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در این رادیو جادی که همزمان است با توافق دوم ما با کشور آمریکا از خبرهای متنوعی می گیم. نظرتولوالدز در مورد هوش مصنوعی، حمله های امنیتی ای که دارن پیچیده تر می شن، طبقاتی شدن دسترسی به بهترین ابزارهای هوش مصنوعی بر اساس پول و کشور و … و حمله به زیرساخت های بانکی … ادامه خواندن "رادیوجادی ۲۳۷ – دیل دو"

در ادامه کتاب بر میگردیم به چین و جی (جیاندی) پادکستر محبوب دخترهای کارخانه و لو دوست جدیدش و برنامه ریزی شون برای اون عملیات بزرگ که منتظرش هستیم. متاسفانه براوزر شما از اچ تی ام ال ۵ پشتیبانی نمی کند. یا خیلی باحال است یا خیلی عجیب! دانلود نسخه ام پی تری با این … ادامه خواندن "رادیوجادی ۲۳۶ – کتاب برای پیروزی – قسمت ۳۲ – کوری دکترو"

What if hope isn't something you find, but something you remember?Dr. Parastoo Rezai has spent her career in science and healthcare, but her passion for storytelling led her to write Remembering Hope, a novel inspired by a true story of illness, resilience, family, and transformation. In this conversation, she shares her journey from immigrating to the United States from Iran as a child to building a life rooted in service, gratitude, and giving back to others.Amy and Dr. Parastoo Rezai explores the immigrant experience, preserving cultural identity, raising children with a deep appreciation for both heritage and opportunity, and the inspiration behind her novel. They discuss how hardship can become a catalyst for growth, why community matters during life's most difficult seasons, and the power of sharing our stories openly. This episode is a reminder that hope often lives within us long before we realize it, and that some of life's greatest abundance comes from helping others find theirs.Connect with Dr. Parastoo Rezai:Website: parastoorezai.comBook: Remembering Hope (Available in English, Farsi, and audiobook formats.)Connect with Amy Sylvis:https://www.linkedin.com/in/amysylvis/Contact Us:https://www.sylviscapital.comhttps://www.sylviscapital.com/webinarinfo@sylviscapital.com00:00 – Getting to Know Dr. Parastoo Rezai04:40 – What Inspired Her to Write Remembering Hope?08:21 – Preserving Culture While Building a New Life12:14 – Why Giving Back Creates a Sense of Completion14:10 – Is Abundance About What We Receive or What We Give?16:32 – The Story Behind Remembering Hope20:06 – Bringing Hope to Readers Across Cultures22:12 – The Longing to Return Home24:56 – Will There Be Another Book?26:34 – Why You Shouldn't Suffer in Silence

