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Send us a text and chime in!Brad Fain joins Guy Roginson to discuss several topics that have been circulating throughout the community, including Lakeshore650, Fain Park, Proposition 404, Legado, and Prescott Frontier Days. The conversation provides additional context behind these projects and addresses some of the questions residents have been asking. Also, hear about the new podcast studio at the rodeo grounds and what's ahead for Legado.Check out the CAST11.com Website at: https://CAST11.com Follow the CAST11 Podcast Network on Facebook at: https://Facebook.com/CAST11AZFollow Cast11 Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/cast11_podcast_network
Ralph welcomes back his old running mate, Native American activist, Winona LaDuke, who has devoted her life to advocating for Indigenous control of their homelands, natural resources, and cultural practices to talk about her latest incarnation: hemp farmer. Then, we'll speak to Hal Weitzman, from the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business, about how Elon Musk's feud with Delaware may transform corporate America. Plus, we tick off Robert Reich's ten policy prescriptions the Democratic Party should fight for to beat the GOP in the upcoming midterms.Winona LaDuke is an activist, economist, and author, who has devoted her life to advocating for Indigenous control of their homelands, natural resources, and cultural practices. She is also a two-time vice-presidential candidate with Ralph Nader. Ms. LaDuke lives and works on the White Earth Ojibwe reservation in northern Minnesota, where she runs Winona's Hemp & Heritage Farm. She is also a member of the Indigenous Hemp & Cannabis Farmer's Cooperative.I'm looking first at seed sovereignty. We're growing [European hemp] varieties and then we're growing these feral hemp varieties. They're called feral varieties (which of course, that's something that I love) which means that when they eradicated hemp in the 1930s with the Marijuana Prohibition Act—well, they missed some spots. And those guys kept growing. And so 80 years of being illegal—isn't that great? Something that's illegal for 80 years is still with us, rocking out. And so I figure if you grew illegally for 80 years, you are really a tough hemp plant…And so we are growing out these hemp varieties and built a cooperative because we want to own the seeds and we want to own the technology (the value-added processing), and we want to use this hemp as a part of our future as tribes.Winona LaDukeMy grandsons are farming. I don't know who else can say their grandchildren are farming—let me know. My grandchildren are farming. They're running the horses. They're running the farms. You know, that's a retirement plan. My 401k will be worth nothing, but my grandchildren will feed me. This is my strategy.Winona LaDukeHal Weitzman is Executive Director for Intellectual Capital at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, editor-in-chief of Chicago Booth Review, and host of The Chicago Booth Review podcast. A former Financial Times editor and foreign correspondent, he is the author of Latin Lessons: How South America Stopped Listening to the United States and Started Prospering and What's the Matter with Delaware?: How the First State Has Favored the Rich, Powerful, and Criminal—and How It Costs Us All.There is a race to the bottom. There's been a race to the bottom for many decades. That's not new. I think it's accelerated somewhat. Delaware has joined that race from having been something of a “premium product” in terms of incorporating companies—Delaware has become a bit more “cut-price” I would say, and in that sense has followed Texas and Nevada. So the conclusion that we have a race to the bottom and it may be worse than Delaware—actually I think Delaware's already there. So it's not that it's getting worse outside of Delaware, it's getting worse including Delaware.Hal WeitzmanThe trend I think we're seeing is the exclusion of small shareholders completely—regardless of the status of your shares, this is about how big you are. And if you're a small shareholder there is no corporate democracy for you… It was practice in the past for activist groups, campaigning groups, to buy one share of a company and then to go to the shareholder meeting so they could make the point that they wanted to make. Now that kind of shareholder democracy is being encroached on. And the extent now is to say: unless you have a large position (regardless of the size of the company and the cost of the shares), you will not be allowed to bring suits against the executives for the correct running of the company.Hal WeitzmanNews 7/17/26* Our top story this week is New York Governor Kathy Hochul's decision to impose a one-year “pause” on the construction of AI data centers across the state. ABC7 reports that this is the first such moratorium in the nation, despite similar attempts in several states, most notably Maine where Governor Janet Mills vetoed a bill to this effect. Hochul argues that the pause is necessary so lawmakers and regulators can formulate “Guardrails to reduce the risk to our energy grid, minimize land disruption, noise pollution, and protect our natural resources, especially our water supply.” Hochul's move comes amidst a broader push against AI data centers from the left. Semafor reports Senator Bernie Sanders proposed a nationwide ban in March and many progressives running for state and local office in the midterms have made this a cornerstone of their campaigns. According to this piece, “In February, polling from Marquette Law School found 70% of all Wisconsinites agreeing that ‘the costs of the data centers outweigh the benefits.' Among Democrats, the number was 85%.”* Another progressive Member of Congress quite literally stepped into another hot-button political issue this week. While visiting a Palestinian village in the occupied West Bank Wednesday, Al Jazeera reports armed settlers stopped the van of Representative Ro Khanna and were “later joined by Israeli soldiers who continued to block the road.” In a video, Khanna points out, settlers can be seen “brandishing M4s [rifles], kicking the tyres of our van, laughing at us, mocking at us, videotaping us.” This continued for over an hour and was only resolved when he reached out to the American Embassy, according to Khanna. Israel has responded to this fiasco by blaming Khanna, accusing the congressman of failing to coordinate his trip with the Israeli government; Khanna retorted that “The [Israeli military] is lying” and called for the arrest of the violent settlers. Conservative political commentator Tucker Carlson excoriated U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee, writing “An American member of congress is threatened by foreign terrorists carrying American rifles, backed by a foreign military paid for by American taxpayers, and the US ambassador to that country says not a word in defense of his own countryman…It's too much, too insulting and humiliating to America.”* Following his return from occupied Palestine, Khanna again teamed up with Republican Congressman Thomas Massie of Kentucky to sponsor an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) which would have removed the “United States-Israel Defense Technology Cooperation Initiative” from the must-pass legislation. Responsible Statecraft describes the initiative as “an unprecedented integration of the U.S. and Israeli military industrial complexes,” by creating “an executive agent within the Department of Defense whose sole responsibility is furthering U.S. and Israeli military tech integration across nearly every facet of the defense process.” This article also notes that “Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has described this shift in the U.S.-Israel relationship as ‘my plan.'” However, House leadership is not backing this commonsense, bipartisan amendment. In a letter, Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said he would vote against the amendment, calling it “overly broad” and claiming the amendment would “restrict our country's ability to confront Hamas, Hezbollah and other terrorist organizations in the region who are sworn enemies of both the United States and Israel,” per the Times of Israel. However, Jeffries pledged not to whip votes against the amendment and indeed the House Minority Whip, Congresswoman Katherine Clark, voted for the amendment as did Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi, despite the opposition of Jeffries and House Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar. The Congressional Progressive Caucus reportedly whipped votes in favor of the amendment.* In more Israel-related news, this week Marco Rubio – who serves as Secretary of State as well as the acting National Security Advisor – announced that the State Department will launch a “sweeping campaign to dismantle…the International Criminal Court.” CNN observes that “The administration's ire against the ICC goes back to President Donald Trump's first term, when it targeted the ICC for seeking to investigate alleged war crimes committed by US forces in Afghanistan,” and that since taking office for the second time, the Trump administration has “imposed a slew of sanctions against ICC officials for their attempts to investigate the US and Israel.” CNN also quotes a State Department official who said that top officials, including Secretary Rubio and US ambassadors, “are calling countries as part of a campaign to diplomatically isolate the International Criminal Court.” It is worth noting that “all American presidents since the ICC's ratification have maintained that the ICC does not have jurisdiction over Americans,” and that Congress even passed a law calling for an invasion and occupation of the Hague if any American serviceman was ever prosecuted by the ICC, implying that this crackdown on the court is not about American sovereignty at all but rather the prosecution of Israeli officials for their war crimes in Gaza.* In another stunning story starring Marco Rubio, the New York Times reports the Secretary of State is functionally “running Venezuela from afar.” The Times story characterizes Rubio's position as the “de facto viceroy of Venezuela,” effectively controlling the country's “finances, the distribution of its natural resources and its government.” This story makes clear that while Delcy Rodríguez, the former Vice President of Venezuela under Nicolás Maduro, nominally occupies the presidency, Rubio is the one really calling the shots, with Rubio setting the conditions on what Venezuela's export revenue “can be spent on, and by whom,” and having the authority to approve or deny key governmental appointments in the country, such as the minister of defense. In short, the United States has established a shocking explicitly neo-colonial regime in the country, fulfilling the gravest prognostications of anti-imperialist critics of American intervention in the Bolivarian Republic.