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Mickey Spagnola explains why KaVontae Turpin's unique speed makes him a vital part of the Dallas Cowboys' roster. He also discusses the intensity of the linebacker rotation involving DeMarvion Overshown and Marist Liufau while highlighting the need for aggressive defensive players.

This week, Andy and Pavel examine some of the biggest claims in the UFO world. From Eric Davis's revelations on the podcast and Tim Gallaudet's possible Atlantis discovery, to Lazar's nine recovered craft, Grusch suggesting the real number could be between 25 and 100, and more whistleblowers preparing to speak out. How watertight are these extraordinary claims, and where is the evidence?https://www.youtube.com/@psicoactivopodcast

James joins Jimmy Dore for a three-part conversation. In this conversation: James outlines the economic situation in Japan and how it relates to the wider economic and geopolitical situation in the world right now; James and Jimmy examine James' recent analysis of the October 7th false flag attack; and they discuss how the world is being led to the brink of global warfare.

This week's talk is an exhortation by Brother Sam Snelling titled "Known by God, Redeemed by Christ and Examined by the Word", given at the Brighton Ecclesia in Australia, on June 21st, 2026.We hope this strengthens your Faith and brightens your day!Thank you for listening, God bless, and talk to you next week.Send talk suggestions or comments to: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠GoodChristadelphianTalks@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠For Show Notes, visit our website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠GoodChristadelphianTalks.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Social Media: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram

Picture two circles. The smaller one holds everything science could measure in 1800. The larger one holds everything it can measure today.  Between them sits what was mystical in 1800 and is provable now. Real the whole time. Just waiting for the instruments to catch up. This episode is about what sits outside the larger circle.Which is to say: about what you have known your entire life without being able to prove.  This is the ninth episode of season two of The Polymathic Perspective, the penultimate episode of a ten-episode investigation into what we want but refuse to accept. This episode is anchored in Robert Zemeckis's Contact (1997), from Carl Sagan's novel.  Jodie Foster's character, Ellie Arroway, returns from somewhere real but cannot prove she was there. Not because it did not happen. Because the instruments do not yet reach that far. There's an image in this episode that will probably outlast most of what you hear this year. An image that profoundly walks you across the paradoxical gap of who your Emotional Architecture says you are and a signal that says it's not true.  That's what living inside a mismatched field actually feels like. Dov names, on record, what living inside that gap has cost him personally. As a boy who grew up below the poverty line. As the adult who built the life and still sometimes struggles to fully own it. He also raises an open question, which he does not resolve, about whether some of what looks like neurodivergent wiring might be a field agreement made below conscious awareness. He is aware that a man raising that question is not the most immediately credible framing. He raises it anyway. Examined through Einstein's "spooky action at a distance," Rupert Sheldrake's morphic resonance, and the frameworks the series has been building. The question is not whether you can prove your signal.  The question is what you do when the instruments say it is not real, and you know it is. IN THIS EPISODE 00:00 Science Circles Metaphor 01:56 Beyond Your Allowed Wants 02:41 Show Intro and Episode Setup 03:56 Contact and The Signal 05:06 Signal vs Instruments Gap 06:34 Entanglement and Fields 09:08 Personal Scarcity Source Code 12:37 Restrictions as Field Agreements 14:26 Startups and Civilizations Signals 16:40 Holding the Paradox 18:06 Renegotiate and Make The Ask 20:02 Wrap Up and Call to Action THE SERIES: What We Want But Refuse To Accept is a ten-episode arc. Next episode is the series finale: The Ask.  Follow the show to receive it as it releases. ABOUT THE POLYMATHIC PERSPECTIVE  We don't collect ideas here. We examine the emotional logic beneath power, culture, identity, and meaning.ABOUT DOV BARON:  Dov Baron has spent more than thirty years inside the rooms where leaders, founders, and executives make the decisions that shape organizations. He is the creator of the Emotional Meaning Architecture and Emotional Source Code frameworks.  

Recently, Dr. Tim Stratton joined  @TheWaywithBrianDavila  alongside fellow Protestants Micah and Marcus to debate three members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS/Mormon). Afterward, the LDS channel  @RESTORED_TRUTH  published a reaction video that repeatedly targeted Tim personally rather than substantively. In this video, Tim and Josh respond point by point, clarify what actually happened in the debate, and address the claims made in that reaction. See the full debate: https://youtu.be/XPjnHJIeROM?si=paveJJAQzK8sif-_ See the full reaction video: https://www.youtube.com/live/oNwB5fotz-M?si=UO1bvkHb5aeMtKAO Join our team: https://www.freethinkingministries.com/donate Connect with us: https://www.freethinkingministries.com/contact For more information on Mormonism: https://mormoninfo.org ➡️ CHAPTERS ⬅️ 00:00 Introduction 02:05 They Hated Tim... But Why? 06:48 What Did They Get Right? 09:17 Ad Hominem Attacks Against Tim 10:45 Was Tim Special Pleading? 13:35 How the Debate Was Actually Structured 15:18 The Book of Abraham 21:00 The Truth About Manuscripts and Textual Criticism 32:47 Was Tim Offended by the Cross Necklace? 34:05 Tim Doesn't Build Bridges? 36:41 The "Cheatiest Cheat Sheet" Controversy 42:24 Explaining the Different "GOSPEL" Acronym 47:44 Different Kinds of Prophecy 59:30 "Utterly Destroy" or "Strike"? The Hebrew Matters 1:11:39 Micah 3 & Jeremiah 26 Examined 1:14:40 The Matthew 21 & Zechariah 9 Issue 1:18:19 Why Conditional Prophecy Makes Sense on Molinism 1:21:23 Asking Jesus Questions? How Dare He! 1:28:55 Is Tim's Faith Contingent on Mosaic Authorship? 1:34:34 Protestants Don't Believe in Prophets? 1:40:00 Does 2 Peter Teach There's No Need for Daily Repentance? 1:44:46 Did Paul Claim Perfection in Philippians 3:6? 1:49:55 Do Christians and LDS Make Good Neighbors? 1:59:17 Tim's Fancy New Words 2:03:15 Do They Ever Address Tim's Argument? 2:24:15 Debunking a Faulty Reading of Hebrews 2:27:23 Why We Won't Have a Discussion with Them 2:31:00 Concluding Thoughts ➡️ SOCIALS ⬅️ Website: https://freethinkingministries.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FreeThinkInc Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/freethinkinc X: https://x.com/freethinkmin TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@freethinkinc #Apologetics #Christianity #LDS #Mormon #Theology #FreeThinkingMinistries

The Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion has heard evidence relating to protests and police response to demonstrations during its seventh hearing block. A pro-Palestinian protest held shortly after the October 7 Hamas attacks, and a separate neo-Nazi rally in Sydney were both brought under scrutiny during the one day hearing.

Sixty two years ago, The Beatles' cinematic debut arrived, putting the world on notice that their charm and talents were adaptable to virtually any medium. A Hard Day's Night, directed by Richard Lester, has gone down in film history as “the Citizen Kane of jukebox musicals,” a stunning work as fresh and captivating as the day … 329: A Hard Day's Night Re-Examined with Samira Ahmed Read More »

Today we will begin to examine the passages most often used to support a pre-tribulation rapture. Rather than simply accepting what any teacher says, we'll read each verse in its context and ask what the Bible is actually teaching. Our goal isn't to defend a tradition, but to let Scripture speak for itself.

Today we will begin to examine the passages most often used to support a pre-tribulation rapture. Rather than simply accepting what any teacher says, we'll read each verse in its context and ask what the Bible is actually teaching. Our goal isn't to defend a tradition, but to let Scripture speak for itself.

