—coming in part two

On Sports on a Sunday Morning, Tom Ackerman talks with St. Louis City SC sporting director Lutz Pfannenstiel about the team's upcoming rematch against the Portland Timbers at Energizer Park. Lutz discusses the motivation behind avenging their earlier 2-1 loss, injury concerns, and the emergence of young players like Tyson Pearce and Jaziel Orozco. He highlights the impact of Eduard Löwen, the success of City 2's eight-game win streak, and explains the complexities of the MLS transfer window compared to Europe.

Reimagining the Future of Education Through Innovation with Ariam Mogos. Ariam leads the emerging tech portfolio at Stanford's d.school, where she supports students and educators in designing with tools like AI, always with a keen eye on their ethical impact on people and the planet. Her work spans continents, from Africa and Asia to the US and Europe, collaborating with organisations like UNICEF, the World Bank, and the LEGO Foundation. A National Geographic Explorer, Ariam's contributions to digital learning and inclusion have also been recognised by Mozilla and Fast Company

This weekend marks the feast day of Benedict- a 6th century monk who had his own rule, which has survived down the centuries. That rule emphasises moderation, work and prayer.Our journey this morning will begin in the Great Italian Monastery of Monte Cassino as we learn about the man himself and how he shaped monasticism in Western Europe. The Benedictine Order still exists across Europe- and we will hear three tales-first from Father Pere Basile, a monk who glorifies God through making wine at the Papal Vineyard of Pope Clement V in Provence in France.Then to Karol O'Connell, the Mother Superior at Kylemore Abbey in the West of Ireland leading an order of Benedictine Nuns who fled to Ireland after their monastery in Belgium was destroyed in the First World War. We finish our journey with Abbot Mark Ephrem of Holy Cross Monastery in Rostrevor in County Down - the first new Monastery built here for 800 years.

C'est le Nouvel Obs qui s'est penché sur la vie et l'empire médiatique du milliardaire, qui possède aussi bien la radio Europe 1, la chaîne de télé CNews que le Journal du Dimanche. Un homme puissant, donc, dont l'hebdomadaire dresse en filigrane le portrait :  « catholique à l'extrême », explique l'un de ses proches, qui le qualifie aussi de « mystique ». « Ses interlocuteurs », nous dit l'hebdomadaire, « ne sursautent plus lorsqu'ils l'entendent parler des anges, du diable, des "FDB", (forces du bien) ou des "FDM" (forces du mal). Dans la dernière catégorie, il englobe la gauche, la presse, la justice, les partisans de l'aide active à mourir. »   Il séduit à la fois la droite et l'extrême droite, pour lesquelles, selon le Nouvel Obs « le patron réactionnaire est un fantasme, un parrain dont on souhaite s'attirer les bonnes grâces, ainsi que celles de son empire médiatique. Bruno Retailleau, qui partage sa foi et son conservatisme, ne s'y est pas trompé, en l'invitant à déjeuner au ministère de l'Intérieur, en pleine campagne interne pour la présidence des Républicains » précise l'hebdomadaire.  Vincent Bolloré qui assiste assidûment à la messe, de préférence en latin. « La religion a aussi du bon pour ce séducteur invétéré », glisse perfidement le Nouvel Obs, séducteur « qui il y a une trentaine d'années, a quitté la mère de ses quatre enfants pour vivre avec la sœur de cette dernière ». Vincent Bolloré « reconnaît avoir beaucoup de choses à se faire pardonner ».  « En Ukraine, la mort vient du ciel ». C'est le titre d'un article du Point. Et si l'on a déjà beaucoup parlé de la bataille de drones qui se joue entre Kiev et Moscou, on connaît moins la tactique russe concernant la ville de Kherson, un temps passée sous occupation russe avant de redevenir ukrainienne. « Dans cette ville », raconte Boris Mabillard, l'envoyé spécial du Point, « une autre partie se joue, dans laquelle les drones russes pourchassent jusqu'à la mort des civils apeurés : un cauchemar quotidien où l'on voit des grands-mères tenter d'échapper clopin-clopant aux bombes volantes qui leur donne impitoyablement la chasse jusqu'à l'intérieur de leurs maisons ». « Car contrairement aux autres régions du front », nous explique-t-on, « à Kherson, les drones ne visent pas seulement les militaires et les infrastructures, mais aussi les civils ». Le prêtre orthodoxe Valentin, rencontré par le Point, estime que « l'armée russe a choisi Kherson pour former et entraîner ses pilotes de drones ». « Cela explique », dit-il, « qu'ils choisissent des proies faciles, des personnes âgées et même des animaux de ferme ».  Le prêtre estime que cette « cruauté est planifiée ». «Pour punir les habitants pro-ukrainiens qui ne les ont pas suivis lors de leur débâcle, quand la ville a été libérée ».   L'Iran, un mois après l'attaque d'Israël Faute de pouvoir s'y rendre, les journalistes interrogent les iraniens à distance. C'est ce qu'a fait l'Express cette semaine. Selon l'hebdomadaire, « dans le ciel iranien, les missiles se sont tus, mais l'angoisse continue d'étreindre la population iranienne. La question de l'avenir est sur toutes les lèvres, dans un pays déjà éprouvé par des années de répression politique et d'instabilité économique ». « On s'attend à de nouvelles attaques »  reconnaît Elaheh, une professionnelle du marketing qui s'interroge « sur la durabilité du cessez-le-feu »  « Mais la guerre a aussi suscité des sentiments ambivalents chez les Iraniens » , explique l'Express, « entre la crainte d'une escalade et l'espoir de voir le régime tomber ».  Une autre jeune femme, Zahra, avoue ainsi qu'elle espère que « la guerre n'est pas finie ». « Elle veut assister à la chute de la République islamique », poursuit l'Express et « soutient le fils du Chah, Reza Pahlavi, qui s'est dit disposé à rentrer en Iran.»  Et alors que des milliers d'Iraniens ont quitté le pays ces dernières années,   Zahra, elle « prie pour éviter l'exil » . « J'aime mon pays »  dit-elle. « Si le régime change, je ne quitterai pas l'Iran ». Un nouveau jour de gloire Du football, enfin, avec la finale du mondial des clubs…Finale qui se jouera ce soir aux Etats-Unis, entre le Paris Saint Germain et Chelsea. Le PSG ayant signé un brillant parcours, il part favori, notamment aux yeux de la presse française. Et particulièrement aux yeux du Parisien Dimanche qui titre déjà : « un nouveau jour de gloire ». « Le monde leur appartient », ajoute le journal, qui concède, tout de même, « enfin pas tout à fait, pas encore, pas au palmarès, mais dans les faits, oui ! »… Mais si le PSG gagne, pas question pour les supporters de célébrer la victoire sur les Champs Elysées. Ils seront fermés, en prévision du défilé du 14 juillet, demain. Une célébration d'un tout autre genre.

As the Church of England prepares parishes to be a ‘church in a time of conflict', we hear from the Bishop to the Armed Forces, the Rt Rev Hugh Nelson, as the Church's governing body – General Synod – meet in York. We consider the conflicts within the Church that will be debated at Synod - and discuss how members are set to scrutinise the Redress scheme, intended to support victims of abuse within the Church. 2025 marks 50 years since Jackie Tabick became the first female Progressive Rabbi ordained in the UK. Many women have followed in Rabbi Tabick's footsteps, including Rabbi Kulikovsky and Rabbi Altorf who were ordained at special event last week at the Leo Baeck College in London. We hear from them about their roles - and look at what's changed in those 50 years.This summer, the BBC are covering a whole host of women's games as part of their 'Names Will Be Made' summer of sport. But what role does religion play for athletes on and off the pitch? Producer Katy Davis speaks to three women of faith at the top of their game: England Netballer Ellie Rattu; UEFA coach Yasmin Hussein and Wales Rugby Player Sisi Tuipulotu. For more behind the scenes interviews and updates, head to the BBC Women's Summer of Sport website: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/womens-summer-of-sportFriday 11th of July was a 30 year memorial service to mark the Srebrenica genocide in Bosnia, where over 8,000 Bosniak Muslim boys and men were killed by Serb forces, during the 1995 genocide in Srebrenica - in one of Europe's worst atrocities since World War 2. Julie Etchingham hears from award winning photojournalist Alixandra Fazzina, who has returned to Bosnia 30 years after the war. We also hear from Islamic Relief's Shahin Ashraf, one of the few charity organisations who provided support during the war and are still today, helping Bosniaks rebuild their lives in Srebrenica.Presenter: Julie Etchingham Producers: Katy Davis and James Leesley Studio Managers: George Willis and Sam Mills Editor: Chloe Walker