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“I believe,” the father cried — before the doubt. A sermon on Scripture's most poignant confession and its meaning for today's doubters. Click here to read the sermon I Believe — Help My Unbelief! Mark 9:14–29 It is great to be with you here today. I want to give all these musicians a hand — thank you, Keith, and thank you to everyone up here. I love all the instruments, and even Michael Jessup is making a joyful noise over there. God bless you guys. I want you to know first and foremost that I am praying for Pastor Christopher, for his family, and for Yates Baptist Church during this time of transition. I also want some of you to know — I'm sure some of you are thinking, who is Marty Childers, and what is Tri-West? It used to be called Yates Baptist Association. We had to change our name because things kept getting confused. People would come to our building looking for you, and people would come here looking for us, and checks got crossed, and a lot of things happened. So that is one of the reasons we changed the name. We are Triangle West, the western part of the Triangle Baptist Network. We say Tri-West. But more than that, I want to give you a real quick infomercial, because I want you to know who we are as Tri-West. I have had the privilege for the last almost ten years — Mike, in October it will be ten years — to work with this association. I have had the privilege of working with many people from this church, and I just want you to know that we are all about strengthening, planting, and resourcing the local church to fulfill the Great Commission. Strengthening, planting, and resourcing the local church. When I first got here, if I'm really honest, a lot of associations in North Carolina had their own plans, and they did a lot of things, and they asked the churches to come along and help them execute those plans. But we said no — we want to flip the script, because God's Plan A is the local church. So the association wants to do everything we can to help the local church fulfill the Great Commission. As a part of that, we are helping revitalize churches, and we are helping to plant new churches. In fact, just in the last year and five months, we have seen four new church plants start in our area — in Durham, in Chapel Hill, in Hillsborough, where I live. And your participation in our association actually helped fund some of those things. Just recently we voted to send five thousand dollars to a youth camp in Haiti that Yates Baptist Church has been supporting for many, many years. As you are a part of this network, you are also helping church planters in Oaxaca, Mexico — two weeks from today I will be in Oaxaca with about thirty-five students, and I am looking forward to that. Your participation also helps us with a Farsi-speaking church in Armenia, which is a story I would love to come back and tell you more about. As we participate together as a network of about sixty-five churches in the greater Durham area, we can do more together. We are trying to help churches not to be silos, not to be isolated, but to look around and say, hey, you are doing that too — let us see how we can collaborate. I want you to open your Bibles, or your apparatus, to the Gospel of Mark, chapter nine. We are going to be looking at verses fourteen through twenty-nine. I am going to read through verse twenty-four first, and then I want you to keep your Bibles or your phones open there, because we will come back to the rest of the passage a little later. Mark, chapter nine, beginning at verse fourteen: And when they came to the disciples, they saw a great crowd around them, and scribes arguing with them. And immediately all the crowd, when they saw him, were greatly amazed and ran to him and greeted him. And he asked them, "What are you arguing about with them?" And someone from the crowd answered him, "Teacher, I brought my son to you, for he has a spirit that makes him mute. And whenever it seizes him, it throws him down, and he foams and grinds his teeth and becomes rigid. So I asked your disciples to cast it out, and they were not able." And he answered them, "O faithless generation, how long am I to be with you? How long am I to bear with you? Bring him to me." And they brought the boy to him. And when the spirit saw him, immediately it convulsed the boy, and he fell on the ground and rolled about, foaming at the mouth. And Jesus asked his father, "How long has this been happening to him?" And he said, "From childhood. And it has often cast him into fire and into water, to destroy him. But if you can do anything, have compassion on us and help us." And Jesus said to him, "'If you can'! All things are possible for one who believes." And immediately the father of the child cried out and said, "I believe; help my unbelief." (Mark 9:14–24, ESV) [Prayer] Father, we thank you for this time to worship you. We thank you that we have had this moment to lift songs to you. We are here to praise your name, but we are also here to be taught, and to be encouraged, and to be challenged to live the life that you have called us to live. So Father, I pray that you would use this passage, that you would use this Scripture, and that you would teach us the things we need to learn today. Father, I pray that we would listen as your Spirit teaches us. In Jesus' name I pray, amen. Do you believe? Charles Blondin was a famous French acrobat who made international history as the first person to cross Niagara Falls on a tightrope, on June 30, 1859. He successfully traveled along a more than thousand-foot-long, two-inch-thick cable suspended 160 feet above the raging waters. Over the next few years, Blondin crossed Niagara Gorge more than 300 times, consistently raising the stakes each time with a new dangerous theatrical variation of his walk. He walked across on stilts. He put himself in a body sack and went across. Once, in the middle of the gorge, he set up a small stove and made an omelet, then lowered it down to someone waiting in a boat on the water below. One day after crossing, he brought out a wheelbarrow. He asked the crowd: how many of you think I can push that wheelbarrow across? Hands went up. How many of you think I can take a person across in it? Hands went up again. Who wants to volunteer? Silence. Do you believe? You will notice that we started in verse fourteen, right in the middle of the chapter. It opens by saying "they came to the disciples" — but who is "they"? That is Jesus, Peter, James, and John. They had just come down from what we call the Mount of Transfiguration. We do not know exactly which mountain it was, but it was a mountain, and they were descending from a moment in which Peter, James, and John had seen a glimpse of God's glory. For just a moment — the text does not give us the mechanics of how it happened — Jesus' humanness seemed to be peeled back, and they saw him in white, blinding in its intensity. Peter had wanted to stay there. But as they came down the mountain, they walked straight into chaos. How many of you have had a mountaintop experience and then come back to find that life hits you? It seems like almost every time I go on a mission trip, I come back so full, and then I hit the muck of life — the junk, the everyday things that have to happen. That is exactly what is happening here. They descend from the mountain and walk into confusion. At the bottom, Jesus finds a desperate father — and Happy Father's Day, we will come back to that in a moment. He finds a tormented child. He finds nine frustrated disciples. He finds a crowd who may be looking for a spectacle, just waiting to see what is going to happen. He finds religious leaders ready to argue. This is the context into which Jesus steps. Do you believe? These are the final months of Jesus' earthly ministry. He had been with his disciples for three years. He had fed the five thousand, he had fed the four thousand, he had done many miraculous things. And now he comes down from the mountain and walks directly into a crisis. I believe that a crisis is an opportunity for God to show up. I believe a crisis is where God does some of his best teaching. Some of you are thinking back to situations in your own life — maybe this past year, maybe a decade ago, maybe a long time ago — when you were in a situation you did not understand at all, and now, looking back, you can see it clearly: oh, that is what God was doing. A crisis is where God shows up. The first thing I want to share with you today — and for those of you who take notes, feel free — is that this is a story about faith. The boy's father had come looking for Jesus, but Jesus was not there. Still, he was encouraged, because some of Jesus' disciples were right there — maybe they could help his son. He would have been glad had they succeeded. For whatever reason, their efforts were lacking. And by the time Jesus and the three disciples arrived, an argument was already going on. The first question Jesus asks is, "What are you arguing about?" I can imagine the disciples going up against the scribes, and then — as these things tend to escalate — the disciples maybe turning on each other. Well, we were not able to cast it out because you said the wrong words. You lifted your hand wrong. You did not do it the way we did last time. You know how that goes. Our enemy is always looking to divide us. And then Jesus responds. His response is pretty heavy. "O faithless generation, how long am I to be with you? How long am I to bear with you?" He asked a version of that question several times throughout the Gospels. The one that always comes to my mind is when they were crossing the Sea of Galilee and a great storm came up. Jesus was asleep in the back of the boat. The disciples came and woke him: "Master, Master, don't you care? We're going to die!" Jesus stood up, spoke to the wind and the waves, and the sea went calm. But then he turned to his disciples and asked, "Where is your faith?" (cf. Luke 8:25, ESV). Do you believe, or do you not? I do not know where you are today, but I want to ask you the same question. Where is your faith? How is your faith? On our phones we can check the weather. I have not found an app yet to check my faith — today it's pretty low, today it's high. How is your faith? Now, we can be very judgmental on this father, because we already know what he is about to say. We know he is going to say, "I believe; help my unbelief." And we tend to fall hard on that second part — on the unbelief. But before he said "help my unbelief," he said "I believe." Before he admitted his doubt, he declared his faith. I think this is one of the most poignant statements in all of Scripture. The man — this father — pulls back the mask, pulls back the curtain. He is being transparent. He is open and honest. He is saying: I believe, I want to believe, I really, really want to believe, but I am struggling to believe. His honesty matters. We have to remember that we are on this side of the resurrection — he was on the other side. He did not have the whole story. And he was struggling, but he wanted to believe. Maybe some of us are struggling today. Maybe some of us have been there. "I believe; help my unbelief" (Mark 9:24, ESV). I felt that way this week. Maybe you have too. Did you notice, though, that he said "I believe" first? That was his first statement. He did not lead with I'm really struggling, but I'm trying. He led with I believe. And I think that matters enormously. It is also interesting that he says to Jesus, "If you can, have compassion on us and help us." I almost wish there were a question mark in Jesus' response — "If you can?" — as if he is saying, do you know who you are talking to? And then he goes on: "All things are possible for one who believes" (Mark 9:23, ESV). That is the first thing I want you to remember. This is a story about faith. By the way — this is a book about faith. The second thing I want to share is that this is also a story about failure. We do not like to talk about that, do we? We would prefer to talk about success stories. We would prefer to talk about how the walls of Jericho came tumbling down (cf. Josh 6:20), about how Moses led the Israelites through on dry ground (cf. Exod 14:22), about Daniel in the lion's den (cf. Dan 6:22), about Jesus raising a little girl who had died (cf. Mark 5:41–42). We love those wonderful, powerful stories of the Bible. But guess what? This book also includes a lot of stories about failure. The Scripture reminds us that we will fail. When I was working with the International Mission Board — I think it was our first or second year — we kept hearing a phrase over and over: freedom to fail. We don't like to fail. But sometimes we don't accomplish things simply because we are not willing to try. I believe — and I know there are a lot of Duke fans in this room, so we can debate this later — that Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time. But he missed so many shots. Great home run hitters have hit many home runs, but they have struck out many more times. You will not accomplish things if you don't try. This passage reminds us that there are going to be moments of failure. There will be failures in our families. There will be failures in our marriages. There will be failures at work, in our personal lives, in our churches. But I think that is precisely where God wants to show up. He wants to remind us that he not only has the answer — he is the answer. Scripture tells us that God wants to use our weakness so that he can demonstrate his strength (cf. 1 Cor 1:27, ESV). What greater moment of weakness is there than when we fail? When you are in the pit, when you are down in the dumps — that is a theological term, by the way — God is saying, let me show you what I can do. This is a good reminder that we are human. Sometimes — and be honest with yourself here — sometimes we can get puffed up. We do something well, and then we do it well again, and we are just on a roll, and we think, man, I have got this. But there will be moments when we fail. When we do, we need to realize that God is there. Just do not allow your failures to become distractions. Do not allow your failures to pull you into a pity party. Do not allow your failures to keep you stuck in that moment of depression, believing there is no hope. I keep hearing a phrase lately that I have to say I hate: "pessimistic Christian." That is an oxymoron. Who should have more hope than we do? Nobody. This passage reminds us that we will pass through moments of failure. Hebrews tells us that without faith it is impossible to please God (Heb 11:6, ESV). So in our greatest time of need — when we fail, when things are not going right, when things are not going the way we planned — God is still in charge. We need faith most precisely in those moments. I love the character of David. I love David — but I wrestle with the fact that the Bible calls him a man after God's own heart (cf. Acts 13:22; 1 Sam 13:14), even though he committed adultery, tried to cover it up, committed murder, and tried to cover that up too, until Nathan came and confronted him (cf. 2 Sam 12:1–13). He thought he had actually gotten away with it. But the Bible calls him a man after God's own heart not primarily because of who David was, but because of who God is — and secondarily because David truly repented. His heart changed. He did horrendous, terrible things, and then he came before God and said, I am sorry. I messed up. I have done this terrible thing. We see in the Psalms, over and over, David saying something like: Lord, where are you? Have you abandoned me? My enemies are all around me, looking to destroy me. And then three or four verses later: but I will worship you, I will praise you, because you are the only true God, and you will be my refuge and my strength (cf. Ps 22:1, 27–28). David did that over and over because he had a heart that was willing to be honest — just like this father was willing to be honest. I believe; help my unbelief. Here is something interesting about this story. Just a few chapters earlier in Mark, Jesus actually gave his disciples authority to heal and to cast out unclean spirits. In chapter six, verse thirteen, they had healed many people, and they had cast out many demons (Mark 6:13, ESV). They had the power. But now, a little later, their faith is flagging and they have begun to argue. And here is the problem: when we begin to argue, the ministry stops. Recently there was a gathering in Orlando at the Southern Baptist Convention. I am sure you saw the news stories. The news stories always find the things we are arguing about and run with them. The truth is, there were nearly a hundred missionaries appointed and sent out to go all over the world. There were a lot of great things happening. But when we argue, the world watches, and the world is going to publicize it as much as it can. I read one theologian who put it this way: "Accept the rebuke from God as a gift that exposes your need." When Jesus says to his disciples, "How long am I going to have to put up with you?" — I think he says that to me sometimes. I am pretty sure he says it to all of you too. We do not like to admit that we have needs. But that is what David did. And that is what this father does. He has exhausted every possibility to find healing for his son, and now he is standing in front of Jesus. The third thing I see here is that this is a story reminding us that we are in a fight. You do not hear a lot about this today, but we are in spiritual warfare. I know people are going to say that sounds strange. But it is biblical. The Bible talks a great deal about this. We served as missionaries overseas for twenty-seven years, and we saw things happen that I can only describe as illogical and unnatural. Another time I will come back and tell you more about that. But when I say illogical and unnatural, I mean things like a little boy who died at the bottom of a pool, and two weeks later I saw him running down the aisle of the church. We saw both good and bad. But this much is clear: we are in a spiritual battle. I know a lot of people today do not like to talk about Satan. I read all the time that more and more people in the church do not actually believe in the devil or in demonic reality. I am pretty simple, Mike — whatever this Book says, I try to believe it. And the Scripture tells us that Lucifer was an angel who fell from heaven because of pride, because he wanted to be like God. The Scripture tells us that the enemy and his demonic presence are at work in this world. That is why we have so much trouble. Now, I do not want to get into a debate about whether this particular boy was possessed or oppressed, or whether what was happening was epilepsy or something else. In fact, the passage uses the word "spirit" throughout, and my Spanish Bible says "demonic spirit." Whatever was happening, something was happening, and the father was looking for help. Jesus is about to heal this young boy. He asks the father how long this has been going on. The father says, from childhood — and that the spirit had often cast the boy into fire and into water to destroy him. I hesitate to share a personal example here, but I want to. Melissa and I have four grandchildren. Our oldest grandson is named Elijah. Elijah is just so cool — but he is different. He has been diagnosed with autism and is non-verbal. He can say a few words once in a while. When I read about this boy who was mute — the one the world was probably looking at strangely — I think of my grandson. If Elijah were here today, he might run up to some of you and smell your hair. That is one of the things he loves to do. He might run up and hug a random person. Most of the time, people hug him back — but more and more lately, people just look at him as if something is wrong with him. He is awkward. He is lanky. He moves differently. And when I think of this story, I think of that father watching his son go through something like this, day after day, week after week, year after year, desperate to find help. So where did he go? He went to Jesus. That is what you and I should do. When Jesus arrives, the spirit responds immediately. It sees Jesus and it throws the boy into convulsions. It recognized what was standing there. That is the nature of spiritual warfare. Our enemy seeks to destroy you and me. He seeks to destroy your testimony. He seeks to destroy the image of God that is in you and in me. He wants you to see the worst in each other instead of the image of God in each other. He seeks to divide us. He will do whatever it takes to get us off track. But I want to remind you: our God is more powerful. The fourth thing I see in this passage is that it is a story about freedom — because God brings freedom. He heals this young man. When Jesus commands the spirit to leave, look at what happens, beginning in verse twenty-six: After crying out and convulsing him terribly, it came out, and the boy was like a corpse, so that most of them said, "He is dead." But Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him up, and he arose. (Mark 9:26–27, ESV) What I love about this is the variety in how Jesus heals throughout the Gospels. Sometimes he heals in an instant. The centurion said, just say the word, and it is already done (cf. Matt 8:8). There are times he heals lepers and sends them to the priest, and they are healed as they go (cf. Luke 17:14). There is one time he heals a blind man and it actually takes a second touch before the man can see clearly (cf. Mark 8:22–25). What I want you to see is that sometimes God heals in an instant, but sometimes it is a process. It was not immediate here. The boy fell down and convulsed and rolled on the ground. Sometimes it is a process. We do not know whether what happened between the command and the boy arising from the ground took ten seconds or ten minutes. But the spirit came out — the text says so plainly — and I want you to know that sometimes we are waiting for God to show up and do something, and he is already at work. It is just not on our schedule. He is working. He is bringing healing, he is bringing redemption, he is bringing all those things. Just not on our timetable. I love what the passage says next. The boy was on the ground, and they all thought he was dead. But Jesus reached down and took him by the hand and lifted him up, and he arose. There is something in that word — arose — that is not accidental. It foreshadows the morning when Jesus himself, after the cross and the grave, arose. He has power over death. So we do not have to fear it. I talk to people almost every week who are afraid of dying — people in their thirties, in their forties. But as Christians, we do not have to be afraid, because we have hope. That reminds me of Peter. Do you remember when Peter was out on the water with the other disciples and Jesus came walking to them on the sea? Peter said, Lord, if it is you, tell me to come to you on the water. And Jesus said, come on. And Peter got out of the boat — Peter, not Jesus — and he was walking on the water too, until he noticed the waves, and the wind, and his circumstances. And he began to sink, until Jesus grabbed him and pulled him up (cf. Matt 14:28–31, ESV). If we fix our eyes on our circumstances, we are going to sink. But if we fix them on the Lord, all things are possible to the one who believes (cf. Mark 9:23, ESV). The fifth thing I want to share — and I will admit this one stretches the alliteration a little bit — is that our first priority should always be prayer. A little later in the passage, beginning at verse twenty-eight, we read this: When he had entered the house, his disciples asked him privately, "Why could we not cast it out?" And he said to them, "This kind cannot be driven out by anything but prayer." (Mark 9:28–29, ESV) Your translation may say "prayer and fasting." Either way, the idea is focused, concentrated, committed prayer. I have heard a statement a lot lately, and I love it: prayer is not part of our strategy — prayer should be our strategy. I actually tried to Google who said it. I could not find a clear source, so I am not going to claim it. But it is a great statement. Let me ask you something. When you have failures, when you have struggles, when you are dealing with a difficult situation — is prayer the first thing you do, or is it your last resort? Here is something worth noticing. Go back this afternoon and read this passage slowly. You will see that Jesus talks with the disciples, he talks with the father, and the boy is healed. But there is no moment in the text where I see Jesus kneel and pray. There is no recorded prayer. I do not think he is saying you have to stop every minute and formally pray. What he is saying is what First Thessalonians says: we are to pray without ceasing (cf. 1 Thess 5:17, ESV). We are to live a life of prayer. We are to be in constant communion with God, in a way that makes us conduits of the Holy Spirit's work. I love the fact that he says this kind can only come out through prayer, but we do not see him stop to pray — because he was already living that life. We know that many times Jesus would take his disciples somewhere and say, stay here, watch and pray, and he would go away and pray. And he would come back and — I am not going to say this is any of you, because I don't see anyone sleeping this morning — but they were asleep. There is a tension there worth sitting with. There are a lot of great theologians who have thought deeply about prayer. Augustine said that prayer is the language of the heart's yearning for God. Martin Luther, who would get up before sunrise to pray for three or four hours before he even opened his Scripture — and then pray for three or four more hours afterward — Martin Luther said, "The less I pray, the harder things seem to get. The more I pray, the more I see God move." Could you pray a little bit more? Could you begin developing a lifestyle of prayer? I want to close with a story from about thirty years ago, when I was serving in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. I had gone to a meeting of pastors at First Baptist Church in Santa Cruz. I was leaving with my good friend Eladio Alvarez. Eladio and I walked out of the building and looked down the one-way street. Nothing was coming. I started to step out into the road. And just as my momentum was carrying me into the street, something pulled me back. A truck — going the wrong way on that one-way street, at about fifty miles per hour in a thirty-five-mile-per-hour zone — went flying by. Whatever hair I had was flying. Eladio and I both turned white. I said, man, you just saved my life. And he said, no, no, I didn't do anything. I said, no — I was stepping into the street and you pulled me back. He said, no, you were about to step in, and then you just awkwardly jumped back on your own. We went back and forth on this for a while. Finally he said, you know what happened? You got grabbed by an angel. I said, I don't know about grabbed — but something supernatural happened. My momentum was into that street, and all of a sudden I was standing on the curb. I got on a bus and went home. When I walked in, the light on my phone was blinking — and this was one of those regular phones, not a cell phone, so those of you under forty, feel free to Google it. The message said: this is Bobby Long from Central Baptist Church in Hickory, North Carolina. That's my home church. Bobby said, I woke up this morning about five-thirty, and I just had this uneasy feeling that you were in danger. So I have been praying for you. He said, at seven-thirty I still didn't have any peace, so I started calling the deacons. We set up a prayer chain. We have been praying for you for the last three hours. Please call me collect. It cost about five dollars a minute back then. But I called him. And I said, Bobby, your prayers were answered. When I told him the story, he could not believe it. About the same time I was stepping into that street, almost four thousand miles away, a group of people were praying. When God brings someone to your mind, stop. When God puts a person or a situation on your heart, stop and pray. Prayer is not part of our strategy. Prayer is our strategy. This kind can only be driven out by prayer. What are you facing today? What difficult situation are you carrying? Our God is powerful. We have to have faith even in our failing moments. We have to know we are in a fight — but our Lord has the power to bring freedom. [Prayer] Father God, I thank you so much for this passage. I thank you for this Scripture that reminds us of who you are and what you do. Father, I thank you that you are all-powerful. I thank you that you have the power to heal and to cast out every unclean spirit, and that you have the power to do anything in everything. Father, we pray right now that we would realize that we must confess, just like this father did: Lord, we believe. Help our unbelief. Help our unbelief to grow, and help our faith to be strengthened. Help us to grow in faith. And Father, I pray that we would do that by praying. I pray right now for Yates Baptist Church — that you would bring them together as one body, that you would unite them, that you would fill them, that you would direct their path, and that you would use this church to reach many, many families, to reach many people who might walk out of darkness into your light, not because of who they are, but because of who you are. So Lord, we pray in the name of Christ that you would do your will and your way and in your time in this place. In Jesus' name I pray, amen. Works Cited Augustine. Expositions of the Psalms 33–50 (Enarrationes in Psalmos). Translated by Maria Boulding, OSB. Hyde Park, NY: New City Press, 2000. (For Ps. 37.14.) Augustine. Expositions of the Psalms 121–150 (Enarrationes in Psalmos). Translated by Maria Boulding, OSB. Hyde Park, NY: New City Press, 2004. (For Ps. 125.8.) The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. 2011. Wheaton: Crossway Bibles. Luther, Martin. Luther's Works: Vol. 31, Career of the Reformer I. Edited by Harold J. Grabe. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1957. (For writings on prayer's necessity.) Luther, Martin. Luther's Works: Vol. 54, Table Talk. Edited by Harold J. Grabe. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1967. (For reflections on prayer and God's activity.) Luther, Martin. The Large Catechism. Translated by John W. Doberstein. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1961. (For teaching on prayer as essential.) © 2026 Marty Childers. All rights reserved.