This is a spoiler-filled review and discussion of Super (2010), directed by James Gunn and starring Rainn Wilson and Elliot Page, covering the film's violence, its most divisive scene, and what it means that its director now runs DC Studios. Before James Gunn was directing Superman, he wrote and directed Super (2010) — and it's way darker than you remember. Brian and John are joined by Josh Axelrod, Director of Media & Press Relations at the Lindsay Theater, to break down Super (2010) — and this time, our guest actually came in ready to fight us on it.   Super (2010) Quick Facts: Director/Writer: James Gunn — before Guardians of the Galaxy and his current role as co-CEO of DC Studios Starring: Rainn Wilson, Elliot Page, Liv Tyler, Kevin Bacon Budget: $2.5 million | Box Office: ~$593,000 Genre: Dark Comedy / Superhero | Runtime: 96 min | Rating: R In this Super (2010) review, we cover James Gunn's unfiltered Troma origins and how they bleed into this movie, whether Frank Darbo is a hero or just a fundamentally broken person the film never makes answer for, the uncomfortable racial coding in who Frank targets, the sexual assault scene that still divides horror and superhero fans alike, and how this $2.5 million flop somehow became the blueprint for the guy now running DC Studios. Plus: our listener and critic reviews segment. No spoiler-free zone here — full spoilers ahead, so watch the movie first if you're avoiding them. Super (2010) | Director: James Gunn | Starring: Rainn Wilson, Elliot Page, Liv Tyler, Kevin Bacon | Genre: Dark Comedy / Superhero | Runtime: 96 min | Rating: R   CHAPTERS: 0:00 – Cold Open: "The Movie You're Defending, Brian" 0:15 – Welcome + Super (2010) Episode Setup 6:55 – Super Synopsis (Spoiler-Free) 5:32 – James Gunn's Unfiltered Troma Origins 14:51 – The Budget vs. The Box Office Flop 19:07 – What Is Super Actually Saying About Vigilantism? 25:35 – The Racial Coding Debate 39:43 – Trigger Warning: The Sexual Assault Scene, Examined 56:50 – Is Frank a Hero or a Fundamentally Broken Person? 1:05:13 – From Troma to DC Studios: Gunn's Full Trajectory 1:08:38 – Listener & Critic Reviews 1:18:34 – Does the Movie Let Frank Off the Hook? 1:23:12 – Josh Talks the Lindsay Theater & Pittsburgh's Film Scene 1:31:39 – Follow the Show + Sign Off   FAQ Is Super (2010) based on a true story? No — it's an original story written and directed by James Gunn about an amateur vigilante. Who plays Frank in Super (2010)? Rainn Wilson. Who plays Boltie in Super (2010)? Elliot Page. Is Super (2010) hard to watch? Yes — we break down its most divisive scene, including a trigger warning, starting at 39:43. What is James Gunn's connection to DC Studios? He's currently co-CEO of DC Studios and directed Superman (2025) — we trace how Super (2010) fits into that path starting at 1:05:13.   FOLLOW THE SHOW:

The Old Testament is filled with incredible stories that have shaped history, faith, and civilization for thousands of years—but did those events actually happen? Mike Slater explores the historical evidence, archaeological discoveries, and biblical accounts behind some of Scripture's most well-known moments while examining what they mean for believers today. Watch this special edition of Politics By Faith and decide for yourself.

The Old Testament is filled with incredible stories that have shaped history, faith, and civilization for thousands of years—but did those events actually happen? Mike Slater explores the historical evidence, archaeological discoveries, and biblical accounts behind some of Scripture's most well-known moments while examining what they mean for believers today. Watch this special edition of Politics By Faith and decide for yourself.

In this episode, we ask: What if Nations Are Running the Same Code That Runs You?  Examined that question through history, geopolitics, and the Emotional Source Code framework. Anchored in Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove and the Marshall Plan as the two possible answers a system can give when the ledger comes due. IN THIS EPISODE (time stamp) 00:00 Bomb Rider Cold Open 01:00 Why Strangelove Matters 02:00 Series Context Zoom Out 03:49 Four Lenses Setup 04:42 Deserving Ledger In Strangelove 06:45 Mechanism Behind The World 08:06 Versailles Arithmetic 10:26 Marshall Plan Worth 12:50 America Turns Transactional 14:29 When Ledger Becomes Identity 17:10 Personal Mirror Confession 19:02 Precedent And Personal Practice 20:06 Mutual Assured Destruction 21:19 Carry This Question 21:59 Outro Stay Curious Six episodes ago, we sat with a man in a quiet room after a standing ovation.  In the last episode, we found George Bailey standing on a bridge, having concluded, with an accountant's calm, that he was worth more dead than alive. Here's what nobody warned any of them about. The deserving mechanism does not stop at the individual. It does not stop at the organization. It does not stop at the nation. Today we zoom all the way out. Stanley Kubrick made Dr. Strangelove in 1964 because someone needed to say out loud that the same code running inside individual human beings was running the room that could end the world. He was right. In this episode, we watch the mechanism run at civilizational scale. In 1919, at a table in Versailles, the Allied powers opened a ledger, made Germany pay, and produced the Second World War.  In 1948, when George Marshall stood before Congress and made the case for something the deserving logic of every preceding civilization would have called irrational, and produced seventy years of peace. And in the room where the successor to the Marshall Plan is being decided right now, as the same nation that authored the greatest act of geopolitical generosity in modern history converts every alliance it has into an invoice. Not partisan. Mechanical. Dov also names, on record, where he has watched the same mechanism run in himself. Including in the making of this series. The question this episode carries is not what has gone wrong with the world. Everyone has a theory about that.  The question is: what mechanism is running beneath the decisions that shape it? And whether the same mechanism runs beneath the decisions that shape a single human life.  THE SERIES  What We Want But Refuse To Accept is a ten-episode arc. Next episode: What AI Refuses to Accept About Itself.  Follow the show to receive each episode as it releases. ABOUT DOV BARON  Dov Baron has spent thirty years inside the rooms where leaders, founders, and executives make the decisions that shape organizations. He is the creator of the Emotional Source Code and Emotional Meaning Architecture frameworks.CONNECT WITH DOV Website: https://DovBaron.com  Email: dov@dovbaron.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dovbaron  Carry one question from this episode with you. Where in your life, your organization, your relationships, are you riding something down to destruction and calling it doing your job? Sit with it.  If this episode resonated, please rate and review on Apple Podcasts and follow on Spotify. Connect with Dov Baron:https://DovBaron.comdov@dovbaron.comRate, review, and send this episode to the most thoughtful builder you know. That is how the algorithm finds the people who still ask why. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

During the second hour of The Charlie James Show on July 21, 2026, host Charlie James tackled key local political developments and national news. The episode opened with a deep dive into Spartanburg County's controversial data center project, where local advocate Eric Allison shared residents' heightened concerns regarding air quality, noise pollution, massive water consumption, and chemical storage. Charlie reflected on tax burdens before transitioning to the South Carolina Senate race, evaluating prospective candidate Darline Graham's track record in state agency growth and spending. Callers weighed in on local land options and political dynamics following the passing of Lindsey Graham. Finally, U.S. Representative William Timmons joined the show to discuss a Capitol Hill hearing on ideological influences within the Smithsonian Institution, the future direction of the Democratic Party, and upcoming memorial arrangements for Senator Graham.

The former attorney-general Mark Dreyfus has called for buffer zones to be set up, banning protests around synagogues and Jewish schools.

You need your head examined. Ha! Can we count on our hands the number of times that has been thrown at us? It's got an amazing history and rightfully it wasn't about poking fun at another person.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/arroe-collins-like-it-s-live--4113802/support.

You need your head examined. Ha! Can we count on our hands the number of times that has been thrown at us? It's got an amazing history and rightfully it wasn't about poking fun at another person.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/arroe-collins-unplugged-totally-uncut--994165/support.