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Joining the European Economic Community in the early 1970s profoundly changed the way we farm and produce food in Ireland, but this was also an era of great change within our food culture. Join us in this episode of Food Island, where we discuss the era spanning from the 1970s to the year 2000. Host Janine Kennedy speaks with Irish Farmers Journal journalists Pat O'Toole and Phelim O'Neill, Co Cork dairy farmers Tim and Katherine O'Leary and chef Eunice Power.Food Island is presented by multi-award-winning food journalist Janine Kennedy and brought to you by the Irish Farmers Journal. It shares the evolving story of Ireland's rich food ways, farming cultures and gastronomy. This special six-part series on the past, present and future of Irish food and agriculture was produced in collaboration with the UCD Earth Institute. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Selling only in the US or Europe? Discover key insights on global e-commerce expansion, including VAT rules, packaging requirements, and strategies for success. ► Instagram: instagram.com/serioussellerspodcast ► Free Amazon Seller Chrome Extension: https://h10.me/extension ► Sign Up For Helium 10: https://h10.me/signup  (Use SSP10 To Save 10% For Life) ► Learn How To Sell on Amazon: https://h10.me/ft ► Watch The Podcasts On YouTube: youtube.com/@Helium10/videos Are you ready to unlock the secrets of international e-commerce success? With Natalia from Avask as our expert guide, you'll gain invaluable insights into the essential considerations for global expansion. Natalia's multicultural upbringing and rich professional background offer a unique lens on the complexities of international market entry. From understanding VAT regulations to the nuances of packaging requirements, our conversation uncovers the pivotal elements that can make or break your cross-border ventures. Our deep dive into global e-commerce tax considerations will give you the knowledge to navigate the European market and beyond. Discover why obtaining a VAT number is crucial and how Amazon's role as a marketplace facilitator can alleviate some tax responsibilities for non-EU sellers. We also shed light on the hurdles European sellers encounter when entering the US market, stressing the significance of mastering regional tax regulations to ensure your business thrives internationally. Finally, we explore promising avenues for expansion beyond the familiar territories of the US and EU. Markets like Australia present unique opportunities with less saturation and favorable tax thresholds. As Natalia reminds us, global expansion isn't just a growth opportunity; it's a smart hedge against market fluctuations. With the right preparation and expert support, expanding your Amazon business across borders doesn't have to be overwhelming. From understanding VAT rules to knowing where (and where not) to store your inventory, success lies in the details. Don't wait for Q4 panic or Prime Day regret to start the process. Lay the groundwork now, so you're ready when the moment comes. And if you're ready for step-by-step guidance, don't miss the Expansion Ticket course inside Freedom Ticket! Available to all Helium 10 users. It's your fast track to global readiness, whether you're scaling from the U.S. to Europe, or vice versa. In episode 682 of the Serious Sellers Podcast, Bradley and Natalia discuss: 00:00 - Global Expansion Strategies for E-Commerce 04:29 - Natalia's Backstory 11:16 - VAT Requirements for Amazon Sellers 13:47 - Global E-Commerce Tax Considerations 15:59 - Understanding State Taxes and VAT  19:56 - European Sellers Expanding to US Market 21:32 - International E-Commerce Expansion Considerations 27:03 - Global Expansion Opportunities in E-Commerce  30:45 - Optimizing E-Commerce Shipping for Profit 33:35 - International E-Commerce Strategies

Award-winning Causeway International Value Fund's Sarah Ketterer is finding numerous opportunities in Europe, as the continent undergoes an investment renaissance.

Along the border of Finland and Russia, tensions reminiscent of the Cold War have resurfaced. We visit the forested 832-mile frontier, Europe's longest with Russia. Sign up for the Reuters Econ World newsletter ⁠here⁠. Listen to the Reuters Econ World podcast ⁠here⁠. Find the Recommended Read ⁠here⁠. Visit the Thomson Reuters Privacy Statement for information on our privacy and data protection practices. You may also visit megaphone.fm/adchoices to opt out of targeted advertising. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fresh off its award-winning run in Europe, Democracy Noir arrives in the United States as a very timely documentary film about how Viktor Orbán politically reshaped Hungary. It paints an incisive portrait of how Orbán used a free and democratic election to install authoritarian rule, enjoying widespread approval from Hungarian nationalists as well as from conservatives around the world inclined to his illiberal views. He changed the constitution, took over the courts and the media, and dismantled the rule of law. Admired by Donald Trump and the Heritage Foundation, Orban's influence helped shape Project 2025 and the current policies of the Republican Party. Democracy Noir tells this story through the activism of its three subjects: opposition politician Timea Szabo, journalist Babett Oroszi, and nurse Nikoletta (Niko) Antal. It details how unchecked power can quickly remove rights that once were taken for granted, and it shows how three women come to terms with their country's unravelling social and cultural landscape. Studying the recent history of another country whose political trajectory mirrors your own can bring clarity to your situation. Join us to view, and then to discuss, this example of an increasingly emboldened far right political party and the rise of autocratic politicians around the world. A Humanities Member-led Forum program. Forums at the Club are organized and run by volunteer programmers who are members of The Commonwealth Club, and they cover a diverse range of topics. Learn more about our Forums. Documentary image and post courtesy Clarity Films; Field photo courtesy the speaker. OrganizerGeorge HammondNotes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We are joined by Peter from the BritainsHiddenHistory channel to have a fascinating discussion about early British history and King Arthur lore. We are also pleased to announce the future launch of Peter's book, tentatively titled Knights and Saints: Arthur's Lost EmpireView the BritainsHiddenHistory youtube channel at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERWygJ5cKo4Buy Trevor's book with this link: https://a.co/d/7CI89rvBuy the Audiobook: https://www.audible.com/pd/Gods-Eye-View-Audiobook/B0F55K2GT1?source_code=ASSGB149080119000H&share_location=pdpWant to publish a book? Check out my publisher https://hemisphericpress.com/Check out our ad free substack: https://hemisphericpress.substack.com/Check out the God's Eye View Podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/gods-eye-view/id1818164606

(0:00) Leroy Irvin & Cerrone Battle begin their program getting into gambling in sports today. Is legal sports betting affecting the integrity the game? The duo bridge the connection between sports betting and analytics and how they factor into the way we consume sports as a whole. The Music of the Day is dedicated to the release of NCAA College Football 26 and its soundtrack. (13:36) Red Sox remain red hot with their 8th straight victory last night over the Rays (5-4) in walkoff fashion. Should the Red Sox add at the trade deadline? Cerrone asks, "Why is baseball the only sport where teams are compelled to add at the trade deadline while they're winning?" Leroy is not impressed with the Red Sox latest win streak, considering the majority of the wins came against the lowly Rockies & Nationals. (25:28) Leroy & Cerrone react to the Celtics-Grizzlies Summer League matchup. Rookie Hugo Gonzalez fills the stat sheet in his Summer League Debut for the Celtics. The dynamic duo give their opinions on the Celtics' 1st-round draft pick. Cerrone proclaims the best young talent in the world is coming from Europe, citing the better quality of basketball overseas. (33:43) Irvin & Battle offer their in-depth analysis on NCAA College Football 26, with it releasing earlier this week. Cerrone calls it the best football game since ESPN NFL 2K5. ------------------------------------------- FOLLOW ON TWITTER/X: @BostonLIrvin | @Cerrone_Battle | @jorgiesepulveda

In this episode, Joe and Roberto return with a brief chat on Joe's trip to Europe, with a quick story about a run in with Bari soccer history (research after the pod discovers that the brothers were Giovanni and Onofrio Loseto). We then jump into it with our reaction to the USA/Mexico Gold Cup Final (6:50). From there, we transition to the discussion on heat and weather effecting play at the Club World Cup, and the potential future effect on the World Cup in 2026 (21:05). We close with a preview of the Club World Cup Final between PSG and Chelsea, as well as giving you predictions for the final (33:25).

From touring Europe as a musician, to a 12 year career in publishing working with some of the world's biggest authors - Hattie William's is now a celebrated debut author whose novel Bittersweet has secured a six figure deal with Orion Fiction.Set in the heady, complex world of London publishing, Bittersweet explores a toxic age-gap relationship, the messy beauty of female friendship, and the hidden wounds that shape our choices.Hattie opens up about how the story and characters arrived, and her history as a reader. We discuss everything from Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath to friendship, grief, ambition, and emotional dependency - plus the unexpected joy of writing strong, surprising friendships.