//The Wire//2300Z June 18, 2026// //ROUTINE// //BLUF: MOU SIGNED BY IRAN AND THE UNITED STATES TO BEGIN THE PROCESS TO END THE WAR. UKRAINIAN DRONE ATTACK STRIKES PETROLEUM INFRASTRUCTURE IN MOSCOW.// -----BEGIN TEARLINE------International Events-Middle East: Last night President Trump and President Pezeshkian signed the Memorandum of Understanding to start the process of ending the war. The agreement was signed early, while President Trump was participating in a state dinner with President Macron in Versailles. Two different physical copies of the document were signed, one in English and one in the Persian language of Farsi. Analyst Comment: President Pezeshkian also signed the document on camera in Tehran, and provided scans of the document he signed, and so far the terms themselves are identical to what was disclosed by CNN yesterday, or at least they appear to be. The American copy of the deal has not yet been published by the White House.Strait of Hormuz: This afternoon CENTCOM announced the lifting of the American blockade, and some merchant traffic is moving, with one French LNG tanker, and a few Saudi tankers exiting the Strait overnight. A few dozen other ships have continued to enter/exit the Persian Gulf over the past few days (mostly local or Iranian-aligned traffic), and all shipping has so far used the new Iranian route to the north of the traditional traffic separation scheme.Russia: Overnight, Ukraine conducted a large scale drone attack on Moscow, targeting petroleum infrastructure. Ukraine conducted the attack with hundreds of long-range drones, with most being intercepted before reaching their targets. However, several drones successfully evaded air defenses, striking the Kapotnya Refinery to the southeast of the city.-----END TEARLINE-----Analyst Comments: The strikes in Moscow are the latest escalation this fighting season, with both sides trading attacks on major cities over the past few months. Russia has been hitting Kiev with hundreds of drones each week, and Ukraine has likewise been targeting Russian oil infrastructure throughout the nation. This is no different than how the war has been fought so far, but at this late hour, the ferocity of the efforts on all sides has become intense. Both sides seek to make as much progress as possible before winter, with the Russians looking to continue their advances on the Eastern Front, while the Ukrainians want to strike deep into Russia to pressure the Russian population and economy. Time will tell how this develops over the next few weeks, but with alleged peace ideations being present on both sides of this conflict, both sides will continue tradition, and try to take ground before approaching the negotiating table once again.Analyst: S2A1 Research: https://publish.obsidian.md/s2underground Disclaimer: No LLMs were used in the writing of this report. //END REPORT//