You've been very clear about what you want, but when what you want arrives, can you accept it?  Between the ask and the acceptance stands a story about deserving, written by a child, balancing books that were never real. That story ships in one of two editions. This episode names both, and reveals why they are the same program despite looking like opposites. Dov names his own edition of the ledger on record for the first time. Forty years teaching leaders and speakers to do the very thing he could not do himself. Examined through behavioral economics, moral psychology, the impostor phenomenon, and the Emotional Source Code framework. Anchored in George Bailey standing at the table in Bedford Falls, at the bottom of his own ledger, being handed a fortune he does not know how to receive.The question is not what you have earned. You have the receipts. The question is what you actually deserved.  IN THIS EPISODE: George Bailey at the table, unable to receive The other half of the work nobody warns you about Welcome to The Polymathic Perspective Five lenses on the deserving story Earning versus deserving The question this episode is built around The thesis Richard Thaler, mental accounting, and the impostor phenomenon What your hands and mouth do in the first three seconds Three postures, one program The final entry: both editions arrive at Deserving as the most abused word in the language Where this episode actually comes from What actually helps, in this order Six episodes in, the series turns its title over The question to carry He was the richest man in town for years THE SERIES: What We Want But Refuse To Accept is a ten-episode arc. Next episode, what your ledger is costing the people you love and lead. Follow the show to receive each episode as it releases. ABOUT DOV BARON: Dov Baron has spent thirty years inside the rooms where leaders, founders, and executives make the decisions that shape organizations. His clients hire him for what he can see: the patterns that have stopped being visible to the people inside the system. He is the creator of the Emotional Source Code and Emotional Meaning Architecture frameworks.

Neoborn Caveman raises his cup to America's 250th birthday and takes aim at everyone who failed to show up for it, starting with the brain that edits your own vision before you ever get to see the world, moving through Jefferson's two-hundred-year-old warning that unaccountable judges become despots, the New York mayor's wife who traded the anniversary for a wellness retreat in Spain, a round of Dr. Berg's blood sugar remedies tested live with the tea ritual, the war-broken supply chains and fake fertilizers quietly raising the price of everything on your table, and the Tennessee conductor fired for calling America the greatest country on its own birthday, landing on the show's oldest claim: if you are not allowed to speak, you are not free.Music guests: The Revolt, Reverend Genes, pMad, Shelby Lentz, The GreetingKey TakeawaysYour own brain edits reality before you ever see it; selective perception keeps you alive and keeps you blind at the same time.America has drifted from the Constitutional Republic the Founders designed, and the drift was gradual by design.Jefferson warned two centuries ago that judges secured in office for life become a despotic oligarchy.Without America, neither Nazism nor Communism could have been defeated; techno-feudalism is both of them on steroids with corporatism.Elected officials and their families owe presence to the people who pay them; representation is a job, not a lifestyle.Better sleep and balanced blood sugar can start with simple drinks, though some of them taste like punishment.Food prices climb because of war, energy chokeholds, and artificial fertilizer dependence, not just corporate greed.Humanity fed itself with natural agriculture for hundreds of thousands of years before natural gas became a farming input.War kills even those far from the front: economically, mentally, and environmentally.If praising your own country on its 250th birthday gets you fired, you are living in occupied territory.Sound Bites"Your brain, your own brain is manipulating your vision. Hopefully for the better.""Gradualism is a real thing. It's a very evil thing.""You are a politician and you are a wife of a politician for a reason. Money and power.""You have an obligation to be there for the people, because you are representing them.""The golden milk has nothing to do with golden shower.""Ready, steady, swallow!""We can burp and fart after that just to annoy Shite Gates and the rest of their gang.""So do you want to know what is killing us? That. War. Even if you are not there.""Nobody needs an invader, right?""If you can't speak, you are not allowed to speak, that means you are a slave."Support the show and join the free tea house conversation at patreon.com/theneoborncavemanshow. Really. It matters.Humanity centered satirical takes on the world & news + music - with a marble mouthed host.Free speech marinated in comedy.Supporting Purple Rabbits.Viva los Conejos Morados. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this special Mormonish/ The Good Book Club episode, we sit down with Dr. John Lundwall to discuss his thought-provoking book Mythos and Cosmos and explore what its ideas might mean when viewed through the lens of Mormonism. Drawing on comparative religion, oral tradition, mythology, and the development of sacred narratives, Lundwall challenges readers to think differently about how ancient religious texts emerge, evolve, and function within believing communities. Together, we examine some of the book's most intriguing arguments and consider their implications for Latter-day Saint scripture, history, and religious identity. How do oral cultures preserve and transmit sacred stories? What distinguishes myth from history, and must the two always be in conflict? How might Lundwall's framework reshape conversations about the Book of Mormon and other sacred texts?This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https://podcorn.com/privacy

The Constitution Study with Host Paul Engel – Several states and the federal government have worked hard to deny you the rights protected by the Second Amendment. I guess they prioritize their power over your rights. Meanwhile, the Food and Drug Administration, along with the manufacturer of Mifepristone, prioritizes killing babies and making money over human life...

Jon Herold comes in Tuesday on a short show before heading to Deadwood and delivers two things worth staying for. First, a pointed and honest analysis of who is actually hyping the White House quantum computing posts as Q confirmation: Jon asked seven OG Anons who have no financial stake in being right, and all seven said it looks like a troll. The only people going all in are content creators trying to monetize. He asks why that is and lets the question sit. Then he plays the GART trailer, a mock news broadcast depicting a fictional future where Democrats flip the House in the midterms, Badlands Media gets indicted by a federal grand jury, and the community faces consequences for questioning elections. It is genuinely unsettling and clearly the setup for something bigger happening live in Deadwood this week. A federal judge also ordered Trump's SAVES voter verification database dismantled for violating federal privacy laws, Jon gives it a mixed read, and Rand Paul is subpoenaing Fauci again. No Daily Herold tomorrow. Whatever happens at GART, you will want a virtual ticket.