In this episode of History 102, 'WhatIfAltHist' creator Rudyard Lynch and co-host Austin Padgett explore the Völkerwanderung—the massive Germanic, Slavic, and Arabic migrations (200 BC-600 AD) that transformed Europe from Mediterranean-centered classical civilization into the foundations of medieval Christendom. --

Au Mexique, le loup bénéficie aussi d'une protection. Depuis les années 2000, quelques individus ont été réintroduits dans les montagnes de l'État de Chihuahua. Là-bas, c'est une région de « rancheros ». Dans ces montagnes et ces grandes plaines, l'élevage de bovin est l'une des activités principales. On pourrait croire que le loup n'y serait donc pas le bienvenu, mais au lieu de s'opposer à la présence du prédateur, quelques « rancheros » s'impliquent. Ils l'encouragent et participent aux efforts de conservation. « Ici, il y a une trace de loup. » Seulement repérables par des yeux aguerris, quelques empreintes se dessinent dans la poussière brune. « Là, regarde ici, la trace est fraîche. Il est allé par là. Et là, il y a d'autres traces de biches. » Jaime Ruffo est vacher. Dans ce grand ranch perché à 2 300 mètres d'altitude, il garde 300 bovins qui évoluent en semi-liberté entre des roches abruptes et la foret. Ici, il fait partie des « pro loups ». « Ils ont été libérés ici et il ne s'est rien passé. Vraiment, ça n'a rien changé ! J'ai passé toute ma vie ici avec ces animaux, donc personne ne peut me raconter des histoires. Le loup n'a pas fait tant de mal. Je vous dis qu'il y a d'autres animaux qui attaquent beaucoup plus les troupeaux comme les pumas et les coyotes. » « Rapprocher les loups et les éleveurs » Un peu plus bas dans la plaine, le biologiste Cristian Aguilar a fait le pari de rallier les éleveurs à la cause du loup. En créant une coopérative, il les aide à vendre une viande biologique deux fois plus cher. Ainsi, quand ils gagnent correctement leur vie, ils sont davantage disposés accepter la présence du prédateur. « On est arrivés avec l'idée romantique de sauver le loup, mais on ne voyait pas les problématiques des producteurs. On leur disait :  « Vous devez protéger les loups, car c'est une espèce en voie d'extinction… » Et eux, ils nous répondaient : " Oui, mais tu te rends compte que je n'ai pas déjeuné et que mes enfants ont le ventre vide parce que l'élevage est en crise ! " Donc, nous devons régler les problèmes de chacun pour trouver le moyen de conserver les loups et que ce soit un succès. Avant, on faisait en sorte d'éloigner les loups des troupeaux. Aujourd'hui, on travaille pour rapprocher les loups et les éleveurs. » Nostalgique de la faune disparue, et convaincu que le loup a sa place sur ce territoire, Alonso Olivas a même décidé de libérer des loups sur ses propres terres : « Moi, je suis très content, car les loups aiment mon ranch. Ils viennent souvent me rendre visite. Bien sûr, j'ai eu quelques problèmes au début, mais maintenant, c'est bon. J'ai tout mis en ordre. J'aime bien aller voir les images des pièges photographiques. J'adore voir d'où ils sortent, où ils sont et combien. » L'espèce du loup mexicain Canis lupus baileyi, présent aux États-Unis et au Mexique s'était complètement éteinte au sud de la frontière dans les années 1980, victime des campagnes d'extermination. Aujourd'hui, on estime qu'une cinquantaine d'individus arpentent les montages du nord du Mexique. À lire aussiY a-t-il trop de loups en Europe ?

Life's Beautiful Rhythm #RTTBROS #Nightlight Life's Beautiful Rhythm"To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance." - Ecclesiastes 3:1, 4My friend shared something with me recently that hit me right between the eyes. She said, "Life is amazing. And then it's awful. And then it's amazing again. And in between the amazing and awful, it's ordinary and mundane and routine. Breathe in the amazing, hold on through the awful, and relax and exhale during the ordinary."That got me thinking about how we need what I call a theology that's sturdy enough for the awful and stimulating enough for the ordinary, so we can make it back to that oh so satisfying amazing.You know, I've been around long enough to see this rhythm play out in my own life and in the lives of countless people I've pastored over the years. Too soon old and too late smart, as they say, but I've learned that life really does come in seasons, just like Solomon wrote in Ecclesiastes.Let me tell you about a man named Horatio Spafford. In 1871, this successful Chicago lawyer lost almost everything in the Great Chicago Fire. Two years later, he sent his wife and four daughters ahead of him to Europe while he finished up some business. Their ship, the Ville du Havre, was struck by another vessel in the middle of the Atlantic. His wife survived, but all four of his precious daughters drowned in those dark, cold waters.When Horatio received the telegram with just two words, "Saved alone," his world crumbled. This was awful beyond imagination. But as he sailed to meet his grieving wife, passing over the very spot where his children had died, he penned these words: "When peace like a river attendeth my way, when sorrows like sea billows roll, whatever my lot, thou hast taught me to say, it is well, it is well with my soul."Now that's a theology sturdy enough for the awful.But here's what I've learned in my years of walking with folks through their valleys and mountaintops: God doesn't just show up in the dramatic moments. He's there in the ordinary Tuesday morning when you're drinking your coffee and wondering what the point of it all is. He's there in the mundane moments when you're folding laundry for the hundredth time this month. He's there in the routine that sometimes feels like you're just going through the motions.The apostle Paul knew something about this rhythm. He wrote, "I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need. I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me" (Philippians 4:12-13).See, Paul had a theology that worked in prison and in palaces, in shipwrecks and in success. He understood that the amazing seasons are gifts to be treasured, the awful seasons are classrooms for character, and the ordinary seasons are where we learn to find God in the everyday rhythms of life.History is just HIS story, and we're all part of this beautiful, messy, amazing narrative that God is writing. Some chapters are breathtaking, some are heartbreaking, and some are just the steady, faithful plodding that gets us from one chapter to the next.So today, wherever you find yourself in life's rhythm, remember that God is with you. If you're in an amazing season, breathe it in deep and give thanks. If you're holding on through something awful, know that this too shall pass and God's grace is sufficient. And if you're in one of those ordinary, routine stretches, look for God in the small moments, because He's there, preparing you for whatever comes next.After all, we serve a God who turns water into wine, mourning into dancing, and ashes into beauty. And sometimes, He does His most important work in the quiet, ordinary moments when nobody's watching but Him.https://linktr.ee/rttbros

What if an anesthetic known for dental procedures could have a powerful effect on pain, inflammation, and nervous system regulation? Far beyond a numbing agent, Procaine is now being used as a powerful tool to reset the autonomic nervous system and treat chronic pain and stress at a cellular level.Joining me today is Lexi Yoo, a double board-certified Nurse Practitioner, IFM Certified Practitioner, and the founder of Yoo Direct Health. Learn more: @lexiyooNPYDH Training Academy: https://ydhacademy.com/In this conversation, we explore: • How Procaine IV works beyond anesthesia to influence the nervous, immune, and inflammatory systems • Why it may be one of the best-kept secrets for patients dealing with chronic stress, autoimmune issues, and lingering trauma • What the clinical research tells us after 20+ years of use in Europe and integrative clinics worldwide • And how to implement Procaine safely and effectively in modern clinical practice.Catch me at: Instagram: @doctorjones_doctorjones Become a patient: https://enovativewellness.com/ 

This is our weekly market update where we start in the US, cross to Europe and Asia and end in Australia, covering commodities and crypto along the way. Investors are aggressively buying into riskier assets, sending bitcoin and companies focused on artificial intelligence to new highs as they shrug off months of uncertainty caused by … Continue reading "Tariff Noose Tightens Even As Investors Buy Riskier Assets… But…"

Winter dormancy is the best time to shift a tree or a shrub (or plant a new one), especially when they originate from a “temperate climate” (the kind that shed their leaves and hail from UK, Europe, North America, etc). When considering shifting a sub-tropical/semi tropical one, wait a little to just before spring sets in (mid-end September). These sub-tropicals do not really like to be dumped into a wet and cold soil for many weeks of deepest winter – it could kill them! Besides, as discussed last week, with these cold and wet soils all kinds of Root Rots (Phytophthora, Armillaria, Pithium, etc) might terminally affect your trees. Here are some ideas to make it work as well as possible: 1) Consider the size of the tree – smaller ones are much easier to (trans)plant than big ones. 2) Get a “trenching spade”. These long, narrow, sturdy blades are much more efficient at digging into cold, wet clay soils than the ordinary, wider spades. 3) Destination site – select the site where the tree has to go and dig a rather huge hole – you can't really dig big enough, as no matter what the root ball will be, a lot of extra drainage is always going to be beneficial. Drainage away from the root ball to be planted helps to avoid Root Rots. Mix in some pumice or compost in the loose soil material, so that it will become friable and nutritious with organic material; the tree will appreciate this new site as it has plenty of drainage and food. 4) Original site: with the trenching spade dig a circular shape around the tree's root-zone – remember that the wider you go, the heavier the root ball will be, you might need a bit of neighbourly help to lift the bugger out! Approx. 30 to 40 cm radius from the tree's stem is pretty good Try to get as many roots across as possible as the tree will re-establish better. 5) Levering with the trenching spade, remove the tree and its root ball out of its original site and transport it on a wheelbarrow to the destination site. If the soil starts to fall off the roots, use a hessian sack to wrap it all up before moving. 6) Plant the tree at destination site as soon as possible to prevent drying out. The level of the tree's soil should be the same at the new site – don't plant it deeper than it was before! In the unlikely event of destination site being too dry, fill the planting hole with water before the shift. 7) Stake the new tree to anchor it. Provide it with a bit of wind-shelter (windbreak) for the first year or so, firm the soil around the roots. Top-dress in spring with some slow-release fertilizer. If you've lost a lot of roots in the shift, prune the tops of the tree to restore the root/foliage balance. 8) I prefer to add some 3-4 inches of mulch over the root zone to keep moisture in and keep roots cool in summer. Keep the mulch away from the stem of the tree to avoid collar rots. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On Thursday's Mark Levin Show, lower federal courts are ignoring Supreme Court rulings, with judges defying the Constitution and law on immigration. In LA, a judge rules that ICE roundups are racist, alleging indiscriminate arrests of brown-skinned people at Home Depots, car washes, farms, etc., due to ethnicity and a 3,000-daily quota. In addition, in New Hampshire, a judge upholds birthright citizenship via national injunction, citing long-standing practice over constitutional analysis. The media ignore this, while actions persist. The judges have changed, not the Constitution. Also, President Trump has made enormous progress domestically and internationally, but institutions are being turned against Americans. Democrats will inevitably win elections and use the permanent government, courts, and administrative state to try to permanently embed their ideology, making it irreversible. Zohran Mamdani's Stalinist Islamist fusion of ideologies has overtaken parts of Europe and is now infiltrating the U.S., funded by entities like Qatar, Hamas, Iran, and Communist China. Later, socialism is an economic ideology from Marxism, which is a broader life ideology encompassing socialism but extending to cultural, social, and political transformation. The modern activists and professors are unoriginal Karl Marx wannabes who regurgitate ideas from Marx, Hegel, and Rousseau. Thery reject individual liberty and free will as divisive and weak, favoring instead class unity and collective power. There is a comprehensive war on civil society, culture, and America's foundations—targeting family, economy, and liberty—rooted in deadly, anti-human Marxist principles that promote genocide and centralized power.  Afterward, there is a vile and destructive element within the Republican Party. Rep Marjorie Taylor Greene is undermining Trump and introducing amendments removing $500 million in military aid to Israel from the National Defense Authorization Act.  Finally, Mahmoud Khalil filed a $20 million claim against the Trump administration. Only in America does a pro Hamas protestor like this turnaround and bring a lawsuit when he should never have been here in the first place. David Schoen calls in to explain that Khalil is 100% deportable under U.S. Code sections 1227 and 1182 for endorsing and supporting Hamas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