Iran's former Foreign Minister and current parliament member Manouchehr Mottaki sits down with Mnar Adley on the MintCast podcast to expose the full scale of the US-Israeli war on Iran — from the deception behind "negotiations" to the bombing of an elementary school that killed 168 children, the assassination of Ayatollah Khamenei, and Iran's destruction of 17 US military bases in three days.    Mottaki reveals:    - How the US used five rounds of Oman-mediated negotiations as a "deceptive scheme" before launching unprovoked attacks    - The American airstrike on an elementary school in Minab — 168 students killed, pilot returned to drop a second bomb    - The assassination of Iran's Leader Ayatollah Khamenei and why Trump and Netanyahu must face qisas (Islamic justice)    - Iran's missile cities and military capabilities far beyond what US intelligence claims was destroyed    - The UAE's betrayal — hosting CIA/Mossad spy training centers and facilitating Zionist infiltration of the region    - US-orchestrated kidnapping of Iranian athletes in Australia ahead of the FIFA World Cup    - Why Iran warns: if the war continues, it will expand beyond the region    Guest: Manouchehr Mottaki — Former Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs (2005-2010), current member of Iranian parliament. Interview conducted in Farsi with English subtitles.    Follow MintPress News:    Website: https://www.mintpressnews.com    Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mintpressnews    X/Twitter: @MintPressNewsSupport the showMintPress News is a fiercely independent. You can support us by becoming a member on Patreon, bookmarking and whitelisting us, and by subscribing to our social media channels, including Twitch, YouTube, Twitter and Instagram.Subscribe to MintCast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and SoundCloud.Also, be sure to check out the new Behind the Headlines channel on YouTube and subscribe to rapper Lowkey's new video interview/podcast series, The Watchdog.

Okay we have to say it — we told you so. The “peace deal” that Trump has struck with Iran is a fig leaf for surrender. With massive giveaways to the regime and no mention of Iran's nuclear material, it's clear that this is Trump's attempt to wash his hands of this debacle. Join Jon Wolfsthal, Joe Cirincione, and David Rothkopf as they break down Trump's latest humiliating defeat.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Okay we have to say it — we told you so. The “peace deal” that Trump has struck with Iran is a fig leaf for surrender. With massive giveaways to the regime and no mention of Iran's nuclear material, it's clear that this is Trump's attempt to wash his hands of this debacle. Join Jon Wolfsthal, Joe Cirincione, and David Rothkopf as they break down Trump's latest humiliating defeat.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Don't forget to SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxaHgfTbzvIAuthor Bahram Rahman grew up in Afghanistan during years of civil war and the restrictive Taliban regime of 1996-2001. He wrote "The Library Bus" to tell new generations about the struggles of women who, like his own sister, were forbidden to learn.It is still dark in Kabul, Afghanistan when the library bus rumbles out of the city. There are no bus seats—instead there are chairs and tables and shelves of books. And there are no passengers—instead there is Pari, who is nervously starting her first day as Mama's library helper. Pari stands tall to hand out notebooks and pencils at the villages and the refugee camp, but she feels intimidated. The girls they visit are learning to write English from Mama. Pari can't even read or write in Farsi yet. But next year she will go to school and learn all there is to know. And she is so lucky. Not long ago, Mama tells her, girls were not allowed to read at all.Award-winning illustrator Gabrielle Grimard's pensive and captivating art transports the reader to Afghanistan in the time after the Taliban's first regime. Her rich landscapes and compelling characters celebrate literacy, ingenuity, and the strength of women and girls demanding a future for themselves.