Why do millions of patients qualify for bariatric surgery, yet only a fraction ever make it to the operating room?Hosts·      Matthew Martin, trauma and bariatric surgeon at the University of Southern California/Los Angeles General Medical Center (Los Angeles, California)·      Adrian Dan, bariatric and MIS surgeon, program director for the advanced MIS bariatric and foregut fellowship at Summa Health System (Akron, Ohio)·      Crystal Johnson Mann, bariatric and foregut surgeon at the University of Florida (Gainesville, Florida)·      Katherine Cironi, general surgery resident at the University of Southern California/Los Angeles General Medical Center (Los Angeles, California)Learning objectives:This episode explores disparities in access to bariatric surgery through three key studies examining eligibility, referral patterns, and weight stigma.References: Article #1: Socioeconomic disparities in eligibility and access to bariatric surgery: a national population-based analysis (2010, Martin et al.) https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19782647/ Analyzed national U.S. datasets to compare patients eligible for bariatric surgery with those who underwent surgery.  Although more than 22 million Americans met criteria for bariatric surgery, only about 0.4% underwent surgery in 2006. Patients eligible for surgery were more likely to be female, uninsured, lower income, and from racial and ethnic minority groups, while those receiving surgery were disproportionately Caucasian women with private insurance.  This discussion highlights insurance coverage as one of the largest structural barriers to care. Article #2: Investigating racial disparities in bariatric surgery referrals (2019, Johnson-Mann et al.) https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30824334/ This study focused on referral patterns within a primary care network.  Among nearly 4,700 eligible patients, only 5% were referred to bariatric surgery.  Referral disparities were seen across sex, ethnicity, and insurance status. Hispanic patients were significantly less likely to be referred and were far more likely to be uninsured or self-pay.  The study emphasizes that disparities begin long before the operating room, often at the level of primary care referral and institutional access policies. Article #3: Assessing Weight Stigma Interventions: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials (2025, Wang et al.) https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40227369/ Examined interventions designed to reduce weight stigma. Across 56 randomized controlled trials, most interventions demonstrated improvements in attitudes toward obesity.  Effective approaches included emphasizing the biologic and environmental causes of obesity, promoting weight-inclusive healthcare, fostering empathy through shared narratives, and using cognitive dissonance strategies to challenge implicit bias.  However, changing attitudes does not necessarily translate into improved clinical behavior or patient outcomes. Together, these studies demonstrate that disparities in bariatric surgery occur at multiple stages: eligibility, referral, access, and treatment. Structural barriers, provider bias, insurance limitations, and societal stigma all contribute to inequitable care. Herein, we emphasize the importance of expanding access pathways, improving provider education, and actively reducing weight stigma to ensure equitable surgical care for all eligible patients.Please visit https://behindtheknife.org to access other high-yield surgical education podcasts, videos and more.  If you liked this episode, check out our recent episodes here: https://behindtheknife.org/listenBehind the Knife Premium: https://behindtheknife.org/premiumOral Board Review: https://behindtheknife.org/oral-boardOral Board Simulator: https://behindtheknife.org/oral-board/simulatorGeneral Surgery Oral Board Review Course: https://behindtheknife.org/premium/general-surgery-oral-board-reviewTrauma Surgery Video Atlas: https://behindtheknife.org/premium/trauma-surgery-video-atlasDominate Surgery: A High-Yield Guide to Your Surgery Clerkship: https://behindtheknife.org/premium/dominate-surgery-a-high-yield-guide-to-your-surgery-clerkshipDominate Surgery for APPs: A High-Yield Guide to Your Surgery Rotation: https://behindtheknife.org/premium/dominate-surgery-for-apps-a-high-yield-guide-to-your-surgery-rotationVascular Surgery Oral Board Review Course: https://behindtheknife.org/premium/vascular-surgery-oral-board-reviewColorectal Surgery Oral Board Review Course: https://behindtheknife.org/premium/colorectal-surgery-oral-board-reviewSurgical Oncology Oral Board Review Course: https://behindtheknife.org/premium/surgical-oncology-oral-board-reviewCardiothoracic Oral Board Review Course: https://behindtheknife.org/premium/cardiothoracic-surgery-oral-board-reviewDownload our App:Apple App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/behind-the-knife/id1672420049Android/Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.btk.app&hl=en_US

In this episode of Examined Sport, I examine Robert Simon's article: “The Ethics of Strategic Fouling: A Reply to Fraleigh,” published in the Journal of the Philosophy of Sport in 2005. In this article, Simon provides a limited defense of strategic fouls based on his theory of Broad Internalism.

Gather ‘round now, and keep that fire stoked hot. Have you ever heard the true story of the Moss Mountain Massacre? History books will tell you that Thomas Nuttall's 1819 expedition up the Arkansas River was met with tragedy due to malaria and rogue animal attacks. But the old river rats and indigenous tribes know the dark truth. It wasn't a bear that tore those men apart on Halloween night in the choking river fog. It was something much older, much larger, and far more sinister. Locals call it the Moss Mountain Booger. And folks, it might still be out there .In tonight's episode, we are diving deep into the blood-soaked soil of the Arkansas river bottoms. We'll explore Nuttall's suppressed journals, the terrifying riverboat encounter of 1924, and the modern-day warnings left behind by the massive, bipedal beasts that rule the mist. If you're ever visiting the beautiful, manicured farms of Moss Mountain today... you best be gone before the sun goes down.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/missing-persons-mysteries--5624803/support.

SEASON 2, EPISODE 1 | Why You Can't Receive What You Want Most Season Two opens with a paradox. Why the people who give the most cannot ask for what they need? A man stands in the wings of his own standing ovation. By the time the applause begins, the part of him that needed it most is already gone. He will walk back out, take his bow, shake hands, smile for photographs. But the ask he came for, the one he could not name, was never made.  . This is the opening episode of season two of The Polymathic Perspective, and the beginning of a ten-episode investigation into what we want but refuse to accept. In this episode: Why the people who give the most cannot ask for what they need What Salieri understood about success that destroyed him How the identity you built to succeed becomes the ceiling on what you can receive Why this is not a wound, and not a fear, but a structure The cost of making the ask you have never made  . Examined through neuroscience, identity psychology, attachment theory, identity foreclosure, the narrative self, and the Emotional Source Code framework. If you are the person in your life who has everything handled, the one others rely on, the one whose competence is real and whose reputation is earned, and you have noticed that the thing you most need is the thing you cannot ask for, this series is for you. IN THIS EPISODE 00:00 The Man in the Wings 00:42 Reframing Self Sabotage 01:45 Series Mission and Lenses 02:58 Salieri and Success Trap 04:52 Meaning Beneath the Block 06:04 Emotional Source Code 07:46 The Ask You Cannot Make 08:40 Scaling to Organizations Nations 10:55 Identity Protects Itself 12:37 What Helps Is Perception 13:17 Roadmap for Next Episodes 14:29 Closing Reflection and Call THIS SERIES "What We Want But Refuse To Accept" is a ten-episode arc. .  Episodes two through nine examine the mechanism through the neuroscience of identity threat, the psychology of reputation, ADHD wiring, tribal loyalty, the architecture of contradiction, luck and merit, geopolitics, economics, artificial intelligence, and quantum physics. Episode ten returns to the man in the wings, with everything we have learned. Follow the show to receive each episode as it releases. ABOUT THE POLYMATHIC PERSPECTIVE  . The Polymathic Perspective examines the emotional logic beneath power, culture, identity, and meaning. We discover how psychological, cultural, and geopolitical patterns drive behaviors, not just in people, but in systems. If you have been told that your curiosity is a liability, you need to know it is your greatest asset. ABOUT DOV BARON  Dov Baron has spent thirty years inside the rooms where leaders,  founders, and executives make the decisions that shape organizations. His clients hire him for what he can see: the patterns that have stopped being visible to the people inside the system. He is the creator of the Emotional Source Code framework. CONNECT WITH DOV  Website: https://DovBaron.com Work with Dov: dov@dovbaron.comLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dovbaron/ Carry one question with you from this episode: Where is the ask you have not made? Sit with it. If something irritated you in this episode, do not dismiss it. It is data.  If this episode resonated, please rate and review on Apple Podcasts  and follow on Spotify. The next episode releases [day of week].  Share this with someone who has everything handled and cannot ask for what they need.  

More than half of IVF patients never complete treatment. Stress, finances, and relationship strain may play a role, but are fertility workflows optimized for cycles completed over families built also to blame?In this episode, leaders from Inception Fertility share how they're using technology, workflow design, and operational strategy to improve the patient journey from first inquiry through graduation.What Inception uncovered by integrating their EMR with SalesforceInsights into no-shows and cancellations from patient data analysisWorkflow improvements being implemented across staff and physiciansHow to evaluate which solutions can scale network-wideThe build vs. buy debate around automation & moreHow much friction still exists in your patient journey, and where could better systems make the biggest difference?