SHOW SCHEDULE 7-10-25 Good evening. The show begins in the South Caucasus, learning that a PRC tunneling company is at work building a roadway from China to Europe via Russia... CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR FIRST HOUR 9:00-9:15 GEORGIA AND THE PRC. Anatol Lieven. 9:15-9:30 UKRAINE: MOSCOW LOSES FAVOR IN WASHINGTON. Anatol Lieven. 9:30-9:45 CHIPS: DEI DEPARTS THE FABS. 9:45-10:00 SCOTUS: SLOWLY THE UNCONSTITUTIONAL ORDER MOVES THE CAMPUS. Tal Fortgang, Civitas. SECOND HOUR 10:00-10:15 PRC: THE RUMORS OF XI. Victoria Herczegh. 10:15-10:30 PRC: THE RUMORS OF XI. Victoria Herczegh, continued. 10:30-10:45 JAPAN: DEFENSE HESITATION. Grant Newsham. 10:45-11:00 NYC: CASTRO LITE, CHAVEZ LIGHTER. Mary Anastasia O'Grady. THIRD HOUR 11:00-11:15 #NEWWORLDREPORT: BRAZIL AND LULA'S DUCK. Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @REVANELLIS #NEWWORLDREPORTELLIS 11:15-11:30 #NEWWORLDREPORT: COPPER TRADE. Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @REVANELLIS #NEWWORLDREPORTELLIS 11:30-11:45 #NEWWORLDREPORT: BUENOS AIRES CONFIDENCE. Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @REVANELLIS #NEWWORLDREPORTELLIS 11:45-12:00 SURINAME RISING. #NEWWORLDREPORT: Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @REVANELLIS #NEWWORLDREPORTELLIS FOURTH HOUR 12:00-12:15 CONGRESS: HSAs GROWING. Veronique de Rugy. 12:15-12:30 CANADA: PROSPERITY IS THE NEW GOAL. Conrad Black, National Post. 12:30-12:45 HOTEL MARS: LUNAR HABITATS, MARS HABITATS. Haym Benaroya, David Livingston. 12:45-1:00 AM HOTEL MARS: LUNAR HABITATS, MARS HABITATS. Haym Benaroya, David Livingston, continued.

In this episode of The President's Daily Brief:    First—an Israeli intelligence assessment has reportedly concluded that some of Iran's underground stockpile of near-weapons-grade enriched uranium survived last month's bombing campaign by the US. We'll have the details. Later in the show—President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu both say they are “very close” to securing a ceasefire in Gaza, as Hamas tentatively agrees to release 10 hostages as part of the talks. But key sticking points remain, and Israeli officials caution there's no guarantee of a breakthrough. Plus—the UK and France agree to a first-ever nuclear weapons pact, which would see Europe's only two nuclear powers coordinate their atomic arsenals if the continent is threatened. In our 'Back of the Brief—an Iranian fundraiser to kill Donald Trump has reportedly raised more than $40 million dollars following a fatwa issued by Iranian clerics calling for the president's death. To listen to the show ad-free, become a premium member of The President's Daily Brief by visiting PDBPremium.com. Please remember to subscribe if you enjoyed this episode of The President's Daily Brief.   YouTube: youtube.com/@presidentsdailybrief Ridge Wallet: Upgrade your wallet today! Get 10% Off @Ridge with code PDB at https://www.Ridge.com/PDB #Ridgepod Kikoff: Build credit fast and get your first month for just a dollar at https://GetKikoff.com/mike today. Thanks to Kikoff for sponsoring us! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this series, Jeff & Andy dive into a mix of useless facts, myths, forgotten stories, and strange truths.This episode, Andy tells the story of the Monopoly game and advancements in AI, while Jeff shares how one new dish changed Europe's perspective of tomatoes.This series is presented to you by the great folks over at Mallard Bay.Whenever you are looking to book your next outdoor adventure, head over to Mallard Bay and search through their list of verified outfitters to remove the guess work when booking.

The year is 1948 and the world has just witnessed the worst of what governments will do to people when left unchecked with its power. America is the leader in the world, mostly due to the fact that Europe was a smoldering pile of rubble and all of its treasure was traded for bombs and tanks. The Americans, however, were very busy back at home plotting how they could control the continent from across an entire ocean. From the creation of the Smith-Mundt Act to the formation of the World Health Organization and NHS, the world kept spinning after the war and some of the control structures that remain to this day were installed during 1948. Israel & North Korea were formed on disputed land, and South Africa decided that its land dispute would be handled in a very particular way. The Octopus of Global Control Audiobook: https://amzn.to/3xu0rMm Hypocrazy Audiobook: https://amzn.to/4aogwms Website: www.Macroaggressions.io Activist Post: www.activistpost.com Sponsors: Chemical Free Body: https://www.chemicalfreebody.com Promo Code: MACRO C60 Purple Power: https://c60purplepower.com/ Promo Code: MACRO Wise Wolf Gold & Silver: www.Macroaggressions.gold LegalShield: www.DontGetPushedAround.com EMP Shield: www.EMPShield.com Promo Code: MACRO ECI Development: https://info.ecidevelopment.com/-get-to-know-us/macro-aggressions Christian Yordanov's Health Program: www.livelongerformula.com/macro Privacy Academy: https://privacyacademy.com/step/privacy-action-plan-checkout-2/?ref=5620 Brain Supreme: www.BrainSupreme.co Promo Code: MACRO Above Phone: abovephone.com/macro Promo Code: MACRO Van Man: https://vanman.shop/?ref=MACRO Promo Code: MACRO My Patriot Supply: www.PrepareWithMacroaggressions.com Activist Post: www.ActivistPost.com Natural Blaze: www.NaturalBlaze.com Link Tree: https://linktr.ee/macroaggressionspodcast

Europe's self-driving car industry has lagged behind the Chinese and American markets. German automaker Volkswagen may remedy that problem next year, when it will debut its robotaxi ride-pool service in the U.S. Plus: Big publishers may have a new way to take on the AI industry's encroaching web scrapers. Patrick Coffee hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free Technology newsletter. Programming note: Starting this week, Tech News Briefing episodes will be released on Tuesdays and Fridays, and the TNB Tech Minute will be released twice on weekdays, in the morning and afternoon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit andrewsullivan.substack.comEd is the US national editor and columnist at the Financial Times. Before that, he was the FT's Washington Bureau chief, the South Asia bureau chief, Capital Markets editor, and Philippines correspondent. During the Clinton administration, he was the speechwriter for Larry Summers. The author of many books, his latest is Zbig: The Life and Times of Brzezinski, America's Great Power Prophet.For two clips of our convo — on how China played Trump on rare minerals, and Europe's bind over Russian energy — head to our YouTube page.Other topics: growing up in West Sussex near my hometown; the international appeal of English boarding schools; the gerontocracy of the USSR; Ed making a beeline to the Berlin Wall as it fell; Fukuyama's The End of History; Brzezinski's The Grand Failure — of Communism; enthusiasm for free markets after the Cold War; George Kennan warning against Ukraine independence; HW Bush and the Persian Gulf; climate change and migration; a population boom in Africa; W Bush tolerating autocracy in the war on terrorism; Trump tearing up his own NAFTA deal; the resurgence of US isolationism; the collapsing security umbrella in Europe leading to more self-reliance; Germany's flagging economy; the China threat; Taiwan's chips; TACO on tariffs; the clean energy cuts in OBBBA; the abundance agenda; national debt and Bowles-Simpson; the overrated Tony Blair; Liz Truss' “epic Dunning-Kruger”; Boris killing the Tory Party; the surprising success of Mark Carney; Biden's mediocrity; Bernie's appeal; and the Rest catching up with the West.Browse the Dishcast archive for an episode you might enjoy (the first 102 are free in their entirety — subscribe to get everything else). Coming up: Tara Zahra on the revolt against globalization after WWI, Scott Anderson on the Iranian Revolution, Shannon Minter debating trans issues, Thomas Mallon on the AIDS crisis, and Johann Hari turning the tables to interview me. Please send any guest recs, dissents, and other comments to dish@andrewsullivan.com.