این قسمت هم طولانی است و هم در سفر و جایی ضبط شده که اکو زیاده. اما داستان فوق العاده است!‌ کانر که از بازی گردان ها است پیشنهادی از کارگزارش می گیره که رد کردنش بسیار سخته و خودش به عنوان یک گیمر وارد بازی می شه! این قسمت هم از اون قسمت هایی … ادامه خواندن "داستان برای پیروزی – کوری دکترو – ترجمه فارسی – قسمت ۳۱"

I keep being accused of using AI. I've even been accused, more than once, of being AI-generated. So I owe you something better than irritation: an actual explanation of where I stand.In this episode, I work through the real concerns: the scraping of artists' work, the environmental cost, algorithmic bias, the fear of job displacement, the worry about deskilling, and argue that every one of them is a problem of how, not of whether. They are arguments for regulation, not for personal abstention. I talk about my own practice (yes, AI images sometimes; yes, Grammarly; no, not the writing or the thinking), about teaching at university in the middle of all this, and about why, as an anthropologist, I think this debate is really a debate about authorship and authenticity wearing a technological costume.The question, in the end, was never if AI. It was always, only, how.CONNECT & SUPPORT

Da quando grazie a un romanzo dell'800 abbiamo trovato un marchio per l'umana tendenza a perseverare in situazioni tossiche, la parola ha avuto una fortuna esagerata. Eppure sul piano individuale e su quello collettivo, ormai apertamente politico, il masochismo mette in campo qualcosa che è necessario conoscere. Forse per guarire, sicuramente per capire. Farsi male di Vittorio Lingiardi, Einaudi Questo e gli altri podcast gratuiti del Post sono possibili grazie a chi si abbona al Post e ne sostiene il lavoro. Se vuoi fare la tua parte, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠abbonati al Post⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Podgap, we explore one of the most colorful corners of spoken Persian: dog-related idioms and expressions.You'll learn 10 common expressions that native speakers use in real conversations, including:

What does it mean to follow Jesus when governments demand your allegiance, your silence, or your fear? In this episode of The Bad Roman Project, Craig sits down with Ara Torosian, an Iranian-born Armenian pastor who grew up under the Islamic Republic of Iran, served in the underground church, and now pastors Iranian Christians in Los Angeles. Ara shares his journey from reading the Bible in Farsi as a teenager to smuggling Bibles, enduring house arrest, and witnessing the explosive growth of Christianity in Iran. He explains why many Western Christians misunderstand both Iran and the Iranian people, and why the underground church continues to thrive despite decades of persecution. The conversation also turns to the present. Ara discusses Iranian Christian asylum seekers detained by ICE, the challenges facing refugees fleeing persecution, and the responsibility Christians have to speak for those who have no voice. Along the way, Craig and Ara wrestle with difficult questions about war, government power, national loyalty, and what it means to follow Jesus when political solutions seem inadequate. At the heart of the discussion is a reminder that the Christian's ultimate citizenship is not found in America, Iran, or any earthly nation, but in the Kingdom of God. “I'm proud US citizen, but most important, I'm a heaven citizen.” — Ara Torosian Whether discussing persecution abroad or immigration policy at home, this episode calls listeners back to a simple but challenging truth: Jesus is King. Highlights & Takeaways The underground church in Iran continues to grow despite severe persecution. Iranian people should not be confused with the Iranian regime. Following Jesus often comes with a cost that Western Christians rarely consider. Christians are called to show mercy before choosing political sides. The church must resist the temptation to place political leaders above Christ. Refugees and asylum seekers are people, not political talking points. The Kingdom of God transcends every earthly nation and political movement. No King but Christ.

Mehran Seyed Emami is an Iranian therapist, podcaster, and founder of Ravannama (Persian Psychedelic Society), a community focused on psychedelic education, awareness, and harm reduction for Farsi speakers around the world. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit chrisryan.substack.com/subscribe

Frank Demith will be the featured speaker at the Patriotic evening in Moravian Sons Distillery tasting room located inside The Old Theater in downtown Lowell, MI on June 6 starting at 4 p.m. There is a $5 cover charge. You can buy your tickets ahead of time at www.theoldtheater.com   Frank Demith entered the army after graduating high school. He was awarded an appointment to the United States Military Academy and graduated with the class of 1983. He spent 26 years on active duty and retired in 2007 later serving additional 2.5 years on active duty. Episode sponsored by award-winning author Frank Demith, Moravian Sons Distillery, Modern History Press and Doc Chavent. He was the program manager for Army Interpreter/Translator program which recruited more than 1500 green card holders who were native speakers of Arabic, Dari, Pashto or Farsi. He is the recipient of the United Nations Icon of Change Award in recognition of work in support of immigrants while in the military and as part of the civilian workforce. He has received International Impact awards for both of his books Of Vital Interest and Defending the Eagle. Take a  listen for a chance to win signed copy of Defending the Eagle. Copyright (c) 2026. Emma Blogs, LLC. All rights reserved.

با وصل شدن کمی از اینترنت ایران، شاید وقتش باشه که یه رادیوی دیگه داشته باشیم. رادیویی که سعی می کنه گپی باشه برای همه کسانی که راه براشون برای همیشه ادامه داره. نگاهی می کنیم به خودمون و نگاهی می کنیم به خبرهای تکنولوژی‌ای که می دونن مهمترین چیزهای دنیا نیستن. متاسفانه براوزر شما … ادامه خواندن "رادیو جادی ۲۳۴ – عرفان عربی و همه و همه و همه"

Did you know that “checkmate” comes from the Persian phrase “Shah Mat”?It means the king is helpless — and it's one of the many ways Persian has left its mark on the world of chess.In this episode of Podgap, we explore the fascinating story of chess: where it began, how it entered Iran during the Sasanian era, and how Persian culture helped shape the game the world knows today.We also talk about the chess pieces in Persian — shah / king, vazir / queen, rokh / rook, fil / bishop, asb / knight, and piyadeh or sarbaz / pawn — and discover which words and expressions traveled from Persian into other languages, including English.Chess is not just a game of strategy. It is a story of language, history, culture, and the journey of words across borders.So, what's your next move? Listen to the new episode of Podgap and learn Persian through stories, culture, and real conversations.Tell us: Do you play chess? And who taught you your first move?If Podgap makes your Persian learning journey easier and more enjoyable, share it with your friends — it truly means the world to us!We'd also love to hear from you: drop us a message anytime at podgapp@gmail.comWant to dive deeper? By joining us on Patreon.com/podgap

ظاهرا چیزی بزرگ در راهه. دیدیم آشوک نقشه هایی برای اقتصاد بازی ها داره و ظاهرا وبلی ها هم دارن باهاشون همراه می شن… چند نکته: با توجه به شرایط ایران و سانسور اینترنتی بسیار گسترده و شدید حکومت در این روزها، فایل ها رو تا حداکثر ممکن کوچیک کرده ام که راحت دست به … ادامه خواندن "رادیو جادی ۲۲۸ – شماره ویژه – کتاب برای پیروزی – کوری دکترو – ترجمه فارسی – قسمت ۲۵"

در سفر هستم ولی دلیل نمی شه کتابمون رو پیش نبریم. بخصوص که درست کنار اقیانوسی هستیم که وی-دونگ داره ازش رد می شه تا به چین برسه و کارت های پیش پرداخت بازی رو تحویل دوستانش بده که در طرح انقلابشون استفاده کنن. اما مسیر پیچیده است و حالا دوستش توی بندر منتظرشه که … ادامه خواندن "رادیو جادی ۲۲۹ – شماره ویژه – کتاب برای پیروزی – کوری دکترو – ترجمه فارسی – قسمت ۲۶"

اما به نظرتون وی-دونگ که با کارت های بازی به شکل قاچاقی راه افتاده تا از آمریکا خودش رو به چین برسونه و با تحویل دادن کارت ها به بچه های اتحادیه انقلاب توی بازی رو عملی کنه، وضعش چطوره؟ اون هنوز توی کابین است و امیدواریم که برسه به بندر. اما آیا تحمل می … ادامه خواندن "رادیو جادی ۲۳۰ – شماره ویژه – کتاب برای پیروزی – کوری دکترو – ترجمه فارسی – قسمت ۲۷"

در این قسمت کوتاه، می بینیم که بالاخره وی-دونگ به بندر رسیده و داره می ره سراغ شروع عملیاتی که ما هم نمی دونیم چیه! ولی بذارین غذاش رو بخوره که راه بیافته. چند نکته: با توجه به شرایط ایران و سانسور اینترنتی بسیار گسترده و شدید حکومت در این روزها، فایل ها رو تا … ادامه خواندن "رادیو جادی ۲۳۱ – شماره ویژه – کتاب برای پیروزی – کوری دکترو – ترجمه فارسی – قسمت ۲۸"

در این قسمت بسیار کوتاه یه داستان می شنویم.. که پایه ای می شه برای برنامه ای که قراره اجرا بشه. این بخش اینقدر به بخش بعدی وصله که با یه کات می ریم سراغ بخش ۳۰. چند نکته: با توجه به شرایط ایران و سانسور اینترنتی بسیار گسترده و شدید حکومت در این روزها، … ادامه خواندن "رادیو جادی ۲۳۲ – شماره ویژه – کتاب برای پیروزی – کوری دکترو – ترجمه فارسی – قسمت ۲۹"