SEASON 1 FINALE: "The Words You Trust No Longer Mean What You Think." Name the last policy you cheered for that, examined coldly, made your life materially worse. Most people can't.  Not because those policies don't exist, but because the cheering and the examination happen in different rooms of your mind, and that house's architecture was not built by you.   This is the series one finale of The Polymathic Perspective. Dov Baron examines the forty-year project that has rewritten the meaning beneath the words ordinary people use to describe their lives.  The project is not hidden. It has been openly described in essays, books, and policy documents that anyone can read. The problem is that almost no one is looking.  In this episode:  Why your gut tightens when someone uses a word your tribe was taught to hate   Why a country can cheer for the dismantling of the institutions that keep its water safe, and feel righteous while doing it   Why the person on the other side of the political aisle from you is running the same program with different inputs   What a retainer is, and why your 401K may be one   The cognitive mechanism the architects have been counting on for forty years. This is not a partisan episode. Both sides are operating inside the same architecture.  The architects are counting on you to keep looking sideways at your neighbor instead of upward at the structure being built around both of you. .  Examined through #EmotionalMeaningArchitecture, #LinguisticCapture, #CultPsychology, #TribalBelonging, # SurveillanceCapitalism, and the #AttentionEconomy . ABOUT DOV BARON: Dov Baron has spent thirty years inside the rooms where leaders, founders, and executives make the decisions that shape organizations. His clients hire him for what he can see: the patterns that have become invisible to the people inside the system.   CONNECT WITH DOV Website: https://DovBaron.com Work with Dov: dov@dovbaron.com  LinkedIn:  Carry one question with you from this episode: Who built the part of you that cheers?  Sit with it. If it irritates you, don't dismiss it. It is data. If this episode resonated, please rate and review on Apple Podcasts and follow on Spotify. Series two begins soon. Share this episode with someone on your side of the aisle and someone on the other side. Both of them need it.  

Ryan and Dana discuss new comments from Jill Biden about Joe Biden's 2024 debate performance, including her concerns that he may have been experiencing a medical issue and her revelation that doctors examined him shortly after the debate.

Ryan and Dana discuss new comments from Jill Biden about Joe Biden's 2024 debate performance, including her concerns that he may have been experiencing a medical issue and her revelation that doctors examined him shortly after the debate.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Did Israel Steal the Land of Palestine in 1948? (Plan Dalet Examined)

Here's a description in the same style and structure as your example: Most men think confidence comes from fixing themselves. So they tell themselves: "I just need to work harder." "I need to become more successful." "I need to get my life together before I date again." But eventually, they realise the real problem isn't a lack of confidence. It's the story they've been telling themselves. The self-doubt. The overthinking. The constant need for validation. The belief that they're somehow not enough. In this episode, David sits down with Paul, a father of four and business development manager, to explore the emotional patterns that quietly shaped his relationships, self-worth, and identity for decades. After the breakdown of a 12-year relationship and nearly a decade of marriage, Paul found himself questioning everything. His value. His attractiveness. His masculinity. His ability to connect with others. He became trapped in a cycle of overthinking, self-criticism, and emotional paralysis. Every interaction was analysed. Every mistake was magnified. Every insecurity felt like proof that something was wrong with him. What makes this conversation powerful is the honesty behind it. How deeply he internalised criticism. How much of his self-worth depended on external validation. How years of overthinking kept him disconnected from himself and others. Rather than becoming bitter after divorce, Paul chose a different path. He confronted uncomfortable truths. Examined the stories he had built his identity around. And learned how to stop measuring his worth through other people's approval. David and Paul explore: self-worth and validation in men overthinking and anxiety people-pleasing tendencies divorce and rebuilding identity masculinity beyond alpha-male culture dating after separation boundary setting and emotional resilience meditation, breathwork, and nervous system regulation learning to trust yourself This isn't about becoming a different person. It's about letting go of the stories that keep you stuck — and discovering who you are when you stop trying to earn your worth from everyone around you.   RELATE:   

A young French medium sits in total darkness. Hands are joined. The séance begins. Then, something impossible appears. This week on True Hauntings, Anne and Renata unravel the bizarre and controversial story of Eva C, one of history's most infamous physical mediums. Examined by Harry Houdini, defended by Arthur Conan Doyle, and investigated by some of the world's leading paranormal researchers, Eva's séances produced shocking manifestations that left believers convinced and skeptics searching for hidden tricks. Was she a genuine conduit to the spirit world—or one of the greatest performers of the supernatural age? Pt 1 The Curious Cast of Eva C - A True Hauntings Podcast Listener discretion advised: This episode contains mature themes and discussions that may not be suitable for younger audiences. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Robert Simon's "Internalism and Internal Values in Sport," published in 2000, sets the theoretical framework for the philosophy of sport for the better part of two decades.

Segment 1 • Why do so many Christians sit through sermons without ever expecting God to personally confront or comfort them? • Todd explains why “good preaching” has less to do with charisma and more to do with whether God's Word was faithfully prepared for the church. • Can expository preaching become so obsessed with Greek details that it completely misses the point of the passage? Segment 2 • Todd breaks down why verse-by-verse preaching protects churches from hobby-horse theology and culture-driven sermons. • A shocking Mother's Day church illustration raises the question: has entertainment hijacked the pulpit? • Andy Stanley's critique of expository preaching sparks a bigger discussion about creativity, burnout, and whether pastors are feeding people God's ideas or their own. Segment 3 • Freemason rituals exposed: secret ceremonies, violent oaths, and why Todd says Christianity and Masonry cannot coexist. • Vienna is stunned by what Muslim youth now openly believe about Sharia law, faith, and Western culture. • Minnesota politicians and racial identity politics collide in a segment that asks: has the cultural script completely flipped upside down? Segment 4 • Todd announces a brand-new podcast from Dr. Jason Lisle connecting Genesis, evolution, morality, and the collapse of Western culture. • What happens to marriage, truth, morality, and human dignity if Genesis is rejected as real history? • Dr. Jason Lisle argues that the battle over origins isn't ultimately scientific — it's about whether people will trust God's Word or man's opinions. ___ Thanks for listening! Wretched Radio would not be possible without the financial support of our Gospel Partners. If you would like to support Wretched Radio we would be extremely grateful. VISIT https://fortisinstitute.org/donate/ If you are already a Gospel Partner we couldn't be more thankful for you if we tried!

This week on The Great Outdoors with Charlie Potter, the real story behind mining near the Boundary Waters wilderness takes center stage, plus why forest management policies must change in the American West.

Two of the most psychologically complex cases in recent true crime converge in a single episode — with a psychotherapist who studies the minds behind extreme violence analyzing both.Bryan Kohberger's guilty plea closed the Idaho murders case. But three never-before-published letters from jail have opened a window into his psychological state that the trial process never did. Written to his dog, his sister, and his family — with no mention of victims Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle, or Ethan Chapin — the letters reveal a mind apparently disconnected from reality. Combined with his mother's FBI interview, inmate observations of severe compulsive behavior, and his emotionless plea, the portrait is deeply unsettling and demands clinical examination.Then: the case prosecutors are building against David Anthony Burke, known as D4vd. Alleged first contact with Celeste Rivas Hernandez when she was eleven. An alleged sexual relationship beginning at thirteen. A fourteen-year-old allegedly killed to protect a music career. And an entire circle of friends, managers, and family members — three grand juries' worth — who prosecutors allege were close enough to be questioned under oath yet reportedly never acted on what was in front of them. A psychotherapist examines the alleged psychology of the accused and the bystander dynamics that prosecutors allege allowed a child to allegedly remain hidden in plain sight.Burke has pleaded not guilty. His attorneys state the evidence will show his innocence.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#BryanKohberger #D4vd #CelesteRivasHernandez #IdahoMurders #DavidAnthonyBurke #HiddenKillers #TrueCrime #CriminalPsychology #JusticeForCeleste #KayleeGoncalves