On this day in 1995, at the height of the war in the former Yugoslavia, the Bosnian Serb army captured what was supposedly the UN "safe area" of Srebrenica. In the ensuing days, thousands of Bosnian Muslim women were raped. 8000 Muslim men and boys were murdered. It was Europe's worst massacre since the Second World War.Also in the programme: a Liberian historian on whether his fellow citizens should be outraged by President Trump's remarking on the Liberian leader's "excellent English"; and Scottish writer Irvine Welsh on his sequel to Trainspotting 30 years on from the publication of the original novel.(Photo: Bosnian Muslim women react as they stand amid grave stones of victims killed during the Srebrenica genocide, at the Srebrenica Genocide Memorial in Potocari, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 11 July 2025. Credit: Reuters/Amel Emric)

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One of the writing skills I am asked about the most is, “How do I get emotion on the page?” People ask this no matter what genre they are writing, because no one wants to produce a manuscript that is flat and unengaging. Emotion is the key, but figuring out how to inspire your reader to feel something is a tricky thing to learn and an even trickier thing to master.In her debut novel, Slanting Towards the Sea (Simon & Schuster, July 2025), Lidija Hilje has mastered it. The story feels so raw and so real—and English is not even Lidija's first language! It's a remarkable achievement. I'm excited to speak with Lidija about her path to publication and how she figured out how to get the emotion of her characters onto the page.Links from the Pod:Article from Jane FriedmanGuide on Literary Fiction from LidijaLidija's website: www.lidijahilje.comAuthor Accelerator book coaches Barbara Boyd and Nita CollinsHey everyone, it's Jenny Nash. This episode happens to feature an Author Accelerator book coach. Author Accelerator is the company I founded more than 10 years ago to lead the emerging book coaching industry. If you've been curious about what it takes to become a successful book coach, which is to say, someone who makes money, meaning, and joy out of serving writers, I've just created a bunch of great content to help you learn more. You can access it all by going to bookcoaches.com/waitlist. We'll be enrolling a new cohort of students in our certification program in October, so now's a perfect time to learn more and start making plans for a whole new career.Transcript below!EPISODE 456 - TRANSCRIPTJennie NashHey everyone, it's Jennie Nash. This episode happens to feature an Author Accelerator book coach. Author Accelerator is the company I founded more than 10 years ago to lead the emerging book coaching industry. If you've been curious about what it takes to become a successful book coach—which is to say, someone who makes money, meaning, and joy out of serving writers—I've just created a bunch of great content to help you learn more. You can access it all by going to bookcoaches.com/waitlist. That's bookcoaches.com/waitlist. We'll be enrolling a new cohort of students in our certification program in October, so now's a perfect time to learn more and start making plans for a whole new career.Multiple Speakers:Is it recording? Now it's recording, yay. Go ahead. This is the part where I stare blankly at the microphone. I don't remember what I'm supposed to be doing. Alright, let's start over. Awkward pause. I'm going to rustle some papers. Okay, now one, two, three.Jennie NashHey writers, I'm Jennie Nash, and this is the Hashtag AmWriting podcast, the place where we talk about writing all the things; short things, long things, fiction, nonfiction, pitches, and proposals. Today I'm talking with Lidija Hilje, the author of the novel Slanting Towards the Sea. And what we're talking about is how to capture emotion on the page—the most elusive thing in the entire writing universe. Lidija lives in Croatia. She's a former lawyer who I know because she became a book coach through Author Accelerator. This is her first novel, and it's something else. As a longtime book coach, it's really hard for me to read for pleasure anymore, because it's so hard not to see the writer at work and the seams of the creation. But Slanting Towards the Sea—I saw none of that. I fell wholly into the story and became lost in it; the olive trees and the sea, the pain of these people and this love triangle, and also just the love that they had for life and each other. It's almost unbearably raw—the way life itself can feel sometimes. And yet, since I know Lidija and her story to becoming a writer, I also know how much work it took to create this feeling and emotion. I'm so excited to speak with Lidija today, and so excited for people to hear about her and her story. So welcome, Lidija. Thanks for coming onto the podcast.Lidija HiljeThank you so much for having me and for this incredible introduction. I'm so honored.Jennie NashWell, before we get started, I want to read the jacket copy for Slanting Towards the Sea, so that our listeners can hear the bones of the story that you wrote. Is that okay if I read it for our listeners?Lidija HiljeAbsolutely. Thank you so much.Jennie NashOkay.Ivona divorced the love of her life, Vlaho, a decade ago. They met as students at the turn of the millennium, when newly democratic Croatia was alive with hope and promise. But the challenges of living in a burgeoning country extinguished Ivona's dreams one after another—and a devastating secret forced her to set him free. Now Vlaho is remarried and a proud father of two, while Ivona's life has taken a downward turn. In her thirties, she has returned to her childhood home to care for her ailing father. Bewildered by life's disappointments, she finds solace in reconnecting with Vlaho and is welcomed into his family by his spirited wife, Marina. But when a new man enters Ivona's life, the carefully cultivated dynamic between the three is disrupted, forcing a reckoning for all involved. Set against the mesmerizing Croatian coastline, Slanting Towards the Sea is a cinematic, emotionally searing debut about the fragile nature of potential and the transcendence of love.That's it! What a—what a—what a summary, right? So I want to start by talking about the genre of this book, Lidija. As a book coach, you specialize in helping people write literary fiction. And you're extremely articulate about defining exactly what it is. And I'd like to just start there, by talking about how you see this novel, where it's positioned and, um, and your sense of it in, as a—in the genre, um, categories, if you will. Um, and I'll share with our listeners before you answer that English is not your first language—which is something we're going to talk about from a writing perspective, but just from a listening perspective, to give people some context for that. So let's talk about—let's talk about genre.Lidija HiljeYeah, well, genre is one of my favorite topics as a book coach, and so naturally it is something I love talking about. So the first book I ever wrote, which is now safely shelved in a drawer at the bottom of a drawer, was women's fiction. And the reason why it was women's fiction was that because I was learning how to write, I was learning how to weave a story together. And in doing so, I was trying to find some commonalities in stories—like how stories work, how you develop them, how you develop a character arc, how you wrap it up towards the end. And—but my intention always was to write literary. I was just not very good at doing it. And so I kind of—like all the feedback that I got throughout my—from developmental editors—it was like geared towards kind of channeling the book towards women's fiction. And this is something that really still strikes me as a book coach: how different it is to coach literary fiction as opposed to genre fiction, which is more formulaic. So basically, that first book is safely shelved. And when I started writing this book, I was working really hard at trying to make it not be formulaic. And actually, one of the book coaches from our community helped me. I had a conversation with Barbara Boyd where I outlined my story for her, and she said there was this moment where I kind of did something in my outline…what could basically be called a cop-out—so that… I killed a character, basically, so that the…you know, that the book would close neatly, right? And so she called me out on it and said—because I talked to her specifically because she coaches literary fiction but didn't like or coach women's fiction—and I thought that perspective was something I needed. And so she said, "Why are you killing that character?” And that was the wake-up moment for me, because that was the moment when I realized that in doing so, that was the typical moment where a writer kind of goes toward the genre. And where the interesting thing in the literary fiction genre lies is exploring, you know, what happens when you don't kill the character—when you don't take the easy way out. And so, genre-wise, what I, you know—I run a book club for writers, and we read a lot of literary fiction. And so, I was constantly trying to figure out, like, what is it about these books that, you know, define genre? And in studying these books, there are several things, and I could talk about this, I guess, for centuries, but I'll try to...Jennie NashI—I love it. Let's do it.Lidija HiljeSo basically, in literary fiction, there are many things that genre fiction also has. There are themes, there are character arcs—you know, a character might grow, though not necessarily. But basically, it's much less clear than in genre fiction. In genre fiction, for instance, you have—especially in women's fiction—you will have a woman who is shy and then she becomes confident toward the end. Or you have a horrible, you know, self-obsessed character who learns their lesson toward the end of the book. It's really clear-cut. The reader can latch on to what the problem is without thinking too much about it. And literary fiction does the opposite. It fans out a little bit. It touches on many different things that kind of seem unrelated, but they are related. And this is a problem in writing it, as well as coaching it, because as a coach or as a writer, you have to be aware of all these things. You have to beware of how these things tie together so that you have the idea of this through line that goes throughout the story, whereas the reader might not be catching on as fast but does have the confidence that you, as the writer, are going to get them there, if that makes sense.Jennie NashOh, it makes so much sense. So when you were working on—I actually remember reading some opening, maybe the opening chapters of the novel that has been shelved. When I read those pages, they struck me as if they had that feeling of literary fiction. Was that your intention with that novel as well?Lidija HiljeYes, it was. It was just that I was unable to... I came to writing late. I mean, I was always a writer in the sense that I was always writing something, but I came to writing fiction and specifically books very late. It was 2017 when I started writing that book in Croatian. And the first, you know, contact with any craft or writing happened in 2019 when I finished the draft and I translated that book into English, and I started looking for