* Closer to home, Bloomberg reports the federal government has officially launched a grand jury investigation into the United Auto Workers and the union's outspoken president, Shawn Fain. The investigation stems from accusations made by the union's Vice President, Rich Boyer, who alleged that Fain used his position to secure benefits for his fiancée and her sister – and when Boyer refused to approve the benefits, Fain retaliated by stripping Boyer of his duties as chief negotiator with Stellantis NV. Fain has called the allegations “false” and is accusing Boyer of seeking to influence the upcoming UAW leadership election. Fain also claims that Boyer is the one retaliating after Fain “refused the vice president's request to hire family members to positions in the union.” Fain has long maintained that the Justice Department, and specifically the DOJ-appointed monitor, Neil Barofsky, has a political grudge against him because “the UAW took an anti-war stance about what was happening in Gaza.” According to Bloomberg, “Both Fain and Boyer have slates running and each is accusing the other of attempting to abuse their positions to benefit family.”* This week, another victim of harassment by the federal government, student activist Mahmoud Khalil, filed a landmark civil rights suit alleging that the government conspired with a number of private groups – including the Heritage Foundation, Betar, and Canary Mission – to “suppress criticism of Israel through a coordinated campaign to dox, jail and ultimately deport student activists.” According to the lawsuit, said activists were “nearly automatically targeted by the Federal Defendants for arrest and removal.” Khalil's lawyers argue that this “public-private partnership” could violate the “Ku Klux Klan Act, a Reconstruction-era law that sought to restrict government coordination with vigilante groups.” The suit is led by the Center for Constitutional Rights. The AP reports “Soon after his arrest, both Canary Mission and Betar boasted of their role in flagging Khalil's noncitizen status to the government.” Since Khalil's arrest, Betar has agreed to “dissolve its nonprofit status,” following a lawsuit filed by New York Attorney General Letitia James accusing Betar's members of harassing Palestinians.* Turning to the state level, this week 12 state attorneys general, led by California's Rob Bonta, filed an antitrust lawsuit seeking to block the acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery by Paramount Skydance, controlled by the Trump-aligned David Ellison. The proposed, $110 billion merger was approved by the Antitrust Division of the Justice Department last month, which reached the dubious conclusion that the merger is “not likely to result in harm to competition or American consumers.” In the filing, Bonta and the state AGs for Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, and Washington allege that the merger “would extinguish competition between Paramount and Warner Bros. and inflict substantial harm on movie theatres, basic cable distributors, and, ultimately, audiences nationwide.” This from Reason.* In the world of philanthropy, CNBC reports Warren Buffett, the billionaire chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, has “excluded the Gates Foundation from his sizable annual charitable donations.” As this report notes, the Gates Foundation has been among the top recipients of his annual Berkshire donations, totaling $47 billion worth of Berkshire stock since 2006. The reason for the exclusion of the Gates Foundation has been much speculated upon, in particular, whether it was due to the recent revelations about Gates' relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. Asked about this, Buffett said that he had “read a great deal…in terms of what happened, with Bill and Epstein,” calling their relationship “distasteful,” but also saying that he “found nothing in there that was beyond what [he] could picture [himself] doing.” Instead of the Gates Foundation, all of this year's donations will go to foundations linked to the Buffett family.* Finally, British multinational diamond conglomerate De Beers, famous for coining the “A Diamond is Forever” tagline in 1947, reported this week that they plan to halt work at their “flagship” Venetia mine in South Africa as demand for the stones wanes. The BBC highlights both slackening consumer demand as well as competition from lab-grown diamonds, particularly those produced in China. That said, the closing of the Venetia mine – the biggest in South Africa, accounting for over 40% of the country's diamond production – will send shockwaves through that country's already shaky economy. That mine alone employs more than 4,000 people, while the mining sector employs nearly half a million. De Beers said they plan to reopen the mine in two years; in the meantime, they are looking to expand copper mining to keep up with demand from AI data centers.This has been Francesco DeSantis, with In Case You Haven't Heard. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe
In the third hour, Dick Fain talks to Larry Stone about NBA expansion, the Seahawks sale to the Khosla family, Dan Wilson’s job, and the Mariners issues, then Sounders FC Head Coach Brian Schmetzer joins Dick and Jackson Felts to discuss the World Cup and his team facing Portland tomorrow, then Fain shares his Open Championship picks.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Is bainisteoir é ar Fhoireann Caide i Zambia, agus iad ag tabhairt turas ar Phort Láirge chun páirt a ghlacadh sna ‘Cluichí Domhanda' ón 13-17u Iúil
Este Nibiru al doilea Beach Please? Selly vorbește la Mihai Morar despre cel mai mare pariu al litoralului nostru. Unul dintre primii creatori de conținut online din România – Andrei Șelaru – Selly, cum îl cunoaște lumea, marchează azi 10 ani de la apariția sa online. De la canalul de YouTube al puștiului care intra la liceu, la omul care a construit o nouă stațiune pe litoralul românesc! Selly vorbește astăzi despre Nibiru, dar și despre prima sa experiență în Costinești: Beach Please. O ideea care a plecat de la ‚3 seri de concerte pe plajă' și a ajuns cel mai mare festival de hiphop din Europa! Mihai Morar îl aduce pe omul care a fost acuzat că promovează drogurile și masculinitatea toxică la un festival unde nu vrei să ajungă copiii tăi. Care e realitatea și ce răspunde Selly?Află la Fain si Simplu, cu Mihai Morar.
July 7, 2026 ~ Chris Renwick and Lloyd Jackson discuss UAW tensions with Marick Masters, Professor Emeritus of Management at Wayne State. They explore Shawn Fain's conflict with the federal watchdog and its impact on the union's future. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Tonight we're discussing the most notorious dark friend of them all, Padan Fain! Specifically what are the pieces of this entity and, what would happen if one of them were to be destroyed? Did the destruction of Aridhol have any impact on the character Padan Fain? what would those changes be, and how might they manifest? Tune in and see what you think! #WheelOfTime #WoT #TheDragonsPeace #RandAlThor #TheWheelOfTime #RobertJordan #FantasyPodcast #FantasyBooks #DragonReborn #BlackTowerPodcast #FourthAge #WheelOfTimeLore
PREMIERĂ: Spike rupe tăcerea în scandalul care l-a făcut inamicul public nr. 1!Mihai Morar îl aduce în fața camerelor de filmat pe cel căruia toți i-au întors spatele: Paul Mărăcine, acuzat, judecat și condamnat online, fără să i se ceară vreodată să își spună versiunea lui despre scandalul în care au mai fost implicați Cătălin Bordea și fosta lui soție. ‚Nimeni nu m-a întrebat nimic' ne spune azi omul care a ales să spuna el tot la Fain & Simplu.Ce s-a întâmplat, de fapt, între el și Livia Eftimie, ce nu știa lumea despre relația dintre Spike și Bordea, dar și care au fost urmările acestui scandal monden... ai ocazia să afli azi, în premieră, la Fain & Simplu! Podcastul care face lumină.Cu Mihai Morar.
UAW's vice president is challenging Fain for presidency. Here is why Burger Battle Detroit 10th anniversary to crown 'Burger of the Decade' The Pistons Pulse: How does Ebuka Okorie fit with Detroit Pistons? Subscribe/follow, rate and share "The Pistons Pulse" available on all podcast platforms including: Apple Podcasts Spotify Amazon Music YouTubeWatch the podcast recorded live here
De l'extinction totale en passant par la voix cassée ou éraillée, les troubles de la voix, appelés également dysphonies, peuvent entraîner des difficultés à parler ou des douleurs lors de la parole. Elles peuvent avoir diverses causes, de la plus bénigne à des troubles plus graves nécessitant une prise en charge médicale, voire opératoire. Existe-t-il une routine ou des exercices pour garder une bonne voix ? Qu'est-ce qui peut expliquer une extinction de voix ? Faut-il consulter immédiatement ? Avec : Dr Gérald Fain, chirurgien Oto-Rhino-Laryngologiste à Paris Retrouvez l'émission en entier ici : Protéger sa voix : quand faut-il consulter?
Monica Ion și Ștefan Irimia îi dezvăluie lui Mihai Morar cele 7 legi care ne aduc armonia.Regulile care ne ghidează universul se regăsesc în bestseller-ul ‚Cele 7 legi universale'. Cartea care s-a aflat în cele mai bine vândute 100 de cărți în SUA: https://monicaion.ro/cele-7-legi-universale-rezumat/ !O lucrare accesibilă tuturor, al cărei audiobook îl poți găsi aici: www.7legiuniversale.roPodcastul de azi te introduce în lumea care îți poate schimba viața. O lume guvernată de reguli clare și simplu de aplicat. Reguli care te fac stăpân pe propria ta existență, care îți dezvăluie adevărul din spatele interacțiunii cu ceilalți și care îți arată calea prin care poți evolua.Descoperă și tu cele 7 legi universale. Explicate pe larg, azi, de Monica Ion și Ștefan Irimia.La Fain & Simplu, cu Mihai Morar.
De l'extinction totale en passant par la voix cassée ou éraillée, les troubles de la voix, appelés également dysphonies, peuvent entraîner des difficultés à parler ou des douleurs lors de la parole. Elles peuvent avoir diverses causes, de la plus bénigne à des troubles plus graves nécessitant une prise en charge médicale, voire opératoire. Comment prendre soin de sa voix ? Quand consulter ? Voix, outil de travail ou instrument, naturelle ou amplifiée, éraillée ou claire… L'expression orale nous permet non seulement de communiquer, mais aussi de provoquer des émotions, de distraire, d'apprendre aux autres, de consoler, de murmurer ou d'alerter. Pour certaines professions, la voix est un véritable outil de travail qui s'entretient et se préserve. Quelle prise en charge existe en cas de dysphonie ? Y a-t-il des soins particuliers pour ces professionnels de la voix, chanteurs, acteurs, professeurs, orateur et... présentateurs radio ? La voix, tout un système Les voix ont leur couleur, leur caractère, différentes puissances. Chaleureuses ou dramatiques : les voix peuvent s'abîmer, se briser, d'où l'importance de comprendre les moyens de les préserver, notamment en connaissant le processus et les organes de phonation (les poumons, le pharynx, les cavités orale et nasale, et bien sûr, les cordes vocales). Comprendre de quelle façon ce système phonatoire fonctionne pour produire ces sons signifiants, artistiques, émotionnels et savoir aussi identifier les risques (l'âge, la fatigue, certaines habitudes susceptibles d'abîmer la voix, les irritations, inflammations, infections), permet de prendre en charge les différentes dysphonies. Avec : Dr Gérald Fain, chirurgien oto-rhino-laryngologiste à Paris Gilbert Montagné, auteur-compositeur-interprète français Pr Med Elmokhtar DAHI, médecin spécialiste en ORL, professeur agrégé à la faculté de médecine PU-PH au centre hospitalier national de Nouakchott en Mauritanie. Programmation musicale : ► Whitney Houston – I Have nothing ► Gilbert Montagné – Faut faire la fête.