Confirmation bias is shaping your decisions right now. Not occasionally. Every day. And the unsettling part is that the smarter you are, the harder it is to see it happening. By the end of this episode you'll know exactly what confirmation bias is. How to recognize when it has taken over a room. And three specific practices that actually work. Not borrowed frameworks, but what forty years of high-stakes decisions has taught me. Let's get into it. What Is Confirmation Bias? Confirmation bias is your brain's tendency to seek out, favor, and remember information that confirms what you already believe, filtering out everything that contradicts it. Most people think that just means seeking out information that agrees with them. That's part of it. But here's what makes it truly dangerous. Once you form a strong belief, three things happen automatically. Unequal Evaluation. Picture two studies landing on your desk. One says your strategy is working. One says it isn't. You read the first and nod. You read the second and start looking for the flaw: the methodology, the sample size, the funding source. Selective Memory. Your brain doesn't store evidence equally. What supports your belief stays accessible. What contradicts it becomes harder to recall the longer you hold the belief. The Backfire Effect. When someone directly challenges a belief you hold, your brain treats it as a threat. The response isn't reconsideration. It's defense. Studies show you actually leave the argument more convinced than when you entered it. Together, the longer you hold a belief and the more it matters to you, the harder it becomes to change, no matter how much evidence says you should. Confirmation Bias in Today's World Confirmation bias has always been part of human thinking. What's changed is the environment around it. Algorithms feed you content that matches what you already believe. Social media shows you opinions from people who think like you. Search engines rank results based on what you've clicked before. Every system you interact with daily is built to confirm your existing views. Not by accident, but because confirmation keeps you engaged. The result compounds. The more confirming information you consume, the stronger your existing beliefs become. The stronger your beliefs become, the more your brain filters out opposing information. The more that information gets filtered, the harder it becomes to update your thinking, even when updating is exactly what the situation demands. This is mindjacking in action. The systematic replacement of your thinking by systems built to do it for you. And confirmation bias is one of its most powerful tools. It's visible everywhere. In public discourse where people can no longer agree on basic facts. In organizations that keep funding failing strategies long after the evidence says stop. In leaders who build teams designed to tell them what they want to hear. You might assume that smarter, more experienced people are less susceptible to this. The research says otherwise. The Smartest Person in the Room Gets It Wrong Here's what surprises most people. Confirmation bias doesn't get weaker as you get smarter. It gets stronger. Dan Kahan at Yale ran a study. He gave people a math problem where the correct answer contradicted their political beliefs. The smarter the person, the more likely they were to get the answer wrong, in the direction that protected their belief. More intelligence, applied more effectively, in service of the conclusion they'd already reached. A smart person who has formed a wrong belief is better at defending it. They find flaws in the opposing data faster. They construct more sophisticated arguments. They're more convincing to others and to themselves. I watched this play out in a board meeting. A CEO had championed a major strategy. Three separate analyses came back contradicting it. Each time, he found a different flaw in the methodology. By the end of the meeting he'd convinced the room the data was unreliable. The strategy continued. The outcome was exactly what the data predicted. He wasn't dishonest. He was skilled. His intelligence was working against him. And everyone in that room let it happen. If you're intelligent, experienced, and confident in your judgment, you are not immune to confirmation bias. You are more vulnerable to it. If you know someone who is always the smartest person in the room, send them this episode. They need it more than most. How to Overcome Confirmation Bias: What Actually Works Knowing about confirmation bias doesn't stop it. I know this from experience, not from research. I've been in rooms where everyone understood exactly what was happening and it happened anyway. What works is different from what you've probably been taught. Catch It in Yourself: The Flip Debate The moment I've most reliably caught confirmation bias operating in myself hasn't come from a checklist or a framework. It's come from a specific kind of conversation. I keep a small group of trusted advisors, people I call my kitchen cabinet. These aren't peers. They're almost never inside the organization. They have no stake in the outcome and no incentive to tell me what I want to hear. When I'm about to make a significant decision and I feel the pull of certainty, I take it to one of them. The conversation has a specific structure. I argue my position, fully and genuinely, the strongest version I can make. Then I stop. And I argue the opposite. Not a token acknowledgment of the other side. A real debate. I take the side I'm most resistant to and make the best case I can for it. What happens in that second argument is where confirmation bias shows up. The gaps. The assumptions I'd been protecting. The evidence I'd felt the urge to dismiss. When you're forced to argue a case you don't believe, you find the things you didn't want to see when you were arguing the one you do. An outside advisor is essential. Someone who will push back, ask hard questions, and notice when the flip argument is being faked. You can't do this with someone who needs something from you. The absence of stakes is what makes the honesty possible. Catch It in a Room: Two Signals to Watch For I've learned to watch for two signals that tell me confirmation bias has taken over a room. Both are visible before the decision is made. Almost everyone misses them. The first signal is the unwillingness to debate the other side. When a room has really decided, before the discussion is officially over, nobody wants to argue the opposing position. Not even hypothetically. Raise the other side and watch what happens. Eyes go flat. The conversation moves on. Someone changes the subject. If a room can't genuinely engage with the strongest case against the preferred direction, confirmation bias is driving. The second signal is circular justification. Listen for reasoning that keeps returning to its own starting point. The evidence for the decision is the decision itself. When you can't find an external reason, just a restatement of the conclusion, confirmation bias is driving. When I hear circular justification in a room, I stop the conversation. Not to embarrass anyone. To name what's happening. "We're not evaluating anymore. We're confirming. Let's go back to the evidence." That single intervention has changed the outcome of more decisions than any framework I've ever been taught. Change How You Decide: Full Options, Real Challenge Here's the most consistent change I've made in my own decision-making, and it comes directly from watching what confirmation bias costs people: I force a full pros and cons analysis on every serious option. Not just the one I'm leaning toward. This sounds obvious. Almost nobody does it. The natural pull is to build the case for the option that already feels right and compare it against the weaknesses of the alternatives. That's confirmation bias disguised as analysis. What I do instead is give every option on the table the same treatment. The best case for it. The best case against it. Without knowing in advance which one I'm going to choose. For decisions that carry real weight, I take it further. I bring in my brain trust: direct reports who will tell me what I don't want to hear, kitchen cabinet advisors, trusted board members. I ask specifically for the challenges. Not validation. Not enthusiasm. The places where the thinking is weak, the assumptions that might not hold, the evidence I might have filtered out. One question has changed how I approach every major decision: what am I not seeing? The answers, from people who have no incentive to protect my view, are exactly where the confirmation bias lives. Confirmation Bias Exercise: Try This Today This week, before you finalize any decision you've already started leaning toward, do one thing. Find one person outside your organization, someone with no stake in the outcome, and run the flip debate. Argue your position fully. Then stop and argue the opposite, with the same effort and commitment. Don't summarize the other side. Argue it. Make the best case you can for the view you're most resistant to. Notice what comes up in that second argument. The gaps. The assumptions. The evidence you'd been setting aside. That's where your confirmation bias is living. Run that exercise this week. Not once. Every time you feel the pull of certainty on a decision that matters. The Benefits of Overcoming Confirmation Bias The payoff from these practices compounds over time. Examined beliefs are more reliable than accumulated ones. Decisions that accounted for opposing evidence hold up better than decisions that filtered it out. Judgment that evaluates rather than confirms earns a different kind of trust from the people around you. Beyond your own decisions, catching confirmation bias makes you harder to capture. Every algorithm, every platform, and every persuader around you is built to exploit it. Seeing it operate in yourself reduces their leverage over your thinking. That's what these practices build. Not certainty. Something better. Examined confidence.  