ways of pub... you know, publishing that book and realized that the first draft is not the last draft. Like that was the—like it was—sometimes it's so funny to think like how recently I didn't know anything about publishing or writing at all. So basically, I did want that book to be literary fiction. I always wanted to do, you know, to write the type of fiction that I wrote in Slanting [Slanting Towards the Sea], and obviously I hope to, you know, hone my craft in the future, but it wasn't—it wasn't on that level. And the first developmental editor that I worked with in 2019, she was giving me all the logical advice that you can give someone, which is... hone the character arc you are telling here, show, you know, all those things that we tell our clients when we work with them as book coaches. But what it did is it completely stripped the literary part from it, and it made me write in scene, which is not how literary fiction is written. You know, like, one of the differences between commercial fiction and literary fiction is that you don't necessarily write in scenes. You write in summaries, and you write in postcards, which is the type of a scene that goes deeper instead of forward, if that makes sense. So you're not kind of—nothing changes for the protagonist, the protagonist doesn't realize anything, they don't decide on a new course of action, nothing new happens, but the reader's understanding of the character happens. And this is also true when you're looking at the character arc on the, you know, scope of the whole novel. Like in literary fiction, it will often be that, you know, that the character doesn't change much in terms of, like what I said before—she was shy and she stopped being shy, right? It will just be that the reader's understanding of the character deepens. And so my first book was an attempt at literary fiction, but it was not an execution. You know, the execution didn't really match that, and I feel like the advice that I got from my early developmental editor was just kind of trying to put me in the confines of commercial fiction. Which is... you know... understandable. You know, and I'm great— I'm even, like, today—I'm grateful for it because you first have to learn how to walk and then you can run, right? So I did have to go through the process of learning how to write a good scene, of learning how not to tell, of learning how to hide the seams that you—that you were talking about—you need to hide your fingerprints as a writer. And that was my learning book. I learned a lot from writing it, but by the time I was done with it, it was not—it didn't—it was not a bad book, and I got a lot of full requests for it, but it was not—it did not end up being what I had hoped for it.Jennie NashSo, in 2017, when you started that book, you said you came to writing late. Do you mind sharing where you were in your life, if you want to share your age or what you were doing in your life, just to give us some context for what you mean by that—by coming to it late?Lidija HiljeSo yeah, so 2017 was one of the hardest years in my life, I think. I think it's just the moment where I was around 35, I think. I would have to do the math, but mid-30s. And I had just been fired for the second time after my second maternity leave. And, you know jobs in my profession, which is—I was an attorney—were scarce, and I opened my own law firm. And I sat there in my law office, you know, a woman working as an attorney in Zadar, Croatia. It was not, you know, I was not having like flocks of clients, you know, going through the door. And you had to sit there from 8am to 4pm, which is our work time. And I had, um, ii had um... I started writing basically to pass the time. And I was writing just the scenes that I was interested in that, you know, brought me joy and then I, you know, wrote the intermittent scene, and the book grew and grew. And by the time I had finished it, which was a year and a half later, you know, it became... It just became a thing that I was—it took over it took over my whole life. I could not, you know and financially it was a difficult time for us as well. We had reached—my husband and I, like I said mid 30's—and we had kind of peaked career wise here in Croatia. So basically, what people don't understand about Croatia is that even if you're a brain surgeon, or if you're a lawyer, or if you're a programmer—like my husband—the money you make is not much more than the average wage. And so, you know, we were at the top of our game professionally, but not earning enough to make ends meet. And so we had started thinking about moving to Ireland basically, which is the, you know, IT hub for the... in Europe. And in thinking about it, I was sitting in my law office and I was basically crying my eyes out thinking if I go there, I'm going to be stripped of my identity as an attorney. I had been working toward that for basically 15, 20 years. And in trying to get over that pain of working towards something that in Ireland, it's not going to mean anything because, you know, the legal system is so very different and my use of language was not, you know, it's still not really good. Like professional English is not the same as this spoken English, you know, everyday English. And so, in kind of trying to accept that we are going to move and I'm going to be stripped of that identity as a lawyer, I was, in a way, you know, to make it easier for myself, I started accepting all the things that I didn't want to look at, which is I hated my job.Jennie NashRight, right.Lidija HiljeI loved being in a courtroom, like that was a good part of it. But everything else, you know, the intellectual part of it, like thinking about law, applying law to a certain case was interesting to me. But everything else was horrible. And so, once I accepted that, and my husband got a job, you know, like working for... as a freelancer for an outside company, and we could stay in Croatia, I was like, "And what am I going to do now? I can't go back to being a lawyer." And so, because his wage was a little bit more than, you know, for the first time, he could afford for me to go, you know, to take a year off and to see what I could do. And so, for a while, I interned at a foreign literary agency—that didn't go anywhere. Then I wrote, you know, a copy for a startup that didn't end up, you know, paying me. So that was kind of like—I was at the end of my rope by the, you know, toward the end of that year. And then I encountered the Author Accelerator program for book coaches, and I had during that year I had connected with writers and I have realized that basically the legal knowledge really translates beautifully into book coaching. So it was kind of like, you know, working on a story, or if you're working on a case, or working on a book, it's kind of a similar thing, similar logic applies. And so it was a… you—you know, it was, I know I'm mixing a little bit the books coaching and legal and, you know, writing careers...Jennie NashNo, it's fascinating.Lidija HiljeBut they are so intertwined in my life, yeah.Jennie NashI mean, it's fascinating the way that you trained yourself on story, basically. And I remember the conversation when you approached Author Accelerator, because you were nervous about being able to meet the requirements of our program because of your language—that English is not your first language. But I, I mean, we have a system whereby it's you try it, you know, if—if you'd meet the requirements, you meet them and if you don't, you don't. And it struck me that your grasp of story was so profound. That I didn't know... you know, it was one conversation about your grasp of the written language. But, um, you were... you were very nervous about your ability to do the work of book coaching in another language. And it's just interesting from where we sit now, so I want to circle back to the book itself and the novel and what you accomplished in it, because it really does have the thing that so many writers are always trying to do, and they talk about it—it is so elusive. Which is this capturing this feeling, emotion, letting the reader sit in the mirror of what those characters are feeling, and you feel it your own self, and that it, you know, when it, when it works, it's, it's like a magic trick. And it strikes me that you came at that very deliberately. It was not accidental. Is that fair to say? Would you believe that?Lidija HiljeI think I always wanted to write about... I always wanted to write quiet stories. And for quiet stories to work, you have to make the quiet things loud in a way. And the loud things are the emotions. And so yes, yes, it was always my goal. I was not always good at it... in writing emotion. But yeah, like during that process of writing that first book, I struggled with it a lot. I struggled with what I guess happens a lot of the time when we are writing is that we're trying very hard for the reader to see things the way we are seeing them. And this counter-intuitively causes the very reverse effect. You know the reader—is the more you're trying to make them listen to you, the more you're trying to, you know, impose your view of things on them, the more they resist. So the trick is basically, and I'll make it sound very easy, it's not easy at all to execute, but the trick is to kind of, you know, to try to find a way and to deliver that emotion without judgment. Like, this is what I'm feeling, or this is what my character is feeling. And not trying to explain it, not trying to get compassion, not trying to get the reader to feel anything. Like, you're just putting things out in the ether, and you're allowing the reader to do their own math. And this is something you can do in literary fiction, which is more open-ended, right? And the readers of genre fiction, I do need more hand-holding in that sense that they will not maybe work as hard as the literary reader. So yeah, I did work very hard. And, you know, the first book, the “shelved” book, really got to a point where I couldn't do that work anymore. But when I started Slanting [Slanting Towards the Sea]… the literally... the first scene in Slanting [Slanting Towards the Sea], came out the way it did. Like that's…Jennie NashOh wow!Lidija HiljeIt didn't change. We had this meeting of writing friends and one of them said, let's exchange, like, let's read 500 new words and I was not working on anything. I had been focusing on book coaching at that moment—that was 2021. And I went to the moment in that room when she is thinking about her ex-husband, you know, when the protagonist is thinking about her ex-husband, and it just came out the way it is. I don't think I changed basically more than three words since that scene came out the way it is. And so...Jennie NashOh, that's amazing. I want to... I want to read some of the lines from that opening scene, if I can, to give the readers... I mean the listeners a sense of what we're talking about. So here's how Slanting Towards the Sea begins.I open his socials and sift through his photos. I know their sequence like I know the palm of my hand. Better even, because I can never memorize what my palm looks like, how the life line twirls into the love line, how it begins tight and uniform, but then turns ropey. It scares me to look at it, to trace the lines, to see where they might lead me in years to come. But I know Vlaho's photos