De l'extinction totale en passant par la voix cassée ou éraillée, les troubles de la voix, appelés également dysphonies, peuvent entraîner des difficultés à parler ou des douleurs lors de la parole. Elles peuvent avoir diverses causes, de la plus bénigne à des troubles plus graves nécessitant une prise en charge médicale, voire opératoire. Comment prendre soin de sa voix ? Quand consulter ? Voix, outil de travail ou instrument, naturelle ou amplifiée, éraillée ou claire… L'expression orale nous permet non seulement de communiquer, mais aussi de provoquer des émotions, de distraire, d'apprendre aux autres, de consoler, de murmurer ou d'alerter. Pour certaines professions, la voix est un véritable outil de travail qui s'entretient et se préserve. Quelle prise en charge existe en cas de dysphonie ? Y a-t-il des soins particuliers pour ces professionnels de la voix, chanteurs, acteurs, professeurs, orateur et... présentateurs radio ? La voix, tout un système Les voix ont leur couleur, leur caractère, différentes puissances. Chaleureuses ou dramatiques : les voix peuvent s'abîmer, se briser, d'où l'importance de comprendre les moyens de les préserver, notamment en connaissant le processus et les organes de phonation (les poumons, le pharynx, les cavités orale et nasale, et bien sûr, les cordes vocales). Comprendre de quelle façon ce système phonatoire fonctionne pour produire ces sons signifiants, artistiques, émotionnels et savoir aussi identifier les risques (l'âge, la fatigue, certaines habitudes susceptibles d'abîmer la voix, les irritations, inflammations, infections), permet de prendre en charge les différentes dysphonies. Avec : Dr Gérald Fain, chirurgien oto-rhino-laryngologiste à Paris Gilbert Montagné, auteur-compositeur-interprète français Pr Med Elmokhtar DAHI, médecin spécialiste en ORL, professeur agrégé à la faculté de médecine PU-PH au centre hospitalier national de Nouakchott en Mauritanie. Programmation musicale : ► Whitney Houston – I Have nothing ► Gilbert Montagné – Faut faire la fête.
Mihai Morar aduce la Fain & Simplu o poveste demnă de cărțile cu super eroi: Dinu Mititeanu.O reală legendă în lumea montaniazilor, Dinu Mititeanu este omul care la 70 de ani a urcat prima oară un vârf de peste 4000 de metri. Iar în următorii 10 ani... a escaladat alte 32 de vârfuri de peste 4000 de metri!Azi, la Fain & Simplu, ai ocazia să afli povestea cu adevărat specială a unor oameni care vin din altă realitate. Pentru că în lumea ecranelor, a vitezei și a banilor, Dinu și Marlene Mititeanu –trăiesc pentru simplitate, pentru drumeții și pentru descoperirea lucrurilor care contează cu adevărat. Lucruri pe care majoritatea le ignorăm. O poveste pe care ai ocaziă să o descoperi pe larg și din filmul Hoinari prin munți, care spune povestea specială a acestui cuplu aparte: https://www.facebook.com/HoinariPrinMunti/Podcastul de azi îți dezvăluie cum să mergi corect pe munte. Ce greșeli frecvente fac românii care pleacă în drumeție, cum să eviți o întâlnire cu ursul, dar și care este cea mai indicată reacție când nu o poți evita. Ți le spun cei doi medici care nu fac selfiuri, care nu trăiesc în rețelele de socializare, care de 26 de ani petrec revelioanele pe munte, în cort: Dinu și Marlene Mititeanu.O poveste demnă de Cartea Recordurilor.La Fain & Simplu, cu Mihai Morar.
This episode features Jeremy Fain, a roofing contractor from Priority Roofing, discussing his decade-long career in construction and his more recent focus on roofing. He shares his personal journey of finding his calling in the roofing industry, emphasizing the importance of proper installation and maintenance for roof longevity. Fain highlights that while hurricanes are a concern, hail damage has been the primary driver for his business, particularly in areas like Texas where roofing is not a licensed trade. Fain elaborates on the prevalence of unqualified contractors in the industry and the lack of licensing in Texas, which necessitates homeowners to be diligent in choosing reputable roofers. He touches upon the critical issue of roof ventilation, noting that a significant percentage of roofs nationwide are not ventilated correctly, which can lead to premature shingle failure. He also discusses the common problems with improperly installed ventilation systems and how they can exacerbate roof damage, stressing the need for qualified professionals who understand these complexities. The conversation also delves into the challenges homeowners face with insurance claims, the differences between Actual Cash Value (ACV) and Replacement Cost Value (RCV) policies, and the tactics some insurance companies employ to deny claims. Fain stresses the importance of understanding one's insurance policy, specifically concerning deductibles and replacement cost coverage. He also shares anecdotes about the importance of customer service, building trust through referrals, and how his company strives to provide a positive and transparent experience for homeowners throughout the roofing process. Buy a Homeowners Show T-Shirt! Subscribe to our YouTube Channel The Homeowners Show Website The Homeowners Show Facebook Page Instagram @homeownersshow Twitter @HomeownersThe Info@homeownersshow.com Sustained Growth Solutions – Design a lead generation system specifically for your business so that you never have to search for leads again! We are a full digital marketing agency. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Sault Tribe elder works to keep ancestral tradition from dying UAW president Fain celebrates wins, eyes new political strategy at closed-door convention Jack In The Box opens in Battle Creek, Michigan's first location in years
Episode Summary:In this engaging and informative episode of the Pain Matters Podcast, hosts Sudheer Potru, DO, FASA, FASAM, and Co-Host Zafeer Baber, MD, sit down with renowned chronic pain advocate, Tom Norris. With a four-decade-long journey through the challenges of chronic pain, Tom shares his invaluable insights regarding the newly drafted Acute Low Back Pain Guideline** (drafted by the Pacific Northwest Evidence-based Practice Center at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU EPC) and the American Academy of Pain Medicine), recently submitted to Pain Medicine Journal and currently under review. His unique perspective underscores the critical need for clear communication and collaboration between clinicians and patients, especially in the context of guideline development and healthcare delivery. Throughout the discussion, the trio delves into practical strategies for managing acute and chronic pain, emphasizing the importance of patient-centered communication, the role of alternative therapies, and the power of support groups. Tom candidly discusses his military background and how it has shaped his ability to advocate effectively for himself and others within the medical community. The episode also explores the significance of understanding non-pharmacologic pain management techniques, such as virtual reality, acupuncture, and Tai Chi, and the need for greater awareness and education on these options. Anchored by Tom's wealth of experience and wisdom, this episode serves as a robust resource for both healthcare providers and patients seeking to enhance their pain management approaches. Key Takeaways:Patient-Centered Communication: Building trust and understanding between clinicians and patients is crucial in effectively managing pain and implementing guidelines. Integrative and Alternative Therapies: Non-drug approaches like acupuncture, virtual reality, and Tai Chi can be beneficial in managing pain, but public awareness about these methods is limited. Support Groups' Role: Connecting with others facing similar pain challenges can provide essential support and insights, offering solace and practical advice. Empowering Patients: Patients should proactively educate themselves, prepare questions for their providers, and seek various treatment avenues to optimize their care. Guideline Development Insight: Having patients involved in the creation of medical guidelines ensures that the recommendations are practical and resonate with those they are designed to help. *Views expressed by our guests are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of the hosts, their institutions, or the American Academy of Pain Medicine. **The Pacific Northwest Evidence-based Practice Center (PNW-EPC) at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) is partnered with AAPM for the development of an evidence-based clinical practice guideline on the assessment and management of acute low back pain (ALBP). This project was financially supported by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of a financial assistance award [FAIN] totaling $1,999,980.00, with 100 percent funded by FDA/HHS. The contents are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement by, FDA, HHS, or the U.S. Government. The funders had no decision-making role in designing and conducting systematic review, data collection, analysis, and interpretation of the data or approval privilege on the recommendation and good practice statements. As requested, the FDA provided nonbinding feedback and technical support to the guideline panel and methodological team. A methodologically rigorous systematic review on assessment and management of ALBP was conducted by the PNW-EPC to provide evidence for guideline development. An independent, multidisciplinary guideline development used evidence from the systematic review to formulation evidence-based clinical recommendations to the guide assessment and management of ALBP.
Ce mardi 16 juin, Antoine Larigaudrie a reçu Christian Fontaine, directeur de la rédaction du magazine Le Revenu, dans l'émission Tout pour investir sur BFM Business. Retrouvez l'émission du lundi au vendredi et réécoutez la en podcast.
Părintele Constantin Necula și Mihai Morar vorbesc deschis despre rolul Bisericii azi: poate face față credința inteligenței artificiale?Pe scena uneia dintre cele mai vechi instituții din țară - Opera Română din Cluj Napoca – se dezbate problema viitorului, într-un moment în care România se confruntă cu o multiplă criză. Economică. Identitară. Spirituală. Mai putem găsi ieșirea spre ceea ce ne-a definit ca neam, este momentul să îmbrățișăm un nou crez sau am făcut-o, deja? Descoperă și tu ceea ce a văzut și trăit părintele Necula în străinătate, în școli și în mijlocul românilor, în ultima perioadă. Și află dacă reperele care ne-au definit ca neam mai sunt viabile pentru copiii noștri.O analiză succintă și fără perdea a ceea ce am ajuns, ca popor.La Fain & Simplu, cu Mihai Morar.