A half-century is long enough for a community to transform, but not long enough for the origin story to stay intact without receipts. We walk through one of the first comprehensive efforts to measure Iranian Americans in the United States, then pressure-test the findings with sharp audience questions and personal reflections that put real faces behind the charts. We talk about how Iranian immigration stretches back further than most people assume, why the 1980s become the biggest decade, and how politics and policy show up in the data. We also unpack the difference between arriving as an immigrant versus entering as a student or visitor and later adjusting status, a key detail for understanding why education and career trajectories look the way they do today. Along the way, we explain why census ancestry data often tells a clearer story than categories that do not reliably capture Iranian identity. Then we shift from migration to outcomes: where Iranian Americans live now, what aging and fertility convergence mean for the next generation, and why educational attainment stands out nationally. We also get real about culture and identity, including language at home, intermarriage, multiracial self-identification, and the “third-generation return” where descendants go searching for history and Farsi later in life. A clinician adds a vital layer on mental health, generational gaps, and the hidden costs that can sit alongside visible success, while an entrepreneur shares an unforgettable arrival story that ties immigrant adaptation to pivotal moments in American history. If you care about Iranian American demographics, immigration policy, assimilation, language retention, and community economic impact, this conversation gives you both a framework and a human narrative. Subscribe, share this with someone who debates the numbers, and leave a review with the question you want the next study to answer.Support Our WorkThe Center for Demographics and Policy focuses on research and analysis of global, national, and regional demographic trends and explores policies that might produce favorable demographic results over time. It involves Chapman students in demographic research under the supervision of the Center's senior staff.Students work with the Center's director and engage in research that will serve them well as they look to develop their careers in business, the social sciences, and the arts. Students also have access to our advisory board, which includes distinguished Chapman faculty and major demographic scholars from across the country and the world.For additional information, please contact Mahnaz Asghari, Associate Director for the Center for Demographics and Policy, at (714) 744-7635 or asghari@chapman.edu.Follow us on LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-feudal-future-podcast/Tweet thoughts: @joelkotkin, @mtoplansky, #FeudalFuture #BeyondFeudalismLearn more about Joel's book 'The Coming of Neo-Feudalism': https://amzn.to/3a1VV87Sign Up For News & Alerts: http://joelkotkin.com/#subscribeThis show is presented by the Chapman Center for Demographics and Policy, which focuses on research and analysis of global, national and regional demographic trends and explores policies that might produce favorable demographic results over time.

Emanuele Arielli, Lev Manovich"Estetica artificiale"IA generativa, arte e mediaLuca Sossella Editorewww.lucasossellaeditore.itCosa significa fare arte quando una macchina sembra poterlo fare al posto nostro? Quando un algoritmo compone musica nello stile di Bach, genera un ritratto “alla Rembrandt” o scrive una poesia convincente? Domande come queste rimettono al centro questioni di fondo: che cosa rende un'opera autentica? Chi può dirsi artista? Che cosa influenza il nostro gusto?Estetica artificiale mostra come l'intelligenza artificiale generativa stia trasformando non solo gli strumenti della creazione, ma le condizioni stesse dell'esperienza estetica. Immagini, suoni e testi non vengono soltanto realizzati, ma variati e ottimizzati. E in questo passaggio arte ed estetica si ricombinano in modelli capaci di generare forme e di orientare gusti e preferenze.Lev Manovich, tra i massimi teorici della cultura e dei media digitali, ed Emanuele Arielli, filosofo e studioso di estetica, non si limitano a chiedersi se l'IA sia creativa: interrogano le condizioni stesse che rendono possibile parlare di autore, opera e gusto nell'epoca degli algoritmi. Ricostruiscono la metamorfosi del ruolo dell'artista e mostrano come le macchine non si limitino a generare contenuti, ma imparino anche dalle nostre reazioni e abbiano un impatto sulla nostra sensibilità.Attraverso teoria dei media, filosofia dell'arte e cultura visiva, gli autori tracciano la mappa di questo passaggio decisivo, offrendo una bussola per orientarsi in un'epoca in cui l'immaginazione diventa computabile e l'estetica, sempre più, una tecnologia culturale.Qui troverete dei materiali aggiuntivi relativi alla pubblicazione: https://lucasossellaeditore.it/progetto/estetica-artificiale/Lev ManovichProfessore alla City University di New York, è tra i massimi teorici internazionali della cultura e dei media digitali. È autore di decine di libri, tra cui Il linguaggio dei nuovi media, considerato un classico della teoria dei media contemporaneiEmanuele ArielliProfessore all'Università IUAV di Venezia, è filosofo e studioso di estetica. Tra i suoi libri: Idee virali. Perché i pensieri si diffondono e Farsi piacere. La costruzione del gusto.Diventa un supporter di questo podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/il-posto-delle-parole--1487855/support.IL POSTO DELLE PAROLEascoltare fa pensarehttps://ilpostodelleparole.it/

Some kids from Jersey go down the Shore. Tom Mangine went to West Point, then to the Balkans, then Haiti, then Africa, then Chile — and somehow managed to be on the ground every time history got loud.   Reviews are the lifeblood of independent podcasts. If TP&R belongs in more people's ears, here's how you make that happen: Apple Podcasts: Rate & Review on Apple Spotify: Rate on Spotify   Thomas Mangine grew up in Manalapan, New Jersey — Springsteen country — and went on to spend three decades doing work most of us only encounter in spy thrillers. A West Point graduate, U.S. Army officer, intelligence professional, and financial crimes investigator, Tom has worked across six continents and visited 87 countries. He has tracked money for terrorists, investigated organ trafficking and corruption in professional sports, advised major financial institutions on predictive compliance, and taught financial crime investigation to military and civilian professionals across dozens of countries. He is a certified instructor with both the Association of Certified Financial Crime Specialists (ACFCS) and the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS).   This one's a little different. Tom is a high school buddy, and we hit record in the middle of a conversation that had already started. What followed was nearly two hours of stories, insights, and the kind of frank talk you only get from someone who has no reason to perform for a camera.   Calls to Action ✅ If this conversation resonates, consider sharing it with someone who believes connection across difference still matters. ✅ Subscribe to Corey's Substack: coreysnathan.substack.com ✅ Leave a review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen: ratethispodcast.com/goodfaithpolitics ✅ Subscribe to Talkin' Politics & Religion Without Killin' Each Other on your favorite podcast platform. ✅ Watch the full conversation and subscribe on YouTube: youtube.com/@politicsandreligion   Key Takeaways From Manalapan to the world's pressure points. Growing up in a central Jersey town full of World War II veterans, Holocaust survivors' grandchildren, and teachers who took their students seriously shaped Tom's sense of civic obligation well before West Point entered the picture. The community you grow up in sets the frame for what you think is worth doing.   Arabic, Kuwait, and the value of obscure skills. Tom chose to study Arabic at West Point when almost no one else was. Within a year, Saddam Hussein had invaded Kuwait and suddenly everyone wanted to know who spoke Arabic. The lesson: depth in an unfashionable area compounds.   What George H.W. Bush actually understood. Tom's instructor at West Point, Colonel Richard Augustus Norton — a Vietnam vet who had also served in Lebanon and learned both Farsi and Arabic — explained to his cadets exactly why the first Bush did not drive to Baghdad. Occupying it would have meant a decade of entanglement. A decade later, Tom watched those predictions come true in real time.   Learn what normal looks like before you can spot abnormal. From a South African tracker teaching Tom to read an empty watering hole as a threat indicator, to Secret Service agents training currency detection by feel rather than scanner, to teaching financial crime investigators to recognize patterns before they see violations — this is a through-line of Tom's entire career.   Predictive compliance versus retroactive compliance. When Tom moved into the private sector at the Bank of Montreal, his boss Andy Hoffman wanted something the financial industry rarely did: get ahead of problems instead of responding to them. Tom's military intelligence background — built on anticipating failure before it happens — turned out to be exactly the right preparation.   Bureaucracies eat good work. Tom spent two years writing threat assessments in Haiti, working 90-hour weeks, only to have a naval vessel show up with a 2003 report because his updates had been lost in the system. The same pattern repeated across Afghanistan, Ukraine, Belarus, and elsewhere. Institutional memory is not a given. Someone has to fight for it.   Being open to learning is harder than it sounds. Tom has trained professionals ranging from 20 to 55 years old across dozens of countries. The single hardest thing to teach is not technical knowledge. It is the willingness to actually revise what you already believe.   About Our Guest Thomas J. Mangine is a West Point graduate, retired U.S. Army officer, and financial crimes and risk management expert with three decades of experience across the military, diplomatic, and private sectors. He has deployed to Bosnia, Haiti, Africa, Chile, and beyond, and has trained financial crime investigators and national security professionals in dozens of countries. He is a certified instructor with ACFCS and ACAMS.   Links and Resources Connect with Tom on LinkedIn: Thomas J. Mangine Association of Certified Financial Crime Specialists (ACFCS): acfcs.org Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS): acams.org Joint Special Operations University (JSOU): jsou.edu   Connect on Social Media Corey is @coreysnathan on all the socials… Substack LinkedIn Facebook Instagram Twitter Threads Bluesky TikTok Thanks to our Sponsors and Partners Thanks to Pew Research Center (pewresearch.org) for making today's conversation possible. Proud members of The Democracy Group   Jersey produces fighters, dreamers, and people who show up. Tom Mangine is proof. Now go talk some politics and religion with gentleness and respect.