Joseph Duggar, 31, faces charges in Florida for alleged conduct involving a minor under twelve during a 2020 family trip. He and his wife Kendra, 27, also face four counts each of endangering the welfare of a minor and second-degree false imprisonment in Arkansas, charges reportedly connected to conditions discovered during a search of their home. Both have upcoming court appearances.Robin Dreeke, retired FBI Counterintelligence Behavioral Analysis Program Chief, provides behavioral analysis in a listener-driven Q&A that addresses the dynamics your audience is watching unfold. The questions go to the core of what's happening inside this family: the allegedly recorded confession, Kendra's decision to remain at Joseph's side despite her own charges, the family's divergent public responses, and what the bond conditions mean in practical terms for a household with four children under eight.Dreeke examines the behavioral indicators in the family's public statements — from the sister who used the word evil to the father who invoked divine forgiveness in a jail email — and what those responses reveal about how institutional loyalty operates under pressure. We also address the systemic questions: what happens when a family that built a public brand on moral authority faces allegations that mirror the same patterns that brought down one of its members before.All individuals discussed are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#JosephDuggar #KendraDuggar #DuggarCase #HiddenKillersLive #RobinDreeke #DuggarArrest #BehavioralAnalysis #19KidsAndCounting #TrueCrime #TrueCrimePodcast

David Anthony Burke, twenty-one, professionally known as D4VD, has been charged by the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office with first-degree murder with three special circumstances — lying in wait, commission of a crime for financial gain, and killing a witness to a crime — as well as continuous sexual abuse of a child under fourteen years of age and mutilation of human remains in the death of Celeste Rivas Hernandez. Burke has entered a plea of not guilty. The special circumstances render Burke eligible for life in prison without the possibility of parole or the death penalty.The defense posture warrants close legal examination. Lead defense attorney Blair Berk stated publicly that Burke "was not the cause of her death" — language that specifically contests causation rather than broadly asserting innocence. Criminal defense attorney Bob Motta provides analysis of what that framing signals. If the defense has reviewed the now-unsealed autopsy findings and is confident the cause of death supports an alternative theory, Motta examines what that theory might look like at trial and whether it can survive the prosecution's evidentiary presentation.The prosecution's financial motive allegation — that Burke killed Celeste because she threatened to expose his criminal conduct and destroy his career — represents one of the three special circumstances. Motta addresses whether the defense can effectively dismantle that theory. He also examines the mutilation charge and the legal question of whether causation of death can be separated from the condition of the remains in front of a jury.Separately, a parallel investigation has emerged into the year preceding Celeste's death. Records indicate eleven sheriff's department calls to the Rivas Hernandez home in fourteen months. Celeste was enrolled in no school for a full academic year. She was documented on surveillance video in her own neighborhood months after being reported missing, and was returned to her mother's home by law enforcement at least once. A licensed private investigator has publicly questioned whether certain family members had knowledge not disclosed to investigators.Burke's inner circle has demonstrated a pattern of resistance — family members challenging grand jury subpoenas in Texas, an associate arrested on a material witness warrant for failing to appear. Motta and former FBI behavioral expert Robin Dreeke examine how both the defense strategy and the systemic failures converge in this case.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#D4VD #CelesteRivasHernandez #DavidAnthonyBurke #TrueCrimeToday #LAPD #JusticeForCeleste #BobMotta #DefenseStrategy #SpecialCircumstances #LegalAnalysis

The pattern of internal management of serious allegations within the Duggar family is now documented across two generations. Josh Duggar's admitted abuse of his sisters was handled privately for years before becoming public. Joseph Duggar allegedly admitted to the conduct described in the arrest affidavit when confronted by the victim's father — and according to that affidavit, no contact was made with law enforcement until the father came forward approximately six years later. Authorities investigating Joseph's case reportedly discovered exterior-mounted locks on the couple's children's bedroom doors. A family spokesperson characterized the Arkansas charges as "totally unrelated" to the Florida case.Amy Duggar King, Jim Bob Duggar's niece and author of the memoir Holy Disruptor, provides a firsthand account of how information is controlled within the family circle. She describes a system in which loyalty required silence and any attempt to speak publicly was met with retaliation. Retired FBI Behavioral Analysis Program Chief Robin Dreeke applies behavioral analysis to the family's documented pattern of information management — examining how disclosures are contained, who controls the flow of information to external parties, and whether the public record represents the complete picture.The family's information control operated within the broader framework of Bill Gothard's Institute in Basic Life Principles. The IBLP system implemented comprehensive restrictions on participation in mainstream culture: prohibitions on secular media, psychological treatment, mental health medication, and birth control — even when medical professionals advised that pregnancy carried significant risk. The "Nike" protocol, confirmed publicly by the Duggar daughters, required males to avert their gaze from women deemed immodestly dressed. Published IBLP materials linked specific illnesses to sins. Blanket training of infants was prescribed as behavioral correction.Dreeke identifies the structural function of the prohibition system: each restriction eliminated a connection to external information or support. Gothard, the system's architect, was accused of harassing thirty-four women employed by the organization. Amy Duggar King and Dreeke examine the intersection of the institutional isolation framework and the family's internal secrecy practices — and their collective role in the outcomes now documented in criminal proceedings.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#DuggarFamily #AmyDuggarKing #IBLP #BillGothard #TrueCrimeToday #JosephDuggar #RobinDreeke #InstitutionalAbuse #DuggarSecrets #ChildProtection

David Anthony Burke, twenty-one, professionally known as D4VD, has been charged by the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office with first-degree murder with special circumstances, continuous sexual abuse of a child under fourteen years of age, and mutilation of human remains in the death of Celeste Rivas Hernandez. Burke has entered a plea of not guilty. The special circumstances attached to the murder charge — lying in wait, commission of a crime for financial gain, and killing a witness to a crime — render Burke eligible for life in prison without the possibility of parole or the death penalty. Prosecutors have not yet announced whether they will seek the death penalty.Celeste Rivas Hernandez was fourteen years old. She had been reported missing from Lake Elsinore, California, three separate times. She was last known alive arriving at Burke's Hollywood Hills residence in April 2025. Her remains were discovered in September 2025 inside the front trunk of an impounded Tesla registered to Burke at a Hollywood tow yard, after a worker reported a foul odor emanating from the vehicle.Burke was initially arrested on April 16 by LAPD Robbery-Homicide on a probable cause warrant — known as a Ramey warrant — secured directly from a judge prior to the filing of formal charges. A grand jury investigation had been underway for months, its existence publicly revealed only when Burke's family members challenged subpoenas in a Texas court. Formal charges were filed by the DA's office, and Burke was arraigned and entered his not guilty plea.Retired FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer provides procedural and investigative analysis of the case. She examines the reported tracking data allegedly placing Burke in a remote area of Santa Barbara County during the relevant window, the age-concealment patterns described in reports, the electronics seizures, the burn cage incinerator found at Burke's rental property, the continued evidence retrieval on the night of the arrest, and the public dispute between the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner's office and LAPD over the sealed autopsy results.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#D4VD #CelesteRivasHernandez #DavidAnthonyBurke #LAPD #TrueCrimeToday #JusticeForCeleste #MurderCharges #LosAngeles #FBIAnalysis #SpecialCircumstances

Caleb Flynn, thirty-nine, faces eleven charges in Miami County Common Pleas Court in connection with the February 16, 2026, killing of his wife Ashley Flynn at their Tipp City, Ohio, home. The indictment includes one count of aggravated murder, three counts of murder, two counts of felonious assault, three counts of tampering with evidence, and two misdemeanor counts of intimidation of an attorney, victim, or witness. Several charges carry firearm specifications. He has pleaded not guilty to all counts.The procedural timeline has moved with unusual speed. Flynn was arrested February 19 — three days after Ashley was found dead with two gunshot wounds. He was initially charged with murder, felonious assault, and tampering with evidence. A grand jury returned an eleven-count indictment on March 18. At arraignment the following day, Judge Stacy Wall raised bond from two million to three and a half million dollars and ordered no contact with his two minor daughters. The case was reassigned to Judge Jeannine Pratt. Flynn waived a potential conflict of interest when the court disclosed that a new staff attorney had previously worked in the Miami County prosecutor's office.The trial was initially set for April 28. Prosecutors filed a motion requesting a brief delay after receiving an expert report on April 11 — citing Ohio's requirement that expert reports be submitted at least twenty-one days before trial. The defense opposed the delay. The trial has been rescheduled to May 4. The defense withdrew its motion for a non-dissemination order at the April 10 hearing without explanation.Ashley Flynn, thirty-seven, was a substitute teacher and seventh-grade girls volleyball coach at Tippecanoe Middle School. The FBI and Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation are assisting Tipp City police.Robin Dreeke and Tony Brueski take listener questions on the procedural posture, the prosecution's evidentiary foundation, and the legal significance of the tampering and witness intimidation charges.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#CalebFlynn #AshleyFlynn #TrueCrimeToday #TonyBrueski #RobinDreeke #TippCity #AmericanIdol #CriminalJustice #DomesticViolence #TrueCrime