In this episode we learn about the John C. Campbell Folk School, located in Brasstown, North Carolina. Founded just over 100 years ago in 1925, the John C. Campbell Folk School was inspired by the Danish Grundtvigian folk high school tradition and established to serve the culturally distinctive, but economically depressed mountainous region of southern Appalachia. Today, it is one of the oldest and largest folk schools in North America and the guiding inspiration for dozens of younger folk schools around the country, including the Driftless Folk School here in Viroqua, Wisconsin.In this conversation I speak with JCCFS instructor and Programming Development Manager Annie Fain Barralon and Executive Director Bethany Chaney about this inspiring history and about what it is like to participate in a multi-day course in folk arts, craft, music, or dance on their beautiful campus in far western North Carolina. We talk about who attends and teaches these courses, as well as about opportunities for young people to spend longer periods at the Folk School such as their Work Study and Student Host programs (see links below). Finally, Annie Fain talks about what it is like to work as a creative artist in the context of a living folk arts tradition, walking the fine line between original innovation, cultural exchange, and loyalty to heritage.Annie Fain Barralon is a native of the crafts and music/dance community of Brasstown, North Carolina and the John C. Campbell Folk School's Programming Development Manager. She teaches a variety of classes at the school including book arts, clawhammer banjo, and several styles of dance–Appalachian clogging/flatfooting, English waltz clog, Northwest Morris, and Bal Folk (learned when she married into a French family). Annie Fain plays banjo and banjo uke for the all-woman string band, Blue Eyed Girl, and has danced with both Loafers Glory Clog Morris and the Green Grass Cloggers. She sells her handmade books, greeting cards, and original watercolors regionally and is a member of the Southern Highland Craft Guild. Bethany Chaney is Executive Director of the John C. Campbell Folk School. Prior to joining the Folk School, Bethany served more than 25 years in a variety of non-profit and public service roles, specializing in resource development, strategic planning, and community and economic development programming. She is an award-winning writer, a former NC Arts Council Fellow, and an avid maker of pine needle baskets, a craft she first nurtured as a Folk School student. In 2025 she was named by Country Living Magazine as a Top 100 Design Influencer as an arts advocate. John C. Campbell Folk School - https://www.folkschool.org/JCCFS Work Study & Student Host Programs - https://www.folkschool.org/programs/student-host-and-work-study/Find a Folk School near you! Folk School Alliance - https://www.folkschoolalliance.org/Driftless Folk School - http://www.driftlessfolkschool.org/Thoreau College - http://thoreaucollege.org/
As Liz and Sarah dive into the new draft of their novel, they're experimenting with tense. They each wrote a scene in past tense, and now they're going to write the same scenes in present tense. Which will they prefer? In The Craft (& Fain) they share a listener's suggestion to assign every project its own theme song. Then they discuss their favorite parts of Mimsy May in Take Two. One takeaway? Whimsy should not be effortful. This week's Hollywood Hack is on trend — a Mahjong mat with game instructions as part of its design. Finally, Liz recommends the show Firefly Lane on Netflix. Get in touch on Instagram: @Sfain & @LizCraft Get in touch on Threads: @Sfain & @LizCra Visit our website: https://happierinhollywood.com Join our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/HappierinHollywood/ Happier in Hollywood is part of ‘The Onward Project,' a family of podcasts brought together by Gretchen Rubin—all about how to make your life better. If you liked this episode, please subscribe, leave a review, and tell your friends! Sign up for Liz & Sarah's free weekly Substack newsletter at https://happierinhollywoodpod.substack.com. It'll come right to your inbox! Sign up for Sarah's free weekly Substack newsletter Chickening Out at https://happierinhollywood.substack.com. It'll come right to your inbox! LINKS: Taylor Swift's “The Man” video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqAJLh9wuZ0 Annie Lennox: https://www.annielennox.com/ Mahjong Mats: https://amzn.to/4tQY4Li https://amzn.to/4f2HyEe https://amzn.to/4urdZ3Q Firefly Lane trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdHwNt4GXfM Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Reflections from host Sarah Olivieri ... The Underfunding You Accept Is a Design Choice, Not a Destiny There is a belief running quietly through most of the nonprofit sector. It says that being underfunded is just part of the deal. That if you chose this work, you also chose to do it with too little money, too few people, and salaries that would never fly in the for-profit world. That belief feels like realism. It is actually a design choice. When the rules that govern your funding are unclear, unfair, or built by people who have never done your work, the organizations living inside those rules compensate. They compensate with effort. They compensate with unpaid hours. They compensate by paying staff so little that the staff themselves would qualify for the services the organization provides. Nonprofit financial sustainability does not fail because leaders aren't trying hard enough. It fails because the systems shaping the money were built badly, and most leaders treat those systems as fixed. They are not fixed. They were designed. And anything that was designed can be redesigned. The Conversation That Sharpened This I've been thinking a lot about this lately. I recently had a conversation about exactly this with Charity Fain, and it sharpened how I think about what actually creates staying power in nonprofits. Not because the ideas were new, but because they explained why certain approaches hold up over time while others quietly collapse. Underfunding Is Downstream of Rules Someone Else Wrote Here is the part most leaders miss. The reporting requirements, the admin caps, the grant structures that make no sense on the ground, none of those are facts of nature. They are decisions. Someone sat in a room and decided that 10% of a grant could go to admin, and then defined admin so broadly that it swallowed the actual cost of the work. That decision becomes your reality. You receive the grant, you read the rules, and you think, whoever designed this has no clue what it takes to do this work. You're right. They usually don't. The mistake is stopping at frustration. The structural move is recognizing that the people writing those rules are reachable. They are sitting in committees, rulemaking processes, and advisory groups, and most of those rooms are starving for the exact knowledge your organization holds. They need what you know, even when they don't know it yet. When you treat funding rules as weather, you adapt to them. When you treat them as decisions, you start influencing them. Get In The Room Before The Rule Is Written The leaders who change their funding landscape do one thing differently. They stop waiting for the grant to show up and start shaping the grant before it exists. That means putting yourself and your staff on every committee you can find. It means sitting in rooms where you are not the technical expert, saying plainly, I don't know this part yet, and I will learn it, and you don't know what low-income households actually need, so we are going to teach each other. It means being willing to be a beginner in someone else's domain in order to be the expert in your own. This is slower than writing another grant application. It is also the only thing that changes what the applications ask for in the first place. Influence happens before the rule is written, not after the grant is awarded, and the payoff is structural. You change what future funding looks like, not just what you receive this cycle. Charity put it more bluntly than I would have. As she described getting her staff onto policy committees, she said: "I just really wanted us to be sitting in those groups that were making decisions so that people had to listen to us." What I appreciate about this framing is that it explains the mechanism. Visibility inside decision-making rooms is not networking. It is infrastructure. When your organization is consistently present where the rules get made, your reality becomes part of the design input, and the rules start to fit the work instead of fighting it. Your Staff Are Part Of The Community You Serve There is a second belief that quietly drains nonprofits, and it is even more damaging than the first. It says that because you are a nonprofit, you shouldn't make money, and neither should the people who work for you. The truth is, you cannot uplift a community while keeping the people who serve it in poverty. Your staff are not separate from your mission. They are inside it. When a leader decides to pay well, the usual fear is that expenses are now permanently higher with nothing to show for it. That fear is loud, and it is wrong. Paying people properly reduces turnover. It attracts more qualified people. It keeps the talented person who would otherwise do the math and leave for a sector that pays. Over time, it pays for itself, and then some. This is not a soft, feel-good position. It is an operational one. A well-paid, stable team is a more resilient organization. Resilience is what you draw on when the hard times come, and they come for everyone eventually. Nonprofits Are Businesses, And Harder Ones SSomewhere along the way, the sector absorbed the idea that nonprofits are not real businesses. That if you worry about making payroll, you're doing something wrong. That you should never have to manage cash flow month to month. Anyone who has run a nonprofit knows this is fantasy. You do worry about payroll. You do manage cash flow. And you do it inside a model that is more complex than the for-profit version, not simpler. I've written before about the things nonprofits can learn from for-profits, and the core point is this. A nonprofit is two businesses in one, a fundraising business and an impact business, each with its own audience and its own demands. That complexity creates a specific danger. In a for-profit, if you deliver something nobody wants, the bank account drops fast and the signal is unmistakable. In a nonprofit, the signals are weak. You can run excellent programs and still struggle to raise money. You can raise plenty of money and still fail to make an impact. The feedback that tells a business something is wrong arrives late and muddy. The problems have to be hunted proactively, because they will not announce themselves. So you have to go looking. You cannot wait for the system to tell you something is broken, because by the time it does, the damage is already done. Proactive leaders build the habit of checking their own plumbing before anything floods. Build The Team That Outlasts The Crisis When I ask seasoned executive directors what makes everything else easier, the answers vary. But underneath the good ones is almost always the same move. They stopped trying to be the expert in everything. You cannot do it all yourself. You were never supposed to. The job is to build a team good enough that you can trust the finance person to know more than you about finance, and the program staff to know more than you about the program. That is the point of hiring them. New leaders often get caught believing they have to know everything and do everything. That belief is a fast track to burnout, and burnout at the top harms the entire organization, not just the person carrying it. I've talked about this at length in why one person should never carry it all. A real team is what gives an organization resilience. When the hard season arrives, and it always does, the organizations that hold are the ones where the load was already shared. What Becomes Possible When you see underfunding as a design problem instead of a fixed condition, something shifts. The frustration stops being a dead end and becomes a starting point. You stop adapting to bad rules and start influencing the rooms where they are made. Paying your people well stops feeling like a risk and starts looking like the obvious operational choice. The weight of carrying everything alone lifts, because the team is built to carry it together. None of this makes the work easy. It makes the work hold. The Work That Holds This isn't about doing less work. It's about doing work that holds up. Nonprofits can have enough money. They can pay people well. They can stop accepting rules that were never built for them. Not by suffering more quietly, but by getting into the rooms, building the team, and designing the systems that make it possible. About the Guest Charity Fain has over 25 years of experience building stronger, more resilient communities in the US and around the world. As the Executive Director, she is responsible for overall leadership and management, ensuring financial stability and growth, setting policy positions, and advancing strategic direction with the Board. Prior to CEP, Charity worked as Executive Director at the City Club of Portland, keeping Oregonians informed about pressing public issues. Before moving to Portland, Charity also served as the Country Director for Internews Network in Kyrgyzstan, directing a program to build stronger journalists, radio stations and public interest television. Charity has a BA in International Relations from The American University in Washington, DC and also speaks Russian. Connect with Charity: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/charity-fain-8003234/ Website: https://www.communityenergyproject.org/ Be sure to subscribe to Inspired Nonprofit Leadership so that you don't miss a single episode, and while you're at it, won't you take a moment to write a short review and rate our show? 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Bree Fain and Nikki Baugus join Pastor Walton this week to discuss Harvest House, ministry to foster children and families, and Foster Care Awareness Month.
Psihoterapeutul relațiilor - Gaspar Gyorgy – îi dezvăluie lui Mihai Morar efectul secundar al conceptului de dezvoltare personală. O idee care a captivat, revoluționat și ghidat un întreg mapamond – dezvoltarea personală – a ajuns azi să își arate efectele nocive! Asta pentru că, atât timp cât accentul cade pe eu, noi are de suferit. Iar sfera care îi include și pe ceilalți, fie ei cuplu, apropiați, parteneri, se diluează constant și ne duce pe drumul însingurării. Ne putem opri din această direcție? Putem învăța ceva din relațiile bunicilor noștri? Mai este loialitatea la preț astăzi? Și dacă da, cu ce preț? Sunt teme care se regăsesc și în cel mai nou serial difuzat de partenerul acestui podcast, SkyShowtime – Ferma Dutton. O producție a realizatorilor serialului de succes Yellowstone, disponibila acum pe SkyShowtime: https://www.skyshowtime.com/ro/its-time-for/dutton-ranchAlături de Gaspar Gyorgy, intrăm în universul relațiilor. Și descoperim cum dialogul, baza unei relații sănătoase, poate fi învățat din copilărie, cu prima carte scrisa de psihoterapeut pentru cei mici, Oglinda din Pădurea Koromhat. Azi, la Fain & Simplu, ieșim din sfera dezvoltării personale și redescoperim ce înseamnă să punem accentul și pe nevoile celuilalt, redescoperind relațiile. Alături de Mihai Morar.