Are you struggling with the Persian /q/ sound?You're not alone! This episode of Podgap focuses on the Persian sound /q/ — one of the most unique and tricky sounds in the language.Join Hanieh and Mohsen for an easy, guided practice that will help you master this Persian sound with confidence.Follow along, repeat with your hosts, and strengthen your pronunciation skills.If Podgap makes your Persian learning journey easier and more enjoyable, share it with your friends — it truly means the world to us!We'd also love to hear from you: drop us a message anytime at podgapp@gmail.comWant to dive deeper? By joining us on Patreon.com/podgap

یادتونه لو که سعی می کرد بچه های گولد فارمر رو دور هم جمع کنه تا اتحادیه تشکیل بدن رو با حمایت پلیس کتک زدن؟ یادتونه رسید به پیش مشهورترین پادکستر چین و رفت توی برنامه اش؟ یادتونه دوستش لئونارد (که به خودش می گفت وی-دونگ) رو؟ همونی که تو آمریکا باهاشون بازی می کرد … ادامه خواندن "رادیو جادی ۲۲۶ – شماره ویژه – کتاب برای پیروزی – کوری دکترو – ترجمه فارسی – قسمت ۲۳"

در قسمت های قبلی دیدیم که کارگران بازی کن در چین تلاش کردن اتحادیه تشکیل بدن ولی حمله پلیس باعث شد لو فرار کنه و توسط یه پادکستر مشهور نجات داده بشه ولی دوستش لو دستگیر شد. حالا لو داره از زندان آزاد می شه. چند نکته: با توجه به شرایط ایران و سانسور اینترنتی … ادامه خواندن "رادیو جادی ۲۲۷ – شماره ویژه – کتاب برای پیروزی – کوری دکترو – ترجمه فارسی – قسمت ۲۴"

T. Coraghessan Boyle is the author of thirty books of fiction, including The Tortilla Curtain, Talk to Me, I Walk Between the Raindrops, and most recently, No Way Home. He received a Ph.D. degree in Nineteenth Century British Literature from the University of Iowa in 1977 and his M.F.A. from the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop in 1974. His work has been translated into more than two dozen foreign languages, including Lithuanian, Latvian, Farsi, and Vietnamese. His stories have appeared in most of the major American magazines, including The New Yorker, Harper's, and The Atlantic Monthly, and he has been the recipient of many literary awards, including the PEN/Faulkner and the PEN/Malamud. He lives with his family near Santa Barbara. T.C. Boyle joins Barbara to talk about what he needs to know before he begins writing, how he decides whether an idea fits the short story format or novel, theme, writing multiple point of view characters, concerns that find their way into his work, and more. For more information on Writers on Writing and to become a supporter, visit our Patreon page. For a one-time donation, visit Ko-fi. You can help out the show and indie bookstores by buying books at our bookstore on bookshop.org. It's stocked with titles by our guest authors, as well as our personal favorites. And on Spotify, you'll find an album's worth of typewriter music like what you hear on the show. It's perfect for writing. Look for the artist, Just My Type. You can find hundreds of past interviews on our website. (Recorded March 27, 2026) Host: Barbara DeMarco-Barrett Host: Marrie Stone Music: Travis Barrett (Stream his music on Spotify, Apple Music, Etc.)    

Do you know the spoken form of “want” and “come” in the present tense in Persian?In this episode, we break down two of the most essential verbs — khaastan (to want) and aamadan (to come) — and show you how they're actually used in everyday conversation.Forget the formal textbook versions — you'll learn the real spoken forms like mikhaam and miyaam, practice them step by step, and hear them in natural dialogues. Perfect for learners who want to sound more natural and understand native speakers with ease.

یادتونه لو که سعی می کرد بچه های گولد فارمر رو دور هم جمع کنه تا اتحادیه تشکیل بدن رو با حمایت پلیس کتک زدن؟ یادتونه رسید به پیش مشهورترین پادکستر چین و رفت توی برنامه اش؟ یادتونه دوستش لئونارد (که به خودش می گفت وی-دونگ) رو؟ همونی که تو آمریکا باهاشون بازی می کرد … ادامه خواندن "رادیو جادی ۲۲۵ – شماره ویژه – کتاب برای پیروزی – کوری دکترو – ترجمه فارسی – قسمت ۲۲"

Tune in to The Other Side of Midnight, the only live late-night talk show keeping you company when the rest of the dial is just running repeats. Hosted by the sharp and unfiltered Walter Sterling, this podcast tackles the eclectic, the bizarre, and the breaking news you won't hear anywhere else. From missing space program scientists and cryptic shortwave spy broadcasts in Farsi, to the staggering million-dollar bureaucracy behind building a single New York City public bathroom, Walter covers it all. Featuring an eccentric mix of guests and callers—including retired NYPD detectives, international ham radio operators, and Hollywood insiders—the show effortlessly bounces from serious geopolitical analysis of the Strait of Hormuz to hilarious rants about in-laws, Ted Koppel's hair, and the bureaucratic nightmares of public school air conditioning. Settle in for radio done right—it's a little bit of news, a little bit of a radio bullfight, and a whole lot of fun. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tune in to The Other Side of Midnight, the only live late-night talk show keeping you company when the rest of the dial is just running repeats. Hosted by the sharp and unfiltered Walter Sterling, this podcast tackles the eclectic, the bizarre, and the breaking news you won't hear anywhere else. From missing space program scientists and cryptic shortwave spy broadcasts in Farsi, to the staggering million-dollar bureaucracy behind building a single New York City public bathroom, Walter covers it all. Featuring an eccentric mix of guests and callers—including retired NYPD detectives, international ham radio operators, and Hollywood insiders—the show effortlessly bounces from serious geopolitical analysis of the Strait of Hormuz to hilarious rants about in-laws, Ted Koppel's hair, and the bureaucratic nightmares of public school air conditioning. Settle in for radio done right—it's a little bit of news, a little bit of a radio bullfight, and a whole lot of fun. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

در قسمت بیستم کتاب بر میگردیم به ماجرای لئونارد که به خودش می گه وی-دونگ. وی-دونگ در آمریکا زندگی می کنه و از خونه فرار کرد چون پدر مادرش نمی ذاشتن بازی کنه. و حالا برای بازی ها نقش هوش مصنوعی انسانی رو باز می کنه.. در یک سیستم وقتی اتفاقی می افته که بازی … ادامه خواندن "رادیو جادی ۲۲۳ – شماره ویژه – کتاب برای پیروزی – کوری دکترو – ترجمه فارسی – قسمت ۲۰"

یادتونه اوباش با حمایت پلیس ریختن و خواهر بزرگ نور و دو تا دوستش رو در حالی که داشتن سعی می کردن کارگران توی بازی رو متحد کنن و از اتحادیه شون دفاع کنن رو کتک زدن.. حالا بقیه ماجرا! در اون روزهای سخت ایران که گفتن اخبار تکنولوژی جهان کمی بی معنا به نظر … ادامه خواندن "رادیو جادی ۲۲۴ – شماره ویژه – کتاب برای پیروزی – کوری دکترو – ترجمه فارسی – قسمت ۲۱"