by heart.And it goes on from there. It's, it's just, it's so haunting. And, and the whole, the whole novel is, is that, has that feel to it. So when did you, when did you know that with this story you had it? You knew with the other one that you couldn't get it back, or that it wasn't going to happen. When did you begin? Was it after the sharing of that scene where you thought, oh, I've got this?Lidija HiljeI knew that I could write a scene, but there's a difference, you know, a postcard. I would call this a postcard. This is the typical example of a postcard, a scene where nothing changes for the protagonist and she doesn't understand anything new, but it kind of deepens the reader's understanding of, you know, her situation. So I knew I could write it, which is something I struggled with, with the first book, but I—there's a long road from doing one good postcard and then, you know, writing an entire book, which in literary fiction you have this additional, you know, challenge. You do a ratio basically of normal scenes and summaries, and postcards, and you have to maintain that ratio throughout the book. So, um, yeah for the... relatively early in the book I had submitted that first scene for some competitions. And I got great feedback. It won a critique match, writing a competition in the literary fiction category. And it was long listed in the BPA Pitch Prize in the UK. So I knew that... you know... you know... that the opening of the book was working. So that was good. But from then on, it was such a struggle, because you read the book, and so you know, it has dual timelines; it spans 20 years. I was struggling so bad trying to figure out whether I should do, you know, the past in flashbacks? Whether I should alternate timelines? How do I set this massive story up, which has, you know, the past, and, you know, the present, which happens over a span of... I don't know... five or six months in the present timeline. So I struggled with it a lot. But the thing that I struggled with the most was accountability. So basically, for the first year and a half—for the first year—I wrote, I think, maybe 150 pages. They were not very well set up. I was unsure of them, and I would always push the book backwards to work on client stories. And so what really changed the game for me was when I—I have this program that I run in summertime and one of our book coaches was in that program, Nita Collins. And after the program ended, we partnered up. And so she was my accountability—you know partner, as well as…you know, feedback giver and cheerleader and all the things. And so, you know, I still struggled with how to set up all the things and how to build up the narrative, which I think is really hard for people to coach literary fiction, because you can basically only offer solutions that are kind of geared towards tropey, right? So the author really does have to do all the work, in that sense, but she was absolutely instrumental in terms of me getting the pages down and just seeing if the pages hit the mark or didn't, why they didn't, you know, talking to her, just voicing, talking about the book. And so this went on for a year and within one year I had a full first draft and from then on it was a quick revising process and within three months I had three agent offers. So it was a fast process from then on, from having the first draft, to getting an agent.Jennie NashWell, big shout out to Nita Collins and the Author Accelerator community. I love that a connection happened for you guys. It's really beautiful the way you describe it. So can you explain why you decided it was time to go out to agents? With the first book you decided... this is not going to go anywhere. I'm putting it aside. And with this one, very soon after you finished the first draft, you decided to pitch. What was that decision-making process like for you?Lidija HiljeSo I want to be completely honest. I didn't shelve the first project because I thought it was not, I could not get it to a level. I was convinced that it was on a level, and I had pitched it, but I had been rejected over 100 times. So basically the industry decided for me that it wasn't going to happen. And one of the things that was really hard for me in that first book is that I set it in the US, which I've never been to the US. So it made it very difficult, but I felt like if I set the book in Croatia, I would, like the cultural perspective would overpower the quiet narrative. And I thought that I couldn't do it. And so I, you know, in Slanting [Slanting Towards the Sea], this is the base of the book. Like, it's, you know, I've found a way to weave the cultural perspective as seamlessly as I could. But the pitching process—I basically... I had the first draft done when I had decided to pitch the book. It was a little bit—to be honest, I was a little bit hasty. I had applied for The Muse & the Marketplace conversation with agents. You could...Jennie NashLike the speed dating.Lidija HiljeYeah, like the speed dating. And so I purchased a few tickets for that. And this was done for two reasons. The first one was to, you know; give myself a goal to work towards—to kind of make it all go faster. And the second goal was to see how the industry looks at this. And if there are any issues that they have with the, you know, with the book or with how it's set up, I would rather know sooner than later. And so, because they were reading not just the pages—they were reading, like, 10 pages, a synopsis, and a query letter—which I would also wholeheartedly recommend writing during the writing phase. Preferably, you know, toward the end of the first draft, you would have to do the pitching materials, because they inform so much of... they make you really focus on what the book is about and kind of drawing out the themes and the plot and kind of parsing all those things out. So I told myself: if I go there, and if I get some, you know the best thing that could happen is I could get some full requests. The worst thing that could happen was they will tell me that I'm not there, that my writing is not there, and that the and/or that the book doesn't hold together. And so what happened is, I was... I had just finished my first draft, but I knew that the ending wasn't right. I had the wrong ending. So I knew I had to rewrite the last third of the book, at least. And I went on to that conference, and out of five agents I had talked to, four had requested a full manuscript—toward, like, when I had it. So it was a huge, you know, confidence builder, and that summer I really, really—I can't, it's really amazing what happened—I just, I was so energized, and I just, you know, I don't know, it's like a visit from the muse, even though it's just work. But it felt—I felt very inspired, and I completely rewrote the book, basically, and that gave it the ending that it needed to have, which was also one of the fights against the genre confinements which I had kind of put on myself. So yeah, so that was the decision that I should be doing that, and at the same time, I wanted to be, like, 100% sure that when I sent the manuscript out, it would be finished—that it would be the best that I can make it by myself, you know, and, you know, for Nita to read it, for a couple of beta readers that I've really trusted—and they have the same taste in books that I do—to read it. And only with that feedback was I really ready to send it out to agents.Jennie NashSo—the—we'll get to what happened with the agents in a minute. But I want to return to something that you said about the culture of Croatia and the role that it has in the story, and you called it foundational. And it really feels both the setting of the country, meaning the land, there's... there's a lot you write about, um, the sea, and the food that comes from the sea, and the winds that travel, um, both on the sea and on the land, and there's olive trees that play a large part in this story. So there is a lot about the country itself, and then there's, there is a lot about the, the culture and the, the changing bureaucracies and politics and things that are going on. And it's interesting that you spoke in your own life about contemplating leaving the country, because your characters at some key points, contemplate leaving as well. So there's—there was very much about the constraints of the world of this place, and that's part of what the, you know, it's interesting that you talk about it as your concern was that it would overwhelm the story, but it's part of, for me, what the container in which that emotion happened. It felt not separate from the story, but a really critical component of it. The way these characters lived on the land, and in this place, and what that allowed them to do,—or to be—or not be and how they bumped up against it. It was... It's really like you have a historian's grasp of that, your world, was that something you were conscious of while you were writing as well?Lidija HiljeYes. I was always worried about writing, you know, a Croatian perspective. Like that was always a big concern for me because I, you know, when you're looking at literature and what interests readers, it's either, you know, the book set in the UK and US, which is kind of the clear narrative, it doesn't, it's, it's a pervasive culture that we all understand when it kind of becomes invisible, or, you know, a background noise, it doesn't really affect the narrative. Whereas the other interesting things that readers, when they want to travel somewhere, they will want to go somewhere exotic, you know, whether it's Nigeria or, you know, Eastern Asia, Japan, China, you know? So it felt like Croatia is different, but not different enough, you know? And so it's, it's kind of like almost like it makes the reader constantly forget that they're in Croatia, while at the same time kind of jarring them when you remind them of the differences, and this was one of the, one of the, you know, key points of my work with Nita, was when she would just notice things like, what is, you know, what is the, why are there, there are no dividers in the hospital between the beds? And it's just like... and now I realize that I have to explain how our hospitals look like, and it's not like yours. Or the difference in the tides, which in America are, you know, over, over, I don't know how many feet, and in Croatia they're just, um, and we talked about it when you were here in Zadar as well. So it's just like, it's very similar to America, but not quite. And that was very frustrating at times to try to depict. But on the other hand, in writing Ivona, I wanted to, I feel, I have felt and still feel a lot of frustration with my country. I love it, but I have been planning, like there have been multiple, you know, periods in my life when I had hoped to leave, just because how frustrating it is to live here sometimes with the bureaucracy and just the way the mentality is here and everything. So basically in writing her story, I wanted to air out those grievances in a way. To give them voice, to examine them, to see what they are, and like everything, you know, it's not black or white, it's the way we are here, and it's also the way I am, you know. I notice this when I interact with people from other areas, and they say that us Croats and, you know, Balkan people are very, you know, always like, always complaining about something, which