Andreea și Babis Koronios îi prezintă lui Mihai Morar povestea Zaliari.Uleiul de măsline: ingredientul care a cucerit o lume întreagă și a ajuns, în ultimul timp, cel mai falsificat produs din Europa!Incredibil, dar perfect justificat dacă descoperi povestea din spatele producerii aurului lichid al Greciei. Podcastul de azi te poartă printr-un periplu demn de povestea eroilor din epopeele grecești. Cum a ajuns o româncă din Cluj să transforme o livadă din Grecia într-o afacere de succes. Cum să treci peste cele mai dificile momente pe care soarta ți le aruncă în cale, să crezi mai departe în steaua ta și să dezvolți, alături de familie, o afacere cu care se mândresc două țări!Nu rata podcastul care te învață cum să evaluezi și să cumperi adevăratul ulei de măsline!Fain & Simplu, cu Mihai Morar.
Entre offensive contre les jours fériés et retour des réflexes néocoloniaux, cette émission démonte deux discours politiques bien installés. D'abord, le débat relancé par François Bayrou puis Gabriel Attal autour du « coût » des jours fériés. Derrière l'argument économique — un jour férié représenterait 1,5 milliard d'euros de production en moins selon l'INSEE — se cache surtout une vieille obsession libérale : faire travailler davantage les Français. Pourtant, les chiffres racontent une réalité plus nuancée. Si la France travaille légèrement moins que la moyenne européenne, les salariés français travaillent davantage que les Allemands ou les Néerlandais. Le vrai enjeu ne serait donc pas le nombre d'heures travaillées, mais la répartition des richesses, la productivité et les conditions de travail.Deuxième sujet : la visite d'Emmanuel Macron au Kenya lors du sommet Africa Forward. Entre défense des intérêts économiques français et posture paternaliste, le président a ravivé les critiques sur la continuité de la Françafrique. Face à la montée en puissance de la Chine, de l'Inde ou encore de la Russie, la France tente de préserver son influence sur le continent africain. Cette concurrence internationale peut toutefois ouvrir de nouvelles marges de manœuvre pour certains pays africains, même si les logiques impérialistes demeurent.Lisa Lap et Thomas Porcher décryptent tout cela, c'est l'Instant Porcher !
In the first hour, Dave Softy Mahler and Dick Fain discuss Dan Wilson’s position as the Mariners Manager, the uproar of fans who want him fired, and who could have success leading the M’s, then they address how Fain started Friday show by appreciating how the Oklahoma City Thunder have built their roster, then get some Fun with Audio clips.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
DOCTORUL INIMII REVINE. ”Dieta Cerin” a fost podcastul anului 2025. După un an de zile și 1 milion de vizionări ale episodului, Dr. Gheorghe Cerin a fost invitatul meu pe scena Operei din Cluj la conferința Fain & Simplu: ”Toți bolnavii mei care au respectat regula asta au slăbit. 100%!”Vezi noul podcast cu cardiologul care a revoluționat nutriția sau ascultă-l pe Spotify și Apple Podcasts. Felul în care mâncăm este principală cauză a bolilor pe care le dezvoltăm. Acesta e crezul doctorului care nu a pierdut niciun pacient: ”60 de pacienți inoperabili au astăzi altă viață. Pentru că au urmat această regulă!”Dar nu vorbim doar despre cazurile grave. ”Orice bărbat care are peste 102 cm în talie și orice femeie cu peste 88 cm este în pericol de prediabet și nu știe!” E un episod care schimbă destine. Vei asculta mărturiile unor spectatori ai conferinței de la Cluj cărora acest medic și principiile sale de nutriție le-au dat șansa de a trăi altă viață. Dă play acestui podcast. Și îți vei da reset vieții.
Mihai Morar face anunțul anului: viitorul podcastului Fain & Simplu!Un podcast ca niciunul până acum. O mărturisire a realizatorului privind podcastul care a devenit un adevărat fenomen în România. Fain & Simplu, urmărit de peste 17 milioane de români a atins borna de 300 de episoade! O realizare pe care o marchează printr-o gală grandioasă la Opera Națională din București, o seară de colecție despre care ai ocazia să afli în premieră în podcastul de azi. Ce urmează, însă, după această seara?Află din podcastul care a stabilit etalonul succesului, în România.Fain & Simplu, cu Mihai Morar.
The Blasters & Blades PodcastStrap in for a journey across dimensions. This week, we're talking to Jesse James Fain about his first Kickstarter, Gravesinger: Tides of the Midnight Sea. We explore the world of Leonidas “Dead Wolf” Vanagandr—a Special Forces medical sergeant who trades bureaucratic red tape for the lethal politics of the Midnight Sea. From “Holy Diver” dive bars to extra-dimensional power plays, we're discussing how Jesse blends heavy metal aesthetics, tactical combat, and genre-bending anime vibes into one explosive series. This was a fun interview, so go check it out. Lend us your eyes and ears, you won't be sorry!! Join us for a fun show! We're just a couple of nerdy Army veterans geeking out on things that go "abracadabra," "pew," "zoom," "boop-beep" and rhyme with Science Fiction & Fantasy. Co-Hosts: JR Handley (Author) (Grunt)Nick Garber (Comic Book Artist) (Super Grunt)Madam Stabby Stab (Uber Fan) (Horror Nerd)Jana S Brown (Author) (Chief Shenanigator)We work for free, so if you wanna throw a few pennies our way there is a linked Buy Me A Coffee site where you can do so. Just mention the podcast in the comments when you donate, and I'll keep the sacred bean water boiling!Support the Show: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/AuthorJRHandley Our LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/blastersandbladespodcast Today's SponsorGravesinger: Tides of the Midnight Sea Kickstarter by Jesse James Fain: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/assassinink/gravesinger-guns-grimoires-and-war-across-dimensionsFollow Jesse James Fain on social mediaJesse's Amazon: http://amazon.com/author/jessejamesfain Jesse's Website: https://outlawauthor.com/ Jesse's Twitter: https://x.com/JesseJamesBooks Jesse's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/JesseJamesFain Jesse's Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/OutlawAuthor/ Jesse's Substack: https://jessejamesfain.substack.com/ #scifishenanigans #scifishenaniganspodcast #bbp #blastersandblades #blastersandbladespodcast #podcast #scifipodcast #fantasypodcast #scifi #fantasy #books #rpg #comics #fandom #literature #comedy #veteran #army #armyranger #ranger #scififan #redshirts #scifiworld #sciencefiction #scifidaily #scificoncept #podcastersofinstagram #scificons #podcastlife #podcastsofinstagram #scifibooks #awardwinningscifi #newepisode #podcastersofinstagram #podcastaddict #podcast #scifigeek #scifibook #sfv #scifivisionaries #firesidechat #chat #panel #fireside #religionquestion #coffee #tea #coffeeortea #CoffeeBrandCoffee #JRHandley #NickGarber #MadamStabby #JenaRey #JanaSBrown #OpalKingdomPress #JesseJamesFain #OutlawAuthor #OutlawAuthorJesseJames #OutlawAuthorJesseJamesFain #Babylon5 #BattlestarGalactica #BSG #SpaceAboveandBeyond #TheWitcher #Castlevania #CarnivalRow #Stargate #StargateSG1 #StargateUniverse #StargateAtlantis
Mihai Morar vă propune două podcasturi într-unul: interviu cu scriitoarea Daniela Zeca, dar și cu omul de presă Daniela Zeca Buzura!Un interviu dual, care urmărește în paralel două povești de succes. Cea a scriitoarei contemporane ale cărei cărți s-au vândut în zeci de mii de exemplare, care însă este și un om de presă de referință. Fostă directoare a TVR Cultural, realizatoarea emisiunii Mic dejun cu un campion, profesoară de jurnalism.Fain & Simplu îți aduce o poveste demnă de o carte de succes. Daniela Zeca Buzura devine ea, pentru câteva ore, subiect de carte.Intervievata de Mihai Morar.
Immigration, insécurité, " wokisme " : la France est-elle vraiment au bord de la guerre civile ? Deux auteurs publient leur enquête sur ce que pensent vraiment les Français, et affirment que le pays est moins déchiré qu'on le dit. Nicolas Prissette, responsable des pages Opinions de la Tribune Dimanche et fondateur du média fondamental.fr, et Emmanuel Rivière, politologue et consultant spécialiste de l'opinion sont les invités de RTL Matin. Ils publient "La guerre civile n'aura pas lieu" (Robert Laffont). Ecoutez L'invité RTL de 7h40 avec Stéphane Carpentier du 24 avril 2026.Hébergé par Audiomeans. Visitez audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.