Joseph Garrett Duggar, thirty-one, faces a two-front legal battle after being arrested on March 18, 2026, and extradited from Arkansas to Bay County, Florida. The Florida charges — lewd and lascivious molestation of a victim under twelve and lewd and lascivious conduct — carry significant prison exposure under Florida statute. His bond was set at six hundred thousand dollars: five hundred thousand on the molestation charge, one hundred thousand on the conduct charge. He has pleaded not guilty and waived his arraignment, with his attorney filing a demand for jury trial.The factual basis is laid out in the arrest affidavit from the Bay County Sheriff's Office: a fourteen-year-old girl disclosed during a forensic interview that Joseph Duggar molested her multiple times during a 2020 family vacation to Panama City Beach when she was nine years old. She described being repeatedly asked to sit on his lap and being positioned under a blanket on a couch where Duggar allegedly manipulated her underwear and made contact with her genitals while rubbing her thighs. The victim's father confronted Duggar, who admitted to the conduct. A subsequent monitored call between the father and Duggar — with a Tontitown detective on the line — produced a second alleged admission.In a parallel proceeding, both Joseph and Kendra Duggar face Arkansas state charges: four counts each of endangering the welfare of a minor and four counts of false imprisonment. Those charges were filed after a home visit by Tontitown police on March 20 reportedly revealed locks on the outside of the children's bedroom doors. Kendra has not yet entered a plea.Bond conditions bar Joseph from unsupervised contact with any minor, including his own four children. He is represented by Florida attorney Albert Sauline and Arkansas attorney Travis Story.Robin Dreeke and Tony Brueski field listener questions about the procedural realities of dual-state prosecution, the evidentiary weight of recorded admissions, and the legal implications for both Joseph and Kendra Duggar.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#JosephDuggar #KendraDuggar #DuggarFamily #TrueCrimeToday #TonyBrueski #RobinDreeke #19KidsAndCounting #CriminalJustice #ChildAbuse #TrueCrime

A federal grand jury in the Southern District of Florida has indicted a sixteen-year-old on charges of first-degree murder and aggravated sexual abuse in the death of eighteen-year-old Anna Kepner aboard the Carnival Horizon. The case, which originated in juvenile court, was transferred to adult court after the accused executed a written waiver of his right to contest the transfer. Defense counsel co-signed the waiver, effectively forgoing all appellate remedies related to the jurisdictional question.The indictment arises from events that allegedly occurred on or about November 6–7, 2025, while the vessel was in international waters en route to Miami. Federal jurisdiction attaches under the Special Maritime and Territorial Jurisdiction of the United States. The Miami-Dade Medical Examiner's Office determined the cause of death to be mechanical asphyxiation. If convicted on both counts, the accused faces a maximum penalty of life in federal prison.The accused was initially released into the custody of a relative under GPS monitoring and conditions prohibiting unsupervised contact with minors. The U.S. Attorney's Office has filed a motion seeking revocation of pretrial release, characterizing the charged offenses as the most egregious crimes one person can inflict upon another and asserting the defendant poses a continuing danger. Defense attorney and former prosecutor Eric Faddis provides legal analysis of the waiver's strategic implications, the pretrial detention motion, and the procedural framework governing federal prosecution of minors transferred to adult jurisdiction.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#AnnaKepner #CarnivalHorizon #FederalIndictment #TrueCrimeToday #EricFaddis #CriminalLaw #DefenseWaiver #AdultProsecution #MechanicalAsphyxiation #JusticeForAnna

Two active federal-adjacent cases are moving through courtrooms on opposite coasts, and in both, the evidentiary record is reshaping what accountability looks like for the people standing closest to the accused.In the Anna Kepner case, unsealed federal records reveal that the accused — her sixteen-year-old stepbrother — signed a written waiver requesting adult prosecution on charges of first-degree murder and aggravated sexual abuse. His defense counsel co-signed. Ship surveillance reportedly shows no one else entering or exiting the stateroom. The Miami-Dade Medical Examiner determined the cause of death to be mechanical asphyxiation. The accused's mother has confirmed in a separate custody proceeding that he missed his insomnia medication for two consecutive nights aboard the Carnival Horizon. Federal prosecutors are seeking to revoke his release.In the Heuermann civil case, the evidentiary landscape shifted the moment Rex Heuermann pleaded guilty to eight murders on April 8. Benjamin Torres, the son of victim Valerie Mack, has filed a wrongful death suit naming Heuermann, his ex-wife Asa Ellerup, and their daughter Victoria. The willful blindness claim against Ellerup rests on decades of proximity inside a roughly 1,300-square-foot home, hair evidence on multiple victims, and public statements she made before the confession that dismissed the prosecution's theory. The unjust enrichment claim targets the reported million-dollar documentary payment.Defense attorney and former prosecutor Eric Faddis examines the physical evidence, the defense strategy in both cases, and the legal questions that will determine how each of these stories ends.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#AnnaKepner #AsaEllerup #RexHeuermann #GilgoBeach #CarnivalHorizon #EricFaddis #HiddenKillers #TrueCrime #FederalIndictment #WrongfulDeath

Defense attorney Bob Motta and retired FBI Counterintelligence Behavioral Analysis Program Chief Robin Dreeke provide legal and behavioral analysis across three significant criminal and civil proceedings examined in this segment.The Heuermann guilty plea is addressed from both procedural and psychological perspectives. Motta examines the plea mechanics — the denied pre-trial motions, the admissibility of whole genome sequencing, the denied motion for severance, and the resulting defense calculus that led to a plea five months before trial. He addresses the inclusion of Karen Vergata as an admitted but uncharged victim, the implications of the no-further-prosecution provision, and the enforceability of the FBI cooperation requirement. Dreeke analyzes the behavioral implications of a defendant who maintained innocence for nearly three years before reversing course, the significance of the proffer session disclosure, and the profile-consistent patterns of control exhibited throughout the legal proceedings.The Torres v. Heuermann civil action is analyzed for its legal sufficiency and behavioral relevance. Motta addresses the statute of limitations challenge under New York's wrongful death statute, the evidentiary weight of household hair transference evidence in a civil proceeding where the burden of proof is preponderance of the evidence, and the legal pathway for unjust enrichment claims against media compensation. Dreeke examines the behavioral dynamics of family systems where one member engages in extended concealed criminal conduct and the psychological indicators that distinguish genuine ignorance from deliberate avoidance.The federal indictment in the Kepner case is examined as a distinct prosecution presenting unique legal and behavioral challenges. Motta addresses the federal jurisdiction basis, the transfer from juvenile to adult proceedings, the first-degree murder charge requiring proof of intent, and the defense implications of the reported evidence. Dreeke provides behavioral analysis of the alleged conduct, the claimed memory gap, and the significance of the evidence assembled during the sealed investigation.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#RexHeuermann #GilgoBeach #AnnaKepner #BobMotta #RobinDreeke #AsaEllerup #GilgoBeachKiller #FederalIndictment #TrueCrime #HiddenKillers