is true, we are. And so, yeah, so it's difficult. It's difficult because I wanted that to be a part of the story. And at the same time, you know, there, you know, there is the possibility of the American reader who doesn't see that it's a part of the culture here, basically. That they could look at Ivona, and say, you know, why does she just not snap out of it?Jennie NashHmm…Lidija HiljeAnd, you know, it's almost like saying to me to snap out of the issues that I had as I was like, trying, you know, like banging my head against the wall, trying to get my career going, and t's not working. Like whatever you're, you're trying—like it's easier for me to make it in the US, never having set a foot there, than in Croatia.Jennie NashRight.Lidija HiljeI mean, my book is being published in the US; it's still not being published in Croatia, just for the record. So it's really hard, and it's really hard to make that a part of the book, but not have it, like, weigh the book all the way down. So it was a process. It's like all the things you try and miss and, you know, sometimes you go overboard, and then you have to pull back, and you have to be careful not to go too deeply into your own experience and just feel that the character is separate from you, and obviously she has some different issues than I had and a different occupation, but a lot of her grievances are mine as well.Jennie NashWell, that yearning and, can… I guess confusion really does come across. The how will I, how will I live? How will I love? How will I spend my days? I mean, these are the questions of our life, and they're the questions of this character in—as she goes through what she's experiencing. That they're, they're both mundane questions and, and, you know, the most profound. And, and the way you capture it... I mean, that was just to circle back to my initial idea of talking about how to capture emotion on the page, you know, which is the work of a novel. That's what it's for. That's its point. And it's just so hard to do. And you just did it on so many levels in a language that's not your first. And it really is just extraordinary and moving. And in preparing to talk to you today, I read a lot of the early reviews—people who got advanced readers copies, 'cause the book comes out in July, 2025, and we're speaking a few months before that time. So it's not fully out in the world, but it's enough that, um, I can see that reaction rippling through the readers and, and certainly through the, um, professional, um, colleagues and, you know, who've blurbed the book. But this idea of it being—the word people kept using was “moving.” And there was a lot of words like “tender” and “haunting,” you know, people really felt what it sounds like you intended them to feel. So how, from where you sit now, how does that—how does it feel to have gotten that feedback from some of the writers you admire? And to know that it did… it works doing what you want it to do? How does that feel?Lidija HiljeOh, it's, it's impossible to talk about that because I guess I'm typically Croatian in the way that it's easier for me to sit in my failures than to sit in my successes. So it's absolutely incredible. I mean, when you get a blurb from Claire Lombardo, who is, you know, I absolutely adore her books and I think she's insanely talented, you know, and for her, you know, she used the words “humane,” and that really—I was so moved by that. So my… kind of my goal is for, for people to see the humanity in these, these characters. And so it's really, it's really amazing. It's, it's beyond, you know, some of the, you know, I got really great blurbs from authors I really, really deeply admire: Thao Thai, Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai, Amy Lin, and Madeline Lucas, and as well, you know, Claire Lombardo, whom I mentioned. It's really incredible. It's so life affirming for me, you know, to be able to do that. But like I said, it's always, you know, when I'm reading the reviews, which I probably shouldn't be doing, I'm always focusing on the few that are not—just not feeling it. And then I have to remind myself it's not—this is not a book for anyone, for just everyone. And it's, you know, it's a journey. It's still, like you said, early days. I'm learning to be an author, to grow an even thicker skin in that sense. But yeah, it did feel great to get those beautiful reviews. And I'm so grateful to them for reading and donating their time to me.Jennie NashI mean, it's so not fair what I want to say. It's so not fair. But I want to ask anyway. Quite a few of the reviews said they can't wait for your next book, which, you know, it's like you're not a machine. You've just done this one. But are you thinking about that? Are you… do you have thoughts about that?Lidija HiljeYeah, I am trying to work on my new book. But, you know, I'm admiring the writers who put out a book a year. That's definitely not going to be me. There's an insane amount of work in putting the book out. You know, there's invisible work that goes behind the screen, you know, that people don't see, but it's happening and it takes up a lot of time. And there's also this emotional, you know, it's, it's—it's difficult sitting in, like… you're trying to make this your career. You wrote your heart on the paper and you're offering it to the world. And now you're suspended in this period when you put it out and you're waiting to see how it's received, whether someone tramples on it or whether it's upheld. And so it's a difficult, emotionally difficult place to be in, and I'm one of those writers who struggle to create when I'm not, you know, when I'm feeling… when I'm feeling stressed. So work on my second novel is going slowly. I've gotten to page 100, but then I realized it needed, you know, I needed to make some changes, so I'm back to page 30. So it's a, you know, it's a—it's a process. I think, you know, writing literary fiction takes time. It takes self-examination; it takes a lot of reading of other people who have done it successfully—the type of novel that you're trying to execute. So, so yeah, I'm trying to work on it, but, um, but it may, it may be a while.Jennie NashAll right. I know—that's why it wasn't fair to even ask. Um, so back to… I just want to pick up the story back to—you got the three or the four, um, agent requests, and you, you finished the novel, and, um, and you pitched to them. Can you just share what all unfolded? Because… it was pretty extraordinary.Lidija HiljeSo, basically, what happened was I didn't pitch all the four agents that had requested the pages. I had the first querying experience, which is what I said—you know 100 rejections. I took a long, hard look at it and realized that many of the time I was querying the wrong agents, genre-wise, which, you know, I was not aware of at the time. So a lot of those rejections were basically because I was querying a women's fiction book to literary agents. And that was one thing. And the other thing is… I was pretty, you know, unselective with whom I was querying the first time around. And the second time around, I was really intentional with the type of agent and their reputation and the connections within the industry—you know, just much more aware, approaching it much more professionally in terms of, you know, just wanting a good fit that would actually be able to do something for me, you know, to sell the book. And so a friend who had, you know, she had given me a referral to her agent—that didn't pan out. I gave that agent a month, an exclusive. And when that didn't pan out, I basically sent the query to my now agent, Abby Walters, at CAA. And, you know, it was a form on the website. I didn't even write her an email. It was just a form. So I didn't think that anyone would read it, basically. And I got—quickly I got like five or six requests, right out of the gate, those maybe first 10 days. And by the end of the second week I had gotten an offer of representation from Abby. And I followed up with the rest of the agents. The total, uh, the total number of, uh, full requests ended up being, I think, maybe nine out of 20, 25 queries. And, uh, I got three offers of representation, um, from fantastic agents. And, uh, deciding was hell. I was—I was—it was horrible to be in a position where you had to say no to an agent that you admire and that you would genuinely love to work with, but you know, for some reasons I chose Abby and I'm really happy with working with her. She's fantastic. I—I, you know, love her to death. And yeah, so that was the story of getting an agent. It was—it was—it was pretty quick and painless, I have to say, the second time around.Jennie NashRight, from 100 rejections with the first one to—to nine full requests and three offers on—on this one, that's an extraordinary swing, for sure. And I love the—the way that you approached it the second time with that intention. It just says everything about the kind of person and writer you are, and the book landed with Simon & Schuster and will be coming out soon, and I can't wait to share it with our listeners. It's a beautiful, beautiful novel. I just—I cherished reading every page, and we had the really great good fortune of my taking a vacation to Croatia and coming to your town and meeting you and walking through the town with you, and I treasure that for so many reasons. But having read the book, I felt like I could taste it and see it in a really special way, having had a tour of your city with you. So that, for me, was just a special—a special part of it too.Lidija HiljeThank you so much, Jennie. But actually, you kind of were a part of that, because when I thought about the places where Ivona would take a seer to, you know, to see, I had our tour in my—you know, on my mind, because I was thinking, like, what would she show someone who's from another place? Like, where would she take him? And it wouldn't be the things I showed you. I mean, I showed you some of the big things that you have to see when you're here. But I took you to the places that are more intimate to me, like more personally important to me.Jennie NashYeah.Lidija HiljeAnd so this is—this is what's behind the scene where she shows him her school. And, you know, so, yeah… you know, real life.Jennie NashOh, that's amazing. That's amazing. Well, yeah, I did get to see where you went to school and where the law office was. And—and one of the things that's really stayed with me was we went to a bookstore and it… Um, and it—just knowing what your life in books has been, Lidija, and how you've studied them and how you've worked to become a writer of the caliber that you are. And that bookstore was so small, and it had mostly books in Croatian, and it was not anything like the kind of bookstore that one would think would spark a major literary career. And it… that just has stuck with me, because you—you made your own bookstore, right? You found your own literary community. You found your own career and way, and it's just been a joy to watch and to cheer you on. And thank you for coming and talking with us today.Lidija HiljeThank you so much for having me, and all the encouragement over the years. I'm really grateful for that as well.Jennie NashAll right, well, until next time, for our listeners—keep your butt in the chair and your head in the game. 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