Every week on the podcast Liz and Sarah mention “how they balance a career and friendship.” They usually talk about the career part, but today they're leaning into friendship. Find out what they're doing just for fun and female bonding. In Take A Hike, the fun continues with the announcement of Mimsy May. Sarah and Liz are embracing whimsy in May, and they think you should too! Next, in The Craft (& Fain), they talk about the importance of separating the “creator” and the “editor.” This week's Hollywood Hack is for the birds: the Mademax Solar Bird Bath Fountain. Finally, Liz recommends Famesick: A Memoir by Lena Dunham. Sign up for Liz & Sarah's free weekly Substack newsletter at https://happierinhollywoodpod.substack.com. It'll come right to your inbox! Sign up for Sarah's free weekly Substack newsletter Chickening Out at https://happierinhollywood.substack.com. It'll come right to your inbox! Get in touch on Instagram: @Sfain & @LizCraft Get in touch on Threads: @Sfain & @LizCra Visit our website: https://happierinhollywood.com Join our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/HappierinHollywood/ Happier in Hollywood is part of ‘The Onward Project,' a family of podcasts brought together by Gretchen Rubin—all about how to make your life better. If you liked this episode, please subscribe, leave a review, and tell your friends! LINKS: Mahjong Pajamas: https://amzn.to/4cmsq2L Oxford Red Women's Steady State SuperLoft Jogger: https://shop.lululemon.com/p/womens-steady-state-superloft-jogger/dk9wcfq3p3?cid=EM_TR_20260416_391711_TX_OC_US_WOMEN_SGV2_1_0_0_0_0_TRANSCARD-1-1&ismcid=A7BB6D07-2D05-4CA8-AAF0-1439AB5C9AC7&mcid=A7BB6D07-2D05-4CA8-AAF0-1439AB5C9AC7&utm_campaign=EM_TR_20260416_391711_TX_OC_US_WOMEN_SGV2_1_0_0_0_0&utm_medium=Email&utm_source=SFMC&color=72757 Rage Consumes Me Cat T-shirt: https://amzn.to/4tmQsAB Block Shop: https://www.blockshoptextiles.com/?srsltid=AfmBOoqRf9lkohFDR8mvB1NsFoeKReBTFFqucOngagunrX2DCT1RCzHH Natalie Goldberg's Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within: https://amzn.to/4u4CzqV Natalie Goldberg's Writing Down the Bones Deck: https://amzn.to/4tsWIXC Mademax Solar Bird Bath Fountain: https://amzn.to/4mDbkB0 Famesick: A Memoir by Lena Dunham: https://amzn.to/4tcz8OB Las Culturistas podcast with Lena Dunham: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/las-culturistas-with-matt-rogers-and-bowen-yang/id1092361338?i=1000761509517
Elena Barbu îi explică lui Mihai Morar cum funcționează constelațiile familiale.Un fenomen de tot mai mare amploare, care însă nu ține de psihologie, nu poate fi demonstrat științific, dar care, pentru mulți, functionează. Cum? Prin emoție și legătura care există între membri unei familii, ne răspunde invitatul de azi, cea care dezvoltă conceptul vindecării prin constelațiile familiale pe https://imagisticasufletului.roCe a făcut un medic primar specializat în Radiologie - Imagistică Medicală să caute răspunsuri într-o sferă complet diferită de medicina tradițională, și care sunt reperele de bază ale unui climat cât mai sănătos acasă, afli din podcastul de azi.Fain & Simplu, cu Mihai Morar.
Grasu XXL vine la Mihai Morar cu cel mai așteptat anunț: I'm back in the game!Dispărut de pe scenă, trecut prin furtună personală, Dragoș Nichifor a găsit puterea să își canalizeze încă o dată forța creatoare în muzică. Putere de care nu mai credea nici el că e capabil. Pe 24 aprilie, pe toate platformele, apare Mâine nu-i promis, albumul așteptat de scenă din ... 2017! Albumul care marchează 30 de ani de carieră! O carieră care, ne mărturisește Grasu XXL, părea că a ajuns la final. Nu rata un podcast ca o confesiune. Despre anii cei mai negri, despre relația de familie, dar și despre relația cu scena și cu noii artiști. Mihai Morar ți-l prezintă pe Grasu XXL așa cum nu l-ai văzut niciodată până acum.La Fain & Simplu.
Deliric îi povestește lui Mihai Morar cum a evadat din Colentina și și-a dus poezia pe scenele din toată țara. Poet, rapper, antreprenor. Deliric și-a urmat visul, iar visul lui a ajuns să influențeze generații întregi. În podcastul de azi află povestea din spatele acestui drum. Cum au ajuns tricourile gândite ca merchandise să devină un brand de streetwear. Care sunt șansele ca CTC să revină cu un nou album, dar și cum vede Deliric viitorul său pe scenă. O scenă pe care o vede pierzând azi lupta cu AI. Nu în ultimul rând, artistul răspunde celor care îl acuză că s-a schimbat. Iar răspunsul său este unul surprinzător.Azi, La Fain & Simplu, poezia de stradă se luptă cu cinismul realității.MC, Mihai Morar.
The Urs îi dezvăluie azi lui Mihai Morar cele mai intime gânduri privind viața și cariera sa.Ursul cel blând, deseori neînțeles, judecat greșit câteodată, capabil să ofere cele mai emoționante momente prin muzica sa, surprinde azi. Pentru că își dezvăluie personalitatea fără rezerve, lupta încă necâștigată cu depresia care l-a făcut să vrea să își ia viața, sau impactul nociv al industriei asupra sa! Cât mai este dispus să cânte și pentru ce ar renunța la tot?Afli azi, dintr-un podcast de neratat!The Urs, la Fain & Simplu.Cu Mihai Morar.
Daniel Jinga și Mihai Morar ne introduc în culisele Operei Naționale din București.Există oameni care, prin complexitatea muncii lor și prin experiența vastă acumulată, se bucură atât de o viziune de ansamblu, cât și de o legitimare morală în fața societății. Este și cazul invitatului de azi. Daniel Jinga este tată, dirijor de succes și directorul celei mai importante opere din țară: Opera Națională București. Iar în podcastul de azi, avem ocazia să vedem cum gândește un om care joacă sah singur și ... pierde în fata partenerului fictiv. Ce amenință în prezent Opera din București. Cum sunt alese și gândite spectacolele care, uneori, șochează prin felul în care sunt puse în scenă.Daniel Jinga, într-un spectacol marca Fain & Simplu.Prezentat de Mihai Morar.
Liz and Sarah finally have some momentum on their novel, Bad Trip, about a group of friends who travel to Peru to do ayahuasca. And they’re vowing to finish the new break by April 1. In Take A Hike, Sarah shares why using social media comparisons has made her happier. Then, in The Craft (& Fain), they talk about why it’s such a good idea to think up scenes you want to see. This week’s Hollywood Hack will get you to use that massage gift certificate you’ve held onto for years — don’t hoard self-care. Finally, Liz recommends the movie Is This Thing On? Sign up for Liz & Sarah’s free weekly Substack newsletter at https://happierinhollywoodpod.substack.com. It’ll come right to your inbox! Sign up for Sarah’s free weekly Substack newsletter Chickening Out at https://happierinhollywood.substack.com. It’ll come right to your inbox! Get in touch on Instagram: @Sfain & @LizCraft Get in touch on Threads: @Sfain & @LizCra Visit our website: https://happierinhollywood.com Join our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/HappierinHollywood/ Happier in Hollywood is part of ‘The Onward Project,’ a family of podcasts brought together by Gretchen Rubin—all about how to make your life better. Check out the other Onward Project podcasts—Happier with Gretchen Rubin, and Side Hustle School . If you liked this episode, please subscribe, leave a review, and tell your friends! LINKS: Is This Thing On? trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4jx0Xgc_Pc Photo by ostudio on UnsplashSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Raluca Anton și Mihai Morar – un dialog într-o lume care a uitat să trăiasca împreună: mai știm să întreținem relații?Într-un an marcat de conflicte la nivel mondial, întrebarea de bază la care căutăm răspuns este dacă oamenii mai știu să interacționeze. Să depășească dezacordurile, să caute punctele comune și să păstreze relațiile. Pentru că omul nu poate exista singur, în afara relațiilor de orice fel.Prezentă a treia oară în studioul Fain & Simplu, psihoterapeutul Raluca Anton ne prezintă cea mai nouă carte a sa: Harta relațiilor tale. Un real ghid pentru orice vârstă, care ne explică comportamentul adulților prin experiențele copilului, importanța prieteniei și regulile de bază ale interacțiunii.În podcastul de azi, Raluca Anton îi dezvăluie lui Mihai Morar cât durează dragostea, ce urmează după ea dar și de ce red flags sunt... atât de atrăgătoare!Redescoperă și tu cum dezvoltăm relații între noi.La Fain & Simplu, cu Mihai Morar.
Omul care a făcut din Baia Mare capitala eCommerce-ului românesc – Cosmin Dărăban – îi spune lui Mihai Morar secretul succesului său.Este incredibil care a fost motorul unui business care azi atinge 5 milioane de euro, cifră de afaceri. Acum 20 de ani, tânărul computerist Cosmin, zis Bursuc, fără calculator la școală sau acasă, și-a dorit mai mult de la viață. Ca mulți alții. Dar, spre deosebire de alții, a refuzat să plece de acasă. Așa că a ajuns să aducă bunăstarea căutată la el acasă, în loc să o caute prin lume. Azi, Cosmin este CEO și cofondator al agenției de eCommerce SilkWEB și al platformei Gomag, cea care gestionează comenzi zilnice în valoare de peste 1 milion de euro! Mihai Morar îți aduce, pe scena Teatrului Municipal din Baia Mare, o afacere 100% băimareană în rol principal. Urmează Fain & Simplu.