We discussed a few things including: 1. Their career journeys 2. Manavi 3. CivitasID 4. Trends, opps and challenges   5. Outlook for 2026 Navneet oversees all programming and operations at Manavi. She is a passionate advocate for human rights, human rights law, social justice and equality. Prior to her Manavi role, she practiced as an attorney in the United Kingdom for a number of years and gained extensive experience in immigration law, human rights law and employment law. Bhalla, who is fluent in Punjabi, Hindi, Urdu, Farsi and English, has worked on employment and discrimination litigation, and traveled to Sudan as a legal consultant representing the International Rescue Committee (IRC).   She has also lived in Tehran, Iran, for a number of years, enabling her to help affected women overcome linguistic barriers. ----- Aditya is a seasoned entrepreneur and strategic leader with nearly three decades of experience spanning semiconductors, software, mobile, fintech, and artificial intelligence. He has successfully founded and led two companies through acquisition, and is known for applying scientific thinking to drive creative disruption and scalable innovation.   Aditya brings deep expertise in strategic development, global market expansion, and building high-impact partnerships—demonstrating a consistent commitment to solving complex challenges and delivering meaningful, real-world impact. Aditya is a fintech and identity leader with two decades of experience as an operator, advisor, and investor. He is currently a global advisor at Civitas ID and leads TNBT Global, driving investment and incubation initiatives. He previously co-founded MEDICI Global, later merging with Payfone to form Prove, where he held executive roles shaping product, strategy, and marketing. #podcast #AFewThingsPodcast

در ادامه داستان گولدفارمرهای بازی های کامپیوتری و مبارزه هاشون با صاحبان بازی ها، بازیکنان ضد گولرفارمر و تلاششون برای درست کردن اتحادیه و حمایت از همدیگه، حالا بازم یه لایه پشت بازی رو کنار می زنیم و می بینیم اون پشت کیا دارن قدرت مطلق بازی رو بازی می کنن. کیا خدای بازی هستن … ادامه خواندن "رادیو جادی ۲۲۱ – شماره ویژه – کتاب برای پیروزی – کوری دکترو – ترجمه فارسی – قسمت ۱۸"

در اون روزهای سخت ایران که گفتن اخبار تکنولوژی جهان کمی بی معنا به نظر می رسه، تصمیم گرفته ام لابلای رادیو گیک کتاب برای پیروزی رو ترجمه کنم و بخونم تا شاید ساعتی رو باهاش کنار هم بگذورنیم و دریچه ای از امید به اینده باشه. این یکی از اون قسمت های کوتاه است … ادامه خواندن "رادیو جادی ۲۲۰ – شماره ویژه – کتاب برای پیروزی – کوری دکترو – ترجمه فارسی – قسمت ۱۷"

تا اینجا خوندیم که گروه های گلد فارمر سراسر جهان در حال جنگ و نبرد با اجیر شده هایی هستن که می خوان نذارن تو بازی کار کنن و این سرکوب هم توی بازی اتفاق می افته (با گروه مالا) و هم بیرون بازی با سرکوب پلیس علیه اتحادیه ها. حالا هم یاسمین و آشوک … ادامه خواندن "رادیو جادی ۲۲۲ – شماره ویژه – کتاب برای پیروزی – کوری دکترو – ترجمه فارسی – قسمت ۱۹"

در این دوران تاریک که یکی از بدترین روزهای کل تاریخ ایران رو با حکومت جمهوری اسلامی می گذرونیم هر کس به شیوه ای که می تونه داره تلاش می‌کنه تا به جایی برسیم که هر انسانی حق داره اونجا: آزاد با حق انتخاب. در کنار کارهای دیگه بارها حس کردم شاید درست کردن یه … ادامه خواندن "رادیو جادی ۲۰۴ – شماره ویژه – کتاب برای پیروزی – کوری دکترو – ترجمه فارسی – قسمت ۰۱"

در اون روزهای سخت ایران که گفتن اخبار تکنولوژی جهان کمی بی معنا به نظر می رسه، تصمیم گرفته ام لابلای رادیو گیک کتاب برای پیروزی رو ترجمه کنم و بخونم تا شاید ساعتی رو باهاش کنار هم بگذورنیم و دریچه ای از امید به اینده باشه. در قسمت های قبلی با گلد فارمرهای بازی … ادامه خواندن "رادیو جادی ۲۰۶ – شماره ویژه – کتاب برای پیروزی – کوری دکترو – ترجمه فارسی – قسمت ۰۳"

در اون روزهای سخت ایران که گفتن اخبار تکنولوژی جهان کمی بی معنا به نظر می رسه، تصمیم گرفته ام لابلای رادیو گیک کتاب برای پیروزی رو ترجمه کنم و بخونم تا شاید ساعتی رو باهاش کنار هم بگذورنیم و دریچه ای از امید به اینده باشه. و میدونین وقتی ما داریم بازی میکنیم اون … ادامه خواندن "رادیو جادی ۲۰۷ – شماره ویژه – کتاب برای پیروزی – کوری دکترو – ترجمه فارسی – قسمت ۰۴"

در اون روزهای سخت ایران که گفتن اخبار تکنولوژی جهان کمی بی معنا به نظر می رسه، تصمیم گرفته ام لابلای رادیو گیک کتاب برای پیروزی رو ترجمه کنم و بخونم تا شاید ساعتی رو باهاش کنار هم بگذورنیم و دریچه ای از امید به اینده باشه. در قسمت های قبلی با گلدفارمرهای بازی‌های کامپیوتری … ادامه خواندن "رادیو جادی ۲۰۹ – شماره ویژه – کتاب برای پیروزی – کوری دکترو – ترجمه فارسی – قسمت ۰۶"

در اون روزهای سخت ایران که گفتن اخبار تکنولوژی جهان کمی بی معنا به نظر می رسه، تصمیم گرفته ام لابلای رادیو گیک کتاب برای پیروزی رو ترجمه کنم و بخونم تا شاید ساعتی رو باهاش کنار هم بگذورنیم و دریچه ای از امید به اینده باشه. دیدیم که در جاهای مختلفی از دنیا فارمرها … ادامه خواندن "رادیو جادی ۲۱۰ – شماره ویژه – کتاب برای پیروزی – کوری دکترو – ترجمه فارسی – قسمت ۰۷"

در اون روزهای سخت ایران که گفتن اخبار تکنولوژی جهان کمی بی معنا به نظر می رسه، تصمیم گرفته ام لابلای رادیو گیک کتاب برای پیروزی رو ترجمه کنم و بخونم تا شاید ساعتی رو باهاش کنار هم بگذورنیم و دریچه ای از امید به اینده باشه. در قسمت های قبلی، ملا رو دیدیم که … ادامه خواندن "رادیو جادی ۲۱۴ – شماره ویژه – کتاب برای پیروزی – کوری دکترو – ترجمه فارسی – قسمت ۱۱"

در اون روزهای سخت ایران که گفتن اخبار تکنولوژی جهان کمی بی معنا به نظر می رسه، تصمیم گرفته ام لابلای رادیو گیک کتاب برای پیروزی رو ترجمه کنم و بخونم تا شاید ساعتی رو باهاش کنار هم بگذورنیم و دریچه ای از امید به اینده باشه. در حالی که کشور درگیر جنگ است و … ادامه خواندن "رادیو جادی ۲۱۶ – شماره ویژه – کتاب برای پیروزی – کوری دکترو – ترجمه فارسی – قسمت ۱۳"

در اون روزهای سخت ایران که گفتن اخبار تکنولوژی جهان کمی بی معنا به نظر می رسه، تصمیم گرفته ام لابلای رادیو گیک کتاب برای پیروزی رو ترجمه کنم و بخونم تا شاید ساعتی رو باهاش کنار هم بگذورنیم و دریچه ای از امید به اینده باشه. با یکی از طولانی ترین فصل های کتاب … ادامه خواندن "رادیو جادی ۲۱۸ – شماره ویژه – کتاب برای پیروزی – کوری دکترو – ترجمه فارسی – قسمت ۱۵"

در اون روزهای سخت ایران که گفتن اخبار تکنولوژی جهان کمی بی معنا به نظر می رسه، تصمیم گرفته ام لابلای رادیو گیک کتاب برای پیروزی رو ترجمه کنم و بخونم تا شاید ساعتی رو باهاش کنار هم بگذورنیم و دریچه ای از امید به اینده باشه. اینم بخشی طولانی است ولی یکی از فصل … ادامه خواندن "رادیو جادی ۲۱۹ – شماره ویژه – کتاب برای پیروزی – کوری دکترو – ترجمه فارسی – قسمت ۱۶"