Jessica Fain is a product leader at Webflow and former Chief of Staff to the CPO at Slack, where she worked alongside April Underwood and many past podcast guests including Stewart Butterfield, Annie Pearl, Tamar Yehoshua, and Noah Weiss. She's spent her career learning how executives actually make decisions—and why most people completely misunderstand the process.We discuss:1. Why great ideas often don't get buy-in2. Why executive calendars are “like strobe lights” and why the first 30 seconds of a meeting matter so much3. Why executives are usually optimizing for a global maximum while you are often optimizing locally4. The best question Jessica uses when a leader says something that seems wrong: “That's so interesting. What led you to believe that?”5. Why you should go in to learn, not to convince6. Why showing only one option is a mistake7. Why AI will make influence more important, not less—Brought to you by:Omni—AI analytics your customers can trustLovable—Build apps by simply chatting with AIVanta—Automate compliance, manage risk, and accelerate trust with AI—Episode transcript: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/the-art-of-influence-jessica-fain—Archive of all Lenny's Podcast transcripts: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/yxi4s2w998p1gvtpu4193/AMdNPR8AOw0lMklwtnC0TrQ?rlkey=j06x0nipoti519e0xgm23zsn9&st=ahz0fj11&dl=0—Where to find Jessica Fain:• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessica-fain-79b8989—Where to find Lenny:• Newsletter: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com• X: https://twitter.com/lennysan• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lennyrachitsky/—In this episode, we cover:(00:00) Introduction to Jessica Fain(03:53) Why influence is the highest-leverage skill in product(04:47) Why great ideas fail without executive buy-in(06:00) How executives actually think(09:05) The fundamentals: context-setting, communication, and empathy(10:22) Stop pitching for approval—start co-creating with execs(12:59) Influence vs. politics (and why people get it wrong)(15:44) How to disagree with execs without losing trust(17:20) Going in to learn, not to convince(19:08) How to present ideas(26:05) The Minto-style approach and tailoring your communication to each exec(28:22) Why Jessica doesn't like the question “What's top of mind for you?”(30:24) Understanding incentives to unlock buy-in(32:10) Aligning product work with company strategy(35:10) Quick summary(37:31) Disarming the executive(40:49) Speed matters: why fast follow-up builds momentum(43:32) How to run high-impact meetings (the 60-second rule)(47:00) Why influencing execs is part of your job(49:15) Asking for more resources and thinking in 10x bets(52:23) What to do when your idea gets rejected(54:18) Clarifying information(56:50) How to build trust and make ideas stick(58:30) Shrinking big ideas into experiments(01:02:27) Common mistakes people make when influencing leaders(01:06:00) How to grow into your next role(01:09:32) How AI is changing influence and product work(01:17:55) Using AI to simulate exec feedback and improve pitches(01:21:15) Protecting our brains from overwhelm(01:22:44) Lightning round and final thoughts—Referenced:• Box: https://www.box.com• Slack: https://slack.com• Brightwheel: https://mybrightwheel.com• Webflow: https://webflow.com• April Underwood on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aprilunderwood• Lessons in product leadership and AI strategy from Glean, Google, Amazon, and Slack | Tamar Yehoshua (Product at Glean, ex-Google and Slack): https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/you-dont-need-to-be-a-well-run-company-to-win-tamar-yehoshua• Atlassian: https://www.atlassian.com• Behind the scenes of Calendly's rapid growth | Annie Pearl (CPO): https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/behind-the-scenes-of-calendlys-rapid• Calendly: https://calendly.com• Glassdoor: https://www.glassdoor.co.in/index.htm• The 10 traits of great PMs, how AI will impact your product, and Slack's product development process | Noah Weiss (Slack, Foursquare, Google): https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/the-10-traits-of-great-pms-how-ai• Ethan Eismann on X: https://x.com/eeismann• Slack founder: Mental models for building products people love ft. Stewart Butterfield: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/slack-founder-stewart-butterfield• Ilan Frank on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ilanfrank• Checkr: https://checkr.com• Ali Rayl on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alirayl• Rachel Wolan on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachelwolan• How Webflow's CPO built an AI chief of staff to manage her calendar, prep for meetings, and drive AI adoption | Rachel Wolan: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/how-webflows-cpo-built-an-ai-chief• Barbara Minto's website: https://www.barbaraminto.com• How Slack invests in big little details through Customer Love Sprints: https://slack.design/articles/sweating-the-small-stuff• Building product at Stripe: craft, metrics, and customer obsession | Jeff Weinstein (Product lead): https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/building-product-at-stripe-jeff-weinstein• The Enneagram Institute: https://www.enneagraminstitute.com/type-descriptions• The Pitt on Prime Video: https://www.amazon.com/The-Pitt-Season-1/dp/B0DNRR8QWD• Towel warmer: https://www.amazon.com/FLYHIT-Large-Towel-Warmer-Bathroom/dp/B0CB5K34L2• Casa: https://getcasa.com• Jimi Hendrix: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimi_Hendrix• Greek Theatre: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_Theatre_(Los_Angeles)—Recommended books:• Pachinko: https://www.amazon.com/Pachinko-National-Book-Award-Finalist/dp/1455563927• Homegoing: https://www.amazon.com/Homegoing-Yaa-Gyasi/dp/1101971061• A History of Burning: https://www.amazon.com/History-Burning-Janika-Oza/dp/1538724243• The Overstory: https://www.amazon.com/Overstory-Novel-Richard-Powers/dp/039335668X—Production and marketing by https://penname.co/. For inquiries about sponsoring the podcast, email podcast@lennyrachitsky.com.—Lenny may be an investor in the companies discussed. To hear more, visit www.lennysnewsletter.com
durée : 00:04:56 - Le Masque et la Plume - Retour dans les années 1980 avec le film "Police Flash 80", deuxième long-métrage de Jean-Baptiste Saurel. Le scénario suit une brigade anti-drogue singulière dans une comédie qui multiplie les références aux séries et musiques de l'époque. Navet assumé ou pastiche sans saveur ? Vous aimez ce podcast ? Pour écouter tous les autres épisodes sans limite, rendez-vous sur Radio France.
In the third hour, Dave Softy Mahler and Dick Fain chat with Kevin Kugler about the full NCAA Tournament including the East region, parity, injuries, Duke, Arizona, and more, then Fain shares his Final Four picks in the tournament before discussing the Dodgers’ Miguel Rojas story and then Sounders coach Brian Schmetzer previews tonight’s game.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In the first hour, Dave Softy Mahler and Dick Fain chat with Mike Florio about Dolphins running back Devon Achane, the Jaylen Waddle trade, and Russell Wilson’s future, then Fain shares his predictions for the East and South regions of the full NCAA tournament starting Thursday morning before they get to Fun with Audio and WBC title game clips.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Ralph welcomes sociologist and historian Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi to discuss the United States' war of aggression on Iran.Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi is an Iranian-born American historian and sociologist. He is a Research Fellow at the Center for Place, Culture, and Politics at the CUNY Graduate Center. He was the Chair of the Department of Near Eastern Studies and Director of the Sharmin and Bijan Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Iran and Persian Gulf Studies at Princeton University. He is the author of four books on different aspects and historical context of the Iranian revolution of 1979 and its aftermath.The only countries that I see that are in constant violation of international law is the United States and Israel. And frankly, I am speechless, although I'm speaking, but I am speechless—in what universe can this war be justified as self-defense? You listened to Secretary Rubio's speech in Munich where he laments 400 years of colonial rule being lost to this international law and laws of fighting wars because they want to go back to the way things were in the 18th and 19th century. This is a naked expansionist, extortionist administration here, and that's the only reason they have launched this war, and there is absolutely no justification for it.Behrooz Ghamari-TabriziFor years and years, the Israelis have been assassinating Iranian scientists. They were sabotaging Iranian industries. And actually, the Iranian government showed tremendous restraint in responding to these Israeli provocations because they didn't want to create the situation in which we find ourselves today. But then at the end of the day, calling Iran the aggressor here I think is a total ignorance of history and the context in which this war has started.Behrooz Ghamari-TabriziAll these things are not to suggest that the Iranian government in any form or shape is a democratic and just state. But the question here is about the sovereignty of the Iranian state. And the only inheritance of the revolution that has been kept throughout these forty-odd years was the question of sovereignty. Because that was one of the demands of the revolution. The question of social justice was thrown out of the window after the revolution. The question of civil liberties was thrown out of the window after the revolution. The only thing that is left is Iranian sovereignty. And according to every single intelligence study, what Iranians do outside their borders is a defensive posture. Iran does not have an expansionist agenda.Behrooz Ghamari-TabriziNews 3/6/26* Last week, Bill and Hillary Clinton testified before the House Oversight Committee on their respective relationships with financier and sexual predator, Jeffrey Epstein. Hillary Clinton, in a deposition described as contentious, maintained that she had virtually zero connections with Epstein, stating at one point “I am so tired of answering that question,” per PBS. Former President Bill Clinton meanwhile, tried to downplay his relationship with Epstein, describing it as “cordial,” and claiming that he had come to an arrangement with Epstein where the financier provided his private jet for humanitarian trips in exchange for Clinton discussing politics and economics with him. The committee pressed Clinton on this point, noting that Epstein visited the White House numerous times during Clinton's presidency and that there are photos of the two men shaking hands. Clinton told lawmakers he “did not recall those interactions.” These answers leave much to be desired.* Meanwhile, another Epstein associate occupies the Oval Office today – Donald Trump – and on February 26th the Wall Street Journal reported that the Department of Justice, under the stewardship of Attorney General Pam Bondi, has been withholding interviews with a woman who accused President Donald Trump of sexual assault back in the 1980s. As the Journal writes, the suppression of this interview “raises new questions about the Justice Department's handling of the Epstein files release and the pages that have been kept private.” The Journal adds that “Trump officials initially opposed the release of the files and then fumbled their response, including inconsistent redactions that exposed dozens of Epstein victims and initially kept some prominent men's names hidden.” However, on March 5th, POLITICO reported that the FBI has now published a trio of FBI interviews with the woman who accused the president of sexually assaulting her in collusion with Jeffrey Epstein. Trump and his allies categorically deny any wrongdoing on the part of the president, with White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt calling the allegations “completely baseless…backed by zero credible evidence, from a sadly disturbed woman who has an extensive criminal history.” This story also highlights what is sure to be the next flashpoint in this saga: on Wednesday, a House committee voted to subpoena Attorney General Pam Bondi to testify about her handling of the Epstein files.* Turning to media news, last week we covered how Paramount-Skydance, led by the Ellison family and backed by the Trump administration, outmaneuvered Netflix to close a deal acquiring Warner Bros. Discovery – including CNN. Throughout this process, many have raised the alarm that if the Ellisons were to get their hands on CNN, they would turn it over to their ideological attack dog, Bari Weiss, as they did with CBS News. Variety is now echoing those concerns, reporting that “It's expected that Weiss will have a big role in steering CNN.” Just what exactly this role will be remains to be seen, but given her tenure as editor-in-chief of CBS News, there is much cause for concern.* In related news, Variety reports Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav has filed to sell 4,004,149 shares – over $114 million worth of stock – in the company following the announcement of the sale to Paramount, including Paramount's eye-popping offer of $31 per share. Zaslav retains additional stock and options which he could cash out as the deal moves forward. Curiously, even as the Trump administration backed the Paramount buyout over the Netflix deal, the president himself continues to bank on the fiscal stability of the streaming giant, with the Hollywood Reporter documenting that Trump bought between $600,000 and $1.25 million worth of Netflix debt in January, adding to the $500,000 to $1 million in Netflix bonds that he purchased in December. This story notes that while the Netflix-Warner deal fell through, Netflix walked away with a $2.8 billion “break-up fee,” and an investment grade credit rating, unlike both WBD and Paramount.* Looking at domestic politics, this week primaries were held in Texas and North Carolina which yielded the nomination of James Talarico in Texas, beating out Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett for the Democratic nod, and the razor thin victory of incumbent Valerie Foushee over her progressive challenger Nida Allam in the Durham-Chapel Hill region. But many more primary battles lay ahead, perhaps the most interesting of which is unfolding in Maine, where the Bernie Sanders-backed veteran-turned-oysterman Graham Platner is duking it out with Chuck Schumer's preferred candidate, outgoing Governor Janet Mills. Platner, despite damaging stories, has continued to draw massive crowds and enjoys a huge polling advantage. Last week, Platner's allies, led by United Autoworkers President Shawn Fain, staged a sort of intervention with Schumer, with Fain lambasting the “shortcomings” in Democratic leaders' approach to the 2026 midterms, “particularly their failure to adequately listen to working-class voters.” Michael Monahan, a high-level official in the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, also sent a letter to the Democratic Senate Campaign Committee strongly urging the DSCC to “refrain from intervening further in [the Maine] primary.” A mid-February independent poll found Platner with a 38-point lead over Mills among likely Democratic primary voters, yet the party continues to back Mills to the hilt. This from NBC.* Our remaining stories this week concern foreign affairs. First, in South Africa, it seems the forces of the Left are looking to pool their support by entering into a political alliance. According to TimesLIVE, a prominent South African online newspaper, the country's largest standalone Left party, the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has convened with the South African Communist Party (SACP) to discuss such an electoral pact. The SACP has long participated in a tripartite alliance with the African National Congress party (ANC), which has ruled South Africa since the end of Apartheid, but recently announced they would contest elections independently. The EFF and SACP emphasized that their priorities align on the “deep crises confronting South Africa: de-industrialisation, austerity-driven fiscal consolidation, collapsing energy security, mass unemployment, and extreme poverty.”* In another major political realignment, the Green Party of England and Wales is surging as the Labour Party, under the centrist leadership of Prime Minister Keir Starmer, continues to lose ground to the Nigel Farage-led far right party, Reform UK. The rise of the Green Party has been bubbling for some time, as progressive voters feel betrayed by Labour and the momentum behind Jeremy Corbyn's “Your Party” has fizzled, but the first major test occurred recently in the Labour stronghold riding of Groton and Denton in Greater Manchester. According to the BBC, this marks the first ever win for the Greens in a by-election, with 34-year-old plumber Hannah Spencer becoming the party's first ever MP in northern England. Reform ran second, with Labour dropping by 25% into third place. Moreover, Zeteo reports the Greens have leapfrogged ahead of Labour in national polling, second only to Reform and has become the single most popular party among voters under 50. For the past five months, the Greens have been led by self-described “eco-populist” Zack Polanski, and have espoused policies including giving councils the power to control rents, extending free school meals to all children, and imposing a new ‘wealth tax' on assets above £10m.* In Congress, Representative Ro Khanna has introduced the West Bank Human Rights Resolution to Condemn Israeli Settlement Expansion. This resolution is described as utilizing far more specific language to condemn “Israeli settler violence and referencing potential sanctions tools while also calling for a review of US policies that may indirectly subsidise settlement activity,” per the Middle East Eye. In part, this resolution is a response to the Israeli government's February 8th approval of “sweeping changes to land registration and civil control in Areas A and B of the West Bank, which Palestinians say breach the Oslo Accords and advance de facto annexation.” This resolution was drafted in conjunction with Cameron Kasky, the survivor of the 2018 Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting who has become a leading activist on rights for Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank. In a statement upon the introduction of this resolution, Kasky wrote “this is a necessary measure for Democrats and Republicans to unite behind the upholding of international law. Democrats and Republicans can agree that U.S. taxpayer money being used to subsidize the violation of international law is an outrage.”* Our final two stories concern the U.S. attacks on Iran. First, a bizarre sequence of conflicting claims between the U.S. and Spain have left many observers puzzled. First, on March 3rd, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez addressed the Iberian nation, saying “Very often great wars start with a chain of events spiralling out of control due to miscalculations, technical failures, and unforeseen circumstances. Therefore, we must learn from history and cannot play Russian roulette with the fate of millions.” Sánchez warned of “repeating the mistakes of the past,” and drew a comparison with the invasion of Iraq, concluding his government's position is “No to war,” per CNBC. More pointedly, the Spanish government prevented two jointly operated bases in its territory from being used in the strikes on Iran. Trump responded on the 4th by vowing to cut off all trade with Madrid, saying “Spain has been terrible…We don't want anything to do with Spain.” Then, on March 5th, Karoline Leavitt told the press that “With respect to Spain, I think they heard the president's message yesterday loud and clear, and it's my understanding, over the past several hours, they've agreed to cooperate with the U.S. military.” Yet, the Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares immediately responded that “The Spanish government's position on the war in the Middle East ... and the use of our bases has not changed at all.” This also from CNBC. Trump's threat to cut off trade with Spain would be difficult to follow through on, given that the 27 nations in the European Union negotiate trade agreements collectively,* Finally, far from assuaging concerns about the attacks on Iran leading to blowback, the Hill reports that, when asked during a phone call with Time magazine about whether Americans should be worried about a potential strike on the homeland, Trump replied, “I guess.” Trump went on to say “We think about it all the time. We plan for it. But yeah…we expect some things…some people will die. When you go to war, some people will die.” Stunningly, despite Trump openly declaring that we are at war with Iran sans congressional authorization and even casually admitting Americans could be killed on home soil, the feckless Congress has voted down War Powers resolutions in the House and Senate. In the upper house, the bill introduced by Democratic Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia, failed 47-53, with Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky crossing party lines to support it while Senator John Fetterman of Pennsylvania crossed party lines to vote nay, per the AP. A similar measure in the House, introduced by Reps. Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie – the duo behind the Epstein Files Transparency Act and other war powers resolutions including on Venezuela – failed by a vote of 212-219. In addition to Massie, Republican Rep. Warren Davison of Ohio voted in favor of the resolution, while four House Democrats voted nay, per Axios. Again the question is presented to us, if this won't shock Congress to action, what will?This has been Francesco DeSantis, with In Case You Haven't Heard. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe
Liz and Sarah recently learned the concept of an “Inside Board.” From now on, whenever they run a show they’ll be forming one. In Take A Hike, they share how a listener turning Sarah on to a fiber center in North Dakota made them realize the value of leaning into Niche Nirvana. A recent visit with American writer Fannie Flagg led to this week’s The Craft (& Fain) — ask yourself “who are you writing for?” Fannie Flagg is also the source of the Hollywood Hack: To figure out structure, clip scenes to a clothesline and move them around. Finally, Sarah recommends the book Replaceable You: Adventures in Human Anatomy by Mary Roach. Get in touch on Instagram: @Sfain & @LizCraft Get in touch on Threads: @Sfain & @LizCraft Visit our website: https://happierinhollywood.com Sign up for Liz & Sarah’s free weekly Substack newsletter at https://happierinhollywoodpod.substack.com and Sarah’s Chickening Out Substack at https://happierinhollywood.substack.com. They’ll come right to your inbox! Join our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/HappierinHollywood/ Happier in Hollywood is part of ‘The Onward Project,’ a family of podcasts brought together by Gretchen Rubin—all about how to make your life better. Check out the other Onward Project podcasts—Happier with Gretchen Rubin, andSide Hustle School . If you liked this episode, ’S please subscribe, leave a review, and tell your friends! LINKS: Nome Schoolhouse: https://nomeschoolhouse.com/ Fannie Flagg: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fannie_Flagg Fried Green Tomatoes by Fannie Flagg: https://amzn.to/4spPWRI Replaceable You: Adventures in Human Anatomy by Mary Roach: https://amzn.to/4r5ngvUSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Liz and Sarah are happy to report that a feeling of positivity (at least regarding their life in Hollywood) has descended upon them in 2026. So far the evidence is just anecdotal, but it feels like things are getting better! And in a recent meeting, actor Joy Bryant offered a perfect 2026 slogan — Remix ‘26! In The Craft (& Fain), Liz and Sarah share their inclination to protect characters and how it (negatively) impacts storytelling. Don’t do it! Then, in Take A Hike, Sarah explains how she realized that gardening is her meditation practice. (Is Liz’s listening to Real Housewives podcasts?) This week’s Hollywood Hack is so obvious and yet many of us didn’t know about it — schedule your texts. Finally, Liz recommends the comedy special Robby Hoffman: Wake Up on Netflix. Sign up for Liz & Sarah’s free weekly Substack newsletter at https://happierinhollywoodpod.substack.com. It will come right to your inbox! Get in touch on Instagram: @Sfain & @LizCraft Get in touch on Threads: @Sfain & @LizCra Visit our website: https://happierinhollywood.com Join our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/HappierinHollywood/ Happier in Hollywood is part of ‘The Onward Project,’ a family of podcasts brought together by Gretchen Rubin—all about how to make your life better. Check out the other Onward Project podcasts—Happier with Gretchen Rubin, and Side Hustle School . If you liked this episode, please subscribe, leave a review, and tell your friends! LINKS: Joy Bryant: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0117146/ Robby Hoffman: Wake Up trailer: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/lTpP-tU_p7c See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Liz and Sarah discuss their recent ChexMix ‘26 at the Emerald Iguana Inn in Ojai. They covered everything from how to tackle getting a draft of their novel finished to prioritizing their 2026 slate to the possibility of getting into microdramas. Next: Have you ever wondered what it’s like to collaborate on a creative project? Now you can find out! In The Craft (& Fain), Liz and Sarah reveal a new feature they’re offering on Substack — BTS: Working Lunch. Every week, they’ll go live to let viewers drop in while they work on various projects. It may not be pretty, but it’s real! Next, in the Mailroom, they answer a question about why it seems like fewer shows are being greenlit. This week’s Hollywood Hack comes from Liz and Sarah’s amazing manager, Dianne Fraser: Easy Plant. Finally, Liz recommends the hotel bar and restaurant at the new El Roblar in Ojai. Get in touch on Instagram: @Sfain & @LizCraft Get in touch on Threads: @Sfain & @LizCra Visit our website: https://happierinhollywood.com Join our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/HappierinHollywood/ Happier in Hollywood is part of ‘The Onward Project,’ a family of podcasts brought together by Gretchen Rubin—all about how to make your life better. Check out the other Onward Project podcasts—Happier with Gretchen Rubin, and Side Hustle School . If you liked this episode, please subscribe, leave a review, and tell your friends! Sign up for Liz & Sarah’s free weekly Substack newsletter at https://happierinhollywoodpod.substack.com. It will come right to your inbox! LINKS: Emerald Iguana Inn: https://www.emeraldiguana.com/ Easy Plant: https://easyplant.com/ El Roblar: https://theroblar.com/dining-experiences/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.